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JEWISHVOL 44, NO 16 JOURNALJEWISHJOURNAL.ORG A rabbi’s daughter finds her birth parents, and now has two families By Michael Wittner watched it many, many times, JOURNAL STAFF and it was very cool to see those secret workings.” LYNN – Last Christmas, Still, Mendez had been told Miriam Mendez logged onto when she was very young that Facetime. Her hands were trem- she was adopted, and she felt bling and her skin was covered different from all of her peers in goosebumps. A few seconds attending Orthodox schools. later, she was staring at a cer- “I didn’t fit in with them char- tain form of reflection: a man acteristic-wise,” she said. “In with her pointy ears, a woman my family, I can’t say that I felt with her gray-blue eyes. Mendez apart, but there were times called it an “out of body experi- where I didn’t feel comfort- ence.” able. You know they’re trying to This couple, John and Teresa include you, but as an adoptee, Callicoat of Galloway, Ohio, you always feel those weird feel- were her birth parents, and it ings, like, ‘Do they really accept was the first time she had ever me as part of the family?’” seen or spoken to them. At left, Miriam Mendez of Lynn with her adopted parents, Rabbi Martin and Bella Twersky of Lynn. At These feelings grew more You can’t put that under a right, Mendez with her recently discovered birth family: parents John and Teresa Callicoat, and sister acute as she got older and tree. “My [birth] father told Nicole Buzzard. Orthodox tradition dictated me it was the best Christmas strict gender divisions and gift they’d ever gotten,” said his wife, Bella. They brought Zaitchik, lead the congregation When Mendez wasn’t at modesty requirements that Mendez. Mendez up in a house near in prayer. Ahabat Sholom, she was she found suffocating. Because For Mendez, 44, it was a the old shul where everyone “We were there all the time,” somewhere in the back at The she grew up in a community Hanukkah miracle. At just three – Martin, Bella, and Mendez’s she said. “There was something Butcherie. “I used to watch without many other observant days old, she was adopted husband, Benjamin, and their very homey about growing up them cutting up the meat families, she was aware of how by Rabbi Martin Twersky, the five children – still live today. at Ahabat Sholom and having and I learned so much that I different her family’s traditions longtime associate rabbi at the Mendez was raised Orthodox, my uncle Rabbi Zaitchik [as could probably be a mashgi- were from those of everyone former Congregation Ahabat and in her early years, she loved the leader]. If someone could ach, blindfolded,” she said. “I else, even more secular Jews. Sholom in Lynn and the mash- going to shul every Saturday to go back in time and copy what watched how they cut the arter- “I thought there was a lot giach (kosher supervisor) of see her father and his uncle, he was doing, life would be ies and how they soak and salt it extra that didn’t need to be The Butcherie in Brookline, and the esteemed Rabbi Samuel [Jewish] back in Lynn.” seven times, and I sat there and continued on page 11 LAST CALL FOR BINGO AT MALDEN SHUL By Bette Keva have a sandwich and play cards until JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT the first game started at 6:45 p.m. These were the people who stayed at home or MALDEN – It started nearly 50 years worked close by. The second shift began ago when a tight-knit, vibrant Jewish at 8 p.m. and lasted until 9:30 p.m. In its community lived in the Faulkner section heyday, bingo brought in close to 200 of Malden. Bingo! It was a fun night out players. Until recently, it drew about 80 with sociability on tap and you, maybe, regulars. could rake in some real gelt. Winnings could be impressive. Marilyn Masters, who is 83, has been Depending upon the strips or cards a part of the bingo scene at Congregation player would buy, he or she could go Agudas Achim-Ezrath Israel on Bryant home with a bundle. Street for nearly half a century – as long “Every game was worth either $50 or as bingo’s uninterrupted run on Tuesday $75 or $100. Cover the whole card for nights lasted. It was the go-to place after $500. Someone could win $1,100,” said working at home or in offices all day, Weiner. “People have won $1,000 and up a way to kibbitz with your fellow play- to $2,000. For many years it was a very Photo: Philip Butkovitz David and Bella Westerman, Marilyn Masters, and Dottie Scott recently played their ers, have some excitement and see old profitable venture for the temple. That last game of bingo at their Malden temple. friends. was our big moneymaker.” The regular players and some 25 vol- The Faulkner section of Malden, an years were not. to the point where it was just break- unteers got the announcement recently: immigrant neighborhood bound by “We had all ethnic groups. Some ing even. The opening of the Encore The long run would end this winter. Ferry Street on the west and Everett on couldn’t even speak English,” she said. Boston Harbor casino “down the street” There would be no more Tuesday night the south, was once filled with working- They’d come from East Boston, Lynn, in Everett didn’t help, she said. bingo in the Malden Conservative syna- class Jews, Italians and Irish. But those Everett and Revere. Two sisters came While synagogue membership at the gogue’s social hall. days are long gone. The Jews have moved, every Tuesday in an Uber from Newton. temple stands at 80, members vow to “There were tears,” said Barbara several other synagogues are gone, and The bingo evening was an important find other sources of revenue to make Weiner, 83, a caller at the shul’s bingo now there is just Agudas Achim-Ezrath part of their lives, said Weiner. up for bingo. They will explore renting tournament for a half century. “It was a Israel and the Orthodox Congregation As interest in bingo waned (200 to 300 out the hall on Tuesday or other nights, sad evening. Unfortunately, in this day Beth Israel. bingo parlors have closed in the state and they intend to continue with small and age, it’s not the same.” The bingo volunteers were Jewish, in the last 10 years, said Weiner) the fundraisers throughout the year. People would come at 5 p.m., sit and said Weiner, but the players in recent synagogue made less and less money, continued on page 20

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The Krakow Jewish renaissance PHyllIs lEvIN comes to Marblehead on Real estate By Michael Wittner UPDATE yOUR CREDIT REPORT JOURNAL STAFF It’s important to take advantage of the government’s Fair Credit Reporting Act and get your free MARBLEHEAD – Just 40 credit report every year, even if you aren’t planning miles from Auschwitz, Jewish to get a loan soon. And when you go get your report, preschoolers are learning Phyllis Levin CRS GRI CBR it’s essential to go over all the information in detail Hebrew songs. A few doors because, according to a study by the U.S. Public down, a Yiddish lesson is taking Interest Research Group, nearly 80% of credit reports contain mistakes. place. Soon, 50 people will gath- Inaccuracies in your credit report could cost you time and money er for a home-cooked Shabbat during a loan process or could even derail it altogether. So it’s important dinner. to dispute any mistakes like incorrect account balances, bills from non- Krakow, Poland was once existing accounts, lower credit limits, old items that were handled years a prominent Jewish cultural ago and even wrong addresses. All of these errors can raise suspicion with capital that was 25 percent a lender and could impede the loan process. Jewish and home to some of the world’s most influential syna- Correcting your report is quite straightforward. Just go online to gogues and rabbis. After the North Shore residents visit the Krakow JCC in September. www.ftc.gov/freereports and follow their simple two-step process to get Holocaust wiped out over 90 your credit report up-to-date and in good condition before you meet with your lender. percent of its Jewish population who will speak at the Jewish alone, and we’re a community and Soviet Communism forced Community Center of the North center, and our main focus is EXPERIENCE Is THE DIFFERENCE. any remaining Jews under- Shore on March 18 in an event on community. If they want to JUST CALL AND I’LL DO THE REST ground, an astonishing renais- co-sponsored by the JCCNS, be more focused on religion, Feel free to callFeel me free at toSAGAN call me REALTORSon all aspects sance has taken place. 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Many of Special Day almost by chance in 2002, when Poland, many Poles, includ- the people who engage in its Britain’s Prince Charles came to ing Ornstein’s wife, are redis- programming, from classes to Poland to visit Holocaust sur- covering their heritage. “People lectures to volunteer work, are CONNIE vivors. Charles wanted to build start getting curious when they non-Jews interested in con- ZAITCHIK a senior center to help them, become teenagers and they necting with what they see as [email protected] and pledged his support. But as see a lot of Jewish books on an important, essential part 508.284.1876 more and more Poles rediscov- the family’s shelves, or there’s of their country’s history. “For ered and reconnected with their sometimes a memory of being the most part, nobody really Jewish roots, that facility soon younger and grandparents not spoke about what happened to expanded into a full-blown allowing them to have milk and the Jews – it was kind of an LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? community center. “We’re try- meat together, so sometimes open wound in the Polish cul- ing to reach out and take care these remnants of Judaism stay ture,” said Ornstein. “You have Donate to The Jewish Journal today. of the community, and we’re with families, and they find a country that in 1989 woke also trying to bring back people out in all different ways,” said up from a 50-year bad dream, Visit JewishJournal.org and donate online. into the fold,” said Executive Ornstein. “Our first step is to and when it began to take a Or call 978-745-4111 x130. 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Author of haunting Holocaust tales to speak in Salem By Michael Wittner stances imaginable. She also her own mother die under her JOURNAL STAFF tells the story of how Sokolov guard, Klein was accused by the used his position – designed Soviet liberators of being a col- SALEM – What would you as a way to remove the prison- laborator, and sentenced to 10 do in order to survive? In two ers’ humanity by replacing their more years in a Soviet gulag in incredible novels based on real- name with numbers – to help Siberia. life Holocaust stories, Australian his fellow prisoners survive. When the Soviet Red Army author Heather Morris explores As Morris worked with liberated Auschwitz in 1945, the ways that two Jewish prison- Sokolov, he told her about Klein was charged with prosti- ers used the tiny bit of power another prisoner in a position of tuting herself to the enemy, and granted them as they muddled power who he believes saved his sent to a work gulag in Siberia. through the pits of hell with life. Sokolov said that a young She befriended the other women everyone else. girl named Cilka Klein interced- in her hut, and trained to be Morris will visit Salem to ed on his behalf when he ran a nurse with a female doctor. give the Sonia Schreiber Weitz afoul of the camp authorities, Like Sokolov, Klein also met the lecture on two books, “The using her position to convince person she would marry while Tattooist of Auschwitz” and her the commandant to spare his in a camp. follow-up book “Cilka’s Journey” life. After Stalin died and as part of a multi-day educator “Lale kept telling me, ‘When Khrushchev sought better rela- workshop called “The Holocaust you are finished telling my story, tionships with the West, Klein “Cilka’s Journey” tells the story of Cilka Klein, who survived in Comparative Context,” which you must write the story of Cilka and her husband traveled back Auschwitz and a Soviet gulag. “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” tells the is sponsored by Combined story of Lale Sokolov, a Jewish man who tattooed numbers onto – you must tell the world about to Slovakia, where she lived a Jewish Philanthropies and hundreds of thousands of Auschwitz prisoners. the bravest person I ever knew,’” quiet life as a nurse, and kept hosted by the Salem State said Morris. her past and her Jewish heritage University Center for Holocaust kept the fact that he was the struct new housing blocks for the After “The Tattooist of largely secret. She wanted very and Genocide Studies to com- “Tattooist of Auschwitz”, nee- increasing number of prisoners. Auschwitz” became an inter- much to have children, but that memorate the 75th anniversary dling numbers onto the skins After he contracted typhoid, he national hit, Morris traveled was not physically possible after of the liberation of Auschwitz. of hundreds of thousands of was cared for by the Frenchman throughout Eastern Europe all the abuse she’d suffered. So The lecture will take place at unwilling patients, a secret, wor- who had given him his identi- talking to people who knew she became everyone’s mother, the National Park Service Salem ried he would be branded a col- fication tattoo, and eventually Klein and piecing together a caring for local children and Visitor Center, 2 New Liberty St., laborator. But in his declining began as his assistant. Because work of fiction based on her neighbors. at 7 p.m. on March 19. years, he felt ready to share his he already knew many languag- life. She was born around 1926 “I will not judge [them] for a The numbered tattoos on story with the world. He asked es, he was made Auschwitz’s in Bardejov, Slovakia, and was second,” said Morris about Klein the arms of concentration his son to find him a non-Jewish main tattooist after the original known as a bright, headstrong and Sokolov’s actions during the camp prisoners have become a audience to avoid what he felt mysteriously disappeared. young girl. In 1942, her family war. You did what you needed to dreaded, internationally recog- was the baggage and precon- In 1942, Sokolov emblazoned was sent to Auschwitz, where survive, and until you can walk nized symbol of the Holocaust. ceptions he felt all Jews carry “34902” onto the shaking arms everyone was murdered but her. in the shoes of the people who But before a chance encoun- about the Holocaust. of a beautiful young girl named Klein was able to become kapo were in those camps, nobody ter between an elderly man and For three years, New Zealand- Gita. He began sneaking her let- – a Jewish guard – after curry- gets to judge.” a non-Jewish hospital social born Heather Morris learned ters and extra food rations, and ing favor with an SS guard who worker in a Melbourne café, Sokolov’s incredible story: a clandestine romance began. repeatedly raped her, a common Tickets to Morris’ talk are $5 not many people knew that at in 1942, he was deported to For the rest of this international and grossly underreported phe- for Salem State students, $10 Auschwitz, it had been a Jewish Auschwitz from his native bestseller, Morris tells the story nomenon of Nazi concentration general admission, plus fees. Go prisoner doing the tattooing. Slovakia. As an able-bodied of how Sokolov and Gita’s love camps. After three years of this to eventbrite.com and search for

