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THURSDAY, JUNE 28. 1990 35C' PER COPY VOLUME LXXVII, NUMBER 31 Despite Arafat Connection, Miller to leave Beth-El Jews Welcome Mandela by Allison Kaplan papers and black papers w~l Reich met in Geneva with NEW YORK (JT A) - Nelson coming Mandela," said Aviv, Mandela on June 10, to seek a Mandela was warmly wel who was one of a small group clarification of his views on comed here by a wide spec of Jewish leaders who met last Israel. It was after Mandela trum of New Yorkers, includ month in Cincinnati with an convinced them of his support ing representatives of local and other black anti-apartheid for the Jewish state that most national Jewish groups, who leader, Anglican Archbishop national Jewish groups decided participated wholeheartedly in Desmond Tutu. to join in the festivities. the festivities. The deputy president of the The Zionist Organization of A shofar was even scheduled African National Congress got America was believed to be the to be blown in Mande\a's his initial welcome from the only national Jewish organiza honor during an ecumenical Jewish community as organi tion that refused to join the ceremony at Manhattan's zational leaders joined those festivities, while other groups, Riverside Church, as part of a greeting him at Kennedy Inter· such as Americans for a Safe V1sory \..."ou'nn r/'saru' h1:.P!hhi.. Ul!i:mnlu~ir .... 'L't.'e1bfJp 'bln4, fPJ, 1ciVYl,f!(jFh.r)Sf1.}p ,t ~J<~ ..~.P3.~~-. ilarly enthusiastic greetings B'rith; Henry Siegman, execu· Executive of the Canadian Jew from Jewish groups are ex tive director of the American ish Congress. pected as Mandela travels to In New York, a dozen Amer+ by John Chadwick Jewish Congress; and Al Vor seven other U.S. cities. span, executive vice president ican Jewish leaders were to join After two quiet years in Providence, Susan L. Miller, the first .. In a number of cities, the of the Union of American religious leaders of other faiths congregational woman rabbi in Rhode Island, will be leaving Jewish community relations Hebrew Congregations. in a meeting with Mandela be- the pulpit at Temple Beth-El. She will be married later this year councils are putting ads in local All of those leaders but (continued on page 14) to Rabbi Richard S. Rheins. The two are planning to move to Chappaqua, New York. But the 28-year-old New Jersey native says she will remain The Born Again Synagogue in the rabbinate, and will continue to " turn people on to Judaism." by Kathy Cohen who are open-armed to pretty to Bristol with the National In " I want to show people how to lead a fulfilling Jewish life," Herald Assistant Editor much anyone. (Although they dia Rubber Factory by way of she said last week from her office. And with an easy, straight Fifteen years after its reincar call themselves Liberal/Re Long Island in the early part of forward charm, Miller seems well-suited to the task. Whether nation, the United Brothers formist - they aren't associ the twentieth century. discussing the future of the Reform movement or the time she Synagogue has become not ated to any particular branch.) These immigrants had led .. tot shabbat," she appears upbeat and unpretentious. only a surviving sanctuary, but The congregation has always brought with them the basic She grew up immersed in Judaism, the progeny of a very a thriving and growing one due been non-sectarian. The Syna ideals of Orthodoxy, but not in active Reform family from Clifton. In the seventh grade - to the love and nurturing of its gogue was founded by two a completely traditional sense while o ther students were scheming to skip Hebrew school - congregation. groups of Eastern European im and research doesn't reveal Miller quietly decided she would become a rabbi. " I think it Not many people outside of migrants some of whom lived whether they were ever associ was around the seventh grade," she said. Bristol County know the 48- in Bristol during the end of the ated with the Orthodox sect. As an associate rabbi at Beth-El she has given bar mitzvah member congregation exists, nineteenth century. These men However, in the present tem classes and has worked also with the confirmation groups. and most Bristol residents are also formed the Young Men·s ple, built in 1916, services were " I've always felt very welcome here," she says of her tenure at completely unaware of its Hebrew Association. The sec at one time held with women the temple. resurgence. ond wave of immigrants came (continued on page S) The Reform movement began ordaining women in 1972. But it's easy to see why peo Nearly half of Mill er's graduating class at Hebrew Union Col ple are o blivious to the nearly lege were female, she said . Asked whether she thought women century-old synagogue. The contribute something different or unique to the rabbinate, she congregation meets once a said: " If you're asking a feminist I suppose (she) would say yes. month for services and it re I, personall y, don't walk around thinking I'm any different mains closed during the sum from any of my colleagues - I'm a rabbi. If people want to see mer. Alsot a small staff - more in it, that's their choice." Robert Kaufman (as of June I She sees Reform Judaism as having a good future - however he was sworn in as I st Vice she feels the movement must become more introspective in the President) and his wife, Elaine, 1990s. " I think the future of the movement is good, but I think who.are owners of a computer that we have to focus more on ourselves - there are a lot of business - produce the disenfranchised Jews out there." newsletter and press releases. Citing the Reform Religious Action Center in Washington, They can only do what their which works for a variety of social causes and issues on an small budget and four hands al international level, she says, " 1 think we need to reach out to low. ~ur ov:'_n Jews; we need to focus more on Jewish ideas and The Chevra Agudas Achim issues. (so reads the sign posted on the She mentions also a need for outreach and education for front of the synagogue which, young adults, especially those who are beyond college age but in Yiddish, means United who do not have families. " I think there's very little (Jewish Brothers Synagogue) members programming) out there for them." are liberal about enrollment re PUBU After attending the Reform conference in Seattle, Miller will quirements - young and old finish up at Beth-El in Jul y. She plans on seeking another con or interfaith couples are wel gregational position near the area where she settles. A new come. They aren·t particular FRIDAY, JULY 6~ associate rabbi is expected later in the month. about who joins - just a very ,iccepting non-sectarian group ' ~ [, ,I ·I 1 • f • THE RHODE ISLAN D JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 28. 1990 Inside the Ocean State
--JFS Home Care Service-- Letters to the Editor tions he had. To the Editor: The following cases are com The priorities of the 1990's posites with the names cha11ged He worried about his situa and 21st century must be reex to protect the clie11ts' co11fi tion and began to talk about amined. Most agree that in the dentiality. plans for his final arrange· '30s and '40s, the greatest ex George contacted Jewish ments. This is not unusual in Family Service as he was seri cases of terminal illness, and ternal enemy of America and Western Civilization was Hitler ously ill and the prognosis for Jewish Family Service often and Nazism, whereas in the improvement was uncertain. helps a client make these ar He had no family locally and rangements if it will help ease '50s through the '80s, the asked for a Home Health Aide his or her mind. greatest threat was Stalinism to help with marketing, meal George is doing better now, and Communism. Now clearly the greatest ~;~:.aration and per~onal and occasionally gets out to the JFS Kosher Mealsite in Crans· threat to America and Western The Director of the Home ton. Civilization and our future Care Service, Deborah Prinz generations is the threat from Another case did not have within, i.e. the decline of the can arrange for a Home Health such a happy ending. The Aide to regularly come to a family. We must address this client passed away while our issue promptly and fully or we client's home to assist with The unveiling of the Rhode Island Ratification Poster, an Home Health Aide was with will just be another " has been" various daily living tasks, often historical color graphic prepared by Dr. John Kaminski, direc her. The Aide immediately civilization like Rome, Greece, during recuperation from ill tor of the Center for the Study of the American Conslitution, called Deborah Prinz, and all and Spain. ness or surgery. The goal of and Dr. Patrick Conley, chairman of the Rhode Island Pub the necessary phone calls were Specifically I urge as follows: Jewish Family Service is to made, including Hospice, her licalions Society. The ceremony, which included the Pawtuxet enable a client to maintain his l . Intensive emphasis on Rangers, Rhode Island Militia Color Guards as seen above, closest relative (living in traditional values and moral or her independence and qual was held at the Roger Williams Park Casino, Providence. another state), her Rabbi and training of our youth which ity of life in his or her own the funeral director. Ms. Prinz can best be done in the reli To The Editor: giver and the family. The home. Referrals can come from and the Aide remained at the gious school systems, includ majority (80%) of patients are a family member, a social serv· A great deal of controvery client's home until the under ing Catholic, Protestant, and has been raised by the recent cared for in the community by ices department, hospital, taker came, and then dosed a spouse or family member friend or neighbor. Jewish day schools. This can suicide of Janet Adkins, an her home, disposing of some and must be funded through who is usually elderly and are George was relieved that a Alzheimer's Disease victim. perishables and making sure the Voucher System and if nee· We hope that this issue will not themselves suffering from one Home Health Aide could help all was secure. essary constitutional amend overshadow its cause, but hope or more health problems. The him. He had been a widower ments. caregiver must be nurse, for several years and the home If there were no relatives, that, conversely, it brings the 2. Discouraging promiscuity dietician, psychologist, social management tasks had never Jewish Family Service would much needed attention to this have arranged to turn off the and promotion of chastity devastating disease called worker, nursing aid, etc. Their been easy for him, even when which has resulted in epidem life becomes a "36 hour day" feeling well. Now that he was utilities and do what would be Alzheimer's. ics as horrendous as the Bu of caring for the patient. m, he really couldn't cope. He necessary to make the house At present, there are an esti ready for long-term closure, bonic Plague resulting in mil mated 4.5 million Americans Because there is no known also enjoyed the company of cause or cure for Alzheimer's the Home Health Aide, for he and would also arrange for the lions of illegitimate births, suffering from Alzheimer's funeral services, select the sexually transmitted diseases Disease. In Rhode Island al.one, Disease, the feeling of utter was worried about falling and fatherless children grow desperation is experienced by while alone. casket, whatever was required there are approximately 25,000 for the proper treatment of the ing up in poverty. the fami ly as well as the care It was important for George Alzheimer's Dis~ase patients. 3. A promotion of the fam giver. The caregivers become to eat well to make progress in deceased. All would be done in As the elderly population in ily unit which is now in great emotionally and psycholog his recovery, and having accordance with the client's creases, so does the incidence stated wishes and religious danger and is essential to of Alzheimer's Disease. It is ically, as well as fi nancially, kosher meals meant much to beliefs. democracy, free society, and exhuasted. him. The Home Health Aide estimated that by the year America. 2050, 14 million people over The amount of funding for was also able to interface with For further information research and services MUST be his medical caregivers and about Jewish Family Service's the age of 65 will suffer from Alzheimer's Disease. increased to avoid the catastro explain to him about his medi Home Care Service, call the Thomas W. Pearlman This disease affects not only phe for which we are headed. cation and resolve other ques- agency at 33 1-1244. Providence the victim, but also the care- Aside from the personal trage dies to be expected, the health care system will be extremely overburdened. Funding must be made available to families to aid them while they wait for a cure. Another issue in this case is KNOW SOMEONE the competency of the victims to make their decision to live or die after they have been af· flicted by the disease. The GETTING MARRIED? question is, at what stage of the disease would the patients' decision be honored. Even at the early stages, it is felt that they are incompetent to make Tell us their name and address and we'll send them a such a decision. To add to the complexity of the issue, a defi one~year complimentary subscription to the nite diagnosis of the disease is only attained after death Rhode Island Jewish Herald. through autopsy. Even if the patients have made their decision long before the onset of the disease, either 1 through durable power of at· Couple's Name ------ torney or a living will, at what stage of the disease are their Address ------~------wishes to be carried out and who will perform the final ------Zip ----- task? We hope that the Janet Ad· Wedding Date ------ kins incident will not soon be forgotten, and that her final Your Name ------ wish, "You just make my case known" will be carried out. If Address ------more people are made aware of the devastation caused by Alz· ------Zip-- - -- heimer's Disease, perhaps pre cautions can be taken so our This offer good only for new subscribers . children will never be faced Mail this coupon to: ,vith the difficult decision that Mrs. Adkins had to make. Rhode Island Jewish Herald Rhode Island Jewish I P.O. Box 6063 HERALD John A. Holmes, Jr. I Providence, RI 02940 c::::=:::=::J I President, Alzheimer's Disease Crisis '------Intervention Center THE RHODE IS LAND JEW ISH HERALD, THURSDAY. JUNE 28, 1990- 3 Feature The Duke of Braganza - A Dove of Peace in Hiding ______
