The Jewish Journal Vol. 35, Issue 27, August 4, 2011 by The Jewish Journal, MA

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Federation Announces This Year’s Allocations

Y2I: A Parent’s Perspective Amy Sessler Powell Jewish Journal Staff

If it’s Monday, we drive to Middleton; Wednesday to Wenham; and so on. That’s the life of a Y2I parent a few days after the trip returns. The teens have so many new Jewish friends from all over the North Shore. Since 2001, one of the most rewarding parts of my professional career has been to cover the free Youth to Israel program. For many years, I did so as the publicity director for the Robert I. Lappin first person Charitable Foundation. There were some years when I wrote about it as a freelancer or as a staff writer for the Jewish Journal. I wore different hats, but I always had the privilege of interviewing our community’s young people when they returned from the

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Ben Katzman, Emma Gilfix, Aaron DeAngelo and Sarah Cohen float in the Dead Sea.

trip. It is a highlight of my job to speak to teens at the exact moment when they are filled with Jewish pride and love for the Jewish homeland. continued on page 4

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SALEM — George Schwartz discusses beer with the same reverence and respect usually reserved for wine. He can talk for hours about the nuances between lagers, porters and stouts, and has personally sampled the creations produced by dozens of craft brewers around the world. The 34-year-old historian and suds connoisseur will present an interactive program entitled “A Pint of the Past — Ancient and Historic Beer” at the Peabody Essex Museum on August 11. The assistant curator will pair items from the museum’s permanent collection with seven unique beers and themed foods. He and Nate Heck, the former head brewer at Salem Beer Works, have crafted a special brew for the event — a Britishstyle pale ale they have christened East India Marine Society IPA. continued on page 3

The Jewish Federation of the North Shore successfully met its campaign goal last year, raising $1,817,250. The organization is now ready to dole out allocations to its beneficiaries. Federation will allocate a total of $885,137 over the coming year to aid local agencies, as well as organizations overseas (see chart on page 6). This represents level funding compared to last year for nearly all recipient organizations, except the Jewish Community Center in Marblehead. The JCCNS will receive $120,000 this year from Federation, compared to $153,000 last year. “The Allocations Committee felt very strongly about supporting the JCCNS, however they were unable to provide all the information we required, and we did the best we could with the information at hand,” Federation Board President Joe Sontz explained. The largest allocation, $148,500, will be awarded to Cohen Hillel Academy. The smallest allocation will go to the Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore, which will receive $4,000. Jewish Family Service, which during this past year merged with Boston to become JF&CS, will receive $114,000 — slightly less than the $120,000 it received last year. However the Emergency Fund, which is administered by JF&CS, will get $20,000, up from $15,000 last year. In an effort to be as transparent as possible, Federation is disclosing its overhead expenses. According to Sontz, 33 percent of the total 2011/2012 budget will go to cover overhead, including $394,961 for payroll, $30,000 for rent and utilities, and $177,830 for operating and other expenses.

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Documenting Maine Jewry

Sharon (Crasnick) Minkovitz of Revere (pictured on the left) meets with other Mainers at last year’s reunion, which took place at Beth Israel Synagogue in Old Orchard Beach.

second annual event. Last March, the organization also hosted

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Transplanted Jews From Maine Enjoy Reunions Jews in Maine? A daunting thought to some. Yet many Jews on the North Shore are transplanted Mainers from large Jewish communities in Portland, Bangor, Augusta, Lewiston and Presque Isle. For the past seven years, former Portlander Harris Gleckman, (currently of Westchester County, N.Y.), has led a colossal effort to research and restore the history of Maine’s Jews, and has organized national gatherings of Mainers. On Sunday, August 21, from noon to 4 p.m., the Maine Jewry Project is hosting a gathering that will include brunch and a slide show at the Captain’s Galley Restaurant at 168 Saco Ave. in Old Orchard Beach. Many North Shore residents are planning to participate in this

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PEM Curator Brews Up a Brilliant Idea

Peabody Essex Museum Assistant Curator George Schwartz developed a specialty brew that will be served at a museum event he is hosting August 11. Beer lovers can also sample his custom IPA at Salem Beer Works throughout the month.

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a get-together in Boynton Beach, Fla. that attracted 160 — including former Mainers Marlene (Baker) and Joe Cohen of Peabody. “The last one [get-together] was great, great fun — renewing friendships, sharing pictures, poring over them and photos of the various camps in Maine. People loved seeing each other and their friends as children,” Marlene said. Last November, about 150 Mainers, carrying scrapbooks, photos and other memorabilia, gathered at the Solomon Schecter School in Newton. “One of the things that’s wonderful about this [project] is reconnecting families. I got a note from somebody who actually found a cousin,” Gleckman said. His comprehensive website (MaineJews. org) includes newspaper clippings, information and thousands of photos, including head-

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Gloucester Temple Concludes Its Season of Celebration

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GLOUCESTER — On Sunday, July 24, at the tail end of a heat wave, some 75 people gathered at Temple Ahavat Achim in Gloucester to help put the capstone on the congregation’s Season of Celebration. The 12-week series of events brought the congregation from its temporary quarters at 33 Commercial Street into its newly constructed building on Middle Street — the same site where three and a half years earlier, a devastating fire had destroyed its historic synagogue building. “We have come home,” said synagogue president Dan Kramer in his welcoming remarks. “In the short weeks while we have been completing the transition, we have already had a baby naming, a bar mitzvah, an aufruf and a funeral here.” Phil Cutter, co-chair of fundraising for the new building, said, “We needed not just the hard work of so many of you, we also needed faith. I never thought of myself as religious until this experience made me so aware of it.” Kramer explained that it did not seem possible to do justice to such a major process with a single event, so a committee led by Ruth Budelmann and Amy Farber put together a series of

events, beginning with a festive parade carrying the Torah scrolls to their new home on April 10, and culminating with the July 24 open house. The open house was especially intended to express thanks to the many members of the Temple’s extended family in the larger Jewish community, who had played a role in helping the congregation recover from the fire. Marty Kaplan, a board member and co-chair with Larry Swartz of the Building Committee, remarked that the community should remember that settlement of the New World began with the East Coast ports. After the showing of heart and determination in making the new temple possible, he suggested that perhaps they should think of themselves as the big congregation at the beginning of the line. Departing Rabbi Samuel Barth noted that the temple was one of the closest synagogues in America to Jerusalem. He spoke of the 40-year journey of the Israelites through the desert from Egypt to the Promised Land. “It took us less than four years to make our own journey,” Barth said. He reminded the crowd that the building was more than just a community center or a structure, but the center of a “kehilla kedushah,” a sacred community.

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stones in Maine’s Jewish cemeteries. Currently the Maine Jewry database has records on some 20,000 Jewish Mainers, from some 90 Maine cities and towns. Colby College faculty member Rabbi David Freidenreich, who teaches a program on Jewish studies, was recruited as part of a Pulver Family grant to research and document Jewish families in Kennebec County. The project has also restored Portland’s oldest (and still operating) synagogue, and established a museum and cultural center there. (See sidebar at right.) Beth Aaronson of Lynnfield is very excited about the upcoming gathering because her family is deeply rooted in Old Orchard Beach. Her great-grandparents lived there, and her grandparents met, married and owned an inn there. She’s eager to return and trace her roots. Sharon (Crasnick) Minkovitz of Revere attended last year’s gathering at Old Orchard Beach and enjoyed reconnecting with former Portland elementary and high school classmates. A salesperson at Eddie Bauer in Boston, Minkovitz laughed when she recently overheard two former Maine customers in the dressing rooms who recognized each other’s voices, then chatted about plans for the upcoming get-together. Former Portlander Joyce (Finkelstein) Pulaski of Topsfield summed up her landsmen’s pride. “I’ll always be a Mainer,” she said. For more information about Documenting Maine Jewry or the August 21st gathering, visit MaineJews.org.

