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Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation gears up 8 for the summer

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Rabbis Samuel Barth, David Klatzker and Steven Rubenstein outside the Danversport Yacht Club at a going away party held for Klatzker.

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tions that will make use of both newly acquired and pre-existing skills.

Three area rabbis are moving on to their next acts in new cities. Temples B’nai Abraham in Beverly, Ahavat Achim in Glouces ter and Ner Tamid in Peabody voted not to renew the contracts of Rabbis Steven Rubenstein, Samuel Barth and David Klatzker respectively. All three have found new posi-

Rabbi Steven Rubenstein Rabbi Rubenstein will be the full-time staff rabbi for Shalom Cares in Aurora, Colo., an elderly community with independent living, assisted living, a nursing home, hospice and other services along a continuum of care. continued on page 28

Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley spoke at Temple Sinai.

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MARBLEHEAD — In a historic visit to Temple Sinai in Marblehead on June 20, Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley spoke about the long-standing relationship between Jews and Christians.

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Greeting the enthusiastic crowd of 300 with a hearty “Shalom Alaichem,” the Fran ciscan friar, who currently serves as Archbishop of Boston, spoke movingly about the strong bonds and common values shared by both groups.

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Providing Aid for Africa Family Raises Awareness, Funds With a Tanzanian-Style Craft Market Susan Jacobs

designer) and Tali (an artJewish Journal ist), helped Staff their youngest daughter Twelve-yearmake a batch old Noa Minelli of Africanof Marblehead inspired jewelwas surprised ry, t-shirts and to learn that notepads. She African chiland her classSusan Jacobs mates then sold dren must pay to attend After her parents, Mark and Tali the goods at a school. Since Minelli, visited Tanzania, 12-year-old Tanzanian-style the average Noa decided to help raise money craft market annual income for a vocational village school there in the lobby of by making and selling Africanfor a family in inspired crafts. Ma r b l e h e a d’s Tanzania is Village School. $400, many Tanzanians, especialPricing tie-dyed t-shirts at $10 ly girls, are deprived of an educa- each, Maasai-inspired beaded tional experience that American bracelets at $2, and beaded rings youths take for granted. and small notepads with authenTouched by their plight, the tic African designs at just a dolsixth grader created a bat mitzvah lar each, they quickly sold out of project designed to raise aware- nearly everything. To raise even ness and funds to help African more funds, the family assemyouths afford to go to school. bled several raffle baskets and put continued on page 12 Noa’s parents, Mark (a graphic

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Hillel Trip Helps Rwandans Cory Meyer

Focus on teens

trip actually is. Agahozo Shalom Youth Village is a Editor’s note: place of hope, Cory Meyer and where “tears are Allie Frankel of dried” (signiMarblehead fied by the spent 10 days Kinyarwanda this spring word “agahovolunteering zo”) and where at Agahozo the aim is to Shalom Youth live in peace Village, a resi(from Hebrew, dential com“shalom”). The munity in rural marrying of these Rwanda that is two languages home to orphans and concepts in of the 1994 genocide. the name of the vilThe program was lage is intended as a Courtesy photo reminder of the sucorganized through the Cory Meyer of Hillel at the University cess of similar efforts of Wisconsin in Marblehead interacts in Israel, where genowith a Rwandan boy. Madison. Below, Meyer cide also changed the shares excerpts from his journal. face of a nation. We met some of the ASYV staff, March 11-12 had dinner and then decided to We flew from Chicago to go out on the town. We taxied to a Brussels and on to Kigali, Rwanda. dance club called Papyrus, which Entering the warm, humid, was absolutely hopping with continued on page 4 African air, I realized how real this

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Reading Students Make a World of Difference Linda Snow Dockser, Ph.D. Special to the Journal

READING — Students who commit to being catalysts of change can make a “World of Difference.” This philosophy at Reading Memorial High School has been enhanced by their participation this year in the AntiDefamation League’s “A World of Difference Program.” The program trains and empowers young people to interrupt and prevent incidents of name-calling, bullying and cyber-bullying, while educating their peers in an effort to create a more respectful school climate. The hope is that young people who have been exposed to the program will become leaders and mentors within the community and beyond. “Like many schools, we are disturbed by the reports of bullying, and see a real connection between bullying behaviors at the high school level and more institutionalized forms of bullying and aggression,” said RMHS library-media specialist Sharon Burke. A sophomore last year, Nate Shaffer was the catalyst for the AWOD Program at the Reading high school. He was moved by a powerful presentation he watched called “You Don’t Know Me Until You Know Me.” Speaker Michael Fowlin likened people to oysters, explaining: A person’s problem is like the grain of sand in the oyster’s shell. The irritant changes the oyster as it copes, ultimately developing a pearl, something valued by the outside world. People have the same potential: they can grapple with their problem, ultimately using their lessons and scars to help themselves and others. The Reading program is coordinated by Mary Allard and Laurie Smith, who trained last summer with the support of RMHS Principal Elinor Freedman, a veteran of Wakefield’s AWOD Program. To be chosen as a peer leader,

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Above, Reading Memorial High School peer leaders who participated in the ADL’s “A World of Difference Program” visited Coolidge Middle School several times this past winter. Below, peer leaders Courtney Edson and Olivia Fraser help Parker Middle School students create identity sculptures from pipe cleaners.

students had to submit written applications and be interviewed. Seventy applied; only 30 were selected. To achieve diversity, “we tried to include athletes, musicians, and community servants, [and considered] ethnic, gender and personality differences,” Freedman said. Peer leader Brittany Marshall, a senior, recounted being cyberbullied after a romantic relationship went sour. Another student or group of students created a MySpace page portraying her as a drug addicted “sex kitten.” She was devastated that no one questioned or told her about the page until her “ex” sought a restraining order to stop the

“continuous hounding” by her fake page on his MySpace page. Although the page was eventually shut down, she continues to be haunted by the incident. “The emotional wounds of this cyber-bullying stick with me and have pushed me towards being a better person, helping anyone else who gets bullied, because I don’t want to see anyone go through what I endured,” Marshall said. “All of us joined [AWOD] because we know our school environment needed a change. I’m a peer leader, not because I want to change people, but because I want to inspire people to want to make the change

within themselves. If I can do that for at least a few people, I call it a success,” said Sarah Brugman, a senior at the school. Peer leaders do thought-provoking projects with the students, and challenge them to look beyond stereotypes. They introduce youths to “The Pyramid of Hate” — a metaphor that illustrates how one act of bias can arise from people’s conscious or subconscious beliefs. Intended or not, the bias can support acts of prejudice and bigotry. They explain how a single act or word choice can escalate into discrimination, harassment and exclusion, which can eventually lead to violence, including genocide. They point out that one seed planted at the bottom of the pyramid can grow, ultimately blossoming into a very ugly crop of discrimination. Over the course of the year, peer leaders meet regularly to reflect on their own attitudes and behavior, while continuing to develop and improve their presentations. By sharing their own stories and confronting their own prejudices, they hone their sensitivity and skills, and devise ways to capture the interest of ambivalent or resistant listeners. The ripples begun at Reading Memorial High School have spread to the middle schools. Reading’s Coolidge Middle School Principal Craig Martin is adding its own AWOD program in order “to provide a new structure for our peer leader program.” Parker Middle School Principal Doug Lyons plans to collaborate with Coolidge and is considering expanding its program. There is power in students teaching students. Reading’s young, ADL-trained peer leaders have been a catalyst for change, helping to create a safe, positive school culture, and an environment in which bystanders will speak up if someone is being hurt. In short, students and staff in Reading are making ‘a world of difference!’

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Medford Loses a Beloved Matriarch

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MEDFORD — The Jewish community in Medford and around the world this week mourned the death of Charlotte Bloomberg on June 19 at age 102. Mrs. Bloomberg was a philanthropist and strong supporter of Jewish causes, both locally and internationally. “We lost a matriarch of our community. We are all grappling with it. She had a special connection to us all. She was 102, so intellectually we knew her time was limited, but it is still nonetheless hard to take,” said Charlotte Potak, current president of Temple Shalom-William and Charlotte Bloomberg Jewish Community Center in Medford, where Mrs. Bloomberg was a member. Bloomberg, the mother of billionaire and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg L.P., the financial news service, died at her home. While other family members lived in lavish homes, Mrs. Bloomberg preferred to stay in Medford in the home where she raised her children, Mayor Bloomberg and her daughter, Marjorie B. Tiven. Harriet Sandberg recalled Mrs. Bloomberg as a wonderful woman who always wanted to learn things. “Fifteen years ago, I started a Hebrew class for beginners and she joined my class. I asked her if she had ever studied Hebrew and she said that girls were not taught in her day and that she

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Charlotte Bloomberg, center, after inserting the certificate commemorating the inauguration of the MDA Jerusalem Station Project. From left, Eli Bin, of Magen David Adom Israel; her daughter, Marjorie Tiven; Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Professor Avi Israel, formerly with the Ministry of Health; Mark D. Lebow, with American Friends of Magen David Adom; and former Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski.

had always wanted to learn. She became a student at 87 years old, and was the best one in the group. She was so enthusiastic and it meant so much to her,” Sandberg said. A few years later, in her 90’s, Mrs. Bloomberg served as copresident of Temple Shalom with June Klein. “She was a special lady in our community, long before she was a donor. Our building is named for her (and her late husband) because of the beautiful woman that Charlotte Bloomberg was,” Potak said. In addition to her beloved synagogue, Mrs. Bloomberg was a supporter of Hadassah and Magen David Adom, along with other causes. A statement released by Hadassah called

her “an inspiration to the entire Zionist movement.” “The Jewish people, Israel and Hadassah have lost a truly inspirational figure, a role model and a friend,” said Hadassah National President Nancy Falchuk. “We are tremendously sad at her passing but also incredibly grateful for the legacy she left us and the rich, full life she shared with us.” In 2003, the Mother and Child Center at Hadassah Ein Kerem named for Mrs. Bloomberg, the oldest living alumna of Hadassah’s premier youth program, Young Judaea, as well as a generous supporter of it. Mrs. Bloomberg is survived by her children, five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

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Rwanda

March 15 Today we carried boulders in our hands and on our shoulders, while women balanced upwards of five stones on their heads. Later we went with the kids to their weekly Tikkun Olam, where they go into the nearby town and help poor families with labor, or go to schools to help teach. I helped clear weeds out of a potato farm.

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Kigali locals on a Saturday night. We drank a plenitude of beer and danced in a sweaty room with newly-made Rwandan friends. It was our one opportunity to enjoy Rwandan nightlife, and we made the most of it. I situated my mosquito net over my bed before falling asleep. March 13 I woke up to the sound of roosters. Before breakfast, I engaged in conversations with a couple of Rwandans who showed immense appreciation for my visit, and frequently bestowed blessings on me for my desire to provide aid to the country. Following breakfast, we met outside for kavanah — a 10-minute, student-led focus section to discuss a theme or idea. We then drove into Kigali where we visited the Kigali Memorial Centre. The museum did a great job detailing the horrific events that led Rwanda into complete and utter despair. Rather than feeling sadness, the museum enforced angry and frustrated feelings for me. I, along with the rest of the group, commented on just how little was done amongst the international community, while such horrifying, senseless and grotesque killings were carried out against innocent Rwandan people. Shame on us! We held a small memorial service on the grounds where over 258,000 bodies were buried. The museum staff continues to

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The University of Wisconsin Hillel group volunteered at Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda. Some of the students are pictured above, working in the garden.

find corpses in the surrounding area, so more graves are in the process of being dug. March 14 In the dining hall with the rest of the 375 students, we met Ilan, the interim director of ASYV. He differentiated the Rwandan genocide from the Holocaust — explaining that the Germans were not even as systematic as the Hutu, who intentionally raped women while carrying HIV+ blood, in order to maim future generations of Tutsi. Under the mango tree, the center place of the village, Rachel explained how each of the residential huts is strategically placed to have a view of the scenery. “If you can see far, you can go far,” explained Rachel. For our service work, we are going to

create a central park area for the village, including a garden and some chess tables. Liberal arts periods offer students a supplement to their daily mathematics, physics, history, computer and English classes. I attended the guitar enrichment program. I sat next to a boy named Claude, and showed him how to tune the guitar. We sang “No Woman, No Cry” together. After dinner, we went to Family Time, which was incredible. Niko and I were assigned to a house with 16 children. The kids asked us many intuitive questions which were political in nature and extremely intelligent. I cannot get over how utterly genuine they are. They are more responsible, well-mannered and self-motivated than most Americans I know at their age.