by Michael Fink fat her tried to teach me two Thi Duke 01 Draganza came men! of the car gave rise to talk He escorted Don Duarte to Special to the Herald virtues - intelligence and into the world not in Portugal of voyages. My regal fe llow the pew where George Wash "Michael, I will make you charity. They both mean, let's or Brazil but in Switzerland. traveler had been invited to ington had sat, as well as the Portuguese pancakes, sweet sit down and have our orange His family had been exiled. His Moscow to give a speech on poet Robert Frost - and, a bread and co ffee. I invite you juice.' mother gave birth in the Portu Russian-Portuguese history. year ago, the president of to come to my house for break I asked if he thought the guese embassy. They moved to This odd context caught me off Portugal, Ma rio Soares. We fast wit h the King." sweetbread marked the Jewish Austria, where his father's sis guard until he added that read the famous letter of our Carolina Matos, publisher of sabbath. He agreed and added ter hid British pilots and Jews. Easter bells rang for the fi rst first president. It was because the Portuguese-American news a footnote. "The late spring For this resistance she was time since the Revolution. He the ancestors of the Duke had paper, my neighbor and fri end, festiva l of the Holy Spirit, an condemned by the Nazis to be was also invited to China with exiled a religious minority that had first presented me to the Azorian celebration, offers an executed. Her life was spared a stopover in Macao as a diplo our Bill of Rig hts spelled out Duke of Braganza, pretender to image of the dove of peace - and she survives today in matic gesture of welcome. Un the separation of church and the throne of Portugal, a year the bi rd that flies freely from Portugal. like many Americans, the Por state. Rhode Island demanded ago at a banquet in Newport 's one dwelling place to another. tuguese know geography by this freedom fo r all Americans Vi ki ng Hotel. Now Carolina This ecumenical symbol stands instinct. He describes each because that early Portuguese wanted me to help arrange for the third phase of civil iza island among the Azores, Cape community had come here. some stops for him d uring a tion when people will accept Verde and Sao Thome and En route back to Providence, private visit at her home near each other in friends hip, the ,~ Principe in topographic detail. we passed by the great man mine on Providence's east side. dream of the refugees fro m the , " Environmentalists let the big sions as well as the Puritan The Joh n Carter Brown library Inquisition." foes of the whale - Japan and colonial townhouses. The has an excellent Portuguese Don Duarte, devout and the Soviet Un ion - off the prince argued that it was a Por and Brazili an coll ection. The pious, surprised me by saying hook so to speak. But they pick tuguese Queen among his RISO Museum of Art guards a he believed Columbus was a on the Azorean fis hermen, grandmothers who brought the small Port uguese treasure in its Portuguese Jew whose interest who go whaling from tradition fo rk and the tea ceremony to inner sa nctum. She especially in the Indians did not start out and with courage. " He asks ihe An&lo-Saxon wofld. He wa nted her royal guest to set unkindly. The Indians in their what wisdom the whales may foot in the Touro Synagogue in simple garb stru ck him as in have beneath the seas with i~~~~ f1rg,is c1~J:r~!tn i~ea~h; Newport. habitants of an innocent Eden thei r huge brains, a dreamy into your unconscious. You I couldn't keep a monarch before the Fall . The greed that question that charmed me. may ta p the memories of you r wai ting. I stepped through the foll owed the discoveries tells The Duke of Braganza At the Touro the president ancestors. He would li ke to ga rden ga te a few respecful another tale. The heir to the and historian of the synagogue, visit Israel. He belongs to a minutes earl y. I browsed Portu guese crown, and the We wa lked through Car Bernard Kusi nitz, greeted us at group of Belgian Christians among the potted herbs here descendant of the Emperor of olina's house, the wa lls a gal the door. He told us the Portu and Jews who hunt in Scri pture and there on the patio. Don Bra zil radiates a moral quality lery of herb prints and antique guese Jews felt secure in New for scientific as well as sym Duarte, as he is known, came of gentle mysticism. He said maps, the doorknobs and arch port. The escape hatch served bolic insights. He hinted that the British crown gave rights to only as a token symbol and downstairs, a rather tall, smil ways identical to my house (continued on page 15) in g figure sporting a dashing Indians that the independent built the same year. We got memory. mustache, and put me at ease Yankees denied them. Only into a Mercedes to dri ve off to from my nervous pacing. " My the Portuguese got a bad rap. Newport. The smooth move- Dorothee D. Maynard/Rogers------
President of Good Neighbor in(0he are'r«:,;~!c:i~sin;;!ra~~~; Alliance Corp. ;.'.;~;~;s·t,:~h';~:~·~:fg~" · bor All iance Corporation lo cated in Cranston. She had help during the firs t year of the business from Sa ndra Kram er, "W1 a fri end who had also left the ', , medical wod d . After the first year, Ma y nard/Rogers says, she was on her own and she went through whdt every business owner must do when ju st starting out - work long hours, worry about paying bil ls and take on all the other responsibilities necessary to run the company. From the start, Ma ynard/ '- Rogers handled all the sales. She ca lled on companies who wanted to be publicized as be Dorothee D. Maynard/ Rogers, President of Good Neighbors ing part of an allia nce. They Alliance Corporation. paid $ I 00 to enroll into her re· ferra l system and Maynard / by Kathy Cohen Rogers found she wanted to help them. Rogers' company would adver After 18 yea rs in the medical .. Where do you find honest, tise fo r them through radio and field as both an X- ra y techni dependable people in busi newspa pers. tion and as the director of an ness?" sa id Maynard/ Rogers. By the second year she had X-ray department in an emer· " People in general asked about accu mulated 300 customers. ge ncy medi cal center, Dorothee se rvices .. where to find (a During her regu lar meetings Maynard/ Rogers walked out. particular service) and I would with these companies, they She felt the medical field was refer people that had done started asking for help with betra ying patients by treatin g business with me." the insured cl ients better than (contin ued on page 15) the uninsured . The next two yea r~ were Personally Escorted spent dabbling in refurbishing furn iture at her antique shop Dorothy Ann Wiener located in the ba sement of her home. It was supposed to be Israel just a hobby, but it developed in to a business. Save November 7-21! " Many times we didn't even ANTIQUE get paid for the items," she Israel - Eilat said. JEWELRY Ma ynard/ Rogers wasn't sure (My 31" trip) in what di rection she should Leave from Providence - non-slop fli ghl EL Al Boston Prices may greatly exceed go, so she took the time to Itinerary will be ready soon sea rch fo r a career she would your expectations. enjoy. Th is ca reer, though, ca me about from talking to ,., " DOMESTIC WORLDWIDE 728 PONTIAC AVE., CRANSTON 02910 • D m'Ofh)' Ann '"" ! FLIGHTS CRUISES TOURS people. People would be ask '\v ing fo r her help in locating reli tener ·:-· ""'00 (401) 461-8500 alile services and May nard / 766 HOPE STREET PO B0)( 6IIJ5 PRO/IOE:.NCE Al 02940 4 - THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD.TH URSDAY, JUNE 28, 1990 Editorial ======AN ABSEIVANif EYE that the movement that adopt any system that compromises ment to grow by means other ', AVI SHAFRAN ed that name - with an upper Jewish observance - halacha, than the wholesale christening case "M" - would be their as it has been developed and of well-meaning non-Jews as Masorti Movement Is An choice for affiliation. Needless codified for hundreds upon Jews) that so irritates the Con to say, the word " masorti," hundreds of years - ever be servative movement today. meaning something on the called Judaism, prefixes not For, if Orthodoxy can indeed American Import order of "traditional" or "Jew withstanding. Despite its pro be successful in modem times, While st>lf-promotional pieces ish by heritage" means precise testations to the contrary, the if there can be wholly observ pleases and at the same time ly - and only - that to the Conservative religion is pre ant and well-rounded doctors liy varied organizations and call himself "observant" - of average Israeli. cisely that; any objective ob and lawyers, teachers, scien schools Me commonplace in some new "Judaism," com What he or she would say server of it will necessarily tists and writers, if the Ortho thL' Hrmld, the .. article" in the plete with a rabbi's blessing. about the Masorti movement concede that its agenda is self dox can wield intellectual, June 14 issue purporting to "Designer halacha" to go along "report" on the ;,M.isorti"-- would likely be something on serving, not G-d serving. It political and moral power in with his designer jeans. This the order of "C'mon, chabibi, I exists to make people feel the modern world, then the or Conservative - movement contention, the de facto es know what observance is, and better, not, as Judaism always entire raison d'etre for Conser in Israel, carries the practice to sence of American Conserva I know I'm not observant. I has, to demand things of the vatism is rendered sterile. an outlandish degree. The tive Judaism, has resulted, in don't need to be told I'm any Jewish people. There is, in truth, no such " news organization's" acro this country, in a huge number thing but what I am: a good, Most people don't even real thing as a Conservative Jew, or nym, WPZS, might as well of caring, trusting Jews - men non-observant Jew. Orthodoxy ize that the Conservative a Reform Jew, for that matter. stand for "Wacky, Zany Propa and women who would other is the Jewish religion, and I movement was created (as its There are only Orthodox Jews ganda Service" - for the wise be living more observant reject its practice, even though very name attests), to "rescue" - Jews, in other words, who immensely popular and suc lifestyles - abandoning all but cessful movement fighting a I am a proud Jew." Quite a Judaism. The rationale, back at are bound by the Torah - the elements of Judaism that its inception, was that Ortho whether they actually choose repressive Orthodox establish movement has deemed "sexy" sane attitude, that. For, despite doxy did not stand a chance in to live observant lives or not. ment in the name of the people (i.e. social justice, some of the all the canards about how we Orthodox reject the Jewishness the modem world, so some They are all holy Jews, and it described in the piece simply more interesting holidays, a "middle-ground" between it falls not to any other Jew to does not exist. degree of dedication to the of non-Orthodox Jews, that lie is a vicious and intentional one and the rejectionist Reform judge them. A "Judaism," Far from a native, spontane Holy Land, etc.). As it happens, movement was - it was felt - though, purporting to create a ous movement, the Israeli Con many an American Conserva on the part of the Conservative and Reform leadership in this the only hope for salvaging "new" observance, one that servative movement is essen tive Jew has become disillu country. We Orthodox believe any observance at all. It was preaches certain elements of tially an unsought American sioned with that movement's that there are many ways to be fully expected that Orthodoxy halacha (like some elements of import - and one largely pretensions. a good Jew, and we do not would cease to exist entirely Sabbath law) without really ignored by the Israeli in the Back to the article, though. It )udge the holiness or propriety within a matter of a few years. caring if its members actually street. It is, further, a cynically quotes someone as saying that engineered attempt to convince 0£ another; one's level of out Needless to say, it is that very observe even those elements, 80% of Israelis do not call ward observance is not neces Orthodoxy's stubborn refusal can only be described - and that citizen that a Jew can be as themselves religious, while sarily the indicator of the to die (and its unforgivable charitably so - as a pretender. unobservant of the Judaism his 80% do identify themselves as degree to which he pleases his chutzpah in thriving and grow Most Israelis, thank G-d, still ancestors readily died for as he " masorti" - slickly implying Creator. Neither, though, can ing - the only Jewish move- (continued on page 14) The Big Charity Box------The Red Heifer ______Don't worry. This isn't a cial planners recommend put- charity, too. This week we read Chukat. a commandment is partially solicitation for charity, nor a ting aside money weekly or The idea of giving a little Chukat begins with the com open to human understanding, reminder to "Remember us in monthly, it ends up being eas- charity every day has many mandment of the Red Heifer, an 'inner voice,' or