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VOLUME LXX, NUMBER 4 KISLEV 30, TH URSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1999 35c PER COPY News at a Glance ASpirit Of Hope In The Fight Against AIDS A controversy surround ing the Temple Mount is Breaking The Federation of Rhode Island, being debated on the a long with 20 other agencies government's pennission Deafening Silence and organizations, participated for tht: Muslim Waqf to by Luke O'Neill in World A IDS Day 1999. The construct a new entrance Communi ty Reporter American Association for World to a Mustim prayer room n recognition of World AIDS I lea 1th coordinates many of the under the Temple Mount. Day on Dec. 1, a somber, yet, World A IDS Day activities According toHa'aretz,At Iconsoling service of hope throughout the country. torney Gen. Elyakim and healing was held at The Service of I lope and Rubinstein s tated tha t, Temple Beth-El, Providence. Healing at Temple Beth-El "remnants of the history The service was led by Rabbi rooted those in attendance with of the Jewish people are Michael Cahana and was filled a positivC" sense of persever being trampled. We have with a message of hope for ance. Prayers, meditations and a tolerance for ritual, but people of a ll faiths touched - songs gave hope to the gather we must tell the Waqf a nd directly or indirectly - by the ing of nearly 60 people in the the Muslims that we, too, A IDS epidemic. Music and Herman L. Bennett Chapel to have a history." Rubin s inging were led by Cantor Ida reflect on how they have been stein argues that a door Rae Cahana and singer/ afflicted by A IDS-directly or which is 10 meters wide songwriter Laura Berkson. The indirectly. and 10 meters high is not moving and interactive meeting Prayers reached out to those a small emergency exit, was sponsored by the A IDS who sought healing, "We pray but in fac t a large en Task Force of the Community fo r those w ho are affected by ill trance. Director General Relations Council of the Jewish ness, anguish and pain. Heal of the Antiquities Author Federation of Rhode Island. them." Songs led by Cantor ity Amir Drori believes World AIDS Day, in its 12th Cahana and Berkson awed that the construction is year of worldwide observance, much of the group while con potentially damaging to had a theme this year of "End soling much of their pain. antiquihes in the area. the Silence: Listen, Learn, Live!" According to the Rhode ls Palestinian lawmaker Despite the new hope for treat land Department of Health, in Mouawiyah Masri, who ment, the purpose of this year's the all-time history of the state, signed a leaflet accusing theme and rnmpaign is to pro as of Nov. 1, 1999, 1,950 Rhode Palestinian Authority mote communication and in Islanders have been diagnosed Chairman Vasser Arafat crease awareness of the sever with AIDS, of whom more than of encouraging corrup ity of theAlDS/HIV global epi 1,000 have died. The department tion, was shot and demic, one of the most devas has received more than 3,700 wounded in Nablus on tating epidemics in modern his I IIV-posltlve test results. Dec. 1. Masri said three tory. Approximately 190 coun Debbie Blitz, an AIDS Task gunmen accosted him in tries observed World AIDS Day •Force member, remembered the front of his house after he 1999 to draw attention to AIDS/ spirit of Julie Gutterman at the returned from a meeting HIV ser vice. Gutterman passed of the Palestinian Legisla A calendar of more than 20 away earlier this year of cancer AS PA RT O F Wo rld A IDS Day 1999, Lau ra Berkson (left) a nd tive Council at which he events was scheduled from and was a fellow AIDS Task Can tor Ida Rae Cahana w ere mus ical leaders at a service to he lp and eight other lawmak Nov. 29 through Dec. 14 in the Force member. those affected by A IDS. The service was he ld Dec. 1 at Tem ple ers refused to denounce Providence area. The Jewish (Continued on Page JO) Beth-El, Providence. Herald plroto by Luke O'Neill the leaflet they signed. Two Nablus men, one a Palestinian policeman, were arrested by the Pal Hillary Clinton Visits Shaare Zedek Jerusalem Medical Center estinian Authority for the During her recent two-day T he 100-year-old hospital Jerusalem'smulti-culturalcom religion. Shaare Zedek is one of shooting of Masri. trip to Israel, First Lady Hillary serves a ll segments of munities, irrespective of race o r only two hospitals administer• • The U.N. General Assem Clinton made a special visit to ing pediatric dialysis treatment bly pas~ed on Dec. 1 three the pediatric dialysis unit of in Israel. draft resolutions regard Shaare ZedekJerusalem Medical As a guest of Nava Barak, ing Israel and the Middle Center which offers treatments wife of Israeli Prime Minister East. The draft resolutions to 00th Arab and Jewish children Ehud Barak, the first lady also called for Israel's with s11ffering from kidney failure. toured other areas of JeruSakm drawal from the Gola n During her hospital tour, including the grave<,ile of the l--leightstotheJuly4, 1967 Clinton was joined by Menno late Prime Minister Yitzha\... borders, canceling of the Ratzker, president of the Ameri Rabin and Yad Vashein I lolo Israeli Parliament deci can Committee for Shaare caust Memorial. In addition, sion to apply Israeli law to Zedek, who noted, "As she is a she attended a conference on the entire territory of major advocate and spokesper youth violence al Tel Avi\ Uni jl'TU'-alcm and calling to son for children's healt h issues, versity. remove intC'mationaJ em W('aregrateful the first lady has Shiiart' Zede\... Jeru~.ilem bcJ<;'>i(•<; from Jerusalem mnde a priority of visiting the Medical Center. one of the The ( ,eneral As~mbly ac children at Shaare Zedek I los world's leading o.:riti..:,1l -1..·,1rc n·ptt.'d the PalC'.,tinian pita\." mt."dical center-., opened it<. Liber.ition Org;ml/ation's Clinton was c<,pecially Joors 111 1402 ,1nd h,1<. been ~tam.. e th,11 call'> for rcach moved by the peaceful co-exi<,l pracliung. ,1d\'o..:alin~ .rnd ,et tmg tlw <.t,mdard, ll1r "kwi,h ini,; ;m unckr<.landmg bt:· enct.' of Jew<, ,rnd Ar,,b'> in the tw~·n J<.r,wl and th(' l',11- l<,rJeli hm,pit,11, where the pa llll'liiLine" e,·1..•r ... inn'. RootL,i m I IRST LADY III LLARY C LI NTON receives a g ift (rom .1 child the .,pirilu,11 ,md t.'lh1L,1l pre l' tini,1n<; bt.· b,ist.·d on tient., ~ing tn•,1ted for the di<. in the pediatric dialysis unit al Shaare lcdek Jerusalem l\'1cdi kt.'<1olut1on 181. wh1£.h t.'.l"t.' an· prt.•dnmin,intly Arab n•pl<. ot tr,1di1um,1l ludai'-lll c,1 I Center. Looking on is ProfessorYonalan 11 .ilevy, dircctorgcn Sh,1.lrl' Zl'cil-J... blend., -.1,1tl ol cc1ll fortht·C5-t,1!:'lh<.hmt·nt (A high pcrLl'nt,1gt.•of marr1,lf;L'" of l\.",(J<..l,lh.'S,,Jn(I ~('S(1lu hl'lween cou<,111<, in thl' Arab eral of the hospit,1 1, and Or. Rachel Ad.itto·Lcvy, deputy medi• tlw-,ut ted1m1l1)~\ ,1nd k, h c.11 director of Sh.iare Ledck .ind advisor on women's health is t1on IY~ ""hii.h rd,Ht•s to Lommumtv rt.·.,ult m n•n·<.<..1ve 11iqu1'<. with u,mpa,.,uinak sues for Israel's Ministry of Health. L",lfl' Tlh'fl' thcl',1lt hmm nh1g(, w·nd1( di RHODE ISL.AND J EWISH It's For You--- HERALD In this week'-, port ion, tual of our ancestors, \1oses, aren't "nice" people anJ "e\ ii VaycshL'V, the brothers of Joseph was c.ipable of offending G-d people. There arc people who (USPS464-760) are gathered together in Dothan with hi!> actions. Certainly thest"' one d,1y c,1n be generou-, and Published Every Week By The Jewish Pren PubHshlng Company when they see him approach men, who lived in an earlier endearing, and the ne'-t day c,111 ing. Being jealous of Joseph the time, a raw and violent culture, kick cats and hang up on their HERALD EDITOR Candlelighting KIMBERLY A. ORLANDI dreamer, Joseph of the coat of surrounded by danger and mothers. In short, thc,•'rcall hu COMMUNITY REPORTER December 10, 1999 many colors, the son who st-ems treacherv, were e\·en more '>ub m,1n. LUKE O'NEILL fovored by Jacob, they riot ject to tf1c imprec,1tions ot the People ,1re sin tu 1, then reren CONTRIBUTING YOUTH REPORTER 3:57 p.m . against him. They imagine world. t,ml. The,· do ill to each l1tht.