High Holidays - Jewish Federation of New Hampshire

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Published by the
Jewish Federation of
New Hampshire
Volume 33, Number 10
Interim Director Named
by JFNH Board
Manchester -- The board of directors of the Jewish
Federation of New Hampshire has announced that
Dan Levenson of Newtonville, MA, is the new interim executive director of the statewide organization.
The board members voted on Levenson’s appointment at their June 19 meeting.
Levenson has extensive experience working within
the Jewish community. He has been employed at the
Consulate of Israel to New England since December
2012, first as acting press officer and then as director
of public affairs. He was previously an assistant regional director for the American Jewish Committee
in Boston. In 2006-2007 he worked on the Jerusalem
2050 Project at MIT, and while at Harvard he was
active with Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel as a member of
the Graduate Student Steering Committee.
He holds a Master of Liberal Arts degree from
Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts degree
from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Board president Dan Cohen says, “We’re very excited to welcome Dan Levenson in his new role at
JFNH. All of us on the board look forward to working with him in the months ahead.”
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Jewish Food Festival Floods the Senses July 14
Laconia -- Traditions old and new
continue at the 15th annual Jewish
Food Festival at Temple B’nai Israel
in Laconia on Sunday, July 14. The
festival is about the taste and smells
from the kitchens of Jewish mothers
and grandmothers through the ages.
This is not one dish at a time, not a
meal at a time, but a huge array of all
the textures and tastes that flood your
senses when you are confronted with
an array of cheese blintzes; stuffed
cabbage; sweet and sour meatballs;
and matzo ball, cabbage, and borscht
soups; Moroccan chicken; chopped
herring; liver; apricot couscous and
Israeli salads; sandwiches of brisket,
corned beef, pastrami and tongue;
kugels; latkes; hummus; strudels, rugelah, and more.
The Jewish women who congregate
in the temple kitchen cook these traditional foods while sharing family
history and stories: “I always form
Product of a morning’s cooking for the Jewish Food Festival
my matzo balls with two spoons,”
“no, you have to mold them by hand,”
“should we use schmaltz (chicken
fat)?” “Too much fat -- I use margarine,” “My bubbie didn’t use margarine,” “Add a touch of sugar to the
blintz cheeses,” “Shape them oblong
-- No, they should be square.” Master
Chef Irene Gordon is the ultimate
decision maker at the festival as the
cooks fold, chop, mix, talk, laugh,
Jewish Pride to Be on Display at Fisher Cats Game
Calendar
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Your Federation at Work
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Israel
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Hof Hacarmel Connection
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From the Bimah
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Film Buzz
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Arts & Entertainmnet
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Just for Fun
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Recent Events
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Book Review
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Letters
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Tributes
25
Business & Professional
Services
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Manchester -- For those who have never
attended the annual Jewish Pride Night at
Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, it is an opportunity to enjoy an unusual evening of family fun surrounded
by animated baseball fans, young and old
alike. This event occurs annually thanks to
the generosity of Merchant Auto and the
Singer family.
On July 25, Jewish Pride Night will feature the hometown Fisher Cats taking on
the Altoona Curve. At 7:05 PM the festivities will begin, starting with the singing of
the “Star Spangled Banner” and “Hatikvah” by Cantor Michael McCloskey of
Temple Emeth in Chestnut Hill, MA. Kosher hot dogs, hamburgers, and crispy, delectable french fries will be available at reasonable cost at the kosher concession stand
installed just for Jewish Pride Night. The
bonus will be the wonderful display of fireworks at the conclusion of the game.
High Holidays
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As in years past, the Jewish Federation of
New Hampshire is offering van rides to the
game from the JFNH parking lot.
The Fisher Cats team is a double-A affiliate
of the Toronto Blue Jays, while the Altoona
Curve is a double-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Tickets are available starting at only $5.
Contact Kyle Tonione for more information
and tickets at 606-4112. For van service,
RSVP to the Federation at 627-7679.
hare YOUR HIGH HOLIDAY
GREETINGS with the Jewish
community across NH! Fill in the
insert included in this issue of the
Reporter and return it with payment by August 5 to be included
in this year’s High Holiday greetings in a special section of the
September issue.
The New Hampshire Jewish Reporter
Jewish Federation of New Hampshire
698 Beech Street
Manchester, NH 03104
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and advise. And more than one husband or father has joined the cooking
brigade, done the shopping, or helped
with packaging.
Foods can be pre-ordered at www.
tbi.org or by calling 267-1935 for
those who wish to avoid the rush and
be sure their favorites are not sold
out. The orders will be wrapped and
ready for pick up on the day of the
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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
Joel Baron (Student Rabbi)
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 7:30 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
Hazzan Marlena Fuerstman
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
Shacharit: 9:30 AM, Tues.-Fri.
Monthly Services: One Saturday morning
per month – November through May
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
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
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: Erev Shabbat every
Friday at 7:15 PM, Shabbat morning
services 3 times a 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 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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Shabbat Candle Lighting Times:
(Manchester)
July 5
8:10 PM
July 12
8:07 PM
July 19
8:02 PM
July 26
7:55 PM
Aug. 2
7:48 PM
Aug. 9
7:39 PM
Aug. 16
7:28 PM
Aug. 23
7:17 PM
Aug. 30
7:06 PM
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Volunteers Make Federation Strong
It is an honor to be serving as your incoming president of the board of the
Jewish Federation of New Hampshire.,
The Federation has great financial resources, like its endowment, its strong
campaign, and its real estate. Equally
strong and just as essential to the future
of the Federation are the people that are
passionate about Federation. These people volunteer countless hours of their
time helping to organize various programs or to help run the annual Campaign for Jewish Needs. Our community
is strong and will only remain strong if
we can count on people in our community to not only give money to support
Federation, but to give their time.
The Federation has a strong history in
the state of New Hampshire. For many
years it was an organization primarily
serving the Greater Manchester area,
but in the past decade it has become a
state-wide organization. In the coming
years we need to find ways to further our
mission throughout the state. Our focus
needs to be the programs that have the
potential to reach Jews wherever they
live in the New Hampshire.
Dan Cohen
[email protected]
President’s
Message
For the past several months I have
been leading a search committee to find
an interim director to replace Jeff Fladen, our executive director for the past
five years. We expect to have a decision
soon, and we will make an announcement after the board of directors approves our recommendation. Because
our campaign has declined over the past
five years while our cost structure has remained very similar over this period,
our plan is to conduct a strategic review
of the organization before hiring a permanent director. We will look at all aspects of the Federation, including ways
to enhance revenue as well as ways to
reduce costs. We will consider a strategic
partnership with a neighboring Federation and we will re-evaluate our real estate holdings in Manchester.
The ultimate goal of our strategic
planning is to strengthen the Jewish
Federation to ensure that it will be here
for our children and our grandchildren
and for future Jews who arrive in New
Hampshire.
I welcome input from the community
about what you like about Federation
and what you don’t like about Federation. Contact me by phone or e-mail.
My door is always open.
I thank our outgoing president, Lou
Schwartz for his two years of service, and
I thank Jeff Fladen, our departing executive director, for his five years of service.
Campaign in a Year of Transition
By Roberta H. Brayer, Campaign Chair
2013-2014
This year of transition and change
promises to be one of the most challenging for the Jewish Federation of New
Hampshire. As your incoming Vice-President of Financial Resources and Development, I have been charged with the
task of growing the 2013-2014 Campaign for Jewish Needs. This is an awesome task, but I can assure you that I
have accepted with enthusiasm and with
a commitment to reverse the tide of decreased revenues.
While many in our New Hampshire
Jewish community are disappointed that
certain programs were reduced or suspended, the budget committee brought
forward a fiscally responsible balanced
budget. I challenge each and every member of our state’s Jewish community to
support the campaign, regardless of
your temple affiliation or the time you
have for community events. New Hampshire needs these programs back, and
the Federation needs your help in sustaining them.
Be prepared: My team of dedicated
volunteers will be contacting you to
personally ask for your support. I
hope you will give generously and
that together we can celebrate our
success!
New Hampshire
Community
Event
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
7:30 PM
Temple Beth Abraham
4 Raymond Street, Nashua, NH
Featuring Dr. Jonathan Adelman,
Defense & Foreign Policy Expert
The Jewish state is under constant threat and relies on support from
America in order to confront the challenges it faces. The best way to
guarantee that the U.S. stands with Israel is through bipartisan support
in Congress. AIPAC is focused exclusively on strengthening the U.S.Israel relationship and works with both political parties to ensure that
Democrats and Republicans come together to keep Israel safe.
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Hors d’oeuvres and dessert will be served.
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No cost to attend. RSVP required to Jacob Baime,
AIPAC Area Director, at 617-399-2552 — or — [email protected].
This off-the-record event is closed to the press.
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Friday, July 5
Thursday, July 18
Sunday, August 4
Wednesday, August 21
Early Shabbat Services and Dinner
Summer Hebrew Enrichment Program
From China to Manchester, NH
Jewish Professional Network
Temple Israel, Dover
6 PM Tot Shabbat program, 6:20 PM potluck dinner,
7 PM service.
The dinner and service are open to all members and
non-members at no charge. More information: 7423976 or www.dovertemple.org.