outside your will." It's not even a sug- ier on paper than it is in reality. benefits. Firstly, you get rid of an unusual mitzva which detractors could argue that it is gestion that you donate your Unless your company or bank some of that change jingling served to purify those who had not Divine in origin. " How used, but usable car, to a worthy takes the money out of your around in your pocket or purse. become contaminated through could G-d command some organization. It's simply a look paycheck for you, like most Giving charity, after all, doesn't contact with the dead. The thing which on the one hand is at just how valuable your "two people you probably find it dif- have to mean sitting down and Heifer was burned, and its accessible to human reason cents" really are. ficult to save. writing out a check. It can be as ashes, mixed with water, were and on the other hand is inac Most of us only think about Interestingly enough, though, simple as putting a few pennies sprinkled on those who had cessible to it?" the detractors IRA's in April. Although finan- those practical fi nancial plan- ~~atnicykolues h;notpoef,ullcyhahdatyvebo,·nx become defiled. But the para might ask. "And if they are not ners' advice is not only good dox was that, though it purified Divine commandments, they for saving. It's good for giving your house and office. those defiled, it made impure RHODE ISLAND JEWISH are not binding.'' all those who were involved in But since the Red Heifer is its preparation. Thus it is called entirely inaccessible to reason, HERALD a 'chok' (ordinance) - mean it cannot be 'refuted' by the ing 'law for which no reason inner voice or the nations of \USP$464-760) PubllahedEv•ryWeelc8yThe ______1 , •._ 1 can be given.' the world. All they can do is to .i.wtsl'I P,.11Publi1hl11i1Company Concerning the law of the 'provoke' the Jew by saying, EDITOR: Red Heifer, the Torah states: "What meaning has this com· JOHN CHADWICK "This is the ordinance (chukat) mandment for you, and whai is ASSISTANT EDITOR: of the Torah. "Chasidic phi its reason? Admittedly you KATHY COHEN losophy explains that there is a have to obey the word of G-d, SALES MANAGER: slight nuance in the wording of but in doing so you are doing DON HUU 111111------.k.od the phrase and it should be something which to the human ACCOUNT REPS: read, "this is the ordinance of mind is completely meaning PAM TCATH JEANETTE HIDALGO the Torah . . " This would sug less and irrational." And thus, gest, not that the Red Heifer a person might be provoked GRAPHICS: ~ JOHANNA BUUCH was the 011/y chok, but rather concerning performing this MAtllNG ADDRESS: that there is a special class of command. eo•6063+:~:~~~;;Rl029'0 Another advantage of giving ord_inan~es of which the Red The ordinance of the Red (4011724-0200 a few coins daily is that it Heifer 1s only on~ example. Heifer must be performed sim ply because G-d so decrees. It Herald w.,~~~s,eo s1'"1 makes us more sensitive to the 1nd~ed, among. th1s class ':f Paw1~=rlC'::02861 plight of Others; more thankful O~~mances ~e find t~e, proh1- must be performed with joy, as 117SWanenAven,... for eveything we do have. In b1t1on o~ eatmg the pig s meat if one understood it complete Second.::\::::·a~~~~. Rt>oOe the split second that it takes to or_we anng clothes made _of a ly, although it is totally beyond understanding. This is the only 1s1~ Postmut\lf 5'11'>:lllddresscnanoesiolt'4R1 drop a few cents in the slot, we m~xture of wool and !men t:;"'Herakl.P.o Bo, 6063.P,ov,c,ence.Ri029"1o- remember that there are others (s atnez). way that it can be properly ful ~ Ra1u Thirty-""9cen1s pe,QOP'I' e, less fortunate than we. And, if There_ are actually two kinds filled. ~t;~or-~~ouli,T,:~:,=:::~~ we don't remember others be- of ~huk1m (pl.. of c~okt those From '"Torah Studies" by :::;:/!s:'~con1~..,:e~""'°"sun1ess cause giving tzedaka has be- which could m prmc1~le b_e Jo11a1/ia 11 Sacks. Adapted from r1N1Heraklassumesno hnanci~•esponSibil,ir 1or come a habit, it's all right; tze- understood by hur_nan mte_ll1- IIH' works of the L11bavitc/1er ==~°:~':,"""...:,:i:~= daka is not the type of habit gence, but the details of w~1ch Rel1be. Submitted by Rabbi ~.;,.::"~;;'~:~,~a;i .;::.,: you need to ''kick ,, are beyond comprehension; Yelwsh11a Laufer. Unsolicdedmaoo!laipls Unsolicrledtnanl.lSCOPIS Additionally, ~hen we give ~nd t~os~ which aref ehntirely ="muw,::,,;:/:__:.~~ c~arit_y every day,. we a_re u~~:~sta~d~n;~ope O uman ~='==~~:.;::.: Candlelighting ~u~~;!'p~;si:~ oanngt~fn~~~·:; Whil~ the ~~mmandments of ~i:=-=~~~'!~ toward others. This helps in- ~101 eating pigs meat ~r wear- __ , June 29, 1990 sure that "The One Above mgshatnezareofthefnstc~te- ~~"!::i•:=,:...~:~;~/=P;,:: Who presides over that big gory, the law of the Red Heifer ,..•-.:._....,.c._.:.______....,.. ____ 8_:06_:_P_·m_. --~ charity box in the sky" will be belongs to the sec?nd category. Notice compassionate and kind to us. Its laws a~e enhrely beyond The opinions presented on this page do not necessarily And it helps guarantee that we un
c1pprove the bill within the next Jewish Groups Influence few weeks. In the House of Representatives, it has been <1pproved by the Education and Civil Rights Bill Labor Committee, but still needs to be voted out by the by David Friedman Jews wary of supporting af WASHINGTON ()TA) - Judiciary Committee before firmative action programs that going to the full House. The support of most Jewish contain specific numerical hir organizations for the Civil Some supporters of the bill ing or promotion goals. are pushing for noor votes in Rights Act of 1990 could tip the "The fact that we have come each house during the Ameri balance on whether President to the conclusion that this bill Bush vetoes or signs the bill. can visit of African National would not result in quotas" Congress leader Nelson Man Bush, who has said he would could be a factor in the presi dela, who addressed a joint like to sign the bill if he can be dent's decision, Hordes said. assured it will not lead to hir session of Congress on June 26. However, one Jewish group, Bush has held a series of ing quotas, has been impressed Agudath Israel of America, has that Jewish groups support the meetings with representatives opposed the bill, because the of black, Jewish, Catholic, Four cantors sing to a packed concert audience in Vienna's legislation. Orthodox group fears it could Stadtempel Synagogue. The concert was sponsored by the "Jewish groups bring a spe Hispanic, Asian-American, lead to employers imposing civil rights and women's Society for the Advancement of Cantorial Arts and the Gila d c1l perspective to the issue of and Haim Wiener Foundation. The cantors are, from left to their own quotas to avoid the groups, in order to get their quotas," said Jess Hordes, right; Yaacov Matzen of Montreal; Isaac Goodfriend of Atlan threat of expensive lawsuits. views on the Kennedy-Hawkins Washington representative of ta; David Bagley of Toronto, and Alberto Mizrahi of Cleve The legislation was intro Bill. the Anti-Defamation League of land. The concert was part of a Cantorial Festival tour to five duced by Sen. Edward Kennedy The Jewish representatives B'nai B'rith. (D-Mass.) and Rep. Augustus countries to revive the art of the cantor. He was referring to the use were: Meyer Eisenberg, chair Hawkins (D-Calif.), in order to quotas to avoid problems," o f quotas earlier this century by man of AOL's national legal .,This lower standard will strengthen protection against Zwiebel said. American universities and ,1ffairs (ommittee; Judith Golub, b.:ir discrimination without discrimination on the basis of legislative director in the Golub of AJCommittee employers to limit the number race or sex that was weakened forcing employers to ;idopt sur Washington office of the Amer· called this argument a " red reptitious employment quotas," of Jews they would accept for by five Supreme Court deci herring." .:idmission or placement. That ican Jewish Committee; ,md Danforth said. He said that sions in 1989. David Zwiebel, Agudath Is· She said that before the historical experience has made The Senate is expected to House m;inagers have agreed rael's general counsel. Suprt'mt• Court reversed the to this change. In a letter sent to Bush re 1971 dl"nsion in Griggs vs. The Kennedy- Danforth 32 Goff Avenue, Pawtucket. RI 02860 cently, Zwiebel said Agudath Duke Power Co., the court for amendment "should resolve HOPE Tel 1 401 -728-3600 Israel supports a provision of 19 yt"ars h.id ordered employ once and for all legitimate con 1- 800-367-0013 the law that would hold em en, to rt.>move subjective tests cerns" ;ibout quotas, Golub TRAVEL FAX 1 401 -724-8076 ployers accountable for inten and other barriers 10 employ· said. tional illegal discrimination. ment, without ever once im Hordes said that ADL be· INC. The bill would allow victims posing a numerical quota. Nor lieved the original bill would of job discrimination to seek did employers during that not result in quotas, and the compensatory and punitive period set up quotas on their amendment " further reduces d.:images. Up to now, they own, she said. the possibility." FOR FLIGHTS, CRUISES or TOURS -· could only sue for back pay, Supporters of the bill point FOR BUSINESS PLEASURE + He said that it makes it eas or ~ attorney's fees or a court order to an agreement recently ier for an employer to prove FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS ~ to reverse a dismissal or denial worked out between Kennedy the necessity of its employ of promotion based on discrim and Sen. John Danforth (R-Mo.) ment practices. ination. on unintentional discrimina· But Agudath Israel still feels "We do not believe that tion that they believe has ef the language is too burden holding employers responsible fectively eliminated the threat some on the employer. The MARTY'S for the full consequences of of quotas from the legislation. employer should be able to their unlawful intention is Danforth and several other show that his practices are KOSHER MEAT MARKET likely to lead to the implemen Republicans, who were con· " more than insubstantial, but tation of unlawful quotas," cerned about quotas, now sup· less than essential or indis 467-8903 88 ', Rolfe St., Cranston Zwiebel said in his letter to port the bi11. pensable," said Abba Cohen, Bush. As explained by Danforth, the group's Washington repre 4'" ofJuly Specials! But Zwiebel believes the the Senate version of the bill sentative. bill's provisions on unintention now drops the requirement Hordes observed that no one al discrimination are too broad that employers prove that job on either side wants quotas. Fresh Hamburger ...... ' 1.98 lb. and could lead to"kitchen sink qualifications are "essential" to But the debate has come down complaints" that would require their businesses. Instead, em to a question of semantics over [8 Hot Dogs 3 lb. pkg...... '2.19 lb. huge legal expenses by em ployers would only need to whether this would be the ployers. show that hiring practices bear result of the legislation. Shoulder Veal Chops ...... '4.29 lb. " Rather than risking legal "a substantial and demonstra exposure, many employers ble relationship to effective job performance." READ THE HERALD! ~ Chicken Wings ...... 89' lb. would likely adopt numerical I I The King Speaks Out------NEW YORK - " Because of After regaling his audience public relations. It would be television there will never be with reminiscences about his foolhardy to ban TV cameras another Holocaust," TV inter- boyhood experiences in the from any part of the occupied viewer Larry King told some Bensonhurst section of Brook- territories.'' 3,000 persons al Sutton Place lyn - " there were no gangs, • On whether the U.S. Dr. Maynard S. Burt Synagogue here. no crime, just dubs" - the should continue its dialogue The nationally-syndicated award-winning interviewer with the PLO in the wake of radio and TV host was the turned serious under Rabbi the recent failed terrorist attack is pleased to announce his guest of Rabbi David B. Kahane Kahane's penetrating ques on Israeli beaches: "Yes, I live in the second program of the tions. in a world of dialogue. I don't synagogue's 10th annual • On Gorbachev: " He's the believe that continuing the dia association with "Jewish Town Hall" series. most popular foreigner ever to logue means the U.S. will ever "Television, with its watch- come to the U.S. The Adminis· sell out Israel." fu\ eye and its global approach !ration should support his ef • On racism: " It's still a Dr. J. Lawrence Norton will insure that the events that forts to restructure the Soviet major issue in the U.S. There is took place in Nazi Germany Union." nothing I despise more than in the practice of could never occur again," Mr. ( • On fears of German reuni racism. It's dumb: it has no King said, adding: fication: " Russia has more to pluses. I've never understood " If there had been com- fear than does the U.S. We what a person's color or faith Optometry munications satellite TV in must keep a watch fu l eye, but has to do with ability. Because 1939, Ted Kopel would have there is no way to keep apart of our history, Jews are the last had Hitler on 'Nightline' the these people who want to be persons in the world who day his troops invaded Poland reunited." should be racist." to ask him 'why?' " He con· 'No Media Plot Against Israel' tinued: • On allegations of media Correspondents Wanted 740 North Main S1n·t'I "Communism is dead in bias against Israel: "There is no If you would like to Provi,lc ,we, Hhod1· lslund 02904 Europe because of TV. Once media plot against Israel. No correspond for 1he Herald by television gives people a one in the media is deliberately writing about what is 272-8282 glimpse of what freedom is out to get anyone. It's simply happening in your like, they'll demand ii for that the perception of Israel ac themselves and