HaHodesh April 2023

H desh

April-May 2023 Nisan-Iyar-Sivan 5783

From Rabbi Kling Perkins

The Lessons of Mimouna

Several years back, I attended a cooking demonstration at Beit Avi Chai, an Israeli cultural and educational center, in the month preceding Pesah . . There were some unique aspects to the demonstration. For example, the chef, the head chef at a very fancy restaurant, didn’t blink an eye when a random member of the audience decided, in classic Israeli informal fashion, to get up, go behind the counter, and help him cook. What was really unusual, however, was that at a cooking presentation prior to Pesah, every single item was made entirely out of hametz, leavened products! And yet, this presentation was closely tied to the coming holiday. How so? The chef was showing us how to make food for Mimouna, a post-Pesah . festival celebrated by Middle Eastern, and particularly Moroccan Jews. At Mimouna, celebrants feast on pancakes and other leaven-filled treats, savoring the foods that have been forbidden to them for the past seven or eight days.

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Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration

In Honor of Israel’s 75th Birthday

Wednesday, April 26

5:45 pm Israeli Dinner

6:30 pm Tekes Candlelighting Ceremony

6:45 pm Special Performance with Israeli mother and son singers Bat Ella and Nitzan Birnbaum

7:45 pm Birthday Cake for Israel

Nitzan is a student at Berklee School of Music but is already an accomplished artist in his own right.

Emunah Israel Trip: A Wonderful Experience

see page 13

Bat Ella and her husband Dani Birnbaum were at Emunah in the early 1990’s when Dani served as our High Holiday Chazan. They sang beautiful duets together.

Mitzvah Day activities included making crayons for children in need and get well cards for congregants, baking lasagna and dog biscuits, and knotting dog blankets. See more photos on page 9.

President's Message ha Hodesh .

A Newsletter for Temple Emunah members

9 Piper Road, Lexington, MA 02421-8199

www.TempleEmunah.org

Main Office: 781-861-0300

Senior Rabbi David G. Lerner

Associate Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins

Fax: 781-861-7141

781-861-0300, ext. 22 dlerner@templeemunah.org

781-861-0300, ext. 31 lklingperkins@templeemunah.org

Rabbi Emeritus Bernard Eisenman

President Linna Ettinger

Executive Director Raveetal Celine

781-863-8511 president@templeemunah.org

781-861-0300, ext. 21 rceline@templeemunah.org

What Mask Do You Wear?

Hebrew College President Sharon Cohen Anisfeld observed (when she was scholar-in-residence for a Glatzer Memorial Weekend at Temple Emunah) that during Purim, when we wear our costumes, many times we represent a pure representation of a personality, without complexity and without nuance. We instantly “know” the persona according to a costume. Sometimes we also can predict the approach the costumed persona will have when approaching challenge and conflict. For example, we know that King Ahasuerus liked to party a lot. When we put on a mask, we take a snapshot of the persona, and their personality is petrified and can never change.

Director of Me’ir Sherer

781-861-0303, ext. 24 Congregational Learning msherer@templeemunah.org

Accounting Manager Alisa Billings

781-861-0300, ext. 23 abillings@templeemunah.org

781-861-0300, ext. 30 & Manager of Pastoral Admin harwe@templeemunah.org

Chief of Cong. Advancement Hannah Arwe

Director of Media and Bonnie Gold

781-861-0300, ext. 29 Communications bgold@templeemunah.org

Have you ever thought about which mask we can wear to convey a persistent yearning for self-improvement? Or which mask can we wear to project humility and inclusion of new ideas? Or which mask can we wear to demonstrate our evolving deeds of loving kindness towards one another? Or which mask can we wear to demonstrate our wrestling with how to incorporate ancient Jewish traditions and values into modern day living and sensibilities?

Synagogue Educator/Young Tova Weinronk

781-861-0300, ext. 34 Family Engagement Coord. tweinronk@templeemunah.org

Synagogue Educator Sydney Bluman

Office Administrator Marilyn Pappo

Temple Administrator Mary Melnick

781-861-0300, ext. 32 sbluman@templeemunah.org

781-861-0300, ext. 20 office@templeemunah.org

781-861-0300, ext. 26 mmelnick@templeemunah.org

Bulletin Editor Linda Silverstein lindags@comcast.net

Perhaps you are having trouble narrowing down your suggestion to one particular super hero or heroine. I know that when I see the faces of fellow members of Temple Emunah, these are the values that I think of. Collectively and individually, we work together to think of ways to improve our behavior, our programs, and our processes; we work together in humility to include new ideas and incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion in our congregational ethos; and we are deeply committed to each other and the Jewish tradition and rejoice at the opportunities to validate modern day choices and stances with Jewish values and thought.

Preschool Team

Lucie Chag, Interim Program Director lchag@templeemunah.org

Sally DeLucia, Interim Program Director Sdelucia@templeemunah.org

Laura Cohen Gordon, Interim Administrative Director lcohengordon@templeemunah.org

Chaiya Zalles, Interim Administrative Director czalles@templeemunah.org

Each of us serves as a “mask” representing the values and yearnings of Temple Emunah. We are a wondrous congregation, offering multiple gateways to engagement with each other, the tradition, nature, and the wider community. I wish you all Kol ha Kavod, much respect and honor – and I look forward to our Congregational Meeting on May 16th following evening minyan, where we will vote on the budget for Fiscal Year 24.

With Faith in our Future,

Linna Ettinger, president@templeemunah.org

Security Committee / Friends of Glatzer

Featured Committee: Security

We are grateful to our Security Committee for implementing security measures, hiring security detail, working with our Executive Director Raveetal Celine, and collaborating with the Facilities/House committee to keep Emunah members safe. Thank you to:

Michael Roskind, VP of Security

Adam Samansky

Ben Bloomenthal, Federal Grant Administration

Mark Bobrow

Larry Bressler

The Security committee is looking for volunteers with the following skills:

• Administrator familiar with Excel spreadsheets – can be done from home, remotely.

• Longtime members who know many members by sight, to help identify members of Temple Emunah for security staff – can be seated in a chair or wheelchair in close proximity to security staff outdoors during Shabbat services or programs.

• Security committee members who serve as eyes and ears to stand/sit in strategic locations around the building during services or programs. Must be able to move quickly.

• Security committee leadership team for members with a background in law enforcement or security.

• Empowerment coaches or members with training in self defense who are willing to run training workshops for community members.

Interested in engaging with the Security team? Please email security@templeemunah.org. Thank you!

Thank You to Our Friends

We gratefully acknowledge our dedicated Friends of Glatzer. Your generosity makes it possible to honor the memories of Professor Nahum and Anne Glatzer. The Nahum and Anne Glatzer Memorial Fund was established by Norm and Milly Koss (z”l). New supporters are always welcome to join the growing list of Friends of Glatzer.

FRIENDS OF GLATZER 2023

as of March 1, 2023

BENEFACTOR

Ken & Lois Bruss

Judi & Mark Canter

Mark Druy & Johanna Rothman

Gil & Linna Ettinger

David Ezekiel & Elise Richman Ezekiel

Fred Ezekiel

Catharyn & Mike Gildesgame

Sandy Goldstein & Michael Buonaiuto

Francine Jacobs & Barry Dym

Benjamin & Sylvia Perlman

Stephen Quatrano & Doreen Karoll

Jerome & Sharon Smith

David & Carol Srebnick

Toni Stechler

Judith Wechsler

PATRON

Sheila Kojm & Louis Stuhl

Stuart Lerman & Miriam Sadofsky

Rabbi David Lerner & Sharon Levin

Ed & Marcy Lidman

Barbara Posnick & Carl Mikkelsen

Elizabeth & Robert Pressman

Sylvia Schatz

Marsha Tucker

SPONSOR

Joel Alpert & Nancy Lefkowitz

Lester Blumberg & Robin Hasenfeld

Larry & Ann Chait

Alison Dick & Ed Willins

Leora Fishman

Ellen Laderman & Steven Tavan

Miriam Librach

Helen Marcus

Larry & Thelma Marin

Wendy & Robert Russman-Halperin

Alan & Leslie Sherman

Susan & David Shnidman

Cantor Louise Treitman

Judy Zola

Glatzer Weekend Scholar-in-Residence Yossi Abramowitz with Rabbi Lerner and Adult Education and Glatzer Co-chairs Terri Swartz Russell and Sandy Goldstein.