4 and 5 PM, Temple Israel, Dover
See July 11 listing for details.
8:30 AM – 5 PM, Jewish Federation of NH,
Manchester
This special day sponsored by Oriental Healing Arts,
Assoc. features two renowned teachers from
Shanghai China. Come for a full day or just the
session(s) that interest you. Costs and registration
online at www.wusu.com. More information: 3823771 or [email protected].
5:30-7 PM, location to be announced
Come to JPN’s Summer Social -- a chance to meet
and greet Jewish professionals from all over New
Hampshire. More information: 742-7697 or info@
jewishnh.org.
Thursday, July 11
4 and 5 PM Temple Israel, Dover
Each Thursday the temple will host a Hebrew
Prayer reading enrichment program. This is a dropin series and no RSVP is necessary. The 4 PM
session will focus on the blessing of the Torah and
Haftarah, and the 5 PM session will enhance
fluency in the basic prayers of the Saturday
morning service. All sessions will be held outside
(weather permitting) and will include games and
contests. Open to all with a basic reading ability in
Hebrew at no charge. More information: 742-3976
or www.dovertemple.org.
Hadassah Book Club Meeting
7 PM, Jewish Federation of NH, Manchester
Discuss Jodi Picoult’s The Storyteller. More
information: Michele Bank at Michele.bank@gmail.
com or 488-5657.
Cultural Series @ The Colonial Film Cabaret
Berlin
Friday, July 19
Kabbalat Shabbat by the Pond
7 PM, Temple Israel, Dover
Our third Friday of the month service includes music,
reflections, and meditations for welcoming
Shabbat. The service also includes a learner
element focusing each month on a different prayer
or reading of the Kabbalat Shabbat worship. During
the summer, the service is held in our outdoor
reflection area by the pond (weather permitting).
Temple members and non-members of all ages are
welcome at no charge. More information: 742-3976
or www.dovertemple.org.
Tuesday, July 23
AIPAC Information Meeting
7:30 PM, Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua
Dr. Jonathan Adelman, defense and foreign policy
expert, will talk about AIPAC’s work in strengthening
the U.S.-Israel relationship and ensuring bipartisan
support for Israel in Congress. RSVP required to
Jacob Baime, AIPAC Area Director, 617-399-2552 or
[email protected].
Thursday, July 25
7:30 PM, The Colonial Theatre, Bethlehem
Tickets may be purchased at the door or online at
www.bethlehemcolonial.org.
Sunday, July 14
7:05 PM, Northeast Delta Dental Stadium,
Manchester
Enjoy Fisher Cats baseball with singing of
“Hatikvah,” kosher food, fireworks after the game.
Jewish Food Festival
11AM - 2 PM, Temple B’nai Israel, Laconia
Admission free, food costs listed on menu. The 15th
annual festival of succulent traditional Jewish
dishes, including blintzes, kugels, latkes, matzo ball
soup, brisket, tongue, pastrami and corned beef
sandwiches, chopped liver, strudels, rugelah, and
everything else you can imagine. Preorder at www.
tbi.org or call 267-1935; credit cards accepted. Don’t
be late. There are never any leftovers! More
information: www.templebnaiisraellaconianh.org or
524-7044.
Film Anita and post film discussion
4 - 6 PM, Newbury Veterans Hall, 937 Route 103,
Newbury
Roger Feldman, film reviewer for the Institute for
Lifelong Education at Dartmouth, will present the
Argentinean film Anita at the Sunapee-Kearsarge
Jewish Community’s summer meeting. The film,
developed out of the terrorist destruction of the
Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires,
describes the effect of the explosion on one young
person and those around her. It is an award-winning
film being shown for the first time in the area. Roger
will lead a discussion following the showing of the
film. The event is free and open to the public. More
information: Maureen and Art Rosen at 763-4089 or
[email protected].
Jewish Pride Night with the Fisher Cats
Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, MA.
More information: www.iajgs2013.org.
Monday, August 5
IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy
Tuesday, August 6
Genealogy
Havdalah on the Lake
8 PM (promptly) - 10 PM, Weirs Beach docks,
Laconia
Cruise on Lake Winnipesaukee until the first three
stars are sighted. Havdalah service and singing led
by cantorial soloist Melody Funk. This is a soulsatisfying experience. Advance tickets: $20 for
adults, $10 for children under 13; $20 for all
dockside ticket purchases. Place ticket orders at
Temple B’nai Israel, 210 Court Street Laconia, NH
03246.
Thursday, August 1
Friday, August 2
Monday, July 15
Tisha B’Av Service and Study Session
Saturday, August 3
7 PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
RSVP to 669-5650. More information: 669-5650,
[email protected], or www.taynh.org.
New Member Dinner
Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
More information: 669-5650, templeadathy@
comcast.net, or www.taynh.org.
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Sunday, August 25
Religious School Open House
10 AM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
More information: 669-5650, templeadathy@
comcast.net, or www.taynh.org.
Open House at Congregation Betenu
10:30 AM - 2 PM, Congregation Betenu, Amherst
Rabbinic intern and spiritual leader Nathan DeGroot
will be welcomed at brunch, followed by an open
house featuring food, fellowship, and children’s
activities. More information: 886-1633.
Wednesday, August 29
Cultural Series @ The Colonial Film My Sweet
Canary
Wednesday, August 7
Genealogy
7:30 PM, The Colonial Theatre, Bethlehem
Tickets may be purchased at the door or online at
www.bethlehemcolonial.org.
Food Festival continued from page 1
Thursday, August 8
Genealogy
Saturday, July 27
6 PM Tot Shabbat program, 6:20 PM pot-luck dinner,
7 PM service.
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Genealogy
Thurday, August 22
Annual Golf Tournament
Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua
More information: www.tbanashua.org, 883-8184 or
offi[email protected].
Friday, August 9
Hartheim Castle: A Holocaust Journey
6 PM, Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, Bethlehem
Geoffrey Brahmer will be the presenter. This event is
free and open to the public. More information: www.
bethlehemsynagogue.org.
Genealogy
Thursday, August 15
Friday, August 16
6 PM Tot Shabbat program, 6:20 PM pot-luck dinner,
7 PM service.
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festival. Some may be surprised to find
that orders over $60 include a copy of
Temple B’nai Israel’s cookbook.
This Festival is about more than food.
Attendees will find treasures at the Nearly
New Boutique on the front lawn, and the
lemonade stand run by the children of the
congregation traditionally donates all
profits to St. Vincent de Paul’s food pantry. The gift shop is full of new items,
many for use for the High Holidays in
early September, and many will meet old
and new friends from congregations all
over New Hampshire as well as friends
from the community at large. As for the
traditional raffle, it has been streamlined
to a 50-50 event with the drawing at 2 PM.
Raffle tickets are available at $5 for one,
$10 for three, and $18 for six.
The organizers in Laconia say, “We wish
we could run a Festival Express to the
Federation and all the Temples to bring
our goodies to you. However, YOU can
organize your own group and we promise
to deliver the tastes and smells that you remember from your mother’s kitchen.”
The Temple driveway, at 210 Court
Street in Laconia will be tented for customers’ dining comfort, and credit cards
are accepted. The Festival takes place
from 11 AM to 2 PM on Sunday, July 14.
The festival’s organizers warn, “Don’t be
late! No matter how much we cook, there
are never any leftovers!”
Workshop Offered for Newsletter Editors
Manchester -- How to maximize publicity for your organization’s events and
how to make a temple newsletter as interesting as it can be will be two of the topics at the Federation’s fall workshop for
newsletter editors and others interested in
writing effective news releases and engaging articles. The workshop will take place
at the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, 698 Beech St., Manchester, on
Tuesday, October 8, from 11 AM to 1
PM. Lunch will be served.
Carole Appel, a member of the advisory board of the NH Jewish Reporter,
will talk about the many ways to effectively publicize events at temples and
other organizations, whether they are
monthly meetings, fundraising events,
festivals, theatrical performances, or
topical forums. She’ll be joined by oth-
ers on the advisory board. Carole was
an editor and the journals manager of
the University of Illinois Press for many
years before moving to New Hampshire.
Earlier in her career she was a newspaper reporter.
The Reporter invites editors of temple
newsletters to send samples of their publications to the Federation for a discussion of special features in some papers
that others may want to try. A similar
workshop offered a few years ago was
much appreciated by the participants, reports advisory board chair and Reporter
book review editor Merle Carrus.
Those interested in attending the workshop should register at 627-7679 or
[email protected]. A contribution of
$10 per participant is requested to cover
the cost of lunch and materials.
Campaign Matching Grants Available
A matching grant, donated by JFNH supporters, has been established to help
the Annual Campaign for Jewish Needs raise funds for the coming year. If you
have already pledged to this year’s campaign, additional gifts will be matched
dollar for dollar. If you have not yet pledged, increases above last year’s pledge
are also eligible for this match. Contact the Federation at 603-627-7679 or
[email protected] to learn more.
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every child receives consistent individual attention.
We recognize the uniqueness of each child, the importance of
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Early morning drop off and extended day available
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students at the school.
