Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage E PAID Norwich, CT 06360 Permit #329 TH RETURN TO: 28 Channing St., New London, CT 06320 Serving The Jewish Communities of Eastern Connecticut & Western R.I. CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED VOL. XLIII NO. 2 PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY WWW.JEWISHLEADERWEBPAPER.COM JANUARY 27, 2017/29 TEVET 5777 NEXT DEADLINE FEB.3, 2017 16 PAGES HOW TO REACH US - BY PHONE 860-442-8062 • BY FAX 860-443-4175 • BY EMAIL [email protected] • BY MAIL: 28 CHANNING STREET, NEW LONDON, CT 06320 Israel 101 The Leader needs you! By Guy Carmi By Mimi Perl, Editor Jewish Leader A huge part of being a young emissary is doing presenta- As you read this, the annual appeal letter tions at public schools across will be in the mail and in some cases already in your mail the region. OnLyman January Memo-19, Tal box. rialand HighI gave School a very inspecial Lebanon, pre- PleaseLeader take the time to read the appeal letter carefully and sentation at consider the effort and costs involved in providing you with the throughout the year. Leader which meant a lot for me. Unlike many Jewish community newspapers who require The timing of the presen- their readers subscribe to receive the paper, the feels tation was quite interesting. strongly that every Jew should receive the paper to stay con- Only a few days before, Tal and nected to the community and to stay informed of the many I had switched host families. complex issues that confront us today as Jews and as human Tal moved from the Rowe’s to beings. Because of this philosophy, we continue to send the the Zettler’s, and I moved from paper to you issue after issue whether you support us finan- the Wolf’s to the Sackett’s. Be- cially or not. We count on your generosity to support us so cause the Wolf’s live in Leba- to come to Lyman. Because he connected his teacher to our Co- we can continue our mission of keeping you informed. non only minutes away from ordinator, Marcia Reinhard, we are the first emissaries to ever We understand that some of you are on fixed incomes and the school, we had a chance to present at Lyman High School. can only manage to give $18 per year to receive the paper stay with them the night be- The first presentation we gave at Lyman was to the entire and we appreciate the effort it takes. However, there are fore the presentation. freshman class in the school’s auditorium. We had a few guests many of you who have more wiggle room in your budgets My former host brother, who came to view our presentation: some of the school’s staff, and can afford to give more. We want to make it easier for Mike Wolf, goes to Lyman. He Sharon Conway, the Young Emissary program director, my for- you to give more without having to give it all at once; there- is the only Jewish kid in the en- mer host brother Mike Wolf (who was scheduled to be in an- fore, we added a sustaining model to our traditional annual tire school. He is a sophomore other class at that time) and my former host mom, Robin Wolf. giving model. and extremely active in Ly- Later in the day we gave the sameISRAEL presentation 101 CONT. to a ONgroup PG 10of You can participate in the sustaining model for as low as man’s Agriculture department. $5 per month or at higher levels of $6, $10, $20, $35 or more He was the one that helped us a month which spreads the out-of-pocket expense over a pe- Trump’s inflexibility and women riod of 12 orLeader more months. It is our hope that the addition By Leora Tanenbaum, of this new model will encourage readers who have not sup- Forward’s Sisterhood Blog ported the in Leaderthe past to begin this year. has been confirming his rigidity by combat- While we are grateful to the core group of people who ively invoking “America First,” despite its ugly have supported the over the years, we need Leader. the 75 Each morning, observant Jews pray that God history, and reiterating that his inaugural audi- percent of you who give nothing or who under-give to recon- will “zokef kefufim” — straighten the bent. I ence was the largest ever, flying in the face of sider and to join your fellow Jews in supporting the used to understand this prayer literally: that the facts. The only thing he bends is the truth. Echoes & Reflections those with physical disabilities should be able Call him “stiff-necked.” By Nickie Padilla, special to the Leader to participate fully in life’s activities. But with When women — motivated by the release of the intransigence of our new president, I’m now the 2005 tape in which Trump bragged about translating this prayer figuratively and re-as- grabbing women by the genitals — came for- On January 12, 2017, The