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VOLUME LXVI, NUMBER 44 TISHRI 6, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1996 35¢ PER COPY New Sierra Club President is First Jew to Head Group by Yaakov Arnold educating the masses on envi­ New York Jewish Week ronmental issues. NEWYORK UTA)-lt'stime "What we need to do now is to put up or s hut up for Ad am to create the new format fo r the Werbach. "I' ve been mouthing 21st century, whi ch is going to off for so long saying that young use the World Wide Web, it's people need to assume posi lions going to use MTV and it's going of authori ty," the 23-year-old to use rock ' n' roll. " southern Cali fo rnia native said. Werbach was a second-grader "Now was the time." a t Va ll ey Beth Sha lom Day The Sierra Club board of d i- · School in Enci no, Calif., when he rectors agreed , narrow ly elect­ came across a letter from the Si­ ing Werbach as its youngest erra Club asking his parents, who president. The December gradu­ also are members, fo r help in a In Time For The Holidays a te of Brown Un iversity as­ petition d rive to remove then­ _ Ben Halper; Aryeh Pliskin and Jacob Shore of Providence Hebrew Day School put the sumes control of the oldest a nd Interi or Secretary James Watt. fi ni shing touches on the shofars they made at Rabbi Eli ezer Levy's workshop, held at the school largest environmental organiza­ Adam took the petition to school, recently. Photo courtesy of PHDS tion in the country, w ith its a nd by the end of the day he had 600,000 members and $4 mil­ some 200 signatures. He was lion annual budget. Werbach is hooked on the Sierra Club. a lso the club's first Jewish presi­ Five years later Werbach be­ dent. ca me a bar mitzvah and took out Disenchantment with Arafat "There is a long Jewish tradi­ a student membership. tion of young people inheriting He also became a vegetarian, their future and taking respon­ "so d e fac to I w as kosher." Growing Among Palestinians sibili ty fo r p reserving it," he Werbach also created the now recent ca lls to protest the hard­ He called for a general strike, said, noting the biblical charac­ 30,000-s trong Si erra Student by Gil Sedan line policies of the Netanyahu and a mass prayer atJerusalem's ters David and Joseph. Werbach Coalition and served as its first JERUSALEM UTA)-Never before has Palestinian disen­ government. A I- Aksa Mosque. has delayed plans to attend film director. chantment with the leadership Arafat went so far as to warn But hi s call fo r demons tra­ school at Colum bi a University. In hi gh school and at college, ofYasser Ara fa t loomed so large. of a renewed intifa da, or upris­ tions backfired . He a lso had to move from he handed out black snow cones In recent months, Palestin­ ing, if the Netanya hu govern­ The general strike eli ci ted less Vermont, w here he was wo;k­ to dramati ze the risk of opening ians in the West Bank and Gaza ment did not move ahead with than a stunning response. ing on a novel, to Sierra Club up the Alaska Wildlife Refu ge to Strip hav~ grown increasingly the peace process. (Continued on Page 19) headquarters in San Fra ncisco. oil drilling. Duri ng his threesum­ critical of the Palestinian Au­ While it may seem stra nge mers at Camp Alonim in south­ thority leader, a ttacking the for a group w hose average age ern Cali fo rnia, Werbachinitiated human rights abuses of his se­ is 47 and w hose fo u nd er, John the Bra ndeis-Bardin Ins titute AOL to Settle Lawsuit curity police and sharply blam­ Muir, was 54 w hen he was cho­ ca mp's environmental program ing him for the lack of tangible by Tom Tugend The ADLdid agree, however, sen its first president, to elect a nd helped start composting and economic benefits from the LOS ANGELES UT A)-The to pay$175,000 toward the plain­ someone so young, Werbach has waste-reducti on programs. peace process with Israel. Anti-Defamation League has tiffs' legal fees and to establish a been acti ve in the 104-year-old Werbach - appropriately, Their growing discontent reached a settlement in a fed­ $25,000 community rela tions club since he was 8. Adam means "earth" in Hebrew became more evident than when eral civil lawsuit that was initi­ fund fo r programs to "facilitate Not surprisingly, Werbachis -credits his love of nature to a improved relations between and they fail ed to respond to Arafa t's ated by a dozen ethnic organi ­ taking a modern approach to (Continued on Pag'e 19) zations and that charged that among Arab American, Jewish, the veteran Jewish defense African American and other mi­ agency had illegall y spied on nority communities in the United them a nd their members. States." The settlement, expected to ADL National Chairman be approved by a federa l judge David Strassler and National in Los Angeles, appears to put Director Abraham Foxman no­ to rest a series of charges and tified their leadership in a letter legal entanglements that have that they had agreed to the fol­ kept ADL officia ls on edge for lowing points in the settlement: the better part of 3-1 /2 years. • A court injunction prohib­ The class action suit was filed iting the AOL from obtaining almost lhree yea rs ago by Arab any information from a govern­ American, black and Ameri ca n ment employee in California, Indian groups and individuals. when theADL knows, or should They a ll eged that the AOL had know, that the employee is pre­ hired intell igence agents with cluded by law from givi ng such close police ties as part of a pri­ information to the AOL. va te national intell igence op­ • The ADLand the plaintiffs eration that kept labs on thou­ will review and rctnove certain sands of Ameri ca ns. "confidential" file, in its Cali­ During the course of the suit, fornia and New York offices. The Gang's All Here a nd an earlier probe by the Sa n Peter Schey of the Cenlt>r for Francisco district attorney, the I luman Ri ghts and Constitu­ The B'nai B'rith Youth Organization held its ki ckoff event on Sept. 7. More tha n 150 teens from AOL co nsistently d enied a ny tiona l Law, representing the Rhnde Island, Massachuseth and New I lampshire bnard ed the USS Nantasket for a three-hour improper or il lega l actions, a plaintiffs, said a mutually tour and dance around the Boston I !arbor. For more information about BtlYO, ca ll 467- BBYO. position reiterated in thesetll e­ agreed upon referee would Pholo rnurlrsy of Dnmd Il ochmar, ment. oversee the process. INSIDE THE OCEAN STATE Shriners Sponsor Free Solving Psychiatric Take Your Teddy With You Screening Clinics Problems in The Classroom On Sept. 28, Roger Willia= Park Zoo will hold its seventli The Shriners of Rhode Island opportunity for families whose A clinical presentation of psy­ and treatments." Francis' pro­ annual Teddy Bear Rally. Teddy are now in their fourth year of children are currently under chiatric disorders in the class­ gram will offer an overview of bears, stuffed buddies (of all spe­ sponsoringoutpatientscreening treatment by a physician. room will be the topic when the the current major psychiatric cies), and the people that bring clinics for the Shrine Hospitals. The following is a partial list Bradley School embarks on its disorder with an emphasis on them, will be the stars of the day. Chairman James R. Rapson has of problems treated at Shrine Speaking of Kids educators' se­ how associated problems will There will be a teddy greet­ announced that two clinics will Hospitals. ries on Sept. 26 . Begi nning at 6 manifest in school. ing station, where visitors can be held on Sept. 21 to determine • Scoliosis (curvature of the p.m., Greta Francis, Ph.D., will Professio nal development whether a child with an ortho­ spine) lead the program at Middle­ credits for teachers have been pick up a schedule of the day's activities. pedic problem or a burn-related • Osteogenesis imperfecta town's Bradley School, located applied for, as well as continu­ injury is eligible for treatment at (brittle bone disease) behind St. Lucy's Church at 915 ing education credits for social Teddy ac ti vities include: a host of celebrity bears roaming a Shriner's Hospital. • Hand and back problems West Main Road. workers and nurses. The pro­ The Shri ners wish to make it Francis, associate director of gram is free and the community the zoo grounds including • Limb deficienci es and Smokey the Bear, Sam Boni , the clear that their hos pi ta! care is at growth problems the Bradley School and assis­ is invited. Registration in ad­ Providence Bruins' mascot, the no cost to the patient, the fa mily Orthopedic problems of tant professor at the Brown Uni­ vance is required. • Brown University Bear, and the or to any third party payor. spina bifida with versity School of medicine, ad­ Call Lifespan Health Connec­ Honeydew Bear; the Bea r Jam­ The clinics will be held at myelod ysplasis (paralysis vises, "The key for teachers is to tion at 444-4800 or (800) 927- boree at noon and at 2 p.m., Memorial Hospital of Rhode of limbs due to faulty recogni ze the problem and seek 1230. You may request a sign under the tent, providing musi­ Island's Ambulatory Care Cen­ congenital development of appropriate treatment for the language interpreter by ca ll ing ca l fun with children's enter­ ter, 89 Pond St. in Pawtucket; the spine and spinal nerves) child. As with other types of Hea lth Connection through the tainer Julie Ga rnett; a M * A*S*H and at Landma rk Medical • Club foot and dislocated hip illnesses, psychi atric disorders Rhode Island Relay: (800) 745- Unit where zoo "vets" and or­ Center's Woonsocket Unit. • Leg length discrepancies have specific diagnostic criteria 5555. derli es will be availa bl e fo r Clinic hours are from 9 a.m. • Orthopedic problems to 1 p.m. on the day of the clinic. check-ups and minor surgery resulting from neuromus­ on the love-worn bea rs and bud­ Parents and guardians of pro­ cular disorders Facts About Prostate Cancer dies; storytelling at 1 p. m. when spective patients may pre­ • Legg-Perthes disease In recognition of Prostate The seminar will address everyone ca n relax and listen to schedule an appointment or re­ (developmental problems Cancer Awareness Week (Sept. trea tment options and recent bea r-related stories for all ages. ceive additional information by of the hip) 24 to 30), La ndmark Medica l developments, the need for earl y There will also be a "Beary calling the Shrine office at 467- • Rickets Center will present a free com­ detection and treatment, and Best" contest at 3 p.m. under the 7100, from 9 a.m. to3 p.m., Mon­ • Burn-related injuries munity education seminar en­ sexuality and incontinence is­ tent when prizes fo r bi ggest day through Friday. including reconstruction titled "Prostate Cancer: Myths sues once a man has been diag­ bea r,sma llest bea r, best-dressed Appointments can be made Nati onally, Shriners operate and Facts" on Sept. 25 from 6:30 nosed with prostate ca ncer. bear, most-loved bear and best at Landmark by calling the cen­ 19 orthopedic hospitals and to 8 p.m. in the Christi ansen According to the America n owner/ bear look-a-like will be tral scheduling office at 769- three burn institutes, with the Conference Center at Land­ Ca ncer Society, in the past year awa rded a nd a Po la r Bea r 4100, ext. 2006. Walk-ins will nearest fa cilities in Springfi eld mark's Woonsocket Unit, 11 5 prostate ca ncer surpassed lung biofacts station where visitors also be examined on a first-come, and Boston, Mass. All services Cass Ave. ca ncer as the most prevalent ca n learn about the bear neces­ first-served basis. are paid forby theShriners. Both This seminar is open to the form of ca ncer among men. In sities of this marine mammal's The clinics, staffed by volun­ inpatient and outpatient care is public, but reservations are re­ 1996 there will be an estimated life. teer physicians and nurses from given regardless of national quired and may be made by 317,100 new cases of prostate The Teddy Bea r Rall y is free each hospital's medical staff, o ri gin. Operating funds are ca lling 769-4100 extension 2073. ca ncer in the United States. with a regular paid zoo admis­ will make a preliminary exami­ supplied by theShriner's Hos­ sion: adults, $5; children 3 to 12 nation of prospecti ve patients. pital EndowmentFund,,which Environmental and seniors, $2.50; children un­ Children under 18 years of age is supported by the gifts and Plants You Can Eat der 3 are free. Thi, zoo is open 9 are eli gible for treatment at bequests of Shriners, their a.m. to 5 p.m.; the rall y takes Shriner's Hospitals if, in the fa milies, and the general pub­ Ever wondered if you could Programs For eat some of those wild plants place from 11 a. m. to 4 p.m. rain opinion of the Shrine Hospital lic. Additional revenue comes Kids Schedule or shine. For more infor mation, board, the child's quality of life from local Shrine Hospita l that seem to flourish in your The University of Rhode backyard ? ca ll 785-3510. will be improved. It is empha­ fund-raising events and from Island's Learning Landscape Find out the answers from sized that the clinics are not in­ an annual hospital assessment Environmenta l Educa ti o n Evelyn Dean, illustrator and co­ Professor to tended to be a "second opinion" paid by each Shriner. School Group Program is now author of Identifying and Har­ taking registrations for itsspr:ing Demonstrate ves ting Edible and Medicinal 1997 season. Plants in Wild (and Not So Wild ) Book Making This two-hour, hands-on pro­ Places. 