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Teens from the 2013 Y2I Adventure have returned home, filled with love for Israel. Karli Kovner of Marblehead, pictured above, said, “Going to Israel was the greatest experience I’ve had so far in my life. I now know how important it is be Jewish, and I have a whole new appreciation for my religion and the people that follow it.”
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SALEM — The Jewish Journal, which has helped build, promote and connect the North Shore Jewish community for 36 years, has announced a partnership
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with the New York-based Jewish Daily Forward, one of the oldest and most respected Jewish newspapers. Beginning August 8, the Journal will include a special section in each print edition highlighting news, feature sto-
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Chasing Chagall
LYNN — Lesley Pew’s deliciously decadent fudge recipe has earned her a sweet spot as a finalist in Pillsbury’s 46th annual Bake-Off® Contest. The Lynn resident will travel to Las Vegas in November to prepare her original recipe for Coconut Pecan Chocolate Fudge and compete against 99 other finalists from around the country for a $1 million grand prize. An avid cook, baker and recipe contestant, Pew submitted several recipes in two of the three categories. As prescribed by contest rules, each recipe must use seven ingredients or less, involve no more than 30 minutes of preparation and incorporate two different eligible Pillsbury ingredients, which change each year. In June, Pew was notified that she was one of 100 semifinalists in the “Simple Sweets and Starters” category, and her recipe was listed on Pilllsbury’s website. After a public vote period, she found out that her recipe made it into the finals and that, at minimum, she has won a trip
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to Las Vegas to compete. “I am really excited!” said Pew. “This is a very big, national contest, and it is exciting just to make it this far. And then there is the possibility of winning so much money!” This is Pew’s tenth year entering the Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest. Inspiration struck as she considered using two kinds of frosting in a recipe, emulating the flavors of German chocolate cake. continued on page 16
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David Gershaw has developed a variety of innovative LED lighting solutions.
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DANVERS — David Gershaw’s entrepreneurial spirit and interest in creative lighting solutions took hold at age 14, after his dad bought a BMW X5. At the time, most BMW models had decorative rings of lights in their headlights called angel eyes. But this décor wasn’t available in the X5, so the intrepid Gershaw, a Danvers
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native, decided to take the matter into his own hands. “My dad went to work one day and I ripped the headlights out of his car and put them in the oven — ruined the oven — trying to get the sealant off the lenses to remove the lenses from the headlight,” he said. “I designed a ring system with LEDs [light emitting diodes] that just looked cool.” continued on page 2
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Still Pedaling for Pan-Mass Challenge Sam Sherman Special to the Journal
SWAMPSCOTT — Bill Cantor will participate in his 30th Pan-Mass Challenge on Saturday, August 3. The 89-year-old has been cycling since he was a teenager. “I used to bike from Brookline out to Norumbega Park,” said Cantor. “In those days I had just a three speed English bike, but now, of course, I have a 27-speed, fancy bike.” Cantor first learned about the Pan-Mass Challenge when he, Judge Sam Zoll, Av Hammer and Martie Marean, all members of the North Shore Cyclopaths, a biking club that Cantor helped found in 1974, were at a fish house near the Salem-Beverly Bridge. “Four of us were resting there after a ride when Brenda White came along and asked if anybody would like a cold beer. Everyone had a beer but Judge Zoll,” recalled Cantor. “She mentioned the PMC because she was an original rider in 1980. So at that point, we all decided we would ride.” That was back in 1984, when only about 400 riders participated. Today, the PMC has over 9,000 registered cyclists. At 89, Cantor is the only one of the original four Cyclopaths that is still riding in the PMC. The first 15 years that he participated in the challenge, Cantor completed the full 192mile ride from Sturbridge to Provincetown. After open-heart surgery in 2004, Cantor rode approximately 80 miles. In the past
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Bill Cantor, right, and his son, Arthur, at the 2002 PMC.
few years, his pace has slowed down, but his enthusiasm for the challenge has remained high. This year, Cantor is training hard and plans to ride as far as he can. “I usually ride every Saturday morning, and during the week I ride early in the morning. I ride around the (Marblehead) Neck two or three times,” Cantor said, in regard to his training regime. Cantor feels strongly about the PMC because 100 percent of the funds that participants raise go to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) to support cancer research and treatment. The PMC has raised $375,000,000 since its inception in 1980 —
$37 million last year alone. “I lost a son [Robert] to cancer in the early sixties, and that’s basically why I ride,” said Cantor. Cantor has also lost his sister-in-law and many friends to the disease. He has personally raised over $150,000 for DFCI. Over the course of three decades, Cantor has ridden through all kinds of conditions. “We have had heat over 90 degrees, and have ridden in that. We have ridden in rain,” said Cantor. “The Cyclopaths have ridden in snow and ice.” Cantor was born in Philadelphia, grew up in Brookline, and now resides in Swampscott. He attended prep school at St. George’s in Newport, R.I., went to MIT for two years and then to Cornell for two years. He then entered into military service and ended up in Pearl Harbor, teaching electrical engineering at the Marine Corps Institute. After leaving the army, Cantor worked in shoe manufacturing for many years. Cantor and his wife, Barbara, have two children: Emily, who is also a Swampscott resident, and Arthur, who lives in Needham, as well as six grandchildren. “I have had a lot of people tell me that I am their inspiration,” said Cantor. “It’s nice to be the inspirer. As they say, it’s the journey that matters, and it has been a good one.” To donate to Bill Cantor’s ride, visit www. pmc.org/profile/BC0001.
Boston-Area Teens Visit Israel on Diller Leadership Program BOSTON — As part of the selective Diller Teen Fellows 15-month international leadership program, 20 Jewish teens from the Boston area left for Israel on July 18. Organized by Diller Teen Initiatives, the program pairs high school juniors and seniors from North America with Israeli students. This year, Boston is one of two new communities participating. A total of 145 North American students are participating. “These young teens are our future,” said Helen Diller of the Helen Diller Family Foundation. “We need to invest in them, show them they can lead us, and empower them to help repair the world.” “This is not a typical Israel experience,”
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When his dad started driving around with the restyled headlights, people asked where they came from. Responding to the interest, Gershaw built a website to market his product, and his business took off as BMW owners from all over the world shipped headlights to Gershaw. “I’d be in school [at St. John’s Preparatory] and get a call from somebody in Dubai, so I’d ask the teacher to go to the bathroom and I’d take the call,” said Gershaw, now 26. He employed fellow students to help him modify the headlights in his family’s basement and garage. The finished headlights were then shipped back to the owners. Two years later, BMW started putting angel eyes in all of its cars. Instead of using LEDs though, the rings were powered by halogen lamps. Determined to remain in the business, Gershaw designed an LED light that could replace the halogen bulbs. He wrote a patent for the concept when he was just 16. Gershaw studied engineering for manufacturing and business management at the University of Connecticut, and continued to employ fellow students to assemble LED headlights out of his dorm room. The headlights were sold to BMW parts dealers,
said Tal Gale, Diller Teen Fellows Co-Director. “Our teens are emerging leaders in their own communities who are going to Israel not just to explore their roots, but to continue developing real relationships with their Israeli counterparts.” Partner Israel communities include Boston/Haifa, San Francisco/Upper Galilee, Baltimore/Ashkelon, Los Angeles/Tel Aviv, MetroWest New Jersey/Rishon LeZion, Pittsburgh/Karmiel-Misgav, Montreal/Beer Sheva-Bnei Shimon, and Toronto/Eilat-Eilot. All participants will come together for the Diller Teen Fellows International Congress August 1-5, which focuses on the concept of a global Jewish Peoplehood and is largely
and people could buy them to customize their vehicles. Gershaw learned more about LED technology while interning as a college junior at Osram Sylvania in its advanced solidstate lighting lab. After graduating from UConn, he founded RemPhos Technologies in 2008, connecting the name of the company to LED technology he developed and patented. White LED lights are achieved through covering blue LED chips with a layer of phosphor, a yellow powder that is often adhered to the LEDs with silicon. Gershaw patented a method of adding phosphor to plastic, which can then be molded into lighting lenses so that each individual LED chip does not need to be treated with the phosphor and silicon mixture. This technology, known as remote phosphor because the powder is not in direct contact with the LEDs, is the origin of the name RemPhos. With development, testing and manufacturing facilities in Danvers, RemPhos projects range from transportation lighting to medical equipment. Currently, RemPhos is working with the City of Boston to replace the eight-foot fluorescent lights in city tunnels with four-foot remote phosphor LED lights, which are more energy efficient. The company has also developed an LED light for otoscopes, which doctors
facilitated by graduates participating in follow-up programming, which provides them with platforms to put their leadership training into action. The rest of the time, the fellows engage with the “real” Israel, focusing on both its beauty and blemishes, in Israeli cultural and exchange activities, as well as gather to celebrate Shabbat and other Jewish religious ceremonies, visit historical sites, hike and experience outdoor activities, volunteer through community service activities chosen and created by the teens themselves, and be hosted by their partner communities. Learn more at www.jewishfed.org/diller/ fellows.
use to look in ears. In addition, Gershaw and his company have designed runway lights, overhead lights and flexible, colored LED tubes that can replace traditional neon lights. Gershaw attributes his entrepreneurial inspiration to his family. His grandfather was a furrier for a coat store, and his father is a CPA who owns his own company. Although Gershaw is a proponent of creating and keeping jobs in America, RemPhos has a factory in China that Gershaw has visited about 10 times. Gershaw’s experiences have allowed him to learn more about bringing jobs back to America. A big limitation to manufacturing in America, he believes, is the lack of young workers in the business. While older workers are plentiful, they often do not have the knowledge necessary to work with LEDs, a relatively new technology. In order to inspire young Americans to enter manufacturing in this field, Gershaw visits elementary schools to show young students his projects and teach them about LEDs. He also works with high school students at local tech schools. Gershaw considers his Jewish background to be an important source of motivation because of Judaism’s emphasis on life-long learning. Through his involvement in the Jewish community
he has met many inspirational people including his mentor, Dr. Michael Szycher, an entrepreneur and inventor. The pair recently completed a National Science Foundation grant proposal that outlines a method of disinfecting hemodialysis catheters safely and at a low cost. Hemodialysis catheters, which filter blood when a patient suffers from kidney failure, connect straight to the blood stream, making traditional methods of chemical disinfection toxic. As a result, catheter insertion sites can be hotspots for the formation of life-threatening bacteria. Gershaw and Szycher developed an ultraviolet light disinfecting device to keep the catheter openings from growing bacterial colonies. They have not yet heard whether they received the grant. Gershaw wants to continue to collaborate with others on projects, and welcomes new ideas and opportunities. His intense commitment to projects is notorious, and he regularly becomes so engrossed that he is known to skip meals — earning the young entrepreneur the title “Superman” from his workers in China. To learn more about RemPhos Technologies LLC., visit www.remphos.com or call 877-997-3674.