>r STEPHANIE STEINGOLO Torah is about people, who and 1.iter rt.xoncile. In re CONTRIBUTING REPORTER throwing him in a pit, tak MICHAEL FINK ing his coat, and telling l,1ting t(,,) us the..,e prin their father a wild be,1sl ciple .... thi:-. maJ...e-. 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' IHI ,\n·n·t lht.'\. l''\,llllpll' hu l,tlwr- .\nd thn ·n.• imbued with h11 l11w..,.., ~ right tnd1-..m1..,.., thi, k.ind t'I l,ill' ',1//•m1t1101 Ii '-.,1t,li1 lt ~ I '11•-., and th,1t·s p.irt l'I thl' bl'l,lt1..,1..' 11 d11t·,n I rd,1ll' l11 n',11 f,1111tr11/ {'// \I l 11t rt,{l 1J nH ,1gl I n'n tlw mn-.t "'PLrl hk I t•n\... ,irmmd , 1111 llwrc \\ 1/ttr \\ l 4-TIIE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1999 JEWISH COMMUNITY Seeking Literary Refuge In The Holocaust by Luke O'Neill had to "descend to the level of ferrcd to the Jewish survivors as while Grynberg himself became A survivor of the Warsaw Community Reporter an animal," while hiding out in "priceless relics." a literary "writer of the dead" Ghetto, beating the odds of ex Nazi occupation survivor, forests and peasant barns. Lost in the mental turmoil of and found a n empty place in actly one in a thousand, 1lenryk Grynberg, lectured "Death was truly a n inseparable the Holocaust and losing Jev,,t Polish literature. Grynberg quoted a passage Aat the List Arts Center on part of life. I saw no borders ish identity, Grynberg adopted Arguing that post-Holocaust from one of his works describ the Brown University cam between the two," he said. Christian ethics, which was writers were "too particular and ing Holocaust camps. "Jews pus on Dec. 2. Grynberg dis Grynberg, like so mc\ny other "food for which I was most hun concrete," Grynberg contended pushed themselves to the gate. cussed the Holocaust as a new Jews, was forced into the role of gry," he said. Grynberg, author that "only a concrete world can They want to go as quickly as literary experience while incor burn." Grynberg, author of The possible to the place of porating and critiquing various Victory, set out to touch the post execution ... They tl1ro\.., them w riters of the era. The Warsaw Holocaust emotional trauma selves on the ground and let the born writer and actor admitted that eluded so many writers. bullet of salvation reach them. he never developed confidence Citing a nd quoting numerous and quiet their aching hearts." in human beings because of the 1 lolornust writers, Grynbcrg A true artifact of humanistic I lolocaust. While referring to believed some writers lacked and historical survival, Gryn certain people as "scoundrels," vital, appclrent emotions that berg contended that post-Holo Grynberg was reluctant to con existed during and after the caust humanism has a dishust of fide in anyone. Never learning Holocaust. humankind. "We can be brave, to reveal his true feelings to The author of Children of beautiful, charming, cute, even someone, he became a writer. Zion, Grynberg briefly men• good. We can be admired, The lecture, in memory of tioned the child survivors of the adored,enjoyed, even loved. But Brown , professor emeritus Holocaust resorting to animal we cannot be trusted." He s.,id David I lirsch, who died earlier instincts and esrnping with a the Holocaust is an important this year, \.va s sponsored by "howl of triumph." While tell lesson for all humanity a nd ar Brown Hillel, the Judaic Stud ing his stories from a child's gued that some Holocaust sto ies program, the English depart viewpoint, he tries to give a ries try to find a happy ending ment and American Civiliza straight-forward story without - but there is none. tion. He was an English instruc rhetoric to parallel a child's As a write r, Grynberg is able tor at Brown for more than 20 thoughts and experience. "The to have a world of his own. At years. child's independent view is the the end of his lecture, he quoted Grynberg, 63, graduated most revealing and the best 'lit a poet who described a 1943 from Wars., w University with a erary' account for telling about ghetto, "There will be no other master's in journalism in 1959. the Holocaust," Grynberg said. end of the world." Later, he s tarted publishing prose, poetry and essays about the Holocaust ;rnd became a n actor with the Jewish Stale The JFS Kosher Mealsite Hosts ater in Warsaw. Leaving the concrete world of journalism, Parties, Other Activities Grynberg sought emotional clnd HENRYK GRYNBERG, writer, actor and Brown University guest On Dec. 9, participants from • Dance Therapy - Dec. 13 artistic refuge Oll the stage to speaker, overcame the Holocaust by escaping into the literary the Jewish Community Center and 21 better express himself. I le has rid. I/era/a plroto by L11ke O'Neill of Rhode lsfand will visit the JFS • Nutrition Menu Meeting - authored more than 20 books of :VO Kosher Mealsiteat Temple Tora! Dec. 14 poetry and prose on the Holo Yisrael, Cranston, for lunch and • Birthday party with cake and caust and post-Holocaust non-Jew. With religious origins of Children of the Shadows, said wi ll bring along their singing entertainment by Lou Renzi dissipating, many Jews settled after the Holocaust he kept go trauma. In the United States group. (The mealsite serves se - Dec. 16 into a pagan city where they ing to church "like a stray during the late '60s, Grynberg niors in Cranston and Warwick; • Program with Ronnie Guttin changed their clothes and names sheep," but eventually returned protested against the regime's the JCCRI Kosher Mealsite from the Jewish Eldercare of to fit in. " If Jewish origin meant to his Jewish roots. Reflecting on anti-Jewish campaign and the serves seniors from Providence Rhode Island program - censorship of his w riting by re nothing to the Jews," Grynberg the strong opposition he faced and Pawtucket). , Dec. 20 said, "the Je\.'\1S would cease to during the Holocaust, Grynberg fusing to return to Poland. On Dec. 16, there will be a Mah-jongg - Dec. 22 from exist." Grynberg, the recipient of said, "An anti-Semite some The Holocaust began when party for everyone with Decem 12:45 to 2:30 p .m. several Polish literary prizes, re- times wants to be a Jew so he Grynberg was 6 years old. He ber birthdays, with musical en • Men's/ Women's Discussion can see the courage it takes to tertainment by Lou Renzi. Groups: - every Friday be one." Many Jews abandoned Mah-jongg has been added • Weekly Shabbat Me Clak e. a Cua£ fwm the. he.cti.c f'zofiday /1.wzy. Admission is free and d/11, df-ww df-ai'I. '.DE1i9n the entire community !.f:. pfw.uJ fo u.•t:.fcomt:. is invited to attend. cSfza1i _Lwiru. to ou1 ,ta(f J)h.ni i 1 u mu1,.ufu, thnu/ii:.l. 1pt:.du£izi11'j i11 Saturday evening, Dec, 11, at 8 p.m, • '-' 11..H 1<1,'/'1: • 1Jvafon ~/'..,<11 ~ 1t dudiori • [/11ju 1y 1.1--,ut·etili,.m Temple Torat Yisrael 11 _ l/c,n11 J./oi , 'Doi'/11 "iC''/ ._-411.'lt ff .Jl,u.l 1 1--\o •1, /rn,.,. }\'ff l,2'/l~(I ;pp 3(14 (1 330 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI 6- THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1999 JEWISH COMMUNITY A Day of Music, Art and Dancing Give Some Books, Get Some Books On Dec 13 at 7:30 p.m., at 106 St., Providence, or bring them to Angell St., Providence, Perspec Perspective events. ti ves is doing a Yankee Book Reach Out and Read's volun Swap. Bring all those wonder teers read to children in hospi ful books that vou've read and tal clinic waiting rooms to dem trade them for ~LI those wonder onstrate for parents, as well as ful books you haven't read. Cof children, the pleasures to be fee, tea, hot chocolate, cookies found in books. In addition, at and chocolate gclt and cake will each regular exam between 6 be served. For more informa months and 6 years old, physi tion, call Magee at 273-9824. cians give a new or gently used, Don't forget to bring those high quality children's book to children's books for Reach Out their patients, endowing them and Read Rhode Island. with a library of up to 10 books Perspectives is collecting by the time the child enters first new and gently used children's grade. It is sponsored by the books for Reach Out and Read Jewish Federation of Rhode Is Rhode Island. land. You can drop off your dona For more information, con tions during December at tact Michael at 861-9971 or Brown-RISO