6th Annual NH Jewish Film Festival

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Published by the
Jewish Federation of
New Hampshire
Volume 34, Number 7
April 2014
Nissan 5774
6th Annual NH Jewish Film Festival: The Final Week
The 6th Annual New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival enters its final week of the season with an eclectic mix of four
NH premiere films playing at Red River Theatres in Concord and three film showings at Keene’s Redfern Arts Center. The Festival concludes on Sunday, April 6, with a Wrap
Party with stand-up comic Steve Calechman in Concord.
Thursday night, April 3, the festival brings
you the New England premiere of The Lost
Town in Concord. The subject of the film is
the town of Trochenbrod, first made famous
by Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Everything
Is Illuminated. Did you know that Trochenbrod was the only all-Jewish town outside of
Palestine? The film’s narrator, Trochenbrod
history expert and author Avrom BendavidVal, will be a guest speaker for a Q&A after
the film in Concord. Following his talk, copies of his book, The Heavens Are Empty, will be available for
sale. The Lost Town will also be shown at the Redfern Arts
Center in Keene on Sunday, April 6.
The Festival will present AKA Doc Pomus, the story of
one of the most brilliant songwriters of the early rock and
roll era, at the Redfern Arts Center in Keene on Saturday,
April 5.
Calendar
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Your Federation at Work
6
Israel
9
Hof Hacarmel
10
Holidays
11
Education
12
Spotlight on Business
14
Film Festival
15
Book Review
16
Mitzvahs
17
Recent Events
18
Just for Fun
20
Tributes
21
Business & Professional
Services
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Concord
5:45 PM, Temple Beth Jacob, Community
Potluck Seder
Derry
6 PM, Etz Hayim Synagogue, Second
Night Passover Seder
Dover
5:30 PM, Temple Israel,
Community Seder
Annual
Keene
5.30 PM, Congregation Ahavas Achim
Laconia
5 PM, Temple B’nai Israel, Passover Seder
Survivor to Speak at
Local Holocaust Memorial Day
Manchester -- Temple Israel in Manchester will host this year’s community observance of Holocaust Memorial Day. The
event is co-sponsored by Temple Adath Yeshurun, the Jewish Federation of New
Hampshire, Brookside Congregational
Church, the Greater Manchester Clergy Association, and Interfaith Women of New
Hampshire. The program will take place
on Sunday, April 27, at 6:30 PM at Temple
Israel, 66 Salmon Street, Manchester.
The program will be led by Eva Mozes
Kor, a survivor of the Holocaust who, with
her twin sister Miriam, was subjected to human experimentation under Josef Mengele
at Auschwitz. Kor is the founder of the
CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, located in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Passover begins at sundown on April 14
and continues through to sundown on April
22. Celebrate with your neighbors at a community Seder on the second night of Passover, Tuesday, April 15. For full details and
reservations, see calendar listings, page 4.
Amherst
6:15 PM Congregation Betenu, Annual
Potluck Second Seder
In 1978, after the “Holocaust” mini-series
aired on NBC-TV, Eva Mozes Kor began to
wonder what had happened to the children
in the liberation pictures. How did their lives
turn out? How had the trauma of Auschwitz
and the experiments affected their lives? She
searched for six long years, with the help of
her sister, Miriam Mozes Zeiger, who lived
in Israel and is now deceased. The CANDLES Museum is dedicated to telling the
story of the Holocaust and the stories of the
Auschwitz twins. CANDLES is an acronym
for Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab
Experiments Survivors.
NH resident Cora Der Koorkanian was a
close friend of Miriam’s, and was instrumental in making the connection with Eva. This
program is open to the public.
Manchester
6 PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Sisterhood
Second Night Seder
7 PM, Temple Israel, Annual Passover Seder
Nashua
5:30 PM, Temple Beth Abraham,
Community Seder
Portsmouth
6 PM, Temple Israel, Annual Community
Seder
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Federation Voices
Making its debut in Concord on Saturday night, April 5. is
Aftermath, the award-winning thriller. Aftermath is about a
peaceful, idyllic village in the Polish countryside that harbors a dark secret: the collective murder of its Jewish residents during World War II. Based on a true story, the film
won Jerusalem Film Festival’s 2013 Yad Vashem Chairman’s
Award, The Jerusalem festival committee described the film as “a gripping journey into
the heart of the Holocaust’s darkness.” Aftermath, which is currently in national theatrical release, has received accolades in the
worldwide press, including The New York
Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Forward.
Sunday, April 6, marks the final day of a
sixth successful season. Take a cultural cinematic journey to see two NH premiere film:
Zaytoun and Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story. Zaytoun is an adventure thriller directed by one of Israel’s leading filmmakers, Eran Riklis . The film stars actor Stephen
Dorff as Yoni. This is the story of an unlikely alliance between a 12-year-old Palestinian refugee and an Israeli fighter
pilot shot down over Beirut in 1982. Their distrust develops
Film Festival continued on page 5
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Services: Friday night - 7 PM
Saturday morning - 9:30 AM
DERRY
ETZ HAYIM SYNAGOGUE
Rabbi Bryna Milkow
1½ Hood Road, Derry
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Services: Fridays 7:15 PM, First Friday
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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
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
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 6:30 or 7 PM
depending on the date
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
LACONIA
PORTSMOUTH
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
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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Federation Reaches Across the State
Since I moved to New Hampshire in
2008, I have met a lot of Jews from
around the state. Some have been here
for many years and are very active in the
Jewish community. Many that I meet
were born Jewish but don’t participate in
Jewish activities or religious services. For
many people in communities around the
country, just like in New Hampshire, religion is less important in their lives, especially within the younger generations.
Jewish Federation provides a great
opportunity to keep all Jews in the state
engaged with the Jewish community.
Dan Cohen
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President’s
Message
Great events like the New Hampshire
Jewish Film Festival provide an opportunity for all Jews to get together and be
entertained. This event, which keeps
growing, has the largest audience
among the programs of JFNH. The cochairs of the event -- Gail Ellis, Linda
Gerson, and Pat Kalik -- did a great job
organizing the film festival. Thank you
to Gail, Linda, Pat, and all the other
volunteers who help with the event.
Also, new sponsors are supporting the
film festival this year, and their funding
is greatly appreciated.
JFNH is working hard to focus its resources on programs that have the potential to reach Jews throughout the
state. The organization has only a small
staff and relies heavily on its passionate
volunteers. Without volunteers who care
about the continuity of Jewish life in
New Hampshire, we couldn’t exist as we
do now. Thank you to the many volunteers who support the Federation.
Our annual campaign still needs your
support. Consider making your annual
pledge, or supplement your pledge if you
have already made one. The campaign
committee continues to hold calling
nights to reach the entire community.
Past research shows that donors respond
best to personal calls, and that is what is
being done. Your generous support is
greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your support.
Building a Jewish Community That Is Accessible to All
There is an important discussion underway in the Jewish community that is
likely to have a significant impact on
the future of world Jewry, and the topic
is not Israel or intermarriage (although
those remain hot button issues for
many communities) but the inclusion
of people with disabilities. Last week,
when I attended the annual Jewish
Council for Public Affairs (JCPA)
meeting, I was reminded that this is an
important conversation to have, and it
is one that is happening at every level
of Jewish life, from synagogue boards
to national organizations.
During a session at the JCPA on the
state of inclusion among Jewish institutions, I had the opportunity to hear
firsthand from volunteers, activists, and
professionals who work with members
of the Jewish community who happen to
have disabilities that range from the
physical to the intellectual. One of the
major ideas that came through in this
program was that Jewish communities
need to be more proactive when it comes
to making reasonable accommodations
Daniel E. Levenson
[email protected]
Executive
Director
for those with disabilities so that our
synagogues, Jewish community centers,
and other institutions are open, welcoming, and inclusive. Here in New Hampshire, I have met many people who care
about this issue of inclusion, and there
are some great resources out there that
we could take advantage of in order to
make our communities even more welcoming.
One particular organization that has
stood out in this regard is the Ruderman
Family Foundation, which has been at
the forefront of education and advocacy
around disability and inclusion, creating
innovative programs and partnerships
both in the Boston area and in Israel.
For example, in the Boston area the
foundation has created a program called
“Gateways,” which is designed to open
access to Jewish education for children
with learning disabilities so that they
will not be denied the Jewish education
that so many of their peers experience.