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oday, Rosh Chodesh Av, I am sad. I am so very sad, disappointed, distressed, heartsick and deeply troubled. I, who am known for my usual cheerful disposition and upbeat nature, am deeply troubled. I was genuinely dumbstruck this morning while at the Kotel with the monthly Women of the Wall prayers. Sorry that the police did not allow us to enter into the women’s section, already cordoned off last Rosh first Chodesh (Tammuz) person to accommodate the Women of the Wall Rosh Chodesh prayers, but sorrier still to discover that the jeering, whistle blowing (yes, this time the haredi women were blowing whistles with a vengeance, just as the men had done two months ago, driving me and my prayers to distraction) and that the apparent hatred we were greeted with is not as superficial as I had thought or hoped. I was truly shaken today. Not only by the mockery and hatred I saw plainly on so many haredi faces in the face-off between the police barriers, but by the genuine heart-hatred I experienced. I have a friend who is having surgery later today in Boston. Like Angelina Jolie, my friend Chana bat Nitsah carries that potentially dangerous gene BRCA 1. I went to the prayers today with a k’vittel (a small piece of paper with a request for healing for her) to be hopefully placed in a crevice of the Kotel. But, the police did not allow the Women of the Wall to even enter the women’s prayer section or to get close to the Kotel. So I reached out — I leaned over the police barrier and implored, begged, pleaded with at least a dozen young haredi girls, teens and older women (who had completely free access to the Kotel). “Please,” I asked, “would you do a mitzvah for me — for my friend — and place this
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note in the Kotel?” Again and again I beseeched the haredi women. They not only spurned my request, but they cursed me (on Rosh Chodesh Av!). They cursed my friend. They said things like: “It’s your fault,” “She deserves it,” “May she _____ from cancer” [God forbid] and so on. These were deep and emotionally laden responses. Young women (girls, really) uttering such things is shocking. This is what they have been taught. I didn’t really expect this. I wasn’t prepared for such rancor and scorn. I was shaken to my core. How can we pray as Am Echad (one nation) when we are so divided by hatred? What I saw and experienced this morning was venomous contempt. We all know that during the days preceding Tisha b’Av, we are meant to be so very careful. We are meant to avoid l’shon ha-ra and all baseless hatred — sina’at chinam. Our tradition teaches that it was because of this that the Beit haMikdash, the Holy Temple, was destroyed. And here we were in 2013 broadcasting such hatred. On the bus on the way out of the Kotel area, I was struck by a sign I saw, reading “We care and will listen to every word of yours.” I wish that we could all “listen” and “hear.” And that reminded me of a prayer we recite: Sh’ma koleynu (Hear our voices), Chus v’rachem
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he abundance of Marc Chagall’s work in New York City, where I live, inspired me to see more of his genius abroad. So I headed to France on my very own Chagall trail. Here in New York, Chagall’s work is readily accessible at the Metropolitan Opera House, the Museum of Modern Art, and at galleries and the Jewish Museum, where the exhibit “Chagall: Love, War and Exile,” opens in September. Energized by all of this, I organized a Chagall-centric itinerary from Paris to Nice. Art historians label the Belarus-born artist’s work Cubism, Symbolism and Fauvism; some speak of
Expressionism. I think of color and sensitivity, as much for suffering as for love. Observing his life’s work added to my understanding of 20th-century Jewish life, as much as to my personal pleasure. In Paris, le Palais Garnier, the Opera House, is home to a glittering gold and red Chagall ceiling and the Museum of Jewish Art, in Montmartre, displays a selection of lithographs. The Centre Pompidou displays dozens of works from his youth in Vitebsk, where he was born in 1887, through the 1960s in the south of France, where he died in 1985. This national museum is in the fourth arrondissement near the Marais, the nowtrendy neighborhood that was once home to the largest Jewish
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Stained-glass windows in the axial chapel of Reims Cathedral in France, designed by Marc Chagall and made by Charles Marq in 1974.
population in Europe. Its narrow, cobblestone alleyways, distinctive architecture and synagogues retain a strong Jewish presence, and on rue de Rosier, kosher restaurants serve everything from fine steaks to falafels. From the Centre Pompidou’s rooftop terrace, there’s a clear view of Notre Dame. One of two female figures on the façade, Synagoga, represents Judaism as symbolized by the broken tablets with the Ten Commandments. Behind Notre Dame, where the Ile de la Cite comes to a point in the Seine River, the moving Memorial de la Deportation is dedicated to the 200,000 deport-
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Marc Chagall’s “The Fiddler”
ed during World War II. I explored Marseille — European Capital of Culture 2013 and home to a large Jewish community — by bus, before heading 19 miles north to Aixen-Provence to see the Atelier Cezanne, Musée Granet and Fondation Vasarely. Nice is home to a vibrant Jewish community and The Musée National Marc Chagall, with the most splendid and comprehensive of all Chagall collections. It stars 17 biblical paintings, brightly colored canvases dedicated to his wife, sculptures, brilliant stained-glass windows, mosaics, tapestries, sketches,
prints and lithographs. The glorious Matisse museum is in the same Cimiez hillsides. It takes about a half hour to drive from Nice to Saint Paul de Vence, where Chagall spent his last years. Across from the ancient walled fortification is the sprawling Fondation Maeght. Chagall mosaics decorate the architecturally stunning, parklike spot, as does work by Calder, Giacometti, Modigliani and Miró. Chagall is not the only artist who makes my spirit soar, yet no others compare to him for his love of color, life, relationships and for his love of his Jewish heritage.
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Artsbridge Summer Showcase in Williamstown
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Israeli, American and Palestinian students participating in Artsbridge’s 2013 Inter-Cultural Leadership Development Program will exhibit their work July 28.
Artsbridge is hosting its Summer Showcase of students’ art pieces, film screenings and performances on Sunday, July 28, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Buxton School, 291 South Street, Williamstown. Founded by Swampscott’s Debbie Nathan, Artsbridge, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that uses art and dialogue to develop constructive partnerships between youth on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Each summer, Artsbridge hosts an Inter-Cultural Lead ership Development Program bringing Israeli, Palestinian and American students together to learn to understand the struggles on both sides of the conflict. By exercising creativity and collaboration through art and film, the students are better able to process their experiences. While students do not always agree about the “facts” of the past or the exact solution for the future, they do come to respect each other’s experiences, empathize with each other and learn how to work together to create solutions to the pressing issues in their communities. After returning to their home regions, students serve as peer leaders. The Summer Showcase is a chance for the public to view the art and films that the students produce during the Artsbridge Summer Program and to cel-
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Her 43 stolen bases led the Northeast Conference this spring. She holds the school’s career record with 87 swipes on the base paths. continued on page 7
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His frame is so long that it cannot fit through a standard doorway. She comes up to maybe the bottom of his ribcage. She looks like a Jewish Snow White. He is the National Basketball Association’s alltime leading scorer. He is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and she is his Jewish manager, Deborah Morales. Together, this unlikely pair shares a unique passion for Jewish-black partnerships. Jewish-black partnerships are not unusual. Nelson Mandela gave the funeral address for his beloved friend and anti-apartheid champion, Joseph Slovo. Stanley Levison helped Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. plan the 1963 March on Washington. Sports broadcaster Howard Cosell rose to prominence by covering Muhammad Ali. Mannie Jackson was recognized by Harlem Globetrotters founder Abe Saperstein for his prowess on the basketball court. Jackson later went on to buy, and resurrect, the Globetrotters organization. Why have Jews and blacks partnered successfully? What makes them synergistic? “Our shared history of discrimination, enslavement and persecution makes us natural allies,” Morales told JNS. org. “We [Morales and AbdulJabbar] both know that no matter how much we mainstream, we are always at risk as part of a religious, ethnic or cultural minority.” “Both cultures know what it’s like to face hostile societies in many countries,” AbdulJabbar added. “This bond of compassion encourages us to work toward our similar goal of eradicating ethnic bias.” Morales and Abdul-Jabbar met at an airport and developed a close friendship. When fibromyalgia left Morales bedridden for two years, AbdulJabbar provided encouragement. “I wanted to die. But Kareem wouldn’t let me,” she said. Abdul-Jabbar brought her books and films, and surrounded her with positive imagery.
Good Sport from page 6
And she also hits. Vener, the star shortstop and tri-captain, batted a team-leading .471 this spring and had two fence-clearing home runs. Vener said she was a bit nervous after taking over at shortstop this season for graduated Marblehead star Kathryn DiGiamarino. In her first postseason game in her freshman year, Vener threw out a runner at the plate. “I went back on a fly ball and the runner was tagging going home,” she recalled of the play. “I threw the ball as hard as I could from deep left and got her out. I gained confidence from that. That got everybody pumped up, to see the freshman in left field make the play.” She says now of her transfer to shortstop, “I knew what was
it is knowing where to slide. It’s harder for [the opponent] to put the tag on when you slide away from the bag. Also, it took a lot of practice to get a real good jump [on the pitch].” Vener made the NEC All-Star team for the first time this season. She was also named a Salem Evening News and Lynn Item All-Star. Along with her offensive exploits, Vener had 25 putouts and 34 assists in the field. Off the field, Vener travelled to Israel last summer with the Robert I. Lappin’s Youth to Israel Adventure. “It was awesome,” she said. Now gearing up for another sports year at Marblehead, Vener has her eye on the state tourney again, and a possible conference MVP award. “That would be very nice,” she beamed of both prospects. “I’m looking forward to next year.”