Hillel, 80 Brm\'n TEMPLE SINAI, C ranston, hosted a Chanukah Cultural Festival, S1lafosl1 Nerot, which saw the third ca ndle lit on the menorah on Dec. 5. Here, people beg in to create Judaica art. The temple's festival was in co njunction with Temple Am David and South County Hebrew School. Relive Your Fondest Memories Do you have special memories of growing up in Rhode Island? Do you remember when the boys came home from World War II or taking the trolley from downtown to Wayland Square? Then write us and tell us about it. From now until Dec. 23, the Rhode Island Jewish Herald will print your sto ries and memories. Send your stories, with pictures if pos sible, to "Remember When" The Rhode Island Jewish Her ald, P.O. Box 6063, Providence, R.I. 02940. And don't forget to send in your submissions for our Millennium Issue. What were the most important Jewish events of the last century and who were the Jewish people who made a difference? United Jewish Communities Opts to Postpone Population Study The United Jewish Commu the NJPS 1990 survev, the NJPS nities officials distributed a let 2000 is intended to become the ter throughout the federation definitive source of data on the system giving notice that there Jewish community during the will be a limited delay in the first decade of the 21st centurv. implementation of the National It will be used for communii.l Jewish Population Survey 2000 planning, financial resource de in order to ensure full consider velopment, Jewish education, PEOPLE CELEBRATED at the Chanukah Cultural Festival as they learned new Israeli dances. ation by its recently appointed scholarly research on the social The cultural celebration was supported by a grant from the Bureau of Jewish Education and the top leadership. Consistent with life of ArnericanJe\vs,and many endowment fund of the Jewish Federation of Rhode Island. other purposes. 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While these studies are Medication new study recently published heart disease is the leading cause Rotterdam Study. "According promising, more research is Errors Worries in the Archives of lntenm/ Medi of death among women. Add to our preliminary research, the needed before any definitive cine, women in the Netherlands ing a few cups of regular or antioxidant flavonoids in tea conclusions can be drawn. Patients Most who drank only a few cups of decaffeinated black tea to a bal may help maintain a healthy "Even as we await additional Many Americans have a rela black tea per day had a signifi anced, daily diet can be an easy heart by inhibiting blood clot research results in this area, tively high level of anxiety sur cantly reduced risk of severe way to help maintain a healthy ting and improving vascular there are still many reasons why rounding hospital or health-sys atherosclerosis - a key factor heart." function. people should include tea as part tem visits, according to a recent contributing to coronary heart Atherosclerosis is a disease of "Even after we adjusted for of a healthy lifestyle," said Dou study conducted by the Ameri disease. The authors of the the arteries that occurs when fatty diet and lifestyle factors that glas Balentine, Ph.D., manager, can Society of Health-System RotterdamStudy, titled "Tea fla play a role in heart disease, Lipton Beverage Research. "Un Pharmacists. The study, which vonoids may protect against black tea's role in reducing the like some flavonoid-rich bever examined 10 common patient atherosclerosis," concluded that risk of severe atherosclerosis in ages, unsweetened, fresh concerns, found that the poten the "data provide evidence for women persisted," Celeijnse brewed tea - both black and tial for medication mix-ups wor a protective effect of tea drink added. green, hot or iced - is I00 per ries patients most (61 percent), ing against severe al herosclcro This analysis of the cent natural, has no fat, calorics fo llowed by fearof negativedrug sis, especially in women." Fur Rotterdam Study, which was orsugar,and containsabout half interactions (58 percent), and ther investigations into tlie supported by the Netherlands the caffeine found in a compa treatment cases (58 percent). mechanisms that explain the Prevention Fund and Unilever rable cup of coffee." 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"In women who drank one to two material (plaque) accumulates maintain healthy cells and tis- visiting by Luke O'Neill recent overnow of 10 to 30 per Community Reporter sons a night at local shelters; Jue and green tarps act as and that Governor Almond and a roof with a front yard the General Assembly pass leg Bview of downtown Provi islation that will start a $5 mil dence, an imposing white lion per year State I-lousing State House looms as its back Fund to provide supportive and yard neighbor, across the street low-income housing for low is the new Providence Place and no-income persons. Ac Mall. cording to Eric Hirsch, govern As of Dec. 3, the State House ment relations chair of the lawn encampment, a temporary Rhode Island Coalition for the shelter, was 12 days old and Homeless, Governor Almond's housed up to 20 persons per representatives said they would night. The organizers of the en "look into [ the situation I," s.:,id campment, People to End Hirsch. Homelessness in Rhode Island, "The homeless shelters in the established the shelter in re state are turning people away sponse to the overflowing and that's the first time in the homdess shelters throughout history of the state, since the last the state. 15 years that's been true," Last Friday, the homeless Hirschs.:,id. agency called a press conference "The purchasing power of at the State House encampment poor people has actually gone to announce Governor Lincoln down over the las t 20 years," Almond's response to the said Hirsch, who cited the lack nrganization's two requests. of low-income housing for the People to End Homelessness reason of overflowing shelters. A SIGN WITH neon green spray paint reads "Affordable Housing Now" near the State House asked the state to open tempo Hirsch, a sociology professor at lawn shelter. The Stale House dome peaks over the sign. rary shelter space to relieve the Providence College, also said Rhode Island is one of few covered with large tarps and a plan to use the shelter "indefi states without a housing de wooden frame. A 6-foot by 7- nitely." partment in its s tate govern foot "social room," surrounded Hirsch and the homeless feel ment. by heavy blankets, sits within a sense of urgency with colder " I think they're probably just the center of the encampment weather approaching and have going to ignore us," said Hirsch with a lone chair, a clock, two unrevealed plans of escalation. referring to State House officials milk crates and a grass floor. Last year, approximately 4,(X)() and the encampment, which is "Mad Dog," a homeless per people used shelters in Rhode now 18 days old as of Dec. 9. son living in the State House Island with more than 60 percent Some homeless pe rsons inter encampment, suggested the being single men. Nearly one viewed feel the governor is state turn abandoned houses quarter of homeless people are treating the situation of over over to the homeless. He said children under age 13. Recently, flowing emergency shelters homeless people feel more safe Travelers Aid has accommo with "benign neglect." at the encampment as opposed dated nearly 30 people in a com The encampment includes to sleeping in an alley. He and munity room that does not have six individual camping tents other encampment inhabitants any sleeping arrangements. Spirit Of Hope THE STATE HOUSE lawn encampment, 18 days old, houses (Continued from Page I) nearly 20 homeless people a night and will remain "indefinitely." Herald pllotos by L11kt- O'Neill Rabbi Cahana embraced the feel the pain and the fear," as the news is," Drench said of simplicity and power of prayer which is part of the chorus from AIDS medicine, "there are still that comes from the heart. He the song "Names," written by people getting sick and there are led the group in prayer for AIDS Cathy Fink. still people dying. People who victims who need help as well "We grieve for the lovers and