Together, We Do Extraordinary Things Jewish Summer Camp

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Published by the
Jewish Federation of
New Hampshire
Volume 34, Number 2
October 2013
Workshop to Deliver
Tips and Tools
for Editors
Jewish Summer Camp Brings Judaism Alive
Manchester -- Editors are sharpening their pencils as they prepare for the JFNH Editors Workshop for temple newsletter editors on Tuesday, October 8. This workshop will run from 10:30 AM to
1:30 PM. Topics will include how to maximize
event publicity and how to make a temple newsletter more interesting. The workshop will take place
at the Puritan Backroom Restaurant, 245 Hookset
Road, Manchester, and it will include lunch.
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.
Anyone interested in attending the workshop
should register with the JFNH office at 627-7679
or office@jewishnh.org. A contribution of $10 per
participant is requested to cover the cost of lunch
and materials. Checks may be made out to JFNH.
Calendar
4
Your Federation at Work
5
Campaign Dollars at Work
6
Israel
7
Hof Hacarmel Connection
10
From the Bimah
11
Book Review
12
Arts & Entertainmnet
13
Just for Fun
14
Education
15
Opinion
16
Mitzvahs
17
Recent Events
20
Tributes
21
Business & Professional
Services
22
jewishnh.org
The Jewish Federation of New
Hampshire provides grants to children
attending a Jewish summer camp for
the first time. In 2013, some 11 children in grades three through seven received campership grants from JFNH
to attend a Jewish summer camp. To read what that meant to them in
their own words, check out a few of
their stories and photos on page 6. JFNH also made Irving and Bernice Singer Israel Experience grants to
nine high school students from across
New Hampshire who spent a semester
or summer in Israel on a structured
program. Their first-hand accounts
are a fascinating glimpse into what
this kind of experience can mean to a
teen from our region. Please share
some of their experience by reading a
few of their accounts on page 7.
Together, We Do Extraordinary Things
By David Salzberg, Co-Chair,
JFNH 2013 Campaign Committee
Last month, Bobbie Brayer and I outlined
the efforts we will undertake in this year’s
fundraising campaign for the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire. The bottom line -we can do it, but we can’t do it without you.
Together, we do extraordinary things! And
the things we do, each local community
could not do on its own. If you are asking,
Why should I give to the Federation?, allow
me to shed some light on the extraordinary
things we do together.
• We give a voice to Jewish concerns -statewide, we speak with one voice on
behalf of Jewish communities.
• We respond to anti-semitism -- statewide, with access to critical resources to
address local issues.
• Camperships -- statewide, providing
funding for a stateside Jewish experience.
• Israel Experience grants -- statewide,
providing funding for a Jewish experience in Israel.
• PJ Library -- statewide, delivering a gift
of books to Jewish children and their
families
• NH Jewish Film Festival -- statewide,
offering films and programs to celebrate
Jewish life, culture, and history.
• Religious School support -- statewide,
providing over $35,000 in funding to
support Jewish education in our synagogues.
• Mini-grants -- statewide, supporting arts
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and educational programming in your
communities.
Shlicha/Israel Connection -- statewide,
bringing Israel to our Jewish community. This program was suspended this year
due to the campaign shortfall last year.
Sister City Program -- statewide, peopleto-people connections for New Hampshire and the Hof Hacarmel region of
Israel, including student pen pals, speakers, and meaningful hospitality in both
countries.
Reporter and E-News -- statewide, communicating with the Jewish community
on critical issues.
Resource for social action and commu-
Campaign continued on page 5
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CONGREGATION BETENU
Nathan DeGroot (Rabbinic Intern)
5 Northern Blvd., Unit 1, Amherst
Reform, Affiliated URJ
(603) 886-1633
www.betenu.org
Betenu@nii.net
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
templeoffice@dovertemple.org
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
rabbi@lubavitchnh.com
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
davegoldstone1@gmail.com
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
chabad@dartmouth.edu
Services: Friday Evening Shabbat services
and Dinner
Shabbat morning services
Call for times
CLAREMONT
TEMPLE MEYER DAVID
25 Putnam Street, Claremont
Conservative
(603) 542-6773
Services: Generally the second Friday of
the month, 6:15 PM, April to November.
CONCORD
TEMPLE BETH JACOB
Rabbi Robin Nafshi
67 Broadway, Concord
(603) 228-8581
www.tbjconcord.org
office@tbjconcord.org
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
office@etzhayim.org, rabbi@etzhayim.org
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
uvjc@valley.net
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
rabbi.ahavas.achim@gmail.com
Services: Fridays at 7:30 PM
See calendar on website for early
Fridays and for Saturdays
TEMPLE ADATH YESHURUN
Rabbi Beth D. Davidson
152 Prospect Street, Manchester
(603) 669-5650
www.taynh.org
templeadathy@comcast.net
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
office@templeisraelmht.org
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
rabbi@tbanashua.org
office@tbanashua.org
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
marshatbi@hotmail.com
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
office@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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Tishrei-Cheshvan 5774 • October 2013
Strategic Plan Will Guide the Future
It has been five years since I moved to
Bedford, New Hampshire, from Boca
Raton, Florida. Since arriving here, my
wife and I have had our second and third
children. Our daughter, now eight years
old, has just started third grade and attends Hebrew School in the Gimel class
at Temple Beth Abraham in Nashua.
New Hampshire is a great place to
raise a family. It is also a great place to
be an active participant in Jewish life.
There are many wonderful events and
traditions carried on by the different
temples and communities throughout
the state and by the Jewish Federation
of New Hampshire. The daily minyan at
Temple Israel in Manchester is a great
example of one long-running tradition.
Community members keep this tradition
going by attending either daily or when
needed, and I attend as often as I can.
Our Annual Campaign for Jewish
Needs has begun. and your generous
support is needed. Under the leadership
of Roberta Brayer and David Salzberg,
the campaign will reach out to the community throughout the state. The Federation’s mission is to support Jews
throughout New Hampshire, and year
after year our leadership continues to
advance that mission. New ideas have
been developed by the campaign leadership to improve our results.
We are in the process of updating the
strategic plan of the Federation. One of
the first steps will be to distribute a questionnaire to solicit feedback and guidance from our statewide community.
This will be completed very soon. The
Dan Cohen
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next step will be for our board to review
the responses to the questionnaire and
update the strategic plan based on the
community’s input. Broad participation
is encouraged in completing the questionnaires. Strategic changes will begin
to be implemented later this year.
Our Federation has been exploring
ways to grow our revenue and reduce
costs to improve our operating results.
A first opportunity for success in this
process has been a joint project being
planned with the Merrimack Valley
Jewish Federation. The Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation serves the Jewish
community south of the New Hampshire border in Massachusetts. They
also operate a Jewish summer day camp
in Salem, New Hampshire. Plans are being developed for our Federation to
help market their camp to grow the enrollment. This is an opportunity to mutually benefit from our efforts. The
committee we formed, which is made up
of members of the boards of each Federation, will continue to meet, and additional opportunities are being discussed to help each share revenue-generating opportunities and costs for programs or operations.
I thank you for your support of the
Federation.
From Strength to Strength in 5774
I’d like to take a moment to thank you
for reading The Reporter. This newspaper is a symbol of the commitment that
JFNH has to serving Jewish communities across the state, regardless of size or
location. The Reporter not only manages
to reach Jews from Bethlehem to Nashua and Portsmouth to Keene, but within
its pages readers can learn about both
JFNH programs that touch the corners
of New Hampshire as well as what individual communities are doing. And
these communities are doing a lot -from the Havdalah cruise on Lake Winnipesauke run by Temple B’nai Israel in
the Lakes Region to a yard sale organized by Etz Chayim Synagogue in Derry to raise funds for a local food pantry
to the many wonderful Sukkot events
that took place last month in Manchester, along the Seacoast, and elsewhere.
This vibrancy is something that JFNH
is proud to be a part of, and we are particularly excited about the Federation
initiatives that help to ensure that future
generations will feel a sense of Jewish
identity and connection. Some of our
most important activities include helping to fund synagogue Hebrew school
programs and running our much-loved
preschool, offering assistance with social services when and where we can, advocating for Israel, responding to incidents of anti-Semitism, developing engaging programs, and making sure that
the voice of the Jewish community is
heard by civic and political leaders on issues that matter most.
In the September issue of The Report-
Daniel E. Levenson
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Executive
Director
er readers had a chance to hear from
our annual campaign co-chairs, Roberta Brayer and David Salzberg, two dedicated and very talented board members
who are invested in ensuring the legacy
and vitality of the Jewish Federation of
New Hampshire for years to come. As
we embark on the campaign this year, I
find myself increasingly optimistic
about the future of Jewish life in New
Hampshire. I think this optimism stems
at least in part from the way that this
year’s campaign committee has approached its work, with an open mind
and a keen sense that in order to move
forward we should always strive to better understand the needs, interests, and
priorities of the myriad communities
across New Hampshire.
With this campaign, we are looking to
collect not only dollars, but ideas about
how we can grow and continue to enrich
Jewish life in meaningful ways. As we
begin the Jewish year 5774, I am hopeful that the coming year will bring
strength to the Federation and the work
it does, but more importantly, I hope
that as a community as a whole, we will
grow together, learning from one another as we do.
L’shanah Tova
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Tuesday, October 1
Sunday, October 6
Tuesday, October 15
Wednesday, October 23
Tai Chi for Seniors
Ride to Provide – U Mass Hillel Bike
Fundraiser
Tai Chi for Seniors
NH4Israel Student Speakers
10–11 AM, Jewish Federation of NH, Manchester
More information: Jim Winner at 926-4953 or
jwinner1@comcast.net.
Temple Israel, Manchester
Michael Preminger and other students discuss their
educational experiences in Israel. This is part of
NH4Israel’s 2013-2014 Educational Programming.