Adult Education / Minyan Story

Brought to You from the Adult Education Desk

Adult Education invites you to participate in our many ongoing offerings, including:

Musaf Musings: Rabbis Lerner and Kling Perkins lead this Saturday afternoon participatory class that delves into the hidden insights behind the liturgy of Musaf, the additional prayer on Shabbat, and the holidays. The class is between Minh . ah and Maariv on Saturday afternoons in the chapel. Check the Emunah website, as times vary each week.

Spirituality of Shabbat Observance: Join the rabbis on Wednesdays after the 7 AM minyan to study from the Shulkhan Arukh, a Medieval Code of Jewish law. Reflect on the values behind traditional Jewish practices and explore how these ideas inform our modern Jewish lives.

Prepare for Shabbat with the Weekly Parashah class on Zoom, every Tuesday from 4-5 PM . Connect with other Emunah members, read the upcoming Shabbat parashah, and discuss what resonates with you. Rabbi Lerner and Rabbi Kling Perkins will take turns leading the class. Check the website for the Zoom link.

Meditation is led on Tuesday mornings at 8:30 AM by Rabbi Lerner (harwe@templeemunah.org) and Barbara Neustadt (barbneus7@gmail.com), and you can join in person or on Zoom. Shabbat meditations with Rabbi Lerner and Paul Neustadt (probneus@gmail.com) are offered periodically. Experienced meditators and those brand-new are equally welcome. Musaf Meditation is offered each Shabbat morning after the sermon led by Barbara Neustadt, Rabbi Lerner, or another member of the community.

The Bess Ezekiel Rosh Hodesh Group, for all who identify as women, holds monthly informal, participant-inspired get-togethers. Meetings are led by members of the community on a variety of topics of interest to women. Contact Anna Nerenberg (bernberg@comcast.net) for more information.

Perek Yomi meets monthly on Thursdays to read and discuss the Bible. Contact Larry Marin (lbmlbm@aol.com)

Talmud Study is led by Dr. Isaac Ely Stillman. Contact Louis Stuhl (lstuhl@verizon.net).

There’s still time to learn to read and speak Hebrew with Ivrit LaKol, Hebrew for all. Classes range from beginners to advanced speakers. Email Nancy Lefkowitz at IvritlaKolHebrew@gmail.com for information.

Terri Swartz Russell and Sandy Goldstein

Co-chairs of Adult Education adulted@templeemunah.org.

My Minyan Story

For many years I rarely went to minyan at Temple Emunah. My excuse in the evening was that I got home from work after 6 PM, often had meetings, and needed a bit of time to relax. The morning was also a problem. For 13 years, at least a couple of times a week, overlapping minyan time, I drove the Schechter carpool to Newton. The rest of the week, the service was a bit late for me to get to work in Boston on time. There were periods when I did try to go to evening minyan once a month, but that schedule eventually petered out.

A turning point for me was when Kathy MacDonald initiated the “Ten for Ten” minyan program. I felt that I could and should go at least ten times a year. After meeting that goal, I decided to try to reach chai (18) and then double chai, 36 minyanim. Then came the pandemic. Every service switched from in-person to Zoom. There was no excuse for me not to increase the number of evening minyanim I attended. I found some comfort in being with others, even on Zoom. After the death of Rabbi Lerner’s abba (father), Rabbi Stephen Lerner, z”l, I committed to going at least once a week to the afternoon minyan as well.

Once we went back to in-person services, I really appreciated being with others. I had missed our community during the pandemic. I made a decision to daven at least once a week in the evening minyan. Because of other commitments, I can’t commit to a particular day of the week, so the day I participate varies from week to week. Sometimes there is only one evening I am able to attend, and, despite bad weather or being tired, I almost always just get in my car and go to the minyan.

Evening minyan has given me the opportunity to regularly connect with two meaningful prayers. Ahavat Olam and Hashkivenu are among the most beautiful parts of our siddur. The first relates to God’s love for Israel and the way it manifests itself through Torah, mitzvot, statutes, and laws. It goes on to recall that when we go to sleep and when we wake up, we not only think and speak of these, but we rejoice in them. In the second prayer, we invite God to help us “lie down in peace and awaken us to life,” and also to “shelter us in the shadow of Your wings.” The passages describing God’s protection of us are written with beautiful imagery. I find my spirituality and intentions rising with these prayers.

Minyan feels like a warm and cozy coverlet hugging me. Buzz Hausner is the soul of the minyanim. He is the Gabbai at every minyan, morning and evening, and makes everyone, member or stranger, feel welcome. Often non-members in mourning come regularly to say Kaddish. Several have subsequently become members and minyan leaders. Our welcoming ambiance surely played a role in this. Minyan regulars, as well as more recent participants, inspire me.

Elizabeth Pressman

Join us at minyan – help make sure we have at least ten people to pray. If you have a minyan story, please send it to Dawny@aboutfacepr.com so we can share it here.

Dawny Gershkowitz

Ladle Fund Update

Following the vision of our benefactor, Fred Ezekiel, the Ladle Fund Committee continues to support and originate programs that bring our community together in social, educational, and spiritual ways.

We had a very successful Jazz Night in January, hosting over 125 people for food, music, and socializing. Linda Skolnik was the creator and leader of this evening, and we thank her very much for her hard work.

Following up on our breakfast for our seniors in January with over 50 people, we had another breakfast for more than 55 people in early March. The morning was purely for social interaction as we all got to see people we do not see as often as we would like. Thank you to Linna Ettinger, Rabbi Lerner and Rabbi Kling Perkins for dropping by to say hello!

In February, we provided an extended Shabbat kiddush experience with singing, ping-pong, games and ice cream and snacks. Thanks to Janet Goldberg for helping to arrange all of the food! About 25 people participated at different times, enjoying a relaxing, community centric Shabbat experience.

We had more themed minyanim coordinated by Joelle Gunther and Bob Russman Halperin. This ongoing series of programs is a jewel of the Ladle Fund’s “repertoire.”

After all of these events, we are listening to the participants and hope to make positive improvements when we do them again next year or in future years!

In May, we hope to have an outdoor event, but details are not yet available… stay tuned for more information!

The Ladle Fund Committee looks hard at how we use our precious resources. We support programs based on grant requests (for example, Rabbi Rachel Bregman’s weekend on Racial Justice), events that are community based planned by the synagogue staff (this year, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Mitzvah day…) and programs we plan and implement ourselves as described above. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, we are committing our largest amount of dollars in support of these three types of programming.

Our ability to provide the community with thousands of dollars, in part, rests on continued community donations to the Ladle Fund. Should you be so inspired by our work, we would be very grateful for any contribution you could consider.

We look forward to seeing you at future events sponsored by the Ladle Fund!

David Ezekiel and Meli Solomon, Ladle Co-Chairs

Over 125 attendees took in the incredible sounds of the Jazz band, Keshev, a very talented trio of New England Conservatory students, from Israel, currently studying in Boston.

The Ladle Fund, along with the Israel Committee, co-sponsored a fun and festive evening in January that featured lively Israeli music and Jazz standards, appetizers and dessert, and the longawaited opportunity to socialize and connect with each other.

What you put in the pot, comes out in the ladle!

