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October 20-26, 2017 Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton Volume XLVI, Number 42 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK Federation Super Sunday and Annual Meeting to be held on Oct. 22 By Reporter staff because there will be a delicious brunch. Don’t forget to The Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton will hold The Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton make a reservation.” a combined Super Sunday and Annual Meeting on Sunday, asks people to update their phone numbers People also may make their 2018 gift at the meeting, October 22, at 10 am, at the Jewish Community Center, and e-mail addresses by contacting the rather than wait for a call. That will help the Federation 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. The cost to attend will be $10 Federation office at 724-2332 or dirjfbc@ know what funds are available before the allocation pro- and reservations should be made by Sunday, October 15, to cess, which begins in early November and will culminate ensure there’s enough food for the brunch. “The Federation stny.rr.com. “Last year, we couldn’t reach on Wednesday, November 22. “It is helpful to have a sense has the ever present Jewish mother’s fear of not having many people because the phone numbers of how much money we’ll raise before we allocate funds,” enough food, so let us know you will be coming,” said Sima we had on file were no longer accurate Auerbach said. Auerbach, executive director of the Federation. Reserve a and we didn’t have people’s e-mails,” said During the event, officers will be elected to the Feder- seat by calling the Federation at 724-2332. Sima Auerbach, executive director of the ation’s Board of Directors and the Yasher Koach awards “We combined our two major events last year and it will be bestowed. The awards honor local members of was a great success,” said Auerbach. “This year, the event Federation. “If you’ve changed your home community organizations. The Phonathon will be held will be held after the holidays so people can be relaxed or cell phone number, or e-mail address, from 2-8:30 pm and from Monday-Thursday, October and ready to enjoy the fall. It’s the perfect time to recon- please let us know.” 23-26, from 6-8:30 pm. nect with old friends and make new ones. Come hungry, See “Super” on page 3 Ithaca College to present annual Holocaust lecture on Oct. 23 The Jewish Studies Program at Ithaca College will of the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jewish people. He is ness, amidst much evil, of a Ukrainian family played an present its annual Holocaust lecture on Monday, October one of only 200 of the 4,000 Jews living in Zloczów in the essential role in that survival. And ultimately it is a story 23, at 7:30 pm, in Clark Lounge, Egbert Hall, Ithaca 1930s who survived the Holocaust. After some years of post- of the choices for good or evil that people must make in College. This year’s lecture will be “Returning, Remem- war wandering, he came to America. He will also speak of the the worst of times.” bering, Forgiving; Roald Hoffmann on the Holocaust in complexity of Ukrainian-Jewish relations, the role in the war For more information about the lecture, contact Rebecca Ukraine.” Dr. Roald Hoffmann is an emeritus professor of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic church and the struggle to Lesses, associate professor and coordinator of the Jewish of chemistry at Cornell University and received a Nobel establish memorials in Zolochiv and its surroundings. Studies Program, at [email protected] or 274-3556. Indi- Prize in Chemistry in 1981. “The story is a personal one, embedded in the geography viduals with disabilities requiring accommodations should Hoffmann, who was born in 1937 in Zloczów, Poland (now and history of the people cohabiting that contested piece of also contact her as soon as possible to make arrangements Zolochiv, Ukraine), will tell the story of his family’s survival earth,” said organizers of the event. “The personal good- for attendance. CJS fall program “Divided by Victory: The Legacy of the Six-Day War” Oct. 26: “The Six-Day Nov. 2: Impact of Six- Nov. 9: “Jewish War Remembered: Day War on the kibbutz Settlers Today” On Thursday, November 9, 50 Years Later” and labor movements Assaf Harel will speak on “Jewish The first lecture in the College On Thursday, November 2, at Settlers Today: From Religious Zi- of Jewish Studies Fall program 7:30 pm, Lior Libman, assistant onism to Religious Post-Zionism” will be held on Thursday, October professor and associate director as part of the College of Jewish 26, at 7:30 pm, when Dr. Steven of the Center for Israel Studies at Studies fall series “Divided by Bayme will speak on “The Six- Binghamton University, will speak Victory: The Legacy of the Six- Day War Remembered: 50 Years on “Between The Seventh Day and Day War.” CJS programs are open Later.” Bayme is the director of the ‘The Movement for Greater Israel’: to the entire community; general William Petschek Contemporary The Aftermath of 1967 in the Kib- admission is $8 per program, or Jewish Life Department of the butz and Labor Movements and $20 for all three programs; senior American Jewish Committee and the Significance of 1948” as part Assaf Harel admission is $5 per program or $12 the Koppelman Institute on Amer- of the College of Jewish Studies for all three programs. Binghamton Dr. Steven Bayme ican-Israeli Relations. The lecture Lior Libman fall program “Divided by Victory: University students are welcome to attend with no charge. is co-sponsored by the Binghamton The Legacy of the Six-Day War.” All programs are held at 7:30 pm at the Jewish Community University Department of Judaic Studies Temple Beth Libman is a literary scholar and cultural historian special- Center, 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. El Endowment. The program, which will be held at the izing in the literature and cultural history of the kibbutz and Harel is an assistant professor of Israel Studies at Jewish Community Center, 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal, is Socialist-Zionism. “Her lecture on the impact of the Six- Binghamton University. He is a sociocultural and a visual open to the entire community. General admission is $8 per Day War on the kibbutz and labor movements in Israel is anthropologist who conducted ethnographic fieldwork program, or $20 for all three programs; senior admission is sure to be thought-provoking,” said organizers of the event. among Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank $5 per program or $12 for all three programs. Binghamton The College of Jewish Studies programs are open to the and the Gaza Strip. His work examines relations between University students are welcome to attend with no charge. entire community; general admission is $8 per program, or $20 Jewish Messianism and settlement practices. Called an expert on America-Israel relations, Jewish for all three programs; senior admission is $5 per program or Harel grew up in Bat Yam, Israel, by the Mediterranean history and contemporary Jewish life, Bayme’s responsi- $12 for all three programs. Binghamton University students coastline. His post-military travels brought him eventually bilities at the AJC include Jewish family issues, Jewish are welcome to attend with no charge. All programs are held to California, where he received his B.A. in cultural an- education, Israel-Diaspora relations, Jewish identity and at the Jewish Community Center, 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. thropology from the University of California at Berkeley. See “Remembered” on page 4 See “Impact” on page 4 See “Settlers” on page 4 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Cyber sleuthing Israel Scouts in the U.S. Torah study tool Special Sections Investigators are using cyber tech The Israel Scouts have started An online database of Jewish texts Legal Notices ................................... 4 to solve the mysteries of Anne troops in the U.S. for Israeli ex- enables users to create source Small Business Profiles ................ 5-8 Frank and Raoul Wallenberg. pats and American Jews. sheets for Torah study. Congregational Notes .................... 10 ........................................Page 5 ........................................Page 6 ........................................Page 7 Classifieds ..................................... 12 Page 2 - The Reporter October 20-26, 2017 NEWS IN BRIEF JNS briefs Oct. 17, 2017 From JNS.org the Whelen Euro championship in Belgium, Motorsport.com reported. “Finishing the season like this is the sweetest thing I can ask,” he said. “We finally made it. I have Israeli racecar driver wins European NASCAR no words right now.” Day, 26, from Ashdod, topped the Whelen Euro standings after championship finishing fourth in the Oct. 15 race. He had only needed to complete one lap to secure Racecar driver Alon Day became the first Israeli competitor to win a NASCAR the title. 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