Har Shalom's The Tablet - March 2013 by David Lewis

The

Tablet

March 2013

Volume 49, Issue 8

Adar / Nisan 5773

Passover Around the World and at Har Shalom From Potomac to Peru, from Rockville to Russia, from Silver Spring to Singapore, and all across Israel, the Jewish People will celebrate our liberation from bondage on Passover, beginning the evening of Monday, March 25. Before the first seder, please join our evening minyan at 6:30 pm, and then join us for festival services at 9:30 am on Tuesday and Wednesday. For a complete schedule of Passover activities, please see Page 4. Inside of this edition of The Tablet, you will find a special Passover insert, including FAQâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Kashering instructions, and ideas for making your own seder more enjoyable and memorable (starting on Page 6).

Last Year: Children and families re-enact the Pesah story with Moses (Rabbi Raskin) and Pharaoh (Hazzan Ozur Bass).

In This Edition

Special Events

Please make your reservation to join us for a special Passover Congregational Shabbat dinner on Friday, March 29; invitations will be distributed separately.

Rabbi Raskin: All You Need is Love Page 2 A Simple Guide to Passover 5773 Page 6 Men's Club: Remember the Six Million Who Perished Page 14 Sisterhood: How to Make Bagel, Lox and Egg Strata Page 20

The officers, directors, clergy and staff join together in wishing you a Hag Sameah.

Alan B. Levenson Endowment Lecture & Brunch A Conversation with James K. Glassman

Fountainheads Concert Page 4 New Art Exhibit: Adding In, Taking Away Page 21

Sunday, March 17, 9:30 am Ambassador James K. Glassman has served as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and as Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. He is the Founding Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute and has had a long career as a journalist and publisher.

Daytimers Forum: Rescuing the Evidence Page 22 Potomac House Tour Page 23

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Beineinu: Between Us Rabbi Adam J. Raskin  301-299-7087 ext. 1 | rabbiraskin@harshalom.org

All You Need Is Love One of The Beatles' most famous songs, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, is "All You Need Is Love." According to this world-wide hit that is still popular today, nothing in life is more important than love. Lennon, who ironically also encouraged people to imagine there’s no religion, was actually onto something profoundly religious Rabbi Adam J. Raskin in "All You Need Is Love." In what is perhaps the Torah’s most famous commandment, we are obligated to “love your neighbor as ourselves (ve’ahavta le’rei’akha kamokha).” (Lev. 19:18) Indeed the great Rabbi Akiva proclaimed this the Torah’s greatest mitzvah! There are a lot of ways to parse this biblical verse, but I want to focus on the word “neighbor.”

however, the word for neighbor is rei’ah. This term implies someone who is different from you; who is not necessarily of the same mindset, the same ilk or the same set of suppositions about the world. Interestingly, in one of the sheva berakhot (the seven marital blessings) your spouse is considered a rei’ah: A loving friend, to be sure, but one who is an individual rather that the mirror image of his or her spouse. According to the Rambam, the neighbor or friend in Leviticus 19:18 is meant to be understood as our fellow Jews… Love your fellow Jews the way you love yourself. Love your fellow Jews, who may have different beliefs, practices, backgrounds, and commitments, the same way that you love yourself. How often this mitzvah is flouted! We are judgmental of those who observe less than we do, skeptical of those who are more traditional, and we sometimes reserve the pettiest, most unseemly behavior for our own people. Read more on Page 5...

There are two primary ways to refer to a neighbor in Hebrew: the first haveir, which comes from the same Hebrew words that mean connection, fellowship, group. In other words, a haveir is someone with whom you intrinsically have a lot in common. In the verse above,

Emergency Contact Notice In case of illness, death, or any other family emergency, please contact Rabbi Raskin at 240-687-7218.

The Tablet | Newsletter for Congregation Har Shalom Rabbi Adam J. Raskin

Youth Director Julie Ashin

Hazzan Henrique Ozur Bass

Rabbi Emeritus Leonard S. Cahan

Executive Director Gary D. Simms

Cantor Emeritus Calvin K. Chizever

Director of Congregational Learning Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen

Founding Rabbi Morris Gordon, z”l

Interim Early Childhood Director Shelley Remer

President Jeff Ashin

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Vice Presidents Larry Center Wes Kaplow Miriam Mishkin David Silver Jeff Rubin Treasurer Michael Baron

Secretary Cindy Fishman Communications Barbara Kaplowitz Ombudsman Sorell Schwartz

Financial Secretary Ken Paretzky

Submissions to the TABLET are welcome. Please email to tablet@harshalom.org. Deadline for each issue is FOUR WEEKS prior to publication date. The TABLET USPS 002-534 is published monthly, except bi-monthly July/August for $20.00 per year, or free with your membership dues, by Congregation Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road, Potomac, Maryland 20854. Periodicals postage paid at Rockville, Maryland. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the TABLET, Congregation Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road, Potomac, Maryland 20854.

Notes from the Hazzan Hazzan Henrique Ozur Bass  301-299-7087 ext. 227 | hozurbass@harshalom.org

You’re Not a Man, Really… For all those who said, in their Bar Mitzvah speeches, “today I am a man”; for all those who believe they are becoming a grown up at 13; for all who think they reach the age of maturity when they, actually, have only entered an age of transition, I have news for you. The idea that one becomes a man, in Judaism, at the age of thirteen comes from a misunderstanding of the following Hazzan Henrique Ozur Bass Midrash. It attempts to explain how Isaac washed his hands of the behaviors demonstrated by his twins Esau and Jacob.

thirteen years, one went to houses of study and the other to shrines of idolatry. R. Eleazar said: A father must hold himself responsible for his son until the age of thirteen. After that, he should say, "Blessed is The One who has released me of the punishment for this boy." (Genesis Rabbah, 63:10) At Har Shalom we do not use that translation, but we say this blessing for every Bat and Bar Mitzvah. It might seem harsh to think of our precious children as punishments, so the versions we use convey the idea behind the Midrash, not the words, themselves. Much more than a hypocritical “washing of the hands”, the phrase “released me from the punishment for this boy” has deep halakhic implications.

"And when the boys grew up" (Gen. 25:27). R. Levi said: [At first], they were like a myrtle and a wild rose growing A child is supposed to perform mitzvot even though they side by side. But when they grew up, the former yielded are not required to do so. its characteristic fragrance and the latter its thorns. For the first thirteen years, both went together to school and Read more on Page 11... together came home from school. But at the end of the

Table of Contents Adult Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Art Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Bar / Bat Mitzvah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Beineinu: Between Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 5 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 - 17 Congregational Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Daytimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Donations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 - 31 Early Childhood Education Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Family News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 From the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Gemilut Hasadim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Hello, Dolly! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 - 27 Holocaust Commemoration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Men’s Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - 15 Message from the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Notes from the Hazzan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 11 Potomac Spring House Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Passover Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Passover Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 - 9 Sisterhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 - 20, 32 Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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Upcoming Events

Candle Lighting and Service Times for the Week of Passover

Fountainheads Live at Har Shalom on Sunday, April 28th!

Sunday, March 24 Bedikat Hametz / Search for Leaven, after 8:09 pm Monday, March 25 - Erev Pesah Shaharit, Siyyum, and Breakfast of First Born, 6:45 am Latest time to eat hametz, 11:11 am Latest time to burn / sell hametz, 12:12 pm Minha / Ma’ariv, 6:30 pm First Seder, Yom Tov Candle Lighting, 7:08 pm Tuesday, March 26 - First Day of Pesah Shaharit, 9:30 am Second Seder, Yom Tov Candle Lighting, after 8:07 pm Wednesday, March 27 - Second Day of Pesah Shaharit, 9:30 am Ma’ariv, 7:45 pm Thursday, March 28 - Third Day of Pesah Shaharit, 6:45 am Ma’ariv, 7:45 pm, Minyan & Martinis Friday, March 29 - Fourth Day of Pesah Shaharit, 6:45 am Ma'ariv, 6:30 pm Candle Lighting, 7:12 pm Congregation Shabbat Dinner, 7:15 pm Saturday, March 30 - Shabbat / Fifth Day of Pesah Shaharit, 9:30 am Minha, Torah Study, Ma’ariv 6:55 pm Sunday, March 31 - Sixth Day of Pesah Shaharit, 9:00 am Ma’ariv, 6:30 pm Candle Lighting, 7:14 pm Monday, April 1 - Seventh Day of Pesah Shaharit, 9:30 am Ma’ariv, 6:30 pm Candle Lighting, 8:13 pm Tuesday, April 2 - Eighth Day of Pesah Shaharit, including Yizkor, 9:30 am Minha / Ma’ariv, 7:45 pm Yom Tov ends, 8:20 pm

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Photo by Ein Prat Fountainheads

You’ve probably seen their videos when friends sent them to you through email or Facebook. Now see them live at Congregation Har Shalom during our upcoming Lag B’Omer festivities! April 28, 4 pm The Fountainheads are a group of young Israeli singers, dancers, and musicians, all graduates and students of the Ein Prat Academy for Leadership (Alon, Israel), who have joined forces to create new Jewish artistic content for today's Jewish world. Their a capella performance will delight audiences young and old. Stay tuned for details on how to purchase tickets, and other activities during the festivities.

5773 Hametz Riddance Food Drive February 25 - March 21, 2013 Make a tangible contribution for those in need in our local community. It's easy! We accept boxed and canned food (fruits, cereal, vegetables, soups, snacks, juice, grains, and canned protein), along with paper products, household items, and hygiene products. All items must be unopened and nonperishable. No glass jars please! Donations will benefit the Capital Area Food bank (www.capitalareafoodbank.org), which distributes to hundreds of local organizations.