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According to Jeff Ingber of But in the Sharp Refectory at Jeff's Kosher Kitchen, provider Brown University, the ease with of the special mea l service, much which they share an area de­ effort went into provid ing these voted to both kosher a nd halal students with the place where foods has made thei r common they now eat so comfortably. meal pla n a model for universi­ "This plan is a conglomera­ ti es across the na ti on. ti on of input," Ingber said of his " I love it here," said fresh­ service, titled The Brown Uni ­ ma njosh Schneid er, load ing up versity Kosher Halal Meal Pla n. his pla te with food tha t meets The ideas a nd impetus, said both the laws of kashrut and Ingber, came from the Univer­ halal, or religious rules that de­ sity's Jewish community, its termine wha t fo llowersoflslam Muslim community, Rabbi Alan may and may not ea t. " When­ Fla m, food service director ever a nother student comes in Gretchen Willis, and other mem­ STUDENT DAVID SCHNEIDER grabs a kosher luch. Hera ld photo by Emily Torgan here, we both say 'Hi." ' bers of the university co mmu­ After the Jewish and Muslim nity. students pick up their main " It was logistically difficult Organization. He was asked to sponsored by Brown University. become very expensive for the meals a nd salads in the desig­ in that we were trying to serve provide students with 30 ko­ And minutes of meetings show university." nated area off of the main din­ special food in an already exist­ sher dinners each evening and that students had wanted a ko­ But according to Ingber, the ing room, they sit down to eat in ing fa cility," Willis said. "Stu­ kosher Shabbat dinners for 100. sher plan as fa r back as 1990." dietary laws of observant Jews the main dining room with the dents who were taking their Undergraduate and student and Muslims were close enough rest of the student bod y. meals at Hillel felt segregated government member Nadine to combine. "The main similarity is the "The other thing I rea ll y like from the rest of the student body, "I don't have to choose Cohen, now a senior, met with is that we get our food in this a nd if there was any service fo r Ingber, Head Chaplain Janet restriction on pork and pork by­ area, then go out to the main Muslim students at all, it was between my culture Cooper-Nelson, Flam and oth­ products," Ingber said. "There dining room where we eat with very informal." and my friends." ers. Together, they created a are also similarities in the ways everyone else. I don' t have to According to Ingber, there plan that would simultaneously that animals need to be slaugh­ choose between my culture and was no regular kosher meal ser­ Josh Schneider meet the needs of both obser­ tered so that they may be con­ my fri ends," Schneider said. vice at Brown until the plan went vant Jews and Muslims. sumed." "There is peace at the meal into place in 1994. '\Originally, the plan had The plan's popularity has plan," said Ahmad Ibrahim, a Ingber arrived in 1993 at the But bigger plans were unfold­ encountered resistance from blossomed since its inception. Muslim freshma n from Malay- request of the Brown/ URI Hillel ing. former Food Services Director Ingber provided 250 meals per "The wheels for a kosher meal Normand Cleveland," Ingber week in 1993; since that time, plan were turning when I ar­ remembered . " He was con­ the plan has expanded to pro­ rived here," Ingber said . "The cerned tha t if he allowed for vide students with 700 meals students were extremely satis­ the special needs o f one reli ­ per week. Traditions on Wheels Cart to fi ed with the fo od, and they felt gious group, other reli gious ':Both religious communities the plan provided a window of g roups o n campus would helped create the plan, and now Help Bring Holidays Home opportunity to be included in a swamp the Food Service of­ they both support it," Willis more comprehensive meal plan fi ce with requests. That would said. by Emily Torgan terials on it to help bring the Jewish Community Reporter holidays from the Center into The Jewish Community Cen, their homes." terofRhode island isona roll to The cart was donated this help people bring the Jewish summer by the Warwick Mall. holidays home with them. Once brown, the Center staff This year, a large cart in the gave the vehicle a lick of white­ lobby will be decorated with wash and a new agenda as a items typical to each holiday as teaching tool. it takes place this calendar year. " We hope to also ge t a Take a line ... The cart will also hold literature 'baby,"' Zucker said, then ex­ · · develop a form ... about each holiday that will in­ plained that a baby is a smaller clude information about w here collapsible cart that would en­ add a pinch of color... to attend services in the region. able Center staff to take materi­ Stir with imagination ... " We have s pecial events als on the cart into a vehicle and and what do you have'! around holidays, but some hence out into the community. people cannot make the times," Those interested in sponsor­ explained Dana Zucker, cultural ing a holiday, or one of the two Our Fall Semester of day and arts di rector. 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All lation survey by the Council of The most effective bodies for Jewish Women, NCJW national workers are, in fact, endangered Ftion in a row, Jewish organi Jewish Federations, 13 percent reaching out to our unregistered zationshaveannounced pro­ president Nan Rich issued the by this form of discrimination of American Jews acknowl­ voters are those that are locally following statement on the de­ for which there is no consistent grams to reach up to 1 million edged that they were not regis­ based. Clearly, while they may American Jews who are not reg­ feat of the Employment Non­ legal recourse. tered to vote. be carrying out programs initi­ Discrimination Act by the Sen­ In the vastmajorityofstates, istered to vote. Such efforts are Since people consistently ated by national organizations, doomed to failure unless they ate on Sept. 10: any employer can fire any em­ over-report the extent to which it is the community group that By the slimestof margins, the ployee by citing the issue of are targeted to the discreet popu­ they perform this and other civic· will be most successful in at­ U.S. Senate failed to pass the sexual orientation as an ex­ lations in our community where virtues, it is not unreasonable to tracting recent arrivals to regis­ their impact would be maxi­ Employment Non-Discrimina­ cuse. NCJW is d eeply disap­ assume that the real figure of ter. tion Act, an important civil pointed that this important mized. unregistered Jews is in the area According to a recent analy­ For many years, Jews were rights measure which would legislatio n was defeated in the of 20 percent of the approxi­ sis by Northwestern Univer­ have protected workers in this Senate and has been ignored unwilling to acknowledge that mately 4,300,000 Jews over age sity's Medill School of Journal­ many of us failed to register to country from employment dis­ by the House. 18. ism and a Chicago television crimination based on sexual ori­ We will continue to work vote. To the contrary,Jewish par­ Clearly, as is the pattern in station, the aforementioned de­ ticipation in the electoral sphere entation. with our colleagues in the civil the rest of the population, non­ mographic factors provide only Currently, civil rights laws in rights community to win pas­ was the envy of other religious registration is higher among a partial explanation for non­ and ethnic groups since there 41 states do not protect gays sage of ENDA and move to­ younger Jews, those who have registrati on and non-voting. and lesbians from being fi red wards equal_ri ghts fo r all. was universal agreement that recently moved, and new citi­ Rather, it is necessary to engage voting was the minimum politi­ zens. As such, it is these groups in more than mechanical fi xes cal activity of virtually all Jews. that must be the focal point of a that suggest that registration Historically this was the case. multifaceted outreach program alone will automatically lead to Jonah Swallowed by the Fish As a result of interrelated rea­ by the Jewish community. higher voter turnouts. The Haftorah that is read on Why was this story chosen to sons, for Jewish immigrants What then are the most effec­ To reach many Jews who fa il the afternoon of Yorn Kippur be read on the holiest day of the voting became an obligation that tive mechanisms for reaching to vote, we must overcome be­ tells the story of how G-d com­ year? And why did Jonah 'run was nearly religious in nature. out to unregistered Jews? Col­ havioral patterns that range manded the prophet Jonah to away' from G-d rather than The move to America from leges and universities are obvi­ from indifference to an explici t go to the city of Ninveh and carry out his mission? To teach Russia and Poland often repre­ ously locations that deserve con­ decision not to participate in warn the people there to repent, us how much our love of our sented their first opportunity to siderable attention since they the poli tica I system. One-on-one lest G-d destroy their city. fellow Jew needs to be. cast ballots, an opportunity that attract young people who have contact and follow-up by people Jonah did not want to fulfill Jonah knew that if he wentto allowed the Jewish community recently moved, precisely the committed to increasing our this mission and ran away on a Ninveh that the people there to vote for public officials who characteristics associated with participation in the political pro­ ship. G-d ca used a terrible storm would repent. He also knew that supported its agenda. Addition­ non-voting. cess is most effective with this to occur and eventually the sail­ the Jewish people had not re­ ally, the use of the ballot coin­ So too are non-synagogue group. ors threw Jonah off the ship - pented in spite of all the chastis­ cided with the needs of many members (who may purchase Some observers concerned as the only way to make the ing the prophets had given them. Democratic leaders in the cities tickets for the High Holidays) that registration activities may storm abate. Rather than make the Jewish in which the new arrivals re­ and people who have recently be construed as partisan have G-d causedagreatfishtoswal­ peopleappearbad inG-d'seyes, sided. arrived in town (which is the been discouraged from reach­ low up Jonah. Eventually Jonah Jonah choose to 'run away.' More recently, a high turn­ ratioiiale for legislation estab­ ing out to unregistered Jews. was saved from the fish and went Submitted by Rabbi Yehoshua out among Jews was reinforced lishing procedures for register­ It is clear that general registra­ to do G-d's bidding in Ninveh. l.Jlufer of Cha bad House. by several characteristics that ing an individual who applies tion outreach is non-partisan are directly correleated with for a driver's license). a nd does not threaten tax ex­ high registration and voting in­ Immigrant groups may also emption. An Eternal Bond cluding economic success, edu­ represent an important target The political s trength of Though these Days of Awe, as they