Beyond their direct work, the Ruderman Family Foundation also administers a grant program that has helped
fund projects with a diverse array of
other organizations, including Massachusetts General Hospital, the Jewish
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Federations of North America, and the
Reel Abilities Film Fest, among others.
As we think about how to better include
those with disabilities in the New Hampshire Jewish community, I think we
would be wise to try and learn what we
can from the Ruderman Family Foundation and organizations like it. It is my
strong sense that the spirit of caring and
openness is already here -- all we have to
do now is add the know-how.
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Tuesday, April 1
Tai Chi For Seniors
10 AM, Jewish Federation of NH, Manchester
More information: Jim Winner at 926-4953 or
[email protected].
Thursday, April 3
Hadassah Meeting
1 PM, Jewish Federation of NH, Manchester
More information: Michele Bank at michele.bank@
gmail.com or 488-5657.
NH Jewish Film Festival: Quality Balls
7 PM, Redfern Arts Center, Keene State College, 229
Main St., Keene.
An inside look at comic David Steinberg. $10 per
person. Advance tickets or more info: www.jewishnh.
org, [email protected] or 627-7679.
NH Jewish Film Festival: The Lost Town
7 PM, Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main Street, Concord.
The story of one man’s obsessive search to uncover
the story of his family and their town, Trochenbrod.
After the film, guest speaker Avrom Bendavid-Val,
author of The Heavens Are Empty and expert in
Trochenbrod’s history, leads a Q&A. $10 per person.
Advance tickets or more info: www.jewishnh.org,
[email protected] or 627-7679.
Speaker Jonathan Kane
7-8 PM, Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry
Etz Hayim Synagogue has announced a free series of
talks, Key Issues in Contemporary Judaism. Rapid
change challenges everyone today, but Jews
encounter some unique issues. Come to this free
series of Thursday evening talks to learn how
American Jews are coping, adapting, and flourishing.
The topic of this event will be “Israeli Technology.”
Jonathan Kane, PhD, is the president and founder of
IrZoom, Inc, which designs and manufactures
cutting-edge infrared and visible optics. He works
closely with Israeli high-tech companies that allow
vision beyond what the human eye can perceive.
Refreshments will be served. No registration is
required. More information: Steve Soreff at
[email protected] or www.etzhayim.org.
Friday, April 4
Family Shabbat Service and Potluck Dinner
6 PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
More information: 669-5650 or www.taynh.org.
Family Shabbat Service and Potluck Dinner
6:20 PM pot-luck dairy/vegetarian dinner, 7 PM
service, Temple Israel, Dover
Dinner is a relaxed, family-style Shabbat dinner. The
First Friday service is an earlier-ending, shorter, and
more interactive service especially designed for
families with members who have an earlier bedtime,
a shorter attention span, and the desire not to sit still
for extended periods of time. All are welcome at no
charge. More information: 742-3976 or www.
dovertemple.org.
Saturday, April 5
NH Jewish Film Festival: AKA Doc Pomus
Main St., Keene.
Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder (aka Doc Pomus)
became one of the most brilliant songwriters of the
early rock and roll era. $10 per person. Advance
tickets or more info: www.jewishnh.org, info@
jewishnh.org or 627-7679.
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NH Jewish Film Festival: Aftermath
8 PM, Red River Theatres, 11 S. Main Street,
Concord. $10 per person. Advance tickets or more
info: www.jewishnh.org, [email protected] or 6277679.
Sunday, April 6
Tuesday, April 8
Tai Chi For Seniors
10 AM, Jewish Federation of NH. Manchester
[email protected].
Wednesday, April 9
Bagels and Biscuits 5K
9 AM-12 PM, Derryfield Park, Manchester
This will be Temple Adath Yeshurun’s first annual
family fun day. To register: http://www.
bagelsandbiscuits5k.com/ More information: 6695650 or www.taynh.org
NH Jewish Film Festival: Zaytoun
Concord.
The story of a young Palestinian refugee and an
Israeli fighter pilot, who make their way through wartorn Lebanon together, developing a close bond. $10
per person. Advance tickets or more info: www.
jewishnh.org, [email protected] or 627-7679.
Chabad’s JewCrew Kids Club
2-3:30 PM (ages 4-7) and 3:40-5:30 PM (ages 8-10),
Jewish Federation of NH, Manchester
Jewish kids get a chance to have fun in a welcoming,
warm environment, and best of all get to spend time
with Jewish peers! This year we are focusing 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 around us. $15 per meeting, or $100 for the
entire year. Sign up at LubavitchNH.com/JewCrew.
More information: [email protected].
Mak’hela, The Jewish Chorus of Western
Massachusetts Performance
3 PM, Congregation Ahavas Achim, Keene
This group is a Jewish choral group dedicated to
performing works from all facets of the Jewish world.
Admission is free, all are welcome. More information:
352-6747 or www.keenesynagogue.org.
NH Jewish Film Festival: Quality Balls and
Festival Wrap Party
Concord.
An inside look at comic David Steinberg. After the
film, stand-up comic Steve Calechman will entertain
at a Film Festival Wrap Party Reception. $12.50 per
person. Advance tickets or more info: www.jewishnh.
org, [email protected] or 627-7679.
NH Jewish Film Festival: The Lost Town
Main St., Keene.
The story of one man’s obsessive search to uncover
the story of his family and their town, Trochenbrod.
$10 per person. Advance tickets or more info: www.
jewishnh.org, [email protected] or 627-7679.
Monday, April 7
Interfaith Study: Easter and Passover
We will begin with a vegetarian potluck. Participation
will be limited to eight members of each
congregation. Please RSVP by March 31 to secretary.
[email protected]. More information: 3526747 or www.keenesynagogue.org.
Sisterhood Meeting
The New Hampshire
“Every Beat Counts,” a Heart Health Program
for Women
This event is cosponsored by the Manchester Chapter
of Hadassah and Temple Adath Yeshuran Sisterhood.
Speaker will be cardiologist Alan Kaplan. More
information and to RSVP: Michele Bank at michele.
[email protected] or Gail Ellis at [email protected].
Thursday, April 10
Breakfast with the Rabbi
10 AM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
Annual Interfaith Spring Food Festival
6:30 PM, Temple Israel, Dover
This event is cosponsored by DARLA (Dover Area
Religious Leaders Association). Share in an
experiential learning program that explores the
different foods from a variety of faith traditions. Many
foods are derived from the renewal of life symbolized
by the coming of spring. Foods will also be available
for sampling during the socialization time following
the presentations. All are welcome at no charge.
More information: 742-3976 or www.dovertemple.
org.
performance, Congregation Ahavas Achim, Keene
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. For
more information about the Chamber Singers of
Keene: www.chambersingerskeene.org or
[email protected]. More
information: 352-6747 or www.keenesynagogue.org.
Monday, April 14
(Passover begins at sundown)
Tuesday, April 15
Passover Seder
5 PM, Temple B’Nei Israel, Laconia
Come early for chopped liver and other nibbles. Seder
will begin at 5:30, led by Rabbi Hannah Orden. Cost:
$20/adult, $10/age 12 and under. Feel free to bring
friends, relatives, etc. For reservations, call Irene
Gordon at 267-1935 as soon as possible.
Annual Community Seder
5:30 PM, Congregation Ahavas Achim, Keene
This Seder is filled with traditional and contemporary
songs, readings and blessings. $12 per person, which
includes wine, chicken, and matzo. Families are
welcome! RSVP to Daniella Yitzchak at 352-6747 or
[email protected].
Community Passover Seder
5:30-8 PM, Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua.
Join us for a community Passover Seder to celebrate
the second night of Passover together. For
reservations, cost, and other information: 883-8184
or offi[email protected].
JFNH Preschool Family Passover Workshop
Enjoy an evening of interactive, experiential, and
educational enhancement derived from the traditional
and modern rituals of the Passover Seder. The evening
includes a catered Kosher for Passover meal.
Friday, April 11
Discounted costs are available for those who RSVP by
Family Shabbat
April 2 and for full-time college students. More
6 PM service, 7 PM dinner, Temple Israel, Manchester information and an RSVP form: www.dovertemple.org.
There is no cost. Please RSVP to Christine at 622Community Potluck Seder
6171 by April 9.