there'll be no the beleaguered underdog has community. contact stopping them." been changed by astute Arab the editor at 724-0200. L:------Catholic and Jewish --Leaders Unite Over Schools-- by Elena Neuman " But we're not advocating NEW YORK (JT A) - The The two groups also hope to sectarian values," he said in an National Conference of Catho formalize their partnership lic Bishops and the Synagogue interview. " America is built on with the establishment of a shared values like patriotism, Council of America have joint commission that would compassion, respect for per meet regularly to evaluate mat· teamed up on a campaign to sons and property, and the bring morality and ethics back ters in Congress and the courts notion of individual freedom. that relate to the promotion of into the American classroom . These are values that all Ameri values in America. In an unprecedented joint cans share in common, and yet " If this effort gets buried, it 's statement issued recently in they're not being taught." because no one will take up Cantor David Bagley of Toronto (left) conducts a memorial Baltimore, Catholic and Jewish In fact, the statement says our call. If it can be demon service in the crematoria of Terezin concentration camp in religious leaders call for a that by excluding such shared strated that there is no risk to Czechoslovakia during a five-country cantorial tour sponsor national mobilization of teach moral values from the cur the school bod ies and the ed by the Society for the Ad vancement of Cantorial Arts and ers, parents, lay leaders and riculum, the educational notion of church and state, the Gila and Haim Wiener Foundation. With Cantor Bagley is government officials to make system actually undermines then I think it can be imple Cantor Viktor Feuerlicht, presiden t of the Jewish Community morality and h uman values them. mented," Zaiman said. of PraRUe. crucial elements of the Ameri The problem, says Arch· Both Zaiman and Keeler can public school education. bishop William Keeler of Balti agree that " A Lesson of Value" "We are losing our chil more, who co-chairs the ongo· is not the answer to all of the dren," the statement says, cit ing dialogue between the Bish various social ills fa cing Ameri· ing a host of problems plagu ops Conference and the Syna· can youth, but they say it is a ing today's youth, including gogue Council, is that the step in the right direction. drug addiction, depression, wrong values are being taught. "We don't say this solves suicide, promiscuity, crime, " Values are being taught, everything. But what we do AIDS, teen pregnancy and but they are values not rooted say is that a child with a poor alcoholism. in a more ancient tradition of self-image who doesn't have a " From our perspective as individual human dignity and sense of deeper vali.ies is going religious leaders, these mala· worth," he said in an inter· to be more likely to tumble into dies are only symptoms of a view. d rugs," said Keeler. deeper and more basic prob· But others will have to join \em: a lack of fundamental To illustrate his point, Keeler cited the example of sex educa in, Zaiman said. " It has to be a values," the statement says. broad effort." The statement is "Yet we persist in cheating our tion classes. He complained that children arE: being taught calling on all fa ith groups to children of this cri tically help create enough pressure to important education." about contraception and disease prevention, but not put the issue on the national Values such as honesty, agenda. compassion, integrity, taler· about the mutuality of a sexual ance and loyalty are not being relationship, marriage and stressed in the public school love. system, says the statement, "We would like to see the which is titled " A Lesson of components of great civic vir Value." tues specifically folded into the The statement was devel teaching process," he said. "Just because oped over an 18-month period To accomplish this, the in the course of regular meet Synagogue Council's Inter· ings between the Bishops Con· religious Affairs Committee I need a little help ference and the Synagogue and the Bishops Conference's Council, an umbrella group Committee for Ecumenical and representing the rabbinic and lnterreligious Affairs have pro doesn't mean congregational bodies of Re· posed a number of recom "When I lived alone, simple everyday things form, Conservative and Ortho mendations: I need a like cooking, taking medications, even dox Judaism. • the establishment of state dressing were a problem. But, The document itself was committees to create new • h ,, drafted by Auxiliary Bish0p morality conscious curricula; nursing ome. I don't need a nursing home. William Newman of Baltimore • the convening of confer· The Assisted Living section at and Rabbi Joel Zaiman, presi ences of teachers, adminis Horizon Retirement Centers is perfect for me. dent of the Synagogue Coun trators, parents and students at Now I enjoy life thanks to the personal attention ofa friendly, medi cil. the state and local levels; cally-oriemed staff, always there when I need them. Ever yday I look for· According to Zaiman, the • the creation of educational reluctance of American educa programming in the media to ward to companionshir:>i gracious dining, tors to instill moral and ethical complement school curricula; social events, our own bus trips 10 teachings into their courses and places I haven't been in years. My stems from sensitivity to the • the underwriting of special furniture fits so nicely and issue of the separation of school programs by founda· housekeeping worries are a church and state. tions. thing o f the past. T he cost w ill sur Informant-Rabbi prise you - less than hal f the price o f a nursing \ Resigns Post-- --- home. PRAGUE {JTA) - The Coun division, allowing him to work And, i f you don't need cil of Czech Jewish Communi as a teacher of religion and the ties last week accepted the res Hebrew language. all the help I do, Horizon ignation of Rabbi Daniel Mayer Mayer received his ordina Retirement Centers have from his post as rabbi of tio n from the Rabbinical a Ret i rem em Residence Prague and the Czechoslovak Seminary in Budapest, the section w ith spacious pri republic, following his confes major rabbinical school in East vate apartments and full sion that he had served as a ern Europe. It was in 1979, services for much less. government informant under during Mayer's second year at the ousted Communist regime. the seminary, that he was re Assisted Living from Horizon. Mayer confessed to having cruited by the secret service. ltS just what I needed . . and more!" signed a cooperation pledge for Without consulting the coun the Czechoslovak secret ser cil and his congregation, Mayer 1 vice a decade ago, at the age of had decided to run as a candi UJtillrLtD Soc/osewfhne 22. date in the parliamentary elec· RETIREMENT CENTERS The council took into consid tions held earlier this month. Rlff!REM ENT RESI DENCES eration Mayer's assurances that During inquiries into the histo & ASSISTED LI VING he had never knowingly done ries of all candidates running Forinformarion call Toll Fret" any harm to any individual for seats in the new parliament, 1·800-367-8558 and that he had done his best Mayer's cooperation pledge to to serve the Jewish community. the Communist secret police Nevertheless, it concluded that came to light. for moral and political reasons, Once the information was WESTBAY SOUTHBAY NORTHBAY EASTBAY GREENWICH the rabbi could not remain in revealed, Mayer · publicly MANOR MANOR MANOR MANOR BAY MANOR his present post. ackowledged his role and with West Shore Rd. Kingstown Rd. Pleasant View Ave. Wampanoag Trail Main Street The Prague Jewish congrega drew his candidacy. Warwick S. Kingstown Smithfield I E. Prov./Barr. E. Greenwich tion, however, offered to The removal of Mayer from 739-7300 789-4880 232-5577 433-5000 q91 885-3334 employ Mayer, the only person the post creates a problem for in the country with a rabbinical t.he Jews of Prague, according tlql'/ 0~ o~' de_gree, in its ritual questions \continued on page 14) THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD. THU K~UA Y. Ju1"c. .w. , 7,-., Arts and Entertainment
Cool Fun At New Bedford's Zeiterion Theatre From Merlin's magic to the most popular young people's adventures of Peter Rabbit, the performers, giving stiff compe Zeiterion Theatre's Summer tition to Rosenshontz and Youth Theatre Festival 1990 is Canada's Raffi. Her music is an guaranteed to make sure you upbeat blend of rock, pop, won't hear any choruses of bebop and blues kids can sing 'Tm bored!" this summer. The along with. Kids and parents series, sponsored by Shaw's will hear their favorites - in Supermarkets, begins July 11 cluding " Bubblebath" and and runs through August 8, " You're Driving Me Crazy." ------Sometimes Change Is Good---- with performances at I 0:30 Finally, on August 8, The a.m. Tickets are on sale now. Gingerbread Players & Jack by Pamela F. Tcath incredible business, but you A new hot and cold salad bar/ On July 11, two-time Emmy return with "The Adventures Are you sick and tired of eat never feel left out or ignored. buffet is being introduced for Award winner Marshall lzen of Peter Rabbit." Lavish sets ing at restaurants where you The staff is very courteous and the summer. It will consist of takes children on a delightful and colorful costumes make for can't translate the food into attentive. cold, fresh vegetables as well fantasy through a land where an enchanting production English? What about places Once we were brought to as complementing salads. rags, bags and cardboard boxes filled with bright melodies that that try to tel1 you it's O.K. to our table, we got directly down On the hot side will be hors turn into puppets of knights, bring to life the classic story of eat nowers? Restaurants that to the business at hand. We d 'oeuvres, soups and even dragons, a pop-up book and a Beatrix Potter's " Peter Rabbit." won't acknowledge children were torn between the vast freshly sliced roast beef. Down most unusual Snow White. Performances in the Sum under the age of 16? Or, worst selection of appetizers. There stairs, what used to be a night Favorite storybook characters mer Youth Theatre Festival of all, restaurants that don't were over 15 to choose from. I cluh/disco is now Fra11k Santos ' are woven with classical 1990 happen Wednesday serve food, but "cuisine?" eventually opted for my old Laugh Co1111ectio11. There is music into a "tour de force that mornings at I 0:30 a.m. Tickets Well, you can forget about all standby - nachos. At the stand-up comedy and a hypno keeps audiences enthralled" are $4.50 each, general ad those places and check out the Brass Rail, they will substitute tist on appointed nights of the (CTC Critiques). mission. Subscriptions to all Brass Rail Tavern in Seekonk. nacho cheese with potato skin week. On July 18, the madcap five shows in the series are Ever since the change has cheese at no extra charge for On Sundays there is a deli Wright Bros. turn anytime into $ 18. Group rates are also avail been made (new ownership) those of us who do not like cious brunch buffet. The fare zanytime. With a mix of jug able. Tickets are on sale now at there have been nothing but spicy foods. My partner chose ranges from brunch tradition gling, humor and pantomime, the Zeiterion box office at (508) improvements. the buffalo wings, which he als such as eggs and bacon and The Wright Bros. will keep kids 994-2900. Individual tickets My guest and I had maybe a said were delicious. They were goes to the opposite end of the and adults laughing over their are available through Ticket four-minute wait on a Tuesday hot and spicy, but most im spectrum with seafood New contagious brand of fun. master at (617) 931 -2000 and night. This restaurant does an portantly, not too greasy. burg or sweet and sour chicken. The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, all Ticketmaster outlets. Deciding on an entree was Tlie Brass Rail Tavern is very Magic Show on July 25, will The Zeiterion Theatre is HOUSECLEANING harder than the appetizers. Be easy to get to from I 95, and is get everyone in the audience to located at 684 Purchase St. in tween the regular entrees and an excellent choice to bring the feel the magic. Magician downtown, historic New Bed Ladies, before you come the daily specials you have family for a good, hot meal, Landis Smith and friends will ford. The theatre is full y ac home from work and over 20 selections to pick from . where everyone can pick what ride your broom. .. astound young and old with cessible, air-conditioned and My guest decided to have the they want and not break the amazing characters and whirl there is plenty of free parking. LET US PUSH IT! surf and turf. 1 picked the steak budget. The atmosphere defi wind effects in one of the The Zeiterion Theatre is Ught to medium teriyaki. The steak was cooked nitely leans toward the casual country's most exciting magic fu nded in part by the Massa household chores, exactly as desired, but the side. Big booths and low shows. chusetts Cultural Council; the flexible hours. potato could have been cooked hanging lamps make for a pri Acclaimed singer/song- Arts Lottery Councils of A cush EMPLOYEES longer and been hotter. My vate dining experience, though writer Rory brings her loopy, net, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, SECURED guest enjoyed everything that - an excellent place to come groovy kind of music to the Freetown, Marion, Mattapoi am was placed before him, and after or before shopping or the & BONDED. Zeiterion August 1 for a morn sett, New Bedford, Rochester still had room for dessert, movies. ing of hilarious antics and sing and Westport; the City of New CATHLEEN which was warm apple pie T/1e Brass Rail is located 011 along. The inventor of " Kid Bedford; and the New England NAUGHTON with vanilla ice cream. There I 125 Fall River Ave., Seekonk, rock," Rory ranks as one of the Foundation for the Arts. ASSOC. were huge chunks of apples, Mass. They are open 11 a.m.