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ROSH HASHANAH

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow, Jan. 29, 2018.

The Jewish year in review

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#MeToo, the embassy move and a growing gap between Israel and the Diaspora Part One

BY BEN HARRIS JTA – For North American Jews, the Jewish year 5778 began with tensions between Israel and the Diaspora over egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall and ended with more tension over a controversial nationality law. In between, North American Jews grappled with the impact of the #MeToo movement, the Trump administration relocated the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv and actress Natalie Portman made headlines for turning down a chance to collect a top prize in Israel.

September 2017

A survey finds that American Jews overwhelmingly disapprove of President Donald

Trump’s performance. The poll, conducted by the American Jewish Committee, shows that 77 percent view Trump’s performance unfavorably and 21 percent view it favorably – figures considerably worse than Trump’s performance in polls of the general population conducted around the same time.

Edie Windsor, whose landmark Supreme Court case paved the way for gay marriage in the United States, dies at 88.

Windsor’s 2013 lawsuit resulted in the court’s overturning the part of the Defense of Marriage Act that had defined marriage, for federal purposes, as the union between a man and a woman.

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Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island students blow shofars over the school intercom during the month of Elul. For more on Rosh Hashanah see page 22.

Local rabbis reflect on High Holy Days preparation

BY LARRY KESSLER Since this year’s High Holy Days, followed by Sukkot and Simchat Torah, will arrive relatively early, the Jewish Voice asked area rabbis, via email interviews, how they’re handling the pre-holiday preparations. We also asked them to share something about their messages.

Some rabbis, such as Rabbi Marc Mandel of Newport’s historic Touro Synagogue, answered by saying the holidays

never come early. “There’s a joke that goes something like this,” he said. “The Jewish holidays are either early or late – they are never on time.

“The truth is, as rabbis, we are preparing for the High Holy Days all year long. It could be in the middle of March, and I might read something, and say to myself, this would be a great topic for a High Holy Day sermon,” he said.

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Rabbi Naftali Karp and Rabbi Noach Karp.

THIS ISSUE’S QUOTABLE QUOTE “Toleration is a minimum, a necessary but not sufficient attitude for us to flourish as a people and as a civilization.”

Shoresh, Kollel to formalize their merger

BY LARRY KESSLER

One year after merging, two groups that offer diverse programming and resources for Rhode Island’s Jewish community will next month formalize that union, their leaders said.

Project Shoresh, which is 18 years old, and the Providence Community Kollel, which is in its 14th year, joined forces last September in order to streamline their offerings. Rabbi Raphie Schochet, 47, of the Kollel, and Rabbi Naftali Karp, 37, who runs Project Shoresh with his brother, Rabbi Noach Karp, 32, recently spoke to The Jewish Voice about the revamped group and their expectations for it.

Naftali Karp said he expects the new

group’s name and logo to be revealed in September, to coincide with the anniversary of the merger. He said the announcement will also formally establish the group’s new administrative structure, which he said calls for Schochet to be chief educator, while he becomes the CEO and Noach Karp becomes chief operating officer.

“We’re here to help make Judaism feel relevant in a changing world,” Naftali Karp said of the merged group’s overriding purpose.

In a joint email interview, he and Schochet shed some light on what motivated the merger.

“We were finding that although there are many more Jews than we could ever actu-

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On behalf of the board and staff at the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, we wish you a happy, healthy, and sweet 5779.

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Rabbi Raphie Schochet.

Adam Greenman President & CEO

ally hope to service in the region, there are core groups who have a decidedly greater interest. As we would market our programs, we were finding that people were getting caught in the overlap [of the two groups] and being too highly inundated with offers to join programs, and the net result was demonstrating a place for collaboration,” they said.

In addition, the pair said of the decision to merge: “We are good friends and felt that by sharing our talents and expertise, we could complement one another, decrease the drag on our volunteer base and act as foils to one another in making more personal handcrafted Jewish experiences for more MERGER | 11

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Keynote speaker: Washington Letter just a start – there’s more work to be done

BY SAM SHAMOON NEWPORT – At the 71st annual reading of the George Washington Letter, delivered to a packed audience at Touro Synagogue on Aug. 19, keynote speaker Sister Jane Gerety spoke of the need to move beyond tolerance toward love and compassion.

“Toleration is a minimum, a necessary but not sufficient attitude for us to flourish as a people and as a civilization,” said Gerety, the president of Salve Regina University, in Newport.

“We need to go beyond the law, the First Amendment right, to realize the ideal and richness of religious liberty. We must move beyond protection and toleration to openness, dialogue and inclusion.”

R.I. Secretary of Commerce Stefan Pryor, who was among the speakers, drew a special lesson from President Washington’s phrase “everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.” Pryor pointed out that Washington used this phrase in many other speeches and letters, but in the letter to “the Hebrew Congregation of Newport,” the vine and fig are living things that must be diligently protected and nourished if they are to provide shelter from fear for all citizens for all time.

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed brought greetings from the nation’s capital and noted that Washington’s letter provided the foundational ideas for religious freedom, which we cannot take for granted. However, Reed said Washington’s words were more aspirational than descriptive – in his own time, and even now.

The honor of reading Touro Warden Moses Seixas’ 1790 let-

ter to Washington went to Col. Jonathan de Sola Mendes, a Marine Corps hero in both World War II and Korea, and a member of Congregation Shearith Israel, of New York City.

Among his many achievements, de Sola Mendes, 97, taught baseball great Ted Williams and astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn how to fly jets, and he flew with them both in combat in Korea, where he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross.

The honor of reading the George Washington Letter went to Philip Mintz, a longtime member and supporter of Touro’s Congregation Jeshuat Israel and of the Touro Synagogue Foundation.

Gerety, who spoke after the reading of the letters, reiterated the theme of tolerance and the need to move beyond that to dialogue, understanding and pluralism.

She said that, as a nun, she was honored to be standing in the sacred space of Touro Synagogue.

“In a way, my presence is a powerful symbol of the fruit of religious liberty promised by George Washington, who, using the words of Warden Moses Seixas, promises a government that gives ‘to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.’ ” Gerety went on to acknowledge the role of Christians in persecuting Jews, planting the seeds for the Holocaust. But today, she said, Jews and Christians “celebrate a mutual heritage beginning with our father Abraham.”

She also drew comparisons between the persecution of Catholics and Jews in the 18thcentury Colonies, where in 1719

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Sister Jane Gerety speaks to the crowd at Touro Synagogue. both Jews and Catholics were barred from voting.

“We have not arrived at the ideal set forth in Washington’s letter, where ‘everyone shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.’ Last year it was Charlottesville; this year it’s children in cages and so much in between. There is much to make us afraid,” she said.

“Part of our job is to create conditions to deepen self-understanding and values, and to test them in the crucible of an in-

clusive community that, I hope, replicates what we wish for the larger society.”

Gerety noted that Martin Luther King Jr. never turned his back on his deep roots as a Baptist, although he was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and marched with, and learned from, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. King, she said, is an example of a man who was rooted in his own religion but who used those strong ties to have the confidence to see the good in other faiths and expand their own beliefs as they worked for

justice.

Gerety concluded by thanking Congregation Jeshuat Israel for inviting her to speak and expressing gratitude that she could speak frankly because we live in a country that values religious freedom, as originally espoused by Roger Williams, George Washington and the Bill of Rights.

SAM SHAMOON, of Providence, is a member of the Touro Synagogue Foundation Board of Directors

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Super Sunday kicks off fall and Alliance’s annual fundraising campaign

BY SETH FINKLE As summer changes to fall, students prepare for school, beach days drift away and the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island gears up for its largest fundraising day of the year, Super Sunday.

Each year, the greater Rhode Island Jewish community comes together in support of the Alliance’s Annual Campaign and the more than 300 programs funded annually.

This year, Aliza and Will Krieger will chair Super Sunday, representing three of the agencies receiving the Alliance’s greatest support: the University of Rhode Island Hillel, the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island and Congregation Beth Sholom.

This year’s Super Sunday, on Sept. 16, will kick-off the “100 Days of Impact” theme, a communitywide effort to raise critical dollars between Super Sunday and Dec. 31.

Aliza and Will have been busy with family activities this summer, but that hasn’t stopped them from planning an exciting day. When discussing Super

Sunday, they said, “Throughout the year, we spend most of our time and energy focusing on the Jewish groups that we identify with, whether religiously or socially. Super Sunday gives us an opportunity to move beyond that, to come together, to be a part of all the Jewish organizations in Rhode Island. Please c ome on out in September. Join us and make this day a success!”

Super Sunday is also a kickoff to the 2019 Annual Campaign, chaired by Jamie Pious.

“Super Sunday is always an exciting day for the community where we combine fun and philanthropy. It is wonderful to see the community volunteers working together from both our synagogues and partner agencies,” he said.

“I love to see everyone coming together to help raise funds that our Jewish community so greatly needs. I am so proud that we are able to address the critical needs of our community and worldwide through the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island’s Annual Campaign. I am thankful for the hard work the Kriegers have put into this year’s Super Sun-

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day. With their help, it is sure to be a huge success. Aliza and Will are a wonderful asset to our community.”

The day begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m. All activities take place at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center, 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence.

Kids and teen activities along with baby-sitting will be available.

Whether you make phone calls on Super Sunday, volunteer in other ways to support the day, or answer the call when your phone rings, you are adding to the strength of the community in Rhode Island, and around the world.

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Your personal reflections, through 10 questions The value of reflection is often lost in today’s fast-paced society. In conjunction with Reboot, the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island is offering the 10Q project, a new way for people of all backgrounds to slow down and examine their lives in a meaningful way.

10Q is a digital platform for people to rethink the significance of the time period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and its relevance to their lives today, by generating a space for annual reflection. It is a reinvention of the ancient ritual of reflection during the 10 days surrounding the Jewish New Year.

10 Days. 10 Questions. Participants receive one question a day online over the 10 days linking the holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. At the end of the 10 days, participants’ answers to questions, about life, goals, relationships, ways they hope to impact the world, and more, are sent to a digital vault, accessible only to them.

Next year, just before Rosh Ha-

shanah, the answers are sent to participants and the process begins again. Over time, participants build an archive of beliefs, values and experiences.

You can sign up now to join 10Q during the High Holidays at www.doyou10q.com.

The questions are self-reflective rather than religious to accommodate people of all backgrounds. 10Q was developed in a partnership between Nicola Behrman, playwright and screenwriter; Ben Greenman, editor at the New Yorker; and Amelia Klein, former associate director of Reboot, an incubator of Jewish arts and culture that seeks to reinvent and reimagine Jewish rituals and traditions.

For those who are interested in participating as a community, at the Alliance’s Dwares Jewish Community Center there will be a visual reflection board with sections for each of the 10 questions. Families, classes and groups who are interested may also print their own 10Q cards to conduct a deep conversation about their reflec-

Learn more about Alzheimer’s disease and genes Could your genes help end Alzheimer’s disease? Butler Hospital’s Memory and Aging Program is hosting a community program for those who want to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease prevention studies and a new program called GeneMatch.

The program takes place at The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence on 3 Shalom Drive in Warwick on Wednesday, Sept.

5. Interested individuals will be provided with a cheek swab kit to determine which copies of the APOE Alzheimer’s gene

they have. To participate in a GeneMatch swab, you must be between the ages of 55 and 75 and without a diagnosis of cognitive impairment or dementia.

All interested participants will need to refrain from eating or drinking anything other than water within one hour before collecting the cheek swab. This event starts at 6 p.m. Please contact Susan Adler, director of marketing and outreach at Tamarisk, with any questions regarding the event at 401-7320037, ext. 104 or Susana@tamariskri.org.

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tions on the past year and their intentions for the year ahead.

In addition, a 10Q Journal is available as a place to press the pause button and to reflect, look back, look ahead. The Journal offers a taste of the reflection process in a beautiful presentation and is available in adult and family editions.

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Pray for Peace

May it be Your will, G-d of our ancestors, that You grant my family and all Israel a good and long life.

Remember us with blessings and kindness. Fill our homes with your Divine Presence. Give me the opportunity to raise my children and grandchildren to be truly wise, lovers of G-d, people of truth, who illuminate the world with Torah, good deeds and the work of the Creator. Please hear my prayer at this time. Regard me as a worthy descendent of Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, our mothers, and let my candles burn and never be extinguished. Let the light of your face shine upon us, and bring true peace to Israel and the world.

Blessings for Shabbos

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Annual Hadassah fundraiser brings book lovers to Newport

NEWPORT – On a beautiful, sunny day in August, more than 200 women gathered for Hadassah Rhode Island’s eighth annual fundraising authors’ luncheon: Books on the Beach. The event took place at OceanCliff.

Authors Rachel Kadish and Tova Mirvis kept the audience mesmerized with their presentations Kadish’s latest book, “The Weight of Ink,” is a wonderfully complex historical novel that moves from the 17th century where the events of the story take place to the 21st century where two historians delve into their own complexities and rivalries. The intriguing catalyst that brought Kadish to this story was Virginia Woolf’s musing in “A Room of Her Own”: if Shakespeare had a sister as talented as he, she would probably have died unknown and unpublished. The idea of how difficult it was for creative and talented women to get educated, much less be able to express their talent, percolated for many years as Kadish did extensive research for this novel. The story tells of a young Jewish woman who – because of world circumstances – was educated and finds herself in London in the 1660s scribing for a blind Portuguese rabbi. Her curiosity and search for knowledge drives this electrifying story.

Mirvis, after 30 years living an Orthodox life and doing

Rachel Kadish, author of The Weight of Ink. every thing a “good girl” was suppose to do, found she had to be true to her authentic self.

Her memoir, “A Book of Separation,” follows this journey through agonizing realizations.

Knowing that her choice to leave orthodoxy meant a separation from more than religion, she brings readers along on her very personal journey. She explores the concept of leaving, separating and changing through relationships with her husband, her children, her par-

ents, her siblings and her community. Having relinquished her previously well-mapped life, she discovers her inner compass for this often frightening world of new possibilities.

The gathering also heard from Marlene Post, past national president of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization, who thanked them for the important work the Rhode Island chapter does in raising money for the lifesaving work Hadassah doctors do at its two hos-

Tova Mirvis, author of The Book of Separation. pitals in Jerusalem. The hospitals serve all the residents of Jerusalem as well as do groundbreaking research at the Ein Kerem hospital.

Post shared stories of patients whose lives were saved and went on to live full and productive lives as a result of Hadassah’s commitment to patient

care and healing. She emphasized the critical nature of the ongoing fundraising efforts.

As the program came to an end the authors happily signed copies of their books for appreciative guests.

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Waking up to gratefulness As I write this d’var Torah, we have just entered the Hebrew month of Elul, the month that precedes the High Holy Days, a month when the shofar is sounded at the conclusion of our morning p r ay e r s . T h e shofar acts as our spiritual alarm clock – it’s time to wake up, time to prepare for the Days of Awe that are coming very soon.

RABBI Maimonides, ALAN the medieval FLAM scholar who was one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of all time, teaches that the sounding of the shofar “has an allusion to a deeper meaning, as if saying, ‘Awake O sleeper, from your sleep; O slumberers, arouse yourselves from your slumbers; examine your deeds, return in repentance, and remember your Creator’ ” (Hilchot Teshuvah 3:4).

In truth, Jewish prayer invites us to practice “waking up” every morning of the year in the prayer Modeh Ani. The words of this prayer are: I gratefully acknowledge your face; Spirit lives and endures; You return my soul to me with compassion; How great is your faith in me!

One of my teachers, Rabbi Shefa Gold, has a smartphone app, called Flavors of Gratitude, that offers 49 different chants for Modeh Ani. She’s obviously very serious about this prayer and its practice. She unpacks the prayer this way: “With the first phrase of the prayer – Modah ah-nee lifanecha – I open to the miracle em-

bedded in the day that is being given to me. For the second phrase – Ru-ach chai v’kayam – (I substitute ru-ach/spirit for the traditional melech/king), I acknowledge that although my whole world is in flux, there is something beyond and within me, a great spirit – eternal and enduring, moving through all of it.

“With the third phrase – she-hechezarta bee nishma-tee b’chemlah – I become receptive to the gift of consciousness from the compassionate one and I open to the sense of being seen, known, loved and fully accepted by the great mystery that embraces me this very day.

“The last phrase of the prayer – rabbah emunatecha – is taken from the Book of Lamentations 3:23. When I experience God’s faith in me, I receive a glimpse of the widest, longest perspective. In that glimpse, I am calmed. I relax my frantic grip. I stop trying to figure it out. I begin to trust the flow of inexorable change.

“This divine faith in me is what grows my own fragile faith. When I am known, seen and loved completely through this divine faith, I can dare to rise to the challenge of loving this world with all that I am and with everything I’ve got.

“The fact that this final phrase comes from the saddest text of our tradition bears a profound teaching. It seems to be saying that our gratefulness and faith don’t come from denying our suffering, but rather by moving through that suffering and getting to the other side.”

Neuroscience teaches that human beings have inherited a brain from our stone-age ancestors that is particularly alert

to the possibilities of danger.

They call this negativity bias.

We are programmed to first notice what’s wrong. But every spiritual tradition that I know of acknowledges that how we begin our day matters, and that certainly seems to be the intention of Modeh Ani. Each day I wake up with an intention that when I open my eyes I will see and recognize God’s face in the details of the day I am about to encounter.

If my very first expression is gratefulness, rather than seeing what’s wrong today or obsessing over how much I need to get done, then I step onto a path of blessing. I prepare myself for wonder.

The poet Mary Oliver captures this intention in her poem “Why I Wake Early.”

Gratefulness connects us to the great flow of receptivity and generosity. When we begin the day in gratefulness, we step on to the path of love.

May our hearts be open with generosity and gratefulness to the blessing of wonder this day and throughout the new year.

ALAN FLAM is on the Steer-

ing Committee of the Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty and is the organizer and rabbi for Soulful Shabbat, a Saturday morning service that emphasizes silence, chanting, gentle stretching and meditation along with traditional davening and Torah study. He can be reached at alan.flam@gmail. com.

Hello, sun in my face.

Hello, you who make the morning and spread it over the fields and into the faces of the tulips and the nodding morning glories, and into the windows of, even, the miserable and crotchety – best preacher that ever was, dear star, that just happens to be where you are in the universe to keep us from ever-darkness, to ease us with warm touching, to hold us in the great hands of light – good morning, good morning, good morning.

Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.

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Change is in the air

What happened to the summer?

The heat and humidity remain, but the calendar says late August, and that can only mean summer is winding down. There are still plenty of days left for outdoor activities, but only a few more really good beach days.

EDITOR This is a season of hope and promise.

FRAN We are in OSTENDORF the month of Elul, a month of preparation and introspection. The new year is on the horizon. The High Holy Days are coming.

All of the end-of-summer events collide this year, as the kids are going back to school, too.

Throughout my life I’ve always welcomed this time of year with anticipation.

As a kid, going back to school was fraught with nervous anticipation, but never dread. As a college student, going back to school was welcomed. As a parent, I had mixed feelings.

