November 2015 - Jewish Federation of New Hampshire

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Published by the
Jewish Federation of
New Hampshire
Volume 36, Number 3
November 2015
Cheshvan-Kislev 5776
JFNH Announces 2016 Grants for Summer Camp and Israel Experience
Camp Stories: Shayna Rockmore
I think that Camp Ramah is a great opportunity for Jewish kids. It has them
spend more time with other Jewish kids,
which for me is really great. It keeps me on
track with my Jewish and Hebrew learn-
Federation Voices
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Calendar
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Campaign Dollars at Work
5
From the Bimah
7
In the Community
9
Israel
11
World Jewry
12
Arts & Entertainment
13
Book Review
14
Recent Events
15
Obituaries
16
Tributes
17
Business & Professional
Services
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ing. It is a little more religious than what I
am used to at home, but it makes me feel
like a true Jew. We say a bracha (blessing)
before and after meals. We have tefila
(prayer) every morning. We do Shabbat
services. A lot of people groan, but I think
it is kind of fun to learn the prayers.
Rockmore continued on page 3
Shayna at agam (the lake).
(Source: Foundation for Jewish Camp,
2016).
Please read the stories from our 2015
NH grant recipients about their amazing
experiences in this and future editions of
The Reporter.
For camp grant application and additional information, go to www.onehappycamper.org.
Further information and an application form for Israel Experience are on
the JFNH website: www.JewishNH.org.
Applications for both programs are
due by February 15, 2016. Any questions
should be directed to Nancy Frankel,
Camp/Israel Experience Grant Chair, at
[email protected].
Israel Experience Stories: Etti Krinsky
I was walking on the stone streets,
slightly absent minded, not able to properly understand where I was. I put my
bag through the security checkpoint
and kept walking. Suddenly, it was
there. Before my very eyes -- the Kotel. It was my first time, and I would be
turning 18 years old two weeks later. It
didn’t seem real, but as I separated myself
from the group, in a state of extreme
awareness of my surroundings, tears began to fall. I walked quickly and with
purpose, finding myself touching the
stones I’ve only heard of. I cried. I prayed.
I thought about how many other
thousands of men and women stood in
the place that I was standing, young and
old, troubled and content, but all part
of the same people. My trip to Israel changed me in many
ways. It was the ultimate Jewish experience, and the second my plane touched
ground in America, I couldn’t wait to
go back.
Etti Krinsky (right) experiencing a waterKrinsky continued on page 6 fall with a friend in Israel.
The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter
Jewish Federation of New Hampshire
1361 Elm Street, Suite 403
Manchester, NH 03101
Manchester — Jewish Federation of
New Hampshire is pleased to continue a
long-standing commitment to the youth
and families of our community by providing grants of up to $1,000 to youth
and teens who attend a not-for-profit
Jewish summer camp for the first time
and grants of up to $1,800 to teens who
participate in a peer experience in Israel.
JFNH has helped 74 NH teens participate in a life-changing experience in Is-
ment to the next generation has become
one of the most important concerns of
the American Jewish community. Based
on the 2010 study by the Foundation for
Jewish Camp, there is compelling evidence that overnight Jewish camp is a
proven means of building Jewish identity, community, and leadership. For example, adults who attended overnight
Jewish camp are 30% more likely to donate to a Jewish Federation, 37% more
likely to light candles regularly for Shabbat, 45% more likely to attend synagogue
at least once per month, and 55% more
likely to feel very emotionally attached
to Israel. Moreover, overnight Jewish
camp makes for sensational summers.”
Change Service Requested
By Nancy Frankel, Camp/Israel
Experience Grant Chair
rael since 2005. Grants are funded in
part by the Irving and Bernice Singer Israel Experience Fund of the Jewish Federation Foundation.
In the past eight years, 95 campers
have had the opportunity to have an
amazing summer camp experience with
grant assistance from JFNH. The Federation works in partnership with the
Foundation for Jewish Camp’s One Happy Camper program.
Our camp families reside in all parts of
New Hampshire. Many are affiliated
with a religious congregation, but many
are not. According to the Foundation for
Jewish Camp, “the challenge of passing
along Jewish connection and commit-
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JRF: Jewish Reconstructionist Federation URJ: Union for Reform Judaism
USCJ: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
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AMHERST
HANOVER
MANCHESTER
CONGREGATION BETENU
Rebekah Goldman (Rabbinic Intern)
5 Northern Blvd., Unit 1, Amherst
Reform, Affiliated URJ
(603) 886-1633
www.betenu.org
Services: Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat
services at 7:30 PM
Saturday morning twice a month, 9:30 AM
CHABAD AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Rabbi Moshe Gray
22a School Street, Hanover
Orthodox, Chabad
(603) 643-9821
www.dartmouthchabad.com
[email protected]
Services: Friday Evening Shabbat services
and Dinner
Shabbat morning services
Call for times
CHABAD LUBAVITCH
Rabbi Levi Krinsky
7 Camelot Place, Manchester
Orthodox, Chabad
(603) 647-0204
www.Lubavitchnh.com
[email protected]
Services: Shabbat Services
Saturday morning at 9:30 AM
Sunday morning minyan at 9 AM
BETHLEHEM
BETHLEHEM HEBREW CONGREGATION
39 Strawberry Hill Road
PO Box 395, Bethlehem
Unaffiliated-Egalitarian
(603) 869-5465
www.bethlehemsynagogue.org
[email protected]
Services: Contact for Date/Time Info
President Dave Goldstone (516) 592-1462
or Eileen Regen – (603) 823-7711
Weekly Services: July through Simchat Torah
Friday: 6:30 PM; Saturday: 10 AM
CLAREMONT
TEMPLE MEYER DAVID
25 Putnam Street, Claremont
Conservative
(603) 542-6773
Services: Generally the second Friday of
the month, 6:15 PM, April to November.
CONCORD
TEMPLE BETH JACOB
Rabbi Robin Nafshi
67 Broadway, Concord
(603) 228-8581
www.tbjconcord.org
offi[email protected]
Services: Friday night - 7 PM
Saturday morning - 9:30 AM
DERRY
ETZ HAYIM SYNAGOGUE
Rabbi Peter Levy
1½ Hood Road, Derry
(603) 432-0004
www.etzhayim.org
offi[email protected], [email protected]
Services: Fridays 7:15 PM
Please check the website for the Shabbat
Morning schedule
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UPPER VALLEY JEWISH COMMUNITY
Rabbi Edward S. Boraz
Roth Center for Jewish Life
5 Occom Ridge, Hanover
Nondenominational, Unaffiliated
(603) 646-0460
www.uvjc.org
[email protected]
Services: Friday night Shabbat services
at 6 PM, led by Dartmouth Hillel
Saturday morning Shabbat services at
9:30 AM, led by Rabbi Boraz
KEENE
CONGREGATION AHAVAS ACHIM
Rabbi Amy Loewenthal
84 Hastings Avenue, Keene
Reconstructionist, Affiliated JRF
(603) 352-6747
www.keene-synagogue.org
[email protected]
Services: Regular Friday night services at
7 PM
Monthly Shabbat morning services at
9:30 AM
Check the website for time variations
LACONIA
TEMPLE B’NAI ISRAEL
Rabbi Boaz Heilman
210 Court Street, Laconia
(603) 524-7044
www.tbinh.org
Services: Every other Friday
night at 7:30 PM
TEMPLE ADATH YESHURUN
Rabbi Beth D. Davidson
152 Prospect Street, Manchester
(603) 669-5650
www.taynh.org
[email protected]
Services: Shabbat services the first Friday
of the month at 6 PM
All other Friday nights at 7 PM
with some exceptions.