March 16 After a long morning of work, we met with the principal of the school, Wilton Ndayis. He told us about the history of the genocide from a very personal perspective. His brother was slaughtered by Hutus, and he explained that he shot and killed the man who murdered his brother. I had a wonderful conversation with Emmanuel about the subjects that he is studying, including economics and complex trigonometry. I really got to see just how challenging the classes are at ASYV. These children need scholarships to help them get into universities. We need to do our part to help ensure that goals such as these can actually be achieved. March 17 We left ASYV for the day, heading into the towns of Butare and Murambi. Murambi and the site of its Genocide Memorial Museum originally had been constructed to be a new school in town. Yet before it was completed, the government, as well as Hutu militia, convinced fleeing

Tutsis to leave their local churches and seek refuge at the school. Over 55,000 Tutsis flocked to the site at Murambi, believing that they would safely escape death. Instead, they walked into a trap. Hutu militia used the school as a mass-murdering facility, killing thousands upon thousands of innocent Rwandan men, women and children. I saw bodies upon bodies. Bodies of women, still wrapped in the cloth they wore when they were murdered. Bodies of men, whose hair was still intact on their skulls. Bodies of small children. Bodies of babies. Each room was filled with a pungent stench of limestone and bones. It was the smell of horrific mass murder. It was impossible not to cry. “I’m so sorry” was one message I persistently sent to these resting corpses. They were innocent. They were tortured and mutilated as the world watched from their living room. There’s no excuse for the world’s decision to simply turn the other cheek. We held a memorial service prepared by Hillel. The service was extremely moving, as our somber group read through several Jewish prayers of mourning. Our Rwandan tour guide commented afterwards on how some groups come to the museum and leave, whereas ours seemed to truly understand the impact and heartbreak that he and the rest of his country feels. This country remains an open wound.

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Above, from left: Derrek L. Shulman, ADL New England Region Executive Director; Andy Caplan, outgoing North Shore Advisory Committee Chair; Phyllis Sagan, incoming North Shore Advisory Committee Chair; Loren Weston, recipient 2011 Community Service Award; Mike Sheetz, ADL New England Region Board Chair; Ruth Budelmann, recipient 2011 Community Service Award; Mass. Supreme Judicial Court Justice Robert J. Cordy; Jonathan Blodgett, Essex County District Attorney

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The University of Wisconsin Hillel group in Rwanda.

March 18 Today was the last day of service work, and we aimed to finish the project we started six days ago. We helped clear the site of excess boulders and dirt, and built tabletops by pouring cement into wooden frames. Some of the girls worked on a beautiful tile mural to place on the inside, with the Wisconsin logo and the year. Later, walking back from the market, I met a young boy. He described (in what little English he knew) his love for soccer, but disappointment in not having a ball. I wished I could provide one for him. We showered in preparation for Kabbalat Shabbat. We sang in Kinyarwanda, English and Hebrew. Afterward, everyone went outside for a two-plushour dance marathon. One thing that I have been pondering is the plausibility of acquiring scholarships to universities. These kids are so intelligent and have incredibly bright futures. Many won’t be able to reach their full educational potential because of financial reasons. This is difficult to swallow. I am eager to see if there is a way to help donate to scholarship funds once we are home. March 19 I woke up early for a run that didn’t happen because of the rain. We worked, relaxed, had dinner and watched a movie. March 20 Today is our last day at the village. After another late night playing guitar, we had an extraearly wake-up to see the sun rise atop the village. We attended a church service, where the youth choir sang. Students would pick up the microphone to lead the community in various prayers. A few prayers were particularly inspiring. One thanked God for all He has given us.

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Considering the experiences that these teens have endured, I found it absolutely remarkable that they remained thankful for “all that they had.” This speaks once again to the sheer selflessness and good nature of these outstanding human beings. They have such great values, understand their priorities, and strive to achieve such incredible aspirations. Overall, this church service was one of the more powerful religious experiences I have had, and I will remember it for the rest of my life. We went to dinner — our last at ASYV. By this point, our group was really feeling the pull on our heartstrings, as we all knew we were about to end our personal relationships with these inspirational friends. Many of the kids made cards for us, which were remarkable to read. We had a great campfire set up outside one of the guest areas, and celebrated Purim with music and s’mores. Great fun, and a wonderful, meaningful last day.

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March 21 Our hearts are heavy as we say goodbye to the children whose lives we have touched, and who have absolutely touched ours. It has been an absolutely incredible, meaningful and eyeopening experience. While I have many of their emails and Facebook links, we live a world apart. I will strive to keep in touch with them, and will look to be an “ambassador” for this beautiful country. People need to know that Rwanda isn’t just an African, genocide-torn country. We need to bring back a different message — that this country is beautiful, both in nature and in its people. w Cory Meyer will be a junior at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

JNF Offers Alternative Break Trips for Young Adults Jewish National Fund will offer numerous week-long community service trips to Israel for young adults, ages 18-30, during winter 2011 and spring 2012 breaks. From painting low-income housing projects to gleaning surplus harvests for needy families and creating urban community gardens for Ethiopian immigrants, Alternative Break participants do a wide variety of tasks. In the past five years, JNF has brought over 1,000 college students and young professionals to Israel with its Alternative Break community service trips in December and during spring break. “This program was one of

the best experiential learning programs in which I have participated,” said past participant Matthew Sackett. “My love and appreciation for the State of Israel grew exponentially as the trip progressed. From working on a community garden to building a farm to helping with the Mt. Carmel fire relief efforts, I learned about the Negev and Israel in a whole new light.”    Departure dates for the winter break trips are December 17 and December 24, and reservations are being accepted now. For further information, go to jnf.org/break, call 212879-9305 x245, or email education@jnf.org.

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hose of us attending the Jewish Journal’s recent event honoring medical mitzvah heroes might have found that our honorees did something far more important that night than receive our admiration. We soon found ourselves participants in a master class, learning from people who embody some of Judaism’s core values: working to heal a fractured world; giving of themselves to restore dignity to people who had lost it due to their physical frailties. We are inspired by those who travel great distances to help others in despair, and we hold them up as heroes, offering accolades they rightly deserve. Our world has room for many such heroes. But heroism does not require medical training. It doesn’t even require a plane ticket or passport. For those of us with the courage and the will, we can do something to feed the hungry, house the homeless, and clothe the naked. We can be heroes by helping someone to become self-sufficient

— something that Maimonides ranked as the highest degree of tzedakah. We can give guidance to a child who needs a supportive big brother or sister, or tutor a child who needs help learning. Sadly, there are many opportunities for heroism so very close to our own homes. In the weeks and months ahead, we will bring such opportunities to light through our pages and our website in the hopes that the numbers of our heroes will increase. We can’t promise you a fete to celebrate your service, but as many of our honorees told us that night, the greatest reward is in the grateful smile, in the knowledge that one has given what one can to make this world that much more whole, even if for only one person. The Talmud teaches that one who saves one person is like one who has saved an entire world. There are many worlds around us waiting for our help. Let’s follow the lead of our heroes; let’s all be those heroes.

letters to the editor Don’t Expect a Tsunami The headline of Charles Freilich’s article “Waiting for the Tsunami” (Journal, June 9) is sensational, but none-the-less useful in attracting reader attention to the important pending U.N. General Assembly resolution calling for the establishment of a Palestinian state. The article itself, however, falls far short of describing a “tsunami” should the initiative pass, as expected. Mr. Freilich explains that the consequence of this unilateral declaration and confirmation by the U.N. General Assembly of a 23rd Arab state will be a diplomatic defeat for Israel. So, what’s new? Israel, for 63 years, has been the object of, and has endured, literally dozens of hostile U.N. resolutions, including the calumnious “Zionism is racism” abomination. So in the scale of Israeli diplomatic defeats at the hands of the U.N., where does this pending resolution stand? In my opinion — low on the scale. My opinion is bolstered by recent reports that Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas is looking for a way out of his U.N. bid for statehood. My thinking is based on the following: • The U.N General Assemblydeclared Palestinian State will be illegitimate. The U.N. by-laws require that a new state can only be established if nominated by a unanimous vote of the U.N. Security Council. President Obama has announced that any such motion will be vetoed by the United States. • The proposed Palestinian state, at its birth, will be an economic and financial failed entity, dependent for its subsistence

on the kindness of strangers, soto-speak. The per-capita gross national product of the proposed state is insignificant. Its people subsist almost entirely on donations from the nations of the European Union and the United States. • The proposed state will not only be illegitimate under international law, it will be branded a terrorist state as well. The political structure of the state will include Hamas, already declared a terrorist organization by the United States and many European countries, ineligible for support of any kind. • The relative prosperity of the West Bank as compared to the Gaza Strip is due to cooperation of Abbas with Israel and the presence of Israeli troops. Statehood will result in cessation of Israeli cooperation, which, along with withdrawal of financial support by the U.S. and other countries, will exacerbate the dissatisfaction with their rulers, of an already restive population. • As matters now stand, missile and other attacks from Gaza on Israel bring a muted response, if any, from Israel, for fear of international condemnation. With the establishment of a Palestinian state, Israel will be free to react, as they are, from an attack from Lebanon, Syria or any other state. Abbas realizes his bid for statehood is a blunder. Mr. Freilich acknowledges that, “On the ground, however, nothing will change…” Diplomatic defeats are unfortunate, but a “tsunami” it will not be. Robert I. Lappin Swampscott

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Tucked away at 8 Pierpont Street in Peabody is Congregation Tifereth Israel, founded in 1922. It is the only Sephardic shul north of Boston. It is amazing how many people in the North Shore are unaware of its existence and find out only by word of mouth. I hope the North Shore Jewish community will find that we DO exist, and are alive and well. We hope it will no longer be “the best kept secret” of the North Shore. Elliot Hershoff President Congregation Tifereth Israel Peabody

(This letter was written to Cunard Cruise Lines and cc’d to the Journal.) I am 85 years old and a WWII veteran. I love cruising as a World Club member, plus cruises on Costa Lines, Princess, etc., will account for the numerous trips I have taken in the Carribean, Europe and the Mediterranean — on ships owned and/or controlled by Carnival — which is controlled by you. I have searched the atlas and all of your brochures. I see listings of many countries, old

and new, but alas, there is no country called “Holy Land.” Are you ashamed to use the name “Israel”? Yes, I am a Jew. So are you. Are you afraid to use the name Israel for fear of losing some anti-Semitic clients? Although I am presently booked on the HAA-Statendam in December, 2011, I have decided I will make no future bookings on any line that substitutes “Holy Land” for “Israel.”

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Thanks for the Paper Thank you, thank you, and thank you for sending my uncle, Alfred Cushing, a oneyear subscription of the Jewish Journal to the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home for his 90th birthday. My Uncle Al and I really appreciate it. He is so thrilled to get your newspaper. He is in a wheelchair at the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home, and reading your newspaper helps to keep his mind sharp and in touch with what’s happening in the Jewish community here in America, and overseas. My Uncle Al enjoys the Jewish Journal because it is diversified and contains a wide variety of viewpoints. I have read your newspaper as well. It is a very fine newspaper. It is well written. I know you probably do not get many thanks for a job well done. I just want to applaud you and your staff for writing such a wonderful paper. Rosalind Berman-Myerson Quincy

Kudos to you on the outstanding appearance of the June 9 issue of the Jewish Journal. It was one of the finest I have seen. The quality of the stock paper itself was excellent, but what was written on the pages was the BEST! You have certainly upgraded

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A Q&A with Boston Globe Columnist Jeff Jacoby Cindy Mindell Connecticut Jewish Ledger

eff Jacoby has been an op-ed columnist for The Boston Globe since February 1994. A former political commentator for WBUR, Boston’s National Public Radio affiliate, Jacoby recently spoke with the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. Q: You speak about “The ‘Peace Process’ and Other Myths of the Middle East.” We usually don’t see “peace process” and “myth” in the same sentence. A: There are an awful lot of things people “know” about the Middle East and the Israeli-Arab conflict that aren’t true. So an essential step toward making any sort of progress is distinguishing between what’s real and what’s not real. I try to clear away the idea that the root of the conflict is Jewish or Israeli “occupation;” that all the Palestinians want is the homeland that was “stolen” from them; that there’s a twostate solution to the Arab-Israeli

conflict; that, in the words of Yitzhak Rabin, you have to make peace with your enemies, not your friends. I don’t believe that’s true. These are themes that get expressed over and over, that countless people accept without thinking about. But if you look closely at these themes, they don’t stand up to scrutiny. There is not a peace process worthy of that name, and the more the world pushes for a peace process — including the Israeli and American governments — the more real peace recedes. Instead of peace, Israel’s goal should be victory. Victory in this case doesn’t mean a military triumph. It means that the Palestinians and the wider Arab world accept Jewish sovereignty and a Jewish state as a permanent fact of life. It means getting the Palestinians and Israel’s other Arab enemies to give up their goal of ending Israel’s existence. The Palestinians want an end to the Jewish state; the Israelis want that Jewish state to be accepted by its neighbors. This

is a case where only one side can win. I want it to be Israel. There are some myths that go to the very roots of the conflict itself. The myth that Jewish occupation caused the conflict is extremely easy to debunk. In 1967, when Jordan, Egypt and Syria set out to eradicate Israel, there was no occupation of the Golan or Gaza or Judea and Samaria. And yet the conflict blazed. The PLO was founded in 1964, three years before the Six Day War. Clearly it wasn’t created to liberate the “occupied territories” — there weren’t any in 1964! The conflict is about the existence of a Jewish state, not about Gaza or the West Bank. Q: How can Israel get the Arab world to accept Jewish sovereignty?   A: Israel needs to return to its policy of deterrence and strength — to making it clear to friend and foe alike that nobody and nothing can hurt the Jewish state with impunity. Instead of constantly talking about concessions and withdrawals and

wanting to negotiate peace, the Israeli position should be to impress on its enemies one overriding reality: The Jewish state is here to stay. Q: How do you interpret President Obama’s speeches in May calling for negotiations to begin with the ’67 lines? A: It is clear to me that President Obama, unlike his two predecessors, feels little instinctive warmth for Israel. Between picking fights over housing starts in Jerusalem or insinuating that Israeli policy in Gaza endangers U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the president seems at times to go out of his way to telegraph an aloof coolness toward the Jewish state. In my view, that is why Obama’s talk of an Israeli retrenchment to the pre-1967 lines — which are really the 1949 armistice lines — provoked such a strong reaction. It reinforced what many friends of Israel see as Obama’s lack of empathy for Israel’s security predicament. It suggested that he is a lot more interested in a “peace

