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Agencies Reflect, Discuss New Allocations Policy Amy Sessler Powell Jewish Journal Staff
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Kate Twoomey of Swampscott enjoys a swim at Summer on the Hill, camp at the JCC in Marblehead. For photos from all the camps, see pages 12, 13.
SALEM — A new policy introduced by the Jewish Federation of the North Shore that requires 100 percent of the board members of agencies receiving an allocation to participate in the Community Campaign and 50 percent of those board members to participate on Super Sunday met with mixed reactions in the community. Some board members believe that JFNS is moving in the right direction and simply codifying what has always been a strong and reasonable recommendation, while others are uncomfortable with the mandate.
Many believe that the more the community works together to raise funds, the better off all the agencies will be. There is no minimum contribution requirement. Others fear the policy could potentially chill volunteerism while still others believe that Federation does not return enough on each dollar due to their own overhead. Ariel Berger, chairman of the JFNS Allocations Committee, explained the rationale. “We are all in this together. It is no longer acceptable to say ‘where’s mine’ and go away. For people who are a little less than thrilled, we have
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LYNN — “He’s just a mensch,” North Shore Hebrew School Director Heather Greenberg said of Harold Mindel, 82, of Lynn. Upwards of 100 people echoed this sentiment at a luncheon on July 23 honoring Mindel’s retirement from eight years as Congregation Ahabat Sholom president. Among the guests were those who have observed his leadership qualities in various Jewish communal activities. “Harold has helped so many people on the North Shore. He is such a special person,” Richard Kessel of Marblehead said. Mindel first entered Ahabat Sholom in 1973 in order to say Kaddish for his mother. He joined the shul soon after because it reminded him of the Walnut Street Synagogue in Chelsea where he was raised. In 2000, he became board vice-president for two years, and then succeeded the late Gary Kaplan as president. Mindel applied determination and warmth to his position during a crossroads for the 110-year old Ahabat Sholom located in Lynn. continued on page 19
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REVERE — Though the Jews may be a migratory people, they don’t forget the old neighborhoods that remain etched into the hearts of those who played, prayed and came of age in former centers of vibrant Jewish life. Shirley Avenue in Revere was one of those magical, long-ago enclaves of bagels, kishke, JCC basketball teams and Hebrew schools. With all that, plus the beach and amusement park, it’s no wonder people remember the area with such fondness. Wealthy it wasn’t, but judging from Sunday’s 170-person turnout at the Second Shirley Ave. Nosh Reunion Barbecue Bash, with attendees hailing from as far away as Germany and California, it didn’t lack for much. The Mystic River Jews website (mysticriverjews.jcam.org) says that Jews made up about 25 percent of the population of Revere in 1940. Mainly Eastern European immigrants, most lived around Shirley Avenue. “Some 5,000 people lived in Ward 2, located between the beach, Wonderland Race Track, Bell Circle and Suffolk Downs,” wrote former Journal contributor Dov Burt Levy in a 2007 Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore article. “Most of the houses and stores in the area were built between 1910 and 1925,” he wrote, noting that many residents had
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Marsha and Jack Cook of Swampscott attended the Second Annual Second Shirley Ave. Nosh Reunion Barbecue Bash, held at Mr. Vernon at the Wharf.
been displaced by the 1907 Chelsea fire. At the time, he reported that only 25 to 30 Jews still lived around Shirley Avenue. “Like Hester Street in the Lower East Side, Shirley Ave. was the heart of Revere’s Jewish neighborhood. The cantorial sounds floating over the triple-decker tenements during the High Holidays were especially inspiring, and streets were blocked off with wooden horses and kerosene lamps to prevent automobile traffic.” said Reunion co-host Steve McCormack from his home in West Hills, Calif., before coming in for the Nosh. continued on page 15
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Informing the Present with the Past: An Interview with Jewish Historian Herb Belkin Sasha Mishkin Special to the Journal
Q: How did you become involved in modern Jewish history? A: It appeals to the conscience of the world. Here you have a people that were scapegoats for centuries, and a definite need for their own homeland. Because of the Zionist movement, we were able to achieve something that is a wonderful example of human effort. Jews were able to develop a homeland in Israel. What I hope to do is give a historical perspective to stress the importance of that landmark event. Q: A lot of Jewish children attend Hebrew school, but quickly forget what they learned. Do you think there is a flaw in the Jewish education system? A: One of the problems with
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Gurion and Golda Meir. These were people who dedicated their whole lives to establish a Jewish homeland, and it was such an uphill fight. The study of modern Jewish history is about the undertaking of the Jewish homeland.
Jews were able to develop a homeland in Israel. What I hope to do is give a historical perspective to stress the importance of that landmark event. Q: How would you talk to kids about modern Jewish history? A: Make it relatable. I would use Powerpoints and visual aids. Most of my teaching is done in adult settings, so I can just speak to them and they understand. But children absorb information in different mediums.
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ern Jewish history so inherently important to understanding Judaism? A: To be a Jew requires a number of different aspects. We are a secular people, as well as a religious people. To understand this peoplehood, you need to know modern Jewish history. The secular culture has separated us and made us unique, so we should be trying to do whatever it takes to keep Jews Jewish.
Hebrew school and day school is that there is so much subject matter, that modern Jewish history suffers as a result. The Holocaust should not be treated as a horrible incident at one time. You need more of a context. There isn’t enough context provided about modern Jewish history, and educators focus on one particular incident, rather than the background. Q: There is a plethora of information embedded in modern Jewish history; how does one go about learning all there is to know? A: It has to be done on a continuous basis, and you have to develop it slowly but surely. How do you explain the Holocaust to a 10 or 11-year-old? You have to wait until they can absorb that information. What strikes me is that when you study Zionism, you find out that there were heroes: Herzl, Weizmann, Ben
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Q: Where have you spoken? A: Gordon College and Salem State University. I hope to speak at Brandeis University. I consider it to be my job to teach Jewish history to as many people as I can get to listen. Q: Why is the study of mod-
Q: What about the present? Shouldn’t we be focused on what is happening right now? A: I maintain that you cannot understand the JewishPalestinian relation until you study modern Jewish history. You need to be able to put yourself in the Israeli state of mind. When you understand the pogroms, etc., you begin to understand where the Israelis are coming from. Q: So let’s say someone decides to learn more about modern Jewish history. Where would you tell him to start? A: Don’t read it as history per se, read it as the personalities. Take out a book on Ben Gurion, an international leader who led Jews through the Holocaust. Or read about Golda Meir. She came to the United States with ten dollars and, at the gates, a man asked how she planned to survive. She said, “I have friends here.” What drove her? What was the dedication? There’s a passageway of history, and as you study it, you see that there is a great connection. Q: You seem to be more of a storyteller than a lecturer. Is there any truth in that? A: Of course. If you want to teach something, you have to make it entertaining, and you have to be involved. My hope is to do both. As history unravels, you see all the people that made it happen. It is a great, great story.
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Cohen Foundation Camps Create New Siddur Amy Sessler Powell Jewish Journal Staff
Religious services at summer camp tend to have a personality all their own and, this year, the Cohen Foundation camps created their own siddur to reflect the personality of their Sabbath services. Many campers, who used the siddur for the first time this summer, noted that it was an improvement over the more oldfashioned one used in the past, and that it prompted them to think a little more deeply about the services. Eli Biletch, 11, who attended Camp Tel Noar in July, said his counselor used a scavenger hunt to help them get acquainted with the new siddur. He liked the reflective questions. “It asked things like what will I resolve to do this week?” said Biletch, of Swampscott. Molly German, 12, also liked the questions that helped her frame both the week that passed and the one coming up. “It asked things like, have you shown bravery or led something?” said German, of Marblehead, who attended Camp Tevya. The new siddur was born
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sor of Camps Tevya, Pembroke and Tel Noar. “Camp is unique because it is an immersive Jewish experience,” said Cohen Molly Lourie Butter, director of Camp Tel Noar, spent much of the off-season working on the siddur. “We collaborated to incorporate all the positive things about each of the Cohen camps in one book, while also maintaining their personalities,” said Butter, of Peabody. Some of the unique features of the camp siddur are the art selections, as well as the ques-
ticipate. The Torah portions are translated in the siddur, but use vocabulary that campers understand. “They are in a language that kids today are better able to relate,” said Cohen. Prayer translations are based more on the themes and interpretations than exact wording. “It’s more about the feeling of the prayer than the word-forword. This siddur really allows campers to make the most of the prayers and the services,” said Butter.
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The Patkin family of Swampscott celebrated their daughter’s graduation from college with a twoweek tour of China in June. A highlight was visiting the Ohel Moshe Synagogue in Shanghai. They are pictured above (l-r), Randy, Marjorie, Brooke and Alex, in front of the Great Wall of China.
Sema and Henry Goldstein of Salem recently traveled to Britain, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. While in the U.K., they visited the Jewish Museum in Dublin, Ireland, and had the opportunity to meet the daughter-in-laws of the late Lord Mayor Brisco. Burton Tankel of Lynn is an auto enthusiast who is a member of the Tucker Automobile Club of America. The Tucker 48 was manufactured for only one year (1948) and there are just 47 of these rare cars left in the world. Each year, Tankel’s automotive club meets in a different city. In June, their annual convention took place in Los Angeles. Tankel was there, along with his Jewish Journal.
Jake Powell, 16, of Swampscott, read a few articles while waterskiing around Lake George during an annual family trip to the New York lake.
Pearl Jacobs and Ellis Sklar of Coconut Creek, Florida brought their Journal with them on a trip to Italy where they visited the Leaning Tower of Pisa, admired the paintings in Florence, and took in an opera at La Scala in Milan.
Barbara Gammel (below) of Marblehead brought her Journal to the Santa Fe Opera while her husband, George Gammel (right), took his on a hike through Glacier National Park in Montana.
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Discovering the Critical Importance of a U.S-Israel Alliance Jordan Miller Special to the Jewish Journal
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eing a Jewish teen in the twenty-first century, it can be difficult to find and embrace your Jewish identity within a secular society. Fortunately, I discovered my Jewish background deep beneath the Jerusalem stone in Israel; once while traveling with my family for my sister’s Bat Mitzvah in 2009, and again while traveling through Israel for two weeks with a group of fantastic Jewish teens from the North Shore organization, Y2I. With a total of four weeks of Israeli culture under my belt, I finally felt a sense of belonging. I supported Israel before both trips, and more so after my travels. However, I wanted to voice my support for Israel with more powerful actions. Therefore, I joined AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. AIPAC is a first bipartisan, properson Israel, public affairs organization dedicated to strengthening the U.S-Israel alliance since the 1950’s. From July 24th through July 27th, I attended the Summer Saban Leadership Seminar in Washington, D.C., sponsored by AIPAC. During those four days spent in our nation’s capital, I learned the importance of keeping and strengthening the U.SIsrael alliance to ensure protection and peace within Israel. In order to strengthen the United States’ special relationship with Israel, pro-Israel support must be ensured by Congress. Therefore, leaders within AIPAC effectively and expertly taught students from 125 colleges and 25 very fortunate high school students how to successfully lobby their representatives in Congress.