5:45 PM, Temple Beth Jacob, Concord
Saturday, April 12
Please join Rabbi Robin, Cantor Shira, and many
others at the annual Community Potluck Seder. Bring
Junior Congregation Service
a dish to share: meat, side dish, or salad (no dairy
9:30 AM, Temple Israel, Manchester
please). $10/adult, $6/child. Reservations and
There is no cost for this event. More information:
advance payment required. For more information:
622-6171 or www.templeisraelmht.org.
228-8581 or offi[email protected]
JFNH Preschool, Manchester
9:30-11:30 AM. RSVP is required by April 4. More
information: [email protected] or 821-3802.
Shabbat Morning Youth Service
11:30 AM, Temple Israel, Dover
This monthly service is especially designed for
toddlers through 2nd graders and their families. Enjoy
singing, drumming, and moving to basic songs and
prayers of the Shabbat morning service followed by a
brief story and take home activity based on the
theme of Passover and the Seder. All are welcome at
no charge. More information: 742-3976 or www.
dovertemple.org.
Second Night Passover Seder
Temple Israel 75th Anniversary Event
Adults $32, Child Chicken Nugget Meal $14.
Reservations required in advance to 669-5650 or
[email protected]. Your check payable to
“TAY Sisterhood” is your reservation by April 7. More
information: 669-5650 or www.taynh.org.
7 PM, Temple Israel, Dover
Share in an evening of klezmer & corned beef as
Temple Israel of Dover celebrates its 75th
anniversary. Ticket and entertainment information
can be found on the Temple website www.
dovertemple.org.
Sunday, April 13
Chamber Singers of Keene Performance
3:30 PM, pre-concert lecture panel, 4 PM
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6 PM, Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry
Rabbi Bryna Milkow will lead this community seder.
The menu includes vegetarian and meat options.
Cost: $30/adult member, $36/adult nonmember, $15/
children 12 or younger. Reserve by April 10. For
information, see www.etzhayim.org or contact Rabbi
Milkow at 432-0004.
Sisterhood Second Night Seder
6 PM, Temple Israel, Portsmouth
Come join us for our annual Passover Seder, led this
year by Rabbi Samuel Barth, senior lecturer in liturgy
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and worship at the Jewish Theological Seminary. $30
for adults, $10 for children (3-10). For information or
reservations: Jeffrey Friedman, 686-8053.
Annual Potluck Second Seder for Passover
6:15 PM., Congregation Betenu, Amherst.
This Seder is lay led and family oriented. Suggested
donation: $8 for individuals, $18 for families. RSVP
required to 886-1633 or [email protected].
Annual Passover Seder
7 PM, Temple Israel, Manchester
Please RSVP by April 11. For more information:
offi[email protected] or 622-6171.
Thursday, April 17
Tai Chi For Seniors
[email protected]
Friday, April 18
Third Friday Shabbat Service of Music and
Meditation
The Third Friday Shabbat Service focuses on music,
meditation, and prayer study designed for those who
wish to learn more about the liturgy and ways to
engage in traditional and modern meanings of
worship. Time is provided for guided and personal
meditation on the themes studied and the welcoming
of Shabbat. All are welcome at no charge. More
information: 742-3976 or www.dovertemple.org.
Saturday, April 19
Annual Monadnock Havurah Passover Seder
6 PM, Nubanusit Common House, Peterborough, NH
More information: Mark at 924-2207 or info@
monadnockhavurah.org.
From Bimah to Broadway Cantorial Concert
This will be a cantorial concert that will trace the
connection between Jewish music and Broadway
theater. Tickets in advance: $18 for adults, $16
for seniors (age 65), and $10 for children (12 and
under). Tickets at the door: $20 for adults, $18
for seniors (age 65), and $12 for children (12 and
under). This program is supported in part by a
grant from the Jewish Federation of NH. For
tickets call 669-5650. More information: 6695650 or www.taynh.org.
Sunday, April 20
Religious School Trip to Strawbery Banke
Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
Monday, April 21
Sisterhood Book Club
The book to be discussed with be The Book Thief by
Markus Zusak. More information: www.taynh.org or
669-5650.
Wednesday, April 23
Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day
2 PM, Temple Israel, Portsmouth
Featuring Rabbi Sami Barth and guest Hazzan
Shoshana Brown presenting poems, songs, and
melodies appropriate for the observance. Join us
after in the Levenson Social Hall for tea and coffee,
and to view a moving display of memorabilia related
to the era. Open to the public -- all are welcome.
More information: Ira Schwartz at [email protected]
or 817-8270.
Poetry of the Holocaust
7 PM, Murkland Hall Auditorium, University of New
Hampshire, Durham
Alicia Ostriker, poet, critic, and activist, will deliver
the Hans Heilbronner Lecture, entitled “Poetry of
the Holocaust.” She will discuss the controversies
surrounding poetry after the Holocaust: Should
poetry exist at all after the Holocaust, who has the
Jewish Film Festival: The Final Week
Film Festival continued from page 1
into friendship as they make their way
across war-torn Lebanon in a journey to
a place they both call home.
The Festival has its finale on April 6
with comedy, celebrating the career of
stand-up comedian David Steinberg in
the documentary Quality Balls. The film
recounts Steinberg’s origins as a Canadian rabbinical student who quit school for
the allure of directing sitcoms like Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. This film
is also being shown on Thursday, April
3, at the Redfern Arts Center in Keene.
The Quality Balls showing on April 6 is
followed by a Wrap Party With Stand-Up
Comic at Red River Theatres, featuring
comedian Steve Calechman. Enjoy a nosh
and a laugh, and celebrate the close of the
6th Annual NH Jewish Film Festival.
Presenting NH’s largest Jewish Film
Festival requires a substantial production team, made up of sponsors, supporters, volunteers, committee members,
JFNH staff, and community. Thanks go
to our 2014 corporate and individual
sponsors and the many Friends of the
Festival who provide the funding needed
to produce JFNH’s largest cultural event
of the year. Heartfelt appreciation goes
to the dedicated Film Festival volunteers, JFNH executive director Daniel
Levenson, office manager Jennifer
O’Keefe, and the rest of the staff of
JFNH who provide the support the Festival relies upon to put on the show.
Sharing extraordinary films and programs with our statewide Jewish community is a labor of love. Pat Kalik,
Gail Ellis, and I sincerely thank our
loyal film-going fans for their attendance in theaters to see 9 films in 11
days in 5 NH cities.
Don’t miss the inspiring, enlightening,
and entertaining NH premiere films and
programs during the final Festival week.
Join us, and together let’s celebrate our
rich culture and heritage through cinema. See you at the movies!
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right to speak, where does “art” come in, and what
is the ultimate value of poetry after the Holocaust?
Ms. Ostriker, who was twice a National Book Award
Finalist, will also read a selection of her poetry. At
the conclusion of the program, she will be available
to sign books, which will be available for purchase.
This lecture is free and open to the public.
Thursday, April 24
Tai Chi For Seniors
[email protected].
Hadassah Book Club Meeting
7 PM, Jewish Federation of NH. Manchester
The book to be discussed is Marjorie Morning Star
by Herman Wouk. More information: Michele Bank
at [email protected] or 488-5657.
Speaker Laura Aronson: The Ghosts of
Sepharad
7-8 PM, Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry
This is part of Etz Hayim Synagogue’s free series
of talks, Key Issues in Contemporary Judaism. The
topic is “The Ghosts of Sepharad.” Spain’s large
Sephardic (Jewish) population emigrated or
converted to Catholicism under threat during the
Inquisition. In a 21st century turnaround, Spain
appeals to tourists with new Jewish museums and
has proposed citizenship for returning Sephardim.
Laura Aronson will illustrate the talk with her
travel photos. Refreshments will be served. No
registration is required. More information: Steve
Soreff at [email protected] or www.etzhayim.
org.
Saturday, April 26
Torah for Tots
9 AM, Temple Adath Yeshurun Manchester,
There will be a story, craft, and snack for children
ages 2 ½ to 6 years old. $18 for nonmembers, free
for members. More information: 669-5650 or
www.taynh.org.
Sunday, April 27
The 17th Annual Charles Hildebrant
Holocaust Studies and the Susan J.
Herman Award for Leadership in Holocaust
and Genocide Awareness
7 PM, Lloyd P. Young Student Center, Keene State
College, Keene
Presentations will be given by the award-winning
participations and monetary and book awards are
Jewish Reporter
granted. More information: www.keene.edu.cchs.