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very Arab-Israeli negotiation contains a fundamental asymmetry: Israel gives up land, which is tangible; the Arabs make promises, which are ephemeral. The long-standing American solution has been nonetheless to urge Israel to take risks for peace while America balances things by giving assurances of U.S. support for Israel’s security and diplomatic needs. It’s on the basis of such solemn assurances that Israel undertook, for example, the Gaza withdrawal. In order to mitigate this risk, President George W. Bush gave a written commitment that America supported Israel absorbing major settlement blocs in any peace agreement, opposed any return to the 1967 lines and stood firm against the so-called Palestinian right of return to Israel. For 2½ years, the Obama administration has refused to recognize and reaffirm these assurances. Then, in his State Department speech, President Obama definitively trashed them. He declared that the ArabIsraeli conflict should indeed be resolved along “the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps.” Nothing new here, said Obama three days later. “By definition, it means that the parties themselves — Israelis and Palestinians — will negotiate a border that is different” from 1967. It means nothing of the sort. “Mutually” means both parties have to agree. And if one side doesn’t? Then, by definition, you’re back to the 1967 lines. Nor is this merely a theoretical proposition. Three times the Palestinians have been offered exactly that formula, 1967 plus swaps — at Camp David 2000, Taba 2001, and the 2008 OlmertAbbas negotiations. Every time, the Palestinians said no and walked away. And that remains their position today: The 1967 lines. Period. Indeed, in September

the Palestinians are going to the United Nations to ask the world to ratify precisely that — a Palestinian state on the ‘67 lines. No swaps. Note how Obama has undermined Israel’s negotiating position. He is demanding that Israel go into peace talks having already forfeited its claim to the territory won in the ‘67 war — its only bargaining chip. Remember: That ‘67 line runs right through Jerusalem. Thus the starting point of negotiations would be that the Western Wall and even Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter are Palestinian — alien territory for which Israel must now bargain. The very idea that Judaism’s holiest shrine is alien or that Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter is rightfully or historically or demographically Arab is an absurdity. And the idea that, in order to retain them, Israel has to give up parts of itself is a travesty. Obama didn’t just move the goal posts on borders. He also did so on the so-called right of return. Flooding Israel with millions of Arabs would destroy the world’s only Jewish state, while creating a 23rd Arab state and a second Palestinian state — not exactly what we mean when we speak of a “two-state solution.” That’s why it has been the policy of the United States adamantly to oppose this “right.” Yet in his State Department speech, Obama refused to simply restate this position — and refused again in a supposedly corrective speech three days later. Instead, he told Israel

process” aimed at getting Israel to change its shape, than in getting the Palestinians to change their behavior. Obama later backtracked, but he knew those words would spark a firestorm, and he insisted on saying them anyway. Clearly he intended to intensify the pressure on Israel. I don’t think he counted on being outmaneuvered by Prime Minister Netanyahu — and I don’t think he counted on such a strong grassroots American reaction in Israel’s defense. Q: With the recent protests along Israel’s borders, we’ve seen a change in strategy on the part of the Palestinians and their supporters. What do you make of this?   A: Among the Palestinian Authority, and among Hamas and Fatah — they’re not significantly different from each other — we see a turning away from terrorism and the “armed struggle” and, instead, an effort to defeat Israel through delegitimization. What’s happening continued on page 20

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it must negotiate the right of return with the Palestinians after having given every inch of territory. Bargaining with what, pray tell? No matter. “The status quo is unsustainable,” declared Obama, “and Israel too must act boldly to advance a lasting peace.” Israel too? Exactly what bold steps for peace have the Palestinians taken? Israel made three radically conciliatory offers to establish a Palestinian state, withdrew from Gaza and has been trying to renew negotiations for more than two years. Meanwhile, the Gaza Palestinians have been firing rockets at Israeli towns and villages. And on the West Bank, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turned down then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s offer, walked out of negotiations with Binyamin Netanyahu and now defies the United States by seeking not peace talks but instant statehood — without peace, without recognizing Israel — at the United Nations. And to make unmistakable this spurning of any peace process, Abbas agrees to join the openly genocidal Hamas in a unity government, which even Obama acknowledges makes negotiations impossible. Obama’s response to this relentless Palestinian intransigence? To reward it — by abandoning the Bush assurances, legitimizing the ‘67 borders and refusing to reaffirm America’s rejection of the right of return. The only remaining question is whether this perverse and ultimately self-defeating policy is born of genuine antipathy toward Israel, or of the arrogance of a blundering amateur who refuses to see that he is undermining not just peace but the very possibility of negotiations.

don’t know much about Matthew Hess. He is the president of an organization called MGM Bill. Hess and his group have gathered enough signatures to place the “Male Genital Mutilation Bill” on the ballot in November in San Francisco. If passed, circumcision, which is part of Jewish and Moslem traditions, will be banned, and doctors, mohels and any person who performs the procedure would face up to a $1,000 fine or a year in jail. While Hess and his supporters have the right to oppose circumcision, his methods are reminiscent of another man by the name of Hess who was responsible for the rise of anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany. Rudolph Hess was Hitler’s deputy leader in the Nazi Party, and he and his Nazi sympathizers spewed forth propaganda using cartoons and other media dehumanizing Jews. By dehumanizing Jews, the Nazi leaders began to prepare for Hitler’s “Final Solution.” Matthew Hess and his followers are doing the exact same thing. Hess and his group are promoting their cause by publishing materials with images of sinister looking rabbis and a blonde superhero who comes to the rescue saving babies from having to undergo the Jewish ritual of brit milah, the circumcision of eightday-old Jewish babies, which is a commandment in the Torah. Hess has created a “Foreskin Man” card set being sold featuring the terrifying-looking “Monster Mohel.” Here is a sampling of the language from the card set: “Nothing excites Monster Mohel more than cutting into the infantile penile flesh of an eight-day-old boy.” There has always been a debate in our country about the slippery slope of First Amendment rights. How is it that there is a law against yelling ‘fire’ in a public theatre, yet people are permitted to slander Jews with anti-Semitic hate-literature? Until such a law against the promulgation of hate is proposed in our country (like one which is enforced in Canada), here is what people of conscience can do to stop this initiative from being passed. Go to stopcircban.com and click on the tab where it says “Take Action.” Let us not stand idly by while people campaign to ban a ritual procedure that has been an integral part of the Jewish tradition for thousands of years. This is not about whether such an initiative, should it be passed, would stand up in a court of law. This is about our taking action to make sure that this initiative is defeated, defeated soundly, with loud and clear voices. This is about making a statement that we will not allow a ballot initiative and the methodology for promoting that bill, which is blatantly anti-Semitic and discriminatory, to become the law of California’s most cosmopolitan city, or, for that matter, in any city, town or state in our nation. Please act now. Every one of our voices should be heard on this most important issue, for this ballot initiative affects the Jewish and Moslem communities, and will impact the free choice of citizens of all religious and ethnic groups within our society.

This article is reprinted courtesy of JewishWorldReview.com.

Rabbi Reuven Taff is the rabbi and spiritual leader of Mosaic Law Congregation, Sacramento’s only Conservative synagogue. He can be reached at rabbi@mosaiclaw.org.

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Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation Announces Summer Schedule

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Cantor Marlena Fuerstman and Professor Edwin Seroussi will lead services and events this summer at Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation.

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BETHLEHEM, N.H. — Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation begins its 91st season in Bethlehem, N.H. with Friday evening services on July 1, led by Cantor Marlena Fuerstman. The Saturday Shabbat service will include the celebration of the birth of Lev Hillel Fuerstman, son of Mischa and Hunter Fuerstman, and grandson of Cantor Fuerstman. A light Kiddush luncheon will be served. “The Year in Israel,” a symposium led by Marlena Fuerstman, Martin Kessel and Edwin Seroussi follows the luncheon. In addition to regular Shabbat services at 7:30 p.m. on Friday evenings, and 9:30 a.m. on Saturday mornings, and daily Shacharit services at 9:30 a.m., activities planned for the BHC season include family services at 10 a.m. on July 9, August 6 and September 10. Children’s camp, running August 1-5, will focus on the music and art of the Jews of Yemen. Religious school for ages five through teens will begin in August. Private tutoring for bar/bat mitzvah preparation and classes in beginning and intermediate Hebrew, the Bible and the Life Cycle are planned. Cyclists and hikers can prepare for Mincha on the Mountaintop. Community prayers for peace and healing, followed by soup and sharing, is a new offering this year.

The BHC Colonial Series returns with a selection of films and a partnership concert with the North Country Chamber Players. Season passes for the six-event series and opening reception are $30. In August, the BHC Family Ketubah Exhibit, a collection of Jewish wedding contracts, photos and mini-memoirs, will be part of the Tu B’Av holiday beginning August 12. On August 13, Professor Edwin Seroussi will discuss “Ancient Hebrew Love Poems.” Guest speaker Geoffrey Brahmer will visit the synagogue on August 26 to present “Lamentations for Lodz,” his study of life in the Lodz Ghetto. Two b’nai mitzvot will be celebrated this season. On August 20, Ari Zanger will be called to the Torah for his bar mitzvah, and on September 3, Shira Linowes will be called to the Torah for her bat mitzvah. BHC will conduct full High Holy Day services through Simchat Torah. Rabbi Hillel Millgram of Jerusalem will join Cantor Fuerstman to co-officiate at services for the holidays. BHC’s historic synagogue, located at 39 Strawberry Hill in Bethlehem, is an excellent setting to celebrate life cycle events. All events are open to the community. For specific details, contact President Dave Goldstone at 516-592-1462, or email Cantor Fuerstman at marlena1st@aol. com or call 603-869-5465.

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Redistricting: A Danger to Our Local Community? Jack Zietman Special to the Journal

It is no longer news that, due to slow population growth findings by the 2010 Census, Massachusetts will lose a congressional seat in Washington. Beginning with the 2012 elections, Massachusetts will be reduced from ten to nine districts. Which district and its respective congressman will go, however, along with how the new district boundaries in the state will change, is yet to be decided. As the Sixth District — containing most of Essex County, including the North Shore and Cape Ann — may well be reconfigured, the strong Jewish community of the North Shore stands to be affected. In the event of an extreme, though unlikely, redistricting process, the community may even be politically divided, diminishing our distinct voice in Washington.

