November 3-9, 2017 Published by the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton Volume XLVI, Number 44 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK Rabbi Lance Sussman to talk on Jews and Catholics in the U.S. at BU on Nov. 12 The Newman House and Hillel at Bing- America have a long, complex other. In recent years, official the Making of American Judaism” and hamton will sponsor a talk by Rabbi Lance and intertwined history. In Jewish-Catholic relations have “Sharing Sacred Moments,” a collection Sussman, Ph.D., on “There’s a Place for the British colonies, prior to improved significantly while at of his sermons. An editor of “Reform Us: Jews, Catholics and the American the Revolution, both groups the same time the rate of mixed Judaism in America: A Biographical Experience” on Sunday, November 12, were relatively small, minori- marriage between the two has Dictionary and Source Book,” Sussman is at 7:30 pm, in room HL14 in the Lecture ty traditions. Subsequently, also increased.” a member of the Academic Advisory and Hall building on the Binghamton Univer- both played a major role in Sussman is the senior rabbi Editorial Board of the American Jewish sity campus. The community is invited to defining and broadening the of Reform Congregation Ke- Archives (Cincinnati) and past chairman attend and refreshments will be provided American concept of freedom neseth Israel in Elkins Park, of the Judaic Studies Department at after the talk. of religion. With massive PA, and adjunct professor of Binghamton University. Sussman has “Please join us for Rabbi Sussman’s immigration in the 19th cen- American Jewish history at the taught at Princeton, Rutgers and Hunter intriguing, comparative discussion of tury, discrimination against Rabbi Lance Hebrew Union College-Jew- College. Currently, he is working on a Judaism and Catholicism in the United both Jews and Catholics rose Sussman ish Institute of Religion-New TV documentary on the Philadelphia States,” said organizers of the event. while, at the same time, the two groups York. He is the author of numerous books Jewish experience with History Making “Both Judaism and Catholicism in also increasingly collided with one an- and articles, including “Isaac Leeser and Productions. JCC Speakeasy fund-raiser on Nov. 11 to feature John Koutsaris The JCC Speakeasy is this year’s in performing classic selections such as strengthen our community and provide annual Jewish Community Center sports Neil Diamond, Frank Sinatra and Michael a safe place for our youth to grow. This fund-raiser to support the Center’s sports Buble, and has been featured at weddings is an excellent opportunity for all of us programming. It will be held on Saturday, and other events. The JCC Speakeasy to come together as a community. Doing November 11, from 7-10 pm. Admission to event will also feature food, drink and so, we will all have a great time and the event is $50 per person, with additional casino games. support a great cause. sponsorship levels available. Reservations The fund-raiser supports the Jewish “Here at the JCC, we aim to run the can be made by calling 724-2417. The entire Community Center’s youth and adult highest quality program at the lowest pos- community is welcome and encouraged sports programming, including the Sun- sible price,” Whalen added. “This event is to attend. day Hoopsters program, Elite Product instrumental in keeping our costs affordable The evening will feature live music and Training, various children’s basketball for people from all socioeconomic back- entertainment by local DJ and singer John camps, and competitive and recreational grounds. It also helps us provide financial “Yanni” Koutsaris. Koutsaris has been leagues for men. These programs are assistance to families who are going through involved in music since he was a child, designed and managed by Dan Whalen, tough times.” and has been performing professionally the JCC health, physical education and For more information, to sponsor since the age of 14, when he joined his recreation director. or participate, contact the JCC Office L-r: Harry Cohen, Breige Graven and father’s Greek band as a drummer. Aside According to Whalen, “The main at 724-2417 or e-mail at jccoffice@ Lynette Errante are dressed for the JCC from being a DJ, Koutsaris specializes focus of our sports programs is to binghamtonjcc.org. Speakeasy. CJS Nov. 9 program on “Legacy of the Six-Day War” to look at “Jewish Settlers Today” On Thursday, November 9, Assaf Harel the Mediterranean coastline. His As an anthropologist, Harel from a range of universities and cultural will speak on “Jewish Settlers Today: post-military travels brought him considers long-term cultural and religious institutions, CJS sponsors a From Religious Zionism to Religious eventually to California, where