More information: www.NH4Israel.org or
nh4israel@gmail.com.
Brotherhood Meeting and Chanukah Candle
Drive
7 PM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
More information: 669-5650, templeadathy@
comcast.net, or www.taynh.org.
Thursday, October 3
Hadassah Meeting
7 PM, Jewish Federation of NH, Manchester
More information: Michele Bank at michele.bank@
gmail.com or 488-5657.
The Sixteenth Holocaust Memorial Lecture:
Daniel Mendelsohn, “Lost” Between Memory
and History: Writing the Holocaust for the
Next Generation
7 PM, Mabel Brown Room, Lloyd P. Young Student
Center, Keene State College
Daniel Mendelsohn is an internationally best-selling
author, award-winning critic, and essayist. His book,
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million, is the 2006
account of his search for the truth behind his
family’s tragic past during the Holocaust. It is a New
York Times Bestseller and Amazon’s Best History
Book of 2006. He was the weekly book critic for
New York magazine and a frequent contributor to
The New York Times Book Review. More information:
www.keene.edu/cchs.
Friday, October 4
Faith and Innovation Summit
This first-of-its-kind event is organized by
entrepreneurs Jamie and Adam Coughlin, hosted by
Rivier University and PlusGrace. The event features
dynamic and passionate talks by some of the most
pioneering innovators in the faith-based world, as
well as practical seminars on the major technological
issues facing organizations and individuals.
Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with
others willing to explore and redefine what it means
to live one’s faith. Power workshops will be held on
social media, public relations, fundraising, and going
mobile. Registration at 9 AM, the Summit begins at
9:30 AM. $25 registration includes lunch. More
information: www.faithandinnovation.com.
Family Shabbat Service, Bring Your Teacher &
Potluck Dinner
comcast.net, or www.taynh.org
7:30 AM carpool from Congregation Ahavas Achim,
Keene
Carpool from Congregation Ahavas Achim or meet at
U Mass Amherst. Choose from easy 9, 18, or 36 mile
bike routes or a 5K Fun Walk or Fun Run. The postride celebration at the Hillel House includes a catered
kosher Israeli lunch, prizes, and a raffle! Contact
Rabbi Loewenthal to join her team, to sponsor her, or
to suggest a team name! More information: www.
umasshillel.org/ridetoprovide.
Sunapee-Kearsarge Jewish Community
Meeting
2 PM, Veteran’s Hall, Newbury
Bernard Avishai and Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi will present
a report from Israel. More information: Arthur Rosen,
763-4089.
Coffee House Dessert and New York Folk
Rock Concert
6:30 PM, Belknap Mill, Beacon Street E, Laconia
Gathering Time, a New York-based folk-rock trio,
performs in a benefit for Temple B’nai Israel. Arrive at
6:30 PM for the “overture,” an elaborate dessert
buffet (BYOB). Music begins at approximately 7:30
PM. $25 per person, $22.50 if prepaid for 4 or more.
To purchase tickets, visit www.tbinh.org.
Etz Hayim Men’s Club
Apple picking and a Pat’s game.
More information: Jay Madnick at jay@madnick.info.
Concert Starring Klezmer Stars Sruli and Lisa
Upper Valley Jewish Community
More information: 646-0460 or uvjc@valley.net.
Tuesday, October 8
Tai Chi for Seniors
Sisterhood Meeting
NH4Israel Speaker: Joe Smiga
Temple Israel, Manchester
Joe Smiga, author, will speak. This is part of
NH4Israel’s 2013-2014 educational programming.
More information: www.NH4Israel.org or
nh4israel@gmail.com.
Saturday, October 12
Pot Luck Dinner and Shabbat Service
Annie by the Manchester Community Theatre
Temple Israel, Dover
6:20 PM pot-luck dairy/vegetarian dinner, 7 PM
service. The dinner is a relaxed family-style Shabbat
dinner. All are welcome at no charge. More
information: 742-3976 or www.dovertemple.org.
7:30 PM, Jewish Federation, Manchester
For more information and ticket pricing:
www.mctp.info.
Saturday, October 5
Yoga Shabbat
9:30–11AM, Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry
More information: 432-0004 or www.etzhayim.org.
Havdalah Concert: Klezmer Stars Sruli and
Lisa
Upper Valley Jewish Community
More information: 646-0460 or uvjc@valley.net.
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Jewish Professional Network
5:15 PM, Chen Yang Li, Bedford
5:15 PM registration, 5:40 buffet dinner, 6 PM
“Getting to Success: The Nuances of Strategic
Business Planning & Market Execution,” presented by
Amir Toosi DBA, Dean, Business Division, Rivier
University. $15 per person. More information: Suzanne
Scholl, 880-4730, or afscholl@aol.com.
Thursday, October 17
Hadassah Book Club
7 PM, Jewish Federation of NH, Manchester
More information: Michele Bank at michele.bank@
gmail.com or 488-5657.
Friday, October 18
Shabbat Service of Music and Meditation
7 PM, Temple Israel, Dover
This 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
Lunch and Learn
10 AM, Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
7:30 PM, Jewish Federation, Manchester
www.mctp.info.
Sunday, October 20
2 PM, Jewish Federation, Manchester
www.mctp.info.
Christians and Jews United for Israel 8th
Annual Genesis Awards
3 PM, Temple Emeth, Chestnut Hill, MA
Featuring Genesis Award Recipient and Keynote
Speaker Former UN Ambassador John Bolton with
New England’s Consul General of Israel, Shai Bazak.
Four members of NH4Israel have been honored as
Genesis Award winners! More information: www.
NH4Israel.org or nh4israel@gmail.com.
Volunteers for Israel/Sar-El Reunion Boston
7 PM, Temple Emeth, Chestnut Hill, MA
Come to the Boston Volunteers for Israel/Sar-El reunion
for an exciting evening program and to meet other
alumni. Entertainment, speaker and door prizes! With an
Israeli Musical Duo from Berkley College: Oren Yaacoby,
an award-winning jazz/rock guitarist, and Tutti Druyan,
a renowned vocalist prodigy. Speaker Steve Litwok, a
member of the VFI Board, served in the IDF as a Lone
Soldier and is a parent of a Lone Soldier currently
serving in the IDF. All past, current, and future volunteers
are welcomed! Bring a friend! Light refreshments will be
served. RSVP to new-england@vfi-usa.org. More
information: (866) 512-3255 or www.vfi-usa.org.
Friday, October 25
Shabbat Adult B’not/B’nei Mitzvah Study
6 PM, Temple Israel, Dover
This is a monthly study program designed for adults
who never had the opportunity to celebrate a Bat or
Bar Mitzvah. This program will culminate in a groupled Adult B‘not/B’nei Mitzvah service on May 31,
2014. This program is open to all at no charge. More
Casino Fundraiser
Temple Adath Yeshurun, Manchester
Potluck Dinner
6 PM, Monadnock Havurah
Potluck dinner, Havdalah, and discussion led by
David Levene. David will discuss “Meat and
Mindfulness . . . Should we allow meat at Havdalah
pot-luck dinners, etc.?” More information: John at
547-8777 or infor@monadnockhavurah.org.
Sunday, October 27
Literature Lovers
7 PM, Upper Valley Jewish Community
The book that will be discussed is The Shaping of
Jewish History. A Radical New Interpretation by Ellis
Rivkin. More information: Susan Cohen, 643-3611 or
www.uvjc.org.
Book Club Meeting
Etz Hayim Synagogue, Derry
“Witches, Pop Culture, and the Past”
TBA Sisterhood Rummage Sale
10 Hale Hill Rd., Rindge
More information: Congregation Ahavas Achim,
352-6747 or www.keenesynagogue.org.
3 PM, Congregation Ahavas Achim, Keene
This is part of the Nathan E. Cohen Memorial Lecture
series. The speaker will be Robin DeRosa. Admission
is free, all are welcome. This program is sponsored
by The NH Humanities Council. More information:
352-6747.
Sunday, October 13
Tuesday, October 22
Tai Chi for Seniors
2 PM, Jewish Federation, Manchester
www.mctp.info.
Cathedral of the Pines Shabbat Services and
Picnic Lunch
The New Hampshire
Jewish Reporter
9 AM-3 PM, Temple Beth Abraham, Nashua
More information: Ricki Klopfer at 465-7654 or
rickik4@aol.com.
Special Religious School Program
4-5 PM, Temple Israel, Dover
Early Purim costume preview and Shalach Manot
candy exchange. All are welcome at no charge. More
Calendar continued on page 5
Federations Respond to Colorado Flooding
The Jewish Federations of North
America are mobilizing to help the victims of unprecedented flooding across
Colorado, which has swept through 15
counties, killing five and displacing thousands of people -- and the Jewish community has not escaped the disaster.
As of September 15, the Jewish Federations had opened a mailbox and online
donation fund and provided $50,000 in
emergency aid. At that time, more than
1,500 people were missing in the flooding,
which had wiped out roads and bridges
and destroyed or damaged thousands of
homes, businesses, and institutions.
“Our hearts and prayers go out to the
people of Colorado,” said JFNA Board
of Trustees chair Michael Siegal. “Jewish Federations across North America
are working closely with the Allied Jew-
ish Federation of Colorado and will do
whatever we can to help those in the
Jewish and general communities who
are suffering.”
In Boulder, several feet of floodwater
swept into both the Har Hashem Reform
synagogue and Bonai Shalom Conservative congregation, damaging both buildings, while the Chabad Lubavitch of
Boulder County was also badly hit.
Many community members are reporting
flooded homes as well.
The Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado was taking the lead in assessing
needs on the ground and distributing
funds and supplies throughout the community. The local Federation also opened
its own fund.
JFNA and its Emergency Committee
coordinated with the local Federation
and Executive Director Doug Seserman,
including working with NECHAMAJewish Response to Disaster, assessing
damages and starting recovery operations. On Sept. 16 the emergency committee allocated the initial $50,000 for
emergency aid to the Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado.