- 11 249 Wickenden St. but the amount of cinnamon, p.m. Mo11days-Tliursdays, Fri Perishable Theatre Starts Eighth Providence he said, was a little too much. days a11d Saturdays they're open 751·9660 There are big plans for 1111/i/ 12, a11d Sundays they're Season With A Howl A changes at the Brass Rail Tavem. open until 10 p.m. 11011-smoking The Perishable Theatre be person. The admission price is section is available. They are gins its eighth summer tour for tax deductible, and benefits the handicapped accessible. AMEX, young audiences wilh a world Perishable's continuing efforts GLASS & MIRRORS VISA, MC are all accepted. Call premiere performance of "The to bring live performance to (508) 336-8254 for complete Custom Wall Mirrors Coyote Stories," an original inner cities, nursing homes, i11formatio11. work with music based on an hospitals, recreation depart • Insulated Gtass • Safety Glass • Window Glass ancient American Indian ments and other nontraditional • Table Tops • Patio Doors • Shower Doors legend. The performance is on theatre venues. • Store Fronts Saturday, June 30 at the Orwig "The Coyote Stories" were Dorothea Snyder will Music Center, Brown Univer adapted by playwright David General Glass Co. sity. Curtain time is 2 p.m. F. Eliet, with music by com· 100 Catder Street, Cranston, Al be back next week. To encourage attendance by poser Nancy Rosenberg. Eliet families, the Theatre has set and Rosenberg have collabor· 943-4732 ated on many of The Perish· Free Estimates Fully Insured admission at only $35 for groups of one to four, with a $3 able's most successful origina charge for each additional pieces, including the criticallJ acclaimed " East of the Sun1 West of the Moon." The piece features Old Ma, Coyote, part benefactor an< i.naturar part rascal, who is credited fo creating the earth and bringin, Skin Care & Cosmetics fire to the " New People." I episodes that are both hilariou and touching, Old Man Coyot shows audiences of all ages th perils and pleasures of humar kind's tenuous relationshi Sculptured Nails with the natural world. After the premiere, " Tli 82995 reg. s5000 Coyote Stories" will to1 Offer good until July ~I, I 990 throughout Southern Ne England, with more than six shows scheduled throuE August. Staged by renowm director Mark Lehrman, ti SKIN CARE • FACIALS • WAXING cast includes Perishable reg NAILS • PEDICURES • COLOR ANALYSIS lars Michael Thibeault, Ka Lohman and Maggie Ma "Gift certificates Millan, and newcomer Pa THE VILLAGE AT GARDEN CITY By appt. Boyer. CRANSTON 942-2000 THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD.THURSDAY, JUNE 28. 1990 \ Cult Fascination Pawtucket Arts Council------Music Festival For more information con of Providence; George W. The Blackstone Valley Sum tact the Arts Council at 725 - Dawson, Fl ying Shuttles, Sybil mer Music Festival will be pre 1151. Heerdegen, Ed Hines, Laurie sented again this summer at Lynn Lawton, M.A. Podolak, Slater Memorial Park in Paw Artists Exhibit Aaron Usher, and Sandra tucket. Every Sunday from Jul y An ex hibit of works by artist Y~ghian of Pawtucket; David I through August 26 2-4 p.m. members of the Pawtucket Arts Bochanowski, Charles C. Cleer music concerts will be held Council wi ll run from June 20 Ill, Mary Kosowski, and Bonnie which are free to the public. through July 18 at the Black Lee Turner of Lincoln; Gail They take place at the band stone Valley Chamber of Rose of Cumberland; Herbert stand near the duck pond at Commerce. Brown and Dolores Harbach of Slater Park. East Providence; Janet Judge of Included are paintings in oil, Greenvill e; Hiroko Shikashio A variety of music ranging acrylic, and watercolor; draw of North Providence; Patricia from popular to jazz and coun ings in pastel. charcoal, and Sheridan of Warwick; Margaret try will be featured over the pen and ink; photographs and E. Nelson of Attleboro; and nine-week summer series. handwoven baskets and rugs. Sally CasweH and Birdie The line- up includes: Arthur Among the participating art Corbitt of Seekonk, Mass. Medeiros Swing Band on Jul y ists are Ron Bianco, Leone For more information, con I, Duke Be\aire Orchestra on Cargill, Rose Coppa D' Amore, tact the Pawtucket Arts Coun Jul y 8, Eddie Zack and the Louis Emma, David Gold, Carl cil, 474 Broadway, Pawtucket, Hayloft Jamboree on Jul y I 5, Reiner, and Beth Voso, all IU 02860, 725 -1151. Tommy Rotondo Orchestra on July 22, Jim Burke and the Dixie All Stars on Jul y 29, Red McDonald and Friends on DONALD J. §HEIN Patricia McGuire, Bri~n McEleney, Cynthia Strickland, Ed August 5, Paul Borrelli Orches Shea, and Fred Sullivan, jr. in Trinity Repertory Company's tra on August 12, Art Tancredi production of "Rebecca," adapted and directed by Tina Landau. Orchestra on August 19, and CONSTRUC'Tl9N Set and Lighting design is by Rob Murphy, costumes are by Norm Lacaille Sextet on Au William Lane, and so und is by Nevin Steinberg. "Rebecca" gust 26. runs through July 15. Performances are scheduled Tuesdays ,dpes i? The sponsors of this year's and Sundays at 7 p.m., Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 Music Festival include the p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Ticket prices range from Pawtucket Arts Council, Recre .I )I· $22 to $30. Photo by Ron Manville. ation Division of Pawtucket, City of Pawtucket, Bla ckstone -~,. For those of us " of a certain turns of the shoulde r, the age" the novel, Rebecca by Valley Chamber of Commerce, movement of her head as she Music Performance Trust Fund Daphne du Maurier has a cult defers to the monolithic house Local 198 of the American Fed fascination. We read it once keeper, Mrs. Danvers. As Mrs. eration of Musicians and dona and then read it again, and Danvers, Cynthia Strickland is then again, and again. To rein tions from businesses and pri frightening, he r white face vate individuals. force the images and th e lines sternly set under her coal black that careened from the page. wig. Brian McEleney is re the re was the wonderful old strained and taut as Maxim movie that starred Sir Laurence deWinter. Those sitting close Olivier, Joan Fontaine, and enough to the stage could see Judith Danvers. And we have his facial muscles tighten as his in Rhode Island! seen that again and again and character's tensions increased. will again. It never palls. It To help the deWinter mys It's good to be back at Trinity Rep. I'm ready never bores. For that reason tery unfold and to enable and eager to launch a bang-up 1990-91 Season the production at Trinity (Du Maxim to overcome his guilt with great plays and new, lower subscription Maurier wrote the play, too) is and the burden of it is a won prices for the full 8-play series. especially welcome. derful cast of convincing and The happy news is that the engaging pe rsonalities. Maxim The key to the future of our beloved theatre Trinity production does not has a tweedy and outspoken rests squarely with us - you, me and the Trinity detract from the warmly held sister (Janice Duclos) and a Rep company. We've got to come together; the memories, but allows us to en horsy, mustached, brother-in actors are waiting, but without you Trinity Rep is joy them and to cherish new law, Major Giles Lacey (William ones retrospectively. The Damkoehler). Not only do just a building. Let's keep it a theatre. strength of the production Duclos and Damkoehler set up It can be so terrific. Join us - we need you nows from Tina Landau's contrasting counterparts to now more than eve~ adaptation and direction, Rob McGuire and McEleney, they Murphy's set and lighting ef serve as affectionate ca ricatures fects, and the collective cast's of the gentry that was the excellent performance. backbone of " merrie aide On stage is a huge staircase England." upon which much of the action Ed Shea plays Frank Craw PLAYS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR TRNrrY REP'S 1990-91 SEASON occurs. As the central focus of a Golden Boy • Juno and the Paycock • The D2rk at the Top or the Stairs • Come Back, Little Sheba ley, the unswervingly loyal The School for Wives • The Royal Family • The Lower Depths • A View from the Bridge large country mansion the friend of and general factotum The Three Sisters • Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune • Mister Roberts • The Stick Wife staircase broods over a huge to Maxim deWinter. His British fireplace - la rge enough for accent is nawless, not too Get 8 Plays for the price of 5 - 3 PLAYS FREE! the heroine to cower in - a much, not too .. Shea gets all huge mirror that eerily renects the nuances out of the charac the action, and appropriate ter of Crawley: his patience, his manorial pieces of furniture. At ..·¾J · discretion, his charm. He is the SundayS,oday2pm & Tuesday 7pm Saturday Spm Wednesday & Saturday the top of the staircase glistens kind of best friend that every a mesh kind of curtain behind 1----'.'.W~ol"-.'=,Th n~·_!&_,:Fri"'''"'"''-'''"'m"-f------+-- - --c''cpm-C--_ _ one yearns to have. 8-Pl•y Serie• $130 $150 $110 which figures can move and Larger than life, bustling, stare out at the action below. terrifying to Mrs. deWinter, ~-~[a:~~::. L ___!Sc;7Jc_ ___L_ __ _, s,o"'----'------'S6::::2:___ The set enhances the story irritating to the other charac • This Series consists of the fi rst two plays and last two plays of the 6Cason. line, the spooky, soul-satisfy ters, Jack Favell (Fred Sullivan, • Ple•se note: Prc~s Ni,:ht will be on Tuesdays this season. ing story of the second Mrs. Jr.) vaults onto the scene. A • For special "f'riends" (donor), Senior Citizen, Student, and Preview subscription offers, deWinter, the heroine and nar petty tittle con man and lover please cull the1'riniLy Rcp8oxOffiocat401/35l-4242. rator, who is never once ad of Rebecca he manages to Name ______dressed by her name, whatever move his audience from amused I/We wish to order __# subscriptions at it may be. The 21-year-old contempt to sympathetic pity. Address ______$ ___ each, fora total of$___ _ bride of Maxim deWinter ar As the perfect country-house City _____,Statc __. ZIP __ rives with him at Manderley, Charge customers please add a $3.00 handling butler, Frith, Gerry Leaper is $ ____ his country estate, to find that admirable, and Timothy Crowe Phone(day),______fee per subscription the atmosphere is supercharged is convincing as Colonel Jul yan. (evening), ______Total amount due with the memories of his first In a kind of post-Edward ian, •---- Please enter my subscription: 0 VISA O MasterCard Exp. date ___ wife, Rebecca. pre-World War II British En Patricia McGuire plays the glish, the story unfolds, the 0 8-Play Series D Fair Weather 4-Play Series Card#______second Mrs. deWinter endear mystery unravels, and the I/We wish to attend (check one only): Nameoncard(print),______ingly. She is by turns timid, audience warms to Mrs. dc D 2pm Sun. D 8pm Wed. D 8pm Sat. Signature ______frightened as a faun , playful as Winters' discovery - their D 7pm Sun. D 8pm Thurs. 0 2pm Wed. a kitten, and unabashedly in own adolescent fantasy come D 7pm Tues. 0 8pm Fri. D 2pm Sat. Check or money order payable to: love with her new husband. true. Mrs. deWinter li ves out Trinity Repertory Company For her the worry is whether that fantasy: the early belief Sit together? Pa.y together! If you wish to be 201 Washington St., Providence, RI 02903 the ghost of Rebecca will be that the beloved loves another; seated with friends, please submit all orders and payments at the same lime. If you have special seating needs or a physical devil her marriage. Even the the heady discovery in the de disability, please specify. JH way McGuire moves, contrib nouement that the beloved utes to the character: the little loves not another, but oneself! TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY• 101 /,!51- ti 1; JO-THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY.JUNE 28, 1990 Local News
Lefkowitz Returns Flynn Elected President