changed their behavior are now as those who help others. the families," sang Berkson, slipping back into unsafe prac Homefor Marc Paige, an AIDS Task "And I pray that they'll meet tices." Force member, read a passage again some day, but until that Drench and recent reports from The Color of Light: Daily time, I will carry the flame. As slated that AIDS is infecting a the Holidays Meditations For Alf of Us Living the numbers grow, we'll not for new and different population, With AJDS. Paige read, "AIDS get their names." most significantly, women, teen Assisted Living has taken its toll and many of Many at the service were agers and people of color. "l11e us are numb. We've got a lot of touched by Berkson's singing. virus certai.n.l y knows no socio Holiday Stay Program for Seniors grieving to do ... We need to cry "Each quilted piece holds a economic borders," said Drench. alone, and we need to cry to memory, each memory helps us A I OS is the second leading Enables families to enjoy the season without the worry for gether. Even as we celebrate our to go on," she sang. cause of death among adults a loved one's safety and care. A holiday stay provides: living, we need to mourn our H IV, first identified more ages 25 to 44. The proportion of losses." than 15 years ago, infected all AIDS cases reported among • Lollely, furnished apartments Across the country, 711,344 nearly 6 million people in 1998 adult and adolescent women • Personal care assistance by people have been reported with worldwide - about 11 victims has nearly tripled from 1985 to compassionate friendly staff AIDS as of June 30, 1999; more every minute. As of, year ago, 1997 - a jump from 7 percent than half these people have al an estimated 33.4 million people to 22 percent. Nationwide in • Medication management readydied,an AJDS Project R.I. in the world were reported to be 1998, oneofevery four new I LIV • Three nutritious meals served daily reports.:,id. An estimated 40,000 living with HIV / AJDS. infections occurred 111 a person new cases of HIV infection are Meredith E. Drench, Ph.D., under 22 years of age. Across • Dietary preferences accommodated reported each year. director of the Adaptive I lea Ith the globt.• !,1st ye.ir, 43 percent of • Fu.II calendar of social activities Rabbi Cahana recognized Associates, who athmded the HIV-po~itive pl'ople wC'rc medical adv.i11eements to com service, said the renowned red women. Uns,1fC' se\ual and • Housekeeping services bat AIDS/HIV, but encouraged ribbons for AIDS awareness 1s drug pr,1clices spre,1d HIV • Emergency call system others to seek a healing of the a gre,1t start, but the community AIDS ,m1ong ,1 mullltude nt soul. "Deep within each of us, cannot stop there. Drench, au l-·,eopil' (st.:it1stics fnun . \ml-rk,m is a place that is surprising in its thor of Rt'd R1l1/1011s An• Not A~~1f111t1on Jor ~\.l.1r/J ~k,1ft/1 rt>- strength," said the rabbi, who £11011gh, s..1H.i, "People arc more port) encouraged others not to t,,kt• aware now lhan they C\"Cr wen' 1 he .:.,en Ke·., most rc,c.1hng life for granted before, but a compl,1('(.'ncv ,., st'I· nwmt.•nl l·,1mc wht.>n pNipk 0 "May Wt.' ,i lso find lhosc 1mg m IAIDSJ 1s no long'-'r a ...,_,11,.-l ,,loud lht.• 1l.lOlt.''- lif fam1h AQUIDNECK PLACE place,;; withm us th..1t lead us to front-p,1gl' 1s-.uc ,1nJ trll'lltls who h.J\'(' '-UC 125 QUAKER Hill LANE + PORTSMOlJTII ht.•,11lng. May Wt.' find tl1c Drt.'n(h, .rn L1st Gn-enwu.:h cumbl,t tl, 111\ -\ppn,,1m.1kh 401-683-0725 strcn~th nf our (;-J," he ~,1d re,;;idi.'nl. ,1ppwvcd ol relent <;(l 11.lllll'" \\ l'rt' nlt'lltHlll(.'\.l In lkrk'-llll, ~t.•ntly ..,trummm~ a nw record player-I call them pho nographs or Victrolas-to re They Mustered on Memorial place the one that broke down. I Shop, My Decca disks still mean much The sun also rises at the crest the same volume where horse-; to me, a recorded history of my of my hill and sets at its base, munched and draftees showed So, I Am own culture of taste and expe \Vith the castellated Armory of up for service at this outpo..t rience. I can't tell yet if the re Mounted Commands outlined upon the vast world. My clde<.t production runs and works, or and silhouetted by its flaming brother signed and took off for by Mike Fink just poses prettily as a sentimen glory. Korea at the same spot in thb Herald Contributing Reporter tal souvenir to take up table This red brick feudal castle Jewish American corner of thl.! space. Nobody who works here sprawls and spreads out for universe. I shop, therefore I am. My Sagittarian season. There's a fine seems sure one way or the other. Montreal cousin Carol twisted leather jacket that fits just right. And so it goes. Yes, I do bring pescartes into this whimsical I take an XS, an extra small, home a couple of purchases, at pretzel. A lot of us feel tlrnt way hard to find in today's bloated, the very least a box of stationery. :1t this time of year. overweight society. I like fat- Mostly, I bring home stories. First, you have to park. I was filled milk and cream, butter and Most guys are like me on this twice hit with those nasty red doughnuts, but I still one. Especially us tickets on the windshield. This can't get threads tight ciders. My son time, a lovely Meter Molly enough for my small wants to dress me in steps into the cafe where I wind frame. And here's an IJ the latest length and :1. nd rev up for my errands. She item from China to width of jeans, but gives fair warning to move. earn.' .n 1e thourgh till the once I've broken in a ifhi, "Mol!y" so delights me sun shmcs strong again pair, he mocks my Le- with her good-natured gesture on mv windowsill. But vis as already "yestcr- that I ask if I can take her pic wait! It's crafted of day." ture and congratulatE:: her cour leather. What will my My Montreal cousin tesy in print. "Maybe I'd better children's vegan classmates Carol likes nothing bet- check first at headquarters," think of me? Were those poor ter than to do a mall when she she says with a smile. So I write creatures killed in kindly kosher comes to our town. Her husband this holiday word of cheer fashion? No, I'd better not go Bob prefers to do the galleries more as a symbol than label. there. 1 pass by. and gather works of local art and Then, once on foot, I seek out Here's a woven basket from design.Oncethe lightsgodown blocks from Camp to Main, There are more intricate Ar some things I can use. A sack yet another far-off realm that again,alloverournearbyworld, of potatos for David Cicilline's could hold my sweater vests, I'll cruise again by the carrion of Stenton to Memorial. A neat mory structures in town. The :tnnual affair to help feed the shirts, or extra gear neatly and bargains and markdowns and backyard garden of small Cranston Street palace rivals a royal residence. That charming homeless. Then, perhaps, a save some drawer space. And slinktomydenwithwhatgoods shrubs still shines bright like a little fort on elite Benefit Street new outfit for the parties of the there's a new but antiqued are left for me to pick over. Chanukah menorah on its final evening al this late, unusually serves as a giant toy for sketch mild time of year. The World ing art students from here and War One cannon has been taken every\.vhere. But my own Ar The Finger Writes away. But the flag still waves mory reassures me that my from the front lawn facing the mini-model mock Tudor bunga by Mike Fink camera set-up, a video studio. have a talent for it, wrote Karen fine trees of historic North low rests safe from harm and in HerJld Contribiting Reporter My fine lad reads wrestler Blixen. But the medical system Burial Ground. trusion, From here in the bli7- It was only a finger that maga7ines and a gc-ometry text- that has grov,•n from the tech 1 met a soldier in camouflage zard of '78 the late and loved i> rought us to the emergency book, munches overpriced nology of miracle cure health khaki fatigues, at the Miriam Major General I lolland orga :'OOm round the corner from our snacks, yawns palely, and fidg- care has assumed a frighten E.R., who told me during our nized the National Guard and oarlor. The fickle finger of fate ets just a bit. I get relief from his ingly impersonal, Kafka-esque, vigil