Preschool

Billy Dalwin Preschool (BDPS) Update

Winter has been a special time at Billy Dalwin Preschool! After winter break, we hit the ground running with our event for Lexington’s Day of Service on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Joining forces with both Temple Emunah and Temple Isaiah, we co-sponsored the event that had a puppet show, craft project, and a service opportunity appropriate for young learners. It is never too early to model the values of Tikkun Olam and Tzedakah for our children!

Our Pilonim and Dubim children have been deeply engaged in our popular Art Unit. Learning about various artists (from Michelangelo to Chihuly), how they approached their art, and having the opportunity to create in that style has the children enthralled and the families ecstatic. The children opened their gallery and invited families to their art show, where they showed their creations with pride. Todah Rabah to Sara, Deb, Audrey, and Amy for guiding the children through this well anticipated exploration.

Our community came together to celebrate Tu B’shevat and Havdalah. Tu B’Shevat lent itself to many activities involving trees, and, once again, we are ever grateful for our nature classroom space at Teva. What a glorious place to explore, learn, and say “Happy Birthday” to the trees! We were so thankful for the parents who came in to help the children bake challah, which was delicious! In addition, the parent support on the evening of our Havdalah event was so appreciated. Our Billy Dalwin kehillah is enriched by the volunteer efforts of so many parents. Kol Ha Kavod one and all! We look forward to celebrating Purim and Pesah with everyone!

It may be the middle of winter, but it is the time to enroll your child(ren) in our Kaytana Summer Program. This funfilled, outdoor program will take place daily from July 3-August 11, 2023, 8 am-3 pm. Please contact Sally at sdelucia@templeemunah.org for more information and enrollment forms. There will be special visitors that include Tumblebus, Pumpernickel Puppets, Dance with Hannah, Ice Cream with Moe, and lots more! It is also the time to reserve your spot in our preschool for September 2023. Please contact Lucie at lchag@templeemunah.org for enrollment information. We have room in each age group and want to make sure everyone gets their space! Tell your friends about the wonderful, close-knit kehillah we have at Billy Dalwin.

We want to make sure you get to see all of the fun activities that take place every day at Billy Dalwin. We are growing our social media presence and invite you along on the journey. You can find us on Facebook at Billy Dalwin Preschool of Temple Emunah. On Instagram, we are billydalwinps.

Kadima!

Laura Cohen Gordon Co-Administrative Director lcohengordon@templeemunah.org

Painting in the style of Vincent Van Gogh, making challah for Havdalah, and K’lavim’s Pizza Parlor.

The Children’s Section is the busiest in the Library, with hundreds of copies borrowed each year. In this issue we feature some popular books for kids and teenagers.

2023 Sydney Taylor awardwinning books are starred.

Temple Emunah Library

Books for Children

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen*

Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack*

Luis de Torres Sails to Freedom by Tami Lehman-Witzig*

Shoham’s Bangle by Sarah Sassoon*

Sitting Shiva by Erin Silver*

I Spy Passover

The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel*

Youth, Teenagers, & Graphic Books

Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe*

The Book of Elsie by Joanne Levy

Honey and Me by Meira Drazin*

How Mirka Caught a Fish by Barry Deutsch [Graphic Novel]

“Nice” Jewish Girls by Julie Merberg

Rabbi Harvey vs. the Wisdom Kid by Steve Sheinkin [Graphic Novel]

Salt and Honey: Jewish Teens on Feminism, Creativity, and Tradition ed. by Elizabeth Mandel

A Visit to Moscow by Anna Olswanger [Graphic Book]

Please return the books that you borrowed during the last three years!!

Toni Stechler and Marci Hopkins (emunahlibrary@gmail.com)

Printmaking (above) and painting with trees for Tu B’Shevat .

Religious School / Youth

From the Director of Congregational Learning

Selling is easy when you believe in your heart that you’re selling a great product. I’m in the business of selling Jewish Education. It’s not always easy honing in on what it is I am selling. In fact, it’s taken me years you wrap my head around it. I know that I am not selling the Hebrew H . eder of old. I believe what I am selling is an immersive experience in Jewish learning. For lack of a better term, when it comes to the school I am selling, I am selling a Religious School. There is a reason we call it a Religious School and not a Hebrew School. Hebrew is only one part, albeit an important part, of the education we are providing our children.

In regard to Hebrew, synagogues around the country are finding it more and more challenging to teach Hebrew. Six-hour-a-week Hebrew Schools no longer exist, translating into less time to teach Hebrew. Then there is the question of what type of Hebrew we are teaching: spoken Hebrew, prayer Hebrew, or Torah Hebrew. In addition, there is more and more to teach: Israel, Jewish Peoplehood, Jewish History, Israel, Jewish History.

We are still coming out of COVID. COVID has hastened our students’ acquisition of Hebrew. It has also impacted how our students interact with one another and in the community. We are spending more and more time teaching our students Social Emotional Learning skills. We also want to provide our students with the tools necessary to fight back against antiSemitism and anti-Israel sentiment. To put it more positively, we want to instill in our children a sense of Jewish Pride.

We’ve had another wonderful year in our Religious School and Youth Program. I believe we are selling something really wonderful. We are introducing our students to Jewish prayer, where they feel a sense of comfort in services, whether because they’ve learned to read prayers, learned them by rote, or learned to lead them, instilling in them a sense of Jewish Pride, teaching them about what it means to be part of the Jewish People and what it means to be a mensch. I hope you will invest and/ or continue investing in our product.

Best wishes for a wonderful summer,

Me’ir Sherer Director of Congregational Learning msherer@templeemunah.org

Tem ple Emunah is a dynamic, engaging, and welcoming congregational family. We build Jewish identity through learning and praying together in the spirit of Conservative Judaism, caring for each other and the world, and working to create an enduring

No Religious School Wed, April 12

Sun, April 16; Tues, April 18

Wed, April 19; Sun, April 23

Kitah Gimmel Siyum HaSefer Fri, May 12

Kitah Hey/Vav Service Sat, May 20

Zimriyah Sun, May 21

Spring Youth Day Sun, May 21

Tekes Hitkadmut Wed, May 24

SPRING YOUTH DAY AT CANOBIE LAKE PARK

Sunday, May 21, 12:00-6:30 PM

Children in grades 3-12 are off to Canobie Lake Park on Sunday, May 21 to celebrate the end of a great year. The cost of this program is $40, which includes transportation and park admission. For more information, please contact Me’ir Sherer, DCL at msherer@templeemunah.org

Grade 5-6 Shul-in

Visiting Lands Sake Farm for Tu B’Shevat

Religious School / Youth

5784 (2023-2024) RELIGIOUS SCHOOL REGISTRATION

Registration for Religious School for this fall will open May 1. There will be an early bird discount through the end of May. Registration will require a minimum deposit of $150 on a credit card. You will not be charged a processing fee for the use of this card. For more information, please contact Me’ir Sherer, DCL, msherer@ templeemunah.org.

USY Chaverim Bowling

Winter fun with USY

Religious School Students Participate in Mitzvah Day Activities

Back on Groundhog Day, we were told that Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter! Now we have, basically have gone through the entire winter without snow.

During this last quarter of the temple’s fiscal year (as well as Sisterhood’s fiscal year), we begin to prepare for our 2023/24 budget. As we all know, it’s expensive to run a synagogue! There are so many facets that make up the financial necessities of Temple, from administration expenses, building expenses, programming expenses, religious school expenses, and much more. It is important to note that Temple Emunah’s Sisterhood and Brotherhood play an integral role in the financial wellbeing of our shul.

I’d like to remind you of where Sisterhood money goes. Sisterhood raises funds through annual membership, fundraising initiatives, and donations. Our fundraisers include weekly sanctuary flower sponsorship, the Rosh Hashanah Honey sales drive, and general donations.