To Woonsocket Mrs. Priscilla J. Flynn of Nationally renowned cantor Since then, he has compiled, Charlestown was elected presi David Lefkowitz will return to edited, reconstructed, adapted den! of the R~ode Island Fed Woonsocket this weekend to and arranged over 120 settings erat1on of Business and Profes chant services at Congregation from the manuscript fragments, sional Women's Clubs (BPW) B'nai Israel. Lefkowitz served most of which have been pre- for the 1990/91 year, at the as cantor at B'nai Israel in the miered at services at Park Ave- organization's 53rd annual early part of his career. nue Synagogue and in concert convention held recently at the The services will be con halls. In December, 1989, Lef- Sheraton Islander Inn and Con ducted on Friday, June 29 at 8 kowitz was the featured soloist ference Center, Goat Island, p.m. and Saturday at 9 p.m. at a concert at Royce Hall in Newport. The installation cere Lefkowitz has had a wide Los Angeles, conducted by many was conducted at the Sat ranging career both in religious Roger Wagner with full a rches- urday evening banquet by the and secular music. Educated at Ira and chorus, which brought national federation representa the University of Pittsburgh, Nowakowsky's work to a large live, Pat Taylor of Ballwin, the Cantors Institute of the nonsectarian audience. Mo., the first vice-president of Jewish Theological Seminary, Lefkowitz has appeared as the National Federation of and The Juilliard School, he soloist in concerts throughout Business and Professional possesses a lyric tenor the qual the United States, Canada, Women's Clubs, Inc. (BPW / ity of which has elevated him Israel and Europe and has had USA) and a member and past to the forefront of the cantor leading tenor roles with the president of the Arkansas ate, while simultaneously Pennsylvania Opera Festival B.P.W. Federation. allowing him to pursue an and the Jacksonville (FL) Opera As president of the state active and highly praised secu Company performing in operas org~nization, Flynn is on the lar career. by Donizetti, Rossini and national board of directors of Following positions in Brook Verdi. He has been a soloist, BPW / USA, and will head the lyn, N.Y., and Paterson, N.J., singing Mozart, with the New Rhode Island delegation at the Lefkowitz assumed the post of York Philharmonic under con- national convention in July in cantor at Park Avenue Syna ductor Neville Marriner; in per- Charlotte, N.C. She is business gogue in New York City in formances of oratorios by manager at Wilson Publishing 1976. The synagogue already Handel, Haydn and Honneger Co., Wakefield, and is a twenty had a long and illustrious musi conducted by Abraham Kaplan; year employee of the firm. She cal reputation, and Cantor with the Dayton Youth Chorale, is a member and past president Lefkowitz has found fertile in world premieres of several of the Chariho B.P.W. chapter. ground there for his multi new works conducted by Flynn holds an associate faceted talents. He continues Jerome Kopmar; and he has degree in business manage Cantor David Lefkowitz the tradition, established in continued to present solo recit- ment, with highest honors, 1943 by his predecessor, Haz a\s of art songs by the master from the Community Colege of zan David Putterman, of an composers. R.I. She is a member of the JEWISH DATING SERVICE annual Friday Evening Service A WNET television docu- New Engla nd Press Associa Personal Service at its Best of Liturgical Music which en mentary, " Hear Our Voices," lion and the New England courages and commissions the about the history of cantorial Newspaper Association. Call Bernice 508-998-1233 composition of new music for music featured Lefkowitz, as Other 1990/91 officers in "June is for Love Bugs" the Sabbath Eve service. In did " More Than A Singer," a s_tal\ed at the N~wport conven 1977 he inaugurated an Annual film co-produced by the Can- t1on are: V_alene A. Pe~ry of Saturday Morning Service of tors Assembly and the National East Providence, president Classical Liturgical Music to re Foundation for Jewish Culture, elect/first vice-president; vive, and very often premiere, which was premiered at a New Karen L. Lytle of Charlestown, music from the rich, but by York University film festival. second vice-president; Jane M. MASSAGE THERAPY now largely unknown, heritage WABC-TV presented an hour- Parenteau, North Kingstown, of the great choral synagogues long special. " Night of Awe," a recordi~g secretary; Maureen Home Visits of Europe. traditional Selihot service tele- N. Guil bault, Pascoag, cor Proctice Limited to Wome11 During the summer of 1978, cast from Park Avenue Syna- responding secretary;_Janice L. Lefkowitz began to study a gogue, which was shown Deal, North Kmgstown, MARY DARBY small collection of manuscripts nationwide in two successive treasurer; and Barbara J. Silva by the great 19th century years, and which is available of East Greenwich, state fed (401) 831-6264 Russian synagogue composer on video-cassette. In addition, eration nominating committee David Nowakowsky, which Lefkowitz has embarked on a chairman. l,i,·1·11 ~1·11 Ma.~sa~i· Tlwrapisl had been donated to the Park long-term project to record C,·rlifin l Mus(·ular Th1• r11pist A\i"enue "Synagogue music li classical and contemporary brary. His recognition of the masterpieces of Jewish liturgi importance of the music led cal music, making them ac him to trace the composer's cessible to new generations of Brown Bag Club descendants who, in tum, were worshippers, musicians and Tours Recycling so impressed with his initial other devotees of hazzanut. Facility efforts and his great apprecia Presently, Lefkowitz serves tion for the value of the work, as President of the American The Brown Bag Club of the that they ultimately entrusted Society for Jewish Music, Vice Jewish Community Center of to him the complete manuscript President and Music Director Rhode Island, 401 Elmgrove VINYL collection which contained of The David Nowakowsky Avenue in Providence, will be choral works for the liturgy Foundation, and on the Execu touring the Material Recycling REPLACEMENT Facility on Shun Pike, Johnston and psalms, organ works, tive Council of the Cantors WINDOWS violin, piano and vocal pieces. 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The facility is just four lcucr word again.That'" because they're tough and durublc. The recipients are Janet in May and several family past the land fill. Meet back at .~ o 1hey don'I ~,ick, jam. ro1 or cau~e cuNing. Alexander of Cranston, Karen foundations and grants. the Center at noon for lunch . Bring a brown bag lunch; des W11uld11'1 yo11 Ji(1• 11, .w1y .l'lmll'thill.~ 11i1 c• alm11I your wimfm,·J fm· 11 1 h1111g1<' Block of North Kingstown, Founded in 1893, National David Cohen of Wakefield, Council of Jewish Women is sert and beverage will be pro Alex Margolin of Providence, the oldest volunteer national vided. Donation is $1 . The Yiddish Vinke) will CALL TODAY: 941-3222 FREE ESTIMATES David Miller of Warwick and Jewish women's organization Anna Pavlotsky of Providence. in the country. There are more meet at 2 p.m. directly follow COMPETITIVELY ing the Brown B.ag Club. Selection of the students than 100,000 members in 200 PAICEO For more information on MADE-RITE chosen is based not only on sections who are dedicated to academic achievement and community service and social these events call Lisa Good man at 861 -8800. 600 PARK AVENUE CRANSTON, RI financial need, but on invo!ve· action to improve life for all. ,, .... ----.'...... · ..... ,-----_- ___ .______,, _____ ) ,•,,,, ,,.., THE RHODE ISLAND JEW ISH HERALD.THURSDAY, JUNE 28. 1990- 11 Shirim Klezmer Performs Sons of Jacob~.------for Day School Friday, June 29 - Six days December of that year. By from it again. And to the ·fol in the new month of Tammuz. l 972, 23 of 4 7 diplomatic mis lowers of other religions, the Candlelighting 8:06 p.m. sions in Israel were in the Christians and the Muslims, he I Minchah 7 p.m. capitol. Today, only two remain promised that their freedom of Saturday, June 30 - Seven - Costa Ri ca and El Salvador. worship and all their religious days in Tammuz. The Torah While Israel was building rights will be safeguarded. reading is P'chukas. Morning West Jerusalem, Jordan was Israel has never deviated from services (Shacharis) 8:30, Kid destro':'.in~ the Old Cit~. After those words of pledge. dush follows immediately. all hostilities had e nded the Minchah is at 8:25 p.m. fol- Old City's historic Jewish Cranston Senior Guild • lowed by the "third" meal. Quarter was destroyed. Fifty 111 Ma'ariv 9:11 p.m. Shabbos con eight synagogues were de "Summerti me and the Living cludes at 9:17 p.m. The Hav stroyed or desecrated by the Is Easy." Good tirries galore!! do\ah service is at 9:20 p.m. Jordanians as cowsheds, sta Following is a reminder of our Sunday, July 1 - Morning bles, or public toi lets. 75% of activities: service at 7:45 . (Thursday eve the 50,000 tombstones in the July 22 - The Newport ning, Tammuz 13, should be hallowed Mount of O li ves Jew "Star Clipper" luncheon train recited, the Blessing of the ish cemetery were broken, (sold out). moon; and if this is missed it uprooted, or desecrated. August 8 - " Mame" at can still be done Friday eve In viola tion of the Israel Matunuck Theatre-by-the-Sea ning. Morning services for Jordan Armistice Agreement of (sold out). Monday and Thursday are at 1949, Je ws were barred from •• August 22 - Special 6:30, and for Tuesday and Fri visiting their holy sites. In added attraction - Wednes day at 6:45. For Wednesday, applying for a visa to Jordan, day matinee " Phantom of the Shirim Klezmer Orchestra little Shtetls of Eastern Europe July 4, morning se rvices are at Je\vS had to provide proof they Opera" the pla y with music. performed in concert at the when the klezmorim came to 7:45 . This is our U.S. Indepen were not Jewish. Christians Buffet lunch. Coachlight Din Ruth and Max Alperin Schech town. The highlight of the per dence day. Minchah for this were prohibited from expand ner Theatre, East Windsor, ter Day School on May 17 at formance in vol ved dancing in week is at 8:20 p.m. ing as they wished. Their Conn. Lim ited choice seating. I 0:30 a.m. in the first annual the aisles, as teachers and stu Congratulations to Mr. and schools had to teach the Koran, Don't delay - make your Arthur Einstein Memorial dents took to their feet and Mrs. Alex Goodblatt fo r their along with the Bible, and, not reservations nowt Call Beverly Concert. danced traditional Eastern 57th wedding anniversary! surprisingly Jerusalem's Chris Jacobson at 274-9586. " Kl ezmer," li terall y " musi European line and circle dances May you both have many more tian population dropped from September 9-13 - Las cian" in Yiddish, combines along with the music. It was an healthy years. 25,000 to 10,800 between Vegas Bonanza! 5 days-4 Middle Eastern music, the unforgettable morning of Jerusalem 1948 to 1990 I 948-67. nights at the fantastic " La dance beat of Romania, Poland music! O n May 14, 1948, the Arab Christ ian Arabs were given Mirage Hotel and Casino" in and Russia, and the Dixieland The Einstein Memo rial Con states attacked the newly es access to their holy places onl y cluding many extras. Space is feel of the roaring twe nties in cert is funded by the Einsten tablished State of Israel. Prior on Christmas and Easter. sti ll available. Deadline is America. Klezmer music de family in loving memory of to the invasion, the Arabs had Muslims, like Jews, were com August I 0. For more informa· veloped primarily for v.-ed Arthur Einstein. Arth ur Einstein blockaded Jerusalem and, with pletely banned from visiting tion and reservations call dings and other Jewish celebra was born in Odessa, Russia , in two weeks of Israel's decla their shrines. Beverl y Jacobson at 274-9586. tions. It is a very old tradition, \vhere he was educated and ration of indepe nde nce, they This all changed in 1967. At September 26 -"Fiddler on !,,l .irting in the Middle Ages, became a piano professor at succeeded in driving the Jews 9:30 a.m. on June 5 Israel sent a the Roof" at the Nort h Shore ,rnd many of the tunes are the Imperial Conservatory of out of the Old City. message to Jordan via the U.N. Music Theatre with a buffet probably hundreds of yea rs Music. In the I 920's he came to Be n-Gurion remained hope " We shall not initiate action lunch at Augustine's. Available old. Because it is a " folk" Providence and became the ful of recapturing the city, but against Jordan. However, seating. Chairperson is Janet music, it was not often written Music Director and organist of he discovered that the interna should Jordan open hostilities, Richman 46 1-7108. duwn, but was passed down Temple Emanu-EI, introducing tional community's principal we shall react with a ll our First meeting of the season from one generation to the the synagogue music of Odessa concern during the war was the might and the king will have to will be held on Wednesday, lll'Xt , and Europe. He also initiated a protection of Christian holy bear the full responsibilities of September 5, al Temple Torat With audience participation, Kadima Choral Society which places. In contrast to the Jor the conseque nces." Hussein Y'israel, 330 Park Ave., Crans· clapping hands and stamping presented concerts at Brown danians who indiscriminately ignored the warning and ton, R.I. fed, Shirim took the audience University. Arthur loved chil shelled Jerusalem and other launched an attack. Israel Make your summer more on a joyful musical-historical dren, and he often taught areas, the Jews fo ught with counterattacked and gained e njoyable by attending some or 1ourney through Turkey, East campe rs at Jori to love music sensitivity. control of Jerusalem on the 7th all of our events. l'rn Europe, ending up emigrat by playing on improvised in When the war ended, East of June. More news coming in August. ing to America, and demon struments. Essie, his lifelong Jerusalem and most of the Afterward, General Moshe strating how the music both companion, and hi s sons, other holy shrines were in the Dayan declared that Je rusalem When you announce the birth continued and changed. Ralph and Ted, and their fam i had been liberated, and that hands of the Jordanians. Ben of a child why no! incl ude The Shirim Klezmer Orches lies have established the Arthur Gurion was unmoved. On Israel had returned to that most tra performed on clarinet, tuba, Einstein Memorial Music Fund December 5, I 949 he said sacred shrine, neve r to part a black and white photo? trombone, piano, tambouri ne to perpetuate Arthur's memory "Jerusalem is an integral part and violin, with songs in Yid by providing annual concerts of Israel history; in her fa ith, ,------~ dish, Hebrew and English. The of Jewish music to the children and in the depths of her soul. group traveled through the of the Alperin Schechter Day Jerusalem is the 'heart of hearts' ADVERTISE audience to give students a School . of Israel. fla vor of what it was like in the A nation which over 2500 years has always maintained YOUR BUSINESS For more information on the the pledge vowed by the ba n Jewish Vegetarians Jewish Vegetarians conference, ished people on the rivers of in this space Conference write to Box 1463, Baltimore, Babylon, not to forget Jeru~ salem." 