And throughout my life, the High Holy Days were always eagerly anticipated as a time for family.

When you work in a building that houses Jewish agencies, and there are children all around, this time of year is even more fun to watch and participate in. There are still children attending camp, for a few more days. Then the little ones return to preschool and the afterschool kids come back. And pretty soon, all are participating in the Rosh Hashanah traditions.

In this crazy, chaotic and harried time, it’s nice to remember that life cycles will always be there.

As we look toward 5779, it’s hard to believe that another year has gone by.

You may wonder why we’ve chosen to publish our Rosh

Hashanah issue more than two weeks before the holiday.

Well, sometimes we walk a tightrope between getting you the news too early and being too late. This is one of those times. Yes, it’s Aug. 24, the 13th of Elul. But the next issue doesn’t appear until Sept. 7 and Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Sept. 9. Unfortunately, due to the way the mail is delivered, some of you won’t get that issue before the start of the holiday.

In addition to stories about our community like a report on the reading of the George Washington letter and an article on the merger of Kollel and Project Shoresh, you’ll find this issue filled with ads and articles related to Rosh Hashanah. Please take a close look and consider patronizing the businesses that choose to advertise in The Jewish Voice. By spending their hardearned advertising dollars with us, they are investing in the paper and the community. And be sure to tell them where you saw their ad. That lets them know that there is value in advertising in your Jewish Voice.

And there is another important cycle on the calendar that should grab your attention: the state primary election, on Wednesday, Sept. 12. The deadline for registration has passed for this election. The general election is Tuesday, Nov. 6. You must register to vote in this election by Oct. 7.

Massachusetts has a statewide primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 4.

Please remember to vote.

We live in a country where our voices are heard, but they cannot be heard unless you exercise your right to vote.

No matter what your political opinion or viewpoint, voting is your right and your duty as a citizen.

Let’s start the new year off right by participating in your community.

L’shanah tovah!

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Upsetting the Balance: Israel’s Nation State Law

Ever since its founding on May 14, 1948, Israel has struggled to maintain its delicate balance between being a Jewish state and a democratic one.

Even the most casual visitor to Israel cannot doubt its Jewish character: the vast majority of its citizens are IT SEEMS Jewish, the language most TO ME widely spoken is Hebrew, RABBI JIM the rhythm of the week ROSENBERG is marked by the Jewish Sabbath, and the rhythm of the year beats to the tune of the Jewish holy days.

On the other hand, at least 20 percent of Israeli citizens are Muslim, Christian or Druze.

Roughly 1.5 million of almost 9 million Israelis call Arabic their native tongue.

Israel’s founding document, its Declaration of Independence, embodies this delicate balance between Israel’s Jewish identity and its democratic values. Its opening sentences unabashedly affirm the historical connection between the Jewish people and the land of Israel: “The land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and national identity was formed. Here they achieved independence and created a culture of national and universal significance.

Here they wrote and gave the Bible to the world.”

The declaration goes on to proclaim Israel’s rightful place among the community of post-World-War-II nations: “This recognition by the United Nations of the right of the Jewish people to establish their independent state may not be revoked. It is, moreover, the self-evident right of the Jewish people to be a nation, as all other nations, in its own sovereign state.”

While the declaration unambiguously affirms “the establishment of the Jewish state in Palestine, to be called Israel,” it is equally clear in its affirmation of the rights of the non-Jewish minority in the democratic state: “The state of Israel will promote the development of the country for all its inhabitants;

will be based upon the precepts of liberty, justice and peace taught by the Hebrew prophets; will uphold the full social and political equality of all its citizens without distinction of race, creed or sex; will guarantee full freedom of conscience, worship, language, education and culture; will safeguard the sanctity and inviolability of shrines and holy places of all religions; and will dedicate itself to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.”

Noble words, of course, often do not easily translate into a noble reality. Daily life in Israel has never fully conformed to the ideals of its Declaration of Independence. Nevertheless, many elements of Israel’s society continue in their struggle to achieve a better balance between Jewish character and democratic values.

This past July 19, Israel’s Knesset passed the Nation State Law by a vote of 62 to 55, with two abstaining and one absent. The law has been added to the state’s Basic Laws, which, taken together, serve as the nation’s quasi-constitution.

Sadly, the Nation State Law upsets the delicate balance implied by the words “Jewish democracy,” which has prevailed – however imperfectly – for the past 70 years. In effect, this new law repudiates the principle of the equality of all citizens that was enshrined in Israel’s founding document.

Indeed, nowhere in the Nation State Law does the word “equality” appear; for the central purpose of this legislation is to emphasize the inequality between Israel’s Jews and the 20 percent of the population who are not Jews.

The very first sentences of the Nation State Law privilege Jewish identity: “A) The land of Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people, in which the state of Israel was established. B) The state of Israel is the national home of the Jewish people, in which it fulfills its natural, cultural, religious and historical right to self-determination. C) The right to exercise national selfdetermination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish people.”

Question: Does this mean that the one out of five Israeli citizens who are not Jewish has no say in the shaping of the state?

“Noble words, of course, often do not easily translate into a noble reality.”

Arab-Israeli Sayed Kashua, an author who chooses to write in Hebrew, says in an op-ed piece in the July 31 issue of The New York Times, titled “Israel’s Unequal Citizens,” that Israel “prefers to be the state of people born elsewhere, who do not speak its language, have never visited it or paid it taxes or served it in any way ….

“The Nationality Law prevents the possibility of multiculturalism in Israel and rejects any collective history or memory other than the Zionist one. By revoking Arabic’s status as an official state language, the law delivers yet another blow to the culture that has been vying for a position since Israel was founded.”

Israel’s 1.5 million Arab citizens are not the only minority aggrieved by the passage of the Nation State Law, which renders them de jure second-class citizens. Israel’s Druze community, long considered the country’s “model minority,” is equally outraged. Though only about 1 percent of Israel’s population, they have been disproportionately represented in the higher echelons of the nation’s army and police force. From their perspective, the Nation State Law is a slap in the face for decades of loyalty.

A final word. Section 6 of the Nation State Law says, “The state shall act to preserve the cultural, historical and religious heritage of the Jewish people among Jews in the Diaspora.” As a Diaspora Jew, I must say to the 62 members of the Knesset who voted to support the Nation State Law: “No, thank you. Given your massive anti-democratic bias, I cannot support your skewed views concerning ‘the cultural, historical and religious heritage of the Jewish people.’ ” JAMES B. ROSENBERG is rabbi emeritus at Temple Habonim in Barrington. Contact him at rabbiemeritus@templehabonim.org.

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An avowed one-stater is about to be elected to Congress.

Is this the future of the Democratic Party?

BY RON KAMPEAS

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Rashida Tlaib, the Democratic nominee in a surefire congressional district comprising parts of Detroit, believes in a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and says she would vote against military assistance for Israel.

Does she represent a trend?

Republicans would like you to think so.

“This is the Democrat (sic) party,” the Republican Jewish Coalition tweeted, attached to a story about Tlaib’s view on military aid.

Is Tlaib indeed the future of the Democratic Party or an outlier?

Democrats are more sharply critical of Israel.

It’s true that Democrats have become more critical of Israel.

A breaking point in the relationship was the March 2015 address by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Congress opposing President Barack Obama’s Iran policy.

Most Democrats did not see eye to eye with Israel over how to stop Iran from becoming nuclear. But frustration with Netanyahu over his pugnaciousness and disagreements with a Democratic president led – some would say freed – many Democrats to criticize Israel’s policies regarding the Palestinians. That was exacerbated by Netanyahu’s unabashed embrace of President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal and moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.

In July, 70 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives –

Rashida Tlaib more than a third of the caucus – signed a letter urging humanitarian relief for the Gaza Strip, blaming both Israel and Hamas for the crisis.

That letter, in turn, referred to a May letter signed by 13 Democrats in the Senate – out of 49 – that used the same language to say Hamas and Israel were responsible for the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza.

Bernie Sanders has become an address for Israel criticism.

The Senate letter was initiated

by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the Jewish candidate who ran a surprisingly strong campaign in 2016 for the Democratic presidential nomination. (Notably, the Israeli-American media mogul Haim Saban, a major pro-Israel Democratic benefactor, blasted the senators for signing on.)

In that campaign, Sanders set the stage for Israel-related factionalism within the party when he directly challenged Hillary Clinton on Israel issues in a debate on the eve of the New York primary.

In the debate, Sanders used Clinton’s favorable reception at the recent American Israel Public Affairs Committee conferences as a dig against her.

“You gave a major speech to AIPAC, which obviously deals with the Middle East crisis, and you barely mentioned the Palestinians,” he said.

A decade ago, a major candidate using AIPAC to ding a rival would have been unimaginable.

Sanders has since become the main address for Israel criticism within the party. His office has released three videos sharply critical of Israel since the March launch of Palestinian protests on Israel’s border with Gaza.

But Tlaib remains alone in her positions.

Sanders has also defended Israel on the left, rejecting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement targeting Israel last year in an interview on Al Jazeera.

J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group whose overarching issue is two states, endorses more than half of the Democratic caucus in both chambers. It pulled its endorsement of Tlaib after her postprimary revelation that she opposes aid to Israel and backs a one-state solution.

Like many proponents of an independent state for Palestinians side by side with Israel, J Street rejects any solution that would “threaten Israel’s identity as a democracy and a Jewish homeland.”

When it comes to the one-state solution – that is, a binational “Isratine” in which West Bank

and presumably Gazan Palestinians are given the vote – Tlaib is even an outlier among the two women with whom she is most frequently grouped, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.

Like Tlaib, they are both progressive House nominees who have sharply criticized Israel in the past. Unlike her, both have embraced the two-state outcome and resisted signing onto the BDS movement.

“We have a very, very small number of problematic candidates with views on Israel,” said Haley Soifer, the CEO of the centrist Jewish Democratic Council of America.

Remember who Tlaib is.

Much of the focus of the “is Tlaib a trend” talk is on the degree to which the Democrats are ready to impose party discipline.

But there has been a tradition within both parties of allowing lawmakers to stray from orthodoxies depending on their constituents and their own ethnic communities.

Consider, for instance, Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, who is as strident as ever in his insistence on isolating Cuba, although his Democratic Party has moved since Obama toward more openness. Democrats are not likely to second-guess a Cuban American for being a hardliner.

That thinking would apply to Tlaib, whose parents are from the West Bank, said James Zogby, the president of the Arab American Institute and a Democrat close to Sanders.

“Rashida is a Palestinian-

American woman who grew up heavily steeped in her culture and the circumstances of her issue,” he said. “She’s more aware of the Palestinian issue than anyone in Congress before her. It’s in her bones, it’s in her blood.”

You want a one-state trend? Look to the Republicans.

The Trump administration, meanwhile, has retreated from endorsing a two-state outcome, and the Republican Party platform in 2016 also removed twostate language.

Of course, the one-state outcomes favored by Republicans is one preferred by the pro-Israel right, not the pro-Palestinian left. That version envisions permanent Israeli control of much of the West Bank. But that posture creates openings for the far left, according to Logan Bayroff, the director of communications for J Street.

“Any conversation about rise in support of a one-state solution should note the fact that our current administration has distanced itself from the two-state solution,” he said.

Zogby, a proponent of the twostate outcome, says support for one state is also fueled by the actions of an Israeli government that seems set on closing off the former.

“Saying ‘I support two states’ has become a way of absolving yourself and doing nothing while Israel every day makes achieving two states harder to achieve” through settlement expansion and other measures, he said.

OPINION

A Reassessment of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

BY MOSES MORDECAI TWERSKY What happened in the Hamas “March of Return” which has been taking place along the Gaza border, is a macabre farce. The idea that tens of thousands of Palestinians can break through a border fence to repossess their lands in what is the Holy Land of Israel is a dangerous fantasy. What this fantasy has done is almost ignite another war between Israel and the Hamas Jihadists.

In a planned and deliberate exercise, violent Hamas militants have burned thousands of acres of Israeli wheat fields and nature reserves bordering the Gaza strip, through the use of flammable kites and balloons.

A look at the actual history of the Palestinians is in order.

Joan Peters, author of “From Time Immemorial,” analyzes the demographics of the Muslim population in the Holy

Land during and after the 19th century. “We have seen strong evidence that the Holy Land was inhabited only sparsely in the 19th century. For centuries the non-Jewish, particularly the Muslim, peoples who did inhabit the land had been largely composed of a revolving immigrant population of diverse ethnic origin who could not possibly have constituted a substantial indigenous ‘Palestinian’ population much less a nation of inhabitants for a ‘thousand’ or ‘two thousand’ years.” So we see in real terms the Palestinian ‘narrative’ is fairly short term.

The events on the Gaza border and the propaganda associated with it, together with a supportive policy by President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, indicate on a deeper level a grave development for the Palestinians in both territories. This development is

the constant falsification of and deliberate undermining of the eternal bond of the Jewish people with Israel and Jerusalem as its holy capital. The Hamas Covenant in Article 13 makes clear that Jihad is the only solution to the Palestinian conflict with Israel that is the violent destruction of the Jews in Israel. In Article 11, Hamas states that all of Israel is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Muslim generations until Judgment Day….due to the Islamic conquests in the 7th century CE. This leap back to the 7th century justifies a completely Palestinian state today.

Abbas is following a somewhat different path. His policy of the internationalization of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to create Israel as a pariah state with no choice but to capitulate to all Palestinian demands, particularly, the ceding of East Jerusalem as a capi-

tal for the Palestinian state.

First of all Jerusalem is not a settlement. Jerusalem was the capital of the land of Israel, under King David 3,000 years ago.

Under Jewish law according to the Laws of the Rambam (Moses Maimonides) in the section Kings (Melachim) the Davidic dynasty is forever. Jerusalem cannot be divided. Abbas has followed a constant policy of disinformation, educational incitement and the destruction of Israel’s biblical roots in the Holy Land. He supported the UNESCO decision of October 2012, which objected to Israel’s proper designation of Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem as a National Heritage site along with the designation of the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs as a National Heritage site in Hebron. UNESCO called them Mosques.

The UNRWA Palestinian camps have victimized the Palestinian people and brought

them to their present state of terror and hopelessness. It was their Arab brethren that put them there. These camps must dissolve. The real solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is to recognize Israel’s sovereignty and primacy in the land. Palestinian property rights, economic development, and democratization of their institutions, should be recognized by Israel in the context of an autonomous solution. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan should facilitate this process.

The Iranian alliance with Hamas in Gaza must end and they must stay out of the West Bank.

MOSES MORDECAI TWERSKY of Providence has a master’s degree in American history from Providence College. He is a scion of the Chernobyl Belz Makarov Hasidic rabbinical dynasty.

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Alliance Kosher Senior Café. Kosher lunch and program every weekday.

Dwares JCC, 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence. Noon lunch; 1 p.m. program. $3 lunch donation from individuals 60+ or under 60 with disabilities. Neal or Elaine, 401-421-4111, ext. 107.

Temple Habonim’s Erev Shabbat Service. 6:15-7:30 p.m. Barrington Beach, 87 Bay Road, Barrington. In case of rain, outdoor services will be canceled, and services will be held in the THB Sanctuary. Notice will be posted on the Temple website and on Facebook; message will be left on Temple phone system. Information, Jodi Sullivan at office@templehabonim.org or 401-2456536.

“Mean What You Pray” Workshop: Making Jewish Prayer Meaningful through Theater Techniques. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Dwares JCC, 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence. Presented and directed by Jason Slavick of JMS Coaching. Third of six workshops, using basic acting exercises. Each workshop is different – join any or all. Participants welcome from all streams of Judaism. Future dates (7-9 p.m.): 9/5, 9/13, 9/26. Funded by an Innovation Grant from the Jewish Alliance of Greater RI. Information, Alan Krinsky at adkrinksy@netzero.net.

West Bay Kosher Senior Café. Kosher lunch and program every Friday.

Temple Sinai, 30 Hagen Ave., Cranston.

11:15 a.m. program; noon lunch. $3 lunch donation from individuals 60+ or under 60 with disabilities. Steve, 401743-0009.

Duplicate Bridge. Dwares JCC, 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence. Mondays noon-2 p.m.: 0-20 masterpoint game.

For less-experienced players. $5 per day. Mondays and Wednesdays noon-3 p.m.: Open stratified game for experienced players at all levels. $7 per day.

Tuesdays and Fridays 11 a.m.-2 p.m: Open stratified game for players at all levels. $7 per day. Thursdays 1:30-3:30 p.m.: Guided play. Beginners and those seeking to hone skills play under the guidance of nationally known instructor Bart Buffington. $6 per day. Information, Bart Buffington at abarton295@ aol.com or 401-390-9244.

“Bridging the Gap” with Rabbi Raphie.

Wednesdays 8-8:45 p.m. Kollel Center for Jewish Studies, 450 Elmgrove Ave., Providence. Explore the development and refinement of our personalities through the eyes of the Mussar movement. Text is “Bridging the Gap.” Free.

Information, rabbiraphie@gmail.com or 401-383-2786.

Shabbat Under the Stars. 7 p.m. Temple Beth-El, 70 Orchard Ave., Providence.

Gather on the Julie Claire Gutterman Biblical Garden patio to greet Shabbat with song and stories. Following the service, celebrate summer birthdays and enjoy special summer treats.

Information, Temple Beth-El office at 401-331-6070.

Kabbalat Shabbat Service. 7:30-9 p.m.

Temple Torat Yisrael, 1251 Middle Road, East Greenwich. Service followed by Oneg. Information, stephanie@toratyisrael.org or 401-885-6600.

Saturday | August 25 Taste of Shabbat. 9-11 a.m. Temple Torat Yisrael, 1251 Middle Road, East Greenwich. 9 a.m. Torah discussion and 9:45 a.m. service followed by a Kiddush luncheon. Information, stephanie@ toratyisrael.org or 401-885-6600.

Congregation Beth David’s Summer Series: Jonathan Edwards. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Narragansett Community Center, 63 Mumford Road, Narragansett. An award-winning folk/country performer, Jonathan has recorded 17 albums, including his latest, “Tomorrow’s Child.”

Cost: $40. Information, Frank Prosnitz at frank.prosnitz@gmail.com or 401935-9890.

Providence Krav Maga & EP Martial Arts. 12-1 p.m. Dwares JCC, 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence. Sundays through 9/9. Krav Maga is a form of Israeli self-defense. Information, Bart Axelrod at 401-489-3189.

Wednesday | August 29 Are You Ready to Make a Move? 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Cranston Public Library, 140 Sockanosset Cross Road, Cranston. The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence is partnering with Keystone Real Estate Group, Inc. and Moving Ahead RI to educate people on the benefits of selling your home and packing what is needed in the process of downsizing and transitioning into an assisted living community. Information, Susan Adler at susana@tamariskri.org or 401-732-0037, ext. 104.

Game Night: Mah Jongg, Canasta and Table Tennis. 7-9 p.m. Temple Torat Yisrael, 1251 Middle Road, East Greenwich.

Free. Information, stephanie@toratyisrael.org or 401-885-6600.