Our proceeds result in financial giving to the community. Sisterhood’s operating committee and our membership are resilient, creative, and caring about the temple.

Our budget for 2023/2024 includes financial commitments for the upcoming year:

$5000 Temple General operating fund

$2000 Religious School Music Program

$1000 Temple Youth Program

$2500 Religious School Special Needs Aides

Purchase Siddur’s for third grade students

Sisterhood/Brotherhood jointly purchase Etz Hayim for B’nei Mitzvah

We also make donations throughout the year as things come up.

Our 2023/24 budget is primarily built off membership dues. I hope that you will continue to support Sisterhood with your annual dues in 2023/24 and, if you’ve never joined, that you will now consider joining Sisterhood. Annual membership is just $36 and can be paid directly through your Shul Cloud account, by checking off Sisterhood on your dues commitment forms, or by contacting the temple office.

Sisterhood is a social, educational, and philanthropic organization. Our organization at Temple Emunah relies on the support of the community and in seeing that you are “part of the fabric that holds our Sisterhood together.” Each and every one of our members helps to tie things together, whether by participation in our events, our fundraising initiatives or the general well-being of our organization, which has been going strong for 60+ years at Emunah.

On Sunday, March 19, we honored Linda Skolnik as this year’s Light of Torah at our Torah Fund brunch, which was

fabulous and enjoyed by all. We had a wonderful entertainment program: True Colors by The Braid. 100% of the money raised at our brunch (Sisterhood pays for the expense of the brunch) goes to the Torah Fund at the Jewish Theological Seminary. The Torah Fund Campaign supports and provides scholarships to students at The Jewish Theological Seminary (New York, New York), Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies (Los Angeles, California), and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies (Jerusalem).

Although I took the chairperson role for this event (this could be you next year), the day’s success was only made possible by the many helpers who each played integral roles in simplifying my position. Many thanks to Barbara Posnick for organizing the RSVPs, my kitchen staff (you all know who you are), Raveetal and the temple office staff for working the logistics, and my wonderful husband, David, who acted as the go-to guy for last minute needs. Once again, congratulations to Linda and to all who helped support this wonderful cause.

Springtime is a great time to think about flowers. Perhaps you haven’t thought about sponsoring flowers in the sanctuary. You can do so for a birthday, a special occasion, or even in memory of a loved one. Sponsorship is easy and a wonderful way to support Sisterhood. It’s something that is done every week and on holidays in the sanctuary. Sheila Kojm can explain everything involved in ordering flowers. Please contact her at bimahflowers@gmail.com.

Sisterhood’s leadership for the past six years is the Operating Committee (O.C.), which replaced the standard board positions. We always hope that new people will join us, discuss some of the financial support and ways that we give back to the temple, and consider helping when needed.

During this final fiscal quarter and over the summer, the O.C. will be working on the 2023/24 Sisterhood calendar. The first matter of business with be our Rosh Hashanah Honey sale, organized by Cindy Bobrow. Details of this program will be coming out in early July. Programming events including our Paid-up Membership Supper in the Sukkah, two signature Dinner and a Movie events, a pre- H anukah Crockpot dinner, and much more are already being discussed along with programming in partnership with other committees at temple. Sisterhood programming support has been opened to all, except when noted as a Sisterhood only event. So many of you have joined us at our programs and I’m sure next year will be the same!

In closing, I continue to hope that others will join Sisterhood on our journey.

L’shalom, Janet Goldberg, Sisterhood President janet.goldberg2@verizon.net

Brotherhood / Family Table

Shalom Haverim!

Pesah will soon be upon us, so I wish you a H ag Sameah! I want to thank all who purchased their Passover wine through the Brotherhood.

I also want to thank Alan Silver for putting together a great series of speakers. Our next Speaker’s Breakfast will be on April 16, and we will send out complete information on her in the coming weeks.

Brotherhood Shabbat is coming up on May 6 with Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23). We hope you will join us as the Brotherhood leads the services and hosts the kiddush in this annual tradition.

Our Man of the Year is David Goldberg. Join us on Sunday, May 21, at the temple to celebrate David’s contributions to Temple Emunah. Also, you can sample the beer the Brotherhood brewed for this occasion!

If you have not already received it, you will be receiving your Yom HaShoah yellow candles in the mail shortly. This year, they will be packaged in padded envelopes, so be on the lookout. We encourage everyone to light their candle on the evening of April 17 to remember the Six Million.

Softball season is coming. Please get in touch with Ken Zimmerman if you would like to find out about Emunah’s excellent team, Faith.

Finally, if you are looking for a way to get more involved with Temple Emunah, the Brotherhood is a wonderful way to benefit the temple while meeting some great men. Feel free to reach out to me or any other member of the Brotherhood board for more information, or just join us for a board meeting (everyone is invited). Please be sure to check our events calendar at https://www.templeemunah.org/calendar/ to see what’s happening!

I wish everyone a joyous Pesah . !

Scott Damsky, Brotherhood President brotherhood@templeemunah.org

YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO FAMILY TABLE ARE ESSENTIAL

Major Reduction in COVID Food Stamp Subsidies

With the changes to the SNAP program (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -Food Stamps) that went into effect on March 2, 2023, households are expected to lose an average of $162 per month as benefits from COVID SNAP end. We know that food prices have increased, and now that the amount of money received will be decreased, it will be even harder for people to make ends meet. Your financial contributions made directly to Temple Emunah-Family Table are greatly appreciated now more than ever.

Matzah for Passover

There was a special food drive to raise 1200 boxes of matzah for Passover this year. Thus far, the amount was nearing 1200 boxes. Temple Emunah’s donations through the Amazon Wish List contributed to this program. We contributed 180 boxes of matzah.

Purim Mishloach Manot

A special shoutout to Michelle Abramson for organizing and preparing small bags of treats that were delivered to JF&CS Family Table and distributed to Family Table clients. Surely this made their holiday memorable.

Part of the 70

Family Table has volunteers from 70 synagogues, Jewish Day Schools, JCCs and other centers of Jewish life. We have been serving JF&CS for more than 20 years, and YOU have made a significant and valuable contribution to our community. When you provide food, cash donations, and most of all, your time to pack and deliver food, you are each engaging in a most important mitzvah. Thanks to all of you!!

How to Volunteer

Contact Lisa Katz, Volunteer Coordinator, Direct Line: 781-693-1231 lkatz@jfcsboston.org for information on how you and your family members can help out on a Sunday delivery. You will enjoy the camaraderie of working with others.

Todah Rabbah,

Michelle and Mark Abramson, mhabramson@gmail.com, markabramson619@gmail.com, 781-861-7152

Nancy Lefkowitz, nancylef@gmail.com, 781-696-2085

Temple Emunah Coordinators of JF&CS Family Table

Rabbi Message / Disability & Inclusion

From Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins

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Even those of us who have heard of Mimouna may not be aware of something really important about it. Jewish law forbids cooking with or even owning leavened products on Pesah. So how could such an elaborate h . ametz-filled feast take place so soon after the holiday? The answer is that in the countries where Mimouna originated, the Arab neighbors of the Jews stepped up and provided the flour for the meal. They played a key role in the preparations and also participated. This partnership allowed Mimouna celebrations to occur as soon as Pesah had ended, which would otherwise not be possible. As such, Mimouna was a celebration not just of the end of Pesah . , but also of positive, interdependent relationships with non-Jewish neighbors.

How special to have a holiday that celebrates warm relationships! Building connections with others is important in its own right– and can also benefit us in places where relations can be fraught.

After several white supremacist, antisemitic groups declared a “Day of Hate’’ in February, Yehuda Kurtzer, the president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, wrote an opinion piece for JTA about how we as a Jewish community can most effectively respond to antisemitism. He suggests that the best thing we can do is to form partnerships with those around us – in particular, the American legal and political establishment. The goal, he writes, is to build a society in which prejudice and discrimination are not only the problem of the people being targeted, but something that everyone in that society is responsible to help stop. This is true of antisemitism, and also of all sorts of other types of hatred.