From the Executive Director

We can also think of that 5th Promise as one which applies to all of us: that God will protect us through the Gary Simms, Executive Director  301-299-7087, ext. 222 ages, wherever we are, if we recall the Covenant and gsimms@harshalom.org remember to conclude our Seder with the eternal dream of our People: Next Year in Jerusalem! It seems odd to be writing these lines before we celebrate Purim, Hag Sameah.  but deadlines being what they are, I’m focusing my thoughts on Passover. With our family (as with Beineinu: Between Us - Continued from Page 2 so many others), the planning for sedarim involves much more than In Israel, the fulfillment of the hopes and dreams of simply cleaning and cooking. Step two millennia of Jewish civilization, there is a painful, one is always the first question: possibly unbridgeable rift between religious and secular where will we celebrate? Our populations. While the government sanctioned rabbinic family minhag has been to gather authorities become more rigidly dogmatic by the day, Gary Simms together from wherever possible. non-religious Israelis feel increasingly embittered As the years pass, the nieces and and resentful. In our Diaspora Jewish communities, nephews marry, have their own kids (and their own insynagogues and Jewish organizations are too often laws), and so we have multi-generational get-togethers, torn apart by competing agendas, ideologies, and once the dust settles about who’s joining who for which competitiveness, rather than working in partnership and Seder where. This year, my mother-in-law will be joining ahavat Yisrael (love for our fellow Jews). children, most of her grandchildren, and many of her great-children. What a pleasure and what excitement! It seems to me that Lennon and McCartney unknowingly Getting ready also involves finding new ideas to share at promoted a core Jewish value, and a critical ingredient to the Seder. During my search this year, I came across the any healthy, Torah-centered Jewish community. When it following idea about the connection between Passover comes to Jewish communal life and synagogue life, they and Redemption. may well be right: “all you need is love.” I encourage every member of Har Shalom to think, study, pray, and As we learn in the Haggadah, God reminds us that He meditate about the role of “ahavat Yisrael” in your life. will keep the Covenant and Redeem the People in five Do we reserve our loving attention only for haveirim, different ways: i.e. those with whom we already have a connection and similar world view, or do we strive to reach beyond our • I will free you (from the burdens of the Egyptians) spheres of influence and care deeply for those we may not • I will deliver you (from their bondage) know as well—but who also inhabit this holy community? • I will redeem you (with an outstretched hand) Do we bring ego into meetings and conversations where • I will take you to be My People we ought to instead bring magnanimity? Do we search • I will bring you into the land I promised Abraham, out and yearn for opportunities to be more welcoming, Isaac and Jacob to offer comfort, to ease burdens, to express concern, to inquire when we don’t see people in shul, to develop close In the Haggadah, based on discussions from the Talmud, connections with our fellow congregants or anyone who each of the first four phrases is connected to one of the comes through our doors? All we need is love, indeed. four cups of wine we drink during the Passover Seder. To transform a congregational culture, a communal But what about the fifth statement? There is some culture, love of our fellow Jews and human beings is so controversy as to its meaning. A solution put forth by the blatantly obvious, yet so often overlooked. I hope you’ll Talmud was to place a fifth cup on the Seder table, but join me in word and in deed in creating an even more not to bless or drink it. The Talmud teaches that Elijah will loving congregational community here at Har Shalom! one day return and answer all unanswered questions, including whether or not we should drink the fifth cup; thus we call this extra cup the cup of Elijah.

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A Simple Guide to Passover 5773

Dear Friends, It is with joy and anticipation that we prepare as a synagogue community for the festival of Passover. Through festive meals, retelling the story of our liberation, singing and celebrating, this holiday comes alive for us and our families. In order to prepare your home and heart for Passover, please consult the enclosed guide. I am also available for any questions that may arise during your Passover cleaning and preparation. You may call me at any time at 240-687-7218, should a question arise. Please don't hesitate to call! Wishing you and your loved ones a hag kasher ve'sameah, a kosher and joyful Passover... Rabbi Adam Raskin

FAQs What is hametz? The word hametz , translated as "leavened bread," refers to foods prepared from any of five different types of grain (wheat, barley, oats, spelt, rye) that has been allowed to rise. Ashkenazic Jewry adds rice, millet, corn, and legumes (referred to as 'kitniyot') to this list. Furthermore, if any of the above ingredients have been added to or mixed with other foods, those foods are also considered hametz. Why must we do such extensive cleaning in preparation for Passover? The Torah prohibits Jews from consuming, owning, or deriving benefit from hametz. Before Passover begins, we engage in a thorough cleaning of our homes, offices, and cars to remove any traces of hametz. While it is preferable to use or donate excess hametz foods prior to Passover, this is not always possible or economically feasible. In response, Rabbi Raskin will arrange a sale of hametz products to a non-Jew in the community, who will "own" these items throughout the duration of Passover. All hametz products, dishes, silverware and pots that will remain in your home during Passover must be placed in cabinets or closets that remain closed and sealed throughout the week of Passover. What is the Siyyum Ha'Bekhorim? It is a mitzvah for firstborn Jews to fast on the day before Passover in remembrance of being spared the fate of the firstborn Egyptians. However, firstborns may be exempt from this fast if they participate in the celebration of a siyyum

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(the completion of a significant amount of Torah study). Every week, a dedicated group has been studying a complete tractate of the Mishnah in preparation for the siyyum. Even if you have not participated in this study group previously, you are encouraged to join us for morning minyan at 6:45 am, followed by the siyyum and breakfast. What foods require Rabbinic certification during Passover? Matza, noodles, candies, cakes, beverages, canned and processed foods, processed cheeses, jam, jelly, relishes, wines, liquors, salad oils/dressings, vegetable gelatin, shortenings, vinegar. Are there foods that do not require special labeling? If unopened and purchased before Passover begins, the following products require no special certification: pure natural coffee, sugar (not confectioners or powdered), pure brown sugar, saccharin, tea, salt, pepper, frozen vegetables (without additives), frozen fruit juices (without additives), vegetables (string beans are permitted), honey, 100% pure safflower or soy bean oil, nuts (except legumes), baking soda, detergents and scouring powders. If purchased before or during Passover, the following products require no special certification: Fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, fresh fish and meat. If purchased during Passover, the following products require certification: all processed foods (canned, frozen, or bottled dairy products, juices). Can any dishes or utensils be used during Passover? It is preferable to have special dishes and cookware reserved exclusively for Passover use. Certain items, however, can be kashered for use during Passover. Earthenware, enamelware, or porcelain utensils used during the rest of the year may not be kashered or used during Passover. What is Bedikat Hametz? After our homes have been thoroughly cleaned for Passover, and hametz items are stored away, it is traditional to perform a 'search' by candle light, feather, and spoon symbolizing that all visible hametz has been removed. Note: this is a fun, memorable ritual for children to participate in; it is traditional to place a few crumbs to be 'found' during the search. On the night before Passover, following the search, we recite the following formula renouncing our connection to any hametz: Continued on Next Page

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Kol hamirah va-hami'ah d'ika vir'shuti da-hamitei d'vi-artei u'd-la vi-artei liv'til v'lehevei hefker ke-afra de-ar'ah. All manner of leaven in my possession which I have not seen or not removed is hereby annulled and considered as the dust of the earth. What is Biyyur Hametz? On the morning before Passover we burn the hametz found during the search on the previous night. This will be done at 8:30 am at the synagogue; if completing at home, must be done by 11:11 am on Monday, March 25th.

How to Kasher your Kitchen for Passover Some utensils and cookware that is used throughout the year may be kashered for Passover. If you have any questions that are not answered here, please contact Rabbi Raskin... 1. Earthenware such as china or pottery can not be kashered for Passover. 2. Metal pots, pans, and cookware that are wholly metal and used in fire (e.g. the broiler) must be scrubbed and cleaned and made red hot. Fill up pots and boil water so that it overflows their rims. Silverware, after having been washed with soap and water should be set aside for 24 hours then immersed completely in boiling water. 3. Ovens and ranges that come into direct contact with food should be cleaned thoroughly. The oven should then be heated on the highest possible temperature for 30 minutes, or programmed to self-clean. A microwave, after being cleaned, must have a cup of water placed inside the chamber and turned on until the water disappears. If the microwave has a browning element, it may not be kashered for Passover. 4. Glassware such as drinking glasses (not Pyrex), should be washed thoroughly with soap and water or put through the dishwasher. 5. Electric appliances with removable parts should be kashered appropriately (e.g. for metal parts, follow #2 above). If the parts are not removable and they come into direct contact with food, the appliance may not be kashered for Passover.