immersion as a condition of wide array of programs dealing with Jewish Post-Zionism” as part of the College he received his B.A. in cultural knowledge. And although new to history, culture, religion and politics. of Jewish Studies fall series “Divided anthropology from the Univer- the university and Binghamton The College of Jewish Studies, which by Victory: The Legacy of the Six-Day sity of California at Berkeley. area, Harel said he has already was founded in 1986, is an informal coalition War.” CJS programs are open to the entire Harel received his M.A. and had positive experiences with between the Judaic Studies Department of community; general admission is $8 per Ph.D. in anthropology from students and colleagues, and has Binghamton University and several area program, or $20 for all three programs; Rutgers University. He received enjoyed much that the Bingham- Jewish sponsoring institutions, including senior admission is $5 per program or numerous awards for his doctoral ton area has to offer. the Jewish Community Center, the Jewish $12 for all three programs. Binghamton research, including grants and Individual sponsorship for Federation of Greater Binghamton, Beth University students are welcome to attend fellowships from the National Assaf Harel CJS is available and dona- David Synagogue, Temple Concord and with no charge. All programs are held at Science Foundation, the Mellon tions are always welcomed. Temple Israel. Programming for CJS would 7:30 pm at the Jewish Community Center, Foundation and the American Council for Individual sponsorship of $100 includes not be possible without the additional finan- 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. Learned Societies. He has written several admission to both fall and spring pro- cial support of the Jacob and Rose Olum Harel is an assistant professor of Israel articles and book chapters on his research, grams. For more information on how to Foundation, the B’nai B’rith Lectureship Studies at Binghamton University. He most recently “Beyond Gush Emunim: become an individual sponsor or to make Fund, the Victor and Esther Rozen Foun- is a sociocultural and a visual anthro- On Contemporary Forms of Messianism a donation, e-mail [email protected]. dation, an endowment fund from the former pologist who conducted ethnographic among Religiously Motivated Settlers in The College of Jewish Studies is a 501(c) Temple Beth El of Endicott, a grant from the fieldwork among Israeli settlers and the West Bank,” in “Normalizing Occu- (3)non-profit organization. JoyVel Charitable Fund and the donations Palestinians in the West Bank and the pation: The Politics of Everyday Life in The College of Jewish Studies provides of individual sponsors. Gaza Strip. His work examines relations West Bank Settlements.” He is currently opportunities for adult Jewish education for For more information on the College between Jewish Messianism and settle- working on his book, “The Lives of Jewish the Broome County community by offering of Jewish Studies and its programs, visit ment practices. Settlers: West Bank Messianism and the fall and spring programs. Drawing on local www.bingcjs.org and www.facebook.com/ Harel grew up in Bat Yam, Israel, by Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” resources and inviting scholars and experts bingcjs. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Talk on Tbilisi Hebrew course News in brief... Special Sections Cornell University students will A Hebrew Reading Crash Course FIFA won’t sanction Israel; terror Legal Notices...... 4 discuss their summer trip through open to the community will be held tunnel found under U.N. school in Dine Out...... 5 the JDC to Tbilisi, Georgia. at Temple Israel. Gaza; thieves hit a moshav. Personal and Business Services...... 7 ...... Page 2 ...... Page 3 ...... Pages 7-8 Classifieds...... 8 Page 2 - The Reporter November 3-9, 2017 Cornell students’ talk on trip to Tbilisi at TBE in Ithaca The Ithaca Area United Jewish Community will host an service summer break trip, which provided the students to support the community. informational presentation by Cornell University students with the opportunity to interact face-to-face with under- The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments on Sunday, November 12, from 3:30-5 pm, at Temple served Jewish populations. By working with the Joint will be served. Temple Beth-El is located on the corner of Beth-El of Ithaca. Distribution Committee on the ground, students said they Court and Tioga streets in downtown Ithaca. Those attend- The Cornell students traveled to Tbilisi, Republic of were able to provide aide to the elderly, learn about the ing the presentation should use the temple’s side entrance Georgia, in the former Soviet Union on an alternative history of Georgian Jewry and discover different ways on Tioga Sreet. For further information, call 257-9924. Opinion From the Desk of the Federation President