Not just Mimouna, but Pesah . itself teaches us to welcome others, regardless of religion or nationality. Despite the fact that Pesah is about the liberation of the Jewish people in particular, we declare at our seders, “Let all who are hungry come and eat,” and many people regularly make a habit of inviting new people to their seders, Jewish or not, to experience the holiday together and to celebrate together the blessing of freedom. On Pesah . , we remember that we Jews were slaves, and we direct that memory toward making sure that nobody else experiences discrimination and oppression as we once did.

Not just Jews, but everyone benefits when we all recognize that hatred against any group on the basis of their identity is a threat to all of us. This Pesah, let us all take that message to heart. Whether we intend to celebrate Mimouna or not, let us maintain and develop deep relationships across differences – relationships of learning, appreciation, and caring, during Pesah . and beyond. H ag Sameah . !

Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins

Disability & Inclusion News

From April to May, we await spring with its flowers, smells, and colors. Finally, we can be happy to walk outside, assuming all snow and ice have melted away. Spring surprises us with holidays we thought were too far away to think about. Surprise! Passover starts on the evening of April 5. That may be the start of Pesah . , but the cleaning and preparing begin several days, maybe even weeks, prior to the seder.

I must say that once the cleaning, cooking, and organizing begins, I feel immersed in this holiday – both the good parts and the difficult ones. Here in Tel Aviv, last Pesah, we found Oh Mama open for Shabbat and Pesah. You just walk around the large pans that line about four sides of the store, selecting what you want, picking up the spoons, and placing your desires in plastic containers. It’s not overly expensive and it’s busy, depending on the time you arrive. It’s quite different from the Butcherie!

But buying food is not what makes Pesah . so moving for me. That part has to do with unpacking the Pesah plates and pans. My father always unpacked the dishes, pots, and pans from the previous Pesah. You would have thought he’d carefully traveled across the US, ensuring no breakage. Each piece was wrapped carefully in the newspapers saved from the previous newspaper wrappings. The boxes came from one side of the basement to the other, where my mother stood behind our “bar” where she could wash each plate. As a child, I would tell her what each dish was for – gefilte fish, apple sauce, chicken, soup, etc. She was surprised and delighted that I remembered all these plates. Each of them came from her father’s restaurant, and all of them are in my house all these years later!! Sometimes I get to use them, depending on our daughters’ decisions on who is coming and who is cooking. Neither of them wants me to bring some to them so they can enjoy our family history!

Only the cake made it into the most prestigious of the cooking! I remember watching my mother carefully mixing the ingredients together with her electric handheld mixer. The house became extremely quiet as my mother lifted the large pan and poured the dough into the pan, sometimes allowing me to rotate the pan so it spilled evenly into the pan. Finally, the pan was placed into the oven. The most difficult part was getting the cake out of the pan.

I am quite certain that during the quiet process, my mother felt her mother over her shoulder. Now whoever makes the cake feels me over their shoulder just as I still feel my mother. It’s sad, and it’s wonderful at the same time.

Sandy Miller-Jacobs Chair, Inclusion Committee, sandymj@gmail.com

Temple Emunah Israel Trip

After four years of planning and several COVID-related delays, our 2023 Temple Emunah Multi-generational Israel adventure was a wild success. Fifty-two participants journeyed to Tel Aviv, Haifa, Tiberias, and Jerusalem. We enjoyed excursions throughout Galilee, Masada, and the Dead Sea. Director of Education Me'ir Sherer organized a wonderful visit to our sister school, and others learned more about the Boston-Haifa Partnership by visiting Parents in the Center. We explored the food and culture of Tel Aviv through walking tours, touring the market, and biking. We explored the history of Israel on an archeological dig of Tel Maresha and a visit to Tzippori, walking in the Western Wall Tunnels, and a visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. We learned about the geo-political realities and complexities while standing a few feet from the border with Lebanon. In the Parents Circle, we met with Israelis and Palestinians who lost loved ones; they discussed the pain of the conflict and felt glimmers of hope. For the first time, we offered the option to join one of the rallies against the government, which we did in Haifa.

Spiritual moments were created by Rabbi David Lerner and Director of Congregational Learning Me'ir Sherer: we learned on Shabbat afternoon, davened in a 1600-year-old synagogue in the Galilee, held a spiritual Shaharit and a havdalah over-

looking Haifa and davened an egalitarian Kabbalat Shabbat over the Kotel. A wonderful highlight was a B'nei Mitzvah Shaharit service next to the Southern Wall of Temple Mount.

The food was outrageous, the hotels beautiful, and the group formed a wonderful community – as first-timers and returnees – adults, teens, and children – chose their own adventures and came together for many meaningful moments. Fun was a constant theme, from spontaneous dancing in the streets of Tel Aviv to dancing on a sunset boat cruise on the Sea of Galilee. Our Israeli guides and staff ensured that we appreciated Israel from many perspectives and cared for every detail so we could all fully enjoy the experience. One participant reflected on the experience: "I'm already signed up for the next trip!" Twelve participants went on to the UAE to explore another country that is open to Jews and Judaism in a way that is new to the recent history of the Middle East.

Our next Emunah excursion will be an adult trip to Jewish Spain and Morocco in October/November 2025. More trips to Israel to follow! Contact Rabbi Lerner for details. Rabbi Lerner's sermons about the trip can be found on his Times of Israel blog, our website, or our Youtube channel. See you next time in Jerusalem.

The following loved ones will be remembered at our worship services in the coming months:

