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Happy Holidays Shalom Magazine 2013 Published by Farber Marketing Inc. Editor & Publisher: Shirley Nigri Farber Marketing Director: Scott A. Farber Copy Editor: Susie Davidson Contributors: ADL New England Rabbi Katty Z. Allen - Ma’yan Tikvah Rabbi Susan Abramson - Temple Shalom Emeth Rabbi Rabbi Moshe Y. Bleich - Wellesley Chabad Susie Davidson Marco Fogel - London Rabbi Leonard Gordon - Mishkan Tefila Avrom Honig - Feedmebubbe.com Dr. Rebecca Housel Steffi Aronson Karp Robert Leikind - AJC Boston Sid Leifer - Mishkan Tefila
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No doubt Rosh Hashanah came too early this year. The very day the summer edition was out, we had to begin preparing for the High Holidays one. This is a time of the year that Jews from all walks of life connect to their Judaism. There are many ways to connect to G-d, to our tradition, to our ancestors and to our history. Many Jews are distancing themselves from what is called the Orthodox or Traditional Judaism. Jews are finding new ways to connect with the Holy One and to the Torah. Among the various origins of the word “religion,” I like the one that comes from re-ligare – to reconnect. We all came from G-d, we are all His creation, but sometimes as we grow, we get busy with our lives and distance ourselves. For many Jews, the holidays are the time to reinforce that bond. During the High Holiday period, we feel inclined to pray for a deceased family member, to visit the cemetery, to call relatives, and to gather the family. Many of us had grandparents that were Orthodox; in their minds that was the only way a Jew could live. As we change our way of practicing the Jewish religion, we share our fond memories of family members walking to the synagogue in a white talit (prayer shawl), or preparing a holiday meal. Sometimes it seems that eating the food that our ancestors shared at a holiday meal is the most prominent bond to our heritage and to our family. Over four years of Shalom Magazine, we have been able to reach out to many Jews who are not connected to the rest of the community, those who generally do not frequent a temple, a Jewish school or a kosher establishment. The fact that we widely distribute the magazine in large supermarkets all over Massachusetts is helping us find the “un-connected” Jew. From our feedback, we can see that people still like to know what is happening in our community. You never know what is going to spark the need to be involved. I would like to invite you to share your thoughts and ideas with our readers. To stay connected with our daily updates, with local news and Jewish events, follow us at www.facebook.com/shalommagazine. I hope you find a way to express your own connection and enjoy what Judaism means to you. May you all be inscribed in the Book of Life. Shirley Nigri Farber - Editor to subscribe to shalom magazine
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Community Event Listings High Holy Days Broadcast on WCUW On Friday evening, September 13, starting at approximately 8 p.m., WCUW Community Radio, 91.3 FM and streaming live at wcuw. org., will broadcast the Kol Nidre service from Temple Emanuel Sinai (Emanuel campus) in Worcester. (There will be appropriate music at 8 p.m. and the service itself will be on the air around 8:30 p.m; the broadcast of the service will be delayed for technical reasons.) This broadcast is intended to serve those unable to attend services in person. Partial funding for the broadcast has been provided by Temple Emanuel Sinai’s Saul Seder Yom Kippur Broadcast Fund. Those who wish to donate to WCUW in honor of this broadcast are urged to mail donations, payable to WCUW, to the station at 910 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610, and include a note that says the donation is in thanks for this broadcast. For further information, please call either Troy Tyree of WCUW at 508-753-1012, or the office of the Temple Emanuel campus at 508-755-1257.
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The Chai Center’s Holiday Programs for Young Adults Free Yom Kippur Services and Killer Break-Fast Whether you’re bored every year and go for family, or are filled with nostalgia, or guilt, or if you just haven’t gone for years, give it one more chance. Please join us for services in English with meaning, melody and humor. We also offer an amazing Children’s Program from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Brookline High School’s MLK Room, 115 Greenough St. Brookline. Reserve your seat at: www.GetChai.com/HighHolidays, email info@getchai.com, or call 617-278-2424.
Sushi in the Sukkah Party with hundreds of Boston’s Jewish young adults under the 3,000-year-old mystical canopy called The Sukkah. Enjoy kosher sushi and listen to live jazz music on this holiday that is also known as the Time of Joy. Sunday, September 22 at 8 p.m. at the Chai Center, 105 St. Paul St., Brookline.
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Please join our Yom Kippur services which are open to all free of charge. Enjoy our services in which we use English/Hebrew machzors, with a heavy dose of meaningful explanations along with anecdotes and humor. For more info and to reserve a spot http:// www.wwjewish.org/ Chabadwellesley@ aol.com 781-239-1076.
Ma’yan Tikvah Outdoor High Holiday Services in Nature Kol Nidre, Friday, September 13, 7 p.m., Church of the Holy Spirit, 169 Rice Rd., Wayland Yom Kippur, Saturday, September 14, 9:30 a.m., Cedar Hill Camp, 265 Beaver St., Waltham, MA (accessible by MBTA bus) Neilah Service and Break-fast, Saturday, September 14, 7:15 p.m., Private Home with fields and pond in Lincoln Wild weather plan: If the weather is too wild for an outdoor service, we will meet at Peace Lutheran Church, 107 Concord Rd., Wayland. Ma’yan Tikvah celebrates the High Holidays in the woods with morning services on Yom Kippur as well as Kol Nidre services on Erev Yom Kippur. The services are a combination of traditional and nontraditional; they are informal and participatory for those who wish to add their voices. Morning services will be held outside, or if the weather requires it, under an outdoor pavilion. There is time to sing, to appreciate the natural world around us, to meditate and pray, to read and discuss the Torah portion and to remember our loved ones during Yizkor on Yom Kippur. Our Kol Nidre service is mostly indoors, but if weather permits we will go outside for part of the service. We will also have a short Neilah service at the end of Yom Kippur followed by a pot-luck breakfast. Details for all services will be sent upon registration. All are welcome, including families with children. The sites for Yom Kippur are handicapped accessible. We run a food drive during the High Holidays to benefit the Grow Clinic at Boston Medical Center.RSVP: rabbi@mayantikvah.org.
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I sraeli W ine T asting On July 25, CAMERA Young Leadership and Boston Israel Group hosted an Israeli wine tasting at Brookline Liquor Mart. Young professionals tasted and learned about six varieties of Israeli wines. Attendees also received an update on CAMERA’s mission (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) to promote accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and the Middle East. It was a fun and informative evening! For more information about CAMERA Young Leadership, contact Josh Sandler at jsandler@camera.org.
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YLD’ s T hrowback T hursday
On Thursday June 6, 150 young adults attended Throwback Thursday, Young Leadership Division’s final event of the 2013 2014 campaign year. They danced to sweet 90s jams and raised money for CJP’s three strategic priorities (Caring & Social Justice; Israel and Overseas; and Engaging Future Generations).
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AJC ACCESS Boston - AIC Boston 4th Annual Young Leaders Interfaith Iftar
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On Tuesday, July 23, young leaders from AJC and AIC came together to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Ramadan with a traditional Iftar. An Iftar is a customary break fast during the month of Ramadan, and is celebrated with a social gathering. The evening included a delicious meal, a children’s Sikh choir, and over 120 guests from many different communities. “It was a wonderful event, as usual. The speakers and performance were very moving, and it was a great atmosphere in which to mingle and meet new people,” said AJC ACCESS Boston Board member Orli Kleiner. The Interfaith Iftar is in its fourth year and continues to mark a strong relationship between AIC and AJC. The evening highlighted the ideals that we as Jews and Muslims share ranging from faith and spirituality to compassion and charity. The groups together raised over $350 for the Pine Street Inn in Boston, supporting homeless individuals in Greater Boston. It was another successful event, and we hope you will join us for the Fifth Annual Interfaith Iftar next summer! More on www.facebook.org/AJCACCESSBoston.
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On June 20, Jewish Vocational Service clients, staff, and agency supporters and employer partners recognized the accomplishments of 1,414 students who completed a JVS class or program over the past year at the agency’s third annual Celebration of Achievement event, held at Tremont Temple in Boston. Keynote Speaker City Councilor At-Large Felix G. Arroyo and Loh-Sze Leung of SkillWorks congratulated the students on their accomplishments, and three clients shared their inspiring stories of gaining skills, obtaining employment, and advancing their careers. One client speaker, Hongfang Li, spoke about her struggles finding meaningful employment after immigrating to America. Hongfang enrolled in JVS’ Certified Nursing Assistant Program, graduated, and found full-time employment as a CNA at the Roscommon Extended Care Center. She plans to continue her studies and fulfill her dream of becoming a Registered Nurse. JVS was founded in 1938 to help Jewish immigrants enter the American workforce and support their families. Today, the agency serves a diverse clientele who represent over 67 nations and speak 59 languages. For more information, visit www.jvsboston.org.
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Steve Grossman candidate for governor in 2014 Massachusetts State Treasure Steve Grossman is a candidate for leave no one behind.� He wants to make sure that the whole state Governor in 2014. During the Bate Papo com (chat with) Shirley is included in its economic, social and educational development, televised interview with journalist Shirley Farber, he said that for as well as in job creation. many years, he has supported Grossman said that he suin-state tuition for children of pports casinos in Massachuundocumented immigrants. setts because they will help He explained that these stuthe economy and generate dents would not take seats jobs. He does not take a pofrom other local residents, and sition of where the casinos would still produce money for should be located. He invited the state by paying tuition to viewers to participate in his our schools. He believes that campaign by visiting his site undocumented immigrants www.stevegrossman.com. need a pathway to citizenship, Bate Papo com Shirley TV and that immigrants are helshow has been broadcast ping the economy. since September 2005, and He also discussed a program appears on various local stathat he introduced, the Small tions in Massachusetts. ToBusiness Banking Partnerday, over 30 cities and towns ship. The program has helbroadcast the bilingual (Porped generate $900 million tuguese/English) talk show. in loans to small businesses, The show is also available on especially those that are woComcast On Demand>Get men, minority, immigrant and Local>Brazilian in the states veteran-owned. He gave as an of MA, CT, NH, VT and ME. example Leo Chantre, owner The interview was part of of Stone Projects in Woburn, an hour show with various a Brazilian who is growing his guests and was taped on Steve Grossman and Shirley Farber at the Bate Papo TV studio business through the banking August 26 at the Stoughton program. Chantre received a Media Access Corporation $335,000 loan, and is using with the help of volunteers it to purchase new equipment. More information on the program including Roy Cohen, former Stoughton selectman. and a list of banks that offer this loan can be found at www.Mass. Shirley Nigri Farber is a Brazilian journalist living in Stoughton. gov/treasury. Besides producing, directing and hosting her TV show, she is also As another example of immigrant leadership, Grossman cited his the editor and publisher of the monthly Bate Papo Magazine and own grandfather, who migrated from Russia and started a business the quarterly Shalom Magazine. Both magazine are free and distri(Massachusetts Envelope Company) that is now run by his sons. buted in Massachusetts. For more information call: 781-975-1009. He discussed the reasons why he decided to run for governor, and Watch the interview also online at: https://archive.org/ said that “people in Massachusetts want proven leadership that will details/22801BatePapo82613
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Canton Chai Center’s Open House The Canton Chai Center announced in August their relocation to a brand new, state of the art facility. Over the summer months, The Center has been renovated and designed to meet the growing needs of the community. The new location boasts a spacious, sunlit sanctuary, with beautiful rooms for holiday programming, Hebrew school classes, and adult education. The Chai Center is located in downtown Canton, on the main road, at 576 Washington St. in Canton. The Canton Chai Center offers High Holiday services that are free and open to the public. There are no membership fees, and all are welcome regardless of background or affiliation. The prayers are easy to follow, with the English and Hebrew prayer books, which also include song and commentary. A delicious kiddish lunch is provided each day following services, and everyone
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is welcome to participate and enjoy the friendship and warmth that is always extended at the Chai Center. For your complimentary High Holiday tickets, please call 781-821-2227 or email CantonChaiCenter@yahoo.com. The Canton Chai Center is devoted to strengthening Jewish identity by providing educational, cultural, and social activities for all individuals and families regardless of financial ability, background or affiliation. The Canton Chai Center hosts a range of programs including holiday celebrations, weekly Shabbat services and lunch, adult education, Hebrew reading courses, youth clubs, and Bar Mitzvahs. The Canton Chai Center arranges Rabbi Mendel and Rivka Horowitz home visits, and food deliveries on a regular basis for those in need. With the new and larger space, the Chai Center will expand its range of programming to include a weekly Hebrew school, offered on either Tuesdays or Wednesdays, Kids in the Kitchen, where children cook and bake traditional Jewish foods, Tiny Treasures - a Mommy and Me group for young children, and Senior Buddies, a program that links volunteers and seniors. The goal of the center is to continue serving this vibrant and growing community with warmth, love, and compassion. Their open house BBQ is scheduled for Sunday September 22, at 12:30 p.m. For more information on the Canton Chai Center, call at 781-8212227 or visit www.CantonChaiCenter.com. The Chai Center of Canton is a 501-C3 non-profit organization and relies on donations to continue its vital work on behalf of the community. To donate, please visit www.cantonchaicenter/donate.com.