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We recently had Super Sunday activities at which we notes as well as letters to those we haven’t reached. If you Soon we will begin the process of evaluating the needs of began the annual Campaign to raise the money necessary have not already answered the call, please call 724-2332 our agencies. The allocation process begins after we have to fund the many programs within our community that with your generous donations now to save us much time some sense of next year’s contributions. This allows us Jewish Federation helps support. The event was a success with future mailings and more calls. to allocate funds within our financial means. The sooner and featured the new Federation Singing Band. We hope No amount is too small. For those persons able to in- we complete the solicitation process of the Campaign, to feature future events with the musical talents within our crease their donations from last year, we ask for an increase the better our understanding of the ability to support community. I thank everyone involved in the event for the of chai ($18) or any multiple of that amount that you feel these programs. Therefore, your quick response will help wonderful food, great entertainment and warm comradery. comfortable making. everyone. Thanks again. Many wonderful volunteers have been making calls to Again, I want to thank all our contributors and all Thank you to the entire community. We are small in past donors, giving up evenings and days to complete this the volunteers. Our community is enriched by the many number, but large in compassion and concern. May the task. Other volunteers have spent hours writing thank you agencies and programs that Federation helps support. year bring you only good and wonderful news and health. In My Own Words Conveniences and necessities RABBI RACHEL ESSERMAN, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

It was a line from a song that started me thinking. I was Back-breaking physical labor – many of us are do they have enough money for food and shelter? Even listening to “If I Were a Rich Man” from the movie version spared that. We don’t have to carry water from a well worse are the areas where life is always like this – where of “Fiddler on the Roof,” featuring Topol as Tevye. The line or river; we just turn on a faucet. We don’t have to walk people regularly go to bed hungry and cold, where there that really struck me was the one where Tevye claims that long distances or sit in uncomfortable wagons exposed may be no shelter for those who are homeless, or medicine if he were rich, he wouldn’t have to work hard. He didn’t to the elements. Even our cars are heated, unlike the for those who are sick. This makes me realize how lucky really mean he’s looking to be idle: what he wants is to best enclosed carriages of the past. We don’t have to I am – and I do mean lucky, because none of us lucky spare himself from hard physical labor – everything from worry about the fire going out at night or food rotting enough to be born in the First World have done anything taking care of the cows in his barn to harnessing himself in the heat. We normally take these conveniences for to deserve the blessing we have received. to the milk cart to make deliveries. granted and, if something goes wrong, it’s usually fixed I know we can never solve all the world’s problems. quickly. In fact, we get impatient and irritable if heat, There will also be disasters – whether caused by nature electricity or water aren’t going to be available for or human behavior. However, I am reminded that while even a day or two. we may not be able to complete the task, we are also not Correction So it’s hard to imagine places where those convenienc- allowed to abstain from it. Pick a cause; pick a person to Israel Judo Association: Turkish Airlines es have been lost long-term. Just think of Puerto Rico, help; donate your time and/or money to something that which, at this writing, still lacks electricity in most areas. speaks to your heart. Turn your blessings into a blessing “excellent,” did not bar Israeli team Are people able to work? If businesses are closed, how for others. (JNS.org) – The Israel Judo Association has clarified that Turkish Airlines did not bar Israeli team members from boarding a flight en route to a major judo tournament, Letters contrary to reports that were circulated on Israeli media and picked up by outlets such as JNS.org. “Following rumors circulated yesterday in the media about Turkish Airlines and the judo team to Abu Dhabi, I would like to clarify that Bialys have arrived Turkish Airways has no connection about off loading the To the Community: tive, what