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he Jewish Journal, your community treasure, is moving forward — literally! As you probably have read elsewhere in the paper, beginning August 8 we welcome to our pages feature articles and information from the Forward, the legendary and award-winning national Jewish newspaper, and one of the oldest and largest Jewish press organizations in the country. This addition does not imply a shift in focus from the local scene. Rather, it enables us to offer a much broader range of cultural, educational, national and international stories, and furthers our mission to connect the Jewish community. We believe this partnership offers our readers new opportunities for engagement, allowing them to live more robust Jewish lives. We embrace the chance to widen our lens, broaden our view and expand our readership to others in the
region eager to connect to their heritage, their culture, to Israel and to one another. Partnering with the Forward helps actualize a dream we have had for years: to find Jewish households of all demographic configurations, wherever they are in Greater Boston, and work hard to serve their needs. We are overwhelmingly optimistic and totally enthusiastic about this new phase in the Journal’s existence. The Journal has had a truly special relationship with our readers for the past 36 years. We couldn’t have made it to middle age without you. The paper is free. It exists because of your support, and the support of advertisers, donors, and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston. Thank you for your commitment to our community paper, and thank you for sharing our excitement about this new era in the Journal’s history.
letters to the editor In Support of Rabbi Jacobs
If the Tree Could Talk I cried when I read that Congregation Ahabat Sholom is not renewing Rabbi Avraham Kelman’s contract (Journal, June 13) and again when I read Rabinessa Liora Kelman’s “A Place to Call Home,” her heartfelt love letter to her shul and community (Journal, June 27). As the former wife of a rabbi for 40 years, I have experienced firsthand the painful and often cruel vagaries of rabbinic life. I know what it is to give and to not ultimately be rewarded with security and appreciation. There is a bitter irony to a rabbi’s role: though called upon to be the spiritual leader of a congregation, in reality a rabbi is an employee whose destiny
can rise or fall according to the will of a board of directors. A synagogue is not a business and there is something unethical about sending away a rabbi and his family who have been dedicated to serving G-d, the Jewish people, their synagogue and their community. People of integrity like the Kelmans are not disposable. My family has personally been touched by the Kelmans’ compassion, wisdom and hospitality, and I shall be forever grateful. Rarely have I met a rabbinic couple so devoted to each other and to serving others with true joy. Rabbi Kelman approaches the rabbinate as a true calling, which he answers in
a quiet, sincere, humble, scholarly and gentle manner. Liora is his perfect counterpart, a true helpmate, encircling her husband and his work with love, infusing the synagogue and the community with endless talent, energy, passion and creativity. Their commitment to their congregants, especially the elderly and the Russian community, reflects unique sensitivity. The beautiful cherry tree in front of Ahabat Sholom has witnessed the many gifts the Kelmans have given to their congregation. If the tree could talk, it would say, “what a strange way to say thank you.” Gloria Mintz Newburyport
Muslim Takeover Jews are devils incarnate in every supersessionist and replacement theology (Christian, Islamist, Collectivist) in which God rejects and replaces Jews. Peter Nathan’s replacement theology is Collectivist. In his piece “Welcome to Israel” (Journal, July 11), jeeringly, he invokes Shoah imagery. Palestinians replace Jews — catwalk, cattle-run, people pressing in against each other, subjugated, caged, dirty, cold. And Jews replace Nazis — inhuman, black boots, weapons poised. Visiting Bethlehem in 1970, it was nearly 100% Christian. Did Nathan notice it’s nearly 100% Muslim today? Sharia commands “first the Saturday people, then the Sunday people.” In
1949 Muslims, destroying every synagogue, made Judea and Samaria Judenrein. Today they firebomb churches, expropriate Christians’ property, and murder. Jews visit Rachel’s tomb “unimpeded?” In three months, Muslims firebombed it 200 times. To Joseph’s tomb they’ve taken crowbars and shot dead a father of four. More recently, they’ve desecrated the Patriarchs’ tomb. They’re dismantling the ancient Mount Olives cemetery. Erasing Jews from history. Jews have become Nazis? Traversing the Sinai, East Africans risk death to reach Israel. When Hamas machine gunned Fatah prisoners or
tossed them from rooftops, Fatah fled to Israel. Wounded Syrians, tortured, beheaded, executed by fellow Muslims, are treated in Israeli hospitals. In three Jewish-Roman wars during which nearly two million Jews died, traitors, dubbed malshinim, aided victorious Romans. Between the Roman and Nazi Shoah, twixt exile and ingathering, malshinim (informers) have instigated inquisitions, expulsions and massacres. Recited thrice daily, an Amida prayer reads “and as for the malshinim, may they have no hope.” And let us say, amen. Dov J. Shazeer Swampscott
Overcoming the Loss of Social Gravity The membership model described in “Time for a New Synagogue Membership Model” (Journal, June 27) is not just a Jewish problem, but one that affects all religious and social organizations. Our growth of individualism has led to a weakening of our group ties. We are
devolving into having separate but parallel lives, and are losing the ties of groups. As our technology gives us new freedom of individuality, it weakens the bonds of “we.” It may not be the loss of interest, but a growing number and variety of potential choices that
has led to this situation. Yes, the lowering of costs might lower the rate of withdrawals. But the question is how to overcome the loss of social gravity that can draw us together. Henry Basch Peabody
Robert Lappin’s letter (“A Grudge Against Israel,” July 11) attacking the leader of our Reform movement, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, for Rabbi Jacobs’ outstanding support for women’s equality in Israel and for religious rights for all in Israel, completely misses the mark. It is simply untrue to say that the judicial system “would not permit” the Israeli government to interfere with religious practice in Israel. Israel is the only country in the world where Orthodox Judaism is the norm. Orthodox rabbis are paid by the state, synagogues must get support from the state to build on any land, and the Orthodox stream controls marriage, divorce and how Jews observe religious holidays. Indeed, since I join with
Robert Lappin in his support for engaging the next generation of young Jews in love for Israel, I find it especially uplifting that Rabbi Jacobs is leading our Reform movement in promoting support for all religious streams in Israel. The Reform movement, for instance, sends more young people each year to Israel via Birthright than any other organization in Jewish life. But, when our young people visit Israel, they should see an Israel that respects their rights as Jews and also supports those in Israel who choose to find their Jewish identity in religion that is not Orthodox or UltraOrthodox. Jerry Somers, Swampscott Past Chair, Union for Reform Judaism
An Inconvenient Fence In response to Susan Nicholson’s letter (“Why I Feel So Strongly Opposed to the Separation Barrier,” Journal, July 11), the Israeli fence, simply stated, is a Palestinian fence. The Palestinians have the power to remove this barrier by agreeing to come to the table for direct negotiations sans pre-conditions. Until that time, Israel has the responsibility to protect its citizens from suicide bombings. It is a defensive wall that has succeeded in reducing terrorism in Israel since its inception after the Third Intifada. This fact alone is pure justification for the fence. Palestinians have to live with these inconveniences as long as there is a threat to Israel’s security. No international court has the right to dictate to any country how to defend itself and protect its citizens. Furthermore, the settlements are not illegal
as stated by Ms. Nicholson. These settlements were built on lands that were captured in the 1967 war, a war precipitated by the Egyptian closure of the Straits of Tiran. In November 1967, UN Resolution 242 was adopted stating that Arab lands be returned as part of an overall peace agreement that recognized Israel’s right to exist. Israel has honored this resolution and returned 97% of land (Sinai, Gaza) captured after a peace agreement was signed with Egypt. If the Palestinians truly want peace and the barrier removed, they need to come to the table, recognize Israel’s right to exist as a sovereign Jewish state, and stop their indoctrination of Jew hatred. If that time ever comes, the Israelis would be happy to remove this inconvenient barrier. Carol Denbo Swampscott
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A Troubling Tale of Jewish-Muslim Relations
Jewish Values Dictate Protecting Gay Marriage Edgar M. Bronfman
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n the early 1970s, while I was CEO of the Seagram Company, public dialogue about gay rights was largely nonexistent in corporate America. Social discourse had not yet even evolved into the “don’t ask, don’t tell” ethos that dominated the following decades. Homosexuality was simply not discussed and therefore, by implication, was shameful. During that time, as the head of a company with thousands of employees, personnel issues often came across my desk. One day, the director of human resources came into my office with a recommendation to terminate one of my brightest executives. I found myself puzzled that anyone would want to fire such a promising young man until the director leaned in and confided in a hushed tone, “Well, you know, he’s a homosexual.” The declaration did persuade me — but not in the way he had hoped. The promising young executive continued on to a distinguished career at Seagram, and the HR director was soon let go. Although my choice was shocking to the director, the decision was obvious to me: to fire a person because of their sexual orientation was not only wrong, it was bad business. It was discrimination, plain and simple, and would not be tolerated in the company I ran. More than 40 years later, I still feel such discrimination to be unequivocally wrong, but my views on the subject of gay rights have evolved. Particularly today, as we celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to recognize the legality of gay marriage, I now see marriage equality as a moral imperative because of my Jewish roots. Just as the high court has shown moral bravery in its recognition of gay marriage, the Jewish community should follow its example in our myriad communities. As Jews, we should remember that our tradition upholds the bond between two loving people and the families they create as a source of strength and commitment to the betterment of the world. “Justice” is a word we are taught early in life, and we are reminded constantly that it is a principle we should uphold and promote. In Hebrew, the word tzedek is used to promote acts of loving kindness and righteousness. Its diminutive, tzedakah, is translated as charity, but it is much more. We are taught in the Torah, in the book of Deuteronomy 16:20: “Justice, Justice shall you pursue.” In Hebrew, “Tzedek, tzedek tirdorf.” It is a vital, active imperative for the Jewish people to be on the front lines of issues protecting and promoting the rights of any group being treated unfairly. To take approximately
10 percent of the U.S. population and tell them they are secondclass citizens is clearly unjust. As Jews we are instructed to seek justice for the stranger, the widow and the orphan because too often society discriminates against and takes advantage of those without advocates. I have come to see the protection of gay marriage as a manifestation of the Jewish value of seeking justice for those who are enslaved. To those who cover their prejudice with reference to biblical injunctions against homosexuality, I ask if they are willing to live by every other law listed in the Torah. For such literalists, I submit that the very Torah portion of Leviticus that they so often quote also enjoins us to harbor no hatred against our brother and our neighbor. To freeze Judaism in time because of ancient biblical edicts is to deny that Judaism is a mighty river that moves forward through time, a living entity that changes course and becomes renewed through what it meets on the banks. Like a river, it retains its essential character, although it is constantly renewed and evolving. Today, the Jewish pursuit of justice must channel itself against the denial of marriage equality. For Jews, who have suffered so much throughout history at the hands of prejudice, to stand idly by while any group is treated so unfairly is unequivocally wrong. I have been inspired in my thinking on gay rights and marriage equality by a woman I have known since she was a teenager. She is now the leader of Keshet, a group that promotes equality for the LGBT community in the Jewish world. Idit Klein first came to my attention when she was in high school. She was a student on a program I founded called the Bronfman Youth Fellowship that targets Jewish teens of exceptional promise from an array of backgrounds. In my conversations with her over the years, I have learned that the issues facing LGBT Jews are ones on which all Jews need to speak out. Within the Jewish community we must endeavor to include and celebrate the diversity of families and couples within all aspects of religious, communal and institutional life. When our communities continue to open their tents as our forefather Abraham did, to include all who wish to participate in Jewish life, our people’s possibilities expand and gain strength. Edgar M. Bronfman is president of the Samuel Bronfman Foundation, which seeks to inspire a renaissance of Jewish life. He is the author of “The Bronfman Haggadah” (Rizzoli Press) created in conjunction with his wife, artist Jan Aronson.