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With Jewish history in mind, Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill Rudolph Friedmann LLP hosts Refugee Shabbat is pleased to announce Alexander Tsianatelis has joined the firm as an associate specializing in real estate and business transactions and Edward DelSignore has joined the firm as a litigation associate James L. Rudolph George Georgountzos Robert H. Shaer Ashley M. Green Jonathon D. Friedmann Robert P. Rudolph Joseph W. Worthen II* Mark Taylor Rumson Adam J. Shafran Of Counsel John H. Rogers Gary E. Lambert*+ William A. Korman Michael S. Kalis Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill has long been a haven for immigrants and refugees. Jocelyn J. Campbell Bryan S. MacCormack Thomas David Duquette, Jr. By Michael Wittner wanderers who know all too +Registered patent attorney JOURNAL STAFF well the difficulties of being immigrants and refugees. *Admitted in N.H. HAVERHILL – The word On March 21, Temple “Hebrew” comes from a root Emanu-El in Haverhill will join Business Planning and Litigation; Real Estate; Construction; that means “to cross over” or to synagogues across the world in Commercial Matters; Employment Law; Personal Injury; Education “cross boundaries.” Ever since honoring that heritage through and Charter School Law; Estate Planning; Divorce; Hotels and Restaurants; God told Abraham to leave his the Hebrew Immigrant Aid home and his family for a for- Society’s Refugee Shabbat. Patent and Intellectual Property; Insurance Defense; Boat and Yacht Transactions eign land, the Jews have been continued on page 22 Israel Bonds postpones North Shore event due to virus fears www.RFlawyers.com 92 State Street, Boston, 617-723-7700 By Michael Wittner Hillel Academy and oversaw its JOURNAL STAFF renaming as the Epstein Hillel in 216 Humphrey Street, Marblehead, 781-639-4600 2017 after a $5 million gift from BOSTON – Israel Bonds philanthropist Arthur Epstein. Boston, which was planning a Avin is a junior at Marblehead March 18 cocktail reception at High School who founded the the Kernwood Country Club first Jewish Student Union at to honor Epstein Hillel School Marblehead High School and principal Amy Gold and youth has led local chapters of the leader Abby Avin of Marblehead, B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, has postponed the event due to the Lappin Foundation’s Israel the coronavirus. Advocacy Fellows Program, and “We have decided to postpone served on the Teen Leadership our North Shore Community Council of Israel advocacy Cocktail Reception honoring organization StandWithUs. Amy Gold and Abby Avin that This summer, she will travel to was scheduled for Monday, Eastern Europe with the sec- SAVE THE DATE! March 23 until a later date,” ond cohort of Holocaust Legacy wrote Israel Bonds Executive Fellows. Sunday, April 26, 2020 Director Jonathan Lang in an The guest speaker was going email to the event committee. to be Tzipi Livni, a former for- 10 a.m. – noon “In light of the coronavirus, we eign minister of Israel, vice are exercising an abundance prime minister, minister of jus- of caution to ensure that our tice, and leader of the opposi- clients, colleagues and friends tion who ran for prime minister stay healthy. For those that have in 2008, as its guest speaker. Menschions registered and paid we will issue Known as a leading proponent refunds. Please reach out to us of a two-state solution, she is should you have any questions.” widely considered one of the Gold was going to be rec- most powerful women in Israel ognized for her work turned since Golda Meir. around a struggling Cohen Mimosas& BAR MITZVAH The Jewish Journal will hold its fourth annual HEADQUARTERS brunch at Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead to honor members of our community who have made outstanding contributions through their work, volunteer efforts, and through their philanthropy.

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Getting Reel: Film festival focuses on those who have overcome challenges By Penny Schwartz ple whose compelling, unlike- the Jewish Community Centers JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT ly stories are told on film at of Greater Boston in Newton, ReelAbilities, an international won a 2019 Ophir Award, Israel’s BOSTON – Chris Hoeh, film festival presented local- most prestigious film award. a beloved and trailblazing ly by the Boston Jewish Film Local filmmakers in this Jamaica Plain educator who Festival that runs from March year’s festival include Alex became paralyzed after a skiing 22 through April 2 at loca- Freeman, director of “The Last accident, continues to inspire tions around Greater Boston. Straw,” and Sandra Jaffe, direc- as a leading local and national Admission is free, but registra- tor of “Jon Sarkin: I Am What I champion for those with dis- tion is required. Am.” Both screen at the festi- abilities and spinal cord inju- This year’s festival, the ninth, val’s International Shorts Block ries. is its largest, boasting 24 films on Sunday, March 29, at the Sylvia Bowersox is a U.S. across 12 screening events. It West Newton Cinema. Army veteran whose three tours also includes many featured Also local is Alice Markowitz, in Iraq as a press officer left guests and panel discussions. director of “Wheels of Justice,” her with post-traumatic stress “To Be of Service,” a feature among the short films that trac- disorder, was paired with a ser- documentary by Josh Aronson es the story of Hoeh, the ele- vice dog that has helped her about Bowersox and other war mentary school teacher injured reemerge from the devastation veterans suffering from PTSD in a ski accident. Before his Sylvia Bowersox and her service dog Timothy are featured in “To Be that upturned her daily life. who are paired with service dogs, accident, three years ago, Hoeh, of Service.” A trio of young Kenyans will be shown on Wednesday, who has a lifelong passion for born with disabling health con- March 25, at Showcase Cinemas Jewish Community Center in films is impressive, said Reszke, education and social justice, ditions bucked the stigma of de Lux Revere. Bowersox will be Manhattan, ReelAbilities now who leads the local film selec- achieved national recognition being seen as cursed and set out on hand with her service dog, has festivals in cities across the tion process from among those as the elementary social stud- to climb the heights of Mount Timothy, for a post-film discus- country and internationally. selected and offered by the New ies teacher of the year with Kilimanjaro. sion. Its curated selection of award- York-based ReelAbilities orga- the teaching tolerance award These are among the peo- Founded in 2007 by the winning films offers a rare win- nization. from the Southern Poverty Law dow on the resilience, ingenuity, Center. Today, he continues to and courage of ordinary people raise his voice on behalf of those making extraordinary strides to [ReelAbilities’] curated living with disabilities. live their lives to the fullest – selection of award- Notably, the films are also almost always against the odds. winning films offers a a platform for performers with Among its Boston spon- physical and mental challenges. sors is the Ruderman Family rare window on the “We are very committed to Foundation and the J.E. & Z.B. resilience, ingenuity, authentic presentation,” Reszke Butler Foundation. and courage of said, noting that actors who Through films, ReelAbilities portray people with disabilities takes a creative path to bring ordinary people making are themselves living with dis- visibility and awareness of extraordinary strides ability. people living with disabilities, Issues of mental health are according to Katka Reszke, who to live their lives to the also front and center, including was chosen to direct Boston’s fullest – almost always “Bedlam,” showing on Thursday, festival and is responsible for against the odds. March 26, at Massachusetts local programming. General Hospital. Reszke, who is Polish and The films are secular, but lives in the Boston area, is a Among others, she pointed many are made by Jewish film- multidisciplined and multital- to “Once Upon a Boy,” a film by makers and over the years, ented author and documentary Uri Levi that reveals the chal- many have featured Jewish sub- filmmaker whose work focus- lenges faced by an Israeli family jects. es on Jewish as well as LGBTQ raising three children, one of For more information, the Kristen McCosh, commissioner of the Boston Mayor’s Commission themes. whom has cerebral palsy. The film schedule, and to register to for Persons with Disabilities, speaks at last year’s ReelAbilities Film The global breadth of the film, screening on March 31 at see a film, visit bjff.org. Festival.

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ADL holds ‘Nation of Immigrants’ Seder JEWISH JOURNAL By Rich Tenorio the day inspiring, that they Publisher/Editor JOURNAL CORRESPONDENT can actually make a differ- Steven A. Rosenberg ence. Hopefully people left and [email protected] BOSTON – Boston civic and went home not only to vote religious leaders addressed a but to make a difference,” said Associate Editor crowd of 250 at UMass-Boston Trestan. Michael Wittner last Sunday, who attended the In a statement shared by the [email protected] 13th annual Anti-Defamation ADL on social media, Councilor League of New England “Nation Mejia wrote, “As an immigrant Director of of Immigrants” Community myself, this is very personal and Advertising & Marketing Seder. important to me.” Lois Kaplan “The goal of ADL’s ‘A Nation of The ADL also tweeted a [email protected] Immigrants’ Community Seder statement made by one of the is to celebrate the strength of immigrant speakers, UMass- Senior Strategic diversity and to advocate for Boston first-year Jacqueline Media Manager humane immigration policies,” Landeverde, who discussed Marcy Grand said Debbie Shalom, chair of her family’s journey under the [email protected] ADL’s New England Regional Temporary Protected Status Board. “The Passover story of program. “When people tell Graphics, Web, liberation is as relevant today as us to go back to our country, Russian Chronicle Editor it was thousands of years ago. that really means this country, Yulia Zhorov ADL’s Seder serves as a powerful because this is the only country motivation for all of us to stand we’ve ever known,” she said. [email protected] Cardinal Seán O’Malley spoke at ADL’s ‘Nation of Immigrants’ Seder. up and speak out for others and Graphics, Web, Obituaries advocate more strongly for the full Seder service, but it had ele- Andrew Fleischer values that make America a ments of the service. The event nation of immigrants.” included the Four Questions, [email protected] Boston City Councilor Julia which were recited in multiple Workers’ Compensation Editorial Cartoonist Mejia was the keynote speaker, languages reflecting the Boston and Personal Injury Lawyers George Freedman and others who spoke at the immigrant community, includ- Seder included Cardinal Seán ing Hebrew, Arabic, French, O’Malley of the Archdiocese Spanish, Chinese and Haitian Board of Overseers of Boston, Combined Jewish Creole. Neil Donnenfeld, President Philanthropies President Marc The event itself dates back to Bob Blayer, *Rick Borten, Baker, and immigrants of 2007, with similar Seders tak- Beverly Clark, Fred M. Cohen, diverse backgrounds. In addi- ing place under ADL chapters Marcia Glassman-Jaffe, tion, Rabbi Claudia Kreiman of in New York and San Diego. Cara Hogan, Johanna Matloff, Temple Beth Zion in Brookline However, the ADL New England Lynn Nadeau, officiated, and the program Community Seder began over Donna Lozow Pierce, featured a performance from 30 years ago under its late *Howard Rich, *Robert M. Rose, a Haitian contemporary former head Lenny Zakim. Stephanie Simon, John Smidt, dance company, Jean Appolon Previous iterations included (L-R): Attorneys Grace Harrington, Judson Pierce, Janice Skillings-Goff, Bradley J. Sontz, Ted D. Stux, Expressions. a Black-Jewish Seder and an Alan Pierce, Susan McDonald, Daniel Napolitano Matthew Swartz, interfaith Seder, Trestan said. *Selma Williams *Life Board Members The Seder capped a busy 27 Congress Street stretch of activity for ADL New Past President Suite 301 “ADL’s Seder serves as a England, which also hosted a Bradley J. 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JEWISH JOURNAL Steven A. Rosenberg PUBLISHER/EDITOR In Israel, a unity government is needed

