The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter

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Published by the
Jewish Federation of
New Hampshire
Volume 34, Number 4
December 2013
Kislev-Tevet 5774
Brotherhoods Share Breakfast
Federations
Activate Typhoon
Response
Gathering of the Brotherhoods at Temple Adath Yeshurun
By Sol Rockenmacher and Steve Soreff
Manchester -- For the first time in recorded history, a joint
program brought together the Temple Adath Yeshurun Brotherhood, the Southern New Hampshire Jewish Men’s Club
(SNHJMC), and the Etz Hayim Men’s Group. By all accounts, it was a wonderful affair.
The event was held in the social hall of Temple Adath Ye-
Calendar
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Campaign Dollars at Work
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Your Federation at Work
7
Israel
8
International
11
From the Bimah
12
Book Review
13
Film Buzz
14
Education
15
Mitzvahs
16
Opinion
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Obituaries
18
Recent Events
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Just for Fun
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Tributes
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Business & Professional
Services
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jewishnh.org
We Are on Track!
By Roberta Brayer,
Campaign Co-Chair
Momentum is growing for the 2013-14
Jewish Federation of new Hampshire Annual Campaign. Our numbers have improved
this year, and the number of donors has increased. We are on track to meet our goals.
If you have not already made your pledge,
it is not too late to do so. There are significant tax benefits to paying your pledge before the end of the year. Also, you might
want to consider an IRA rollover, in which
the monies taken out of your IRA do not
create a taxable incident to you; however,
you cannot take a tax deduction if the transfer is made directly to the Federation. Please
consult your financial advisor for more information on how you can do this.
On Sunday, December 8, we will hold a
Super Sunday phonathon from 9:30 AM to
12:30 PM. Please mark your calendars and
save the date. Our volunteers will be calling,
and we hope you will receive their calls in a
spirit of generosity and commitment.
Daniel Levenson, our new Executive Director, has made great strides in reaching out to the
Jewish community throughout the state. People
have been responding favorably to his efforts to
bring the Federation mission and values to their
communities. We hope his outreach will help
turn the tide for a successful campaign.
End-of-year giving, IRA rollovers, Super
Sunday -- We are working hard to make this
year’s campaign a success. Please join us and
do your part.
Together, we do extraordinary things!
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shurun (TAY) on Sunday morning, Oct. 20. David Penchansky of TAY was the MC. The event began with a plentiful
breakfast. Then Jay Madnick from Etz Hayim, Michael Lipkind from SNHJMC, and several members of TAY Brotherhood discussed their recent and planned activities. It was refreshing to hear of all those initiatives for both the Jewish and
non-Jewish communities.
Brotherhoods continued on page 3
The Jewish Federations of North America
are mobilizing a communal response to the
super Typhoon Haiyan, which has wrought
widespread destruction in the Philippines.
JFNA has opened a mailbox for Federations
to support relief efforts by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC),
which is raising funds for relief efforts.
JDC is consulting with local officials, the
Filipino Jewish community, and global partners to assess the evolving situation on the
ground in the Philippines, where one of the
strongest storms on record has wrought widespread destruction. More than 10,000 people
are feared dead, with reports of ocean surges
as high as trees. The central city of Tacloban
on the island of Leyte is among the worst hit
on the Pacific nation.
The Federation-supported JDC has led relief
efforts for previous storms in the Philippines,
and helped support the local Jewish community in a nation that sheltered 1,000 European
Jews fleeing the Nazis during World War II.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to the
Filipino people suffering from this terrible
storm’s unimaginable destruction,” said Cheryl Fishbein, chair of JFNA’s Emergency
Committee.
To contribute, visit https://secure-fedweb.
jewishfederations.org/page/contribute/phillipines or send a check to Typhoon Haiyan
Relief Fund, The Jewish Federations of
North America, Wall Street Station, PO Box
148, New York, NY 10268.
Jewish Federations have a proud tradition of
supporting the Jewish communal response to
disasters around the world and at home, raising tens of millions of dollars for emergency
assistance and longer-term aid. Most recently,
Federations supported the national response
to severe flooding in Colorado. In recent years,
Federations responded to tsunamis in Japan
and southeast Asia, the Haiti earthquake, and
Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast.
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JRF: Jewish Reconstructionist Federation URJ: Union for Reform Judaism
USCJ: United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
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MANCHESTER
CONGREGATION BETENU
Nathan DeGroot (Rabbinic Intern)
5 Northern Blvd., Unit 1, Amherst
Reform, Affiliated URJ
(603) 886-1633
www.betenu.org
[email protected]
Services: Friday night Kabbalat Shabbat
services at 7:30 PM
Saturday morning twice a month, 9:30 AM
TEMPLE ISRAEL
Rabbi Samuel R. Seicol
36 Olive Meadow Lane, Dover
(603) 742-3976
www.dovertemple.org
templeoffi[email protected]
Services: Friday night services at 7 PM
For monthly Saturday services and holiday
worship, please check the website.
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
HANOVER
BETHLEHEM HEBREW CONGREGATION
39 Strawberry Hill Road
PO Box 395, Bethlehem
Egalitarian-Conservative, Unaffiliated
(603) 869-5465
www.bethlehemsynagogue.org
[email protected]
Services: Contact for Date/Time Info
President Dave Goldstone (415) 587-0812
or Eileen Regen – (603) 823-7711
Weekly Services: July through Simchat Torah
Friday: 7:30 PM; Saturday: 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
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 Bryna Milkow
1½ Hood Road, Derry
(603) 432-0004
www.etzhayim.org
offi[email protected], [email protected]
Services: Fridays 8 PM, First Friday Family
Service 6 PM followed by dinner, Shabbat
morning 3x/month
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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: Fridays at 7:30 PM
See calendar on website for early
Fridays and for Saturdays
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
PORTSMOUTH
LACONIA
TEMPLE B’NAI ISRAEL
Rabbi Hannah J. Orden
210 Court Street, Laconia
(603) 524-7044
www.tbinh.org
[email protected]
Services: Every other Friday
night at 7:30 PM
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TEMPLE ISRAEL
Rabbi Samuel Barth (Visiting Rabbi)
200 State Street, Portsmouth
Conservative, Affiliated USCJ
(603) 436-5301
www.templeisraelnh.org
Services: Friday, 7:30 PM
Saturday, 9:30 AM
Tues. minyan 5:30 PM
Temple Israel has a fully licensed
M-W-F preschool.
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Kislev-Tevet 5774 • December 2013
Strategic Planning Begins
Early in November a large group of
board members and staff of Jewish
Federation of New Hampshire gathered at our Manchester building to update the strategic plan of JFNH. The
session was well attended by community members representing a wide variety
of age groups and a diverse mix of geographical locations around the state.
There is still work to be done to complete the strategic planning process, but
the meeting was a productive step in
the right direction.
One recurring message at the strategic
planning retreat was that we need to do
a better job reaching out to Jews in the
Dan Cohen
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President’s
Message
state who are either teens or young
adults. It is critical that teens and young
adults be engaged in Jewish life in New
Hampshire. Another recurring message
was that we need to find ways to engage
Jews in the state who are not affiliated
with a temple. The trend in our country
is that people are participating less than
previous generations in religious activi-
ties, and Jews are no different. With this
knowledge, JFNH needs to fund effective programs that reach out to Jews
throughout the state no matter what
level of religious activity exists in their
household and engage them in the Jewish community. JFNH does not want to
encourage the trends that are happening
in our country against religious affiliation, but we must recognize that they exist. A third message received at the retreat was that JFNH needs to work
harder to reach Jews throughout the
state wherever they may live.
In the coming months, the board of
JFNH will continue to analyze the re-
sults of the community survey and utilize the results to continue work on our
strategic plan. Our mission statement is
under review, and we are developing a
vision for the coming years. The allocation of our resources will be looked at
closely in the next month with a board
session dedicated solely to the issue of
our Manchester building planned for
December.
I thank everyone in the community for
their input in the online surveys. Everyone’s voice is important, and broad participation was encouraged. If you want
to share your thoughts on the future of
JFNH, please contact me.
Together, We Really Can Do Extraordinary Things
Some of you may recognize that the
title of my column this month is drawn
from this year’s Annual Campaign
theme, but it’s also an idea that I got to
see in action firsthand this past week in
Israel. Over eight days in Jerusalem,
where I attended both the Jewish Agency for Israel Annual Assembly and the
Jewish Federations of North America
General Assembly, I had the opportunity to not only meet lay and professional
leaders of Jewish organizations from
across the United States, Canada, and
Israel, but to see the amazing strength
and productivity that comes from working together. Such cooperative efforts
are injecting energy into the discourse
about what it means to be Jewish in the
21st century and proving that when different groups within world Jewry can set
aside their differences, real change can
happen in Jewish communities of all
shapes and sizes.
Just like our annual JFNH campaign,
which seeks to raise not only money but
awareness of both the work the Federa-
Daniel E. Levenson
[email protected]
Executive
Director
tion does and the ways in which all Jews
in New Hampshire are connected, there
are small Federations across the United
States and Canada that are engaged in
similar projects. In my conversations
with the presidents and directors of other small Federations, I heard comments
that echo many of the same challenges
we are working to address here in the
Granite State, including a strong desire
to connect with Israel in a cost-effective
way and a need for resources to bolster
Jewish identity and education in children and young adults. In this column I
would like to share just one idea that I
picked up in Jerusalem that I think has
the potential to impact Jewish life here.
Given the general level of concern re-
Brotherhoods Share Breakfast
Brotherhoods continued from page 1
The featured speaker was Daniel Levenson, executive director of the Jewish
Federation of New Hampshire (JFNH).