Once a representative declares his or her support for Israel, there is an opportunity to attempt to propose and pass pro-Israel legislation through Congress. There is no greater way to support Israel than to influence proIsrael legislation. As a teen once focused on pre-med over politics, my knowledge of the U.S-Israel alliance was slim. However, after AIPAC’s 19th Annual Saban Leadership Seminar, I now acknowledge the importance of protecting Israel on a national level. Listening to speeches made by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and Representative Debbie Wasserman Shultz, I understand how important it is as a student to influence pro-Israel legislation. Because most high school students are unaware of the threats on Israel during this “Arab-Spring,” I have become fully devoted to educating anyone about the issues occurring in the Middle East, as well as the benefits of strengthening the U.S-Israel alliance to keep those issues under control. During the Seminar, AIPAC stressed its three fall campus initiatives: Publishing Campus Leadership Statements, Visiting Congressional District Offices, and Broadening the Base to Maximize Political Influence. Throughout the seminar, workshops were held to help students develop plans to take action on their campuses this fall. Students also learned about foreign policy and its role in the 2012 elections from former United States Ambassador to Israel Martin
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Indyk, and Vice President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Danielle Pletka, at the American Enterprise Institute. After listening to prominent figures in Congress, as well as in AIPAC, I encourage all students to take part in the 2012 elections to gain a greater knowledge of how my generation can affect foreign policy. Although the Middle East is thousands of miles away, the threats imposed on Israel can also be considered threats on the United States. As an ally to Israel, it is the United States’ responsibility to stand by with the strongest military and moral support we can provide. As a result of my first Saban Leadership Seminar, I am planning to organize a pro-Israel advocacy club for the Jewish teens in my community. I hope to educate and inspire teens to join the U.S-Israel alliance, and lobby our local representatives in hopes of making a positive impact in Congress. In addition to attending Saban, I also plan to attend the High School Summit in November. This summit specifically targets high school students interested in Israel advocacy and political activism. I also plan to attend the Policy Conference, the nation’s largest and most popular pro-Israel event. As a passionate supporter of Israel, I encourage any pro-Israel advocate to look into AIPAC’s events and get involved with strengthening the U.S-Israel alliance for their mutual futures. Jordan Miller is a senior at Lynnfield High School.
New York — EL AL Israel Airlines placed first in the “Wines on the Wing” airline competition by Global Traveler Magazine, which has a readership geared to business and luxury travel. The winning white wine was selected by 31 expert judges who are wine connoisseurs, sommeliers, wine shop owners and winemakers. The EL AL white wine that won first place as the “Best International First Class White Wine” is Gewürztraminer, produced by the Carmel Winery, which is located in the northern part of Israel. Gewürztraminer is currently being served in First Class on all EL AL flights. “Earning first place recognition from these discerning judg-
es is certainly an honor,” said Danny Saadon, Vice President, EL AL Israel Airlines, North and Central America. “We are proud of the many fine Israeli wines served in-flight in all classes of service on EL AL, as they represent the cultivated vineyards of Israel that are well-regarded worldwide.” A total of 28 airlines which participated in this seventh annual Global Traveler “Wines on the Wing” blind tasting competition provided 136 bottles of white, red and sparkling wines/ champagne. Global Traveler is the only U.S.A.-based publication to conduct such a survey. Additional details of the competition appear online at globaltravelerusa.com.
New International Airport to Open in Southern Israel NEW YORK — The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced plans to open a new international airport in Timna, just 11 miles north of the southern seaside resort town of Eilat in late summer 2014. To be named after the late Israeli astronaut, Ilan Ramon, Israel’s new international airport will replace existing airports in Ovda and Eilat, and feature a state-of-the-art light rail that will transport travelers to downtown Eilat, as well as long- and shortterm overnight parking. The $422 million airport is expected to spark a 300 percent increase in tourism to southern Israel, with an anticipated 1.5 million travelers arriving on both inter-
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Don’t Demonize Israel, Learn About Her
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ngaging in political dialogue today is nearly impossible without the subject turning to the Middle East. And then, even among Jews, the topic turns to Israel and, often, what Israel has done wrong.
And yet, her accomplishments have been overshadowed by the onslaught of attacks over whether she deserves to exist.
The constant drumbeat of attacks on Israel has made many intelligent Jews defensive and unsure of the facts. Confronted on a daily basis with falsehoods and lies in the mainstream press, the Jewish person on the street ducks his or her head and, at best, avoids the subject. Yes, the Israeli government has made its share of mistakes during the last 62 years. What government hasn’t? It is our responsibility as Jews, however, to understand the scenarios that influenced these decisions before pronouncing judgment.
Jews should also be knowledgable of the Hamas charter. Foremost, it declares war on the Jews. Consider this excerpt: the Jews have “accumulated huge financial resources which they have used to realize their dream. By means of their money they have taken control of the world media and started revolutions around the world in order to serve their interests and to reap profits. They were behind the French Revolution, the Communist Revolution and most other revolutions of which we have heard.” The Hamas charter also quotes from the Elders of Zion, the most despicable anti-Semitic writing.
Israel is our ancestral homeland and we must speak of her from knowledge. A tiny country the size of New Jersey, Israel is home to 5.5 million Jews who are surrounded by 400 million Arabs. It is a country of vast scientific, agricultural and technological achievements. By any standard, Israel has been disproportionately successful.
Before we can engage in a responsible dialogue, it is incumbent upon us to take a course in Israel 101. Read a book. Listen to recordings. Talk to a rabbi and friends in Israel. Resolve to become more educated about an international issue that will surely affect your children’s future, if not your own.
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My Y2I Experience: Best Decision I Ever Made When I was first offered the opportunity to go to Israel with the Y2I program I was not exactly sure if I really wanted to go. People kept saying to me “what if you don’t come back?” and “did you hear about the conflicts over there?” I was tired of hearing it. That is one of the reasons I decided to go to Israel, to prove them wrong. It was the best decision I have ever made in my life. As soon as we touched down in Israel I immediately felt a con-
nection with the Jewish homeland. From the moment I heard the words “welcome home” untill I stepped foot on the return flight home I experienced something beyond explanation. I have never felt more proud to be a Jew than I did during my stay in Israel. My stay there has definitely inspired me to stay Jewish, marry Jewish, and raise my children Jewish. The Jewish people have withstood over 2,000 years of hardships. And just knowing that makes
me want to follow in their footsteps and maintain the Jewish religion. I realize I am the future of the Jewish people, along with all of the Y2I teens who shared the experiences I did. Because of the Y2I program, I now view the Jewish religion in a completely different way. I learned that the Jewish religion is not just a religion, but it is a people, a land, a purpose. Michael Lan Swampscott
Thanks to the JCC for Support of Low Concert I just wanted to say thanks for all the support for the Sheldon Low concert. It proved to be a great evening with a full house of kids and families. I especially want to thank the teens from the camp program for showing up and enjoying every minute. You are truly an inspiration to me and to all the
children that you serve at the JCC camps. I have been so impressed with the way each camp is run and the caliber of the counselors, teens and directors. I especially want to thank Darren, Dan, Scott and Heather for helping to make my job so much easier.
The JCC is thriving and the camps are just one of the ways that it shows. Playing music for everyone is always a treat for me, but this year it is especially wonderful! With thanks and love, Marcy Yellin Swampscott
The Robinsons Turn Down the Empire I married the daughter of a Scranton, Penn., kosher butcher. If Mother-Eve was created from a “rib,” I would say the butcher’s daughter I married is prime “rib.” My father-inlaw, Arnold Robinson, and his brother, Itzy, (may they rest in peace) ran the kosher butcher shop their father had started. Rabbi Henry Guterman, Chief Rabbi of Scranton, was a friend of the family and even knew Rubin Robinson, (my grandfather-in-law, who had started the Scranton butcher shop) in Europe before they came to
America. Rabbi Guterman’s word was “gold” to the Robinson family. When I read Inside Empire’s Slaughterhouse (Journal 8/8/11, online) I thought of what my father-in-law told me about his experience with that company when Empire Chicken was just an egg. Empire wanted Arnold to join them in a business venture to market ready-to-cook kosher chickens that would be distributed in major super markets. Arnold respected the promising potential of Empire’s proposal, but he respected Rabbi Guterman more. Rabbi
Guterman said this could hurt the livelihood of a lot of Jewish butchers. And so the fledgling chicken company had to find someone else to partner with to build their empire. Arnold told me, “I could have been a very rich man.” We were in his spacious home and I could see he had done well. He was proud of his story. We both understood that he WAS indeed a very rich man who provided a very rich legacy. Hersh Goldman Swampscott
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We are very grateful to the Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation for providing our daughter, Sarah, with such an amazing Israel experience on Y2I. In addition to learning so much about Israel, its history and culture, our daughter grew in many intangible ways. And it is a real testament to Debbie Coltin’s leadership, expertise, guidance and generous spirit that this all happened in just 12 days! In addition to a newfound love of Israel, Sarah is now blessed with her own little Jewish community of friends. We believe that this community will serve an important role as she grows and moves through
high school and college. More than anything, this trip serves as a reminder of how important it is to provide our children with an Israel experience, if we wish them to develop Jewish pride, and remain dedicated to the Jewish faith. In such a complicated world, finding love of Judaism isn’t always easy. Through an amazing Israel experience, the Lappin Foundation makes it easy, accessible and so meaningful. Thanks again to the Lappin Foundation for all that they do, and for truly providing teens with the experience of a lifetime. Julie Newburg and Bruce Cohen Marblehead
Changing Human Nature Rabbi David Wolpe
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he twentieth century saw many attempts to refashion the nature of human beings: Communism, eugenics, social Darwinism and others. Each resulted in catastrophe and tragedy. Much of the literature of totalitarianism — 1984, Brave New World, Darkness at Noon — chronicles the horror of “perfecting” people or society. There is a belief system that holds that it is impossible fundamentally to remake human beings. It is called religion. Judaism believes that human beings are in the image of God and, therefore, have a certain consistency to their nature. You cannot annul Yom Kippur because we will never be sinless. You cannot eliminate Shabbat because we will never be built so as to thrive working each day, all day. The idea that human beings have a fundamental nature may seem pessimistic, but actually in history it has proved humane. The state, or the powers that be, cannot tamper with your essence, because you are who you are. Judaism instead seeks to modify, regulate, elevate, and aid people to be a little better than they would otherwise be. We are not in the angel making business. As Cervantes (who may have been of Jewish origin) told us in Don Quixote: “Everyone is as God made him, and often much worse. A version of this text appears in a weekly column in the New York Jewish Week.