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6. Tables, Cabinets, & Counters that come into contact with hametz should be thoroughly cleaned and covered. 7. Kitchen sinks that are metal may be kashered by pouring boiling water over the surfaces. Porcelain sinks must be well cleaned and a new sink rack or basin should be used during Passover. 8. Refrigerators and freezers should be washed well with soap and water. All hametz should be removed or sealed in a closed box or bag (and sold with other hametz). 9. Kitchenware that is not kosher for Passover should be separated and either covered or closed in a separate part of the kitchen. Rabbi Raskinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Top Ten List for Spicing Up Your Seder! 1. Give out parts: Invite guests ahead of time to come prepared to discuss, act out, or dramatize different parts of the seder. 2. Pass around a platter of cut vegetables and dips during "Karpas." Don't make your guests starve as they wait for "Shulchan Orech" (the meal). 3. Get a great haggadah. Using an interactive, fun haggadah can transform your seder experience. 4. If possible, do the story-telling part of the seder in the living room. Instead of sitting around a fancy, set table, recline on the couches while you do the "Maggid" section. 5. Digress, digress, digress. The rabbis wanted us to be stimulated by the rituals of the seder to engage in discussion with each other. Don't feel inhibited by the text. Talk about how slavery and freedom, redemption, liberation, and other topics affect your life and our world today. 6. Get a plague kit! The local Judaica store sells plague kits and other fun props to make the seder surprising and interactive. Party stores also have great shtick to make the seder fun. 7. Don't limit your creativity. Incorporate music (e.g. tambourines, drums, egg shakers), puppets, skits, singing (e.g. freedom songs, children's songs, etc.). 8. Prepare special questions and place them under different people's plates. When you get to the part of the seder that the question refers to, ask your guest to take out their question and attempt to answer it (questions can be light, for example, if you were casting a movie about the Exodus today, who would you select for the role of Moses, Pharaoh, etc.?; or serious, for example, Mitzrayim, the Hebrew word for Egypt, means a narrow place of constriction. What narrow places have you emerged from or been liberated from this year?). 9. Dress the part! Your seder will surely be memorable if you appear as Moses or Pharaoh! 10. Assign the four questions to people who speak different languages: It's always fun to hear them sung in Yiddish, Spanish, French, etc.

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Mekhirat Hametz Agreement Pesah 5773/2013 Please complete this Mekhirat Hametz Agreement form, and mail, fax, or drop it off at Har Shalom no later than 11:00 AM on Monday, March 25, 2013. Name: ________________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________ Additional addresses where hametz might be found: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ I hereby designate Rabbi Adam Raskin to act on my behalf in selling the hametz in my possession. I understand that hametz will return to my possession after 9:20 PM on Tuesday, April 2nd. Date: __________________ Signature: ____________________________________________ Attached please find my donation to the Rabbiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Discretionary Fund for $ _________________ Mail to:

Rabbi Adam Raskin, Congregation Har Shalom 11510 Falls Road, Potomac, MD 20854

or Fax to: 301-299-2247

Let all who are hungry, come and eat. -Haggadah Do you have an extra place at your table? Do you need a place at a Seder table? Pesah hospitality is an important mitzvah. If you can host a guest or a family for a Seder, or if you would like to attend a Seder in someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home, please call Leslie Albershardt in the Clergy Office at 301-299-7087, ext. 1, or email her at leslie@harshalom.org.

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Message from the President Jeff Ashin, President of Har Shalom president@harshalom.org

Notes from the Hazzan | Continued from Page 3 The commonplace Jewish actions which we call mitzvot become mandatory at the age of 13 when we are imbued with a sense of being commanded to live a certain way. We are not comfortable speaking of commandments, since they imply the existence of a “commander” and, even, a consequence; but, that is precisely what this Midrash addresses. Performing mitzvot yields rewards; ignoring them yields punishments. And, at the age of 13, those punishments do not fall on the parent’s shoulders.

We are experiencing significant progress in our operations and membership management. Today's presentation of the Tablet on-line is an example of our administration's updated computer and administrative capabilities. I want to thank Sandy Schonfeld for her many years of service, editing and producing our Tablet. We have now gone "inhouse", but her loving care and attention to the Tablet has kept our congregation informed and her efforts will From the Torah, and the Talmud, this simplistic approach always be appreciated. to basic religion cannot be denied. The sophistication of our religion comes in the interpretation of what, by I am excited by continued increased attendance at whom, and when, these rewards and punishments Shabbat services and our programs. Adult Ed has are administered. That, however, is a discussion for experienced a resurgence of interest with topics ranging another column. Here, let’s just stipulate that there is a from bible study to incorporating non-Jewish relatives punishment when one does not perform a mitzvah. The into Jewish life. Our Religious School has also re-focused legal point, in Jewish law (halakha), from when a person itself. We are emphasizing Hebrew and a curriculum is punishable for not performing mitzvot, is the age of that builds upon itself rather than repeats itself. Our 13. Before that age, that punishment falls on the child’s joint venture with Tikvat Israel has been very successful. parent. That is why Isaac said, regarding both of his sons, We are in negotiations to extend the collaboration with Esau and Jacob, “who released me from the punishment Tikvat Israel into next year. for this boy.” And, that is why we say it here, for every Bat and Bar Mitzvah, at Har Shalom. We are in the process of reaching out to members with neighborhood coffees, interest groups and activities. We That statement did not suddenly make Esau and Jacob welcome your involvement. grownups. It merely allowed for Isaac to let go of his responsibility, realizing that he had done most of what he I also want to thank each of you for your financial support could have done as a parent. The ‘sheptaranu’ is about of Har Shalom. In these challenging times, your donations the parent, which is why the parents say it. As parents, and other financial support have enabled us to support at a certain point in the life of our children, we must our superior clergy, superior programming and superior allow them to make their own choices, albeit with our congregant service. guidance. That guidance will, inevitably, dwindle, one day, when they leave the nest. Their choices will reflect Please take note of several opportunities for fun, reward our expectations and values, and all the education we, and the chance to help our Community. We are fortunate as parents, gave them. But their choices will become, to welcome the Ein Pratt "Fountainheads" on April increasingly, theirs, from the age of thirteen. 28th at 4 pm. This "fun-raising" concert will generate a great deal of interest for Har Shalom. Buy your tickets So, here it is: you are not a man at thirteen, not a mature early. Lastly, our Potomac House Tour, chaired by Jack grownup at your bat / bar mitzvah. That is the point in Markowitz and Joan Levenson, will take place on May 19 time when we recognize that your decisions will, in and 20 . Please buy your tickets and volunteer to help time, become completely yours. Raising children is the your shul enjoy another successful year. art of lovingly letting go, just as growing up is the art of becoming independent. Thirteen is the point when we L'shalom, recognize the beginning of that transition. Jeff Ashin

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Adult Education for March Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen • 301-299-7087, ext 229 | AdultEducation@harshalom.org

When Children Intermarry... Ongoing Text Study A Discussion Group for Mishna Study: Parents & Grandparents With Rabbi Debbie Cohen and Lori Schutz, LCSW Tractate Shabbat March 10 from 9:15 to 10:30 am When a child chooses to intermarry, parents and grandparents often have a variety of emotions, questions and concerns. And, as an intermarried couple matures and has children of their own, new questions and, sometimes, conflicts arise. The focus of our March session will be establishing and maintaining boundaries. These sessions are intended for members of Har Shalom whose children have married or are planning to marry non-Jews. It will be an open, honest and non-judgmental place for sharing and learning.

On the Small Screen: Modern Orthodox in Today’s Israel with Ira Weiss

Tuesdays, March 5, 12, 19; April 9, 16 at 8 pm In this class we will be flies on the wall of the places where young modern Orthodox Jews in Israel hang out. We will be privy to the conflicts that they confront; their friendships; their dining, living and dating arrangements and how they interact with the rest of Israeli society. Each class will begin with a short introduction followed by the screening of an episode of the award-winning dramatic Israeli TV series SRUGIM. Class discussion will follow each screening. Ira Weiss, Ph.D., is a retired neurophysiologist and an avid collector of cinema related to Jews and Israel.

Interfaith Bible Study 2013

Taught by Rabbi Leonard Cahan and Pastor Jan Lookingbill Theme: "Holiness - what, why, where, when?" Sunday, March 10, at Har Shalom, 7 pm An exploration of the meaning of Holiness in the Tanakh, the New Testament, Rabbinic literature, and Jewish and Christian traditions.

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With Rabbi Raskin & Hazzan Ozur Bass Thursdays, 10:30 am This year, we are studying Tractate Shabbat. We will study the Mishna’s guidelines governing Shabbat observance and discuss its relevance and application today.

Talmud Study with Rabbi Cahan

Mondays, 8 - 9 pm Explore the Talmud and its lessons with Rabbi Cahan. This perennial favorite has been around for over a decade. Hebrew or prior study is helpful, but not required. Novice students always welcome! Touch the sources created by the Sages.

Shabbat Torah Study

With Fred Steinberg Each Shabbat at approximately 12:30 pm Join this popular, long-standing Torah discussion group. No Hebrew knowledge or previous Torah study necessary. Just an interest in looking at Torah text and discussing it.

Minha/Torah Study/Ma'ariv Study Group

Ongoing, Saturdays, time is 15 minutes before candle-lighting time the day before Since 1990, Har Shalom congregants have celebrated the end of Shabbat with a lay-led Minha / Torah Study / Ma'ariv. Study Group. This 90-minute service includes 30 to 40 minutes of learning on the weekly Torah portion or the prayers and their meaning. Dr. Stan Siegel, Dr. Fred Steinberg and other congregants and clergy members have led the teaching and discussion. Come discover this gem of learning at Har Shalom - 23 years in the making.

Congregational Learning Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen  301-299-7087, ext. 229 RabbiCohen@harshalom.org

My grandfather Milton Krissman turns 100 years old on March 4. I’ll be heading down to Florida to help him celebrate. Grandpa Milton, or G-Pop as my kids call him, still has his wits about him. He enjoys his poker game and spending time with his girlfriend Clara - a younger woman at age 92. Rabbi Deborah B. Cohen My grandfather’s 100th birthday sparked my interest in looking further back in my ancestry. Using web resources, which are plentiful these days, I was easily able to reconstruct a family tree dating back to the mid-1800’s. With just a few evenings’ effort, I was able to find out that my family’s name in Europe was “Boodnitzky” rather than Bodin. My great grandfather changed his name from “Bangamen Boodnitzky” to “Benjamin Bodin” in 1907 after emigrating from Kiev. A picture of his original naturalization papers were on the web.