patrol that my Armory is Army Reserve unit rescue ef :rom football. Our youngster heading for trouble. Nobody forts. Without this poignant :,lar too hard. But even with seems to know quite what to do landmark I would feel dislo ;>ut the eager scripts of televi- with it these days. It sits below cated, lost, like a resident of 1ion, an E.R. serves as a center its turrets forlorn and semi-for Sarajevo. :or high drama. Waiting hour saken among the blank parking Chalk this comment among ifter hour to see a resident, you lots. my complaints against idle ilke part in a show without any Time was, this Armory actu change, my bid for continuity. I , udience. Until, one by one, c1lly held a stable of horses for like to live with stones in place, ~ach actor is tapped and taken the cavalry. Blacksmiths prac spi rits undisturbed since Cre i> ffstage, his performance ticed their ancient cra ft , and ation, Genesis, Beres hit. Our an ,assed. hayfields swayed in the sur cestra I Jerusalem was dis A bigdarkguysitsina whecl rounding meadowland where mantled, disjointed, time and :hair at the center of one cham horses grazed-creating a mar again. Until all that remained rer, his foot heavily bandaged. I velous pastoral scene for us first was a single, Western, Wall. !Sk for him for his tale. I !is at hillside homesteaders. The cir Wherever our generatiom :endant, his mother that is, tells cus shared those stalls with its mav settle, all we need is a ro\\ re his past history. Born with ce own visiting herds of grass-eat of ;ocks and we are home. Yet rebral palsy, he made up his mind ing herbivores from zebras to every time a .building of merit, ro fight for a nonnal boyhood in elephants and fancy steeds in dignity, majesty, is taken down, ihe 'hood. But wit h his awkward fea thers. it reminds usof our great disas rovements, he proved accident In my boyhood this Armory ter. It recalls the agony of our prone. '1 lecamehomewounded was the place G. I. enlisted men exile. ~nd torn, time and again, but mom and sister and wend my aspect all the same. gathered to muster en route to Please, powers in high mili j'levergaveup his struggle." Even way. Late into the evening, he You brood in a dream state the great overseas battle tary places and government we speak, he climbs out of his comes home w it h a stiff splint of dread, as time beyond time grounds. My uncles and cous seats: spare that Disney-like 1onfining contraption and heads and goes to bed to sleep off the ticks along dumbly and the ins lived just a cou ple of houses deco design, the delight oi mberingly for the pay phones. mild ordeal. chattering tube stares down. above me. They walked past my youngsters and elders alike. Fill admire his verve and joie de The waiting rooms of doc- Sooner or later, somebody taps threshold and off to war. Pa those haunted vaulting spaces 1vre. tors' multiple offices and booths a nd guides you to the pa llet, rades of vets marched in the lists with some usefu l activity. My "Hello, how are you. Would for diagnosis and operation, like where something is done and before my sidewalk bearing house and soul will spin off into ou like to borrow the book sec the corridors of the hospital en- you can go home once again. flags and pennants, a grand but unprotected outer space with on?" 11'5 my school colleague trance in our neighborhood, We've each been through the intimate spectacle. Patriotism out my Belvedere, my personal, ho greets me. She settles be give you a spectacle and a view. routine often, by ourselves, with imprinted itself deep as tefillin private and public, proud pavil ide our space by the food ma- Survivors who have seen th e our loved ones, parents, chil and mezuzah frontlets. I vote in ion. hine. I fer husband, who suf horrors of our Jewish hi story dren, siblings, aft er accidents, ers from multiple ~lerosis, fell greet me warmly in one ante- recurring illnesses, t-ra umas. 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Cohe n make the trip for the p revious wear when painting, has just Washington Photojournalist show, and may be viewed at the recorded Clio's laurel leaf on What is there about Johannes gallery until Feb. 5, 2000. It hangs this canvas. The work ma kes a Vermeer that would attract along with 4 other Vermeer powerful statement that el more than 400,000 people to works w hich are part of the per evates the educational level of Washington's National Gallery manent collection o f the Na "the artist," knowled geable of Art in 1995 to view only 21 of tional Gallery of Art - a formi about history, mythology, and his paintings? I asked this ques dablecollection,considering that abstract ideals. The map itself tion to Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., there are only 35 paintings attrib brings a certain amount of fame cu rator of Northern Baroque uted to VeITTlcer. The exhibition to the northern cities, including Paintings at the gallery, and one also includes other great works Vermeer's home, Delft. of the country's foremost ex by Dutch 17th-century painters, (Vermeer's landscape "View of perts on Dutch art. Wheelock's including two works by Delft (1660-61)" is o ne of the reply, that Vermeer is an artist Vermeer's colleague Pieter de most prized and beautiful land whose work simply makes you Hooch, as well as an exhibition scapes in art history, and was feel good about yourself, is right case containing the art texts ac included in the 1995 exhibition on target. One can thoroughly tually used by Vermeer and at the National Gallery). analyze the technical genius of other artists at that time. The work is a theatrical alle Vermeer, as Wheelock did in a The work is a m ix of allegory gory. A large curtain in the fore briefing on Vermeer's favorite and history. We see Clio, the ground unfolds, exposing the work, "The Art of Painting," Muse of History, at the center of players to the viewer. Clio is in now on view at the National attention in Vermeer's allegory. soft focus, enveloped by the soft Gallery, but the bottom line is She wears a laurel leaf crown window light- the erudite art that the spiritual impact of (denoting honor and glory), and ist is in shcirp focus. The entire Vermeer's special light and his holds a trumpet (a symbol for scene is a carefully calculated pastora I colors and the momen fame), in one hand and a vol almost photographic composi tary mood of h is composition ume of history in another. Her tion. It is possible that Vermeer do make one feel good. The hand is transfixed in time and used the Camera Obscura (lit works are claiming, meditative, ~pace. Behind her hangs an out erally, dark room) to organize and have universal appeal. Just dated map of the northern prov his composition and perspec stand before "The Art of Paint inces, which became the Dutch tive. This was a camera-like de ing," done in the late 1660s, and Republic. The southern prov vice (or even a room large JOHANNES VERMEER, D utch, 1632-1675, "The Art of Pa int just feel the special light inces were controlled by the enough to hold an artist), with ing," c. 1666-1667, oil on canvas, 120x 100 cm (47 1/4 x 39 3/8) through the windo\v and follow 1-labsburgs, whose symbol, a a small hole and lens through Kunsthistorisches M useum, Vienne. its subtle path throughout the double-headed eagle, decorates which a scene or object could be Plioto cm1rt,•sy of the Natio11a/ Gallery of Art painting! an ornamental chandelier in projected onto drawiHg paper. This great masterpiece has front of the map. An elegantly Vermeer was a master of per undergone a restoration since dressed artist, wearing a cos spective, and scholars have also paintings as ''still lifes with hu- period of that region's history. 