or the third time in tourism, aviation, enter- the last 11 months, tainment and restaurant FIsrael held an elec- industries hard, and those tion to decide the next industries may need eco- prime minister. And for nomic relief. Relations the third time in the with the Palestinian last 11 months, neither Authority need to be Prime Minister Benjamin maintained, and security Netanyahu nor his cooperation is required to opponent Benny Gantz keep the West Bank bor- received a mandate from der’s quiet. And further the electorate to form a south and north, more new government. Former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, right, attention may be needed It takes at least 61 shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin along the Gaza and Syrian members out of the 120- Netanyahu in 2015. borders, which have not seat Knesset to put together a governing coali- been quiet in recent months. Also, Iran has tion, and neither Netanyahu or Gantz currently shown no signs of reducing its rhetoric and goal have that majority. to destroy Israel. Election fatigue was evident of the streets Israel has had successful national unity gov- of Israel’s major cities this winter. There were ernments in the past, including a rotational few banners; Israelis seemed resigned that the premiership that included former prime min- stalemate would continue, and these days, most isters Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres in the Israelis believe a fourth election will produce mid-1980s. At a time of growing polarization in similar results. the country, Israeli lawmakers need to embrace Israel can no longer continue without a func- a unity government and move forward in dealing tioning government. There are too many issues with the country’s major issues. It cannot afford to deal with in the country that require coopera- to amble along, postponing key economic, and tion among elected officials. While the country possibly, military decisions. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR has stepped up its efforts to battle the coronavi- It must act now, for the sake of the people of rus, the impact of the virus has hit the country’s Israel. Family remembered in Beverly’s Jewish history How delightful to see my bow tie, tall and handsome) in Giving women the license to dream big sister Sally, posing with her “Beverly’s Jewish History: Part confirmation class, in one of I,” of the Feb. 27 Jewish Journal. By Amira Ahronoviz This represents While I appreciate the signifi- your Beverly history photos, It warmed my heart. Thank an excellent oppor- cance of being the first woman and in another photo, my dad, you. s the first tunity for young to hold this position, I believe Abraham Al Cohn of Alcon’s Barbara Cohn Younger woman chief women, and I (and hope) that it was my (second from right – dark suit, Danvers Aexecutive offi- encourage them to 24-year professional experience cer at a major Jewish seize every oppor- and history at the institution – nonprofit, I’m a bit of tunity that comes and not my gender – that got me Reader: It’s the Democrats an anomaly. their way because to where I am today. A 2018 survey they, too, can forge During my tenure at The As always, the AIPAC Policy For a safer and better world, by Leading Edge: their own path to Jewish Agency in various man- Conference is an opportunity the U.S. needs Israel and Israel Alliance for Excellence leadership. That’s agement roles, I’ve had the to witness all the miraculous needs us. We need to actively Amira Ahronoviz in Jewish Leadership the message which privilege to nurture and inspire accomplishments emanating support pro-Israel candidates in found that while women com- is inspiring me to action for this those who work with me. I’ve from this tiny shining democ- both parties. How can this be prise 70 percent of employees at year’s International Women’s encouraged them to dare and racy in the Middle East. It is a done? Jewish organizations, they make Day. think big and have then given chance to hear from the experts I would suggest signing on to up only 30 percent of those I’m often asked how I them the space to do so. All on every topic imaginable from Pro-Israel America, a PAC that organizations’ CEOs. attained the role of a lifetime ideas, no matter how massive or Iran, to the rising crisis of global will keep you updated on all That’s the bad news. as the first female CEO in the daunting, can be achieved if we anti-Semitism, to the Middle pro Israel candidates running The good news is that as Baby 90-year history of The Jewish work together and relentlessly East peace process, to the BDS for Congress. Take, for example, Boomers begin to retire, in the Agency for Israel. After all, this find a way to execute them. movement and so much more. Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democratic next decade, 75 to 90 percent of is an organization that once Moreover, seeing those who However, for me the main legislator from Ohio and a long- Jewish non-governmental orga- employed former Israeli prime work under me blossom in their takeaway from this year’s con- time pro-Israel advocate. In the nizations will seek a new gen- minister David Ben-Gurion as roles is the greatest compliment ference was the growing con- upcoming primary she is facing eration of talented individuals chairman, and Golda Meir, who I can receive as a manager. And cern of the attack being waged a challenger who is funded by to lead them, according to the served as head of its political it is that appreciation for foster- on the U.S./Israel relationship the same group that endorsed survey. department. ing personal growth in others from some in the Democratic Representatives Rashida Tlaib that often differentiates women Party. and Ilhan Omar. Her opponent, managers from their male coun- AIPAC is and has always been Morgan Harper, is an unknown terparts. After all, as women, a bipartisan organization whose who has an endorsement we’re hardwired to want to see primary goal is to support Israel from an anti-Israel group that the fruits of our labor develop and maintain a strong bond accused Israel of being a human into something remarkable. between our two countries. No rights violator on par with Saudi I’ve also been motivated matter how much dissent is in Arabia. Unfortunately, this is not by various female role models our Congress, Israel has always just happening in Ohio, but is along the way. Brave, strong, been the one issue that has a problem that we face nation- ambitious women who set an brought both sides together. wide. example of what it looks like to With a Democratic presiden- The time to get involved is have a woman be in charge. tial nominee calling out AIPAC now. We cannot afford to lose My mother (of blessed mem- as a racist-based organization the backing of those who have ory), for example, was an intel- and many in the Democratic been lifelong friends of the ligent, educated woman who Party trying to hijack this rela- Jewish State. imparted wisdom that I’ll trea- tionship, the message was loud Carol Denbo sure for the rest of my life. Her and clear. Swampscott ability to combine both femi- ninity and strength in everything she did influences my LETTERS TO THE EDITOR are welcome. Letters must be leadership style on a daily basis. signed and include your name, address and telephone She taught me to know when number for verification purposes. Letters are limited to 300 to say yes, but also when to say words. Submissions are subject to editing for accuracy. Email no. She encouraged me to never submissions to: [email protected], subject “Letters.” accept anything at face value – to always exercise critical thinking and examine a situation LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? from all sides before forming We are your free, Jewish community newspaper. an opinion. Most importantly, Donate to the Jewish Journal today. Give onliune at she showed that when you’re JewishJournal.org, or call 978-745-4111 x130. continued on page 22 OPINION THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – MARCH 12, 2020 9

Israel in quarantine, or ‘A plague on both of our houses’ By Michael Widlanski commentator who was once the head of the Israeli Labor Party. JERUSALEM – After Israel’s politicians “All steps leading to a narrow govern- put themselves in a kind of mindless ment have a heavy price for the politi- quarantine from each other a year ago, cians involved,” agreed Dafna Liel, politi- failing to form a stable coalition, the cal commentator for Israel TV Channel State decided to put itself in actual official 12. quarantine this week, requiring returning Members of Gantz’s own party from Israelis and visitors to self-isolate for two the more hawkish Telem faction – Yoaz weeks upon arrival, for fear of spreading Hendel and Shmuel Hauser – have point- the coronavirus. edly objected to the proposed minority “As I say and have said repeatedly, we government. are in the midst of a global plague, even Why would Gantz go for such a risky if it has not been officially proclaimed as gamble? The answer may be “now or such,” declared caretaker Prime Minister never.” Gantz – who performed lackadai- Benjamin Netanyahu at a special cabi- sically in the third round – realizes that net meeting, announcing the measures this might be his last chance for power against the virus. before Blue and White, an alliance of Israel’s precautions have kept virus three parties, splits up. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 carriers at a lower level than many coun- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participates in a video conference with A sense of time running out may tries in Europe, and Netanyahu says he European leaders regarding the coronavirus. be influencing Lieberman, too. One prefers to be overly cautious rather than poll shows only 21 percent of his vot- complacent, but some critics say he has ticians keep calling each other liars, trai- members do not hide their support for ers support a minority government. So, overreacted and harmed Israel’s econo- tors and thieves. Palestinian terror groups. if Lieberman and Gantz leap and fail, my. Over three rounds, Likud’s rightist bloc On election eve, Gantz promised that forcing a fourth election, the Likud may While the coronavirus appears to be dropped from 60 to 55 and is now back he would never form a government with increase its totals, while Lieberman’s less fatal than other flu-like viruses like to 58 seats – not enough for a 61-seat the active or even tacit support of anti- party could miss the cut-off and disap- SARS and MERS, it seems more fatal majority in the 120-seat Knesset. Over Zionist Arab parties, because such a gov- pear. to the elderly than common flu viruses. three rounds, Likud’s own vote went from ernment’s policies with regard to Hamas “Netanyahu, you are poisoning Israel,” However, one thing is already clear: it 35 to 32 and is now back up to 36 seats – in Gaza or Iranian forces in Syria would declared Gantz in the last week of the is definitely causing severe damage to a mixed message. Blue and White went be hostage to the whims of anti-Zionist recent campaign. He has not walked back Israel’s tourist industry and the entire from 35 to 34 and now to 31 – a down- parliamentary deputies. any of his remarks, insisting he will not economy. ward spiral. Still, that is exactly what Gantz and allow Netanyahu to remain in office and Many hotels, travel agencies, guides, Over three rounds, Blue and White’s Lieberman have proposed – completely “escape justice.” and even the national airline carrier El Al leftist bloc went from 45 (50, if you violating all their campaign promises Gantz is wrong on at least one count are in desperate straits, firing large parts count Avigdor Lieberman) to 44 (52 and vindicating Netanyahu’s aggressive (because Netanyahu’s trial opens on of their workforce, fearful of going bank- with Lieberman) and now to 40 (47 with campaign questioning Gantz’s fitness for March 17), but Gantz wants to keep the rupt. The virus-induced economic blow Lieberman). The difference this time is office, and charging that Blue and White campaign promise of not sitting down aggravates the problems because Israel that the Israeli left of Labor and Meretz would get into bed with the anti-Zionists. with Netanyahu. Two days before the trial has over-spent (three inconclusive elec- have collapsed entirely, while anti-Zionist Netanyahu is hardly loved among the opens, President Reuven Rivlin is set to tion campaigns) and misallocated other Arab parties, who are united in one list, Israeli media, but even commentators meet all the political parties and confer funds because it is run by the lamest of went from nine to 13 and now to 15, at the left-oriented media here admit the formation of a new government on lame-duck ministers whose last official eliminating “wasted votes.” such a minority government – if it rose the winner. budget was planned in 2017. Essentially, Netanyahu “won,” but at all – would fall overnight and produce Moses once got water out of a rock, but Israel’s three elections this year are Gantz has a “spoiler’s bloc” or “Gush another round of elections where Gantz Rivlin’s job may be harder. starting to resemble a playoff series: Hosem” (Hebrew) of 62 seats. It is quite and Lieberman would likely face disaster Likud and the right have barely won two impossible for Gantz to form a solid from an angry electorate. Dr. Michael Widlanski, a Jerusalem- of three. The trouble is this is no game, coalition with the right-oriented (but “This would be tremendous fuel for based journalist, is the author of “Battle and people’s lives are at stake. Terrorists Netanyahu-hating) Lieberman and the Netanyahu in another round of elec- for Our Minds: Western Elites and the and viruses are at the door, and the poli- anti-Zionist United Arab List, whose tions,” stated Shelly Yehimovitz, a radio Terror Threat.” After the Israeli election: five lessons