Three Places to Start: Your first stop should be your family. Together, compile all the information that you do know about your family tree. Ancestry.com I used to get started. It is a little pricey (many sites are free), but very user friendly and helps you jumpstart the process. Jewishgen.org A great central resource for Jewish genealogical research. It even has mini webinars to help you.

Gemilut Hasadim Hilary Weiss, Chairman  301-299-7087, ext. 314 GemilutHasadim@harshalom.org

The Gemilut Hasadim Committee's annual Soup-er Bowl Sunday food collection for Manna Food Center (held each year on Super Bowl Sunday, this year on Feb. 3) collected 256 pounds of non-perishable food. Many food donations were made for Manna's Smart Sacks program, which provides more than 1,600 Montgomery County youngsters who get free breakfast and lunch at school with food to take home on the weekend, as they would otherwise be hungry. We were delighted to see so many packages of small fruit cups, microwavable pasta, kidfriendly soup flavors and small boxes of cereal, as these are especially needed for this program.

I learned that my great-great-great grandmother, Caroline Krissman, was married at age 16 to a man who did not treat her well. Back in the day when it was not acceptable, she divorced him and raised her children on her own. She started using her maiden name “Krissman” again and had her children use it as well. I wish that I had The Soup-er Bowl Sunday project also collected cash a chance to talk with this feisty ancestor! and check donations for Mazon: A Jewish Response I am certainly not an expert on Jewish genealogical to Hunger and for Manna. In all more than $400 was research. But, there was something heartwarming about collected: $226 for Mazon and $210.87 for Manna. finding a picture of the handwritten census report from 1920, which listed my grandfather at age 6. My whole family has gotten engaged in the process of looking up our ancestors. It has been a fascinating, educational and identity-building endeavor for us all. In this month of Passover, when we relive our communal ancestry together and celebrate with our families, I encourage you to spend a little time looking into your genealogy. Let me know what fascinating discoveries you make!

Special thanks to the ECEC for adding their food collection for Manna to our Soup-er Bowl Sunday collection. Thank you also to Marjorie Klein and Sheila Moldover for coordinating this project, to Sheila for being a "collector" on Saturday evening before the Hello Dolly! performance, to Sandy Schonfeld for doing the same on Sunday afternoon, and to the Har Shalom community for supporting this annual event. See you at next year's Soup-er Bowl Sunday on Feb. 2, 2014.

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Men’s Club Judd Kessler, Men’s Club President  301-299-7087, ext. 411 | mensclub@harshalom.org

Men’s Club Yom HaShoah Candle - Remember the Six Million Who Perished It has been more than sixty years since the end of WWll when the Nazi concentration camps were liberated, thus ending the Holocaust which claimed six million Jewish lives. To help ensure that the death of the six million will never be forgotten and that such a Holocaust never again happens, the Men’s Club of Har Shalom is joining with Jews throughout North America by participating in a candle lighting on Saturday, April 6, 2013. The memory of those who fell victim to the ultimate hate crime must not diminish with time, and that is why we of the Har Shalom Men’s Club are encouraging every family in our congregation to light a candle, which we are sending to each congregant’s home. This candle lighting will increase our awareness of the Holocaust and solidify our commitment to our people. The number of Holocaust survivors is shrinking daily. As this precious link with history is lost, those who deny that the Holocaust ever occurred press their case more vigorously. It is sad to say that today, 20% of all high school students have no knowledge of the Holocaust. Yom HaShoah candles thus are a strong symbol for keeping the memory alive. Their yellow band recalls the badges that Jews were forced to wear in Nazi-occupied Europe, while their flame inspires hope for a more tolerant world. It is customary to make a donation of Tzedakah in memory of the Holocaust. With the candles being sent to our Har Shalom members’ homes there will be an envelope for making such a donation. Your donation will help offset the cost of the candles, and the proceeds will be used for charitable projects. As an additional way of noting this important date, the Men’s Club invites all Har Shalom members to join us at the special Yom HaShoah service on Sunday, April 7, 2013 from 5-6:30 pm. This year we will be joined by the Jewish Community Relations Council. The service will include moving rituals, speakers, prayers and tributes to victims and survivors of the Holocaust.

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Israel, Anti-Semitism and the Three D’s As a part of his January 20 presentation on MERCAZ, including a description of its mission and encouragement of Conservative Jews to join the organization, Rabbi Robert Golub, the Executive Director of MERCAZ USA, also explained how to tell normal political criticism of the State of Israel from anti-Semitism. He counseled us to look for the “three D’s” in any such criticism. Those are Delegitimization, Double standard, and Demonization. In a nutshell, when Israel is criticized for real or perceived wrongs when other nations are not, when Israel is held to higher standards and other nations are not, and when Israel is condemned for certain actions when its neighbors, for instance, have committed far worse acts without condemnation, then anti-Semitism, not simply proper opposition, is involved.

Thanks to the Men’s Club Kitchen Crew! A very special thanks to Joe Kromash and the Kitchen Boys who pulled off a classy brunch on short notice for the January 20 visit of Rabbi Robert Golub, the Executive Director of MERCAZ USA. With Rob Singman showing Jewish Guys Doin’ Good values by doing high priority daddy-duties, Joe agreed to fill in, and the whole thing was done very nicely.

Anti-Semitism in Europe How bad is anti-Semitism in Europe, and worldwide, for that matter, and is it getting worse now? Eric Fusfield of B’nai B’rith gave some not-very-optimistic answers to that question at the Har Shalom Men’s Club Brunch on February 3. He suggested that many Europeans of younger age regard the Holocaust as unfortunate, but just a historical event of a past generation. In addition to this attitude, one must take Western Europe, who are viscerally opposed to the very existence of the State of Israel. Fusfield noted that in Europe and elsewhere, the anti-Semitic community campaigns for BDS—Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions—against Israel, and that they are

joined by the leadership of many Protestant churches in the USA and abroad. Also, among the weapons the anti-Israel groups use are the three D’s: Delegitimization, Double standard, and Demonization, all of which make for quite potent propaganda. Fusfield did acknowledge that Jewish and pro-Israel groups are pushing back, but acknowledged that such pushbacks, although feasible, constitute a tough uphill battle.

Adult Kids News The Adult Kids Club dinner on January 31 was a lot of fun. Everybody enjoyed both the food and the company. Although the turnout was pretty good, we are hoping for an even larger turnout at the next event. Our next two events are described below. Mark your calendar for March 7th, the next dinner with the Adult Kids Club. The Adult Kids Club, a part of the Men’s Club, offers fun activities for Har Shalom members over the age of 50. Our goal is to provide activities once a month, normally on a Thursday evening, such as a nice dinner, kibbitz, playing cards and other activities you may suggest as a way of fostering friendships within the Har Shalom community. On April 19th you can recover from tax aggravation by playing golf with the Adult Kids Club. This event is open to all Har Shalom men. We will once again play scramble at a public golf course in Montgomery County. Players of all skill levels are welcome. RSVP for these events to Ken Shere or email adultkidsclub@harshalom.org.

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Seaboard Region Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs 2013 Israel Adventure October 30 - November 11, 2013 Join Men’s Club Members, family and friends on a fantastic inclusive tour especially for empty nesters in delightful Israeli fall weather • Whether this is your First Time or You’ve Seen Israel Before • Enjoy Visiting Important Sites and Sites Not Normally Seen • Tour Includes Air Fare, Luxury 4 Star Hotels, Meals, Top Tour Guides and Travel in Deluxe Motor Coaches Now Accepting Reservations To register, or to learn more, call Hal Freed at 301-987-2478, Jim Sloan at 703-561-0775 or Marlene Ritter (ITC Tours) at 800-247-7255 www.israeltour.com/fjmcseaboard.php

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March 2013 Calendar Sunday

March 2013 Calendar Wednesday

Tuesday

Monday

Thursday

Friday 9:00 am Mar.-Apr. Show: Adding In, Taking Away 5:43 pm Candle Lighting 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 7:30 pm Rak Ehad Shabbat Dinner

AIPAC Policy Conference 9:00 am Shaharit 9:15 am Men's Club Sunday Speaker Series & Brunch 11:00 am Art Gallery Reception 12:00 pm Kadima Archery Tag Event 12:30 pm Klub Kef/Gesher Bounce U Event 4:30 pm Kadima Basketball League 6:00 pm Z'havah Sisterhood Reading, Eating and Screening 7:45 pm Ma'ariv Daylight Saving Time Begins 9:00 am Shaharit Good Deeds Day 9:15 am Adult Ed: When Children Intermarry 12:00 pm Rosh Hodesh for Girls 4:00 pm ECEC Pasta Bingo 5:30 pm Kadima Basketball League 7:00 pm Interfaith Bible Study 7:45 pm Ma'ariv

9:00 am Shaharit 9:30 am Alan B. Levenson Memorial Lecture & Brunch 12:00 pm USY Car Wash 12:15 pm USY & Klub Kef Pottery Place Event 1:30 pm Darfur Vigil at Embassy of Sudan 4:00 pm Kadima Basketball League Playoffs 7:45 pm Ma'ariv

Religious School CLOSED 9:00 am Shaharit 7:45 pm Ma'ariv Easter / Hol HaMoed Pesah Religious School CLOSED 9:00 am Shaharit 6:30 am Ma'ariv 7:13 pm Candle Lighting