1995 - it was too fragile to tume no artist would likely concluded that Vermeer used man beings." Perhaps that is Yet, standing before this large strings and chalk to carefully why they are so unforgettable. canvas, and simply observing chart his perspectives- and fi "The Art of Painting" tells a its wonderful texture, rich col nally his instincts would modify ra ther complex story - the ors, and its special north Euro the results to create his artistic myth ofClio, the roleofthcart- pean hypnotic light pouring The Ten Commandments achievements. ist, and the historic importance into the room, one senses the E. 1-1 . Gombrich, in his The of the northern provinces of the presence of a great artist -and as a Musical? Story of Art describes Vermeer's Netherlands during a difficult this a truly special feeling. A youth theater program September. The p lay is d i sponsored by the Temple rected by Don Ki effer, director Ema nu-El Family Committee is of last year's children's pro currently rehearsing "The Top duction of "The Sabbath Ped Do You Want To Be a Clown? Ten," a one-act musical comedy dler" for the Jewish Commu dents must be ready to jump in originally commissioned by the nity Center's Jewish Theatre Providence Circus School New Orlea ns theatre festival and work. Their effort will be Atlanta Jewish Community Ensemble. will host a day of master classes Dra maRama V. I-l e currently works with the New Orleans well -rewarded with exciting Center in 1985. Since then, it has Performances of "The Top in clowning taught by guest art Center for Creative Arts as experiences and insights. been produced by many other Ten" are scheduled for Dec. 11, ist, Michael Williams, on Dec. Movement instructor and Two classes a re offered: Jewish organizations through at7:30 p.m.and Dec. 12at2 p.m. 29. Williams, of New Orleans, Clowning Workshop for young out the United States. The .cast in the Goldberg Center at Louisiana, might be called the Clown Workshop artist. people ages 11 to 14, Dec. consists of 20 actors who are all Temple Emanu-El in Providence. Pied Piper of Clowning. 29, 1 to 2:30 p.m. (tuition: Temple Emano-El members be It is recommended that tickets be Williams graduated from $25, or$20 each if you bring tween the ages of 8 and 12. purchased in advance, but they the Dell' Arte School of Physi a friend), and Clowning "The Top Ten" is a light wiJl also be available at the door. ca l Theatre, and also studied Workshop for older teens hearted review of Jewish h is licket prices are $5 if purchased at the North Carolina Sc hool and adults, ages 15 and tory and the Ten Command in advance or $6 cit the door. To for the Arts and the Celebra older, Dec. 29,3:30to6 p.m. ments. The play is designed to purchcise tickets, ca ll Joyce in the tion Barn Theatre in Maine. (tuition: $30, or $25 each if be entertaining for audience temple office at 331-1616. This I-l e has taught at Circus you bring a friend). Early members of all ages. The cast program is supported by the Smirkus in New Hampshire and perfo rmed with the tour registration price is $5 off has been in rehearsal since late Schuster Family Fund. ing company Catawampus for checks postmarked by in California. His solo perfor Williams will teach clowning Dec. 21. mance, Imagination, debuted in skills through theatrical exer Classes will be held at Provi ~------, 1995. As an original performer cises and improvisation games. dence Circus School'~ class Buy one -sandwich and get a second one and cofounder of Pratt , he di He calls upon students to invest rooms at One Allen'> Ave., rected and performed in "Off both physical and mental en Providence. the Wa ll and in the Air'' at the ergy. Classes are intense: stu- These classes are open to all •FREE• who are interested in clowning. New Cu~tomm Onl)'. Pita.II' - Expires 12/18/99 Theater cind acrobatic e,peri ence i'> helpful, but not n.'quin.·,d. Beginners are welcome The best sandwich in For further inform,1tion, c.i11 Judith Plotz, Pro\·idencc Cin:u<; Providence. Period. Giff CERTIFICATES School, 86\-0892 . * GUYS AND DOLLS * WEST SIDE STORY ,. INCHEP,f,.CHETSINCE 1929 * JOSEPH Al'ID THE AMAZING Fine Dining in a Relaxed TECHl'ilCOWR DIIBAMCOAT IL--- - Country Atmosphere MEETING STREET CAFE YOUR H'OSrs, THE LAVOIES * DAMN YANKEES Ch1pachet Village. R.I (-401) 568-7161 220 \1ethn1i: <,,1reel, 111 the hear! or l h,11cr \trett. on l'ro,idence·~ t:11\I Side AT TI-IE JUNCTION OF • To order call 401•782,8587 RTES.-4-4, 100. 102 (\l2B-1066for luke-Oul I L------Opml'lamlo ll pm7d11_1\II\\Ctk------VISITUSAJWWW™EM'U JANICE M. BLOCK the Fall River I ladassah. A Palestine Shrine Temple and a VERO BEACH, Fla. - Janice member of Temple Beth-El in member of Masons Overseas M. Block, 74, of Vero Beach, f:la., Fall River and its Sisterhood, the Lodge, AF&AM, and Temple a former fu rniture store owner, I lebrew Lad ies Helping I land Am David . died Nov. 29 at Indian River Society, she was a supporter of Besides his wife, he leaves by Michael D. Smith F.D./R.E. Shalom Memorial Chapel J\ lemoria l Hospital, Vero Beach. United Jewish Appeal and Is two sons, Richard Levenson of She was the wife of Benjamin rael Bonds. Wa rw ick and Everett Levenson This week's questions are focused on children. Here Block. S he leaves a son, Ba rry of Sto ug h ton, Mass.; three are hvo questions most frequently asked by pare11ts Born in Pawtucket, a daugh 1-i elfa nbein of Boca Raton, Fla. grandchildren, a11 d two nieces. n11d one question, related through an adult, which is ter of the la te Louis and Rose She was the sister of the late A graveside service was held most often asked by children. (Levenson) Mellion, she moved Shirley Rekant and Si dney L. , Dec. 6 in Lincoln Park Cem Should a child be allowed to attend a fu to Vero Beach 50 years ago. Evere tt, Irving and Louis etery, Wa rwick. Arrangements neral? M.H., Providence She owned a nd o perated Rosenthal. were made by Shalom Memo The key consideration is the child's relation Bargaintown Furniture a nd The fu neral service was held rial Chapel, 11 00 New London ship with the deceased. If it is a parent or a very Antiques for 40 years, retiring Dec. 5 at Temple Beth-El, High Ave., Cranston, R.I. close relati ve who has passed away and the child in 1990. Street, Fall River. Burial was in can comprehend w hat has happened, he/she certainly should She \Vas a member of the Hebrew Cemetery, Fall River. RUTH (MARTIN) be allowed to attend the funeral service, as long as the child Bouga invlllea Circle, the Gar Arrangements were made by RUB I NSKY will not be disruptive. Since children usually ask many ques dL'l1 Club of Indian River Shalom Memoria l Chapel, 11 00 ST. PETERS BU RG, Fla. tions, the funeral director or clergyperson should be able to an County and the Regard Wa lk New London Ave., Cranston. Ruth (Martin) Rubinsky, 88, of swer them honestly and openly. The fu neral service will help ing Club of Vero Beach. St. Petersburg, Fla., d ied Nov. 30 the child understand what has happened and w ill help wi th Besides her husba nd, she in St. Petersburg. She was the the closu re process. The child should feel that he/she is a kaves a son, Stephen A. Block ~ ~Bu;;~~VRE%~~J wife of the late Louis Rubinsky. mourner and should be given the opportunity to release his/ of Los Angeles; a daughter, = CRANSTON - Born in Calgary, Alberta, her grief just as an ad ult would. In appropriate situations, I have Ronee S. King of Flagler Beach, Burton Robert "Bob" Levenson, Canada, a daughter of the asked young children to write a letter to the deceased loved Fla.; a brother, Dr. Douglas 79, of 6 Fernbrook Court, p resi la te Morris and Gertrude one, d raw a picture, take a favorite photograph or even fi nd a Mel\ion of Providence; and two dent of the for mer Rhode Island (Ratchesky) Martin, she lived ·in favorite item that \Vas a bond between the child and the de grandchildren. She was also the Safety Systems, Inc., retiring 15 I loll iston, Mass., from 1937 un ceased person and have the child place it in the casket. Older ,ister of the late Benjamin years ago, died Dec. 4 at Cedar til 1960, and in Framingham, children have been asked to be bearers so that they feel that Mellion and Jack Mellion. Crest Nursing Centre. He was Mass., from 1960 until she they are part of the service. , Buri,11 was in Beth El Memo the husband of Gloria {Zlochin) moved to Florida in 1980. If my child attends a funeral service at your chapel, is it rial Gardens, Fort Pierce, Fla. Levenson. She was a member of Congre necessary for him to go to lhe cemetery? P.R., Wickford Born in Boston, a son of the gation B'nai Israel of St. Peters Quite often a child will find the chapel service more emo ALICE E. H ELFA N BEIN late Abra