Alternating Shabbat services or Torah
study Saturday mornings at 10 AM
TEMPLE ISRAEL
Rabbi Eric Cohen
66 Salmon Street, Manchester
Conservative
(603) 622-6171
Services: Friday night 7:15 PM
Saturday 9:30 AM
Mon. - Fri. 7 AM daily service/minyan
NASHUA
TEMPLE BETH ABRAHAM
Rabbi Jon Spira-Savett
4 Raymond Street, Nashua
Conservative, Affiliated USCJ
(603) 883-8184
www.tbanashua.org
[email protected]
Services: Friday night services 8 PM
1st Friday family service 7 PM
Saturday morning 9:30 AM
Mon. - Thur. minyan 7:30 PM
NOVEMBER 2015
Cheshvan-Kislev 5776
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Cheshvan-Kislev 5776 • November 2015
Message from the Co-Chair
We have noted with interest the recent
news that Congregation Mishkan Tefilah in Chestnut Hill, MA, has agreed to
sell its land and building to Boston College next year. Congregation Mishkan
Tefilah is the oldest Conservative synagogue in New England, dating back to
1858, and the existing building, constructed in 1958, is large enough to have
once accommodated well over 700 families. The statement announcing the sale
noted that the congregation no longer
needs such a large facility, stating:
Judaism has changed. Forty or fifty
years ago, the temple was the center
of Jewish life. People prayed, socialized and gathered at their shuls as a
regular part of their lives. Now people experience in so many diverse, exciting ways.... There is also still a need
for the temple. The place does not
need to be as big as it was in the past.
A Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2013 found that American
Jews overwhelmingly say they are proud
to be Jewish and have a strong sense of
Jewish ethnicity, but the survey also suggests that Jewish identity is changing in
Jeff Crocker
Message from
the Co-Chair
America, where more than one in five
Jews now describe themselves as secular
or nonreligious.
Before the High Holidays, over an early morning cup of coffee with a 20-something-year-old Jewish resident of Peterborough, I asked about the interests of
young Jewish adults and the challenges
they face in New Hampshire when it
comes to maintaining meaningful
friendships and relationships with one
another. My friend answered that he
and his friends identify and share common ethnic, cultural, and political interests and opinions as Jews, that they are
strong supporters of Israel, and that it is
indeed a significant challenge for young
Jewish adults in Keene, Peterborough,
Milford, Nashua, and beyond to sustain
connections with one another. I was im-
pressed with my friend’s commitment to
Jewish values, and the effort he and his
friends make to maintain Jewish connections. However, I privately wondered
how important the synagogue is to my
friend and to his friends in the 21st century, and whether he would have interest
in attending services during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Looking ahead, if Jewish Federations
are to remain relevant, we must include
our young adults in our plans and programming initiatives, and we must take
into account their unique interests and
characteristics. An example of one such
initiative is Moishe House, a nonprofit
organization that sponsors Jewish young
professionals who choose to live together, hold Shabbat dinners, and organize
events for their peers. Moishe House
provides a subsidy and a program budget to the house residents in exchange
for hosting a certain number of programs each month. It is up to the residents to find and rent the house. JFNH
and New Hampshire’s Jewish population will have a vibrant future if we use
our ingenuity to embrace dynamic and
fresh ideas such as Moishe House.
Although things change over time,
some things remain the same. My
20-something friend took the initiative to
seek out and attend High Holiday services at a New Hampshire synagogue. Although anecdotal, this suggests that the
Mishkan Tefilah announcement is correct
in stating that there “also is still a need for
the temple” -- a beit knesset or “house of
assembly” where Jews can gather communally for religious as well as for social, educational, and cultural events. An important part of JFNH’s mission is to encourage and support such activities and events
at our synagogues and elsewhere throughout New Hampshire.
We are about to kick off JFNH’s annual fundraising campaign. We will need
your financial support in order to
achieve our objectives throughout the
entire state. Our Board of Directors and
our entire organization is working hard
for New Hampshire’s Jewish community. Please be generous in your support of
a strong and vital statewide Jewish community in New Hampshire when you are
called upon this year.
A Profound Moment in the Shower
A friend posted something on Facebook recently that caught my eye. It
read, “The 20 Most Profound Things
People Thought of in the Shower.” Now
profound is not the adjective I would
use to describe most of the items on my
FB wall, but I was sufficiently intrigued
that I clicked on the link. I breezed
through the list until #15, where I
found, “Your shadow is a confirmation
that light has traveled nearly 93 million
miles unobstructed, only to be deprived
of reaching the ground in the final few
feet, thanks to you.”
My first response was to feel bad for
the light. Then, perhaps because of my
fascination with digging up my family
tree, I realized the light could be a nottoo-obscure metaphor for Jewish life
that has traveled light years and has
landed on me. So, as the obstruction and
in the spotlight, so to speak, I would
have to choose what to do. I suppose I
could simply step aside and allow the
light to continue on its travels, but once
unimpeded, might that just be a final few
feet? I could stand still, but then wouldn’t
I be the final recipient of its brilliance?
I know I want to be enriched by the
past and I want to be a part of the fu-
Laurie Tishler
Mindlin
Executive
Director
ture, so neither of those options could
work for me. I wouldn’t want Jewish life
as I’ve known it to disappear. I cherish
the lessons learned in my grandparents’
homes and the values lived with my
Mom and Dad. I love Israel for trying to
be a safe place for all Jews, for wanting
to pursue values-driven decisions while
struggling with right, left, and wrong. I
am happy in a congregation kehillah,
even though I somehow seem to need
more than one liturgy, set of rituals, or
set of norms. This complexity amidst
opportunity is exactly why I love being
Jewish and why I must do what I can to
foster a future.
Each of us can play a role in the future of Jewish life. The process begins
with knowing who we are and what is
important to us. Next we must care to
share our passion by volunteering and
supporting initiatives that address our
The New Hampshire
values. In the very near future, your
Jewish Federation will embark on several new adventures aimed at fostering
Jewish joy, strengthening our community, connecting more deeply to the people of Israel, and increasing assistance
to people in need. I’m confident that
you will find our agenda compelling,
and I hope you will find something worthy of your participation.
Returning to the “profundity in the
shower scenario,” my choice is to reflect
the light. It will not end with me, nor
will it continue toward the final few feet.