Apr 1 / 10 Nisan

Edith Cherun

Mother of Carol Bromberg

Nathan Epstein

Father of Howard Epstein

Miriam Jacobs

Mother of Francine Jacobs

Rubin Jacobs

Father of Hal Miller-Jacobs

Rose Kaplan

Mother of Maxine Wasserman

Gerald Karen

Father of Jeffrey Karen

Bert Marcus

Uncle of Joel Marcus

Louisa Menzel

Grandmother of Asaf Gaon

Harold Yablin

Grandfather of Seth Maislin

Apr 2 / 11 Nisan

Clairette Freedman

Sister of Fred Ezekiel

Aunt of David Ezekiel

Louis Handler

Uncle of Risa Bressler

Frances Schwimmer

Aunt of Joel Shwimer

Apr 3 / 12 Nisan

Bella Alpert

Mother of Irwin Alpert

Florence Goldberg

Wife of Harold Goldberg

Cynthia Lerman

Mother of Scott Lerman

Charles Minkin

Father of Paul Minkin

Sidney Mizner

Father of Gail Spatz

Goldie Moskow

Mother of Richard Moskow

Harold Sadofsky

Father of Miriam Sadofsky

Anthony Salvucci

Grandfather of Denise Forbes

Max Schoenberg

Father of Peggy Menzin

Joseph Sidman

Father-in-law of Miriam Sidman

Mollie Sidman

Mother-in-law of Miriam Sidman

Apr 4 / 13 Nisan

Rose Chasanoff

Grandmother of Thelma Marin

Richard Cohen

Husband of Vivian Cohen

Father of Marcy Lidman

Ronald Hausman

Father of Kenneth Hausman

Michelle Karmazin

Friend of Susan Stering

Abraham Russman

Grandfather of Wendy Russman-Halperin

Jerry Wasserman

Husband of Maxine Wasserman

Stanley Wein

Father of Warren Wein

Alvin Wolfe

Husband of Susan Wolfe

Aaron Zohn

Husband of Rochelle Zohn

Apr 5 / 14 Nisan

Gloria Hoffman

Mother of Beth Fentin

Eleanor Kojm

Mother of Sheila Kojm

Al Lipson

Father of Steven Lipson

Marjorie Woods

Mother of Larry Woods

Apr 6 / 15 Nisan

Tomas Hirschfeld

Father of Dina Savitz

Samuel Wollins

Grandfather of Jill Wollins

Apr 7 / 16 Nisan

Rhoda Biletch

Mother of Leslie Biletch

Lois Boreen

Mother of Susan Hailman

Fred Bornstein

Brother-in-law of Eileen Feldman

Irving Kaplan

Father of Doris Morgenstern

Leon Weiner

Father of Ellyn Michelson

Apr 8 / 17 Nisan

Burton Black

Brother-in-law of Larry Liederman

Asher Finkel

Father of Rose Myers

Albert Kushner

Father of Ann Kushner

Jeanne Merkin

Mother of Carol Greenberg

Joseph Nathanson

Grandfather of Neil Weiser

Hilda Reibstein

Mother of Lois Bruss

James Rubenstein

Brother of Sidney Rubenstein

Apr 9 / 18 Nisan

Irwin Fiarman

Father of Gale Fiarman

Sadie Green

Aunt of Marcia Kaunfer, Anne Lerner and Beth Levine

Great-aunt of Rabbi David Lerner

Rachel Izbicki

Mother of Howard Izbicki

Jordan Liebhaber

Friend of Ken and Lois Bruss

Rebecca Silverstein

Mother of Phyllis Rubinovitz

Apr 10 / 19 Nisan

Annette Natkin

Mother of Lissa Natkin

Rabbi Irving Perlman

Father of Benjamin Perlman

Melvin Tracey

Husband of Marilyn Tracey

Father of Michael Tracey

Apr 11 / 20 Nisan

Uri Ben-Meir

Grandfather of Jonathan Ring

Lowell Bensky

Friend of Leonard Katz

Richard Berk

Father of Sheryl Wein

Morton Camac

Husband of Marcia Camac

Father of Ann Ben-Horin

Barbara Holstein

Daughter of Phyllis Blumberg

Sister of Lester Blumberg

Anna Delfiner Koltai

Mother-in-law of Barbara Delfiner

Aron Lipszyc

Grandfather of Doronit

Shlank-Bloomenthal

Libby Soffar

Mother of Cindy Jacobs

Eva Urmer

Grandmother of Doreen Karoll

Apr 12 / 21 Nisan

Ida Gottlieb

Mother of Betty Pious Heindel

Bessie Thrope

Grandmother of Martin Thrope

Apr 13 / 22 Nisan

Stowe Hausner

Mother of Buzz Hausner

Eric Moskow

Son of Shirley and Richard Moskow

Irving Nelson

Father-in-law of Joyce Nelson

Morris Weiner

Father of Ann Chait

Grandfather of David Chait

Apr 14 / 23 Nisan

Stella Sadofsky

Mother of Miriam Sadofsky

Sam Silverman

Partner of Rachel Rosenblum

Bernice Singer

Mother of Jeremy Singer

Apr 15 / 24 Nisan

Diane Finkelstein

Mother of Alan Fields

Leonard Nacht

Father of Kathy Macdonald

Isay Zeylikman

Father-in-law of Irina Zeylikman

Apr 16 / 25 Nisan

Sidney Chernick

Father of Paul Chernick

Sarah Fox

Mother of Joseph Fox

Leon Gildesgame

Father of Mike Gildesgame

Pearl Goldberg

Mother of David Goldberg

Leonard Lovitz

Father of Susan Goldman

Apr 17 / 26 Nisan

Robert Gherry Bernstein

Father of Laura Pierce

Janet David

Wife of John Stayn

Sidonia Handler Miller

Aunt of Risa Bressler

Marjorie Reder

Mother of Richard Reder

Apr 18 / 27 Nisan

Samuel Lerman

Grandfather of Scott Lerman

David Schechner

Father of David Schechner

Martin Sprince

Grandfather of Scott Lerman

Harriet Willins

Mother of Edward Willins

Apr 19 / 28 Nisan

Annie Harris Frankel

Mother of Reva Levitt

Carl Hollander

Father of Charles Hollander

Apr 20 / 29 Nisan

Anny Graf

Mother of Eva Glaser

Mother-in-law of Stephen Tauber

Stella Kantor

Mother of Natalie Warshawer

Anna Shapiro Mencow

Mother of Barbara Neustadt

Celia Cumens Perlmutter

Mother of Burt Perlmutter

Regina Pesin

Wife of Stuart Pesin

April 21 / 30 Nisan

Marian Cain

Aunt of Ed Lidman

Stuart Goff

Father of Philip Goff

Victor Levitt

Uncle of Alisa Billings

Yehudith Shtill

Mother of Michal Fuller

Helen Towers

Mother of David Towers

Nathan Weiser

Grandfather of Neil Weiser

Eleanor Wollins

Mother of Jill Wollins

Apr 22 / 1 Iyar

Isaac Tarmy

Father of Arnold Tarmy

Jacob Weinronk

Father of Stan Weinronk

Apr 23 / 2 Iyar

Josephine Abelman

Mother of David Abelman

Hyman Doodlesack

Father of Phyllis Fish

Abraham Kaminsky

Uncle of Ann Chait

Ida Levine

Grandmother of Harvey Lowell

William Miller

Father of Rebecca Karen

Rose Rifken Pearlman

Mother of Valerie Seidman

Hyman Smith

Grandfather of Jerome Smith

Jiing-Liang Wu

Father of Ailsa Hermann-Wu

Apr 24 / 3 Iyar

Anna Antonoff

Mother of Marvin Antonoff

Sonia Baker

Mother of Linda Chessman

Margaret “Peggy” Goldberg

Mother of Nancy Goldberg

Apr 25 / 4 Iyar

Murray Feinzig

Grandfather of Ben Bloomenthal

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Selma Solinger Greenberg

Grandmother of Sharon Smith

Gilbert Nerenberg

Father of Anna Nerenberg

Pauline Rubinovitz

Mother-in-law of Phyllis Rubinovitz

Celia Sadow

Grandmother of Carolyn Leshin

Apr 26 / 5 Iyar

Elizabeth Bruss

Sister-in-law of Ken Bruss

Harold Michelson

Father-in-law of Barbara Michelson

Ann Rantz

Mother-in-law of Stan Pomeranz

Helene Rock

Mother of Mia Lieberman

Sylvia Ann Teitelbaum

Mother of Ken Teitelbaum

Albert Towers

Father of David Towers

Apr 27 / 6 Iyar

Herbert Katz

Brother of Leonard Katz

Shirley Reubenstein

Mother of Howard Reubenstein

Lila Ruiz Tarkoff

Daughter of Vanessa Ruiz and Anna Ruiz Tarkoff

Yitzhak Shtill

Father of Michal Fuller

Oscar Sumner

Father of Howard Sumner

Noah Hudson Tsymbal