By Yossi Kuperwasser sage is more relevant to many of Arab citizens should be equal the elected members. Showing in every civil form), but on the JERUSALEM – The third unique candor, MK Ofer Shelah other hand, Israel was estab- round of elections in Israel did from Blue and White said after lished not in order to be a bea- not solve the political impasse, the elections that now it is time con of democracy (which it is) and forming a new govern- for Blue and White to adopt an but in order to afford the Jewish ment, let alone a stable govern- alternative content and sub- people the opportunity to have ment, remains a very difficult stance to that of Netanyahu, a nation of its own in its ances- mission. Netanyahu and the because “Just not Bibi” is not tral homeland where it can feel Likud Party gained power and enough to bring Netanyahu safe and prosper. This cannot had an impressive achievement, down. be guaranteed without a Jewish but fell short Even after this election, it majority and without a govern- of winning. remains hard to assess which ment that is based on a Jewish- Election The Blue and of the following options may Zionist majority. The Jewish and Analysis White Party materialize: a fourth round of the democratic identities are and the bloc elections in spite of everybody’s both crucial, but the Jewishness of anti-Netanyahu Zionist par- reluctance to end up with it; is superior when they collide, ties suffered a loss of five seats in Photo: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 a Gantz government with the because this was the purpose the Knesset, but are still strong Benny Gantz’s appeal to the Joint List reflects how unreliable his Joint List support that may lead for which the state was estab- promises were before Israel’s last three elections. enough to deny Netanyahu the to further escalation in the rela- lished. We have to wait and see ability to form a government. It accusations against him. government will most probably tions between the pro-Netan- if Gantz, Lapid and Yaalon also seems the only clear victor was Many more (Israel Beytenu last only for a short time, and yahu and the anti-Netanyahu think this way. the United Arab Joint List, which voters and at least some of Blue its only task will be to pass a blocs; and the most remote The broad set of challeng- gained two more seats (now up and White voters) are uncom- law that will prevent Netanyahu option of a rotation-based unity es Israel faces are not wait- to 15). fortable with or oppose a gov- from being a candidate for the government. More and more ing: there’s the coronavirus; Some new lessons can be ernment that will be based on premiership in future elections. voices are calling upon the lead- Palestinian and Iranian security learned from the elections any sort of support from the The Joint List has gained ers to understand that the pub- threats; the de-legitimization results and from the behavior of anti-Zionist Joint List. This does considerable strength thanks to lic’s desire for the politicians to campaign; and economic prob- the main players after the results not seem to deter the leader- the rise in the voting percentage overcome their mutual disdain lems. were known. ship of Blue and White from of Arab Israelis. This solidifies and form a unity government. Israel needs a functioning Within the Jewish Zionist seriously exploring this option their status as the group with- But it seems that both, and government, and it seems that population, a clear major- and preferring it over the alter- out which Benny Gantz cannot especially Gantz, remain deaf to the only way to have one is by ity (58 out of 105 members of natives. form a government, and hence these voices. forming a unity government. Knesset, or 55 percent) sup- The hatred of Blue and raises their ability to condition Gantz’s appeal to the Joint port Netanyahu as future Prime White leadership and many of their support on accepting their List is not just a lesson in how Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Minister in spite of the three its voters, as well as the hatred demands – some of which may unreliable his promises before Kuperwasser is an Israeli intel- indictments against him. It of Israel, Beytenu leadership be very problematic from the the elections were, but a re- ligence and security expert. seems that they identify with towards Netanyahu personally point of view of the majority of examination of the nature of Formerly, Kuperwasser served the right-wing ideology; con- and toward some of its support- the Jewish and Zionist citizens. Israel as a Jewish and democrat- as the head of the research sider Netanyahu a much bet- ers, is so deep that they are will- At the end of the day, right- ic state. On the one hand, from division in the Israel Defence ter fit to lead than Gantz; are ing to ignore their commitment leaning ideology has a vast a democratic point of view, it is Force Military Intelligence divi- committed emotionally to the not to cooperate in any way with majority in the Knesset (68 perfectly acceptable to count sion and Director General of parties that constitute his bloc; the Joint List and form a govern- members at the least), but the the Joint List votes in forming a the Israel Ministry of Strategic and question the severity of the ment based on its support. Such no ideology “just not Bibi” mes- government (and definitely the Affairs. 10 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – MARCH 12, 2020 ARTS

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Yigal Amir, a 24-year-old Up to that point, Leshem felt Israeli law student, fatally shot that the fractured Israeli soci- Rabin, who a year earlier had ety was “going to reunite, that won the Nobel Peace Prize for we would be better people,” he supporting the Oslo Accords, said, but following the assas- which called for the creation of sination, “I was not optimistic a Palestinian state. then, I have lost confidence “Incitement,” a new Israeli since then.” feature film by Yaron Zilberman, “Incitement” was co-written by Ron Leshem, above, and director The making of “Incitement” Yaron Zilberman. tells the story of the assassina- dates back more than six years, “Incitement” was the Israeli tion from an unusual point of in Q&As following some of the denouncing the peace pro- arising out of conversations entry for Best International Fea view: that of the killer. Directed Cambridge screenings. cess. “Through [Amir’s] point between Zilberman, who lives ture Film at this year’s Academy by Zilberman, with a screen- “I don’t think I’m going to of view, I wanted to show he in New York, and Leshem in Awards. play cowritten by Zilberman write ever again about someone was influenced by rabbis, politi- Boston. “Yaron called me from and Ron Leshem, “Incitement” I am so disgusted with,” Leshem cians, hundreds of thousands New York,” Leshem recalled to on, even though, he said, “I usu- was screened at the Boston said. of people” who “called out for the audience. “I did not know ally write characters I’m attract- Israel Film Festival in mid-Feb- Leshem explained that the the death” of Rabin, Leshem him, but I loved his films. ed to, I want to be with.” ruary and the Kendall Square film is not only about Amir’s said. 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Parashat Ki Tisa The wisdom of recognizing different points of view

By Rabbi Richard Perlman of view of a soldier. I think the reason to interpret things from their world view. From his view midway Yehoshua waited was Recently, during a conversation, a here are three obvious points of between the top and because he may have woman told me that she was having a view that we learn in this week’s bottom of Mount Sinai, been suffering from great deal of difficulty with her relation- TTorah reading. The first is the per- the sounds from below earlier war induced ship with her father, a Holocaust survivor spective of Moshe, the leader of our are reminiscent of the Post-Traumatic Stress who is in his 90s. For years, she has been people, who ascends Mount Sinai. The sounds of battle. Why Disorder. The warlike taking him out for lunch once a week. second is the view of Yehoshua, the war- did he not rush down to noise he heard coming She complained that the lunches were rior, who eventually succeeds Moshe. The try and quell the insur- from below may have getting increasingly difficult since she third is the perspective of B’nai Yisrael at rection or rush up to caused flashbacks that and her father got angrier at each other the bottom of the mountain. The thing tell Moshe that there could have inhibited each week. is, if that is all we see, we will miss some- was a battle below? him from taking neces- I asked her where she and her father thing of great import. When Yehoshua sary steps. sit in the restaurant. She said she always What about God’s view of things? Our gives Moshe the news, As for the talk sits across from him so she can see his Torah reading shows God getting angry, what does Moshe do? that Moshe had with face. I suggested that the next time they telling Moshe: “… Your people … have He stops, listens, and Yehoshua, even though go out, she should sit next to him instead. acted basely,” and then commanding lets Yehoshua know that the sounds from he had no idea what PTSD was, it is pos- To my delight, she called me the next Moshe to hurry down to them from the below are not the sounds of battle, but sible that Moshe sensed Yehoshua’s fear week and said, “You know what, Rabbi? mountaintop. the sounds of B’nai Yisrael crying out and wanted to console him. Then Moshe I saw my dad from a whole new angle Moshe does not immediately do as because their faith had been shaken. let Yehoshua know that if he were ever today, a whole new perspective. It was God commands. Being as close to God Knowing that Yehoshua will be his suc- going to be a good leader, he would have nice. Thank you.” as a person can get, he could feel God’s cessor, Moshe felt compelled to teach to learn to deal with his past and look at Something as simple as seeing things anger. Moshe tries to calm God’s anger Yehoshua that sitting and waiting on the things with a fresh perspective. from a different side, from a different with the purpose of saving B’nai Yisrael. middle of the mountain for him was not There is a message here for all of us, angle, can cause amazing things to hap- Moshe begins his descent, only after feel- what a future leader should be doing. If and that is that finding a middle ground pen. ing he had been successful. About half- Yehoshua is to be a successful leader, he is something we would all be wise to Shabbat Shalom. way down, he finds Yehoshua waiting for must learn to listen more closely and to learn. When someone sees the entire him to arrive. Yehoshua perceives every- try and understand things from many world from only one perspective, they Rabbi Richard Perlman leads Temple thing he sees and hears from the point different perspectives. will do what Yehoshua did. They will rush Ner Tamid in Peabody.

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THE REBIRTH OF JEWISH MEET THE AUTHOR HEATHER LIFE IN POLAND An inspiring MORRIS Presented by the conversation with Executive JCCNS. An evening with NYT Director of JCC Krakow, Jonathan bestselling author Heather Morris. Ornstein. Morris, author of “The Tattooist Since its opening in April 2008 by of Auschwitz,” will discuss Sunday, May 17, 2020 the Prince of Wales, Jonathan has how her collaboration with Lale Sokolov inspired her to write her Tours every 20 minutes beginning at 11:00am served as the Executive Director of the Jewish Community Centre bestselling novel. Join us at Epstein Hillel School for a moving experience. Interact with "Anne Frank of Krakow, an organization devoted Sokolov was a Slovakian Jew who to rebuilding Jewish life in Krakow. was transported to Auschwitz – a History for Today," the internationally known exhibit on loan from the Anne The JCC boasts over 600 Jewish in 1942 and became the person Frank House in Amsterdam. members, welcomes 8,000 visitors who tattooed Nazi identification a month, and has become one numbers onto the arms of fellow This exhibition travels all over the world, and is presented more of Poland’s most visible signs of Jews. One day, he held the arm than 300 times per year. EHS is proud to be the first school Jewish revival. of an 18-year-old girl, her head shaven, and his life changed. in Boston to provide this opportunity to the community. Free and open to everyone. RSVP to Sara Ewing at sewing@jccns. Seating is limited. 7 p.m.; Last tour begins at 1:20pm. Please register in advance. com. 7 p.m. Jewish Community tickets ($10) at: eventbrite. Center of the North Shore, 4 com/e/91048347057. Salem Visitor Community Road, Marblehead. Center. 2 New Liberty St., Salem.

