This article appeared in the Sept. 7, 2012 Jewish Advocate.




http://www.thejewishadvocate.com/news/2012-09-07/Local_News/Noshing_at_shul_booth.html


September 7, 2012


Noshing at shul booth



Neil Clauson and daughter Ginger of Melrose buy ruggelah at Ansha Sholum booth. PHOTO BY SUSIE DAVIDSON



Hamentaschen, mandel bread and other Jewish baked goods were flying off the platters of a Bread and Roses booth manned by members of Congregation Ansha Sholum, which was founded in Lawrence seven years after the notorious strike.

“The kugel sold out, and we’ve gone through 33 packs of ruggelah so far,” said Lillian Bivetsky, who grew up not far from the festival site.

Spiritual leader Elizabeth Beraha of North Andover said, “We have a minyan every week.” Indeed, all of the women present had been part of a joint adult bat mitzvah ceremony five years ago.

“It is a small and a haimish congregation,” said Barry Friedman, a child Holocaust survivor who now serves as cantor.

Noting that the shul is now in a Hispanic neighborhood, Gertrude Freedman said, “We are the last one left in Lawrence.”