Daniel reviewed the programs that are
available through JFNH for Jewish youth
in New Hampshire. These include the PJ
Library, preschool program, campership
support, and support for Israel experiences and for Hillel programs.
As a climax to the program, the audience was treated to a few numbers by
the cast of Annie, by the Manchester
Community Players, including TAY’s
Brooke Flanders.
The get-together was long overdue,
and participants look forward to more
events of this kind in the future.
For more information or to join one
of these groups, contact Jay Madnick
([email protected]) at Etz Hayim
Synagogue, Michael Lipkind ([email protected]) of SNHJMC, or
Sol Rockenmacher (rockenmacher@
comcast.net) or David Penchansky
([email protected]) at Temple
Adath Yeshurun.
The New Hampshire
garding the results of the Pew Survey on
Jewish life, I thought I would tell you
about one of the wonderful initiatives
that was showcased in Jerusalem, which
was the Masa program of the Jewish
Agency for Israel. This is a project designed to help Jewish young adults, ages
18-30, spend six months to a year fully
immersed in an Israel experience program, providing not only a significant
grant to help defray the cost of tuition,
but offering additional resources for
participants to learn about Israel and
Jewish identity while attending the program. One of the great things about this
project is its flexibility: Masa partners
with over 200 programs and organizations to offer participants an incredible
range of topics to explore, places to discover, and ways to connect with the
modern country of Israel as well as
thousands of years of Jewish history.
Masa participants do everything from
studying Jewish texts in modern Yeshivas or interning in Israeli government
offices to studying art at the world-renowned Bezalel Academy or teaching
English in public schools.
I have to admit that when it comes to
Masa, I’m a bit biased, since I participated in their leadership program when
I lived in Jerusalem in 2009, which led
to some volunteer work for the Jewish
Agency. I think this experience was also
instrumental in helping to me gain a
clearer picture of modern Israeli society, since the Masa programs do not
shy away from showing the many challenges that modern Israel faces, from
urban poverty to badly needed educational reform. When I was in Jerusalem
I spoke with a senior staff person at
Masa and told him a little about our
community and how much interest
there is in Israel, and over the next few
months I will be working with the Masa
staff in New York to figure out ways to
let young people in New Hampshire
know about this phenomenal opportunity. This is just one example of one
conversation I had in Israel, and one
idea that I am bringing back with me,
and I am confident that with a successful annual campaign, measured not
only in dollars raised, but in ideas gathered and bonds strengthened, we will
have many opportunities together to
continue to build the Jewish community of New Hampshire by combining
our collective resources and sometimes
looking outside our own borders to the
rest of the Jewish world, for ideas such
as the Masa program, that will bear
fruit at home.
Take the call on
Super Sunday, December 8,
to support the Jewish community
of New Hampshire
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Monday, December 2
Thursday, December 5
Ultimate Chanukah Game Night!
Seniors Forever Young Chanukah Party
5¬7 PM, Holiday Inn, Brown Ave, Manchester
Chanukah Game Night for the entire family. Mega
video game truck and good ol’ fashioned board
games. Menorah lighting, sufganiyot, latkes, and
crafts. $36/family. RSVP to Chanchie@LubavitchNH.
com or on Facebook. More information: Chanchie or
Rabbi Krinsky, 647-0204 or Chanchie@
LubavitchNH.com.
12 PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
More information: Bud Baron at [email protected].
Sisterhood Meeting
Tuesday, December 3
Brotherhood Chanukah Party
4:45 PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
Gelt and dreidels, latkes, hot dogs, desserts, and
surprises. Come join in the fun. Free to all families
with a Jewish connection. Reservations and more
information: 669-5650, [email protected],
or www.taynh.org.
Tai Chi for Seniors
Jewish Federation of NH, Manchester
More information: Jim Winner at 926-4953 or
[email protected].
Volunteers needed -- you help will ensure a successful
JFNH campaign. More information: 627-7679 or
[email protected].
4 PM, Temple Israel, Dover
More information: 742-3976 or www.dovertemple.org.
7:30¬8 PM, Carpenter St, Manchester
Once an evangelical pastor, Yaakov Parisi shares the
fascinating story of his lifelong journey to becoming
Jewish. $10 suggested donation. More information:
[email protected] or 647-0204.
2¬3:30 PM (ages 4-7) and 3:40¬5:30 PM (ages 8-10),
JFNH, Manchester
Jewish kids can have fun in a welcoming, warm
environment, and best of all get to spend time with
Jewish peers! This year we focus on JewCrew “Kids
Care to Make a Difference.” Each month the kids do a
fun activity, craft, or trip, all while making a difference
in the community and world. $15 per meeting, or
$100 for the year. The club will also meet on Jan. 12,
Feb. 9, March 9 and April 6. Sign up at LubavitchNH.
com/JewCrew. More information: Chanchie@
LubavitchNH.com.
Friday, December 6
Tuesday, December 10
Tai Chi for Seniors
Tai Chi for Seniors
More information: (603) 669-5650, templeadathy@
comcast.net, or www.taynh.org
[email protected].
[email protected].
Pot Luck Dinner and Shabbat Service led by
pre-Bar/Bat Mitzvah class
Thursday, December 12
Wednesday, December 18
Breakfast with the Rabbi
“Magnetic Power of Organizational and
Personal Brand”- NH Jewish Professional
Network
Hadassah Meeting
1 PM, Jewish Federation of NH, Manchester
More information: Michele Bank at michele.bank@
gmail.com or 488-5657.
End of Chanukah Religious School Party
Family Shabbat Service and Potluck Dinner
6:20 PM pot-luck dinner, 7 PM service, Temple Israel,
Dover
(Post) Chanukah Community Latke Party
11 AM, Temple Israel, Dover
A Pastor’s Journey to Judaism
10 AM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
More information: 669-5650, templeadathy@
comcast.net, or www.taynh.org.
Saturday, December 7
Brotherhood Meeting
Annual Chanukah Party
Torah for Tots
6:15¬8 PM, Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua
Deli, latkes, sufganiyot, and family entertainment.
Bring your menorah. Adults (13 and older) $15,
children (4-12) $8, Children (3 and younger) free.
More information: 883-8184.
9 AM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester,
Story, craft, and snack. Free to TAY members, $18
for non-members. More information: 669-5650 or
www.taynh.org.
More information: (603) 669-5650, templeadathy@
comcast.net, or www.taynh.org
Jewish Heritage Night at the Celtics
9:30 AM, Temple Israel, Manchester
More information: 622-6171 or office@
templeisraelmht.org.
7:30 PM, TD Garden, Boston, MA
Celtics vs. Milwaukee Bucks! Must have tickets in
advance. This offer is not valid at the TD Garden Box
Office. More information: Steve Hutchinson at (617)
854-8060.
Chanukah Blood Drive
11 AM - 6 PM, Red Cross Blood Center, 425
Reservoir Ave., Manchester
Walk in donors are welcome. Call to schedule an
appointment: 1-800-REDCROSS.
Temple Israel/Religious School Chanukah
Party
5 PM, Temple Israel, Portsmouth
Bring your chanukiyah for a community-wide candle
lighting on the last night of Chanukah. Latkes, cider,
dreidels, gelt, and more. Info: 436-5301,
templeoffi[email protected].
Chabad’s JewCrew Kids Club
Junior Congregation
NH4Israel Dinner Dance
6 PM, Temple Israel, Manchester
Let’s celebrate Jews and Christians working
together in mutual support by attending our fun
Dinner Dance, with kosher food and dance music!
Free! We are selling items to raise money for Sderot,
Israel and Christians United for Israel. More
information: NH4Israel.org.
Documentary: Jews on Broadway
Bring a dessert. More information: 669-5650 or
www.taynh.org.
Sunday, December 8
Super Sunday Phonathon
9:30 AM¬12:30 PM, Jewish Federation of NH,
Manchester
Saturday, December 14
5:30-7 PM, Chen Yang Li, Bedford
Registration 5:15 PM, full buffet 5:40 PM. Presenter,
Dianne Durkin, Pres/CEO, Loyalty Factor, Inc. $16 per
person. Reservations requested at 627-7679 or
[email protected]. More information: Suze Scholl at
[email protected].
Sunday, December 22
TBI Deli Dinner and Magic Show
5 PM, Temple B’nai Israel, Laconia
Magic happens when real Jewish deli food and a
magic show by Jimmy Goren meld at a happy event
for adults and kids of all ages. Rabbi Hannah Orden
will open the show by briefing us on some very cool
Jewish magicians! Cost: $20 adults, $10 under 12,
$60 maximum per family. Reserve by Dec. 7 by
contacting Irene at 267-1935 or [email protected].
Cantorial Concert: From Bimah to Broadway
This cantorial concert will trace the connection
between Jewish music and Broadway theater with
Cantors Shira Nafshi and Eric Contzious. More
information: 669-5650 or www.taynh.org.
Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry
More information: 432-0004 or www.etzhayim.org.
Brotherhood Mitzvah Program
Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
More information: 669-5650, templeadathy@
comcast.net, or www.taynh.org.
Brotherhood Mitzvah Program
Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
Volunteer in the community on Christmas Day. More
information: 669-5650, [email protected],
or www.taynh.org.
Sunday, December 15
Southern New Hampshire Jewish Men’s Club
Breakfast
9:30 AM, Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua
For more information: www.snhjmc.org or
[email protected].