On the Record Following the U.S. Census at the beginning of each decade, states may gain or lose congressional representatives, and thus congressional voting districts, depending on the state’s rate of population growth. State legislatures may also redraw the district lines in their states, ostensibly to ensure an element of fairness: all of a state’s districts must contain an approximately equal number of people, and district lines must avoid the political separation of protected minorities, as per the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The redistricting process is highly political, however, and, in a process called gerryman-

Poll: Americans’ Views on Mideast Largely Unchanged WASHINGTON (JTA) — Americans’ views on Middle East issues have not changed in recent months, despite major headlines from the region, according to a new poll. The Pew Research Center poll, conducted during the end of May, found that Americans still sympathize with Israel over the Palestinians in their ongoing conflict by 48 percent to 11 percent. Those numbers are on par with an April survey that found Americans supporting Israel over the Palestinians 49 percent to 16 percent. The unchanged support for Israel also comes after escalating tension in the U.S.Israel relationship, including President Obama’s declaration that a two-state solution should be based on the 1967 border lines with mutually agreed land swaps. As a group, self-identified conservative Republicans had

the most sympathy for Israel at 75 percent, compared to 32 percent who identified as liberal Democrats. According to the May poll, 50 percent of Americans said they believe Obama is striking the right balance in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, 21 percent said he is favoring the Palestinians too much and 6 percent said he is favoring Israel, with the rest unsure. Those numbers are nearly identical to the Pew poll in April. The poll had a sample size of 1,509 adults and a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points. A separate poll commission ed by the Israel Project found that a majority of U.S. voters would oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, as Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has indicated he will seek from the United Nations in September.

dering, the majority party in a state’s legislature may redraw district lines to its own advantage. Though perfectly legal, gerrymandering is often seen as an underhanded political maneuver. Indeed, the game dates back to before the election of the First U.S. Congress in 1789, when Patrick Henry and the Virginia Anti-Federalists redrew district lines in a failed attempt to keep James Madison out of the House of Representatives. At present, Massachusetts government is dominated by

the Democratic Party: of the 160 State House of Representatives members, 132 are Democrats, as are 36 of the 40 State Senators. All 10 incumbent representatives in Washington are Democrats, too, and the party is now faced with removing one of its own from Capitol Hill. Political blogs such as the DailyKos and the Swing State Project, as well as the Washing ton Post, predict that the Sixth District will not be divided and subsumed into other districts. Democratic incumbent John

Tierney will most likely run again as, perhaps, will his major opposition from the 2010 elections, Republican Bill Hudak. It is possible, however, that the district lines may be redrawn, affecting readers of the Jewish Journal as members both of the North Shore and of its strong Jewish community. Were district lines to change, the North Shore might be divided as a political entity and the influence of its tightknit Jewish community diluted as towns are absorbed into other districts.

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Keith Lane: The Man Behind the Message Susan Jacobs Jewish Journal Staff

SALEM —Those who attended the Jewish Journal’s June 12 fundraiser honoring medical mitzvahs were bowled over by a dramatic video presentation created by Keith Lane, a Salembased creative director. The theme of his video vignettes was “Go Beyond.” Like many of Lane’s successful media campaigns, the idea came to him in a flash of inspiration. Working closely with Jim White, a Maine-based director, editor and sound engineer, the branding expert established the ”Go Beyond” concept — first developing an overall tribute video, and then reinforcing the theme with shorter narratives chronicling each honoree’s unique story. The videos have been posted to the Jewish Journal’s website at jewishjournal.org. “I came to realize that it was not just about the healthcare

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heroes we were honoring. It was about inspiring and challenging all those in attendance to go beyond in their own communities and perform mitzvahs,” Lane said. “You don’t have to go all the way to El Salvador and do eye surgeries in order to help. You can help a neighbor next door,” he added. Although he often works on campaigns with budgets

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approaching $200,000, Lane has given back to the community by doing pro bono work for nonprofits. He created posters for the Anti-Defamation League, and helped develop the “Build Something” campaign for the Jewish Federation of the North Shore. He also devised a newspaper campaign for the American Red Cross using the catchy headline, “We always show up at the worst possible time.” Over the course of his career, the affable advertising whiz has worked with such high profile clients as Puma, Fox Sports, the Boston Celtics, WMJX and the Lids retail chain, winning over 500 creative awards and garnering global recognition. That’s pretty impressive for a kid who says he grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in Malden. “There was only one other Jewish family in my neighborhood. All these kids wanted to beat me up just because I was Jewish,” recalled Lane, who learned at an early age to stand up to bullies. When he was in the ninth grade, Lane’s mother announced that the family was moving to Marblehead. “This was quite a

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two professors sitting at a table with a sign that said advertising/ visual communications. There was no line at their table, so I signed up,” he said. Lane learned that it is the creative director who comes up with the Big Idea, art direction and copy, and then hires illustrators, photographers and/or filmmakers. “I realized, ‘I can do this!’ I graduated, and have been doing it ever since,” Lane said. His career choice requires long hours and demands difficult deadlines, but it has also afforded Lane with a comfortable lifestyle and the flexibility to be very involved in the lives of his three (now grown) children; Courtney, Matt and Mackenzie. “I attended every Little Leagu game and school play,” said Lane. “But after they went to sleep, I would often head into Boston where I would work long into the night.” Talented and personable, Lane worked for several companies before deciding to launch his own agency, Emerson Lane Fortuna, at age 26. A rising star in a highly competitive industry, Lane’s company took off. The business grew exponentially throughout the 1980s and merged in 1990 with Arnold Advertising, becoming Arnold Fortuna Lane, now known as Arnold Worldwide. At its peak, his firm had 500 employees. According to Lane, the industry has changed substantially over the years. “When I began, there were no cell phones, Internet or computers, and all paste up was done manually with a T-square and rubber cement. Now it’s all digital.” In 2001 he left the partnership to operate virtually from a home office in Salem, where he specializes in art direction, branding and developing creative strategies for large or small businesses. He is a visiting instructor at BU’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts, and will be teaching a course on the principles of advertising communication at Salem State University this fall. Lane, who always keeps a notepad handy because he never knows when inspiration might strike, has a sharp sense of humor. “About 15 years ago, I did a poster to help promote the Maccabi Games,” he said. “The slogan was: Let the games begin already.” Lane clearly loves what he does. “I can’t change a tire and I can’t fix a clogged drain. Don’t give me a power tool because I wouldn’t know what to do with it. But I can create an ad campaign for it,” he said.

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The gala also featured a dessert bar, a 50/50 raffle, and an assortment of silent auction items generously donated by businesses and members of the community. The Journal thanks all who supported the annual fundraiser.

n Sunday, June 12, the Jewish Journal honored healthcare professionals who perform medical mitzvahs in the United States and abroad. A video presentation entitled “Go Beyond” gave attendees a better understanding of the selfless work done by these doctors, dentists and nurses in impoverished areas of the world. The hope is that many left the event inspired to give back in their own ways.

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Temple B’Nai Abraham Teens Take on Philadelphia

Photos courtesy of Hannah Schwartz

The ATID group feels the love in Philly. Pictured above, back row l-r: Nora Duncan, Nathan Gordon, Matthew Gordon, Idan Davidyan, Eva Der, Hannah Schwartz and Adi Davidyan. Front row l-r: Zachary Schutzman, Tova Rubenstein and Dana Goldberg.

Zachary Schutzman Special to the Journal

Over Memorial Day week end, 10 teens from Temple B’nai Abraham’s ATID (Hebrew for “future”) group ventured to

Philadelphia. The group was organized and led by Miriam Blue and chaperoned by Dina Davidyan. On Friday night, we were invited to a Conservative/ Reconstructionist synagogue

for a traditional Shabbat service with a musical twist, where the cantor taught the congregation about the history of the L’kha Dodi prayer. Bright and early Saturday morning, we toured Inde pendence Hall and viewed the Liberty Bell before our after noon tour at the American Jewish History Museum. The museum was filled with the stories of Jews who influenced American history, many of which are not found in the typi cal high school textbook. In a matter of three hours, our tour guide told us about the influ ence of Jews in Revolutionary America, the California Gold Rush, the American Civil War, anti-Semitism in the early 20th century, the role of Jews in the social upheaval of the 1960s and ‘70s, and Jews in Hollywood and the media. The museum was a unique experi ence in that it tells a piece of history that many people have never heard before, and it is one of the very few Jewish history museums that does not focus on the Holocaust. We conclud

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ed our Saturday with karaoke at a kosher Chinese restaurant in the middle of Philadelphia’s Chinatown. On Sunday morning, we walked through the campuses of Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania before heading over to Hamifgash for lunch. After a traditional Jewish lunch of falafel, schnitzel or shawarma, we walked over to a section of

South Street filled with eclectic cafes, clothing stores and other interesting venues. After that, it was time to go back to the hotel to grab our luggage and catch the flight home. Our amaz ing weekend ended when we touched down at Logan Airport on Sunday night. Zachary Schutzman lives in Topsfield and is entering his senior year at St. John’s Prep.

L-r, Dina Davidyan, Idan Davidyan, Adi Davidyan, Eva Der and Hannah Schwartz.

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money boxes in two downtown Marblehead stores. Thus far, they have collected almost $1,100. Noa, whose bat mitzvah will take place August 6, plans to donate all the money to the Hai Youth Tailoring Training Center, a school her parents vis ited in Tanzania. Mark Minelli serves on the board of Pact, Inc., a global organization that creates inter national development programs to help the poor. The nonprof it does a lot of work in Africa, and Mark and his wife had the opportunity to travel there last November with other represen tatives from Pact. In Tanzania, the Minellis vis ited several villages outside of Moshi, where Pact has estab lished programs. They were par ticularly impressed by the Hai Youth Tailoring Training Center — a vocational school where (primarily female) students are taught how to sew, embroider, silkscreen and dye textiles. After two years of training, gradu ates are given a manual sewing machine, some funding to start their own businesses, and a net work of potential customers. It costs $625 to attend the school — a fee that is out of reach for many African families. With their gift, the Minellis will be able to provide scholarships for two African youths to attend the school. “It will be completely life changing,” said Mark, who com pared it to “giving a person here a free ride to Harvard, setting them up with an apartment and getting them a job.” Mark gave a presentation to Village School sixth grad ers about the work Pact does in Africa. Many youths were shocked to learn about daily life in developing nations. “In many regions of Africa, individuals must walk the dis tance from Marblehead to Beverly and back in order to fetch water. The entire trip takes six hours. Then they must find twigs in order to build a fire and

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Above, Noa Minelli displays some of the African-inspired crafts she sold at her school. Below, a graduate of the Hai Youth Tailoring Training Center shows off her sewing machine.

NEW YORK — Young Judaea will launch as an independent organization. Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, has supported the program for more than 70 years. According to Hadassah National President Nancy Falchuk, “For some time, many of us have felt that Young Judaea should stand as an independent entity, giving it the power to reach its full potential.” Goals include: • Creating a cohesive summer camp network and broadening the scope of its Israel offerings, including Year Course in Israel, its college gap-year program; • Providing new energy for

Young Judaea as a vibrant brand with relevant peer-led opportu nities for connecting American youth to Israel and the Jewish people; and • Reaching out to its vast alumni network and Jewish community leaders worldwide. Falchuk said Hadassah is committed to remaining an important partner, providing transition funding, and continu ing to raise scholarships to make Young Judaea’s five summer camps, year-round activities, and Israel programs increasingly available to all Jewish youth. For more information, visit youngjudaea.org.

Yavneh for A Day If you have a child of over night camp age, Camp Yavneh, located in Northwood, N.H., invites all new prospective campers to its fourth annual complimentary camp day on Sunday, July 17, from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Children and adults will have a tour of the camp and partici

prepare their first meal of the day. Most villages have no elec tricity or refrigeration, and the entire village might share one outhouse,” he said. Even Tali, who grew up in Israel and was not as exposed to the consumerism that charac terizes America, was moved by what she experienced in Africa. “When we returned home, we were really inspired to give back,” she said. Tali points out that what ini tially began as a family mitz vah project ultimately became a community effort. “What Noa did in her classroom parallels

pate in sports, special art class es, music and dance. Families are also invited to a delicious Yavneh lunch. Children in K-6 are welcome. For more information, email Jody Fredman at Jody@campyavneh.org, call 603-942-5593 or visit campyavneh.org.

the way women in villages work together and create a coopera tive to sell their merchandise,” she said. When the Minellis send out their gift at the end of the sum mer, they will include a letter explaining how it was the moti vation for Noa’s bat mitzvah project. “Tanzanians probably don’t know what a bat mitzvah is, but they understand the concept of being part of a tribe. All tribes have coming-of-age rituals. I think they will understand a bat mitzvah as a coming of age cer emony,” Mark said.

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NSTI 2010-2011 Year in Review

2010-2011 events were sponsored by NSTI and collaborators SMARTY YAiSH, Jews on the Hill, USY, TAA Teens, JFNS, JCCNS, Temple B’nai Abraham, Temple Beth Shalom, CHA and Y2I.

It’s been quite a year here on the North Shore! The North Shore Teen Initiative and its many partner organizations

came together to organize new and exciting teen experiences. And with more participation than ever, it was a wildly successful adventure. As the school year ends and summer begins, we want to take a minute to share some snapshots from the year’s many events.

Y2I Pool Party! August 26

We kicked oﬀ the day with a BBQ followed by pool party fun with a DJ at the JCCNS outdoor pool in Marblehead.

Urban Improv October 7

We grabbed our parents and headed to Urban Improv for fun role playing and confronting real life situations, like cyber-bullying to develop our problem solving and leadership skills.

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W participated in dozens of service We learning projects, improving our community while learning about Jewish values. From Bingo North Shore J ARC, AR to The Food Project, Cape Ann Food Pantry, Reading Buddies, Greater Boston Food Bank, Wellspring House, Leonard Florence Center, Brookhouse of Salem and more, our teens made a real diﬀerence in our community.

Soup-er Sunday November 21

We headed to the kitchen at thee JCC to cook soup and lasagna for local al homeless shelters and learn about out tikkun olam. We also had a blast,, and got suﬃciently messy.