Friday | August 31 Kabbalat Shabbat Service. 7:30-9 p.m.

Temple Torat Yisrael, 1251 Middle Road, East Greenwich. Service followed by Oneg. Information, stephanie@toratyisrael.org or 401-885-6600.

Open House for Prospective Members.

7:30-9:30 p.m. Temple Sinai, 30 Hagen Ave., Cranston. Prospective members can attend services and learn about the congregation and meet the community.

Unaffiliated friends are invited for a joyful evening. Following the service, there will be an Oneg Shabbat in the social hall. Information, Dottie at dottie@templesinairi.org or 401-9428350.

Saturday | September 1 Taste of Shabbat. 9-11 a.m. Temple Torat Yisrael, 1251 Middle Road, East Greenwich. 9 a.m. Torah discussion and 9:45 a.m. service followed by a Kiddush luncheon. Information, stephanie@ toratyisrael.org or 401-885-6600.

Selichot Services and Breakfast. 9-11 p.m. Temple Sinai, 30 Hagen Ave., Cranston. Join us in the social hall for a breakfast provided and served by members of the Temple Sinai Brotherhood. Following breakfast, Selichot services, with Shireinu, will begin in the Sanctuary at 10 p.m. Information, Dottie at dottie@templesinairi.org or 401-942-8350.

Sunday | September 2 Temple Torat Yisrael’s Memorial Service. 10-11 a.m. Lincoln Park Cemetery, 1469 Post Road, Warwick. Information, stephanie@toratyisrael.org or 401885-6600.

Providence Krav Maga & EP Martial Arts. 12-1 p.m. Dwares JCC, 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence. Sundays through 9/9. Krav Maga is a form of

Israeli self-defense. Information, Bart Axelrod at 401-489-3189.

Wednesday | September 5 GeneMatch Swab Test Event. 6 p.m. The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence, 3 Shalom Drive, Warwick. Hosted by Butler Hospital. Participants are provided with a cheek swab kit. Must be between the ages of 55-75 and without a diagnosis of cognitive impairment or dementia. Information, Susan Adler at susana@tamariskri.org or 401-732-0037, ext. 104.

“Mean What You Pray” Workshop: Making Jewish Prayer Meaningful through Theater Techniques. 7-9 p.m. Dwares JCC, 401 Elmgrove Ave., Providence. Presented and directed by Jason Slavick of JMS Coaching. Fourth of six workshops, using basic acting exercises. Each workshop is different – join any or all. Participants welcome from all streams of Judaism. Future dates: 9/13, 9/26. Funded by an Innovation Grant from the Jewish Alliance of Greater RI. Information, Alan Krinsky at adkrinksy@netzero.net.

Friday | September 7 Kabbalat Shabbat Service. 7:30-9 p.m.

Temple Torat Yisrael, 1251 Middle Road, East Greenwich. Service followed by Oneg. Information, stephanie@toratyisrael.org or 401-885-6600.

Saturday | September 8 Taste of Shabbat. 9-11 a.m. Temple Torat Yisrael, 1251 Middle Road, East Greenwich. 9 a.m. Torah discussion and 9:45 a.m. service followed by a Kiddush luncheon. Information, stephanie@ toratyisrael.org or 401-885-6600.

Boston’s Hebrew College sells its campus to shore up its future

BY PENNY SCHWARTZ BOSTON (JTA) – Sixteen years after moving into a gleaming, light-filled new structure full of promise and pride of place, Hebrew College is selling the distinctive building.

School leaders say the move will allow the nearly centuryold educational institution in suburban Boston to shed its burdensome debt.

On Aug. 16, the Hebrew College Board of Trustees finalized an agreement to sell the Newton Centre campus, its home since 2002. The agreement allows the college, which is some seven miles west of this city, to remain in the building as a tenant for several years while it searches for another site, according to Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, its new president.

In a statement, Hebrew College described the decision as a transformative milestone as the school nears its centennial.

“This allows us to resolve all of our debt on the building and move forward both debt free and with a balanced budget,” Cohen Anisfeld, the first woman to lead the institution, told JTA in a phone conversation. “We are building a foundation of growth from a place

This building has been home to Hebrew College since 2002. of financial responsibility and sustainability.”

Cohen Anisfeld took over as president on July 1 after serving as acting president since November, succeeding Rabbi Daniel Lehmann, who stepped down after nearly 10 years. She was the longtime head of the college’s 15-year-old pluralistic rabbinical school. Its alumni serve in congregations, educational settings, chaplaincies

and in Hillels across North America and Israel.

The institution also includes a cantorial and advanced degree programs, adult education and teen programs including Prozdor (the high school program).

While the main driver of the decision to sell the building was financial, two other key factors played a role, Cohen Anisfeld said.

One was the sale and move of

Andover Newton Theological Seminary, a historic Protestant institution that until 18 months ago shared the hilltop campus with Hebrew College. Over many years, the two schools developed a strong interfaith partnership and also shared some administrative functions.

But Andover Newton affiliated with Yale University and in 2017 moved to its New Haven campus. The new owner of the

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20-acre Andover-Newton site was interested in controlling the entire property, Cohen Anisfeld said.

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individuals.” Another plus for the merger, they added, was decreasing their overhead, streamlining communication and being able to accomplish more “by working as a team rather than trying to step around one another.”

The merger has been a work in progress over the last year, and both said they are pleased with how well the combined organization is doing.

“It’s been beautiful. It’s been amazing how the major players involved have worked together,” Karp said. “It’s really been incredible. We’ve all come together, being open to what’s best for the community.”

In their joint interview, both Karp and Schochet stressed that what hasn’t changed, and won’t change, is the group’s dedication to the community, especially in areas of outreach.

Karp, for example, said that although the merged group has a learning center, formally called the Center for Jewish Studies, at 450 Elmgrove Ave., in Providence, it maintains a presence across greater Rhode Island. That includes an office at Congregation Beth Sholom, in Providence, and a willingness to conduct programs wherever they’re needed or wanted: in homes, parks, synagogues, businesses, the Jewish

Alliance’s Dwares Community Center, at 401 Elmgrove Ave., in Providence, and the Brown University Hillel Center in Providence, for example.

“Part of our mission is to run our programs where people are,” Karp said, and that practice will continue uninterrupted.

In addition, “Part of our mission is to strengthen Jewish unity,” Karp and Schochet said.

“It is difficult to have unity if we don’t connect. There are so many things we as Jews have in common, and [we] need to celebrate those differences we may have.”

LARRY KESSLER is a freelance writer who can be reached at lkessler1@comcast.net.

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Shoresh, Kollel merger at a glance Mission: Both groups were

formed – Project Shoresh in 2000 and the Kollel in 2004 – to offer outreach, education, resources and programs geared to all ages and interests in the greater Rhode Island Jewish community. The merged organization will continue this mission.

Location: Programs are held in the Center for Jewish Studies, at 450 Elmgrove Ave., in Providence, as well as in homes, synagogues, schools, businesses, parks and community centers.

Who’s who: The head of Kollel, Orthodox Rabbi Raphie Schochet, will be the chief educator of the new group. The head of Project Shoresh, Orthodox Rabbi Naftali Karp, will be the

CEO, and his brother, Rabbi Noach Karp, will be the CEO. Raphie Schochet, 47, has lived in Rhode Island since 2004, when he arrived to start Kollel. He and his family live on the East Side of Providence, near the Providence Hebrew Day School.

Naftali Karp, 37, has led Project Shoresh for the last five years. He and his family live off Hope Street on the East Side.

Noach Karp, 32, moved to Rhode Island to attend rabbinical school. After a two-year internship in Ohio, he returned, about 2 1/2 years ago, to work for Project Shoresh. He and his family live near Congregation Beth Sholom, on the East Side.

– Larry Kessler

The names are changing, but the goals of educating remain the same Rabbi Naftali Karp, who took over Project Shoresh five years ago, and Rabbi Raphie Schochet, who came to Rhode Island in 2004 to start the Providence Community Kollel, discussed the groups’ merger, and their plans going forward, during a joint email interview with The Jewish Voice.

Rhode Island and Southern New England – all ages and across the spectrums of Jewish observance – our goal remains the same: to give each individual a Jewish experience that is relevant, meaningful and inspiring to them.

We are currently engaged in a strategic planning procedure that will seamlessly integrate all that we do into one renamed organization, without losing any of the important brand recognition that we have built over the years.

Our goal is to significantly expand our lay leadership and build a strong membership base whose participation

with us will enhance their involvement in their individual local organized Jewish life.

By making Judaism meaningful, relevant and inspirational through Torah study and social interaction, it is our hope to activate within each person a connection with a deeper, more inspired, more significant relationship with God, and to have people experience how their Jewish life will enhance every aspect of their existence, from being better parents and better spouses [to being] in general better, more balanced people overall.

Q. Are programs currently being offered throughout

the day or only at specific times? Has the merger added to the variety of the programs?

A. Naturally, working together has given us greater reach, insight and energy to better serve the community.

We offer programs throughout the day and well into the night. Executive study, lunch and learns, social gatherings, Shabbat dinners both in the home and in a communal setting, inspirational guest speakers, scotch and schmooze, Maimonides medical ethics breakfasts, Torah for Tycoons, as well as a very active study center located

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adding that she anticipates deepening the relationship with the federation, which continues to support the college with an annual contribution of slightly more than $1.5 million. The college’s fiscal year 2019 budget is $8.8 million, Cohen Anisfeld said.

Rabbi David Starr, a one-time leader of Hebrew College who still teaches there, viewed the move as a good step that will position the school to focus on its mission and strengths. Starr, who had no prior knowledge of the sale, is a scholar of Jewish history and a research associate at Brandeis University.

The older conventional view that bigger and fancier facilities are needed to draw students has turned out to be “a dubious proposition,” Starr told JTA in a phone conversation.

First-generation Jewish immigrants who erected prominent buildings did so to announce to their neighbors that they had arrived.

“The thing that has made it dynamic in the last decade and a half has been its programs,” Starr said of the college.

He said the financial burden of the debt and maintaining the building can be a distraction from the school’s mission.

“To the extent they have taken this off the table, I think that is great,” Starr said.

Cohen Anisfeld is upbeat and looking ahead.

“I’m seeing this as the launch of a three-year arc towards the centennial in the fall of 2021,” she said. “All of this is in the context of envisioning what the next phase will be, wanting to build on our strengths and innovate in the ways we serve the Jewish world, and to be able to do that from a foundation of fiscal responsibility.”

Since the announcement, Cohen Anisfeld said, she has had many conversations with people who have been part of the school’s history. While many are sad about the loss of the building and the adjustment may be tough, she acknowledged, there is also some relief for getting Hebrew College on solid footing.

“I have been so moved by the outpouring of support,” she said.

Q. Please explain the mechanics of the merger. Are both groups – Shoresh and Kollel – meeting at one place, or have they kept separate locations? Do you foresee a new name for the merged group?

A. Although we serve numerous populations within

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Changing Jewish population demographics in Greater Boston was another key consideration. The student body across all of Hebrew College’s programs has become more geographically diverse, with students and program participants living in areas beyond Newton. Its graduate school of Jewish education offers online coursework.

Last week’s announcement is the latest chapter in the school’s on-again, off-again plans to sell its building designed by the renowned Israeli architect Moshe Safdie.

Founded in 1921, the college moved to this location after outgrowing its cramped quarters in a rambling mansion in Brookline, a town contiguous to Boston. The new building, with wings connected via an inner courtyard, was financed with a $32 million loan that included a tax-free bond and a $5.2 million loan guarantee from the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston.

Many of the school’s signature programs, including Me’ah for adult learners, became national models. But the college suffered from financial woes.

Over the years it was forced to slash its budget and lay off staff.

In October 2010, Lehmann as president announced the school would sell its building in order to resolve its debt and planned to share quarters with Andover Newton. Less than two years later, before a deadline to move, Lehmann and the board reversed course and renegotiated its loan, reducing its debt to $7.4 million. As part of the refinancing, Combined Jewish Philanthropies paid the money tied to the school’s loan guarantee. Hebrew College was able to remain in its building.

While she would not release the terms of the sale, Cohen Anisfeld told JTA that as part of the transaction, Hebrew College will reimburse the $5.2 million to the federation.

“It’s exciting that the money will ultimately go back into the [Jewish] community,” she said,

at 450 Elmgrove Ave., [Providence] with numerous ongoing classes and opportunities for individual studies.

Classes include Jewish history, philosophy, Mussar or personal character development, insights into the weekly parshah, Talmud taught on many different levels, and much more. We also lead trips to Israel, have off-site programming for young professionals, and meet people in local coffee shops and other venues. We are excited to engage all Jews no matter what their age, religious affiliation or level of observance.

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‘Pennies for Heaven’ examines synagogue funding, past and future

BY JOHN LANDRY How should we pay for our synagogues? This ongoing challenge is getting renewed interest as many traditional congregations struggle with debt and an aging membership.

In this context, it’s helpful to know that American synagogue financing has changed a great deal over the past three centuries. Rabbi Daniel Judson, the dean of the rabbinical school at Hebrew College, in Boston, has written a detailed history of the surprisingly pragmatic approaches that congregations have taken to covering their expenses, “Pennies for Heaven: The History of American Synagogues and Money” (Brandeis University Press, 2018).

Judson, who spoke at Providence’s Temple Emanu-El last year, elevates what might have been a dry academic history into one with remarkable relevance today.

From 1728 to 1805, only a few Jewish congregations existed, and these depended on the irregular patronage of wealthy merchants.

After 1805, with a strong economy and greater confidence in their place in society, Jews built more and bigger synagogues. But these projects required a broader and more dependable base of support. So they copied their Christian neighbors – specifically, the Protestants – and sold seats, with those nearest the bimah costing the most.

These were essentially seat licenses, where the buyer paid an upfront amount and then an annual assessment.

This system worked fairly well until a wave of patriotic, democratic feeling spread across the country after World War I. The class-based seating system now seemed intolerably elitist.

The system also became impractical as wealthier congregations built large synagogues that hosted a variety of activities besides worship (“the shul with a pool”). With such broad offerings, congregations sought more members than they had seats. So they switched to the familiar dues system of today, either a set amount for all families, or different levels depending on family income and situation.

In this second shift, Jews differed from Protestants, who found themselves un-

able to require a set level of giving. With society becoming increasingly secular, their churches moved toward voluntary giving based on religious ideas of stewardship.

Synagogue boards, by contrast, were so confident that people would affiliate that they went ahead with the mandatory assessments.

The ties of community and identity were strong, and the system worked fairly well for decades.

A similar dynamic happened with rabbinic salaries, as congregations increasingly wanted their clergy to be highly educated professionals in the uppermiddle class.

Churches, meanwhile, sought ministers who followed a calling and accepted lower salaries.

The current difficulties, Judson suggests, are the result of ever more affluent congregations seeking ever more elaborate programming and amenities, which raises the dues beyond what many younger or less-affluent families and individuals can afford. The result is a cost squeeze where fewer people must shoulder more of the expenses.

Many of these unaffiliated Jews attend services in nontraditional settings, where earlier practices are followed.

These services tend to be in simpler buildings, often rented, without professional clergy, and charge little, if anything. Chabad, for example, makes the economics work by relying on a group of wealthy funders as well as highly motivated rabbis willing to live on modest incomes.

To address the cost squeeze, Judson concludes, future congregations will likely meet in smaller buildings, or at least use their space more efficiently. Average rabbinic pay is likely to fall as well, even as many wealthy congregations continue their current practices.

To this analysis, I would add one more recent development, only hinted at in the book.

Congregations in earlier centuries could be confident that many Jews would join, if only

for social reasons. But now that much of the past discrimination has fallen away and Jews are free to assimilate into secular society, congregations may end up imitating Christian approaches again.

Affiliation, as well as funding mechanisms, may be driven less by pragmatism and more by religious interest.

Judson concludes by citing rising interest in voluntary dues, which the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, in New York City, pioneered in 1907, but later abandoned. Sixty congregations have now adopted this approach. Despite initial fears of falling dues, he says these congregations “have almost uniformly reported modest success in raising revenue and finding new members.”

One of these is Temple Emanu-El, whose “Gift of the Heart” program has congregants setting their own dues after learning about the synagogue’s expenses. Since 2014, the program has boosted giving by 5 percent, while nicely stabilizing the membership.

Judson’s thoughtful history suggests we are in another once-in-a-century transitional period in synagogue funding. But given the increasingly differentiated Jewish landscape, we’re likely to end up with a variety of approaches to financing, rather than a single dominant policy.

JOHN LANDRY is a historian in Providence, where he serves on Temple Emanu-El’s adult education committee.

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As a Jew, going home may carry special meanings. On my first visit to Israel, in 1978, I quite easily remember my guide’s first words when I arrived at Ben Gurion Airport. “Welcome home!” he declared, but I had never even considered this possibility.

I can’t imagine hearing such words when returning to my family’s more recent ancestral homelands. I’ve traveled to Germany twice, primarily to see its great art museums and to pay my respects at Jewish memorials, but I have no intention of visiting Russia or Romania.

When my paternal grandfather, Isadore, returned to the Black Sea port of Costanza, in 1967, he couldn’t recognize anything from his childhood. His children had warned him, but he insisted on seeing with his own eyes.

I consider at least three congregations my spiritual homes.

The most obvious is Temple Beth-El, where Betsey and I have belonged for more than 30 years. But I also still feel deeply attached to Wilshire Boulevard Temple, the Los Angeles congregation where I grew up and where my sister, Betty, and her family still belong. Indeed, I was grateful that my daughter, Molly, and her fiancé, Adam, could be blessed on that temple’s bimah, in my mother’s presence, a few months before their wedding at Beth-El. Before Betsey and I moved to Providence in 1987, we lived for a few years in St. Paul, Minnesota, where Molly was born.

Twenty years later, because she and her younger brother, Michael, were curious, we took them to Minnesota for a visit.

In addition to showing them the apartment where we had lived, Betsey and I took them to Mt. Zion Temple, where Molly had been named.

Temple Emanuel, in Andover, Massachusetts, where Betsey’s family has belonged for nearly 60 years, also feels like our spiritual home. This is where we were married and where we have celebrated numerous life-cycle events. We also know its cemetery well. It raises the question of where our final home will be.

In Rhode Island I have somewhat contradictory feelings about two more synagogues.

For more than 20 years I have occasionally helped form a minyan at Hope Street’s Chabad House, but I have never for a moment considered myself an Orthodox Jew. Yet, it was Touro Synagogue that first brought Betsey and me to Little Rhody.

And though I’ve never attended a service at North America’s oldest extant synagogue, it still perfectly exemplifies Judaism’s grandeur and modesty for me.

Perhaps I’m more nostalgic

than many of my friends and acquaintances, for I have also taken Betsey and sometimes our kids to see dormitories and fraternity houses where I have sojourned. Indeed, I’ve shown Betsey one campus where two of my dorms once stood.