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Yossi Klein Halevi
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love the new Jerusalem light rail. It’s a model of coexistence, Jerusalem style. Jews and Arabs, ultra-Orthodox and Russians: Everyone crammed together in unhappy proximity, yet making the best of it and getting on with their lives. But not always. Late one night I took one of the last trains from the city center to French Hill, my neighborhood in north Jerusalem. As the train pulled into my station, there were shouts from the back. I couldn’t tell what was happening and got off. So did the group from the back. A young man in a large knitted kippah lunged at a young Arab man, kicking and swing-
ing. A young woman who was with the Arab young man shouted in Hebrew, “Leave us alone!” The Arab tried to back off. His main concern seemed to be to protect the young woman beside him. I stood before the Jewish attacker. “Calm down,” I said. “How can I calm down?” he shouted at me. “He’s taking our sister to his apartment to rape her!” I called the police. We’re already on our way, I was told. Hurry, I said, there could be blood here. A group of Jewish teenagers, mostly haredim, gathered. “Leave our sister alone!” one of them shouted. Meanwhile several Arab teenagers approached, trying to pro-
tect the couple. There was scuffling. The haredim began chasing the couple. I ran after them. Someone sprayed mace in my eye. Police came. The couple slipped away. The Arab young men retreated to the far end of the station. A haredi teenager pointed toward them: “They attacked a Jew!” he said. The cops ran toward the young Arabs. I ran after them. “I’m a witness!” I shouted. “Jews attacked an Arab.” One of the cops stopped and asked if I could identify any of the assailants. I saw the young man in the big knitted kippah who had started the incident. He was now calmly crossing the street, just another innocent passerby. “Him,” I said to the cop. “You sure?” “A hundred percent.” continued on page 14
No Happy Meal for You! Linda Gradstein The Media Line
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hen it comes to Israel and the Palestinians, everything, even a hamburger, is political. Israelis who live in areas that Israel acquired in 1967 are up in arms over McDonald’s decision not to open a branch in the mall that will be built in Ariel over the next year. In Israel, the McDonald’s franchise is private and is owned by Omri Padan, one of the founders of the dovish group Peace Now, which opposes Israeli building in post-1967 areas. There are 170 McDonald’s restaurants in Israel, about 40 of which are kosher. The company’s website claims it is the largest employer of youth in Israel, giving jobs to 3,000 teenagers, along with 1,000 adults. Padan declined to give an interview to The Media Line, but his office sent a one-line reply. “This has always been the policy of Dr. Omri Padan,” referring to the decision not to open restaurants in Ariel, the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in 1967, or even East Jerusalem, which Israel has annexed.
Some in Israel welcomed Padan’s decision. “In every democratic country everyone has the right to decide where to live and where to open his business,” Yariv Oppenheimer, the director general of Peace Now told The Media Line. “Padan did not want to take part in ‘settlement’ activity. He thinks the ‘settlements’ are damaging to Israel, and we agree.” Some right-wing leaders disagreed. Settler leader Yigal Dilmony said that while he doesn’t support boycotts, consumers should vote with their wallets. “Every citizen who cares about the state of Israel should think before he buys a burger, who is he financing?” Dilmony said. “Burger Ranch (a rival local Israeli chain) said they will open in the new mall. Israeli citizens should support those chains with Zionist values.” Oppenheimer of Peace Now reacted sharply, saying Padan’s decision is not a boycott. “Nobody is saying that ‘settlers’ are not allowed to buy at McDonald’s,” he said, referring to Israelis who live in post-1967 areas. “You can’t fault him for not building in a place they don’t want to remain part of Israel.” continued on page 14
‘You’re So Annoying!’ Sara Dimerman
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hen I think of annoying, I imagine a tiny mosquito hovering around my head in the dark, as I’m trying to sleep. Apparently, the drone of a mosquito doesn’t even come close to how annoying I can be to my 14-year-old. I know that I am not alone. Clients and friends with children around this age, give or take a few years, are clumped in the same category by their children, too. Apparently it doesn’t take much to be annoying. Some of us are annoying by just being parents. This means that any time we ask our kids to make their beds, what time they are getting together with their friends, inquire if they have homework or move the hair out of their eyes, we are downright annoying. Just like the pesky mosquito, our kids want us
away from their space. They just want to be left alone. Bottom line is that our kids are very comfortable at criticizing and expressing their displeasure to us. They’re not afraid to let it all hang out, even though they’d be offended if we did the same. Some might believe that a comment such as “you’re so annoying” shows a lack of respect, but I’m more concerned about helping children understand the impact of their words and being sensitive to our feelings rather than demanding respect. So, here are some ideas to turn your exchange into a learning opportunity about better communication: • Tell your child how you feel by using an “I message.” For example, “when you tell me I am annoying, I feel hurt because I am trying to com-
municate with you about something I feel is important.” An I message doesn’t necessarily change anything in the short term, but it may in the long run. • If the time is right and the situation calm, you can (at the risk of being even more annoying), ask what it is that annoys your child so much. For example, if he says that you are annoying when you come to wake him in the morning, discuss options such as an alarm clock waking him instead or your coming in only once and then letting the logical consequences kick in (such as a late slip at school). • If your child says that she is annoyed when you ask her so many questions, for example, inquire how else you can find out about her day (genuinely, not sarcastically). Maybe she doesn’t want to share the details of her day the minute she gets into the car after school, but is
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Homecoming: ‘North Shore Fish’ Returns to Gloucester Stage
Off to See the Wizard at NSMT
Amy Forman Jewish Journal Staff
Gloucester — Israel Horovitz’s Pulitzer Prize nominated play “North Shore Fish” returns “home” to the Gloucester Stage Company, through August 4. Set in a Gloucester fish packing plant, the play centers on the daily routine of the mostly female workers who have come to regard their company, North Shore Fish, as a way of life. Despite the jokes, juicy gossip and stage boisterous horseplay that enliven their working day, the women are aware of signs of impending trouble as the once-thriving enterprise which had processed the daily catch of the local fishing fleet is now reduced to repacking frozen fish imported from Japan, and the layoffs have begun. “‘North Shore Fish,’ to my thinking, is a play about love and dignity in the workplace,” Horowitz said. This will be the third time that “North Shore Fish” has appeared at the Gloucester Stage, having premiered in 1986 as the company’s first production when it opened in its current space, and having been revived in 1992. Today, as the people of Gloucester continue to cope with a changing fishing industry and waterfront landscape, the issues raised in the play remain relevant. “I think the play is still valid, maybe more so now than back
Paul Lyden
Danielle Bowen (Dorothy), Nigel (Toto), Paul Sabala (Scarecrow), Joe Moeller (Tinman) and Lance Roberts (Lion) in the North Shore Music Theatre’s production of “The Wizard of Oz.” “North Shore Fish” runs through August 4.
then... that’s why (we) chose it for this season,” Horowitz wrote in an email to the Journal from England, as he prepares to direct his upcoming film, “My Old Lady,” starring Maggie Smith and Kevin Kline. “Back then, the fishing industry was in trouble... now it’s all but disappeared. But it is all a metaphor for a changing America, for a disappearing working class,” he wrote. Horovitz grew up in Massachusetts and maintains homes in Gloucester, New York and England. He wrote: “When I first began spending time in Gloucester as an adult, I remember, quite vividly, observing Gloucester’s heroes are carpenters and fishermen, not playwrights. Quite clearly, Gloucester, located on an island (Cape Ann), land’s end, was to be one of America’s final
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bastions of blue-collar life.” The theme of the ever-shrinking working class is at the center of “North Shore Fish,” and the play has gone on to successful Off Broadway productions in New York City, and all over the world. It was adapted into a TV movie in 1997. The Founding Director Emeritus of the Gloucester Stage, Horovitz retired as artistic director in 2006 after serving in that role for 34 years. His plays have been translated and performed in more than 30 languages worldwide. The prolific writer and director has won numerous awards for his work.
Beverly — Follow the yellow brick road to the North Shore Music Theatre’s production of “The Wizard of Oz,” playing through Sunday, August 4. One of the greatest famstage ily musicals of all time, “The Wizard of Oz” is a celebration of the iconic 1939 MGM film. The lavish production features magical special
effects, dazzling choreography and the classic songs including “Over the Rainbow,” “If I Only Had a Brain” and “We’re Off to See the Wizard.” Many local children are featured in the cast. For ticket and show time information, call 978-232-7200 or visit nsmt.org. North Shore Music Theatre is located at 62 Dunham Rd., Beverly.
Israeli Scouts to Perform at JCCNS
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The Israeli Scouts perform at the JCCNS on August 4.
MARBLEHEAD — The community is invited to enjoy a special performance by the Israel Scouts, a group of teenagers who share stories and songs about their lives in Israel. The Israeli stage Scouts have been touring for 40 years, educating teens in America about culture, music and dance in Israel. They also share a message of peace.
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The Scouts will perform at the JCCNS outdoor pool on Sunday, August 4, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $5/person and $20/family. On August 5, the Scouts will join JCC campers in small groups for games, music and discussions spotlighting Israeli culture. For more information, contact JCC Youth Director Ashley Corcoran at 781-476-9907 or avieira@jccns.com.
Theatre of Light Benefit Features Marblehead Actress M a r b l e h e ad — Marblehead actress Miriam Eyges will present a one-woman comedy show “Ma, Only You!” on Sunday, July 28, at 7 p.m. stage at the Old North Church, 35 Washington Street, with all proceeds donated to the Theatre of Light’s summer children’s theatre program. Eyges has created an autobiographical program featuring new vignettes including the award-winning “Mikve Monologue” that she recently
performed at the EnglishSpeaking Theatre Arts Festival in Jerusalem. With a career spanning 40 years, Eyges has had roles in several North Shore Musical Theatre productions, Off Broadway shows, and in professional touring children’s and dinner theatres. She also teaches children’s theatre workshops. The suggested ticket donation is $10. Call 978-210-9818 or email theatreoflight@ comcast.net.
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A Bumper Crop of Summer Reads By Local Authors Jessica Chmara Jewish Journal Staff
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number of local authors have published new novels just in time for readers to enjoy the fruits of their labor during the hot and lazy days of summer. There Book is something for everyone. Enjoy some enterBytes taining reads and support our local authors.
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his grandmother of 15 and great-grandmother of two shares her wealth of knowledge on the art of becoming a woman in “Grandmother’s 41 Secrets.” The wise and witty narrative provides insight on why women are so different from men. In a process similar to metamorphosis, when a caterpillar morphs into a beautiful butterfly, Grandmother’s growing girls must flourish into women. 41 Secrets The Marblehead author believes what makes Carol Ann Spiller women so special is their grace, resiliency Paresky and tenderness. With over 80 years of expe2011 rience, the author shares her wisdom on becoming an accomplished and experienced woman. Through chapters on cod liver oil, “divahood,” superbabies and faith, she dispenses advice on everything needed to transform yourself into the woman that you would like to become.
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Eli the Elephant Jeana Khan Illustrated by Linda Jung 2012
li the Elephant” is a children’s story inspired by a real life incident of a frightened Asiatic elephant calf in the wild. The story focuses on Eli, a calf on the move with his family, who is scared by rushing water. Eventually, Eli garners the courage to cross the bank with the help of his supportive family. Children will enjoy this tender story from a Marblehead author. The book contains beautiful illustrations.