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Maccabi ArtsFest & Games Shabbat Reunion Dinner December 10

Those of us who are Maccabi artists and athletes reunited to share pics, videos eos and memories and catch up with friends! ends!

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Rockfest was the ﬁrst-ever event of its Rock kind on the North Shore and featured a visit vis from the Josh Nelson Project (JNP). (JN Josh and his bandmates led workshops with four local teen bands wor who opened the concert for JNP while the rest of us rocked on. The event was wa so successful, it helped launch our ou jam-session program, Jam Space.

NSTI opens doors to Jewish life for teens In addition to service learning, program offerings on the North Shore include—whether provided directly by NSTI or by one of its partnering organizations— outings and trips, movies and concerts, performing arts programs, leadership experiences, adventures and much more. Already, the North Shore is a different place. Teenagers who are among only a handful of Jewish kids at their schools— and those who have never done e anything Jewish before—are now part of vibrant Jewish peer groups. Jewish teens are flocking to Jewish participation and engagement well after b’nai ai mitzvah. Community institutionss are recognizing the benefits of our teen’s volunteer work. Our teens are taking their new sense of Jewish connection with h them to college and out into the e world.

» Happy Campers! Once again this year, NSTI is proudly sponsoring One Happy Camper grants. Thanks to a partnership between North Shore Teen Initiative (NSTI) and the Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC), grants of $1,000 per youth for the summer of 2011 were awarded to 30 qualified campers who applied! One Happy Camper grants are not needsbased and were awarded on a firstcome, first-served basis.

Laser Quest Lock-in January 22

One of our favorite events, Laser Quest Lock-In returned again this year and over 50 of us participated! We stayed up all night and staggered to a big breakfast the next morning.

Snowboard and Ski Trip to Loon Mountain January 9

Over 30 of us gathered bright and early with our skis and snowboards for a day on the slopes. We had fun with old friends and made some new ones—this event will have to be repeated next winter!

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Snow Tubing Superbowl February 6

A joint program in collaboration with USY, SMARTYAiSH, Jews on the Hill, TBA, NSTI and TAA, this was an awesome event that drew just under 70 of us. There were two buses full of kids that descended on the mountain for a day of snow tubing!

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Easy Recipes for Summer Dining Jessica Chmara

Cold Red

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t’s summertime! The living is easy, and the food is fresh and delicious. Enjoy these dishes while dining with friends or family.

Watermelon Mojitos 30 large fresh mint leaves, coarsely torn by hand 3 to 4 thick slices fresh watermelon 12 ounces light rum, such as Bacardi ½ cup simple syrup* (see below) 6 T. freshly squeezed lime juice (3 limes) Sprigs of mint and spears of watermelon for serving Use a mortar and pestle to mash the mint leaves. Remove and discard the rind and seeds of the watermelon. Put the fruit into a food processor and puree. Put the mashed mint into a large pitcher with 2 cups of pureed watermelon, rum, simple syrup and lime juice, and stir. Place ice cubes in 6 glasses, and pour the mojito mixture into the glasses. Garnish with sprigs of fresh mint and spears of watermelon. Serve ice cold. Makes 6 drinks. * To make simple syrup, put 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water in a small pan and simmer until the sugar dissolves. Chill. — Recipe courtesy of “Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?” by Ina Garten. (Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2010.)

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4 large red peppers, cores and seeds taken out 4 large yellow peppers, cores and seeds taken out Vegetable spray ½ cup olive oil 6 large cloves garlic, minced 4 leeks, dark leaves discarded, sliced 2 large potatoes, diced 2 quarts water 1 cup dry white wine Salt to taste Ground pepper to taste 1 T. paprika 2 T. tomato paste ½ cup packed basil leaves Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Spray the peppers with vegetable spray and place cut-side down on a cookie sheet lined with foil or parchment. Roast about 45 minutes until the skins look blistered. The peels will be very soft — peel off only the darkest ones. Heat the oil in a wide heavy pot. Add the garlic and leeks and sauté until wilted. Add the potatoes, water, wine and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and cook covered for 30 minutes. Divide the mixture in two. In one pot, add the yellow peppers. In the second pot, add the red peppers, paprika, tomato paste and basil. Cook each mixture 10 more minutes. Process each mixture separately with an immersion blender until smooth. Start with the yellow mixture so you won’t have to rinse the immersion blender when you switch to red. Adjust the texture and seasonings in each pot. Chill completely. To serve: Pour simultaneously, slowly and steadily, from two containers equipped with spouts. Makes a dozen ample servings. — Recipe courtesy of “The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Glorious Meals Pure and Simple” by Levana Kirschenbaum with Lisa R. Young, PhD, RD. (Skyhorse Publishing, 2011.)

Lemon Coconut Mousse

1 pound frozen mock crab chunks, thawed and thinly crumbled 3 ribs celery, peeled and sliced very thin 1 long seedless cucumber, halved and sliced very thin 1 bunch scallions, sliced very thin ¼ cup toasted sesame oil 2 T. soy sauce 2 T. bottled hot sauce

1½ envelopes unflavored gelatin ¼ cup cold water 15-ounce can coconut milk ½ cup fresh lemon rind ¼ cup rum 1 cup light agave syrup 1 pound silken tofu 1 8-ounce container dairy-free cream cheese 1 cup toasted coconut for topping (about 15 minutes in a 325 degree oven), optional

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Serve at room temperature.

Dissolve the gelatin in the water. Bring the coconut milk and the lemon juice to just below boiling. Transfer to a food processor with the gelatin mixture and process about 30 seconds. Add all remaining ingredients and process until perfectly smooth. Pour into a bowl or small individual cups and chill. Top with toasted coconut, if desired. Makes a dozen servings.

— Recipe courtesy of “The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Glorious Meals Pure and Simple” by Levana Kirschenbaum with Lisa R. Young, PhD, RD. (Skyhorse Publishing, 2011.)

Israeli Dairy Cows are Cream of the Crop JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli dairy cows produce more milk than dairy cows in the United States and Europe. The Israeli dairy cows produced an average of nearly 2,642 gallons of milk a year in 2009, according to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics last week. A total of 344,480 gallons of milk was produced by Israeli cows in 2010. By comparison, dairy cows in the United States produce 2,465 gallons of milk per year and European Union cows 1,622 gallons per year, according to The Jerusalem Post.

There is an estimated 25 percent increase in the purchase of dairy products by Israelis in the days leading up to Shavuot, when Jews traditionally eat dairy holiday meals. A cow from Kibbutz Karmia near Gaza was named the best milk producer for the second year in a row, giving more than 20,000 liters of milk, or about 5,283 gallons, in one year. There are some 125,000 dairy cows in Israel, and the average Israeli consumes about 45 gallons of dairy products a year.

Chicken Kebab 1½ pounds boneless chicken breast, cut into chunks Marinade: 1 t. salt ¼ t. pepper 3 cloves garlic ½ onion, grated ½ t. saffron ½ t. turmeric 3 T. lime juice 1 t. parsley flakes ¼ cup olive oil metal skewers or wooden skewers soaked in water for 15 minutes Place the poultry into a one-gallon ziptop bag. Mix all marinade ingredients and pour into the bag. Shake the bag to coat all the chicken, and place into the refrigerator for 20 minutes or as long as overnight. Preheat your outdoor grill to 400 degrees. Thread the chicken chunks onto the skewers. Place on the heated grill. Cook on each side for about 10 minutes or until no longer pink. Remove the chicken from the skewers and divide into portions. Serves 6. — Recipe courtesy of “Persian Food From The Non-Persian Bride and Other Middle Eastern Recipes Everyone will Love” by Reyna Simnegar. (Feldheim Publishers, 2011.)

Eton Mess 4 (6-ounce) packages fresh raspberries, divided 1 cup plus 3 T. sugar 1 T. freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 T. framboise liqueur 1½ cups cold heavy cream 1 t. pure vanilla extract 3 (3-inch) bakery meringue shells, broken in pieces Pour 2 packages of the raspberries, 1 cup of sugar, and the lemon juice into a 10-inch sauté pan. Crush the berries lightly with a fork and bring the mixture to a full boil over medium-highheat. Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until the mixture is syrupy. Fold the remaining 2 packages of raspberries and the framboise into the hot mixture and refrigerate until very cold. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the cream, the remaining 3 tablespoons of sugar, and the vanilla together on medium-high speed until it forms firm peaks. In decorative glasses, layer a spoonful of the whipped cream, a spoonful of the raspberry mixture, and then a few meringue pieces. Repeat once or twice, depending on the size of the glasses, until the glasses are full, ending with berries and a dollop of cream. Serve immediately or chill for an hour, until ready to serve. Serves 6. — Recipe courtesy of “Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?” by Ina Garten. (Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2010.)

That’s One Super Sized Matzah! JTA — The company’s presManischewitz Co. ence in his city celebrated the open“makes me the ing of its new headproudest mayor in quarters in Newark, America. It gives N.J., by making the me great naches,” world’s longest piece The Herald News of of matzah. North Jersey reportThe production ed. Antonella Rao of the 25-foot-long Manischewitz employees lead the nearThe headquarmatzah, equal to ly 25-foot matzah down the assembly ters were moved 336 regular matzah line. from Secaucus; the squares, was overManischewitz proseen June 14 by Israel’s Ashkenazi Chief duction facility had moved to Newark Rabbi, Yona Metzger. Metzger also four years ago. The 123-year-old comaffixed mezzuzahs to the doorways of pany, which was founded in Cincinnati, the company’s offices. now has 80 corporate positions and up Newark Mayor Cory Booker said the to 400 factory jobs.

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Great American Beach Town Gears Up for Summer Fun Molly McCoy Special to the Journal

ne of the first towns you find after crossing Maine’s southern border is the quaint seaside dream of Ogunquit. Known by visitors as the “Beautiful Place by the Sea,” Ogunquit is home to spectacular beaches, the idyllic New England fishing harbor of Perkins Cove and the coveted cliff walk known as the Marginal Way. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people enjoy the sun, surf, variety of culinary delights,

and experience a small slice of Ogunquit’s long-standing arts tradition. Yet even with this insurgence of visitors, the town always manages to maintain the integrity and charm of its village appeal. Located about an hour north of Boston, Ogunquit offers a welcome and convenient respite from everyday life. It features everything from lobsters, trolleys and ice cream, to five-star dining, impeccable sandy beaches, shopping and nightlife. Upcoming events include the July 4 fireworks at Main Beach

at 9:15 p.m., with entertainment by DJ Jaz from 7 to 9:10 p.m. In addition, the Ogunquit Playhouse presents the new musical “Summer of Love” starring TV’s Michele Lee, through July 16. For more information, visit the Ogunquit Chamber of Commerce website at discoverogunquit.com or call 207-646-2939. You can also find Ogunquit on Facebook at facebook.com/OgunquitMaine and on Twitter at twitter.com/ OgunquitChamber.

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Unlock the Taste of Summer Andrea Beaman, a “Top Chef” contestant and star of Veria TV’s “Fed Up!” cooking series, is a natural foods chef dedicated to alternative healing and green sustainable living. She will be making in-store cooking appearances in New England Whole Foods locations, where she will demonstrate the use of fresh summer seasonings in simple, nutritious presentations. Attendees

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Israel Must Stand Firm Stuart Cohen’s letter of June 9 (“Israel’s Bubble”) suggests that Israelis must look harder into the predictable future. He states that no one knows what will happen when the bubble bursts. Really? I would venture to say that the bubble has already burst. With uncertainty in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Libya and a potentially nuclear Iran, Israel has a pretty good idea of what is coming, and it is not a pretty picture. This is precisely why they need to stand firm, or they will not survive. Mr. Cohen seems to be implying that the burden is on Israel to change the outcome; however, it is exactly the opposite! The ball is in the court of the Palestinian leadership. They need to immediately renounce their partnership with Hamas, whose sole goal is the obliteration of Israel and the Jews, return to the negotiating table without pre-conditions, and to finally accept and declare Israel’s right to exist as a sovereign Jewish State. History has shown that the rest of the world couldn’t care less about Israel and the Jews. Concessions will not create peace. This has been tried and has failed numerous times, from 1937 to as

recently as 2000, when Arafat refused to create a functioning Palestinian State. Like his predecessors in 1947, he preferred to initiate the next intifada in the hopes of destroying the Jewish State. The Palestinians, as Abba Eban once said, “never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” Mr. Cohen insinuates that Israel is the main power broker, with a responsibility to initiate peace with the weaker Palestinians. The truth is that Israel is the minority in a hostile neighborhood, surrounded by 54 Muslim and 22 Arab States that would like to see it disappear. It is the Palestinian leadership, not Israel, that must evolve with the times. If it is peace they truly desire, they will openly declare Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, and stop teaching their citizens to hate and kill Jews! If this does not happen, there is NOTHING that Israel can do to change the outcome. I fear that we as Jews will have to fight to survive! Carol Denbo Swampscott More Letters to the Editor on page 6

is this worldwide campaign to delegitimize Israel, to paint it as illegitimate, to demonize it, to hold it to a completely different standard than other states are held to. The idea of the recent protests is to march across the border and commemorate the “catastrophes” of 1948 and 1967. But the real “nakba” [Arabic for “catastrophe”] in 1948 was that the Arabs went to war to defeat the UN plan to peacefully create a Jewish state and a Palestinian Arab state. The only “naksa” [Arabic for “setback”] in 1967 was that, once again, the Arab world failed in its effort to annihilate Israel. Instead of accepting the existence of a Jewish state and living peacefully with it as a neighbor, the Arab countries keep trying to eliminate it. In 1948, 1967, and 1973, that goal was expressed militarily, and now it’s increasingly a diplomatic and psychological effort. Q: How can one best advocate for Israel?   A: I’m often asked about Israel’s “media problem” — why does Israel have so much trouble getting a fair shake in the media, and what can supporters of Israel do to correct the problem. Of course, if there were an easy way to fix it, we wouldn’t be talking about any of this. That said, there are things that friends and supporters should