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JFNH Annual Meeting Draws a Crowd
The Jewish Federation of New Hampshire Annual Meeting brought together
about 200 people on Sunday, June 9, to
bid on silent and live auction items, honor volunteers from throughout the state,
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and hear a talk by author Anita Diament.
The morning’s events also included installation of the new board of directors
and farewells to departing executive director Jeff Fladen.
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Two Days in the Remarkable Negev
By Joe Diament
May 10 and 11 of 2013 were truly revelatory for this Israeli expatriate and my
American wife. We spent those two days
in a 4WD Land Rover traversing parts of
the Negev desert never seen by the vast
majority of tourists and rarely seen by
most Israelis. A bit of context: I lived in
Israel until the age of 11 and have visited
it several times since my family immigrated to the United States over 50 years ago.
This was my wife, Patti’s, second trip to
Israel. On the previous trip, 30 years ago,
she only saw Jerusalem and a bit of Tel
Aviv. I’d seen much of the Israel and even
some of the West Bank and Sinai Peninsula. During this visit we traversed the
whole country, but the two days off road
in the desert were truly unique.
After breakfast we set out with my
cousins Shmulik and Rivka from coastal
Arsuf (just north of Herzliya) and headed to the Dead Sea via Jerusalem. We
took this route so that Patti could get a
sense of rising from sea level to Jerusalem, then descending to the lowest point
on the earth’s surface, and passing by
Masada. Shortly after passing the southern tip of the Dead Sea, we left the paved
road and we entered a very narrow wadi.
The walls of the wadi were less than one
foot from the side of our vehicle but
Shmulik’s excellent driving skills and
knowledge of the terrain gave us complete confidence. (Some more context:
Shmulik was a guide for Israel’s Society
for the Preservation of Nature in his
youth and spent a part of his military service in the Negev, so he knows it almost
like the back of his hand.) Patti quickly
realized that Middle Eastern deserts don’t
necessarily resemble the sand dunes seen
in “Lawrence of Arabia” and other movies. In fact, one could easily film some
American Westerns in the canyons’ ridge
tops that we traversed.
Joe and Patti Diament in the 2000-year-old “inn” on the Spice Trail.
Since we’d been on the road for a few
hours by this time, Shmulik stopped in
the shade created by a canyon wall for a
coffee break. Coffee was not served from
a thermos that had been packed at home.
He and Rivka unbundled a small propane burner and proceeded to make
Turkish/Bedouin coffee in a finjan. This
is a small urn into which water; very
finely ground coffee, and sugar are
poured and allowed to come to a boil
several times. It was served in paper
demitasses and provided the energy
needed to get us to lunch. After the
break, we literally rocked and rolled for
many kilometers over very rough terrain
through narrow wadis and slightly wider
river beds. Lunch -- fresh vegetables,
fruit, a few sausages, hummus, and pita
-- was served on a mat spread out under
a rock canopy created by water that had
rushed through the area, eroding the
lower rocks. After lunch, we lay staring
up at the magnificent semicircular rock
outcropping that was our shelter and
watching the birds that flew around in it.
The rest of day one consisted of a few
more kilometers on rough trails without
seeing another person or car. We eventually arrived at a small agricultural settlement/village where we spent the night in
very pleasant cabins.
The next day was even more adventurous because we traversed rougher terrain
and visited a 2000+ year-old remnant of
a caravan stop on a ridge top that was
part of the Spice Trail. The trail was used
to deliver spices from India and its environs via caravans across the Arabian Peninsula to the ancient ports of Jaffa and
Ashdod, from which the spices were sent
by boat to Europe. The stops were essen-
tially inns that were created one caravan
day apart. These were not necessarily
classic oases, but water was usually available in rocky cisterns or wells in close
proximity to the stops. At one point we
had to exit the Land Rover and move
rocks to create a stair step for the vehicle
to climb onto the trail’s continuation.
During the second day we were also fortunate enough to observe a significant
amount of wild life: ibexes, wild burros,
foxes, rock rabbits, and a few that we
didn’t get close enough to to identify. We
returned to paved roads just south of
Mitzpe Ramon (which is actually the
middle of the Negev triangle) and looked
back at the massive moon-like crater we
had just driven through for a couple of
hours. It was not created by a meteor, but
rather by water rushing from the Judaean
hills eroding the subsurface leading to an
eventual collapse of the surface rocks
(sort of like puncturing an egg on both
ends, flushing water through it, and the
upper shell eventually caving in).
A long, restful drive home returned us
to the beautiful Mediterranean coast.
The next day Shmulik hosted us at a performance of La Traviata presented by the
Israeli & Latvian Opera Companies in
Tel Aviv, providing a clear example of the
extraordinary diversity that is inherent in
the physical and social aspects of Israel.
Joe Diament lived in Israel until age 11
and has gone back several times to visit his
large extended family there. He has spent
his professional life leading human service
organizations in the governmental and private sectors. He and his wife live in Newfields, NH.
A rocky outcropping provided some shade for a relaxed lunch in the Negev.
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Israel Talks Focus on JNF and VFI
By Ken Kowalchek
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. NH4Israel guest speakers at TIM
generally address current issues surrounding the state of Israel.
Jewish National Fund
On June 5, audience members heard
from and said their own goodbyes to Inbar Keren, who, unless funding materializes in the future, might be the last Israeli
emissary (shlicha) to the Granite State.
Inbar gave her audience a history of the
Jewish National Fund (JNF) from its
founding in 1901 to the near present,
spoke of the year she volunteered with
the JNF after secondary school graduation, and commented on her service in
the IDF.
Created in 1901 as an organization to
collect funds from around the world to
buy land in what was to become Israel,
JNF began purchasing land in 1904 for
Jews settling in what was then Palestine.
JNF used three primary means to collect
funds. The single most effective was the
blue box, ubiquitous in the American
Jewish Diaspora; it was a sort of piggy
bank into which Jews young and old put
their coins. And put in their coins they
did! The successful notion of collecting a
small amount from millions was adopted
by other causes such as the March of
Dimes, with its campaign to eradicate
polio with 10¢ donations in special paper
coin holders at checkout counters
throughout America. Replicas of the
blue boxes are still available and can be
seen in many synagogue primary classrooms. They provide educators with a visual aid for telling the story of how JNF
bought, parcel by parcel, land that in
1948 defined much of the nascent State
of Israel.
From 1902 until the late 1940s, the
JNF also sold JNF stamps throughout
the world for the smallest coin in circulation in a particular country. In the United
States, it was a penny. The stamps showed
Zion’s founders and scenes of the Holy
Land. Again, the campaign strategy was
adopted by the American Lung Association’s Christmas Seals effort in 1908 and
later by Easter Seals to assist America’s
crippled children. The last fundraising
method, still used today, is recognition of
very large donors by providing certificates for framing and by recording their
names in JNF’s Golden Book.
Once the state of Israel was born, the
mission of JNF changed from buying land
to land reclamation and management.
That is why JNF is best known today for
creating forests by planting 240 million
trees in Israel’s deserted areas and making
Israel the only nation on earth that has
more trees today than a century ago. JNF
also has created over 200 dams and water
catchments to nourish the arid land.
Volunteers for Israel
In mid-May, Howard Passman, the
New England Regional Manager for Volunteers for Israel (VFI) talked about how
to go about volunteering for one or two
weeks or longer as a volunteer with the
IDF. Sitting in the audience was fourtime volunteer Ellen McCloskey, a greatgrandmother whose son-in-law is Ed
Carnahan, Assistant Pastor at Concord’s
Word of Life Church. In addition to testifying to the church’s support for Israel
with rallies, she exemplifies the Granite
State Christian community’s support for
Israel with her actions. At the end of this
article is a poem McCloskey composed
and dedicated to VFI.
VFI takes in volunteers from age 17 to
over 80, usually for one- or two-week periods, but volunteers can arrange far longer commitments. VFI also used to place
volunteers in homes for the aged. Now
VFI has placements uniquely with the
IDF. The placements are in noncombat
support roles such as maintenance and
preparation of food and medical kits.
The work week is Sunday noon to Thursday noon, with the balance as free time.
Volunteers don uniforms and live in barracks while with VFI.
VFI offers a chance to serve Israel and
interact with young IDF soldiers and
other volunteers from 35 countries, although the majority of volunteers are
from the United States, France, and Canada. Since VFI is a 501c(3) organization,
part or all travel costs to volunteer in Israel may qualify as charitable contributions. For clarification and more information on VFI, visit www.vfi-usa.org or
contact Howard Passman at 866-5123255 or [email protected].
Volunteers for Israel, by Ellen McCloskey
A Volunteer for Israel…
Now what does that mean?
To be in their Army, a part of their team.
Israel has a need; no one can doubt it.
Will you use your two hands, and do something about it?
It’s a 3-week commitment, so little to ask.
But you’ll encourage the soldiers as you help with each task.
So if you’ll pack your bags, and some humor, too,
there’s adventure in Israel, waiting for you.
The need is urgent. The task is tall.
You’ve heard the challenge.
Will you answer the call?
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Support for Israel: A Historical View
by Brian Grodman
In recent years, I have found an interesting phenomenon among some Jews
residing in the United States -- especially
within New Hampshire. The survival and
support of the Jewish State of Israel (Zionism) is disconnected from the practice
of Judaism. This is very different from
Jews across the globe.