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Maine Jewish Museum Sparks New Life in Portland’s Oldest Shul Jews visiting Portland, Maine, shouldn’t miss the Maine Jewish Museum, located in Etz Chaim (Tree of Life) Synagogue at 267 Congress Street. The synagogue is the oldest and last remaining example in Maine of a traditional Eastern European shul. The sturdy, three-floor brick building was carefully restored in 2008 and converted into a museum and cultural center, thanks to the Maine Jewish Museum, Tree of Life Foundation. The structure, originally an 1882, six-apartment building, was transformed into a neighborhood shul around 1917. Etz Chaim showcases art and rotating exhibits by Maine Jewish artists, and features interactive electronic exhibits linking the past and present. It also broadcasts programs from New York City’s 92nd Street Y and other institutions. Through generous donations, the foundation restored this gem’s hidden beauty. On the second and third floors, the sanctuary’s stained glass window that was bricked over has been renovated, and its gorgeous crystal chandeliers have been repaired. A dropped ceiling was removed, reveal-

Brewing Up a Brilliant Idea from page 1

“But this will be more than just a beer tasting event,” Schwartz promised. “All the beers will have a story, and all the objects will have a story.” Schwartz, who lives in Swampscott, first brewed up the idea to pair beer with art in 2009, when the museum was presenting an exhibit featuring Dutch seascapes. While scrutinizing the paintings, a panel of experts (including a Dutch culinary historian) discussed why beer has been integral to Dutch culture. Participants drank beer prepared according to historic recipes, and sampled traditional Dutch cuisine. The sold-out event drew 150 people. The following year, Schwartz organized a followup based on an exhibit about the ancient Maya. The focus was beer in relation to chocolate. He paired a series of ancient-style ales with Oaxacanstyle food, and it was also very successful. Schwartz, who has worked at PEM for a dozen years, hopes this will not be his last opportunity to dream up beer pairings. Although he is leaving his job soon in order to pursue a doctorate at Boston University in American and New England Studies, he would like to continue staging events at the museum. “I’ve always had an interest in beer and its relation to history, art and archeology,” he said. He points out that archeological excavations in Egypt have found beer stored in vessels awaiting

ing the now-restored magnificent high-domed, curved ceiling, and hardwood floors replaced linoleum. Etz Chaim Executive Director Gary Berenson said the sanctuary, formerly closed for years, is now open for High Holidays and Friday night services (excluding summertime), and lifecycle events. “We dedicated a new meditation garden in the front of the building, and have a new art exhibit in the gallery that’s on loan from the Jewish Museum of New York,” he said. They are working on a permanent exhibit about Maine summer camps, and have a display entitled “Maine + Jewish,” tracing the history of Maine’s Jews. The museum’s portraits of Maine’s Holocaust survivors, “Soul Survivors,” and its video of related interviews is currently on loan, but will return. Etz Chaim recently hosted a religious service and dinner for Seeds of Peace, an international camp for Israeli and Palestinian young adults attending camp in Maine, and has also organized events with the Maine Holocaust and Human Rights Center in Augusta. — Sheila Barth

the After Life. While building the pyramids, the Israelites were fed grain-based brew because it was a good source of calories and carbohydrates. Throughout history, people readily consumed beer because it was not contaminated with bacteria, as water often was. In Colonial America, even children drank low alcohol versions for breakfast. Although people generally associate beer with Europe, Schwartz notes that America has its own proud history of brewing. “Prohibition put small breweries out of business, and what survived were the Big Boys. But there’s been a revival of small breweries in America. This trend began in the late 1970’s in the Pacific Northwest, and exploded in the mid-1990’s. Today it’s huge,” Schwartz said. The number of craft brewers has grown more than 60 percent in the past five years, and the choices and styles of beers available has exploded exponentially. “There’s a beer for every occasion,” asserts Schwartz, who personally leans towards Belgianstyle, Trappist ales, but admits that he is not averse to drinking a Budweiser at a baseball game or a barbecue. Cheers! “A Pint of the Past — Ancient and Historic Beer” takes place August 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. The cost is $55/members; $65/non-members. Space is limited, and reservations are required. Sign up at pem.org.

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Let the Camp(aign) Begin Generation after generation, children return to Camp Ramah in Palmer, Ma. “One of the most important things Camp Ramah does is prepare the next generation of Jewish leaders,” said Scott Glickman, CRNE incoming board president. On July 24, CRNE held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new multi-purpose center, the Bet Am Gadol. As CRNE approaches its 60th birthday, it is embarking on Camp(aign) Ramah, the most ambitious capital campaign in its history, to support an exciting array of projects designed to improve the overall beauty of the camp. “People often describe Camp Ramah as the pinnacle of their Jewish experience,”

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said Rabbi Ed Gelb, camp director. “Every summer, more than 1,000 members of our community experience that in Palmer. We want the summer experience to be a springboard for a lifetime of engagement, and we need facilities that will fully support and enhance immersion in Jewish life.”

Over the last 10 years, I couldn’t help but hope my own would be among them some day. Now, in my eleventh year of covering Y2I, in the 41st year of the trip, it is my turn to write from the perspective of a parent. I have probably personally covered the journeys of some 800 teens. This year, two of them are my own. Jake and Scott, both 16, returned on July 22. They were among the 78 teens from the North Shore who joined 27 Israelis on a 12-day trip all over Israel. Now the teens who returned from this trip are in my house, my car and I have their firsthand accounts. The bottom line is they get it.

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The teens hiked up Masada and watched the sun rise before descending.

They get why there must be a Jewish homeland, and how to advocate for this very special place. They feel a deep sense of Jewish pride for the accomplishments of the Jewish people and the Israelis. They enjoyed being somewhere where everyone is Jewish. But they also got so much more. They got a really good time and a group of new Jewish friends. They have the desire to go back, and a group of Israeli friends that will help them stay connected. Perhaps they will visit these friends, or some of them will come here. Today’s technology makes it so easy to

stay in touch. In my 11 years of covering Y2I, I have had many opportunities to meet the teens again. Often a name will come up, a young adult doing something interesting on campus. I will remind them that I interviewed them after their Y2I trip. It is always a joy to see them become leaders in their Jewish communities. Many alumni of the Y2I program are on the verge of doing great things in our larger Jewish community. Many already have. This trip lives on in them well after they return.

Building a Strong Israeli-Diaspora Relationship Editor’s note: Orin Tepper, a member of the Young Ambassadors School of Petah Tikvah in Israel, delivered this speech, which beautifully describes the mifgash, the four-day part of the Y2I trip with the Israelis.

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Inspirational Jewish Teaching Classes to Begin with Walk SAUGUS — Teachers in Jewish schools on the North Shore are invited to kickoff the new school year with an early morning inspirational Jewish walk on Sunday, August 21, from 8-10 a.m. at the Breakheart Reservation in Saugus. The morning’s topic is “Spirit in Nature, Teaching Judaism and Ecology on the Trail.” Teachers will learn how to create inspirational Jewish lessons using many of the North Shore’s natural surroundings. A free book full of teaching ideas to transform trails into places of Jewish learning will be distributed to teachers who participate.

Classes will continue once a month, from October to Febru ary, on Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at Woodbridge in Peabody. Topics will focus on new and exciting ways to make Jewish lessons more fun, engaging and enriching. Teachers will receive free materials at every class that can be used to plan lessons. The classes are being presented by the Robert I. Lappin Foundation. Visit the Foundation’s website at rilcf.org, or contact Phyllis Osher at 978-740-4404 or posher@rilcf.org, to register.

Teen Pool Party/BBQ Under the Lights MARBLEHEAD — The North Shore Teen Initiative invites teens in grades 8-12 to an evening of swimming, music and BBQ at the JCCNS pool on Thursday, August 11, from 7-9 p.m. All Y2I travelers are welcome. Veggie burgers, hot dogs, hamburgers and s’mores will be served. The JCC pool has new outdoor lighting and plenty of room to play Frisbee and ping pong on a hot August night. Sponsored by North Shore Teen Initiative, The Lappin

Foundation, the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, and the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, this event is free. Register at: nsteeninitiative.org. The JCCNS is located at 4 Community Rd., Marblehead. In the event of rain, festivities will be held indoors. Visit nsteeninitiative.org, facebook. com/ns1818, email info@nsteeninitiative.org or call 781-2445544.

Upcoming Events at Temple Ner Tamid PEABODY — Temple Ner Tamid, located at 368 Lowell St. in Peabody, invites the community to the following events: Musical Shabbat  (Friday, August 5, 8 p.m.) Welcome Rabbi Deborah Zucker with a special Shabbat program featuring Cantor Steve Abramowitz, Cheryl Miller, Rich Sokolow and special teen guests. RSVP to 978-532-1293. Sisterhood Game Night (Monday, August 15, 6:30 p.m.) Not just for mah jongg players! Light supper and dessert

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MARBLEHEAD — Have you ever wondered: Who should you tip and how much? Is it rude to check your phone during lunch with a friend? Are handwritten thank-you notes still necessary? Wonder no more! In collaboration with Spirit of ‘76 Bookstore, Marblehead’s Abbot Public Library welcomes Jodi R. R. Smith, author of “The Etiquette Book,” on Tuesday, August 9, at 6:30 p.m. (Please note that the date was changed from July 26.) The lecture is free. Abbot Public Library is located at 235 Pleasant St., Marblehead. Call 781-631-1481 or visit abbotlibrary.org.