Hadassah Event - “You’re Fired”
More information: Michele Bank at michele.bank@
gmail.com or 488-5657
Book Club Meeting
Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry
More information: 432-0004 or www.etzhayim.org.
Sunday Morning Breakfast
Southern New Hampshire Jewish Men’s Club
For more information: www.snhjmc.org or
[email protected].
Monday, April 28
Yom Hashoah Commemoration
The solemn and reflective commemoration
ceremony was planned by Rabbi Loewenthal with
support from Dr. Hank Knight, Director of the Cohen
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. This
event is open to the public. More information: 3526747 or www.keenesynagogue.org.
Yom Hashoah Observance
7 PM, Rivier University, Dion Center Reception
Room, Clement Street, Nashua
The featured speaker will be Thomas Doherty,
author of Hollywood and Hitler: 1933-1939.
Cosponsored by Rivier University and Temple Beth
Abraham. More information: Sheryl Rich-Kern at
[email protected].
Saturday, May 3
Musical Performance
8 PM, with Havdalah at 8:30 PM, Temple Beth
Jacob, Concord
Internationally recognized jazz flutist Mattan Klein
and friends will provide musical entertainment.
Mattan’s music incorporates a contemporary
blend of Israeli and Latin musical influences to
produce a fresh and innovative sound. Silent
auction, raffle, and refreshments. Tickets $20/
adult, $35/couple, and $45/family. To prepurchase
tickets: 228-8581 or offi[email protected].
Sunday, May 4
Comedy Night
6 PM, Temple Israel, Manchester
Enjoy fun and laughter with Eric Dittelman, mind
reader. Dinner will be served. There is limited
seating. The first 50 people to RSVP will be
entered into a restaurant gift card raffle. Tickets
are $55 per person. RSVP to Christine: 622-6171
or [email protected].
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Israel and Social Justice Debated at JCPA Plenum in Atlanta
Atlanta, GA -- In his first public appearance since joining the U.S. peace
process team, David Makovsky spoke
about the need for a two-state solution
and the prospects for peace at the JCPA
Plenum in mid March. The Plenum is the
annual conference for Jewish community
leaders and representatives from 125
Jewish Community Relations councils
and 16 national Jewish agencies to gather, learn, debate, and vote on consensus
policy. In addition to Makovsky, the Plenum delegates were joined by Presiding
Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori, the
head of the Episcopal Church; Abraham
Foxman, National Director of the AntiDefamation League, who gave his first
remarks since announcing his retirement;
Jewish Federations of North America
CEO Jerry Silverman; and many others. In his update to the Plenum, Ma-
kovsky began by laying out the benefits
of peace for Israel. Concerns like Iran
and religious extremism are shared by
Arabs and Israelis, and without the Palestinian conflict to divide them, they
could begin to cooperate more. More
important is the need to avoid a binational state. Support for two states for
two peoples has been a bipartisan American goal for many years, Makovsky
said, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that negotiating a peace
that avoids a binational state is critical
to the future of a Jewish state. Netanyahu even visited the grave of Herzl to emphasize the connection between peace
and Zionism.
On the Palestinian side, Makovsky
noted, Mahmoud Abbas seems to be
equally serious. He has demonstrated a
commitment to nonviolence, kept his
word about not turning to the UN while
talks are ongoing, and has cooperated
with Israeli security forces in going after
Hamas such that they are no longer a
functioning security threat in the West
Bank. Israel has asked for deeds, not
words, and these are deeds. The cost of
failure for Abbas is there as well, as he
understands that Palestinians will never
experience self-determination without
two states for two people. Two states for two peoples will require
a sense of shared security, said Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katherine
Jefferts Schori in an interfaith conversa-
tion with JCPA President Rabbi Steve
Gutow, who praised her work in focusing on investment with Palestinians, not
divestment from Israel. Recently returned from a trip to Jordan, Bishop
Schori laid out a vision of peace based
on the belief that one’s security depends
on the security of all people.
JCPA, the public affairs arm of the organized Jewish community, serves as the
national coordinating and advisory body
for the 14 national and 125 local agencies
comprising the field of Jewish community
relations.
Jewish Federations Announce
Ukraine Assistance Fund The Jewish Federations of North
America (JFNA) has announced
the Ukraine Assistance Fund as an initial response to the situation in Ukraine.
While the money raised by the Federation helps the Jews in Ukraine under
normal circumstances, this fund is designed for those who wish to provide additional support during this crisis.
“As the situation escalates, needs in the
Ukrainian Jewish community become
even more acute,” said Michael Siegal,
Chair of the JFNA Board of Trustees.
“It’s critical that we maintain our commitment to provide assistance to the most
vulnerable in our community and ensure
our Jewish institutions are secure.”
The Executive Committee of The Jewish Federations of North America has
authorized the distribution of funds
raised through the collective Federations to overseas agencies.
The Ukrainian Jewish population, estimated at around 300,000, is one of the
largest in the world. The area is already
home to some of the world’s poorest
Jews, and the currency devaluation and
increasing economic uncertainty are affecting the entire community.
JFNA is committed to working with
its partners at home and abroad
throughout this crisis. For more information or to donate directly, visit www.
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Rescheduled: New Location for Meeting of
NH Jewish Professional Network
Manchester -- Alex Walker, JD, senior
vice-president of operations and strategic development at Catholic Medical
Center in Manchester, will be the guest
presenter for the NH Jewish Professional
Network meeting on Wednesday, April
23, 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Registration begins
at 5:15 PM, with networking and a light
dinner, coffee, and cold beverages immediately available. The new location is the
Manchester office of Devine Millimet &
Branch, located at 111 Amherst Street in
downtown Manchester, in the Stahl
Conference Room. Easy directions are
available at www.devinemillimet.com.
Excellent on-street parking is available.
Walker is responsible for ensuring
that the programs and services offered
at Catholic Medical Center operate at a
clinically competitive level and are strategically positioned within the region,
appropriate to the needs and engagement of its patients. In addition, Walker is involved in representing the interests of Catholic Medical Center with
regard to new partnerships and strategic ventures.
In a talk entitled “The Road Ahead:
Stop Looking in the Rear View Mirror,”
Walker will discuss the broad-reaching
ramifications of the consolidation of
health care delivery in New Hampshire
and in relationship to Massachusetts
and the larger New England region. He
will touch upon how these statewide systemic changes will affect businesses, individuals, and families.
His goal is to provide a platform for
members and guests, regardless of how
and from whom they purchase their
health care, to proactively ensure that
they understand how to evaluate and
obtain a consistent level of quality from
their providers across a wide network of
health care services. He will discuss the
steps individuals and companies can
take to be sure that value is received for
their dollars spent. He will also talk
about value purchasing and the partnership relationships insurers and providers
are forming around this pivotal issue.
A Q&A session will follow the presentation. All are invited to attend and to
bring any questions that are important
to their business and personal healthcare interests. This program was devel-
oped based upon requests by many
members who attend the NH-JPN.
Prior to his appointment at Catholic
Medical Center, Walker was the president/chairman of Devine, Millimet &
Branch and served in the U.S. Marine
Corps. He is a graduate of the Northeastern University School of Law,
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For more information about NHJPN, please contact Suzanne Scholl,
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at [email protected]. Register for the
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on April 18 in order to provide a light
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NH4Israel – Mid-Winter Presentations at Temple Israel Manchester
By Ken Kowalchek
Manchester -- 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, word of the
change will be publicized in advance as
well as posted on the calendar of events at
NH4Israel.org. NH4Israel guest speakers
at TIM generally address current issues
surrounding the state of Israel.
The Jew Returns --The Arab Awakens
Emil Campeanu, a member of NH4Israel, led a round-table discussion of the
first of a seven-part series of the Israeli
Broadcasting Authority’s documentary,
Pillar of Fire. The episode and Emil’s
animated presentation brought historical perspectives, coupled with rare film
footage, to shed light on the modern day
beginnings of the Jewish-Arab conflict,
summarized below.
Although great rabbinic scholars had
been returning to the Holy Land for
centuries to study in towns like Safed, it
was newspaper reporter Theodor Hertzl
who first strove for large-scale Jewish
immigration to Israel through political
action. This occurred after he was assigned to cover the infamous nineteenth
century Dreyfus affair, in which Captain
Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the
French Army, was publicly degraded in
a wave of French anti-Semitism surrounding his reported handing off of
French defense secrets to the Germans.