ham and Dorothy burg, and a former member of tionally draining than the interment service. If a ch ild attends PLANTATION, Fla. -Alice (Nesson) Levenson, he lived in Temple Israel of Natick, Mass. the chapel service and is told to go home after the service has E I lelfanbein, 88, of 8500 West Cranston for 30 years, previ She was a member of I ladasS<"lh, ended, instead of going with the family to the cemetery, he/she ~unrise Boulevard, formerly of ously living in Providence. ORT and the National Council of is likely to ask, "Where are you going?" and "Why can't I come, Fall River, died Dec. I at Uni I le had been a salesman for Jewish Women. too?'' The child should be able to comprehend everything that \ ersity Hospital, Tamarac, Fla. Pay Master Checkwriters Inc. She leaves a son, Carl \·viii happen at the cemetery if it is properly explained before '-ihe was th'c- wife of the late Dr. for 20 years before he started his Rubinsky of St. Petersburg; a hand. Have the funeral director explain the interment service lacob 1--klfanbein. own business. daughter, Reva Lee Riffkin of to the child, if necess.:1ry. The child who is sent home might Born in Newport, a daughter He was a warrant officer in Providence; two sisters, Edith imagine something more difficult to comprehend than what (11 the late Max and Rebecca the Army during World War II, Gelmon of Calgary and Bernice he/she actually would have seen at the cemetery. I usually try o-3i\lard) Rosenthal, she had serving in England. I le was a Mochkatel of Los Angeles; and to encourage the parents to let the child participate in the inter hwd in Fall Ri\'L'r for 50 vears, graduate of Browne Nichols two grandchildren. ment ,;ervice. One recommendation i,; to have the child partici moving to Plantation five" years Preparatorv School, Cam A graveside scn·ice wa~ held pate in filling in the grave with earth if the child is able lo hold ,igo bridge, Ma::.s., and attended Dec. 2 in Framrngham-i\atick the ::.hovel or have an adult assist the child in doing it (but onl\ She was an honorary life Bo::.ton University. I lebrew Cemetery, Natick. if the child wants to help). This is another way to help the child member ;md past president of I k was a past potentate of {Continued from P,1gC' 15) in the healing process. Why did my grandma die? S. B., Boston, Mass. Do not answer that question by saying, "Grandma was \'erv old," or "Grandma was very, very '>ick." Instead, give a simple answer about the physical cause of death. If appropriate, you MAx SUGARMAN MEMORIAL CHAPEL may wish to show a copy of the death certificate to the child. Always try to give short direc~ answers to children. 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She was the wife of the Meals o n Wheels a nd at the sistance to assimilation. studies have been done regard- trendy hair and clothing styles. late Harry Shechtman. fo rmer Jewish Home fo r the The real enemy at the time of ing the feasi bility of bu ild ing a Rabbi Yaacov Haber, OU d i Born in Providence, a d augh Aged. t he Maccabees was not t he pipeline across the Mediterra- rector of education and an au ter of the late Louis and Rebecca A violinist since early child Seleucid empire as an occu pa nean to deliver fresh water or, thor of the sources book, ex (Abrass) Simkofsky, she had hood, he performed with the tion force, bu t ra the r what as an alternative, using tankers plains that fo r Jews historically, lived in Los Angeles before Wanvick Symphony Orchestra Seleucid society rep resented: a to tra nsport the water to Israel. remaining apart from the cul moving to Cranston 45 years and the Providence Civic Or cultural colonialism that sought Combined with d esalinization, • lure in which they had sett led ago. She was a member o f chestra. to erode the beliefs and obser these measure represent the was quite simple - especiall y Temple Torat Yisrael. She had He leaves two sons, Robert va nces of the Jewish religious wide scope o f solutions being in those countries that did not been a member of the former She rw in of Pawtucket and tradition, and to replace them sought. JNF's cu rrent projects welcome its Jewish citizens, Pioneer Women. H a rla n She rw in o f Canio n, with the g lo rificatio n o f the help sustain Israel until long- confining the m to ghettos She leaves two sons, Kent Mass., and three grandchildren. physical and the embrace of term solutions are found. where there were no opportu- Shechtman of North Kingstown H e was b rothe r o f the late much that Judaism considers Jewish National Fund is com- nities to integrate into society and Stuart Shechtrnan of Cran Harold Sherwin. immoral. The Seleucids sought mitted to finding long-term vi- at-large. But, as Rabbi Haber s to n; a d a ughter, Ba rbara The funeral service was held to accult urate the Jewish people, able solutions to the water cri- writes in his introduction to the Sherman o f Port Charlotte, Fla.; Dec. I a t Temple Ema nu-EI, to force them to ad opt a "su pe sis in Israel. JNF recently a n- pamphlet, "Jews in America a twin brother, Max Simmons of Providence. Burial was in Lin rio r, "sophisticated," w ho lly nounced a $50 million plan to have achieved g reat success, Cra nsto n; three sisters, Lee coln Park Cemetery, Warwick. secular philosophy. And thus rehabilitate Israel's polluted riv- enjoying complete freedom to Morrison of Cranston, Shirley Arrangements were mad e by the Jewish victo ry, w he n it ers to restore this vital resource. integrate into society a nd Bazarsky of East Providence Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel, came, was a triumph over as JNF has built mo re than 100 economy ... Tc:xl ay, the thinking a nd Faye Weinberg of North 825 Hope St., Providence. similation. The Maccabees suc dams and reservoirs that com- Jew in America - and indeed HoUywood, Calif.; three grand ceeded, in other words, in pre bine to add luO million cubic in most of the worl d - now children and six great-grand BARBARA SLOANE serving Jewish traditio n, in mete rs to Israel's water needs to d evoteserious thought children. She was the sister of BOYNTON BEACH, Ra. - drawing lines. economy, or about 6 percent of to this injunction." the late Robert Fields and Hy Barba ra Sloane, 69, o f 2515 And so the miracle of the Israel's tota l water supply. According to Rabbi Steven Simmons. North East 1st Court, a book lights, our tradition teaches, was Working to fill the water needs M. Dw orkin, executive vice The funeral service was held keeper for 25 years, died Dec. 2 hardly arbitrary. Poignant mean of Israeli agriculture, JNF has president ofthe RCA, thesource Dec. 3 a t Shalom Memorial at Bethesda Memorial Hospital, ing lay in the Te mple been working with farmers and book touches upon a struggle Chapel, 1100 New London Ave., Boynton Beach. She w as the candelabra's supernatural eight researchers to utilize salty wa- familiar to virtually all Jews Cranston. Burial was in Lincoln wife of Leon Sloane. day burning of a one-day sup ters to produce crops for export. reared on baseball and ap ple Park Cemetery, Warwick. Ar Born in Providence, a daugh ply of oil. For Light, in Jewish tra Israel and JNF are looking into pie: Do we have to choose Jew rangements were made by Sha ter of the late John and Mildred dition, means Torah, the teach a program lhat would reclaim ish values over American val lom Memorial Chapel. (Nozick) Newman, she had ings and laws that comprise the and recycle 200 million cubic ues? "The fundamental ques li ved in Narragansett for 10 Jewish religious heritage. meters of waste water annually. tion underlying the entire dis MITCHELL 'MITCH' years before moving to Boynton Even the custom of playing In ad ditio n, JNF works w ith cussion is, 'How d ifferent does SHERWIN Beach two years ago. d reid el, sou rces explain, is a re various organiza tions li ke the a Jew have to be?"' Rabbi PROV IDENCE - Mitchell She was a bookkeeper fo r mind er of the secret of Jewish International Arid Lands Con- Dworkin notes. "Milch" Sherwin, 88, of 101 Newman & Brier, later becom continuity. The Seleucids had sortium and the United States The g uide is in tended to Highland Ave., a retired com ing Newman & Sloane, a nd forbidden a number