Book Club Meeting
Thursday, January 2
Hadassah Meeting
1 PM, Jewish Federation of NH, Manchester
More information: Michele Bank at michele.bank@
gmail.com or 488-5657.
Keeping you connected
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another NH community and want to help produce the
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Jewish Reporter
My Summer at a
Jewish Girls Retreat
Camp Pembroke:
A Great Experience
By Sarah Hoskin
By Abby Asch
I would like to thank the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire for giving me a
camp grant. The camp that I went to is
Jewish Girls Retreat. It is a three-week Jewish girl’s overnight camp in Albany, NY.
Something that I liked a lot at Jewish
Girls Retreat was Shabbat. Every Friday
night there was Kabbalat Shabbat and a
meal that included singing and delicious
food. There were also fun Shabbat activities on Saturday. You could be in chorus,
drama, or storytelling, and chorus and
drama would perform near the end of
Shabbat. Other activities were funny skits
and singing of nigunim.
During the week, one of my favorite activities was art clubs. There were many
different clubs, and you could choose a
different one each week. I was in Duck
Tape Art, Jewelry Making, and Sew a
Stuffed Animal. There were also performing arts clubs. I was in dance and I performed in the yearly Jewish themed movie
that the camp produces. Other activities
included swimming and going on trips.
The first time I heard about Camp
Pembroke, I was really excited to go. I
was 10, and it was my first time going to
sleep away camp. At the beginning of the
summer, I went camp shopping and before you could say, “Off to Camp Pembroke!” I was packed and ready to go.
My mom and I stayed at a hotel the
night before, then we drove a bit more
and we were there.
Instantly, I knew I was at home. A
warm welcome started my great experience at camp.
I was in awe of how well this camp
works together to reach their goals. Everything from the gum rock to the beautiful sunsets on the lake was memorable.
My favorite part of camp was my loving bunk. They always looked after me.
My bunk (and I mean all of us, including the counselors) were not morning
people, but we all got up because we
Sarah Hoskin enjoying activity time
at the Jewish Girls Retreat
Another cool thing about Jewish Girls
Retreat was that I had the opportunity to
meet girls from all over the United States.
There were also a few girls from other
countries. I even had a roommate who
came all the way from Alaska. Going to
Jewish Girls Retreat was an amazing experience, and I am looking forward to
going again next summer.
Sarah Hoskin, is the daughter of Nathan and Allison Hoskin of Rye, NH. She
is a sixth grade Hebrew school student at
Temple Israel of Portsmouth
were excited to start a fun, new day. Every day we had electives (activities chosen by us) and bunk activities. My favorite elective was waterskiing. I got all the
way around our ginormous lake! At the
end of every week, we had Shabbat. It
was a festival of singing, dancing, and
just pure joy. The following morning we
had Saturday morning services in the
beautiful pine grove. Then we had a day
of rest.
Camp flew by so fast that pickup felt
like drop off. Everyone was sad to leave,
but we all knew that next summer the
fun will begin all over again. Thank you
to the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire for the camper scholarship that
made my summer at Camp Pembroke
possible.
Abby lives in Exeter with her parents,
Jennifer Marx Asch and Alex Asch. She
attended Camp Pembroke with a scholarship from JFNH.
Seniors Forever Young
Enjoys Monthly Events
Seniors Forever Young, like the Red
Sox. is on a winning streak of successful
events. In June the group had its Annual
Barbecue, where 50 seniors ate bountifully, sang, and danced to the great dynamic
musical talents of Marlena. In July the
group enjoyed a cruise of Boston Harbor
on the Spirit of Boston, where the luncheon buffet was fantastic, and the dance
music and entertainment were great.
During September the group traveled
to the Boston Museum of Science to
view the Dead Sea Scrolls and enjoyed
lunch at the No Name Restaurant on the
Boston Fish Pier. It was an enlightening
and enjoyable trip.
On the last day of October Seniors
Forever Young went on a combination
foliage, lunch, and shopping trip. The
group lunched at Milford High School’s
culinary department, where the food and
the service were outstanding, and then
they traveled to Brookdale Fruit Farm
for farm fresh apples, honey, etc.
On Sunday, Nov. 10, they vanned to
Portsmouth to view Two Who Dared:
The Sharp’s War, a film sponsored by
the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Jewish
Film Festival. It was a stimulating film,
Eileen Resnick, Roberta Silberberg,
and Renee Brenner visit a farm stand
during the foliage, lunch, and shopping trip on Oct. 31.
and the speaker after the film got rave revues. A short trip to the Common Man
Restaurant topped the evening off with
an excellent meal.
The group looks forward, in the next
two months, to its Chanukah party, a concert, a New Year’s Eve afternoon party,
and a trip to the Boston Museum of Fine
Arts to see the Sargent Watercolor exhibit.
All seniors are invited to join Seniors
Forever Young, whose members say, “We
want to put a smile on all seniors’ faces.”
For additional information, contact
Bud Baron at [email protected].
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My Israel Experience
By Hannah Cook
The NFTY (North American Federation of Temple Youth) L’Dor V’Dor trip
was one of the most amazing experiences
I could have ever asked for. We flew into
Prague, Czech Republic, to start our
journey. Four counselors greeted us
(three Israeli and one American), who
would be our caregivers and best friends
for the summer. We spent the first week in
Europe learning about the history of the
Jewish people. We visited three concentration camps: Terezin, Auschwitz, and
Auschwitz-Berkenau. Visiting the camps
was one of the hardest things that I will
ever do, but the impact it left on me I will
never forget. And there is no better way
to experience it than with other Jewish
teens, who are there to support you. Visiting Auschwitz-Berkenau had the largest
effect on me, because it put many things
in perspective. It was the first time in my
life I have realized how I cannot take
what I have for granted. That experience
definitely matured me and helped me
want to do better in the world.
After a long week learning how European Jewry was destroyed, we finally flew
to Israel. One of my most vivid memories
from the trip was our first day we walked
from our hotel, through the old city of
Yaffo (right next to Tel Aviv), onto a
small hill, which overlooked the Tel Aviv
shoreline. I turned to my friend and said,
Hannah Cook with friends in Israel
“I can tell Israel is the place for me. I just
love the smell of the air.” After a week
where the lack of Judaism was ubiquitous, Israel felt like the most comforting
place in the world.
We headed off to the Negev desert,
where we spent four nights. We slept under the stars and hiked very early in the
morning. It was a great bonding experience. Some of the climbs we did were so
challenging that we had to rely on one
another not to fall. We spent the time
midday in Eilat, on the Red Sea. We went
snorkeling, swimming, and shopping. It
truly felt like paradise.
After the Negev, we went to the Dead
Sea. That was one of my favorite parts of
the whole trip. It was special floating in
the Dead Sea with my best friends, our
bodies clad in mud. It was an unparalleled
feeling to float without any effort. But my
favorite part was being with all of my Jewish friends, experiencing things for the first
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time together. I especially loved our
Havdalah on the beach, because Havdalah
always feels special, but it felt extra special
being in such an amazing place with people who mean so much to me.
Then we went to Jerusalem. My whole
group held hands and was blindfolded as
we stepped off the bus. When we were
told to open our eyes, we could see the
whole city of Jerusalem, and the Judean
hills. It was the most breathtaking view.
It also felt like one of the most holy places in the world to me. Our whole group
sang prayers together. This was one of
the first moments when I realized how
important Judaism is to me. I felt like I
found my place.
That night we went camel riding,
which was definitely one of the highlights of the trip. We stayed at the Bedouin campsite, and woke up at 3 AM to
hike Mount Masada. Our trek up the
mountain was in the dark, but I thought
it looked cool anyway! I stopped to take
a picture, and Hillel (the leader of our
unit of four groups) said, “Hannah, you
just wait. If you think that is a beautiful
view, you are in for a treat.” And of
course, he was right. We spent a few
hours on the top of Masada, and as time
passed the sunlight changed. When I
first saw the fiery-pink ball appearing
over the mountains in the distance, I was
amazed that you could look right at the
sun without it hurting your eyes. I could
feel how special Masada was, not because of the amazing history or the
beautiful castle built by Herod the Great,
but because my friends and I could take
the perfect selfie. I know it sounds ridiculous, but something about being that
close to the sun, and being so happy with
the people I was getting so close with
over the past few weeks, I felt so close to
God.
After that, we drove up north, to the
wonderful Arab city of Acco. I loved
how Jewish Israel felt, but it was also
wonderful to see how other religions
could love it too. We had a really fun
night out on the town. We enjoyed our
last moments with our friends before we
split off into our Chavayah (four day-
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long specialty experiences).
I did Yam el Yam, a four-day hike
across Israel, from the Sea of Galilee to
the Mediterranean. It was an incredible
experience. I met many amazing people
from various URJ camps (Harlem and
Crane Lake especially). After four days
of a lot of hiking, we went swimming in
the Mediterranean Sea. Although we
were all dirty and tired, each one of us
felt accomplished. The swim in the Mediterranean felt like a celebration.
For the days following Chavayah, we
stayed at a youth hostel on the Sea of
Galilee. I had the incredible experience
of having my sixteenth birthday in Israel!
That day was one of the most amazing
days of the whole trip. Six Israeli teenagers joined our group to travel with us for
the next week. From the second we met, I
knew I would love them. They made a
huge poster for me that said “Mazal Tov
Hannah” and happy birthday!!! We went
banana boating on the Sea of Galilee and
had fun getting to know the Israelis, who
felt like our instant friends.