How can this be? The Five Books of
Moses mention Israel over 500 times.
How have we strayed so far from this
path? The support of Israel was critical
soon after the birth of the Jewish State.
The Holocaust was indelibly etched in
the Jewish psyche, as almost 70% of our
European population was exterminated.
In 1929, the American Jewish Committee
published the following statistics:
• There were approximately 14.5 million Jews worldwide.
• Europe housed over 9 million, and
the United States accounted for 4 million
(New Hampshire boasted 2,800).
• Africa and Asia had over 1 million,
with Palestine fortunate to have 160,000.
(The report lists “Palestine,” not “Israel”)
Palestine, now called the State of Israel, survived an onslaught from five Arab
countries immediately after the approval
of UN Resolution 181 (the partition
plan) on November 29, 1947.
The 1956 Suez Crisis (war) saw the
smaller Israeli force defeat the Egyptians.
The Six Day War of 1967 and the Yom
Kippur War of 1973 also proved to be
decisive victories for the Israeli army
(David) over the Arabs (Goliath).
The Arabs (Palestinians) promoted a
strategic public relations campaign during
the 1980s. Instead of tiny Israel facing great
odds against the vastly larger neighboring
Arab countries, the focus was narrowed to
the militarily stronger Israel against a poorly armed population of Palestinian refugees occupying small chunks of land.
While pre-Holocaust approximately
1% of Jews were living in Palestine, the
percentage is now over 40% of our entire
population. There are approximately 1
million fewer Jews worldwide today than
there were in 1929.
This fundamental geographic shift occurred due to Jews being victimized and
without a home. Our future -- the future
of Israel -- was spread among the 99% of
Jews living in the Diaspora in 1929; only
58% of Jews currently represent the Diaspora. As a consequence, we must double down on our support of the Jewish
State. With Israel being a consistent
theme in our Bible, we must educate ourselves regarding her current situation,
and assist in maintaining her survival.
Brian is an active member of Temple
Israel and NH4Israel.
Building Bridges in Israel With a Lacrosse Stick
(Article courtesy of The Jewish Agency for Israel)
For centuries, members of Native
American tribes played lacrosse with one
another as a means of forging common
bonds. So it makes sense that a group of
young American Jewish volunteers in Israel used the sport this past year to reach
out to 24 Arab-Israeli teenagers, who last
week played their first full game.
The lacrosse match, held in the port
city of Jaffa, was the culmination of
the Lacrosse Arab-Jewish Cooperation
Project. The Project was created by Ian
Cohen, a recent graduate of Monmouth University who is volunteering
in Israel with Tikkun Olam, a Jewish
service learning program jointly supported by The Jewish Agency for Israel
and the Israeli government’s Masa Israel Journey partnership.
Masa enables more than 10,000 young
Jews each year to spend up to 10 months
volunteering, interning and taking academic courses in Israel as they learn
about Jewish history, build friendships
with Jews from around the world and experience Israeli culture on a daily basis.
The idea for the lacrosse project came to
Cohen after he joined Tel Aviv’s lacrosse
team last September and sought to combine his passion for the sport with his volunteer focus on Jewish-Arab coexistence.
“The program is intended to dispel bigotry through real contact between Arabs
and Jews,” Cohen said.
Through the Peres Center for Peace,
Cohen connected with the Ajyal School
in Jaffa, which expressed interest in working with him. He then recruited fellow
Masa volunteers and members of Israel’s
national lacrosse association (Israel Lacrosse) to help teach the sport to the Arab
high schoolers during weekly clinics.
“The Jewish volunteers developed a fantastic relationship with the kids,” Cohen
shared. “Primarily, we are teachers and
role models. The sport is secondary.”
The Arab teens are not the only ones
who have benefited from Cohen’s passion
for lacrosse. Last fall, as the rocket attacks from Gaza intensified, Cohen
helped organized a lacrosse clinic in Netanya to provide kids from southern border towns a few days of fun and respite
from the daily barrage of rocket fire.
“We set up in an open field near where
some local kids were playing on a playground,” Cohen recalled. “Within minutes, some students came over and
snatched up the sticks, trying to figure
out how to use this foreign device. I
showed some of them some basics but
they were really just interested in throwing the ball and shooting on the net.
While this was happening, students in the
classroom got wind of what was going on
outside, and began pressing their faces up
to the windows and even hanging out the
windows trying to get the kids with the
sticks to throw the balls into the classroom.”
Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in
North America. As long as young volunteers like Cohen bring their enthusiasm
for the sport with them to Israel, it might
soon be the “next big thing” in Israel -for Jews and Arabs.
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My Springtime Visit in Hof Hacarmel
By Brenda Johnston
Spring has returned to Israel and our
beautiful Hof Hacarmel region, with
the legendary show of wild flowers and
the regenerating olive trees on the Carmel hills. On my most recent visit to Israel, I was thrilled to again stay with
Yankele and Zahava Shalev, sharing a
real Israeli Shavuot on the moshav (cooperative agricultural community), with
singing and dancing by the children,
who wore traditional wreaths of white
flowers on their heads.
Inbal Shahaf-Gilad, who has helped
arrange connections in Hof Hacarmel
for so many visitors from New Hampshire, graciously invited me to the wedding of her daughter, Doran. Israeli weddings with hundreds of guests are something to behold. That night we were fortunate to see enormous thunder and
lightning storms all around us but not a
drop on the lovely wedding. Inbal also
took me to a very special place, the old
train station for Zikhron Ya’akov, featuring a lovely historic building and gardens
now operating as a cafe, definitely worth
a visit.
Always ready to help connect people,
Inbal introduced me to an amazing artist, Anat Beger, who in her funky and
delightful studio in Dor displayed a variety and scope of work that was impressive. One piece, which she had just
brought back from an exhibit in Tel
Aviv and which was still disassembled,
really captivated me. Almost every Israeli home seems to have a folding drying rack, usually made of plastic. This
art piece, created by Anat, the mother of
three sons serving in the IDF, was constructed of old oars, giving it a boat-like
appearance, and the drying lines were
hung with large paper bags held by
wooden clothes pegs, each decorated
with mixed art and prayers. These, Anat
said, represented the bags of laundry
brought home each weekend by soldiers.
Her heart-stopping explanation was, “If
they are coming home with their laundry, they are coming home alive,” and
she added, “I will not complain ever
again about the laundry.”
Brenda Johnston with Anat Beger and her home and studio at Dor Village in
Hof Hacarmel.
Having just one week before been
waiting for my godson, Daniel, to come
home from his base on the Syrian border,
where the bombs had landed 70 meters
from his bunk, this work and explanation
hit me deeply, and I realized how families
all over Israel wait for their soldiers to arrive home, safe, with their laundry,
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I Spent a Summer Going Out of My Head
Is intellectual integrity compatible
with spirituality? It’s a question I’ve
struggled with for years. Although my
perspective continues to evolve, I took
a huge leap forward in my first summer
as a rabbinical student.
That summer, I served as a student
chaplain in a Philadelphia hospital, one
with a mostly non-Jewish patient population. I wondered what it would be like
to pray across lines of faith. Would patients and their families want me to
make intercessory prayers -- to ask G-d
to heal them?
How could I pray for their healing
when I didn’t believe in petitionary
prayer? How could I, in good conscience, ask G-d to intervene in their
lives, when I didn’t believe in a G-d who
intervenes and much of the time I
wasn’t even sure that G-d existed?
I worried that my intellectual integrity was at stake. On the other hand,
wasn’t I going to the hospital to serve?
If a patient asked me to tug on G-d’s
sleeve, was it my place to say that I
didn’t think that G-d has sleeves?
Rabbi in the House
Rabbi Amy Loewenthal
Congregation
Ahavas Achim
As I began seeing patients and their
families, I found a way to be pastoral
and supportive, to offer the prayers and
reassurances that were requested, but I
was still haunted by a feeling of crossing my fingers behind my back.
Once I was called to visit a patient
with severe corneal ulcers. She was
very depressed about her condition,
which was not improving. I sat next
to her on the bed, patted and stroked
her shoulder, as she told me that she
had lost her faith. She had once been
an evangelist. “I thought that G-d
was testing me,” she said, “but now I
just don’t know. I have prayed and I
have repented but still I am being
tried.” She sighed and shook her
Havdalah on Lake Winnipesaukee
Tradition Continues
Laconia -- There is nothing quite like
cruising gently on Lake Winnipesaukee
with members of the Jewish community
from all over New Hampshire. Everyone
is watching the sky, hoping to be the first
to sight the three stars that signify it is
time to close the Sabbath with a very special Havdalah service. The Israeli flag will
fly over the Doris E. on the evening of
this event. Looking up at the sky and the
flag while motoring over the waters has
given some past participants the tiniest
inkling of what it must have felt like in
the boats off the coast of Israel in 1948.
Temple B’nai Israel Cantor Melody
Funk will lead the service on Saturday,
July 27, onboard the M/V Doris E., leaving the docks at Weirs Beach promptly at
8 PM and returning at 10 PM. She invites
cantors statewide to join her in this warm
tradition of lighting the Havdalah candle, smelling the spices, and singing traditional Havdalah songs after extinguishing the candle. Temple B’nai Israel will
host a dessert and soft drink table below
deck for all to share after the service.