I choose to serve as a prism. I choose for
the light to become a glorious spectrum
of diversity, blended together like a galaxy with a common sun, and I want to
be a part of fulfilling that promise.
What might be your response to #15?
Rockmore continued from page 1
ter. What I like about the swim test is that
you can choose which strokes you do.
The next day your teacher will tell you
which water you are in. I tested and I got
into C water. What is nice is you can retake the test if you didn’t like what water
you are in or you think you should be in a
higher level. I was put in C water so that
means that for free swim I can swim in C
water and below. For free swim you are
not allowed to swim in D water; that’s
only for lessons.
The meals were very good at camp.
Camp is a very friendly environment.
The camp does a good job of hiring
counselors. They have a mysterious magic of making kids feel better. They always
seem to know what’s wrong and fix it so
that you are comfortable and having fun.
Almost every day is a full day. We have
activities called chugs, and there are different choices. Lots of chugs take place
in the omanut (art) building. There are
lots of sport chugs. Lots of people enjoy
doing cooking as a chug. There are lots
more chugs. One activity everybody does
is agam, which is “lake” or “swimming.”
On the first day of camp, we take a
swim test. There are four sections of water: A water; B water; C water; and D wa-
Jewish Reporter
Shayna is the daughter of Ellen and
Dan Rockmore of Hanover. She attended
Camp Ramah with a first-time campership
grant from JFNH and the Foundation for
Jewish Camp.
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Sunday, November 1
Tuesday, November 3
Sunday, November 8
From the Shtetl to the 21st Century
Introduction to Judaism Course
10 AM, Temple Israel, Manchester
Interested in genealogy? Thinking about researching
your family history? Join us for a presentation by
Jennifer Shoer, a professional genealogist from
Portsmouth, NH, and Secretary, New England
Association of Professional Genealogists. Coffee &
light refreshments will be served. You are invited to
send your family history questions in advance to
[email protected]. Please, help us
customize this presentation FOR YOU by filling out
the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/
QFPX5QY. More information: 622-6171 or office@
templeisraelmht.org.
7:15 PM, Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry
Taught by Rabbi Peter Levy of Etz Hayim Synagogue
on Tuesdays until June. Free to members of Etz
Hayim and The Church of the Transfiguration, $36 for
others. Students must buy one book and should bring
a Bible. Rabbi Levy will recommend other books to
read. The course will touch on all aspects of Judaism:
history, theology, practice, Hebrew, and much more.
Jews, non-Jews, and all seekers are welcome to
learn more about the faith. More information: www.
etzhayim.org or 432-0004.
Jewish Genealogy from the Shtetl to the 21st
Century
Thursday, November 5
9:30¬–11:30 AM, Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry
Jennifer Shoer, a professional Jewish genealogist,
will cover: current genealogical standards; getting
started; organization and building a tree online;
talking with relatives/meeting cousins; finding living
relatives; genetic genealogy; tracing your family back
in time; how to craft a research question and
common US resources; identifying your ancestor’s
name and place of origin; Jewish-specific resources
and New England-specific resources; free online tools
and how to share your findings. More information:
www.etzhayim.org or 432-0004.
Nashua Area CROP Walk - Fight Hunger in
Greater Nashua and Around the World
Hadassah Meeting
Is the Two-State Solution Dead?
1 PM, JFNH Office, Manchester
More information: contact Michele Bank at Michele.
[email protected].
10 AM, Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua
Bernard Avishai, a renowned Middle East scholar, will
review the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and ponder the
question: “Is the Two State Solution Dead?” A light
brunch will be served. More information: Heidi Lovitz
at [email protected]. To RSVP visit www.
tbanashua.org. Sponsored by TBA Lifelong Learning
Committee, TBA Sisterhood and J Street.
Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua
Come march with hundreds of people from religious
groups in Greater Nashua, beginning at Temple Beth
Abraham and walking through the center of Nashua.
We raise around $40,000 each year. Register and
begin fundraising now online or contact Anita Hazard
(adults) at [email protected] or Davida RubinBaker (school families) at drubin.baker@comcast.
net, at or the synagogue or school offices.
Friday, November 6
Pulpit Swap
7 PM, Temple Israel, Manchester
Rabbi Josh Segal will lead. More information: 622-6171
or offi[email protected].
Saturday, November 7
Monday, November 2
Junior Congregation
Part 2 of “Short Stories of Jesus parables of
a controversial Rabbi” by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine
9:30 AM, Temple Israel, Manchester
Service partially led by Temple Israel Hebrew School
students. More information: 622-6171 or office@
templeisraelmht.org.
7 PM, Brookside Church, 2013 Elm St., Manchester
Taught by Rabbi Beth Davidson and Rev. Dr. Dawn
Berry. More information: www.taynh.org or 669-5650.
Southern NH Jewish Men’s Club Hike
10 AM, Temple Mountain parking lot, Peterborough
Hike the Wapack Trail, led by SNHJMC board member
James Moon. This event is cosponsored by
Monadnock Havurah. For information and directions,
RSVP to [email protected]. More
information: www.snhjmc.org
Monday, November 9
Kristallnacht Commemoration
Fine Craft Fair
Enter our Raffle for a chance to win beautiful prizes!
7–8 PM, The Colonial Theatre, 95 Main Street, Keene
This annual event seeks to bring the community
together to bear witness and recognize our
responsibility to promote an active and informed
citizenry, recognize individual and societal
responsibility for each other, and foster mutual
respect and justice. More information: Michele
Kuiawa at [email protected] or 358-2490.
Sunday, November 15
10AM – 3PM
Temple Adath Yeshurun
Friday, November 13
Shabbat Service with Guest Speaker Stephan
Lewy
Monday, November 14
An interactive discussion with Janice Cole on
selecting facilities. More information: 883-8184 or
www.tbanashua.org.
Friday, November 20
Family Shabbat
6 PM, Temple Israel, Manchester
Reservations required by 1 PM on Nov. 18, call
Christine at 622-6171.
Shabbat Service with Guest Speaker Rabbi
Stephen Fuchs
7 PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
More information: www.taynh.org or 669-5650.
Saturday, November 21
Starry Starry Night
Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua
This annual fundraising event for Temple Beth
Abraham’s religious school will be a dance workshop
and party for the whole family featuring international
acclaimed dancer and teacher Steve Weintraub, the
“Piped Piper of Yiddish Dance,” and a live band from
the New England Conservatory. More information:
883-8184 or www.tbanashua.org.
9:30 AM, Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua
Southern New Hampshire Jewish Men’s Club and the
Beth Abraham Life Long Learning Committee will
present this event. $5 for SNJMC members, $10 for
nonmembers. More information: Heidi Lovitz at
[email protected] or 883-9844.
Monday, November 23
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
An Elegant Evening of Fine Wines, Appetizers,
7PM, Polish National Catholic Church, Manchester, NH
and Desserts
7 PM, Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry
Features local wines from Candia Vineyards and
Apollo Vineyards of Derry, with appetizers and
desserts from Amphora Restaurant of Derry. A silent
auction will also be held. Sophisticated attire is
requested. The cost is $20 per person. Tickets may
be purchased at www.etzhayim.org. More
information: www.etzhayim.org or 432-0004.