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Nosh Reunion Barbecue Bash REVERE — On August 7, cohosts Michael Goldfarb and Steve McCormack invite the community to the 2nd Annual Shirley Avenue Nosh Reunion Barbecue Bash. Younger and older generations are welcome. The event will take place from 12-5 p.m. at Mt. Vernon at

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Pictured at the July 17 tournament (l-r) are Arlene Pickering, Beth Norton, Frank Dully, Steffie Garfield and Judy Myerow.

SALEM — The 30th annual Kernwood-Federation Pro-Member Golf Day raised $65,000 for the Jewish Federation of the North Shore. A significant fundraiser, the July 17th tournament honored Frank Dully, Kernwood’s much-loved golf professional for 20 years. “The combination of Kernwood’s rich history and generous members make this annual tournament a wonderful match in helping to meet the increasing needs of the Jewish community served by the Federation,” said Swampscott’s Bruce Rafey, chair of the event for

the past two years, “The success of the day can be attributed to the 120 members who played in the tournament to honor Frank, as well as to the 40 hole sponsors, including our lead sponsor and one of the event’s founders, the Ogan Family.” Coming in first place were Ed Borash, David Rosenberg, Dan Spinale and Mitch Weisman. The second place team was Amy Feingold, Wendy LaBonte, Leslie Ogan and Elise Rothbard. The individual quota point winners were Ed Borash for the men and Leslie Ogan and Cindy Remis for the women.

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“This represents a great improvement, as it was close to 40 percent at one point,” Sontz said. Some organizations or line items that received Federation support last year (such as the mikvah in Lynn, and the Gann/ Prozdor bus) were not funded this year. And the Robert I. Lappin Foundation was a new recipient, garnering $20,000 to fund interfaith outreach, professional development for Jewish educators, and programs for young families. Several agencies and programs will actually receive more dollars from Federation in this coming year. Funding for the Youth to Israel (Y2I) program will jump from $70,000 to $80,000. And Federation is allocating $60,000 for its Community Innovation Grants program, up from $40,000 last year. “We’d like to fund everyone fully, but not everyone was funded to the level they requested. We weighed the information we had, and had to make some value judgments as to where the money would do the most good,” said Ariel Berger, chair of Federation’s Strategic Allocations Committee. “We carefully evaluated each request. It was a time-consuming and arduous process, and the decisions were painful because each agency had a compelling story. I can assure you that the committee took their responsibilities very seriously,” Berger added. This year, Federation adopted a new model for allocations. Instead of a “parental-style” relationship

must contribute to Federation’s annual campaign, and the majority of the board must volunteer for Federation’s Super Sunday fundraiser. Federation is also placing a growing emphasis on collaboration. “We are encouraging organizations and synagogues to come to us with collaborative programming ideas. We’ll raise the money; they can do the programs,” said Sontz. Donnenfeld encourages organizations to apply for grants available via the Community Innovation Grants. She points to last year’s Torah Hub as a successful example of a 16-week adult education program organized by four synagogues and the JCCNS that came to fruition thanks to such a grant.

JFNS Allocations 2011/2012 Cohen Hillel Academy

$148,500

Jewish Family & Children’s Service

$134,000*

Israel and Overseas

$125,000

JCCNS

$120,000

Y2I

$80,000

NSJCC

$60,000

Community Innovation Grants

$60,000

Jewish Federation of North America (dues, etc.)

$54,637

Jewish Journal

$52,000

Holocaust Center Boston North

$22,000

Robert I. Lappin Foundation

$20,000

JFNS Israel programs

$5,000

Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore

$4,000

TOTAL

$885,137

* Includes $20,000 for the Emergency Fund

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Soaring Intellect, Benjamin Entine, Dies Amy Sessler Powell Jewish Journal Staff

LYNN — The first time Susan Plawsky met the late Benjamin Entine was when she was going door to door for a project. Somehow, the word “Shav uot” came into the conversa tion, and when Entine and his wife, Rebecca Gadon, realized she was Jewish, they invited her for blintzes. “The door swung wide open and they wanted to know who I was, where I was from, and when I could join them for a meal,” said Plawsky. She celebrated several Jewish holidays and Shabbat dinners with them, and met an entire community of Jewish people. Those who knew Entine say Plawsky’s experience was typi cal. Benjamin Entine, 59, died July 30 in his sleep. The Lynn attorney, psychoanalyst and raconteur left a legacy of sincere hospitality and soaring intellect. Entine grew up in Lexington, Mo., and received his bache lor’s degree from the University

of Missouri. He received his law degree from Northeastern University in Boston, and his Ph.D. from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Entine also became a psychoanalyst, after the completion of his studies at the Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. At the time of his death, in addition to his law practice, Entine was a professor at Salem State University and had just completed a manuscript based on his experiences defending criminal cases. “He was a soaring intellect. He had the ability to seam lessly change mid-conversation from federal law to Talmud to Freudian analysis,” said Steven Rosenberg, a friend. Rabbi Yossi Lipsker said, “He was a very erudite guy. From a Jewish perspective, he was very learned and knowledgeable. It was a treat to talk to him about anything that pertained to the Jewish community. He had an open soul and a knack for draw

ing you in and engaging with you in a very personal way.” Rick Borten, a friend, described holiday meals at Entine’s home. “I have been there when they had an elaborate sukkah, where they served incredible meals that were very gracious and lei surely. There was always a high level of discussion; everyone’s point of view had value,” Borten said. Entine was a former president of Congregation Ahabat Sholom in Lynn, and most recently he attended Chabad of the North Shore in Swampscott. He is sur vived by his wife of 20 years, Rebecca Gadon, and motherin-law Lillian Gadon, both of Lynn, his sister and brother-inlaw, Sonia and Monte Cotton of Olathe, Kansas, his sister, Debra Entine, of Overland Park, Kansas, brothers-in-law and sis ters-in-law, Benjamin and Alisa Gadon of New York City, and Sara and Bruce Zenlea of Boynton Beach, Fla., and lifelong dear family friend, R. Thomas Day of Edwardsville, Ill.

The funeral and shiva took place out of state. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Chabad of the North Shore, 44 Burrill St., Swampscott, MA 01907, or Camp Moshava of Wild Rose, 3740 West Dempster, Skokie, IL 60076. Online wcondolences may be shared at louismemorialchapel.com.

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JCCNS Welcomes New Executive Director also led a $10-million renova tion while executive director of the YMCA in Pawtucket, R.I. “After a year-long, national search, we are thrilled to wel come Robert Verdun as our new executive director,” said JCC President Lisa Nagel. “Robert brings an impressive track record and an inspiring passion for community centers.” Verdun will play a critical

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MARBLEHEAD — The JCCNS announces the arriv al of new executive director Robert Verdun, who will lead the Center’s revitalization. Verdun brings extensive expe rience heading community centers and athletic clubs, and has invigorated organizations with his creative programming, development drives and costcutting initiatives. Most recently as general manager of the Tennis Center in College Park, Md., Verdun turned a $100,000 deficit into a healthy fiscal year profit. He

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Look No Farther Than Ourselves

ost in the Jewish calendar is one of its most important commemorations, the fast of Tisha B’Av, this year commencing at sundown on August 8 and running through August 9. This day is one of mourning. We mark the destruction of both temples in Jerusalem, as well as other tragedies throughout history that have occurred on this day, most notably the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492. As Jews, we are well aware of our history of tragedies, the destruction of our temples and the dispersion of our people. But times have changed. Jews have returned, rebuilt, re-established sovereignty and redeveloped a prosperous state in Israel. This pattern of destruction and redemption has been repeated often in our history. Why then do we still need to observe a day of fasting and mourning? The sages of the Talmud, in their attempt to come to grips with the meaning of this terrible day, observed that, while the first temple was destroyed by the Babylonians

and the second temple was destroyed by the Romans, the Jewish people had stopped being a “people” who served God. In other words, the forces of destruction came not only from outside the community, but also from within. Two thousand years later, the cause for the destruction of the temples still plagues us. Although we are blessed with prosperity, opportunity and freedom in the Diaspora, our behavior toward one another often shows how little we have learned about what happens when we stop serving God and working for the common good. This inability to come together is being played out on the world stage, as well as within our own Jewish communities. Tisha B’Av is a day to look inward and to assess our personal responsibilities as Jewish people. We fast on Tisha B’Av in the hope that our hunger will remind us how we might suffer more if we, as a people, cannot learn to live in harmony both within and outside of our community.