Son of Jessica and Ilya Tsymbal

Apr 28 / 7 Iyar

Louis Aronson

Father of Richard Aronson

Zelda Paley

Mother of Marcia Camac

Edith Russman

Mother of Wendy Russman-Halperin

Charles Shapiro

Father of Linda Tarmy

Baba Shirazi

Grandfather of Pejman

Pourmousa, Babak Shirazi, Farshad Pourmousa and Eleanor Perlmutter

Julia Peitzer Shwimer

Mother of Joel Shwimer

Beatrice Tucker

Mother-in-law of Marsha Tucker

Miriam Wein

Grandmother of Alisa Billings

Apr 29 / 8 Iyar

Leon Katz

Father of Paul Katz

Albert Kerstein

Father of Larry Kerstein

Harry Konterwitz

Father of Elaine Shwimer

Eleanor Rothfeld

Aunt of Marsha Tucker

Apr 30 / 9 Iyar

Irving Goldstein

Father of Mark Goldstein

Anna Shanes

Grandmother of Cindy Bobrow

Howard Stecker

Father of Elissa Stecker

May 1 / 10 Iyar

Louis Cohen

Father of Judith Wisnia

Bennie Frankel

Father of Reva Levitt

Isadore Marcus

Father-in-law of Judith Marcus

Grandfather of Joel Marcus

Dorothy Woolf Miller

Mother of Arnie Miller

Ida Pekin

Mother of Bobby Galani and Ellen Gordon

Joseph Tauber

Father of Stephen Tauber

Morris Testa

Father of Susan Cook

May 2 / 11 Iyar

Winnie Buonaiuto

Mother of Michael Buonaiuto

Robert Goldstone

Father of Rabbi Matthew Goldstone

Minnie Klein

Grandmother of Dorothy Seltzer

Martin Laderman

Father of Ellen Laderman

Gertrude Levine

Mother of Ralph Levine

Sarah Tuzman

Mother of Judith Kliger

May 3 / 12 Iyar

Ethel Goldman

Mother of Phyllis Herda

Aunt of Leonard Katz, Susan Shnidman and Arnold Tarmy

Thelma Greenberg

Mother of Mark Greenberg

Esta Mae Katz

Mother of Amy Goldminz

Shirley Koren

Mother of Annette Koren

Samuel Lidman

Grandfather of Ed Lidman

Kurt Schloesser

Father of Ruth Berg

May 4 / 13 Iyar

David Cherny

Brother of Miriam Boucher

Lea Markuse

Mother of Jack Markuse

May 5 / 14 Iyar

Miriam Allen

Mother of Amy Zaslow

Norman Thrope

Father of Marty Thrope

May 6 / 15 Iyar

Peter Scott Bain

Brother of Susan Wilner

Fannie Gordon

Mother of Martin Gordon

Anne Mills

Mother of Roberta Jaffer

Fannie Porton

Grandmother of Martin Thrope

Fritzie Schloesser

Mother of Ruth Berg

Harry Tucker

Father-in-law of Marsha Tucker

May 7 / 16 Iyar

Analee Bang

Sister of Charlotte Kupiec

Ruth Chessman

Mother of Daniel Chessman

Josephine Freifelder

Aunt of Marsha Tucker

Tanna Goott

Niece of Carole Feifke

Phyllis Gorenstein

Mother of Jonina Schonfeld

Stuart Owades

Brother of Gordon Owades

Harry Schultz

Father of Brian Schultz

D. William Unterberg

Father of Thelma Marin

May 8 / 17 Iyar

Barbara Abramson

Mother of Mark Abramson

Melvin Botbol

Father of Donna Jauvtis

Donald Freedman

Father of Lisa Barinotto

Louis Frolich

Father of Rochelle Zohn

Aya Spektor

Mother of Elena Gorlovsky

Ruth Zelermyer

Mother of Mark Zelermyer

May 9 / 18 Iyar

Dorothy Joseph

Mother of Caron Bleich

Grandmother of Lauren Bleich

Emanuel Wolf

Father of Stanley Wolf

Barbara Zimmerman

Mother of Ken Zimmerman

May 10 / 19 Iyar

Sylvia Handler

Mother of Risa Bressler

Alfred Kojm

Father of Sheila Kojm

Pauline Liederman

Mother of Larry Liederman

Helen Liskov

Mother of Judith Zabin

May 11 / 20 Iyar

Deborah Buckler

Mother of Aaron Buckler

Lauri Chait

Sister of Larry Chait

Dorothy Lezberg

Aunt of Alisa Billings

Beatrice Samuels

Mother of Harold Samuels

Rosalie Spatz

Mother of Harry Spatz

May 12 / 21 Iyar

Sydney Cantor

Stepfather of Barbara Palant

Uncle of Bonnie Levy

Libby Gordon

Mother of Robert Gordon

Zelda Govenar

Mother of Helen Zelinsky

Yossef Ifrah

Brother of Miriam Sidman

Lester Izbicki

Father of Howard Izbicki

Ira Katzman

Uncle of Barbara Palant

Vital Kliger

Mother-in-law of Judy Kliger

Esther Rubinovitz

Sister-in-law of Phyllis Rubinovitz

May 13 / 22 Iyar

Carol Getman

Wife of Marvin Getman

Frances Gluck

Sister of Barbara Michelson

Dalia Sheff

Mother of Daphne Harris

May 14 / 23 Iyar

Liza Cohn

Sister of Miriam Blechter

Irving Gluck

Grandfather of Ed Lidman

Paul Kantner

Brother of Ronni Skerker

Caroline Klein

Mother of Max Klein

Gordon McCauslin

Brother of Scott McCauslin

Ruth Stein

Mother of Judi Canter

May 15 / 24 Iyar

Louis Antonoff

Father of Marvin Antonoff

Sylvia Druy

Mother of Mark Druy

Roslynne Greenberg

Mother of Julie Greenberg

Jonah Jacobson

Father of Stuart Jacobson

Julius Rubinovitz

Brother-in-law of Phyllis Rubinovitz

Murray Schweitzer

Father of Randi Silverman

May 16 / 25 Iyar

Samuel Blotner

Brother of Barbara Michelson

Irene Lefkowitz

Mother of Nancy Lefkowitz

Jessie Michelson

Mother-in-law of Barbara Michelson

Avraham Sussman

Father of Susan Lutwak

Sarah Weinronk

Mother of Stan Weinronk

May 17 / 26 Iyar

Fred Bernstein

Father of Marc Bernstein

Messouda Dray

Mother of Isaac Dray

Jacob Keller

Grandfather of Carolyn Keller

Esther Mizrahi

Sister of Miriam Sidman

Celia Nissenbaum

Mother of Joseph Nissenbaum

Ezra Shapiro

Grandfather of Catharyn Gildesgame

May 18 / 27 Iyar

Roselyn Bernstein

Mother of Marc Bernstein

Mary Burack

Aunt of Katharine Hermann-Wu

Frieda Eisenberg

Mother of Gloria Fox

Martin Livingston

Brother of Marjorie Becker

Uncle of Robert Becker

Ralph Livingston

Father of Marjorie Becker

Grandfather of Robert Becker

Benjamin Wollins

Father of Jill Wollins

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Victor Yeheskal

Father of Tamar Krant

May 19 / 28 Iyar

Joyce Altman

Mother of Stephen Altman

Bernard Canter

Father of Mark Canter

Michael Chasanoff

Grandfather of Thelma Marin

Madeline G. Haft

Mother of Rachel Brown

Irwin Heim

Grandfather of Melissa Warneck

Leo Marin

Father of Lawrence Marin

Samuel Noveck

Grandfather of Risa Bressler

Isabelle Rapin

Mother of Anne Oaklander

Ida Rosen

Mother of David Rosen

Elinor Yarkoni

Mother of Sharon Kalus

May 20 / 29 Iyar

Robert Danon

Father of Monique Brykman

Peter E. Glaser

Husband of Eva Glaser

Irving Kardon

Father of Len Kardon

Joel Moses

Husband of Peggy Moses

Father of Jesse Moses

Yahrzeits

Bessie Katz Spero

Grandmother of Sharon Smith

May 21 / 1 Sivan

Sarah Cook

Mother of Stewart Cook

Rachel Epstein

Mother of Judith Marcus

Grandmother of Joel Marcus

Lois Flamm

Sister of Mark Canter

Mark R. Gornstein

Father of Eric Gornstein

Isadore Lidman

Uncle of Ed Lidman

May 22 / 2 Sivan

Barry Aronson

Brother of Richard Aronson

Thomas Hill

Father of James Hill

Haim Ifrah

Brother of Miriam Sidman

May 23 / 3 Sivan

Allan Berkowitz

Stepfather of Marc Landman

Karin Brorsdotter

Sister of Margaretha Jacobson

Elizabeth Dernier

Mother of Amanda Schwoerke