are often called, are solemn, cational achievement and an for registration. With newer American Jews is drawn in they are not sad. In fact, Yorn Kippur is, in a subtle way, one of the aging population. immigrants it is obviously first large part from the knowledge happiest days of the year. For on Yorn Kippur we receive what is that they will turn out in num­ perhaps G-d's most sublime gift; His forgiveness. When one bers fa r beyond their small per­ person forgives another, it is because of a deep sense of friendship RHODE ISLAND JEWISH centage of the electorate. In and love that overrides the effect of whatever wrong was done. order to ensure that this con­ Similarly, G-d's forgiveness is an expression of His eternal, uncon­ HERALD tinues to be the case, it is nec­ ditional love. Yorn Kippur is the one day each year when G-d essary that all of us maximize reveals most clearly that our essence and His essence are one. (USPS 464-760) our efforts to register greater Moreover, on the level of the soul, the Jewish people are all truly Published Every Week By The equal and indivisible. The more fully we demonstrate our essential Jewish Press Publishing Company numbers of Jews as well as make sure that they vote on unity by acting with love and friendship amongst ourselves, the EDITOR Election Day. more fully G-d's love will be revealed to us. ALISON SMITH Submitted by Rabbi Yehoshua l.Jl ufer of Chabad House. ASSOCIATE EDITOR NEIL NACHBAR Candlelighting CONTRIBUTING REPORTER MICHAEL FINK September 20, 1996 JEWISH COMMUNITY REPORTER More Work is Always Required EMILY TORGAN 6:28 p.m. ThisShabbatis knownby two being addressed. "Shuva" al- has done, it is always possible ADVERTISING ACCOUNT REPS DIANA FLORIO names: ludes to a situation in which the to rise higher; hence the direc- ARLINE LYNN TODTELL 1) Shabbat Shuva, derived command has already been is- tive, "Return, 0 Israel unto the MAILING ADDRESS: from the opening words of the sued, but not yet carried out. L-rd, your G-d." 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Sub­ gland Press Association and a·subscr1ber to opinions of this establishment. the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. the command than the person ter how much teshuv~ a person milted by Rabbi Yel,osl,11a l.Jlufer. 1 EDITORIAL A Question of Belief: The Telling Testimonials of Three American Jews by Rabbi Avi Shafran recognize the simple truth that to expose w hat he calls the tinuity' and 'urjty,' threatened edly qualifies his sta tement. Director of Public Affairs, religious observance is a con­ avodah zarahs of our time. respectively by intermarriage "But how," he asks, "do I deter­ Agudath Israel of America tinuum, that none of us is per­ The first of those modern and Jews who speak frankly mine which of the mitzvot are "What do you, as an Ameri­ fectly observant and hence that idolatries, Klinghoffer contends, about Jewish idolatry." binding for me? can Jew, believe?" was the each of us can only strive to be a is liberalism - "the fattest and If Judaism has meaning be­ "As a mitzvah-inspired lib­ effective question recently better Jew. How much more smuggest god in [the modern] yond ethnicity, Klinghoffer ar­ eralJew," he responds, "the only put by a respected periodical to deeply joined all Jews would pantheon. gues, if it has a mission, "the option tha t I have is to decide scores of thinkers spa nning the be, in other words, were there a "For many," heexplains, "the only hope of convincing our fel­ for myself what binds me .. . ul­ breadth of the nation's Jewish universal recognition that "dif­ Torah as a source of moral au­ low Jews to join in, is to begin timately I must examine each scene. ferent Judaisms" with different thority has been nudged aside talking about tha t missio n," mitzvah and ask the question: No less tha n 47 essays re­ defi ni lions of religious obser­ by the editorial page of the New about Hash-m and His Torah, 'Do I feel commanded in this sulted from the query, and were vance comprise a modern myth, York Times. "explicitly and publicly, mak­ instance as Moses was com­ published as a symposium en­ that, in Gelernter's own words, Next among modern substi­ ing Judaism itself the principal manded?'" titled "What Do American Jews Torah" -reforming" movements tutes for the divine, Klinghoffer object of organized Jewish life." Thus does the Reform leader Believe?" in the August issue of are but "infantile insistence[s] asserts, is the Holocaust, "the Klinghoffer concludes by provide a crystalline contrast to Commentary, the monthly pub­ that religious ritual conform to noting that a growing number the other two writers' attitude, lished by the American Jewish you rather than the other way of young Jews "raised ignorant honestly stating the principle Committee. Some of the pieces around." of Judaism in a Conservative that, in the end, sets the non­ were predictable, others evasive, Gelernter, as it happens, is Among modem synagogue or Reform temple" Orthodox A merican Jewish some unimpressive and several rather too harsh on himself, substitutes for the divine, are coming to believe that "Ju­ movements apart from Jewish quite interesting. Three, in par­ judging hisatti tudean "uneasy, Klinghoffer asserts, is daism is not just useful, but Orthodoxy. ticular, should be required read­ unhealthy response" to Juda­ true." A deep debt is owed all three ing for every non-Orthodox ism. On the contrary, it isa most the Holocaust, "the If he is correct, then we Or­ of the above-quoted writers for American Jew. healthful, most Jewish response veneration of whose thodox Jews can look forward their cogency, clarity and One is by author, editor a nd to the yolk of heaven we Jews to an even further accelerated straightforwardness. art critic David Gelernter, whose are fortunate to bear, even if victims allows Jews to influx of returnees to Jewish One wonders, indeed, what Jewish religious affiliation is not impe rfectly, with pride. He share in the trendy cult observance-and had better be would happen were every truly noted. "Like most American speaks ina most exemplary and of victimhood." prepared to welcome them back open-minded Reform,Conserva­ Jews," he writes, "I find myself Jewish way w hen he insists that with sensitivity and to provide tive, Reconstructionistand unaf­ able to observe only a tiny frac­ he wants "to look real Judaism for their spiritual needs. filiated Jew to read and carefully tion of the Torah's comma nd­ in the eye and come to grips The issue's third significant consider each of those writers' ments. Unlike some, I believe withitevery d ay- to imita te in veneration of w hose victims al­ essay is edifying in a very d if­ essays, and then ponder the con­ that the commandments a re a small way Jacob struggling lows Jews to share in the trendy ferent, but equally eye-opening spicuous counterpoint presented binding. with the angel even if, unlike cult of victimhood." Third on way. It was written by Reform by the two to the one. "When I fai l to perform a re­ Jacob, I always lose." Klinghoffer's list is "Israel - or Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, the newly They might well, one hopes, ligious obligation, I do not want Equally eloquent-and blunt rather the secular state on top of installed president of the Union be moved to join David a soothing Reform or Conserva­ - is David Klinghoffer, literary the land of Israel," which, he of American Hebrew Congre­ Klinghoffer in the heartfelt de­ tive authority to tell me I am in editor of Na tional Review, w ho maintains, "has replaced Torah gations. termination he voices on behalf luck - that particula r obliga­ was raised Reform and is pres­ in many Jewish minds as the Yoffie notes a t the start of his of himself and his fellow return­ tion has been dropped from the ently a practicingOrthodoxJew. defi ning interest of the commit­ piece that [t]he heart of Torah is ees to halachic observance, in new edition and I am free to He uses his essay to, first, logi­ ted Jew, a nd has become an­ rnitzvah - the individual di­ his essay's very last words: ignore it." cally prove that if the concepts other idol." vinecommand,anassertion that "With Grace from [G-d], the Gelernter's attitude makes of G-d a nd Judaism are to have And,finally, the "fourth god" would find no argument among work of tearing down the idols one stop and think what a dif­ a ny meaning at all they demand is unveiled as what Klinghoffer the earlier-noted writers or, for will start with us, and continue ferent and unified Jewish world our i:cceptance of the Written calls "Jewish ethnicity." Its wor­ tn!ft matter, in any Orthodox with our children." ours would be, were all Jews to and Oral Torah, and, secondly, shipers, he said, "fret about 'con- circle. He then, however, point- Amen. G-dwrestling Distant Voices, Close Encounters by Rabbi Jerome Epstein exalted guest, you are welcome by Rabbi James B. Rosenberg a nswers. We cannot claim to can say "We are good Jews" but In today's changing market­ here along with the other ex­ Temple Habonim know for certain what it is that "You are a bad Jew"? Where is place of products and ideas, we al_ted guests,- Rebecca, Rachel, In 1978Schocken Books pub­ G-d requires of us, because for their sense of Jewish history? frequently come across the term Leah, Miriam, Deborah and lished a volume of essays by us Torah is not "G-d's words" Do they really beli eve that "interactive." Whether applied Ruth." Arthur Waskow e ntitled but rather the record of the Abraham's Judaism is the same to computers, entertainment, or The origin of the ushpizin Godwrestling. Ever since I r

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This ad is part of a series of four presented by THE AV( CHAI FOUNDATION, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 1001 7-3808 ;,(. 1l-'L '.'/ ~ .r-.~.u,.,.1_, q:::~ ~· . 2.t(·~P.J} .~l ' ~ _,-; J~IJ.":.1 ;J;-:, t 11Pl lD ; ~ ;·1_ 1 _Y.¼.-- K!Il,}:-:::>: Hn -1· 8-THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1996 FEATURE 'Anne Frank Remembered' Will Largest Synagogue in Debut on Videocassette Europe Reopens he 1995 Academy Award by Agnes Bohm Shamir also mentioned the Twinner for best documen­ BUDAPEST ()TA) - A many Hungarian Jews w ho con­ tary will be released on vid­ former Israeli prime minister, tributed to building the State of eocassette on Nov. 5 and on the president of Hungary and a Israel, including Theodore laserdisc on Nov. 19 by Colum­ host of foreign d_igni taries joined Herzl, the founder of Zionism. bia TriStar Horne Video. thousands of Jews in Hungary The synagogue was built on the Narrated by Oscar-nominee recently for the reopening of site of his birthplace. Kenneth Branagh, "Anne Frank Europe's largest synagogue. The synagogue, which seats Remembered" is, remarkably, "This is the symbol of the about 3,000, required some $10 the first ever eye-witness ac­ rebirth of Hungarian Jewry," million in restorations because count of the life and legacy of said Peter Feld mayer, the presi­ of its age. Anne Frank, the 15-year-old dentofHungary's80,000-mem­ The Hungarian government Jewish girl w ho came to sym­ ber Jewish community. contributed about $8 million to bolize the victims of the Holo­ The Sept. 5 reopening of the repairing the synagogue, whose caust. Combining personal tes­ Dohany Street Synagogue came construction was begun in 1854 timony, never-before-seen pho­ days before another reopening and completed in 1859. tos, previously undiscovered - of Bulgaria's Sofia Syna­ The Jewish community in fami ly letters, rare archive foot­ gogue, the largest in that coun­ Hungary and abroad is contrib­ age (including the only known try and one of Europe's most uting some $2 million toward moving footage of Ann herself) ornate. the renovations, which are ex­ with evocati ve contemporary The "137-year-old Dohany pected to be completed next film, this film chronicles the his­ Street Synagogue is also re­ year. tory of the Frank fami ly. Special nowned for its a rchitectural In his speech, Hungarian focus is given to the spirited gi rl beauty. The impressive President Arpad Gonez pro­ - nottheicon-whosediaryof Moorish-style building with its claimed his country's tolerance, her two years in hiding in two high towers is one of saying, "Today, the Jewish com­ Amsterdam during World War Budapest's landmarks. munity ca n feel at home within 11 sold more than 25 mi Ilion cop­ Former Israeli Prime Minster the borders of this country."