They visited the Lebanon and Syria
borders with us. They added so much to
our discussions, even though they did not
have great English. They helped me feel
integrated into Israeli society, instead of
just being an American tourist. I owe
great thanks to them for making me love
Israel so much. I still keep in touch with
some of them, and they are helping me
learn Hebrew, which will be useful to
know when I go back.
Overall, there was no other way I
would have wanted to spend my summer
than in Israel. I want to thank my parents
and the JFNH for enabling me to have
this experience. A day does not go by
when I don’t think about the lessons I
learned and the lifelong friendships I
made on the trip. I am so thankful for the
experience I had, and I cannot wait to go
back to Israel. It really is the holy land.
Hannah, the daughter of Terri and Jim
Cook, lives in Hanover. She received an Irving and Bernice Singer Israel Experience
grant from the Jewish Federation of New
Hampshire.
Why I Support the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire
By David Salzberg, Co-Chair,
JFNH 2013 Campaign Committee
I am a volunteer, and I support the
Jewish Federation of New Hampshire.
Would you consider joining me? You
might ask: What’s in it for me? I might
answer: Extraordinary things! Please let
me explain.
A few years ago, I too wondered what
was in it for me. I wasn’t sure how the
Federation fit into the landscape of Jewish life in my community or the role it
played across the state. Now I know! My
family and I have benefited in so many
extraordinary ways, including:
• The Federations supports the reli-
gious school where my kids thrived
and stayed involved through high
school.
• The Federation sponsored the Shlicha, who enriched our connection to
Israel by connecting with us. These
young adults related to the temple
youth with genuine warmth and love.
(This program has been suspended
this year, and we must all act to restore it!)
• The Federation provided grants to
help send my kids to Israel to study
and establish their own Jewish
identities.
• The Federation has provided generous grants to support programming
including musical performances and
other fundraisers for my synagogue,
Temple Beth Jacob in Concord. Recent programs included Noah Aronson, Yids on Broadway, and Cabaret
Night with Rebecca Fletcher.
• The Federation offers the Jewish
Professional Network, monthly
meetings with food, drink, networking, and a steady stream of speakers
and topics of interest to the business
community.
In addition to all of this, the New
Hampshire Jewish community statewide
benefits from the Federation, which
speaks with one voice on behalf of all
Jews, and responds urgently to anti-Sem-
itism. I can’t leave out the Jewish Film
Festival, and, and, and. There are too
many wonderful programs to mention! I
can’t imagine what our Jewish lives would
be without the Federation.
The New Hampshire Jewish community is vibrant and alive. The Federation is
actively working to update the strategic
plan, to ensure it is a strong and relevant
force for our community statewide for
years to come.
Super Sunday, December 8, is just
around the corner. Please answer the call
and help us continue to do these extraordinary things. Your generous support is
so greatly appreciated. Now, would you
consider joining me?
Learn to Apply Magnetic Power in Business and Life at JPN
Bedford -- All are invited to join members of the NH Jewish Professional Network on Wednesday, December 18, to
listen to Dianne Durkin, President/CEO
of Loyalty Factor, Inc., speak about
“The Magnetic Power of Organizational
and Personal Brand.” The business networking group will meet at Chen Yang Li
in Bedford, with registration starting at
5:15 PM. A fee of $16 is requested from
all attending.
Durkin is an experienced corporate
executive, consultant, dynamic speaker,
author, and trainer who will explain a
new approach to attract customers who
will be committed to your brand and
service and thus ensure financial bottom line success. She will focus on the
key elements that create emotional connections that drive revenues and
growth.
Durkin will explore the four types of
customers and the concomitant loyalty
programs that will be effective catalysts
for each group. She will talk about the
engagement and empowerment that create productivity and profitability, and the
statistics that demonstrate the return on
investment of customer loyalty and engagement. Finally, she will discuss the individual magnetic features that can be
used to take responsibility and control of
your organization or special position and
personal growth.
Loyalty Factor is a New Hampshire
company located in Portsmouth. Dianne
Durkin has authored The Loyalty Factor: Building Employee, Customer and
Brand Loyalty and The Power of Magnetic Leadership: It’s Time to Get
R.E.A.L. She holds a BS in mathematics
from Rivier University and an MS in
mathematics from Duquesne University.
For additional information about NH
Jewish Professional Network or the upcoming presentation, please contact
Suze Scholl at [email protected] or 603880-4730.
The Yom Kippur War: NH4Israel Hears a First-Hand Account
By Ken Kowalchek
Manchester -- On November 6, Emil
Campeanu, a member of NH4Israel, related his first-hand experience in Israel
during the 1973 Yom Kippur War at the
group’s biweekly meeting. Yom Kippur
War. At that time, he and his family were
new immigrants to Israel, and he was a
teen below the age of military service. He
related his innocent perceptions of the
war going on about him and, given the
elapsed time since the war, and declassified military archives and video footage,
was able to present a complete if brief
history of the war within the evening’s
time constraints.
Emil pointed out that the war was really a continuation of the 1967 War: the
famous Khartoum Conference’s Sept. 1,
1967, declaration of “no peace with Israel, no negotiations with Israel, no recognition of Israel.” This said, the Arabs
began to rebuild their armies and en-
(left to right) Dr. Yeshayah Artsy (A
war veteran who fielded questions),
speaker Emil Campeanu, and Pam
Colantuono
gines of war to take back what Israel
won in the 1967 war. Although Israel
was aware of the re-armament, its over-
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confident general staff was not too concerned about the Arab arms buildup.
They told the public to “trust us” until
the sirens wailed at the Arab armies’ invasion of Israel on Yom Kippur. Concealed in the trust that led Israel’s high
command to do little in the face of an
increased Arab invasion was Kissinger
telling Israel in 1973 that America would
give Israel “not even a single nail if you
attack preemptively.” The Arab armies
invaded on Oct. 6, and America started
resupplying Israel over a week later on
Oct. 14.
Israel suffered initial setbacks during the first two days of reserve mobilization. Indeed, it appeared to many
observers that Israel was near defeat.
One Arab commander could have proceeded unhinarmies suffered losses
over six times greater in the Yom Kippur War. The aftermath is an ongoing
struggle against a hostile world. And
the hostility is not only from radical
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Mohammedans who call for Israel’s
eradication as if it were a cancer, but
also from elements within Western civilization who see Israel as an illegitimate state. Yet, as recounted by Emil,
it seems not only that the hand of G-d
was again with Israel in its 1973 war
for survival but also that Israel showed
the world that its ordinary citizens
from all walks of civilian life would
don their reserve uniforms and pick up
arms to successfully save their nation
from annihilation.
With the exception of holiday conflicts, NH4Israel hosts biweekly talks
with refreshments at Manchester’s Temple Israel (TIM) 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.
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Masa Israel Journey Celebrates 10 Years
Jerusalem -- Prime Minister of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu and Chairman of
the Executive of The Jewish Agency for
Israel Natan Sharansky addressed 3,000
Masa Israel Journey participants at a 10year celebration in Jerusalem on Nov. 14.
“This year, a record 11,000 young
people will participate in Masa Israel
Journey, a partnership of the Government of Israel and The Jewish Agency.
You have dedicated a year of your lives
to live in Israel,” Netanyahu said. “You
came here from many lands to this land,
and this is your land. This is your home.
Israel is always your home. This is the
meaning of Masa.”
During his speech, the Prime Minister
invited his son, Avner, onto the stage
along with his fellow participants in Garin Atid, a Masa Israel Journey program
that is a partnership between the Tzofim
(Israel Scouts) and Young Judaea, in
which young Israelis and Jews from
abroad spend the year living together.
A record 11,000 Jewish young people
from 62 countries will participate in
long-term Israel experiences this year as
part of Masa Israel Journey, a joint
project of the Government of Israel and
The Jewish Agency, which is celebrating
its tenth anniversary this year. This
marks a significant increase from the
4,000 participants from 30 countries
who arrived in Israel during the program’s inaugural year. Masa participants spend between a semester and a
year in Israel in more than 200 programs, including professional internships, volunteer experiences, academic
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu poses with his son, Avner, and fellow
participants in Garin Atid, a program in which young Jews from Israel and
abroad live together as part of Masa Israel Journey, a partnership between the
Government of Israel and The Jewish Agency for Israel.
courses, and Jewish study programs.
Masa Israel Journey was established
in 2004 by the Government of Israel and
The Jewish Agency in an effort to
strengthen the Jewish identity of young
people around the world and deepen
their connections to Israel. The initiative
enables young Jews between the ages of
18 and 30 to spend a significant period
of time in Israel in a vast range of programs. Some 86,000 participants from
62 countries have participated in the
program thus far.
“All of you are part of this family, part
Every Beat Counts for Hadassah
Manchester -- Hadassah has a national heart health program entitled Every
Beat Counts. It educates women about
the risks, prevention, and detection of
heart disease, the number one cause of
death among women in the United
States and worldwide. Cardiovascular
disease kills more women than men in
the United States, and women present
symptoms differently than men. During
the Manchester Chapter of Hadassah’s
last meeting on November 7, some of
the statistics of heart disease and women were discussed. Also discussed were
some breakthrough research accomplished at Hadassah Medical Organization’s Heart Health Institute in Jerusalem. In the coming months, the group
will continue to discuss women, heart
diseas,e and prevention.
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The next chapter meeting will be on
Thursday, December 5, at 1 PM at the
Jewish Federation of New Hampshire.
The meeting we include a drawing for a
gift certificate to a restaurant of choice.
The money raised will be sent to the Hadassah Medical Organization in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem. To get a ticket, contact
Linda Feinberg at [email protected] or 645-6762.