I tell them is what I’d really love is a couple of passengers,” Moshe Parner, chariman of the Israel Judo I have the most wonderful news! Having just told our real bialys and, maybe, if they can find it, abisl belly lox. Association, wrote in a letter to the airline. “The Turkish Jewish Community Center Yiddish Grupeh and received a And, try as they will, while I’m sure both are available in company was sensitive and considerate of the team and joyous response, I decided to share with those of you who Crown Heights or the Lower East Side or over the river in approved boarding despite the missing visa documents.” may not already know. With so much tsuris in dem gantsn Jersey, where my peeps don’t live, the ones they bring me Parner continued, “[The] Israeli Judo Team has already velt, it is with great joy that I let you know that the really fall short of my childhood memories of what it should taste boarded the flight toward Istanbul as a stopover to Abu large supermarket in Johnson City has started carrying the like, which is like real Brooklyn pizza crust, powdery and Dhabi and received a message from the authorities in Abu most authentic Brooklyn bialys ever to be available in our with a little onion. But now, now, even my husband says Dhabi that we had no visa to enter through Turkey, but area. Although the wonderful bakery in that really large the smell in the kitchen when I toasted the first one threw only through Jordan, so we got off the plane.” He called supermarket in Johnson City has acceptable bagels, it has, him back to his childhood in Brownsville. the Turkish carrier “an excellent and preferred airline for for many years, offered what it calls a “bialy” and I call, The bialys may be hard to find. They’re in the large the Judo Association in Israel and we will continue to use “feh!” It’s a very nice roll with onions on it, but it’s no bialy! freezer department with the Indian food. They’re OU/ its excellent services to fly teams to the world competi- We have lived here for almost 50 years, and we suffered pareve and you need only defrost one at a time as they tions.” Initial reports in Israeli media claimed the airline through what our local friends called pizza and we called thaw pretty quickly. Of course, my rule is to toast them, itself had banned the Israeli team members from boarding, bread with tomato sauce and cheese; we suffered through not like a first day bagel, which never requires toasting, rather than identifying the visa issue. The 12 Israeli athletes Chung King Chinese food in cans; we agonized over the and, even though dear Toby Kohn reports her family ate were traveling through Istanbul to pick up visas for their only gefilte fish choices being canned or bottled; we suffered them untoasted when she was growing up, I suggest for visit to Abu Dhabi, which is hosting the Judo Grand Slam through Lender’s frozen bagels, but now we can rejoice first timers that you toast them, at least a bisl. That’s it. tournament from Oct. 26-28. “Turkish Airlines views in this amazing new bounty. It’s called “What’s a Bialy?” The really large supermarket in Johnson City only had a competitive sports as a bridge connecting different cultures, Emes! That’s the name. And if that’s not genug mishugah, couple of boxes, so you might want to call the store to and we support athletes and sports organizations around wait till you see the box! All I can tell you is that for 50 make sure they’re in. the world,” the airline stated. JNS.org apologizes for the years, friends and family visiting from “the City” always Good luck and good fressing! error in its initial report. offer to bring up bagels and, while I’m always apprecia- Toni Grekin

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The course, which will begin read and follow the liturgy, a component of the course will on Wednesday, November 8, will be held at the synagogue, include the recognition of key words that appear throughout 4737 Deerfield Pl,, Vestal, on consecutive Wednesdays at 7 a prayer book. pm. Each session is structured to run for an hour-and-a-half. There is no charge for the course, although donations The Chai Notes Rabbi Geoffrey Brown said that the program is designed are welcome. As space is limited, those interested are so that all participants can achieve their goal of reading urged to pre-register by calling the Temple Israel office The Jewish Community wishes to express its Hebrew by the end of Chanukah. at 723-7461. sympathy to the family of Annual Whale of a Sale at TC Sylvia Goldstaub The 34th annual Temple Concord Sisterhood-sponsored will be Sunday, November 12, from 10 am-4 pm. This will Whale of a Sale will be held during the week of November be a bag sale at $12 per bag. Glenn Alenik returns to the 5. It is a sale of new and nearly new items that will be held “The