letters to the editor Palestinians Are Ready for Statehood

Let’s Learn From Our Children

Anav Silverman’s contention that the Palestinians have none of the critical elements of a state (“No Yellow Brick Road for Palestinian U.N. Bid,” Journal, July 7) is contradicted by three separate reports by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. All three conclude that Palestinians are ready for statehood. The IMF was particularly impressed with the wide-ranging reforms instituted since the advent of Prime Minister Fayyad’s government in mid-2007. The WB reported that while “significant reforms still lie ahead for the PA,” they are no different “than those facing other middle income countries.” The reports were also unanimous in identifying the Israeli

I appreciated the Journal’s call to expand interfaith dialogue with the Muslim community. I disagree with opinions expressed in response that dialogue isn’t possible or of value, as well as the characterization of Islam as a “religion of violence.” Islam is a rich and varied religion and culture with shared spiritual roots with Judaism going back to our common ancestor, Avraham. Over the course of the centuries, Jews generally fared much better in Muslim countries than in Christian ones.

occupation as the most important obstacle to the sustainability of Palestinian economic progress and a viable state. Economic growth is not sustainable, the WB stated, as long as “Israeli restrictions on access to land, water, a range of raw materials, and export markets” remain in place. The IMF and UNSCO call upon Israel to take “prompt action” to remove restrictions on Palestinian access to Area C, which constitutes about 60% of the West Bank and the majority of its arable land and water resources. Silverman asks, “How can the international community even consider that such a state be created at this time?” For an answer, one might begin by reading what the international community is saying. Susan Nicholson Gloucester

Education is the Answer In “A Modern Day Hate Crime,” Gayle Saks Rodriguez discovers a virulently antiSemitic Facebook post written by an acquaintance of her stepson. In confronting both of them, she poignantly reveals her family’s losses in the Holocaust, and wonders what can be done to prevent such offensive and hurtful attacks coming from our youth in the future. The answer is education. Kids must learn more about this painful period in our history and about our community in order to create a foundation from which they can then more thoughtfully form opinions. Teacher Joyce The Voice (legal name)’s display board, up all summer in the Medford High School lobby, depicts wellregarded Jewish-Americans’ contributions to America. They include: Albert Einstein, Jerry Seinfeld, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Natalie Portman, Adam Sandler, Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin, Justice Louis D. Brandeis,

Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and, of course, NYC mayor and Medford native Michael Bloomberg. Joyce also coordinated a daily PA announcement about Jewish-Americans and a library display of Jewish books. Journal contributor Linda Snow Dockser organizes Holocaust-related events at Reading schools, such as appearances by Holocaust survivor Edgar Krasa. She also was responsible for getting “I Refused to Die,” my book on local Holocaust survivors and WWII soldiers, into Reading schools. Her efforts have spurred remarkable student projects in Holocaust awareness, tolerance and diversity, and social justice. To counteract the Facebook postings and hate crimes, we must all help to bring more awareness into the classrooms. Susie Davidson Brookline

In Defense of the Map In reply to Ms. Andrea Diamant’s letter of July 21 (“More on the Map Issue”), I would like to say that yes, I am associated with Susan Nicholson. She’s my partner of 46 years. I’m 82, and if I am fortunate enough to be around a while longer, we think we might get married on our 50th anniversary. I am, however, an individual, and that takes me to the sub-

A Wake Up Call I read the article written by Gayle Saks Rodriguez (“A Modern Day Hate Crime,” Journal July 21), which she ends by wondering if she should be terrified. The answer is, No, she shouldn’t be, but she should go beyond calling her stepson’s former friend. She should have notified ADL, as well as the Melrose police department and the principal of Melrose High, if that’s where the boy goes. Anti-Semitic hate cannot go unanswered, and there are ample avenues at our disposal to follow up on the hateful words posted on Facebook by an imbecile. People are not born to hate — they are taught it. Melrose High has to begin teaching about the Holocaust, as well as tolerance. Saul P. Heller Salem

Islam has long been considered a kindred religion with our own in its monotheistic basis, and we have much ground upon which to build meaningful relationships. If we hope to build a world that will not destroy itself in the coming decades, we need to cultivate understanding and deflate the increasing polarization we are seeing in many realms. We are one human community, whether we want to be or not. Understanding begins with relationship, and relation-

ship begins with meeting one another. On Sunday, August 14, from 4-6 p.m., Temple Sinai is hosting three teenagers — Ron, Nour and Lana — a Jewish Israeli, Arab Israeli and a Palestinian, who will speak about their experience at Artsbridge. The work of these teens is an example of the possibility for building bridges among Jews, Muslims and Christians, and Israelis and Arabs. All are invited to join us to learn from these courageous youths. Rabbi Aaron Fine Temple Sinai Marblehead

stance of Ms. Diamant’s points. Despite her advice as to what “they” should do “on their next trip to Israel,” it would be my first trip because I have never been to Israel. I have great admiration for Israeli peace activists I have met here, however. I was not present at the Essex event last year when retired U.S. Colonel Ann Wright spoke about the Gaza flotilla. I am, however, familiar with the postcard-sized map Ms. Diamant reports she

was handed at the Essex event, which she claims had “no mention of Israel at all.” You’ll find the label “Israel” on three of the four maps. The Israel label does not appear on the fourth map because that map represents the time period before the founding of the state of Israel, and before the U.N. partition resolution. So, I continue to hold my view of the map in question. Charlotte J. Andrews Gloucester

Tournament Was A Hole in One

A Day at the Lake

On behalf of the Jewish Federation of the North Shore, we would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to members of the Kernwood Country Club who played in the Kernwood/JFNS Golf Tournament on July 17. Special thanks to Bruce Rafey for chairing the event for the second year in a row, and to the Ogan Family for being the lead sponsor. The leadership and generosity of all of those involved is recognized and valued. Joe Sontz, JFNS President Liz Donnenfeld, JFNS Executive Director

The Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation wishes to thank Camp Menorah, director Judi Simmons and her staff for hosting The PJ Library Goes to Camp Day — a fun-filled afternoon for young children and their parents who are enrolled in the free PJ Library Jewish book-of-the-month club. Young families enjoyed the lakeside setting of Camp Menorah, complete with a picnic lunch, a refreshing swim, and more. Camp Menorah’s warm welcome and hospitality proved to be a wonderful event that will surely take place again next summer.

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Ramadan and Av: Connections and Collisions Rabbi Arthur Waskow

n July 31 with the coming of the New Moon’s sliver of light, Jews entered the month of Av; Muslims, the month of Ramadan. I want to share some sense of the spirit-lifting meanings and possibilities of this moment. For Jews, the month of Av is one of foreboding, sorrow and slow recovery — all built around memories of the destruction of two Holy Temples in Jerusalem, one by the Babylonian Army in 586 BCE; the other by the Roman army in 70 CE. The ninth day of Av — in Hebrew, Tisha B’Av — has been set aside to mourn these disasters. Jewish tradition blamed these disasters partly on imperial arrogance, but partly on internal Jewish failings and corruptions, and the tradition sought to transcend these traumas. In the biblical era, on the seventh day after the commemoration of destruction, there was a rejoicing with erotic overtones — on the full moon of Av, young women danced in the fields and chose their husbands. In the rabbinic era, seven Sabbaths of consolation after the day of disaster were set aside to read prophetic passages of hope, leading in seven steps to the renewal of Rosh Hashanah. But efforts at transcending the trauma never fully worked. These two destructions helped set the tone of Jewish history as a series of traumas and victimizations — a tone that, after many later repetitions and especially the Holocaust, still deeply colors Jewish responses to history, even though a “Jewish state” now holds considerable political and military power.    For observant Muslims, Ramadan is a month of spiritual self-examination and redirection. Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset each day in order to turn their attention from physical satisfactions to spiritual growth; read the entire Quran during the month; increase their sharing with the poor; and late in the month celebrate the first revelation of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. They end the month with Eid ul-Fitr, the Feast of the Break-Fast.    What can we learn from each other, living this “moonth” alongside each other? The effort to transcend trauma is not for Jewish hearts and minds alone. Islam as a whole has, during the last several centuries, been conquered, colonized and subjugated by various Western powers. Palestinians in particular have tried to elevate this experience into a kind of Tisha B’Av of their own, observing the Naqba — the “disaster” that came upon their community as Israel was established.    For them and for many other Muslims, the disaster still means military weakness, lesscreative arts and sciences, and stagnant economies. Can the disaster itself be turned into fertile soil for a new Islam — as