My best educational homecoming probably occurred two years ago, when I brought Betsey to Florence. During my junior year of college, in 1969, I spent some of the happiest months of my life on both banks of the Arno. We discovered that the modest pensione where I had resided is now a rather fancy hotel. Fortunately, the views of Brunelleschi’s cathedral remain glorious, and the synagogue, visible in the distance from the Piazzale Michelangelo, still beckons congregants and visitors.

When visiting Los Angeles, Betsey and I have also returned to the apartments where we lived. I’m particularly nostalgic about her seaside home in Marina del Rey when we began dating. Every visit felt like a vacation!

Of course I’m still drawn to the Los Angeles home, near UCLA, which my parents built in 1950. This ranch-style residence, designed by one of my Dad’s college buddies, is where my siblings and I grew up. Mom and Dad remained there for more than a half-century before moving to a condo, which had belonged to my maternal grandfather, George. My sister, Betty, had also lived in this condo for a few years, but after her marriage, she and Keith moved to our childhood home, which they renovated. Then our parents moved to the condo. Both Dad and Mom died there, as had our grandfather, so it no longer belongs to our family. Yet, when visiting Los Angeles, I’m happy to drive by it to bid one more adieu.

Are there drawbacks to visiting childhood homes? Unfortunately, yes. In 1988, Dad wanted to glimpse the seaside cottage in Branford, Connecticut, where his family had summered during the late 1920s before moving to Los Angeles.

So we drove to his old neighborhood, but he wasn’t quite sure if he had found that house! Either the structure on that site had been extensively remodeled, replaced or the street numbers had changed. Of course there weren’t any of his childhood neighbors to ask!

But there was a sadder story involving my mother’s childhood home, in Cincinnati, where I savored my first encounters with squirrels and fireflies. This large and imposing residence had in fact been built in 1895 by my maternal g r e a t- g r a n d f a t h e r, H e n r y Rosenthal, a son of a German émigré who had fought for the

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Hydrox, the original Kosher sandwich cookie, is accusing Oreo of sabotage. Hydrox celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2008.

Hydrox, the original Kosher sandwich cookie, is accusing Oreo of sabotage

BY BEN SALES JTA – You know what Oreos are.

They’re two delicious chocolate cookies sandwiched around a creme filling. Oreos also come in Double Stuff, vanilla, birthday cake and pumpkin spice (really).

There is debate on how they should be eaten, but everyone knows they’re best when dunked in milk.

What you might not know is that Oreos are just a copycat of Hydrox, a sandwich cookie first sold in 1908, four years before Oreos appeared on shelves. Even though (or maybe because?) they were second, Oreos came to dominate the market, becoming a fixture in America’s grocery stores.

But for most of the past century plus, Hydrox has held on.

And at least in part it’s because of the Jews.

Until a glorious day in 1998, Hydrox was the premiere Kosher sandwich cookie on the market, while Oreos remained “treif,” lacking a Kosher heksher, or seal of approval.

Growing up, I genuinely thought Hydrox cookies were knockoff Oreos produced specifically for religious Jews.

Oreos were the forbidden fruit, and I still vividly remember when, shortly after they became Kosher-certified, my mom snagged a sleeve of Oreos from a Jewish event. We gobbled them up.

Hydrox stopped production in 2003, giving Oreo 12 years of a monopoly, give or take a 100th anniversary promotion by Hydrox’s then maker, Kellogg’s.

A Pax Oreana, if you will. But in 2015, Hydrox, now part of Leaf Brands, sprang back like a phoenix and has been trying to duke it out with Oreo, David and Goliath style.

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Hydrox posted on Facebook that it has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission accusing employees of Oreo’s parent company, Mondelez, of blocking Hydrox from view when it stocks Oreos on supermarket shelves. The Facebook post says Mondelez uses a system called “direct store distribution” in which employees of the brand, rather than supermarket attendants, stock the food. This allows the Oreo stockers to push Hydrox aside when they place Oreo boxes on the shelves.

Loyal Hydrox customers have sent in pictures of the cookies being boxed out by Oreos, moved behind other products or otherwise obscured from customers. Hydrox claims a major supermarket chain brought up the problem at a meeting.

“We believe in competition and choice but we firmly believe the folks @Mondelez (the owners of Oreo) have been undertaking a national program to damage our brand and stop us from competing,” Hydrox’s posts says. “Many of you over the last few years have been great at taking pictures when you see #hydroxcookies being moved or blocked from store shelves, and we really appreciate your help.”

Mondelez sounds unconcerned about the complaint, telling Gizmodo that it is “confident that this accusation has no merit. The OREO brand is an iconic one, with a proud and rich history of delivering greattasting products and exciting innovations to our consumers for more than a century. This focus, and our commitment to operating with integrity, has made OREO America’s favorite cookie.”

So who will win, the original Kosher sandwich cookie or the giant it’s fighting? Only time – and maybe a government agency – will tell.

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A sweet New Year with friends and family

BY SUSAN ADLER and DEB BLAZER The Jewish holidays are upon us and here at The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence, traditions are important. Residents and family members have been helping us usher in the Jewish New Year for over 15 years, and we cherish these family moments.

Shalom Bayit, peace in the home, is something that we hold dear to our hearts here at Tamarisk. Imagine the excitement of residents’ family and friends who attend our Rosh Hashanah services and then gather around the holiday table.

As we say the prayers over the candles, the hamotzi and Kiddush, we anxiously wait for

the first bites of our challah and apples dipped in honey. The tradition of knowing that first bite that signifies the sweetness of Rosh Hashanah brings a smile to everyone’s face.

The Rosh Hashanah meal embodies the past, present and future of our residents at Tamarisk. The aromas that fill the dining room remind our resi-

dents of their mother’s homecooked meals; sharing stories and recipes with each other that are filled with all the love and sweetness of days gone by and for generations to come.

The recipes that follow are some of our favorites.

From our family to yours L’Shanah Tovah Tikatevu; May you be inscribed (in the Book of

Life) for a good year.

For more information, contact Adler at 401-732-0037 or Susana@tamariskri.org.

SUSAN ADLER is the marketing and outreach coordinator at The Phyllis Siperstein Tamarisk Assisted Living Residence.

DEB BLAZER is the executive chef.

Apple Strudel Makes 1 12-inch pastry Serves 6-8 people

Ingredients

5 sheets phyllo dough 1 stick butter or margarine, melted 2 apples, peeled and diced 1/2 cup raisins (optional) 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup sugar Pinch of nutmeg and allspice Zest of 1 orange Juice of 1/2 orange 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Directions

Mix apples, raisins, cinnamon, sugar, spices, orange zest and juice and cornstarch together in a bowl.

Lay out one sheet phyllo, and brush with butter or margarine. Lay the second sheet on top and repeat until all the layers are gone.

Lay the apples out along the bottom third of the phyllo dough. Roll up from the bottom, tucking in the sides as you roll.

Place on a sheet pan lined with parchment.

Score the top with a paring knife 3-4 times and brush with egg wash.

Bake at 375 degrees for approximately 20-25 minutes.

Rosh Hashanah Honey Cake Makes 2 loaves

Ingredients

3 eggs 2 cups brown sugar Grated zest from 2 oranges 1 pound honey 1 cup oil 1/4 teaspoon allspice 4 cups flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoons baking soda 8 ounces strong tea Juice from 1 1/2 oranges

Directions

Mix together eggs, brown sugar, grated orange zest, honey, oil and allspice. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, strong tea and orange juice. Bake 30 min at 325 degrees. Reduce heat to 300 degrees and bake until center is cooked.

Apple Cinnamon Honey Whole Wheat Challah Makes 4, round, 6-inch challahs

Ingredients

For the challah: 1 1/2 cups warm water 4 teaspoons dry yeast Pinch of sugar 1/4 cup honey 1/2 cup sugar

Apple Cinnamon Honey Whole Wheat Challah

Apple strudel 1 tablespoon salt 1/3 c oil 2 eggs 3 cups whole wheat flour 3 cups flour 1 tablespoon cinnamon For the apples and cinnamon: 8 apples, large diced 1 cup sugar 8 teaspoons ground cinnamon 4 tablespoons honey

Directions

In a small bowl combine warm water, yeast, and pinch of sugar, let stand until puffy.

In a large bowl combine honey, remaining sugar, salt, oil and eggs. Add yeast mixture, flours, and cinnamon. Mix until dough comes together, knead for 8-10 minutes, add more flour if necessary — dough should be a little sticky. Shape into a ball, and place in a lightly greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap, let rise 1 to 1 1/2 hours in a warm place. Punch dough down, cover and put in refrigerator overnight.

To form the challah: Mix apples, sugar, cinnamon in a small bowl. Grease four 6-inch, round baking pans.

Divide challah dough into four pieces and apple mixture into four parts.

For each challah: roll out dough (using a little flour) into an approximately, 12- x 14-inch rectangle.

Place 1/2 of the apple mixture

onto one-third of the dough, drizzle honey, fold another third of the dough over the apples.

Place other half of apple mixture on the last third of the dough, drizzle honey, and fold over rest of the dough, seal sides together with hands.

Cut dough in half, lengthwise, then in half, crosswise, cut each lengthwise piece into six smaller pieces. Put pieces into pan and let rise 1 hour. Brush

with beaten egg, sprinkle with sugar (optional).

Repeat with remaining three pieces of dough and parts of apple mixture.

Bake challahs at 350 degrees for approximately 45-60 minutes (depending on oven).

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It’s a new year. Why not swap in these recipes for old favorites?

BY SHANNON SARNA NEW YORK (JTA) – The sweetest time of year is upon us, quite literally: It’s Rosh Hashanah.

And while I know most families have their standard holiday dishes they make year after year, sometimes it’s nice to swap in a new appetizer, alternative main dish or quick but delicious new dessert to serve.

Trade in your beet and apple salad for some sweet beet latkes. Instead of a brisket, try a slow-cooked pomegranate lamb stew. And if you want the easiest, cutest apple dessert, you’ve got to try my friend Sheri Silver’s easy as apple pie cookies.

Wishing you and your family a sweet and delicious new year.

Appetizer: Beet and Sweet Potato Latkes There’s no reason to save latkes for Hanukkah. And beets are actually a traditional food to enjoy for the New Year, which makes these appetizers the perfect symbolic, sweet and satisfying dish.

Beet and Sweet Potato Latkes

Apple Pie Cookies Ingredients

2 medium beets 1 small sweet potato (can also

use 2 carrots) 1 medium Idaho potato 2 eggs 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon fresh thyme 1 teaspoon salt Additional sea salt for sprinkling.

Directions

Peel beets, sweet potato and potato. Cut each in half. In 3 or 4 batches, place vegetables through food processor for a coarse grate (you can also grate coarsely by hand).

Place mixture in a large bowl. Add eggs, flour, thyme and salt.

Heat around 1/4 cup vegetable oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Form bitesize mounds of latkes, taking care not to squeeze too much liquid out of the latkes. Fry until brown and crispy on each side, then place on a wire rack on top of a baking sheet to cool.

Immediately sprinkle with an additional pinch of salt while they are still hot.

Serve warm with applesauce, if desired.

Main Dish: Lamb Stew with

Pomegranate

Brisket is the quintessential American Jewish dish for holidays. But in Israel and for Sephardi Jews, lamb is a far more common main dish to serve for special occasions. This lamb is sweet and savory, and actually takes less time to cook than a brisket. It’s perfect to serve on top of fluffy couscous or rice, and it’s particularly striking due to the jewel-toned pomegranate seeds and fresh herbs on top.

Ingredients

3 pounds lamb stew meat, cut into 2- to 4-inch pieces 1 large onion, sliced 3 garlic cloves, minced 1-2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon pepper 3 cinnamon sticks

2 1/2-3 cups water or stock 3 tablespoons pomegranate molasses, plus extra for drizzling 1 cup pomegranate seeds, divided Fresh parsley, mint and/or cilantro for serving

Directions

Heat a heavy casserole with a little oil over medium-high heat. Sear lamb pieces on each side until lightly golden.

Remove lamb.

Add onion and saute until translucent. Add garlic and saute for another 3 minutes.

Place lamb back into the pot and add salt, pepper, cinnamon stick, pomegranate molasses and half the pomegranate seeds.

Add 2 to 2 1/2 cups water or stock, until meat is covered.

Bring to a boil.

Reduce the heat to low-medium, cover and continue to cook over low heat for about 2 hours.

Check on stew periodically, and add more water if needed. Lamb should be fork tender when it is done.

Serve stew over couscous or rice. Drizzle top of stew with additional pomegranate molasses (around 1-2 tablespoons), the remaining pomegranate seeds and freshly chopped herbs such as parsley, mint and/or cilantro.

Sheri Silver’s Easy Apple Pie Cookies This recipe comes straight from a dear friend and colleague, who always knows just how to make dessert super easy, super adorable and super delicious.

The secret to these cookies is a rich crumble topping and storebought pie crust.

Ingredients

For the streusel: 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 3/4 cup flour 1/4 cup light brown sugar

1/4 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon Pinch of kosher salt For the filling: 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and diced 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 tablespoons unsalted butter Juice from one lemon Pinch of kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 store-bought refrigerated pie crust, at room temperature.

Directions

Make the streusel: Line a small baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine the streusel ingredients in a bowl, breaking up any large clumps, and spread onto your baking sheet.

Set aside to dry (can be made a day ahead; store covered at room temperature).

Make the filling: Combine the filling ingredients in a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring until the mixture comes to a simmer.

Cook for 5-10 minutes, until the apples are slightly softened. Remove from heat, drain the liquid and cool completely (may be made a day ahead; store in the fridge).

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour a 12-cup muffin tin or line with parchment paper cups. Unroll your pie crust and use a glass or cookie cutter to cut circles that are slightly larger – about 1/4 inch – than the base of your muffin cups (I used a 2 1/2-inch cutter).

Place the circles in the bottom of each muffin cup, pressing gently along the sides and bottoms. Spoon some apple filling into each crust and top with the streusel.

Bake cookies for 20 minutes, or until streusel is golden brown. Cool completely in tins on a wire rack. Serve immediately or store, covered, for up to 3 days.

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Honey cake combines best of the seasons

BY EMANUELLE LEE (The Nosher via JTA) – Rosh Hashanah has a way of sneaking up on you, and it’s a bittersweet feeling when it does.

Bitter because it means the summer is over, but sweet because the Jewish New Year is a sweet and delicious time of year to spend with family and friends.

One other sweet spot of the Jewish New Year is honey cake – often baked, gifted and eaten in abundance during the holidays. The cake is quite sweet and usually spiked with autumnal spices, almost like a surrender to the season that is approaching.

In this embrace of autumn and of the year to come, we often forget to make the most of what’s left of the summer produce. This honey cake recipe combines the best of both worlds: fresh blueberries, moist honey cake and a hint of spice.

It’s the perfect sendoff for the last remaining blueberries of the season and the welcoming of a new year.

Blueberry Honey Cake Ingredients

3 cups self-rising flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon baking powder 3 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon ginger powder 1/4 teaspoon allspice

1/2 cup brown sugar 2 large eggs 3/4 cup coconut or vegetable oil 1 cup honey 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Zest of 1 orange 1/4 cup orange juice 1 tablespoon whiskey 1 tablespoon almond milk 1/4 cup coffee, cooled down 2 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen) For the topping: 1/4 cup toasted almonds, chopped 1 cup confectioner’s sugar Juice of 2 lemons Zest of 1 orange Additional blueberries

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking powder, spices and sugar; mix well.

In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, oil, honey, vanilla extract, orange juice, whiskey, almond milk and coffee. Combine the ingredients thoroughly with whisk or a hand mixer until smooth. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the wet mixture into the well. Whisk until you have a smooth cake batter with no lumps, making sure there is no flour at the bottom of the bowl.

Add the blueberries and mix

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Blueberry Honey Cake well.

Grease a 9-inch cake pan with a little bit of vegetable or coconut oil.

Pour in the cake batter and allow it to settle and even out for a few minutes.

Bake for 40-50 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when pressed into the middle of the cake.

Allow the cake to cool a little and then remove from the cake pan. Allow it to cool fully.

Meanwhile, make the glaze: Combine the confectioners sugar with the orange zest and the lemon juice. Mix well with a spoon until smooth with no lumps and it has reached a syrupy consistency.

When the cake has cooled,

drizzle it with the glaze and sprinkle it with blueberries and the toasted almonds. Enjoy for up to 3 days and store it in the refrigerator, covered. Serves 8-10.

EMANUELLE LEE is a recipe developer, food writer and food stylist.

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Synagogues gear up for the High Holy Days

BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF Summer is winding down and we are gearing up for the High Holy Days. Our thoughts turn to the start of school and the bright promise of the Jewish New Year!

The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island is once again partnering with synagogues throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts to provide eligible families with tickets to High Holy Day services. Eligible individuals/families must not be a member of a participating synagogue and cannot have been a member of a synagogue they wish to attend for the past four years.

The program is free and the deadline to contact the Jewish Alliance for tickets is Aug. 29 at 3 p.m. For tickets, call 401-4214111, ext. 182.

Note: There are a number of synagogues in Rhode Island that do not require tickets for entry to their High Holy Day services this year. These include Congregation Beth Sholom – $75 suggested donation ( Providence), Cong regation Sha’arei Tefilla (Providence), Newport Havurah (Newport), Temple Habonim (Barrington) Temple Shalom (Middletown) and United Brothers (Bristol) as well as Chabad of West Bay (Warwick) and Chabad of Barrington. Please note that Temple Habonim requires neither tickets nor prior communication before services and has an

“open-door” policy.

The Jewish Voice does not list information regarding specific services and schedules. Below is a list of all the synagogues, temples and congregational groups known to us, along with contact information that is current as we know it. Some are participating in the High Holy Day initiative and some are not.

For more information on service schedules, please contact the synagogues directly or visit their websites.

ORTHODOX

Congregation Tifereth Israel ti@tinewbedford.org 508-997-3171 tinewbedford.org New Bedford, Massachusetts

CONSERVATIVE

Congregation Beth David eadler3@cox.net 401-789-3437 cbdri.org Narragansett Temple Beth El of Fall River templebethel@comcast.net 508-674-3529 frtemplebethel.org Fall River, Massachusetts

Congregation Beth Sholom office@bethsholom-ri.org 401-621-9393 bethsholom-ri.org Providence

Congregation B’nai Israel synagogue@cbi.necoxmail. com 401-762-3651 shalom-cbi.org Woonsocket

Congregation Mishkon Tfiloh mishkontfiloh@juno.com 401-421-5074 Providence

Temple Emanu-El info@teprov.org 401-331-1616 teprov.org Providence

Congregation Ohawe Shalom dgpliskin@gmail.com 401-725-3886 Pawtucket

Congregation Or Chadash info@orchadash-ri.org 401-225-7194 orchadash-ri.org Cranston

Congregation Sha’arei Tefilla rds@shaareitefillaprov.org 401-273-3923 shaareitefillaprov.org Providence Congregation Sons of Jacob congsons@hotmail.com 401-274-5260 sonsofjacobsynagogue.org Providence Touro Synagogue (Congregation Jeshuat Israel)

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

org Westerly

cji@tourosynagogue.org 401-847-4794 tourosynagogue.org Newport

Temple Torat Yisrael stephanie@toratyisrael.org 401-885-6600 toratyisrael.org East Greenwich

Congregation Sharah Zedek Email form on website 401-345-1544 or 401-596-9951 cong regationsharahzedek.

