24 Sivan 5768 Vol. VI - Issue XIII www:vhri.org June 27, 2008 Jewish fills the air at Camp JORI As Israel-Hamas ruach truce begins, New MarkoffSanctuary is dedicated to kick offthe Israelis warn camp's centennial celebration war may follow B Y R ICHARDASINOF Mortar, rocket rasinoj@;fri.org attacks from Gaza Photo by Alchard A51nof WAKEFIELD - On a beautiful L. RO BERT SA RKISI AN served summer Shabbat evening, as the sun set elicit no immediate for 28 years as the headmas­ over \1\/orden's Pond, the new Markoff Photographs courtesy of Camp JORI Camp JORI President Michael Schuster praises response from Israel ter at Meadowbrook School, Sanctuary resounded with the words of the Markoff family for its support at the dedica­ raising its endowment from an old Camp JORI cheer, as members BvRovEm\N S21 ,000 to S700 ,000. tion of the 385-seat Markoff Sanctuary. of the Markoff family joined together ]TA Staff Writer in expressing the incredible Jewish New interim spirit that pervades Rhode Island's JERUSALEM OTA) - While quality overnight Jewish camp: nowhere near coexistence, head of school Boom tikka boom Israel and H amas are trying I said~ boom tikka out an accommodation of sorts named at JCDS rocka tikka-rocka boom with an Egyptian-brokered Camp JORI truce in the Gaza Strip. Headmaster of Rah-rah-rah-rah The deal came into effect at dawn on June 19 and seemed to the Meadowbrook The celebration din ner brought together many See CAMP, Page 12 former campers and supporters. be holding until late I\ londay School named to night, June 23, when a Palestin­ one-year position ian mortar shell was fired into of The Meadowbrook School "I bring a lot of experience dnce to talk about his new job. Israel. On Tuesday, June 24, B, R 1cH \R0As1-:or outside Philadelphia, to a and success in running an Sarkisian's arrangement is several Kassam rockets landed in r,wnof@;fri.org one-year interim position. excellent, private independent for one year; in the mean time, southern Israel, slightly injur­ Sarkisian served for 28 years school," Sarkisian said, sit­ the school will conduct a search PROVIDENCE - The Jewish ing two people. Islamic Jihad ting down with JCDS Board for a more permanent head of C,,mmunin· Day School at Meadowbrook, the longest claimed responsibility for the tenure of any elementary of Trustees President Bruce school. However, Sarkisian indi- attack. 1JCDS • h,.; hir~d L. Robert school head in the country. Wolpert at Ihe Voice & Herald See JCDS, Page 10 ark1Sian, the headmaster See ISRAEL, Page 8 The Mother's Circle arrives in Rhode Island degree in Jewish Studies at program was run in Atlanta, Program supports Hebrew College. Ga. Today, there are some 30 moms who are "Even today, women tend to programs now offered through­ be the ones who are primar- out the country, including raising Jewish ily responsible for the religious programs in Boston, Springfield upbringing of the children," and Northampton, !\lass., and children, but who Haspel ,aid. "\Vhen the mother H artford, Conn. are not Jewish IS not Jew1sh, The fund hut he,, ing for Rhode r <ll' i.ng the ]<land's loth children a, Jew , 11 ere come~ from .1fes \lnJ']\IC the Helene r,ecds and lCS. ~ Mother's lfl J, 11ro 1l Ie haSICS 0f gr•m.• he the prngr<,m con1murrl. U1d11de • Ir c, "pr ·Kl a lWICC' ,l 111"11th PAGE 2 Jewish Voice & Herald June 27, 2008, ________________ QUOTE OF THE WEEK: Cameras give voice to Israeli, Palestinian kids "Just li ke se tting a beautiful table for a Shabbat dinner, you need to set the stage Exhibit at Boston well for proper negotiations." Public Library displays images Sally Lapides in honor SEE Page21 ofJerusalem Day BY P ENNY SCHWARTZ IN THIS ISSUE: Special To lhe Voice & Herald BOSTON - Two dozen Jewish and Palestinian kids from Jerusa­ The road to legality lem's Old City have turned Jason for an A+ student Eskenazi into a believer. Three years ago, the New York-based, SEE Page 11 award-winning photographer traveled to Israel for six months to teach a kids' photography class sponsored by Kids with Cameras, a non-profit group started by COMING NEXT ISSUE: Zana Briski, the Academy Award winning photographer and direc­ tor of"Born into Brothels." Pets on Parade Eskenazi spoke no Hebrew or Arabic. He arrived with little more than the tools of his trade - 24 cameras, 250 rolls of film , and a flyer translated into Arabic. He also says he didn't understand CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES Photo courtesy of Jason Eskenazi the ways in which photography or One of the im ages ca ptured by the young photographers in Jeru­ For Greater Rhode Island art could affect kids. salem. "The cameras gave voice to the ki ds," said Jason Eskenazi. Through trial and error, mis­ "There was no hidden agenda, no political motivation.· haps, and a touch of serendipity, Eskenazi learned the transforma­ develop an interest in learning sored by Zioni t House/Israel tive power of art, turning 24 kids about each other, as well. Cultural Center and the Con­ June 27 8:04 into keen-eyed photographers An exhibit of their stunning sulate General ofisrad to cw July 4 8:04 who chronicled their lives and the photographs, "Kids with Cam­ England. world they inhabit. Along with eras: Beyond the Wall," is now "My goal was to empower [the 1.. -· I' July 11 8:01 developing pictures, he earned on view through July 31, at the kids) to see the world they live their trust and helped them Boston Public Library, co·spon- See KIDS, Page 7 July 18 7:57 . July 25 7:51 -- ·cc 401 ~hnqrove ave. 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Trujillo do this? was given 80 "We are taught to always remem­ Europe arrived; each Not out of altru­ acres, 10 cows, ber where we came from and to ism. He hoped a mule and a give back," he said. family was given the international horse. "It's like Pichardo said the trip left a 80 acres, IO cows, a community the American profound impression on him. would overlook homesteaders," While there he met with 100- mule and a horse the massacre of said Pichardo. year-old Luis Hess, the first 20,000 H aitians The Jewish refugee to arrive from Germany. BY l\ 1ARY Ko RR [email protected] by his govern­ community He also met Denny Herzbeg, ment in 1937. soon opened the first Jewish child born in this PROVIDENCE - State Sen. He also wanted a cooperative Hispanic refuge, and visited the Juan .lll. Pichardo (D-Dist. 2) to "whiten" the dairy facility old "sinagoga" and the Museo was born in the Dominican island, hoping for which produced Judio. Republic but it was only recently eventual inter­ milk, butter and The April delegation was that he became aware of the role marriage among cheese. A medi­ comprised of27 members from his country played in rescuing the refugees and cal clinic soon the Dominican-American Jews from the H olocaust. Dominicans. opened as well, National Roundtable (DANR), ln his office in the State l n addition, the and a school. the American Jewish Commit­ H ouse, he shows photos of island, when it Photo courtesy of Sen. Juan Pichardo "The refugees tee (AJC), Alianza Dornini­ himself and a joint Jewish-Latino was known as SEN . JUAN PICHARDO, right, with 100-year-old Luis Hess, the had a profound cana, the office of New York American delegation visiting the Hispaniola, had a first refugee to arrive from Germany. Hess is economic impact State Sen. Eric Schneiderman remnants of the Jewish com­ history of wel­ holding a photo of his wife on the island," and a community college. munity in Sosua, a tiny seacoast coming the Sep­ Pichardo said. Over the past few years the town in the northeast part of the hardic Diaspora. "The Museum of Jewish Heritage in Today, Pro­ AJC has partnered with the island where an amazing story H e also wanted to ductos Sosua Dominican American com­ began to unfold in 193 8. populate the island New York City is holding an exhibition provides most of munity on immigration reform, At that time, President with citizens who of the Jewish community of Sosua in the the dairy prod­ the growing need for immigrant Franklin D .Roosevelt assembled would not become ucts and meat for services, and building relation­ 32 nations in Evian, F ranee, public charges.