The Hadassah Book Club is currently reading Day After Night by Anita
Diamant, which will be discussed on
Thursday, January 23, at 7 PM at the
Federation in Manchester. All are invited to attend.
For more information about Hadassah, contact Michele Bank, chapter president, at [email protected] or
488-5657.
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of this country,” Sharansky said. “The
Masa Israel Journey experience strengthens and enriches the participants themselves, the State of Israel, and the entire
Jewish people. The 86,000 young people
who have experienced life in Israel
through Masa will make up the core of
Jewish leadership for decades to come. All
of you are young leaders of our people.”
Masa Israel Journey has a significant,
measurable impact on the Jewish identity of young people from around the
world and strengthens their ties to Israel. According to a study conducted by
sociologists Steven M. Cohen and Ezra
Kopelowiz, 92% of Masa alumni say
they feel a sense of belonging to the Jewish people, 85% say caring about Israel is
an important part of their Jewish identity, 82% say raising their children as
Jewish is important to them, 79% say being Jewish is important to them, 71% say
they have engaged in Jewish educational
activities since returning from Israel,
64% say they have volunteered in a Jewish organization since returning, and
45% say they have considered becoming
Jewish communal professionals. “The
apparent impact of Masa Israel is profound in ALL areas of Israel-related
and Jewish engagement,” Cohen and
Kopelowitz concluded.
Masa participants have contributed
some one million volunteer hours to Israeli society, strengthening the Israeli
education system, working with at-risk
youth, helping new immigrants become
acclimated to their new home, serving in
Israel’s socioeconomic periphery, and
contributing in a range of other ways. In
addition, thousands of participants contribute their professional expertise to the
Israeli economy, working in high tech
incubators, startup companies, venture
capital firms, government ministries,
and a variety of other workplaces. Some
20% of participants opt to make Aliyah
(immigrate to Israel) upon completing
the program.
Being Accepted as a
Boston Diller Teen Fellow
By David W. Grossman
Nashua -- After declaring “Next year in
Jerusalem!” so many times at Passover, I
decided it was finally time to realize this
aspiration. I have belonged to Temple
Beth Abraham in Nashua since the day I
was born; however, I had only briefly explored the Jewish community outside of
New England. I have lived in New Hampshire since birth but have never been to
Israel. After Passover last year, I began to
look for a high school program that would
include a trip to Israel. I was lucky to discover Boston Diller Teen Fellowship.
Diller Teen Fellowship is a 15-month
Jewish youth leadership program that explores tikun olam, Jewish identity, and a
connection to Israel. I was one of 20 Boston-area teens who were selected last
spring, and I am the only fellow from
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New Hampshire. Candidates accepted as
fellows receive a $7,000 Fellowship and
participate in twelve Sunday workshops,
three weekend retreats, a 10-day seminar
with the Haifa Diller Teen Fellows in
Boston, and a three-week trip to Israel in
the summer. During the three-week summer trip, we will travel throughout Israel
with our Israeli counterparts. We will
participate in the Diller International
Teen Leadership Congress with fellows
from all 20 Diller communities and spend
a week engaging in community service in
Israel. Back home, our fellowship culminates in the creation of a social justice
project benefiting our local communities.
I have been very fortunate to be chosen
as a Diller Teen Fellow. The experience
has had a strong impact on me even after
just one month.
AIPAC in Wine Country
By Brian Grodman
Columbus Day weekend translates to
leaf peeping in New Hampshire. However, AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) held its annual summit
meeting in California’s Napa Valley over
this long weekend, which I was thrilled to
attend for a fourth time, this year with my
sons Adam and Jesse and my nephew
Justin. Politics, business, war, and wine
were all discussed.
Secretary of State John Kerry began
the conference by stating that he hoped
the 1,300 attendees were “drinking wine
better than Manischewitz!” He then proceeded to mention that Iran is an existential threat to Israel and said that “no Israel-Palestinian deal is better than a bad
deal.” He concluded his speech with a
declaration that “Israel has every right to
defend herself.”
Steve Grand explained from the podium that he was told eight years ago by his
doctors that he was going to die from a
blood disorder. However, Israeli-produced
drugs saved his life, and he is living well as
he continues to take this medication. Coincidentally, earlier in the week two Israelis won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
A campus activist from UC-Santa Barbara, Danielle Dankner, discussed the anti-Israel hostility on the college campuses
and the strong BDS (boycott, divestment
and sanctions) movement. She led the
fight to defeat the most recent BDS vote.
As an aside, my son Jesse was instrumental in defeating a similar anti-Israel BDS
vote at Stanford earlier in 2013.
Lord David Trimble (1998 Nobel Peace
Prize recipient) and Aaron David Miller
gave an update on the peace process,
while stating that the last serious Israel/
Palestinian negotiations were in Camp
David in 2000. The Rev. Dr. Dee Dee
Coleman, from a Detroit Baptist church,
was fervent in her exclamation that “the
people of Israel must live” and “Am Yisrael chai!” She then implored attendees
“not to let the news fool you, and Iran
must not make nuclear weapons!” She
concluded her 10-minute speech with
“God bless America and God bless my
beloved Israel!”
For the second year, I attended a breakout session regarding Iran with Ambassador Brad Gordon. He was ambassador
to the Nuclear Arms Proliferation Treaty.
Sixty-five percent of Iranians (under 25
years old) are unemployed. In Iran, 700
people signed up to run for president,
and the ayatollahs allowed eight to compete. Two candidates dropped out, and
Adam, Justin, Brian, and Jesse Grodman at the AIPAC Summit.
Hassan Rouhani “won” the election. He
also stated that it takes only a few weeks
to raise uranium enrichment from the
3.5% that Iran states it requires to the
90% needed for weapons grade.
In another breakout session, we
learned that each of Israel’s Iron Dome
missile costs $100,000, while a Katyusha
rocket costs only $3,000. Of the 500 rockets launched against Israel in November
2012, 70 made their way past Israeli defenses. The California speaker of the
House, the Massachusetts undersecretary
of state for homeland security, and the
Oracle CFO all explained how Israel has
greatly assisted in their respective activities. Israel has more Nobel Prize recipients and start-ups per capita than any
other country. Israel’s emergency first responders constantly span the globe before others.
Renowned author Daniel Gordis exclaimed that “a free press is in retreat
across the globe” and asked “would a
Palestinian state bring more freedom -or less?” He ended his plenary speech
with the famous quote that is engraved
on the U.S. Korean War Veterans Memorial: “Freedom is not free.”
The AIPAC government affairs expert
explained that the Egyptian peace treaty
basically states that “nothing bad comes
out of the Sinai, and Israel will stay out
of the Sinai.” He noted that Al Qaeda is
now in the Sinai, which is extremely dangerous. Hamas is attempting to control
this region and this group is an offshoot
to the Muslim Brotherhood. Saudi Arabia opposes the Brotherhood and has
been assisting the Egyptian military. The
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border between Sinai and the Negev will,
regrettably, be active in 2014.
I was fortunate to attend a breakout
session that dealt with the U.S.-Israel relationship since 1948, by each U.S. president. The Soviet Union was the first country to recognize the State of Israel, and
during the ensuing War of Independence
the Israelis were flying Nazi-made Messerschmitts while the Arabs were flying
British-made Spitfires. Czechoslovakia
and the USSR were the first countries to
provide arms to the newly established
State of Israel. France was the next country to assist during the 1956 Suez War.
Thus, the United States was late in this
regard. The lecturer stated that the 1979
Camp David Accords with Egypt is the
most important peace treaty. When queried on the perceived anti-Israel bias in
the U.S. State Department, the answer
was that this bias is diminishing, and we
must keep in mind that there are 22 U.S.
ambassadors to Arab countries while only
a single ambassador to the Jewish State.
We were fortunate to hear from a retired U.S. Air Force navigator who flew
three missions aboard a C5 cargo plane
bringing supplies to Israel during the
1973 Yom Kippur War, after President
Nixon told his staff to “send everything
that can fly.” This veteran mentioned that
this was a highlight of his military career.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) left the embattled Congress for one day to give a
passionate pro-Israel speech before turning around and flying back to Washington. He joked that AIPAC was the “last
place on the planet that Democrats and
Republicans speak together -- and say the
same thing!” Sen. Graham stated that if
you truly believe the phrase “Never
again,” then you must let your congressmen know how you feel.
The final plenary speech was made by
newly minted Israeli ambassador to the
United States, Ron Dermer. This was his
first official speech, and he stated that
Iran insists on domestic enrichment capability because that is the only way to obtain weapons grade material. For example, Canada and Mexico import their uranium because they purely have an energy
focus, not weapons. Ambassador Dermer
has Michael Oren’s large shoes to fill.
This conference is chock full of information regarding the Israel-U.S. relationship. Delegates learn about business opportunities, political machinations, medical advances… all while schmoozing with
passionate patriots and Zionists. It was
extra special sharing this experience with
the next generation of Grodmans. L’Dor
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The New Hampshire
Jewish Reporter
Hungarian Anti-Semitism on the Rise
By Norma Roth
I wanted to share this with readers of
the Reporter, some of whom are surely of
Hungarian descent as I am and may have
grave concerns over relatives living in Budapest as well as all Jews in Hungary and
other European countries. Virulent antiSemitism has started in Hungary and
needs to be publicized.
Ivan Fischer, a first-class conductor of
the Budapest Festival Orchestra who has
also been principal conductor of the
Washington National Symphony, has
written an opera as a rebuke to what the
New York Times describes as the “growing tolerance of anti-Semitism in today’s
Hungary.” That opera, “The Red Heifer,”
was reviewed in the Times on Oct. 20.