Rabbinic Judaism flowered from the ashes of the Second Temple, and as the Rabbis taught that Tisha B’Av was the birthing day of the Messiah?  And in the other direction, what can Jews learn from Ramadan? In Jewish tradition, the 40 days from the beginning of the month of Elul to Yom Kippur were intended to be days of religious study and spiritual self-examination. But for most Jews, the currents of modernity and its pressure for swiftness have swept away this practice, and even the 10 days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur are rarely taken as a time for selfassessment, repair of wrongs, reconciliation and forgiveness. Perhaps the daily practice of fasting is what helps to hold the great majority of the world’s Muslims to observance of Ramadan. Perhaps Jews should be rethinking what daily practice for a full month would have such an impact on our lives. (There is a tradition of blowing the shofar every morning of the 40 days that lead to Yom Kippur, but the Jews who do this are rare today. And perhaps the ritual is too “ritualistic,” too little a dent upon our earthy daily lives, to raise our consciousness as fasting does.)   Perhaps there is even a hint of what Jews could do, in the cultural history of Morocco. There the Jewish and Muslim communities feed each other — literally — at the end of Ramadan and at the end of Passover. Muslims bring Jews the first post-Passover bread — for a celebration that became known as “Maimouna.” And Jews bring Muslims the first food for the great Break-Fast at the end of Ramadan.   Here and there in America during the last few years, mosques and synagogues have been connecting during Ramadan. Precisely in the face of the tensions between the two communities that have arisen in the last decade, what if they agreed that every evening, or even just every Sunday evening during Ramadan, Jews would eat with Muslims in synagogues or mosques (and as individuals got to know each other, in private homes)?   What if synagogues agreed that during every Shabbat during Ramadan, they would read and study a passage from the Quran?  Or what if the lesson were transposed into Jewish time — so that despite the rush of business and the craving for mid-summer vacation, Jews ceremoniously set aside 18 minutes every morning in Av or from the First of Elul to Yom Kippur to dedicate some money to healing the world, pursuing peace, seeking justice and protecting the Earth?   May your Av, your Ramadan, help lift you into a fuller awareness of the loving care we owe each other. Rabbi Arthur Waskow is the director of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia, Penn. Visit theshalomcenter.org.

Jews and the GOP Andrew Silow-Carroll

ichelle Goldberg, a senior writer for Newsweek, argues why the oft-predicted Jewish political realignment — from Democrat to Republican — ain’t happening. It’s the “growing association between the Republican Party and Christian fundamentalism.” She writes: In the end, American Jews care most about America. They are unwilling to assume a role in their own country that’s in any way analogous to that of Arab citizens of Israel — a people with legal equality who are nonetheless excluded from their nation’s raison d’être. Jews know they can never be full citizens of a Christian nation. And Republican politics have never been so fully Christianized. The Tea Party was initially mischaracterized as a libertarian movement, but it is deeply imbued with religious fundamentalism, and polls show that a majority of its members believe that the United States is a Christian nation. I think wariness over Evangelicals is only part of Jewish loyalty to the Democrats. It’s also a question of political ideology: the radical turn of the GOP on its core issues — the no-tax pledge, shrinking government, deregulation of private industry, willful recklessness on climate change, to name a few — far outweighs indicators that show Republicans to be stronger on Israel than Democrats. Obama certainly riled fence-sitters by referring to the “1967 borders,” but no sooner did he do that than GOP backbenchers scuttled a debtceiling deal that would have meant raising taxes on the rich. Which isn’t to say that Jews haven’t grown increasingly conservative, but that their conservatism has limits that fall far short of current Republican orthodoxy. I think it was Jon Stewart who said that the “Rockefeller Wing” of the Republican Party has been closed for renovations since 1972. Goldberg points out the underlying creepiness of Christian Zionism, which “culminates in a third

world war in the Middle East and the consignment of unconverted Jews to hell before the messiah returns.” I think most Jews, and certainly most Israelis, regard such narishkeit with a shrug: We’ll sort it out during the end times; meanwhile, we’ll take their tourist dollars and political support. But even accepting on faith (literally) that the GOP is stronger on Israel than the Democrats, I don’t think most American Jews are convinced that the Democrats are all that bad. Yes, there’s an anti-Israel wing of (presumably) Democratic voters who support the BDS movement and consider Congress Zionist Occupied Territory, but their representation in mainstream Democratic politics is confined to a few marginal figures like former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, or Rep. Maurice Hinchey of New York’s 22nd Congressional District. True, 54 Democratic members of Congress signed a letter to Obama advocating an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza. The letter angered the pro-Israel mainstream — on the other hand, it was endorsed by Americans for Peace Now and J Street. You can revile those groups’ politics, but they represent mainstream political positions within Israel and the American Jewish conversation. Besides, Obama ignored the letter. The Republican Jewish Coalition is no doubt preparing its pre-election aids claiming Obama would return Israel to its pre-1967 borders and citing his “disrespect” for Benjamin Netanyahu. Of course, they are going to have to convince Jews, against all evidence, that the U.S.-Israel relationship has fundamentally changed under Obama, and hope voters ignore the evidence that security cooperation between the countries has actually improved. In other words, for most American Jews, upset over Obama’s mideast rhetoric is not going to outweigh their rejection of the GOP’s domestic agenda anytime soon. The former would have to get a lot worse, and the latter would have to get a lot better, for the realignment to take place. Andrew Silow-Carroll is editor-in-chief of the New Jersey Jewish News.

The Great Divide Charles Krauthammer

e’re in the midst of a great four-year national debate on the size and reach of government, the future of the welfare state, indeed, the nature of the social contract between citizen and state. The distinctive visions of the two parties — social-democratic vs. limited-government — have underlain every debate on every issue since Barack Obama’s inauguration: the stimulus, the auto bailouts, healthcare reform, financial regulation, deficit spending. Everything. The debt ceiling is but the latest focus of this fundamental divide. The sausage-making may be unsightly, but the problem is not that Washington is broken, that ridiculous ubiquitous cliche. The problem is that these two visions are in competition, and the definitive popular verdict has not yet been rendered. We’re only at the midpoint. Obama won a great victory in 2008 that he took as a mandate to transform America toward European-style social democracy. The subsequent counterrevolution delivered to that project a staggering rebuke in November 2010. Under our incremental system, however, a rebuke delivered is not a mandate conferred. That awaits definitive resolution, the rubber match of November 2012. I have every sympathy with the conservative counterrevolutionaries. Their containment of the Obama experiment has been remarkable. But reversal — rollback, in Cold War parlance — is simply not achievable until conservatives receive a mandate to govern from the White House. Lincoln is reputed to have said: “I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky”. I don’t know whether conservatives have God on their side (I keep getting sent to His voice mail), but I do know that they don’t have Kentucky — they don’t have the Senate, they don’t have the White House. And under our constitutional system, you cannot

govern from one house alone. Today’s resurgent conservatism, with its fidelity to constitutionalism, should be particularly attuned to this constraint, imposed as it is by a system of deliberately separated — and mutually limiting — powers. Given this reality, trying to force the issue — turn a blocking minority into a governing authority — is not just counter-constitutional in spirit but self-destructive in practice. Consider the Boehner Plan for debt reduction. The Heritage Foundation’s advocacy arm calls it “regrettably insufficient.” Of course it is. That’s what happens when you control only half a branch. But the plan’s achievements are significant. It is all cuts, no taxes. It establishes the precedent that debt-ceiling increases must be accompanied by equal spending cuts. And it provides half a year to both negotiate more fundamental reform (tax and entitlement) and keep the issue of debt reduction constantly in the public eye. I am somewhat biased about the Boehner Plan because for weeks I’ve been arguing (in this column and elsewhere) for precisely such a solution: a two-stage debt-ceiling hike consisting of a half-year extension with dollar-for-dollar spending cuts, followed by intensive negotiations on entitlement and tax reform. It’s clean. It’s understandable. It’s veto-proof. (Obama won’t dare.) The Republican House should have passed it weeks ago. After all, what was the alternative? The Reid Plan with its purported $2 trillion of debt reduction? More than half of that comes from not continuing surge-level spending in Iraq and Afghanistan for the next 10 years. Ten years? We’re out of Iraq in 150 days. It’s all a preposterous “saving” from an entirely fictional expenditure. The Congressional Budget Office has found that Harry Reid’s other discretionary savings were overestimated by $400 billion. Not to worry, I am told. Reid has completely plugged that gap. There will be no invasion of Canada next year (a bicentennial this-time-we’re-serious 1812 do-over). Huge savings. Huge. continued on page 16