sale, just in time for holiday gifts and winter needs, Binghamton community in the first floor social hall at Temple Concord, 9 Riverside will feature brand name winter clothing for babies, children, Dr., Binghamton. teenagers, women and men, as well as baby equipment, looking to rent or house-sit Whale will begin on Sunday, November 5, from 10 am-4 books and games for children and adults, toys, house wares, a home for the winter months pm. It will be open Monday, November 6; Wednesday, sports equipment, tools, art, jewelry, appliances and more,” or possibly longer. November 8; and Friday, November 10; from noon-4 pm. said organizers of the event. There will be extended hours on Tuesday, November 7, Whale of a Sale Committee members are Deb Williams, Responsible, mature adult and Thursday, November 9, from noon to 6:30 pm. 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The daughter to the seventh, sixth and fifth Lubavitcher rebbes same traits her husband embodied, but program will feature a dinner buffet. Guest speaker Esther respectively, and on the other hand, she was a humble, kind, kept out of the spotlight completely, Sternberg, Rivkah Slonim’s mother, will address the topic unassuming woman who was a wonderful hostess and caring choosing instead to give her husband, “Hidden Royalty; the Life and Times of Rebbetzin Chaya friend. On the one hand, she was a product of a world long who carried the concerns of world Mushkah Schneerson.” past and, on the other hand, thoroughly worldly with a keen Jewry on his shoulders, her unabashed “Area women are invited to join us for an evening of inspira- interest in everything contemporary. She was brilliant, witty support and an oasis of tranquility. tion, good food and comradeship,” said organizers of the event. and deeply compassionate. She was never blessed with chil- This year marks 30 years from her passing and on this occasion, I look forward to sharing my memories and TC Sisterhood to hold sixth annual impressions of this great woman with Rebbetzin Chaya my friends in Binghamton.” Mushkah Schneerson The program will take place at the Artisan Holiday Marketplace Chabad Center, 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal. The program couvert is $18, with sponsorship levels at $36 and $54. The sixth annual Temple Concord Sisterhood Artisan Philips, with Roz Antoun and Marsha Luks in charge of Reservations can be made by calling Chabad at 797-0015 Holiday Marketplace will be held on Sunday, November baked goods. or online at www.Jewishbu.com/womanhood. 19, from 10 am-3 pm, at Temple Concord, 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton. 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Weekly Parasha Peace in the home Vayera, Genesis 18:1-22:24 RABBI DANIEL SWARTZ, TEMPLE HESED OF SCRANTON We live in a time of crisis and conflict. From raging wild- every age, especially in divisive times such as these. inwardly, thinking: ‘Now that I am withered, will I have fires to threats of nuclear attacks, from destructive storms to Three messengers come to visit Abraham. Abraham is pleasure, with my lord so old!’” (Genesis 18:11-12) destructive divisions in our society, it seems that everywhere feeding and tending to them when one makes a startling The next sentence is the one our sages focused on: “But we turn we face another potentially disastrous drama. This announcement: “Rest assured that I will return to you at the Eternal said to Abraham, ‘Why is Sarah laughing so, week’s Torah portion, Vayera, also contains conflicts and crises, this time next year, and your wife Sarah shall have a son.” thinking: am I really going to bear a child, when I have including such violent, dramatic scenes as the destruction of (Genesis 18:10) Sarah happens to be listening in on the grown so old?’” God purports to be merely reporting to Sodom and Gomorrah, the expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael, conversation and is quite surprised. The text continues, Abraham what Sarah’s reaction was – but the words God and the binding of Isaac. But it is in one of the quieter moments “Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; utters are different from what Sarah actually said! Why – an inward laugh – that our sages find a lesson of value for the way of women had ceased for Sarah. So Sarah laughed See “Peace” on page 7 Congregational Notes Beth David Synagogue Temple Concord Temple Israel Affiliation: Orthodox Union Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism Orientation: Conservative Rabbi: Zev Silber Rabbi: Barbara Goldman-Wartell Rabbi: Geoffrey Brown Address: 39 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 9 Riverside Dr., Binghamton, NY 13905 Address: 4737 Deerfield Pl., Vestal, NY 13850 Phone: 607-722-1793 Office hours: Tues.