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Yiddish Eldercamp Miller Receives July23-27 Degree There is still ti me to register David 5. Miller, the son o( for the fift h annual Yiddish Joel and An n 5. Miller, gradu Eldercamp which is co-spon ated from Pilgrim High School sored by the Bureau of Jewish in Warwick, on June 7 with a Education of Rhode Island and class rank of four in a class of the Jewish Community Center 303 students. of Rhode Island. This nation During school Miller accom ally acclaimed program will be plished many feats such as: held on July 23-27, from 10 National Honor Society, R.I. a.m. to 3 p.m. at the ]CC/RI, Honor Society and Foreign 401 Elmgrove Ave., Provi Language Honor Society. dence .. His other accomplishments Four Levels of Yiddish lan were: winning the Sons of Italy guage and literature, from Award for Outstanding Stu beginners to advanced, will dent of Italian Language, Cen meet in the morning; and the tu ry Ill Leadership Award, entire student body will meet Louis Armstrong Award for Lerman Graduates in the afte rnoon for lectures on excellence in jazz and receiving Magna Cum Laude subjects related to Yidd ish arts an award from the National and culture. The outstanding Council of Jewish Women. He Jilt Lerman of Providence, faculty includes: Eva Gutman, has received a letter of com R.I. , daughter of Maxine Ler Dr. David Kaplan, Lea Eliash, mendation from the National man, graduated magna cum \>\lendy Billig, Toby Rossner, Merit Scholarship Board. laude from Auburn University, Leonore Sones, Carol lngall, As an active student, Miller College of Veterinary Medi Ada Jill Schneider, Herman was on the staff of his school's cine, Auburn, Alabama. Brown, Molt Prebluda, Dr. literary magazine, had played Dr. Lerman resides and will George Goodwin, Eleanor on their tennis club, wrestling be practicing in Cainsville, Fla . Horovitz, Rabbi Daniel Liben team and weightlifting club. and Anal Ein Dor. He played tenor saxophone in On Friday Cantor Brian school concerts, marching and Mayer, accompanied by Bela jazz bands and also for four Miller, will conclude the years he's been listed as Who's week's activities by performing Who Among High School Stu Yiddish music. dents. Mil ler has been Regional Students bring their own Vice President of B'nai B'rith dairy brown bag lunches and Youth Organization. Yiddish Eldercamp provides David is planning to pursue "coffee and . " each day. The an education in either teaching Tedeschi-Dowling cost for the entire week is only or medicine while attending Mr. and Mrs. Armand E. Tedeschi, Jr. of 183 Glen Rd ., Woon $40 per person. the University of Massachu socket, R.I., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jill Ellen If you have a love of Yid setts in Amherst in the Fa ll. of 4 Smithfield Rd., No. Providence, R.I. , to Richard Michael dislikeit and would like to Miller is the brother of Dowling of 10 O'Donnell Ave., No. Smithfield, R.I. , the son of spend a freilich week, call for a Andrea Miller and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Ric hard Dowling, 10 O'Donnell Ave., No. Smith Yiddish Eldercamp application, Edward and Evylyn Wasser field, R.L (401) 331 -0956. and Estelle Miller, all of Wa r Miss Tedeschi graduated from Bishop Feehan High School and Bergel Honored wick, R.I. The American University with a B.S. in nursing. Mr. Dowling graduated from Mt. St. Charles Academy and Merrimack College 1 ~e':it::~ Landesberg Graduates with a B.S. in management. m~; ~~he ~a!::n~~~ The wedding has been set for August 12, 1990, at 5:30 p.m. Brandeis University, Dick Ilise J. Landesberg, daughter Berge\ was the recipient of the of Arlene and Melvin Landes Charl ie Napoli Distinguished berg of Medfield, Mass., gradu Toni Lenz Tinberg Achievement Award. The a\ed summa cum \aude from Receives Law Degree award is presented annually to Northeastern University. graduates that were athletes at She earned a bachelor of sci Toni Lenz Tinberg, daughter Brandeis and have gone on to e nce degree in computer of Joseph and Edith Lenz of distinguish themselves. science. She is a member of Phi East Providence, was grad Mr. Berge\ is a member of Kappa Phi honor society and a uated with honor from Suffolk the class of '57. He is the presi- recipient of the Sears B Condit University School of Law. Toni dent of retail store operations, Honor Award. was graduated from Shea High Montgomery Ward, Chicago, She is employed by GTE in School in Pawtucket, where Ill . He is the brother of Arthur Waltham, Mass., as a software she was Valedictorian of her Berge\ and Barbara Domenico. engineer. class. She received her Bache He is the son of the late Irving Her maternal grandfather is lor of Arts degee from Brandeis and Anna Berge!. He is married Samuel M. Silverman of Provi University. Toni now resides in to My rna Kaplan Berge! and denc'?, R.I. Her paternal grand South Attleboro with her hus resides in Northbrook, Ill. They mother is Harriet Landesberg band, Howard Tinberg, Ph.D. have two sons, Gary and Mark. of Cranston, R.I. Before enrolling in Suffolk Mr. Bergel is a former resident University, Toni spent a year in of Providence and graduated ( READ THE HERALD! ) the Peoples Republic of China with Howard, where they ~~~: ~\ :~;~sant High S;~,h~o::o'.:.l,_:::::::------taught English at a university. Toni is now Associate Director of Personnel at Suffolk Uni versity. St. Dunstan's Day School HOME STYLE TAKEOUT Among students of St. Dunstan's School, Providence, who attained the Honor Roll for the fourth quarter of the HEART HEALTHY MEALS academic year, were the fol lowing: • Chicken & Sweet Potatoes • Bouillabaisse Juli Sil verman, grade 12, • Macaroni & Meatballs • Beef Stew daughter of Meredith Marks • Pasta Primavera • Beans Proveni;al and David Sil verman, both of • Oriental Sesame Scallops Providence; Allison Marks, 7:&7·1997 7:&7EastAvenue daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marks of Providence; and Deborah Feldstein, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Feldstein of Providence.
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DEA To Process ID Cards Pawtucket-Central Bar Mitzvah Services Falls Hadassah Ordinarily, Jewish children Torah a~d Mr. Dreznick is the The R.I. Department of Eld purpose of cashing municipal, who wish to become Bar Mitz officiant. The Torah Scroll is a erly Affairs (DEA) processes state and federal checks under The Pawtucket-Central Falls vah or Bat Mitzvah (meaning handwritten copy of the five identification cards for persons $750. Chapter of Hadassah has ·son of the commandment' and books of Moses on parchment 60 and older every Friday from In addition, the DEA mobile named Janice Ziegler, Ruth 'daughter of the command made from the skins of a 9 a.m. -3 p.m. at 160 Pine St. in ID unit will be at the fo llowing Shein, Ruth Goldstein and ment') are enrolled at a syna Kosher (ritually acceptable) Providence. locations in Jul y: Tuesday, July Ruth Blustein as delegates to gogue's religious school or animal. It is mounted on rollers Persons must present proof 10 from 1-3 p.m. al the Woon Hadassah's 76th National Con Jewish Da y School between and is the holiest object in the of age, such as a birth certifi socket Senior Center, 84 Social vention on Ju ly 15 -18 in New the ages of four and nine. They Jewish religion. As part of the cate, driver's license, or Blue Street, Woonsocket; Wednes York City. Rosalind Bolusky \VOuld then study several years Bar/Bat Mitzvah service, the Cross Plan 65 card. The DEA day, July 11 from 10 a.m.- noon will be a delegate from the and ultimately study the spe child may be required to read identification cards contain at the J.L. Caruolo Center, 830 Western New England Region . cific training to be Bar or Bat from the Torah Scroll, which is their owner's photograph, date Oakland Beach Avenue, War Elaine Kroll, a resident of Mitzvah in the final yea r. extremely difficult to do with of birth, Social Security num wick; and Wednesday, July 25 Providence, will be awarded a Reading instruction, taught in out the proper preparation, be r, address, and signature. from 1-3 p.m. , Tiverton Senior National Leadership Award at the first year, though, would be because it is written in Hebrew DEA identificat ion cards may Center, 207 Canonicus Road. the Convention. She has a requisite, without which they letters without any vowels, NOT be used for free transpor Senior housing units, senior served our Chapter as presi couldn't begin their Bar/Bat punctuation or tu ne symbols to tation on RI PTA buses. A $2 centers, and other agencies dent, vice-president in charge Mitzvah training. indicate the proper chanting. donation per ID ca rd is re interested in hosting the DEA of fund raising and program, But what if the parents have Even a knowledgable person quested. mobile ID card unit at their site treasurer, ad-book chairman neglected to enroll the child at must prepare intensively ahead State law requires fina ncial should contact Carmen Albert and donor dinner chairman. an early age? Almost all syna of time. institutions to honor the DEA at 277-2880. She is very active in the com gogues and Temples will de Bar Mitzvah Services is also identification as va lid fo r the munity and served on the cline to accept children aged 10 available to the fa milies of reli Temple Emanu-EI Sisterhood and over because the new chil gious school dropouts. A child Cranston High School East Board, is a committee member dren would be behind the may resume his or her studies of the National Council of Jew other children. The solution to at home. Reading is reviewed The Cranston High School eluding foo tball half-time ish Women, has been active in this problem has been arri ved or is taught anew, and thereaf· East Thunderbolt Band and shows, parades, and fi eld school affa irs, is a member of at by a fo rmer religious school ter the child is assigned the Emerald Encore Colorguard show competitions throughout the Mi riam Hospital Women's. teacher, Jay Dreznick of specifi c recitation concom· has been invited to march New England." Association and the Women's Englishtown, N .j. It is called mitent to his or her Bar/ Bat in the Bristol Fou rth of July This fin e group of musicians Association of the Jewish Bar Mitzvah Services. Mitzvah date. Parade. also performs as a concert Home for the Aged. Bar Mitzvah Services will Many students of Bar Mitz According to the Bristol band. In Colozzi's opinion, this Hadassah's Annual Conven arrange fo r private lessons in vah Services are products of Parade Committee, the Crans has been the finest concert tion includes four days of the home for one to five years, interfaith marriages. Many oth ton East Band will be one of band during his tenure as a working sessions on a broad teaching a child, fi rst, to read ers have minor learning d isa the few Rhode Island high band director. The Cranston range of issues of concern to Hebrew, and thereafter, assign bilities, such as dyslexia. Oth school units in the parade. East Concert Band participated American Jewish women, and ing the child a Bar/Bat Mitzvah ers choose the service because Whereas many of the state's in the Rhode Island State Band on Hadassah's projects and recitation appropriate to the the child is a very active par bands are not able to partici Festival which is sponsored by programs in the United States date selected for the ceremony. ticipant in an after-school pate as a result of depleted the Rhode Island Music Educa and Israel. Janice Ziegler, The ceremony may be held on activity such as LittJe League or ranks due to graduation, the tors Associa tion. The band per Chapter president, emphasized any day the Torah is read after other sports, and the family Thunderbolt Band students fo rmed level fi ve and six reper the importance of these issues. the child's 13th birthday (uti has chosen to give the after have enthusiastically accepted. toi re, considered extremely About 3000 delegates from the lizing the Hebrew calendar for school activity the priority. Still Bristol's in vitation. challenging for high school United States, Israel and many the determina tion). The Torah others live in isolated com Cranston East's band direc bands. Comments fro m adjudi fo reign countries are expected is read every Monday, Thurs munities, where large distances tor, Mark Colozzi, states that cators were quite favorable. to attend the event. day, all Jewish Holidays and discourage traveling to a he is fort unate to have such a The Cranston East Band has Hadassah has 385,000 mem twice on the Sabbath at morn Synagop:ue. dedicated group of students. enjoyed a renaissance this past bers nationwide, is the largest ing and afternoon services. Bar "Th is past year was extremely school yea r and is looking for Jewish orga nization in the Mi tzva h Services will make all producti ve for us. We did more wa rd to contin ued growth and United States and maintains a arrangements for a priva te BAR MITZVAH SERVICES ;, performances than ever, in- quality musical experiences. network of projects in health ceremony in the fa mil y home located at 750 Pelham Pkwy, So. care, career education, youth or at a caterer. If some fa milies Bronx, N. Y. 10462. Phone num welfa re and land reclamation. sti pulate or prefer that the cere bers are (201) 762-5090 or (212) Here in the United States mony be held in a Synagogue 931-2652. They will begin teach· Sampson Navy Veterans Hadassah provides its mem or Temple, arrangements ca n i11g in this area this week. Local bers with programs in Jewish be made for that also. teachers have been retained to The Sampson WW- II Navy Sampson. A monument, in education, Zionist and Ameri -· Veterans, Inc. has joined the honor of all who served at the Bar Mitzvah has an agree accommodate interested local can affairs and leadershi p ment with a half dozen such families . American Legion, the Veterans N.T.S. from 1942 to 1946, is development. Marlene Post of of Foreign Wars, the Disabled also planned to be erected at Temples to bring in priva te Manhasset Hill s, N.Y., and families for such a service. The American Veterans and other the base of the fl ag pole. Barbara Tirschwell of New such groups as a recogni zed The Sampson WW- II Navy requisites for