Rose and Sig- sessing its message. The fact is that we all need ward with testimonials that he had sexually as- mund Strochlitz Holocaust Resource Center to know when to bend and when to straighten. saulted him, he not only denied the accusations continued onward with its mission to pro- On every level, and particularly with regard but doubled down: He claimed that every single vide educators in Eastern Connecticut with to issues important to women, Donald Trump one of his accusers was lying and threatened to valuable tools in which to teach and cre- has shown himself unwilling to bend. Last sue them. Former Apprentice contestant Sum- ate a comprehensive Holocaust education week, The New York Times described him with mer Zervos, who says that the president had course for their students. The Echoes and precisely this term—”unbent.” Politico reported kissed and groped her without her consent Reflections Holocaust Education teacher that Hillary Clinton’s aide who helped her pre- when she appeared on his program, has now training session was again held at the Zachs pare for the Trump debates impersonated him filed suit for defamation.TRUMP CONT. ON PG 13 Hillel House at Connecticut College. Marji in part by wearing knee pads to keep his legs Lipshez-Shaprio, from the ADL, facilitated straight.Partnership Since taking the oath2gether of office, Trump leaders visit New London the training. Twenty-four teachers were in attendance. Echoes and Reflections is a multimedia Nava Teitler, Chairwoman of the SNEC-Israel donors and Federation board members at the program that provides US secondary edu- Partnership and Naveh Yogev, Partnership Di- Holiday Inn in New London, visiting the Solo- cators with professional development and rector in Afula/Gilboa will be visiting the Jew- mon Schechter Academy in the afternoon and print and online resources to teach about Marji Lipshez-Sha- the Holocaust in today’s classrooms. It is a ish Federation on Thursday, January 26 after then addressing the JFEC Board of Directors in piro of the ADL with the paper went to press. the evening. combined effort of three world leaders in survivor Gisela Ad- education—the Anti-Defamation League, During their day here they will observe the A complete report on their visit will appear amski. ECHOES CONT. ON PG 13 Young Emissaries, Tal and Guy giving presenta- in the next edition of the Leader. tions on Israel in Colchester, having lunch with 2 THE JEWISH LEADER, JANUARY 27, 2017 Maybe I should eat before I write, but it’s so an- Israel/Palestinians renew noying. Before it was ok to just quietly retire, without any big expectations, but now they say water agreement I should have a second career, or write a book or By Times of Israel Staff at the very least have a make-over. Another arti- Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed an agreement to renew cooperation in water development after a six-year hiatus. enough to have been invented by Edison, why Dear Readers, - Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, head of the Coordinator of Govern- Well, it’s the end of January and I’m not quite cle talked about “re-inventing myself”—I’m old ment was simple, now I have to come up with - over my post-innauguration blues. I recently - read that January is the most depressing month, should I bother now? A few years ago retire ment toActivities restart thein the Israeli–Palestinian Territories office, Joint and Water the Palestinian Committee. Au and this year I agree. But, on the bright side, if thority’sThe committee Civil Affairs is taskedMinister with Hussein developing al-Sheikh and signed modernizing an agree you’re reading this, then we’ve all survived the a “care plan”, a “wellness plan”, and an “end-of- the water infrastructure in the West Bank, allowing better water lifefound plan”—if my G-spot. I could plan how my life would access to Palestinian towns and villages, maintaining existing in- be more positive this year, but already, the only end, it’d be a heart attack because Zeyda finally *** frastructure and approving new projects. firstresolution week withI’ve beenour new able President. to keep is I eating resolved des to- Created in 1995 as part of the Oslo II interim peace deal, the The other day my grandson asked me “Bub- committee was originally intended to be a temporary mecha- one—the secret to keeping any resolution is to sertonly first.make I’ve ones never you had know a problem you can keepingkeep. So that far him if I looked like someone who needed any- Key topics under discussion include increasing water sup- it’s worked for me—I have a 100% success rate thing else to do, but instead I told him a really nismplies lastingto the Westfive years.