As of publication, event details are accurate. Many events have been cancelled or postponed due to the KlezKabaret coronavirus, so contact organizers before attending. 5 p.m. Gann Academy, 333 Forest St., MARCH 14 Waltham. with Sruli & Lisa COFFEE HOUSE WITH SUMMER AT THE J CAMP MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT OPEN HOUSE, Community is invited by Rabbi Richard Perlman, David Sparr to learn about Summer programs Saturday, March 28 & Corey Jackson. Presented by Temple at the JCCNS. 1 – 3 p.m. JCCNS, 4 Ner Tamid. Beer, wine, dessert, coffee Community Road, Marblehead. Doors open 7:30 pm at CSH & tea included. Support Citizens Inn by donating cleaning products & personal MARCH 16 $18 in advance care items. Early bird special fee Tickets admission is $30 per person and $36 LADIES LUNCH AND LEARN, at the door. RSVP will be taken at the LESSON #4 Sponsored by the or $25 at the door. NSJCC and Temple Ner Tamid at 978- Women’s Group of Chabad of Peabody. 532-1293. 7:30 p.m. Temple Ner Tamid Community is invited for lunch, 368 Lowell St., Peabody. conversation and growth. 12:30 p.m. Go Come enjoy MARCH 15 to JewishPeabody.com for more info. INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH MARCH 18 the warmth of GENEALOGY Presented by UNDERSTANDING Temple Sinai’s Adult Education THE JEWISH-CANCER Committee. Carol Clingan from Jewish CONNECTION: KNOWLEDGE Passover Genealogical Society of Greater Second Night Seder at Shirat Hayam Boston is a featured speaker. Program IS POWER Presented by Temple includes an overview of the principal Emunah and Temple Isaiah. A panel of records of genealogical information; experts, including leading geneticists, Thursday, April 9 at 6 pm vital records; censuses and where to will present a symposium on the gene find them. Free for Temple members mutation that increases the risk of Tickets $45 per adult, community $15. RSVP by March 9th prostate, ovarian, breast, and other at [email protected] cancers. 7 – 9 p.m. Open to men $25 per child ages 3 - 6 or 781-631-2763 X201. 9:30 a.m. and women. 781-861-0300. Temple Breakfast included. 1 Community Emunah, 9 Piper Road, Lexington. Reservations required Road, Marblehead. MARCH 21 MATTERS OF TASTE: A HIAS NATIONAL REFUGEE CELEBRATION OF DR. SUSIE For tickets & information SHABBAT Hosted by Temple Emanu- TANCHEL Presented by Boston’s El of Haverhill to Spotlight Refugee call 781-599-8005 Jewish Community Day School. Support and Advocacy. Community is Community is invited to celebrate invited to participate in HIAS’s National 55 Atlantic Avenue JCDS 25th birthday with an evening Refugee Shabbat, during which Jews of learning, music, magic, and across the country will take action for Swampscott, MA 01907 festivities. Tickets: jcdsboston. refugees and asylum seekers. 9:30 thankyou4caring.org/mot-registration. a.m. Temple Emanu-El, 514 Main St., More information: jcdsboston.org/mot. Firm RSVP by March 30. Space is limited. Haverhill. CALENDAR THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – MARCH 12, 2020 15

MUSICAL BINGO Presented by OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION: North Shore Youth Group of Temple THE ART OF IAN SHERWIN Ner Tamid and Temple Tiferet Shalom. Presented by Marblehead Natural Submit your Calendar listings to Public is invited to a night of Musical Healing. Meet the artist and enjoy Bingo for a chance to win cash light refreshments. Marblehead native [email protected] prizes. Ages 21+. $20/per person in Ian Sherwin draws in ballpoint pen advance; $25 at the door. Proceeds from images on his phone, allowing to benefit North Shore Youth Group. him to zoom in to areas of detail (he 8 p.m. Admission includes a Rumson is blind in one eye). His drawings are Rum tasting, snacks and dessert, and a modern take on Impressionism: beer and wine for purchase. RSVP to scribbled lines combine to formulate a [email protected]. Temple Ner complicated subject matter, whether Tamid, 368 Lowell St., Peabody. it be portraits, animals, buildings, or MARCH 22 boats. Ian’s work will be on display Is pleased to present at the offices of Marblehead Natural SPRING STORIES OF HEALING Healing through April. Reception 6 – 8 p.m. 781-639-0010; office@ AND LIBERATION A creative marbleheadnaturalhealing.com exploration of difficult themes in the Marblehead Natural Healing, 10 Spring Karen I. Treiger, Author Book of Esther with Melissa Dimond St., Marblehead. (Ex-Director of Wellspring House), Phoebe Potts, Rabbi Lewis and Pastor KLEZKABARET WITH SRULI “My Soul is Filled with Joy: A Holocaust Story” Deneen. A fascinating and provocative AND LISA Presented by Congregation “textual activist” approach exploring Shirat Hayam. Dessert reception the issue of human trafficking in the included. Adult and non-alcoholic Scroll of Esther. 3 p.m. Temple Ahavat Karen Treiger’s presentation “What does it mean to be beverages for purchase. $18 by March human? A story of Holocaust survival and present-day Achim. 25 at KlezKabaretCSH.eventbrite.com or discovery” is so much more than an author talk: it is an MEMORIES AND MEANING, $25 at the door. Open to all. 7:30 p.m.; amazing multimedia, multilayered, multi-generational inter- Siobhan McDonald of Granger St. show start at 8 p.m. 781-599-8005. 55 active story of family, survival, love, and luck. A lawyer by Atlantic Ave., Swampscott. training, Treiger’s passion for dogged research and vibrant Studios will lead community in storytelling enable her to not only cogently communicate interactive experiences involving works how disparate lives intersected in the most harrowing of of art and the stories that emerge from MARCH 29 times, but she also does justice to her in-laws’ fated and them. Free and open to the community. PJ LIBRARY PASSOVER mind-boggling story. “When you marry someone,” she says 2 – 4 p.m. Jewish Community Center “you marry their family, too. I married into a family of sur- of the North Shore, 4 Community Road, PALOOZA Lappin Foundation, vivors.” Their intense stories of slavery to freedom came Marblehead. Congregation Ahavas Achim, and CJP up annually around the Passover seder table. Treiger had invite families with children, ages the courage to stitch their far-off accounts and fabled anec- SUPER SEDER WORKSHOP 8 and younger, to have fun learning dotes into an epic book. And, her live presentation truly Presented by Epstein Hillel School. about Passover at PJ Library Passover leaps off the page. - Pamela Lavitt, Stroum JCC Featuring international guest speaker Palooza. Families will enjoy stories, and haggadah author Noam Zion. songs and crafts, including making a Community is invited to learn new seder plate and afikoman holder. 10 – Sunday, March 29, 2020 @10:00am ideas to engage your guests, pique 11 a.m. The program is free and open your child’s curiosity, and add some to everyone. For more information or  Breakfast served at 10:00am, presentation at 10:30am interactive features to your next seder. to RSVP, contact Rachael Lock at 978-  Suggested donation is $5 per person RSVP by March 18 to dpmashin@ 740-4404 or rlock@lappinfoundation.  All are welcome epsteinhillel.org. 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. org. Walk-ins are welcome.  Books will be available for purchase and signing @$12 Epstein Hillel School, Marblehead. Congregation Ahavas Achim, 53 ½ each (cash, credit cards, checks - list price is $14.99) Washington Street in Newburyport. MARCH 24  RSVP by March 20 ~ Please let us know of any food EXPLORE YOUR PASSION FOR allergies/dietary restrictions

TORAH HUB Presented by the FASHION Presented by Temple Tiferet JCCNS. Amy Gold: Teaching Children  WINNER - PNWA Nancy Pearl Book Award - Best Memoir Media Sponsor: Shalom. Sisterhood of TTS invites the (September 2019) How to Give and Receive Feedback-A L’Chaim - To Life! community to a presentation and talk  WINNER - IPPY - Bronze Medal from Independent Publishers Radio Show on Lifelong Skill. Event is free and open to with Tali BK, an Israeli personal stylist. Association - World History (April 2019) WCAP 980AM the community. Registration required Get hints to find your best style, show to Sara Ewing at [email protected]. and organize your closet - regardless 6 Dundee Park, Suite 301 ~ Andover, MA 01810 7:30 p.m. Jewish Community Center of of your age. Free. Refreshments will www.BethIsraelMV.org ~ [email protected] ~ 978.474.0540 the North Shore, 4 Community Road, be served. RSVP to sisterhood@ Marblehead. templetiferetshalom.org. 10:15 a.m. Temple Tiferet Shalom, 489 Lowell St., MARCH 26 Peabody. WOMEN’S SEDER Presented “MY SOULE IS FILLED WITH by Congregation Shirat Hayam. All women are invited to connect and JOY” Presented by Congregation Beth celebrate together. Dairy potluck family Israel of the Merrimack Valley. Meet style meal. $10 per person. Register Karen I. Treiger, the author who will do a online http://bit.ly/WomensSeder2020. presentation “What does it mean to be Call 781-599-8005 ext. 25 for Human? A story of Holocaust survival more information. 55 Atlantic Ave., and present-day discovery.” All are Swampscott. welcome; books will be available for purchase $12, and signing. Breakfast CTEEN CHOCOLATE SEDER served at 10 a.m.; presentation at Sponsored by Chabad of Peabody. For 10:30 a.m. Suggested donation $5 per Jewish Teens. 7:30 p.m. Free. Free. person. RSVP by March 20 to amy@ 978-977-9111; office@jewishpeabody. bethisraelmv.org, or 978-474-0540. 6 com; jewishpeabody.com. Dundee Park, Suite 301, Andover. YOUSEF BASHIR: A MARCH 31 PALESTINIAN FAMILY’S CTWEEN PAINT NIGHT QUEST FOR PEACE A lecture Sponsored by Chabad of Peabody. For presented by Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish kids ages 10-13. 7 p.m. Free. Jewish Studies. Palestinian peace 978-977-9111; office@jewishpeabody. activist Yousef Bashir tells an unusual com; jewishpeabody.com. story. Born and raised in Gaza, when he was 15, Yousef was shot in the back by APRIL 1 an Israeli soldier, but then his life was saved by Israeli medical professionals. MONTHLY MOVIE NIGHT Community is invited to a screening Free and open to the public. Registration of “The Angel.” Open to all. 7 is required at bu.edu/jewishstudies. Elie p.m. 781-631-9300, emanu-el.org. Wiesel Center for Jewish studies. 147 Temple Emanu-El, 393 Atlantic Ave., Bay State Road, Boston. Marblehead. MARCH 28 APRIL 3 TRIVIA NIGHT AND TEQUILA FAMILY SHABBAT SERVICE TASTING Presented by Andover-The with Rabbi Meyer followed by a Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation craft with Temple Emanu-El teacher (MVJF). The event will benefit Heather and a light dinner. Open to the Federation Programs. Mike Reidy of community. 5:30 p.m. 781-631-9300, Bueno Malo Restaurant, a local SoCal emanu-el.org. Temple Emanu-El, 393 eatery, will lead the Tequila tasting Atlantic Ave., Marblehead. and will provide their signature chips and salsa. The Tequila experience is APRIL 6 optional and included in the entry fee. Prizes for trivia winners and raffle SENIOR JAZZ AND LUNCH items. A cash bar will be available.$30 Presented by the JCCNS. All per person. To register, contact the seniors are welcome to enjoy a live MVJF at 978-688-0466, or purchase performance by the Insight Band and tickets online atmvjf.org. 7:30 – 11 share a delicious complimentary lunch. p.m. Old Town Hall, Andover. 11 -12:30 p.m. JCCNS 4 Community Road, Marblehead. 16 THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – MARCH 12, 2020 CALENDAR