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Taking The Chubby Chickpea Kosher By Avi Shemtov When I opened The Chubby Chickpea more than three years ago in the center of Canton, I was young and naïve, if not wide-eyed and foolish. I had no idea at the time about the commitment that running a restaurant, even a small quick-serve, took, and I would probably have to admit that I entered the industry a little arrogant and headstrong. I had been successful in my short career selling things and managing people and I believed that would translate into easy success in the world of food. It didn’t take long for me to realize how much work I would need to do if I hoped to survive, and, almost overnight, I was humbled enough to dive in with both feet. The past three years have been an experience - I have been lower and higher than I had probably thought possible, I have met people on both sides of the counter whom I am better for knowing, and I have accomplished the first of my many goals: I believe I have proven that, when packaged in a friendly and modern way, people love Israeli food! Through one of my business’ many adventures, I came to meet Rabbi Krems at the KVH* a few months ago. It was a chance meeting and it lead to a very informative conversation which changed forever my view of the Kosher restaurant business. I quickly came to believe that the Rabbi is an honest man with integrity and strong business acumen. At the same time, I also came to believe that the Rabbi had my best interests in mind in all of his advice. I knew after speaking to him the first time that the Chubby Chickpea had to be Kosher. My decision to make the Chubby Chickpea, a brand which I have worked hard to establish as Kosher, is not one I’ve made in haste. Rather, it is the culmination of a desire I’ve always had but only recently realized was a real possibility. The feedback I have received
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thus far has been incredibly passionate and, for the most part, also very positive. Most view this innovation as a welcome addition to the local food scene, an exciting change that will breathe new life into a growing brand, or an amenity to an underserved community. Unfortunately, some see the move as opportunistic (I was even called by email a ‘nauseating thief,’ for whatever reason), which I don’t disagree with - my goals have always been multi-faceted and transparent. With this move, I hope to feed my family, serve my community, and continue to create opportunities for those who have worked so hard to make us what we are. My grandparents left their family farm behind in Turkey in 1948 in order to start a life in Israel that would allow them to raise their children with the morals and beliefs that belonged to their people. Some of these morals and beliefs were founded in the Jewish faith - my grandfather in particular was a very religious man - but many of them were simple lifestyle choices: my grandfather would pull his vegetable cart to the Machane Yehudah market in Jerusalem every morning at 5 a.m. and would insist that my father wake up to help, in order to learn the value of hard work. My grandmother would never let a guest leave her home without a warm bowl of Kubbeh or some fresh grape leaves. Those same values are the values that my parents raised me with, and they are the values that my company exhibits. Our promise to you, our customers, is this: We will strive every day to serve the very best Kosher food at the most reasonable prices, and we will work hard to fulfill this goal. We will be innovative and creative. We will be tireless and strict in our observance of KVH’s standards. We will provide a product and an atmosphere that we will be proud of, and our hope is that you will enjoy this next chapter in our story as much as we will! Avi Shemtov is the Chef/Founder of The Chubby Chickpea. KVH is the kosher symbol used by the Rabbinical Council of New England.
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ADL New England Launches Interfaith Youth Leadership Coalition In August, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) New England Region launched its Interfaith Youth Leadership Program at Babson College. The program began with a one-day, intensive anti-bias immersion program that is the first in a series of interfaith gatherings for ADL’s newly formed Interfaith Youth Leadership Coalition. “This coalition is an opportunity for interfaith learning, inspiration, and partnership,” said ADL Regional Director ADL’s Interfaith Youth Leadership Coalition Robert Trestan in a statement. “The participants are not just our leaders for tomorrow, they are leaders for today. As part of the theme Center Makor Community Day of ADL’s Centennial year, we’ve asked everyone to ‘Imagine a World Center Makor and Temple Bnai Moshe invite all to the 13th Annual Without Hate.’ These teens have the ability to not only imagine, but to Community Day and Fundraiser that will take place on Sunday, initiate change and use the tools we have given them to create a world September 29 from 1-6 p.m. There will be game for kids, concerts, without hate. They have the power to change the world.” Fifty New England high school students, representing Christian, face painting, dances, balloons, open house, inflatables, vendors, food, ice cream, a raffle for parents, and prizes for kids. As it is our Jewish, and Muslim religions, came from over 25 communities throutradition to remember all victims killed at Babi Yar and at all other ghout Massachusetts and Maine to participate in the program, which ravines in USSR during World War II on this day, please join us for was led by highly skilled interfaith facilitators, including clergy and a 30 minute Candlelight Vigil and Memorial Ceremony at 3 p.m. other religious leaders, educators, and ADL staff. Throughout the year, Jewish dietary law will be observed. Address: 1845 Commonwealth the coalition will learn about each other’s religious backgrounds, build Ave. Brighton. For more information, please visit www.centermakor. an appreciation for their differences, and form lasting relationships. “In high school, little differences alone can divide people into groups, org. Sponsored by the Russian Jewish Community Foundation and and beyond high school, I think these divisions only get worse,” exCJP. plained Kelly Schuster, a participant from Sharon High School. “It was a breath of fresh air to see a group of people our age, all dedicated to breaking those barriers down and coming together, with that common goal in mind.” The work of ADL’s newly formed Interfaith Youth Leadership Coalition continues after the seminar, as participants return home and work together with ADL throughout the year to create projects that build bridDiplomats and AJC Boston members ges of interfaith understanding among members of their communities.
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SUMMER PICTURES SHAS summer campers
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Striar Hebrew Academy Summer Program had another successful summer of fun, creativity, friendship and personal growth. A common theme in all of the activities was... WATER! Counselors and campers splashed in water, painted with water, cooled off in water, discovered water on the moon, watered our garden, respected the water falling from the sky, and drank lots of water to stay healthy.
Building community & bettering the future, one child at a time Hands-on learning Small class sizes Engaging Judaic & general studies Focus on whole child Torah values & deep connections to Israel Hebrew immersion After-school activities
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Dig deep and find a way Rabbi Susan Abramson
On Monday, Sept. 2, we witnessed a feat never before accomplished by anyone in history, when 64-year-old Diana Nyad became the first person ever to make the 110-mile swim from Havana Cuba to Key West Florida without a shark cage. It was her fifth attempt and the culmination of a quest she began in her 20s. No one believed that she was capable of doing it other than she. Her friends, her supporters, the media, were all on hand, waiting for her to once again fail. How could a 64-year-old woman possibly accomplish this unfathomable task? How could she possibly have the strength, the stamina, the courage to overcome sharks, jellyfish, the elements, and all the other obstacles in her path? Dayaynu - it would have been enough if she had just accomplished this incredible task and collapsed onto the shore. But when she staggered out of the water, exhausted, face bloated, lips swollen, nearly unrecognizable from what she looked like when she entered the water, she gave one of the shortest, most poignant sermons I have ever heard. With the last ounce of strength she proclaimed: “I got three messages. One. We should never ever give up. Two. You are never too old to chase your dreams. Three. It looks like a solitary sport but it’s a team...” When asked the next day by reporters how she was able to accomplish this goal, she said that whenever the going got tough, she would repeat the following mantra: “Dig deep and find a way.” After hearing all this, I threw away my Rosh Hashanah evening sermon. What could be more powerful and symbolic for all of us, as we prepare to celebrate the New Year, than this story? Many of us were moved by this spectacle because it hit so close to home. For me, a woman not that much younger than Nyad, accomplishing a feat requiring so much physical as well as mental strength and courage was truly inspiring. Growing up in an age where women were told they were inferior to men on so many levels, particularly in terms of athletic prowess, here was proof that they were wrong. As many of us age and fear that we no longer have the endurance to do what we once did, she gave all of us hope that we are as powerful as we ever were. As world leaders are feeling powerless and unsure of their mission in Syria, as we all struggle with our response to this crisis, she jumped right into the water,
overcame all obstacles and achieved her goal. As we all struggle with our own challenges, which to us seem insurmountable, she gave us all hope. She has taught us that if we, too, dig deep, we can find a way. On this Rosh Hashanah, as we are about to jump into a new year full of personal, national, and international challenges, her prescription gives us the hope and the power to overcome whatever challenges we may face in the year ahead. “One, we should never, ever give up.” Four other times throughout Diana’s life, she had failed to reach this goal. She had been stung by too many jellyfish. There were sharks nearby. The current was too strong in the wrong direction. The last time, two years ago, she had an asthma attack, the first one she had ever suffered. All of these impediments caused her to abort her mission. But she was undaunted in her quest to keep trying. We are all going to face unknown obstacles in the year ahead. We are going to be stung by others who inadvertently keep us from getting where we need to go. We are going to fail because the course we are taking is just too full of sharks. We will be swimming against the tide. Some of us will keep trying and failing to get back into the job market. Some of us will keep trying and failing to get back on track with a relationship. Some of us will keep trying and failing to get healthy, to take better care of ourselves. Some of us will keep trying and failing to help a loved one overcome a medical problem. We have felt frustrated, scared, unsure of our capabilities. We have been through so much and felt so defeated that we are tempted to just give up and allow our lives to just linger in an incomplete, unhealed, unfulfilled state. Nyad said that in her weakest moments along the swim, with each stroke she would say to herself, “push Cuba back, pull Florida toward you.” When we are at our weakest moments in this new year, we would do well to remember these words. As we plough ahead, feeling weak and weary, when we ache from the continued exertion of trying to achieve our goals, we need to remember to take one stroke, one step at a time. With each little step forward it will give us strength to feel that we are one step further from where we started, and one step closer to where we want to go. As we plough ahead through rough waters, bravely revisiting