-Fri., 10 am-2 pm Phone: 723-7461 and 231-3746 Rabbi’s Office: 607-722-7514 Phone: 723-7355 Office hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 am-4 pm; Fri. 8 am-3 pm. Fax: 607-722-7121 Fax: 723-0785 E-mail: [email protected] Office hours: Mon. closed; Tues. 10 am-1 pm; Wed. closed; Office e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.templeisraelvestal.org Thurs. 9 am-1 pm; Fri. 10 am-1 pm Website: www.templeconcord.com Service Schedule: Tuesday and Friday, 5:30 pm; Saturday, Beth David e-mail address: [email protected] Regular service times: Friday, 8 pm; Saturday, 10:35 am, when 9:30 am. Rabbi’s e-mail: [email protected] religious school is in session. On Friday, November 3, there will be a Kabbalat Website: www.bethdavid.org On Friday, November 3, at 8 pm, there will be Shabbat Shabbat “Happy Hour” from 5-6 pm, followed by Facebook: www.facebook.com/bethdavidbinghamton evening services with Rabbi Barbara Goldman-Wartell. Shabbat Services: services. Those who plan to attend the “Happy Hour” Friday, November 3...... 5:40 pm On Saturday, November 4, at 9 am, there will be religious should RSVP to the temple office. Shabbat, November 4...... 9 am school; at 9:15 am, there will be Torah study; and at 10:35 On Saturday, November 4, at 9:30 am, services ...... Mincha/Maariv 5:25 pm am, there will be a Shabbat family service. will be led by Rabbi Geoffrey Brown. The Torah Weekday Services: On Sunday, November 5, Whale of a Sale begins, from portion will be Genesis 18:1-22:24. The haftarah Mornings: 10 am-4 pm. will be II Kings 4:1-37. The kiddush sponsor will Sun., November 5...... 8:30 am On Monday, November 6, Whale of a Sale will be held be Alan Piaker. Mon.-Fri., Nov. 6-10...... 7 am from noon-4 pm. Evenings: The bat mitzvah of Sonia Horowitz will take place Sun., November 5...... 4:35 pm On Tuesday, November 7, Whale of a Sale will be held on Saturday November 11, at 9:30 am. Mon.-Thurs., Nov. 6-9...... 7 pm from noon-6:30 pm. On Tuesday, November 14, at 1:30 pm, there will be Classes: Rabbi Zev Silber will hold his weekly Talmud class On Wednesday, November 8, Whale of a Sale will be a Sisterhood open program meeting. Members are asked every Tuesday evening after services. held from noon-4 pm. to bring ideas for future events. Those who plan to attend Beth David Sisterhood will hold its annual paid-up On Thursday, November 9, Whale of a Sale will be held should RSVP to the temple office. dinner meeting on Wednesday, November 8, at the syn- from noon-6:30 pm. agogue. The event will begin at 6:30 pm. Reservations On Friday, November 10, Whale of a Sale will be held can be made by calling Marlene Serkin at 729-3235 by from noon-4 pm. At 8 pm, the Shabbat evening services with Temple Beth-El of Ithaca Friday, November 3. For more information, call Beth Rabbi Goldman-Wartell and Jason Flatt will honor veterans Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Rabbi: Scott L. Glass David at 722-1793. and remember Kristallnacht. The congregation welcomes Address: 402 North Tioga St. (the corner of Court and Tioga people of other faiths to attend and share the celebration of streets), Ithaca, NY 14850-4292 Rohr Chabad Center Shabbat this evening. Phone: 273-5775 Affiliation: Chabad-Lubavitch On Saturday, November 11, at 9 am, there will be reli- E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected] Rabbi: Aaron Slonim, E-mail: [email protected] gious school; at 9:15 am, there will be Torah study; at 9:30 Website: www.tbeithaca.org Address: 420 Murray Hill Rd., Vestal, NY 13850 am, Tot Shabbat; and at 10:35 am, there will be a Shabbat President: Jerry Davis Phone: 797-0015 Sisterhood President: Julie Paige Fax: 797-0095 family service with birthday blessings led by Rabbi Barbara Director of Education: Rabbi Suzanne Brody Website: www.Chabadofbinghamton.com Goldman-Wartell and Jeff Strosberg. Administrative Assistant: Jane Griffith Chabad on the West Side Services: Friday 8 pm; Saturday 10 am, unless otherwise Rabbi: Zalman Chein, E-mail: [email protected] Penn-York Jewish Community announced. Weekday morning minyan 7:30 am (9 am on Address: 27 Bennet Ave., Binghamton, NY 13905 President and Treasurer-Secretary: Harvey Chernosky, 570- Sundays and legal holidays). Phone: 722-3252 265-3869 Religious School/Education: September-May: Classes meet Regular service times: Daily 7:30 am, Friday evening 6 pm, B’nai B’rith: William H. Seigel Lodge on Sunday, 9 am-12:30 pm and Shabbat morning 9:30 am, Maariv and Havdalah one hour Purpose: To promote Jewish identity through religious, Wednesday afternoons, 3:45-5:45 pm. The Midrashah (eighth- after candle-lighting time, Sundays 9:30 am. cultural, educational and social activities in the Southern grade and high school) classes will meet at times designated Linking Hearts for youngsters with special needs: This program Tier of