Dreyfus was later found innocent of any
wrongdoing in his military career, was
reinstated, and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Noting the injustice and hysteria over
questioned loyalty spilling over to other
European Jews despite loyalty oaths to
the countries in which Jews lived, Hertzl
set out to reestablish a Jewish national
state offering refuge to Jews suffering
among the nations of the world. He set
forth this case in The Jewish State, which
in turn led to the First Zionist Congress
in 1897, a period when pogroms were
ever more commonplace. Hertzl approached Germany’s Kaiser, Britain’s
King Edward, and the Ottoman Empire’s Sultan for a homeland within their
vast territories/colonies. Only the British
sovereign offered a homeland: Uganda.
Some thought this acceptable, but the
majority of Jews wanted to return to the
Holy Land from which they as a people
were dispersed after being vanquished
by Rome some 17 centuries earlier.
There were two problems with this notion of a resurrected Jewish state. First,
the Mohammedan sultan could not give
away land previously conquered by soldiers of Allah for a sovereign Jewish
state. Second, the British Empire’s notion of “homeland” in the colonial era
had nothing in common with the Age of
Enlightenment idea that national homelands “of right ought to be free and independent states.”
Most Jews who escaped European anti-Semitism of the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries emigrated to
America rather than Ottoman Palestine.
Those emigrating to the latter went, like
the great rabbis before them, for religious reasons. The Holy Land was still
as barren and inhospitable as Mark
Twain described it. The Ottomans, who
controlled this immigration, were content with a small Jewish presence in the
Holy Land. Palestine flourished wherever Jews established communities, and
Arabs immigrated to join them in new
prosperity.
Before the Ottoman defeat in World
War I, the British wrote in the Balfour
Declaration that HM Government
looked with favor upon the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
However, the Great War was still raging, and the Holy Land, though occupied by Allied forces, still “belonged” to
the Ottomans.
The Treaty of San Remo in Italy in
1920 effectively set aside the area of the
Ottoman Empire known as Palestine as
a “homeland for the Jewish people” -but not to the exclusion of others. That
pronouncement, binding in international law, led to the first murderous Arab
uprising of Palestine’s Arab population
against its Jewish neighbors.
In July 1920, a British battleship anchored in Haifa and set ashore the first
High Commissioner to the Jewish
Homeland in Palestine, ensuring that
after the horrific War to End All Wars,
the sun still would never set on the British Empire. A homeland in a “British
Protectorate” or “British Mandate Territory” was to a colonial mind set not a
free and independent nation with a defined boundary. To wit, in 1922 Winston Churchill lopped off over 70% of
Palestine east of the Jordan River and
gave it to the Arabian Hashemite tribe
for political (read largely for a pipeline
of Arab oil) reasons. Originally called
Transjordan, King Hussein first
changed its name after de facto national independence from Britain in 1946 to
The Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan, and in December, 1948, he lopped
off “Trans” to rename it The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. And as for
Hashem’s Kingdom? That never-ending story continues.
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Coming Full Circle After the Carmel Disaster
By Leiba Chaya David, JNF Wire
The winter of 2010 was one of Israel’s
warmest and driest on record. The fire
that began on December 2 effortlessly
spread throughout the brittle Carmel forest and raged for four days and nights. Referred to as the “Carmel Disaster,” the
fire claimed 44 lives, forced the evacuation of 17,000 people, and decimated
8,650 acres of land. Jewish National
Fund (JNF) estimated that over 1.5 million trees burned in the blaze.
A 2012 disaster report by Israel’s State
Comptroller pointed out the Israel Fire
and Rescue Services’ inadequate emergency preparedness. Chief among the
necessary reforms was the addition of
more local fire stations.
Shortly after the report’s release, Fire
Commissioner Shahar Ayalon received an
unexpected phone call from the United
States. On the line was Ron Kriss, Executive Director of JNF Miami-Dade. Like
many Jews abroad, Kriss was concerned
about the fate of the Carmel region.
“Please, tell me how we can help,” he said. Ayalon described a fire station planned
for the Druze village of Usifya, located
near an area severely impacted by the
fire. Though the station was approved,
they lacked the funds to proceed with
building. “It costs over a million dollars,”
said Ayalon. “We only have half.”
“Let me see what I can do,” replied
Kriss.
A few days later, Kriss called to report
that JNF had raised the remaining
$550,000. The new station’s cornerstone
was laid in December 2012. Last week,
hundreds gathered to inaugurate the Usifya station.
Overlooking the gradually recovering
Carmel slopes, the building sits strategically on the road between Usifya and
Daliyat Al-Carmel. The Usifya station
will serve an area currently under the jurisdiction of Haifa’s central fire station.
The Haifa station, located 20 minutes
away, is responsible for 11 local authorities spread over 155 square miles -- more
than 600,000 residents. This distance presented a serious issue for firefighters during the Carmel fire.
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Fire Commissioner Shahar Ayalon
with Bob Benedon of JNF-Makor in
the new Usifya fire station.
“The biggest problem we faced on the
Carmel,” explained one Coastal District
firefighter, “was the time it took to reach
the hotspots from outlying fire stations.
The strategic location of the Usifya station cuts response time in half. From the
Haifa station to Daliyat Al-Carmel once
took 20 minutes; now we can get there in
five. This translates into lives saved.”
For many, the station represents a
“closing of circles” since the fire. The
Usifya station will not only save lives, it
will also serve as an educational center
for close to 20,000 residents in the surrounding Druze villages. The center will
promote fire safety and train youth volunteers, including a new group of Friends
of Israel Firefighters’ Volunteer Fire
Scouts program. Ten firefighters will staff the station,
which houses both a first response engine and a forest fire engine capable of
maneuvering difficult terrain and
equipped to combat fires in open spaces.
The modern building also houses a
workout room, kitchen, media center,
and sleeping quarters.
At the inauguration ceremony, Fire
Commissioner Shahar Ayalon addressed
a diverse crowd that included the Minister of Public Security, the Fire Commissioner, Fire Service officers, Druze dignitaries, local politicians, Knesset members, youth volunteers, JNF representatives, bereaved families of fire victims,
and a delegation of North American lay
leaders from Jewish National Fund-Makor. Ayalon spoke warmly of the immediate and selfless generosity of the North
American Jewish community, and he
thanked Ron Kriss for spearheading the
initiative. Bob Benedon, a Jewish National Fund-Makor delegate from New
Jersey, thanked the guests for the opportunity to help Northern Israel grow and
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to ensuring the safety of the people of
Israel,” said Benedon, “through our
support of Israel’s firefighters. We have
helped purchase nearly 150 fire trucks,
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the building of several fire stations like
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Try Some New Passover Recipes This Year
By Merle Carrus
Passover is one of those Jewish holidays that is centered around food and
family. We gather together to fulfill the
mitzvah of celebrating our remembrance
of escaping from Egypt without waiting
for the bread to rise. We work hard to
create delicious menus without using
leavening or flour. Depending whether
you are of Ashkenazi or Sephardic descent, you can eat legumes or not. How
many different recipes can you find to
keep the members of your family happily
eating for the eight days of Passover?
Cooking Inspired (Philipp Feldheim,
2013), by Estee Kafra, is a sampling of
recipes from the website KosherScoop.
com. This site is known for creative, reliable, and delicious recipes that inspire
home cooks to let loose their culinary
creativity. This cookbook has recipes to
refer to all year long, with some recipes
easily identified as gluten-free, Passover
friendly, or seasonal. There are recipes
for holidays, special occasions, and everyday use. Photos of the results are
beautifully presented and sprinkled
throughout the book to give you a visual
feast as you try to decide which mouthwatering dish to create.
But, you must also remember your
waistline as you eat your way through the
year, and for that, Beth Warren has written Living a Real Life With Real Food:
How to Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and
Stay Energized -- the Kosher Way (Skyhorse Publishing, 2014). This is not just
another diet book. Warren, a registered
dietician, wants us “to eat real food for a
real life.” She looks at the kosher way to
lose weight, build strength, and fight obesity-related illnesses while eating natural
whole foods. This book features recipes
but also gives you a lifestyle guide, including a chapter on how to respond
when you want to control your food intake at a Shabbat or holiday meal.
There are also tips on negotiating the
grocery store and identifying healthy
foods.