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Editor’s note: This is a continuation of an ongoing series about Jewish history. Holocaust survivors did not plan to confront the mighty British Empire — but they did. In 1947, survivors boarded the Haganah ship, Exodus, to leave death-ridden Europe for what they hoped would be a safe haven in Palestine. Their

hopes were based on the Balfour Declaration of 1917 that promised a Jewish homeland. Tragically, in the years following the Balfour Declaration, Britain reversed its policy and sharply cut back on Jewish immigration to Palestine. Britain enforced its limitation of Jewish immigration with a naval blockade. It was this wall of warships that kept the passengers of the Exodus out of Palestine. Jews who tried to break through the block-

ade would be intercepted and returned to prison camps. The Holocaust survivors on the Exodus were no exception, and were caught and shipped back to France. Holocaust survivors confronted the British by refusing to leave the transport ships. French officials, sympathizing with the survivors, instructed Britain that it could not use force to remove the Jews. Now the British government was faced with a political dilemma:

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Not coincidentally, 1947 was also the year the United Nations formed the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) to determine what to do with Palestine. UNSCOP members commented that the sight of desperate Jews fight ing British troops to remain in Palestine influenced their deci sion to recommend the parti tioning of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. None of this was coincidental, but rather a strategy worked out by David Ben Gurion, the leader of the Yishuv, the Jews of Palestine. Ben Gurion had neither an army to fight his battle or political influence in the halls of power, but this resourceful lead

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Art is Blowing in the Wind

Sephardi Songs of Imagined Migrations ROCKPORT — On August 12 at 8 p.m., Rockport Music will present the Guy Mendilow Band performing a dynamic blend of ancient Sephardi music music in new arrangements that range from spare to sweepingly cinematographic. The concert will take place at Shalin Liu Performance Center. Blurring boundaries and connecting sounds, stories, rhythms and roots, is central to the mission inspiring the Guy Mendilow Band. The vibrant multicultural group’s latest offering, “The Ladino Project,” features centuriesold music from Jewish communities in Smyrna, Salonica, Jerusalem and Sarajevo, recast through the lens of modern migrations. Sung in Ladino, a language melding Spanish, Arabic, Greek and Hebrew, these colorful canticas abound with stories of sailors seduced by sirens at sea, intrigue, fantastic dreams and the treachery of kings and queens. What makes the Boston/ New York-based group so distinctive, even from contemporaries in the genre, is the dynamic world music expertise and diverse cultural backgrounds of its members. Drawing from the places the Israeli-born Mendilow and his musicians have called home, from Israel and Brazil to Japan and the United States, the resulting music is a blend of haunting Sephardi driven by Brazilian street beats and awash with warm vocal harmonies, intricate bluesy textures and spellbind-

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WENHAM — Until last week, Hamilton and Wenham boasted more than just houses and greenery. The community hosted the second annual selfguided art show called “Art Grows art Here.” The 16 sites featured the work of local artists, showcasing their talents in poetry, performance art, sculptures and other installations. The tour started at the home of Susan Quateman, a silk painter whose inspiration comes from nature and her work in landscape planning. Several silk banners were perched on Quateman’s front lawn, the wind giving life to the landscape-inspired designs. “Nature itself can be very transient and insubstantial, or clearly present and substantial. The viewer will judge which silk works best in the landscape,” Quateman said. Her series, ‘Into the Garden,’ starts with the development of a seed, and ends with the evolution of a complex garden design. Ironically, Quateman’s desire to produce beautiful artwork that can hang in a landscape started in a temple. “I was sitting at Cruiseport in Gloucester after our beloved synagogue had burnt down, and to be absolutely truthful, was feeling very bored. My interest was taken with two glorious banners on either side of Rabbi Samuel Barth, which were clearly made of silk, and

Artist Susan Quateman with some of her silk banners.

were so beautifully and artfully painted. I especially remember the golden Hebrew letters and the white doves on the banners, which seemed to sing to me. I immediately decided that I had to learn how to do silk painting. I learned later that the banners had been made by Kate Seidman, with Ruth Mordechai. Kate told me that she was teaching silk painting at the Gloucester YMCA. That was the beginning of my love affair with this medium, about three years ago,” Quateman explained. Quateman and the other artists now have their own studio, Ten Pound Studio in Gloucester. They will be selling their work for the first time at the Manchester Arts Festival. Along with the silk banners, Quateman will also feature silk scarves. Quateman highlighted the differences between a traditionally dyed scarf, and one using

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killed in the Holocaust, although he’s never been told the story. he astonishingInevitably, Arthur and ly cheeky French his flamboyant tormenscrewball comedy tor, whose name is Baya “The Names of Love” willBenmahmoud, cross fully takes on the most paths again, with a more sensitive issues from a cordial result. She invites single, calculated direchim back to her place, an tion: head on. everyday occurrence for With unbridled enthuher but discombobulatsiasm and fearless wit, ing for him. co-writers Michel Leclerc We’re primed for a vari(who also directed) and ation on the old Woody Baya Kasmi Allen gambit — brainy Jew cover the meets liberated Gentile — film political-culbut that’s way too hackMusicboxfilms.com tural spectrum from the Baya Benmahmoud (Sara Forestier) stars in neyed for this movie. Vichy government’s depor- “The Names of Love.” Baya’s a caricature of protation of Parisian Jews in miscuity who sleeps with 1942, to contemporary Arab-Jewish tensions. every conservative she meets to “cure” them of Pairing its goring of sacred cows with over- their wrong-headed political views. (She comes the-top flaunting of female nudity, this auda- on to Arthur because she mistakenly thinks he’s cious and entertaining movie goes so far beyond one of them.) politically incorrect as to render the term mean“The Names of Love” is not the kind of lazy ingless. But its approach isn’t cynical or irre- movie that asks us to take on faith what it tells sponsible. If its goal is to shock, it is to shock us us about its characters, so we get an extended out of our complacent, passive acceptance of scene of the sexually blasé Baya (a gutsy Sara stereotypes, racism and worse. Forestier, who won the French Oscar for Best Every romantic comedy requires a contrived Actress) walking around Paris nude. meet-cute, but this one is especially and cheerThe daughter of Algerian immigrants, Baya fully shameless. A buttoned-down, middle-age, is as steeped as Arthur in government-backed Jewish environmental scientist named Arthur bloodshed and institutional discrimination. Martin (an endearing Jacques Gamblin) is con- With so much common ground to explore, even ducting a staid radio interview when a youthful if a lot of it is marked with landmines, the couple station volunteer — infuriated by his mealy- embarks on a roller-coaster love affair of unexmouthed assessment of the risks of avian flu — pected poignancy. bursts into the studio to ream him out. Don’t let this smart, nervy gem slip by. This incident impels Arthur to address the camera directly (that is, the audience) and begin “The Names of Love” opens Friday, August 12, rattling off his socially inept life story. An only at the Kendall Square in Cambridge, and the child, Arthur was raised by likable yet cautious West Newton Cinema in West Newton. Call the parents; his mother’s parents were deported and theatres for showtimes. Special to the Journal

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6:30 p.m. The Jewish Federation of the North Shore honors the Kaplan Family. Kernwood Country Club, 1 Kernwood St., Salem. jewishnorthshore.org or 781-631-8330 x504.

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7:30 p.m. Conducted by the ladies of the shul. Oneg follows. Cong. Sons of Israel, Park and Spring Sts., Peabody. info@peabodyshul.org.

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Noon to 5 p.m. Second annual Shirley Avenue event includes food, raffles, and gifts. $25/at the door. Mt. Vernon @ The Wharf, 543 North Shore Rd., Revere. skyavalanche@ yahoo.com.

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6:30 p.m. Author Jodi R. R. Smith discusses “The Etiquette Book.” Those who purchase a book and mention that they read about the event in the Journal will receive a free gift, while supplies last. Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St., Marblehead. 781631-1481 or abbotlibrary.org.

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7 p.m. Jewish rocker performs at family-friendly event. $5/person; $18/family. JCCNS, 4 Community Rd., Marblehead. jccns.org or 781-631-8330.

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5:30 p.m. The Boston Synagogue welcomes Jewish young professionals living and working in downtown Boston. Rabbi Ben Lanckton will lead a short discussion. 55 Martha Rd., Boston. office@bostonsynagogue.org or 617-523-0453.

6:30 p.m. Interactive music program. Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St., Marblehead. abbotlibrary.org or 781-631-1481.

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11:30 a.m. Golf tournament generates funding for MS education, support, advocacy and services. Ipswich Country Club, Ipswich. Staci.Colby@ nmss.org or 800-344-4867.