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AIPAC Policy Conference 6:45 am Shaharit 7:30 pm Adult Ed: Trip to DCJCC 7:45 pm Ma'ariv 8:00 pm Talmud with Rabbi Cahan 8:00 pm Sisterhood Board Meeting

6:45 am Shaharit 7:45 pm Ma'ariv 8:00 pm Talmud with Rabbi Cahan 8:00 pm Sisterhood Tallitot Making

6:45 am Shaharit 7:15 pm ECEC Parent University 7:45 pm Ma'ariv 8:00 pm Talmud with Rabbi Cahan 8:00 pm Congregation Board Meeting

Fast of First Born Erev Pesah ECEC Classes CLOSED 6:45 am Shaharit, Siyum & Breakfast of First-Born 12:00 pm Synagogue Administrative Offices Close at 12 pm 6:30 am Ma'ariv 7:07 pm Candle Lighting

AIPAC Policy Conference 7:45 pm Ma'ariv 8:00 pm Adult Ed: On the Small Screen Modern Orthodox in Today's Israel

12 Rosh Hodesh Nisan 9:30 am Sisterhood Senior Bingo 7:45 pm Ma'ariv 8:00 pm Adult Ed: On the Small Screen Modern Orthodox in Today's Israel

6:45 am Shaharit 10:30 am Mishna Study - Tractate Shabbat 7:45 pm Ma'ariv

5:50 pm Candle Lighting 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat

14 6:45 am Shaharit 10:30 am Mishna Study-Tractate Shabbat 7:45 pm Ma'ariv

15 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 6:57 pm Candle Lighting 7:00 pm MoCo Teens March Madness Shabbat Dinner at Tikvat Israel

10:00 am Sisterhood Bowling 12:00 pm Daytimers Forum 7:30 pm Boyz Club Poker 7:45 pm Ma'ariv 8:00 pm Adult Ed: Conversational Hebrew - Beginners 8:00 pm Adult Ed: Conversational Hebrew - Intermediate 8:00 pm Adult Ed: Judaism 101

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26 2nd Day Pesah

27 Hol HaMoed Pesah

28 Hol HaMoed Pesah

Building Closed Except for Services Religious School / ECEC Classes CLOSED 9:30 am Shaharit 8:07 pm Candle Lighting

Sisterhood Bowling Sisterhood Daytime Book Club USY Chocolate Seder Ma'ariv Adult Ed: Conversational Hebrew - Beginners 8:00 pm Adult Ed: Conversational Hebrew - Intermediate 8:00 pm Adult Ed: Judaism 101 8:00 pm Men's Club Board Meeting

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7:45 pm Ma'ariv 8:00 pm Adult Ed: On the Small Screen Modern Orthodox in Today's Israel

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10:00 am 12:15 pm 6:00 pm 7:45 pm 8:00 pm

Saturday

12:00 pm Daytimers Film Festival 7:45 pm Ma'ariv 8:00 pm RAC Meeting

Building Closed Except for Services ECEC Classes CLOSED 9:30 am Shaharit 7:45 pm Ma'ariv

10:30 am Minha Study - Tracate Sabbat 7:45 pm Ma'ariv

ECEC Classes CLOSED 6:45 am Shaharit 7:45 pm Ma'ariv 7:45 pm Minyan and Martinis

6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 7:04 pm Candle Lighting

9:30 am Shaharit Parasha: Ki Tissa/Shabbat Parah Sisterhood Shabbat 12:40 pm Shabbat Torah Discussion with Fred Steinberg 5:25 pm Minha / Torah Study / Ma'ariv

9:30 am Shaharit Bar Mitzvah: Adam Silver Parasha: Va-yakhel-P'kudei / Shabbat HaHodesh 10:30 am Brixalot Shabbat 12:40 pm Shabbat Torah Discussion with Fred Steinberg 5:35 pm Minha / Torah Study / Ma'ariv 8:00 pm USY Regional Spring Fling Dance

16 9:30 am Shaharit Bat Mitzvah: Sara Heimlich Parasha: Vayikra 10:30 am Junior Congregation 10:45 am Gan Shabbat 12:40 pm Shabbat Torah Discussion with Fred Steinberg 6:40 pm Minha / Torah Study / Ma'ariv

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29 Hol HaMoed Pesah

9:30 am Shaharit Parasha: Tzav / Shabbat HaGadol 12:40 pm Shabbat Torah Discussion with Fred Steinberg 6:50 pm Minha / Torah Study / Ma'ariv

ECEC Classes CLOSED 6:45 am Shaharit 6:30 pm Ma'ariv 7:11 pm Candle Lighting 7:15 pm Congregation Dinner

Religious School CLOSED 9:30 am Shaharit Parasha: Hol HaMoed Pesah 12:40 pm Shabbat Torah Discussion with Fred Steinberg 6:55 pm Minha / Torah Study / Ma'ariv

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Sisterhood Yvonne Paretzky, President • 301-299-7087, ext. 410 | Sisterhood@harshalom.org

Book Club

Ya Gotta Eat!

Wednesday, March 6, 12:15 PM Lynnette Spira will lead the discussion on March 6 of Defending Jacob: A Novel by William Landay. Whether or not you’ve come before or have even read the book, bring your brown bag dairy lunch and enjoy an afternoon of camaraderie and a bit of exercise of your little gray cells. Eat-and-chat begins at 12:15 pm. At 1 pm the book discussion begins.

The EC Grocery Gift Card project is off to a great start! Haven’t gotten in on the action yet? Want to continue to contribute without spending any more money than you have to spend at the supermarket anyway? Buy Grocery Gift Cards for Giant and/or Kosher Mart, purchase your groceries and help fund our programs and projects.

Mark your calendar for the rest of the year: April 3 - One More River by Mary Glickman Facilitator - Ellen Kaner Bresnick May 1 - The Memory Palace: A Memoir by Mira Bartók. Facilitator - Ellen Cades June 5 - End-of-year luncheon, time and place TBD.

It’s easy. It’s painless. Mail your completed form and check to Gift Cards, c/o Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Rd., Potomac, MD 20854, or drop it off in the office. Pick up your cards in the Har Shalom office Monday through Thursday , 9 am - 5 pm and Friday, 9 am - 3 pm; or in the Judaica Shop Sunday, 9 am - 12 pm or 6 pm - 8 pm, and Tuesday, 3:15 pm - 6:15 pm. Got questions? Contact Phyllis Coburn at GiftCards@HarShalom.org.

Marie Kramer, Chair: SisterhoodBooks@HarShalom.org

Bowling

The Judaica Shop: Goodies Galore!

These girls just wanna have fun! Wednesdays mornings: Come check out the new and improved Judaica Shop! If 10 am warm up; 10:15 am games begin. Bowl America, you’re looking for beautiful, fun, functional, or educational Gaithersburg; no skill required! items to celebrate a Bar or Bat Mitzvah or other simha, Shabbat, Purim, Pesah or any other holiday, make the Ruthie Hartzman, Chair, Sisterhood Judaica Shop your first stop! Our expanded SisterhoodBowling@HarShalom.org hours make it easier than ever. Stop in Sunday, 10 am - 12 pm; Tuesday, 4 pm - 6 pm and 7 pm - 8 pm; Friday, 12:30 pm - 3 pm. And, as always, you are welcome to Sisterhood Nominating make an appointment to shop at your convenience.

Committee

This year’s Nominating Committee is up and running and looking for a few good women. If you’re interested in being considered for a position on the Sisterhood Board, email Rachel Katz, Chair, at SisterhoodNominating@HarShalom.org.

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Help Wanted! No experience requied! If you are interested in volunteering in the shop or for further information, contact Marcy Versel at SisterhoodJudaica@HarShalom.org.

Sunday, April 14, 2013 12:30 PM

Seaboard Region Torah Fund Luncheon Guest Speaker: David Wachtel, Senior Consultant for Special Collections, Jewish Theological Seminary Library — “Treasures from the Rare Book Room” Congregation Har Shalom 11510 Falls Road Potomac, MD 20854 RSVP by April 4, 2013 Name __________________________ Sisterhood _________________________ Email ___________________________________ Phone ____________________ Lunch & Program - $18.00 Couvert Minimum Torah Fund Pledge - $36.00 Amount enclosed $__________ Send check payable to Seaboard, WLCJ to: Toby B. Holtzman, VP, Seaboard Region Torah Fund, 8507 Wilkesboro Lane, Potomac, MD 20854 Congregation Har Shalom | 19