One hundred percent of donations to
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online, www.jewishfederations.org.
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in a Jewish atmosphere.
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As we look to the future, we are eager
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6 PM, Temple Beth Jacob, Concord
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Aronson for Havdalah and a concert. Tickets $15, $10/
student, $40/family. Doors open 5:30 PM. Open
seating. Dessert table at intermission. Wheelchair
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The 2nd Annual Micah Awards Ceremony: “
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2–4 PM, Listen Community Services Facility, White
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The Upper Valley Interfaith Project will present this
awards ceremony to honor local heroes. The Upper
Valley Jewish Community will recognize one of its
members as a Micah Hero. The awards ceremony
will also feature local foods. Tickets are $25. More
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In Their Own Words: What Jewish Summer Camp Meant to Me
Ayla Oshkello
This year I went to Camp Eden Village in Putnam Valley, NY, for three
weeks. Very generously, the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire donated
money for me to go to camp. In addition, I generously received funding for
camp from Congregation Ahavas
Achim’s Kapiloff camp fund. I am very
grateful for these gifts because I had a
wonderful time at camp!
Eden Village is an amazing camp!
They have lots of activities like boating,
swimming, arts and crafts, herbology,
music, wilderness, farming, and having
fun. Shabbat is a great experience. It is
very musical. The Shabbat morning services are really cool. Staff will act the
parsha out in an awesome, funny way.
The counselors and staff are really nice
and caring. One of the really cool things that
Eden Village does is love pranking. It’s
like pranking people only you do it in a
loving way. An example of a love prank
is writing a sweet note to one of your
bunkmates and giving it to her or him in
a secret way. I love love pranking. The food at Eden is out of this world!
One of my favorite meals was the oatmeal ricotta pudding. It was sooooo
good! The food is also healthy. All the
food is homemade. I think that is really
incredible. Also, some of the food grows
right outside in the farm that they have. A lot of people at camp including one
of my counselors played ukulele. I
learned how to play while I was there.
Eden Village is a very inspiring place. I
am excited to go back next year!
Ayla, the daughter of Stacey LondonOshkello and Craig Oshkello, lives in
Acworth.
Avi and Noah Goldman
Thanks to the generous donation
from the Jewish Federation, we spent
our first summer at Camp Ramah New
England in Palmer, MA.
Each tzrif (bunk) has 10-14 kids assigned to it. We were assigned to Ilanot
(small trees) bunk, which included all
boys going into 4th grade. We had four
counselors in our bunk including one
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Isaiah Baker at work on an art project at his Jewish summer camp.
from Israel. Every bunk does fun activities together like boating, playing Gaga,
basketball, and swimming. We also got
to select our very own chugim (clubs) in
addition to the standard activities. There
were so many different chugim to choose
from. It was a very hard choice! For the
first session , we picked tennis, outdoor
cooking, and rope climbing. The second
session, we picked basketball, woodworking, and pottery.
Our favorite part of camp was the
ruach (spirit) on Shabbat. We ate delicious chicken noodle soup, chicken, and
brownies every Friday night.
Yom Foam was also really fun too!
Firefighters from the town came and
squirted foam from their fire trucks that
was over three feet deep onto our field.
All the staff counted down and then we
all started running to the field. We were
covered in foam from head to toe. We
also enjoyed walking to Rondo’s, a local
ice cream store, and going on a field trip
to Six Flags Amusement Park. We also
learned tons of Hebrew songs and fun
dances and many Hebrew words from
the Israeli counselors.
We would recommend Camp Ramah
to anyone because it was so much fun.
We had a wonderful summer.
Avi and Noah, the sons of Sam and
Mimi Goldman of Bedford, attend 4th
grade at Memorial School.
Joshua Shamash
Camp Yavneh was a great experience
for me as a Jew and as a human being. It
was an excellent balance between learning to love my religion and meeting new
people while doing many enjoyable activities.
Every morning, after waking up at
7:45, the entire camp would meet around
the Toren, or flagpole, and sing the StarSpangled Banner. The same was done in
the evening, before dinner. After Mifkan,
as we called it, we would go to morning
T’filot.
Afterwards, we had breakfast, which
always included a main course, such as
waffles, and then there were always bagels on the side. Then our morning peulot, or periods, would begin: first chug,
or elective, kitah, or classes, and then
swimming in the agam, or lake.
Lunch was directly after this, and afterwards we would have Shaat Menuchah, or free time, for 45 minutes. During this time I would usually play ping
pong at the tables in the boy’s area. Afterwards my bunk mates and I would go
to random places in camp for our afternoon peulot. These could be anything
from woodworking to gardening to
swimming.
Dinner was likely the most anticipated meal at Yavneh. After all meals, we
would say Birkat Hamazon, the prayer
after meals.
I think the schedule of activities was
full and rewarding. I learned to rely on
myself for many things and to ask for
help (the few times it was needed).
Shabbat at the camp was exceptional.
The food was incredibly delicious. It included foods such as Oreo yogurt and
sweetened cereals for breakfast, kosher
deli meats for lunch, and macaroni and
cheese for dinner. (This was the only day
these items were served.) Each meal ended with a fun, extended Birkat Hamazon.
On Shabbat, we had more time to enjoy each other’s company and to consider Shabbat’s meaning and significance. My Shabbat experiences (at home
and elsewhere) have been good, but so
has this chance to be with many other
people my age to enjoy this special
weekly holiday available to all Jews.
I would like to thank the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire for helping
my family make my summer at Yavneh
happen.
Joshua, the son of Albert and Sonia
Shamash, lives in Concord.
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Teens Reflect on Israel: The Experience of a Lifetime
Amira Diamond-Bier
This past summer, thanks in part to a
grant I received from the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, I spent five
weeks exploring Israel through Habonim
Dror’s Machaneh Bonim B’Israel program with 117 other grade ten graduates
of Habonim Dror camps from all over
Canada and the United States. Habonim
Dror is a labour Zionist youth movement that I’ve been a part of for nine
years now. Together, we experienced
many parts of Israel, including crossing
the Kineret on a raft we built with our
own hands, hiking Masada to watch the
sunrise, and praying at the Western Wall.
We started in the Negev Desert, on
kibbutz Sde Boker, and sang Hatikva a
few feet from David Ben Gurion’s grave.
The desert was where I fell in love with
the country I was in. There’s a beauty
there that’s totally alien to New England’s lush green forests; a beauty of
tans, browns, and grays, of sand and
rock and tough plants.
Lake Kineret (or the Sea of Galilee)
was where I fell in love with the people I
was with. We spent two days there,
building rafts out of bamboo sticks, old
barrels, and pieces of rope. The expected
arguments never came, and both days
were filled with laughter, singing, and
more than a few rope burns. My small
group pushed off our raft second to last,
spent three hours playing games, talking, and splashing water on each other,
and landed on the other side first. Right
on the shore, we sat and recounted our
favorite parts of the experience and
what we had learned.
That was something we did often:
conversing about experiences we’d just
had, and helping each other decipher exactly what they’d meant to us, and why
they’d affected us the way they had. We
had a five-day seminar with our Israeli
sister movement—Ha’noar Ha’oved
Va’halomed (literally, the Federation of
Working and Learning Youth) —where
we did just that. They asked us what it
meant to be Jewish in the Diaspora, and
we asked them what it meant to be Jewish in Israel.
The answers were different for each of
us, of course. Even with those us from
the same areas, some were kosher, some
not, some shomer shabbas, some not,
and each of us had to examine and explain why we were that way. Sometimes
we had to admit we didn’t know why we
followed certain traditions, and then we
would all discuss why certain traditions
Amira Diamond-Bier and friends
from Machaneh Bonim B’Israel
were or were not worth keeping in their
present forms. Some of us took up new
traditions, and some altered old;
through the discussions and the debates
about what, exactly, Judaism meant to
us, that meaning changed and grew.
When the trip began, I knew eight of
the teenagers that were there with me.
By the end, I had 108 new perspectives
on Judaism and 108 connections to Judaism -- 109, if you count Israel itself. I
certainly do. I plan to return for a gap
year program and any opportunities I
get after that.
Amira Diamond-Bier, daughter of Ian
Bier and Paula Diamond, is a resident of
Durham and attends Oyster River High
School.
Jacob Gibney
My Europe/Israel experience with
North American Federation of Temple
Youth’s L’Dor V’Dor program started
even before I got to the airport. As I approached JFK Airport in New York, so
many feelings and thoughts were going
through my head that it was almost too
overwhelming to get out of the car. As I
walked into the terminal, I looked around
and saw no one that I could recognize
from the Facebook group that someone
in my group had started so we could get
to know each other even before we met
face to face. Finally, I saw a group of kids
about my age, looking lost and not exactly sure what to do. I immediately thought,
this is it, these are the people. As soon as I
introduced myself, I felt welcomed.
Through bag checks and ridiculous
amounts of security, we made our way
across the ocean to Europe, where we
met up with our counselors. We were
very lucky, because we had the best
counselors by far on the trip. They were
cool, well spoken, and outgoing, and we
made friends instantly. Throughout Europe, we made memories together as a
group, and it was one of the best experiences of my entire life.
I thought it couldn’t get any better,
but of course it did get better when I got
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to Israel. After we landed in the Ben
Gurion Airport in Israel, the journey really began. Countless bus rides, late bedtimes, and early wake ups were the new
norm. And even though we were all exhausted after the first day, we were all in
for the best summer of our lives.
We went all over the place: from the
Negev desert to the Sea of Galilee, from
the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean. In
all of these amazing places, we experienced first hand Jewish culture and spirit. We fought our way through bustling
marketplaces and walked reverently
through ancient ruins. We ate amazing
food and breathed clean, free air.