The Doris E is a 78-foot-long cruiser
with a capacity of 125 people. Seventy
people can be under cover if they desire.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for chil-
The Israeli flag flies from the M/V
Doris E. at sunset.
dren under 13 if purchased in advance
($20 for all if purchased at dockside).
Tickets may be ordered by sending the
request and check to Temple B’nai Israel, 210 Court Street, Laconia, NH 03246.
For more information, call 524-5792.
The evening, presented by Temple
B’nai Israel, is funded in part by a grant
from the Jewish Federation Foundation.
All are invited to share this evening of
spirituality and friendship in keeping
with Jewish traditions.
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head. “I can’t find Jesus. He’s left me.
It’s too much.”
I stroked her shoulder, and said “Yes,
this is so hard.”
She began to cry softly. “Why is He
hiding from me?” she asked. “I need
him now, but where is He?”
What could I say? I didn’t share her
theology, and even if I thought it would
help, I didn’t have a different theology
to offer her. As the visit came to a close,
I asked if she and her teen children
wanted to pray. Since she had been an
evangelist, I asked her if she would lead
us in prayer. We all joined hands.
“Lord,” she said, “Even though this
is a hard time, I want you to know that
I’m still grateful for my blessings. I
give thanks to You for my family and
friends, for all that I have. And I give
thanks to You for sending this missionary [indicating me]. Lord, I am
struggling. But now I know this is a
test. I remember now the trials of Jesus, there were not just temptations to
him, but even animals, even wild beasts
that came to afflict him. And He kept
his faith.”
“And now Lord, I’m beginning to
find some pleasure in this prayer. Lord,
I see now, that what’s against me is the
Devil. And I will throw that Devil
down, I will put my foot on him, and
Lord, I will grind him under my heel!”
The room was vibrating with her energy as she concluded with shouted
praise and “Amen!”
Her children echoed the “Amen” and
so did this Reconstructionist chaplain,
still confused about her own theology,
but grateful for this woman’s faith. It
has stayed with me alongside all my intellectualizing.
And all I can say is “Hallelujah!”
Rabbi Amy Loewenthal graduated
from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical
College in 2012 where she enjoyed many
interfaith educational opportunities and
earned a Specialization in the Congregational Rabbinate. She serves the Congregation Ahavas Achim community, a
warm Reconstructionist synagogue in
Keene, NH.
Betenu Open House to Welcome
Rabbinic Intern
Amherst -- Congregation Betenu
invites the community to join them
as they welcome their new Rabbinic
intern and spiritual leader, Nathan
DeGroot, at a brunch on August 25.
The meet and greet open house will
extend from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM
at Congregation Betenu and will
feature food, fellowship, and children’s activities.
Nate is a fourth-year student at the
Rabbinical School of Hebrew College
in Newton, Massachusetts. He is a
magna cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, where
he studied leadership and organizational effectiveness while deeply involved with Jewish life and community
building on campus. Nate has served
as a Rabbinic Intern at the University
of Rhode Island Hillel, leading services and acting as chaplain for students.
He is also an experienced religious
school teacher.
The Betenu
Board
chose
Nate from a
field of eight applicants,
impressed by his
warmth, enthusiasm, and energy. Beginning in
September, his
role at Betenu
Rabbinic intern
will
include
Nathan De Groot
leading
High
Holy Day Services as well as other services throughout the year. He will work
with students in Betenu’s religious
school and officiate at B’Nei Mitzvot
scheduled during the year.
Congregation Betenu is located at 5
Northern Blvd. in Amherst, NH. For
more information about this event, call
886-1633.
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National Havurah Summer Institute Beckons
Rindge -- There is still time to register
for the National Havurah Summer Institute being held once again at the Franklin Pierce University Campus in Rindge,
NH. The summer event will begin on
Monday, August 5, and close on Sunday,
August 11. The theme of this year’s program is “Limnot Yameinu / Count our
Days,” focusing on the idea that our days
are precious and finite. Registration for
the full week will be accepted until July
29, and registration for Shabbat will be
accepted until August 6 at 1 PM. Registration is available online at www.havurah.org/register. Local resident Joe Smiga says: “My
wife, Linda [Feinberg], and I have been
attending for a number of years, and we
have shared wonderful experiences during the weeks we attended. There are 13
morning classes and 13 afternoon classes
you can choose from if you do the weeklong program. The courses are only a
fraction of the activities you can participate in. There is also a $75 discount if
you are a newcomer to the program.”
Usually, well over 300 people attend
the National Havurah Summer Institute
from around the country, creating an atmosphere where participants share and
learn from many different sources. To
add some flavor to your Jewish life experience, sign up now to attend the institute
in Rindge this year. But be warned: According to Joe, this type of Jewish experience can be habit forming.
Lights! Action! Torah!
Rabbi Milkow and Rev. Bonin join hands in front of the sign.
By Steve Short
Derry Interfaith Campus Sign Is Dedicated
Derry -- On Sunday, June 2, Etz Hayim Synagogue and the Episcopal Church
of the Transfiguration dedicated a beautiful new granite sign that welcomes the
public to the Derry Interfaith Campus
and symbolizes the enduring partnership
between the church and the synagogue.
The sign is located on the corner of East
Broadway Street and Hood Road in Derry. Officiating at the dedication were the
spiritual leaders of the two organizations, Rabbi Bryna F. Milkow and Reverend and Priest-in-Charge Ray Bonin.
Rabbi Milkow led the two congregations in a recitation of the Shehecheyanu; Reverend Bonin led the congregations in a recitation of Psalm 111. The
prayers were followed by a resounding
chorus of the Beatles’ song, “With a Little Help from My Friends.” Also speaking were Sarah A. Finne-Sandler, the
president of Etz Hayim Synagogue’s
Board of Directors, and Robert C.
Brown, a member of the church’s leadership; both worked tirelessly to turn the
idea of the sign into reality. The dedication was followed by a delicious picnic.
The relationship between the church
and synagogue began in 1992 when the
synagogue’s budding congregation held
services in the church’s building. When
the synagogue’s congregation had so
grown that it needed a building of its
own, the church sold a piece of its land
to it so that the two organizations could
continue their close relationship even after the synagogue had its own building.
The synagogue building opened in 2009,
and the church and synagogue now stand
side by side on Hood Road in Derry. The
campus is affectionately referred to as
“the churchagogue.” It is one of the very
few interfaith campuses in the United
States. The two organizations maintain a
warm spiritual and working relationship.
They host a joint Thanksgiving service
every year, and members attend each
other’s social and fundraising events. Significantly, the two organizations jointly
sponsor “Elijah’s Table,” which provides
free dinners to the community twice a
month -- one at the church and one at the
synagogue.
For more information about the Etz
Hayim Synagogue, please go to www.
etzhayim.org. For more information
about the Church of the Transfiguration,
go to www.dcoft.org. For more information about Elijah’s Table, go to http://
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(Adapted from a d’var Torah presented
at the Temple Adath Yeshurun Brotherhood-Sisterhood Service on May 24)
In the Torah portion Beha Alotecha,
taken from the book of Numbers, Aaron
prepares the lamps of the menorah as God
has commanded Moses. The parshah goes
on to describe the presence of God hovering over the Tabernacle as a cloud by day
and a fire by night, and commanding Moses to have silver trumpets made to summon the people of Israel. They are also to
be blown at times of war, joyous occasions,
and festivals…as a reminder of God and
his acts of deliverance. As is my wont, I
read LIGHTS and SOUND, and thought
THEATER. Wait for the MCTP plug at
the end of these remarks.
According to Cantor Jonathan L.
Friedmann, there are only a dozen musical occurrences in the Torah. But if we
take these sparse references as indicators
of cultural norms, we find that the Israelites used music to celebrate, express devotion, announce special events, deliver
messages, accompany labor, give moral
instruction, and transmit historical
knowledge. From this summary alone, it
is clear that music was not merely an afterthought or embellishment, but a tool
for achieving specific aims. I might be
making a great leap here, but musical theater seems to do the same.
While I am in no way attempting to
equate theater and Torah in terms of their
importance to the Jewish people, one can
readily see the influence of the sound of
music and the neon lights of Broadway in
American culture. Who among us does
not wax sentimental over the sound of a
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clarinet, a reminder of the klezmer of
old? It is not a great stretch of time from
the humor and music of Mickey Katz
(“How much is that pickle in the window”) to his son Joel Gray performing in
Cabaret. Was Steven Spielberg influenced
by his cultural background when including light and sound communication in
Close Encounters of the Third Kind? And
what is our Purim schpiel if not musical
theater? At TAY, we were fortunate to see
Winni Players’ presentation of Irina’s
Vow. Stephen Lewy’s story, “Surviving
Evil,” has been performed throughout the
area. The lights and sound of theater enhance and, perhaps more importantly, explain our culture and heritage.
