Arie Kopelman, the president and CEO of Chanel Inc., who with marketing savvy helped transform an old French couture house into a global luxury brand, died on Oct. 7 at his home in Manhattan. He was 86. During his run, the company’s annual sales soared to $7 billion from $357 million, expanding Chanel’s accessories, eyewear, cosmetics, fragrance and skin-care lines. Previously, he spent 20 years at the advertising agency Doyle Dane Bernbach. In 1989, President [...]
Leon N. Cooper, a Nobel-winning physicist who helped unlock the secret of superconductivity and who did pioneering work in understanding how memory and the brain work, died on Oct. 23 at his home in Providence, RI. He was 94. Some of the greatest physicists of thed 20th century, including Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Wolfgang Pauli and Richard Feynman, tried to explain how superconductivity works. Dr. Cooper helped crack the code with two colleagues [...]
Claudia Sheinbaum took office on Oct. 1, the first woman and the first Jewish person to lead Mexico in the country’s more than 200-year history as an independent nation. “For the first time, we women have arrived to lead the destinies of our beautiful nation,” Ms. Sheinbaum said during her inauguration ceremony. “And I say we arrived because I do not arrive alone. We all arrived.” The former mayor of Mexico City, Ms. Sheinbaum triumphed [...]
The sound of the shofar echoed a blast over the Port of Haifa in Israel as Jews the world over welcomed 5785. At our shul, Rabbi Gadi and Cantor Marc offered inspirational services throughout the High Holidays. Our own Adrianne Greenberg announced the arrival of the new year with a shofar blast that elated worshippers. AP Photo
Jerusalem, top photo, people protested outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house on the one- year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel and called for the release of hostages held by Hamas. Others, left photo, visited the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and many abducted as hostages. In Tel Aviv, people visited a memorial for the victims, right photo. AP Photos
Many people choose to join our shul midway through the year, or even after the High Holidays, which leaves only a few months until dues are due again. Not fair, we said. So here’s the deal: Any individual or family joining between now and the end of the year will pay the new rate — $1,200 for families; $800 for individuals — for the remainder of this year, but will be paid-up members through [...]
Statement by shul member Roberta Garris about her stunning fabric art displayed on the bimah through the High Holidays: “I based this quilt on a list that included the names and ages of the hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023. I used aqua fabrics, graduating from light to dark, to represent males from under-10 to over-80. Females from under-10 to over-80 are represented by hot colors, from pale yellow to dark red. Every decade is [...]
Once again this High Holiday season, our shul participated in a worldwide movement to feed the hungry as part of the annual observance of Yom Kippur, often referred to as the “Fast of Isaiah,” the Biblical prophet who said, “And if you spend yourself in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.” Our campaign called [...]
And here are the folks who built it. It was a chilly morning, but no one seemed to notice. Adrianne had sent reminders to the usual Sukkah builders, and thanks to all who responded, the job was done in record time. Happily, Adrianne, with visionary forethought, brought a video how-to, which showed which piece should connect to what piece. “Black on the bottom” was heard throughout the process. Then, when the frame was anchored in [...]
The Book Circle will meet on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 3 p.m. at the shul to delve into a chronicle by Edna Fernandes, who explores the hidden Jewish history of Southwestern India in her book, The Last Jews of Kerala. Two Thousand years ago, trade routes and the fall of Jerusalem took Jewish settlers seeking sanctuary across Europe and Asia. One little-known group settled in Kerala, in tropical southwestern India. Eventually, they prospered, [...]
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