One of my passions is biking. And
something that really touched me was
when we went to look at the border wall
between Israel and the West Bank, there
was a dirt BMX/Mountain bike trail literally right next to the fence. This made
the wall seem a little less ominous but at
the same time made it feel more angry
and un-inclusive.
The trip ended much too soon for my
liking and for the liking of my group. It
was the last day, and we went to visit an
old lookout from during wartime. We sat
at the top and did our last friendship circle, and at that point we all started tearing
up. Just a few weeks prior to this circle, we
Jacob Gibney in Israel with NFTY’s
L’Dor V’Dor program.
were strangers to each other, and now we
were the closest of friends. I had never felt
so at home in my life, and I wanted it to
stay that way. My Israel trip is something
that I will never forget. The people that I
met on that trip were all good hearted and
friendly people, and I would give anything
to be with them right now.
I would like to thank the Jewish Federation of New Hampshire, Temple Beth Jacob’s Board, Sisterhood, and NFTY for
the contributions toward my trip. I would
not have been able to have the experience
of a lifetime without their generosity.
Jacob Gibney, the son of Tim and Katy
Gibney, lives in Goffstown and is home
schooled.
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450 Ethiopians Leave Gondar for Final Aliyah Flights
Jerusalem, Israel – Some 450 new immigrants from Ethiopia boarded two
Jewish Agency-chartered flights bound
for Israel on Wednesday, August 27.
Since 2010, thousands of Ethiopians
have immigrated to Israel as part of Operation Dove’s Wings. The flights will
bring this historic effort to a dramatic
close. A recording of the arrival ceremony is available on The Jewish Agency’s
website (www.jewishagency.org).
This project, Completing the Journey
of Operation Dove’s Wings, is supported by The Jewish Agency for Israel, Israel’s Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, The Jewish Federations of North
America (JFNA), the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ),
and Keren Hayesod – United Israel Appeal (KH-UIA), among others.
Operation Dove’s Wings began in November 2010 with the Government of Israel (GOI)’s decision to bring 8,000
Falash Mura in Gondar to Israel. The
GOI tapped The Jewish Agency to prepare those eligible for entry to Israel and
to facilitate their Aliyah in concert with
immigration eligibility standards regulated by Israel’s Ministry of the Interior and
in preparation for their resettlement in Israel by the Ministry of Absorption. Since
Dove’s Wings’ inception, The Jewish
A family prepares for their journey from Ethiopia to Israel in the final flight of
Operation Dover’s Wings last August.
Agency has brought 7,000 Ethiopian Jews
to Israel, the majority of whom are members of the Falash Mura community, and
several hundred of whom were eligible for
Aliyah through Israel’s Law of Return.
To prepare these olim (immigrants)
for a successful life in Israel, The Jewish
Agency for Israel has run a community
center in Gondar, Ethiopia for the past
three years and with the support of
NH4Israel Entertained
by Israeli Travel Tales
Manchester -- On Wednesday, August
28, NH4Israel member Greg Saltz entertained and educated the audience at
Manchester’s Temple Israel (TIM)
about the Middle East through the lens
of a just-returned tourist eager to show
a slide show of the trip. For those readers who have visited Israel, watching another slideshow of a trip to the sights
and sounds of the Holy Land would
likely be unremarkable. However, Greg
did not book a tour. He and his brother
set off to find an adventure without tour
busses, guides holding aloft unopened
orange umbrellas, or deluxe accommodations at the King David. They took
each day and moment as it came. If a
Bedouin offered them an overnight stay
in his earthen dwelling, they accepted
and made a night of it -- and many more
nights of recollections. Since he had
only returned a week before delivering
this talk, his recollections and presentation were both fresh and refreshing.
With the exception of holiday conflicts, NH4Israel hosts biweekly talks
with refreshments at TIM at 6:30 PM on
alternate Wednesdays. If other venues
and weekdays are scheduled, word of the
change are 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. Keeping you connected
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IFCJ and JFNA. This center has provided a wide range of educational and
social services. Upon their repatriation
in Israel, The Jewish Agency housed
these new immigrants in 17 absorption
centers throughout the country that are
run by The Agency and Israel’s Absorp-
tion Ministry.
Chairman Sharansky shared that “this
is a moving historical moment, and upon
the completion of operation Dove’s
Wings, we have come full circle with
what started three thousand years ago.”
Since 1948, with the founding of Israel, 90,000 Ethiopian Jews have immigrated to Israel. Sharansky thanked The
Agency’s global and Israeli partners for
their sustained support to bring
these olim to Israel and to facilitate their
absorption there. He added, “The Jewish Agency will continue to assist any
Ethiopians deemed eligible for Aliyah
by Israel’s Interior Ministry, as we do for
Jews worldwide.”
Minister of Absorption Sofa Landver
said, “Three years after I advised the
Prime Minister of Israel to bring Operation Dove’s Wings to an end, to close the
compound in Gondar and to complete
the journey of organized Aliyah from
Ethiopia, I am proud to take part in this
historic event. I wish to thank all our
partners and promise that the Government of Israel will do everything in its
power to resettle these new immigrants
in the best way possible.”
Israeli Sunflowers Bloom in NH
Derry -- On May 5, 2013, Etz Hayim
Synagogue, 1 ½ Hood Road, Derry,
held a walk for Israel in celebration of
its 65 birthday. This was done in conjunction with the Afikim Foundation’s
worldwide Walk the Land commemoration. At that time the synagogue distributed sunflower seeds from Israel. Each
package read, “These Israeli seeds;
planted worldwide, symbolize the value
that Israel places on life, and the innumerable contributions that this small
country has made to all corners of our
world. All in just 56 years”
Peggy Tucker planted the sunflower
seeds in June in her New Hampshire
garden, and they now proudly welcome
the New Year, 5774.
Israeli sunflowers make the connection to Israel in Peggy Tucker’s NH
garden.
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another NH community and want to help produce the
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We are looking for people all over the state who are interested in
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To get involved, contact thereporter@jewishnh.org
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Oslo Accords Debated, Rather Than Celebrated, on 20th Anniversary
By Alex Traiman/JNS.org
Twenty years after the signing of the
fateful Oslo Accords between Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman
Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzchak Rabin, Knesset members
are heavily debating the merits of the
peace process and the two-state solution paradigm.
Parliamentarians from both Israel’s
left and the right agree that the process
has not yielded the results anyone would
have hoped for, including the deaths of
more than 1,000 Israelis and 3,000 Palestinians, and agree that the Israelis and
Palestinians are more skeptical than
ever about the prospects for a negotiated
settlement.
Where Knesset members disagree is on
whether the process was flawed from the
outset, and on whether the principles
that led to the signing of the interim
peace agreement should still be applied.
Consequently, the 20-year anniversary of
the Oslo Accords—signed Sept. 13,
1993—is not a celebration of the agreement’s outcome, but rather a debate on
its merits.
“The main lesson is that the paradigm
of the left, that land for peace will bring
security to the region, has failed, and this
is the time to think clearly that we should
not endorse a Palestinian state,” Member
of Knesset and Deputy Defense Minister
Danny Danon (Likud) told JNS.org.
Member of Knesset Hilik (Yehiel) Bar,
Secretary General of the Labor Party
and Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, said
to think about the alternatives to the
Oslo Accords and to Israeli-Palestinian
conflict negotiations “is foolish, unfair,
and it will not happen.”
“There is no other option than to have
a Jewish state and a Palestinian state that
is based on the ‘67 borders,” Bar told
JNS.org.
Currently, details of the new round of
Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations,
which were announced in July, are largely
being kept from the public. The negotiations are being advanced by Secretary of
State John Kerry and Martin Indyk, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel. Indyk
has come under scrutiny for serving on
the board of the New Israel Fund, a leftleaning NGO that heavily funds anti-settlement and anti-religious activity.
While Israeli prime minister Benjamin
Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority
president Mahmoud Abbas appear to be
entertaining the possibility that a peace
settlement can be reached through the
current round of negotiations, most Israelis and Palestinians alike are not paying much attention.
In an unusual turn of events, members
of Israel’s governing coalition and the
prime minister’s party are coming out
against negotiations, while members of
the opposition are supporting the government’s initiative.
“The prime minister said clearly that
he supports negotiations without preconditions. Yet he hasn’t said where he stands
on the outcome of negotiations,” said Likud’s Danon.
“I think the Israelis are waking up and
they have understood that the idea is not
valid anymore, and we see more and
more Israelis shifting. We should not endorse any idea that we will give land to
the Palestinians,” he said.
Labor’s Bar, however, believes it is the
very distrust between Israelis and Palestinians that makes segregating Israel into
two separate states a necessity. Bar insists
that if peace efforts had played out only
slightly differently, the creation of an independent Palestinian state in the West
Bank provinces of Judea and Samaria
could have resulted.
“We had three major attempts to
make peace,” said Bar. “One was Rabin,
Arafat. The treaty was signed. But as
we know, Rabin was shot down by a
Jewish terrorist. There is no way to
know what would have happened if
Rabin were still alive.”
The second attempt was between Prime
Minister Ehud Barak and Arafat, according to Bar. During those negotiations, Barak offered Arafat more than 95
percent of the West Bank for a Palestinian state. Arafat famously rejected the offer, and embarrassed mediating U.S.
President Bill Clinton in the process.
“Arafat chose to die as a shahid (martyr), not as a peacemaker. That was his
choice,” Bar said.
In the third round, between Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert and Abbas, “Both
sides say that it was Olmert’s legal complications within Israel that prevented
the negotiations from going all the way,”
Bar said.
While the three rounds of negotiations
ultimately resulted in increasing distrust,
intifadas, Israeli military operations, and
a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from
Gaza, Bar suggested that Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations may still deliver results.
“This current Knesset has a very clear
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majority for the two-state solution. I
think that more than 70 Knesset Members would vote for a two-state solution
if brought for a vote,” Bar told JNS.org.