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Dig deep and find a way the places where we have been and failed to move beyond, as we struggle to find a way to conjure the strength to try again and this time succeed, dig deep and find a way. “Two. You are never too old to chase your dreams.” I sometimes hear from people in my age bracket that it is too late for them to pursue a lifelong interest. They have been treading water for so long. They have given up the chance at happiness, to find a person with who to share life, to finally write that novel they have had swimming around in their head for decades, to jump into a brand new endeavor or field of interest. There are members of our congregation who have wanted to become a Bar or Bat Mitzvah forever who decided it was never the right time. There are people who have given up the hope that they will reconcile themselves with an estranged family member or friend, who believe that they will live forever with a broken heart, and who are feeling forgotten, frustrated, incomplete, because they feel that it is too late to dive in and face the obstacles head on. Nyad said that at the age of 64, she is at the peak of her physical and mental strength. With the years have come a mental toughness and wisdom that have enabled her to be the most suited to accomplish her mission. No matter how old we are, we are not over the hill. As long as there is life, there is hope for us to fulfill our ambitions. Dig deep and find a way. “Three. It looks like a solitary sport, but it’s a team.” How often do we feel like we are the only one in the pool? We face the challenges of life alone. There is no one there to comfort us when the going gets tough, no one who understands what it is like to be on our particular journey, what it is like to face our particular challenges, no one to help us when we feel that we are drowning. But what we often forget is that when we lift our head out of the water, we see that we are surrounded and supported by an entire community. We have an entire temple community here to cheer each other on as we celebrate each milestone in our lives, from baby namings, to B’nai Mitzvah, to Confirmations, to weddings. We are part of a caring team that supports each of us in times of distress
and sorrow. We raise our children together. We pray together. We help the world together. We celebrate life together. We stand up for our principles together. We support the State of Israel together. In our Jewish community, life is not a solitary sport. It is a team effort. As I watched Nyad being interviewed by a CNN reporter the next day, her face still sun burnt, still having trouble speaking because her mouth remained swollen, she excitedly announced that she was going to be doing a number of 48-hour swims in a specially designed pool to raise money for charity starting next month. The pool is first going to be in New York to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Next April, on the first anniversary of the Marathon bombings, the pool is going to be in Boston to raise money for victims. Nyad is planning to dig deep and find a way to help the world be a better place. A true inspiration, someone who is not out for her own personal glory, but someone who wishes to use her celebrity, her energy, and her life to help others. On this Rosh Hashanah, when we once again face the same obstacles which we failed to overcome in the past, let us dig deep and find a way. When we think about all the reasons why we can’t pursue our dreams, overcome our fears, find peace within ourselves and resolution with others, dig deep and find a way. When we feel all alone, believing that no one understands us, that we can’t find a way to connect to our community, our people, our faith, our Jewish roots, dig deep and find a way. As we look out over the next leg of our journey, we already see the traps and snares waiting to entangle us. The sharks are close to shore. The mano’war are literally ready to strike. The storm clouds are gathering. We know that we are going to need extra courage, determination and faith this year. When we hear the shofar, rallying us to try again this year to achieve our goals, to have the courage of Abraham, to unite with our community, we are blessed to have the added inspiration of a 64-year-old woman who succeeded, against all odds. Rabbi Abramson is the rabbi of Temple Shalom Emeth, Burlington, MA. She is one of the first 50 women to be ordained and is the longest serving female rabbi in Massachusetts.
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Events at the Vilna Shul
High Holiday Services with Havurah on the Hill The Havurah’s unique, lay led and non-denominational Jewish-Muslim Networking and services are open to everyone. Public Service Day Friday, September 13: Kol Nidre Sunday November 17th 2013 Saturday, September 14: Yom Kippur Sunday, September 15 - 3 p.m.: Sukkah Building with Havurah The Vilna Shul invion the Hill tes you to “Who We Friday, September 20 - 6:30 Want to Be: Fostering p.m.: Shabbat in the Sukkah with Jewish-Muslim ConHavurah on the Hill nections for a Brighter Sunday, November 17: Young Future.” Sponsored in A dult Jewish-Muslim N e part by a grant from tworking and Public Service Day: the Young Adult Divi“Who We Want to Be: Fostering sion of the Combined Jewish-Muslim Connections for Jewish Philanthropies a Brighter Future” of Greater Boston and Thursday, October 3 - 6:15 in partnership with the p.m.: Film Screening “50 ChilFoundation for Ethnic dren: The Rescue Mission of Mr. Understanding’s annual & Mrs. Kraus” Weekend of Twinning, Friday, October 4: CJP Young this event welcomes Families Shabbat (reservations young adults to a day of required) service and intercultural Wednesday, October 9 - 12 collaboration at Vilna p.m.: Free Judaica Appraisal with Shul. Elizabeth Berman August Challah baking workshop at the Vilna Shul co-sponsored by Come and connect Friday, October 18 - 7 p.m.: Chabad of Downtown Boston with organizations and Kabbalat Shabbat with Havurah community leaders who on the Hill and Isaac Akiba of the are committed to building relationships between Jews and Muslims. Boston Ballet Sunday, October 27 - 1 p.m.: A Hidden Child and Clandestine It’s a chance to hear practical and inspirational examples of how engagement works on the ground, join together in a sustainable Activities of French Women During World War II Friday, November 15 - 7 p.m.: Kabbalat Shabbat with Havurah public service project, and highlight the creative ways we can improve relationships between our communities in Boston and abroad on the Hill Sunday, December 1: Annual Family Chanukah Lights Cele- through the arts, technology, sciences, and spirituality. Mark your calendars now and be sure to visit www.vilnashul.org bration in the coming weeks to get all the details on the event. For details and reservations, please visit www.vilnashul.org or call 617-523-2324.
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Truest Blood, Part II
By Dr. Rebecca Housel The Emmy-winning series, True Blood just completed its sixth season on HBO, receiving the thumbs up for a seventh beginning in June 2014. Creator Alan Ball adapted author Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse novels to the small screen in 2008, a book series that is set in fictional Bon Temps, Louisiana. The main character, Sookie Stackhouse, is a buxom blonde waitress who has the uncanny ability to read minds. Yes, you read that right. Sookie is a telepath, but that’s not all. She’s also part faery. Bon Temps’ “supes” or supernatural beings, include shape shifters, werewolves, and ah, yes, the iconic vampire. While the fifth season, which aired in 2012, connected vampires to Adam’s first wife (as in “Adam & Eve”), Lilith, and her followers chanting in a pseudo-Hebraic language, Season Six continued the theme of Jewish vampires through ghettoization, encampment and experimentation in the name of “science.” Sara Liddy Robinson of Brandeis University authored a brilliant piece of research in 2009, published in the Journal of Religion and Monsters that thoroughly explained the connection between greed and vilifying Jews as vampires throughout European history, beginning in Britain. Part of what I research, write and speak about is this very subject. Liddy connects Jewish vampires to Britain; my research takes us back further to Constantine, the first Christian Roman Emperor. Because the Roman Empire covered not only Italy and Greece, but countries throughout the Middle East, including Israel, and Turkey, as well as most of Europe - France, Spain, Germany, England, Ireland - Constantine’s role in legalizing anti-Semitism cannot be underestimated. The name “Britain” was derived to honor the founder of Britain, Brutus of Troy. Geoffrey of Monmouth’s 12th century chronicle, Historia Regum Britanniae, refers to Brutus as not only the son of Aeneas from Homer’s famed Iliad, but also, as a descendent of Noah. Ah, the irony. When True Blood portrayed a secret society of vampires chanting in what was essentially Hebrew and drinking the blood of Lilith, it raised an eyebrow. Knowing (and working with) a number of the stars from the show, like Sam Trammel (Sam Merlotte), Denis O’Hare (Russell Edgington), and Joe Manganiello (Alcide Herveaux), I had an insider’s knowledge of where the show was headed. And I wasn’t displeased. In Season Six the audience witnessed how, though a tiny percentage of Louisiana’s population, vampires are systematically singled out by the government. First, their businesses and personal property are forcibly forfeited. Then, a “camp” is set up to house vampires for “further study.” Horrible experiments in the “name of science” take place there. Men and women are separated. They are given uniforms. Their canines are removed. They are starved. Forced to compete for food. They must sleep stacked on top of each other. They are experimented on. All of it is supposedly to help defend
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non-vampires against these menacing creatures of the night. But like German Jews in 1933, the vampires of Louisiana are peaceful, productive, law-abiding citizens who own businesses, pay taxes, and generally, stay away from humans. The vampires of True Blood are portrayed as smart, fearless survivors who will defend themselves if necessary. Similar to Israeli Jews of today. HBO’s True Blood is the first in television history to imply a connection between Jews and vampires as not a vilification, but to show a separation through superiority. The vampires of the show follow a different ideology than most humans, but still live amongst them, help them, love them, care for them, even protect them. Jewish contributions to the world are innumerable and include advances in science, technology, medicine, physics, mathematics, literature, music, and art. Jews are by far the smallest world population with the greatest number of positive world achievements, things that make life better - not just for Jews - but for ALL human beings. And we don’t require anything of the humans we help. Except to be left alone. It’s the same for our fictional counterparts in True Blood. As we approach another new year, let us remember that the Jewish people are different because of our culture, the founding tenet of which is Tikkun Olam. We nurture our own talents in order to help repair the world. Not because we will go to heaven. Or avoid hell. Not because God told us to. But because we are a self-sustaining, self-responsible people. Maybe it’s time we embrace this difference, like the vampires of Bon Temps. In the end, the True Blood vamps escaped the camp, killing their captors. Though the Holocaust sadly did not end that way for the Jewish people, if we better understand who we are and why we are different from every other cultural and ethnic group on Planet Earth, it will make repeating history very, very difficult for our enemies in future. Dr. Rebecca Housel, The Pop Culture Professor TM, is the author and editor of True Blood & Philosophy (Wiley, 1st ed. 2010 & 2nd ed. 2011). Housel speaks about this topic at national venues and will next appear at the Ohio Comic Con September 20-22, 2013. Please visit her website for more details: www.RebeccaHousel.com.