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The System Works Charles Krauthammer
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f all the endlessly repeated conventional wisdom in today’s Washington, the most lazy, stupid and ubiquitous is that our politics is broken. On the contrary. Our political system is working well, indeed, precisely as designed — profound changes in popular will translated into law that alters the nation’s political direction. The process has been messy, loud, disputatious and often rancorous. So what? In the end, the system works. Exhibit A is Wisconsin. Exhibit B is Washington itself. The story begins in 2008. The country, having lost confidence in Republican governance, gives the Democrats full control of Washington. The new president, deciding not to waste a crisis, attempts a major change in the nation’s ideological trajectory. Hence his two signature pieces of legislation: a near-$1 trillion stimulus, the largest spending bill in galactic history; and a healthcare reform that places one-sixth of the economy under federal control. In a country where conservatives outnumber liberals 2-1, this causes a reaction. In the 2010 midterms, Democrats suffer a massive repudiation at every level. In Washington, Democrats suffer the greatest loss of House seats since 1948. In the states, they lose over 700 state legislative seats — the largest reversal ever — resulting in the loss of 20 state chambers. The Tea-Party-propelled, debt-conscious Republicans then move to confront their states’ unsustainable pension and health-care obligations — most boldly in Wisconsin, where the new governor proposes a radical reorientation of the power balance between public-sector unions and elected government. In Madison, the result is general mayhem — drum-banging protesters, frenzied unions, statehouse occupations, opposition legislators fleeing the state to prevent a quorum. A veritable feast of creative democratic resistance. In the end, however, they fail. The legislation passes. Then, further resistance. First, Democrats turn an otherwise sleepy state Supreme Court election into a referendum on the union legislation, the Democrats’ candidate being widely expected to overturn the law. The unions/Democrats lose again. And then last week, recall elections for six Republican state senators, three being needed to return the Senate to Democratic control and restore balance to the universe. Yet despite mil-
lions of union dollars, the Republicans hold the Senate. The unions/Democrats lose again. The people spoke; the process worked. Yes, it was raucous and divisive, but change this fundamental should not be enacted quietly. This is not midnight basketball or school uniforms. This is the future of government-worker power and the solvency of the states. It deserves big, serious, animated public debate. Precisely of the kind Washington (exhibit B) just witnessed over its debt problem. You know: The debt-ceiling debate universally denounced as dysfunctional, if not disgraceful, hostage-taking, terrorism, gun-to-the-head blackmail. Spare me the hysteria. What happened was that the 2010 electorate, as represented in Congress, forced Washington to finally confront the national debt. It was a triumph of democratic politics — a powerful shift in popular will finding concrete political expression. But only partial expression. Debt hawks are upset that the final compromise doesn’t do much. But it shouldn’t do much. They won only one election. They were entrusted, as of yet, with only onehalf of one branch of government. But they did begin to turn the aircraft carrier around. The process did bequeath a congressional super-committee with extraordinary powers to reduce debt. And if that fails, the question — how much government, how much debt — will go to the nation in November 2012. Which is also how it should be. The conventional complaint is that the process was ugly. Big deal. You want beauty? Go to a museum. Democratic politics was never meant to be an exercise in aesthetics. Not just ugly, moan the critics, but oh so slow. True, again. It took months. And will take more. The super-committee doesn’t report until Thanksgiving. The next election is more than a year away. But the American system was designed to make a full turn of the carrier difficult and deliberate. Moreover, without this long ugly process, the debt issue wouldn’t even be on the table. We’d still be whistling our way to Greece. Instead, a nation staring at insolvency is finally stirring itself to action, and not without spirited opposition. Great issues are being decided as constitutionally designed. The process is working. Notice how the loudest complaints about “broken politics” come from those who lost the debate. It’s understandable for sore losers to rage against the machine. But there’s no need for the rest of us to parrot their petulance. Contact Charles Krauthammer at letters@ charleskrauthammer.com.
Compromising On “Principle” Rabbi Avi Shafran
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hose are my principles!” famously declared Groucho Marx. “And if you don’t like them, well… I have others.” Principles are important, to be sure. But Groucho wasn’t entirely wrong. There are principles… and there are principles. For a believing Jew, of course, religious principles are sacrosanct. And there are high principles, many in fact derived from Judaism, that have come to be embraced by much of humanity. But there are also things that people, including religious Jews, may call principles but which are really just preferences, inclinations or stances. And it is important to keep that distinction, well, distinct. What musters that thought is the language that flowed forth after the agreement between President Obama and Congressional leaders on a budget deal. Commentators pontificated about this politician “standing on principle,” that one “abandoning his principles,” a third being sent to the principal’s office (okay, maybe not). That undeserved elevation of economic and political views to high principle yielded much rhetoric. Vice President Biden was reported to have said that tea party Republicans had “acted
like terrorists,” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) called the deal a “Satan sandwich,” and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) labeled those who disagreed with his position “arsonists.” The New York Times editorialized that the deal represented “capitulation to… hostage-taking demands.” Columnist Tom Friedman called the tea party the GOP’s “Hezbollah faction.” The vitriol was a bit much. But, of course, it was over matters of principle — at least in the eyes of the vitriolic. The one word that was treated as an expletive was “compromise,” which, of course, in the end, well described the deal. To some, the compromise was lopsided, hence the anger at the president from within his own party. But a compromise it was, and it had to be. In Judaism, compromise is no uncouth word; it is in fact something of a high principle itself. The Shulchan Aruch, Jewish law’s mainstaytext, states: “It is a mitzvah to ask litigants at the start [of their case] ‘Do you wish [for the case to proceed through] strict law or compromise?’… Every court that regularly delivers compromises is praiseworthy.” (Choshen Mishpat, 12:2) Thus, the coming together of two parties, each of which agrees not to stand on “principle” (i.e. position), is the Jewish ideal. Likewise when it comes to “principles” like one particular economic theory over another, or this political philosophy vs. that one: the praiseworthy path continued on page 23
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What’s Trust Got To Do With It? deborah grayson riegel
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y favorite chicken marsala recipe is breeze to make, with only four ingredients: Chicken, breadcrumbs, chicken broth and marsala wine. I can always count on it to make my family happy (even though my daughter’s nickname for it is “slimy chicken”). Heavenly peanut butter fudge? Also four ingredients: margarine, vanilla, powdered sugar and, of course, peanut butter. No trouble at all! Believe it or not, the recipe for trust only has four ingredients as well: sincerity, reliability, competence, and care. But unlike four-ingredient chicken or fudge, trust feels much more challenging to perfect. And when we think about the difficulty that some of us have even trusting ourselves, it’s no wonder that trusting others at work and in life can seem like a recipe for heartache —
and heartburn. According to Dr. Duane C. Tway, Jr. in his 1993 dissertation, A Construct of Trust, trust is the foundation for the kind of environment most of us want to create in our personal and professional lives. You need trust to feel like you can rely on someone, take calculated risks, work in a team or a group, cooperate with others, and be a part of credible conversation. Most of us can name the people we trust, and the people we don’t, but not many of us can truly isolate the why behind the names on those lists. Tway writes, “We all think we know what trust is from our own experience, but we don’t know much about how to improve it. Why? I believe it is because we have been taught to look at trust as if it were a single entity.” And it’s not. Trust can be broken down into four separate elements, according to Charles Feltman, author of The continued on page 23
Jews and Obama Dr. Mitchell Bard
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lot has been written recently about whether President Obama is losing support in the Jewish community. Besides polls, perhaps the best indication of Obama’s standing were the repeated reminders AIPAC sent out implicitly imploring its conference delegates not to boo him. This was the same person who received a rock star welcome in the past, but whose policies are seen as so threatening to Israel that they undoubtedly contributed to the record turnout to AIPAC’s annual policy conference. Obama must have expected a different reception when he accepted the invitation to speak. When he gave his speech on the broader Middle East at the State Department earlier, he surely thought he was giving a pro-Israel speech that would be warmly received and that his appearance at AIPAC would be a victory lap. It didn’t turn out that way. Obama’s State Department speech, which was far more supportive of Israel’s positions than that of the Palestinians, provoked a firestorm of controversy because of his reference to the 1967 border as the starting point for a future Israeli withdrawal. The statement was misconstrued as a call for a total withdrawal from the West Bank — his call for land swaps had indicated Israel would be expected to keep some territory — and he was forced to tell AIPAC what he really meant. His AIPAC address was again overwhelmingly pro-Israel, but the response ranged from deafening silence to tepid applause. Coming on the heels of reports the Obama campaign is concerned about losing the support of major Jewish donors, Obama had hoped to shore up
a loyal base. Two years of disastrous policies, however, has created feelings in the proIsrael community that range from suspicion to hostility, with only the most rabid Democratic partisans and the “save Israel in spite of itself” crowd still blindly supportive. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vigorous riposte to Obama’s initial speech and lecturing of the president at the White House would normally make the Israeli lobby jittery, as tensions between presidents and prime ministers are never good for Israel, but Netanyahu was greeted as the rock star when he spoke to AIPAC and, even more so, when he addressed Congress. Many people were disappointed that Netanyahu did not present a peace plan; however, his description of the realities of the current situation in the region were consistent with the views of the Israeli lobby. By contrast, the president’s Arabist outlook, placing the Palestinian issue as the crux of all the problems in the region, while ignoring the implications of the Arab spring for regional stability, is viewed as woefully naive. Obama has no doubt seen poll data suggesting his Jewish support has fallen from the 78% he was elected with to the mid60s. While still a healthy majority, this is the lowest level of support for a Democrat since Jimmy Carter, and could be the difference in key states such as Florida in a close election. One thing Obama has going for him is the lack of a Republican alternative. Moderate Jewish Democrats are looking for someone who is liberal on social policies but hawkish on defense and unabashedly pro-Israel. No one in the current Republican field fits that bill and it is unlikely such a candidate could win the
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lueberries are bursting with flavor at this time of the year. These delicious little blue powerhouses have superior antioxidant capacity compared with other fruits and veggies. Studies have shown that blueberries may help combat cancer, heart disease and the effects of aging. Wild blueberries grow naturally in the fields of Maine and Canada, and are ripe for the picking now. Yet people can enjoy this healthful food year round by purchasing frozen
blueberries, which are readily available in most grocery departments. Frozen fruits and vegetables retain their nutritional value just as well as fresh. Just make sure to buy them without any added sugar or syrup. Below are some recipes featuring blueberries. More can be found at wildblueberries.com. —Family Features
Prepare a second omelet from remaining butter, eggs, cream and blueberries. Cut omelets into pieces and sprinkle with pistachio and powdered sugar. Garnish with mint leaves as desired. Serves 4.