New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, by their respective teachers. connects Jewish special-needs children and teenagers, ages including Waverly, NY; Sayre, Athens and Towanda, PA, and Adult Ed.: Numerous weekly courses, several semester-long 5-14, who have mental, physical and/or functional disabilities, surrounding communities. courses and a variety of mini-courses and lectures are offered with student volunteers who will visit participating youngsters throughout the year. Call the temple office for more details. weekly in their homes. Temple Beth El of Oneonta On Friday, November 3, at 6:15 pm, there will be a To join the mailing list, for up-to-date information on adult Affiliation: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism joint service with Ithaca College Hillel celebrating the education offerings or to arrange for a private tutorial, for Rabbi: Molly Karp th details concerning the Judaica shop and resource center, or Address: 83 Chestnut St., Oneonta, NY 13820 125 anniversary of Ithaca College. The service will be for assistance through the Piaker Free Loan Society or Raff Mailing address: P.O. Box 383, Oneonta, NY 13820 followed by a Shabbat dinner by reservation only – current Maasim Tovim Foundation, call Chabad’s office at 797-0015. Phone: 607-432-5522 Ithaca College students eat free, but all others are $22 Website: www.templebetheloneonta.org per person, payable through https://www.ithaca.edu/sacl/ Norwich Jewish Center E-mail: [email protected] hillel/125th_shabbat/. Orientation: Inclusive Regular service times: visit the temple website for days of On Saturday, November 4, at 11:30 am, Tot Shabbat Rabbi: Dena Bodian services and times Address: 72 South Broad St., Norwich, NY 13815 Religious School/Education: Religious School, for grades will be held. Contact: Guilia Greenberg, 373-5087 kindergarten through bar/bat mitzvah, meets Sunday mornings. On Friday-Saturday, November 10-11, at 6:15 pm, the Purpose: To maintain a Jewish identity and meet the needs Rabbi Karp conducts services and holds classes in Torah, bat mitzvah of Meital Brody, daughter of Rabbi Suzanne of the Jewish community in the area. beginning Hebrew and Maimonides. and Marcus Brody, will be celebrated. Adult Ed.: Saturday morning study is held at 10 am. Call for For the schedule of services, classes and events, see the website. On Sunday, November 12, from 3:30-5 pm, in the more information and to confirm. TBE social hall, Ithaca Area United Jewish Communi- Temple Brith Sholom ty will host a talk on the Jewish community of Tbilisi, Kol Haverim Affiliation: Unaffiliated Georgia, given by Cornell University students who took Affiliation: Society for Humanistic Judaism Address: P.O. Box 572, 117 Madison St., Cortland, NY 13045 an alternative summer break trip there. Address: P.O. Box 4972, Ithaca, NY 14852-4972 Phone: 607-756-7181 Phone: 607-277-3345 President: Louis Wilson, [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Service leaders: Lay leadership Congregation Tikkun v’Or Website: www.kolhaverim.net Shabbat services: Either Friday evening at 7:30 pm or Saturday Affiliation: Union for Reform Judaism Chairman: Jonathan Joseph at 10 am from Rosh Hashanah to Shavuot. Holiday services Address: PO Box 3981, Ithaca, NY 14852; 2550 Triphammer Kol Haverim: The Finger Lakes Community for Humanistic are also held. Check the weekly e-mail for upcoming services. Rd. (corner of Triphammer and Burdick Hill), Lansing, NY Judaism, is an Ithaca-based organization that brings people Contact the president to get on the e-mail list. Phone: 607-256-1471 together to explore and celebrate Jewish identity, history, Religious School: Students are educated on an individual basis. Website: www.tikkunvor.org culture and ethics within a secular, humanistic framework. Temple Brith Sholom is a small equalitarian congregation serving E-mail: [email protected] KH is part of an international movement for Secular the greater Cortland community. Congregants span the gamut of Presidents: Miranda Phillips and Shawn Murphy Humanistic Judaism and is affiliated with the Society for observance and services are largely dependent on the service Rabbi: Brian Walt Humanistic Judaism, a national association with over 30 leader. The Friday night siddur is “Likrat Shabbat,” while the Religious School Director/Admin. Coordinator: Naomi member communities and congregations around the country. Saturday morning siddur is “Gates of Prayer.” The community Wilensky Established in the spring of 1999, it offers celebrations of extends a warm welcome to the Jewish student population of Services: Fridays at 7:30 pm unless otherwise noted. Family Jewish holidays, monthly Shabbat pot-lucks, adult education, SUNY Cortland, as well as the residents of local adult residences. services and Tot Shabbat once a month at 6:30 pm. Call for a twice-monthly Cultural School for children, and a bar and weekly schedules. bat mitzvah program. Religious School: Preschool through seventh-grade classes KH welcomes all individuals and families, including those Friday, November 3, light candles...... 