Lifelong Learning program to begin at SJCC April 26

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Editor

Rabbi Moshe Mirsky

SCHENECTADY–Five rabbis from four area synagogues will participate in the Schenectady Jewish Community Center’s Community Lifelong Learning program to be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays, April 26, May 10, and May 17, at the Center, 2565 Balltown Rd. The program is free.

Each session will consist of two parts, a first-hour study

Rabbi Eleanor Pearlman

session featuring an individual rabbi, and a second-hour umbrella topic and discussion with all students and rabbis.

The rabbis and their topics will be:

 

Rabbi Matt Cutler

Rabbi Moshe Mirsky, from Congregation Beth Israel in Schenectady, will discuss Israel and Jewish Law.

Rabbi Matt Cutler, from Congregation Gates of Heaven in Schenectady, will discuss Israel’s Political Spectrum: Inside the Mindset of Political Parties. Continue reading →

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Auslander to read from ‘Hope: A Tragedy’ April 24

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Editor

SHALOM AUSLANDER in the Woodstock Artists’ Cemetery.

ALBANY–Shalom Auslander, ex-Orthodox Jew, humorist, cultural renegade, fiction writer, memoirist, contributor to NPR’s This American Life, and author of Hope: A Tragedy, will read from his work at 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 24, in the Assembly Hall, Campus Center, on the University at Albany’s uptown campus, 1400 Washington Ave. Continue reading →

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CGOH Cherry Blossom Fest, ALS 5K, Wellness Walk April 22

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Editor

ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO. Last year’s participants begin their 5K Race for ALS at Congregation Gates of Heaven is Schenectady.

SCHENECTADY–The 20th Annual Cherry Blossom Craft Festival, 5K Race for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), and adult wellness walk will be held Sunday, April 22, at Temple Gates of Heaven, 852 Ashmore Ave. The festival will open at 10 a.m. in the temple parking lot and auditorium. Continue reading →

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Dept. of Justice response on prosecuting Palestinian killers unsatisfying for lawmakers

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Editor

PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS  recently released by Israel as part of the deal to free captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit included killers of Americans. Members of the House of Representatives have called on Attorney General Eric Holder to pursue prosecutions against those terrorists.

By ZACH SILBERMAN
WASHINGTON (JTA)–U.S. House lawmakers want more answers after the Department of Justice reiterated the obstacles it says stand in the way of prosecuting alleged Palestinian terrorists who killed Americans. Continue reading →

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With fond memories of native land, Iranian Israelis worried by talk of war

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Editor

MOLOK SHAMSHIRI, an Iranian-Israeli restaurant cook, left Iran in 1964. (Ben Lynfield)

By BEN LYNFIELD
TEL AVIV (JTA)–Avi Nobel lived in Tehran and is sure the Iranian people want peace.

“There are a lot of poor people there and what they want is food and to work, not a nuclear bomb,” says Nobel, a spice seller here whose goods include some imported from Iran through third countries.

Still, he believes that Iran’s nuclear program must be stopped—by an Israeli airstrike, if necessary. Continue reading →

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Jewish Celebrity Roundup/ Six Degrees (No Bacon)

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Editor

Israeli band’s Yom HaShoah gig in Germany, Gervais’ inappropriate jokes and bar mitzvah wars

Balkan Beat Box

By Six Degrees (No Bacon) Staff
NEW YORK CITY (6NoBacon)–The Israeli band Balkan Beat Box will continue its successful world tour with a concert on Wednesday evening in Munich, Germany—striking a nerve for some in Israel because it is the start of Holocaust Remembrance Day. All entertainment venues, from shows to restaurants, are shuttered in Israel on the day, also known as Yom HaShoah. Continue reading →

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Evangelical couple sees calling as welcoming ‘lone’ soldiers for Shabbat dinners

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Editor

SCOTT JOHNSON sits at the head of the table for a Shabbat dinner that he and his wife, both evangelical Christians, lead for “lone soldiers” in Israel. (Photo by Meredith Mandell)

By MEREDITH MANDELL
JERUSALEM (JTA)–Every Friday night, Scott and Theresa Johnson host Jewish Shabbat dinners for lone Israeli soldiers. The meal begins after sundown, preceded by the Kiddush blessing over the wine and singing of “Shalom Aleichem,” the traditional Hebrew song greeting the Sabbath.

There’s one catch, however, made evident by the Christmas cards hanging in the kitchen: The Johnsons are not Jewish. Continue reading →

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Romney’s triumph smooths sharp edges of GOP Middle East policy rhetoric

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Editor

“WHAT DRIVES ROMNEY’S RHETORIC right now is the basic reality that the president is not vulnerable on foreign policy, the American public is not interested, so he has not found a sure footing, so he tries to draw contrived or hyperbolic differences,” said Aaron David Miller, a negotiator in Republican and Democratic administrations who also has been critical of President Obama’s approach to the Middle East.

By RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON D.C. (JTA)–The Republican primaries are effectively over, and gone with them is the sharp-edged rhetoric and departures from past U.S. policy on the Middle East. Continue reading →

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The Eulogizer: Raymond Aubrac, Jack Tramiel, Hadda Busches

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Editor

By ALAN D. ABBEY
JERUSALEM (JTA)–The Eulogizer highlights the life accomplishments of famous and not-so-famous Jews who have passed away recently.

Raymond Aubrac in 1941

Raymond Aubrac, 97, French Resistance fighter
Raymond Aubrac, a prominent figure of the French Resistance against the Nazis during World War II, died April 10 in Paris, at the age of 97, his daughter confirmed.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Aubrac a “heroic figure” of the Resistance. Aubrac was one of the last high-profile members of the National Council of the Resistance, a movement founded in 1943 and coordinated by Jean Moulin to fight the Vichy regime. Continue reading →

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Eva Borlawsky Ginsburg

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Editor

Eva Borlawsky Ginsburg of Our Lady of Mercy Life Center in Guilderland, NY died on Wednesday April 18, 2012. Born in Whitehall, NY, Mrs. Ginsburg resided most of her adult life in Glens Falls,and Dolgeville NY,later moving to Coral Springs FL. and ,Albany NY. She and her late husband, Sidney were the owners of Lodge’s Department Store in downtown Albany for many years.

Eva is survived by two sons, Barry Ginsburg and his wife Gail of North Palm Beach, Florida, Melvin Ginsburg and his wife Cindy of Brooklyn, NY and a daughter, Joyce Weiss and her husband David of Guilderland, NY. Sister of Esther Green of Queensbury, NY. Grandmother of Lisa and Amy Ginsburg, Dr Howard Weiss and his wife Adrienne, Lori Weiss, Michael and wife Stephanie, Alicia , McKenzie and David Ginsburg. Great grandmother of Sidney and Toby Weiss and Aiynna Ginsburg.

The family would like to thank the devoted and caring staff of Our Lady of Mercy Guadalupe unit and the kind and special care given by Shirley Smith, Daniela Filmer and Beth. Those wishing to remember Eva in a special way may make a memorial contribution to Our Lady of Mercy Life Center, 2 Mercycare Lane Guilderland, New York.12084.

Services and interment will be held in Florida.

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