A wise man once said that it is important to identify the presentation of performance art culture as part of the value Jewish institutions bring to the city. Well, actually that was part of an email I received
recently from Alan Kaplan, artistic director of Manchester Community Theatre
Players (MCTP). But the salient part is
that the light and sound referred to in the
parshah comes down to bringing joy, entertainment, and education from a certain
little theater company to the greater community. MCTP’s productions of Children
of Eden, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Golda’s Balcony, Crossing Delancey, and of course, Fiddler on the
Roof, have brought the lights and sound of
Jewish history and Jewish culture to a
broad audience. I like to think that this
broad audience came away with a better
understanding of who we, as a people, are.
MCTP’s auditions for Annie, who may
or may not have been Jewish, are in mid
July, with performances set for October
12, 13, 19, and 20. There’s the plug…all
the rest is commentary.
Celebrating New Hampshire’s Anti-Terrorist Hero
Yoni Netanyahu went from Camp Young Judaea counselor to Israeli commando
By Darren Garnick
In terms of good guys and bad guys,
you couldn’t make up more perfect characters for a Hollywood action adventure
movie. Yoni was a Harvard-educated
warrior-poet, an elite soldier who often
signed letters to his parents with “Kisses.”
Idi was a brutal dictator who fed some of
his own ministers to crocodiles and was
widely accused of being a cannibal.
The two men’s lives intersected on
July 3, 1976, at the Entebbe Airport in
Uganda. Dictator Idi Amin, who had
given himself the title “Conqueror of
the British Empire,” was sheltering (with
armed support) Palestinian terrorists
who hijacked an Air France plane and
were holding 103 hostages, most of
them Israeli or Jewish citizens from other countries. Israeli commando Yonatan
“Yoni” Netanyahu was in charge of the
rescue mission.
The 2012 documentary, Follow Me, examines how “Operation Thunderbolt”
succeeded against all odds and includes
original battlefield audio and eyewitness
accounts. All but four hostages were
brought home alive. All the terrorists and
numerous Ugandan guards were killed,
while the Israelis lost one soldier: Yoni. In
military lore, the story remains as jawdropping as U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six’s
covert mission to kill Osama bin Laden.
Follow Me, which screened at the New
Hampshire Jewish Film Festival in April,
also explores why Israel mourned Yoni on
the same scale as John F. Kennedy’s assassination in the United States. Paralleling the Kennedy family story, Yoni’s
younger brother, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, later went into politics and is now
the Prime Minister of Israel.
To New Hampshire audiences, however, the Yoni Netanyahu story contains an
additional layer of nostalgia. Fifty years
ago, the future military hero was a summer camp counselor lounging on the
shores of Amherst’s Baboosic Lake.
Working at Camp Young Judaea (CYJ)
for eight weeks in 1963, the 17-year-old
Yoni was an Israeli Boy Scout sent to
teach outdoors skills, lead hikes, and
teach Hebrew.
After his death at age 30, a collection of
Yoni’s letters to his family and friends became a best-selling book in Israel. Several
of the letters were written from CYJ.
“The rest of this letter will be scrawled
because I am now riding in a pickup
Yoni Netanyahu in his last photo
before the Entebbe raid, 1976.
truck, which is taking me and my campers to dine at a restaurant as a prize for
being selected the ‘honor bunk,’” Yoni
wrote from Amherst to his brother Bibi.
“I’m not the only one who thinks that this
is the bunk. Everyone else thinks so, too.”
“To tell you that I enjoy being here
would be superfluous, since you’ve read
about it in every letter I’ve written so
far. The truth is I’m longing to see you
all,” he added.
“To say he was the leader
of the camp would be an
exaggeration, but he was
certainly someone the
campers looked up to.
Everyone listened to him
when he spoke, he was very
warm and well liked.
He had the whole package.”
One of Yoni’s co-counselors in Bunk 5
was Michael Sherman, who now is a real
estate executive in Manhattan. “Yoni enjoyed being the center of attention,” Sherman recalls. “To say he was the leader of
the camp would be an exaggeration, but
he was certainly someone the campers
looked up to. Everyone listened to him
when he spoke, he was very warm and
well liked. He had the whole package.”
Another fellow counselor was Elliot
Entis, who became a lifelong friend and
kept in touch with Netanyahu until his
death. Now the founder of a Massachusetts biotech company, Entis strengthened the friendship when he was an exchange student at Hebrew University in
Jerusalem and while he was a kibbutz
volunteer in Israel during the 1967 Six
Day War.
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Yoni Netanyahu (back row center) with his bunk and co-counselor Michael
Sherman (back left).
“The day after the Entebbe raid, I was
living in Washington and picked up the
Washington Post. Yoni’s name jumped
out at me. It was an unbelievable shock. I
still have that newspaper,” he says. “People remember his heroics, of course, but
he was a lot of fun to be around. He had
an infectious personality bubbling over
with spirit.”
“I remember him at camp looking ridiculous while swinging a baseball bat -it wasn’t a game Israelis played -- but he’d
laugh at himself. He had such a positive
outlook on life.”
There’s a small plaque honoring Netanyahu hanging in the CYJ administration office, but his story is kept alive with
each summer’s new influx of campers.
The Jewish culture/education cabin is
named “Beit Yonatan” (Yonatan’s
House), and the kids watch Raid on Entebbe, a 1977 movie starring Charles
Bronson as Israeli commando Dan
Shomron, Yaphet Kotto (the James Bond
villain in Live and Let Die) as Idi Amin,
and Stephen Macht as Netanyahu.
CYJ has enjoyed a long relationship
with Israel over the years, hosting visits
from historic leaders such as Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, and Foreign Affairs
Minister Abba Eban. Campers participate in a five-week Gadna leadership program in Israel when they reach age 16.
The program also serves as a feeder system for recruiting new CYJ counselors.
“I’m thrilled to see there’s a new docu-
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Yoni talks to CYJ campers in 1963.
mentary out celebrating Yoni’s life,” says
CYJ co-director Marcy Kornreich. “Here
in the U.S., he’s kind of a forgotten hero.
That’s why we dedicated a cabin to him
and that’s why we talk about him with
our campers.”
Boys who stay in Bunk 5 each season
are sleeping in that same “honor bunk”
that Yoni led in 1963. The original cabin
is still in great condition.
“I’m very proud that Yoni was part of
the Young Judaea family,” adds his former bunkmate Michael Sherman. “But
we would have been fortunate to know
him even if the Entebbe story had never
happened.”
DVD copies of Follow Me: The Yoni
Netanyahu Story are available at FollowMeTheMovie.com.
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Nashua -- On Wednesday, May 8, the
documentary Judeophobia was screened
at Grace Fellowship Church in Nashua.
Pastor Berube and his congregation graciously welcomed friends of NH4Israel
and the film’s producer, Gloria Greenfield, after a last minute venue change
from Temple Beth Abraham.
Judeophobia posits the right of Israel
to exist and investigates the public commitment of the Muslim Brotherhood
and proxies to dismantle the Jewish
state. The conflict has nothing to do
with territories and swaps; it has to do
with a Jewish state existing on what was
once Muslim land. Ms. Greenfield also
documented the resurgence of European Judeophobia, aka anti-Semitism. After a Muslim terrorist killed schoolchildren in Toulouse last year, Jew-hating
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After showing the film, Ms. Greenfield answered question about continuing interfaith dialogue with a goal of
peaceful coexistence. She said that we
always have to know with whom we are
in dialogue. She also advised that Judeophobia is a far better term than antiSemitism to have in common parlance,
in both spoken and written English.
Anti-Semitism has become banal since it
first came into use some 60 years before
the Shoah. It also begs the question,
“Who is pro-Semitic?” Ms. Greenfield
reminded the audience that whenever
the expression pro-Israel is used, there
exists a presumption of valid arguments
for a case against Israel. Thus, she prefers the word “Zionist” to describe a
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BHC’s 93rd Season Offers Variety of Events
By Eileen Regen
Bethlehem -- Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation’s 93rd season promises something for everyone: religious services, films
of Jewish interest, education for all ages,
guest presenters, and more.
The Cultural Series @ The Colonial
continues with exceptional films. In the
Thursday series are Cabaret-Berlin (7:30
PM, July 11) and My Sweet Canary” (7:30
PM, Aug. 29). The final film in the series,
Mahjong and Chicken Feet, begins at 5
PM, Friday, Sept. 27. A live performance
by the acclaimed Orchid Ensemble at 8
PM on Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Colonial,
is included in this year’s cultural series.
Cultural Series @ The Colonial
Cabaret Berlin offers an inside view of
Berlin’s artistic kabarett scene, a famous
part of the Weimar Republic’s history.
Composed of visual and audio archives,
German narratives, operettas, news clippings, documentary footage, musical
shorts, home movies, photographs, paintings, and drawings, the film shows how
Berlin cabarets reflected the events, politics, and culture of the times of the Weimar Republic -- the era of inflation, Golden Years, the Great Depression, and the
surge of Nazism. Structured as a cabaret
show, the film is led by master of ceremonies Ulrich Tukur, who narrates background information and connects each
song and sketch to its historical, political,
and social context.
In the early twentieth century, Roza Eskenazi, the Sweet Canary, sang the way
she lived: with passion, fire, and love. In
My Sweet Canary, three young musicians
from Greece, Turkey, and Israel embark
on an exciting musical journey to tell the
story of Greece’s best-known and bestloved rebetiko singer for the first time on
film. This journey takes them from Istanbul to Thessaloniki and on to Athens as
they follow Eskenazi’s musical trail.