such a ceremony City, N.Y ., are convention co· are a prepared child, minya n Veterans organization. This Veterans, Inc. will be holding chairmen. recognition comes from the their 3rd Annual Reunion on (quorum of 10), Torah scroll Offi ce of the Assistant Sec September 7, 8, 9, at Sampson .and officiant. These criteria are .almost the same among Ortho· MAZEL TOY retary of Defense in Washing in Waterloo, N.Y. Two dox, Conservative, Recon ton. banquets are planned to ac A Life In Revue" The Sampson WW- II Navy commodate the large contin structionist and Reform Jews. "Groucho, A Li fe In Revue" Ba r Mitzvah Services own thP Veterans, Inc. first met in 1987 gent of Navy Veterans who premieres in Boston at The ilB and was organized at a meet gather each yea r to renew old Theatre Lobby at 216 Hanover ing at the VFW Post 6433 in acquaintances, swap sea stories Street on Tuesday, September Wli Waterloo, N.Y. Forty-eight and war experiences, and re 11 . Co-authored by Arthur Navy Veterans comprised the visit the site where their Naval Marx (Groucho's son) and BAR/BAT original group. Today the careers began. A bus tour is Robert Fisher, the production's HUPPA CO. membership exceeds 2000 and planned on Saturday, Sept. 8. director is Sam Jerris, Artistic is rapidly growing as more and Charles Abi-a ms, State Di Director of The Theatre Lobby. MITZVAH Ind ivid ually Designed more "Sampson Sal ts" become rector of the Rhode Island FOR ANY CHILO. LESSONS AT HOME. Mr. Jerris directed the 1986 All ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR CERE Handmade Huppas aware of the existence of this group, indicated that any per National Tour of "Annie." MONY. SERVING SO STATES. organiza tion and their Navy son who served in the U.S. The show stars Les Marsden, CALL 212-931-2652 Alma Mater. Navy during WW- II and was who has been ass0ciated with OR 201-762-5090 a One of the goals of the stationed and/or assigned to the Marx family and '" Groucho Offlcl11nt1fortu11e,al1, untelUn&s 401 .792.3501 organization is to establish a the Sampson Naval Training " since its inception. He and weddings. Memorial at the site of the for Station (near Romulus, N.Y.) performed in the New York mer Naval Base which is now a and was honorably discharged and London productions as state park. This Memorial is eligible for membership. Harpo/Chico, a role especia"lly would be dedicated to the Dues are $10 per yea r. Spouses created for him by the Jlslttty tEtizatJetti !Jewelers honor of the WW-II Navy Vet and blood relatives are wel co-authors. erans who were stationed come to join and partici pate in Performances starting Fine 14K and and/or assigned to that faci li ty. the Auxilia ry at $10 per year. September 11 will be: Tuesday Much memorabilia of the Charles Abrams can be con through Friday evenings at 8 Sterling Jewelry Sampson Base has been col tacted fo r additional informa p.m. and Saturday evenings at lected and will be placed in the tion at l 10 Julia St., Cranston, 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Matinees: Diamond Remount Memorial upon completion. R.I. 02910 o, ca ll (40 1) 94 1- Wednesdays at 2 p.m. and This memorial will serve as an 684 1. Su nday at 3 p.m. Tickets: Sale! historical site for the Sampson $15.00 to $24.00 Group rates Veterans. The public can visit and special lunch-dinner show Diamond set w hile you watch . the site and relive the days Mai l gets to us faster if you packages are ava ilable. when Sampson served as one use our post office box For more information, write HOURS: TUl'S. - Silt. 10;00 AM - b:00 PM e CITIZEN of the largest Naval Training nu mber. or ca ll The Theatre Lobby at w,,,r.,nht1 .. ,1,.,""-""" stations on the East Coast. 216 Hanover Street, Boston, P.O. Box 6063 325 WATERMAN AVENUE • EAST PROVIDENCE The original fl ag pole, MA 02 11 3, (6 17) 227-9872. erected when the base was Providence. R.1. 02940 Anthony Capoldilupo ~ j (nut43~~88aurant) 0 opened in 1942, sti ll stands at owner/producer. 0 bituari es ======~
SAUL BERMAN son of the late Benjamin and and the Sunshine State Foods. BAL HARB OUR, Fla. - Saul Annie (Brady) Berman. He He was a founder of Mount Berman, 80, co-owner with his moved to Florida 35 years ago. Sinai Hospital, Miami; a patron Despite Arafat Connection, late brother of the former Trad Mr. Berman was a meat re of the Miami Heart Institute, ing Post in West Warwick and tailer in West Warwick and and a member of the Jewish Jews Welcome Mandela the former Food Fair in New Newport while living in Rhode Federation. He was a 32nd port before moving to Florida, Island, and retired after 60 degree Mason and a member of (continued from page 1) died June 16 at home. He was years in the food industry. His the A&A Scottish Rites Temple. fo re an ecumenical service at gregation in the Bronx, led a the husband of Elizabeth P. wholesale beef companies in Besides his wife, he leaves a Riverside Church. Sources said vigi l outside Gracie Mansion, (Pol ya) Berman. Florida included the Arrow son, Eugene B. Berman of San the religious leaders would be the mayoral residence where Born in Providence, he was a Beef Corp., Universal Meats Francisco; a daughter, Bonnie asked to pledge that they wi ll Mandela was to stay, and dem- 5. Berman of Bal Ha rbour; a oppose any relaxation of U.S. onstra ted during the welcom - sister, Bessie Hood of Provi sanctions against South Africa ing ceremonies in front of City MT. SINAI MONUMENTS dence, and a grandson. until it abolishes the apartheid Hall. The funeral and burial was laws and grants full amnesty to Aviv said she was not aware Our owner, Mitchell ... his father and grandfather. .. have held Monday, Ju ne 18, in all political prisoners. of any similar protests planned been privileged to provide over 8,000 monuments in RI Miami. According to Aviv, who was for Mandela's scheduled visits Jewish Cemeteries since the 1870s for 2 reasons ... the LILLIAN ROBINSON o~ the. committee planning the to Boston, Washington, At - quality is the fin est and the price is the lowest. PROVIDENCE - Lillian R1v ers1de Church ceremony, ~ lanta, Miami, Detroit, Los the number of invitations ex - Angeles and Oakland, Calif. Call 331-333 7 for assistance. Robinson, 76, a resident of the Jewish Home fo r the Aged, 99 t~nded to t_h~ Jew!sh commu- The religious leaders set to Hillside Ave., a sales clerk at mty to part1C1pate m the Man- meet with Mandela a re Be rn ice the former Outlet Co. for more del<1 festivities has been gen- Balter, executive director of the than 30 years before retiring 20 e rous. . , Women's League for Conser- years ago, died Thursday, June She said that Mandela s rep- vative Judaism; Albert Chemin, 21, at the home. resentatives have made special executive vice chairman of A lifelong resident of Provi efforts to avoid stirri ng up con - NJC RA C; Rabbi Jerome Epstein, lroversy on the Palestinian vice president of the United Monuments and memorials dence, she was a daughter of the late Louis and Ida (Green issu~, _i~ ?rder to protect Jewish Synagogue of America; Rabbi in the finest xranite and bronze. berg) Robinson. sens1hv1t1es. Alfred Gottschalk, president of /11 - hrm.fe nmwlt(ltirm.1 hy ll/1/mi11tme11I There are no immediate . ': Effort.s to include _ Pal~s- Hebrew Union College; Rabbi LETTERING • CLEANING • REPAIRS survivors. tm1a_n children ~t the R1vers1de Norman Lamm, president of A graveside service was held service were re1ected, so as to Yeshi va University; Rabbi Leon J. Rubin Friday, June 22 , at Lincoln Park not make it a political event," Henry Michelman, executive 726-6466 Cemetery, Warwick. Arrange· Av iv said. "The Jewish com- vice president of the Syna- ments by the Max Sugarman munity has been given special gogue Council of America; Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope consideration." Rabbi A. James Rudin, director St., Providence. Despite th!s, Bronx Rabbi of interreligious affairs for the LOUIS SACAROVITZ Av raham Weiss chose to pro· American Jewish Committee; test Mandela's past statements Rabbi David Saperstein, co- May all your loved ones PROVIDENCE - Louis comparing Isra eli policies to director of th e Reform move- Sacarovitz, 83, of 21 Alexander S?uth Afri ca n oppre~sion . and ment's Religious Action Cen- live to a hundred and St., a printer for more than 40 h1 s embrace of Palestine Liber- ter; Schindler; Rabbi lsmar years before retiring in 1980, ation O rganization leader Yasir Sc horsch, chancell or of the twenty years. died Monday, June 18, at home. He was the husband of Eva Arafat. Jewish Theological Seminary; Weiss, who is religious lead- Siegman; and Rabbi Binyamin Would that this could be. (Boxer) Sacarovitz. er of th e Hebrew Institute of Wa lfish, executive vice presi- Born in Providence, he was a Would that we never had to fa ce the sad prospect of Riverdale, an O rthodox con- dent of the Rabbinical Council arranging for the fune ral of a Loved O ne. son of the late Rubin and Rebecca (Zinnenberg) Sacaro· of America. Because we can never truly be prepared for this. vitz. It is a time of overwhelming grief ... when we are most Mr. Sacarovitz was a past vulnerable ... w hen thoughts of "arrangements" and president of the Rhode Island Masrn'ti "costs" seem almost d emeaning to the memory of the Jewish Fraternal Association, a Informant-Rabbi Loved One. Movement recording secretary of Shaare (continued from page 7) (continued from page 4) It is a time when the strongest of us needs a haven of Zedek·Sons of Abraham, treas trust. urer of the South Providence realize that. Despite the slick to Desider Galsky, president of Conservative propaganda, the Where ca11 Wt' find tltis haven? Hebrew Free Loan Association, and a member of the Provi the Czech Jewish community. vast majority of the people of First, in the counsel and guida nce of a Rabbi. dence Hebrew Free Loan "We need a rabbi, but prior Israel - even those who a re Then, in the integrity of your Funeral Director. Association. to Mr. Mayer's taking up of the rabidly anti-religious - see the Besides his wife he leaves rabbi's post, we had not had " Masorti" movement entirelv MICHAEL 0 . SMITH for what it is: a Johnny-~ome' EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR two sisters, Eve Klibanoff of any for about 10 years," Gal Providence and Rose Marks of sky told the Jewish Telegraphic lately, attempting to insinuate MAX SUGARMAN Cranston. Agency. itself into the Israeli equation The funeral service was held For the time being, a rabbi just like it is trying, after the MEMORIAL CHAPEL Orthodox risked life and limb 4!,11 HOH ST. • rROVIDENCE • Co,. llop~" Doyl~ Wednesday, June 20, at Mount from abroad may be invited to Sinai Memorial Chapel, 825 serve temporarily in Prague, if for decades to bring Judaism to 331 ·8094 O ut of state u ll 1-800-447-1267 Hope St., Providence. Burial the problems of language and Jews in the Soviet Union, to LEWIS J. BOSLER, R.E. was in Lincoln Park Cemetery, finances can be overcome. gracefully dance onto what it Wa rwick. Galsky also mentioned possi perceives as a lovely new stage bly hiring the writer Karol in a newly accessible Soviet Sidon, who had to leave state, and establish an oppor U.S. Federal law now requires all funeral homes Czechoslovaki~ years ago as a tunistic presence there. Simi to provide itemized pricing. Mo unt Sinai Memorial Chapel signatory of the Charter 77 larly, after decades of Orthodox has provided this courtesy for over fifteen years. human rights document, which maintenance of Judaism's stan President Vaclav Havel also dards in Israel, the Conserva signed as a dissident play tive movement would now like wright. to arrive on that set with fan MOUNT SINAI After leaving the country, fare and aplomb. What it is not Sidon studied at the Jewish counting on, though, is the MEMORIAL CHAPEL studies department of Heidel stubborn Israeli refusal to be berg University in West Ger convinced that Judaism is real The only RI Jewish funeral home that is a member of many. He plans additional ly something different than the Jewish Funeral Directors of America. studies at Ariel Yeshiva in it has been for the past two Jerusalem, which may qualify millennia. him to become the new Prague The average Israeli may not The Rhode Island Jewish funeral home that rabbi. love the Orthodox "establish· can be trusted... for its honesty .. .integrity. .. The plans also depend, how men!" in his country, but he and compliance with the highest standards of ever, on the availability of knows that it is the Orthodox Jewish ethics and conduct. . funds from Jewish charitable who make up, far and away, Over 110 years service to R.I. Jewish families insitutions, Galsky said. the bulk of Jews immigrating to Israel, and the Orthodox who by our director, MitcheU, his father The Prague rabbinical post is a prestigious one, once held by - even if he himself chooses and grandfather. Rabbi Yehudah Loew, the otherwise fo r his own life - famous 16th-century rabbi who will always uphold the tried HOME OF YOUR FAMILY RECORDS_ legend says created the Golem. and true standards of the Juda Loew, famous fo r his Talmudic ism of th e ages. 331-3337 From out-of-state wisdom, was known by the And all the propaganda 825 Hope Street at Fourth Street call, 1-800-331-3337 acronym " Maharal." pieces in the world will not, with G-d's help, change that. ,·,,,.,,'I ,,, I·(•,,,. THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, TH URSDAY, JU NE 28, 1990 - 15 ======Classified APARTMENT FOR RENT WANTED Maynard/Rogers !continued rrom pages> ------their expenses and organizing EAST SIDE: 5 rooms. 1st !loor. gas heat. " We sat down and made an ,md is looking to open up a WANTE0:2beachpasses!orBonnetShores employee benefits. Their regu parking. yard . Phone401 751 ·3404. 6/28 agreement that I would enroll SJ.tellite office in Charlestown, Beach Club Reasonable 885-1197. 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