Hillel Foundation at the University of Rhode Island amyolson@mail.uri.edu 401-874-2740 urihillel.org Providence

REFORM

Chabad CHAI Center of West Bay rabbi@RabbiWarwick.com 401-884-7888 RabbiWarwick.com Warwick

Temple Beth-El jmoseley@temple-beth-el.org 401-331-6070 temple-beth-el.org Providence

Chabad House of Barrington rabbi@jewishbarrington.com 401-247-4747 jewishbarrington.com

Newport Havurah Newporthavurah1@g mail. com 401-423-0407 Newport

Temple Habonim office@templehabonim.org 401-245-6536 templehabonim.org Barrington,

Temple Shalom cont act@templesha lomrhodeisland.org 401-846-9002 templeshalomrhodeisland. org Middletown

Brown RISD Hillel info@brownrisdhillel.org 401-863-2805 brownrisdhillel.org Providence

Temple Sinai dot t ie@templesi na i r i.org, rabbigoldwasser@templesinairi.org 401-942-8350 templesinairi.org Cranston

RECONSTRUCTIONIST

Chabad of Rhode Island Jewish Hospitality Center believeinprovidence@gmail. com 401-273-7238 chabadriprovidence.com Congregation Sons & Daughters of Ruth 401-466-2861 Block Island United Brothers Synagogue ubsbristol@gmail.com 401-253-3460 unitedbrotherssynagogue.org Bristol

Congregation Agudas Achim office@agudasma.org 508-222-2243 www.agudasma.org Attleboro, Massachusetts

There is something very special about the High Holy Days It’s a time for you to nourish your Jewish identity — to connect to the community and feel welcome.

The Jewish Alliance and area synagogues are partnering again this year to open their doors for the High Holy Days.

Tickets are now available for the following High Holy Days: Erev Rosh Hashanah, September 9 First day of Rosh Hashanah, September 10 Second day of Rosh Hashanah, September 11 Erev Yom Kippur, September 18 Yom Kippur, September 19 Who is eligible?

• New community members • Community members currently unaffiliated with a synagogue who have not yet been affiliated with the synagogue they wish to attend for four or more years • Community members who have never participated in this program

Tickets will be available through August 29 at 3pm.

For more information contact Robyn Goldstein at 401.421.4111 ext. 182, or rgoldstein@jewishallianceri.org.

Please note: This offer is valid for family members residing at the same address.

Individuals age 25 and older must apply for their own tickets.

Participating Congregations: Chabad of West Bay*, Warwick Chabad of Barrington*, Barrington Congregation Agudas Achim, Attleboro Congregation Beth David, Narragansett Congregation Beth Sholom*, Providence Congregation Or Chadash, Cranston Congregation Mishkon Tfiloh, Providence Congregation Sha'arei Tefilla*, Providence Congregation Sons of Jacob, Providence Newport Havurah*, Newport Temple Beth-El, Providence Temple Emanu-El, Providence Temple Habonim**, Barrington Temple Shalom*, Middletown Temple Sinai, Cranston Temple Torat Yisrael, East Greenwich Touro Synagogue, Newport United Brothers*, Bristol *No tickets needed: High Holy Day services are open to everyone. ** Temple Habonim has an open door policy without tickets or prior communication being necessary.

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There are many ways to be Jewish. And there are many ways to be generous.

Dedicated volunteers worked throughout the 2017 - 2018 year to advance the mission of the Jewish Alliance and ensure that we can meet our goals and plans for the future.

We are grateful for their generous gifts of time and talent that strengthen our community.

2017-2018 Alliance Board of Directors Mitzi Berkelhammer, Chair of the Board Vice Chairs Susan Froehlich, Philanthropy Marc Gertsacov, Community Development Robert P. Landau, Governance James Pious, Philanthropy Oswald Schwartz, Jewish Life & Learning Richard Silverman, Communications Secretary/Treasurer Neil Beranbaum Board of Directors Harris Chorney Susan Leach DeBlasio Rabbi Barry Dolinger Michael Eides Mark R. Feinstein, Leadership Development Harold Foster, Chair Appointee Sharon Gaines, Immediate Past Chair Marisa Garber Richard Glucksman, Community Relations Council Janet Goldman Richard A. Licht Jamie Manville Cara Mitnick Dr.Vincent Mor Mara Ostro Ralph Posner, Chair Appointee Robert Sherwin Barbara Sokoloff Richard Sutton Miriam Esther Weiner Faye Wisen Rabbi Rachel Zerin, Rabbinical Representative Honorary Directors Melvin G. Alperin Alan G. Hassenfeld Alliance Audit Committee Oswald Schwartz, Chair Scott Libman Jay Rosenstein

Alliance Finance Committee Neil Beranbaum, Treasurer Jason Engle Michael Friedman Marc Gertsacov Joan Gray David Odessa Jay Rosenstein Steven Shalansky Mathew D. Shuster Jay Strauss Richard Sutton Jeffrey Vogel

H. Jack Feibelman Mark R. Feinstein David M. Hirsch Marilyn Kaplan Scott Libman Richard A. Licht Michael Nulman Ralph Posner Jay Rosenstein Mathew D. Shuster Herbert B. Stern Mindy Wachtenheim Jewish Federation Foundation Investment Committee Robert Sherwin, Chair Steven Shalansky, Treasurer Mitzi Berkelhammer, Ex-officio Matthew Blank H. Jack Feibelman Mark R. Feinstein Sharon Gaines, JFF Board Chair David M. Hirsch Marc Lewin Jerrold Salmanson Kenneth Shimberg Jason E. Siperstein Terrence Smily Herbert B. Stern Mindy Wachtenheim Joel Westerman

Alliance Governance Committee Robert P. Landau, Chair Andrew Bramson Rabbi Barry Dolinger Michael Goldberg Sara Miller Mara Ostro James Pious Oswald Schwartz Barbara Sokoloff Alliance Facilities Committee Harold Foster, Chair James Pious Oswald Schwartz Jay Strauss Alliance Realty, Inc. Board Ronald C. Markoff, Chair Robert Stolzman, Vice Chair Sharon Gaines, Secretary/Treasurer

FRD Campaign Cabinet Susan Froehlich, Vice Chair of Philanthropy James Pious, Vice Chair of Philanthropy Melvin G. Alperin, At large Marc Gertsacov, At large Maybeth Lichaa, Women’s Alliance Community Chair Ralph Posner, Pacesetter Chair Edward D. Rotmer, Men’s Community Chair Richard Silverman, Leaders Chair Faye Wisen, Women’s Alliance Lion of Judah/ Jaffa Gate/Pomegranate Chair

Jewish Federation Foundation of Greater Rhode Island Board Sharon Gaines, Chair Robert Sherwin, Vice Chair Steven Shalansky, Treasurer Cheryl Greenfeld Teverow, Secretary Melvin G. Alperin Mitzi Berkelhammer, Ex-officio Robin Engle

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2018 Jewish Alliance investment in the local and global community: Summary of Financial Investments The Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island, through our Community Development Committee, along with donors, and Donor Advised Fund holders, has thoughtfully invested resources into the local and global community−both Jewish and secular− ensuring that needs are met in greater Rhode Island, Israel, and around the world.

Total Fiscal Year 2018 Investments: Annual Campaign Supplemental Giving Donor Advised Fund Grants Unrestricted Endowment Grants Restricted Endowment Grants Other Endowment Income

$3,115,000 $643,104 $1,278,085 $405,834 $429,455 $574,500 $6,445,978

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2018 Annual Campaign Melvin G. Alperin Carol B. Bazarsky Neil Beranbaum Mitzi Berkelhammer Robert B. Berkelhammer Alan Buff Lisa Davis Beverly Ehrich Stacy Emanuel Gloria S. Feibish Cindy Feinstein Mark R. Feinstein Barbara Feldstein Edward D. Feldstein Geraldine Foster Harold Foster Fred J. Franklin Susan Froehlich Sharon Gaines Marc Gertsacov Richard Glucksman Janet Goldman Edward Greene David M. Hirsch Hope L. Hirsch Michael Isaacs Marilyn Kaplan William Kolb Robert P. Landau Barbara Lavine Judith Levitt Dr. Mayer Levitt Maybeth Lichaa Alan Litwin David London Judith Mann Ronald C. Markoff Cara Mitnick Dr.Vincent Mor James Pious Ralph Posner Judy Robbins

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Jeffrey Savit Dr. Steven Schechter Kenneth Schneider Richard Shein Robert Sherwin Eric Shorr Richard Silverman Barbara Sokoloff Cheryl Greenfeld Teverow Miriam Esther Weiner Joel Westerman Ada Winsten Faye Wisen David Yavner Super Sunday and Phone-a-thon Volunteers Aaron and Hillary Guttin, Co-Chairs Elizabeth Atalay Naomi Baine David Bazar Susan Bazar Mitzi Berkelhammer Harris Chorney Lisa Davis Rabbi Barry Dolinger Barbara Engler Gloria S. Feibish Elissa Felder Dr. Michael Felder Harold Foster Susan Froehlich Dan Gamm Marisa Garber Marc Gertsacov Susan Gertsacov Moshe Golden Shoshana Golden Janet Goldman Sara Goodwin Yaniv Havusha Josh Hyman Rabbi Naftali Karp Rabbi Noach Karp Andrea Katzman Ricky Kodner Robert P. Landau Rabbi Aaron Lapin Shoshana Lapin Elly Leyman David London Ivy Marwil Sara Miller Erin Minior Cara Mitnick Dr.Vincent Mor New England Rabbinical College Students

Supplemental Giving breakdown: Secure Community: $132,184 Living on the Edge: $183,516 Capital Campaign: $235,649 Corporate Giving: $53,477 Voice Patron Campaign: $23,361 Special Gifts: $8,251 Relief Funds (Hurricane Harvey, HIAS): $6,666

Amy Olson Mara Ostro Dr. Aryeh Pelcovits Professor Robert Pelcovits Russell Raskin Sally Rotenberg Adam Roth Gail Rubenstein Elaine Saklad Rabbi Raphie Schochet Rabbi Dovid Schwartz Richard Silverman Adam Sinel Sharon Sock Barbara Sokoloff Naomi Stein Bethany Sutton Richard Sutton David Talan Alan Temkin Alison Walter Miriam Esther Weiner Faye Wisen 2018 Annual Campaign Event Susan and Michael Eides, Co-Chairs An Evening with Michael Solomonov Amanda & Jeremy Isenberg, Co-Chairs Women’s Alliance Pre-reception with Michael Solomonov Donna Frank, Co-Chair Lezli Pious, Co-Chair Women’s Alliance Rosh Hodesh Committee Maybeth Lichaa, Chair Sherry Cohen Katherine Haspel Toby London Judy Robbins Cheryl Greenfeld Teverow Women’s Alliance Endowment Fund Subcommittee Margaret Lederer, Chair Stacy Emanuel Elaine Fain Barbara Feldstein Anne German Katherine Haspel Marilyn Katz Judy Levitt Judy Robbins Janet Zurier

Donor Advised Fund Grants breakdown: Local Jewish: $669,006 National Jewish: $103,150 Overseas Jewish: $17,338 Local Secular: $375,386 National Secular: $113,205

Jewish Alliance’s 33rd Annual Dwares JCC Golf Classic Jeanie and Wayne Charness, Co-hosts Community Development Committee Marc Gertsacov, Chair Local Subcommittee Janet Goldman, Chair Harold Foster Sharon Gaines Robert P. Landau Overseas Subcommittee David Yavner, Chair Marc Adler Robert D. Mann Emily Shalansky Faye Wisen Community Relations Council Richard Glucksman, Chair Early Childhood Parent Representative Allison Kohll Special Visitor’s Day Host Committee Mitzi Berkelhammer, Jewish Alliance Board Chair Dr. Paul Alexander Robyn Furman Rachel Alexander Levy (401)j Stakeholders Ryan Forman, Chair Gabrielle Dworkin Matthew Fleischmann Talia Myers Petr Petrik Secure Community Campaign Harold Foster, Chair Mitzi Berkelhammer Harris Chorney Sharon Gaines Jamie Manville Sean Cornella, On Point Security Consultant Strategic Planning Committee Mitzi Berkelhammer, Ex-officio Sharon Gaines Marisa Garber Michael Goldberg Alan Litwin James Pious Richard Silverman Rabbi Rachel Zerin

Restricted Endowment Grants breakdown: Local Jewish: $404,170 National Jewish: $11,554 Overseas Jewish: $9,640 Local Secular: $1,748 National Secular: $2,343

To view the full 2018 Donor Report & Financial Summary, please visit jewishallianceri.org.

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New children’s books: A magical shoebox and animals from everywhere

BY PENNY SCHWARTZ BOSTON (JTA) – From an African warthog to swinging orangutans, animals from all corners of the planet are featured in two stories among a new crop of children’s books at the Jewish New Year that also includes a lyrical poem of the biblical story of Creation and a magical story about an ordinary shoebox.

And a bonus: an illustrated picture book tells the story of Regina Jonas, the German Jewish girl who followed her dream to become the first woman ordained as a rabbi.

Young ones can get a jump start on the new year by turning the pages on these entertaining and informative reads.

Rosh Hashanah ushers in the High Holy Days on Sunday evening, Sept. 9.

Shani’s Shoebox

Written and illustrated by Rinat Hoffman; translated (from Hebrew) by Noga Applebaum Green Bean Books; ages 4-8

Prepare to be enchanted!

“Shani’s Shoebox,” a gently rhyming poem-story for Rosh Hashanah by the award-winning Israeli illustrator and children’s author Rinat Hoffman, will kick off the Jewish New Year on the right foot.

Shani’s “aba,” the Hebrew word for dad, surprises her with a pair of shiny new red shoes for Rosh Hashanah. Naturally she tosses aside the ordinary looking shoebox.

“It was only a box after all, nothing more,” she says.

But on Yom Kippur, Shani finds the box hidden behind stuffed animals and the next day crafts it into a sukkah. During Hanukkah, a cat discovers the discarded box and uses it to stay warm in the winter. Season to season, the box takes on a magical quality, turning up in new guises and with new uses throughout a year’s worth of Jewish holidays.

The next Rosh Hashanah, when Shani’s father fills the box with a new pair of shoes – this time they are blue – Shani is reminded of the year’s adventures.

Hoffman’s colorful, animated illustrations draw in readers with vibrant energy. In one scene, as the family prepares the house for Passover, Shani is on a stool cleaning a mirror and her dad is sweeping. It’s refreshing to have a children’s story that depicts a father in everyday roles more commonly associated with moms.

Where’s the Potty on This Ark?

Kerry Olitzky; illustration

by Abigail Tompkins Kar-Ben; ages 1-4 Even on Noah’s Ark, the animals need to use the potty.

Young kids will be delightfully

surprised with this inventive spin on the biblical story of Noah, from the Book of Genesis.

As Noah and his wife, Naamah, greet each of the animals onto the ark, Naamah makes sure they are comfortable.

The ark comes well designed, with big potties for the elephants and little ones for smaller friends. When a baby raccoon needs to use the bathroom, Mother Hen patiently guides the young one to learn how. The animals offer an empathetic lesson in taking care of one’s body, complete with a prayer. And off they sail on the ark as the rains begin.

Kerry Olitzky’s simple, lighthearted prose is paired well with Abigail Tompkins’ playful illustrations. The book makes a timely read during the High Holy Days because the story of Noah is read in synagogues on the second Shabbat following Simchat Torah, when the cycle of reading the Torah begins anew.

Who’s Got the Etrog?

Jane Kohuth; illustrations

by Elissambura Kar-Ben; ages 4-8 In this brightly illustrated story for Sukkot, Jane Kohuth weaves a playful folk-like tale told in simple poetic verse. In her rural village in Uganda, under a bright and full milkbowl moon, Auntie Sanyu is preparing for the fall harvest holiday when Jews build a hut called a sukkah where they eat, welcome guests and sometimes even sleep. Kids follow Auntie Sanyu as she decorates her sukkah and places a lulav, the bunch of green palm branches, and a bright yellow etrog, the lemon-like fruit, on a tray to be used in the holiday rituals by Auntie Sanyu’s animal guests. But Warthog loves the etrog so much, he doesn’t want to hand it over to the lion, parrots or giraffe. A young girl named Sara intervenes.

The story comes to life in Elissambura’s boldly colored, striking collage-style illustrations.

The back page explains the history of the Ugandan Jewish community called the Abayudaya, and a glossary explains about the sukkah and lulav and terms like “Oy,vey!”

Regina Persisted: An Untold Story

Sandy Eisenberg Sasso; illustrated by Margeaux Lucas Apples & Honey Press; ages 7-12

These days, when JewishAmerican kids attend synagogue during the High Holy Days, it’s not that unusual to have a female rabbi leading the congregation. Older kids may be fascinated to learn about Regina Jonas, the German Jew who in 1935, against many odds and strict gender roles, became the first woman ordained as a rabbi.

In this illustrated biography, which garnered a starred review from Kirkus, Sandy Eisenberg Sasso traces how Jonas persisted until religious authorities finally allowed her to take the exam to become a rabbi.

Margeaux Lucas’ illustrations capture the period, with drawings of Berlin life. Several scenes convey the young Regina as a kind of Disney-like Belle, greeting peddlers at the market, and clutching a book, daydreaming, as she crosses the street.

The afterword tells of the tragic ending of Jonas’ life in 1944, where she was killed in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.

It would be nearly 40 years later until another woman, the American Sally Priesand, is ordained, in the Reform movement. Today there are nearly 1,000 women rabbis around the world, among them the book’s author, who herself was a trailblazer as the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi in the Reconstructionist movement. Eisenberg Sasso also is the award-winning author of the best-selling children’s book “God’s Paintbrush.”

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HIGH HOLY DAYS Rabbi Leora Abelson, of Congregation Agudas Achim in Attleboro, agreed with Mandel on the holidays’ timing as she never considers them early “since they are at the same time every year on the Jewish calendar.”

Abelson nonetheless planned by vacationing in June and July “so August can be devoted to preparing for the High Holidays. I still have the full month of Elul, which is a time for spiritual preparation,” she said.

Rabbi Ethan Adler, of Congregation Beth David of Narragansett, said he avoids the holiday crunch by pacing himself.

“Since there is so much to do in preparations, I usually begin High Holy Day efforts by the beginning of June,” he said. “We have several folks who enjoy chanting the Torah and Haftarah selections, and I begin to work with them by early spring.

I actually enjoy the holidays.”

Rabbi Michelle T. Dardashti, the associate chaplain for Brown University’s Hillel, also cited planning as being the key to her holiday prep.

“In collaboration with student leaders and colleagues, I ensure that all planning and details are arranged in the summer months. I know that the messages of my sermons will have to remain malleable and responsive to news and events, but I begin drafting musings – on big ideas inspiring my thinking and moving those around me – throughout early summer, and develop them through July and August.