- ies in 54 languages since it was Yitzhak Shamir, who conveyed Among the estimated 7,000 first published in 1947. Excerpts the greetings of Israeli Prime people attending the from this remarkable diary are Minister Benjamin Neta nyahu, reinauguration was Rep. Tom read by Glenn Close. spokeof"thismagnificentbuild­ Lantos (D-Calif.), a· Budapest This is the first documentary ing, which could tell stories of native. The only Holocaust sur­ to have been made in coopera­ so much tears, fear and sorrow." vivor elected to Congress, he tion with the Anne Frank House Of Hungary's prewar Jewish became a bar mitzvah in the in Amsterdam which gave the community of 800,000, some synagogue in 1941 , He was one filmmakers unprecedented ac­ 600,000 perished in the Holo­ of the thousands of Hungarian cess to its archives, research re­ caust. The Jewish ghetto was built Jews rescued by Wallenberg's source and the hiding place it­ around the Dohany Street Syna­ efforts. self. For the first time, the Anne Anne Frank, heroine of "Anne Frank Remembered" would be gogue during World War II. In Bulgaria recently, more than 1,000 Jews gathered for the Frank House permitted the re­ 67 years old, had she survived the Holocaust. The synagogue, whichserved reopening of the Sofia Syna­ creation of the hiding place as it as a wartime shelter for thou­ actually was a t the time that by Otto Frank), brings forth an gation of his daughter's mes­ sands of Jews, was hit by 27 gogue. The speaker of the Knesset, Anne and seven others hid there earthier Anne. What emerges is a sage of tolerance and hope and bombs. After the war, a mass grave Dan Tichon, spoke at the cer­ more than 50 years ago. Eyewit­ typical teen-age girl who was fre­ furthering the fi ght against rac­ emony along with Bulgarian nesses from Anne's early child­ quently petulant, vain, self-ab­ ism, discrimination and anti­ with more than 2,000 Jewish vic­ tims was found in the synago­ President Zhelyn Zhelev. hood through the last people to sorbed and naturally curious Semitism. "The dark days of Nazism did see her alive in Bergen-Belsen aboutsex. 'Whatbecarnefarnous Blair's film has yet another gue's courtyard. "We have to remember to not pass through this land," concentration camp return to the wassornesyrnbol,sornernytholo­ hero, besides Anne herself, in cherish the memory of Raoul Tichon said. 'W e, the Jews, will locations, rebuilding her com­ gized character," said Blair. "No Miep Gies, an 87-year-old Wallenberg, w ho saved tens of not forget that we were saved by plete life story from her child­ one seems to have tried to look at Amsterdam widow. Hired by thousands ofJ ews," Shamir said, the Bulgarian people, who pre­ hood in Frankfurt and Amster­ the girl as a girl." Otto Frank in 1933 as his secre­ vented the sending of thousands dam, her years in hiding, ahd As a powerful coda to the tary, she a nd her husband, referring to the Swedish diplo­ mat who saved thousands of of Jews to the gas chambers." tragic death just weeks before film, "Anne Frank Remem­ Jan (neither of whom were Jew­ Although it had a military the Allied victory. bered" retraces her fa thei-' s pain­ ish), risked their lives to protect Hungarian Jews from the death camps. After the war, Wallen­ alliance with Germany, the war­ Director Jon Blair ("Schin­ ful journey at the end of the war the Franks. Moreover, Miep berg was arrested by the Soviets time government of Bulgaria dler''), through intE;rviews with as he searches for his wife a nd saved Anne's diary, which the refused to ha nd over its 50,000 Anne's fa ther, the late Otto Frank, children and learns of their ter­ Nazis had strewn on the floor a nd disappeared into their Jews to the Nazis in 1943. conducted in the 1970s and with rible fate. After returning to after their arrest. prison system. a definitive edition of her diaries Holla nd, Otto Frank devoted (including many entries excised the rest of his life to the propa- Anne Frank Center USA Seeks 'Spirit' Nominees The Anne Frank Center USA board of the Anne Frank Center ness or community leader who urges the public tosubmitnomi­ USA and someone who spent the have d emonstrated courage, nations for its "Spirit of Anne war years as a hidden child in compassion and responsibility in Frank" awards which will be Amsterdam. "Todate,ourcenter the face of discrimination and presented atagalaeventat Alice has taught millions of people violence. The awards will send a Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, on across the country, most of them strong signal to our youth that f;,.,_J ~M owl'\ roaJ: Oct. 28. The New York-based children, about prejudice, cour­ personal responsibility and com­ center is dedicated to carrying ageand history. Now, in the name passion are valued in our society. YOU PICK! on Anne's legacy of courage in of Anne Frank, we want to re­ The awards for the three young the face of discrimination and ward those who have stood up people will include a scholarship, adversity. against anti-Semitism, discrimi­ and the award for the teacher "We are looking for unsung nation and violence." 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Ports of call include group; welcome aboard, get-ac­ Mura of Ethiopia" to the Brown Bag Club at the Jewish Com­ rael, has been the focus of public Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, quainted evening; specially ar­ munity Center of Rhode Is land. The Feles Mura are d escen­ Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica, and ranged sight-seeing tours in debate in the Jewish are na, an dants of Jew s who conve rted under pressure to Christia nity, agent of social and cultural cre­ Georgetown, Grand Cayman. various ports, and programs ex­ but are now re turning to Judaism . Hcrnld photo /Jy Neil Nac/1/mr The cost of this vacation starts clusively for the group. ativity, and a source o f interna­ at $2,799 per person based on For more information or to tional controversy. double occupancy. Ra tes for ma ke a reserva tion, call Carol, Now, a century later, schol­ singlesaccommodationsstarta t Sally or Stephanie at Brentwood ars from around the world will $3,809. Travel, (314) 532-5515 or (800) gather in Boston a nd Jerusalem For this price you . get: 628-3941. to mark this anniversary at a n Temple Torat Yisrael Holds international confere nce, "The Centenary of Political Zionism ." Faculty Orientation During the two-pa rt confer­ Touro Announces Classes ence, participants will reexam­ Students a re no t the o nly eluded text study, a sharing of ine the history of the Zio nist learners at Temple Torat Yis­ ideas, a nd review of adminis­ Touro Synagogue is now ac­ will be Advanced Hebrew La n­ movement, explore its impact rael. On Sept. 5, the teaching trative p rocedures. A segment cepting registration for the fall guage. The second Monday on Jewish identity in the 20th faculty joined for their a nnual of the d ay was reserved to ad­ term of the adult education pro­ evening course, Bible study, century, and set the agenda for orie ntation, a d ay that blended dress the medical needs of stu­ grams . which starts at 7:45 p .m ., fea­ future research. the adminis trati ve a nd the d ents at Torat Yisrael, a nd to The program willstartonOct. tures a review and analysis of Jointly sponsored by the Cen­ ped agogic. review first aid a nd safety p ro­ 7. There will be two classes on the weekly Torah portion. ter for Jewish Studies at Harvard Some teache rs attended cedures. Donna Kagan, R. N., Monday. The 6:30 p.in. session Beginning Hebrew lessons, University, the Jacob and Libby workshops over the summer, a nd Dr. Steve Sack facilitated designed to enable individuals Goodmanlnstituteforthe Study others worked at Jewish camps, this learning module. to participate in the services of Zionism at Brandeis Univer­ while still others attended the H a na Berman, librarian re­ more knowledgeably, will be­ Whizin Institute of Family Edu­ source teacher, Miria m H yman, What other sity, and the Zalman Shazar gin on Oct. 10.· Center for Jewish History in ca tion at the University of Juda­ fa mily educator, and Can tor camera store in Adonationof$10tothe Touro Jerusalem, the conference will ism in Los Angeles. All ha ve Robert Lieberma n addressed Providence offers the Synagogue Charity Fund will convene in Boston, Oct. 7 to 10, d o ne adva nce preparation for their respective a reas of exper­ Artistic Alternative? serve as the fee for all or any of on both the Brandeis a nd the year ahead. tise, as did Ra bbi M arc these courses. There will also be Harvard campuses, and will ~e­ This year' s .ga the ring in- Jagolinzer. None. a charge for textbooks in the convene in Jerusalem, May 18 Come on by and language courses. to 21, 1997. see for yourself Send payment to Kathryn at Featured among the sessions what sets us apart the Touro Synagogue office, 85 is the panel discussion "Toward from the rest. Touro St., Newport, R.I. 02840. a New Jewish Political Strategy" Reform Group Criticizes Call 847-4794 for more informa­ at the John F. Kennedy School of tion. Government's ARCO Forum, Police in Wake of Threats The Camera Werks Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. by David Landau The panel, moderated by 764 Hope Street JERUSALEM (JTA) - An Is­ Tapes of the threateningcalls Michael Sandel, professor of Providence. RI 02906 rael-based group of the Reform were played recently on Army governmentatHarvard Univer­ Radio. 273-LENS movement is criticizing the sity, includes Shlomo Avineri, Jerusalem police for failing to "We will bomb you, d estroy The Hebrew Univers ity of find those responsible for mak­ your o ffi ces. Your fate w ill be Jerusalem; Martin Peretz, edi­ ing telephone threats to the that of [Yitzak] Rabin," said one tor-in-chief ofThe New Republic; movement's offi ce. caller, referring to the assassi­ DanielPipes,editorofthe Midd/e The Israel Religious Action nated Israeli lead er. East Quarterly, and Ruth Wisse. Center, a n agency of the World Knesset member Meir All sessions a re free and open Unio n for Progressive Judaism , Porush, lead er of the fervently to the public. The proceedings filed the comp laints after com­ Orthodox {',gudat Yisrael Party, of the conference will be pub­ ing under a ba rrage o f a no ny­ d eplored the calls but said he lished in English and in Hebrew . mous hate calls during the past was sure they had not been made Since space is limited , ad ­ three months. by yeshi va students. vance reg istration is e ncour­ Po lice offi cials said they had Anat Galili, the spokesper­ aged . Meals a re a vailable only Lean Ground Beef ...... $2.49 lb. traced some o f the calls to tele­ son for the center, was critical of by advance reser vatio n. For pho nes located near the the police for not arresting any· more information, contact the one even though the first com­ lb. Chasidic yeshivas of Gu r a nd Extra Lean Steak Hamburg ...... $2.98 Harva rd University Center for Slonim in fervently Orthodox plaint was fi led more than three Jewish Studiesat (617)496-2315. a reas of Jerusalem . mon ths ago. Broilers ...... $1.79 lb. Theoffice·scom plaintcomes She no ted that a caller mak­ a mid increased te nsio ns be­ ing telephone threats lo Aharon Chicken Cutlets ...... $4.59 lb. Subscribe! tween fe r vently Ortho d ox Barak, chief justice of the Su­ Call 724-0 200 fo r details groups a nd more li beral sll·eams preme ourl, had been arrested GO SEE MARTY FOR MANY MORE GREAT SPECIALS, of Judaism . after just o ne day. ~ ------~-~~-~------~-~~-----

THE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1996-11 THE JEWISH COMMUNITY Brown University to Present Free Dr. Weil Speaks on Healing