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In small bowl, mix blueberries with jam. In a second bowl, beat eggs with cream, sugar and flour. Place a 12-inch frying pan over medium heat and melt 1 T. butter. Add half of the egg mixture and turn down heat in order to cook eggs slowly. Flip the omelet over. Place omelet on a plate, scatter half the blueberries on it and roll it up.
3 cups blueberries 4 T. brown sugar 1 piece of fresh ginger (walnut-size), peeled and grated 13 ounces canned coconut milk, divided 1 t. toasted, grated coconut, for garnish Blend blueberries, brown sugar, ginger and 6 ounces coconut milk in blender until frothy. Pour remaining coconut milk into four glasses and slowly add blueberry mixture to each. Stir gently with a spoon to get a marbled white and blue look. Garnish with toasted coconut. Serves 4.
Wash celery and carrots and cut into sticks. Mix ricotta and Gorgonzola with blueberry juice. Season with grated orange peel and pepper. Gently stir in fresh blueberries and place in bowl for dipping.
Traveling can be exciting, but it also can derail a person’s healthy routines. TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a nonprofit weight-loss support organization, shares hints to help stay on the wellness track. Eat healthy on the move. • Bring your own homemade sandwiches and fresh fruit for the car or plane ride. Not only will you be able to control what you eat, but you will also save time and money. • Make fruits and vegetables 50 percent of what you eat at every meal. Be smart with snacks. • Try dried fruit, which contains disease-fighting antioxidants, instead of candy. Mix in nuts and sunflower seeds. • Pack vegetables to snack on during a trip. Re-sealable containers are perfect for dips. • Frozen grapes make great bite-size snacks, and are delicious with low-fat cheese. Eat out without overdoing it. • Research restaurant menus before the trip to find places that serve healthy options. • Practice eating small portions. Share an entrée with someone else. Give thought to your drinks. • Switch from soda to low-fat milk, water or tea. • Opt for tomato juice or vegetable juice on the plane. • When ordering coffee drinks, get the smallest size available, and skip the whipped cream. To find a local chapter of TOPS, visit tops.org or call 800-932-8677.
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Continental Reflections on a BBYO Youth Trip
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Photos courtesy of Jamie Ehrlich
Above, (l-r) Stephanie Philips, Melissa Feinman, Sarah Simon and Jamie Ehrlich in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
Jamie Ehrlich
middle of the square devouring pizza and reflecting on the European experience. he sun was finally beginWe observed Shabbat in ning its descent and the many languages and in many scorching heat of the day lands, including Italy, Slovenia, subsided in favor of a cool dry Holland, Belgium, France and breeze. My tightly knit group of England. Visits to the Eiffel 46 walked along the canals of Tower and the Coliseum were Venice as the gon- sprinkled with visits to Omaha doliers sang. Bells Beach in Normandy, the Val first St. Mark’s D’Hiv Memorial and Fort person from Basilica echoed Breendonk: a completely prethrough the nar- served World War II concentrarow passageways and over tion camp in Belgium; a buildshort bridges. It was Shabbat, so ing where if the walls could everyone in my ordinarily pun- talk, they would scream. I felt a gent and road-weary group was rush of emotion I will never forclean and looking get as I wondered their best. about how many Upon arrival European Jews We observed at the synagogue were in this horShabbat in many rible place longing in the ancient Venetian ghetto, languages and in for the joy, safety we were sepaand security of rated by gender their own ghetto. many lands… I have returned and given prayer to the North Shore books. Though it was difficult to make sense of after 28 days of traversing a half-Hebrew and half-Italian Europe with BBYO (B’nai B’rith Orthodox service, I realized that Youth Organization). Lifelong the Hebrew section was uni- friendships were formed just as versal for all of the nationali- the teen organization promised, ties gathered there. In a funny but more importantly, memotwist, I learned that the woman ries that were created will sursitting next to me was from vive the test of time. Anyone can travel through Europe and Swampscott. We had just spent the day visit the ruins of Pompeii or in the Venetian ghetto, and I ride the London Eye, but the was smiling thinking about the exposure towards my Jewish joyful play of little kids riding heritage left an indelible mark their bikes through the ghetto’s on my heart. center. It was safe, secure and everyone kept an eye out for Jamie Ehrlich lives in each other. Our group felt comfortable enough to sit in the Marblehead. Special to the Journal
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Local Teen Athletes Competing at National JCC Maccabi Games More than two dozen local teen athletes are competing at the national JCC Maccabi Games, a type of Olympics for Jewish teenagers. The teens are part of a delegation sponsored by the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore in Marblehead. They’re competing in tennis, girls and boys basketball, golf, track and field, soccer and table tennis. The JCC Maccabi Games run August 14-19 in Springfield, MA. Hundreds of teens from around the country and Israel are participating. “I love the Maccabi Games,” said Sam York, 16, of Marblehead, who joined the Games in Maryland last summer. “We play with so many cool people - Jewish teens from around the world.” York is competing in track and field this year. The JCCNS delegation includes kids from Marblehead, Swampscott and several other communities. In addition to sports, they’ll join community service projects in Springfield. And for fun, they’ll visit the Basketball Hall of Fame and Six Flags Amusement Park. Carrie Berger of Marblehead is leading the JCCNS delegation for her eighth year and says the JCC Maccabi Games are inspiring. “It’s an amazing opportunity for Jewish teens to be together. They learn about sportsmanship, teamwork and the importance of giving back to the community.” The JCCNS athletes competing at the Maccabi Games this year include: Jake Cohen, Sam Cohen, John and Wilson Lautner, Teddy and Sam York, Harry Copeland, Sam Varsano, Julie Saxe, Bianca Kostinden, Harrison Young, Aaron and Alex Rothbard from Marblehead and Sam Beermann, Daniel Copeland, Ariella and Gabriel Salter and Sydney Goldman from Swampscott. Other athletes include: Brendon Argueta of Natick, David Mendelssohn and Zeke Vainer of
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Sam York of Marblehead practices throwing the shot put to prepare for the Maccabi Games.
Melrose, Aaron Greiner of Gloucester, Jonathan Koralnik of Newton Center, Garrett McSweeney of Hanson, Philip Batler of Waban, Jonathan Stern of Marshfield, Jason Miller of Needham, Shana Criscietiello of Winchester and Stephanie Wolf of Newton. For updates on the JCC Maccabi Games and our local athletes, check the JCCNS website at www.jccns.org.
Free Teen Israel Adventure Registration is open for the Robert I. Lappin Youth to Israel Adventure (Y2I), which includes a free, life-changing summer trip to Israel in July 2012. Jewish teens, who live in any of the 23 cities and towns of the Foundation’s service area and who are going to be sophomores or juniors in high school
in the fall, may qualify for the program. More than 70 teens from 14 cities and towns have pre-registered for Y2I 2012. Visit Y2I.org to obtain more information about Y2I 2012, to read the program requirements, or to download an Interest Form, or contact Susan Feinstein at 978-740-4431 or
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Temple Beth Shalom in Melrose Launches New Program for Teens MELROSE — The Shalom School Teen Initiative (SSTI) is a new program at Temple Beth Shalom in Melrose open to teens in eighth through tenth grades. SSTI will meet twice a month on Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., beginning with a social dinner followed by two hours of interactive programming. The American Jewish experience is extremely varied, as is the American experience in general. This year, Shalom School’s Teen Initiative will explore various experiences of Jews living in America and where they emigrated from. Through crafts, cooking, literature, music, film and more, the program will discover the history that brought Jews to the United States. It will explore the different branches of Judaism with visits to Reconstructionist,
Conservative and Orthodox synagogues to better understand the pressures and challenges of assimilation to the American culture. The year will culminate in a children’s service, created and led by the teens, which incorporates pieces of the visits to other communities, trying to capture the joy and song that crosses all levels of Judaism. SSTI ends with a trip to New York, to see first-hand the communities still living there, and the history in the museum at Ellis Island, visit the Statue of Liberty, a Jewish deli, take in a Broadway show and much more. For more information, contact Joyce Siegel, Education Director at shalomschool@ tbsma.org or Catalina Moreno, Education Chair, at cmoreno12@comcast.net.
AIPAC and Y2I Offer Teens a Great Opportunity Y2I 2010 and Y2I 2011 teens and parents are invited to an informational meeting on Monday, August 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the JCCNS, 4 Community Rd., Marblehead, to meet Eric Gallagher, AIPAC’s Early Engagement Director, who will discuss opportunities for teens to get involved with AIPAC and strengthen the U.S.-Israel Alliance. Gallagher is responsible for
overseeing a national effort to involve high school students in the pro-Israel political movement. He will discuss the most pressing challenges facing the United States and Israel in the Middle East, and the important role high school students can have in the political process. RSVP to Susan Feinstein at 978-740-4431 or sfeinstein@ rilcf.org.
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1. Young campers enjoy a canoe trip at Camp Hadar. 2. A rainbow of sunglasses at the JCC in Peabody. 3. A bubble bath outside at Congregation Shirat Hayam’s Summerthing. 4. Campers learn robotics at Simchah on the Hill. 5. Children show off the strawberries they picked on an outing with Camp Gan Israel. 6. Campers leap into the pool at Camp Young Judaea. 7. Enjoying the new pool at Camp Bauercrest. 8. Girls show off their challah baking at Camp Pembroke. 9. The Torah is lifted during Shabbat services at Camp Tel Noar. 10. Standing on the dock at Camp Tevya.