“The status quo is unsustainable,” he
said.
Other Knesset members are not as optimistic that negotiations will cure decades of unrest.
“Every time you try a certain medicine and it doesn’t work, you need to either realize the medicine doesn’t work or
reanalyze the disease,” said Deputy
Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotevely
(Likud).
“Oslo was based on three incorrect assumptions,” Hotevely said. “The first assumption is that the conflict is about territory. The second assumption is that
Arabs and Jews should not live together,
and that segregation and separate states
can create peaceful existence. The third
assumption was that the conflict was
about 1967.”
“[Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon pro-
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posed segregation, with the unilateral
disengagement from Gaza,” she said.
“The result was radicalism. Hamas took
over. Gaza didn’t become Singapore like
many hoped it would. Instead, rockets
started falling on Sderot.”
As to whether the current peace talks
will yield results, Hotevely is certain they
won’t.
“I’m sure Bibi Netanyahu has goodwill, but the talks will fail. The reason is
because the conflict is not about [Israeli
territorial expansion in] 1967, it is about
Israel’s independence in 1948,” Hotevely
said. “The conflict is not about territory.
The conflict is religious. It may be difficult for liberals to realize that the conflict
may not have a logical solution.”
“We’ve been there, we’ve done that.
We’ve tried it. It failed. We need to try
something else,” she said.
Meanwhile, the debate on Oslo continues.
Reprinted with permission of JNS.org.
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Dor Excavations Reveal Iron Age and Hellenistic Structures
Dor, Israel -- The 33rd season of excavation at Dor was concluded successfully in August 2013 with the participation
of students and volunteers from Israel
and the United States, directed by Prof.
Ilan Sharon of the Hebrew University
and Dr. Ayelet Gilboa of the University
of Haifa. Excavation concentrated on
remains of two periods: the Iron Age
and the Hellenistic period.
From the Iron Age, remains of two
very large 9th century BCE buildings
were uncovered, dating to the period
when Dor served as an administrative
center of the Kingdom of Israel. One of
them is constructed entirely of welldressed stones (ashlars) and the other is
attached to a city wall that is also entire-
ly built of ashlars.
Both buildings attest to Dor’s
grandeur in this
period.
The Hellenistic
Dr. Ayelet Gilboa public building
of the University of excavated is one
Haifa, one of the of the largest
directors of the ex- structures of this
cavation at Dor in period ever excaHof Hacarmel.
vated in the Levant. Finds associated with it, such as a gemstone portraying Alexander the Great and an exquisite mosaic, attest to the Greek taste
and the high standard of living of Dor’s
inhabitants. Excavation of refuse pits
dating to the 5th
century BCE (the
Persian Period in
Israel) uncovered
figurines and jewelry items that were
dumped into them.
The excavation served as a field-school
for students of the associated institutions, and an architectural conservation
course also took place during the season, where students gained hands-on experience in this aspect of archaeological
work. At the end of the season the finds
were exhibited in the “Mizgaga” Museum at Kibbutz Nahsholim, and staff
and students lectured on their research
-- an event open to the general public
and professionals and attended by hun-
dreds of people. Among other topics
was the oldest evidence for spice trade
with southeast Asia -- more than 3,000
years ago! Excavations are scheduled to
continue in July-August 2014. The same
buildings will continue to be explored,
but deeper layers will also be excavated,
dating to the time when Dor was a Phoenician harbor town.
For details: dorproj@mail.huji.ac.il;
agilboa@research.haifa.ac.il; sharon@
mscc.huji.ac.il; http://dor.huji.ac.il/.
Dor is located in Hof Hacarmel, New
Hampshire’s Sister City in Israel. To
learn more about the Hof Hacarmel Connection or join the JFNH Hof Hacarmel
Committee, contact office@jewishnh.org.
Pen Pals Program Connects Teens in NH and Hof Hacarmel
The Hof Hacarmel Connection is
once again linking teens in New Hampshire religious schools with students
their age in Hof Hacarmel, Israel. This
year, students in Portsmouth, Nashua,
and Manchester will “meet” their counterparts in Israel by writing notes and,
eventually, saying hello through Skype.
The program was developed by the
Sister City Committee of the Jewish
Federation of New Hampshire. Cochair Einat Shpringer says, “It is so
wonderful to see how enthusiastic the
NH students are to connect with a teen
their own age in Israel. They find out
about each others’ interests and activities, and even use some of their developing Hebrew and English skills.”
The first step in the Pen Pals Program
is for the principals in each school to
identify which students are interested in
participating. After they write their first
messages, Einat matches them up according to interests, and after that they
correspond several times during the
year, with their teachers providing some
guidance and oversight. Students in
grades five and six have participated in
New Hampshire.
This will be Portsmouth Temple Israel’s fourth year in the program, the second year for Temple Beth Abraham in
Nashua, and the first time for Temple
Adath Yeshurun in Manchester.
Anyone interested in participating in
the Pen Pals Program in the future or
getting involved with the Hof Hacarmel/Sister City Connection should contact the Federation at office@jewishnh.
org or call 627-7679.
A student in Temple Israel Portsmouth “meets” her pen pal in Hof Hacarmel,
Israel.
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HaTishma Koli – Is My Voice Heard?
The great poets offer us insights and
wisdom -- sometimes more than they
might have imagined. Our prayer books
are filled with great poetry -- but too often the selections are confined to the poets of the Middle Ages. I have found
some of my own greatest inspiration in
recent years through the works of Hebrew and Yiddish poets of the 20th century. At Temple Israel in Portsmouth
during the Kol Nidre service we encountered several of the ancient and traditional poems – and also an extraordinary piece of writing by “Rachel,” the
great Hebrew poet (Rachel Bluwstein,
1890–1931) [more on her at http://en.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Bluwstein]
whose writings still inspire each generation of Israelis. She is buried overlooking the Kineret, close by the grave of the
man she loved (mainly) from afar.
She wrote a poem for her beloved,
“HaTishma Koli” (Will you hear my
voice), which is seen by many as among
her most profound.
Will you hear my voice, you who are
so far from me …
Rabbi in the House
Rabbi Samuel Barth
Visiting Rabbi, Temple
Israel Portsmouth
A voice calling aloud, silently weeping
This busy world is vast, its ways are
many
Paths meet for a moment then part
forever
We go no searching, but our feet
stumble,
Cannot find again that which is lost
My teacher in London, Rabbi Dr.
Jonathan Magonet, included this poem
in the High Holyday liturgy by turning
the word “you” into “You” -- suggesting
that the poem might be addressed to
God, “Will You hear my voice, You who
are so far from me?”
The entire text of the poem is transformed into a prayer, a prayer that might
even be recited by a person uncertain if
God is listening -- or even there.
I believe that in this poem we can find
many of the questions that are important for Jewish life today -- for us as inividuals, but also for synagogues and
Federations. Is anyone listening? Does
anyone care for us? Can we find others
to share our journey, our joys as well as
our sorrows? At their best that is what
synagogues (regardless of denomination) can and should be. A place where
each person is heard, a place where we
can bring our questions, a place where
we might find what we lost along the
way … friends, community, love. Especially in this decade there is no test of
belief or of knowledge to enter the
(open) doors of our communities. There
are many examples around the country
of communities and congregations that
have found success not in the certainty
of their answers but in the depth of their
questions -- and in their embrace of
each other.
Perhaps that is our work for the coming year. I invite all in roles of leadership -- and even more I invite all who
care about our Jewish future to invest
your time and your heart and your soul
(as well as some much needed funding)
in our community. Find a way to be
there to ask a question, to invite a (new)
friend to your home for Shabbat dinner,
to add your voice to those singing the
ancient and modern songs of our people. Your place is waiting, and each person is greatly needed.
A lovely recording of this poem can
be heard at http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=e4dPtTu1JoY.
The full words can be found at http://
hebrewsongs.com/?song=zemernugeh.
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Reviewed by Merle Carrus
Family History at the Center of Two New Books
Two new books this month look at
family history: The Forgetting River, by
Doreen Carvajal, and My Mother’s Secret, by J.L. Witterick.
Journalist Doreen Carvajal has covered European news for The New York
Times and the International Herald Tribune for over 25 years. During her travels, people have commented to her about
her family name and questioned its origins. She was raised as a Catholic in California, with distant relatives living in
Costa Rica. Now she calls Paris, France,
home for herself, her husband, and her
young daughter.
Recently, she began to suspect her
family might have Jewish roots. As she
starts to look into her family history,
she begins to uncover the secrets that
have been locked away in the minds of
the elders of the Carvajal family for
generations. A letter comes from her
father’s first cousin: “With respect to
the question of the Carvajals,” she
writes in Spanish, “its always complicated as usual with our family….
Mama was the one who knew, and she
used to say our origins were from sefarditas,” Sefarditas is the Costa Rican
term for Sephardic Jews.
Carvajal moves her family to the old
world town of Arcos de la Frontera in
the south of Spain looking for her family’s religious heritage and family history, while she investigates the town’s secret history during the time of the Spanish Inquisition. Using research, conversations with locals, and modern DNA
science, she unravels the history of her
family’s religious past. She discovers
that her true heritage is connected to
Jewish Spain, and that her ancestors
were forced to convert during the Spanish Inquisition.
In a fictionalized account of a righteous gentile, My Mother’s Secret tells
the true story of
Franciszka Halamajowa and how she
taught her children through example the
way to treat other people in the world.
The fictional story is told from daughter
Helena’s point of view. She tells of growing up with a strict, Nazi-sympathizing
father and an imaginative, loving, and
warm mother. As WWII begins, the
mother leaves her husband and Germany and goes home to a small Polish town
with her teenage children. When the war
reaches Sokal, Poland, Franciszka
makes the choice to hide not only one
Jewish family in the shed, but in the end
she also saves another Jewish family in
the basement and a German soldier in
the attic. At the end of 20 months, as the
war ends and it is safe to come out of
hiding, all the people Franciszka has
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meet each other for the first time. She arranges for the Jewish family to hide the
German soldier as a member of their
family as they leave Poland.