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octor Taco” tells the story of Sam, a nice Jewish boy, who has always dreamed of becoming a doctor. But first he has a few obstacles he must overcome, like getting into medical Doctor Taco school. What is he to do Irv Danesh, M.D. when he can’t even get 2013 a letter of recommendation from his organic chemistry professor? After receiving rejection after rejection from medical schools in the United States, he moves to Mexico to attend school there, where the admissions process isn’t as competitive, and where the fun begins. Now he must deal with second-rate medical facilities and rotting cadavers. On top of that, he gets entangled with smuggling, prostitutes and more. This entertaining and hilarious tale from a Marblehead author will keep readers amused and engrossed, and wondering if perhaps Dr. Taco could be your own physician. You never know…
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n his third novel, “Stolen,” New Hampshire author Daniel Palmer weaves together another suspenseful thriller that will keep readers quickly turning the pages. John Bodine has just Stolen learned that his young wife Daniel Palmer has been diagnosed with Kensington Books a malignant melanoma 2013 growing on the bottom of her foot, and without the proper medical care she will likely die. Unfortunately, John’s insurance will not cover all of it. So he quickly takes matters into his own hands and decides to steal the identity of one of his clients in order to file false medical claims. When his client learns of this indiscretion, he doesn’t go to the police, but rather seeks revenge and blackmails the couple. This edge-of-the-seat thriller will keep readers guessing every step of the way, right up through the explosive ending of this cat and mouse game.
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hrough a poignant parable, Fred Feldman conveys his important message on the art of philanthropy in his new book, “How to Save the World on $5 a Day.” Today, the Marblehead author says, we are so consumed with our own hectic lives and schedules that we simply just write a check to a charitable organization without even pondering what this act really means. We don’t necessarily derive a sense of fulfillment from our actions; we are merely doing it because we feel it is our civic responsibility or maybe even chore. How to Save the Feldman hopes his new book will enlighten and change the way we view World on $5 a Day charitable giving. By sharing stories of people from all walks of life, Feldman Fred Lawrence gives readers a clear understanding of how charitable giving can change the Feldman way we look at others, as well as ourselves. Whether donating time or money Argo Navis to others in need, giving can be highly rewarding. 2012
Rick Moranis Draws on Jewish Roots in New Album JNS.org
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hen fans picture Rick Moranis, the first things that probably come to mind are scenes from movies such as “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” “Ghostbusters,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” or “Spaceballs.” But his latest project conjures up an image much closer to home. It’s the smell of his Jewish mother’s house. “The whole place smelled like MUSIC Friday at 6 p.m., and that was 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days of the year,” Moranis said. That smell is the inspiration behind Moranis’s new CD, “My Mother’s Brisket & Other Love Songs” (Warner Bros. Records/ LoudMouth). Released June 18, the album contains 13 comedic songs exploring the smorgasbord of his Jewish heritage. Moranis started his career spinning records at the Torontobased CHUM-FM radio station, often accompanying himself on the guitar. In 1982, Moranis and his fictional brother Dave Thomas scored a Billboard Top 40 hit with “Take Off.” This year, Moranis went back to the studio to record a set of songs that he says even nonJews can relate to. (Moranis had an early inclination to include a glossary for his heavily Yiddishinfused collection of songs, but ultimately decided against the move.) Among the offerings on the
album are “I’m Old Enough to be Your Zaide,” “My Wednesday Balabusta,” “Belated Haftorah,” “The Seven Days of Shiva” and “I Can’t Help It, I Just Like Christmas.” The most universally relatable tune is the title track, “My Mother’s Brisket.” Asked what it is about brisket that makes Jewish children so loyal to the homes they grew up in, Moranis calls homemade food the “sensual part” of growing up in a Jewish home. Moranis is not sure if his mother’s brisket had any “secret ingredient,” but does recall her roasting the meat “for hours,” then “letting it rest,” slicing it,
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then finally reheating it “with all the stuff on top of it, so
it ended up being more moist than others we came across.” While his mother’s brisket may have been his true first love, Moranis said he has “always loved making music.” Though many fans think of him as a comedian and actor first, Moranis was actually one of the many kids who “grew up wanting to be The Beatles,” before he was “sidetracked into comedy.” “Even when I was doing comedy, I wrote [music] all the time,” Moranis said. “The On his album Agoraphobic Cowboy,” released in 2005, Moranis included a song called “Mean Old Man” which details the burly deni-
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Jewish Pride Night
7:05 p.m. Cheer on the New Hampshire Fisher Cats with members of Temple Ahavas Achim of Newburyport. Do the hora on the field, Jewish food available. 1 Line Dr., Manchester, N.H. 978-462-2461.
Production runs through August 4. Marblehead Little Theatre, 12 School St., Marblehead. www. mltlive.com or purchase tickets at Spirit of ‘76 Bookstore.
Hot Diggety Dog Shabbat
5:30-7 p.m. Families with young children celebrate Shabbat with the PJ Library. Swim in the lake from 4 to 5 p.m. Vegetarian food available. Rain date August 2. Camp Menorah,
5:30 p.m. Meet Rabbi Emily Mathis and Cantor Jeri Robins. Temple Beth Shalom, 489 Lowell St., Peabody. RSVP to 978-535-2100.
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Israel Chavurah
Develop a better understanding of the issues concerning Israel and the Middle East, and enjoy a Kiddush/ luncheon following Shabbat services. Temple Emanu-El, 514 Main Street, Haverhill. 978-373-3861.
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Summer Showcase
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Artsbridge exhibition features student films and art. The Buxton School, 291 South St., Williamstown. www.artsbridgeinstitute.org or 781-592-7431.
Color War
1-5 p.m. 8-12th graders raise money for cancer research, in honor of Derek Sheckman. $10 donation. JCCNS, Marblehead. genngreenberg@gmail.com.
Pool Party BBQ
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‘Ma, Only You’
7 p.m. One-woman comedy show performed by Miriam Eyges. Old North Church, 35 Washington St., Marblehead. $10 benefits children’s theater programs. theatreoflight@ comcast.net or 978-210-9818.
Mon, July 29 Glassblowing Demonstration
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5-7 p.m. Learn more about Temple Ner Tamid’s religious school at an ice cream social. Zinga’s, 139 Lynnfield St., Peabody. Call Tracy at 978-804-6189.
Thur, Aug. 1 ‘The Taffetas’
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August 17. Salem Theatre Company, 90 Lafayette St., Salem. www. salemtheatre.com or 978-790-8546.
Documentary Film
“Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner” explores the life and work of the groundbreaking director, actor and artist. Through August 9. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. www. mfa.org or 800-440-6975.
Comedy Festival
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Teddy Bear Shabbat
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Family Fun Night
Watch the North Shore Navigators and enjoy a pizza party with the NSJCC. Doors open at 4 p.m., first pitch at 5 p.m. Run the bases and play catch in the outfield after the game. Fraser Field, 365 Western Ave., Lynn. www.nsjcc.org.
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12:15-1:30 p.m. Learn more about the Jewish citizens of Maine through New England’s second Documenting Maine Jewry Reunion. Boston Park Plaza, Hotel. mainejews.org.
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6 p.m. Group of traveling Israeli teenagers sing about their lives in Israel. JCCNS Outdoor Pool, Marblehead. avieira@jccns.com or 781-476-9907.
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7-9 p.m. Beginner Israeli folk dance class from 7-8 p.m., followed by open dancing for all levels from 8-9:15 p.m. $1 donation suggested. Temple B’nai Abraham, 200 E. Lothrop St., Beverly. 978-535-2292.
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Cnaan Liphshiz JTA.org
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The effectiveness of the European Union’s decision to blacklist only Hezbollah’s military wing might be debatable, but one thing about the move seems certain: It did not come easy. The decision by Europe’s 28 foreign ministers to put Hezbollah’s military wing on the EU list of terrorist organizations followed months of jostling by member states in the wake of last summer’s killing of five Israelis and a Bulgarian in a bus bombing near the Black Sea resort of Burgas. Israel and Bulgaria have accused Hezbollah of being responsible for the attack, which the Lebanon-based group denies. At stake in the debates were Europe’s relations with Lebanon, where Hezbollah holds several seats in parliament; possible reprisals by Hezbollah against EU troops; and the credibility of the EU’s anti-terrorist stance. To negotiate the web of conflicting interests, the EU came up with a compromise that would allow it to show toughness in responding to terrorism on its soil without sacrificing its influence in Lebanon. It would designate only the organization’s military wing as terrorist, ignoring no less an authority than Hezbollah’s second-incommand, Naim Qassem, who has said the organization has a single leadership. “This is partly a political signal and partly a real signal that we are not prepared to see any terrorist activity as means to achieving what some would consider political ends, while we want to be clear, too, in our support for political parties of Lebanon and the people
of Lebanon,” EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said at a news conference July 23. “We’ve made the distinction clear.” Jewish groups were pleased generally by the development, with World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder calling it a “major breakthrough” and the Board of Deputies of British Jews averring it would “seriously damage Hezbollah’s capabilities” around the world. But many also noted that the distinction between the group’s military and political wings is false, creating a loophole that Hezbollah could exploit to render the whole designation exercise ineffectual. “Highlighting Hezbollah’s involvement in terrorism is a positive political statement but a flawed counterterrorism strategy,” said Abraham Foxman, the national director of the AntiDefamation League. “Since terror-related operational activities are already illegal throughout the EU, the high-value counterterrorism target remains Hezbollah’s financing activities in Europe — and that target was missed.” According to intelligence analysts, Hezbollah employs a network of thousands of activ-
ists who launder its money in European banks and front businesses, raise money for its operations and recruit militants to its ranks through a host of Islamic charities. Europe is “Hezbollah’s piggy bank and money laundromat,” said Wim Kortenoeven, a proIsrael former parliamentarian from the Netherlands and the author of a book on Hamas, citing a 2011 report by German intelligence that estimated Hezbollah had about 1,000 members in Germany alone. Had the EU designation applied to Hezbollah in its entirety, it might have taken a serious bite out of the group’s European operations. A 2001 EU regulation requires the “freezing of funds, other financial assets and economic resources” of designated terrorist groups. By exempting Hezbollah’s political operations from that requirement, the EU has allowed that activity to continue, according to Claude Moniquet, a 20-year veteran of France’s foreign intelligence agency and the founder of the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center, a Brusselsbased think tank. “Hezbollah’s main activity
in Europe is money laundering and some gathering intelligence, which isn’t performed by combatants but is used also for military purposes,” Moniquet told JTA. “It means these regulations are declaratory and will likely have very little effect on the ground. Hezbollah will just say not to worry, these men are from the political arm.” Before July 23, the EU list of designated terrorist entities contained 26 groups, including Hamas and Colombia’s FARC. The proscribed organizations are listed as one entity without separation into wings. But even with the exception, the EU resolution may still have consequences for Hezbollah, according to Or Daniel, an Israeli analyst for the European Friends of Israel lobby group, a Brusselsbased nonprofit. “There is ample intelligence material that shows that people from the military units of Hezbollah are involved in ‘soft’ activities,” Daniel said. “Israel or the United States may now share the intelligence with EU partners to get them to choke off certain Hezbollah areas of activity.” But Moniquet says European intelligence services have ample intelligence of their own on Hezbollah. “The EU’s problem with Hezbollah was never lacking intelligence,” Moniquet said. “It’s lacking determination.” Yet to Joel Rubinfeld, the cochair of the European Jewish Parliament, the designation is the beginning of a process rather than its conclusion. “It’s a first step in the right direction,” Rubinfeld said. “The significance lies not in practical consequences but in the fact that it has opened the door to the next goal — complete proscription. Opening the door was the hardest part.”