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Agencies Reflect, Discuss New Allocations Policy from page 1 put in place a mechanism to continue conversation throughout the year,” Berger said. “If the campaign does not hit the target, the amount allocated has to be reduced, and that negatively affects everyone, so this is a mutually reinforcing cycle. You help the Fed raise money and the Fed will send money back to you,” he added. Jill Weiner, board chairwoman of Cohen Hillel Academy, found the new policy “perfectly reasonable.” “When we realize what Federation’s role is in the community and how much we depend on them for the allocation, it is certainly appropriate for us, in turn, to be very active in the campaign. It benefits us and every other agency to be involved as much as possible.” Joe Ossoff, a JCCNS past president and life board member whose family has participated in the campaign for about 40 consecutive years, still has some discomfort with the policy.
“In all my years of being involved in philanthropy, never has there been an instance where it is required to participate in giving to an agency of which I am not a board member, and further, have it spelled out what the consequences are if I do not contribute. I guess I mistakenly thought that giving was voluntary,” Ossoff said. Alan Pierce, president of the Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore, said he and perhaps all of the board members already contribute to Federation, as well as supporting fundraising events. “Board members of agencies under the Federation ‘umbrella’ I believe have even more reason to do so; but for the Federation many of us could not exist. Donations and volunteering for Super Sunday must be strongly encouraged,” said Pierce. However, he too, was uncomfortable with the mandate and feared it would have a chilling effect on finding volunteers.
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“My board members, as I presume other agency board members give of their time, talent and hard work willingly to better our community. Attracting board membership is difficult enough and I fear these mandates may make finding willing volunteers to serve on a board more difficult or cause other energetic members to give up their board involvement,” said Pierce. Stacey Comito, president of the NSJCC in Peabody, said that her board has “historically and, absent of any policy, participated at Super Sunday and/ or donated to the Federation’s annual campaign.” The new policy, however, generated lively discussion. “Some were concerned that as individuals, if one were unable to donate monetarily but could only give of their time, it could negatively impact the organization’s future allocation,” Comito said. Izzi Abrams, Jewish Journal president, said, “I will cer-
tainly strongly urge my entire board to participate fully in the Federation campaign. However, I cannot force anyone to do so. Ultimately, it is an individual decision.” Russell Grand, speaking as a community member, raised concern about the mandate because of Federation’s selfreported 33 percent overhead. “Given a published thirtythree per cent ratio towards expenses out of the yearly campaign intake, Federation still has about $300,000 unaccounted for. If you now factor in mandated beneficiary agency leader participation towards JFNS, this is synonymous with extortion and an outright auctioning of leadership positions,” said Grand. Richard Kessel, a board member at the JCC in Marblehead, said he has personally given to Federation annually and has volunteered, but he was disappointed with this year’s decreased allocation to the JCC,
and that makes it a little harder. “I personally find it extremely disappointing that we received a smaller allocation. At this point, our community needs to work together and somehow I find the allocation to the JCC this year not in the spirit of working together. I myself have no qualms with the 100 percent. We should all want to do it, but this year I found the allocation hurtful after the all the hard work to turn the JCC around,” Kessel said. Berger believes the new policy will help to increase both involvement and results in future campaigns. He believes the agencies receiving allocations have board members who are able to help. “Just as the Federation needs to fund every agency it can, agencies need to understand that we are part of same community and we need to help each other. That’s what it boils down to,” Berger said.
The 2011 Walk for Living Presented by Herb Chambers CHELSEA — The Chelsea Jewish Foundation has announced The Herb Chambers Companies as the title sponsor of the 2011 Walk for Living. The two-mile walk benefits the ALS and MS Residences at the Leonard Florence Center for Living, as well as Chelsea Jewish Foundation’s other programs. The walk is scheduled for Sunday, September 25 at Mary O’Malley Park on Admiral’s Hill in Chelsea. The Leonard Florence Center for Living is the nation’s first
urban green house model of care. The Center includes ten residences with ten residents each. Community, dignity and independence are encouraged through small cluster living, privacy, choices and technology. Barry Berman, CEO of the Chelsea Jewish Foundation, said, “The generosity of the Herb Chambers Companies and Mr. Chambers himself will make a huge impact on the Leonard Florence Center for Living, as well as our other programs.” For his part, Chambers was
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Nosh organizer Steve McCormack (left) and Frank Levine of Malden enjoy a successful reunion.
Many remembered their shenanigans with nostalgia. McCormack and his friends would shell chestnuts and keep them in shoeboxes to darken. “We would take great pride in polishing them, in readiness for Rosh Hashanah, when we would tie one or more in a handkerchief and chase the girls with them, swatting them from behind on the steps in and around the shul,” he said.
So many of our first jobs were on and around Shirley Ave, and I speak to our collective experience at the Nosh, with hopes of not getting too farklempt! Doreen Grossman of Lexington has not forgotten. “I was just telling my daughters how I used to get hit in the ‘tush’ with them during Rosh Hashanah when we came out of synagogue. To this day, whenever I see chestnuts I think of the pain inflicted on me from those handkerchiefs.” The idea for the Nosh began last November at the Mt. Vernon at the Wharf restaurant, on the weekend of the Revere High School Class of 1970’s 40th reunion. McCormack and friend Michael Goldfarb of Peabody enlisted the help of Ira Novoselsky, a city councilor and Shirley Ave. alumnus. With the help of Facebook to get the word out and connect people who had not been in touch, they gathered about 100 people at the first Nosh. The second was even more successful. “I lived at 24 and 26 Shirley Ave.,” said Jason Rosenthal, whose mother, Ida Block, recently turned 100 at the Jack Satter House. “My mother, who was president of the VFW on Shirley Ave., is noticing that young people from the neighborhood, who are now in their 70s, are moving to the Satter House,” he said. Back in the day, Jewish teens from other North Shore towns would gather for mayhem at “Punk’s Corner” on the beach, and many recalled those times. “As the sun moved, we would move the line of chairs,” said
Sharon Osgood of Peabody. From the sun-soaked days, they planned their fun-filled evenings. “We’d go to Kowloon, Nahant Beach, Roland’s Ice Cream to the Pewter Pot in Revere or to Dimples Nightclub in Peabody,” said Scott Wish of Winthrop. Nonagenerian Jack Cook of Swampscott spoke of his former Cook’s Fur and Tailor Shop and 11 buildings he owned in Revere. Marsha Wartell Bowman told of her father’s delis, Harry’s Deli, the Nautical Bowling Alley, and the Nautical Coffee Shop. McCormack was born in Winthrop, but raised in Revere, the community where his parents, grandparents and two sets of Jewish-great-grandparents spent most of their lives. Russian and Hungarian on his mother’s side, he is Irish on his father’s. His family reflects the harmonious interfaith experience of the Avenue. “My Hungarian Zayde was a founding member of the Nahant Ave. Shul on Shirley Ave., where I sat on his lap and was later Bar Mitzvahed in ‘66. So many of our first jobs were on and around Shirley Ave, and I speak to our collective experience at the Nosh, with hopes of not getting too farklempt!” “Last summer, when a number of us reconnected on Facebook, Steve McCormack and I hadn’t seen each other in close to 40 years,” said Burt Buchman of Tyngsboro, of his former Liberty School first grade classmate. Buchman’s maternal grandfather came over from Poland. His Bubbe was booked on the ill-fated Titanic, but fortunately missed the departure. His paternal grandparents came from Lithuania. His Uncle “Mush,” Morris Katz, managed Arthur’s Creamery, and as a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Credit Union board, he promoted business on the Avenue. “Everyone’s grandparent or parent had the right to read you the riot act for misbehaving,” said Lorelei Mazarian of Beverly, whose grandparents bought a three-decker for the family on Thornton Street around 1922. “We were flat-out lucky to grow up in such a great neighborhood,” and because no one had driveways, she added, “Anyone from Shirley Avenue can parallel park a ‘69 Caddie in a space the size of a Matzah box!”
MARBLEHEAD — More than 80 teens had a summer blast at the North Shore Teen Initiative’s pool party barbecue, Under the Lights, on August 11. Teens from all over the North Shore took a warm night to hang with fellow travelers to Israel and with summer friends, both old and new, by the JCCNS outdoor pool. NSTI, in collaboration with The Robert I. Lappin Foundation, the Jewish Federation of the North Shore and the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore, wanted to give teens a chance to gather in a relaxed environment near the end of a very busy summer. Between kosher burgers, hot dogs and dessert, teens swam, played water football, ping pong, soccer, and watched a giant slide show from the Youth to Israel (Y2I) trip in July, and a NSTI video highlighting the many events that hundreds of kids participated in over the past year. “I had so much fun on my Y2I trip last summer. The pool party was a great way to reconnect
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Jesse Tucker of Middleton and Julie Zabar of Swampscott exchange a hug.
with all of my friends and meet new ones who went on the trip this summer! We should do this every year,” Jordyn Whitman, a Swampscott senior, said. To see pool party photos and the 2011-2012 calendar of NSTI’s social action, community collaboration, leadership development opportunities, visit nsteeninitiative.org and facebook.com/ nsti18, email at info@nsteeniniative.org or call 781.244.5544.
MARBLEHEAD — Bring the kids to an Ice Cream Open House at the JCC Outdoor Pool on Thursdays, August 18 and 25, at 3:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to enjoy some ice cream, learn about the J’s Early Childhood Program, tour the ocean-view classrooms, meet the teachers and swim. Learn how you can earn a free month of JCC membership. For more information, contact Marla at 781631-8330, ext. 118, or mmindel@jccns.com. The JCC has been dedicated to children for generations. Our Early Childhood Program features professional, experienced teachers, small class sizes, enriching specialties like swimming, art, sports, music and more. There is a heated indoor pool, gymnasium, new playgrounds and playing fields. Learn more at jccns.org.
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Ketubah Exhibit and Lodz Presentation Eileen Regen Special to the Journal
BETHLEHEM, N.H. — Tu B’Av is the biblical holiday of love and matchmaking when young men and women dressed in their finest to look for their life partners, and families arrange marriages. In honor of the holiday, Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation has created a Family Ketubah Exhibit that will remain on display through midOctober. Each ketubah will be
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your music, and also a spiritual person devoted to G-d. I am grateful to be doing all I want, and I continue to reach out to audiences who not only love the music, but respect me personally as well,” he added. Matisyahu won’t perform Friday evenings, and can’t begin concerts until late hours on Saturday because he is Shomer Shabbos. “Who would not want to accommodate Matisyahu? He is a gentle soul who has crossover appeal because he is an exciting performer who practices what he sings. He doesn’t just say he is Jewish. Matisyahu spreads
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the words of the Torah in music that touches the soul and moves you — Jew and non-Jew alike,” said Lindsey Litowitz of Miami, who organized a benefit starring Matisyahu in South Florida last February. Matisyahu will perform September 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Boarding House Park, 40 French St., Lowell. Tickets are $28 in advance and $35 on the day of the show. Call 978-970-5200 or visit matisyahuworld.com. Marvin Glassman is a freelance writer based in Miami, who writes on the cultural arts for the Florida Jewish Journal.