I have relatives in Hungary, and my
concern about increasing anti-Semitism
there causes me no end of grief. There was
a bit of a flash in the news recently about
the extremist minority party putting forth
a resolution calling for the creation of lists
of Hungarian Jews in the legislature be-
cause they pose a “national security risk.”
Fortunately, there was enough international outcry to take that off the table.
But what is happening today in Hungary
continues to worsen. It is a combustible
situation. Yes, from what I understand,
there is a strong Jewish community, but
we have heard that before.
When I wrote Journey to A Dark Past,
Hungary, Vienna & Prague, Land of My
Ancestors, I included poems about the silence and emptiness of the streets of Budapest (the Pest side, where so many of
our people lived, was the main Jewish
neighborhood). I hadn’t realized how eerie it was. I have read since that some travel sites highlight that area as being still
relatively untouched since World War II
and therefore interesting for tourists.
However, that depends on perspective,
doesn’t it? Some of the poems I interspersed throughout Journey Into A Dark
Past touch on the all-but-overwhelming
sadness I felt staying in that neighborhood without our people, and the eeriness
of the resemblance of that Jewish neighborhood to the neighborhood in which I
grew up in the Bronx, NY.
It was good to learn that the World Jewish Congress held its Plenary Assembly in
Budapest in May of this year, with 600
participants from around the Jewish
world and 200 journalists in attendance.
The meeting raised international awareness about the growing neo-Nazi problem, and the government has pledged to
respond. But we must also note that recently, in Hungary, the far-right Jobbik,
which regularly stokes fear of Jews and
Roma and recently held a rally against the
World Jewish Congress assembly in Budapest, is the country’s third-largest party
and is growing in strength. I remain very
fearful for the Hungarian Jewish people
today.
One American cousin now living in
South America wrote this about the announcement of Ivan Fischer’s new opera,
which reflects Hungary’s renewed and
not-to-be-ignored mounting prejudice to-
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He remarks, “It’s the type of intellectual
contribution that’s effective in combating
anti-Semitism...but it’s unlikely that the
message will permeate Hungarian society.
It’s also necessary that the press get involved and start naming names and pointing fingers.”
And so it has, and so it must!
Norma Roth lives in Lincoln, NH.
To read more on this subject:
R. Donadio, “An Opera Fights
Hungary’s Rising Anti-Semitism: Ivan
Fischer’s Opera ‘The Red Heifer’ Addresses Prejudice.” New York Times,
Oct. 20, 2013.
R.S. Lauder, “Ronald S. Lauder on
the Crack-Down on Neo-Nazis in Europe.” World Jewish Congress, Oct. 9,
2013. www.worldjewishcongress.org.
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Why Be Jewish?
Why be Jewish? We live in a time when
answering this question has become of
central importance. The results of the
Pew Research Center’s survey of American Jews hardly came as a surprise. We
have known for some time that increas-
ing numbers of Jews are assimilating,
marrying non-Jews, and drifting away
from synagogue membership and support of Jewish causes.
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Rabbi Hannah Orden
Temple B’Nai Israel,
Laconia
Great Britain, addresses the question:
Why be Jewish? Rabbi Sacks writes: “I
cannot hide my sense that something is
wrong with Jewish life today…. It is not
only that young Jews are disengaging
from Judaism at a rate virtually unprecedented in history…. It is rather an inescapable feeling that we have somehow
lost the script of the Jewish story.” Rabbi
Sacks quotes the Baal Shem Tov, who
said that the Jewish people are a living
Torah scroll and every individual Jew is
one of the letters in the scroll. He spins
out the Baal Shem Tov’s idea: “A letter
on its own has no meaning, yet when letters are joined to others they make a
word, words combine with others to
make a sentence, sentences combine to
make a paragraph, and paragraphs combine to make a story…. If every Jew is a
letter, each Jewish family is a word, each
community is a sentence, and the whole
Jewish people at any one time is a paragraph. The Jewish people throughout
time constitute a story.”
We might think that if a letter drops
off here or there, even a few words, or a
whole paragraph, the story will still make
sense. So, what’s the big deal if we lose
some letters or words as individuals drift
away from Judaism, as parents decide
not to raise Jewish families, as syna-
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gogues close their doors or merge with
other congregations?
And this is the power and beauty of
the metaphor of each Jew being a letter
in the Torah scroll: A Torah scroll that
has even one missing letter is invalid. It is
considered defective and cannot be used.
We need each letter in the scroll.
In America we value our individuality
and our ability to make choices; however,
Judaism presents us with a different view.
Judaism says that to be a Jew means that
our individual lives have meaning because we are part of the story of a People
dedicated to certain ideas. In the words
of Rabbi Sacks: “Jewish faith continues
to be the courage to see the world as it
is… knowing that the evil, cruelty and injustice the world contains are neither inevitable nor meaningless but rather a call
to human responsibility… a call to build
a society that honors the human person.”
At the end of the book Rabbi Sacks
answers his own question: “Why am I a
Jew? Not because I believe that Judaism
contains all there is of the human story…. Not because of anti-Semitism….
Not because I think Jews are better than
others…. Rather, I am a Jew because,
knowing the story of my people, I hear
the call to write the next chapter…. I
cannot be the missing letter in the scroll.”
If the Jewish story is not complete
without the unique contributions of each
individual Jew, then we must find ways to
reengage the Jews who have drifted away,
ways to help them join their letters with
ours to make words, sentences, and paragraphs. For the Jewish story to continue,
we need all of the letters in the scroll.
Book Review
Reviewed by Merle Carrus
Preserving the Past: A Blessing or a Curse?
A Guide for the Perplexed, by Dara Horn
When my children were growing up, I
took pictures of every event in their lives
and recorded every milestone in a book
so that nothing would be lost to faulty
memory. It has become a fascination
with people in my baby boom generation to trace our roots. We look for the
story of our family’s past, our connection to our history.
In Dara Horn’s new book, A Guide for
the Perplexed, she takes this concept of
people recording every aspect of their
lives and expands it. Her protagonist,
Josie Ashkenazi, is a software prodigy
who has invented an application that records everything everybody does in their
daily lives. She calls the computer program the Genizah.
This includes not only the important
events that we are afraid we will someday forget, but every mundane activity.
In one example, she has recorded every
activity she and her daughter do so that
in the morning when her young daughter cannot find her shoes, they just need
to play the recording and see where she
left them the night before.
The book takes on three different
journeys based on this obsession with
preserving the past. First, we are introduced to Josie’s sister Judith, who works
for Josie’s company. In a modern version of Jacob and Esau, the jealous sister arranges for Josie to fly to Egypt and
sell the computer program to the Alexandria Library. In Egypt, Josie is abducted and presumed dead by the family
she left behind in America. Judith then
steals her sister’s husband and daughter.
Layered over this story line, we learn
the story of Solomon Schechter, a Cambridge professor, who goes to Palestine
to retrieve a medieval archive, the
Genizah, hidden in a Cairo synagogue.
He brings back bags of papers that have
been left in an attic in the old synagogue
for centuries. A genizah is a synagogue
store room for documents that for religious reasons cannot be destroyed. He
takes on two assistants, and they read
through the mundane history of congregants from a millennium ago: marriage
certificates, divorce decrees, and letters
written by people long gone.
Among the papers Horn imagines are
the papers of Moses Maimonides or the
Rambam, the 12th century Jewish philosopher and physician. His actual book,
The Guide for the Perplexed, explores
the relationship between faith and reason. Horn creates the fiction that Schechter finds draft copies of this famous
book and copies of letters the Rambam
exchanged with his brother.
The three journeys are connected as
Josie reads Maimonides’ Guide to the
Perplexed in her prison cell and Schechter finds the manuscripts in Cairo. Josie
wrestles with the value of memory and
the possibility of not really being in control of her life. Maimonides says, “We
choose what is worthy of our memory.
We should probably be grateful that we
can’t remember everything as G-d does,
because if we did, we would find it im-
possible to forgive anyone.” Schechter
comes to similar conclusions as he realizes that sometimes it is not best to remember every detail of the past. The
Rambam struggled with the paradox of
destiny versus free will, and in Dara
Horn’s A Guide To The Perplexed, all of
the characters are struggling to see if they
are in control of their lives or if there is a
higher power that has the final say.
Dara Horn has written three other
novels: In The Image, The World To
Come, and All Other Nights. She has
won many awards, including 2003 National Jewish Book Award, the 2002
Edward Lewis Wallant Award, and the
2003 Reform Judaism Fiction Prize.
She has taught courses in Jewish literature and Israeli history at Harvard,
Sarah Lawrence College, and City University of New York, and lectured
across North America and Israel. She
lives in New Jersey with her husband
and four children.
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by Norma Roth
Author Norma Roth narrates a personal journey to the land of her parents’ birth, a land they left behind before
the
th Nazi Holocaust. In 1979, the author makes her first trip with her aging parents to “see the beauty of
their homeland.” There are momentary lapses from her parents: hints, slips of
th
the
th tongue (“neighbors, occupying homes of those returning from the concentration
tr
camps asked: “Why have you returned?” says her mother). Haunted
b
by these words she makes a second trip in 1999, to finally confront “truths” that
sshe could not face before. This time she finds that the incredible beauty of these lands cannot mask the fall of
tthese nations into barbarism.
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—Bettie Corbin Tucker
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both a spiritual journey and a physical one, both involving one
woman’s quest for understanding her parents, ancestors, the
historical events which framed their lives, and ultimately her
identity as an American Jew.”