Though Eskenazi’s world has almost
completely vanished, sounds of this music
continue to echo throughout the Mediterranean basin. This film with archive footage of Eskenazi was produced in Israel
and presented at the Thessaloniki Film
Festival International.
Mahjong and Chicken Feet, created by
filmmaker Jacqueline Levitin, a professor
of Film and Women’s Studies at Simon
Fraser University, takes viewers on her
journey to China as she seeks her family’s
past. Out of the reach of the tsar’s pogroms, her ancestors’ Russian-Jewish
community thrived in Manchuria; however, her cultured, European-leaning
twentieth century Jewish ancestors were
unaware of another Chinese-Jewish community that long preceded them: the
1,000-year-old community of Kaifeng in
the heart of ancient imperial China. This
documentary takes viewers on an unforgettable adventure.
The unique Orchid Ensemble performs
live at the Colonial at 8 PM, Saturday,
Sept. 28. Established in 1997, the ensemble presents Lan Tung on the erhu/Chinese violin, Yu-Chen on the zheng/Chinese zither, and Jonathan Bernard on
percussion. As the musicians blend ancient musical instrument sounds and traditions from China and beyond, they create beautiful new sounds in a variety of
musical styles. Their repertoire includes
traditional and contemporary music of
China, world music, new music, jazz, and
creative improvisation.
The Colonial Theatre is located at 2050
Main Street, Bethlehem, NH. Tickets
may be purchased at the door or ahead
of time at www.bethlehemcolonial.org/.
Hartheim Castle in Austria
Geoffrey Brahmer
Ellen Fisch, who brings a new exhibit of her art history photography
to Bethlehem in August.
Photography Exhibit
Ellen Fisch, a longtime Bethlehem summer resident, returns August 3 to present a
new photography exhibit featuring architectural details of both the BHC Synagogue and Bethlehem’s Durrell Methodist
Church. Fisch reports that she has developed a new art form for this exhibit by
subtly enhancing the photographs with
traditional fine art media: pencil, pastel,
and 24K gold leaf. Time and place details
will be announced on the BHC website:
www.bethlehemsynagogue.org.
Hartheim Castle
Geoffrey Brahmer returns to BHC on
Friday, Aug. 9 to present findings of his
latest Holocaust research: “Hartheim
Castle: A Holocaust Journey.” Brahmer’s
presentation includes images, history,
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and narratives of events in Austria’s Hartheim Castle, one of the Nazi euthanasia
centers for the mentally and physically
disabled. This presentation is open to the
community. Admission is free.
Summer Services and Religious School
at BHC
In July and August, Shabbat services
are held Friday evenings (7:30) and Saturday mornings (usually 9:30). The first
Shabbat service, July 6, is a family Shab-
bat service and begins at 10 AM. On July
13, Hazzan Marlena Fuerstman will lead
a coffee cake discussion following a shortened service. Hazzan Fuerstman will also
offer classes in Hebrew and on the prophets. Days and times will be set when participants sign up.
BHC also plans a complete schedule of
High Holy Day services from Selichot
(Saturday, Aug. 31) through Simchat Torah (Friday, Sept. 27). Visitors to North
Country are always welcome to participate in any or all of BHC’s religious services, programs, and events at our historic
synagogue, 39 Strawberry Hill, Bethlehem, NH. For further and updated information, please visit the BHC website:
www.bethlehemsynagogue.org.
Guests
are also invited to contact President David Goldstone at davegoldstone1@gmail.
com or Hazzan Marlena Fuerstman at
[email protected].
The Beit Sefer for students from age five
to teen reconvenes in August to welcome
students for another six-week learning series. Bar/bat mitzvah training is offered
upon request.
Film on Argentinean Terrorist Attack
on View July 14
Newbury -- On July 14, Roger Feldman, film reviewer for the Institute for
Lifelong Education at Dartmouth, will
present the Argentinean film, Anita, at
the Sunapee-Kearsarge Jewish Community’s summer meeting. The film developed out of the terrorist destruction of
the Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires. It describes the effect of the
explosion on one young person and
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those around her. This award-winning
film is being shown for the first time in
this area.
Roger will lead a discussion following
the showing of the film. The event is free
and open to the public. It is scheduled
for 4 to 6 PM. on Sunday, July 14, at the
Newbury Veterans Hall across the road
from the Town Offices at 937 Route 103
in Newbury.
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Reflections on a Return to Auschwitz
By Rabbi Edward S. Boraz, Dartmouth
College Hillel
The bus to Auschwitz/Oswieicim was
unusually quiet. There was hardly a
sound other than the motor and traffic.
Inside the Mercedes-Benz transport,
however, there was an unusual silence. I
looked at the faces of two students whose
ancestors perished in the Holocaust,
some actually at Auschwitz, others simply lost forever, as so many were. Within
this same group, others had experienced
ancestral degradations and hardships unknown to many of us in terms of our experience, some of them quite current.
And yet, without any personal relationships to Jewish suffering, they too were
on this journey. May G-d bless them all.
I looked outside the bus and began to
think about truth, and the phrase “sleight
of hand” entered my consciousness. I was
always impressed with the magician’s trick
of the coin, appearing in one hand and
then somehow appearing in the other (I
fool rather easily, as you can see). I
thought of this truth, whenever someone
tries to articulate just what is true, what is
just, what is right in much the same way. I
am currently reading a biography of Louis Brandeis, and thought of the observation of his biographer that for the first
Jewish Supreme Court Justice and early
Zionist leader, the most important aspect
of the lawyer’s work was to master the
facts as much as is possible. To understand the client and the law, most important was to understand the set of circumstances, whether business, personal, or
whatever the subject, that brought her or
him to the office. This was no simple task.
For example when it came to understanding situations involving large railroad
companies and appropriate rate setting to
serve the public good and the shareholders at the same time, Brandeis took his
time in understand as much as he could to
how the company went about its business.
So the lawyer, after immersion into all
of this, arrives at those laws that she or he
believes best represent his client (for
Brandeis, serving the public good and
what was best for his or her client were
not mutually exclusive enterprises).
As I reflected on this, I thought, well, that
is all well and good. But isn’t the lawyer on
the other side doing the very same thing?
Taking all the facts, marshaling them, and
presenting the case in light of the law, hoping for an entirely opposite result?
Who is ultimately right? Of course, one
could say that a judge has the final say,
but as we all know, the judge may be right
in the sense of the exercise of power to
decide, but he or she could be wrong on
an entirely different level. This leads me
back to Auschwitz.
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Judgment at Nuremburg presents the
ambiguity of truth and justice. In serving
one’s country, in the course of one’s duty,
people sometimes do acts that are morally
repugnant on an entirely different scale.
So, if that is what I am saying, then we are
saying that truth and justice are relative.
These thoughts all took place on the
road to Auschwitz. My thoughts then
turned to the story of a German officer
who fell in love with a beautiful young
Jewish woman at Auschwitz II Birkenau.
This was no ordinary attraction. He grew
to love her deeply. He expressed this love
for her in two ways. The first was to make
her life as comfortable as possible. I believe (this is all from my memory of a
book) that he set her up to work in Canada, a place so-called at Auschwitz because it was believed that Canada was
very wealthy. This was the place where all
the wealth and belongings of the Jews, all
valuables, were taken for sorting, cataloging, and ultimately for use by the Germans. If you could imagine 1,200,000
Jewish men, women, and children who
will die there, with each of them bringing
their belongings, the task of sorting out
the valuables was quite extensive. Those
assigned there had it easier than the others, as the labor was not crushing, and
they were better fed. This German officer,
I believe his name was Franz, made sure
that she was taken care of.
Here is the most remarkable part of the
story. One day, a transport arrived from
the town of this young woman, and on it
were members of her family, including I
believe her mother. Franz personally
went into the gas chamber and pulled
members of her family out before they
were gassed.
It is a beautiful story on one level, and
yet troubling on another. What do we
make of anyone who participates in genocide or for that matter deliberately hurts
another person, for whatever reason?
Should Franz have been tried for war
crimes, crimes against humanity, or are
truth and justice more ambiguous? Who
can make these judgments? Who is entitled to make them -- can I, can the victims,
or our ancestors who fought the battle,
won the war, yet failed to bomb the railroad tracks to stop the genocide when
they had all the proof necessary? (Were
you aware that one-third of that 1.2 million perished during the last three to six
months of the war -- the Jews from Hungary, where over 400,000 Jews lost their
lives?) Truth and justice, I feel, become almost crushed under such a weight of souls
lost in the gas chambers and crematoria.
As I write this, I find myself asking,
and perhaps someone knows this, who
were the manufacturers of Zykon B, the
gas used in those chambers? Does anyone
remember the name of the company or
its officers? Should they have been prosecuted and sentenced to death as was Rudolf Hess, the commandant at Auschwitz?