“My process includes reading books and articles by thinkers, teachers and activists writing on relevant themes, and necessitates finding time during the relative quiet of these months for deep personal reflection and replenishment,” she said. “This summer, I’m fortunate to get to do some of the latter while in Israel with my family. Prayer is integral to all of these strategies – making time to deepen prayer practice, and praying that all the strategies prove successful as Tishrei approaches.”

The first question elicited some introspection from Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser, of Temple Sinai in Cranston, who has changed his approach over the last 20 years.

“When I first started, I felt a tremendous weight in getting ready for Rosh Hashanah, and especially for Yom Kippur. I thought that the congregation depended upon me to create a service that would be moving and memorable, that it was my

Rabbi Jeffrey Goldwasser job to inspire people,” he said.

“I convinced myself that my sermons had to be written perfectly and they had to be presented perfectly. I exhausted myself. It was only after doing this for a number of years that I even noticed the arrogance of that approach.”

Now, instead of aiming for perfection, he tries “to recognize that Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur do not require me to be powerful and important in people’s lives. For the people who make the commitment necessary to come to these services, the Days of Awe are already powerful and important,” he said.

Goldwasser and Abelson both said their messages will reflect the current political climate.

Goldwasser will respond to the “sense that many people have that our society is entering a period of crisis. People feel that the world has become a much more angry, frightened and intolerant place. They are scared that our nation and our world may become unrecognizable if we continue to erode the values of inclusion, tolerance, love and respect for people who are different from ourselves.

“I will spend some time talking about what each of us can do as individuals and as a congregation to strengthen the values of community, democracy and justice. By keeping the focus on the spiritual aspects of healing our broken world, I hope that it is a message that will benefit everyone,” he said.

Abelson echoed that sentiment.

“This year, many people feel a sense of hopelessness or fear about the direction of change our world is moving in. The Yamim Noraim (the Days of Awe) give us the opportunity to dig deep for sources of hope and find meaning in committing, together, to building the world we want to live in,” she said.

Dardashti, like Abelson and Goldwasser, said her sermons also will reflect the pervasive feeling of insecurity held by so many people today.

“My sermons will address the challenge of leading with resil-

Rabbi Ethan Adler ience, purpose and love through transitions. The Jewish world, America, the American Jewish community and our Brown RISD Jewish community are all experiencing seismic shifts amidst critical transitions.

“Transitions, ultimately leading to enduring positive changes, are core to the teshuva (returning, refocusing), for which we strive during this period. I hope to outline the tools our liturgy and texts afford for moving meaningfully through the personal, communal, domestic, global transitions we face,” she said.

LARRY KESSLER is a freelance writer who can be reached at lkessler1@comcast.net. Read more of the rabbis comments at jvhri.org.

Rabbi Leora Abelson

Rabbi Michelle Dardashti

This year’s holidays The High Holy Days and those that follow arrive relatively early this year, at least on the secular calendar. They fall on these dates: Rosh Hashanah: The Hebrew year 5779 arrives on the eve of Sunday, Sept. 9, and continues to be observed Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 10-11.

Yom Kippur: Observances begin with Kol Nidre on Tuesday evening, Sept. 18, and conclude at sundown Wednesday, Sept.

19.

Sukkot: The week-long festival starts on the eve of Sunday, Sept. 23.

Shemini Atzeret: The eve of Sunday, Sept. 30 through sundown Monday, Oct. 1. (Yizkor is said Oct. 1.)

Simchat Torah: The eve of Monday, Oct. 1 through sundown Tuesday, Oct. 2.

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5 new things to do at the New Year

BY AMY DEUTSCH (Kveller via JTA) – As the fall nears each year, the air gets cooler, the kids go back to school and Rosh Hashanah rolls around. The holiday itself celebrates the Jewish New Year, but also deals with more serious topics like renewal, forgiveness and thinking hard about how to be a better person. There are many ways to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, from huge family dinners to attending synagogue services to eating apples and honey.

In the spirit of change, we’ve come up with a list of our favorite Rosh Hashanah-y activities that are great to do with young kids. Try one: If all goes well, you could have a new family tradition.

Apple picking

 It’s traditional to eat apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah to symbolize a sweet new year. Rather than just picking up apples at the grocery store, take the kids to the nearest pick-your-own apple orchard and let them see where apples really come from. When you bring home bushels of apples, find some recipes for a new take on Rosh Hashanah’s traditional apples and honey. Or use a few apples to make apple-print tablecloths or apple-print placemats for your Rosh Hashanah dinner. Even better, turn an apple into a honey bowl. Before

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Honey tasting

As it turns out, there are lots of different kinds of honey out there. Because bees suck nectar from all types of flowers, the honey can have a very different taste. Assemble your family for a taste test. Go to the local farmer’s market and buy two or three kinds of honey. (Not only are you supporting local agriculture, but you’re also showing your kids where food comes from.) At home, arrange a smorgasbord of foods to dip into the various kinds of honey – challah, apples, pretzels, bananas, etc. Which honey goes best with which foods? When you find your favorites, you can put them out at your Rosh Hashanah table. (Check with your pediatrician, but generally honey is not recommended for children under the age of 1.)

New Year’s cards

Rosh Hashanah is a great time to send cards to friends and family. Your kids can write about their summer adventures, their new teacher at school – or even your trip to go apple picking. We love making apple-print New Year’s cards – just cut or fold construction paper to the size of your choice and follow these steps (kveller.com /ar t icle/apple -pr int-

blessings-placemat) to do apple prints. Your friends and family will love the personalized touch that the homemade apple prints bring to their cards.

 Challah baking

On Rosh Hashanah, it’s traditional to make a round challah instead of the normal braided shape eaten throughout the rest of the year. Why round?

Because the year is a circle. If you’ve never made challah before, it’s like many other bread recipes – you get to punch and knead the dough. That’s a great way to get out all of your frustrations before the new year begins! And kids love playing with dough, too – try breaking off a little bit and letting them make their own challah shapes.

Nature walk

Fall is a great time to be outdoors and appreciate the beauty of nature. Take advantage of the temperate weather (hopefully) and head to the nearest forest, reservation or park.

Walk slowly with your kids, picking out animals, insects, flowers, plants and trees. Have your kids find their favorite rocks, plants, trees, flowers or insects along the way. Talk to them about the cycle of the year and the seasons. It’ll keep them engaged and help your simple walk feel like an adventure.

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Keeping our dreams alive at Rosh Hashanah The biblical story of Joseph’s release from prison, which occurred around Rosh Hashanah, and his subsequent rise to prominence, really speaks to me.

R a b b i Y i t z c h a k Scher’s article, “Rosh Hashanah: Becoming PATRICIA the Person of RASKIN Your Dreams,â€? posted at aish. com, states, â€œâ€Ś then on Rosh Hashanah, a messenger arrives from Pharaoh to pull Yosef [Joseph] out of prison. Yosef suddenly finds himself standing before Pharaoh, one of the world’s most powerful kings. “After interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams, Yosef is promoted to become Pharaoh’s second in command. He is given the royal signet ring, dons royal garments, and is accorded great honor as he rides in Pharaoh’s royal chariot. “In one day, Rosh Hashanah, Yosef goes from being a hopeless slave and prisoner to powerful viceroy of Egypt. The fulfillment of his childhood

dreams is no longer a distant fantasy but a near reality.�

I relate to this story since I have often felt like I’ve been on a roller-coaster in my professional life, one minute a high, the next a low.

â€œâ€Ś when I sit in temple and pray, I reflect on mistakes, lessons and successes of the past year‌â€?

What has always gotten me through is that I never gave up on my dream, my mission, my passion to present hope and possibilities through the media.

By keeping this vision alive, I was able to navigate the choppy waters.

This is easier said than done; it takes absolute belief in haShem and unswerving faith that what happens will be for your highest and greatest good.

Sometimes that means being silent in reflection and prayer and sometimes it means taking

action based on those reflections.

We live in a society that prizes outer movement and action, but it can be more powerful and effective to do the inner work first, and see the results in our mind’s eye, before we actually spring into action. That way, we know that what we are doing has been carefully thought out and we can move ahead with confidence and faith.

At Rosh Hashanah, when I sit in temple and pray, I reflect on the mistakes, lessons and successes of the past year and what I want to manifest in the new year.

I also pray for peace in our nation and for ways that we, the Jewish people, can continue to grow, do mitzvot and make a positive difference in the world.

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Akedah – Pronounced ahkeh-DAH. Literally “binding,” the Akedah refers to the biblical story of the binding of Isaac, which is traditionally read on the second day of Rosh Hashanah.

Chag sameach – Pronounced KHAG sah-MAY-akh. Literally “happy holiday,” a common greeting on Rosh Hashanah and other Jewish holidays.

Elul – Pronounced el-OOL (oo as in food). The final month of the Jewish calendar, it is designated as a time of reflection, introspection and repentance.

Het (also chet) – Pronounced KHET (short e). Sin, or wrongdoing.

L’shana tovah u’metukah – Pronounced l’shah-NAH toeVAH ooh-meh-too-KAH. A Hebrew greeting for the High Holy Days season that means “For a good and sweet year.”

Machzor – Pronounced M A H K H - z o h r . L i t e r a l l y “cycle,” the machzor is the special prayer book for the High Holy Days containing all the special liturgy.

Selichot – Pronounced sleeKHOTE. Literally “forgivenesses,” selichot are prayers for forgiveness. Selichot refers to two related types of penitential prayers: the prayers that customarily are recited daily at morning services during

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A page from a Machzor dated from the 14th century. the month of Elul, as well as the name of the service late at night on the Saturday preceding Rosh Hashanah consisting of a longer series of these penitential prayers.

T a s h l i c h – P r o n o u n c e d TAHSH-likh. Literally “cast away,” Tashlich is a ceremony observed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah in which sins are symbolically cast away into a natural body of water. The term and custom are derived from a verse in the Book of Micah (7:19).

Teshuvah – Pronounced tihSHOO-vuh. Literally “return,” teshuvah is often translated as “repentance.” It is one of the central themes and spiritual components of the High Holidays.

Tishrei – Pronounced TISHray. The first month in the He-

brew calendar, during which Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot all occur.

Unetaneh Tokef – Pronounced ooh-nuh-TAH-neh TOH-keff. Literally “we shall ascribe,” a religious poem recited during the Musaf (additional service ) Amidah that is meant to strike fear in us.

Yamim Noraim – Pronounced yah-MEEM nohr-ahEEM. Literally “Days of Awe,” a term that refers to the High Holy Days season. Sometimes it is used to refer to the 10 days from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur, which are also known as the Aseret Yimei Teshuvah, or the 10 Days of Repentance.

Yom tov – Pronounced YOHM TOHV or YON-tiff. This is a general term for the major Jewish festivals.

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High Holy Day Holocaust stories that nourish the soul

BY LEV POPLOW Stories from the Holocaust are often horrific, sometimes hopeful and occasionally both. As 5779 approaches, we are sharing some of these deeply touching stories that took place during the High Holy Days.

One brief Yom Kippur story is related in “From Rabbi Huberband’s Diary” (published in English as “Kiddush Hashem,” edited by Jeffrey Gurock and Robert Hirt): In the aftermath of the German invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, all public observances of Yom Kippur were outlawed. Jews debated whether they should open their stores, lest they be accused by the Germans of closing them in honor of the holiday.

According to Rabbi Huberband, Jewish shopkeepers devised a remarkable scheme to avoid doing business on Yom Kippur while eluding the Nazis’ revenge: “Jews’ shops were open. The ‘salesmen’ were all women. Actually, the women didn’t sell anything; people took merchandise, but without paying for it. The women didn’t take any money, but they did on the other hand give away money. They took their tribute payments over to the [Judenrat] office, Yom Kippur being the last day, the deadline for the tribute.”

The following story, “A Shofar in a Coffee Cauldron,” from Yaffa Eliach’s moving book, “Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust,” epitomizes the message that in the hardest and most troubling of circumstances, when all seems lost, that last vestige of humanity – free choice – remains.

Wolf Fischelberg and his 12-year-old son were walking among the barracks of BergenBelsen trying to barter some cigarettes for bread. As they walked, a stone thrown over the barbed wire separating one sector from another landed at their feet. Wolf asked his son what it meant. “ Nothing! Just an angry Jew hurling stones, replied the son.

Angry Jews do not cast stones; it is not part of our tradition replied the father.”

Wolf Fischelberg looked around to see if all was clear and then bent down to pick up the stone. A small gray note was wrapped around it. They walked into a safe barrack, were other Polish Jews lived, to read the note. It was written in Hebrew by a Dutch Jew named Hayyim Borack.

Borack wrote that he was fortunate to have obtained a shofar and if the Hasidic Jews from the Polish transports wished to use it for Rosh Hashanah services, he could smuggle it to them in a coffee cauldron.

The Polish Jews took a vote.

H a p p y N e w Ye a r Those in favor of the plan to smuggle in the shofar held a clear majority; they were willing to give up their morning coffee ration on the first day of Rosh Hashanah.

At the time and place specified in the note, a stone once more made its way over the electrified barbed wire, this time from the Polish Jews to the Dutch. “ You see, my son, Jews never throw stones in vain, Fischelberg said.”

The smuggling of the shofar was a success. Nobody was caught and the shofar was not da maged. A s F ischelberg ’s daughter, Miriam, listened to the shofar, she fervently hoped that it would bring down the barbed-wire fences of BergenBelsen, just as the shofar had in earlier times brought the walls of Jericho tumbling down.

When the service was over, nothing had changed; the barbed-wire fences still stood.

Only in hearts did something stir – knowledge and hope.

Knowledge that the muffled voice of the shofar had made a dent in the Nazi wall of humiliation and slavery, and hope that someday freedom would bring down the fences of BergenBelsen and of humanity.

The final story is excerpted from an article, “The Rosh Hashanah Warning that Saved Denmark’s Jews,” written by Lily Rothman for the September 2015 issue of Time magazine.

“After Nazi Germany invaded Denmark in 1940, the idea was put forward by its occupiers that the Scandinavian nation was not in fact occupied. Rather, it was a ‘model protectorate.’

“By the summer of 1943, the resistance was no longer subterranean; fighting broke out in the streets, ending several years of a relatively passive German stance on Denmark’s Jewish population.”

On Sept. 29, 1943 – Rosh Hashanah eve – the Danish resistance pulled off one of World War II’s most notable heroic

feats. When Copenhagen’s Jews gathered to mark the holiday, the chief rabbi, Marcus Melchior, canceled the religious services because he had been tipped off that a Nazi roundup was planned for the holiday, when Jews would either be at home or at synagogue. The rabbi urged people to hide or flee.

“What happened next was no secret – at least not after it was over – and there was a short account of the incident in the Oct. 11, 1943, issue of Time.

“Across the narrow waters of the Öre Sund word came to Sweden last week that 1,800 Gestapomen, sent to Copenhagen specially for the job, had broken into Jewish homes and synagogues during Rosh Hashanah, arresting most of Denmark’s 10,000 Jews. The reports said the Germans planned to ship their prisoners to the charnel houses of Poland.

“Next day the Swedish Government told the German Government that there was immediate, unconditional sanctuary for all Danish Jews in Sweden.

The Germans ignored the offer. But at week’s end upwards of 1,000 wretched Jews from Denmark had found their way across the cold Öre Sund to merciful Sweden.”

That “upwards” is key: by the count of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, more than 7,000 Danish Jews – out of a population that was just shy of 10,000 – were ferried by fishermen to Sweden – and freedom.

If such acts of hope and faith in one’s fellow man can burn in Poland, in the barracks of Bergen Belsen and Denmark so too can we search for ways to choose our attitudes and transcend our circumstance for the better. In doing so, we show that our choices matter and that what we do with our lives is meaningful.

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Here are some special gifts for your Rosh Hashanah hosts

BY MY JEWISH LEARNING STAFF (My Jewish Learning via JTA) – Invited to someone’s house for a Rosh Hashanah meal and looking for an appropriate gift?

In addition to the always appreciated flowers or bottle of wine, here are some other must-have (or must-give) items for the Jewish New Year.

If you’re drawn to the edible items on this list, we recommend you check ahead of time whether your host keeps Kosher or has other dietary restrictions.

Jewish calendars

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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year after all, and every year needs a calendar. While many, if not most, people rely on digital calendars for dayto-day scheduling, a pretty wall calendar makes a nice decoration and can help keep the household organized. Most Jewish calendars sold in the United States list secular dates as well as Hebrew ones (including all the holidays, of course), and run through the end of the next Gregorian year. (So one that starts with Rosh Hashanah in 2018 will last you until December 2019.) You can find a wide selection online and in Judaica stores and bookstores.

Jewish cookbooks

If your host invited you over for a home-cooked meal, he or she probably likes to cook. The four books listed here were published within the last couple of years, so there’s a good chance your host doesn’t yet own them — and what better than a cookbook to subtly convey to your host that you’d love more holiday meal invitations?

“Modern Jewish Baker: Challah, Babka, Bagels & More” is written by Shannon Sarna, the editor of The Nosher food blog, part of the 70 Faces Media family that includes My Jewish Learning. In this gorgeous book, she pays homage to Jewish baking traditions while reinvigorating them with modern flavors and new ideas.

The mother-daughter team of Gabrielle Rossmer Gropman and Sonya Gropman in “The German-Jewish Cookbook: Recipes and History of a Cui-

sine” features recipes for German-Jewish cuisine as it existed in Germany prior to World War II, and as refugees later adapted it in the United States and elsewhere. The dishes are a departure from better-known Eastern European Jewish fare and focus on fresh, seasonal ingredients.

Israeli baker Uri Scheft’s “Breaking Breads: A New World of Israeli Baking” offers sweet and savory recipes for European, Israeli and Middle Eastern favorites.

For vegan cooks – or those who often have a vegan family member or guest at their table – “The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook: Entertaining for Absolutely Every Occasion” by Isa Chandra Moskowitz offers meat- and dairy- and egg-free recipes for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (break-the-fast), as well as dishes for a variety of other Jewish and non-Jewish holidays.

Honey dishes

It is traditional to dip apples in honey on Rosh Hashanah, and a special honey dish can add extra beauty to the practice. Perhaps find a special one from a Judaica shop. A plate for apples is a nice gift as well.

Food

Why dip good apples and challah in mediocre honey?

The Savannah Bee Company, a gourmet honey purveyor, sells a variety of beautifully packaged artisanal honeys, including several variety packs. Or

encourage your host to sample some raw honeycomb. The company also sells numerous other honey-based products, like body lotions and soaps. All honey is KSA Kosher-certified.

For Rosh Hashanah, Zingerman’s, a Michigan deli and mail-order gourmet superstore, bakes its own honey cakes, round challahs, mandelbrot and rugelach, and sells an array of gourmet honeys from around the world.

Love marzipan? Try Rosh Hashanah “Marzipops.” A gift set of these marzipan lollipops contains 10 lollipops: two each of a honeypot, a red apple, a challah, a pomegranate and a shofar. They are gluten-free and vegan, but are not certified Kosher.