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alf an hour into the richly layered Dutch saga “Bride Flight,” you’d never imagine that a menorah would become the film’s most affecting and enduring symbol. At that point, we’re scarcely film aware that there’s a Jewish character in this first-rate romantic drama, which centers on a quartet of 20-something Dutch émigrés starting new lives in New Zealand in 1953. Indeed, we soon learn that a stylish young woman named Esther has no interest in being tethered to a Jewish tradition that, for her, reached its nadir a decade earlier during the Holocaust. Marieke van der Pol’s worldly and wise screenplay beautifully integrates the Jewish thread into a captivating and overwhelmingly scenic story of fresh starts, fraught friendships, concealed parentage and paths not taken. The 2008 movie, finally receiving a limited U.S. theatrical release, is framed by a present-day reunion of three of the characters at the funeral of the fourth. The heart of the story lies in how they came to be so intertwined in the 1950s and early ‘60s, amid a succession of fateful and heart-rending choices. The three women and a man meet on a KLM airliner racing from London to New Zealand and carrying a bevy of highspirited passengers bound for greener pastures. The darkhaired Esther (Anna Drijver), an aspiring fashion designer, and her pal Marjorie (Elise Schaap) chat up Frank (Waldemar Torenstra), a dapper, handsome urbanite primed to take a stab at farming. (He will ultimately find success growing grapes and making wine.) Frank is friendly and charming, but is really attracted to a nervous blonde, Ada (Karina

Smulders), who tells him — after a passionate kiss during a quick stopover in Karachi — that her future husband, whose child she is carrying, awaits her in New Zealand. Both Frank and Ada are disappointed they can’t pursue their mutual attraction, not least because her mate turns out to be a cheap, insensitive and devoutly religious man. The willfully independent Esther also has a man waiting for her upon arrival in Christchurch, but she’s in no rush to settle down with him. Her first night in New Zealand is spent in Frank’s arms, an eyesopen tryst that ends with his morning bus to the country. But they are forever linked in a way he’ll never know. Dutch director Ben Sombogaart, who also helmed the soapy 2003 Jewish-themed drama “Twin Sisters,” depicts mid-20th century women with unusual understanding and empathy. The scene where Esther rejects her fiancée, who likewise lost his entire family in the camps and imagines their home and children will be a manifestation of both Jewish tradition and renewal, provides one of the most powerful moments of the entire film. But people are complicated, and unexpected developments can compel us to revise our most fervently held attitudes. In just a few years, Esther will surprise us with her attachment to a menorah. “Bride Flight” is populated by vivid, likable characters who only want the best for themselves and their loved ones. Imbued with the attitude that love and friendship can survive decades, it’s a generous and ultimately gentle movie. ‘Bride Flight,’ which screened as part of the Boston Jewish Film Festival in 2010, is currently playing at Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge. Call 617499-1996.

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lan Dershowitz is a well-known Harvard Law School professor, and one of the most accomplished criminal defense attorneys of our times. He is not, however, known as a novelist … but perhaps he should be. His latest book, “The Trials of Zion,” is his third novel, and it is both engaging and thought provoking. The plot is unrealistic and sometimes outlandish, but it is entertaining, and a perfect choice for summer reading. The novel begins with an explosion at a Jerusalem signing ceremony for a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. The story progresses through the trial of the alleged bomber, and includes a kidnapping by a group of terrorists and the involvement of fundamentalist Christians in Israel trying to ignite the apocalypse and bring about the Second Coming. After the president of the United book States, the incoming president of Palestine (who was the leader of Hamas) and the Israeli prime minister are assassinated at the bombing, the idealistic daughter of a famous Jewish attorney travels to Israel to help defend the alleged bomber. The girl (Emma)’s reason for going is less about the urge to defend the innocent than to kindle a romantic relationship with the handsome Christian-Arab lawyer Habash, whose organization is leading the defense. Emma is kidnapped and held captive in Jericho, and the ransom is that her father Abe Ringel, the world’s leading criminal defense lawyer, must come to Israel and successfully defend the alleged bomber. A guilty verdict means death for Emma. And it only gets crazier from there — Rendi, Ringel’s beautiful ex-spy wife, is betrayed by an old colleague, and the adventure leads to a group of Christians living in Meggido who hope to begin the biblically prophesied war known to us as Armageddon. Meanwhile, the relationship between the daughter and her Arab friend sizzles, family disapproval is expressed through a parable about a romantic relationship between a Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jew, and the pages seem to turn themselves until we return to the courtroom for the trial of the daughter’s kidnapper, who is defended — of course — by Ringel, the father of the victim, (the two trials provide ample opportunity for Abe to show off his skills as a defense lawyer) and the climax of the story in Armageddon. In addition to the dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Dershowitz explores some personal and family issues in this novel involving letting children become independent, dealing with interfaith romance, and trust in marriage when a spouse’s past inserts itself into the present. Although I was entertained by this novel, I was left wondering why Alan Dershowitz wrote it rather than another piece of

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legal scholarship or advocacy for the cause of Israel. Rather than speculate, I decided to ask him a few questions. Q. What can you accomplish in fiction that you can’t accomplish in your scholarly writings? A. I’ve written three novels, each of which makes points that I could not make in my 27 nonfiction books. “The Advocate’s Devil” probes the moral and emotional reactions of an ethical defense lawyer who defends an alleged rapist whom he believes is innocent, but turns out to be anything but. Though based on my own real-life experiences, I obviously could not write a nonfiction book about a real client in such a situation. My second novel, “Just Revenge,” is a Holocaust revenge

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Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to Beverly Finn at NSJCC Annual Meeting PEABODY — The North Suburban Jewish Community Center held its annual meeting and installation of officers and directors on June 16 with over 100 members of the community in attendance, including past presidents and lifetime members. President Stacey Comito reported a “year of connection for the NSJCC,” as she outlined the connections with children, families, alumni, community and partnerships with fellow Jewish agencies. In her president’s report, Comito shared that, to date, the NSJCC has connected with 1,080 members of our local community through

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“The church is the daughter of the synagogue,” he said. “I always urge our Catholic people to have a deepened awareness of the Hebrew roots of our faith. Jesus Christ was a Jew, [as was] Mary and all of the first Christians. We venerate the Jewish scriptures, and our history is inextricably linked to the Jewish religion. The deeper our awareness of this reality, the more we will contribute to the shalom that we all long for.” Wearing a simple, brown frock with a rope belt and a red skullcap, O’Malley read from a prepared speech. Weaving humor into his comments, the Cardinal spoke for a half hour. He did not take any questions from the audience, but stayed afterwards to chat with attendees. O’Malley spoke about how the role of the Messiah is central to both faiths.

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“Rabbi Abraham Heschel once commented that Jews believe the Messiah has not yet come. Christians believe that Jesus was the Messiah… but he will be coming back. Rabbi Heschel felt that this meant that both Jews and Christians were waiting. “To wait in peace is a wonderful goal, a goal that the world still needs to learn and to cherish. And while we wait, we can work together to repair the world,” he added. O’Malley believes the Shoah has united Christians and Jews. “There has been a history of mistrust, hostility and recrimination, but after the Shoah, the mission of reconciliation and mutual acceptance cannot be deferred. We cannot and must not keep silent or indifferent when we come face-to-face with violence. We must always remember the Shoah as an indictment against our humanity, so it never happens again,” he said.

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O’Malley paid tribute to the contributions of Jews throughout history, saying, “the Jewish people have helped to humanize the world. “The world without the Jews would have been a radically different place. Without the Jews, the world would have been a much emptier place. We are all grateful for the incalculable contributions of Judaism and the Jewish people to the civilization, to the world, and to our own church,” O’Malley said. The inspiring program began with welcoming remarks from Temple Sinai Rabbi Aaron Fine, and short speeches by honorary co-chairs Dr. Sheldon Brown and David Solimine, Jr. The event was organized by George Gammel and Bonnie Weiss of Temple Sinai’s adult education committee, in cooperation with various Christian organizations. “Most of what we do at Temple Sinai is Judaic focused. We wanted to reach out

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Dining for Dollars

6-9 p.m. Temple Emmanuel hosts its second annual fundraiser at the Dockside Restaurant in Wakefield. 1099 Main St., Wakefield. wakefieldtemple.org or 781-245-1886.

Laughter By The Sea

7 p.m. Chabad of the North Shore presents an elegant evening of live jazz and comedy. $180. At the private home of Dorit and Ori Ron. rabbi@nsjewish.com.

The Co$t of Arthritis

6 p.m. Free dinner program. Lynn Arts, 25 Exchange St., Lynn. asmith@ arthritis.org or 617-219-8224.

‘A Melancholy Beauty’

7:30 p.m. Boston premiere of an oratorio commemorating the rescue of Bulgaria’s 49,000 Jews from the Holocaust. Wang Theatre, Boston. 866-348-9738 or citicenter.org.

Sat, June 25 Ribbon Cutting

5 p.m. Rep. Lori Ehrlich will help celebrate the completion of the landscaping of Beach Bluff Park, demolished by a winter storm four years ago. Preston Beach, Swampscott/ Marblehead line.

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7 p.m. Celebrate the month of Tammuz. $5. Temple Beth Shalom, 489 Lowell St., Peabody. 978-5352100 or templebethshalom.org.

Family Night Concert

6 p.m. Opening summer event for Swampscott Library Children’s Room includes ice cream fundraiser. 61 Burrill St., Swampscott.

‘Muriel’s War: An American Heiress in the Nazi Resistance.’

7 p.m. Meet the author. Spirit of ‘76 Bookstore, 107 Pleasant St., Marblehead. 781-631-7199.

Wed, June 29 Whiffleball League

10 a.m. Members of JWV North Shore Post 220 and Ladies Auxiliary conduct their monthly meeting.

Authors, poets and journalists gather for a series of programs, through July 4. Unitarian Universalist Church, 28 Mugford St., Marblehead. marbleheadfestival.org or 781-631-ARTS.

Marblehead Festival of Arts

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5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Jim McAllister of Derby Square Tours hosts a slide show to benefit local organizations. $10. Salem Visitor Center, 2 New Liberty St., Salem. culturecorner@ gmail.com or 978-745-6314. 7-8:30 p.m. For singles aged 45-65. Showcasing Alan Zola Shulman’s exhibit “Portraits of Zinkov.” $15. Reservations required. Hebrew

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Day Graduates

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Brian Day, son of Linda and Roger Day of Danvers, graduated magna cum laude from Colgate University with a B.A. Brian also received the Dr. Leo H. Speno Prize in recognition of his leadership qualities.

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Molly Lourie Butter of P e a b o d y, director of Camp Tel Noar, was recently accepted into the Executive Leadership Institute of the Foundation for Jewish Camping. The ELI provides full-time directors in the field of Jewish resident camps with the business, management, and leadership skills required to enrich their camps and compete in the summer marketplace. Launched in 2006 and generously funded by The Marcus Foundation, ELI weaves the best of private sector practice in leadership and management development together with Jewish values and ethics.

Tom Baldwin Receives Doctorate Aviv Centers for Living Physical Therapist Tom Baldwin has received a Doctor of Physical Therapy from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions. Baldwin, who joined the Aviv in 2009, is a credentialed clinical instructor with well-rounded experience in diverse settings, including AllCare VNA, Excella Healthcare and Genesis Healthcare. A Danvers resident, he enjoys yoga, Tai Chi and cycling.

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Art work created at Temple EmanuEl Religious School will be displayed at the Marblehead Arts Festival Student Art Exhibit. Pottery teacher Sheryl Perlow has submitted several of her students’ clay sculptures including menorahs and apple plates with honey bowls. Their work will be on exhibit for the duration of the Arts Festival, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, from July 1 to 4 at the Old North Church in Marblehead. Contributing artists include: Rebecca Rooks, Ethan Friedman, Will Green, Jeff Stern, Molly German, Sophie Berman, Camille Szottfield, Nik Katz, Isabel Marcus, and Julie and Rachel Zabar.