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A Troubling Tale from page 9
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The young man was handcuffed and brought to me for face-to-face identification. “That’s him,” I confirmed. He looked at me — a fellow Jew in a kippah — more with contempt than hatred. He had tried to perform a mitzvah, a religious obligation, and I had betrayed him. “Kol hakavod,” he said to me sarcastically. Well done. Then he cursed me, or perhaps threatened me: “You’ve lost the world to come — and also this world.” “I won’t let you do a pogrom in the streets of Jerusalem,” I replied. My streets. I was driven to a police station to give testimony. In the car a cop — an Arab, probably a Druse — admitted to me, “If you hadn’t stepped forward, we would have arrested the Arabs. In most of these situations, it’s usually the minorities who attack Jews.” “Minorities” is polite Hebrew for Arabs. I gave my testimony and was driven home. It was 2 a.m., less than 24 hours before Tisha B’Av. No mention of the incident appeared in the media. It was, after all, a minor event. No one was seriously hurt. But perhaps the real significance of the event lies elsewhere. My confrontation with the Jewish zealot was also a philosophical argument — not only an obvious clash over radically different perceptions of Jewish ethics, but over the responsibilities imposed by Jewish sovereignty. When the young man told me in so many words that I was a traitor to my people, he was faulting me for placing Western democratic norms over his understanding of Jewish law. Not only was I turning him, a fellow Jew, over to police — some of whom weren’t even Jews! — but I was abandoning a sister in spiritual crisis. One unintended consequence of Zionism is that in creating a state that was not only Jewish but democratic, it placed necessary limits on Jewish solidarity. As an Israeli, I have responsibility not only to my fellow Jews but also to my fellow Israelis, whether or not they are Jewish. And I have responsibility to those who live among us who don’t have Israeli citizenship, but are dependent
The dispute erupted as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in the region for yet another attempt to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Palestinians say that all of the areas that Israel acquired in 1967 must become part of the Palestinian state, and all 330,000 Jewish residents there must leave. Israel says it wants to hold onto what it calls “settlement blocs,” including Ariel. “I think the decision not to open a McDonald’s here is a mistake and hurts a large population,” Ariel Mayor Eliezer Shaviro told The Media Line. “Any kind of boycott is a mistake and causes more division.” Shaviro says residents are trying hard for coexistence with their Palestinian neighbors. “In our industrial zone we have factories where Israelis and Palestinians work together, and Palestinians make five times what they would in Nablus or Ramallah,” he said, referring to two
on the fairness of the state’s institutions. Sometimes those multiple levels of responsibility conflict. There is a deeper problem here than the violence of a fanatical fringe. Large parts of the Orthodox community haven’t yet internalized the hard but essential price of Jewish sovereignty. That price is the need to respect the primacy of democratic rules in the public space, even if that means restricting how one’s notion of Jewish law should govern that space. For the young Jewish assailant, the need to “save” a Jewish young woman from her Arab boyfriend was an overriding religious imperative. One can argue with his understanding of Jewish law — and that is an argument that must be vigorously engaged. But in one sense that argument is irrelevant: In the rules of a democratic public space, a young person’s partner is no one’s business but her own. Ignore those rules and the result is anarchy. Hurban habayit — the destruction of the Jewish national home. The streets of Jerusalem seem increasingly threatened with anarchy. During the same week that this incident occurred, several haredi soldiers in uniform were attacked by extremist haredim in the Mea Shearim neighborhood, where posters compare haredim who serve in the IDF to insects. As the fast of Tisha B’Av was ending, a haredi was repeatedly stabbed outside the Damascus Gate, presumably by Palestinian terrorists. Multiple struggles are being fought to keep Jerusalem a safe, open and pluralistic city. A city that belongs to all of its residents, to Jews of every religious denomination and no denomination, to those from any faith who love and revere her. However weary one often feels from the pressures of living here, I am grateful for the privilege of being a custodian of Jerusalem, of taking responsibility for the future of this city, for the quality of our public space. That, after all, is what it means to be a sovereign people in its land. Yossi Klein Halevi is an author, a contributing editor to “The New Republic,” and a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Israel.
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‘Annoying!’ from page 9 more open to sharing in bed at night (when she will likely do anything to delay bedtime). There’s no need to bend over backwards to accommodate your child’s every wish, but be open to hearing what is irritating her so much, and then think about whether and how you are willing to change. • Suggest that instead of pointing a finger at you, that he take responsibility for his feelings. Perhaps he can say “I feel annoyed when you ask me if I’m hungry all the time. I’d prefer to
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let you know when I need something to eat” rather than “you’re so annoying.” • Humor is a great way of diffusing tension. When I do something that I know my daughter has found annoying, I look right at her, smile and say “I know, you’re so annoying! Right?” She smiles back, nods her head and we move on. There’s no harm in sharing how you feel, hearing how your child feels, and trying to make changes. However, keep in mind that no matter how much you change, some of your behavior may still be seen as annoying because in order not to be
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ries and opinion pieces penned by award-winning Forward writers and correspondents from around the world. The Journal will also be launching a cutting edge website and mobile app where users will be able to access breaking news, as well as blogs and more in-depth coverage of the metropolitan Boston Jewish community. The collaboration with the Forward is part one of the Journal’s plan for growth. Part two is an expansion into the Boston market. “Our mission is to connect Jews, and we’re laying the groundwork to expand beyond our traditional base on the North Shore,” said Barbara Schneider, publisher of the Jewish Journal. “By partnering with the Forward, we can maintain our hyperlocal approach to covering communal news, while the Forward will provide features of national and international note.” The Journal will soon start mailing the free paper to select Jewish homes in Greater Boston, and dropping off copies at a variety of sites in the city. The collaboration will benefit the Forward by extending its exposure in the Boston area. This is the first of what
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the Forward hopes will be many geographic partnerships across the country. “This is another step on a road we have been traveling for a century, toward providing the most comprehensive and credible coverage of American Jewry and the Jewish world,” said Forward president and publisher Sam Norich. “Because we believe a robust Jewish press is essential to the health of our communities, the Forward is pleased to work with the Jewish Journal to better serve Boston’s Jewish community, and we look forward to extending this collaborative model to publications in other localities,” Norich added. The Forward, founded 116 years ago, publishes in both English and Yiddish, and has an outstanding website. It is widely considered the leading voice of the Jewish-American community. The Jewish Journal, founded in 1977, is a nonprofit, independent paper whose mission is to inform, engage, educate and connect the Jewish community in the Greater Boston region.
annoying at all, you’d never be able to do or say anything parental. As parents we have the right and responsibility to keep informed as to our children’s whereabouts and what’s going on in their lives, even if that’s horribly annoying to them. So keep talking, validating and considering changes, when appropriate, and don’t give up hope that this phase too shall pass. Sara Dimerman has been a therapist for over 20 years. She is the author of three books on parenting. Visit www.helpmesara.com. “We chose to partner with the Jewish Journal because the demographics, education and engagement level of its readers matches ours. We believe Journal readers will love what they get from the Forward, and Forward readers will love what they get from the Journal,” said Forward Associate Publisher Barry S. Surman. “We see Boston as a harbinger of things to come in other cities,” he added. According to Surman, joining forces with other robust Jewish newspapers across the country is part of the Forward’s strategic plan. “It actually brings the Forward full circle,” Surman said. “Years ago when the Forward was a Yiddish paper with readers all over the country, we had regional versions in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles and other cities.” Both organizations stress that the partnership is not a merger or acquisition. Under the agreement, each organization retains its own editorial and financial independence. “Everyone wins,” Schneider said. “The Jewish Journal benefits, the Forward benefits, and — most importantly — our readers and web users will benefit from our ability to do more for them together than we can separately.” Bob Rose, who has served on the Journal Board of Overseers for two decades, views this as a historic moment in Journal history. Board President Lisa Kosan agrees. “We are thrilled after 36 years of providing a strong Jewish voice on the North Shore, we can expand our reach, increase access to the Jewish world, and continue to grow. This partnership makes us stonger.”
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Rachel Sandler, daughter of Debbie and Mark Sandler of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., and Lieutenant Jordan Worst, son of Lois and Rick Worst of Lancaster, Pa., announced their engagement. The surprise proposal took place in Paris, France, in front of the Louvre. Rachel is the granddaughter of Ryna and Ed Rodman of Peabody. The couple, both graduates of St. Joseph University, will live in Germany while Jordan completes his active duty service in the army and Rachel works with military families. A May 2014 wedding is planned.
Rabbinic Award goes Seewald Smith
Dawn Sudenfield (left) has accepted a position as education director at Temple Shalom Emeth in Burlington. She previously worked as the education director at Temple Beth Shalom in Peabody, and continues to work there as the preschool director. Paul Bernstein (right) is pleased to announce the relocation of the main office of the Bernstein Law Group, P.C., to 900 Cummings Center, Suite 212-T, Beverly. For more than 17 years, the professionals at Bernstein Law Group have been committed to assisting individuals and families to plan for themselves and the next generation with comprehensive, highly personalized estate planning, business planning and wealth preservation strategies.
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Rabbi Jodi Seewald Smith of Temple Chayai Shalom in Easton was awarded Combined Jewish Philanthropy’s Annual Rabbinic Award in June at CJP’s Annual Awards Celebration at Babson College in Wellesley. The Rabbinic Award recognizes rabbis from the Greater Boston area who have contributed time and resources to local, national and international communities. Rabbi Seewald Smith was recognized for her work in partnership with CJP’s Jewish Learning Connections. She has dedicated her efforts to lead a transformation of the educational methods used in her synagogue’s religious school. The congregation’s new instructional model includes small Hebrew instruction groups and project based learning teams with a focus on history, traditions, music and values. Rabbi Seewald Smith chairs CJP’s Rabbinic Committee and is married to Adam Smith, executive director of the North Shore Teen Initiative.