Sun, Aug. 14 10 a.m. Religious school open house for new and prospective students and their families. Light refreshments provided. Temple B’nai Abraham, 200 E. Lothrop St., Beverly. tbabeverly.org.

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10 a.m. Celebration of Tu b’Av, the Jewish festival of romance, for singles in their 40s through 60s. Concert and discussion groups. $15. Temple Reyim, 1860 Washington St., Newton. 617-620-1685.

7 p.m. NSTI invites teens, grades 8-12, for swimming, music and BBQ. JCCNS, 4 Community Rd., Marblehead. nsteeninitiative.org or 781-244-5544.

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7 p.m. Financial planners Caleb Harty and Jeff Worthley share tips. Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St., Marblehead. abbotlibrary.org or 781-631-1481.

Book Discussion

10 a.m. Read and discuss ‘The Postmistress’ by Sarah Blake. Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St., Marblehead. abbotlibrary.org or 781-631-1481.

Sat, Aug. 20 best bet Rob Alper

7:30 p.m. Rabbi/stand-up comic performs. $18/advance; $22/ at door. Cong. Shalom, 87 Richardson Rd., N. Chelmsford. fundraising@congregationshalom.org or 978-251-8091.

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7:30 p.m. Group plays Beatles songs with a unique twist. $10. Temple Emanu-El, 393 Atlantic Ave., Marblehead. temple@ emanu-el.org or 781-631-9300.

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SWAMPSCOTT — Congrega tion Shirat Hayam Preschool was not necessarily looking to expand, but things changed quickly when Play to Learn, another Swampscott preschool, was forced to shut its doors, according to Leslie Rooks Sack, director. A CSH mother who had her children in both schools brokered some conversations between the two schools. Play to Learn, housed in St. John the Evangelist Church, lost its lease and had nowhere to go. What began as a discussion about renting them space ended in Shirat Hayam expanding from preschool to daycare hours and opening an infant room. They had been licensed for these services all along but were not using them. “We have congregants who will also use the expanded hours,” said Sack, who is just getting a sense of how many people will take advantage of the expanded hours. Shirat Hayam’s move comes at a time when competition between Jewish preschools has been intensifying. Earlier this year, the JCC in Marblehead

announced a plan to open a satellite in Beverly, a move that drew criticism from the JCC in Peabody. Chabad of the North Shore is launching Torah Tots in collaboration with the JCC in Marblehead, and Aviv Centers for Living will be opening a Jewish preschool in Peabody in 2012 with room for 51 students. Do the expanded hours position Shirat Hayam for future competition? “Our intention was really just to help these Play to Learn families,” said Sack, who will be absorbing at least 10 new families Lisa Nagel, president of the JCC in Marblehead, said they were not involved in discussions with Play to Learn, but believes the JCC is a strong option for anyone in the area looking for

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preschool or daycare. “The JCC offers extended hours from early morning to evening, with an extensive list of preschool enrichment programs to keep young children educated and entertained throughout the entire day,” Nagel said. Melissa Kaplowitch, co-chair of the CSH Board of Directors and former chair of the preschool committee, said their expansion has nothing to do with the competition. “We are really filling a need for families. We did a mitzvah and were asked to do so by Play to Learn; it is a good business practice for CSH. We are good at the preschool business,” Kaplowitch said. She reiterated that the CSH and JCC preschools collaborated this past year on several holiday programs, and both worked on community programs such as Chagenu. Sack said it is true that many of the families coming from Play to Learn are not Jewish, but they understand that CSH is a Jewish preschool. “We are still a Jewish preschool with Jewish values, but those are universal values. Our new families understand that we celebrate the Jewish holidays,” Sack said.

The Obama Plan? There is no Obama plan. And the McConnell Plan, a final resort that punts the debt issue to Election Day, would likely have yielded no cuts at all. Obama faces two massive problems — jobs and debt. They’re both the result of his spectacularly failed Keynesian gamble: massive spending that left us a stagnant economy with high and chronic unemployment — and a staggering debt burden. Obama is desperate to share ownership of this failure. Economic dislocation from a debt-ceiling crisis nicely serves that purpose — if the Republicans play along. The perfect out: Those crazy Tea Partyers ruined the recovery! Why would any conservative collaborate with that ploy? November 2012 constitutes the new conservatism’s one chance to restructure government and change the ideological course of the country. Why risk forfeiting that outcome by offering to share ownership of Obama’s wreckage? Contact Charles Krauthammer at letters@ charleskrauthammer.com.

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Uberstylist Jason Ring (second from left), who has been styling hair for the past 21 years, is thrilled to join the team at Studio V in Marblehead. Ring, who has tamed the tresses of such stars as Carly Simon, Joey McIntyre and Steven Tyler, loves the new location at 8 Spring St. Anthony Viglietti has assembled an all-star cast including Heidi Stanger, Fulvio Evangelista and Kristen Vader. For new clients and JCC members, Studio V is offering 25 percent off all services, and 20 percent off retail products through November 1.

Wedding Brudnick — Sherman Mr. and Mrs. William Brudnick of Lynnfield are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Rebecca Meryl Brudnick, to Robert Sherman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Barry Sherman of North Aurora, Ill. Rebecca is a graduate of American University. She received her master’s degree from Simmons College and is a kindergarten teacher in northwest D.C. Robert graduated with high honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the assistant athletic director for marketing and corporate partnerships at American University. Following a honeymoon trip to Greece and Spain, the couple will reside in Chevy Chase, Md.

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Longtime Swampscott resident and Marblehead High School graduate Richard Salinsky, president of Best Petroleum, LLC, of Lynn, is being honored with the 2011 Distinguished Marketer Award by SIGMA, the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America. The award is given to an individual whose deeds and efforts have made a significant contribution to the welfare of the retail fuel marketing industry. This award has only been given out 19 times in SIGMA’s 53-year history, and Salinsky is the first New Englander to receive the award in over three decades.

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JCRC Selects New Exec The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston (JCRC) has selected a new Executive Director, Jeremy Burton. Burton comes to the JCRC from Jewish Funds for Justice (JFSJ) where he was senior vice president of programs. JFSJ is a national public foundation based in New York which recently merged with the Progressive Jewish Alliance, a California-based grassroots organization.

Congrats Grad! Eric C. Benson, son of Karen Benson of Peabody, recently graduated from Peabody Veterans Memorial High School. Eric is a 2007 graduate of Cohen Hillel Academy. In the fall, he will attend UMass Lowell to major in accounting.

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День Тиша Беав Девятое ава (в этом году 9 августа) – день еврейского национального траура Тиша Беав, кульминация скорби по обоим Иерусалимских Храмах, о начале изгнания. С этим днем связано пять трагических событий. В этот день Вс-вышний вынес приговор, который обрек всех вышедших из Египта умереть в пустыне, т.к. им не дано было войти в Эрец-Исраэль. Их грех состоял в следующем: разведчики, которых послали осмотреть страну, вернувшись, начали порочить ее, и народ, поверив им, принялся роптать на Вс-вышнего и сомневаться даже в Его возможностях – Его, Который 40 лет обеспечивал все их потребности в пустыне, – привести их в Страну Израиля и покорить населяющие ее племена. Народ оплакивал “свой горький жребий”, и было это в ночь на 9 ава, и Вс-вышний, разгневавшись на евреев за их маловерие и бессмысленный плач, вынес им этот приговор. В этот день были разрушены оба Храма – Первый и Второй. Вавилонские полчища ворвались в Первый Храм еще 7 ава, а во второй половине 9 ава подожгли его, и он горел всю ночь до второй половины 10 ава. Несмотря на то, что по-настоящему огонь в Храме разгорелся 10 ава, отмечается

это несчастье 9 ава, потому что начало бедствия тяжелее всего. Второй Храм был разрушен Титом, римским военачальником, в самый день 9 ава. В день девятого ава пал Бейтар. Во время восстания Бар-Кохбы в этой хорошо защищенной крепости укрылись тысячи мужчин, женщин и детей. Падение Бейтара было финалом катастрофического разрушения Страны Израиля: сотни тысяч евреев были убиты, сотни тысяч угнаны в рабство, страна опустела... К этому добавилась катастрофа духовная: Бейтар был одним из центров изучения Торы, и с его падением был разрушен один из главных духовных источников. После подавления восстания Бар-Кохбы римские власти предприняли чрезвычайные усилия для того, чтобы стереть все следы еврейского присутствия в Стране Израиля. Pимляне перепахали всю территорию Иерусалима, не оставив от него почти никаких следов. На месте Иерусалима они построили новый город, который назвали “Элиа Капи-толина”. Сами того не ведая, римляне осуществили предсказание пророка Михи: “Сион словно поле будет распахан”. Этособытие также произошло 9-го ава.