Assorted items

Barbara’s Gifts is based in Israel but ships to the United States. Its Rosh Hashanah gift box contains a pomegranate hand towel, pomegranate challah cover, Jewish calendar tea towel, pomegranate-shaped trivet, pomegranate fabric placemats, a pomegranate notepad and set of Rosh Hashanah greeting cards.

If your host likes scented candles, find an apple, honey or pomegranate scented candle.

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REMEMBER THE PAST From the Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association

BY GERALDINE S. FOSTER Anyone of a certain age who grew up in the north end of Providence knows that there was once a thriving synagogue there called Sons of Zion. The building proudly stood on Orms Street, near Charles Street, on a portion of the land now occupied by the Providence Marriott Downtown.

Many may remember the shul, but not many know the difficulties the congregation faced in bringing their dream to fruition. This is a bit of that backstory.

The Chevra B’nei Zion (Congregation Sons of Zion) was officially organized in 1875 by 17 Eastern European immigrants who had settled in the north end. The chevra met in a number of locations for seven years before they were able to open a synagogue on Canal Street.

As the flow of immigrants increased, the need for a larger, permanent synagogue became evident. In 1888, the congregation purchased a parcel of land at 45 Orms St., according to a contemporary observer, John A. Solomon, who wrote about it in his Historic Ramblings column in the Jewish Herald.

The price of the Orms Street land was $3,000, a considerable amount in those days, especially since the land was very sandy. It would have to be cleared and leveled.

The congregation managed to raise a down payment of $1,000, a huge sum for the immigrant population, with the remainder to be paid over time.

Five years would pass before the congregation could sign a contract to have their synagogue built. The cost, $23,000, was once again a considerable

with another Orthodox congregation, Anshe Kovno.

A decade later, Sons of Zion and Anshe Kovno had gone their separate ways and Anshe Kovno merged with the Conservative Congregation Beth David. In 1978, Sons of Zion became part of Congregation Beth-Sholom-Ahavath-SholomSons of Zion. Today, that congregation is Beth Sholom, on Camp Street in Providence.

The union of Beth DavidAnshe Kovno and Beth Am, in Warwick, to form Congregation Am David-Anshe Kovno, left only one surviving synagogue in the north end – Sons of Jacob, at 24 Douglas Ave. The synagogue, still in use today and the home of the Rhode Island Jewish Museum, stands as a testament to the once vibrant oldest Jewish community in Providence.

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Sons of Zion, circa 1951. amount – and an ambitious undertaking considering the financial circumstances of most of the members.

Two interesting events ameliorated the difficult situation.

First, the city of Providence needed large quantities of sand, for reasons not stated. The congregation had plenty of sand and a shortage of money. A mutually agreed upon arrangement allowed the city to take all the sand and also level the land.

This meant considerable savings when construction actually began.

Second, call it chutzpah, a “promise and prayer” (as Solomon did), or what you will, but construction began without a single dollar in the synagogue’s till! It seems that after paying

for the additional expenses associated with High Holy Days services, there was no money left.

During the construction, the contractor urgently needed funds. A “frantic” fundraising effort ensued. It produced a flurry of checks and promissory notes and headaches, but it was enough to keep construction moving forward even before the mortgage was finalized.

The architecture, motifs and interior space of the new synagogue were designed after a careful study of several old synagogues. According to Solomon, once finished, the beautifully embellished interior of the Sons of Zion shul was the talk of congregations in New York and Boston.

Something is lost when something is gained I have always liked Joni Mitchell’s song “Both Sides Now.” It reminds me of a story from when I was a young mother.

My bubbe and zayde owned two three-family houses in Providence. My g r a ndp a r ent s lived on the secMAY-RONNY ond floor of the front house. My ZEIDMAN Aunt Frances and her family lived on the first floor of the back house, and we lived on the third floor of the back house.

Having my bubbe next door meant my brother, my cousins and I could see her every day.

The thought of this prompts many happy memories. However, Bubbe’s first language was Yiddish. Although I was surrounded by people who spoke Yiddish, I never took to the language. Whenever Bubbe talked to me in Yiddish, I would say, “Bubbe, in English!”

When I was eight, we moved to Pawtucket. My Aunt Frances went to work and my cousins were in the care of Bubbe after school and sometimes on the weekends. My cousin Marilyn lived next door to our bubbe until she married.

Marilyn and I had our first child within two months of each other. One day, I decided to take Bubbe, Marilyn and the babies out for the day. As we were driving, Bubbe was talking. Mari-

lyn quickly answered her in English. I then said, “Marilyn, what did Bubbe say?” It was at that very moment that I understood what I had lost.

Years later, Marilyn took a job in a nursing home in Providence. Many of the residents were Jewish and Yiddish was their first language. Marilyn was very popular and immensely loved by the residents.

Not only could she understand what they were saying, she could also speak Yiddish.

MAY-RONNY ZEIDMAN is the executive director of the Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Resource Center, in Providence.

The synagogue opened for services in Elul 1892, with great rejoicing and due ceremony. But by 1961, faced with dwindling membership and declining funding, Sons of Zion merged

GERALDINE S. FOSTER is a past president of the R.I. Jewish Historical Association. To comment about this or any RIJHA article, contact the RIJHA office at info@rijha.org or 401-3311360.

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Netta’s Eurovision winner tops Billboard Dance Club chart JERUSALEM (JTA) – Netta Barzilai’s Eurovision-winning single “Toy” hit No. 1 on the Billboard dance club chart – the first time an Israeli artist has

topped any of the music industry magazine’s popularity lists, according to the Israeli media.

It’s an impressive achievement for a singer who was prac-

tically unknown outside of her home country before this year.

“This is very exciting for me,” Barzilai said in a statement quoted Aug. 20 by The Times of

PepsiCo to acquire Israel’s SodaStream for $3.2 billion JERUSALEM (JTA) – PepsiCo will acquire the Israeli home soda maker manufacturer SodaStream for $3.2 billion, the soft drink giant said Aug. 20.

PepsiCo plans to maintain the Israeli comp any’s current base of operations in the Negev.

SodaStream will continue to operate as an independent subsidiary.

The American multinational agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of SodaStream International Ltd. for $144 per share.

“PepsiCo and SodaStream are an inspired match,” PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi said in a statement.

SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum “and his leadership team have built an extraordinary company that is offering consumers the ability to make great-tasting beverages while reducing the amount of waste generated. That focus is wellaligned with Performance with Purpose, our philosophy of making more nutritious products while limiting our environmental footprint. Together, we can advance our shared vision of a healthier, more-sustainable planet.”

SodaStream, which manufactures home carbonation machines that work with its own line of soda flavorings, has long been a target of advocates of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel because it was based in the West Bank.

In October 2014, SodaStream announced it would close its Mishor Adumim industrial park factory and move to southern Israel in the face of international pressure from the BDS movement, which seeks to hurt Israel’s economy over its policies toward the Palestinians.

The movement claimed that SodaStream discriminated against Palestinian workers and paid some less than Israeli workers.

Israeli politicians framed the significance of the SodaStream aquisition in national terms that went beyond the purchase of one company.

“I welcome the purchase of SodaStream,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted on Twitter. “The recent large acquisitions of Israeli companies demonstrate not only the technological capabilities but also the business capabilities that

have been developed in Israel.

I welcome the huge deal that will enrich the state coffers as well as the important decision to leave the company in Israel.”

Oded Revivi, who manages foreign relations for the Yesha Council, a group representing the settlement movement, called Monday’s news a “day of darkness for the #BDS and its supporters” and a “day of light for the Israeli economy.”

Economy Minister Eli Cohen said the purchase evoked “pride in local industry,” while Justice Ministry Ayelet Shaked said the firm was “an example of Israeli creativity, innovation, coexistence and entrepreneurship.”

“Worth remembering: PepsiCo boycotted Israel until 1991.

Today it bought an Israeli firm for $3.2B and pledged it will continue to operate from Israel.

The story of Israel’s economy in a nutshell,” tweeted Israel’s consul general in New York, Dani Dayan.

Addressing his father, who is a Holocaust survivor, at a news conference the same day, Birnbaum said that he was “proud that you have seen your Zionist vision come true.”

Israel. “I just got off the plane and this is the first message I got when I turned on my phone.

I am grateful for everything happening around me. This is an amazing year and the experience I’m having is just nuts.”

Barzilai is on tour in the United States. In May, she delivered Israel its fourth victory in the Eurovision song contest with “Toy,” a song about female empowerment that features staccato vocals and a driving rhythm. She has said the song was inspired by the #MeToo movement.

She went to say: “It’s for everybody who’s been told that they’re not good enough and they’re not smart enough. I decided to listen to my own voice and to be my own self, and when you do that, you inspire people.

You make a difference because you feel good with yourself and you spread happiness outside.”

Ynet reported recently that Barzilai is close to a deal with the Universal Music Group, which has alleged that “Toy” stole from the White Stripe song “Seven Nation Army.”

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COVENTRY, R.I. – Dorothy G. Bookbinder died Aug. 15 at Coventry Skilled Nursing and Rehab. She was the beloved wife of the late Richard G. Bookbinder.

Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Edward and Lillian (Wainer) Zarum, she had lived in Coventry for two years, previously living in Boca Raton, Florida.

She was the owner of Bookbinder Plumbing and Heating for 33 years, retiring in 1990.

Dorothy was a former member and past president of Temple Torat Yisrael in Cranston. She was also a volunteer with the Parkinson Disease Association in Florida.

She was the devoted mother of Jeffrey Bookbinder and his wife, Joanie, of Warwick; Bruce Bookbinder and his wife, Susan, of West Greenwich; and Edward Bookbinder of Exeter.

She was the dear sister of the late Joel Zarum. She was the loving grandmother of Evan, Lyle, Jamie, Lora, Emerson and Haley. She was the cherished great-grandmother of Ryan, Dylan, Jacob, Elissa, Kaylee and Nikola.

Contributions in her memory may be made to National Kidney Foundation, 209 West Central Street, Suite 220, Natick, MA 01760.

Doris Dressler, 91

WARWICK, R.I. – Doris B. Dressler, died Aug. 16, in Kent Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late Earl Dressler for 46 years. Born in Canada, a daughter of the late Robert and Mary (Vallins) Rosener, she had lived in Warwick for 15

OBITUARIES years, previously living in Lauderhill, Florida. She attended McGill University in Montreal and was a founding member of Temple Sinai.

She was the devoted mother of Richard Dressler and his wife, Donna, of Lincoln; and Barry Dressler and his wife, Jane Charren, of Cranston. She was the loving grandmother of James and his wife, Allison; and Meryl and her fiancé, Andrew. She was the cherished great-grandmother of Noah and Benjamin.

Contributions in her memory may be made to the East Greenwich Animal Protection League, 44 Worthington Road, Cranston, RI 02920 or your favorite charity.

Pearl Fox, 90

PAWTUCKET, R.I. – Pearl Fox passed away Aug. 20. She was the wife of the late Joseph Fox. Born in Boston, Mrs. Fox was the daughter of the late Jacob and Jennie (Pokat) Nudel. She is survived by her children, Gary Fox, and his wife, Wendy, and Sharon Lasky and her husband, Gerald, and by her grandchildren, Adam, and his wife, Lori, and Robin.

Contributions may be made to Hasbro Children’s Hospital.

Allan Gittleman, 75

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Allan M. Gittleman prominent and longtime Rhode Island investment banker, died on June 24, 2017 in Scottsdale. He was born in Providence on June 23, 1942, to Sidney A. Gittleman and Dorothy Foster Greene Gittleman.

He was an honor student and president of the class of 1961 at Cranston High School. Allan attended Brown University and Northeastern University where he earned a BS in economics and finance. He worked in the financial industry for more

The Jewish Voice than 50 years, most recently with Janney Montgomery Scott in Providence. He pioneered the use of an investment strategy known as “secured option writing.” Allan was a longtime member of Temple Sinai, Cranston.

He was devoted to his family.

He is sorely missed and forever remembered by his wife of 51 years, Ellen Kaplan Gittleman; two daughters, Rachel Cyd Passon and Danielle Stewart; sons-in-law Douglas Passon and Steven Stewart; four grandchildren, Sydney, Avery, Nate and Dylan; sisters Diane Martin and Donna Sinel; brothers-in-law Ernest Martin and Alec Sinel; sister-in-law Susan K. Bauchner and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Allan was loved by all who knew him for his generosity, genuine concern for others, and sense of humor.

Donations may be made in his name to the Planned Parenthood or Hospice of the Valley, Arizona.

Virginia Holtzman, 67

COOPER CITY, FLA. – Virginia May Holtzman of Cooper City passed away peacefully on Aug. 16. Virginia was the daughter of the late Herman and Laura (Ventura) Holtzman. She was a legal administrative assistant for Carlton Fields, Miami, Florida, for 40 years. She is survived by her siblings Joseph Holtzman, Stan Holtzman (Linda), Esta Barcohana (Fred), Reba Holtzman-Detora (Dominic), Cynthia Holtzman (Lucas Silva), Marilyn McKeever (sister-in-law), David Holtzman, Robert Holtzman and sister of the late Samuel Holtzman. She leaves behind a nephew and many nieces.

Donations may be made to your favorite charity.

Harvey Michaels, 90

CRANSTON, R.I. – Harvey D. Michaels died Aug. 9 at Kent Hospital. Born in Providence, a son of the late Thomas and Martha (Saunders) Michelovitch, he had lived in Cranston and Key Largo, Florida.

He was a real estate developer with Michaels Management Group. Harvey was a member of Temple Beth-El and its brotherhood and former member of Temple Sinai and its brotherhood. He was also a member of JWV Post 23, F.O.P. Post 7, Touro Fraternal Association, Mason’s Redwood Lodge, South Providence Hebrew Free Loan Association and former member of the Knights of Pythias. Harvey was also an integral part of Edward Beard’s winning campaign for U.S. Congress.

He was the dear brother of the late William M. Michaels. He was the loving uncle of Lynn Smith of Chicago, Illinois, and Richard Michaels of Newton, Massachusetts. He was the beloved longtime companion of Ann Winograd.

Contributions in his memory may be made to the charity of your choice.

Wendy Carol Miller

SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. – With heavy hearts the Miller/ McCaughey families announce the passing of our beloved Wendy. After courageously facing each setback for five years with a positive attitude she finally succumbed to colon cancer. She truly was an inspiration to all who knew her.

She is survived by her loving husband, Ted, and their equally loving children, Lily and Aiden. She will be forever remembered by her very caring and devoted sister, Nancy (Dan), and her parents, Lew and Janet. So many others were unfailing beside Wendy on her journey. From her cousin Treacy (Bill) and Dr. Safran and Dr. Taber and the caring staff at the Miriam Hospital. Her best friends, Karen, Deb and Connie, were continuingly supportive and physically by her side. She was oh-so-grateful.

Wendy was a Shea High School graduate. She did undergraduate work at the University of Rhode Island and received a master’s degree as a clinical social worker from Boston University. She had offices in the South County area and continued her practice through her illness. She was passionate and supportive of many social issues. Her contagious laugh and sense of humor will be remembered by her close cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

Contributions in her memory may be made to Lifespan Cancer Institute, Cancer Research Fund, 139 Point St., Providence, RI 02903.

Steven Perler, 73

WEST WARWICK, R.I. – Steven R. Perler died Aug. 17 at home. He was the beloved husband of Leona R. (Ribeiro) Perler for 49 years. Born in Providence, a son of the late Jacob and Jeanette (Ades) Perler, he had lived in Warwick and West Warwick for the past 20 years.

He was an accountant/business manager for WPRO Radio in Rhode Island, WBAP Radio in Fort Worth, Texas, WTNH TV in New Haven, Connecticut, and WFSB TV in Hartford, Connecticut, retiring in 2009.

Steven was a graduate of Cranston East High School, class of ’63 and Johnson and Wales Jr. College, class of ’65. He enjoyed playing golf, bowling and fishing.

He was the devoted father of Bryan M. Perler and his wife, Jennifer, of Scotch Plains, New Jersey; Stacey L. Curtin and her husband, Peter, of Thousand Oaks, California; and Suzanne A. Perler at home. He was

the dear brother of Arleen Jacobson and her husband, Marvin, of Cranston; and Marjorie DiMuccio and her husband, Phillip, of Warwick. He was the loving grandfather of Jack, Ana, Harry, Leah, Hannah and Ethan.

Beverly Schafer, 90

DEDHAM, MASS. – Beverly (Falcofsky) Schafer, formerly of Bellingham, Massachusetts, died on Aug. 13 at Newbridge on the Charles in Dedham, where she had resided for the past six years. She was the wife of the late Morton Schafer of Bellingham, and a daughter of the late Samuel and Mollie (Bazar) Falcofsky of Cranston. She was the twin sister of the late Arleen Barber of Warwick.

Beverly had two children, Linda Bloch (Stephan) of Rumford, and Steven Schafer (Audrey, deceased) of Dover, Massachusetts. She also leaves four grandchildren, David Bloch (Jennifer) of Easton, Massachusetts, Rachel Rogovin (Michael) of Bristol, Benjamin Schafer and Johanna Schafer of Dover, and one great-granddaughter, Avital Rogovin, a sister-in-law, Freda Fine of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and several nieces and nephews.

Born in Providence, Beverly attended Hope High School and University of Rhode Island.

Married in 1948, she moved to Bellingham, leaving the city for the country, and assisted her husband in operating his family’s dairy farm, later building houses, and finally starting and operating a garden center and nursery until she and her husband retired in 1985. Beverly liked playing mahjong and bridge, knitting and sewing, and cooking family dinners, especially on holidays. She was a member of Congregation B’nai Israel in Woonsocket and its Sisterhood.

Contributions in her memory may be made to Friends of B’nai Israel Cemetery, P.O. Box 250, Slatersville, RI 02876, or to the charity of your choice.

Rhoda Swartz, 82

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. – Rhoda Swartz died Aug. 12 in Palm Beach Gardens, a place she called home. together with her beloved husband Alan Swartz for the last 19 years.

Married for 62 years, they were together for more than 67 years, including a five-year courtship that started when she was 15 years old.

Rhoda was a native Rhode I sl a nder, born in Providence to the late Samuel and Sarah Levy.

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her children Joanne and her husband, Randall Newman, of Houston Texas; Barry and his partner, Roger Emert, of New York, New York; her grandchildren Sara, Andrew and Matthew Newman. She was the sister to the late Thelma Chorney of Cranston.

Rhoda graduated from Hope High School in Providence, where she became a leading Realtor for more than 25 years.

Always making time for charitable organizations meaningful to her, she was a wife, mother, grandmother and role model, adored by everyone who came in contact with her. Her family was the joy of her life; she enjoyed spending time with her husband, her good friends, traveling, visiting her children and grandchildren. Weekends at their second home in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire were always filled with good friends and family for more than 25 years. More recently, she loved spending her summers in Southampton, New York with her family. Looking

forward to each day, always positive and happy, she led her life with no regrets.