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No Place On Earth: An Unusual Holocaust Documentary
By Nora Lee Mandel
No Place On Earth (Magnolia Pictures,
2012) is an unusual Holocaust documentary, and not just because you can see it
outside the New Hampshire Jewish Film
Festival on DVD. This extraordinary true
story of the saving power of family ties is
dramatically told by the dynamic people
who lived and uncovered it, and it compellingly reenacts how devoted coopera-
tion kept an extended family alive in extreme circumstances.
Matriarch Esther Stermer realized Nazis were cutting off her small town in
western Ukraine, and insisted her comfortably settled family prepare for the
worst. She pushed her sons and nephews
to find and stock a hiding place in caves
they had poked around in as children. As
the brutal hunt for Jews escalated in 1942,
she organized the flight and descent of
her mishpachah -- 38 parents, toddlers,
grandparents, cousins, spouses, in-laws
and siblings -- into an astounding hibernation. Down one cave, frighteningly,
heart-breakingly raided when they were
betrayed in 1943, then deeper into a second cave never entered before, Esther
bucked them up and marked the Jewish
holidays. In a 1960 memoir for her grandchildren, We Fight To Survive, she hand
wrote in Yiddish, “We knew that our
family would always be loyal to one another.” After 511 days underground, they
emerged in 1944 as ghosts who had forgotten the sun, facing locals who didn’t
want to remember them.
The spirited survivors, now 74 to 92
years old, are proud and lively (Englishspeaking) participants. For Saul Stermer,
then in his early twenties, and Sam, then
16, their late older brother Nissel looms
like a superhero with incredible strength,
determination, and McGyver-like ingenuity. Their nieces, Sonia Dodyk, then
10, and her sister Sima, then six, vividly
recall their hunger, chores, and childish
feelings. Hungarian actors (in actual
caves near Budapest) realistically relive
the described ordeal. The expressive face
of Katalin Lábán, as Esther, goes beyond historicism, and the hulking Balázs
Barna Hidvégi, as Nissel, demonstrates
nocturnal forays for food, fuel, air pockets, escape routes -- and a horse. Meticulously, the overlaid dialogue is in the
original languages; a child actor speaks
fluent Yiddish.
The film unfolds as a mystery uncovered by American cave explorer Christos
Nicola, a righteous gentile who saved
the family’s story. In 1993, Nicola was
one of the first outsiders to travel into
post-U.S.S.R. Ukraine’s extensive caves
and found a millstone, buttons, Yiddishetched cup, shoe, key, plate shards, chisel, and (surprise) graffiti with names
dated 1943, supporting rumors that
Jews hid there. Even cavers today would
battle bats, hypothermia, toxic smoke,
water shortages, malnutrition, claustrophobia, and disorientation in that setting. Nicola finally located the family in
North America for a 2004 National
Geographic article, with photographer
Peter Taylor, where director Janet Tobias discovered them, then Nicola and
Taylor described their ordeal in a 2007
book, The Secret of Priest’s Grotto: A
Holocaust Survival Story (Kar-Ben Publishing, 2007).
In a moving climax, Nicola leads the
survivors to their (Jew-free) village and
caves, with excited grandchildren experiencing an oft-told tale. For nonagenarian
Saul, sensual memories return when he
requests darkness: “Now I know where I
am. Now I feel good.” A closing montage
of the expanded family tree over 66 years
is inspiring proof that family continued
to be the pillar of their lives.
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Alan Rosen Inspires NH Teachers
Alan Rosen, educated in Boston under
the direction of Elie Wiesel, has taken
what he learned from this scholar’s classroom taught around the world. Recently
he came to the Keene State College Center for Holocaust Studies to educate New
Hampshire public school teachers and
other interested lay leaders about Elie
Wiesel and how to teach his incredible
story, Night, to school children across the
state.
“Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel has
authored more than 50 books, in which
he endeavors to counter the enveloping
fire of the Holocaust with the visionary
fire of the Jewish tradition. By surveying
his career and writings,” says Rosen, “we
will explore his teaching on becoming a
soul on fire.”
Avraham (Alan) Rosen PhD is the author or editor of 10 books, most recently
The Wonder of Their Voices: The 1946
Holocaust Interviews of David Boder (author) and Approaches to Teaching Wiesel’s Night (editor). Two edited collections are due out in the coming year: Elie
Wiesel: Jewish, Literary, and Moral Per-
Alan Rosen
spectives and Literature of the Holocaust.
Rosen was a research fellow of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah and
has held fellowships at the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum and Yad
Vashem. He has taught at universities
and colleges in Israel and the United
States and he lectures regularly at Yad
Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Alan lives in Jerusalem with his
wife and four children. Alan Rosen is the
Betty Wilkenfeld Scholar at the Sydney
Jewish Museum.
Being a Jewish Leader
By Jonathan Dickens, MAJEd/MAJCS
When I was asked to write this piece, I
accepted it with a certain amount of reservation -- not because I did not want to
write the piece, but because I did not have
a clue how to approach the topic because
I did not really know what it meant to be
a Jewish leader. Typically, when I think
of a Jewish leader, I think about rabbis,
cantors, and rich philanthropists who
keep our community organizations
afloat. Last time I checked, being 26 years
old, having three part-time jobs, and being a student does not put me in any of
those categories.
This made me rethink what I considered a Jewish leader to be. After many
hours of dwelling on the subject, I came
to the conclusion that a leader is only a
leader if people who follow him or her.
So what makes a Jewish leader? I believe
that Jewish leaders are people with three
attributes: They are relatable, they have a
strong Jewish identity, and they give back
to their community.
When dealing with youth, the above attributes are paramount. If the leader is
not relatable, the youth will not connect
with him (or her), and therefore he will
not be effective. If the leader does not
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possess a strong Jewish identity, then he
can’t be expected to instill one in the
community’s children. Finally, if the
leader does not give back to the community, then he is demonstrating that he
does not view himself as a member.
Here in New Hampshire, where the
Jewish community is very small, it is important to realize that leaders can be
found everywhere. The question remains, however, are the leaders that are
homegrown effective? Chances are, they
are very effective. They just need to be
cultivated. Therefore, my challenge to
each and every Jewish community here
in New Hampshire: Cultivate your
youth so that they “hatch” into great
Jewish leaders. If your children have a
connection to the community outside
of the place where they had their Bar/
Bat Mitzvah, then they may stay and
keep the New Hampshire Jewish community alive.
Dr. Ackerman enjoying the view during a reception at the U.S. Department of
State.
Dr. Ann T. Ackerman, Associate Professor of Education, Rivier University,
recently co-presented the workshop “We
Don’t Bite – They Don’t Bite: Examining
and Dismantling Predisposed Concepts of
Culture” at the 36th Annual Fulbright
Conference in Washington, DC. Ackerman’s Fulbright study took place in
Greece and Bulgaria in 2008.
Ackerman recently co-authored “A
Time Machine to the Past: Using Primary Sources in the Social Studies Classroom,” a chapter in National Survey on
the Status on Social Studies: Views from
the Field (Information Age, Oct. 2013);
and “Getting the Story Right -- Develop-
ing Critical Analysis Skills Through
Children’s Literature,” in the September/
October 2013 issue of Social Studies and
the Young Learner.
Ackerman is a former editor of the NH
Jewish Reporter and a member of the
Nashua Board of Aldermen.
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and study.
Jonathan Dickens grew up in Nashua. A
longtime member of Temple Beth Abraham, he earned a BA in Judaic Studies at
SUNY Albany, and MAs in Jewish Education and in Jewish Communal Service at
Gratz College. He currently teaches grades
5, 8, and 9 and advises USY at TBA.
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L’Dor V’Dor: A Bar Mitzvah Film Project
Portsmouth -- Douglas Greenston is
not your typical bar mitzvah student.
After all, how many preteen boys have a
90-year-old girlfriend?
When Doug thought about preparing
for his bar mitzvah and pursuing a mitzvah project, he thought about the older
members of Temple Israel in Portsmouth he has come to know while attending services and participating in
temple activities, and he decided that he
wanted to get to know them better. So
he embarked on a major project: filming
interviews with about 15 of those he
calls the “wiser” members of the community. The interviews were filmed at
the temple or in people’s homes over
several months, with the assistance of
his parents.
While making the film, Doug became
especially close with several community
members, including 90-year-old Estelle
Israel, whom he developed a major
crush on. Doug has continued to visit
her and many of his other new friends
since the filming was completed.
After many weeks of intensive editing
of nearly 20 hours of interviews, the
35-minute film, L’Dor V’Dor, debuted in
the Temple Israel Social Hall on Sunday, Oct. 27, before about 60 people, including many of the interviewees. Several of the subjects had proudly invited
family and friends to the showing.
Those in attendance were invited to
make donations to a fund to help support the Lunch Bunch, a monthly Temple Israel luncheon for seniors.
Each interview included a standard
set of questions. However, the answers
were anything but standard, reflecting
the unique personalities and perspectives of the participants, who ranged in
age from their 70s to their 90s. Topics
included favorite childhood memories,
how children today are different than
they were years ago, favorite moments
in one’s past, unfulfilled wishes, the definition of “hope,” and questions for
God.
The answers and the interactions between Doug and his subjects elicited
Doug Greenston and Al Spaien, one of the congregants interviewed in Doug’s
movie, share a light moment.
laughter, tears, and finally, enthusiastic
applause from the audience. Doug looks
forward to celebrating his bar mitzvah
with friends and family in early Decem-
ber. He will donate copies of the film to
the Temple Israel library so that others
in the community can enjoy the wisdom
that it captured.