OUR PASSOVER GREETINGS ISSUE ‘Shtisel’ star headlines new Netflix series PUBLISHES ON APRIL 9. Netflix will release a new moved to Germany with her series on March 26 about a son in 2014. young woman in Brooklyn’s The series is the first by Chassidic Satmar community Netflix to feature Yiddish as The ad space deadline is April 1st, who leaves an unhappy and ful- a main language alongside filling marriage for a new start English. so contact your ad rep today! in Berlin. The lead star in “Unorthodox” Call 978-745-4111, “Unorthodox” is inspired is Shira Haas, the Israeli actress by the 2012 best-selling who plays Ruchami Weiss in the or email [email protected], memoir “Unorthodox: The Israeli series “Shtisel,” which Scandalous Rejection of My also streams on Netflix. Hasidic Rootss”by Deborah Netflix released another or [email protected]. Shira Haas Feldman, who was born into a documentary feature film that Chassidic Satmar family in the She decided to seek higher chronicles the lives of three Williamsburg neighborhood of education and enrolled at Sarah former Chassidic Jews who left Brooklyn, N.Y. Lawrence College, a move their communities in Brooklyn Feldman got married at 17 frowned upon in her circles. in “One of Us,” released in 2017. Like what you’re reading? in an arranged marriage; by 19, In 2009, she left her husband Donate to the Jewish Journal today at she had a son. and community, and eventually –JNS.org jewishjournal.org. PROMOTED CONTENT Help link Greater Boston’s Jewish community Documenting the Goldberg’s story of survival and become a voluntary Journal subscriber By Karen Treiger for three days. They emerged, remnants of the pit. We were for $49.95 a year. letting their eyes adjust to the shocked that it was still there! Send your name, address and payment to: ANDOVER – We all have sto- bright light and decided to As I looked into that pit, I wiped ries of how our parents met, but go into the forest and dig a my tears and, at that moment, I The Jewish Journal P.O. Box 2089 my husband’s parents’ story pit. They covered the pit with changed. I realized how much I 2 Margin St., Salem, MA 01970 beats them all. Sam and Esther wooden planks and forest take for granted – my home, my Goldberg met in the Polish for- brush and “lived” in it. They fridge full of food, my warm bed, est as Sam was running away hid in that pit, with the help my closet full of shoes. Since from the death camp Treblinka of the Stys family, until July that day in the Polish forest, I during the prisoner uprising of 1944 when they were liber- have tried to live my life with a on a blistering hot August day ated by the Soviet army. Three deeper sense of gratitude and in 1943. Esther, dressed in lice- months later, they got married. appreciation for what I have and Functions covered rags, had been out in I spent three years research- the people in my life. from 2-200 Catering the early morning, searching ing and writing Sam and I am looking forward to available for food about ten miles from Esther’s story of resilience and sharing these stories and more • Treblinka. She found Sam, survival. My work culminated when I visit Congregation Beth SU CHANG’S exhausted and looking for a with a book: “My Soul is Filled Israel of the Merrimack Valley FINE CHINESE CUISINE place to hide. The Nazis and with Joy: A Holocaust Story.” In Sunday March 29. Breakfast will 373 Lowell Street • Peabody, Massachusetts Ukrainians were scouring the June of 2016, I visited Poland be served at 10 a.m., and I will area for the escaped prisoners. with my family. Through some present a multimedia presenta- For a Wonderful Experience, Esther took Sam to her “angel” old letters, written in Polish, tion at 10:30 a.m. Plan Your Special Events at Su Chang’s! – Helena Stys – and convinced found in my father-in-law’s Karen Treiger, a Seattle LIVE MUSIC FROM 6:30-8:30 ON WEDNESDAYS Helena to allow them to hide in condo after he died, we were native, retired from her law Rehearsal Dinners • Anniversaries • Birthdays her barn, though if they were able to locate the three surviv- practice in 2015 to write the caught, Helena and her entire ing members of the Stys fam- SUN-THURS 11:30am-10pm • FRI-SAT 11:30am-11pm award-winning book “My Soul family would be killed. Sam ily. Eugenuisz Stys took us into Luncheon Specials: MON-FRI 11:30am-3pm is Filled with Joy: A Holocaust TEL 978-531-3366 FAX 978-531-3060 www.suchangspeabody.com and Esther hid in the Stys barn the forest and showed us the • • Story.” V EVENT PLANNING V BLER TRAVEL

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THIS WEEK IN ISRAEL’S HISTORY MARCH 13, 1948 MARCH 16, 2017 Dayan during the 1956 Suez Crisis. Appointed to head Davidka Mortar First Used MK Basel Ghattas Accepts Plea Deal the Mossad in 1963, he stays until 1969. The Davidka, a mortar Basel Ghattas, an MARCH 18, 1974 designed and manu- Arab member of factured at the Mikveh the Knesset for the OPEC Lifts Oil Embargo Israel agricultural Joint List, signs a school as a Palmach plea deal to resolve weapon for Israel’s charges that he fight for indepen- used his position to dence, is used in com- smuggle cellphones bat for the first time and documents to in an attack on Jaffa’s prisoners in jail. Abu Kabir neighbor- Under the deal, hood. The Davidka is he must resign his known for being wildly position, serve two inaccurate because years in prison of its oversize bomb and pay a fine of Photo by Orrling via Wikimedia Commons and unstable aerody- Photo by Bukvoed via Wikimedia 120,000 shekels Knesset member Basel Ghattas, Commons shown in 2013, said he was the namics. But it creates A surviving Davidka mortar is (about $30,000). victim of discrimination. large, loud explosions displayed at the Givati Brigade The plea deal that scare enemy sol- Museum in Metsudat Yoav, marks the first use of the MK Impeachment Law, Photo by David Falconer via U.S. National Archives diers and civilians. Israel. enacted in July 2016. The shortages caused by the OPEC embargo led some people to run out of gas, such as this man standing in MARCH 14, 1972 MARCH 17, 1921 line with a gas can in Portland, Ore., in December, 1973. Black Panthers Steal Milk Mossad’s Meir Amit Born The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries lifts the oil embargo it had placed on the United States in the fall of 1973 for resupplying Israel during the Yom Kippur War. The embargo quadrupled gasoline prices and produced long lines at gas stations. The belief that a disengagement pact between Israel and Syria would follow a similar deal between Egypt and Israel leads OPEC to end the embargo.

MARCH 19, 1999 Hanoch Levin Premieres Last Play Hanoch Levin’s final play, “Requiem,” debuts in Tel Aviv. The play is based on three short stories by Anton Photo by Moshe Milner, Israeli Government Press Office Photo by Moshe Pridan, Israeli Government Press Office Chekhov. Levin dies of bone cancer at age 56 later in Black Panthers march along Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv Meir Amit (right) stands with Chaim Herzog in 1962, 1999 after a career in which he writes some 50 plays. on May Day in 1973. the year before he became the head of the Mossad. Prime Minister Ehud Barak calls him “one of the greatest playwrights that Israel has ever had.” Israel’s Black Panthers, who seek equality for Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews, steal crates of milk meant for wealthy Meir Amit, a career soldier who builds the Mossad Items are provided by the Center for Israel Jerusalem neighborhoods and hand them out across into an internationally renowned intelligence agency, Education (israeled.org), where you can find more poor neighborhoods to protest poverty. Operation Milk is born Meir Slutzky on the shores of the Sea of details. enrages Prime Minister Golda Meir, who sees the Robin Galilee in Tiberias. He joins the Haganah at age 15, Hood-style effort as a provocation and says Israel has serves as a battalion commander during the War of no shortage of milk. Eventually, the Black Panthers pay Independence, and is second in command to Moshe for the stolen milk.

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Julian Edelman studying for his bar mitzvah Netanyahu announces 14-day quarantine for tourists; Patriots star Julian reservists called up to assist with coronavirus Edelman is studying to have a bar mitzvah in Los On Monday night, Israeli Angeles. “I’m going to have Prime Minister Benjamin a bar mitzvah here soon,” Netanyahu announced a 14-day Edelman told lamag.com quarantine for anyone landing in Los Angeles last week. in Israel, including active-duty “I speak with a rabbi every military members. To date, 72 Friday. He’s from out here.” people in Israel have been diag- The wide receiver and nosed with the coronavirus. former Super Bowl MVP In addition, with over 2,200 has been one of the most active-duty Israeli soldiers vocal supporters of Israel under quarantine for COVID- and American Jewry in the 19, the Israel Defense Forces NFL. Edeleman wears a Star has decided to call up dozens of David necklace and also of reservists to help the Home wore Star of David cleats Front Command deal with the after the Pittsburgh temple challenges the virus outbreak Photo: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90 shooting in 2018. Edelman has created. An American tourist wears a face mask to protect against germs has also visited Israel in the The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit while praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. past. Courtesy of the New England Patriots explained in a press release on Command.” As part of the army’s prepa- Julian Edelman in Israel Tuesday that “in line with an The IDF spokesperson added rations for the next stages, the ongoing situation assessment, that an additional 100 reserv- Home Front Command has the IDF has decided to call ists had been called up over the been tapped to help contain Sokoll to leave JCC Greater Boston up some 70 reservists to help past few days to bolster Magen the virus should the outbreak prepare an information cam- David Adom, the nation’s offi- significantly deteriorate. Mark Sokoll, the president paign for the IDF Home Front cial medical emergency agency. – JNS.org and chief executive officer of the JCC Greater Boston will step down from his position next GW University quarantines AIPAC attendees March. Sokoll, who has led JCC In the early hours on Saturday dance of caution, GW assisted Greater Boston for 21 years, morning, George Washington those students’ ability to self- made the announcement earlier University in Washington, D.C., quarantine overnight,” she said. this month at a JCC event. At the quarantined 30 students who “We have since received updat- event, he announced the launch attended this year’s AIPAC Policy ed information.” of the JCC Fund for the Future, Conference, held nearby from “There has been a determi- which will be used to invest in March 1-3 – only to reverse the nation by public-health experts the professional growth and decision less than 12 hours later that the two people at the con- development of the JCC’s staff. as the student attendees have ference did not present symp- since been targeted by anti- toms during their visit to D.C.,” Facebook Semitism. continued Fox. “The current Mark Sokoll The decision came amid a information indicates that both statement from AIPAC that two cases have no identifiable risk conference attendees had tested for anyone exposed to them at positive for coronavirus. the conference. After conferring In a statement on Saturday, with DC Department of Health Kathleen Fox, GWU’s assistant and GW’s public-health experts, vice president of health and we have determined that there security, stated “there is no iden- is no current need for those stu- tifiable risk to the community dents who attended to continue from the conference.” Photo: Wikimedia Commons to self-quarantine.” However, “out of an abun- George Washington University – JNS.org Family-owned and operated since 1933 OBITUARIES Henny (Flaumenhaft) Adler, 94, of Swampscott Henny (Flaumenhaft) Adler, ing member of the Orangetown of Swampscott and formerly of Chapter of Hadassah, serving Tappan, N.Y., entered into rest as president and in other posi- on February 27, 2020 at the age tions in the chapter. She worked of 94. tirelessly to raise money for Beloved wife of the late Israel Bonds and United Jewish Samuel Adler, with whom Appeal, and was honored for she shared 71 years of mar- her work. riage. Devoted mother of Dr. A funeral service for Henny Joseph Adler and his partner was held on March 1 at Leslie Sweeney, Sandra Terrace Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial and her husband Robert, and Chapel, Salem. Interment fol- Rosalie Miller and her husband lowed at Temple Sinai Cemetery, Todd. Cherished grandmother 16 Buxton Road, Danvers. In of Rachel Cockerline, Deborah lieu of flowers, expressions Wood, Sara Adler, Jeffrey of sympathy may be made in Terrace, Emily Adler, Melanie Henny’s memory to the U.S. Miller, Sundi Adler, and Rebecca Holocaust Memorial Museum, Miller, and eight great-grand- 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, children. Dear daughter of the Washington, D.C. 20024-2126 late Samuel and Golda (Strum) mother, father, brothers Leo and (https://www.ushmm.org/). For Flaumenhaft. Paul, and many extended family more information or to register Henny survived the members. She was passionate in the online guestbook, visit Holocaust, losing her beloved about Israel, and was a found- stanetskyhymansonsalem.com.