7 PM, The Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Meredith
Boston College’s BC bOp! is an award-winning jazz
band. Temple B’nai Israel of Laconia, organizer of this
event, will donate all net proceeds to Central NH
The New Hampshire
Caring for Our Parents – Care Facilities
Breakfast with Steve Weintraub, the Pied
Piper of Yiddish Dance
Boston College’s BC bOp! Concert
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10AM–3PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
25 Local artists, raffle, made in NH gifts, MANTY
bagel and coffee sale. Free admission and free
parking, Handicap accessible. More information:
www.taynh.org or 669-5650.
Sunday, November 22
7 PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
Sponsored by The Temple Adath Yeshurun Sisterhood
17th Annual Sisterhood Craft Fair & Chanukah
Shop
Hillary Silver Memorial Blood Drive
2–7 PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
Corner of Beech & Prospect, near Currier Art Museum
Sunday, November 15
Wednesday, November 11
Made in NH Crafts, Silk, Glass, Fabric Art, Felt, Wool,
Jewelry, Doll Clothes, Baby items, Jams, Bath and Body
Products, Cosmetics, Chanukah, Judaica & More!
152 Prospect Street, Manchester, NH
Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice.
Complimentary delicious snacks and desserts can be
enjoyed at 7 PM, with the concert beginning at 7:45
PM. Wine and beer cash bar will also be available
from 7–7:45PM. Refreshments, music, camaraderie,
and good deeds, all in one fun evening. Only 200
tickets are available; tickets are $25 a person
including refreshments and may be ordered at The
Winnipesaukee Playhouse Box Office by calling 2790333. More information: [email protected].
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More information: 669-5650.
Tuesday, December 1
7:15 PM, Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry
Taught by Rabbi Peter Levy of Etz Hayim Synagogue.
More information: www.etzhayim.org or 432-0004.
Sunday, December 6
Southern NH Jewish Men’s Club Breakfast
9:30 AM, Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua
More information: www.snhjmc.org.
www.jewishnh.org
Speaker Focuses on Sharing Water and Peace in the West Bank
By Judy Ullman
Nashua — “Nature knows no boundaries,” said Mary Alexander, representative of EcoPeace Middle East, as she began her presentation “Share the Water,
Share the Peace” at Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua on September 20. About
50 people gathered for this program and
for a sumptuous Israeli brunch provided
by the Temple Sisterhood. Congregants
Rebecca and Alan Green and J Street
NH cosponsored the event.
Alexander explained that EcoPeace
Middle East is a regional organization.
Jordan, the West Bank, and Israel share
water sources from the Jordan River, the
Dead Sea, a coastal aquifer, and a mountain aquifer. As a result, all also share
common problems, i.e., scarcity of water,
competition for resources, unequal distribution of the water, and increasing pollution. Unfortunately, the conflict in the
Middle East has resulted in the diversion
of water resources, sewage that flows
through West Bank villages, and industrial pollution such as chromium in the
Jordan River from the tanning industry.
This pollution threatens public health in
the whole region. For example, the UN
predicts that the coastal aquifer water in
Gaza will be unfit for human use by 2016.
EcoPeace Middle East works toward
solutions to these problems by building
cooperation and awareness of water is-
Rebecca Green, TBA congregant and
cosponsor of the talk, asks a question.
sues in the region. One initiative includes
pairing communities. For example, five
Palestinian communities outside of Bethlehem have paired with one Israeli town.
They’re developing tours of the area and
working toward a master plan for the
Jordan River basin (see www.foeme.
org for more information).
Congregant David Sacks opened the
program with a description of his travel
from Amman, Jordan, to Jerusalem and
Tel Aviv with three others, all Muslim.
He shared their experiences crossing
from Jordan into the West Bank and then
into Israel. Rabbi Jonathan Spira-Savett
Mary Alexander provides information about water issues on the West Bank.
welcomed the audience to the Temple.
After a question and answer period following the speakers, Shaina Wasserman,
J Street New England regional director,
concluded the program by explaining
that J Street is the political home for proIsrael, pro-peace Americans who want
Israel to be secure, democratic, and the
national home for the Jewish people.
Working in U.S. politics and the Jewish
community, she noted that J Street advocates for policies leading to a two-state
solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the next year, she said, J Street
will focus on diplomacy as a way to make
progress toward peace in the Middle
East. See www.jstreet.org for more information about J Street.
Is the Two-State Solution Dead?
Nashua — Come to Temple Beth from the Gaza strip, followed by rocket
Abraham on Sunday, November 8, at 10 attacks and retaliatory wars, and the
AM for a thought-provoking discussion breakdown of governance and increase
in extreme violence in
on the future of the Israel/
places like Syria, Iraq,
Palestinian relationship
and Libya have led some
with guest speaker Berto think that establishing
nard Avishai. Avishai, a
a Palestinian state may
renowned Middle East
not be the preferred apscholar, will review the Isproach to resolution of
rael/Palestinian conflict
the conflict. What then?
and ponder the question,
Bernard Avishai is Vis“Is the Two-State Soluiting Professor of Governtion Dead?” The morning
ment at Dartmouth Colwill include a light brunch.
lege and Adjunct ProfesIt has long been held by
sor of Business at the Hediplomats that establishProf. Bernard Avishai
brew University. A Guging a Palestinian state including the Gaza strip and the West Bank genheim fellow, he is the author of The
alongside Israel would resolve the Israel/ Tragedy of Zionism, A New Israel, The
Palestinian conflict. This premise has Hebrew Republic, as well as dozens of arbeen the official position of the Israeli ticles on politics, business, and the Midgovernment, the Palestinian Authority, dle East conflict in such publications as
and many in the international communi- Harper’s, The New York Review, New
ty. The unilateral withdrawal by Israel York Times Magazine, and The New
The New Hampshire
Yorker, where he is a regular blogger. He
is a former editor of Harvard Business
Review and International Director of Intellectual Capital at KPMG. His most
recent book, Promiscuous: Portnoy’s
Complaint and Our Doomed Pursuit of
Happiness, was published in 2012.
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JFNH Announces Israel Missions
The NH Jewish community is invited
to participate in two special trips to Israel over Israel Independence Day. If
there is interest, JFNH will host an information session.
Krinsky continued from page 1
Landing in Israel was an experience of
its own. I had a window seat, and my
eyes were glued on the outdoors as soon
as the pilot announced the landing. Each
piece of land that I saw was a potential
first sight of Israel, and my heart lurched
each time. When it finally was really the
land of Israel, my heart knew. It was
beating twice as fast, and I drank in the
beauty of the land from afar.
Throughout my trip, I found myself
thanking G-d again and again for giving
us such a beautiful land. Every natural
wonder was so breathtakingly beautiful
and intensely spiritual at the same time.