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place and speaks to us in a way that regular words can’t,” he said. Born as Matthew Miller in West Chester, Penn., Matisyahu (his Hebrew name) was raised a Reconstructionist Jew, but became Orthodox in 1996 while attending Alexander Muss High School in Israel. Matisyahu became a Baal Teshuva in 2001, affiliating with Chabad Lubavitch in Crown Heights, where he now lives with his wife, Tahlia, and their three sons. Inspired by diverse musical artists such as Bob Marley, the rock band Phish, and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, Matisyahu has performed all over the world, including Israel. His musical versatility in scatting jazz, incorporating the beats of reggae and hip-hop, and communicating in a personal, rapping style, make Matisyahu both a star and a genuine spiri-
tual man to his fans. “When I was a teen I felt like I was wasting my time playing music, as nobody was paying attention. I prayed that G-d would show me what’s real and true — then a whole path just opened up for me. I am trying to be the person I am on stage, and people respect that,” Matisyahu said. “It wasn’t always easy to find the balance of being known for
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Jazz at Maudslay Arts Center NEWBURYPORT — It’s an all-jazz weekend at Maudslay Arts Center (MAC) featuring the music of The Dane Vannatter Quintet on Saturday, Aug. 20, at 7 p.m. and the Occidental Gypsy Jazz Quintet on Sunday, Aug. 21, at 2 p.m. Joining Vannatter will be Bill Duffy on piano, Greg Loughman on bass, Bart Weisman on drums, and Ed Harlow on sax. Vannatter received the 2006 Bistro Award for Outstanding Vocalist by the critics of Back Stage in New York.The Occidental Gypsy Jazz Quintet’s lightning fast swing brings the Parisian jazz of the 1930s alive. The musical genre has undergone a resurgence in popularity for its sophisticated yet sentimental sound and swinging precise rhythm, often whimsical and sometimes aching with melancholy. The rest of the summer lineup features The Paul Broadnax Quintet on Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. and the Walker Creek Band on Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. Maudslay Arts Center is located at 95 Curzon Mill Road. Concerts are held rain or shine, moving inside to the MAC Concert Barn as needed. Attendees are welcome to bring a picnic dinner. Desserts and beverages may be purchased during intermission. On Saturday, the gates open at 6 p.m. Patio seating is $20, while lawn seating on chairs or blankets is $18. Children
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12 and under are free. On Sunday, the gates open at 1 p.m. General admission is $10. Children 12 and under are free. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit maudslayartscenter.org. Tickets also may be purchased at the gate with cash or check only, or by calling to reserve at 978-499-0050. The series is supported with generous donations and grants from The Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank, The Provident Bank, Institution for Savings, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, and dedicated volunteers and patrons. The Saturday evening performances are sponsored by The Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank.
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Tips from The Grifters: Avoiding Investment Scams John Nardizzi, J.D. After swindling friends and business associates, Bernie Madoff and numerous other fraud pikers became fish chum when the market crashed in 2008. Their failed schemes left signs that can help a diligent investor avoid scams in the future. Custody of assets and managing assets should be separated In a well-organized money management relationship, your investment advisor or financial planner has authority only to trade assets; they do not hold the actual assets. Instead, a
third party financial institution holds the assets. Madoff actually ran two distinct businesses: he operated a market making firm that executed trades, and also “invested” for several feeder hedge funds. He had full custody of investor assets. Investment advisors prefer to set up in this manner because they clear trades through their own firms and earn extra profits. While a common industry practice, this setup is ripe for fraud. Consider investing with investment advisors and financial planners who allow you to keep control over your assets.
Knowledge is the awareness of something missing There were signs that something was amiss with Madoff and others of his ilk. Madoff mailed monthly statements on his company letterhead to clients, but he offered no online access to accounts — this from the man who was once chairman of the first electronic stock market, NASDAQ. Some of these written statements (completely fabricated) contained errors. For example, he issued statements showing transfers into a Fidelity Spartan U.S. Treasury money market account, but the account had been renamed and was closed to new investors. As early as 2001, media stories contained quotes from industry experts who questioned
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Verify that the investment professional is registered with regulatory agencies The Securities and Exchange Commission oversees different investment professionals. All offer access to public records about licensees. Brokers The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority [ finra.org ] oversees nearly 4,560 brokerage firms and about 631,305 registered securities representatives. Prior versions of this database were poorly designed and seemingly more concerned with hiding information than disclosing it (for example, earlier versions removed data about any brokers who left the industry or were banned from the profession, effectively obscuring data on thousands of the worst people in the business). The current database has become more user friendly and compiles data on sanctions, lawsuits and disciplinary histories from the Central Registration Depository, the securities industry’s licensing database. (CRDs are also kept by state regulators, who usually don’t offer online access.) Investment advisors Investment advisers who manage $25 million or more in assets must register with the SEC. If they manage less than $25 million, they must register with the state securities agency in the state where they have their principal place of business. The $25 million threshold changed to $100 million on July 21, 2011. If the hedge fund you’re considering fits these conditions, make sure it is registered. You can also review information about a firm’s investment goals, sanctions, lawsuits and disciplinary histories by looking up an adviser’s most recent Form ADV, available online at the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure database: adviserinfo.sec.gov. You can also search the SEC website sec.gov for additional information on investigations, litigation and enforcement actions involving a financial professional. “Grift’s like anything else, Roy. You don’t stand still. You either go up or down. Usually down, sooner or later.” In Jim Thompson’s novel “The Grifters,” Lilly Dillon offers this little pearl of wisdom — the inevitable return to earth of those who live by outlandish claims. Madoff had a clever twist on the typical scam of claiming spectacular return rates. He promised returns of just over 10% — with almost no volatility, and only two losing quarters in over a decade. But he was following a well-worn path of past Ponzi schemers, who historically have operated successfully by preying on — at least initially — a small group of people linked by ethnicity, class or some shared cultural attributes. Before embezzling money in Boston, Charles Ponzi, the man whose exploits gave rise to the term, honed his grifting talents at Banco Zarossi in Montreal, where Italian immigrants were duped by a scheme paying high interest rates at the
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Harold Mindel from page 1
The influx of Jews to the area from the Former Soviet Union during the 1980s coincided with many native-born Jewish families relocating from Lynn to Swampscott and Marblehead. “It was a major adjustment for the shul to go from being a strong American congregation to one comprised of immigrants from the USSR,” he said. Now, at least half of the shul’s seventy families come from the former Soviet Union. In order to offset declining membership, Mindel focused efforts towards attracting more Russian Americans to the shul. During his tenure, Russianspeaking congregants such as Shimon Shaykevich of Marblehead began translating Rabbi Kelman’s sermons into Russian. The shul also provides Russian translations of prayer books and Torah readings. Furthermore, Mindel invited members of the Russian speaking community to assume leadership positions on the board. Marat Vaysman of Swampscott recently took over from Mindel as co-president along with Marc Winer of Swampscott. Shaykevich has served as a vicepresident for over four years; Shendel Bakal of Swampscott now leads the Ahabat Sholom sisterhood. In 2009, Mindel faced another challenge when a group of current and former congregants questioned the board’s opera-
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Harold Mindel grills the hot dogs at the annual Congregation Ahabat Sholom barbecue.
tions. The situation arose from a bequest of $1 million which the late David Sherman made in 2008.The group contended that the board lacked transparency by directly transferring the funds into the shul’s endowment fund. Although he had stepped down as president the previous year, Mindel led a meeting on August 2, 2009 to discuss the group’s concerns and to elect some new officers to the board. Mindel was asked to take the helm once again. Board member Sema Goldstein of Salem said Mindel was the right person to stabilize things afterwards. “His primary concern is for the shul and that it can continue as long as it can,” she said. Long-time board member Debbie Hallett of Lynn said that in response to the conflict, Mindel changed the board’s decision-making process so that
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more voices could be heard and scheduled more frequent meetings. She noted Mindel encouraged Ahabat Sholom leaders to reach out to other organizations in the North Shore Jewish community. “Harold insisted that everyone on board go to the leadership conference [earlier this year] sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the North Shore,” she said. Robert Cashman of Marblehead, CEO and President of Metro Credit Union, where Mindel has worked for 38 years attracting and maintaining business clients, said of him, “Harold inspires others to volunteer, gives back to the community and goes above and beyond in his involvement.” The two have served on the board of Jewish Family Services, now the North Shore advisory board to Jewish Family and Children’s Services in
Waltham. Since receiving a JFS Community Hero Service Award in 2007, Mindel has put together the ad-book raising money for the organization. According to Kessel, Mindel regularly holds court at the Men’s Health Center at the JCC of the North Shore, giving sage advice, discussing the economy and community affairs. Kessel said Mindel supports the speaker and recreational programs they hold. “When we are planning any events, Harold is the first one to step up to the plate and say ‘Let me pay for it.’ You can always depend on him,” Kessel stated. With a love for Jewish education inspired in his youth by studying four times a week with the world-renowned late Rabbi Avigdor Miller, Mindel has also become a strong supporter of the North Shore Hebrew School in Marblehead. As president of the school board, he advocated for an intensive Hebrew program there. Mindel himself taught religious school during the 1950’s and 60’s at the former Temple Israel under the late George Marcus. Mindel said his father’s example taught him to be generous. “Although my father didn’t make a lot of money as a shoemaker, he gave a good percentage of his earnings to charity,” he said. Mindel dedicates his personable qualities to get people involved in Jewish causes. For example, Mindel asked Arnold Dubinsky of Revere to sit in for him at a NSHS meeting over six years ago. From then on, Dubinsky has volunteered his
accounting skills as treasurer of the school. Dubinsky said Mindel also visits the sick and attends the funerals of shul members. He often drives men to morning minyan with him to make the prayer quorum. Mindel is not retiring completely from shul life. He is continuing on the board as treasurer so he can ensure the synagogue continues on strong financial footing. Winer said Mindel has a great knowledge of the history of the shul, which will aid in planning its future. “He set a pattern of hard work and dedication,” Winer said.