Israeli and Holocaust Film Series ____ Dr. Andrew Weil, popular are the best." author and pioneer in the field Weil will present a rational, Brown University will Blues" (1986) Jews during World War II by of integrative medicine, will optimistic approach to lifestyle present an Israeli feature film • Oct. 24 - "The Troupe" focusing on the rcileof the Nazi­ present insights from his book modification and provide valu­ series on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. (1978) appointed Jewish councils. (55 Spontaneous Healing on Oct. 18 able information the listener can in room 203 of the Salomon Cen­ • Oct. 31 - "The Wooden mins.) at8 p.m. at Roberts Hall at Rhode immediately apply to his or her ter for Teaching. Gun" (1979) "Night and Fog" (1955) - Island College. diet, exercise and lifelong en­ The series is open to the pub­ • Nov. 7 -"Hide and Seek" Alain Resnaiscontrasts past and A question and answer ses­ deavors. lic without charge. The films are (1980) present in this profound film sion, and book signing will fol­ Tickets for the program can all by Israeli directors and are • Nov. 14 - "House on that documents the nightmare low the lecture. be purchased in advance for$35 from the 1960s, '70s, '80s and Chelouche Street" (1973) of the concentration camps. (35 For the past two decades, by calling Learning Connection '90s. • Nov. 21 - "Blind Man's mins., subtitled) Wei l's voice has beenatthe fore­ at 274-9330 or (800) 432-5520. They deal with a variety of Bluff (1993) • Oct. 22 - "Mephisto" front of a movement to inte­ Tickets may be purchased at the issues with which Israeli cul­ • Dec. 5 - "The Summer of (1981) - Director Istvan Szabo. grate alternative forms of medi­ door for $40, on a space-avail­ ture and society have had to Aviya" (1988) Based on a novel by Klaus Mann, cine into standard treatment. He able basis. Group discounts are deal over the past 30 years: the A Holocaust film series will this film depicts the story of a states: "My general philosophy available. Arab-Israeli conflict; the impact be presented on Tuesdays, on vain and brilliant German actor of treatment is that people can There will be a private cock­ of army service and war on in­ dates indicated below at 7:30 who sells his soul to win pres­ get better. The body has self­ tail reception with Weil prior to dividuals; the ongoing influence p.m. in room 1418 of the Sci­ tige when the Nazis come to hea ling and self-regulation the lecture, at $100 per person. of memories of the Holocaust ences Library (14th floor), 201 power. (135 mins., English sub­ mechanisms. I believe in using Price includes reserved pre­ on Israeli identity; and chal­ Thayer St. (at Waterman Street). titled) the gentlest sorts of interven­ ferred seating for lecture and a lenges to the institutions of mar­ Admission is free and the pub­ • Nov. 5-"The Partisans of tion possible that can activate signed copy of Spontaneous Heal­ riage and family in a secular lic is welcome. Vi Ina" (1986) - This outstand­ internal healing systems. They ing. society. This film series is titled "The ing documentary chronicles the All films are in Hebrew with Holocaust: Literary and Histori­ emergence of the Jewish under­ English subtitles,except for "The cal Perspectives." It is offered in ground resistance in Eastern Summer of Aviya" which is in ·conjunction with the course of Europe during World War II. Hebrew without subtitles. the same name in the Judaic (130mins.) It is offered as part of the studies department at Brown, • Nov. 12 -"Weapons of course titled "Israeli Literature, taught by professors Victoria the Spirit" (1989) - Pierre Culture and Society," taught by Caron and David Hirsch. Sauvage's moving documen­ David Jacobson, associate pro­ taryof the wartime heroism of a fessorof Judaic studies at Brown. Film Schedule Protestant village in France that The course, which is conducted • Sept. 24-"Triumph of the sheltered Jews during World entirely in Hebrew, explores is­ Will" (1935) - Leni Riefen­ · War JI. (91 mins.) sues of Israeli existence by stahl's hypnotic documentary • Dec. 3 - "The Nasty Girl" means of reading works of Is­ of the Nazi party congress at (1990) - Director, Michael raeli literature and newspaper Nuremberg in 1934. (43 mins.) Verhoeven. A biting satire of articles, and by viewing Israeli "Now... After All These how a German high school stu­ feature films. Years" - Contrasting memo­ dent shakes up her hometown ries of Jews and Christians of when she embarks on an inves­ Film Schedule their li ves together in a small tigation of its Nazi past. (92mins. • Sept. 19-"They Were Ten" German vi llage in the 1930s. (60 with English subtitles) (1960) mins.) Both film series are made • Sept. 26 - "Beyond the • Oct. 8 - "The Story of possible by the Judaic Studies Walls" (1986) Chaim Rumkowski and the Jews program and the Brown Uni­ • Oct. 3- "Nadia" (1986) of Lodz" (1982) - This docu­ versity Salomon Grant. • Oct. 10- "Siege" (1969) mentary examines the tragic • Oct. 17 -"Late Summer moral dilemmas confronting Cards and Marcus Collection is 'Major Conversation Resource' at Brandeis at the Coast Brandeis University has ac­ The collection contains nearly Guard House quired the personal library of 7,500 volumes and includes The South County Group of the late Professor Jacob Rader early American imprints, rare Rhode Island Hadassah is plan­ Dr. Andrew Weil Marcus, considered the father pamphlets and periodicals, as ning a luncheon followed by an of American Jewish history. well as histories of many Ameri­ afternoon of canasta, bridge, maj "The many rare books and can Jewish communities. Bran­ jongg and Scrabble on Oct. 2 at synagogue histories in the col­ deis already has a 150,000-vol­ noon at the Coast Guard House lection will be a major resource ume Judaica collection, consid­ in Narragansett. Announce your wedding or engagement for students of the American ered one of the finest in Ameri­ Members are urged to bring ~ in the Herald! ~ Jewish experience," said can university libraries. friends, neighbors and members Jonathan Sarna, professor of Born in 1896, Marcus was the of their card clubs. The cost per Call 724-0200 to receive a form American Jewish history at first American professional his­ person is $16. Players should Brandeis, and friend of Marcus. torian of the Jewish people. He bring own cards, tiles and founded the American Jewish games. For further information, Archives in 1947 and was the contact Clarissa Kulman (783- author of many books, most 1114), Elaine Silverman (789- A Jazzy Sunday notably a multi-volume history NEW HEALTH 1136) or Roberta Levin (789- for Singles of America's Jews. At the time 5501). of his death in 1995, he was the There will be a jazz brunch for oldest member of the Reform INSURANCE IDEA SAYS ... singles on Oct.13 from 11 a.m. to rabbinate. 2 p.m. at Temple Emanuel in r======,i "Your Home or Nursing Home Andover with the lrvGalisQuar­ tet. This is a joint presentation by Place a classified in the SUPPORT OUR Either Way, We Can Pay!" The Jewish 49ers and North of Herald for only $3.00 ADVERTISERS Boston Jewish Singles. Admis­ Call for d etails ... No Obligation sion is $8 members, $12 non­ members. Reservations are a must by Oct. 6. judy 's studio ltd, Gus Mills Call for reservations: Carol 172 Taunton Avenue (NOBJS) (508) 688-8280, Flo at F~Wo~~c~~ (508) 877-0636 or Susan (617) East Providence, RI 969-5903. SPORTSWEAR FOR TODAY'S LIFESTYLES Directions: Route 93 north to 434-1214 exit 43 west, after about 1 mi le 6SO O~A~, C~, RI turn left at the traffic light onto No,t110f4- Hagge ts Pond Road . From BANKERS Route 495 north to exit 40 (93 H-1-W-F 'iJO- SJO, Ttc.-w. 'i:30- g, 54.'130- 4 Life and Casualty Company south), take the next exi t43 west (401) 946-3522 J UDY GERSHMAN Chicago, IL S-5219 and follow above. ,j 12 TI-IE RHODE ISLAND JEWISH HERALD, 11-IURSDA Y, SEPTEMBER 19, 1996 THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

Avi Chai to Support Jewish Schools

"The creation over five years is especially important for new The foundation, which has of 35 new Jewish high schools schools,manyofwhichareseek­ offices in New York and Israel, - Community, Conservative ing to attract students not al­ only supports programs and and Orthodox - represents the ready committed to day school institutions that express a posi­ beginnings of an antidote to the education. tive attitude toward the State of 52 percent intermarriage rate "We intend to help the Israel. shownbythe1990Nationa1Jew­ schools persuade students, par­ WhileAviChaiisattempting ish Population Study," said ents and grandparents that Jew­ to develop other initiatives to Zalman C. Bernstein, chairman ish high schools offer an excel­ benefit new and existing Jewish of The Avi Chai Foundation, in lent secular education while schools, it recognizes that no announcing the foundation's paving the path to a meaningful single foundation or funder can innovative program to assist and Jewish future," said Lauren K. meet the need alone. promote such schools. Merkin, the Avi Chai trustee For that reason, the founda­ Avi Chai's first steps in sup­ directing the effort. "Even if a tion is helping to promote the porting the new high schools student has never attended a new schools within the broader Lunch Chat consist of earmarking nearly Jewish day school before, many Jewish community through a The Brown Bag Club is a forum for adults to discuss current $500,000 in 1996 for recruitment of the schools provide special series of four advertisements events or topics of interest over lunch. On Sept. 24, the guest efforts and special preparatory tracks that help the student catch placed in newspapers across the speaker will be Richard DuJardins, religion editor of the tracks for students with limited up Judaically." country that specifically serve Providence Journal. Call Evy Rappoport at 861-8800 to reserve Judaic background. The Avi Chai Foundation is a the Jewish community. Besides a place or fo r more information. Herald photo by Neil Nachbar The decision to support these private foundation that was es­ publicly congratulating the facets of Jewish education was tablished over a decade ago. The schools that have opened, the made in light of the study, com­ objectives of the foundation are purpose of the advertisements missioned by Avi Chai in 1993, twofold: to encourage greater is to inform the Jewish commu­ Meeting Street Center Offers that found day schools to be the Jewish commitment by increas­ nity about the new schools and only type of Jewish education ing the understanding, appre­ draw support for the schools 'Freedom From Smoking®' that could stand up against as­ ciation and practice of Jewish from communal leaders and similation. The study concluded traditions, customs and laws; funders. Meeting Street Center/Eas­ identify pitfalls for relapse, and that "at least nine years of Jew­ and to encourage mutual un­ For more information, con­ ter Seal Society ofRhode Island, ca refully plan to prevent it. The ish education mark the most sig­ derstanding and sensitivity tact Yossi Prager, executive di­ Inc., will offer the American clinic includes the latest skills nificant upward jump in Jewish among Jews of different back­ rector, North America, or Lung Association program, for good stress management, weight control, assertive com­ involvement." grounds and religious commit­ Lauren K. Merkin, Avi Chai Freedom From Smoking®, be­ The funding for recruitment ments. trustee, at (212) 697-8836. ginning Sept. 24 through Oct. munica tion and exercise-skills 29. to help people succeed. The seven session series will According to instructor Kriss Yigal Amir, Two Others Guilty _____ be held at the agency's facility Auger- also assistant director on667WatermanAve. from 7to of Meeting Street's Outpatient of Plotting Assassination 9 p.m. meeting on Sept. 24, Oct. Rehabilitation Services program 1, 8, 10, 15, 22 and 29. - participants will learn a step by step method to changing be­ by David Landau mier and attack Palestinians. tion that he acted alone when Freedom From Smoking® is JERUSALEM (JTA)-An Is­ a multi-session stop smoking havior and quitting smoking. A three-judge panel in the carrying out the assassination. She said the group approach raeli court has convicted Yigal Tel Aviv District Court also Strashnov accepted prosecu­ clinic, utilizing professional Amir, the assassin of Yitzhak trained instructors who can help uses positive thinking, alterna­ found the three guilty on weap­ tion evidence that Hagai Amir tive behaviors, one-on-one help Rabin, of conspiring to kill the ons charges and of conspiring and Adani actively proposed smokers create a supportive environment to break the smok­ and group support. prime minister and of planning to set.up an illegal underground methods of killing Rabin. The cost for Freedom From attacks on Palestinians. organization. He termed them "full part­ ing addiction. Each smokerwho Amir,26, isalreadyserving a joins this clinic will develop an Smoking® at Meeting Street The three will be sentenced ners" in the slaying. Center is $75 for the seven-ses­ life sentence for the murder of individualized plan for quitting. Oct. 3. Legal sources said they Hagai Amir and Adani each sion program. To register or for the prime minister. could each face more than 25 denied that they had conspired In the clinic, the emphasis will be on long-term freedom from more information, contact Kriss The court also found Amir's years in prison. to kill Rabin. Auger at 438-9500, ext. 299. brother, Hagai, and a friend, Dror The lengthy verdict, read out Hagai Amir, 28, a weapons smoking. The ex-smokers will Adani, guilty recently of the by Judge Amnon Strashnov, expert who prosecutors said charges of plotting to kill the pre- countered Yi gal Amir's conten- made the hollow-point bullets used to kill Rabin, said he had 'Cook's Night Out' on Sept. 25 NATIONAL heard of his brother's plans, but never thought he would actu­ The Rhode Island Associa­ Filled Breads; Joan Nathan, au­ AUTO ally carry out the assassination. tion of Family and Consumer thor of Jewish Cooking itt America; TRANSPORTERS, Inc. Adani, 28, said he had vis­ ~~~,. :; ··- ..ia ~-w~ Sciences will present this year's Frank Terra nova, Nancy ited the Amir home in hopes of fund-raising activity, "Cook's Sandbach, and Brad Ware, au­ romancing the Ami rs'. sister and Night Out," on Sept. 25 at the thors of the New Paradigm Cook­ had gotten drawn into conver­ To- Kalon Club, 26 Main St., ing. sations about how to assassi­ TRUCK AND DRIVEWAY We Deliver Anywhere Pawtucket from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Theseauthorswill autograph TRANSPORTATION SERVICES "One Calf - Does It All" nate the prime minister. The program will feature re­ their cookbooks for guests. Sta­ (508) 761-9044 - ASK FOR BOB But the judges did not accept nowned cookbookauthorssuch tions will be set up in the To­ their denials. 1077 Washington St., (Rt. 1) South Attleboro, MA 02703 as Barbara Stetson,authorofThe Kalon Club for guests to sample (on Rt. 1, 100 yards from Pawtucket, RI) Islander Cookbook; Tony Merola, each author's selected recipes. author of Floribbean Fla vors; For more information, con­ Yom Kippur to Peggy Glass, author of Rescuing tact Sheila Brown at 934-1714 or the Dinner Hour; Lora Brody, 767-4710. be Televised author of Pizza, Focaccia, Flat and A Yorn Kippur service will be broadcast on Cox Channel 34 on Sept. 22 at 9 p.m. This pro­ New Class for Singers Is Offered gram will be available only to residents of Providence, North The Langston Hughes Cen­ This workshop includes vo­ Providence and Kent County. ter for the Arts and Education is cal warm-ups, breathing tech­ This program is provided by offering a new class: Perfor­ niques, stage appearance, how 1'" Jewish Eldercare of Rhode ls­ mance Technique for Singers, to use sound equipment, and 11,,.~<> P AR~DIS£ 1\"'' land and Cox Communication. ages 18 and older. how to work with a band. Saturday 9/21 Classes begin on Oct. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the center's new space in 969 comm. Ave Automatic Wash & Dry U-Haul Rentals the Johnson & Wales Academic Boston 24-Hour Self Service Wash & Vac (401) 781-0077 Center at 138 Mathewson St. in 7:30pm-l 1 :30pm private downtown Providence. ~ -:_& Class members will have a 11:30 Ill dOllng pubic EASY $8-adv, $12-mem, $14-door chance to sing with instructor ~ "i and jazz vocalist Maya Breuer. h' F:/ff !.l<;>mbe,st11p Ho1s Do, urve~ Gdl~ :7 , ,,.., -;:::,.,/ CAR WASH Registration is $125 for a 10- j)C~4/ ,, J' "' •• ,,e,oc, , ·" 508 443 7834 DAN ROONEY .,.,, • ~ 1 ,,, J ~~ . week workshop. Payment (401) 785-2315 schedules may be arranged. For g 250 Warwick Avenue more information, call the cen­ Cranston, RI 02905 ter at 454-5422. 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SCHOOLBEAT 9 PHDS Students Prepare for High Holidays Temple Am David Announces

Providence H ebrew Day Scholarship Recipients School students were busily pre­ TheJosephFreedmanand the ford, Noah Sholes for Camp paring for the High Holiday sea­ Dr. David Freedman Funds at Bauercrest, Asher Fink for Camp son in recent weeks. Temple Am David in Warwick Ramah, Hope Sholes for Camp Both joy and solemnity pre­ have distributed scholarship sti­ Jori, Jason Forman for U.S.Y. vailed throughout the school as pends for the further study of Convention in Toronto, Deann students drew, painted, drama­ Jewish education during the Forman for Koach Shabbaton tized and constructed the vari­ ,v9 Weekend and Rebecca Zisser­ summer of 1996. ous symbols of the season. The The following students re­ son for National Conference of students experienced the emo­ i\ ceived scholarships: Christian and Jews. tions and feelings of the season Joel Kortick at the Hebrew The Freedman Scholarship as they learned an extensive_ IIt , University ofJerusalem, Tracey Fund can help further Jewish variety of music and song cre­ Tebrow at Brown University, education during the summer ated by cantors and rabbis ··!1 Joshua Sklaroff at Brandeis Uni­ months·. throughout Jewish history. t : versity, Lydia Paull for United If you are a s tudent and a Through the s tudy of the \-....,..,,$,,; Synagogue Youth Poland Pil­ member of Tem ple Am David Machzor - the High Holiday grimage, Adam Sholes for U.S.Y. a nd would like to apply for a prayer book - the s tude nts Poland Pilgrimage, Mark Sholes Freedma n Scho larship, contact learned that G-d has a stan­ at Uni versi ty of Hartfo rd, Mika I the temple offi ce in April of dard of moral behavior that Sklaroff at Uni versity of Hart- 1997. concerns man's re lations to fel­ low man, as we ll as mitzvot that relate to man's behavior Professor to Speak About Petra towards G-d. The Rosh Hasha nah prepa­ Professor Martha Joukowsky Petra was the capital of the rations a t PHDS included a will speak to the Friends of the Nabateans, whocarved their home ha nds-on experience in sho fa r Library at Brown Uni versity at in the red and pink rock between RAFI GERBER b lows th e shofar that he made at Rabbi Levy's construction. Rabbi Eliezer Levy 8 p.m. on Sept. 20 on the red 100 BCE and 200CE. Reruscovered shofar workshop, held at PHDS. Photo courtesy of PHDS of the Chai Center in Warwick rock city of Petra. by Europeans in the 19 century, conducted the workshop for the Joukowsky, associate profes­ poet Dean Burgen called ita "rose­ junior high students. During the process, the stu­ practiced theblowing ofthesho­ sor of old world archaeology at red city half as old as time." He obtained goat horns dents studied about the types of far, they gained an understand­ Brown has worked for the past The talk will be given in the which he brought for each stu­ anima ls whose horns are suit­ ing of the role of the shofa r in three years directing the excava­ Lownes Room, John Hay Li­ dent. The students sawed the able for a shofar a nd the laws awakening the people to reflect tion of the Southern Temple at brary, at the corner of Prospect horns, sanded and s hallacked specifying what has to be done on their d eeds and to resolve to the ancient city in Jordan. and College streets. them to produce a completed , to make them kosher. do Tshuva, to make amends and functioning, kosher shofar. As the students heard and to change behavior. CAJE Creates a Website Landscape Architecture "Beiotethe TheCoalitionfortheAdvance­ cess to on-linediscuss_ion groups Lectures Planned at URI A.ututnn ment of Jewish Education has through theCAJE networks; and The Landscape Architecture WilliamsParkZoo,andagradu­ joinedthe WorldWide Web,with a list of World Wide Web links Program at the University of ate of the URI landscape archi­ Lea'7es ... a website that both offers vital that are specifically relevant to Rhode Island has announced its tecture program, has been in­ information in the fi eld ofJewish Jewish educators. annual fa ll lecture series "Urban volved with successful zoo ex­ education and provides a place With the ad vent of the CAJE Landscapes '96." hibits like the prairie dog ex­ for educators with similar inter­ website, the Jewis h educator The theme this year, urban hibit, the butterfly garden, and Leatn to \ov-e ests to "chat" or exchange ideas. with an Internetconnection, can, landscapes, was chosen because the recent Marco Polo exhibit. sotnething new, T he address of the n e w at any time of d ay, locate a les­ of the nature of the work per­ Oct.10- JohnCopley,ASLA, and tnaybe tneet websiteishttp:/ / www.caje.org. son plan, read a professional formed by each of the guest speak­ John Copley and Associates, Its colorful f.ront page offers article or talk with colleagues. ers. Each brings a portfolio of Inc., and Lynn Wolff, ASLA, sotneone too\ a menu of the material contained CAJE is a membership orga­ project which enhanceanalread y Lynn Wolff Associates,are land­ Make your winter rnore therein:informationaboutCAJE nization open to all those in­ developed environment and pro­ scape architects who work volved in the transmission of fulfilling by joining us programs and events; an index vides an upbeat landmark for the within an urban context. They this fall for one of our of curricular materia ls available Jewish learning. For more infor­ communities they serve. have competed successfully for mation about CAJE, contact the 170 evening and through the Curriculum Bank; As in past years, the lectures large public sector projects fo­ weekend courses in: recent articles from CAJE's jour­ nationalofficeat261 W.35thSt., are free and open to the URI cused on cultural and commu­ nal, Jewish Ed ucation News; ac- New York, NY 10001. community and the general pub­ nity landscapes in Boston. conununications & lic. Lectures begin at 6 p.m. and Nov. 13 -- Victor Walker, a Managetnent principal in the Walker-Kluesing are held in the White Hall audi­ speech & Wtiting Feinstein Foundation Gives torium on the Kingston Campus Design Group, has worked on \ \ foteign Languages of URI. Call 874-2142 for more GreenwaysMaster Plan, Buffalo, $1 Million to Law School information. 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by Tom Tugend Janet Reno declaring, "We hope guilty and is now serving a life LOS ANGELES (JTA)-The that this reward wi ll lead to jus­ sentence in a U.S. prison. U.S. Department of Justice and tice in this case, and I encourage However, under the terms of the FBI have offered a $1 million a nyone with information to the U.5.