Below are two Passover-friendly recipes to sample from these new cookbooks.
Artichoke Gibbon,
from Living a Real Life With Real Food
Ingredients:
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tsps. olive oil
2 whole eggs and 2 egg whites
¼ cup whole-wheat matzo meal
2 Tbsps. minced fresh parsley
tsp. dried oregano
tsp. pepper
6 oz. part-skim mozzarella cheese
½ cup cottage cheese
14 oz. water-packed artichoke hearts,
rinsed, drained, and chopped
Sauté onion and garlic in oil until tender; set aside. In a large bowl, whisk the
eggs, matzo meal, parsley, salt, oregano,
and pepper. Stir in cheese, artichokes,
and onion mixture, Pour into a greased
nine-inch pie plate. Bake at 350 degrees
for 22-26 minutes or until a knife inserted
near the center comes out clean.
You can pour the mixture into a 100%
whole wheat pie shell if not for Passover
use, then bake.
Strawberry Mousse Crunch,
from Cooking Inspired
I made this mousse four times in four
different flavors. They all worked well,
but the strawberry flavor won the popular taste test, though I personally liked
the mango as well. I recommend making
the almond crunch with some pecan
pieces for the strawberry variation.
They were all delicious and pretty. This
recipe was originally written with Passover in mind, but you can simply switch
up the potato starch for regular, all-purpose flour if you want to make it at any
other time of year.
Mousse ingredients:
3 large egg whites
3⁄4 cup + 1 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1 1⁄2 Tbsp. orange juice
1 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/8 tsp. salt
1 lb. frozen strawberries, or approximately
Strawberry Mousse Crunch
1 lb. of any other fruit of your choice,
partially thawed
Crunch ingredients:
1⁄4 cup trans-fat free margarine, at room
temperature
1 cup potato starch or all-purpose flour
1 cup ground walnuts or almonds
1 cup packed light brown (or white) sugar
3–4 Tbsp. oil
1⁄2 cup slivered almonds or pecan pieces,
optional
Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Crunch: Place the margarine, potato
starch or flour, brown sugar, and walnuts
in a bowl and crumble between your fingers to create a crumbly, sand-like consistency. Add the oil, 1 Tbsp. at a time, mixing between your fingers until small
clumps form. Lay the crunch evenly on a
parchment paper-lined baking sheet. You
can add the optional slivered pecans or
almonds at this point.
Bake in the center of the preheated
oven for 18 minutes or until the edges
just begin to brown. Remove from the
oven and fluff with a fork to create
crumbs. Let cool completely.
Mousse: Beat the egg whites in a large
mixing bowl using a whisk. Add the sugar in a slow stream. Add all of the remaining ingredients in the order they appear and beat for a full 10 minutes.
Spread half of the mousse into a 13” x
9” dish. Sprinkle with a little less than
half of the crumb mixture. Add the remaining mousse and top with the remaining crumbs. Freeze for at last two
hours or until set. Scoop into cups before
serving. (It’s so soft that it scoops easily,
even when frozen.)
You may want to create small parfaitglass serving, layering the mousse, then
crumbs, then mousse, and topping with
crumbs. Let individual parfaits stand at
room temperature for 15 to 20 minutes
before serving.
Makes 8 servings.
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Etz Hayim Synagogue
to Host Passover Seder
Derry -- Etz Hayim Synagogue of
Derry will host a Second Night Passover
Seder for the community on Tuesday,
April 15, at 6 PM. Rabbi Bryna Milkow
will lead the seder with participation of
those attending. The menu will include a choice of
roast chicken or vegetarian eggplant entrée with potato or farfel kugel, carrot
tzimmes, chicken soup and matzo balls,
gefilte fish and horseradish, haroset, and
The New Hampshire
dessert. The cost is $30 for adult Etz
Hayim members, $36 for nonmembers,
and $15 for children 12 or younger. To
reserve, the synagogue must receive a
check by noon on April 10.
Etz Hayim invites everyone to visit and
experience our warm welcome. Etz Hayim Synagogue is located at 1 ½ Hood
Road in Derry, NH, 03038. For more information, see www.etzhayim.org or contact Rabbi Bryna Milkow at 432-0004.
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Etz Hayim Announces
Educational Series
Derry -- Etz Hayim Synagogue of
Derry announces a free series of talks
entitled Key Issues in Contemporary
Judaism. Rapid change challenges everyone today, but Jews encounter some
unique issues. All are invited to this free
series of Thursday evening talks to
learn how American Jews are coping,
adapting, and flourishing. Refreshments will be served. No registration is
required.
The schedule is as follows:
Eating Holy, David Riese, March 20,
7-8 PM
Growing Up as a Jew in the Ukraine,
Irina Rubinshteyn, March 27, 7-8 PM
Israeli
Technology,
Jonathan
Kane, April 3, 7-8 PM
Ever Hear of Moe Berg?
The Ghosts of Sepharad, Laura Aronson, April 24, 7-8 PM
Choosing Judaism, Patricia Biagi, May 15, 7-8 PM
Terrorism and the American Jewish
Community, Stephen Landau, May 22,
7-8 PM
Jewish Women Today, Dr. Sarah
Finne-Sandler, May 29, 7-8 PM
The Bris and Its Origins, Dr. Alan
Green, June 5, 7-8 PM
Etz Hayim invites everyone to visit
and experience a warm welcome. Etz
Hayim Synagogue is located at 1 ½
Hood Road in Derry, NH, 03038. For
more information, email Steve Soreff, [email protected], or see www.
etzhayim.org.
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Manchester -- At a Temple Adath Yeshurun Brotherhood Breakfast on January 19, Sol Rockenmacher gave a presentation on the mysterious, eccentric, and
tragic Moe Berg, “Athlete, Scholar, Spy.”
Morris (Moe) Berg grew up in New
Jersey and graduated from Princeton
University, where he excelled in his studies and on the baseball diamond as a
shortstop. Following graduation, he was
signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an
infielder but spent most of his baseball
career as a catcher. Labeled “good field,
no hit,” he nevertheless had a 17-year
career in Major League Baseball, playing and coaching with the Brooklyn
Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland
Indians, and Boston Red Sox. In his offseasons he studied at the Sorbonne and
earned a law degree from Columbia
University.
Berg was most famous for his subsequent role in espionage, working for the
Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA, before, during, and after
World War II. His list of accomplishments includes many daring exploits,
highlighted by his presence at a scientific
meeting in neutral Switzerland, where
he planned to shoot and kill renowned
German physicist Werner Heisenberg if
it appeared that Germany was close to
developing an atomic bomb. Sol also
tied in references to the late Manchesterborn and bred James Freedman, a past
president of Dartmouth College. The
two had met when Moe came to visit
New Hampshire Union Leader sports
editor Leo Cloutier. At the time, Freedman was working as a reporter for the
paper before returning to finish law
school at Yale.
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Happy Passover!
May your cup overflow
with goodness and happiness.
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Rivier Yom Hashoah Observance:
Hollywood and Hitler
Nashua -- On Monday, April 28, Rivier University and Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua will present a Yom Hashoah
(Holocaust
remembrance) program featuring
speaker Thomas Doherty, author of Hollywood and Hitler:
1933-1939. The program will
take place at 7 PM at the Dion
Center Reception Room, Rivier University, Clement Street,
Nashua.
A Brandeis professor, author, and historian, Doherty will discuss
the Third Reich’s influence on Hollywood and how Jewish and non-Jewish
movie moguls responded to the rising
threat of Nazism during the 1930s.
Between 1933 and 1939, representations of the Nazis and the full meaning
of Nazism came slowly to Hollywood,
growing more ominous and distinct
only as the decade wore on. Recapturing what ordinary Americans saw on
the screen during the emerging Nazi
threat, Thomas Doherty reclaims forgotten films, such as Hitler’s Reign of
Terror (1934), a pioneering anti-Nazi
docudrama by Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Jr.; I Was a Captive of Nazi Germany
(1936), a sensational true tale of “a
Hollywood girl in Naziland!”; and Pro-
fessor Mamlock (1938), an anti-Nazi
film made by German refugees living in
the Soviet Union.