Tips from The Grifters from page 18
Italian-owned bank. Con artists appeal to a sense that, as part of a special group, you are privy to unique and special information. Lilly Dillon’s remark is true in a broader way: investments, even legitimate ones, have down periods sooner or later. Claims to the contrary should be considered to inhabit the realm of centaurs and unicorns. John Nardizzi is the founder and president of Nardizzi & Associates Inc., nardizzi.com, a Boston investigations and business intelligence firm. He lives on the North Shore with his family and is a member of Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead.
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Jazz Concert
Thu, Aug. 18 ‘From Hired to Happy: The Secrets to a Vibrant Career and Fulfilling Life’
8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Enterprise Center, Salem State University, 121 Loring Ave., Salem. enterprisectr.org
Auditions for Seussical
6:00 p.m. Neverland Theatre will hold auditions for adults, teens and children over six. Clark School, 487 Locust St., Danvers. neverlandtheatre.com or 978-500-8832.
Fri, Aug.19 15th annual Sha’BBQ
5:30 p.m. Dinner followed by family service at 6:45 p.m. led by Rabbi Emily Mathis. Oneg Shabbat to follow. Welcome our new and pro-
8 to 9 p.m. The North Shore Jazz Project All Stars, a band of high school students, presents a free concert. Chianti Jazz Club, 285 Cabot St., Beverly.
Sat, Aug. 20 Stand-Up Comedy
7:30 p.m., Rabbi/Stand-Up Comic Performs at Congregation Shalom. Enjoy 90 minutes of non-stop laughter. Tickets $18 in advance, $22 at door. Congregation Shalom, 87 Richardson Rd., N. Chelmsford. fundraising@congregationshalom. org or call 978-251-8091.
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on the Dead Sea region. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Temple Tifereth Israel, 93 Veterans Road, Winthrop. 617846-1390.
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7:30 p.m. The Beat Billies, a five-piece group, playing the Beatles. Munchies and drinks available. All are welcome. $10 per person. Temple Emanu-El, 393 Atlantic Ave., Marblehead. temple@emanu-el.org or 781631-9300.
Sun, Aug. 21 Inspirational Jewish Walk
8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The Robert I. Lappin Foundation presents a course for teachers in Jewish schools on the North Shore. Teachers are invited to kick-off the new school year with an early morning Inspirational Jewish Walk at the beautiful Breakheart Reservation in Saugus. Meet at the parking lot of CVS and Bonkers on Lowell St., Peabody. rilcf.org or contact Phyllis Osher at 978-740-4404.
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11:30 a.m. The North Shore Jazz Project All Stars, a band of high school students, will be featured at the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival at Salem Willows. Free.
Financial Management for a Robust Retirement
10 a.m. Presented by George Pessotti, an independent agent, certified estate counsel and long-term care specialist. Temple Shalom, 287 Lafayette St., Salem
Mon, Aug. 29 J Street Talk
Thu, Aug. 25 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Explore the forms and uses of water through interactive sculptures, decorated papers and Chinese calligraphy: Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex St., Salem. pem.org or call 1-866-745-1876.
7:30 p.m. David Matz of J Street speaks to the Marblehead Town Committee, open to general public. Marblehead Community Center, 10 Humphrey St., at 7:30 P.M., Contact Phil Sweeney at psweeney@marbleheaddems.org, 781-631-3570, or visit the MDTC web marbleheaddems.org.
Fri, Aug. 26
Tue, Aug. 30
Temple Ner Tamid Open House and Hot Dog Shabbat
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Waterworks at the Peabody Essex Museum
6:15 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Casual dinner followed by an early service. Prospective members are free of charge. $5 per person, under 13 is $3. Temple Ner Tamid, 368 Lowell St., Peabody. RSVP by August 22 to 978-532-1293.
Sun, Aug. 28
10 a.m. Burton Figler will make a presentation at Temple Tifereth Israel on his and his wife’s trips to Israel over the past decade focused
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Pool Party
1 to 4 p.m. End of Summer Splash, The JCC’s End of Summer Pool Party. DJ, special family games, treats and
7:30 p.m.. Join our new leader, Cantor Elana Rozenfeld, to explore Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s “The Sabbath.” Cong. Shirat Hayam, 55 Atlantic Ave., Swampscott. Contact Barbara Sidman at barbarasidman@comcast.net.
Women’s Rosh Chodesh
7 p.m. Celebrate the month of Elul. $5. Temple Beth Shalom, 489 Lowell St., Peabody. 978-535-2100 or templebethshalom.org.
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Blaustein, Isabelle (Cobb), 77 — late of Peabody. Died August 2, 2011. Mother of Marla Huntley and her husband Allan, Steven Blaustein and his wife Lisa and Cheryl Murphy. Sister of Sally Freedman and Harold Cobb. Grandmother of Jessica, Rachel, Stephanie and Michael. Companion of Rick Rodrigues. Aunt of many nieces and nephews and many grandnieces and grandnephews. She is also survived by many dear friends. (StanetskyHymanson) Kurzman, William, 78 — late of Salem. Died August 14, 2011. Husband of the late Carol (Parad) Kurzman. Son of the late Alex and Rose (Hotz) Kurzman. Father of Toby Sedgwick and her husband Paul of Tewksbury, Abby Kurzman of Brookline and Myrel Umila and her husband Norman of Va. Brother of Robert Kurzman and his wife Emily of Texas. Grandfather of Hannah, Kylie, Ben, Noah and Emmett. (Stanetsky-Hymanson) LEBOVIDGE, Sarah (White) “Sarnie,” 93 — late of North Andover, formerly of Malden. Died August 2, 2011. Wife of the late James Lebovidge. Mother of Alan and his wife Carol Lebovidge. Sister of Phyllis Dick, the late Ida Factor and Alvin White. Grandmother of Andrew and Larissa Lebovidge and Jason and Jennifer Lebovidge. Greatgrandmother of Audrey, Elsie, Abigail, Ethan, Claire and Brendon Lebovidge. Aunt of many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. (Goldman) Leventhal, Jerold J. “Jerry,” 66 — late of Stoneham. Died August 12, 2011. Husband of Adenah (Capone) Leventhal. Father of Michael and his wife Lily of Danvers, Randy of Peabody and stepfather of Bill DeAngelis and his wife Karen. Grandfather of Aaron and Jonathan and Cassandra and
Lisa. Great-grandfather of Alicia. Son of the late Murray and Anne (Lipsky) Leventhal. (Barile)
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PATKIN, Jordan E., 86 — late of Charlottesville, Va., formerly of Belmont and Topsfield. Died August 7, 2011. Husband of Rhoda (Ginsberg) for 65 years. Father of Robert and his wife Linda Patkin, Loi Patkin and her husband Paul Clarke and Diane and her husband Ted Kowalski. Grandfather of Andrew, Michael, Melissa, Mariah, Sam and Ian. Great-grandfather of William. Brother of Stanley Patkin, Shayna Gochberg and Bernice Shuman. (Goldman)
TRAUB, Roberta (Weinstein), 76 — late of Tewksbury, formerly of Salisbury and Andover. Died August 7, 2011. Wife of the late Neil R. Traub, who died on May 25. Mother of Seth and Belinda Traub, Craig and Cathy Traub, Stacy Traub and Haim Deuk and the late Dr. Jeri Traub. Grandmother of Matthew and Annie, Taylor and Chris, Alyssa, Jonathan and Zelle. (Goldman)
Pernitchi, Sophie (Havian), 90 — late of Swampscott, formerly of Peabody. Died August 13, 2011. Wife of the late Leo Pernitchi for 41 years. Daughter of the late Joseph and Victoria Havian. Mother of Millie Becker and her husband Jerry of Danvers and Joanne Pressman and her husband Jerry of Peabody. Grandmother of Jodi Renaud and Michael Becker of Danvers, Steven Pressman of Peabody, Neal Pressman and his wife Susan of Marlboro and the late Sheryl Becker. Great-grandmother of Elizabeth Sauer of Marlboro. Sister of Sally Bengar and her husband Donald of Peabody and Susan Kunian of Manchester, N.H. Predeceased by her siblings Esther Scourtis, Rae Jagher, Izzy Havian, Rose Hasday, Louise Polonsky, Jack Havian and Victor Havian. (StanetskyHymanson) Prost, Frances (Gilefsky), 92 — late of Marblehead, formerly of Malden and Florida. Died August 15, 2011. Wife of the late Ralph Prost. Mother of Cheryl Kriteman and her husband Stephen and Leonard Prost and his wife Arleen. Sister of the late Max, Moe, Harold and Lily. Grandmother of Rachael, Leslie,
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TUTTLE, Helen (Gootkin), 96 — formerly of Malden and Lake Worth, Fla. Died August 14, 2011. Wife of the late Max Tuttle. Mother of Marilyn and her husband Robert Pollack, the late Dr. Gerald Tuttle and his wife Cheryl Tuttle. Sister of Honey Edna Stohn. Grandmother of Steven and Terry Pollack, Donna Leis, Matthew and Jarah Tuttle and Ross Tuttle. Greatgrandmother of Ethan, Justin, Cameron, Jared and Braden. (Goldman) WINER, Dorothy (Brody), 92 — late of Medford. Died August 13, 2011. Wife of Dr. Samuel Winer for 68 years. Mother of Leslie and her husband George Diller, Charles Winer and his wife Debra Kurlansky-Winer and Stephen and his wife Sharon Winer. Grandmother of Dr. David Diller and Scott Winer. Sister of the late Harold Brody, Bernie Brody and Sarah Gventer. (Goldman)
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Hilda (Babbitt) Nowakowski, 89, of Lynn Hilda (Babbitt) Nowakowski of Lynn entered into rest on August 15, 2011. She was 89 years old. Hilda was raised and educated in Lynn, graduating from Lynn Classical High School. She was retired from the General Electric Company in Lynn. She also loved to dance and go to casinos. She was the beloved wife of the late John Nowakowski for 47 years. Hilda was the devoted mother of Judith Keown of Burlington and the cherished sister of Abraham Babbitt of
Swampscott, Frank Babbitt of Lynn and the late Samuel Babbitt and Morris Babbitt. She was also loved by many nephews and nieces. Graveside services were held at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody on August 18. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in Hilda’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 311 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA 02473. Arrangements were handled by Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel in Salem.