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Aviv Elects New Officers

Friends of Aviv recently held its annual meeting. The new slate of officers is: CarolAnn Price, incoming president; Donna Kagan, membership vice-president; Myra Gulko, program vice-president; Susan Fritz, recording secretary; and Donna Lapatin, corresponding secretary. The outgoing president is Ellen Gordon. Friends of Aviv is a volunteer organization committed to supporting the mission of Aviv Centers for Living. Pictured above l-r: Janice Cohen, Myra Gulko, Donna Kagan, Ellen Gordon, CarolAnn Price, Donna Lapatin, Susan Fritz, Diane Knopf, Beth Andler, Teresa Neff and Georgie Sawyer.

100th Annual Meeting Inspires Crowd

Salem State University’s Friends of Education presented six Outstanding Educator Awards to Christine Boverini (posthumously for her deceased husband, Walter Boverini), Joseph A. Greenberg, Andrea Liftman, Marilyn Nappi, Nancy Schultz and William Towne. The annual awards recognize Salem State education alumni and, occasionally, friends of the college who, through dedication, contribution or service, promote the goals of the Friends: to recognize outstanding contributions to education, create opportunities for students and alumni, connect education alumni with each other and with the college, and advocate for education in the Commonwealth. Above, l-r, are, Christine Boverini, Joseph A. Greenberg, Andrea Liftman, Marilyn Nappi, Nancy Schultz and William Towne.

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The JCC of the North Shore celebrated its 100-year history and looked toward its future at its annual meeting on June 12. Before 150 people, JCC President Lisa Nagel highlighted the year’s accomplishments. She welcomed new board members: Kate Aikman, Darren Klein, Ina Lee Block and Susan Weinstein, all of Marblehead. Other highlights included a gathering of 14 past JCC presidents, dating back 50 years, for a Passing of the Gavel ceremony; the presentation of the Samuel S. Stahl Community Service Award to Maria Samiljan of Marblehead; the Bea Paul Professional Staff Award to Public Relations Director Leigh Blander of Marblehead; and the presentation of a beautiful new painting honoring the JCC’s 100th anniversary by artist Brenden Sanborn. Rear (left to right) Martin “Bozie” Goldman, Jack Stahl, Michael Goshko, Stephen Hamelburg. Middle (left to right) Jacob Segal, Diane Knopf, Joe Sontz, Barbara Schneider, Michael Eschelbacher. Front (left to right) Joe Ossoff, Helaine Hazlett, Maria Samiljan, current President Lisa Nagel, Donald Singer, Jessica Schenkel.

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Kamp Amersfoort: A Solemn Reminder of the Nazis in the Land of Tulips and Windmills Barbara Wolf Special to the Journal

orgotten among the thousands of concentration camps operated by the Nazis in World War II, are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of small deadly sites throughout Europe dedicated to incarceration, slave labor, transit and extermination. Sixty-six years after the liberation of Holland, it is nearly incomprehensible that in this land of liberal policy, tulips and windmills the Nazis operated three notorious camps: Vught, Westerbork and Amersfoort — camps that have largely faded from memory. On May 4, Memorial Day in the Netherlands, (Doden herdenking), my husband and I observed the annual solemn memorial ceremony at one of these: Kamp Amersfoort. We were in Holland for three weeks, connecting with remnants of my husband’s family, greatly thinned by time and war. By chance, we had based ourselves in the old quarter of Amersfoort, in the center of the country. We were surprised to learn that just off the road to Utrecht in our immediate neighborhood was located the WWII penal and transit camp Polizeiliches Durchgangslager Amersfoort, P.D.A. or “Police Transitcamp Amersfoort.” Built in 1939 by the Dutch Army Command as barracks for Dutch artillery corps performing exercises in the area, the camp was commandeered by the Nazis following Holland’s surrender in

Photos courtesy of National Monument Kamp Amersfoort

Above, citizens gathered for the annual Memorial Day observance, 2011. Right, the statue of the “Stone Man” at the foot of the Nazi shooting range.

May 1940. While the nearby city bravely resisted the roundup of its 820 Jews, Nazi measures prevailed. Beginning August 18, 1941, Jews were systematically removed from the social and economic life of Amersfoort, confined to the camp and later deported to Buchenwald, Mauthausen, Neuengamme, Auschwitz, Sobibor and Theresienstadt for work and eventual extermination. The initial 17 wooden barracks, each 196.8 feet in length, were overrun with 9,000 prisoners in the early period. In 1942, the Nazi command ordered the camp to be expanded. At times, buildings intended for 600 accommodated up to 4,000 men, women and children. Identified by colored patches sewn onto their uniforms, they were Jews, Russian POWs, freedom fighters, clergy, Roma, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, smugglers, black market traffickers, citizens who had committed economic offenses and unfortunates who simply voiced anti-

Nazi sentiment. In all, more than 35,000 prisoners passed through Kamp Amersfoort from 1941-45. A minimum of 658 lost their lives, 428 by firing squad. Details are vague and numbers are incomplete since SS-camp commanders purged records just before liberation. Contagious diseases were rampant: dysentery, typhus, pneumonia and lice infestation. Atrocities, extreme cruelty, liquidations and systematic starvation were the norm. In later testimony, Yehudit Harris, a young boy from Amersfoort, remembers screaming from the pain as his mother washed him with snow in the winter to rid him of lice and to protect against illness. The brutality and privation of life in the camp was summed up by prisoner Elie Cohen, who testified, “transfer from Amersfoort to (Kamp) Westerbork was like going from hell to heaven.” Punishment was meted out by the barbaric SSUnterschutzhaftlagerführer

Globetrotting With the Journal Jewish Journal readers continue to travel the globe… with their Journals in hand. Bring your paper with you on your next trip. Send all submissions to editor@jewishjournal.org. Barbara Eyges of Marblehead took a long-awaited vacation to Florida. She spent Shavuot and Shabbat at “The Shul,” a luxurious Chabad center in Bal Harbour, a suburb of Miami. She was thrilled to meet and study with a lot of new Jewish women friends, and hopes to return there in February.

Joseph Johann Kotälla in the “Rose Garden,” a barbed wirelined sand pit in which prisoners were forced to stand for days without food or drink. Jewish prisoners in particular were cruelly treated, not only by guards, but by fellow prisoners. Further torture was delivered in 22 death cells named de Bunker, from which only a single prisoner escaped death. In January 1945, Joop Swanswijk, a radio operator in the Dutch Council of Resistance, was buried alive. The Dutch camp doctor, a Nazi collaborator, was known to have ordered the death of two Russian POWs. Their skulls were

placed as trophies on his desk. The Schieszstandcommando, the Rifle-range Commando, was a work squad made up predominately of Jews. Under the threat of whips and bludgeons, deprived of food, using planks in place of shovels, they excavated a rifle range 1,148 feet long and 16 feet deep in the forest. Once it was completed, many were executed on the site. It was this leafy, near-quarter mile that we walked on May 4, 2011, 71 years to the day after the invasion of Holland. Many hundreds of locals turned out for the silent, annual procession, some bearing flowers, aged veterans in uniform, parents with children, the local rabbi with his two young sons, the mayor. We circled de Stenen Man, the Stone Man, a lean, towering statue of a man designated “Prisoner in front of the firing squad.” We retraced our way along the path that is the floor of the firing range. In the unnatural quiet, birds sang their hearts out. The entire country observed two minutes of silence before sundown. Allied forces liberated Kamp Amersfoort on April 7, 1945. Now designated a national memorial, all that is left of the camp are a watchtower built in 1943, underground bunkers, a small cemetery, a new educational center and the shooting range. Barbara Wolf is a community volunteer and former editor of the Jewish Journal. For more information, visit kampamersfoort.nl/.

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Daughter of Betsy Breitborde and Michael Bergman, graduated with honors from Brown University.

Joshua Chmara,

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obituaries Sylvia (Schiff) Ribok, of Marblehead

Eric (Rick) Gelin, 60, of Peabody

Sylvia (Schiff) Ribok, late of Marblehead and Delray Beach, Fla., passed away on June 14, 2011, at the Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton, Fla. She was married to Samuel Ribok for 64 years when he died in 2006. Sylvia was born in Bethlehem, Penn., and received her teaching degree fromTemple University and a master’s degree from University of Michigan. She taught business classes in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Sylvia enjoyed art, theatre, bridge and family. Sylvia was the beloved mother of Barbara Goldberg of Marblehead, and Charles Ribok and his wife Nancy of Wenham. She was the loving sister of Henry Schiff and his wife Belle. She was predeceased by her brother, Isador Schiff. Sylvia was the beloved grandmother of Daniel Goldberg of Tampa, Fla., Jeffrey Goldberg and his wife Maria Brown of Dedham, Leonard Ribok of Somerville and Danelee Rose Ribok of Brighton. She was the adored great-grandmother of Colby and Brendan Flis. Services were held at StanetskyHymanson Memorial Chapel in Salem on June 19. Interment followed at Congregation Shirat Hayam Cemetery, Temple Israel Section in Peabody. Donations in Sylvia’s memory may be made to Congregation Shirat Hayam, 55 Atlantic Ave., Swampscott, MA 01907, or to the charity of your choice.

Eric (Rick) Gelin of Peabody died suddenly on June 6, 2011 at the Lahey Clinic in Peabody. He was 60. Born in Salem, Eric was the son of the late Elliott and Rhoda (Pekin) Gelin. He grew up in Lynn, graduated from Cohen Hillel Academy in Marblehead and Peabody High School class of 1968. He lived in Peabody for 33 years. He was the operations manager for Walls of Décor. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and a life member of the Jewish War Veterans Post 220 in Peabody. Eric was a member of Congregation Sons of Israel in Peabody. A notary public, he also coached soccer, baseball and basketball in Peabody. Eric was the beloved husband of Ellen (Cohen) Gelin. He was the devoted Father of Cheryl Gelin Devlin of Peabody and David Gelin of Peabody. He was the cherished grandfather of Jacob and Samantha Devlin. Eric was the loving brother of the late Jeffrey and Mark Gelin. Services were held at the Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel in Salem on June 10. Interment followed at the Sons of Jacob Cemetery in Danvers. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in Eric’s memory may be donated to the American Heart Assoc., 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.

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Evee Gelles, 82, of Peabody Evee Gelles of Peabody died on June 8, 2011 after a brief illness at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. She was 82. Born in Lynn, Evee was the daughter of the late Morris “Tom” and Esther (Feingold) Kleinman. She was a graduate of Lynn English High School and attended Northeastern University. She lived in Swampscott for 65 years. Evee volunteered in the gift shop at the North Shore Children’s Hospital in Salem. She was the beloved wife of the late Harold Garfield and the late Sidney Gelles. Evee was the devoted mother of James Garfield of Danvers, Jane Garfield of Swampscott, Robert and his wife Debbie Gelles of Needham, and Richard and his wife Judy Gelles of Philadelphia. She was the cherished grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of two. A memorial service was held at the Stanetsky-Hymanson Mem orial Chapel in Salem on June 14. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in Evee’s memory may be donated to the Hospice of the North Shore, 75 Sylvan St., #B-102, Danvers, MA 01923.

Ida S. Gladstone, 97, of Canton, formerly of Chelsea Ida S. Gladstone, of Canton and formerly of Chelsea, died on June 11, 2011. She was 97. Ida was born in Chelsea and attended Chelsea schools. She was a secretary in a psychiatric V.A. hospital. Ida was proud to have worked in Washington, D.C. during World War II. She was known as an excellent cook, a gracious hostess and was devoted to her family. She also loved singing and belonged to a choral group. Ida was the beloved wife of the late David Gladstone. She was the devoted stepmother of Bonnie Winston and her husband Ronald, and the late Richard Gladstone. She was the dear sister of the late Florence Skiddell. Ida was the loving grandmother of many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was the dear cousin of Saralee Mazur Salk and the late Thelma Mazur and Sarah Kushner. Funeral services were held at the Torf Funeral Chapel in Chelsea on June 12. Interment followed in Everett. Contributions in Ida’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 311 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA 02472. For an online guestbook, visit torffuneralservice.com. Gangle, Mollie (Singer), 98 — late of Chelsea. Died June 11, 2011. Wife of the late Abraham Gangle. Mother of Barbara Rosen, Jason Mantia and Donna Cort. Daughter of the late David and Ida Singer. Sister of Louis Singer. Grandmother of five, greatgrandmother of 10 and great-greatgrandmother of three. (Torf) Stecher, Samuel — formerly of Salem, Swampscott and Lynn. Died June 16, 2011. Husband of the late Lila Colls. Father of Wendy. Brother of Bernard of East Falmouth and brother of the late Anne Gerber. Burial in Pride of Lynn Cemetery. (Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home of Lynn)

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Класс 2011 Юлия Зальцман

Гарик Пивоваров

С отличием закончила Marblehead High School, член престижного Всеамериканского Общества Отличников (National Honor Society). В школе Юлия была членом Peer Mentor Program, программы, помогающей новым студентам адаптироваться в социальной среде старших классов; казначеем клуба Free the Children, собирающего средства на детское образование в развивающихся странах; членом Клубов знатоков греческого языка и любителей философии; участвовала в Конференции для юных писателей и Конференции молодых лидеров (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference); была членом школьной теннисной команды. Юлия была волонтером в Массачусетской Коалиции для Бездомных, библиотеке города Свампскотта, My Brother’s Table, JCC. 12 лет Юлия занималась фортепиано в Swampscott Piano School под руководством Валерии Хенкиной, выступила в концерте победителей American Fine Arts Festival в Нью Йорке, брала уроки живописи в Acorn Gallery в Марблхеде. Летом Юлия работала помощником вожатого в лагере от RSM в Нью Хемпшире. По результатам PSAT была включена в престижную National Mеrit Scholarship Program. Юлия Зальцман продолжит образование в Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, где планирует изучать neuroscience.