Cooking with Sisterhood: Bagel, Lox and Egg Strata Those of us who love to cook are only happy when we see our friends, family and even strangers enjoying something from our kitchen. One of the dishes that congregants tell us they enjoy most at our Shabbat Kiddush lunches is our bagel, lox and egg strata. Every time it’s served, people come into the kitchen and ask for the recipe. Because it’s usually Shabbat, we can’t write it out. So, here it is. It’s easy and great if you’re having house guests, because you assemble it a day ahead and simply pop it in the oven in the morning. No fuss, no muss. Enjoy! Ruth Newburger, VP, Catering Ingredients For every 9 x 13 inch (three quart casserole) Great for brunch with a salad and fruit. Serves 12 - 16. Feel free to modify ingredients (not amounts) for fat content and taste. A half a stick of butter or margarine, melted 8 cups of bagels, cut into bite-size pieces (4-6 bagels. Leftover bagels are perfect.) 6 oz salmon (lox or other type) 2 cups of grated cheese (Swiss, mozzarella, Monterey jack. Full fat, low fat, it doesn't matter) 1/4 cup snipped fresh chives (or scallions if you want) 8 eggs (or equivalent) 2 cups milk 1 cup cottage cheese 1/4 teaspoon pepper Directions Put melted butter in 13x9 baking dish so it covers the bottom. Pour in the 8 cups of diced bagels. Sprinkle the lox, grated cheese and chives (or scallions) over the bagel pieces. In a separate bowl, combine eggs, milk, cottage cheese and pepper. Mix well and pour over the other ingredients in the baking dish. Press it all down gently so it is moistened. Cover with aluminum foil and refrigerate for at least 4 to 24 hours. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Baked casserole uncovered for about 45 minutes. It will puff up a bit and lightly brown. Let it rest for about 15 minutes before slicing. Did you know? Sisterhood provides Kiddush lunch for the congregation on virtually every Shabbat that is not hosted by a Bar or Bat Mitzvah family. Giving our congregants and guests a nice nosh and a seat at a table where we they can catch up, share, laugh and strengthen the ties that bind us to one another is one of Sisterhood’s gifts to the Har Shalom community. Help us keep up the quality and quantity of our Kiddush fare. Help us put aside funds for repairs and replacement of kitchen refrigerators, freezers, ovens, stoves, equipment and utensils. Make a donation of $36 or more, or sponsor a particular Kiddush component, for example, beverage service ($56), desserts ($100), paper goods ($150), or a full Kiddush lunch ($1,500). Not only do these donations help Sisterhood help Har Shalom, they are great ways to recognize a special day or person. And all donors and sponsors have their names in the Shabbat program.

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Art Gallery Fran Abrams, Art Gallery  301-299-7087, ext. 310 | artgallery@harshalom.org

Adding In, Taking Away

screenprinted manually one color at a time.

Adding In, Taking Away will be on display Friday, March 1 - Monday, April 22. You are invited to the Opening Reception on Sunday, March 3 from 11 am - 1 pm for refreshments and an opportunity to meet the artists and discuss their work.

Jakobsberg has been a printmaker for 35 years. The body of work in this exhibit uses handmade recycled papers and inks to recreate and remember the complexity of the past.

Myers creates biblical characters, objects, and scenes in stone, plaster and terracotta sculpture. Many of his works The gallery walls will display work in a variety of are images and forms that are surreal but recognizable printmaking techniques by artists Patricia Affens, versions of familiar and not-so-familiar objects. Olney, MD, Allan Akman, Rockville, MD, a member of Har Shalom, and Pauline Jakobsberg, Potomac, MD, Peirce has been a woodworker and sculptor for over 30 a founding member of Har Shalom. The showcases will years. In this exhibit, he is showing only his wood vessels display sculpture by Charles Edwin Myers, Bethesda, made with a band saw, not turned on a lathe, built from a MD, a member of Har Shalom, and woodworking by variety of wood species. William Peirce, Silver Spring, MD. Each of the processes used by these artists requires that they add in ink, oil, Gallery Har Shalom is located on the walls and in the showcases between the Burke Sanctuary and the stone, wood; or take it away. Stempler Social Hall. Remember that all work is for sale Affens presents work that appears to be an abstract and a percentage of all sales benefit Har Shalom. painting. For her, each blank canvas or piece of paper begins an exploration that results in a unique monotype You can review your favorites online at www.harshalom.org. Click on "What’s Happening"; then oil print. click on Har Shalom Art Gallery for photos and prices. Akman has been working in screenprinting since 2009. Purchases can be made by visiting or calling the office at Working from photographs, he develops his images 301-299-7087.  each of which is transformed into multiple layers of color

Now On Display at Har Shalom’s Art Gallery

Mixed Woods William Peirce Burning Bush Charles Edwin Myers Chaos All Around Pauline Jakobsberg

No Parking Allan Akman

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Daytimers Jerry and Selma Miller, Co-Chairs  301-299-7087, ext. 275 | daytimers@harshalom.org

Rescuing The Evidence: Mission in 40 Countries

The dairy brown-bag forums are held monthly, September to June, in the Har Shalom Social Hall from 12 - 2 pm and are free and open to the community. Refreshments are In observance of the 20th anniversary of the opening always served. of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Daytimers Forum will present a talk by Scott Miller on Wednesday, March 13, at 12:30 pm. Miller, who is the Museum’s Jewish Film Festival Director of Curatorial Affairs, will describe the to Screen French institution’s urgent world-wide mission to rescue the evidence of the Holocaust - much of it remaining to be World War II Tale identified and preserved - before it is too late. The effort The growing mutual affection between a Jewish child involves massive collection of artifacts, documents, and and a rabid anti-Semite is the focus of an absorbing eyewitness accounts of the murder of six million Jews motion picture titled “The Two of Us” (France, 1967) to be during World War II with the goal of preserving memory screened at the Daytimers Film Festival on Wednesday, and preventing future genocide. March 20. The film is set in the French countryside where the child has been sent to live with a Catholic family Miller is co-author with Sarah Ogilvie of the book Refuge during the Nazi occupation. Denied: The St Louis Passengers and the Holocaust, which tracks the fate of 937 Jews whose ship was turned The program begins promptly at 12:30 pm with an away from Cuba and the U.S. before the war. He speaks introduction by Marie Kramer. Bring a brown-bag dairy to groups across the country on the St Louis project and lunch at noon. Refreshments will be served. Museum programs of global search and rescue. Prior to joining the Holocaust Museum as a historian in 1989, Miller taught modern Judaic history at American University. Earlier he lived and worked in Israel as a teacher.

Celebrating Becoming a Bar Mitzvah in March

Sara Rose Heimlich Daughter of Daniel & Cheryl Heimlich 3/16/2013

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Adam Silver Son of David & Reli Silver 3/9/2013

Potomac Spring House Tour Joan Levenson and Jack Markowitz, Chairmen  301-299-7087, ext. 336 | Info@PotomacHouseTour.org

SAVE THE DATE! The House Tour is scheduled for Sunday, May 19 and Monday, May 20. As of February 1, we have two fabulous houses committed for the Tour, and we are in discussions with four other homeowners to showcase their houses. There will be an email message before you receive this Tablet to inform the membership if we have arranged for sufficient homes to conduct the Tour. We are optimistic that we will reach our objective. Therefore, we intend to engage the Har Shalom membership during the next few weeks to identify the many volunteers needed for a successful Tour, including those agreeing to serve as Greeters. We also need considerable help to identify and contact businesses that will advertise in our Guidebook. The latter effort is the major source of outside revenue for the Tour. Please don’t wait for us to contact you; volunteer by sending an email to the address identified above. Potential House Greeters can also contact Paulette Schofer directly. Paulette will be our Greeter Chair.

Other key members of our Tour Committee committed to date include: Lloyd Malech - Road Sign Distribution Ted Rabkin - Road Sign Procurement Shelia Moldover - Communications and Prior Business Advertisers Donald Moldover - Web Site Designer Joni Lucas Shapiro - Guidebook Text and Editing Ellen Balfour - Guidebook Design Ronni Cristol - Greeter Data Paul Lewis - Tour Ticket Sales at Har Shalom Laverne Markowitz and Michelle Tow - Reception Judy Abrams - General Assistance Joan Forest - General Assistance Francine Mendelsohn - General Assistance Judy Morenoff - General Assistance Joy Paul - General Assistance Yetta Plotnick - General Assistance

JCC Maccabi Tryouts For athletes, ages 13 - 16, the JCC Maccabi Games are a week-long Olympic-style event held in different locations throughout the United States and Canada every summer. Although athletic competition is the focus of the event, the Games were designed to promote community service involvement, sportsmanship and religious pride. The enthusiasm and excitement that the Games generate make it a meaningful and memorable experience for all who are involved, from the athletes and volunteers to the coaches and host families. This summer, Team Greater Washington is traveling to Orange County, CA, from August 4 to 9, 2013. Below is a list of sports teams that are opening tryouts; some tryouts are already underway. • U16 Girls Basketball • U16 Girls Soccer • U16 Boys Soccer

• U16 Dance • U16 Tennis • U16 Track & Field

• U16 Boys Basketball • U14 Boys Basketball • U16 Inline Hockey

• U16 Swimming • U16 Baseball

For more information, visit jccgw.org or contact Caroline Cardullo at 301.348.3890 or ccardullo@jccgw.org or Sarah Catanzaro at 301.348.3892 or scatanzaro@jccgw.org.

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Art Gallery Fran Abrams, Art Gallery  301-299-7087, ext. 310 | artgallery@harshalom.org

Adding In, Taking Away

screenprinted manually one color at a time.

Jakobsberg has been a printmaker for 35 years. The body of work in this exhibit uses handmade recycled papers and inks to recreate and remember the complexity of the past.

Now On Display at Har Shalom’s Art Gallery

Mixed Woods William Peirce Burning Bush Charles Edwin Myers Chaos All Around Pauline Jakobsberg

No Parking Allan Akman

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Family News

Mazal Tov to:

Bob Sunshine on the anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah.

Ron & Toni Paul on the engagement of their daughter, Sondra & Stewart Block on the marriage of their Kelly, to Yisroel Juskowicz. daughter, Emily, to Reuven Goldblatt. Barbara & Barry Korb on the birth of their grandson, Susan & Ed Neumann on the birth of their granddaughter, Derek Ford Bernstein. The proud parents are Susan & Ira Mia Eve Weston, on January 4th. The proud parents are Bernstein. Lisa Neumann Weston & Ian Weston. Randy May on the publication of his 5th book, Communications Law and Policy in the Digital Age.