Laurie M. Hershberg, 60, of Peabody Laurie M. Hershberg of Peabody passed away peacefully on August 15, 2011 at the Kaplan Hospice of the North Shore in Danvers. She was 60 years old. Born in Lynn, she graduated from Lynn English High School, received her B.A. in education from Fairleigh Dickinson University in N.J., and her Master’s in reading from Salem State University. Laurie had resided in Peabody for the past 25 years. She was a member of the Massachusetts and Ipswich Teachers Association. Laurie was a dedicated Title I Director and reading specialist at the Winthrop Elementary School in Ipswich for 35 years. She loved making a difference in the lives of the children she taught and was proud of their success. The federally funded Title I program helps children with reading and math challenges. Laurie will be remembered for her love of the beach, reading, traveling, baking and the ability to tell the most fabulous stories.
She was the dear daughter of Beatrice (Levine) Hershberg of Marblehead and the late Bernard Hershberg. Laurie was the loving sister of Judy Hershberg of Boston and Paul and his wife Mary Hershberg of Hamilton. She was the cherished aunt of Michael and Marissa Hershberg. Laurie also leaves behind many devoted friends and colleagues A memorial service was held at Congregation Shirat Hayam in Swampscott on August 18. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in her memory may be donated to the Laurie Hershberg Memorial Fund to support endometrial cancer, c/o Massachusetts General Hospital, Attn: Heidi Bergmeyer, 165 Cambridge St., #600, Boston, MA 02114. Arrangements were handled by Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel in Salem. Due to space limitations we may be unable to print all obituaries received. Please visit our website jewishjournal.org for complete obituaries.
Elliot Handler, 95, Barbie’s ‘Dad’ Alan D. Abbey Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Elliot Handler, half of the pair that founded toy giant Mattel, and the man who gave the name Barbie to the full-figured doll created by his wife, Ruth, died in Los Angeles on July 21, 2011 at age 95. Iconic Mattel products attributed to Handler included Hot Wheels, now up to 10,000 models, and Chatty Cathy, one of the first talking dolls whose “pull string talking mechanism ... revolutionized the toy industry.” Mattel Inc. has become the world’s largest toymaker, with 31,000 employees and revenues of nearly $6 billion in 2010. Handler and his wife, who died in 2002, left Mattel in the 1970s, but he continued to visit the company on an annual basis. Handler was known at Mattel for insisting that employees call him by his first name at a time when such informality was unprecedented. Mattel CEO Bob Eckert said Handler had remained an important part of the company and showed a continued fondness for toys. In the early days, however, Handler may not have had the
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best business instincts. Despite giving Barbie her name, he was skeptical that the doll — a full-figured young woman his wife had modeled on a German figurine — would find an audience. “Ruth,” Handler reportedly told his wife, “no mother is ever going to buy her daughter a doll with breasts.” Prior to development of Mattel, with his partner Harold Matson, Handler was a struggling art student and designer of light fixtures. He designed a realistic-looking miniature piano that brought in more than
300,000 orders. But the Handlers had mispriced the toys, losing about a dime on each one. Handler was born in Illinois and grew up in Denver. He met Ruth Moscowicz at a B’nai B’rith dance in 1929. The budding romance troubled her family, which saw him as a “starving artist.” But he followed her to California, enrolled in art school and found a light fixtures job. Once together in California, she urged him to go by Elliot, his middle name, instead of Izzy, as he had been known in Denver. Along with creating iconic toys, the Handlers revolutionized toy marketing by going directly to children. In 1955 they bought a year’s worth of advertising on the new “Mickey Mouse Club” TV show. In the late 1960s, while looking for a toy for boys, Handler came up with an idea for miniature die-cast vehicles — it became Hot Wheels, whose customized designs and paint jobs now adorn 10,000 models. In recent years, Handler went back to one of his first loves, painting. The Handlers helped found Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles, and also were longtime contributors to Jewish causes, Handler said in 2002 when his wife died.
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and terror. He must recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, make clear Palestinian refugees will go to Palestine, and demonstrate understanding of the dangers to Israel posed by Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and regional turmoil. The president should acknowledge Jewish claims to Judea and Samaria and express understanding for the sacrifice involved in making territorial compromises on the West Bank. He should renounce the Arabist view that Israel is the source of
Mideast instability and the cause of anti-American feelings, and that solving the Palestinian issue is a panacea. He must tell the Israelis he will not try to impose a solution on them and he will facilitate direct negotiations and demand that the Palestinians cease terror, recognize Israel as a Jewish state and negotiate without preconditions. Obama must convince Israelis that he understands the risks involved in making peace and that America has their back.
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is compromise. Tisha B’Av is past, but as we move on we should carry its message: the evil of baseless hatred, the sort of factionalism and infighting that preceded the destruction of the second Beis Hamikdosh, or Holy Temple. Our Orthodox Jewish world today has its share of the same, of course, which is surely why the Temple has not been divinely rebuilt. And while true Jewish principles may never be compromised, many contemporary disputes are based on illusory “principles” — personal positions, not timeless truths. We just passed a happy day, Tu B’Av, the 15th day of the Jewish month. It is a day of rejoicing, the Talmud teaches,
Thin Book of Trust: An Essential Primer for Building Trust at Work. The four elements are: • Sincerity: You say what you mean and you mean what you say. You are honest, believable and can be taken seriously. Your opinions are based in evidence and careful thought. Your words and actions match each other. • Reliability: You keep your promises and meet your commitments. • Competence: You have the knowledge, skills and abilities to do your tasks or job (and other people believe that you do, too.) • Care: You have goodwill towards others, keeping others’ interests in mind when you make decisions or take actions. When one or more of these elements is missing, trust goes
out the window. Feltman writes, “The disaster of distrust in the workplace is that the strategies people use to protect themselves inevitably get in the way of their ability to effectively work with others.” I would add that the disaster of distrust towards ourselves is the growing need to solicit others’ input, opinions and advice for our own decisions, as well as our shrinking willingness to take risks. When that occurs, we live low-stake lives according to what others want for us. And as we find ourselves repeatedly aligning our choices with others’ opinions, our own levels of self trust erode even further. When it comes to my relationship with my beloved morning cup of coffee, I am a fan of those pink packets of “the fake stuff.” But when it comes to my relationships with my clients, my family, my friends, and myself,
nomination given the bias in favor of social conservatives in Republican primaries and the influence of the Tea Party. On the other hand, Ronald Reagan got 39% of the Jewish vote in 1980 despite his conservative views because of Jimmy Carter’s anti-Israel image. Obama may yet alienate a majority of Jews. The irony is that Obama’s two speeches showed greater sup-
port for Israel than his earlier policies — he made no demand for a settlement freeze and recognized that Israel will keep part of the West Bank, while blasting the Palestinians for refusing to negotiate, uniting with Hamas and their efforts to delegitimize Israel and unilaterally declare a state. Clearly, he must do more. Obama must go to Israel to speak directly to the people. He must show that he feels their pain from six decades of war
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partly because of the breaking down of barriers between Jews. So many contemporary barriers masquerade as principles. Recognizing that they are not, and appreciating compromise, are worthy things to carry from the ninth of the month to the fifteenth. Not standing on personal “principle” — whether with our spouses, our friends, our business partners, our employers, or our employees — is key to reversing what we mourned on Tisha B’Av. Because the willingness to compromise is a true Jewish principle. Rabbi Shafran is an editor at large and columnist for Ami Magazine.
This may be viewed as pandering before the election, but if his deeds match his words, he could win back the doubters, rebuild trust with Israelis and create the conditions for restarting the peace process. Mitchell Bard is a foreign policy analyst whose latest book is “The Arab Lobby: The Invisible Alliance That Undermines America’s Interests in the Middle East” (HarperCollins Publishers). I won’t settle for anything less than authenticity, believability, truth — in other words, trust. How about you? I invite you to trust that you deserve it. Deborah Grayson Riegel is a columnist for Jewish Week Online. Visit jewishjournal.org for Telling it Like it Wasn’t, by Ari L. Goldman, a former New York Times reporter and professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. On the 20th anniversary of the killings of Gavin Cato and Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights, Goldman reflects on the way the incident was mistakenly reported as a racial riot between blacks and Jews. The article is reprinted from New York Jewish Week.
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MARBLEHEAD — Cohen Hillel Academy’s Gala 2011 on Sunday, October 2, will honor a special family whose many members inspire others. The evening will also feature an evening performance of the Tony award-winning musical “South Pacific.” As part of the Gala celebration, the Dr. Bennett I. Solomon Community Leadership Award will be presented to Ruthie and Robert Salter, Evelyn and Robert Rothbard, and Esther and Jack Schlusselberg, who, because of their own commitment to the community, inspire
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others to action. The Salter, Rothbard and Schlusselberg families, have all been long-time supporters of Hillel Academy. In addition to Hillel Academy, a myriad of community organizations significantly benefit from these family members’ active support, participation and leader-
ship. Ruthie Salter and Evelyn Rothbard are the daughters of the Schlusselbergs. Jill Weiner, Hillel Academy president, said, “As parents and grandparents of five Hillel graduates, Ruthie and Robert Salter, Evelyn and Robert Rothbard and Esther and Jack Schlusselberg have been part of the CHA family for many years and are wonderful role models for their own children and for so many others. It’s truly our pleasure to be able to honor them in this very special way.” “We are excited with the selection of ‘South Pacific’ for Gala 2011,” said Ken Schulman, head of school. “It is a show that speaks to the lessons of tolerance and understanding, values that are central to our school’s mission.” The Hillel Gala was created over 20 years ago and serves as the major fundraising event for the school. Funds raised support the school’s educational programs and scholarship efforts. For more information, visit cohenhillel.org or contact Diane Knopf, director of development, at diane@cohenhillel.org or 781-639-2880.
Rotman to Be Honored by ADL Ralph Rotman of Marblehead will receive the 2011 ADL Leadership Award at a dinner in his honor scheduled for Wednesday, September 14, at Kernwood Country Club in Salem. Rotman’s involvement with the Anti-Defamation League started in 1999 as a member of the North Shore Advisory Committee and he has been co-chair of North Shore 2000. He has recently been nominated to the Anti-Defamation League Board of Overseers. The co-chairs for this event are: Paul Driscoll, Mark Jaffe, Brian McNally, Bob Ogan, Jim Rudolph, Phyllis Sagan, Flori Schwartz, Al Snyder and Steve Solomon. This year’s recipient of the Rudolph North ShoreVolunteer Award will be Andrew Caplan of Swampscott. The award is named to honor former ADL Regional Board Chair James L. Rudolph, and is presented annually to an outstanding ADL volunteer as a special rec-
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ognition of the service he or she has provided for ADL on the North Shore. For more information or to participate in honoring Ralph Rotman or Andrew Caplan, please contact Harryette Katzen at 617-406-6375 or hkatzen@adl.org.
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