Doherty also recounts how
the disproportionately Jewish
backgrounds of the executives
of the studios and the workers
on the payroll shaded reactions to what was never simply
a business decision. As Europe
hurtled toward war, a proxy
battle waged in Hollywood
over how to conduct business
with the Nazis, how to cover Hitler and
his victims in the newsreels, and whether to address or ignore Nazism in Hollywood feature films. Should Hollywood lie low, or stand tall and sound
the alarm?
A question-and-answer session and a
candle-lighting ceremony memorializing
the victims of the Holocaust will follow
the presentation. A photography display,
“A History of the Holocaust,” distributed by the Anti-defamation League of
B’nai B’rith, will be on display in the
Dion Center Reception Room from 6
PM through 9 PM.
The program is free and open to the
public. For more information, contact
Sheryl Rich-Kern at sherylrichkern@
myfairpoint.net.
Happy
Passover
Hadassah Focuses on Heart
Health in April
Manchester -- The next meeting of
the Manchester Chapter of Hadassah
is scheduled for Thursday, April 3, at 1
PM at the Federation building. These
are open meetings: Everyone is welcome.
Hadassah has a Heart Health program called Every Beat Counts. The
Manchester Chapter of Hadassah and
the Sisterhood of Temple Adath Yeshurun are cohosting an educational program for women called “Keeping Your
Heart Healthy,” presented by Dr. Alan
Kaplan. This program is scheduled for
Wednesday, April 9, at 7 PM in Temple
Adath Yeshurun’s Social Hall. All
women are encouraged to attend this
very important discussion. Heart disease is the number one cause of death
in women worldwide, but 82% of the
risks are preventable through exercise,
smoking cessation, weight loss, and
management of cholesterol and diabetes. Knowledge is power. All are invited
to learn about the risk factors and
about what can be done to help keep
yourself and the women in your life
heart healthy. Light snacks will be provided. RSVP to Michele Bank at [email protected] or to Gail Ellis
at [email protected]. For information
about the Hadassah Heart Health program, go to www.hadassah.org.
The Manchester Chapter of Hadassah’s Book Club is currently reading
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman
Wouk and will hold a discussion on
Thursday, April 24, at 7 PM at the Federation. All are invited to attend.
On June 1, Hadassah’s Annual
Brunch will be held at the Manchester
Country Club in Bedford. An exciting
program and delicious brunch are being planned.
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Goldman Delivers Keen Insights Into American Film
By Curt Leviant
(Review reprinted from Hadassah
magazine by permission of the author)
The aim of The American Jewish Story
Through Cinema, by Eric A. Goldman
(University of Texas Press), a comprehensive photograph-filled book, is to
show how films portray the American
Jewish experience. This is a herculean
task, for it needs not only a knowledge of
films made over the decades but a mastery of American Jewish history, literature, sociology, politics, and religion. But
Eric A. Goldman has the all-encompassing grasp to tell this story, both on a
broad canvas and in fascinating anecdotal portraits. He analyzes films, gives production details, quotes from autobiographies of participants, and interviews a
number of principals.
Goldman, an adjunct professor of cinema at Yeshiva University, has already
demonstrated his encyclopedic ken of
films with his marvelous Visions, Images
and Dreams: Yiddish Films Past and Present (Holmes & Meier).
Now, with a keen eye and perspicacious insights, Goldman probes American films from different decades, starting
with the 1920s and ending with the beginning of this century. With the first
talkie, The Jazz Singer (1927), starring Al
Jolson, we have a thoroughly Jewish film.
It features a cantor’s son with show-biz
ambitions who eventually comes home to
substitute for his ailing father on Kol Nidre night. Ironically, this movie was also
the last Jewish-themed film for many
years. From that point on, the chiefs of
Hollywood, almost all of them Jews,
turned their backs on their own heritage.
One reason for this, Goldman argues,
is that these executives were part of an
era when Jews did not want to call attention to themselves. They wanted to assimilate into the mainstream and, by so
doing, refrain from portraying Jews onscreen. Another strong pull for silence
was the growing anti-Semitism in the
United States and the rise of Hitlerism in
Germany in the early 1930s.
Only after World War II, with America
victorious and knowledge of the Holocaust widespread, did producers consider
making a Jewish film. The first was the
iconic Gentleman’s Agreement (1947),
based on Laura Hobson’s novel about a
non-Jewish reporter (played in the film
by Gregory Peck) who pretends he is a
Jew to learn about anti-Semitism in
America.
Goldman shows the off-camera drama: which groups were against the film
and how a courageous Darryl Zanuck
(the only non-Jew head of a major studio) resisted enormous pressures and
succeeded to make Gentleman’s Agreement—which went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture that year.
Goldman continues with The Young
Lions (1958), based on Irwin Shaw’s novel that has a Jewish hero, Noah Ackerman. Here, too, Goldman reveals behindthe-scenes struggles and rivalries between
Marlon Brando, who played an Austrian
Nazi and tried to tone down the man’s
evil (accented by novelist Shaw), and costar Montgomery Clift (Noah), who opposed Brando’s approach.
This is a wonderful book for any lover
of American films.
As part of this year’s New Hampshire
Jewish Film Festival, Eric Goldman spoke
about The American Jewish Story Through
Cinema on March 30 in Merrimack.
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Book Review
Reviewed by Merle Carrus
Love & Treasure Raises Many Contemporary Questions
Over the years, I have admitted to a
possibly unusual fascination with Holocaust literature. I seek out stories real
and imagined about what went on in the
concentration camps and how people
were able to survive the atrocities that
were inflicted by men following the directives passed down from Adolf Hitler.
As the years have gone by, more and
more books are being written about this
period in our history. But also as time
has gone by, the topics have changed.
Now we are finding out about countries
that never spoke about how their people
reacted to the war. We are learning about
how Jews and non-Jews treated each
other and felt about each other from areas far beyond Germany. Also, we are
learning about the ripple effects of the
Holocaust for many generations of descendants of the people who lived
through the war.
Ayelet Waldman brings us another incredible story in her newest book, Love
& Treasure (Knopf, 2014). When Hitler
announces the takeover of Hungary,
part of the plan is to collect all the valuables of the Jewish citizens. These possessions collected, put into bags, and organized, and the owners are given receipts with the understanding that their
belongings will be returned after the war. Of course, the Jews
are all shipped off to concentration camps, and the confiscated valuables become hard
to trace. As the war is coming
to an end in 1945, with Soviet
troops marching through
Hungary toward the capital,
Budapest, the Nazis decide to
evacuate as many Jewish possessions as possible by train to
Germany. The train is loaded down with
gold, gold jewelry, gems, diamonds,
pearls, watches, about 200 paintings,
Persian and Oriental rugs, silverware,
chinaware, furniture, fine clothing, linens, porcelain, cameras, stamp collections, and currency (mostly U.S. dollars
Synagogue Book Club
Announces Spring Readings
Derry -- The Book Club of Etz Hayim Synagogue of Derry meets regularly
to discuss contemporary Jewish literature. The club announced its spring
agenda: The Golem and the Jinni, by
Helene Wecker, on Sunday, May 4,
from 10 to 11:30 AM; and Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me, by Harvey Pekar with illustrations by JT
Waldman, on Sunday, June 22, from 10
to 11:30 AM.
In The Golem and the Jinni, a chance
meeting between mythical beings takes
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and Swiss francs).
The train is stopped at the border of
Austria-Hungary by the Allied troops in
May 1945, and as our story begins, the
train and its contents fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army. Waldman
shows us yet another aspect of
the consequences of World
War II.
This book starts with the
love story of Jack Wiseman, a
lieutenant in the U.S. Army
stationed on the outskirts of
Salzburg, who is tasked with
guarding and cataloging the
contents of the train cars. He
meets and falls in love with Ilona, a beautiful Hungarian
woman who has lost everything because
of the war. As you read, you become entwined in the relationship and hope that
everything turns out wonderfully for
Jack and Ilona.
Years later, you meet Jack’s granddaughter as she works to fulfill Jack’s
last wish. You also meet an Israeli dealer
in art stolen by the Nazis during the war.
Waldman presents the arguments debated today about who these items now
belong to. Is it the individual families if
they can be traced, or is it the countries
of origin? Should they be given to a
family or displayed in a museum? And is
it fair for someone to profit from the sale
of these valuables? This is a story that is
both well written as a novel and that
makes you think as a reader. It will leave
you wondering what your viewpoint is
on issues that are very much in the news
today.