Mitzvah Program Seeks Volunteers
Manchester -- The annual call for volunteers has begun for the Temple Adath
Yeshurun Christmas Mitzvah Program.
This program, in existence for over 30
years, was created to help the temple’s
Christian neighbors at Christmas time.
In taking over certain functions, the Jewish community allows those observing
Christmas to enjoy their holiday with
their families.
Activities for this year’s Mitzvah Program include:
1. Delivering Meals on Wheels on
Christmas Day.
2. Taking charge of the information
desks at both Elliot Hospital and
Catholic Medical Center on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
3. Running the Bingo event at the
Manchester Veterans Administration Hospital on Christmas night.
4. Delivering lunch and refreshments
to the police and fire stations in
Manchester and Bedford on Christmas Day.
5. Preparing, serving, and cleaning up
meals at the local soup kitchen, New
Horizons, on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day.
Anyone interested in volunteering
should call Sol Rockenmacher at 232-3477
or e-mail [email protected].
Alex Dube, recent Bar Mitzvah at Congregation Betenu, with his brothers and
sister after rehearsing his Torah portion for the students at the Betenu religious school.
Congratulations to Betty and Don Moskowitz
of Londonderry, who recently received
a Spirit of NH award from Volunteer NH
for their many years of service with the
Sonshine Soup Kitchen in Derry.
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Letters to the Editor
He Got It Wrong
Dear Editor,
It was interesting reading “The Future
of Frumkeit in Lancaster, PA” (in the
November Reporter). However, the first
paragraph has a glowing error. The writer states, “most years my wife and I take
our four children to Hershey Park. The
park, which is in Lancaster, PA...” I
grew up in Harrisburg, PA and I can
guarantee you Hershey Park is not in
Lancaster, but in Hershey, PA. I think
Mr. Troy rode the roller coaster too
many times and became dizzy. As always, I enjoy the Reporter.
Gary Seidner
Pembroke
J Street Approach Superficial
The opinion writer, J Street vice
president Alan Elsner, in the October
edition of the Jewish Reporter, should
have read Rabbi Robin Nafshi’s column
before writing so disparagingly about
opponents of his employer, J Street.
In August of 2012, Alan M.
Dershowitz wrote for the Gatestone
Institute that J Street “is making it more
likely that Israel and/or the United
States will have no choice but to take
military action against Iran’s nuclear
weapons program.” Dershowitz, a
highly regarded Middle East scholar for
decades, believes only a credible threat
paperweights
of military action by the United States
will deter Iran from moving forward
with its nuclear program.
In a recent e-mail, Jeremy Ben-Ami, J
Street’s president, urges his followers to
undercut the Obama policy of promising
Israel to attack Iran if the Islamic state
crosses the red line. Ben-Ami urges his
members to demand President Obama
stop threatening military action against
Iran and that “the drums of war” be
silenced.
J Street should get out of the business
of telling Israel how to balance her most
daunting
existential
challenge
regarding the security of her citizens.
It should stop undercutting American
policy with regard to Iran. As an
organization that claims to be both
pro-Israel and pro-peace, it should
recognize that its superficial approach
to this complex problem is bad for
peace, bad for Israel, bad for world
Jewry and bad for American efforts to
prevent a nuclear Iran.
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Forum.” I have produced this program
in Massachusetts for the past eight
years and have recently moved to
Manchester. I have been accepted
by the Nashua community access
TV stations in Derry, Londonderry,
Bedford, and Manchester to use
their studios to conduct interviews of
veterans. My program is also being
shown in these stations.
I am asking for your help to get the
information about this program and
my show to your readers and any others
in the area who might be willing to help
us by giving an interview.
The Veterans History Project is a
living history done by video interviews
that are then played on the local
community access TV, and a copy
is sent to the Library of Congress to
preserve the true history of our men
and women who have served our
country at some point in our history.
Every branch of service, rank, and job
is important. This is open to all men
and women veterans who played a part
in our military history.
For more information or to schedule
an interview, please contact me at
[email protected] or 232-2691.
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Manchester
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Good Shabbos, Dr. Stahl
Rabbi Levi Krinsky, Chabad Lubavitch
of New Hampshire, made these remarks
at the shivah house.
The Torah Portion in the week Dr. David Stahl passed away was Chaya Sara,
which I believe was Dr. Stahl’s Bar Mitzvah portion. The parshah discusses the
very first purchase of a burial site with
our father Abraham purchasing a plot
for his wife Sara.
In the opening words of this portion, it
describes the life of Sara by stating that
her years were 100 years 20 years and 7
years. Our commentaries question the redundancy of the word years after each
number instead of saying 127 years. The
common answer is that she never got old.
Until her very last day her life was fully
active and productive. In many ways this
describes Dr. Stahl. His soul was taken
just a few days shy of his 87th birthday,
and for those of us who knew him, he
was always on the go, always busy, and
always had something to do. You would probably not describe Dr.
Stahl as a religious man, perhaps one
more on the cultural side. But I maintain he was a deeply religious man in
many ways.
He was always concerned about Jewish
continuity; When our building campaign
began, he was the first to respond and in-
cluded a note with his pledge -- to help
secure Judaism for further generations.
We studied Talmud weekly. Dr. Stahl
enjoyed the many angles and opinions of
our sages and of course was not shy in
offering his own. And for close to 10
years week in and week out even when he
was traveling abroad we would touch
base every Friday afternoon and extend
Good Shabbos wishes.
I cannot tell you on how many occasions he would bail out our minyan by
being the 10th, despite the fact that at
times it was physically difficult for him to
get up and out.
We discussed many issues in the later
years, including life after death or life after life. Perhaps he was more religious
than some would think.
Many of us knew Dr. Stahl as an accomplished pianist. One Wednesday morning as I stood by the door before our Talmud study session I could
hear him masterfully playing the piano. I
commented about how beautiful the
piece sounded. He insisted no, no, no, to
his keen musical ear he needed the piano
tuned. I told him it was a waste of money
as it sounded splendid, but he insisted it
needed tuning every few months.
If I can sum up his life of 87 years, I
would say he saw everyone as a musician.
In his life there was the string section,
Dr. David Stahl with his brother, Bob Stahl, and Rabbi Levi Krinsky in the
sukkah
woodwind section, brass section, percussion section, and of course piano and
harp. He knew the distinctive notes and
the need to play in concert. You see, because he was the “conductor,” he tried to
bring out the best in everyone he ever
met, to perfect their given tone so that
the world would be a more harmonious
world. He knew the politician, car mechanic, sales clerk, mailman, carpenter,
scholar, and layman, always trying to fine
tune their given note, their G-d given
ability.
I would say he saw the world as one big
symphony. It was music to his ears. Each
and every one had his/her music to play.
May his memory be for a blessing.
May his symphony continue to be
heard for generations to come.
Dr. David G. Stahl
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The New Hampshire
Dr. David G. Stahl, 86, passed away on Oct. 20. He was born in Manchester on
Nov. 1, 1926, the son of Samuel and Sadie (Flaxman) Stahl. Dr. Stahl served in the US Navy during WWII. He graduated from Dartmouth
College in 1947 and from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in 1951. He
married Barbara Jaffe on July 7, 1951. He joined his father’s dental practice in Manchester in 1952, and spent the next 50 years providing dental care to a wide community of patients. Dr. Stahl was active in the Manchester Jewish community, having
been a member and past president of Temple Adath Yeshurun and a member and
past president of the Jewish Federation. A tireless patron of the arts, music, and education in Manchester and throughout New Hampshire, Dr. Stahl was a founder of
The Derryfield School and instrumental in the renovation of the Palace Theatre. He
was involved with the NH Symphony, Manchester Historic Association, NH Historical Society, The Currier Museum of Art, the World Affairs Council of NH, NH
Charitable Foundation, NH Dental Society, Manchester Dental Society, and many
other organizations. Dr. Stahl played the piano from age 6 and was a subscriber to the
Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly 60 years. He is survived by four children: Susan Hardy and her husband Richard, Nancy
Wilsker and her husband Roy, Sarah Stahl and her husband Harry Foster, and John
Stahl and his wife Elisabeth; ten grandchildren: Julia and Alex Hardy; Rebecca, Elizabeth, and Benjamin Wilsker; Daniel and Rachel Foster; and Jenna, David, and Jessica Stahl; two brothers: Robert Stahl and Norman Stahl and his wife Sue; and a sister-in-law Carolyn Friedman. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara, in 2004. The funeral service was held on Oct. 22 at Temple Adath Yeshurun in Manchester,
with burial in Manchester Hebrew Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to
the charity of your choice. Jewish Reporter
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Temple Israel Portsmouth
Children at The Early Learning Center, Temple Israel Portsmouth, mixing
the batter for pumpkin bread
Federation executive director Daniel Levenson and Temple Adath Yeshurun
president Lee Hill (photo by David Rosenzweig).
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Members of TBI in Laconia gathered in the Sukkah for a Shabbat
Dinner.
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The congregation at TBI celebrated
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2013-2014 Annual Campaign
Bobbie Brayer in memory of Linda Gerson’s mother-in-law
Bobbie Brayer in memory of Dr. David Stahl
Linda Gerson in memory of Dr. David Stahl
Jim and Missy Haas and family in memory of Dr. David Stahl
JoAnn Meyers and family in memory of Robert Stahl’s brother, Dr.
David G. Stahl
Edith and Milton Novak in memory of Dr. David Stahl
Michael Rosenblum and Stephanie Wolf-Rosenblum in memory of
Robert Stahl’s brother, Dr. David Stahl
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