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Brooksby Village has named Reverend Karen Maleri as the new manager of pastoral ministries. Reverend Maleri brings a wealth of experience in interfaith collaboration in a variety of settings. Prior to her arrival at Brooksby Village, Reverend Maleri helped to establish, manage and staff a volunteer program known as the Compassionate Caregivers Group at Havenwood-Heritage Heights in Concord, N.H. She has been involved with the pastoral counseling of individuals in a number of diverse ministry settings: her parish, a retirement community, a psychiatric hospital, a prison, Concord Hospital, and the N.H. Hospital for the Mentally Ill. Reverend Maleri is affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese, and was granted dual standing with United Church of Christ. In addition to many amenities, Brooksby Village has an interfaith chapel.
2013 Graduates Danielle Matfess graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management on May 12. Danielle was also named a Whitman Scholar, the highest distinction offered by the Whitman School of Management, and is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, the national scholastic honor society in the field of business and administration. She will be returning to Syracuse University in the fall to complete her masters in accounting. Danielle is the daughter of Judy and Michael Matfess of Topsfield, and the granddaughter of Elaine Goldsmith of Salem.
On Parade Long-time journalist and selfdescribed “still-besotted grandma” Miriam Weinstein of Gloucester will be writing a weekly blog on grandparenting for the living section of Parade. com, the online presence of Parade magazine. It will reflect the range of real life issues grandparents face — mushy kisses, aching backs, too-full hearts, along with related news stories. Her blog is now available online.
Three Lynn students planning to study science and engineering have received Dr. Philip Joseph Emmerman Memorial Awards. Pictured from left to right are: Ryan Hanlon, who will study mechanical engineering at Wentworth Institute of Technology; Michael Lugo, who will study mechanical engineering at University of Massachusetts in Lowell; Dr. Judith Josephs, Dr. Emmerman’s sister; and Kati Vu, who will study biochemistry at Salem State University. Dr. Emmerman received a Ph.D. in thermodynamics from George Washington University and a master’s degree from Stanford University, and spent 40 years as a research director for the U.S. Army at the Harry Diamond Labs in Washington, D.C. The awards in his name honor the fields he valued.
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A dream visit to the United States does not usually include an afternoon at the dentist, but it did for two visitors from the Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda. Dental care in Uganda is rudimentary, and Dr. Michael Costello of Swampscott’s North Shore Center for Cosmetic Dentistry donated his time, and he and senior partner Dr. Ronald Plotka donated all of the materials necessary for the afternoon of dental treatment. Pictured are (left to right) Barbara Vinick, Yoash Mayende, Dr. Michael Costello, and Sarah Nabaggala. Sarah and Yoash are in the U.S. to attend Brandeis Collegiate Institute near Los Angeles, a month-long all-expenses-paid program of Jewish living and learning for future community leaders in their twenties from around the world. While here, they traveled to the North Shore, Boston, and other cities with help from Kulanu, an organization headquartered in New York that aids isolated and newly emerging Jewish communities around the world. The Abayudaya (“People of Judah” in the local language) have been practicing Judaism for 100
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Just Like Nannie Used To Make, Now at Johnny’s Luncheonette Matt Robinson Special to the Journal
Newton — For two decades, Johnny’s Luncheonette has been serving some of the best comfort food to some of the savviest clientele. But for its newest menu additions, the Newton Centre establishment went back a few generations to the food that served as inspiration. Last year, the well-known restaurant enhanced its 100-plusitem menu with an entirely new additional menu called “Nannie’s Kitchen.” According to co-owner Neal Solomon, everything on the new menu comes from tried and true family recipes handed down in his own family, and in that of coowner John Furst. “If my grandma or John’s made it, it’s on the menu,” Solomon said. “The new menu will take people back to grandma’s kitchen especially if they’re Jewish… but even if they’re not!” Solomon and Furst decided to add to their already popular, large menu in order to keep Jewish food available in the community. “There seemed to be fewer and fewer opportunities to get the traditional Jewish dishes that John and I knew and loved.” In addition to available-allday breakfast favorites like old-
Sweet Success from page 1
“The first time I tasted it, I really liked it,” she recalled. ‘It was so easy, and I thought other people would like it too.” Pew, 61, became interested in entering recipe contests after reading a book on the subject, and she has met with some success in other contests. As the 2005 winner of the Hood Holiday recipe contest for an original cupcake recipe, she won a trip to the Balsam’s Hotel in New Hampshire. Pew was also a two-time finalist in a garlic cook-off, winning trips to Gilroy, California, each time. In addition, she has won prizes in an Empire chicken recipe contest and a macaroni and cheese contest. Pew attributes her success to her passion for reading cookbooks and watching cook-
fashioned French toast, banana nut bread schmeared with fresh cream cheese, a variety of omelets and skillet offerings named in tribute to area landmarks, and lunch and dinner items including fresh salads, enormous sandwiches featuring shows on TV, and to being inspired by restaurant fare. “I have always loved cooking creatively, and I like to cook the way people like to eat,” she said. While her favorite dishes are desserts, especially chocolate ones, and chicken, Pew has an open mind to food and likes to test boundaries. The former technical writer is proactive and organized about her interest, spending time thinking about new recipes, recording them on her computer, and perusing the internet for contests regularly. Her husband Stephen and son Ben are always her first tasters. In Las Vegas, she and the other finalists will cook for a panel of judges, who will decide the top three winners. Whatever happens, Pew will keep entering contests and devising new recipes. “I already have a couple of ideas,” she said.
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ing meats such as roasted turkey, low-fat pastrami and lean corned beef, burgers, pastas, and a list of sides that would make anyone’s Bubbe proud, Johnny’s now offers haimische tapas of herring filets, marinated cucumber and onion salad, half-sour tomatoes, meat knishes, stuffed cabbage, potato latkes, and suppers of five-hour-cooked brisket, Pearl hot dogs, tsimmes hash, and the ever-popular chicken-inthe-pot. Some of the new menu items originated as specials and proved so popular that it made sense to find a way to keep them around every day. “People seem to order and love things like stuffed cabbage, brisket and the brisket sandwich,” Solomon said, citing a few of the standouts. “We sell a lot of kasha varnishkes and we continue to sell bathtubs of chicken soup with matzah balls!” To cap off the Jewish-style meal, Manischewitz wine is available, as well as other wine and beer. “It’s the food both John and I grew up eating,” Solomon explained, “and it’s all made here on the premises.” Wherever you grew up, Solomon promises, Johnny’s Luncheonette has a breakfast, lunch, supper and dinner that your grandmother might have made and you will love.
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Chabad of Peabody presents a cooking class and demonstration by “Joy of Kosher” magazine editor Shifra Klein on Monday, August 26, at 7:30 p.m. Klein revolutionized the kosher food world when she launched “Bitayavon” magazine, focusing on kosher gourmet food and trends. While the magazine’s name has changed, Klein continues at the helm — delighting kosher cooks with modern takes on old favorites, introducing new cooking meth-
ods and ideas, showcasing tasty recipes ranging from simple to gourmet, and featuring photographs that are a veritable feast for the eyes. With her signature approachable and friendly style, she inspires cooks of all ages, demonstrating how kosher and gourmet can be easily attained, even for the average cook. Her interactive demonstration on farm fresh and seasonal fare will allow participants to come away with new ideas. She will provide
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В ближайшие дни уже шестое лето подряд в Израиле начинает свою работу летний лагерь для детей из Сдерота, организованный на средства, собранные русскоязычной общиной Большого Бостона. 11 студентов колледжей и университетов проведут несколько недель в Израиле, работая с детьми из Сдерота. Как всегда наши ребята станут вожатыми-волонтерами для маленьких жителей Сдерота, которым очень важно и жизненно необходимо знать, что о них помнят, что их любят, что к ним возвращаются. Каждый из участников проекта должен был собрать деньги на оплату своего билета до Израиля. Так, Гарик Пивоваров из Марблхеда собрал больше всех денежных дотаций в фонд детей Сдерота – более 3 тысяч долларов. В этом году в Израиль поехали Омер Файн; Юдит Болотовская; Лори Каменецкая; Хейли Пирович; Гарик Пивоваров; Арон Чернин, Фил Кудрявцев; Лиза Рейзин, Ариела Змойра; Сэм Лудин и Дэн Легман. Денежную дотацию можно сделатьна сайте Russian Jewish Community Foundation: rjcf.com.
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Успехи танцевальной студии Танцевальная Студия “Step by Step” под руководством Любови Сахиной с успехом завершила пятый танцевальный сезон. 23 июня в Temple Beth Shalom прошел 3-х часовой танцевальный марафон – отчетный концерт студии, в котором приняли участие более 50 танцоров в возрасте от двух с половиной до пятидесяти и более лет. Зрители оценили красочные костюмы, умело подобранную музыку и профессионально поставленные номера, направленные на раскрытие индивидуальных способностей каждого участника шоу. Было показано около 40 хореографических композиций в таких жанрах, как модерн, джаз, степ, балет, хип-хоп, восточные танцы, бальные танцы, детская хореография и др. Студия “Step by Step” в составе 22-х человек приняла участие в национальных соревнованиях по танцам “Step Up 2 Dance,” которые проходили с 4 по 7 июля в Manchester, NH. На суд жюри студия представила 11 хореографических композиций, которые получили награды – 3 Platinum; 8 High Gold. Номера студии были оценены за оригинальность, яркость костюмов и хореографию. Любовь Сахина сказала, что каждый танец – “это маленькая история, которую участники смогли донести до зрителя.” В соревнованиях приняли участие: Середкина Элизабет, Алмейда Стас, Руссо Эмилия, Евдокимов Юля и Боря, Бондаренко Маша, Хан Алиса, Илан Дрюкер, Дивалл София, Саша, Морозова Алина, Демба Анна, Ахмедкаримова Алина, Шуб Анастасия, Моторный Илана , Ткач Алиса, Кушкова Алиса, Исагулян Вероника, Сахина Нина, Арустамян Стефани, Усманов Карина, Синкевич Камила. Любовь Сахина выражает благодарность спонсорам отчетного концерта студии Ирине Натаповой и Вячеславу Карнаук.
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English Summary The Russian Chronicle features 11 Russian-speaking college students who will be counselors at the summer camp in Israel organized for children of Sderot. We also have a photo from Step by Step dance studio that won numerous awards at a recent dance competition. We also have a list of cultural events in Boston.