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The Divine name
Adonai, Adonai, G-d, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and truth, and forgiving of other’s transgressions. And taking two abundant in goodness and truth, showing compassion to a thousand deep breaths can help us just as much, or even more, as it can help generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin (Ex. 34:6-7). G-d! If we breathe deeply, letting the air in and out, with conscious awareness that we are bringing into our bodies molecules that were G-d speaks the Divine name twice! Wouldn’t once be enough? released from some other organism or from the Earth, perhaps we can better manifest in ourselves these amazing Divine qualities. Whose attention is G-d trying to reach? The medieval commentator Rashi teaches that “Adonai” is G-d’s Philosopher and nature writer Kathleen Dean Moore writes in attribute of compassion, and that the Divine Name is said once The Pine Island Paradox: “if you sit still in the dark, breathing before a person sins and once after the person sins and repents. It’s a quietly, the world will come to life around you…and then you will nice image. I think also about Rabbi Arthur Waskow’s understanding understand: you are kin in a family of living things, aware in a world of the four letter tetragramaton as a breath that happens when we of awareness, alive in a world of lives, breathing as the shrimp try to pronounce the unpronounceable name, and he refers to G-d breathe, as the kelp breathes, as the water breathes, as the alders as the Breath of Life. So, the Divine Name being spoken twice is breathe, the slow in and out. Except for argon and some nitrogen, sort of like G-d breathing deeply twice, one before we sin and once every gas that enters your lungs was created by some living creature after we sin and repent, or, in the verse above, two deep breaths - oxygen by plankton, carbon dioxide by the hemlocks. Every breath before naming the aspects of Divine mercy and forgiveness that you take weaves you into the fabric of life.” When we are confronted by a difficult situation with another are available to us. Jewish tradition teaches that we are to walk in G-d’s ways. person, if we breathe deeply and remember the water, the oxygen, Accordingly, this means that we, too, need to have all the qualities the nitrogen; the rain, the oceans, the mountains; the rainforests, the of forgiveness listed in this verse. The compassion to a thousand deserts, the water’s edge; the frogs, the salamanders, the bacteria generations might be tough for one individual, but at least we can – if we in those two deep breathes can allow such images to pass try to be merciful and gracious, slow to anger, abundant in goodness through our minds, reminding ourselves that we are but one tiny part of the amazing web of life on this amazing planet, and that the Breath of Life sustains us all, perhaps we will find it easier to walk in G-d’s footsteps and to be merciful and forgiving. Perhaps we will be able to look more kindly at our neighbors and ourselves. Perhaps an abundance of goodness and truth will seep into our beings, and bring healing to us and to the Earth. With all my heart and all my soul, I pray, may it be so. Amen. Selah. Rabbi Katy Z. Allen is a chaplain at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Rabbi at Ma’yan Tikvah - A Wellspring of Hope.
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Temple Hillel Bnai Torah Fall Festivities Sukkot Harvest Festival Sunday, September 22, 10 a.m.-noon Temple Hillel B’nai Torah welcomes individuals and families to celebrate Sukkot with us. Sing, create decorations and enjoy refreshments inside the sukkah. While there, sample the fresh bounty of our Temple’s Farmer’s Market. Children will enjoy story-telling and music as part of the Market, which is open from 11-3. Mayoral Forum, September 22, 7-8:30 p.m. Temple Hillel B’nai Torah is holding a panel discussion about the mayoral candidates and upcoming primary election. Bring your questions for journalists Larry Harmon, Boston Globe, and Michael Jonas, Commonwealth magazine who will be leading the discussion. Simchat Torah Celebration Thursday, September 26, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dance with the Torah scroll - indoors and out - and bid on a pumpkin to take home. Fun for individuals and families! Dinner and Musical Kabbalat Shabbat October 18, 6-9 p.m. Welcome Shabbat with a delicious meal, make new friends, and experience a service featuring new melodies from Jerusalem. Temple Hillel B’nai Torah is a warm and welcoming Reconstructionist synagogue located at 120 Corey Street, W. Roxbury. Call us for more information about these and other activities at 617-323-0486. Find our website at www.templehbt.org.
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Let’s Kibbitz! By Susie Davidson Shalom copy editor First and foremost, Shalom wishes all our dear readers and their loved ones a very healthy and happy New Year. 5773 was a typical year in the Jewish community, with both nachas and tsuris. We celebrate the former, and learn from the latter. Everything happens for a reason, and if we build upon both success and failure, we can only become wiser. Here is a group that aims to find some nachas amid the most tsuris that could be imagined. The American Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors of Greater Boston is counting their successes over the past year. “We found strength knowing that Boston 3G continues to grow,” writes President Janet Stein. “We brought a delegation of survivors, 2Gs and 3Gs to Washington to participate in the 20th anniversary observance of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. We paid tribute to Izzy Arbeiter for his forty years as President. We commissioned a piece of artwork, which was donated in Izzy’s honor to the Israel Arbeiter Gallery of Tolerance at Kehillah Schechter Academy. We worked with Jewish Community Relations Council to provide the Greater Boston community with a meaningful and inspirational Holocaust Remembrance Day program. We came together for Café Europa and recalled that Europe was once a place that we called home. And, we began work on our web site and set up a PayPal account to receive donations and dues,” she said. Now that’s a successful year of hope, built from sorrow. Next year, Stein said that AAJHS will increase resources, information and community events, which will begin with the annual Yizkor/Kever Avot service at the Statue of Job at Brandeis on Sunday, Sept. 8, and another Cafe Europa event in the fall. “We are also planning a day trip plan to bring survivors, 2Gs and 3Gs to western Massachusetts to visit both the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst and the Holocaust Institute in North Adams,” she said. An early winter event, to lift those seasonal doldrums, is also being planned, as is the addition of family histories on the AAJHS website.
Who is Seth Albaum? Hopefully, you will know more about him after Sept. 17. That’s the date of the City Council primaries in Lynn, a city that once had a huge Jewish population, many of whom migrated north decades ago to tonier communities in Swampscott and Marblehead. But there are still some Jewish residents who are trying to make it a place to return to. Albaum is one, and he’s running for Councilor of Ward 5. Albaum, who bought a two-bedroom loft condo in downtown Lynn in 2007, embodies the spirit and the dreams of those long-ago Jewish Seth Albaum immigrants. He has immersed himself in community initiatives such as founding the publication LynnHappens.com, founding and serving as President of the Downtown Lynn Neighborhood Association, teaching Video Production and Broadcast Journalism at Chelsea High School, and serving on the Lynn Cultural Council, and the Lynn Arts Board of Directors. In these capacities, he’s learned that sometimes, you can’t fight City Hall - so he wants to join it. Dovid Schlitt In May, Albaum, a New York native who came to Boston in 1993 to attend Emerson College, married Jennifer Adler, whom he met at Emerson’s Hillel. Her dad is the Religious Leader at Congregation Beth David of Narragansett, Rhode Island. They attend Temple Ahabat Shalom, the last synagogue in Lynn. He was involved in the Radio Free Allston station, and is also a DJ at the Gulu-Gulu Cafe in downtown Salem, spinning 80s new wave, post-punk, classic indie-rock, power-pop, garage-punk, Motown and mod/British Invasion. To help Seth Albaum realize his electoral dreams, visit www. ward5lynn.com, email seth@ward5lynn.com, or call his campaign hotline at 781-309-7845. And speaking of DJ’ing... Cantorial music playing on a punk rock station? It wasn’t a dream. It was first-year Hebrew College rabbinical student Dovid Schlitt manning the DJ booth at WZBC, the Boston College station one morning this week. A phone call elicited that Schlitt is a Brookline native and alum of Brookline High School and Solomon Schechter Day School. “I have loved WZBC ever since my days as an adolescent weirdo,” he said, recalling endless cassette tapes
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Let’s Kibbitz! made of the station’s shows. Schlitt went on to DJ while an undergraduate at Columbia University (on Barnard Radio’s WBAR), and for the past five years as a Ph.D student in History at the University of Michigan’s WCBN, which ironically also spun off WZBC station faculty advisor Judy Schwartz. “Freeform radio and Jewish study hold many of the same attractions to me,” he said, citing common creative and intellectual exploration. The show Shalom caught was a two-hour High Holiday-themed effort that featured the vintage cantorial music of “Cantor Samuel Malevsky and his Family Choir,” and songs by renowned Jewish artists who included Kate Bush, Jonathan Richman, and John Zorn. Hitting B.U.: Shalom will be hitting Boston University soon, but not to take in a class. Rather, we’ll take in Brookline-based artist Fay Grajower’s “Where the Past Meets the Future,” which will be exhibited at Boston University Hillel’s Rubin-Frankel Gallery through December 20 (an artist reception will be held on October 10 from 6-8:30 p.m.). Grajower, who studied at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and holds a master’s degree in Studio Art from New York University, is descended from a Jewish family in Krakow. Her colorful, mixedmedia series explores pre-war Galicia in the overall context of cyclical Jewish history. Each of Grajower’s 130 mixed media wooden frames are individual paintings, and also relate together as a mosaic wall. These share space with larger pieces that also interpret the concepts of memory and looking forward. The exhibit was created as an installation for the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow. For more information and to see Grajower’s work, visit http://www. bu.edu/hillel/gallery/WherethePastMeetstheFuture.htm.
camps,” he said. “You are bringing people to hope and to Israel, helping to create a new generation of hope.” Holocaust survivor Sid Handler, who told the audience a harrowing tale about how he was diverted into a closet while other children were rounded up, will be co-leading next year’s trip, which will include, for the first time, visits to Vilna and Kovno in Handler’s native Lithuania (the group will also visit sites of Jewish interest in Poland, as well as the death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau and Majdanek). March organizer Mel Mann, who is a bus captain, an 18-year veteran of the March of the Living, and the son of Lithuanian survivors, flew in from Florida for the meeting, which was spearheaded by tour promoter Irv Kempner, who is the son of two Holocaust survivors from Poland. “If you can, picture in your mind Route 495, the outer beltway around the Boston area,” Kempner said in his address. “And if you imagine from Newburyport down to Onset, 3.2 million people were murdered from Poland alone. Picture the infrastructure left behind - schools, mikvahs, the remnants of a lost civilization. It’s important that we bear witness.” For information, visit http://www.friendsofthemarchoftheliving.org, call Mann at 305-378-0254, or email him at melmann54@aol.com.
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Grajower was in attendance when Shalom ventured into Rubin’s Kosher Delicatessen on Sunday, August 4, and caught the AllGenerations group of Holocaust survivor community members seated at a long table. Director Serena Woolrich organizes many such gatherings in many cities, in the spirit of camaraderie and sharing of experience. Local Holocaust community members who were present included child survivors Rosian Zerner and Fred Manasse (there with wife Annette), and Generations After Treasurer Isaac Kot. Virtually Mike Ross: Boston Mayoral candidate Mike Ross could not be there in body, but he made it to the Aug. 19 March of the Living 2014 Informational Meeting at Kehillah Schechter Academy in videotaped spirit. “I’m running for mayor of Boston with the values that I learned from my father, and the notion of the American dream is something that I carry with me,” he said in the broadcast. “The experiences I heard from my father growing up have informed my public policy through the 14 years of my career.” These he said, included a sense of justice, and a sense of equality, and a sense of duty, which was embodied in no better way than by participating in the March of the Living. “You are living it when you are bringing people to Europe, to the sites of concentration High Holidays/Fall 2013
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B’nai Shalom, Westborough On Sunday, October 13, 2 - 4:30 p.m., Congregation B’nai Shalom, 117 East Main St., Westborough, will host an important community forum on preventing gun violence in Massachusetts and nationwide. These two distinguished speakers will be on a panel: David Hemenway, Ph.D., Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Hemenway is the author of two books on violence prevention: Private Guns, Public Health and While You Were Sleeping: Success Stories in Injury and Violence Prevention; and Michael P. Hirsh, MD, FACS, FAAP, Surgeon-in-Chief, UMASS Memorial Children’s Center and Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, UMASS Medical School. Dr. Hirsh is an active public health and child safety advocate. He brought the “Goods for Guns” buyback program to Worcester and implemented a working partnership with artist Boris Bally and Worcester Technical High School to create art out of guns (Guns for Art) collected from the program. Rabbi Rachel Gurevitz and other local clergy members will discuss this critical issue from a religious and spiritual perspective. There will be an opportunity for Q&A and comments from the audience. Please plan to attend this informative event, appropriate for adults and teens. www.cbnaishalom.org.