Judy Abrams on the engagement of her daughter, Elisia, to Keath Blatt.

Esther & Saul Lubar on the birth of their granddaughter, Jennifer & David Stier on the birth of their daughter, Daniella Rose Lubar, on December 26th. The proud Sabrina Avery, on January 5th. Sabrina’s big sister is parents are Stephen & Elisha Lubar. Sidney, and her grandmother is Judy Abrams. Marty & Marlene Kossoff and Mitch & Amy Smith on Phoebe & Al Bauman on their 55th anniversary. the birth of their grandson and nephew, Tyler Randolph, on December 29th. The proud parents are Leslie & Randy Jill & Ken Brodkowitz on the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Nordby. Alex Brodkowitz, grandson of Mady & Bob Vermut. Ruthie Hartzman on her birthday.

Honoring the sacred rituals of burial for every branch of Judaism.

WE WELCOME EVERY MEMBER OF THE JEWISH FAITH, WHETHER affiliated or un-affiliated with a congregation. Burial sites are available to all. Visit http://www.gardenofremembrance.org/ cemetery-tour for a virtual tour of our garden, where you’ll see site options on our 152-rolling acres in close-in Clarksburg. To explore the many benefits of pre-planning, call our Help Line today at 301.428.3000, or visit www.gardenofremembrance.org.

Michael Goldfinger on the birth of his twin grandchildren, Ezra Anshel Goldfinger & Hava Louise Goldfinger, on January 10th in Philadelphia. The proud parents are Larry & Jackie Goldfinger. Rabbi Adam Raskin on a portion of one of his sermons (“Abraham Lincoln and the Pintele Yid,” 2/14/09) being published in the forthcoming book We Called Him Rabbi Abraham: Lincoln and American Jewry – A Documentary History by Gary Zola, Executive Director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives & Professor of the American Jewish Experience Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. The book will be published by the Southern Illinois University Press.

Condolences to: Vic Cohen on the passing of his aunt, Renee Haas. Diane Berinstein on the passing of her aunt, Leona Berkowitz.

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Hello Dolly!

Above: Cast Emsemble of Hello Dolly!

Nearly 700 theatergoers enjoyed the recent Har Shalom Players’ production of Hello, Dolly!, singing along with familiar songs and offering standing ovations at both shows. A cast of 41 — including children and teens from nine area schools — brought this lively comedy to life, with an evening performance on Saturday, February 9th and a matinée on Sunday, February 10th.

Rudolph (Kevin Teichman), majordomo of New York City’s Harmonia Gardens, oversaw a group of dancing waiters including Jacob Cooper, Julie Cooper, Maya Goldberg, Sharona Guggenheim, Matthew Rosenthal, Stewart Remer, Joelle Spector, and Amanda Spott.

The cast and crew were led in pre-show Havdalah services by Hazzan Ozur Bass and Rabbi Raskin (who Artistic director Rachelle A. (Shelly) Horn led the production also played the cameo role of the Judge in the show). team which included a long with producers Ken Lechter and Stew Remer, musical director Marci Shegogue, It takes a village to create a stellar performance, and in an vocal director Lee Rosenthal and assistant to the artistic annual tradition, the cast blended together Har Shalom director, Deb Schapiro, comprised our production team. congregants, performers from community theater, The show’s many dancing scenes involved were created and members of other area shuls and parishes. Hello, and taught by three choreographers: Karen Creel, Dolly! is the latest musical from the Har Shalom Players Stephanie Miller and Hayley North. community theater group. Past shows include: Bye Bye Birdie, Damn Yankees, Fiddler on the Roof, Joseph and Set at the turn of the 20th century, the show featured Lee the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Oliver!, Once Upon Rosenthal as meddler and matchmaker extraordinaire, A Mattress, and Seussical the Musical. Dolly Gallagher Levi. She’s looking for a bride for grumpy half-a-millionaire, Horace Vandergelder (played by Gene To see the complete Hello, Dolly! program, including Ridberg). Hilarity and hijinks and happy endings ensued a full list of the cast and production team, go to as Dolly also seeks matches for Cornelius Hackl (Larry www.harshalom.org/dolly.pdf. Spott), Barnaby Tucker (Paul Blank), Ambrose Kemper (Matt Balfour), Irene Molloy (Michelle Hessel), Minnie Continue on to the next page for pictures of the play. Fay (Julia Donato), Ermengarde (Hannah Spector) and Ernestina (Yvonne Paretzky).

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Hello, Dolly! | Continued from Page 20

Pictures from Hello Dolly! Pictures taken by Sorell Schwartz

Leading Lady: Lee Rosenthal as Dolly Levi

From left to right: Paul Blank and Larry Spott

From left to right (front row): Kandy Hutman, Michelle Spott (back row): Meryl Cohen, Shelly Basen, Barbara Weckstein Kaplowitz, Yvonne Paretzky, Marsha Schwartz

From left to right: Yvonne Paretzky and Gene Ridberg

Clockwise from top: Lee Rosenthal, Kevin Teichman, Matt Rosenthal, Maya Goldberg, Joelle Spector, Amanda Spott, Stew Remer

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Community-Wide Holocaust Commemoration This year, Har Shalom is honored to host the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington’s annual community-wide commemoration of the Holocaust. This year’s service will be especially meaningful as we will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the rescue of the Danish Jews.

5 - 6 pm: Community Commemoration The program will include an art exhibit, a candle lighting, a memorial of the destroyed communities of Europe, several meaningful poetry and musical selections, a keynote address and the annual reconfirmation of the legacy of the Holocaust. Join us for an evening of reflection, community and prayer. This is a chance for the The Yom HaShoah commemoration service will be survivors and their families to say a personal Kaddish. held in the Burke Sanctuary on Sunday, April 7, 2013. It is also a time for the younger generations of our community to honor the experiences of the survivors, 4 - 5 pm: Unto Every Person There is a Name to remember and to mourn the loss of those who died, Names of those who perished to be read and and to pledge to carry on the remembrance. Anyone remembered may be submitted at who on their Bar/Bat Mitzvah remembered a child who www.jcouncil.org/UntoEveryPerson perished in the Holocaust before the age of 13, is invited by March 31, 2013 or brought to the service. to participate in the service by recalling that person. To remember a child who perished, please contact Ricki The Exhibit Hall will be open to view artwork and Cohn at YomHaShoahService@harshalom.org and Holocaust memorabilia. If you have items to display, include Holocaust Service in the subject line. please contact Sonia Beekman at YomHaShoahService@harshalom.org. For more information, please visit www.jcouncil.org or call 301.770.0881. 

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Donations We Gratefully Acknowledge the Following Contributions . . . Abram Blum Library Fund

Adult Education Fund

Birth of Brayden Meyer Ashin, son of Brian & Marianna Ashin, grandson of Jeff & Mikki Ashin Ellen & Bill Bresnick Birth of cousins Adam Isaac Weintraub & Logan Alexander Weintraub, grandsons of Nancy & Leon Weintraub Ellen & Bill Bresnick

In Memory of:

Abe Paul, our father Marla Paul Cohen & Janis Paul Ransom

In Memory of:

In Honor of: 50th Wedding Anniversary of Joan & Richard Gorman Gordon & Harriet Nathanson Ellen & Bill Bresnick

Charlotte & Herbert Wool Music Fund

Edward Morenoff, husband of Judy Morenoff Melvyn & Millie Rumerman

Benjamin Kossoff, father of Marty Marty & Marlene Kossoff

Alan B. Levenson Fund

Community of Caring Fund

In Memory of:

Marvin Potter, brother of Aileen Morton & Aileen Rosenberg

David Perlroth, son of Irving Irving & Lynn Perlroth

Paul Miller Judy Schwartz

Helene Perlroth, wife of Irving Irving & Lynn Perlroth

Arlene Sidman Fund

Bernice Menkin, mother of Marcy Versel Philip & Shirley Wisotsky Frances & Harry Rubinstein, my grandparents Lynn Mintzer Louis Smith, father of Beverly Alexander Harvey & Ellen Karch Etz Hayim Humash Fund

In Memory of:

Raquel Fater & Isacher Toporowicz, my parents Miriam Toporowicz

David Auerbach, my father Martin Auerbach

Mary Zickerman, my mother Nona Teichman

Rose Faier, mother of Margo Jack & Margo Weil

Murray Landow, my father Sandra Handleman

Harold Auerbach, my uncle Martin Auerbach

Ray Muffs, our father-in-law & “Poppa” Michael, Larry & Amy Goldfinger

Samuel Weil, father of Jack Jack & Margo Weil

Gemilut Hasadim Fund

William Wolfe, my father Dottie Kulik

In Memory of:

Yetta Jacobson, my mother Flora Jacobson

Bernice Menkin, mother of Marcy Versel Leonard & Susan Miller

Debbie Karch Children’s Library Fund

Raquel Fater & Isacher Toporowicz, my parents Miriam Toporowicz

In Honor of:

General Operating Fund

Doris Bosin, sister of Sylvia Theodore & Sylvia Yaffe George Basen, father of Barry Shelly & Barry Basen Louis Spector, my father August Spector Martin Oler, husband of Annette Oler Marilyn Loesberg Murray Gottlieb, father of Beverly Schnitzer Ellen & Bill Bresnick Nathaniel Fenton, our grandson Roz & Joseph Fenton

Bernie Witt Fund Terry Markin In Memory of: Max Schwartz, father of Ellen Arden & Ellen Baker Sol Bosin, father of Sylvia Theodore & Sylvia Yaffe Building Improvement Fund