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Dr. Mordecai Eugene Berkowitz, 83, of Gloucester
George L. Katz, 86, of Middleton and Lynn
Dr. Mordecai Eugene Berkowitz, a longtime Gloucester resident and orthopedic surgeon, died peacefully at home on July 7, 2013. He was 83. He was born on April 23, 1930, the son of the late Dr. Benjamin and Helen Berkowitz. A graduate of Bates College and Tufts Medical School, Mordecai was an accomplished musician and a talented athlete. After completing his orthopedic residency at Boston City Hospital, he volunteered to serve in the United States Public Health Service in San Francisco, Calif., following which he returned to Massachusetts for the privilege of spending half of his time as a volunteer surgeon at the Shriners
George L. Katz, formerly of Middleton and a resident of Lynn for many years, passed away on July 20, 2013, with his loved ones at his side. He was 86. Mr. Katz was a veteran of World War II and served in the Army’s 104th Timberwolf Infantry Division, which liberated the Nordhausen concentration camp. He was also a veteran of the Korean Conflict. Mr. Katz was a past commander of Lynn Post 31 Jewish War Veterans and a past commander of the Department of Massachusetts Jewish War Veterans. For many years, he served as quartermaster of Post 31, as well as chairman of the Post’s local Brotherhood program. In 1956, Mr. Katz became a volunteer at the Edith Nourse Rogers Veterans Medical Center in Bedford and was later appointed as Voluntary
Hospital for Children. Mordecai was the adored husband of June Freeman Berkowitz for 51 years. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three devoted children: Andrew Berkowitz and his wife Jenny, Beth Gordon and her husband Rob, and Daniel Berkowitz and his wife Rachel. He was the dear brother of Gertrude Mishara. He was the cherished grandfather of Miara, Rachel and Chaim Berkowitz, Mitchell, Jessie and Henry Gordon, and Noah Berkowitz. Funeral services were held privately. Arrangements were handled by Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel in Salem. For online condolences, visit www. stanetskyhymansonsalem.com.
Sidney S. Cutler, 79, of Barnstable and Boynton Beach, Fla. Sidney S. Cutler of Barnstable and Boynton Beach, Fla., passed away on July 17, 2013. He was 79. Sidney, an avid traveler and loyal Red Sox fan, lived life to its fullest. He fought a courageous battle against cancer for many years, always with a positive attitude, enabling him to gain and share the gift of extra time with his family. He was the loving husband of Ruth (Shmase) Cutler for 58 years. Sidney was the cherished father of David and his partner Jim Ovens of Dallas, Texas, and
Carole and her husband David Rubin of Arlington. He was the adoring grandfather of Lilia and Jacob Rubin. He was the brother of Phyllis Peckerman and her husband Jerry of Peabody, and the brotherin-law of Fred and Honey Shmase of Middleton. Funeral services were held on July 21 at Congregation Sons of Israel in Peabody. Interment followed at Maple Hill Cemetery in Peabody. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to your preferred cancer research fund.
More Praise for Obama I decided not to respond to Marvin Frank’s recent diatribe about our president (“Barack Obama, King of Chutzpah,” Journal, June 27), but Jack Stahl spelled out some of President Obama’s accomplishments (“In Praise of Obama,” Journal, July 11). This, in spite of some members of Congress, whose only wish is that Obama be a failed president. Mr. Frank is a Republican who cannot come to terms with the fact that our government can function with an African
American at the helm, and not only function, but also be respected by other nations, something that was sorely lacking in the recent past. President Obama’s administration isn’t perfect, except when compared to Bush and Cheney, who almost brought the nation to the brink of economic disaster. If there was cause for impeachment, Mr. Frank, you should have focused on Bush and Cheney! Saul P. Heller Salem
Racism in America Will Never End In my opinion, racism will never end in America until black leaders want it to, and right now, the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton do not. Look at the money they would lose! Every night from 6 to 7 p.m. on his platform from MSNBC, at a salary of $750,000, Al Sharpton spews his racism. It has been reported that Sharpton owes the IRS $2,600,000 in back taxes. What an example. By putting himself in the shoes of Trayvon Martin and reaching out to his family, President Obama unwittingly only made it worse. He should have asked Sharpton to cancel his more than 100 “Trayvon Rallies for Justice.” Trayvon Martin got the justice they asked for. If they think the justice system in Florida is flawed, work to change it. He also should have talked about
the real problems of the black community — the ones that are hardly ever mentioned — out-of-wedlock births, lack of family, and worst of all, leaders telling youth that they will always be profiled and they will never get anywhere, no matter how hard they try, thereby leading them to lives of drugs and crime. Dr. Benjamin Carson, the black neurosurgeon from Johns Hopkins, got it right. Black leaders should take the heavy yoke off black people, especially black youth. They should learn to think for themselves, take personal responsibility for their actions, and not be brainwashed by so-called leaders who are ruining their lives. They are Americans, not Afro-Americans. Marvin Frank Marblehead
was predeceased by two brothers, Philip Kent and Steven King, and a sister, Madeline Linsky. He leaves his wife Dorothy, to whom he was married for 64 years, and three children: Jean Grant, Gary Katz and his wife Andrea, and Laurie Eisener and her husband Kevin. He also leaves four grandchildren: Jason Grant, and Ariel, Jonah and Sarah Katz, as well as many nieces and nephews. Services were held at StanetskyHymanson Memorial Chapel in Salem on July 24. Interment followed at Pride of Lynn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Bedford VA Medical Center, c/o Joseph Dooley, Mass. Department of Jewish War Veterans, or to Hospice of the North Shore & Greater Boston, 75 Sylvan St., Suite B102, Danvers, MA 01923. For online condolences, visit www. stanetskyhymansonsalem.com.
Dr. David E. Winograd, 79, of Marblehead Dr. David E. Winograd of Marblehead died at home following a brief illness on July 17, 2013. He was 79. Born in Nashua, N.H., he was the son of the late Abbott and Dorothy Winograd. David graduated from Lynn English High School, Dartmouth College, the University of Michigan Dental School, and the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Dentistry. David practiced orthodontics on the North Shore of 35 years. He was a member of the American
Assoc. of Orthodontists, Kernwood Country Club in Salem and Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead. He was the beloved husband of Anne B. Winograd. David was the devoted father of Jennifer and her husband John Perigaut of Andover, and Dr. Jonathan and his wife Beth Winograd of Weston. He was the loving brother of Joel and his wife Ferne Winograd of Houston, Texas. He was the cherished grandfather of Madeline and Grace Perigaut, and Joshua and
Adam Winograd. Services were held at Temple Emanu-El in Marblehead on July 19. Interment followed at Temple Emanu-El Memorial Park in Danvers. Expressions of sympathy in David’s memory may be made to the Gillette Cancer Center at Mass. General Hospital, 55 Fruit St., Boston, MA 02114, or the charity of one’s choice. Arrangements were handled by Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel in Salem. For online condolences, visit www. stanetskyhymansonsalem.com.
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Service Representative of the National Headquarters of Jewish War Veterans. In 1986, he was awarded the Hospital Director’s Commendation for his years of service. In 1997, he was given the Distinguished Service Award by National Headquarters for his dedication to the goals of Jewish War Veterans. Recently, he was given the Man of the Year Award by the Massachusetts Department of Jewish War Veterans for his work in Bedford. Mr. Katz was a Past Master of the Damascus Masonic Lodge and a long-time member of Mount Carmel Masonic Lodge. He was also a member of the Past Masters Association, the Shrine, Scottish Rites, and the Daylight Masonic Lodge. He was retired from the computer division of the Defense Department in South Boston. Mr. Katz was the son of the late Esther and Jack Katz and
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DiResta, Dr. Thomas M., 79 — late of Swampscott. Died July 9, 2013. Husband of the late Irene (Lefebvre) DiResta. Father of Elizabeth Slate of Swampscott and Pamela Anderson and her husband Bruce of Lynn. Brother of Lucy Girardi of Methuen and the late James, Michael, Mary-Anne and Marco DiResta and Jennie Ficiara. Grandfather of Thomas and Jessica Reed and David and Deanna Slate. Great-grandfather of Isaiah Thomas Barnhill. Uncle of many nieces and nephews. (Stanetsky-Hymanson) MOAR, Tema Lee (Shapiro), 60 — late of Danvers. Died July 13, 2013.
Wife of Michael Moar. Daughter of the late Evelyn and Morris Shapiro. Mother of Karyn and her husband Christopher MacDougall. Grandmother of Kensington MacDougall. Sister of Barry and his wife Sally Shapiro, and Lois and her late husband George Dolansky. Aunt of many nieces and nephews. (Goldman) SPECTOR-SEGAL, Rhona “Susan,” 63 — late of Malden. Died July 3, 2013. Wife of Stephen J. Spector. Daughter of the late Florence and Marshall Segal of Chelsea. Daughterin-law of the late Kay Spector-Albert. (Goldman)
TODER, Mark, 60 — late of Malden. Died July 13, 2013. Son of the late Max and Ann Toder. Brother of Bryna and her husband Sam Tabasky. Uncle of Jonathan and Kerri Tabasky, Rachel and Scott Zalvan, and Shari and Jason Levy. Granduncle of Jordan, Maya and Anna Tabasky, Jack, Ava and Nathan Zalvan, and Adam and Talya Levy. (Goldman) WILLINGER, Helen (Eagerman), 68 — late of Malden. Died July 4, 2013. Wife of Daniel Willinger. Mother of Jason Willinger. Daughter of Gladys and the late A. Charles Eagerman. Sister of Sumner Eagerman. (Goldman)
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The Journal is moving Forward July 25, 2013
Dear Journal Friends, What a difference a year makes! Last year we wrote to you in deep distress. The Journal was facing a severe financial crisis. But your overwhelming response alleviated our day-to-day budget challenges and allowed us to turn our attention to the future. And we believe our future has never been brighter. However, we still need to close our books in the black on August 31st, and this appeal is our final one for fiscal year 2013. We are thrilled to tell you that effective August 8th, the Journal will be partnering with the legendary national Jewish paper, the Forward. Every issue of the Journal will include a selection of news, interviews, features, and arts coverage from the Forward’s internationally recognized and award-winning correspondents. With this new partnership, the Journal also has access to the Forward’s extensive experience in digital media and marketing. Just wait until you see our website! These changes are exciting, to be sure. But we want our readers to know that we remain absolutely committed to our mission of building Jewish identity and awareness here on the North Shore through extensive and ever-expanding coverage of local news and events. This hyperlocal approach creates lively interactions among our readers and it inspires many a local tip and story idea. It makes the Journal the Journal. Now, we are eager to expand our local coverage — not only of life here on the North Shore but of the Greater Boston Jewish community as well. In the next few months, look for all kinds of news and features that connect us to the city and towns in which many of us work, or in which many of us have our roots. These initiatives cost money. Please help us start the new year on the same strong footing you so generously helped us achieve last year at this same time. We are grateful for your past contribution to our success. If you have already donated to support the Journal this year, please consider helping us further. It is crucial we hear from you before our fiscal year draws to a close, and we encourage you to use the envelope provided with this issue. Together, we can share the pride and pleasure of ushering in this new era of Jewish journalism here on the North Shore. Thank you,
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