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2014 Eastern Europe - Israel Holocaust Heritage Trip By Stanley Hurwitz “When you listen to a witness, you become a witness,” organizers of a unique Holocaust heritage trip to Eastern Europe and Israel told attendees at a recent parlor meeting for prospective participants in the Spring 2014 program. The quote is from survivor/author Elie Wiesel and the speaker was Mel Mann of Miami, a son of survivors and organizer of the Friends of the March of the Living (MOTL). The Friends group, which will be comprised of 2 -3 busloads of people from across North America, will join with over 12,000 teens from around the world on a pilgrimage that will take them “from the ashes of Nazi death camps to the miracle of modern Israel.” Two survivors – Israel ‘Izzy’ Arbeiter and Sid Handler, both of Newton, welcomed the crowd along with Mann and Irv Kempner of Sharon, another son of survivors. The program, hosted by Kehillah Schechter Academy in Norwood, featured video clips from previous Marches. The school is home to the Israel Arbeiter Gallery of Understanding. Since 1988, Mann said, some 270,000 high school students have participated in this experience that’s “all about connecting the dots” of Jewish history. “This is an amazing, powerful experience that leaves indelible memories and changes the way you think and live your life forever. This is how we speak for those who were silenced, to proclaim ‘we are still here…we won.” Kempner added, “Imagine the image – tens of thousands of Jews walking out of Auschwitz, preparing to celebrate Israel Independence Day in Israel a few days later..” The ‘Friends’ mission (www.friendsofthemarchoftheliving.org) is to ensure the perpetuation of the March of the Living Program through the establishment and maintenance of an endowment fund. The fund will support the March of the Living’s goals of educating Jewish teenagers about the dangers of assimilation, hatred and intolerance. Reservation deadline is October 1st or until all spaces are filled. For those who cannot travel for the full two weeks, the Israel portion of the itinerary is optional. For more information, contact Mel Mann: 305-378-0254 or melmann54@aol.com.
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MATZOBALL MIX By Marco Fogel Eli Cohen Israel’s silent and/or merely defensive reaction towards the new developments in Syria, with the U.S. and Britain’s armies at the ready*, reflects a “laissez faire and être” attitude, meaning, there isn’t really anything for us Jews there, aside from Eli Cohen’s remains. For those who have not heard of Cohen, he was one of the most spectacular spies Israel ever had. And flamboyant as well. In fact, he was so successful he was almost appointed to the vice presidency in Syria and was actually senior advisor to the Defense Ministry in Syria. We are talking Syria, 1965. When discovered, he was hanged in public view, to much of the then-clique in power’s embarrassment. His remains were never sent back home. In 1967, the Six Day War and the Golan Heights annexation occurred, and 1970 saw Papa Assad assuming power. Ah, the swinging days. *UK armies stay at disposition in Jordan borders, despite Pall Mall’s ruling.
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Blue Jasmine Blue Jasmine, the new Woody Allen flick, is about a certain woman who is left to her own devices after her husband is jailed for a massive Ponzi scheme. It is lightly inspired by the Madoff case, and whatever gossip Allen’s wife heard through the grapevine about Mrs. Madoff. “Here here” to the new upper class Limbo Jew. With only 150 screens when premiering, it rose to 11th place in box office charts, with top films on these charts viewed at over 1500 plus cinemas. Allen’s Blue Jasmine was just upgraded to 1000 screens.
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Palestinians and Double Standards David Harris August 27, 2013 The tweet arrived last week from a respected journalist. It read: “18 Palestinians killed in #Syria chemical attack.” I subsequently checked other mainstream news sources to see if there were comments on the story. One of the few was Ma’an, the Palestinian news agency, which put the number killed at 31. How revealing, I thought. Had the tweet read “18 Palestinians killed in #Israeli chemical attack,” it would likely have been all over the news, and countless non-governmental groups would have rushed to the ramparts. But if Israel isn’t involved, it seems, the killing of Palestinian civilians just doesn’t arouse interest, much less anger. No, this is nothing new, but it is still noteworthy. There have also been other Palestinian victims in the Syrian civil war, singled out for who they are and what side they’re on, and they’ve been made to pay a heavy price. The reaction from the pro-Palestinian camp? Silence. Meanwhile, the new Egyptian government, opposed to Hamas rule, has made life difficult for Gaza residents by destroying tunnels between Egypt and Gaza and closing the border at Rafah for days at a time. But here, too, there’s been no international outcry or protests. To the contrary, even as Israel continues to permit the daily flow of goods into Gaza, the pro-Palestinian lobby curses Israel, while remaining largely mum about Egypt. Again, nothing new, perhaps, but still noteworthy. Even Jordan, the one Arab country (out of 22) with the best record of offering citizenship and creating opportunities for Palestinians within its borders, has maintained a policy of rejecting Palestinian refugees from Syria. Instead, most of the Palestinians fleeing Syria have had to seek shelter in Lebanon, where the existing Palestinian population cannot legally own property and are banned from literally dozens of professions. Others offer crocodile tears, but, otherwise, barely lift a finger. Look at who supports UNRWA, the UN agency created more than 60 years ago for the sole purpose of catering to Palestinian refugees and all their descendants, without any mandate to resettle them. No, it’s not the cash-rich Arab countries, but Western nations that bear the brunt of this relief effort, even as we hear unconvincing expressions of solidarity from the Arab world about their Palestinian “brothers and sisters.” And go back to 1991, shortly after Kuwait’s liberation from Iraqi occupation. Some 250,000 Palestinians were unceremoniously expelled from the country for having allegedly sided with Saddam Hussein against their host country. I repeat: 250,000 Palestinians were uprooted and kicked out in the blink of an eye. Was there an international outcry?
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Palestinians and Double Standards Did the Arab League demand an emergency UN Security Council consultation in New York? Did the 56-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference press for a special session at the then-UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva? Did the BDS crowd call for a global campaign against Kuwait? Did British unions vote to cut ties with all things Kuwaiti? Did Irish libraries seek to ban all books by Kuwaiti authors? Did anti-Kuwait ads appear on Seattle buses and Metro North train stations? Did pro-Palestinian groups call for flotillas and flytillas in response to the Kuwaiti action? The answer, tellingly, was as obvious then as it is today, when Palestinians are killed in Syria, restricted in Lebanon, and quarantined by Egypt. Unless Israel is brought into the story, then it’s just not interesting, upsetting, or newsworthy. So, is this really all about love for the Palestinians, or is it about hatred for Israel? The retort that I’ve heard more than once is that everything that has happened to Palestinians anywhere is ultimately Israel’s “fault,” since Israel allegedly “created” the problem. But had the Palestinians accepted the UN’s proposed two-state partition in 1947, there would have been no war at Israel’s birth. And had the Arab states not opted to threaten Israel’s very existence in 1967, there would have been no war then, either. How can one side be responsible for triggering wars, yet, together with its supporters, seek to wash its hands of the consequences of those wars? After all, what wars in history have not produced refugee flows, often by the millions? Moreover, whatever one’s view of how the refugee population was created, where is the compassion and concern for Palestinians, if they’re being targeted by fellow Arabs? And finally, much as some may conveniently choose to forget, the Palestinians are not the first, last, and only refugee population in the history of the world, far from it. But they are the first, last, and only refugee population deliberately kept in limbo for as long as 65 years in order to nurture hatred and revanchism. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a bit more honesty, and less hypocrisy, coming from those who profess to care about the Palestinians’ well-being? For them, is it really all about the Palestinians, or is it rather about Israel, pure and simple? And if the latter, what does it, in fact, tell us about their underlying motives? David Harris is the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee. This article was published in The Huffington Post and The Jerusalem Post.
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Barbara Trachtenberg Exhibits Photographs at the Trident Café on Newbury Street
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Barbara Trachtenberg’s Photographic Exhibit opened on Labor Day, September 2 at the Trident Booksellers and Cafe and runs until November 25, on the Upper Level. A second exhibit of her abstract art - paintings, mixed media and collage - will join the photography and can be seen on the Lower Level from October 7 until November 25.
Trachtenberg’s photographs of Moroccan menorahs were featured in an earlier edition of Shalom. The current show includes color and black-and-white photographs of people and life in neighborhoods, streets, homes and workplaces in Turkey, Bulgaria, France, Costa Rica, and especially Mexico, where Trachtenberg has lived, worked and often returns. She has been featured in numerous juried shows in the Boston area, including most recently at the Danforth Museum’s Community of Artists, the Concord Art Association, the Cambridge Art Association, the Newart Center, and Newton Open Studios. She is a member of the Photographic Resource Center and the Griffin Museum, and volunteers with the Big Sister Organization, New England Conservatory’s Music for Food program, and at the Workman’s Circle’s Jewish-Cape Verdean seders. She was a Visiting Artist this year at the 450 Harrison Avenue galleries in Boston. Trachtenberg was a MacDowell Colony fellow in writing. Her featured photograph, in the Cartier-Bresson style, is of a Lubavitcher on the rue des Rosiers in Le Marais, Paris, caught in one of Trachtenberg’s ambiguous moments. The Marais attracted a large community of Eastern European Jews (Ashkenazi) who specialized in clothing, who lived there from the end of the 19th and into the first half of the 20th century. The rue des Rosiers, or Pletzl, housed these newcomers until the Nazis targeted this community as they occupied France. However, the rue des Rosiers continues, since its renewal in the 1990s, as a center of the Paris Jewish community, with specialty bookshops, events, restaurants and, in this photograph, with competing falafel shops, before which the Lubavitcher and a crowd of youths interact. Trident Cafe and Booksellers is located on 338 Newbury St., near Massachusetts Avenue and the Hynes Convention Center.