С успехом закончил Marblehead High School. В старших классах Гарик принимал активное участие в общественной и спортивной жизни школы: был членом Клуба Adom, который занимается сбором средств для службы скорой медицинской помощи в Израиле; членом школьной сборной команды по борьбе и по плаванию. В составе North Shore Swim Club принимал участие во многих региональных соревнованиях. Гарик работал тренером по плаванию при JCC в Марблхеде и там же был волонтероминструктором в публичном бассейне, работал заместителем преподавателя в воскресной школе при Temple Emanu-El; летом работал вожатым в лагере от RSM в Нью Хемпшире. Весной 2011-го года он прошёл практику в Марблхедской компании Tool, Inc. которая занимается дизайном промышленных изделий. Гарик принимает активное участие в кампании по сбору средств в фонд помощи детям Сдерота при Russian Jewish Community Foundation. Гарик награжден престижными Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) Award и Academic Achievement Award. Гарик Пивоваров продолжит образование в North Eastern University, Boston, где будет изучать mechanical engineering.

Аня Славинская

С отличием закончила Marblehead High School, член Общества Отличников-художников (National Art Honors Society). В старших классах Донна основала и была президентом клуба Adom, который занимается сбором средств для службы скорой медицинской помощи в Израиле; Live Green Club, занимающемся проблемами окружающей среды; работала волонтером в JCC; Marblehead Arts Festival; организации юных лидеров North Shore Teen Initiative. Донна была членом сборной команды по плаванию и выступала в соревнованиях в составе North Shore Swimm Club, а также была членом сборной команды по легкой атлетике. Донна занималась фортепиано в Marblehead Piano Studio под руководством Елены Драбкин, играет на скрипке и гитаре; в составе джазового ансамбля принимала участие в Macabbi Arts Festival в Калифорнии; брала уроки живописи в Acorn Gallery в Марблхеде, ее работы выставлялись на Марблхедском Фестивале Искусств. За время учебы в старших классах Донна была награждена World Cultures Award; Massachusetts Center for the Book Certificate of Achievement; была в полуфинале Robert Creeley National Poetry Contest; изучала биологию окружающей среды в University of Maryland, выиграв Youth Scholars Program. Донна Ватник продолжит образование в Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, где планирует изучать biology, psychology, linguistics, art, Spanish.

С успехом закончила Marblehead High School. Совершенное владение французским языком позволило Ане принять участие в программе School Year Abroad и провести 11 класс во Франции, где она работала волонтером, преподавая английский язык в Franco-American Institute. В старших классах Аня принимала участие в работе различных клубов и общественных организаций: Дисциплинарный Комитет; Live Green Club; Invisible Children Club; Клуб любителей французского языка; занималась легкой атлетикой и теннисом. Анина волонтерская деятельность: French Libraby в Бостоне; Community Minority Cultural Center; My Brother’s Table; Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation, Walk For Hunger. Аня завоевала первые места в престижных конкурсах французского языка, French Oratorical Contest, организованного Club Richelieu в Селеме, и French Regional Oratorical Contest. Аня работала в The Landing Restaurant; StreetEats. Аня Славинская продолжит образование в Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, где будет изучать political science.

Джейсон (Женя) Вейцман С успехом закончил Marblehead High School. В старших классах Джейсон принимал активное участие в общественной и спортивной жизни школы: был капитаном математической команды, которая с успехом выступала на уровне штата; членом Клуба любителей физики и Клуба Adom, который занимается сбором средств для службы скорой помощи в Израиле. Джейсон был капитаном школьной команды по борьбе, членом школьной легкоатлетической команды по метанию диска. 11 лет Джейсон занимался каратэ в студии Eye of the Tiger Karate в Свампскотте, обладает черным поясом второй степени и званием сэнсея. В этой же студии работает тренером и волонтером. По окончании школы Джейсон получил Juvenile Aid Award. Джейсон Вейцман продолжит образование в Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY, где будет изучать math и physical engineering.

Мария Терентьева С успехом закончила Marblehead High School. В старших классах Мария принимала активное участие в общественной жизни школы, была президентом Клуба любителей философии. Мария заинтересовалась рисованием в начальной школе, и ее интерес к рисунку перерос в серьезное увлечение живописью. Мария много лет занималась в Acorn Gallery в Марблхеде, где в последнее время преподает рисование. Работы Марии неоднократно выставлялись на Марблхедском Фестивале Искусств, где она также работала волонтером. На недавно проводимом конкурсе Boston Globe Art Competition живописные композиции Марии были удостоены Scholastic Art Award (Gold Key) и поощрительной грамоты. Мария Терентьева планирует изучать art, engineering design и в настоящее время выбирает подходящее для этого место учебы.

English Summary In this issue of the Russian Chronicle we recognize Russian-speaking high school graduates from our community and highlights their academic and other achievements. We also have announcements about upcoming concerts.

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Вадим Кацемба С успехом закончил Swampscott High School. Во время учебы в старших классах Вадим серьезно увлекся математикой, был членом школьной математической команды, призером соревнований СевероВосточной лиги школ. Вадим был членом сборной школы по теннису в одиночном и смешанном разрядах, при его участии команда школы заняла второе место в турнире Северо-Восточной лиги по теннису. Вадим был отмечен специальными Highest Achiever Awards в живописи и современной мировой истории. Вадим работал волонтером в New American Center как помощник преподавателя для новоприбывших школьников. Вадим Кацемба продолжит образование в University of Massachusetts, Lowell, где будет изучать математическую статистику и совершенствовать свои навыки в области изобразительных искусств и продолжит играть в теннис.

Благотворительный концерт В эту пятницу, 24 июня, в 3 часа дня в зале субсидированного дома Leisure Towers в Линне (10 Farrar St.) состоится благотворительный концерт-презентация в поддержку Израиля под эгидой “Поможем Израилю деньгами, песнями и звонками”. Программу ведет Екатерина Нехаева, Концерт организован Правлением Северобережного отделения Ассоциации “Хавейрим”. Организаторы мероприятия будут благодарны за пожертвования, которые будут собираться при входе (минимум $5). Справки по тел. 781-593-7937 или 781-581-1921.

Теремок отмечает юбилей В воскресенье, 26 июня, в 10:30 утра в помещении синагоги Congregation Ahabat Sholom в Линне (151 Ocean St.) состоится праздничный концерт, посвященный 10-летнему юбилею детского сада “Теремок”. Приглашаются бывшие выпускники садика, родители и все желающие. Вход $7 для взрослого, $10 для ребенка. Зрители уйдут домой с подарками и сувенирами. Заказ билетов по тел. 781-598-4585 или 781-599-2322.

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He describes the new position as one that he has spent the last six years unwittingly training for, as he has both held chaplaincy positions and is trained in pastoral counseling. While in Beverly, Rubenstein completed courses in supervised clinical pastoral education, and served as Jewish chaplain. “This is a terrific job for me based upon the things I have done,” Rubenstein said. Rubenstein’s younger daughter will have to change high schools in her junior year, while his older daughter will remain in Boston where she will be a junior at Simmons College. His wife, Lynn, will seek work in Jewish education and/or with the elderly. “We leave behind a lot of close friends and what I tell people is that those friendships will not end. They will be challenged in the way we keep in touch with one another, but there is always Skype,” he said. Rabbi David Klatzker Originally from Los Angeles, Rabbi Klatzker will be returning to his roots to lead Temple Beth Shalom in Long Beach through a transitional year. The move back to California comes at a good time in his life. His youngest child recently graduated from Gann Academy and will be spending the next year in Israel. His oldest son already works in California, and his middle son just graduated

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from college and will move with them to seek employment. Klatzker said he is interested in helping congregations make transitions, and he plans to use the next year to guide his new congregation through its transition, while also seeing if he enjoys this type of work. “When a rabbi departs, much more needs to transition than the person in the rabbi’s office. I have the experience and the skill to do this kind of work and I am looking forward to it,” Klatzker said. “It is very likely that I will become a professional interim rabbi, moving and helping congregations deal with issues that emerge at such times. I’m doing some training in that area,” he added. Rabbi Klatzker and his wife, Randy Katz have been feted a number of ways, including a dinner party held at the Danversport Yacht Club recently, complete with tributes, roasts and original lyrics by Cantor Steven Abramowitz to “California Dreamin’.” The party was hosted by Debby and Richard Strauss and Irene and Howard Rosenberg. Randy will lead the Hebrew school in the new congregation. Rabbi Samuel Barth Rabbi Barth likes to think of his new job not as a next act, but as a return to something he has always loved. He was recently appointed senior lecturer in liturgy and worship at the Jewish Theological Seminary in N.Y.

Having taught and served as a dean at JTS in the past, Barth believes he will have much more to offer students because of his experience as a congregational rabbi. “The field I will teach, liturgy and worship, is a deep combination of scholarship with practical and professional experience. It is critically important that students understand that the text of the prayers, history, literary analysis are all deeply important, but students need to create living experiences that are relevant and spiritually engaging. That is an intuitive art, which I hope to bring to life for my students,” Barth said. Because his wife, Karen, has a growing business in New England and his children are in school, he plans to continue to live in Gloucester and commute to New York in the near term. He will accept many invitations to celebrate Shabbat in congregations across the country as a visiting scholar. Barth’s tenure in Gloucester was complex; he served during the fire, and also presided over the rebuilding of the synagogue and its dedication earlier this month. As he prepares to step down, Barth said, “I’m proud of the new building and the way it is reflective of new trends in Jewish spiritual experience for the congregation. There are wonderful things that I feel great having introduced to TAA — especially in the realm of music. Music is the first language of the heart and soul.”

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What is an Interim Rabbi to Do? Rabbi Melissa Star Wenig leaves her position at Congregation Ahavas Achim in Newburyport on July 1. This is a letter she wrote to congregants. I want to tell you how happy I am that you have found a permanent rabbi. We are so very lucky that the search committee was so exquisitely able to identify the community’s needs and desires, and that there was a rabbi out there waiting for you. I took seriously the role of an interim rabbi, but I did speak to the search committee about my dream for the CAA congregation. My deepest hope was that you would find a young, energetic rabbi who would want to put down roots here, and both raise a family and together with you raise up the community to the heights I know you can achieve. Amazingly, my dream for you has come true. It is rare that the right person comes along at just the right time. The stars have truly lined up for you. This is the true meaning of mazal tov. I have loved my time with you. It has been a joy to serve as your rabbi. You have enriched my life in so many ways, and I hope that I have been able to do the same for many of you. We have certainly had our challenges with one another. The change you asked for was not always the change I offered you, and yet we both know that it was only by changing that we both grew. The community that just two years ago you weren’t

sure would survive has been enlivened through all our efforts. There is always sadness about leaving people and places in which you have invested yourself — and I certainly have very sad feelings about leaving CAA. However, an interim rabbi serves a very different purpose than a rabbi found through a long and very conscious search process. An interim rabbi is like the friend you find after a breakup, a divorce, the death of a partner; the transitional person who helps you believe in yourself again. He or she makes it possible for you to move to the next level of finding your beshert — your destined one. And indeed, the sages say that choosing a new rabbi is like choosing a marriage partner — you put your trust in each other, and make promises to nourish and protect each other’s future. In many communities a Chuppah is actually raised over the new rabbi as she or he is welcomed into the community. So let’s celebrate all that we have accomplished together in these 18 months! And, let’s continue to put all of the Jewish values we cherish into everything we do as we finish out this year and move into the next. With blessings for all we have now and for what is to come. Rabbi Melissa will continue providing rabbinic presence and guidance for life transitions or milestones. Contact her at rabbimelissa@me.com. Her website isjoyfulservice.com.

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