Ayelet Waldman is the author of
Daughter’s Keeper, Red Hook Road,
and the New York Times bestseller Bad
Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal
Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace. Her novel
Love and Other Impossible Pursuits was
made into a film starring Natalie Portman. She is also the author of the Mommy-Track Mystery series. Her personal
essays have been published in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Vogue, The
Washington Post, and the Wall Street
Journal. Waldman and her husband, the
novelist Michael Chabon, live in Berkeley,
California, with their four children.
readers on a dazzling journey through
cultures in turn-of-the-century New
York. In Not the Israel My Parents
Promised Me, the final graphic memoir
from the man who defined the genre, Pekar explores what it means to be Jewish
and what Israel means to the Jews.
Etz Hayim invites everyone to visit and
experience a warm welcome. Etz Hayim
Synagogue is located at 1 ½ Hood Road
in Derry, NH. For more information,
see www.etzhayim.org or contact Steve
Soreff at [email protected].
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A Personal Emancipation, in the Passover Tradition
By Jonathan Dickens, MAJEd, MAJCS
Everyone is a slave to something.
Whether it is being glued to your cell
phone or compulsively checking your
email, the notion of absolute freedom is
foreign to each and every person. Our sages teach that on Passover, we are to free
ourselves from the vices that enslave us.
My vice would be laziness: Given the
option to exercise or sit on the couch and
eat snacks while watching TV, I would
choose the latter. Therefore, I have decided
to “free” myself through participation in
the New York City Triathlon on August 3.
Passover is also a time when we remember the exodus from Egypt, when
the Jewish people set out on their journey
to the land of Israel.
I am running the triathlon with Team
One Family. This organization is part of
the One Family organization, whose mission is “to be the voice of Israel’s victims
of terror attacks; to empower Israel to
overcome terror when it strikes;
to bring Israel’s victims of terror attacks
together into one national, self-supportive family; to champion the rights and
needs of victims of terror; and to ensure
their rehabilitation and reintegration.”
If you would like to support me on my
personal mission for freedom or support
this very worthy cause, which really vibrates with the voices of those Jews who
sought peace in Israel, please visit www.
teamonefamily.org/jonathandickens. If
you are not comfortable donating online,
you can show support by making a check
out to TEAM ONE FAMILY, putting my
name (”Jonathan Dickens”) on the memo
line, and send it to: Team OneFamily, PO
Box 822732, Philadelphia, PA 191822732. I appreciate your consideration.
Jonathan Dickens is a 5th grade teacher
and USY advisor at Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua.
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Manchester -- With the approach of
Memorial Day, it is time to make sure
that we have identified those men and
women who are buried in the Manchester
Jewish Cemetery and who served as
members of our Armed Forces. We are
not sure that all the veterans have some
kind of military service recognition at
their gravesites.
If you know of any relative or friend
who is buried in the cemetery and who
was a veteran, please contact one of the
individuals listed below. Also, if you know
the branch of service and the years served,
please provide that information as well.
Sue Niederman: [email protected]
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Etz Hayim Synagogue’s new women’s
group (“FAB,” short for Fabulous)
had its kick-off event on Sunday,
March 1, at the Boston Museum of
Fine Arts. Pictured (left to right):
Laurie Medrek, Sonja Sfameni,
Arlene Agosto (kneeling), Linda
Rosenberg, Rhoda Madnick, Deb
Silverstein, and Susan White
Cantor Gaston Bogomolni and the
Malachei Mambo brought their
combination of Latin and Jewish
music to Nashua’s Temple Beth
Abraham as part of the Boston
Jewish Music Festival.
Students at the Early Learning
Center of Portsmouth’s Temple Israel
learn to bake hamantashen.
The community Purim shpiel at
Temple Israel Dover.
Helena and Richard England, Joshua
and Lydia Howard, and Lorrie
Grossman savoring the moment after
baking about 400 hamantashen for
the Temple Israel Portsmouth Purim
party.
Face painting at the Temple Israel
Dover Purim Carnival (with Abby
Kaye).
The Hebrew school children of Temple Israel in Manchester sporting their
best Purim finery. (Photo by Margery Harrison)
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Chocolate chips are favorite fillings
for hamantashen at the Early
Learning Center.
The Etz Hayim Synagogue’s Purim
“girls”: Deb Bailin, Deb Silverstein,
Deb Eisner, Linda Rosenberg, Pat
Biagi, and Renee Solomon.
Etz Hayim Synagogue celebrated
Purim on Saturday, March 15, with
homemade hamantashen and a shpiel
set to the music of the 70’s British
band, Queen. Shown are the Purim
“boys”: Jake Rosenberg, Jay
Madnick, Steve Soreff, Al Sandler,
and Larry Bleicher.
Rabbi Eric Cohen of Temple Israel in
Manchester leads the Purim shpiel,
assisted by Temple president Steve
Saulten in his cowboy best. (Photo by
David Winthrop)
Both long-term and newer members
of Temple Israel Manchester filled
the chapel for Purim.
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At the Purim Carnival at Temple
Israel Dover, Rachel Saltman enjoys
student-made hamentashen.
Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation Previews 2014 Summer Season
By Eileen Regen and David Goldstone
Bethlehem -- Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation committees are finalizing plans
for an exciting summer season of unique
programs, which will include a guest
speaker series, classical concerts in the
sanctuary, and a Jewish Film Festival at
Bethlehem’s historic Colonial Theatre.
Film titles will be announced soon for this
year’s festival, with a
focus on the JewishAmerican experience.
Each of the six film
showings will begin
with a “cine-mingle”
(a social hour and a nosh) on the Colonial’s lovely patio.
Members of the North Country Chamber Players and soloist Gary Robinson
will perform in four scheduled Friday afternoon concerts: July 11, Chamber Players Trio with Bernard Rose, Miki SophiaCloud, and Ah Ling Neu; July 25, solo
pianist Bernard Rose; August 15, cellist
Charlie Powers; and August 29, classical
guitarist Gary Robinson.
Holocaust historian Geoffrey Brahmer
returns this year with a talk highlighting
the life and work of Avraham Sutzkever, a
poet of the Vilna ghetto. Brahmer has visited BHC several times in the past years
with his extensively researched materials
about European ghetto life and personalities prior to and during WWII. He has
presented his lectures across the United
States, Europe, and Israel.
A celebration for Yom Ha’atzmaut and
Lag B’Omer is scheduled for May 18, and a
Shavuot weekend is planned for June 6-8.
Religious Services at BHC
The BHC season traditionally begins on
the first Shabbat in July.
This year our religious
services will be conducted
by a variety of clerical
leaders, in addition to student rabbi Eli Herb from
Hebrew College, Newton, MA, who officially begins full time on August 17. He
will remain at BHC through the High
Holy Days season. Set for July 25-27 are
Rabbis Jonathan Rubenstein and Linda
Motzkin, talented musicians of Saratoga
Springs, NY. These rabbis and other clergy will bring new vitality and variety to
our services.
The calendar will include inspiring services for all Sabbath days, holidays, and
festivals from Shavuot to Simchat Torah,
the Best of BHC Series, Books of Jewish
Interest Club, the Jewish in Me Writing
Workshop, cooking classes, outdoor experiences, Jewish studies programs for all
The New Hampshire
ages, and community outreach programs.
All events are open to the public in the
historic Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation
in New Hampshire’s beautiful North
Country. For more information, contact
Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, 39
Strawberry Hill, Bethlehem, NH; www.
bethlehemsynagogue.org; BHC president
Dave Goldstone at davegoldstone1@
gmail.com or 1-413-587-0812; vice-president Martin Kessel at martink1937@
gmail.com or 1-202-744-4647; or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bethlehemhe
brewcongregation?ref=hl.
Jazz Flutist to Entertain in Concord
Concord -- On Saturday, May
3, Temple Beth Jacob in Concord will
open its doors for an exciting musical
event. Internationally recognized jazz
flutist Mattan Klein and friends will
provide musical entertainment for the
greater Concord community. Mattan’s
music incorporates a contemporary blend of Israeli and Latin musical
influences to produce a fresh and innovative sound.
All are invited to attend the concert at
67 Broadway in Concord. Doors open
at 8 PM, with havdalah at 8:30 PM. A silent auction and raffle will round out the
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Mattan Klein
evening, which also includes refreshments. Tickets are $20 for adults, $35 per
couple, and $45 per family. To prepurchase tickets, call 228-8581 or email [email protected].
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