Helena’s mother taught her and her
brother Damian important values in
life. She believed it was the choices you
made in life that mattered: “If you
choose to do the right thing, it’s a conscious decision at first. Then it becomes
second nature. You don’t have to think
about what is right, because doing the
right thing becomes who you are, like a
reflex. Your actions with time become
your character.”
J.L. Witterick is a first-time author
from Canada. She saw this true story of
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Gathering Time, Next Generation of Folk Rock
Coming to the Historic Belknap Mill in Laconia
Laconia -- Gathering Time, a high-energy folk-rock New York trio, will bring
soaring harmonies and dynamic sets to a
dessert and concert event at the Historic
Belknap Mill in Laconia on Saturday,
October 6. The evening is a fundraiser
for Temple B’nai Israel.
Stuart Markus, Gerry McKeveny, and
Hillary Foxsong have been astounding audiences in the New York metropolitan
area in venues from house concerts to outdoor festivals, churches and synagogues,
and prime folk rock radio shows nationwide. An evening with Gathering Time
ranges from “sweet and sentimental to joyous and energetic, from irreverently funny
to heart stoppingly serious, with eclectic
sets that include new twists on traditional
folk, beloved classics from the ‘60s, and
strong originals,” according to the Garden
City Long Island News.
The immense success of last season’s
concert by the Boxcar Lilies led the Temple B’nai Israel producing team to continue to review bands to present to Lakes Region audiences. Ken Goodman researched
hundreds of potential performers before
deciding on Gathering Time and knew he
had found a winner. This third concert in
the series has been moved to the Belknap
Mill to accommodate the audience that
overfilled the previous venue.
Gathering Time’s remake of Peter
Yarrow’s “Light One Candle” has been
spun on stations ranging from NYC’s
top-rated WCBS-FM to Israel’s Galilee
Plains, as have their “Songs of Hope and
Freedom” CD offerings. The newest CD,
“Red Apples and Gold,” with themes of
history, family tradition, and harvest
The Gathering Time Trio will appear
on Sunday, October 6, at the Historic
Belknap Mill in Laconia at a fundraiser for Temple B’nai Israel.
time, rose to #5 on the Folk DJ charts
last September and finished #19 in the
top 100 for the year 2012.
Noted Lakes Region area caterers
Cathy Erving of Rustic Gourmet and
Josette Lippincott-Smith of Josette’s
Fine Catering, J.B. Scoops Ice Cream,
The Common Man, and the Bakery at
Moulton Farm are pooling their dessert
specialties to enrich the cruise-style dessert buffet that precedes the concert.
Ticket holders are asked to arrive at
6:30 PM for the “overture,” an elaborate dessert buffet (BYOB). Gathering
Time music begins at approximately
7:30 PM and, in the words of a New
York radio disc jockey, will deliver
harmonies that can “charm the birds
out of the trees.” Tickets are $25 per
person or $22.50 if prepaid for parties
of 4 or more. To purchase tickets, visit
www.tbinh.org. For more information,
contact info@tbinh.org.
Boston Museum Hosts World Premier of IMAX Film JERUSALEM
Boston— Jerusalem: sacred to half
the people on earth; fought over more
than any other place in history; conquered and destroyed, rebuilt and reinvented repeatedly over 5,000 years. Now,
for the first-time ever, a new giant screen
film adventure immerses audiences in a
spectacular cinematic journey—soaring
high above the Holy Land and plunging
deep into the vibrant Old City—so they
can experience as never before the iconic
sites cherished by billions. Premiering on
September 20, 2013, in the Museum of
Science’s Mugar Omni Theater, JERUSALEM is a captivating new film that
explores on a grand scale the intersection of science, history, and religion in
this enigmatic city. The museum is also
currently displaying the Dead Sea Scrolls
exhibit, on loan from Israel.
Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch
(“Star Trek into the Darkness,” PBS’s
“Sherlock”), JERUSALEM gives audiences a rare glimpse of the ancient, storied city, as well as exclusive access to
iconic holy sites and little-known parts of
the region—including the Western Wall,
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the
Dome of the Rock, the Jordan River, the
Sea of Galilee, and the mountain fortress
of Masada. Filmmakers were granted
special permission in the region’s strict
no-fly zone, enabling them to capture the
first-ever large format aerial images of the
Old City and throughout the Holy Land.
Audiences will discover why this tiny
piece of land is sacred to three major reli-
gions through the stories of Jewish,
Christian and Muslim families who call
Jerusalem home. They will also join renowned archaeologist, Dr. Jodi Magness,
as she travels underground to solve some
of this city’s greatest mysteries. Find out
why, after thousands of years, Jerusalem
and the Holy Land continue to stir the
imagination of billions of people.
“We are excited to introduce our visitors to such a remarkable film about
one of the world’s oldest and most extraordinary cities, and thrilled to host
the film’s world premiere in our Mugar
Omni Theater,” said Paul Fontaine,
Museum of Science vice president of
education. “JERUSALEM explores
how the city became a vital cultural
crossroads and of spiritual importance
to three of the world’s major religions,
and how its historical, artistic, and religious significance has influenced so
many different cultures.”
“Through the unrivaled beauty, visceral nature and incredible technology
of the giant screen format, you feel as if
you are experiencing Jerusalem up-close
and first-hand,” said writer/director
Daniel Ferguson.
The Mugar Omni Theater is New
England’s only IMAX® Dome theater,
and continues to provide visitors with
some of the world’s most awe-inspiring
experiences via its five-story-high screen
and heart-thumping surround sound
system. The Omni Theater has welcomed more than 17.5 million visitors,
transporting them to some of the world’s
most wondrous places.
Admission to the Mugar Omni Theater is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors (60 +)
and $8 for children (3-11).For information on tickets and show times, please call
617-723-2500, 617-589-0417 (TTY), or
visit the Museum’s web site at mos.org.
Annie Takes the MCTP Stage
Manchester -- It may be raining out your window while
you’re reading this article, but…
(wait for it…) “The sun’ll come
out tomorrow.” Manchester
Community Theatre Players (MCTP) is
pleased to present Annie at the Federation Theater in Manchester on October
12, 13, 19, and 20.
In the depths of the 1930s Depression,
Annie is a fiery young orphan girl who
must live in a miserable orphanage run by
the tyrannical Miss Hannigan. Her seemingly hopeless situation changes dramatically when she is selected to spend a short
time at the residence of the wealthy munitions industrialist, Oliver Warbucks.
Quickly, she charms the hearts of the
household staff, and even the seemingly
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cold-hearted Warbucks cannot
help but learn to love this wonderful girl. He decides to help
Annie find her long lost parents
by offering a reward if they come
to him and prove their identity. However,
Miss Hannigan’s evil brother Rooster and
his accomplice Lilly plan to impersonate
those people to get the reward for themselves, which puts Annie in great danger.
Annie stars Brooke Flanders in the title
role, joined by dad Mark Flanders, Jessica Miller, Georgia Schill, and Tzipora
Yellin. Annie is directed by Alan D. Kaplan, with choreography by Loren Hallet, musical director A. Robert Dionne,
and stage manager Steve Short. For more
information and ticket pricing, please see
www.mctp.info.
Jewish Reporter
In an Annie cast photo are community members Georgia Schill, Tzipora
Yellin, and Brooke Flanders as Annie. They perform with the Manchester Community Theatre Players on
Oct. 12, 13, 19, and 20. (photo by
Alan D. Kaplan)
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From Starbucks Cards to Pharaoh Punching Bags,
Synagogues Stay in Touch With College Students
By Debra Rubin/JNS.org
What do hamantaschen, a Starbucks
gift card and a pharaoh punching bag
have in common? They’re all goodies
that Jewish college students may find in
care packages sent by their hometown
synagogues.
Synagogues across denominations
keep in touch with college students in a
variety of ways, from sending holiday
food packages and putting the students
on the newsletter mailing list, to inviting
them to participate on Facebook pages
and having the rabbi visit campus to take
them out for dinner. The Union for Reform Judaism, the United Synagogue for
Conservative Judaism, and the Orthodox
Union all encourage such connections,
with many synagogues requiring only
that parents supply a campus address but
others charging parents a fee.
At the Greenburgh Hebrew Center in
Dobbs Ferry, NY, students receive care
packages for Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah, Purim and Passover. The packages
typically consist of kosher holiday-related
foods, but freshman can also expect an
electric menorah for Hanukkah, while
older students might get a mug or glass
dreidel. Plus, they’ll get the occasional
email from their rabbi, as well as information about Birthright Israel, the program
that sends young adults 18-26 to Israel at
no cost. “I get wonderful, wonderful little
thank you notes,” says Naomi Feinkind,
who has chaired Greenburgh’s Koach
outreach program for the past decade. “I
get kids that are in their late 20s who say,
‘I still have that menorah,’” she says.
Feinkind recounts the time a student
told her that he and his roommate, who
was also Jewish, had been thinking
about getting a Christmas tree their
freshman year -- until the Hanukkah
package showed up. “They scuttled the
tree,” she says.
At Adat Shalom in Farmington, MI,
Jodi Gross has been working on college
outreach since 2006. “When students go
away to college, I think they’re in that
part of their lives where they’re looking
for something,” she says. “It’s important
that they know that the rabbi, the cantor,
and myself, as education director, are
there for them if they need help.”
Adat Shalom students receive a Starbucks gift card for Hanukkah, along with
a letter from the rabbi or cantor, and a
food package for Passover. “We send the
junk food,” she says, “usually the kinds
of things that you can’t find near campus,” along with information on how to
make a kitchen kosher for Passover.