Where else will you find a waterfall that is
not only a natural wonder but also a historical landmark from the Torah?
Such is the greatness of the land, a
land so deeply rich with history of our
people, so full of rich soil, with pure water that you can drink from at the source. My days in Jerusalem, Chevron, and
Tzfat (and countless other cities) ignited
my Jewish pride. I was a proud Jew in
America, but oh boy, was I a proud Jew
in Israel. From Gush Etzion, a kibbutz
that went beyond its duty to protect their
land, to the underground Ayalon Institute, where 45 girls and boys gave up
their teenage years to supply the Israeli
army with bullets during the War of Independence, the land is full of sacrifice.
The streets of Jerusalem are friendly,
and I discovered you can’t really get lost
in Israel. It’s hard to get lost when you
are finally at home.
The goodness of our people is exemplified in those who have made Israel their
home.
During tour after tour, I got chills,
knowing I was walking the same paths as
my forefathers. This was the land G-d
promised us, and now I was here. I was a
link in a chain that never stops going,
and I felt the connection to the first links
like never before.
I truly felt like a daughter of Israel,
and sleeping and waking somewhere that
wasn’t my own bed never felt so right.
The Torah is alive there, the stories I
have learned felt so much more real. Imagine you watched a movie, that you
obsessed over it. Then you got to visit the
set. Now increase that incredible feeling
by a thousand, and that’s how I felt in the
land of Israel. This was where it all started. The life I lead daily as a religious Jew
Etti Krinsky praying at the Kotel in
Jerusalem.
is because of this land, and the G-d who
gave it to us.
Floating in the Dead Sea, climbing
Masada and Ein Gedi -- these experiences could barely be put into words.
You can climb a beautiful mountain
anywhere in the world, but climbing the
ones in Israel isn’t just about the exercise
or the view. It’s so much more. Everything in Israel is. Nothing is surface level. Nothing is
face value. Like each human, each site
and stop in Israel has layers and layers of
history and meaning.
My first trip to Israel was the most incredible trip of my life. (Thanks to the
Jewish Federation, I was able to go without worrying about the financial burden
that goes with a trip across the world.)
I’m already dreaming about the next
trip, and I can’t wait to go back. I know I
won’t be bored -- even the things I saw
already will look different each time I am
there.
Leaving Israel was heartbreaking, but I
try to imbue what I learned there in my
everyday life. Not all of us were lucky
enough to be born and raised there, but
we all have a chance to try and make our
own homes as meaningful as the ones in
Israel.
Etta Krinsky is the daughter of Rabbi
Levi and Shterni Krinsky of Manchester.
She received an Israel Experience grant
from JFNH.
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Time to Update
Many people think of Judaism as a religion, concerned mainly with the divine
and the mystical, belonging in the synagogue. It may therefore be surprising for
some to discover that Jewish teaching addresses the mundane and practical, finding meaning in all areas of everyday life.
It is possible to utilize for G-d’s service,
according to Torah, all behavior-traits.
This includes those traits that are unwholesome, and even those that are evil.
For example, the tzadik Rabbi Meshulam
Zusya of Anipoli, of blessed memory,
learned a number of methods of serving
G-d - from a thief: (1) He works quietly
without others knowing. (2) He is ready
to place himself in danger. (3) The smallest detail is of great importance to him.
(4) He labors with great toil. (5) Alacrity.
(6) He is confident and optimistic. (7) If
he did not succeed the first time, he tries
again and again.
The Baal Shem Tov says, “We must
learn something from everything. If Rabbi Zusya could learn valuable life lessons
from the low acts of a thief, how can we
not work to find the good in everything
in our lives?”
Rabbi in the House
Rabbi Levi Krinsky
Chabad Lubavitch
of New Hampshire
What can we learn from everything we
see, hear, or even own?
These days, it seems we’ve all got
smartphones. A student recently asked
me, “What can we learn from smartphones and all the new apps?” There are
apps for travel, for photography, for baking cookies, and for games. There is an
app for everything. But, no matter how
shiny or improved a new app that you’re
excited about looks, within 10 minutes
you’ll be notified that “an update is now
available.”
So you ask yourself this very simple
question: Why do I need to update? If it
was good until today, why won’t it be
good tomorrow? How can something
that was worked on for months or years
be suddenly lacking? The answer is also
The New Hampshire
quite simple. We keep updating because
they keep coming out with a better app.
They are constantly working to make it
more advanced, quicker, and promising
great new features.
Those who are feverishly working behind the scenes are not at all embarrassed to say that the app that was out
there until now was not the best it could
be. Now they’ve come out with something even better. Now it’s truly great.
Then they will spend plenty of money,
have meetings, work harder, and in a few
weeks you will get another notification.
Update available.
We have no problem accepting that
apps can and should be constantly updated. Our phone is a huge part of our
life, and we want it at its best. How much
more willing to update should we be,
then, when we are dealing with something of infinitely higher value and importance: a human being? Our character.
Our personality. Our conduct. Those are
the things we should update often. It’s
the same you. But better.
The High Holidays were a reminder to
update.
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This is what we do every day during
the confessional prayer. Each time we
tap our chests, we are upgrading our personalities. We are fixing pesky bugs that
keep us from operating smoothly. As we
recite the Confession, we review the condition of our character, looking for the
wrongs we have done. We ask for G-d’s
forgiveness and His assistance as we set
out to update our entire being. And
when every single trait has been updated,
the next morning arrives, and then what
do we do?
Of course, we update again!
Our task is not to knock the person we
were yesterday, not to belittle ourselves.
Who we were until now worked, we were
great. But who doesn’t want to have the
most updated version? We don’t need to
become angels, no; we just need to become better versions of who we are today. We must update ourselves.
We must unveil the updated version of
a 5776 Jew.
Rabbi Levi Krinsky is Director of
Chabad Lubavitch of New Hampshire and
can be reached at [email protected] .
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Learn About Klezmer
at SNHJMC Breakfast
Nashua — On Sunday morning,
November 22, at 9:30 AM, the Southern
New Hampshire Jewish Men’s Club
proudly presents Steve Weintraub,
speaking about the relationship between
klezmer music and dance. The SNHJMC
will cohost this month’s breakfast with
Temple Beth Abraham’s Life Long
Learning program.
Steve Weintraub’s presentation is
entitled “Music To Move You: Klezmer
Music, Dance, and Ritual.” Klezmer
music is described as the instrumental
music of Yiddish-speaking Jews from
Europe. Weintraub will trace its origins,
influences, and evolution, and the
fundamental reason why we have any
instrumental music at all. The talk will be
enhanced with musical clips, film, and
demonstration.
To attend this Sunday morning event, an
RSVP is required, which is arranged via
the TBA website (http://www.tbanashua.
org/event/snhjmc--tba-breakfast-w/steveweintraub-yiddush-dance.html). Cost for
both the breakfast and the presentation
will be $10, with most profits benefiting
TBA’s Religious School.