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Joyce (Cohen) Freedman, 67, of Peabody Irving “Inky” Chaiton, 94, of Lynn, Joyce (Cohen) Freedman dren Victoria Goldstein, Theo formerly of Malden and Chelsea died peacefully on February 29, Goldstein, Chase and Isaac 2020, at the age of 67. Freedman, and Emerie and Irving “Inky” Chaiton, 94 wife Monica, and Ilana Rich A lifelong resident of Peabody, Alexa Freedman. years of age, of Lynn, formerly and her husband Todd. she was the daughter of Shirley Joyce gracefully and coura- of Malden and Chelsea, entered Cherished great-grandfather of and the late Hy Cohen and sis- geously battled ovarian cancer into rest on March 4, 2020. Sophia and Thomas Reiser, and ter of Ira. Loving wife, daughter, for over ten years with indomi- Irving was the beloved hus- Samuel, Logan, and Isley Rich. mother, and grandmother, Joyce nable strength and always with band of Ruth “Kiki” (Shainker) Also survived by many nieces, was the heart of her family, cre- humor. Chaiton. Devoted father of nephews, and extended family. ating a home filled with life, Funeral services were held on Maureen Beth Reiser and her He was a proud WWII U.S. love, and joy, always celebrating March 2 at Stanetsky-Hymanson life partner Frank Carrabino of Navy veteran. holidays, as her 4th of July bar- Memorial Chapel, Salem. Burial Salem, and Elliot R. Chaiton Services were held at Torf becues became tradition with followed in Temple Tifereth and his life partner Loretta Funeral Service, Chelsea, on her friends. Israel Cemetery, Route 128/ Battaglia of Tewksbury. Loving March 6. Interment followed Joyce was proud of her suc- 95N, Peabody. In lieu of flow- son of the late Max and Ida in Agudas Shalom Cemetery, cessful career as a purchasing ers, donations in Joyce’s mem- (Woodman) Chaiton. Dear Everett. Contributions in Inky’s agent, and later as a salesper- ory may be made to Ovations brother of Barbara Kingsburg of memory may be made to the son, but her greatest happiness Michael Goldstein and his for the Cure, 79 Main St., Suite Florida, Miriam Chaiton of New Friends of the Lynn Senior came from her family. In 1999, wife Sasha, and Lee Goldstein 202, Framingham, MA 01702 York, and the late Robert Center, 8 Silsbee St., Lynn, MA she married the love of her life, and his wife Emily. In addi- (https://ovationsforthecure. Chaiton, Leonard Chaiton, and 02901. Visit torffuneralservice. Howard (Howie) Freedman, and tion, she was a loving and org/), or to a charity of your George Chaiton. Loving grand- com for an online guestbook. they have been devoted to each devoted stepmother to Charles choice. For more information father of Michael Reiser and his other ever since. 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Last call for bingo Krakow renaissance from page 1 from page 3 Laraine Alpert of Saugus, a chair, said she will miss bingo are Sunday get-togethers with vice president, said a 50-year nights. Asked if she worries speakers, programs, movies and anniversary is planned for 2020. about the shul closing, she said, breakfast. Like many other urban shuls, “I don’t like to think of it. I’d The congregation does not its membership is getting older. like to see us go on forever. My have a rabbi, but congregants The event was delayed in 2019 grandmother, mother, me, my lead and “daven beautifully,” because of the deaths of sev- children and their children have said Weiner. There is a canto- eral key members. Past presi- gone here. And now I have a rial singer, shofar blowers and dent Donald Weiner, Barbara’s new great-granddaughter.” upcoming will be b’nai mitz- husband, passed away in May There will be luncheons with voth in May and a baby naming. and past president Paula Sack speakers and fundraisers in Weiner and others will passed away in August. Both the coming months. There are arrange a thank-you breakfast will be honored at the anniver- services every week, a minyan for all the bingo volunteers. sary celebration. with 15 regulars, a Kiddush and “We’ll have a few laughs and Masters, a former bingo large holiday services. There a few cries,” said Weiner.

For the first time in a long while, there are young Jewish children in Poland. Don’t let Bedbugs keep look at itself as a democratic to speak on the North Shore. “On country, one of the fields of our September JCCNS trip to you up at night! interests for people was, ‘What Eastern Europe the group spent happened to the Jews?’ That’s a heart wrenching somber after- really to me one of the more noon at Auschwitz-Birkenau amazing aspects of what’s hap- and left feeling incredibly sad pening in Poland in general is and angry,” she said. “The next the amount of non-Jewish inter- day, just an hour away from est in all things Jewish. We have such tragedy, we were pleasant- Jewish museums, Jewish stud- ly surprised to find a growing ies departments in universities, Jewish revival at the JCC Krakow the Jewish Culture Festival in located in the Kazimierz quar- Krakow is the world’s largest ter. Jonathan inspired those of Jewish culture festival, and it us who visited with his incredi- was started by two non-Jews.” ble passion for helping to create That Festival a new and vibrant takes place Jewish commu- every June in the Now that it is nity where once Kazimierz, the his- there was so much toric – and current finally safe to be sadness and trag- – center of Krakow’s openly Jewish in edy.” Call A1 Exterminators Jewish commu- Poland, many Poles Knopf isn’t the nity that hosts only one. During Get pest free. seven synagogues, … are rediscovering the Festival, hun- two of which are their heritage. dreds of people – active, the Galicia including a Nobel Jewish Museum, Prize winner, a Israeli and Polish-Jewish res- Tour de France winner, disabled taurants, and of course, the Israeli army veterans, and two Jewish Community Centre. Over Auschwitz survivors aged 85 10 days, the Festival features and 91 – made the same trek, roughly 400 events celebrating taking four days to bike from every aspect of contemporary Auschwitz to the Krakow JCC. At 800-525-4825 and historic Polish Jewish cul- the end, they joined 750 other www.a1exterminators.com ture, from klezmer concerts to people in the middle of Krakow cantorial classes to book sign- for a Shabbat dinner. ings to trips to historic shtetls. Last September, a group Jonathan Ornstein will speak from the JCC of the North Shore at the Jewish Community Center Connect with over 15,000 readers on the North Shore visited the Kazimierz and the of the North in Marblehead on and the Greater Boston area. Krakow JCC. Diane Knopf of March 18 at 7 p.m. Free and Swampscott, who headed up open to the community. RSVP to Advertise your services in the Jewish Journal. the trip, was so moved by the [email protected]. Call 978-745-4111 today! rebirth that she asked Ornstein AT YOUR SERVICE Buy Local & Become Part Of The Family Financing BAY STATE Available WINDOW FASHIONS 978-531-9144 ★ Nationwide Now carrying Ready Made Curtains Selected items 25% OFF Custom Draperies, 978-741-0424 www.A-AServices.com Blinds, Shades & More! Free Estimates & Installation CRANNEY HOME SERVICES HOME IMPROVEMENT 86 Tremont Street, Peabody Plumbing Heating Cooling Electrical Drain Cleaning WE HONOR ALL APPOINTMENTS • Chris & Barb Zorzy, Owners baystatewindowfashions.com 1.800.CRANNEY • cranneyhomeservices.com

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With Jewish history in mind, Temple Emanu-El in Haverhill hosts Refugee Shabbat from page 5 “Anybody here in the States, unless they’re Native American, came at some point from somewhere, and I think the more we can let that ground us, the more compassionate and better listeners we can become to other peoples’ experience of coming here,” said Emanu-El spiritual leader, Cantor Vera SPRING Broekhuysen, who was moved HAS to host a service after she traveled to El Paso, Texas, and saw ARRIVED the dehumanizing conditions in which detained migrants were living. “It reminded me very strongly that for me, one of the most important functions of religion is that it better fit us to care about what happens to one Temple Emanu-El members protesting at ICE’s field office in another and try to ensure one Burlington. another’s well-being, because there’s a lot of injustice that we and living legally in the United helped them obtain jobs, health saw,” she said of her experience States, and the Emanu-El con- care, and education in their JOHNNIE-O at the southern border. gregation has worked hard to new country, and even though The Refugee Shabbat service make him feel at home by invit- they now live in Brookline, the will include readings of testi- ing him into their services and family still attends Emanu-El, mony of children who been their homes. After the Shabbat where Wilson, the father, serves detained, interspersed with service, the congregation will as gabbai. 85 Andover Street, Rt. 114, Danvers prayers and readings from throw a party to congratulate The Refugee Shabbat is just 978-774-4080 giblees.com Passover, Tisha B’Av, and the Marius. one of many ways that Jews are Holocaust to tie to the Jewish responding to the immigration VISIT OUR OTHER STORE ZAREH BOSTON, LIBERTY SQUARE, BOSTON experience. The D’var Torah crisis. Others include the group will be given by a man named “It reminded me very Never Again Is Now, T’ruah, and Marius, whom Broekhuysen strongly that for me, one The Joseph Project. met through her work with the “There are so many Jewish The Journal’s PASSOVER GREETINGS issue Merrimack Valley Interfaith of the most important groups involved in refugees and publishes on April 9. The deadline is April 1, Sanctuary Network. Marius functions of religion is immigration issues in the United sought asylum in the United that it better fit us to States. It feels like an explosion but it’s not too early to reserve your ad space today. States after his family was in the last couple years how care about what happens Call 978-745-4111 x140 or x150. killed in his native Togo, but immediately Jews have made was detained. He is now free to one another and try the connection between how to ensure one another’s foreign immigrants are being treated in the United States well-being.” and the kinds of experiences – Cantor Vera Broekhuysen and treatments that Jews have had over the centuries,” said Broekhuysen. “There are very Emanu-El is a Reform con- few spaces that I’ve been in THE CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES gregation founded in 1936 with the past few years where there AND THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT PRESENT a longstanding tradition of wasn’t discussion about immi- social action. Currently, congre- gration … for me, that’s one of THE SONIA WEITZ LECTURE SERIES FEATURING: gants are volunteering with the the geniuses of Judaism: that we Merrimack Valley Food Bank, keep remembering these stories An evening with New York Times bestselling author collecting coats and cooking each year and we keep accruing meals for a local homeless shel- our own lived experience, and Heather Morris, author of “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” ter, and participating in protests when we hear the story of slav- against current immigration ery, that story of a narrow place laws. A few years ago, the con- where by God’s grace we went gregation welcomed a family of free, we say, ‘Alright, where are Congolese Jews who had trekked those other narrow, confining, throughout the Americas before restrictive places in our world,’ arriving in Boston. The syna- and try to help others break free gogue’s Chesed community from them.”