I don’t know the answers to these questions. I do know this. We, as human beings, must believe in something higher
than the relative truth and justice that we
must always strive to achieve, yet we never achieve it. Truth and justice are complex, often ambiguous at best, at our
meager level of understanding. I have a
“crutch” whenever I am faced with such
decisions, and that is to ask, would I have
a satisfactory response to G-d were I to
be so asked by the Divine? I know, or at
least I believe, that G-d does not “act” on
this level, yet for me it is helpful.
I know that participating in this journey with these young men and women is
good for me and that there is some purpose, some meaning, in this as we continue to struggle with the unimaginable suffering that occurred as our transport of
choice now, 68 years later after the liberation of Auschwitz, heads to this place
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BBQ-Annual Meeting Honors Jay Hodes, Man of the Year
Manchester -- Over 70 people enjoyed
the Temple Adath Yeshurun Brotherhood BBQ-Annual Meeting on Tuesday
night June 11. To paraphrase Rabbi
Beth Davidson, it was rainy and cloudy
outside but warm and sunny inside. The
coveted Man of the Year Award went to
Jay Hodes. The plaque read:” To a man
who so well combines enthusiasm with
graciousness; to a man who is always
ready to be counted on to help his
Brothers, his congregation and his community; whose counsel is sought out by
both his family and his friends; a judicious oenophile, whose calm demeanor
allows for good taste, good sense, and
good ideas.” According to Sol Rockenmacher, the award was well deserved
and long overdue.
Joshua Dolman was awarded the
Samuel Sugerman Scholarship for his
essay entitled “Striving to Become a
Mensch.” He won the cash prize of
$500. There were a total of five entrants this year, and all the submissions
were excellent, making for a difficult
selection process, according to the selection committee.
Special thanks were offered to poultry
purchaser, poet laureate (wonderful
“Ode to Jay”), and cook Phil Gelman
The New Hampshire
TAY Brotherhood Man of the Year Jay Hodes with son (and soon-to-be medical intern) Adam, wife Margie, and daughters-in-law to be Raqwell Gawron
(David’s fiancée) and Lauren Gottlieb (Adam’s fiancée)
for his hard (and successful) work; to
David Penchansky for food purchasing
and superb MC’ing; to David Rosenzweig for his all-around help and photo
prowess; to grillmeisters Steve Short and
Jewish Reporter
Steve Goldberg; to Mr. Coffee Bob
Katchen; to helpers Al Popovsky, Norm
White, and Sol Rockenmacher; to Rabbi
Beth for delivering the motzi; and to
Kristine Gelinas for her assistance.
Hadassah Members Meet, Discuss, and Plan
Manchester -- On June 6, the Manchester Chapter of Hadassah held its
Strawberry Festival at the home of Linda Abels, with 11 women attending. The
group discussed the connection between
Hadassah, the Jewish National Fund,
and strawberries while enjoying fresh
strawberry shortcake and other desserts.
It was a fun and informative afternoon,
according to participants.
At press time, the annual Hadassah
brunch had not yet been held at the newly
renovated Manchester Country Club.
There will be more information about this
event in the next issue of the Reporter.
On Thursday evening, July 11, Hadassah’s book group will discuss Jodi Picoult’s newest book, The Storyteller. All
are invited to join the conversation at the
Federation at 7 PM.
The Manchester chapter has prepared
an interesting, informative, and fun calendar with some new events for the next
fiscal year. Chapter president Michele
Bank says, “We hope that more of you
will attend a meeting or event and reconnect with friends. While doing so, you
will feel good that you are part of Hadassah, an organization that continues
healing, growing and reaching out to
people all over the world and right here
in America.”
For more information about these
events or Hadassah, please contact Michele Bank, chapter president, at 4885657 or [email protected].
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that represents the ultimate injustice that I
am yet to encounter in my lifetime. Perhaps it is why I go back there yet again. It
is to acknowledge the lives of those who
preceded, who gave so much to those
(their immediate descendants, who made
it out or survived the war) who taught me,
who have given me such a beautiful life. It
is perhaps to say thank you, time and time
again, to a people who gave so much and
died. It is to tell them their death was
nothing compared to what they gave to us,
to the world, and that it lives on for those
of us who are there to acknowledge that
they are remembered and loved. I believe
in my heart that there is truth in this and
perhaps some justice that they are elevated
and that the perpetrators are despised and
will be forever by good and decent people.
This is a truth and this is a justice.
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Book Review
Reviewed by Merle Carrus
The Storyteller, by Jodi Picoult
Okay, I will admit that I had decided I
would not read any more Jodi Picoult
books. But I could not resist The Storyteller (Doubleday, 2013) when it came
out, and now I am glad I didn’t. I have
read many of her novels, and they seem
to have a set formula: Find a topic that
raises public concerns, write a novel that
pulls readers in and makes them feel attached to the characters, and then, when
the reader thinks she knows exactly
which character has the right opinion
and viewpoint, throw in a twist that
makes the reader question her position
on the subject.
The Holocaust is a topic that has been
written about for decades. I thought
there probably wasn’t any new angle
that Picoult could pull out that hasn’t
been written about already.
Picoult wrote The Storyteller about
the issue of justice and forgiveness. Does
a Jewish person alive today have the ability to forgive a Nazi SS officer who has
lived to a ripe old age and is
asking for forgiveness?
This topic has been presented by some of the great
authors of our time. My favorite, Just Revenge by Alan
Dershowitz, asks, “What if
you came face to face with
the very man who slaughtered your family before
your eyes? But what if killing that man is not enough,
that instead of killing the perpetrator
you decide to kill his family, his children
and grandchildren and make the killer
watch them die?” Is that a just revenge?
I also read The Sunflower, by Simon
Wiesenthal. This is a true story in which
Wiesenthal was brought to the bedside
of a dying SS officer. The officer is
haunted by his crimes and is looking to
confess and receive absolution from a
Jew. Wiesenthal wrote the book years
after the event because he still wondered
Local Author Publishes
Last Book in Trilogy
Local author Joe Smiga
recently published One
Came Back, a stand-alone
novel that completes his
trilogy about Iranian terror
cells operating in the United States. Joe and his wife,
Linda Feinberg, have been
active members of the
Manchester Jewish community for many years.
This final installment in
the trilogy brings the
reader face to face with
the domestic life of a terrorist as he
contemplates returning for one final
attack. According to reviewer Bruce
Birnberg, “The twists and turns in this
novel will amaze you. Joe
Smiga’s wordsmith skills are
on full display as we are taken full steam ahead into a
budding romance and eventually into the bedroom of
our Iranian killer. Why does
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whether he did the right
thing and what others would
do in his place. After he tells
the story, he has many distinguished men and women respond with their opinions. In
an interview with CNN and
in the author’s note at the
back of her novel, Picoult refers to The Sunflower as the
inspiration for her novel.
In The Storyteller, we meet
Sage Singer, a young woman with many
personal demons. She has backed away
from Judaism and is a self-professed
atheist. Her grandmother is a Holocaust
survivor. We meet Sage in a grief support group, as she is coming to terms
with her mother’s recent death. There
she meets a sweet older man who has
been a pillar in the community for 30
years. As they form a friendship, he confesses his shameful secret and asks Sage
for an incredible favor. Picoult makes the
reader think about where the line is
drawn between punishment and justice,
forgiveness and mercy.
Sage works in a bakery for a former
nun, named Mary. As Sage is trying to
work through her feelings about this aging SS officer, she goes to Mary for advice. Mary explains that when someone
hurts you, the forgiveness you show is
not for the perpetrator but for yourself,
“because otherwise he will grow like a
weed in your heart until it’s choked and
overrun. The only person who suffers,
when you squirrel away all that hate, is
you.... It’s something you do for your-
self. It’s saying, You’re not important
enough to have a stranglehold on me. It’s
saying, You don’t get to trap me in the
past. I am worthy of a future.”
Jodi Picoult takes this idea from the
eminent Rabbi Harold Kushner as he responds to Simon Wiesenthal in the The
Sunflower. As an example of forgiveness,
he tells a woman congregant who is angry at her ex-husband: “I am not asking
you to forgive him because what he did is
acceptable. It wasn’t; it was mean and
selfish. I am asking you to forgive because he doesn’t deserve the power to
live in your head and turn you into a bitter, angry woman. I’d like to see him out
of your life emotionally as completely as
he is out of it physically, but you keep
holding onto him. You are not hurting
him by holding on to that resentment,
but you are hurting yourself.”
The reader is left with some very important ideas to think about. What you
would do in a similar situation? What do
you believe is the point when a moral
choice becomes a moral imperative? This
is a story that will leave you thinking
long after you put down the book.
In a radio interview with CNN, Picoult said she is an agnostic, but she was
raised by Jewish parents and so she feels
she is in the odd position of being a
spokesperson for a religious group she
does not personally affiliate with anymore. Some stories, she says, need to be
told, and this is one of them.
Jodi Picoult is the author of 21 novels.
She lives in New Hampshire with her
husband and three children.
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return for millions of Arabs.
All these proposals sound like wonderful ideas when sitting around a table negotiating so-called peace for Israel and the Palestinians, but there is a major fallacy
associated with a peace agreement. The Palestinians, like other Arabs and the Persians, cannot be trusted to honor any documents they might agree to sign with Israel. They hate the Israeli Jews and will tear up a peace treaty and attack Israel
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