Joyce Tobkes, 72 JERICHO, N.Y. – Joyce (Lewis) Tobkes died unexpectedly on Aug. 10. She was born in Providence, the daughter of Lillian (Shushansky) Lewis of Warwick and the late Benjamin Lewis. She was the wife of Alan Tobkes for 50 years. Joyce also is survived by her children, Michael Tobkes, of Vista, California; Karen Lanker and her husband, Cory, of Livermore, California; her sister Helene Goldstein and her husband, Brian, of Wakefield; her brother Martin Lewis and his wife, Alice of Spencer, Massachusetts; and several nieces and nephews.

A graduate of Hope High School, Joyce received a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a master’s degree from Long Island University.

While raising her children, Joyce volunteered in several organizations and served as presi-

dent of ORT, the world’s largest vocational training organization for Jews. Joyce was the program director for more than 20 years at JASA, the Jewish Association Serving the Aged, in Long Beach, New York, where she coordinated a wide range of intellectual, cultural and social events and trips for seniors.

In recent years, Joyce was active at the Syosset Public Library, where she created “Let’s Chat,” an open forum helping seniors cope with the mental and emotional challenges of aging. She was also a frequent library keynote speaker and a tutor of English as a Second Language.

Joyce was blessed with a profuse love of literature, language, history, the arts, classical music and travel. She was a creative needlepointer and knitter. Joyce will always be treasured by family and friends for her vivacious personality, her quick wit and her indomitable spirit.

Contributions may be made to Friends of the Syosset Library, 225 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset, NY 11791 or the charity of your choice.

Israeli man, 30, dies saving swimmer off Ashdod beach JERUSALEM (JTA) – An Israeli personal trainer drowned while attempting to save the life of a stranger struggling in the water off an Ashdod beach.

On Aug. 19, Yohai Elkayam was strolling down Citadel Beach with a friend when they heard a woman calling for help and he jumped in to save her, Israel’s Channel 10 reported.

“He did not think twice, a

friend of his asked him if he knew how to swim and they just jumped in,” his friend Yaniv Rojevsky told the Israeli outlet.

“They managed to get to the girl and save her, and the friend was lucky enough to sit down or stand on some sand hill, but Yochai was swept into a whirlpool.”

Elkayam, 30, had been planning on proposing to his girl-

friend. His parents got the news of their son’s death while vacationing in Europe and flew back immediately for the funeral.

“I do not understand why his judgment led him to do this,” Rojevsky said. “I assume that the desire to save a person was stronger than the judgment – the desire to help and push. He was a strong guy who knew how to live life.”

Uri Avnery, longtime advocate of a Palestinian state, dies at 94

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Uri Avnery, a longtime peace activist and one of the first Israelis to advocate for the establishment of a Palestinian state, has died.

Avnery was among the first Israelis to meet with Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasser Arafat. He was hospitalized earlier this month following a stroke and died Aug. 20 in Tel Aviv at age 94.

The founder of the far-left Gush Shalom movement, Avnery was long the face of Israel’s far left after being on the far right during Israel’s fight for independence.

“Uri Avnery was a courageous journalist and a rare and groundbreaking man,” former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Twitter. “He stood up for his positions despite attacks and he planted the ideas of peace and moderation in the hearts of Israel.”

It was his meeting with Arafat in Beirut in 1982, during the

First Lebanon War, that was Avnery’s most enduring legacy.

The controversial move led to high-profile calls that Avnery be tried for treason. He would later serve as a human shield for Arafat during the 2003 siege of the Muqata, the presidential compound, in Ramallah.

Avnery spent much of his career as a writer and journalist, publishing books both controversial and popular, and editing the weekly newsmagazine Haolam Hazeh (This World) from 1950 to 1990.

Starting in the 1960s, Avnery became more of a political activist and was elected to the Knesset in 1969.

The Germany native was brought to pre-state Israel by his parents in 1933 at the age of 10. Initially on the far right of the political spectrum, Avnery joined the Irgun as a teenager, distributing propaganda for the Revisionist militant group.

He later told Haaretz that he

regretted his affiliation with the group, saying it made him culpable for its attacks against Arabs that “killed dozens of women and children.”

At first he supported the idea of a binational state and expressed disappointment with the 1947 U.N. Partition Plan that led to the establishment of the State of Israel, saying he “couldn’t accept the partition of the country.”

Despite his reservations, however, Avnery fought in the 1948 War of Independence as part of a commando unit. Following his wartime experiences he dropped his support for a onestate solution, instead backing a two-state paradigm nearly half a century before the signing of the Oslo Accords.

According to Haaretz, Avnery believed that his ideas had won intellectually but had been defeated on the field of domestic politics.

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stein, who co-founded Miramax (later The Weinstein Company) with his brother Bob, also is expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization that awards the Oscars. The Weinstein revelations spur similar allegations against numerous powerful men, leading to the #MeToo movement.

S.I. Newhouse Jr., the billionaire media mogul who ran dozens of magazines and newspapers, dies at 89 in New York.

The grandson of Russian immigrants, whose initials stand for Samuel Irving, since 1975 had run the magazine division of Advance Publications, known as Conde Nast, which publishes Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.

Monty Hall, host of the longrunning television game show “Let’s Make a Deal,” dies at 96 in Los Angeles. Born Monte Halperin in Winnipeg, Canada, Hall hosted thousands of episodes of the show over more than two decades.

Leon Wieseltier, the influential Jewish scholar and magazine editor, is fired from the New Republic following revelations of multiple accusations of sexual harassment during his long tenure at the magazine.

YEAR IN REVIEW Yeshiva University. A graduate of the university and its rabbinical seminary, Berman succeeds Richard Joel, who had led the Modern Orthodox institution through a turbulent economic period.

Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner is sentenced to 21 months in prison for transferring obscene material to a teenage girl. The former House of Representatives member from New York had pleaded guilty in the case, which followed multiple instances of sharing sexually explicit material online.

A French Jewish leader and his family are assaulted in their home near Paris amid a spate of violent break-ins, including deadly ones, targeting Jewish victims, according to authorities.

October 2017

The United States announces its intention to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization over its anti-Israel bias. The decision, which will go into effect at the end of 2019, reflects concerns about the general need for reform of the organization as well as “continuing anti-Israel bias at UNESCO,” the State Department says.

Harvey Weinstein is fired from the film production company he founded in the wake of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him. Wein-

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Alex Bregman stars as his Houston Astros win their first World Series championship.

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by a Jewish player with three, beating the mark of two set by Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg in 1934. Eight months later, Bregman is named the All-Star Game MVP for slugging the tiebreaking homer in the American League’s victory.

The umbrella group of North American Jewish federations demands Israel reverse its “divisive and damaging” steps to freeze an agreement on egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall, warning that ignoring the concerns of nonOrthodox Jews could undermine the Zionist vision. A resolution slamming Israel’s moves on pluralism is adopted by the board of trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America at its annual General Assembly in Los Angeles.

Israeli actress Gal Gadot is named GQ magazine’s 2017 Woman of the Year. Gadot soared to international celebrity as the star of the blockbuster film “Wonder Woman.”

Stephen Bannon, the former chief strategist for Donald Trump, calls himself a “Christian Zionist” in an appearance at the Zionist Organization of America’s annual dinner.

Bannon had long been the target of liberal Jewish protests due to links between the “altright” movement and Breitbart, the right-wing news website that Bannon led before joining Trump’s presidential campaign and rejoined after leaving the White House. Bannon received a standing ovation at the ZOA

dinner.

The U.S. Department of Justice begins distributing $772.5 million in recovered funds to some victims of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. The sum, which was returned eight years after the Jewish investment adviser pleaded guilty to committing one of the largest fraud schemes in U.S. history, represents only a fraction of the more than $4 billion in assets that U.S. law enforcement is able to recover for Madoff’s victims.

Actress Natalie Portman is named winner of the 2018 Genesis Prize. The award, dubbed the “Jewish Nobel,” honors individual Jews of outstanding professional achievement and commitment to Jewish values.

The award comes with a $1 million prize.

Canadian Jews take issue with a government report showing a decline of 56 percent in the country’s Jewish population between 2011 and 2016.

Statistics Canada says the number of Canadian Jews dropped to 143,665 in 2016 from 329,500 in 2011. Critics charge that a change in the way a survey question was worded accounts for the falloff.

Far-right marchers in Warsaw, Poland, shout “Jews out” and other racist slogans at an Independence Day march by 60,000 people, constituting one of the largest nationalist gatherings anywhere in Europe.

December 2017

President Trump commutes the sentence of the former chief executive of the Kosher meatpacker Agriprocessors, who had been convicted of bank fraud and money laundering. Sholom Rubashkin had served eight years of a 27-year sentence. In making the move, Trump cites appeals from across the political spectrum as well as former top-ranked Justice Department officials.

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saying it will raise fears among immigrants. Among the signers of a letter sent to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross are the Anti-Defamation League, the Union for Reform Judaism, Jewish Federations of North America, Hadassah and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.

Iceland and Denmark each draft precedent-setting legislation proposing a ban on nonmedical circumcision of boys under 18. Amid protests and intense lobbying by international Jewish organizations, politicians from the ruling parties in each country express opposition to both projects.

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Trump signs a proclamation recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and directing the State Department to begin planning for a U.S. Embassy in the city. Soon after, the president signs a waiver delaying the embassy move for another six months.

Billionaire philanthropist Barry Sherman and his wife, Honey, are found murdered in their Toronto-area home. Sherman, chairman of the drug maker Apotex, was the 15th richest Canadian with an estimated net worth of over $4 billion Canadian. The Shermans gave tens of millions of dollars to Jewish causes and sat on the boards of several Jewish groups.

A Brooklyn woman and three of her children are killed in a house fire sparked by a Hanukkah menorah. Aliza Azan, 39, and children Moshe, 11; Yitzah, 7; and Henrietta, 3, are buried in Israel. Yosi Azan, three other children and a cousin sustain injuries in the blaze.

A Syrian asylum seeker breaks into a Kosher restaurant in Amsterdam while waving a Palestinian flag as police officers look on. His sentence of 52 days in jail and absence of hate crime charges in his indictment anger Dutch Jews.

January 2018

T he Reconst r uct ion ist movement announces that its rabbinical school and congregational umbrella will change their names to Reconstructing Judaism and the College for Reconstructing Judaism, respectively. The college’s president, Rabbi Dr. Deborah Waxman, explains that the change better reflects the movement’s objective of “actively expressing Judaism.”

A Pew Research Center poll finds that the split between Democrats and Republicans over Israel is the greatest since 1978. The survey reports that 79 percent of Republicans and 27 percent of Democrats sympathize with Israel over the Palestinians.

Vice President Mike Pence arrives in Israel for a two-day visit. Pence delivers a speech to the Knesset, visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and prays privately at the Western Wall.

Singer Neil Diamond announces he will cease touring following a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. The Jewish singer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee has 10 No. 1 singles to his credit and starred in the 1980 remake of “The Jazz Singer,” in which he played a synagogue cantor who pursues a pop music career.

Singer Neshama Carlebach speaks out about allegations of sexual misconduct against her

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Wonder Woman featuring star Gal Gadot marching into battle as an Amazon warrior. father, the late Jewish composer Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Longstanding allegations against the elder Carlebach had resurfaced amid the national reckoning with sexual misconduct sparked by the #MeToo movement. “My sisters, I hear you. I cry with you. I walk with you,” Neshama Carlebach writes in a blog post.

A photograph of former President Barack Obama with the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan surfaces, prompting the Anti-Defamation League to ask Obama to again denounce Farrakhan, who has drawn regular criticism for anti-Semitic rhetoric. The photo was taken in 2005 during a Congressional Black Caucus meeting in Washington, D.C., when Obama was a senator representing Illinois.

Poland’s parliament passes a controversial law that criminalizes blaming the Polish nation for Nazi crimes. The law triggers a diplomatic row with Israel, prompting the law’s amendment to remove criminal charges against would-be offenders.

A nt i - S e m it i c i n c i d e nt s reach a record high in Britain and Ukraine.

States in 2017. The 1,986 acts recorded in the U.S. that year represents a 57 percent increase over the 1,267 in 2016, representing the largest one-year rise ever. The ADL says the jump is due in part to an increase in people reporting incidents of anti-Semitism.

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Providence physician wins 2018 Miriam teaching award Anesthesiologist Fred Rotenberg, M.D. has received the 2018 Riesman Family Excellence in Teaching Award, which recognizes a Miriam Hospital physician who teaches at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Rotenberg serves as a clinical assistant professor of surgery (anesthesiology) at Brown.

Medical school student Rachel Occhiogrosso nominated Rotenberg for the award. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He took an interest in our personal and professional development and has years of wisdom to share. I particularly enjoyed his warmth and enthusiasm for working with medical students â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a true gem of the Miriam Hospital,â&#x20AC;? Occhiogrosso wrote.

Rotenberg lives on the East Side of Providence, where he was born and raised.

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The Riesman Family Excellence in Teaching Award was created in 2007 by a gift from the Robert A. and Marcia S. Riesman family to recognize excellence in teaching by a Miriam Hospital/Brown Medical School faculty member who is currently and actively involved in the education of medical students, resident physicians and other colleagues.

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sistent, so the four of us drove to Avondale, which had suffered an extensive Jewish exodus, especially after Rockdale Temple had been ransacked in 1968. When Mom said that she wanted to try to see her home’s interior, Dad expressed alarm.

He sensed that she would only be disappointed. But after we rang the doorbell, the owner, a physician, greeted us and offered to show us around. Dad was right: most reminders of and mementos from bygone times had been swept away.

But then we noticed several old photos displayed beneath a coffee table’s glass surface. These portrayed generations of Rosenthals, but Mom did not have copies. So she kindly asked our host if he would give them to her. “No,” he replied. “I found them in the attic, so they came with the house.”

Betsey and I have lived in our East Side home, a notable example of the Arts & Crafts style built in 1920, for 22 years. We are only the third family to lovingly occupy and maintain it.

Perhaps more important, this is where Molly and Michael spent most of their childhoods, where they often return, and where they still store many treasures.

I anticipate that, long after Betsey and I have moved away, we will still consider it our favorite home.

In July it occurred to me that we Goodwins have enjoyed still another abode. This is the resort in Maine where, for at least a few days together, we have relaxed over 25 summers. Beyond my meager attempts at gardening, it has probably represented my deepest embrace of nature.

I can think of still another category of homes. Among

the countless art museums I have been privileged to visit throughout America and other parts of the world are several in Los Angeles, New York, Boston and Providence that I have explored at least a hundred times.

I never tire of their masterpieces or surprising juxtapositions.

So do I feel Jewish because I’m forever wandering from home to home? Far from it! I feel that I have been loved, sought love and returned love in so many wonderful structures and settings. Yes, I may feel exceptionally nostalgic as I approach my 70th birthday, but this may be a convenient way of saying that, in most places and eras, I have felt sheltered and blessed.

GEORGE M. GOODWIN, who writes for numerous historical journals, has edited Rhode Island Jewish Historical Notes for 15 years. He has been a trustee of the Rhode Island Historical Society for nine years and has taken perhaps 100,000 photos.

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Trip to Israel turns out to be a religious experience

BY DORA ELICE Ever since the first summer Camp JORI sent counselorsin-training to Israel, I have been desperate to go. Year by year, my Camp JORI friends and I watched videos of Israel and imagined ourselves finally stepping onto the homeland for the first time.

Last summer, my six friends and I said “next year in Jerusalem” probably every single day, and our group chat was going a mile a minute the entire school year about our upcoming trip.

After the longest plane ride of my entire life, being in Israel was such a surreal experience.

I never expected to feel anything at the Western Wall, and the first time we went there, I didn’t. But the second time at the Western Wall, on Shabbat, I had a different point of view.

Instead of rushing to put my note into a place I thought it wouldn’t fall out, I was able to put my head against the wall and breathe.

It is such an amazing experience for anyone, because even if you don’t feel a strong connection to God, realizing that so many people around you do can be enough. Not only was I able to feel a closer connection to God at the wall, but I also felt a closer connection to the Jewish people of Israel and around the world.

As part of my program, I signed up to hike from the Mediterranean Sea to the Sea of Galilee. Sleeping outside,

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making our own food, hiking all day, and lots of bugs were only some of the fears I had about this experience – which is exactly why I signed up for it. I faced all of my fears on this hike, and had an unbelievable experience, along with around 15 of my Camp JORI friends.

If you asked me what my favorite place in Israel was, I don’t think I could pick one. In Jerusalem, you have the Jewish culture, the Kosher food, and the beautiful history. Safed has a totally different Jewish culture, modernized through the art that is everywhere. Eilat was so beautiful and warm, with the ocean and constant water activ-

ities to get out of the heat. The buzz of Tel Aviv was reviving, and the futuristic technology designed there is able to help so many people. The beaches and gardens of Haifa were absolutely stunning.

Those were only some of the places we went to and things we did, and I formed a connection and love for each of them.

This past year, during confirmation, the rabbi had private conversations with each student. I clearly remember him telling me that he believed I had not found my place in the Jewish religion.

Prior to traveling to Israel, I had a very strong connection

Dora Elice and friends at the Western Wall. with the Jewish people, but not the religion. Now, after this trip, my connection to the religion is very intense, and growing.

As I’m writing this, I have arrived home, and knowing I have a Birthright trip ahead of me in a couple of years is the only thing keeping me from taking the next flight back to Israel.

I have already scavenged my fridge for hummus and made plans with my camp friends, but the longing to go back to Israel still hasn’t subsided.

I went into this experience looking to have a good time

traveling the world with my friends; I didn’t believe people when they told me I would come back with a changed view of Judaism.

Did I have a great time with my friends in a foreign country? Of course. But I also found a relationship with God that I had previously believed didn’t exist.

DORA ELICE is a junior at Moses Brown School. She has been a camper at Camp JORI since 2011. She lives in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and is already planning her next trip to Israel.

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Women’s foil team (left to right): Alexandra McDonald, Julia Shalansky, Anika Breker, Morgan Partridge

Julia Shalansky part of award-winning Women’s Foil team The best fencers in the nation flocked to America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis, Missouri, June 28 to July 7 to compete in the 10-day USA National Championships, arguably the largest fencing tournament in the world with over 4,000 athletes competing. Fencers from age 8 to over 80 challenged each other for championship crowns and national team memberships. Every fencer was required to prequalify for each of his or her selected events in

the three fencing weapons— foil, epee, and sabre—grouped by gender, age, and ability level.

Fencing events began at 8 a.m. daily with some afternoon sessions ending at 10to 11p.m. due to the 200-300 or more athletes competing in some categories.

The Rhode Island Fencing Academy & Club (RIFAC) in E. Providence was well represented at Summer Nationals in all weapon contests, but particularly so in foil. RIFAC’s women’s foil team defeated the

number one seed on its way to a second place silver in Senior Team Women’s Foil. Four of the club’s strongest and most experienced women fencers made up the team including Providence’s Julia Shalansky. Shalansky holds a national rating of “B”; ratings are awarded by the United States Fencing Association and range from “A” at the highest to “E.” Submitted by the R.I. Fencing Academy & Club

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