She also maintains a Facebook page
geared to the students and invites students coming home for the High Holy
Days to help lead youth services so that
they remain connected to the synagogue.
And, with 80%-90% of Adat’s students
attending schools in state, one of the clergy tries to visit each campus at least once
a semester.
Josh Maroff, who’s entering his second
year at Michigan State University,
doesn’t think the Facebook page is much
help. “It’s not like a conversational page,”
he says. Overall, he calls the outreach,
particularly the campus visit, “a nice way
to remind you there are people at home
who care about you, to remind you about
the importance of Judaism.”
His freshman year he was one of about
15 students—half from his class—to attend a dinner with Rabbi Aaron Bergman. It was really nice, Maroff, 18, says,
“to have the Jewish conversations we had
in Hebrew school that we hadn’t had in a
while.” For his part, Bergman says, “I’m
just there to hang out. Let’s have some
food together and hang -- just to see
what’s on their mind and what they’re
thinking, who looks happy and who
looks not so happy.”
Staying in touch is part of maintaining
continuity, officials say. “Hopefully
they’ll remember us in the future or remember that a synagogue cared about
them,” Berman says. “I just want them to
have a good thought about the Jewish
community.”
When Ari Paskoff joined Temple Rodef Shalom in Falls Church, VA, as
youth director a couple of years ago, he
thought that gifts such as an Egyptian
pharaoh punching bag or matzah-decorated juggling balls might be a little
cheesy. But he found that students get a
kick out of them. Plus, he says, the holiday packages, which also typically included holiday-related foods, make an
impact on the congregation’s younger
students. “When I’m packing the stuff,
the youth groups I work with will see
what we’re doing and say, ‘I can’t wait till
I get that in college,’” Paskoff says.
Jewish Intentional Communities
Initiative Begins This Fall
The Pearlstone Center, Hazon, and the
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
have announced that they are launching
a Jewish Intentional Communities Initiative. Hazon is a nonprofit organization
focused on creating healthier and more
sustainable communities in the Jewish
world and beyond.
According to the groups, “Together we
share a vision that over the next 3-10
years, new Jewish intentional communities will bloom across the country—from
urban kibbutzim to rural moshavim, suburban co-ops, and more—and that these
dynamic and vibrant new Jewish communities will become inspiring catalysts
in an ongoing renaissance in American
Jewish life.”
To launch the initiative, they are convening a national conference on Jewish
Intentional Communities at Pearlstone, a
Jewish retreat center in Reisterstown,
MD, on November 1-3, 2013. They anticipate participants from across the
country, including people who are already members of intentional communities as well as those who are just curious
and excited by the idea. The organizers
say, “We hope to learn from and share
with each other, vision together, and
plant seeds for communities to come.”
Their goals are to learn about the Jewish historical and cultural roots of intentional communal living; build relationships through learning, prayer,
meals, and rituals; learn from successful
communities – urban and rural, Jewish
and diverse; learn tools and gain skills
for communal application; join an international network cultivating Jewish intentional community; build skills in
non-violent communication, ecological
sustainability and community design,
and community economics and finances; meet with a diverse and pluralistic
Jewish community; and celebrate community culture.
Next year’s conference (in 2014) will be
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Letters to the Editor
Response to Rick Sirvint
[Rick Sirvint’s letter was published in
the September issue of the Reporter]
Dear Mr. Sirvint,
I was initially excited to see your letter,
thinking how wonderful it was that
someone wanted to engage in a passionate theological discussion, but as I read
further, I was very disappointed. It
turned out to not be the beginning of a
machloket l’shem shamayim, a “dispute
for the sake of heaven,” but rather a hostile pronouncement.
Mr. Sirvint, I sense that I seem to have
disturbed your sense of the universe,
causing you to react as if threatened. Yet
even if your words were coming from
your Yetzer ha Ra, your impugning of
my congregants and congregation cannot be allowed to stand unchecked. In
this act, you have surely missed the mark.
If you think that I am an atheist, you
surely missed the point of my column. If
you think there is no prayer or worship
at our synagogue, I invite you to attend
a Shabbat service, or to join me in wrapping tefillin on a Wednesday morning.
I shared some of my early spiritual
struggle for an important reason. Most
of the Jews I come in contact with are
looking for a way in to a belief system
that strains credibility, and strains faith
as well, in this post-Holocaust era, this
time of hester panim. I want to provide a
model of wrestling with G-d, of finding
a way to reconcile the rational and the
supra-rational.
I have helped congregants move from
rejection of religion to a more open, interpretive stance through the process of
active questioning. For the majority of
Jews I deal with, this questioning is what
leads them into relationship with G-d. It
sounds like, for you, questioning leads
you away from G-d. It’s good that you
know that about yourself. I did not in
any way mean to tell you that you should
believe in G-d in the way that I do.
Frankly, your response, on the other
hand, implies that there is only one authorized theology, which is yours. Mr.
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Sirvint, we Jews have no Pope. We have a
multi-vocal tradition that changes
through the eras. Contrast Maimonides’
views of G-d with those of Rebbe Nachman, for example.
Your trying to prescribe a one-sizefits-all theology for all Jews is self-aggrandizing, unrealistic, and certainly
not the way to start a machloket l’shem
shamayim.
I hope that in this New Year, that instead of just heat, you will find a way to
bring more light into the world.
Rabbi Amy Loewenthal
Congregation Ahavas Achim
Keene
Middle East Equilibrium
To foster world stability, it is in the
best interest of the U.S. to promote
equilibrium in the Middle East.
Israel should be kept strong because
it is a Western oriented ally and buffer
country in the region.
Iraq was a buffer against Iran. With
the death of Hussein and the takeover
by the Shiites, the balance of power has
shifted to Shiite Iraq, Iran, Syria, and
Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The Sunni majority in Syria, supported
by Sunni Saudi Arabia and the Emirates,
are fighting President Assad of Syria,
a Shiite. We should support the Sunnis
in Syria with some arms and hope they
can hold their own and keep Assad off
balance. Since the Syrian rebels have al
Qaeda elements among them, we do not
want to strengthen them, nor weaken
Assad, too much.
Egypt is a dubious friend of the
U.S. The Sunni Muslim Brotherhood
continues to cast a shadow on the
country. We should back the Egyptian
military as a counter-weight to the
Islamists in Egypt.
Sectarianism in the Middle East
prevails over national identity, and
conflicts will be fought due to sectarian
and religious differences. We have to
remember who our potential enemies
are in the world.
Donald A. Moskowitz
Londonderry
Concert Can Open Heart
and Spirit
TBI has embarked on a series of fund
raising concerts, coupled with food, of
course. This third concert of the series is
performed by a group called Gathering
Time from New York. Read about their
professional resume elsewhere in this
paper and hear their sounds at www.
Gathering-Time.com
The unique quality this group brings
to our Jewish community is its extensive
performance history in temples in
the New York area. For example, at
Temple Am-Echad on Long Island,
their music was actually incorporated
into the service. Working with the
Cantor Jerry Korobow, the only Jewish
person in the Gathering Time Trio, Stu
Markus, matched spiritual and socially
conscious songs to the service.
“Music can be a form of worship, even
for the non-religious,” Cantor Korobow
explained. “It’s a way to open the heart
and the spirit, to the most important
human values.” We at Temple B’nai
Israel hope you will join us at this event
to experience the magic of the music of
Gathering Time. I expect you will find
it satisfying, entertaining, emotional,
spiritual, and fun, as I did when I first
heard them perform. Tickets can be
purchased through the temple website
www.tbinh.org, and information and
questions can be sent to info@tbinh.org
Stu Needleman
Laconia
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Temple Beth Abraham to Host CROP Walk
Nashua -- On October 27, Temple Beth
Abraham (TBA) will host the CROP
Walk, 5.5-mile interfaith walk that raises
awareness and funds to fight poverty. This
year marks the seventh consecutive
CROP Walk for the TBA community.
CROP stands for communities responding to obliterate poverty. The walk
is currently 5.5 miles (8.8 km), though in
previous years it had been 10-11 km, and
over 20 years ago it was 10 miles long. A
shorter option of 2.75 miles (4+ km) is
also available. The walk leaves from the
temple after a brief 1 PM interfaith service, then winds through downtown
Nashua and Mine Falls Park before returning to the temple. Refreshment stops
along the route are staffed by middle
school youth. The returning walkers are
greeted with a hot dog BBQ and apple
crisp, along with music from TBA’s Raymond Street Klezmer Band and the New
Fellowship Baptist Church gospel choir.
The interfaith fellowship created helps to
strengthen this event year after year
The CROP Walk is Nashua’s largest interfaith event of the year. It is a visible
reminder that people of faith can join
forces for tikkun olam. This event raise
$40,000-50,000 per year, making it the
one of the largest walks in New England.
Some 25% of the money goes to local organizations providing sustenance: the
Nashua Soup Kitchen, the Salvation
Army, the St. John Neumann food pantry, and the Corpus Christi food pantry.
The remainder of the money is used,
through Church World Service (CWS),
for international relief and support.
Amy Porter, New England coordinator
for CWS, spoke at the event kickoff on
Sept. 11, noting that Nashua has raised
close to $1 million since it started 37 years
ago, and $325,624 between 2005 and
2012. That amount of money could pay
for one year of micronutrients for 27,135
children at risk of malnutrition, fliteracy
classes for 13,025 women that will make
the difference between getting a job and
going hungry, 2,690 emergency food
packages, each of which can feed a family
of five for one month, or 52 sand dams
bringing clean water to villages in
drought-affected areas.
At the kickoff event, the interfaith
Youth Drama Group, coordinated this
year by Pat Harris from First Church
Nashua UCC, presented a skit about
poverty. During the weeks before the
walk, the group will perform at local Sunday schools and religious schools, educating the youth about global poverty and
starvation, and inspiring many to bring
their families and friends to the walk.