The Southern New Hampshire Jewish
Men’s Club has been operational since
1982, meeting monthly for Sunday
brunches. The mission has been loosely
based on building a fellowship of likeminded men who wish to share their
commitment and values with those in the
greater NH Jewish community. The
SNHJMC is a nonprofit organization
serving all of southern NH’s Jewish
communities regardless of synagogue
membership for over 30 years. If you or
someone you know is interested in
joining SNHJMC, please contact our
president, Mark Dickens, at president@
snhjmc.org or visit www.snhjmc.org.
Begins in Derry
Derry — Rabbi Peter Levy of Etz Hayim Synagogue is now teaching Introduction to Judaism on Tuesdays at 7:15 PM,
continuing until June. The class is free to
members of Etz Hayim and The Church
of the Transfiguration, and $36 for others. Students must buy one book and
should bring a Bible. Rabbi Levy will recommend other books to read.
The course will touch on all aspects of
Judaism: history, theology, practice, Hebrew, and much more. Jews, non-Jews,
and all seekers are welcome to learn more
about the faith.
Etz Hayim invites everyone to visit and
experience a warm welcome. It is located
Rabbi Peter Levy conducting the fi rst
class in the Introduction to Judaism
Course at Etz Hayim Synagogue.
at 1 ½ Hood Road in Derry, NH, 03038.
For more information, see www.
etzhayim.org or call 432-0004.
Men’s Club and Havurah
Sponsor Wapack Trail Hike
Peterborough — On Sunday morning,
November 8, at 10 AM, the Southern
New Hampshire Jewish Men’s Club will
host its first hike, which will take place in
Peterborough along the Wapack Trail
system. This event is cosponsored by the
Monadnock
Havurah
(http://www.
monadnockhavurah.org/).
Led by SNHJMC board member
James Moon, the hike will start from the
parking lot of Temple Mountain and
head either south or north along the
Wapack Trail. This event is free to all
persons, all ages, and all skill levels,
although donating to the Friends of
Wapack (www.wapack.org/index.html) is
highly recommended, as they are
primarily
responsible
for
trail
maintenance. The hike is rated as easy to
moderate, with limited strenuous
elevation gains. The intent is for the
hikers to enjoy themselves and each
other’s company. RSVP is greatly
appreciated, as hot-soup-in-a-cup meals
could be provided. For further questions,
including basic directions for what to
pack and what to wear, RSVP at
[email protected].
The Southern New Hampshire Jewish
Men’s Club has been operational since
1982, meeting monthly for Sunday
brunches. The mission has been loosely
based on building a fellowship of likeminded men who wish to share their
commitment and values with those in the
greater NH Jewish community. The
SNHJMC is a nonprofit organization
serving all of southern NH’s Jewish
communities regardless of synagogue
membership for over 30 years. Anyone
interested in joining SNHJMC should
contact Mark Dickens, president, at
[email protected] or visit www.
snhjmc.org.
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TAY Brotherhood Plans
Year of Events
Manchester — The first Temple Adath
Yeshurun Brotherhood meeting of the
2015-2016 year was held on Tuesday,
September 8. The schedule shows that,
once again, TAY Brotherhood is
planning an eventful year. As is its ageold tradition, Brotherhood works for the
benefit of the temple as well as for its
communities, observant and secular,
Jewish and non-Jewish.
Once again, construction of the
Sukkah was headed up by Herlicka
Construction on Sunday, September 27.
David Rosenzweig will be in charge of
the yearly Chanukah Candle Drive, and
on December 13 it will be Chanukah
Party time.
As in the past, over 100 members of
the Manchester Jewish community will
likely participate in the Christmas
Mitzvah Program. A special breakfast is
planned for January 10, with popular
local writer John Clayton as guest
speaker.
TAY Brotherhood hopes to be able to
squeeze in a lively Presidential Primary
Candidates Reception on Thursday
evening, Feb. 4, between the Iowa
caucuses and the New Hampshire
primary. Stay tuned for further details.
Penchansky and Company’s Deli
Night is scheduled for January 30, and
the following weekend Brotherhood
prepares breakfast for attendees at
MANTY Winter Wonderland.
The much-anticipated Joel Gordon
Purim Party extravaganza will be on
March 30, and the Seniors Dinner will be
on May 12. Our now third-annual
Memorial Day Service is scheduled for
May 30.
On June 7, the always-well-attended
Annual Meeting-BBQ will be held. The
Brotherhood-Sisterhood
Service,
organized by Steve Short and Alan
Kaplan and scheduled for June, will
bring another busy year to a close.
The bottom line is that TAY
Brotherhood looks forward to another
year of good deeds and a lot of fun and
camaraderie, as it works toward
increasing
membership
(and
participation) from throughout the local
Jewish community. Check the Temple
Adath Yeshurun online calendar for
updates, and feel free to contact Sol
Rockenmacher
(Rockenmacher@
comcast.net) or David Penchansky
([email protected])
with
any
questions.
Hadassah Supports Jerusalem
Hospital With Drawing
By Michele Bank
Manchester — The Manchester Chapter of Hadassah will hold its next meeting on Thursday, November 5, at 1 PM at
the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire Office, located at 1361 Elm Street,
Suite #403, Manchester. During the
meeting, a drawing will be held to choose
two winners, one for a $75 certificate and
one for a $25 certificate for a restaurant
of their choice. Tickets are $5 each or five
tickets for $20 and are available by contacting chapter treasurer Linda Feinberg
at 645-6762 or at [email protected].
Please consider participating in the drawing. Your support will help complete and
equip the Sarah Wetsman Davidson
Tower in Jerusalem.
National Hadassah has a Gifting Campaign to introduce new women, 17 years
and older, to the organization. Current
Life Members and Associates may give
free, unlimited gifts of an annual membership that will last for one calendar
year from the date the gift is processed.
The campaign expires on December 31,
2015.
With a minimum donation of $100,
Hadassah is offering a sterling silver
open heart necklace and chain. The proceeds will go toward completing the operating rooms of the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Tower. When the five belowground floors of the surgical center are
completed, there will be 20 ultra-modern,
specialized surgical theaters protected
from outside attacks of any kind, whether conventional, biological, or chemical.
Hadassah’s hospitals have been working around the clock to care for the many
victims from the recent Palestinian terror
attacks in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and
beyond. Your support and donations to
Hadassah are truly appreciated and
needed. For additional information
about Hadassah, the ticket drawing, the
Gifting Campaign, or the heart necklace,
please contact Michele Bank at Michele.
[email protected] or 488-5657.
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NH4Israel Focuses on Iran Deal at September Meeting
By Ken Kowalchek
Manchester — With the exception of
holiday conflicts and summer break,
NH4Israel hosts biweekly talks with refreshments at Manchester’s Temple Israel at 6:30 PM on alternate Wednesdays.
If other venues and weekdays are scheduled, the change will be publicized in advance as well as posted on the calendar
of events at NH4Israel.org. NH4Israel
guest speakers generally address current
issues surrounding the state of Israel as
well as historical analyses of topics such
as the Diaspora, Jew-hatred, and the
making of Israel.