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Лето в Израиле Открыта регистрация на поездку в Израиль для молодежи в июле 2012 года, спонсированная фондом Robert I. Lappin Youth to Israel Adventure (Y2I). В этой программе могут принять участие ученики старших классов (10, 11 классы), которые живут на Северном Берегу. Доп.информацию можно получить на сайте: www.y2i.org, позвонив по тел. 978-740-4431 Susan Feinstein, или послать запрос по электронной почте: sfeinstein@rilcf.org.

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Что-Где-Когда... По многочисленным просьбам наших читателей Русская Хроника продолжает рубрику Что-Где-Когда, или идеи для летнего отдыха. Так, в эту субботу, 6 августа, в Бостоне и его пригородах будут проходить различные мероприятия на любой вкус. В Сэлеме будет проходить ежегодный морской фестиваль, Salem Maritime Festival. Различные развлекательнообразовательные мероприятия распланированы на целый день. В программу включены бесплатное катание на парусных шхунах (билеты распределяются по лотерейной системе за 30 мин. до отплытия), запуск воздушных змеев, демонстрации военноморских учений, экскурсии по паруснику Friendship of Salem, и т.п. Доп. информация на сайте: nps.gov/sama. В тот же день на знаменитом Crane Beach (Argilla Road) в усадьбе Crane Estate в Ipswich состоится фестиваль песчаных скульптур. За въезд в парк берется плата. Доп. информация на сайте: thetrustees.org. Любители современных ритмов могут посетить Бостонский фестиваль городской музыки, Boston Urban Music Festival, который пройдет в районе City Hall Plaza в центре Бостона, с 5 до 8 часов вечера. В концерте примут участие Mac Miller, Goapele, Moufy with Moe Pope, Fame or Juliet, Phunk Phenomenon, Frank White, Yung Fresh and Flem. Доп. информация на сайте: Bostonurbanmusicfest. com.

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16-й год подряд театральная труппа Shakespeare on the Common ставит бесплатные шекспировские спектакли в центре Бостона на Boston Common. В этом году идет постановка “Все хорошо, что хорошо кончается” (All’s Well That Ends Well).

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Bernice Polins, 90, of Dallas, Texas, formerly of Boston

Melvin Charles Shefftz, 82, of Binghamton, N.Y.

Bernice Polins, late of Dallas, Texas, and formerly of Boston, passed away at her home at Legacy Senior Community in Plano, Texas, on July 17, 2011. She was 90. Bernice was born on September 3, 1920 in Springfield, Mass. She spent the first 60 years of her life in Boston, raising her three children while working as a medical secretary at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. She was active at Temple Adas Israel, where she served in many capacities, including Sisterhood president. She was an avid tennis player, a wonderful baker, a fantastic hostess and a friend to all. Bernice and her husband Phil moved to Dallas in 1984 to be near their children, and immediately fell in love with the area. She worked for many years at the Dallas Apparel Mart and also became active at Temple Shalom, where she served on many committees, became membership chairperson and served on the Temple board of directors. She was honored as Temple Shalom Sisterhood Woman of the Year in 1995. Bernice also received the Helen Gross Senior Leadership Award from the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas in 1995. Bernice had an amazing zest for life, adored her family and was a devoted friend. She will be dearly missed by everyone whose life she touched. She was preceded in death by

History Professor Shefftz chose some memorable dates. He was born in Chelsea on what eventually became known as Tax Day, April 15, of the year the stock market crashed, 1929, and died after a short hospitalization on Bastille Day, July 14, 2011. His mother, Jean Shapiro, escaped from Ukraine during the Russian Civil War, walking for months with her mother and three brothers, gleaning vegetables from picked-over fields and sleeping in barns. His father, Simon Shefftz, left Poland at the beckoning of an uncle who had earlier sold a family cow and then absconded with the proceeds to buy a boat ticket to America. Melvin attended Boston Latin School and earned his history AB, AM and PhD from Harvard University. While there, he met his wife Claire, who had recently com-

pleted her graduate degree there. He was a professor at Binghamton University for 45 years, retiring after teaching several generations of students. His original specialization had been European socialism, but he was a generalist at heart. He taught the two World Wars, historiography, history through the novel and the Vietnam War. The latter arose from one of his many political causes as he sought to bring young Americans home from Vietnam’s pointless slaughter. He was later involved in the efforts to curtail the equally pointless nuclear arms race. He also advocated for Israel’s right to live peacefully within secure borders. Melvin grew up afflicted by asthma, the 1930’s treatment of which consisted largely of indoor confinement, as he longed to

Brookstein, Florence R., 68 — late of Peabody. Died June 30, 2011. Daughter of the late Morris and Millie (Kaufman) Brookstein. Sister of Esta Trieber and her husband Jordan of Peabody and the late Harold Brookstein. Aunt of Nancy Trieber Sheehan and her husband Bill of Peabody, Alan Trieber and his wife Ann Canavan of N.J., and Daryl Trieber of Peabody. Great-aunt of Mark, Miles, India and AnnaLaura. (Stanetsky-Hymanson)

and her husband Randy. Great-uncle of many grandnieces and grandnephews. (Stanetsky-Hymanson)

her parents Bessie and Morris Pollack, her brother Lawrence Pollack, and her husband Philip Polins. Bernice is survived by her daughter Susan Levy and her husband Arnold, her son Stanley Polins and his wife Michelle, and her son Richard Polins and his wife Wendy. She also leaves her grandson Eric Levy and his wife Lissa, her granddaughter Lauren Patten and her husband Chris, granddaughters Sophie and Rosie Polins and great-grandchildren Elie, Maxwell and Teddy Levy and Samantha Patten. Funeral services were held on July 20 at Temple Shalom in Dallas, with interment following at Hillcrest Cemetery. Donations in Bernice’s memory may be made to Temple Shalom Sisterhood or to a charity of your choice.

Ethal J. (Feingold) Goldberg, 89, formerly of Marblehead

Ethal J. (Feingold) Goldberg, formerly of Marblehead, entered into rest July 30, 2011. She was 89. Beyond the fact that she was a “homemaker,” Ethal was a trained operating room nurse, having graduated at the top of her class at the Beth Israel Hospital School of Nursing in the mid-1940’s. Because of her strong commitment to education and intellectual curiosity, she returned to school beginning in her 40’s and earned her bachelor’s degree with honors from Harvard University. Ethal appreciated fine arts, music and writing. Her aesthetic interests ranged from gardening in Marblehead to silversmithing at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln. In her community, she and husband Simon were founding members of Temple Sinai in Marblehead. Above all, she prized her family and enjoyed holidays and celebrations surrounded by them. Ethal was the beloved wife of the late Simon Goldberg. She was the devoted mother of Joseph Goldberg and his wife Betsy of Fairfax, Va., Deborah Goldberg and her husband Burton Rosenthal of Swampscott and Betty Goldberg

of St. Louis, Mo. Ethal was the loving sister of Lenore Richter, formerly of Md., Frances Gordon of Worcester and Shirley Sterman, formerly of Marblehead. She was the cherished grandmother of Rebecca, Hannah, Jessica, David, Leah and Julia. Services were held at Temple Sinai in Marblehead on August 1. Interment followed at Temple Sinai Cemetery in Danvers. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to the Office of Development, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215. Arrangements were handled by Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapels in Salem.

Fogel, Gloria (Goldberg), 83 — late of Peabody. Died July 19, 2011. Wife of Alvin J. Fogel. Daughter of the late Harry and Tillie (Eastman) Goldberg. Mother of Nancy Serkez and her husband Brett of Framingham and David Fogel and his wife Alison of York, Maine. Grandmother of Ian Serkez. (Stanetsky-Hymanson) Klein, Rhoda (Cohen), 80 — late of Chelsea, formerly of Swampscott and Delray Beach, Fla. Died July 25, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. Wife of the late Edwin Klein for 58 years. Mother of Michael and Wendy Klein, Robert and Sandy Klein and Steven and Debra Klein. Grandmother of Daniel, Peter, Sophie, Rachel, Adam, Willson, and Sydney. (Goldman) London, Walter, 88 — late of Chelsea, formerly of Revere and Las Vegas, Nev. Died July 24, 2011. Son of the late Joseph and Bertha (Swikis) London. Brother of Max London and his wife Freda of Swampscott. Uncle of Barry London, Gerald London and his wife Diann, and Diane Haskins

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