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Greek and Jewish, A tale of a vanishing culture delight of our friends and families. Purim was a favorite, and the By Sara Cohen As a child growing up in an ancient neighborhood at the foothills costumes our mothers took great care in making were also worn to of the Acropolis, I was immersed into two cultures. On the Greek the Greek “Apokries” or Mardi Gras events. My costume, a Dutch side, I had the world of myths, philosophers and heroes. On the girl, was sewn by my mother and I wore it for four years straight Jewish side, I had the teachings, holidays and traditions. I was born as my mother kept adding colorful hems, and letting out the seams in 1948, just as the few survivors of the Holocaust were trying to of my vest and Dutch hat. I never did get the wooden Dutch shoes. pick up their lives and move forward from a painful past. There were To this day I yearn for a pair. Our Christian neighbors invited to their celebrations, and we were only 5000 Greek Jews left. The other 60,000 had been transported out of their cities, villages and islands and exterminated in Poland. always going to birthdays, name days and the festivals around the All that remained were deserted neighborhoods, empty homes, Acropolis. The stories of the ancients, Aristotle, Homer and Plato, were somehow interwoven into our lives, destroyed temples and the memories of and we often heard wise quotes from those who had once lived there. our learned elders. My favorite outing Yet life went on. Survivors came out of was to climb the hills behind hiding, some returned from the camps, the Herodus Atticus ancient theater and the remaining tried to pick up where built in 161AD and to listen to concerts they left off. The brilliant Greek sunshine, and Greek plays in open air. Back in the turquoise sea and the end of the war our playground, we recreated the scenes gave us the hope for a new beginning and complete with tragic chants, gods flying the promise of a better life. The children around and warriors with cardboard were the answer to help bring that about. weapons and shields defending our city. Many young people married just after the The devastated economy after the war war. Children quickly followed, and the in Greece was unfortunately also a large Hebrew school in Athens reopened. My part of our lives. Our neighborhood had grade was large, with over 35 a range of poor to middle class families, children to one teacher. The older classes most of whom struggled in various dewere small by comparison, as no children The autor, her mother’s savior, Vangelitsa grees to keep the family afloat. Luckily, were born between 41 and 45 the years of and her daughter, Ilona as children we were unaware of the ecothe German occupation. Our class school, nomic problems that our families faced. funded by “Joint” (the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee), encouraged Jewish education that We were happy to play outdoors and were especially lucky to have a wonderful playground just across the street. As no one had a bike, included Hebrew lessons from a teacher from Israel. My class was made up of the children of survivors and the focus or television, we created our own entertainment. Street marbles, kite was to make our lives happy, positive and productive. We celebra- flying, hide and seek, hopscotch, gods and heroes were favorites. ted all the Jewish holidays with great fanfare, where we had large The girls did not have modern dolls with “real” hair or eyes that presentations that included the entire Jewish community. Mothers closed. We had old fashioned dolls made of heavy plastic, and we baked sweets and we shared our favorites, “Kourabiethes” (Greek took great pride in dressing them with homemade clothes. I loved my4x2_1 mother in her sugar cookies) and “Melomakarona,” a Sephardic walnut/pastry accompanying JBB New Year Ad 11 8/22/11 4:29 errands PM Pagein 1 downtown Athens, treat. We had poems, dances, and athletic performances all to the where we passed the only toy store around. Here in the window
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Greek and Jewish, A tale of a vanishing culture were displayed gorgeous dolls created in Germany that featured legs that walked and eyes that shut. Of course, I knew that I could never own one of these dolls because number one they were made in Germany and my father refused to have anything German in our home, and number two, they were too expensive. Years later when we migrated to the States, the first thing I asked for was a “real” doll. My father had a brush-making business, “Koen Brushes,” that he ran with his four brothers. The few times that I visited him in his store in the heart of old Athens, I was surprised to see a large vat of boiling tar in the middle of the floor. This traditional way of making house painting brushes fascinated me, and I loved watching my father taking bristles made of imported animal hair and deftly attaching them to a wooden handle to make his signature brush, “the Koen Brush.” However, the factory never recovered after the war, and in the ensuing economic struggle, my family decided to migrate to the U.S. and start a new life. We were the only ones in
with different relatives. Our house, owned by an uncle, a Holocaust victim, remained boarded up and was waiting for us for the next 60 years. It is still boarded up and waiting. Every time I visit Greece I go by my old house and visit my neighbor, Vasilikoula, now in her 70s, who remembers my family and provides me with wonderful stories of what life was like in the early 50s. My next documentary, “Memoirs of an Abandoned House,” will recall a vanished life and culture of a Jewish family just after the war.
Sara Cohen is an artist, art educator in the Boston school system, and a video documentary producer. Her recent works on the vanishing culture of the Greek Jews are being collected in Holocaust Centers and Jewish museums in Athens, Vienna, Boston, and New York. During her annual trips back to Greece, she uses family interviews, stories, art, and artifacts to record her stories. Her works include “We Survived,” which records personal accounts of surviving the Gestapo roundups in Athens; and “The Last Jews of Lesbos,” which tells the story of her mother’s family, the only Jewish family living on Lesbos in the early 1900s.
2nd grade Hebrew School class trip to the Acropolis, 1956.
The autor and her parents, 1954
my extended family to do so. The rest of our relatives encouraged us to go and to let them know if they should follow. No one did. We left Greece in 1956 and we did not see any of our relatives for another seven years. Life in the U.S. was not what we had expected. The Jewish neighborhood that we were assigned to move to was Roxbury, and we soon learned that we had “missed” the Jews by 10 years. They had moved to Mattapan, just down Blue Hill Avenue, along with their temples, bakeries, and Yiddish language. When we first met the Jewish people, they told us that we could not be Jewish since we spoke Ladino, and ate Mediterranean foods. We had never seen, nor did we like bagels, kichel, Gefilte fish or Borscht. We had never met Ashkenazi Jews and could not understand why they weren’t like us. And we could not understand the need for hundreds of temples. In Athens we had two. My father’s promised job as an officer worker turned into a series of Charlie Chaplin-like positions in factory assembly lines, where shoes swept by as my father missed his cues to nail in heels, or steaming apple pies that were burned because he could not remove them fast enough. In despair, my mother saved the family by using her skills to become a seamstress, a job she held proudly for her entire life. We went back to Greece for a visit in 1963. By that time the Greek economy had improved. Everyone had a telephone, a washing machine and oven. There was no need for any of my relatives to move. When we left Greece we thought we’d be back in a couple of years, and therefore closed our house and put our things in storage High Holidays/Fall 2013
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LimmudBoston - The Jewish Learning Experience Steffi Aronson Karp When Clive Lawton comes to LimmudBoston, the focus turns to Limmud values and principles. Lawton, who co-founded Limmud International over 30 years ago, serves as a roving ambassador at Limmud conferences throughout the world. In August, he came to Boston for a few days, allowing the volunteers who create LimmudBoston to learn from a founder. LimmudBoston is an annual, volunteer-driven conference that offers a myriad of opportunities to experience the joys of lifelong Jewish learning. “Limmud” is Hebrew for “study.” This year’s LimmudBoston conference on Sunday, December 8 will once again take place at Congregation Mishkan Tefila in Chestnut Hill. LimmudBoston is for everyone interested in exploring their Jewish journey, young to young-at-heart, beginner to scholar. There is even a Camp Limmud program for children ages 3-13, and a Teen Program. All of the LimmudBoston course offerings rely on the core Limmud International Values and Principles of community empowerment and responsibility. At Limmud conferences throughout the world everyone is a learner, and anyone can propose a session to be evaluated by the program team. All interested participants are encouraged to pitch in as volunteers, sometimes before the conference, and sometimes during the conference day. In 80 cities throughout the world, Limmud demonstrates that community “ownership” is what makes a successful conference. According to Terri Swartz Russell, Chair of the Board of LimmudBoston, “During our conference day and even in planning meetings, Limmud provides a space where spiritual, emotional and intellectual connections can be made.” At each of last month’s gatherings, Lawton spoke briefly about
Limmud International, but mainly, he challenged the participants with actual scenarios gathered from more than 30 years of involvement with the Limmud learning phenomenon. Modeling chavruta style learning, Lawton would ask audience members, “What would you do at LimmudBoston if.... (he would propose a problem)” And teams of two, three or four participants would work out their solutions, later to share them with the entire group. Winning answers to his challenges included key words such as “respect,” “empowerment” and “diversity,” and conveyed the recognition that arguments are not zero sum spats, but rather, are only to be made, as Lawton put it, “for the sake of heaven.” Moreover, there are no titles in a Limmud setting. Rabbis, cantors, doctors and even British lords park their titles at the door. In honor of Lawton’s visit, LimmudBoston held an open dinner meeting, along with a storytelling sampler showcasing Limmud regulars from the Jewish Storytelling Coalition. Storytellers Bonnie Greenberg, Cindy Rivka Marshall and Bruce Marcus entertained with both traditional and original creative stories. At the end of the evening, Lawton wished us all a Happy New Year, as he challenged the crowd to keep the essentials of Limmud core values at the fore by recognizing Jewish learning opportunities in everything we do. LimmudBoston planning teams are very inclusive. We urge you to Volunteer! Participate! Volunticipate! To join a planning team for LimmudBoston, visit www.LimmudBoston.org. And hold Sunday, December 8 for a smorgasbord of Jewish learning at LimmudBoston. Steffi Aronson Karp is the founder and co-chair of LimmudBoston.
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By Shirley Nigri Farber In the beginning of June, my son David asked me where we were going on vacation. At that time I was discussing a possible trip to Israel with my husband. The last time we were in Israel was in 2009, right before we started Shalom Magazine, and my son was only 4. When we checked airline and hotel prices to Israel and realized that taking a family of 3 for a two week vacation would cost more than $7000, we began to consider a domestic trip. Although we have been in amusement parks in Florida and California in recent years, I know we will have only a few more years to take my son to Disney again. So I asked him, would you prefer to go to Israel or to Disney? I must say that I was happy to see that the response was not immediate. Yes, he enjoyed Israel, and has a good connection to the Holy Land, but of course as an 8-year-old, he prefers to go to Disney. As I started to mention the Jewish historical places and fun things to
wgtresort.com) is located just one mile from Walt Disney World. We stayed there for a week. As we arrived right before Shabbat, I was offered a real key, not an electronic one. I was also informed of the Shabbat elevator. The newly renovated hotel is owned by three Venezuelan Jews. Their Voka Kosher Restaurant chef, Marlon Sadovnik (aka Nano), is also a Venezuelan who lived in Israel. The mashgiach (kosher supervisor) was born in Brazil. Each day we had breakfast (chalav Israel) and dinner (glatt kosher meat) at the hotel, and would have our lunch packed to go so we could enjoy it at the parks. On Shabbat eve, one of the function halls is transformed in to a synagogue that includes a Torah, and at an adjacent hall, we had our Shabbat meal with wine and challah. Our room included free wi-fi, a mini-refrigerator, a coffeemaker and a microwave upon request. For the holidays the hotel offers special packages. Of course summer is not the best time to go to Disney, but when you have kids the only available time is during vacation. Nobody
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do in Israel, he asked me, “can we climb Mount Sinai where Moses received the Torah?” I said that we could go for a hike in Masada, but the actual Mount Sinai was not in Israel. I got caught in a bind when he answered, “But the Jews left Egypt and then went to Mount Sinai, so how can Mount Sinai be in Egypt?” So I said, “Let’s leave Moses and Mount Sinai. Remember when we visited the city of David? There is also the zoo with all the animals that were in Noah’s Ark, and the miniature Holy Temple. We could go to the beach, the Dead Sea, go snorkeling in Eilat, go hiking, or visit an army base.” I went online and found an interesting compilation of things to do with kids in Israel. But to make a long story short, we ended up in Florida. While doing some online research, I found out about a hotel in Orlando that has a kosher restaurant. WorldGate Resort (www.