5:36 pm meet on Sunday mornings. Sixth-grade Hebrew and seventh- from mixed religious backgrounds, who wish to strengthen Shabbat ends Saturday, November 4...... 6:35 pm grade b’nai mitzvah classes meet on Wednesday afternoons. the Jewish experience in their lives and provide their children Friday, November 10, light candles...... 4:28 pm Adult Ed: Mini courses throughout the year. Adult Hebrew with a Jewish identity and experience. Shabbat ends Saturday, November 11...... 5:28 pm offered regularly. Call the office for details. November 3-9, 2017 Page 7 - The Reporter Jewish Community Center JCC to hold “Little Brush, Big Brush” parent-child painting on Nov. 12 The Jewish Community Center will hold a “Little Brush, class will go to benefit the JCC Youth Department, which Big Brush” adult/child painting class on Sunday, November primarily consists of the JCC’s after-school program, 12, from 1-3 pm. The cost is $45 a pair for both members Kids Connection. and non-members of the Center. The entire community is For more information about “Little Brush, Big Brush,” welcome and encouraged to attend. The JCC is located at JCC youth programming, or the JCC, contact the JCC 500 Clubhouse Rd., Vestal. office at 724-2417. The class, run by JCC youth director and licensed art educator Lynette Errante, is an opportunity for any adult and child to complete their own painting, guided NEWS IN BRIEF by art teachers. The paintings, when completed, will form one image when put together. Two canvases, all paint and brushes, and light refreshments will be pro- From JNS.org vided for the event. World soccer’s FIFA will not take up Adults and children of all skill levels are welcome to attend. There will be templates for those who need them, Palestinian claims against Israel as well as instruction from two art instructors. Those The international soccer association FIFA said on Oct. who plan to attend must pre-register and prepay at the 27 that it will not pursue Palestinian claims for punitive JCC Main Office to ensure space. All proceeds from the measures against Israel for the participation of Israeli soccer clubs from Judea and Samaria. “The FIFA Council has decided to refrain from imposing any sanctions or Kings Continued from page 4 other measures on either the Israel FA or the Palestinian giants to fight the Philistine’s enemies. When Nara and David FA, as well as from requesting any other FIFA body to meet, she is searching for her own path, one unacceptable to do so,” the FIFA Executive Council wrote in a statement. her community. The questions become whether Nara will help The Executive Council added that the current situation in L-r: Harry Cohen and Audrey Christensen showed off David fight Goliath and if David will show compassion to a the disputed territories is “characterized by exceptional the pictures that will be painted at the “Little Brush, Big woman his fellow Israelites consider an enemy. complexity and sensitivity” that “can neither be ignored Brush” class “David and the Philistine Woman” also strays from the nor changed unilaterally by non-governmental organiza- biblical text, but it sticks closer to rabbinic ideas of David tions such as FIFA.” Therefore, the council determined as a hero. While he also has his flaws, this David is a far that FIFA “must remain neutral with regard to political BD Continued from page 5 better person than any member of Saul’s family – some- matters.” Earlier this year, 174 Palestinian athletic clubs University. Basmann is a certified professional pho- thing I still didn’t find completely convincing, perhaps wrote an open letter to FIFA in which they called on world tographer and a master of photography, credentials because it was difficult to revise my opinion after reading soccer’s governing body to “immediately suspend the Israel given by the national trade organization Professional “The Secret Book of Kings.” Although Boorstin’s novel Football Association’s membership over its inclusion of Photographers of America. Her images have appeared is well done, Brandes’ work is the better literary work. seven football teams based in illegal Israeli settlements.” in the Marathon Press series, PPA Loan Collection and However, reading the two novels back to back was a treat: Israel’s standing was set to be decided on May 11 at the PPA Showcase Collection. It’s always fascinating to compare fictional commentaries FIFA Congress in Bahrain, but FIFA’s Executive Council on the biblical text. delayed the vote.

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