Giving women the license to dream big from page 8

presented with new informa- tions them as excellent leaders tion, never be afraid to change and directors. This has always your mind. been the case, but it’s especially Morris will discuss how her collaboration with Lale Sokolov, Navigating the delicate bal- true in today’s workforce, where the person who tattooed the numbers on inmates’ arms at ance of unabashedly knowing more women are standing up Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, inspired her to write her bestselling novel. what you want, while still main- for themselves and what they taining a sense of humanity and deserve in their careers. Books will NOT be for sale, so please bring your own copy to have it signed after the event. vulnerability, is a challenge for Whether in a living room or most women in high-profile boardroom, a woman can take positions. But to all women a variety of opinions and facts March 19, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. looking to climb the ladder of into account, respect them, Salem Visitor Center, 2 New Liberty Street, Salem, Massachusetts any organization, I advise them and then make decisions in a to never waver from this belief. way that allows her team to feel Parking: Garage and lot adjacent to the Visitor Center You have both the right and heard while staying true to her at 1 New Liberty Street, Salem the ability to hold a position of vision and values. leadership and influence. Like Women shouldn’t be afraid. any man, you should not only They should be ambitious, blaz- Seating is limited. To purchase your 10-dollar ticket, dream, but dream big. ing their paths to positions of go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/91048347057. Ironically, women have influence and never look back. always had what it takes to steer This event is generously supported by: the ship of any organization Amira Ahronoviz is CEO of both large and small. Women’s The Jewish Agency for Israel. innate ability to multitask posi- PEOPLE THE JEWISH JOURNAL – JEWISHJOURNAL.ORG – MARCH 12, 2020 23

Leonard Florence Center for Living hosts distinguished visitors Temple Ner Tamid USY alumni meet in Leonard Florence Center known as shahbazim. In effect, New York for Living (LFCL), the country’s the shahbazim become a part first urban model Green House® of each household, interacting skilled nursing facility, recently with residents as they would an hosted a tour for two renowned extended family. experts. Ruth Katz, senior vice Additionally, the LFCL ded- president of Public Policy/ icates 30 homes to caring for Advocacy at LeadingAge in individuals living with ALS and Washington D.C. and Dr. Richard MS. Residents who are com- G. Frank, a professor of health pletely immobilized are able to economics in the Department control the lights, turn on the of Health Care Policy at Harvard TV, open doors and raise win- Medical School, toured the dow shades through the Center’s Leonard Florence Center to gain innovative technology. Today, insight into how the non-profit the LFCL takes care of more indi- organization cares for seniors viduals living with ALS than any and individuals with disabilities place else in the world. as well as observe the innovative The tour was led by Steve Two former Temple Ner Tamid Green House concept. Saling, a resident who helped USY alumni, Gary Gulman and Lee Each Green House home design the LFCL when he was Lubarsky, exchange “Peabody is designed from the bottom diagnosed with ALS 12 years stories” at Gary’s show in New up to look and feel like a real Dr. Richard Frank, Ruth Katz, Steve Saling, Ina Hoffman, and care- ago. Both Dr. Frank and Ms. Katz York. Gulman, a Peabody native, home, with spacious private taker, Karina Palma. were incredibly moved by Steve, is a comedian and appears regu- rooms/bathrooms, kitchens on his story and the other LFCL res- larly on TV. His show “The Great choose, eating meals where and al activities. In a Green House every floor, spa, café and deli. idents. Depresh” made its debut last when they want, participating in setting, the residents are sup- Residents set their own daily year on HBO. lectures, classes and recreation- ported by universal caregivers routines: getting up when they

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Epstein Hillel School earns ten-year accreditation Epstein Hillel School in of the visiting team conducted sion to provide a challenging Marblehead is pleased to in depth interviews with board interdisciplinary curriculum announce that the school recent- members, every faculty and staff that fosters critical thinking, ly renewed its ten-year accredi- member, current parents, and curiosity, creativity, and a love tation with the Association of even students. The accredita- of learning; faculty’s exempla- Independent Schools in New tion process documents and ry skill in teaching students to England (AISNE) and received ensures that every aspect of the their individual abilities, learn- many accolades. This rigorous school aligns with its stated mis- ing styles, and developmental Karaoke on examination began with a com- sion, values, and goals. needs; the full immersion of the Fridays and ORDER ONLINE AT: prehensive self-study report Following the on-site visit, school’s mission among facul- www.fantasyislandsalem.com written by the administration, the AISNE team members sub- ty, staff and students; and the Saturdays from faculty, and staff, followed by mitted a report to their mem- evidence of strong leadership, 8:30 pm to 516 Loring Avenue, Salem an on-site visit from a team of bership committee followed by passion, and commitment of 12:30 am! Tel: (978) 745-1700 objective administrators and their governing board. There the Head of School, Board of Fax: (978) 740-9121 educators from other AISNE were many notable findings: the Directors, administrators, and accredited schools. The four day exceptional level of consistency faculty. Finally, the report com- visit was extremely thorough between the school’s curricu- mended the unparalleled pas- and went far beyond class- lum and teaching methods in sion for and success with fulfill- room observations. Members keeping with the school’s mis- ing the school’s mission.

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Rosenberg a new literary agent it was pulled from JOURNAL STAFF the market and has gone through very intense editing and has a new title: endy Dubow Polins, of “The Architect of Time.” Swampscott, has been Wdeeply involved in Greater You’ve been in a leadership role Boston’s Jewish organizations for at many Jewish organizations: the more than 20 years and has held Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, leadership positions with the Friends Our Generation Speaks, Combined of the Israel Defense Forces, Our Jewish Philanthropies, and the Anti- Generation Speaks, Combined Defamation League. Why are you so Jewish Philanthropies and the Anti- dedicated to the Jewish community? Defamation League. She is married to One of the core values that guides Richard Polins, and the couple have my life and commitment is that I know two daughters, Sophie and Rosie. it was a random act of fate – that my grandparents chose to go left instead of A A A right. That they chose to take a ship to America instead of Palestine. Wendy, how was it to grow up in Montreal, and when did you first get This awareness of how fate affects involved with Judaism? everything is a driving force in my life. Some people might not agree with this Montreal was a very cohesive Jewish but I truly believe that as Jew, I am not community and a multi-generational safe in the world unless there is a very one. I was able to see both sets of my strong State of Israel. So I do everything Rosie, Wendy, Richard and Sophie Polins. grandparents at least once a week, and I can to try to dedicate myself to the also my great-grandmother who I was when Israel retook the Sinai. When he faculty and visiting speakers all the security of the State of Israel and the fortunate enough to have as part of my returned and we went to the airport, time. The education was definitely more strength of the community I live in. life until I was 23. newspapers were there taking photos of philosophy and abstract thinking rather Every day when I open my eyes, As for my involvement in Judaism, us meeting him. I believed that my dad than anything that applies to real world I remember that I am here because I was involved from the moment I was a real war hero. construction and budgetary issues! of choices and sacrifices made by was born! My home was a traditional generations that came before me. I ask We lived in Israel for nine months in I was fortunate at the very beginning Conservative Jewish home and myself: What can I do to make sure I live 1974, and then in 1977 my family made of my career. Richard and I bought extremely Zionistic. I attended Akiva up to their dreams? How can I realize Aliyah. I returned to the U.S. for college. and renovated a house in Dallas, and it Elementary School, and then attended their hope for what they believed could I look at both my parents and my was published in the magazine section Herzliah High School in Montreal. I be? And how can I honor the soul of the grandfather as fearless warriors taking of the Sunday newspaper. That really was steeped in the learning of Jewish woman who I am named for – my great- action to express their beliefs. This has launched my career, and I established history, Rashi, and the very tenets of grandmother – who was murdered in had a huge influence on me. my own design firm then specializing in what is Jewish education and what it the Holocaust. residential construction and interiors. means to be a Jew. I feel so lucky that I You met Golda Meir in 1974, and I love the “before and after” part of my was actually able to study Talmud – and spoke with her. How was that work. To be on a job site and see a space You teach art at Salem State. What’s many of those lessons have stayed with experience and how did it influence transform from an idea to a drawing to the best way a teacher can motivate a me. The high school curriculum was reality is very exciting. college student these days? also extremely Zionistic, and we traveled you? to Israel for three months as juniors to I remember that day so well. I It’s an interesting problem – teaching study and volunteer there. When my remember being so taken aback by Why did you choose to move to the the history of art to young people today classmates left to return to Montreal, Golda’s appearance and especially her North Shore and what do you love and showing them that the subject is I stayed, as this was when my family voice. She had a very strong American about it here? relevant to them. I basically hold up made Aliyah and we moved to Rehovot. accent – I don’t know why it surprised my iPhone and ask them to look at the We moved to Boston in 1999, and I back. And I tell them – someone had to me but it did. knew I wanted the girls to go to Jewish Wendy, your family has a long history decide all of these things. We live in a I remember what my mom had said day school. We had come to the North visual world. This is what I try to convey with Judaism and Israel. Could you to her: “It must have been so difficult for Shore over the years to spend time tell us about your grandparents and to them. If I teach them to see things you to come here in the 1920s and live with close friends in Rockport and I more clearly, to notice something that your parents’ involvement with Israel in such hardship, leaving the comfort learned about Cohen Hillel Academy. and the Soviet Jewry movement? they might have walked by before – even of Milwaukee. Right?” Golda’s answer I remember thinking, “Where is to go to a museum for the first time, My maternal grandfather was surprised both of us. She said, “It wasn’t Marblehead? What is Swampscott?” then I am happy. chairman of the United Palestine difficult at all. You come here because So we decided to rent a house here and give it a try, and I really fell in love Appeal of Montreal in 1948. My mother you’re selfish. Every day, when you live You sent your children to Hillel and here, you meet someone interesting, with this community. I love so many recalls meetings in her home that were also to Gann Academy. Why is a who has done something interesting.” things about living here: the history, the held specifically to figure out how to Jewish day school so important to And I understood what she meant. So proximity to Boston, the ocean, people’s smuggle arms into Palestine from the the community? landscape of Europe after World War II true, isn’t it? When I travel to Israel – values and sense of community, and the and before Israel was a state. Guns from and I go as often as I can – I can feel fact that I really feel safe here. Jewish day school immerses families German warehouses, ammunition and that energy. The power that people live in the beautiful rhythms of the Jewish other items of war were bought from there with so much purpose, making, You’re also a writer. Can you tell us calendar: the big holidays and the small the Czech government then had to be creating, inventing the future as they about your book? ones that we would otherwise miss. smuggled past the British blockade have built this brilliant, miraculous Jewish day schools have the ability It was 2008 and the economy had entering Palestine. country out of the desert, all while to teach children the depth of Jewish defending their right to exist and do so. really crashed, and my work as an history, culture and a love of Israel My mom was one of the founders of Golda also told me to be very careful architect had dried up. I hadn’t yet beyond what a family can do alone or a the Soviet Jewry Movement in Canada and always consider the choices I started teaching art history at Salem temple after-school and Sunday school – called the Group of 35. She traveled make – because what I value and how I State and I really had more time than program. The power of a Jewish day secretly into the Soviet Union and choose to spend my time will determine usual on my hands. Three things school education is immeasurable. brought the information from Israel to the course of my life. happened: I was studying Kabbalah and Moscow for Anatoly Sharansky’s trial. was going to MIT to have an interview. What’s your advice for young Jewish My father, an orthopedic surgeon, You went to Barnard and then to I arrived early and mistakenly walked couples and parents who want to get answered the call Israel sent out on the into a lecture on Einstein’s theories. I Columbia’s Graduate School of involved with the community? fifth day of the Yom Kippur War and Architecture. What drew you to sat there and listened and realized that traveled to Israel to join the IDF. He design and architecture, and which whether you’re an ancient Kabbalist, a There are so many wonderful ways was in Israel for five weeks, operating projects have you most enjoyed cutting-edge physicist, or an architect – for a young couple to get involved in the on Israelis and Arab POWs. I remember working on? everyone is asking the same questions: community. The JCC, CJP, and temples how he would call us very late every what is eternal? What lasts? And what offer many programs for different age night and my mom would speak to I consider myself so lucky. My exists outside of time? With these ideas I groups and families. When I moved him until one night when he told her parents gave me the most amazing gift started writing my novel. It’s a long story here, the first people I met were the he would no longer be able to call. – and that is the gift of my education. – so many highs and lows, but I can other parents from Hillel, and they That was because he was going to Attending Columbia Architecture School say it was definitely the hardest thing shared my values and desire to educate cross the Suez Canal with the IDF and was an incredible experience – and I have ever done. It came out under their children. Ariel Sharon, Commander of the South being in NYC certainly drew amazing one title, but then when I signed with