Published by the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire Volume 40, Number 2 October 2019 Tishrei-Cheshvan 5780 LEADERSHIP & PHILANTHROPY JFNH Your Campaign Pledge Fights Anti-Semitism and Advances Has a Mandate for Holocaust Education in the Granite State ingly involved and active in our Federation By Campaign co-chairs Ken Litvack day September 15, you missed a very exciting With the rise in anti-Semitism and hate Moved! and Judith Jolton and educational event. One of our speakers, Please note the crimes in New Hampshire, your tax-deductible Kati Preston (see JFNH Facebook page for new address: We are excited to announce that we will be donation has never meant so much. Join us as recorded testimony of her Holocaust story), Jewish Federation launching our 2019-2020 campaign right after we strive to reach this year's goal of $300,000! is currently working on a bill with JFNH to the high holidays, and we're excited to contin- of New Hampshire Your support will help us to work more advance a mandate for Holocaust studies in ue our important work on behalf of our Jew- closely with the Israel Action Network (a New Hampshire schools. Twelve U.S. states 273 South River Rd. Unit #5 ish New Hampshire. branch of JFNA) to counter delegitimization have already enacted this type of bill, and we Bedford, NH 03110 If you've not supported campaign in years and other efforts to isolate Israel from the want to be next. The impetus for this bill was past, we urge you to do so now, as our work global family of nations, including opposing a direct result of our Annual Meeting. Kati While our physical location has never been more critical. BDS (boycotts, divestment, and sanctions). and the regional director of the ADL spoke has changed, these remain If you contributed last year, we strongly Wouldn't it be wonderful if we were one of to Governor Sununu during the Annual the same: urge you to increase your pledge. This is the the states that offers an Anti-BDS bill? We are Meeting, and he indicated he would support Email: [email protected] only way we can continue to grow and expand even hoping, in that not-too-distant future, to such a bill, so the wheels have been set in mo- Phone: 603-627-7679 all the wonderful programs and communal have a JFNH trip to Israel! Wouldn't you like tion to make this important change to get at Website: www.jewishnh.org support JFNH offers statewide! to join us? the root of hateful ideology! We want to encourage more and more New AM ISRAEL CHAI This is what happens when we sit down as a Hampshire communities to become increas- If you missed our Annual Meeting on Sun- Campaign continued on page 9 Federation Adds Eight Dynamic New Board Members Manchester — At the 2019 Annual Meet- can wife decided to move to the US. medicines and medical de- ing, Jewish Federation of New Hampshire an- After several years of sabbatical, seeing a vices for pharmaceutical nounced eight new, dynamic board members. trend in increased terrorism against houses of companies. In 2007, she Federation Voices 3 Pierre Bakis lives in New worship in Europe and the US, he renewed his went out on her own as a Calendar 4 Durham and is affiliated interest in the field of security. As a hobby, he clinical research consul- Your Federation at Work 7 with Chabad. also started training older people in self-de- tant, starting DePasse Campaign Dollars at Work 9 As a young man, he be- fense using a firearm and advising them on Clinical Research Con- longed to a synagogue in home security. From the Bimah 11 sulting, followed by De- Debbie DePasse Paris (Synagogue des After the Tree of Life synagogue massacre Passe Consulting Group. High Holidays 12 Tournelles). Already, 40 in Pittsburgh last October and recently the After several years of living in Brookline, Campaign Honor Roll 14-15 years ago, synagogues in Poway Chabad House shooting, it became his MA, and briefly living in Europe, Debbie re- Pierre Bakis Mitzvah/Giving 16 France had to deal with mission to teach Jewish and Christian houses turned to Londonderry, NH, with her hus- Education 17 terrorism. They were often vandalized and of worship to protect themselves. Pierre has band, Greg. They have three children: Rebec- In the Community 18 physically attacked during services. He was been a volunteer contributor to the security ca (age 14), Ben (age 12), and Sophia (age 9). Book Review 21 part of the team that designed and imple- plan at the new Bedford location of JFNH. Debbie found her connection to the Jewish Opinion 22 mented security best practices to proactively He strongly believes that everyone, regard- community in NH through the JFNH Pre- prevent and contain such attacks. less of their faith, has the fundamental right Recent Events 23 school. The DePasse family had at least one After college, he immigrated to Israel to live to pray without fearing for their lives. child in attendance at the JFNH Preschool Letters to the Editor 24 on a kibbutz in upper Galilee. Debbie DePasse, a member of Temple Isra- starting in 2007 and going through 2016. The Tributes 25 In 1982, during the Lebanon War, he served el, Manchester, lives in Londonderry. warmth and caring environment from the Business & Professional in a combat unit. He also provided armed pro- She attended the University of Rochester, staff and their devotion to the children made Services 26 tection to tourist groups visiting the country. graduating with a degree in biology in 1993. this an obvious choice for the DePasse family. A couple of years later, he and his Ameri- Since then she has worked researching new New Board Members continued on page 8 Change Service Requested Service Change PERMIT NO. 1174 NO. PERMIT MANCHESTER, NH MANCHESTER, Bedford, NH 03110 NH Bedford, PAID 273 South River Rd. Unit #5 Unit Rd. 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