-Israel extradition treaty, reward to solve the 11-yea r-old come forward." Manning could only be tried for bombing death of a local Arab Over the years, federal au­ the specific 1980 killing and can­ American activist. thorities have frequently cited not be prosecuted for any other The reward would be given Robert Ma nning, a Los Ange­ alleged crimes. to anyone who provides infor­ les-born Israeli and veteran Three other Americans living mation leading to a conviction. in Israel have been mentioned as The FBI has also taken the suspects. At least two of them are unusual step of inserting siz­ Joyce Greenspan, Anti­ former JDL members, said JDL able paid ads in Jewish newspa­ Defamation League national chairman Irv Rubin. pers publicizing the reward. Rubin was among the protesters The victim, Alexander Michel director for Orange recently at a news conference at Odeh, Western regional director County, endorsed the which the two top federal law of the American-Arab Anti-Dis­ enforcement officials in Los An­ crimination Committee, was government's move. geles, U.S. Attorney Nora lalled by a booby trap when he 'We oppose all violence Manella and FBI Bureau Chief opened the door to his office Oct. Charlie Parsons, announced the 11 , 1985, in Santa Ana, Ca lif. and hate crimes, whether $1 million award. Shofet New Regional Director of IAC Odeh had appea red the pre­ the victim is Jewish or The event took place near a Jay Shofet has been appointed the New England regional vious day on a television pro­ not," she said. nine-foot statue of Odeh that director of Israel Aliyah Center in Boston. Shofet was born in gram, co ndemning terrorism was erected two years ago out­ Connecticut and immigrated to Israel in 1986. He holds a BA but praising Palestine Libera­ side the main Sa nta Ana libra ry degree from Dartmouth Coll ege. tionOrga ni zation leader Yasser in Orange County. Arafat as "a man of peace." Jewish Defe nse League mem­ Sa rni Odeh, the victim's Odeh, 41, a Pa lestinian w ho ber, as a key suspect in the brother, announced that an ad­ Reports Say Swiss Bank Held came to the United States in 1972, Odeh case. ditional $100,000 reward had was generall y considered a Manning, then a resident of been raised by the loca l Arab moderate voice within the Arab Kirya t Arba in the West Bank, American co mmunity. Proceeds From 'Mein Kampf' American community. was extradited by Israel to stand Rubin charged that the Odeh by Jenni Frazer torious political manifesto that Orders to track down the per­ trial in Los Angeles on an unre­ case was part of "an ongoing London Jewish Chronicle spells out Germany's need to petrators of the lalling with re­ lated and non-politica l charge vendetta sponsored by the Arab LONDON (JT A) - Adolf rearm, suppress communism newed vigor came from the involvi ng the 1980 mail bomb community to get the Jews." Hitler deposited the roya lties a nd exterminate the Jews. highest authorities in Washing­ death of a secretary at a local Another protester, Howard from his book Mein Kampf into After Hitler ca me into power ton, with U.S. Attorney General computer firm. He was found Garber, said he was establish­ secre t Swiss ba nk accounts, in 1933, Mein Kampf beca me a ing a $1,000 trust fund to re­ newly declassified U.S. intelli­ school text, and sales ran into move the Odeh statue and re­ gence documents showed. the millions. By 1940, 6 million place it with one of Richard The discovery of the "Hitler copies of the book had been sold . Nixon or another distinguished accounts" .by the World Jewish The authors of the October A course for women Orange County resident. Congress was seen as underlin­ 1944 intelligence reports be­ Joyce Greenspan, Anti-Defa­ ing the importance of Switzer­ li eved that the Swiss bank held mation League director for Or­ land as a banking haven for the "foreign exchange revenues of serious about investing. a nge County, endorsed the Nazis. the Nazi Party abroad" in addi­ government's move. "We op­ World Jewish Congress re­ tion to foreign exchange rev­ pose all violence a nd ha te searchers recently have been enues from Hitler's book. Learn the basics of financial investing. crimes, whether the victim is examining World War II docu­ A spokesman for the Union Jewish or not," she said . ments in the U.S. National Ar­ Bank of Switzerland said it was Week 1: Wednesday, October 9 In addition to the newspaper chives as part of an ongoing ef­ illegal for the banks to discuss ads, the reward information has fort to locate the assets of Holo­ individualaccounts,so hecould Basics of Investing - Stocks and Bonds been posted on the FBI Home Page caust victims. not confirm or deny the exist­ on the internet (www. fbi .gov). Max Ammann, described in ence of the accounts. Week 2: Wednesday, October 16 . The1 FBI has asked anyone the documents as "a close col­ with information on the "per­ laboratorofHitler," oversaw the Mutual Funds, Government Securities son or persons responsible for accounts. In 1925, Ammann pub­ and Tax-Advantaged Investing the murderofOdeh" to call (800) lished Mein Kampf, Hitler's no- Bypass Road 705-6639. 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Its illustra­ hardship of life in the desert, mous Biblical art and placing it tions depicting Biblical events Miriamwasexpressinggratitude and New Terrorism Law on the nation's coinage. 1994's start with Adam and conclude for her people's freedom. by Shawn Cohen paring an amendment that subject was Rembrandt's "Bind­ with the song of Miriam in the The reverses show the face Washington Jewish Week likely will be presented to a ingoflsaac," and last year it was Book of Exodus, the subject of value, 1, 2 or 10 sheqels; the date WASHINGTON(JTA)-The House-Senate conference com­ "Solomon's Judgement." For the new coin. 5757 / 1996; "Israel" in Hebrew, counterterrorism legislation mittee later this year and be this year's issue, the subject is Miriam was the oldest sister English and Arabic; and the in­ approved earlier this year made attached to the foreign opera­ "Miriam and the women." of Moses and Aaron. The Bible scripti on "Miriam and the it possible for Americans to sue tions bill. For its newest coin design, does not lack for stories of her Women, Golden Haggadah, international sponsors of terror­ "To get monetary damages is the Bank of Israel looked back heroism,compassion, leadership Barcelona c. 1320" in English ism, but failed to specify not enough," said the aide. "Pu­ seven centuries, to the other end and intelligence. Designers and Hebrew. whether punitive damages nitive damages would be far of the Mediterranean. There, Oswald Adler and Gideon Keich The "Miriam and the Women" could be sought. greater retaliation against state they found "The Golden based their portrayal on a verse coins are struck in .900 fine gold This omission, a seemingly sponsors of terrorism." Haggadah," which was printed from the Book of Exodus (15:20): and .925 (sterling) silver. Quanti­ tiny detail in a complex and in Barcelona around 1320. "And Miriam the Prophetess, ties for worldwide distribution far-reaching bill, is a major The "Haggadah" is the ritual Aaron's sister, took the drum in are limited toarnaximumofl,500 oversight that could affect a text used in the celebration of her hand and all the women fo l­ gold pieces and 4,500 for each of series of lawsuits filed or soon Being able to sue for Passover. Over the centuries lowed her with drums and thesilverones. Pricesare$410for to be filed against a lleged Ira­ punitive damages "can they have varied in design and dance." the gold piece and $41 and $24 nian and Libyan sponsors of style. Older ones, in particular, The coins' obverse captures for the 2 and 1 sheqel, respec­ terrorism. mean the difference a re notable for the rich colors the women as they were offering tively. Toorder,contact the Israel Steven Perles, a Washington, between winning" and complex drawings and en­ their thanks for being delivered Government Coins and Medals D.C., attorney representing $500,000 and $50 million. gravings. Sources familiar with out of Egypt. Miriam is seen hold­ Corporation, at 5 Ahad Ha'am Steven and Rosalyn Fla tow, the the subject ca ll "The Golden ing a drum while leading the St., P.O. Box 7900, Jerusalem parents of Alisa Flatow, a 20- Steven Perles Haggadah" one of the earliest others in celebration. According 91078, Israel. year-old New Jersey woman who was killed in a terrorist attack last year in Israel, is plan­ While current federal law ning a lawsuit on their behalf does not allow for the pursuit of Netanyahu Defends ·Policies against the alleged Iranian­ punitivedamagesagainststates backed perpetrators of the in cases of terrorism, it does not ing the total number of Palestin­ by Matthew Dorf Netanyahu's meetings with Flatow incident. rule out pursuing punitive dam­ ians working in Israel to 50,000, WASHINGTON (JTA) Clinton and Christopher coin­ But he is delaying the suit ages against government­ Faced with mounting pressure cided withtheresurnptionoftalks as part of a further easing of the while pressing for additional backed agents of terrorism, between Israel and the Palestin­ closure imposed on the territo­ from the United States to changes to federal law that Perles said. ian Authority on implementing ries after the first suicide bomb­ redepoly Israeli troops from could improve his chances of "The· law is silent as to the self-rule accords, including most of Hebron, Israeli Prime ing earlier this year. success. Specifically, he is ask­ whether a state is financially the Hebron redepoly-ment. In his meetings in Washing­ Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ing members of Congress to responsible for punitive dam­ went on the offensive to defend ton, the Israeli premier focused amend further the Foreign ages of its "instrumentalities,"' his government's policies in a much of his attention on the Sovereign Immunities Act by he said. "It's a frightful can of recent visit to Washington, D.C. stalled talks with Damascus. allowing Americans to sue for worms. That's why I'd like to "If President Assad is U.S. officials have tried in vain At the same time, Netanyahu punitive damages in terrorist get some congressional guid­ sought to focus attention on interested in negotiating to secure a formula to resume cases, Being able to sue for ance before fi ling." finding a formula to resume peace, then I'm sure a talks between Israel and Syria punit ve damages "can mean To exploit that apparent loop­ talks with Syria during his sec­ forum can be found." that Israel suspended in early the difference between win­ hole, Perles is planning to use ond visit to Washington since March after Damascus fai led to ning" $500,000 and $50 mil­ not only Iran in the Fla tow case, taking office. Prime Minister condemn the suicide bombings. lion, Perles said. but also the Iranian intelligence Secretary of State Warren Benjamin Netanyahu After meeting for more than Perles, who began work on service that allegedly planned Christopher teamed up with an hour with Clinton, Netan­ the Flatow case last spring, the attack and Islamic Jihad, the President Clinton to deli ver the yahu told reporters that the after the original terrorism bill Gaza-based, Iranian-sponsored Israeli premier a direct message The redepolyment, originall y United States is putting forth a was passed, said he started organization that allegedly deto­ that the United States wants to scheduled for late March, was new proposal to restart Israeli­ seeking additional changes to nated the bomb. see a quick resolution to the postponed indefinitely by the Syrian peace talks. the Foreign Sovereign Immu­ Acrnrding to Perles, State long-delayed turnover of m

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MAX DUBITSKY EDITH A. LINDER SELMA 'MITZI' RESNICK FALL RIVER - Max PROVIDENCE - Edith A. PROVIDENCE - Selma Dubitsky, of Ship's Watch, 4001 Linder, 86, of The Summit, ''Mitzi" Resnick, 65, of 15 River JFS Presents Workshop North Main St., a pharmacist North Main Street, a bookkeeper Farm Road, Cranston, owner for 50 years who had founded for Linder Furniture before re­ and operator with her late hus­ on Grief Process the former Highland and Cen­ tiring 17 years ago, died Sept. 10 band of G.S.R. Vending Co. for Professionals who work with ers help families cope with the tral Drug Stores before retiring in the home. She was the widow 30years,andrecentlyemployed the elderly are often faced with emotions associated with loss 20 years ago, died Sept. 12 in of David Linder. in sales and delivery at Rain­ issues related to loss and grief. of a loved one, physical health Charlton Memorial Hospital. He Born in Providence, a daugh­ bow Bakery, died Sept. 12 in In response to this need, Jewish and independence. was the husband of Carolyn ter of the late Henry and Sarah Rhode Island Hospital. She was Family Service will present an (Levine) Dubitsky. (Greenstein) Brown, she had the widow of Gilbert "Gibby" in-service workshop on the A lifelong Fall River resident, lived in Providence most of her Resnick. grieving process and grief reso­ he was a son of the late Simon life. Born in Providence, a daugh­ The goal of the workshop lution on Sept. 25. is provide information and Ida (Misevitch) Dubitsky. She was a member of Hadas­ terofMary (Kaplan) Fishman of Led by Therese A. Rando, to He had been a founding sah and B'nai B'rith. She was a Cranston and the late Daniel Ph.D., a clinical psychologist on the grieving process. member of Temple Beth El. He formermemberofTempleSinai Fishman, she lived in Cranston whose specialty is loss and grief, was a graduate of Pharmacy and Temple Emanu-El and the for 37 years. the curriculum will provide an School. He was a SO-year-mem­ Crestwood Country Club. ShewasemployedattheState overview of the grieving pro­ The workshop is open to Se­ ber of the Fall River Masonic She leaves two daughters, House as an executive secretary cess and strategies for helping nior Adult Group Educators Lodge, and a member of the Fall Sara Sheiber of Canton, Mass., to former Secretary of State Den­ clients resolve grief. which includes those who work River Country Club. and