Birth of Adam Isaac Weintraub, grandson of Nancy & Leon Weintraub Harvey & Ellen Karch

Michael S. Miller, my husband Eva Miller

Birth of Derek Ford Bernstein, grandson of Barbara & Barry Korb Harvey & Ellen Karch

Samuel Binder, my father Albert Binder

Birthday of Allyson Grossman Norma Grossman

In Memory of:

Terry Markin Mark & Joan Green Stanley Goldstein & Rebecca Adler Simon & Jane Babil David & Celia Barash

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Donations | Continued from Page 29 In Honor of: 55th Wedding Anniversary of Phoebe & Al Bauman Har Shalom Board of Directors Bar Mitzvah Anniversary of Bob Sunshine Har Shalom Board of Directors Birth of Adam Isaac Weintraub, grandson of Nancy & Leon Weintraub Annette Rothman Birth of Brayden Meyer Ashin, son of Brian & Marianna Ashin, grandson of Jeff & Mikki Ashin Judy Abrams Birth of Daniella Rose Lubar, granddaughter of Esther & Saul Lubar Har Shalom Board of Directors Birth of Derek Ford Bernstein, grandson of Barbara & Barry Korb Har Shalom Board of Directors Birth of Ezra Anshel & Hava Louise Goldfinger, twin grandchildren of Michael Goldfinger Har Shalom Board of Directors Birth of Sabrina Avery Stier, daughter of Jennifer & David Stier, granddaugher of Judy Abrams Har Shalom Board of Directors Judy Abrams Birth of Tyler Randolph Nordby, grandson of Marty & Marlene Kossoff, nephew of Mitch & Amy Smith Har Shalom Board of Directors Birthday of Ruthie Hartzman Har Shalom Board of Directors Engagement of Elisia Abrams, daughter of Judy Abrams, to Keath Blatt Judy Abrams Har Shalom Board of Directors

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Engagement of Kelly Paul, daughter of Ron & Toni Paul, to Yisroel Juskowicz Har Shalom Board of Directors Cheryl Yoffee for supporting the evening minyan J.L. Levit & Paula Mintzies David & Bilha Marcus for supporting the evening minyan J.L. Levit & Paula Mintzies Elizabeth Cahan for supporting the evening minyan J.L. Levit & Paula Mintzies Hazzan Henrique Ozur Bass for supporting the evening minyan J.L. Levit & Paula Mintzies Heidi Brown for supporting the evening minyan J.L. Levit & Paula Mintzies Ken & Yvonne Paretzky for supporting the evening minyan J.L. Levit & Paula Mintzies Leonard Tow for supporting the evening minyan J.L. Levit & Paula Mintzies Naomi Glaser for supporting the evening minyan J.L. Levit & Paula Mintzies Richard & Linda Isen for supporting the evening minyan J.L. Levit & Paula Mintzies Marriage of Emily Block, daughter of Stewart & Sondra Block, to Reuven Goldblatt Har Shalom Board of Directors Robert Shub receiving the Har Shalom Blue Yarmulke Man of the Year Award Bernie & Cheryl Rod Annette Rothman

Bernard Mosner, father of Leslie Altschuler Daniel & Diane Berinstein

In Honor of: Bernice Menkin, mother of Marcy Versel Judy Abrams Blanche Meth, mother of Marty Marty & Anne Meth Sylvia Weber, mother of Anne Marty & Anne Meth George Forst, father of Debbie Forst-Menditch Joy & Ron Paul George Karelitz, father of Nancy Nancy & Richard Millstein Harold Auerbach Andrew & Linda Levy Leona Berkowitz, aunt of Diane Berinstein Har Shalom Board of Directors Louis Taple, father of Bobbie Phil & Bobbie Carin Martin Loser, father of Claudio Claudio & Raquel Loser Bessie Dravin, grandmother of Esther Gary Rohen & Esther Childers Rohen

Birth of Sabrina Avery Stier, daughter of Jennifer & David Stier, granddaughter of Judy Abrams Richard & Linda Isen Engagement of Elisia Abrams, daughter of Judy Abrams, to Keath Blatt Richard & Linda Isen Hazzan Ozur Bass for leading the memorial service for my father, George Forst Debbie Forst-Menditch In Memory of: Betty & Maurice, my parents Harriet Breslow Jane Breslow, my mother Jerry Breslow Buddy Cohen, father of Leslie John & Leslie Friedson Cecilia Drucker, mother of Heather Heather & Jeff Fitter David Weiss, my son Martin Weiss

Mortimer Rohen, father of Gary Gary Rohen & Esther Childers Rohen

Florence Feirman, mother of Steven Steven & Mindy Feirman

Sara Eisenberg, our friend Gary Rohen & Esther Childers Rohen

George Forst, father of Debbie Forst-Menditch Bernard & Francine Lubran

Sheila Schachere, sister of Stan Seiken, aunt of Gail Seiken Jeff & Mikki Ashin

JosĂŠ Simon Laufer Bass, father of Hazzan Henrique Ozur Bass Jack & Margo Weil

Speedy Recovery to:

Joyce Fox Deborah Fox

In Memory of: Aaron Brenner & Helen Kossman Brenner, parents of Phyllis David & Phyllis Coburn

Hazzanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Discretionary Fund

Shirley Binder Jack & Diana Binder

Werner Heumann, my uncle Steven Oser

Donations | Continued from Page 29 Hevra Kadisha Fund In Memory of: Louis Cohen, father of Sandy Ed & Sandy Schonfeld Raquel Fater & Isacher Toporowicz, my parents Miriam Toporowicz Rose Robfogel Jaffa, mother of Joe Joe & Zeevia Jaffa Tilly Moses, mother of Eliot Eliot & Christiane Sorel Ilene Abrams Gemilut Hasadim Fund

Morris & Lillian Cahan Adult Education Fund In Memory of: Byrnat Schreiber, father of Honey Morris & Honey Rosen Rose Bosin, mother of Sylvia Theodore & Sylvia Yaffe Prayer Books Fund In Memory of: Murray Landow, my father Sandra Handleman

In Memory of:

Rabbi Emeritus Discretionary Fund

Ilene Abrams, sister of Barry Barry & Rita Wertlieb

In Honor of:

Irving J. & Henrietta Kadish Memorial Endowment Fund In Memory of: George Forst, father of Debbie Forst-Menditch Harold & Penny Heltzer Lucas B. Mag Endowment for USY/ Kadima Fund In Memory of: I. Henry Mag, my father Marvin Mag Lucas Benjamin Mag, our son Marvin & Judith Mag Marcus Family Endowment for Special Projects Fund In Memory of: Murray Landow, my father Sandra Handleman

Hannah & Alan Fisher for their friendship, love & support Judy Schwartz Rabbi Leonard Cahan in appreciation for officiating at the funeral of Bernard Mosner, my father Leslie Altschuler In Memory of: Hilda Niewood, my mother Sandra Pincus Rush Lillian Stempler, mother of Gerald Gerald & Deana Stempler Rabbiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Discretionary Fund Jonathan & Charisse Reiner The Bradley-Bunkin Family Ziva Azhdam In Honor of: Rabbi Adam Raskin Aliza Josephson

Rabbi Raskin for leading the memorial service for my father, George Forst Debbie Forst-Menditch Bernice Menkin, mother of Marcy Versel Gene & Beth Fritz Buddy Cohen, father of Leslie John & Leslie Friedson Clare S. Brown, our wife, mother and grandmother The Brown & Greenberg Families David Nathanson, father of Gordon Gordon & Harriet Nathanson Dr. Maurice S. Gross, my father Susan Sitkoff Edward Morenoff, my husband Judy Morenoff Florence Feirman, mother of Steven Steven & Mindy Feirman George Forst, father of Debbie Forst-Menditch Barbara & Ron Abrams

Helen Wisotsky, mother of Philip Philip & Shirley Wisotsky Jennie Plotkin, grandmother of Steve Steve & Wende Schuster Murray Landow, my father Sandra Handleman World Jewry Fund In Honor of: Birth of Adam Isaac Weintraub, grandson of Nancy & Leon Weintraub Saul Golubcow & Hedy Teglasi Birth of cousins Adam Isaac Weintraub & Logan Alexander Weintraub, grandsons of Nancy & Leon Weintraub Ken & Yvonne Paretzky Youth Activities Fund In Memory of: Jacqueline Davidson, mother of Marci Etman & Craig Burke Jay & Sherri Eichberg

Joyce Fox Deborah Fox Religious School Fund In Honor of: Engagement of Julie Yoselle, daughter of Harriet & Michael Yoselle, to Spencer Wolfson Rick & Susie Edelson Siddur Sim Shalom Fund In Memory of: Daniel Moskovitz, father of Shirley Philip & Shirley Wisotsky

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Dessert Night Out

We had a wonderful night of conversation and fun on Saturday night, February 16th, at the 2nd Dessert Night Out of the season. We were able to mingle with new and old friends. Nelson and Ellen Robin

Z'havah Sisterhood Z'havah women have a busy March and April. Upcoming events include two Movie Nights Out on Sunday, March 3 and Sunday, April 14. We meet a local theater to see a movie and then mingle afterwards over coffee to discuss the movie and to catch up! Movie Night Out chair, Stephanie Knauer, selects compelling movies for us to see. Mark your calendars for our next Dessert Night Out at the home of Wende and Steve Schuster on Saturday, April 13. The Schusters are generously opening up their home to host this terrific and delicious event! Come to one or all of these events and you will have a great time!! Susan Grant, Chair, Zâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;havah Sisterhood