likes to wait in lines at the rides, but we figured out that over seven days, we would have enough time to enjoy the parks. Anyway, before long my son will grow, and we will go to other places. In 2011, we bought tickets for five days of Disney. This time we decided that we needed to see other things too. Still, the best deal is to buy a package of many days, in order to reduce the cost per day. While a one-day pass to Disney may cost about $100, a five-day pass costs less than $300 at disneyworld.disney.go.com. Disney has four parks: Magic Kingdom (the original one and one most preferred by younger kids), Hollywood Studios (which is all about Disney and Pixar movies), Animal Kingdom (a mix of zoo and amusement park) and Epcot (the most modern and more interesting for adults). There are also the water parks: Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach. The best deal is to get tickets that include all four parks, plus the
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FLORIDA TRIP water parks, and also let you enter in more than one park per day; this pass is called Park Hopper. With the Park Hopper, you can go to the water park in the morning and enjoy the other sites that stay open later in the afternoon. Going to two parks in the same day and thinking that you will be able to go on all the rides is utopian thinking. Just as an idea, at one of the most sought-after rides at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the laser game Toy Story, there was a 120-minute wait, unless you get there early enough to use a FastPass. Walt Disney World FastPass is a complimentary service that is offered to everyone with a park ticket on a first come, first serve basis. You have to actually go to the ride, print your pass, and come back at the assigned time on order to skip the long line. But once you get one FastPass, you cannot get another one until hours later, making it almost impossible to obtain more than five passes in one day. You may get a pass at 1 p.m. and be assigned to return at 6 p.m. Luckily, my son is not the kind of kid who insists on going to a specific ride. He was happy to go on the rides that we could go on and the part that he loves the most, the stunt shows at Hollywood Studios. There are a few things that I like to do when traveling: visit new places, meet new people (especially those who are Jewish), relax at a pool or beach, go to kosher restaurants and enjoy nature. We were able to do all of these things and more. Another park that my son likes is Legoland, which Iis about 40 minutes from Orlando. It is perfect for kids under 10, and my son loves Legos. We went first to their water park and later to the “dry” rides. A one day ticket that includes the water park costs about $80, but if you buy a two day pass it is less than $100 (http://florida.legoland.com). We went on a Saturday and of course it was busy, with lines up to 50 minutes’ wait. Then we went again on a Tuesday, and the lines were not over 15 minutes. It is interesting that after the afternoon rain (by the way, it rained almost every day), some outdoor rides close and many people leave the park. We stayed and enjoyed going over and over on the same rides, including the Lost Kingdom Adventure that happens to be a laser game just like Disney’s Toy Story. A park with no lines in the summer? Now that is fun. You must visit their new ride, World of Chima, and get ready to get wet. In order to relax between a ride and another, walk about the Lego miniature cities. Once you have already visited Disney, you have time to see other attractions. Also because of the ever-present rain, sometimes you have to find indoor activities. Some of the places we visited were: CSI The Experience, which is an indoor activity where participants enter a crime scene and help solve a crime. Adults will enjoy this, too. Pirates’ Dinner Adventure - a beautiful and fun dinner experience where kids are invited to participate at the stage. My son loves pirates and was amazed by this. Ripley’s Believe it or Not! - a collection of bizarre and unbelievable artifacts. Do not bother. Sleuths Mistery Dinner Show - dine while watching a comedy where guests help solve the crime. It was fun, and a very nice atmosphere. Wet’n Wild - a large water park with many rides, but not as beautiful or as clean as Disney water parks. Whirlydome - indoor games like laser tag and WhirlyBall, great for groups. Boggy Creek Airboat Rides – explore the nature on a boat tour in the Central Florida Everglades. Pirate’s Cove Adventure Gold - sometimes the simplest games are the most fun for kids. High Holidays/Fall 2013
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Kosher in Miami We had five days in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, so I wanted to try different kosher restaurants. I took the 2011 Jewish directory that I had from our last trip and start calling restaurants to check their hours. Unfortunately some of the kosher places that I had gone to two years ago simply disappeared, and some did not answer the phone or were closed. Eventually we got the 2013 directory, but I soon learned that speaking with people was the only way to find out about new places that were not yet listed. During our last visit, I went to kosher restaurants at the Waterways in Aventura. In that area, I recommend the China Bistro. We went to eight different kosher eateries, but I will mention only the ones that I feel are worth checking out. At Mozart Grill in Sunny Isles, we had a delicious kebab with assorted salads, Israel style. In the same plaza, a great hangout area with outdoor seating, you will find their dairy restaurant , Mozart Café. Soho Asian Bar in Aventura, which is owned by the same group as Mozart, had opened in July and we wanted to try. To my surprise, it was Sunday at 10 p.m. and the place was packed. I was really impressed by the modern décor, big screen TVs, elaborate bar area and nice wine cellar, but not so much with their food or service. Maybe it because they just opened. I will give it another chance. The restaurant that scored highest with my family was the Grill House in Miami, where we had a perfectly seasoned steak with various salads and side dishes. Pricey, but worth it. A more relaxed place that served good food was Pita Hut in Miami Beach. Yes, you guessed it, we had kebabs. At all the restaurants I encountered Jews speaking in French, Spanish, Russian and Hebrew.
Downtown Disney – this is a great evening idea, with many restaurants, games and stores that stay open late. After an exhaustive week going from park to park and to various evening entertainment, we headed to Miami for a well-deserved rest at the beautiful Ritz Carlton Coconut Grove. Even though I stayed in 5 star hotels in many countries, I have never stayed at the Ritz, so I wanted to know what was different about it. This location offers rooms from $200 to $2,000. Feeling Ritz I always knew that Ritz-Carlton hotels were a symbol of elegance and status. Right from our arrival, I could see the difference. A hotel does not set itself apart because of its décor or marble floors but by its services and personnel. I felt as if all the employees were very well-trained and polite. The valet opened the door, and asked for the name of the reservation. From that point on, it felt as if he was communicating with the rest of the staff that the king and queen of England had arrived. The hotel manager came to greet us at the door with a “welcome, Mrs. Farber,” and the porter asked, “did you have a good trip, Mr. Farber?” The check-in took a few seconds, and we arrived at our elegant suite with a living room and a dining room, two bathrooms, and two porches with marina views. In the marble bathroom, I found everything that I wasted my time packing: toothpaste and tooth brush, creams, shaving cream, slippers, etc.
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Coconut Groove is an area with many nice restaurants and stores, so we went out to check it out. The next day, we spent the afternoon at the Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne, which I was curious about since I see it a lot in magazines. At the very elegant, oceanfront resort, we enjoyed the beach and the pool (I loved the one just for adults). My son found some kids to play with and we had a nice poolside lunch. The service is VIP no matter if you are staying in the $300 or the $2,000 suite. From the girl who is cleaning the bathroom to the restaurant manager, it is as if you are the most important guest at the hotel, as they are always anticipating your needs by giving you a towel, or offering to take a family photo. In Fort Lauderdale, we stayed at B Ocean. It was just what I wanted: after the hotel breakfast, to cross the street to enjoy the warm and calming waters without carrying anything, looking for parking, or spending time in traffic. If you live in Massachusetts, you know what I’m talking about. Up until the age of 30, I was used to walking to Ipanema Beach whenever I had a free hour. There is nothing that I miss more. At the B Ocean, I would wake up and see the beach without getting High Holidays/Fall 2013
FLORIDA TRIP out of my hotel bed. I could have stayed at the beach till sunset, but my companions wanted to move on. We went on some tourist attractions such as the Duck Tour and the IGFA Fishing Museum. For the first time, I drove an F1 speed racing car at Xtreme Indoor Karting, and went for a bike ride at Hugh Taylor Birch Park, where we were surprised to see an iguana and a snake (in the bathroom). We went on a two-and-a-half hour snorkeling boat tour (seaxp.com) where we got to see the mansions and yachts along Millionaire’s Row, and the beautifully-colored fish and coral species. In the evening, we went to Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, and to Lincoln Road in South Beach, Miami. Lincoln Road is a pedestrian street in the heart of the South Beach Art Deco District. It mixes elegant stores, offering the best brands and restaurants with al fresco dining. It is the perfect place to see and be seen, and it appeared that people from all over the world come to shop at Lincoln Road. Even during Christmas season, I do not see the malls in Boston that busy. We stopped at Dylan’s Candy Bar, the beautiful store owned by Ralph Lauren’s daughter. When I asked about the gelatin in the gummy bears, the attendant understood that I was looking for a kosher candy and he gave me the whole list. We also visited the Romero Britto, a Brazilian artist gallery, where we saw a picture of the painter with Shimon Peres, taken in Israel. We went to the famous Hollywood Beach boardwalk, and noticed that some stores had a mezuzah. The area still looks like it did 50 years ago, but that is about to change, with ongoing new developments. After Miami, we went to Palm Beach for the day. I have heard a lot about the area, usually described as the place where rich people spend their vacations and where the most expensive stores all have branches. We drove around the beaches to see the beautiful mansions, and walked around Worth Avenue, which is known as the Rodeo Drive of the East Coast. The architecture lends a European atmosphere, and by chance we ended up having lunch at Renato’s, a place that gives an impression that you are in a small villa in Italy. Palm Beach was a ghost town, some stores with some stores closed for the summer. Some had signs saying they would reopen in September. I guess we will have to come again to see the people that made Palm Beach so famous.
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Temple Emunah, Lexington Temple Emunah is excited to announce a series of new programs this year, geared towards families with young children. We encourage everyone to join us for these meet-ups and celebrations, including new parent support groups, shabbat sing-alongs, toddler play groups, holiday celebrations, child-friendly shabbat suppers and services, and much more! Temple membership is not required and many of our programs are free, with no registration required. We will kick-off the year on Friday, September 27th, 10:30amnoon, with our Tot Simhat Torah celebration - including dancing with the Torah, singing, holiday stories, snacks, and playground time! Led by Shelley Rossman, our Pre-School Director, this event is free and open to everyone looking to celebrate a joyous Jewish holiday with other families. Come throughout the year to experience a place where you can make new friends, find a warm and engaging community, and celebrate Judaism in a fun and engaging way! For more information on our community, please visit our website at www.templeemunah. org, friend us on facebook (temple emunah lexington), or contact Program Director and Family Educator Jodie Parmer at jparmer@ templeemunah.org or 781-861-0300.
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Move and groove with the PJ Library! Jewish children, ages 2.9-5, The Jewish Farmers of Millis/ Medway are invited to PJ Library Move and Groove on Thursday, September 12, 3:30-4:30 p.m. at Cohen Hillel Academy, 6 Community Rd., A presentation by Marjorie Short, “The Jewish Farmers of Millis/ Marblehead. Children will enjoy a story, creative movement with Medway,” will take place on Sunday, September 8, at 2 p.m. at the Elloree Jennings, and a delicious snack. PJ Library Move and Groo- Medway Public Library, 26 High St., Medway. For more informave is a free program of the Lappin Foundation and Cohen Hillel tion, call 508-533-3217 or email mjshotstuff@gmail.com. Academy, and is supported by CJP. Children should be accompanied by an adult. Walk-ins welcome. For more information or to Follow us at register, contact Phyllis Osher at 978-740-4404 or email posher@ www.facebook.com/ lappinfoundation.org.