Elaine Glick of Cranston; nis J. Roberts. She was actively Rando, who is the leading with the elderly from the Bureau Besides his wife, he leaves a two brothers, Albert Brown of involved in politics and was a national media resource expert of Jewish Education, Compre­ brother,Carlton DubitskyofFall Boca Raton, Fla., and Martin member and officer of the Young in dying, death and loss for the hensive Day Care sponsored by River, and a sis ter, Ann Brown of Lake Worth, Fla.; three Democrats. American Psychological Asso­ the Jewish Home Corporation, Sternschein of Hartford. grandchildren and two great­ She worked at local polling ciation, has published more than the Jewish Community Center of Graveside services were held grandchildren. She was the sis­ places in Providence and Cran­ 45articlesand chapters pertain­ Rhode Island, Jewish Eldercare Sept. 13 in Hebrew Cemetery, terof the late Dr. Ed ward Brown ston for many years. She was a ing to the clinical aspects of of Rhode Island, Jewish Family Fish Road, Fall River. Service and Isaac "Bro" Brown. member of NARFE, the DAV, thanatology - the study of Service, the Leisure Club at was coordinated by Mount Sinai The funeral service was held theAPWULadiesAuxiliaryand death. Temple Emanu-El, Shalom Memorial Chapel, 825 Hope St., Sept. 12 a tMax Sugarman Me­ theAARP. The goal of the workshop is to Apartments, a nd the Kosher Providence. morial Chapel, 458 Hope St., Besides her mother, s he provideinformationon thegriev­ mealsite in Cranston; as well as Providence. Burial was in leaves a daughter, Rhonda i ng process to those profession­ the staff of the Jewish Federation GEORGE GILBERT Lincoln Park Cemetery, War­ Godfrey of North Kingstown; a als with experience in grief coun­ of Rhode Island and community CRANSTON - George Gil­ wick. son, Steven Resnick of Cranston, seling and to provide strategies rabbis. bert, 87, of 36 Newell Road, an and a grandson. to deal with complicated mourn­ This in-service workshop is insurance agent for the Metro­ JACK LONDON The funeral service was held ing in a clinical setting. funded by a grant from the Jew­ politan Insurance Company NEW BEDFORD-Jack Lon­ Sept. 16 at Mount Sinai Memo­ JFS offers a broad range of ish Federation of Rhode Island. from 1937 until his retirement in don, of 18 Gould St., died Sept. rial Chapel, 825 Hope St., Provi­ support services for the elderly For more information, call JFS 1970, died Sept. 10 at home. He 13. He was the husband of dence. Burial was in Lincoln and their families. Social work- at 331-1244. was the husband of the late Miriam (Handler) London. Park Cemetery, Warwick. Lillian (Strauss) Gilbert. Besides his wife, he leaves Born in Brockton, Mass., a two daughters, Martha Nephew BELLA TRIEBW ASS ER Netanyahu, Weizman Excluded son of the late Harry and Sarah of Pepperell, Mass., and Joan PROVIDENCE - Bella (Millman) Gilbert, he had lived Orlofsky; threestepsons,James, (Silverstein) Triebwasser, 66, of From Rabin Yahrzeit Ceremony in Cranston for 35 years, previ­ Matthew and David Gilbert; a New York City, died Sept. 12 at ously living in Providence. sister, Evelyn Wine! of New Rhode Island Hospital. by David Landau in an editorial recently that the He leaves a son, Donald Gil­ Bedford. He was also the hus­ Born in New York City, a JERUSALEM (JT A) - A state ceremony commemorating bert of Cranston; a daughter, band of the late Evelyn (Bed rick) daughter of the late Joseph and Cabinet committee has drawn the first anniversary of the Nov. Linda Beth Gately of Mansfield, London. Freida (Buchsbaum) Silverstein, criticism for its decision to ex­ 4, 1995, assassination must rise Mass.; five grandchildren and Funeral services were held she was a graduate of Brooklyn clude President Ezer Weizman above Leah Rabin's sensitivities. three great-grandchildren. He Sept.16atTiferethlsraelCongre­ College. She was the wife of the and Prime Minister Benjamin "The Cabinet committee was the brother of the late Rossella gation, 145 Brownell Ave., New late Charles Triebwasser. Netanyahu from the list of Lovett and Betty Rotman. Bedford. Burial was in Plainville She is survived by two sons, speakers at the official ceremony The funeral service was held Cemetery, New Bedford. The Andrew Triebwasser of commemorating the anniver­ ''The Cabinet committee Sept. 12 from the Max Sugarman family was assisted with the ar­ Barrington and Joseph sary of the death of Yitzhak erred when it failed to Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope St., rangements by Max Sugarman Triebwasser of Washington, Rabin. Providence. Burial was in Lin­ Memorial Chapel, 458 Hope St., D.C.; a brother, Bernard Silver­ The decision, which was distinguish between the coln Park Cemetery, Warwick. Providence. stein of Woodmere, LI., N.Y., made recently by the Cabinet's family's ire and the and two sisters, Miriam Suss of ceremonies and insignia com­ New York City and Gertrude mittee, came in deference to the official nature of the Cohen of Jerusalem, Israel; and A subscription to the wishes of the Rabin family. ceremony." five grandchildren. The slain premier's widow, Editorial in Ha'aretz Rhode Island Jewish Herald Graveside services were held Leah Rabin, has expressed out­ at Baron Hirsch Cemetery, Staten rage at Weizman's failure to makes a great gift. Island, N.Y. The family was as­ mention her husband in his sisted with the arrangements by speechattheopeningofthenew erred when it failed to distin­ Call 724~0200 for more information. Max Sugarman Memorial Knesset earlier this summer. guish between the family's ire Chapel,458HopeSt.,Providence. She has also frequently and the official nature of the voiced the view that the politi­ ceremony," the editorial said. cal right, led by Netanyahu, was "Propriety and protocol re­ For over 40 years, the owner of Mount Sinai Memorial Chapel .. . indirectly responsible for the at­ quire that the president and the mosphere of threats that pre­ prime minister speak." Mitchell... has served Rhode Island Jewish families over 8,000 times .. . ceded Rabin's murder, and that The memorial ceremony is as a professional Jewish funeral director... as did his father and Netanyahu has never admitted scheduled forOct.24, which cor­ this responsibifity, much less responds to the 11th day of grandfather since the 1870s: .. with honesty apologized for it. Cheshvan, the Hebrew calendar and integrity. The Israeli daily Ha'aretz said date of the Rabin assassination. One of the reasons why the majority of Rhode Island Jewish families call Max Sugarman Ji... MOUNT SINAI Memorial Chapel ~ A MEMORIAL CHAPEL ~:'\ Certified by the /A\ Member of the Jewish ~ ~l R.l. Board of Rabbis :,.~ _.i Funeral Directors of America

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Voices of they are studied, texts that do We will Buy or ,.,,,__ said. the past continue to li ve with us, not become the subject of ongo­ NBL GREENFELD Consign One Item The Sierra Club also has an and in us,despite the passage of ing dialogue, atrophy and lose GENERAL CONTRACTOR m or a Full House Inner Cities Outing Program time. their relevance to our lives. The * ' which takes kids "that have A similar phenomenon oc­ Torah became a different docu­ 783-0519 never really been out of the city" curs every time a Jew sits down ment after it was studied by !Jk~upmwtt and gives them a chance to go to learn. The Jewish method of Rabbi Akiva, just as Rabbi Akiva HOME IMPROVEMENTS :JJwm camping and participate in other studying texts is marked by the was changed by his encounter NEW CONSTRUCTION 394 FALL RIVER AVENUE outdoor acti vities. Because he constant use of the present tense. with this sacred text. 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Indeed, we are part of a dis­ allowed them to remain relevant ity, it helps us understand the tinguished group: a 20th cen­ and alive. big picture," he said. Environ­ tury student interpreting the This holiday season, as we mentalism is about "preserving writings of a 12th-century com­ welcome guests into our sukkot, ! the big picture. mentator who is himself elabo­ let us resolve to engage in mean­ CLASSIFIEDS "ldon'texpect theSierraClub rating on the positions of a 3rd­ ingful dialogues throughout the 15 words for $3.00 • 12¢ each additional word I to take upon any particular reli­ century sage - all interacting, entire year that will help us to I gious faith," said the new presi­ all "talki ng" with one another. renew our traditions and im­ Category ______I dent of an organization that was Remarkably, this exchange prove the world. 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GreenShare Field Day Coming Up The University of Rhode Is­ Demonstrations will be • Bee keeping land will hold its sixth annual given on the following subjects: • Composting GreenShare Field Day on Sept. • Household pollution • Wild plant identification 28 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. It's free prevention • Plant propagation and it's fun for the whole family. • Sustainable landscape • How to care for your trees This year's field day features design • Apple growing and tasting demonstrations, tours, child­ • Cooking with plants from URI professionals and Mas­ ren's activities, soil testing, plant your garden ter Gardeners will analyze your and vegetable sales. There will • Growing medicinal herbs soil, test your drinking water, evenbesomeAfricandrumming. • Flower arranging identify plant diseases, weeds, and insect pests. Tours of URI's sustainable landscape gardens Blood Drive Coffee will also be conducted. A choice With the of great tasting food will be Scheduled available. The Rhode Island Blood Cen­ Candidates In addition, there will be ter will hold blood drives on the On Sept. 22, at 2 p.m. in the many educational exhibits spon­ following days: Janice A. Paff Auditorium, Uni­ sored by non-profit organiza­ Sept. 30 at Women & Infants' versity of Rhode Island College tions from all over Rhode Is­ Hospital, auditorium, 101 of Continuing Education Provi­ land. Dudley St., in Providence, from dence Center there will be a one Children will be offered a IO a.m. to 5 p.m.; on Oct. 1 at hour, informal meeting with variety of activities related to RIBC Aquidneck island Donor Rhode Island's state and na­ gardening, science, and the en­ Center, 700 Aquidneck Ave., in tional independent, Republican vironment. Kids can also go on Middletown, from3 to 7:30 p.m.; and Democra tic candidates. insect collecting ad ventures, cre­ on Oct. 2 at Rhode Island Col­ This is an opportunity to talk ate terrariums, and make birds, lege, Union Ballroom, 600 one-on-one with candidates bees, and butterflies from clay. Mount Pleasant Ave., in Provi­ about the issues and hear what Garden centers and plant so­ dence, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. they stand for. cieties will be on hand to sell plants for fall gardeners, and a group of local fa rmers will sell vegetables and flowers. Of Rhode Island's p. The Fourth Street Band wi ll ,te. 17-ze be performing folk music O s~ throughout the day. BAB EM BA USA will provide African drum­ E. SCAMPOLI ming and dancing. The event will be held on the grounds at G.I. Joe - LANDSCAPE CO., INC. URl's CCE Center, on East Lawn Care Professionals Alumni Ave., on the Kingston Complete Lawn Maintenance campus. 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Florentine Grille (1195 Douglas space limitationsand the nature Ave., North Providence, owned of this event, tickets will be re­ AJot of homeowners probably wish they'd had the and operated by Chef Nicholas quired for admission. Two hun­ roof fixed, gutters cleaned, windows repaired or D. Jannuccilli, Jr.). Levine will dred tickets will be distributed free to our customers on a first­ out) be on hand to autograph copies replaced, heating checked landscaping, lighting of the "masterpiece Edition" of come, first-served basis,at Books and driveways impr .. ore. Some who suffi his book-a handsomely bound on the Square, 471 Angell St., cabi~J~~~J.2,. wis~ they ~~d replaced their and illustrated volume pack­ Wayland Square, Providence ~·...... curtains, dil'pe g, furruture, kitchens and baths. aged with an authentic repro- (331-9097). 4® If you can provide these services 8 to our readers, why not advertise in our Home Improvement issue? 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