On Wednesday, September 30, Joseph
Spoerl, a professor at St. Anselm’s College and member of NH4Israel, gave researched comments on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly
referred to as the Iran Deal, hereafter re-
ferred to as “The Deal.”
He brought to the audience’s attention
The Deal’s contents and related events
that he felt would be of concern: (1) Not
a week had passed from its finalization
in Vienna on July 14 to its adoption by
the United Nations Security Council as
Resolution 2231, binding upon UN
member states. (2) After over a month of
debate, Congress could not muster sufficient votes to veto The Deal or filibuster
a bill against The Deal that would have
ensured that the legislation would not
leave Congress.
But why The Deal in the first place?
Iran has the world’s fourth largest petroleum reserves; Iran has the world’s second largest natural gas reserves; Iran’s
desert topography allows for vast solar
power facilities; and Iran could import
fuel rods and enriched uranium. In addition, Iran has an expanding ballistic mis-
sile program and has a track record of
violating agreements such as the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty.
More recently, over Columbus Day
weekend, CNN reported a successful new
launch of The Emad (Pillar) surface-tosurface missile, designed and built by Iranian experts. This is the country’s first
long-range missile that can be precisionguided until it reaches its target, said
Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan, Iran’s defense minister. “To follow our defense
programs, we don’t ask permission from
anyone,” he said, according to state-run
news agency IRNA. The new rocket is
“capable of scrutinizing the targets and
destroying them completely,” IRNA reported. The Emad would be Tehran’s
first precision-guided missile with the
range to reach its enemy, Israel.
The Deal calls for signatory states to
transfer technology to Iran and protect
EHS Celebrates Simchat Torah
On Sunday night, October 4, Etz Hayim Synagogue
celebrated Simchat Torah by taking out all three Torahs,
carrying them around the synagogue, and dancing with
them. Vice president Jay Madnick presented the history
of each of the Torahs at Etz Hayim. Rabbi Peter Levy
led a Simchat Torah service and pointed out key passages in the Torah, including how the different Books of
Moses are designed in the text and the various styles of
script. Readers completed Deuteronomy and began
Genesis. Attendees also learned that the wooden spools
of each Torah are called etz hayim. Indeed, the Torah is
the tree of life.
Learn more about JFNH
by visiting www.jewishnh.org
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Iran from sabotage, presumably from
outside enemies. Based on Friday afternoon sermons in Iran, one could reckon
the United States, Saudi Arabia, the
United Kingdom, and Israel among others to be Iran’s enemies.
Iran’s constitution binds Iran to export
its Islamic revolution. Iran’s army must
fulfill the mission of worldwide jihad,
and the Ayatollahs’ Jew-hatred and Holocaust denial are well documented. The
Wall Street Journal and Anti-Defamation League, respectively, offer more information on those topics:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014
24052702304640104579489391072215518
http://www.adl.org/press-center/pressreleases/anti-semitism-international/adlcondemns-clear-holocaust-denial-byayatollah-khamenei.html
Celebrate Chanukah
at the Palace
Manchester — Chanukah at the Palace takes place
this year on Wednesday, December, 9, the fourth night
of Chanukah, at 6:30 PM. The evening will combine an
exciting “Festival of Lights” with professional Broadway entertainment.
This year’s celebration features Mark Nizer 4D in the
only live 3D show in the world. Mark takes his show into
a captivating 4th dimension by combining two-dimensional movies and a three-dimensional live performance.
Everyone will receive 3D glasses to enjoy the full effect.
The music component will feature Sean Altman, the
singer, composer, and musical force behind a cappella
singing sensation Rockapella, bringing his silky tenor to
Manchester. His collection of humorous comedy songs
pokes good natured and decidedly less than politically
correct fun at his Jewish heritage and the plight of modern Jewish life. Sean is an absurdly talented performer,
with killer hooks and a cynical edge that will keep the
audience laughing throughout the night. Altman has a
knack for turning everyday fodder into laugh-out-loud
comedic songs.
Menorah lighting will take place with the singing of
traditional Chanukah melodies. Special Chanukah
goodie bags will be given to all children. As it is a weeknight, the show will begin at 6:30 PM and conclude by
8:30 PM.
Tickets can be purchased from the Palace Theatre by
calling 668-5588. The Palace Theatre is located at 80 Hanover Street, Manchester. The evening’s events are organized by Chabad Lubavitch of New Hampshire.
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NH Musicians Offer
Jewish Music Programs for Kids
NH musicians Sue Hurwitz and Rahel
Limor are offering a range of Jewish
music resources and classes for local
children in the Jewish community.
Sue and Rahel have degrees in music,
education (early childhood and special
education), are certified instructors in a
number of music, movement and yoga
programs for all ages, and are well known
and popular members of the NH Jewish
community! Rahel is fluent in Hebrew.
She lived in Israel for over 20 years, where
she was a music specialist working
musically with babies and young children
in Hebrew and English, and also training
others to do the same “Listen Like Learn/
Your Baby Needs Music” programs. She
also has produced a number of CDs in
Hebrew for children. Sue and Rahel have
developed an extraordinary music and
yoga program called “Mugalive!” that is
now in its fourth year.
To learn more about the music
programs by Sue and Rahel, please visit
their web sites: www.listenlikelearnmusic.
com;
www.mugalive.net;
www.
yourchildneedsmusic.com; and www.
rahelmusic.com/cds_for_kids.
TBI “We Care” Closes 2015
With Benefit Jazz Concert
Laconia — Temple B’nai Israel (TBI)
of Laconia closes out its “We Care”
initiatives for 2015 with a special concert
with Boston College’s award-winning jazz
band, BC bOp!, performing its first NH
concert on Saturday, November 14, at
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse; net profits
will benefit Central NH Visiting Nurse
Association & Hospice. TBI’s “We Care”
team has been in existence since 2013 and
has produced several fundraising events
for the benefit of a variety of Lakes
Region nonprofits, which include Lakes
Region Community Services, Genesis
Behavioral Health, and Central NH
Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice.
Complimentary snacks and desserts
will be served at 7 PM, with the concert
beginning at 7:45 PM. Wine and beer will
also be available at a cash bar.
Award-winning BC bOp!, a 20-piece
band plus vocalists, was created almost
three decades ago at Boston College.
Competitive auditions of instrumentalists
as well as vocal performers are held each
academic year in September to determine
who is qualified to become a member of
this talented group. It has consistently
placed among the top 10 college
instrumental vocal ensembles in national
competitions. BC bOp! performs
traditional
and
contemporary
instrumental and vocal jazz with music
from the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s
-- all designed to appeal to a variety of
musical tastes. BC bOp!’s musicians have
performed and captivated fans at
Carnegie Hall, Jazzfest in Orlando, FL,
the Reno, Nevada and Lionel Hampton
Jazz Festivals. In addition, they have
performed internationally at resorts in
Cancun, the Bahamas, and Jamaica.