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Beach Summer Weekend You know the expression, “I need a vacation from my vacation?” ment with sofas, fireplace, refrigerator, microwave, and the most We arrived from Florida knowing that we needed to catch up with romantic Jacuzzi for two. Because our mini vacation was about work. The High Holidays were going to be early this year, and we doing absolutely nothing, we just went down to the hotel restaurant needed to prepare Shalom Magazine. So as soon as we arrived, Paragon Grill and enjoyed their fish dishes. This weekend was not still tired from all the airport hassles and unpacking, we went into about exploring the area. Over the next two days, we walked out a crazy work week. It was like I from the hotel to the beach, and did not have a vacation. along the boardwalk. My son Then I realized that sometimes enjoyed staying in the hotel pool a two-day mini vacation without and playing in their game room. the packing and airport stress Sometimes all kids want is to can be the answer. Therefore, we play some old fashioned games went for a weekend to Nantasket with their parents, rather than Beach Resort, and stayed at their going from line to line in an ultra newly-renovated Wedding Suite. modern amusement park. We got in an early celebration of When we were tired of relaxing our September 16 wedding anni(yes, there is such a thing), we versary. On that weekend there took our car to the main street were two weddings going on at and drove to Weinberg’s Bakery, the hotel. When I saw the groom where after eating, I left some in a beautiful navy uniform, issues of Shalom Magazine on taking pictures with his family the rack. Less than an hour laat the beach in front of the hotel, ter, I went back to pick up some Our suite at the Nantasket Beach Resort I was able to see why the resort bagels and saw a family of three is a preferred spot for wedding reading my magazine. Since I receptions. We noticed that many of the wedding guests were also love meeting people and getting feedback on the publication, I staying at the resort. introduced myself as the editor. I found out that they were from We left our busy work week on Friday afternoon, and in less than Israel, and were visiting their daughter who lives in Brookline. an hour I was in my suite enjoying a cup of coffee and the sunset They were happy to learn about the Jewish community in the area with an ocean view. Our large suite had all the amenities of an apart- and see the Jewish events listed in the magazine. On Sunday night we drove back home with the sand and sun behind us, ready for a new week. The Nantasket Beach Resort is located at 45 Hull Shore Drive, Hull. For more information visit www. nantasketbeachhotel.com.
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Robert Wexler, president of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace and former member of Congress, will discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace process at Temple Beth Elohim (10 Bethel The Mystical Impulses in Judaism will be the theme of the October Rd, Wellesley) on Monday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. in conversation 18 - 20 weekend at Temple Shaare Tefilah in Norwood. with Dr. Larry Lowenthal, former Boston-area executive director of Rabbi Danny Horwitz, from Houston, Texas, will be the Scholarthe American Jewish Committee. For information contact J Street In-Residence, and will be discussing different aspects of Jewish Boston at boston@jstreet.org, 617-401-5553 or Temple Beth Elohim mysticism. Horwitz is a highly acclaimed teacher in adult education at 781 235-8419 or https://eseries.tbewellesley.org/source/Calendar. at the Melton Adult Mini-School in Houston. Congregation Beth Israel, Andover The most familiar aspect of Jewish mysticism in popular An exciting new program for eighth through twelfth graders is being culture is Kabbalah, but the roots offered at Congregation Beth Israel, 501 South Main St., Andover. of Jewish mysticism date back Three courses, each running for about eleven weeks, will be offered at least to the Prophets - think throughout the year in this Midrasha program, which will be held on Ezekiel’s visions. Throughout Thursday evenings from 6:15 p.m.- 8:15 p.m. The classes will begin time, a mystical understanding with dinner, prepared on a rotating basis by the students’ parents, and approach to our relationship and will provide opportunities for socialization with other Jewish with God and the world has helyoung adults and in-depth discussions of various topics. ped individuals forge a stronger, The first course, Substance and Sustenance - a Guide to Jewish more intimate link to God, thus Food, will run from September 12-November 21 and will examine spiritually nourishing the soul. the history and tradition of foods associated with holidays and life The weekend will start with a cycle events. The second course, from December 5-February 13, will Friday night dinner (6:30 p.m.), be an introductory course in Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. followed by a Kabbalat Shabbat Jewish Identity Through Film, which will explore how Jews are service, as well as a brief talk depicted in film and how that depiction influences the way we view on “The Mystical Influence on Jewish Prayer”. On Saturday, a ourselves, is the title of the last course, from February 27-May 15. mystical text study will lead into the Saturday morning services. Tuition rates are dependent upon the number of courses chosen. The weekend will conclude with a Sunday morning brunch, duFor more information, please contact Eddirector@BethIsraelMV. ring which, Rabbi Horwitz will lead an interactive discussion of org, or call 978-474-0540. “Kabbalah and the Big Questions”. Cost: $36. Look for more details at www.templeshaaretefilah.org, or call the Temple at 781-762-8670, or email templeshaaretefilah@norwoodlight.com.
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Shalom contributor offering boxing lessons at JCC
First Israeli woman to win Judo World Championships
By Josh Perry Beginning on Thursday, September 19, the Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Newton will be offering group boxing lessons taught by Needham resident Matt Robinson. Robinson, who several years ago also brought a boxing program to a Boston high school, approached the JCC to add boxing to its various classes. “They already had kickboxing and cardio classes, but I wanted to see if they wanted a ‘real’ boxing class and they said yes,” said Robinson, who began boxing as a youth in Newton and become involved in the sport long-term as a student at the University of Pennsylvania.
Judoka Yarden Gerbi and her coach Shani Hershko
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He reflected, “I was in a freshman seminar on one end of campus and a classmate asked me – pretty much out of nowhere - if I liked boxing. When I said yes, he told me there was a class on the other end of campus on Thursday nights. I went to check it out and, as soon as I met the coach, I knew it was something good.” The coach at Penn was Ron Aurit, who had been organizing classes for decades. Robinson made it his mission to turn the activity into a recognized sport by the school. After two years of fighting against a reluctant administration, the school finally relented. Robinson noted, “I am not into stuff, but my varsity boxing jacket is one of my prized possessions.” Boxing was never about knowing how to fight, although that certainly is a benefit as well. Robinson insists that the sport is more about physical fitness and coordination. In addition, it helps build self-esteem and confidence. “I took martial arts classes as a kid, but boxing seems to be more adaptable for various situations and more about knowing your body and expanding upon what you can do with it.” He still stays active with his former coach as well. Robinson is the New England Regional Director for Aurit’s Boxing Scholarship Foundation, which helps amateur boxers pay for school. Through his boxing connections, Robinson has met famed fighters like Bernard Hopkins and Joe Frazier and helps run fundraisers featuring ring announcer Michael Buffer. Robinson has been training boxers around the Boston area for the past 20 years and said that he ensures that it is a safe experience for anyone willing to train. He commented, “I have been training people for over 20 years and am proud to say that I have never had as much as a nosebleed.” The classes are for all age groups and experience levels. “It is like music- I teach the “notes” first and then support my students as we ‘improvise’ together, always staying in control but being able to explore and grow,” said Robinson. He added, “These days, [boxing] is still a great way to improve yourself while developing skills and self-confidence.” The classes begin on September 19 but private lessons for individuals and groups are currently available. To sign-up or for more information, email personaltraining@jccgb.org or call 617-558-6462. Article originally printed in the Needham Hometown Weekly. High Holidays/Fall 2013
Israeli sport fans are all smiles as one of the country’s most promising athletes took the gold medal at the Judo World Championships. Yarden Gerbi, the world number one in the U63 kilogram category, defeated France’s European champion Clarisse Agbegnenou in just 43 seconds in Rio De Janeiro for the win. “I’m so happy that it really ended this way,” said the Netanya resident. “I had a great competition. Nothing can be better than this.” Gerbi won all five of her fights by ippon, the highest score a fighter can achieve and the judo equivalent of a knockout. Her final ippon was so strong that it left Agbegnenou with a dislocated her shoulder. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Gerbi to congratulate her and released a congratulatory statement describing her medal as a “fantastic achievement” and praising her “swift, elegant” victory in the finals bout. Olympic Committee of Israel president Igal Carmi called Gerbi’s win “historical” and said he hopes she’ll “continue to reap the results of her hard work and fulfill her dream of representing Israel at the Olympics in Rio De Janeiro.” Gerbi – who does not have a sponsor – will receive a $27,700 grant from the Olympic Committee of Israel and the Sports Betting Council. Judo holds a special place in Israel’s sports pantheon – with the country’s judokas repeatedly winning top international competitions. Gerbi is the fifth Israeli to win a medal in the world championships, after Yael Arad, Oren Smadja, Arik Zeevi and Alice Schlesinger. But she is the first to win gold. Israel21c is a non-protit educational foundation with a mission to focus media and public attention on the 21st century Israel that exists beyond the confilct. Check www.Israel21c.org.
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COMMUNITY NOTES & EVENTS
The Terezín Music Foundation Gala
YO-YO MA will perform at the Terezín Music Foundation 2013 Gala on Tuesday, October 22 at Symphony Hall, Boston, in support of the Foundation’s ongoing concerts, events, commissions, and programs in Holocaust education. The reception starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by a 6:30 p.m. concert and an 8 p.m. benefactors’ dinner with the artists. For more information and tickets, starting at $150, visit www.tmfgala.org, email info@terezinmusic.org, or 857-222-8262.
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Baba Sali Article Thank you so much for your article on Baba Sali. I know very little about him, but I do have a story. When I was in Israel 20 years ago, I found myself lost in Jerusalem. A yeshiva student found me and helped me get back to where I needed to be. He gave me a beautiful keychain with Baba Sali’s face on it. It was beautifully painted with the tefillat haderech (travel prayer) on the back. I have carried it with me wherever I go. The paint is all gone now, but his likeness is still clear. There is one notable exception of when I did not have my keychain and that was when I was in a car accident. I deliberately left it home to prove myself a point that I didn’t need it; and on my way to work I struck another car and one of the passengers of the other car unfortunately was hurt. Since then, 12 years later, I don’t go anywhere without it. Nancy Marin, Mansfield, MA
Temple Beth David, Canton Temple Beth David Treasure Chest Auction will take place on Saturday, November 23. Doors open 6 p.m. for silent and live auction viewing. Live auction begins at 7 p.m. For information, please contact Laura Zide or Linda Hager at auction@ templebethdavid.com. Food will be available for purchase. The temple is located at 1060 Randolph St., Canton.
HaKesher Presents: A Window to the Mediterranean Sea An exhilarating musical show featuring the best of the Greek and Mediterranean traditions and the songs of Glykeria, Aris San, Yehuda Poliker, Miki Gavrielov, Trifonas, and many other musical artists. The songs will be performed by young stars of the Habima Theatre and Beit Zvi Academy: Rony Goffer, Shahar Peretz, Hananel Edri, Anital Ron Elbahar, and Avri Arbel, who are back by popular demand following their recent successful US tour. Sunday, September 29, at 7 p.m. at the Auditorium, New Lincoln School, 19 Kennard Rd., Brookline. (Free Parking in back of the school). Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door (includes a light buffet and refreshments). For more information and to purchase tickets, please contact Annette@HaKesherOnline.com, or call 617-505-4142 or 617-738-5038. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Ten Li Yad (www.tenliyad.com). Cosponsored by Affordable Precision (www.affordableprecision.com).
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