In 2012 over 350 people walked and
volunteered in the CROP Walk on a gray,
rainy Sunday preceding a hurricane and
an election week. That walk raised over
$40,000 for world and local hunger and
poverty relief. In 2013, organizers hope
the funds raised will meet the $1 million
total for the Nashua CROP Walk. This
year’s CROP Walk is coordinated by the
First Church Nashua Presbyterian and
hosted again by Temple Beth Abraham.
Events start at 1 PM at TBA. For more
information, see http:nashuacropwalk.
blogspot.com.
Temple Adath Yeshurun Feeds the Hungry
Manchester -- Again this year Temple
Adath Yeshurun continues its tradition
of providing food for the hungry in our
community during our High Holiday
season. Through member donations facilitated by the Sisterhood, the bimah is
decorated with a bountiful array of
fruits and vegetables during the services,
which members deliver to New Horizons
food pantry following Rosh Hashanah
and again after Yom Kippur.
The annual “Religious Response to
Hunger,” an interfaith food drive led by
TAY for years, was coordinated again this
year by Judith Jolton. More than seven
area churches join with TAY to form a
caravan to deliver collected food to New
Horizons the day after Yom Kippur.
A group from Temple Adath Yeshurun delivered food collected by various congregations in the Religious Response to Hunger. Nancy Frankel (on left)
drove the lead van in the caravan.
Gail Ellis and Linda Rockenmacher arrange the fruits and vegetables on the
bimah at Temple Adath Yeshurun.
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NH Jewish Professional Network Collaborates with Portsmouth’s Temple Israel
NH Jewish Professional Network
held its 1st Annual Business Opportunities & Challenges Workshop on Sunday, August 25, at Temple Israel in
Portsmouth. Mark Kaplan, CEO, NH
Innovation Commercialization Center
was the presenter.
Destination Portsmouth represented the first collaboration between
and another Jewish organization
within New Hampshire since implementing NH Jewish Professional
Network’s Strategic Plan agreed to
by the Strategic Planning Committee
in the Spring of 2013.
Barney Share, president of the Board
of Directors; Bob Bradbard, a member
of the Board of Directors; Al Spaien,
Temple Israel historian; and Lisa Roseberry, office manager, worked with Suze
Scholl, moderator of NH Jewish Pro-
Jewish Harlem Walking Tour
Explores the Past
New York, NY -- The Lower East
Side Jewish Conservancy will present
the
Jewish
Harlem
Walking
Tour on Sunday, October 27, beginning
at 10:45 AM. Led by urban historian Marty Shore, this special tour explores the sites of Jewish religious life in
the remarkable urban settlement of
Harlem, once home to a Jewish population of over 175,000. Shore recounts the
history of the neighborhood while examining the exteriors of grand synagogues, including the former Temple Israel of Harlem, Congregation Shaarei
Zedek, and the Oheb Zedek Synagogue,
once home to internationally renowned
European cantor Yossele Rosenblatt. Tour-goers will also see “The Commandment Keepers,” the former home
of the Ethiopian Hebrew Synagogue.
The walking tour also takes a look at
the artistic contributions of Harlem’s
Jewish community, stopping at the
homes of composer Richard Rodgers
(of Rodgers and Hammerstein fame) as
well as the home of actor and activist
Gertrude Berg. Tour-goers will learn
about the relationship of Harlem’s Jewish community to those of the Lower
East Side and the then just-emerging
community of the Upper West Side.
The
Jewish
Harlem
Walking
Tour meets on the northeast corner of
Adam Clayton Powell Blvd and 125th
Street, in front of the statue of Adam
Clayton Powell. Admission is $18 for
adults and $16 for seniors and students. Pre-registration
is
recommended
at: http://www.nycjewishtours.org/calendar.htm#102713 or by calling 212374-4100 Ext 1 or 2. An additional fee
of $2 will be charged for registration the
day of the tour.
The Lower East Side Jewish Conservancy is a not-for-profit organization
dedicated to preserving, sharing and celebrating the Jewish Heritage of the Lower East Side. The Conservancy aims to
raise public awareness of the Lower East
Side’s distinct cultural identity through
innovative public walking tours and other programs, while supporting the neighborhood’s community of living synagogues and other historic structures.
fessional Network, to organize, advertise, and implement a terrific end-ofsummer event. The 1st Annual Business
Opportunities & Challenges Workshop
was held in Temple Israel, a magnificent synagogue, situated between
Strawbery Banke and Portsmouth’s
downtown at 200 State Street. Temple
Israel’s main sanctuary was built in the
early 1800s, while a newer space was
completed just a few years ago. It is an
integral stop along the Historic Trail
within Portsmouth.
wishes to thank Temple Israel, along
with Mark Kaplan, presenter, and all
the participants who attended the 1st
Annual Business Opportunities & Challenges Workshop for making this event
their priority. For questions or more information, please contact Suze Scholl at
880-4730 or email at sfscholl@aol.com.
Hadassah Plans Diverse
Fall Activities
Manchester -- The Manchester Chapter of Hadassah will hold its next meeting
on Thursday, October 3, at 1 PM in the
Federation Building on Beech Street.
On Thursday, October 17, at 7 PM the
Book Club will discuss The Invisible Wall
by Harry Bernstein. The discussion will
be led by Rachel Fischer, a librarian from
Contoocook, at the Federation. All are
invited to read the book and share in the
discussion.
On November 15-17, the Northern
New England Region of Hadassah is
planning to join other Northeastern
Chapters of Hadassah at a retreat at the
Cranwell Resort, Spa and Golf Club in
Lenox, Massachusetts. Some members
of the Manchester chapter plan on at-
tending. Anyone interested in learning
more about Hadassah, becoming inspired and enjoying the camaraderie of
other Hadassah members is invited to
contact Michele Bank.
Diane Lachance, CZT, is going to
teach the art of Zentangles on Thursday,
November 21, at 2:30 PM at the Federation No artistic talent is necessary, just a
desire to relax and learn how to create a
piece of art using repetitive patterns.
There is no charge for this activity, but
donations are appreciated. RSVP to
Linda Feinberg at 645-6762 so that sufficient art supplies can be available.
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Aaron Hill is lifted in the hora chair at his bar mitzvah August 24 at Temple Adath Yeshurun in Manchester.
The Hill family and Rabbi Beth Davidson join Aaron on the bimah at his bar mitzvah
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DeGroot, and guitarist Sarah Noyovitz planned the
sounds of the High Holidays at the Congregation’s
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Temple Israel Dover opened Religious School with
an exciting program of Tikkun Olam in action led
by Trashcanlid Productions.
Favorite Recipes: Liver Knishes and Challah
Below are two recipes by Kenneth Appel as they appeared in The Family
Cooks: Favorite Recipes of the Blumenthals, Steins, Ettingers, and Appels (Urbana, IL, 1990).
Liver Knishes
Filling:
1 lb. chicken livers
3 onions, sliced
3 eggs
Vegetable oil
1 tsp. salt
Pepper to taste
Broil livers lightly. Hard-boil the eggs.
Sauté the onions until golden brown.
Add seasoning and mix everything in
blender or food processor for a couple of
seconds.
¼ c. vinegar
¾ c. water
2 eggs
¼ c. sugar
7 ½ c. flour
Mix flour and margarine. Add egg.
Add vinegar and water to the other ingredients while the mixer continues to
blend them. Chill the dough until workable, up to two hours in refrigerator or 20
minutes in freezer. Preheat oven to 400º.
Roll the dough into 4-inch-wide strips
about 18 in. long. Spread liver mixture
on strips and roll into 18-inch-long rolls.
Put rolls on greased cookie sheet and
score every inch or so. Bake about 30
minutes, checking to see that bottoms do
not burn.
Ken wrote,“I got this recipe from my
aunts, Eva Graham and Ida Berson.”
Challah
Dough:
5 c. flour
1 lb. margarine
1 egg
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2 ½ c. warm water
1 ½ Tbsp. (or 1 ½ pkg.) dry yeast
1 Tbsp. salt
½ c. corn oil
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Sprinkle yeast over warm water in a
large bowl and stir to dissolve. Add the
remainder of the ingredients, except the
flour, and mix thoroughly. Gradually add
enough flour so that the dough can be
kneaded easily (the 7 ½ cups in the recipe
is an estimate; if you are trying the recipe
for the first time, start with 6 cups and
add flour until you can work the dough
without getting your hands wet.) On a
lightly floured board, knead the dough
for 10 min. or so, until it feels smooth.
Place the dough in a clean greased bowl,
cover, and let rise in a warm place for
about 2 hrs. (It should approximately
double in bulk -- if no warm place is easily available, an unheated oven with a pot
of very hot water will do the job.)
Push the dough down and wait a half
hour. Divide the dough in half. (It should
weigh about 3 ½ pounds so each half is
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about 1 ¾ pounds -- this is convenient to
keep in mind for multiple recipes.) On a
floured board, divide each half into
thirds and form into long rolls. Pinch
three rolls together at one end and braid.
Place in a loaf pan. Brush the loaves with
an egg yolk mixed with 1 tsp. of water.
Let rise again for about a half hour.
Bake in a preheated 375º oven for 20
min., then at 350º for about 30 min. more.
The loaves should be a deep golden
brown. One recipe makes two loaves.
Ken wrote in 1990: “I have used this
recipe for 30 years, since finding it in the
Champaign, Illinois, Sinai Temple cookbook. I bless a Mrs. Selicovitz, whom I
have never met, for it. If you are using
modern black baking pans, decrease temperatures by about 25º to avoid burning
the bottoms.”
Kenneth Appel passed away in April in
Dover, NH. His obituary was published in
the June issue of The Reporter. These recipes were shared by his wife, Carole Appel.
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