Central NH Visiting Nurse Association
and Hospice (www.centralvna.org),
ranked the highest-quality homecare
provider in Belknap and Carroll
Counties, provides homecare, pediatrics,
and hospice services to over 3,000
individuals every year.
Tickets for the concert are $25 per
person; in addition to great music, the
price includes delicious refreshments and
the joy felt when supporting a local and
deserving agency whose services benefit
so many people in need. For tickets, call
The Winnipesaukee Playhouse Box
Office at 279-0333. The Winnipesaukee
Playhouse is located at 50 Reservoir
Road in Meredith. Questions may be
directed to [email protected].
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Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation sukkah builders celebrate success. Top: Robin
Greenlaw. L-R: Martin Kessel, Tom Greenlaw, Sid Regen, Alice Dreier, Rhoda
Sakowitz, Stan Sakowitz, Jacki Katzman, Leslie Dreier, David Goldstone, and
Jack Karp. Photo by Rita Farrell.
On September 26, 13 members of Etz Hayim Synagogue’s FAB Women’s Group
had a grand evening in Manchester, first at an Indian restaurant and then at the
Palace Theatre’s rollicking The Buddy Holly Story. Pictured are the ladies at Taj
India Restaurant on Elm Street.
From our Temple tots through our teens and parent volunteers, everyone helps
decorate the sukkah at Temple Beth Jacob!
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Hebrew School students from Temple B’nai Israel of Laconia glean the fields.
Students from Temple B’nai Israel blow shofar after hiking up Rattlesnake
Mountain.
EJ Cohen, 4th grade Judaica teacher and 5th grade Hebrew teacher, leads our
students in a lulav and etrog song and then prayer in the Temple Beth Jacob sukkah.
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Members of Temple Beth Abraham meet for minyan in the sukkah.
Rabbi Boaz Heilman is all smiles celebrating his fi rst Sukkot at Temple
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Hebrew School students from Temple B’nai Israel make soup using vegetables
they gleaned from the fields.
Rabbi Boaz Heilman explains the different sections of the Torah to interested
students
It was a perfect September day when a group from Temple B’nai Israel joined
together to hiked up Rattlesnake Mountain. Along with some brief meditations
and some challah (homemade!) & apples dipped in honey, we rejoiced in listening
to the sounds of the shofar at the top! Temple B’nai Israel members Henry
Lipman, Jonathan Lee and Melody Funk blow the shofar at the top of Rattlesnake
Mountain.
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Rabbi Boaz Heilman of Temple B’nai Israel leads the Simchat Torah procession.
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Book Review
Reviewed by Merle Carrus
Keret’s Memoir Reveals Everyday Israeli Life
In his book of short stories and essays,
The Seven Good Years: A Memoir (Riverhead Books, 2015), the title references
the Bible story of Joseph, who interprets
Pharaoh’s dream that there would be seven good years of plenty and then seven
bad years of famine. This is some of Etgar Keret’s best material. He is a prolific
short story author with five other books
to his name. He writes about life in Israel
in a satirical, honest, truthful way. His
stories can seem to be complex, contradictory, and sometimes ambiguous, but
at the end of each story, Keret has delivered a message, though sometimes coded, representing his point of view.
In this book, Keret writes about experiences that happen during the first seven
years of his son, Lev’s, life and the last
seven years of his dad’s life. It is the last
time he will be both a son and a father at
the same time. He talks about life as a father and how the birth of a child changes
a person. He writes about his relationship with his wife. He also writes about
everyday life in Israel. He writes about
his relationship with his brother and his
sister, who has become a strictly religious
Orthodox Jew, the mother of
11 children.
In the essay titled “Bombs
Away,” he gives you an idea
what it is like to live in a
country under fire. He talks
about a friend coming to visit who tells him that the Iranian leader wants the total
destruction of Israel even at
the expense of Iran itself.
His friend says, Why continue with life if we are going to
be destroyed? Etgar Keret explains to his
wife that there is no use wasting time and
money to fix up the house if we are all
going to be decimated. So they start to
let everything go. They do not do house
repairs, and his wife stops using the dishwasher and only washes dishes on an immediate need basis. They stop mopping
the floor and removing the garbage. Then
Keret has a dream that a peace treaty is
signed with the Iranians. “That hit her
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really hard. ‘Maybe S. was wrong,’ she
whispered in terror. ‘Maybe the Iranians
won’t attack. And we’ll be
stuck with this filthy, rundown apartment, with debts
and your students, whose papers you promised to give
back in January and haven’t
even started to mark.’” Finally, he writes, his wife fell
back to sleep, but he could
not. “So I got up and swept
the living room. First thing
tomorrow morning, I will call
a plumber.”
This is the clever and interesting way
he starts a story off in one direction and
then twists around to make a point he
wants to bring home about the way his
family experiences life as Israelis and as
second generation Holocaust survivors.
He talks about his parents: his father
who has recently passed away from cancer and his mother who remembers her
life in World War II Poland.
He shares memories of his time spent
with his father at the end of his life. He
talks about visiting Poland on book
tours and purchasing a house in Warsaw,
Poland, to honor his mother.
He talks about bringing up a child in
Israel and how everyday activities of life
there are punctuated by the attacks of
rockets and bombs. How he and his wife
try to keep life as normal as possible and
also try to make staying safe a game, trying not to scare their son while responding to the difficult everyday questions of
a young child.
He writes about the feeling of writing
his first story, which gives the reader insight into what he felt like being a young
soldier in the Israeli army: “I wrote my
first story twenty-six years ago, in one of
the most heavily guarded army bases in
Israel I was nineteen then, a terrible, de-
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pressed soldier who was counting the
days to the end of his compulsory service. I wrote the story during an especially long shift in an isolated, windowless
computer room deep in the bowels of the
earth. I stood in the middle of that neonlit freezing room and stared at the page
of print. I couldn’t explain to myself why
I wrote it or exactly what purpose it was
supposed to serve. The fact that I typed
all those made up sentences was exciting,
but also frightening. I felt as if I had to
find someone to read the story right
away, and even if he didn’t like it or understand it, he could calm me down and
tell me that writing it was perfectly all
right, and not just another step on my
road to insanity.”
As the reader, you can really feel like
you are there in Keret’s shoes. He writes
with such passion and feeling, communicating to readers outside Israel what it
truly feels like to live under the pressures
and uncertainty of everyday life there.
Etgar Keret brings the conflict in the
Middle East right into your living room,
where you are sitting comfortably on the
couch reading. He makes you feel just a
little bit uncomfortable.
Etgar Keret was born in Ramat Gan
and now lives in Tel Aviv with his wife,
Shira, and son, Lev. He is a winner of the
French Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, a
lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the
Negev, and the author of five short story
collections. His work has been translated
into 37 languages and has appeared in
many publications. He is a regular contributor to the NPR show This American
Life. Many of his stories have been made
into short films. In 2007, Keret along with
his wife and codirector, Shira Gefen, won
the important Camera d’Or prize at the
Cannes Film Festival, for their first movie
Meduzot (Jellyfish).
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