of expres Forest Service that promote re-- serve as a springboard for lively pany executive, died Nov. 29 al later was an independent book sions of Jewish devotio n, like search and international coop- discussions in synagogues na the Philip Hulitar Hospice Cen keeper. She was a life member the practice of circumcision and eration to benefit Israel's water tionwide as it compels ter. He was the husband of the of the former Pawtucket the Jewish insislence on per resources. cong regants to consider their late Pearl (Singer) Sherwin. Hadassah, now Hadassah of sonal modesty. They also out At Jewish National Fu nd, we views on whether everything Born in Providence, a son of Rhode Isla nd, and past p resi lawed the study of Torah, which are deeply concerned fo r the secular is off limits to them as the late John and Jennie dent of Loyal Family Circle of they rightfully regarded as the future of Israel's water supply. Jews: Are designer garments Sherwin, he lived in Providence Rhc:xle Island. engine Lf Jewish identity and We are engaging as many designed for Jews, for Chris and Cranston. He was propri Besides her husband , she continuity. The spinning toy people as possible, through as tians or for all individuals? etor of the former Singer Tea Co. leaves a son, Richard Sloane of was a subterfuge adopted by many media as possible, in or-What about the latest best-se\1- and the former Singer Furniture Tucson, Ariz.; a daughter, Susan Jews when they were studying der toconvey the seriousness of ing books - fo r w hom were & Home Supply Co. in East Sugerman of Cranston; and four Torah in pairs or groups; if they the d rought in the Mid d le East they written? Don't Jews eel Providence, until he retired in grandchildren. She was the sis sensed e nemy inspectors and to hasten the solutions that ebrate Thanksgiving, the Fourth wiU benefit Israel and the entire o f July and Mother's Day? 1983. ter of the late Ernest Newman. nearby, they would sud d enly He was a graduate of Bryant The fu neral service was held take out their d reidels and spin Midd le East. Those solutions Weren't these holidays created College and a member of its Dec. 6 a l Sha lom Memoria l them, masking their study ses include further research fo ruti- with all Americans in mind? Alumni Association. Chapel, 1100 Ne-.v London Ave., sion with an innocuous game of lizi ng saline and brackish wa- The issue is, as Rabbi Haber He was an active member of Cranston. Burial was in Lincoln chance. ters, d esalinizatio n, regiona l notes, "At the heart of many of Temple Ema nu-El and its Men's Park Cemetery, Warwick. Ar ls it mere chance, too, that demand and watershed man- our daily decisions, whether we Club, a member of the Red rangements were made by Sha Chanukah seems so intriguing agement and water resource are conscious of it or not." wood Masonic Lodge, serving lom Memorial Chapel. to contemporary Jews, so very protection. many of whom are threatened The headlmes from the Oslo YOU'RE LEAVING? summit wiU speak of the needs with assimilation, not coercive, Take time t o let us know. r ~------, to be sure, but no less threaten for peace and understanding. Whenever and wherever you ing to Jewish survival? Or might However, JNF also looks fo r go, we want you to tell us. I ward to the day when the head Tell US - not the Pos t Office. RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD that coincidence be laden with The y don't t e ll u s meaning? lines announce a solution to e verything, you know! 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Are or dog, can present an ideal op 1111otlter cr111dle lig/1ti11g up the song and hope was also sung. the Chanukah candles applies you always nagging your kids portunity for parent and child world." The ceremony, brought to the to all mankind: by increasing in to do their homework? Are you to bond while caring for the pet A special State House citizenry of Rhode Island by light and acts of goodness, one having trouble motivating your together. Showing children candlelighting ceremony took Chabad of Rhode Island, was can illuminate one's life, warm child to stop watching TV or what it means to be responsible place on Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. adja initiated at the request of the soul, heal the spirit and playing video games and to for another creature's survival cent to the original charter from Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi make the world a far, far better play outside instead? Then con can result in teaching important King Charles II granting Rhode Menachem M. Schneerson. The place. sider making a pet part of your life lessons such as discipline, Island religious freedom. family. patience, kindness and atten The event was held to reaf Many people are aware of the tiveness. health benefits that come firm Rhode Island's historical Pets Can Help message of our commitment to from having a pet, in cluding lowering Kids Develop a World of Good and faith in Discipline Divine Providence. high blood pressure, This year's ceremony has preventing heart dis Walking the taken on a special significance ease and combating dog, feeding the to honor the memory of Sen. depression. How guinea pig and John Cha fee and the more than ever, what parents talking to the parrot 20 yPars of public service to the may not realize is can serve as fun study citizens of Rhode Island and the that adding Spot, breaks for kids, and a United States. Seeking a World Polly or Mr. replacement for tele of Good, Sen. John Chafee pur Whiskers to the ~fJ vision programs and sued a policy of unity and non family can be - video games. These partisanship. advantageous to the other pet~related activities help chil "By coming together and bundles of joy "scampering" dren remain focused on the task lighting the menorah, which has around your house - your at hand, and are less likely to be eight branches coming out of kids! come distractions that will pre one base, we want to emphasize While little children are too vent homework and chores the fundamen tal unity and young to worry about prevent from being completed. goodness which is inherent in ing stress or lowering health care costs, there are numerous Pets Prepare Kids the world and in every human For Life Situations being," said Rabbi Yehoshua benefits they can experience Laufer, director of Chabad from having a family pet. Bringing a pet home and into Lubavitch of Rhode Island. Pets, whether a dog, cat, bird, the family can be an effective Participating in the event hamster, reptile or fish, help way to help prepare children for were Sen. Lincoln Cha fee, Gov. children gain a sense of inde real life scenarios. For example, Lincoln Almond and members pendence that can set them on pets can ease the transition of of the community. the path to becoming mature, suddenly having to share mom responsible adults. and dad's attention with a new brother or sister by demonstrat Pets Teach Kids to ing how much fun new play be Responsible mates can be, as well as what is Children can learn the im involved in caring for another. portance of responsibility at an Pets can also help kids learn to hat were the most important events early age by acting as a care deal with medical issues and ill taker for a pet. Fish are a terrific nesses as they are exposed to of the 20th century that shaped and influenced first pet because children can routine veterinarian check-ups play a large role in caring for with their pet, and the treat Jews and Jewish life? them. However, other pets that ments for various ailments. Volunteers Needed For Reading and Writing With Children Volunteers are needed to meet weekly with 4- to 9-year-old chil dren to practice reading and writing and do hands-on learning activities. Creating Readers is a free 10-week after school enrich ment program with a goal of fostering a love of reading and writ ing through the Providence Library's Family Place. Sessions take place at the Mount Pleasant Branch Library, Wash ington Park Brnnch Library, South Providence Branch Library and the Knight Memorial Branch Library and last between 30 and 45- minutes, depending on the child's age. 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