Arthur Lefkowitz

Father of Nancy Lefkowitz

Ethel Purnell

Mother of Laura Krich

May 24 / 4 Sivan

Sidney Abramson

Father of Mark Abramson

David Blotner

Brother of Barbara Michelson

Lawrence Egbert

Father of Louise Treitman

Bob Galvin

Companion of Judith Himber

Meir Hott

Brother of Estha Blachman

Rhoda Rosenfield

Grandmother of Joshua Namias

Saul Silverstein

Father of Phyllis Rubinovitz

May 26 / 5 Sivan

Anna L. Aaron

Mother of Steven Aaron

Joel Bornstein

Uncle of Joseph Nissenbaum

Wilma Brown

Mother of Elizabeth Sumner

Gilbert Garber

Uncle of Barbara Palant

Julius Gershkowitz

Father of Donna Gershkowitz

Wendy Lack

Sister of Heidi Lack

Abraham Menzin

Father of Marvin Menzin

Zelda Sherman

Aunt of Leonard Katz

Raymond Weyl

Father of Guy Weyl

June 5 / 6 Sivan

Ruth Finkel Fox

Mother of Arthur Fox

Michael Leipner

Father of Carol Srebnick

May 27 / 7 Sivan

Max Eisenberg

Father of Gloria Fox

Louis Fzikla

Cousin of Ervin Dan

Maynard London

Father of Susan London

Marian O’Connell

Aunt of Larry Kerstein

May 28 / 8 Sivan

Harry Bassin

Father of Elise Bassin

Kenneth Greenberg

Brother of Julie Greenberg

Peggy L. Osher

Mother of Judith Osher

Sandra Sandler

Mother of David Sandler

Morris Solomon

Grandfather of Carolyn Leshin

Julius Wiland

Father of Paulette Binder

May 29 / 9 Sivan

Renee Berkowitz

Mother of Marc Landman

Joseph Gaies

Father of Ellen Gaies

David Edward Haft

Father of Rachel Brown

Bertha Hertz

Mother of Diane Eisner

Jennie Migdal

Grandmother of Steve Tavan

Leopold Neumann

Husband of Margolia Gilson

Morris Nissenbaum

Uncle of Joseph Nissenbaum

Burton Price

Father of Steven Price

Augusta Solomon

Grandmother of Méli Solomon

May 30 / 10 Sivan

Nathaniel Mencow

Father of Barbara Neustadt

Amy Wells

Mother of Barbara Wells

May 31 / 11 Sivan

Harry Foster

Father-in-law of Gloria Foster

Rose Jacobson

Grandmother of Stuart Jacobson

Jack Zimmerman

Father of Roberta Perlmutter

Beautification

Donations

The congregation gratefully acknowledges the following contributions:

In memory of Frances Diamant, mother of Lisa Diamant and grandmother to Sam and Julia Diamant

Cheryl & Shelly Lowenthal

Bereavement Fund

Yahrzeit of Gordon Case, beloved brother

Miriam Librach

Emunah Scholarship Fund

in memory of Harold Heskel Mukamal, beloved father of Ken Mukamal

Gary & Sharon Curhan General

Gerald Olderman

In honor of:

Phyllis Blumberg’s special birthday

Vivian Cohen & Marcy & Ed Lidman

Sharon & Jerome Smith’s 60 th anniversary

The Speicher Family

In memory of:

Carol Thrope, beloved wife of Marty Thrope

Michael & Kathleen Casey

Sarah Davis, beloved sister of Mark Lichtenstein

Marilyn Porter & Jerry Friedler

Frances Mahler Diamant, beloved mother of Lisa Diamant

Dean & Toby Rodman

Penina Lieber

Yahrzeit of:

Mark Reder, beloved brother

Rick Reder

Solomon Gordon, beloved father and grandfather

Isaac Kaplan, beloved father and grandfather

Alice & Marty Gordon

Edward Cohen, beloved brother

Margolia Gilson

Joseph Winiker, beloved father

Micki Shpilner

Holy Book Fund

In honor of Joseph Rubenstein, mazel tov on his 100 th birthday!

The Moses Family

Yahrzeit of Margaret Garvey, beloved mother of Peggy Moses, and grandmother to David & Jesse

David, Jesse & Peggy Moses

Israel Committee

In memory of Esther Sherer, beloved mother of Me’ir Sherer

Garry & Eileen Feldman

Ladle Fund

In memory of Frances Lehrman, beloved mother of Nancy Bloom. May her memory be for a blessing.

Arleen Chase

Landscape

In celebration of Jerome & Sharon Smith’s 60 th wedding anniversary

Marsha Tucker

In memory of Esther Sherer, beloved mother of Me’ir Sherer

Yahrzeit of Fanny Abramsky, beloved grandmother

Jerome & Sharon Smith

Mo Diamant Holocaust Fund

in memory of Frances Diamant, beloved mother of Lisa Diamant

Alison Dick & Ed Willins

Emunah Rapid Response Team

Since 2019, Emunah Rapid Response Team volunteers, in partnership with Ascentria Care Alliance (formerly Lutheran Family Services of New England), have joined Ascentria’s Unaccompanied Refugee Minors program to support children and young adults who come alone to seek a new life in America. They are assigned housing where they have access to a variety of services, and they are offered social programs to help them feel supported. The Emunah Rapid Response Team mobilizes when services are not sufficient to meet all the needs of these children.

We have supported a summer program to develop English Language skills by providing much needed materials to facilitate instruction. We purchased looms for a quilting class

Rabbi Kling Perkins

Discretionary Fund

In honor of Naomi Sacks and to joyfully note the honor that my friend brought to the Torah in her reading. May she go on from strength to strength.

Bruce Bell

Yahrzeit of Lillian Seligman, beloved mother

Judith Neiterman

Rabbi Lerner’s Discretionary Fund

In honor of Ken Teitelbaum’s retirement

Rosalind & Harvey Segaloff

In appreciation of Rabbi Lerner

Doreen Grossman

Paul & Doris Morgenstern

In memory of:

Vicki Morgenstern, beloved daughter

Paul & Doris Morgenstern

Marjorie Kraft, beloved mother of Bruce Kraft

Joel Marcus

Yahrzeit of:

Mendel Feldman, beloved son, father, grandfather, and Holocaust survivor. May his memory be for a blessing

Fred Feldman

Celia Goldberg, beloved grandmother of Richard Goldberg & Elise Goldberg

Elise Goldberg

Diane Lindner Goldberg, beloved stepmother

David Goldberg

Religious School

David & Becky Landis

In honor of

Rebecca & Samantha Chait

Peggy Moses

In memory of:

Esther Sherer, beloved mother of Me’ir Sherer

Liz & Joey Baker

Ann & Larry Chait

Ya’akov Mizrahi, beloved father of Kfir Mizrahi

Liz & Joey Baker

Social Justice Committee

In celebration of hosting Rabbi Rachel Bregman

Tracey Wright

Yahrzeit of:

Special Needs

Al Binik, beloved father-in-law

Ron Rosenbaum

Debby Rosenbaum, beloved daughter and sister

Ron and Alicia Rosenbaum

Thrope Memorial Fund

In memory of Carol Thrope, beloved wife of Marty Thrope

Janet & David Thrope*

*This donation was listed incorrectly in the last issue. We apologize for the error.

Youth Fund

In memory of Esther Sherer, beloved mother of Me’ir Sherer

Robin Wolk & David Klein

so teens could gather to learn a new skill and develop new friendships. The needs are great. The resources are limited.

Emunah Response has helped over 50 Unaccompanied Refugee Minors from all over the world. The generosity of our participants has made a real and specific difference in the lives of these children. And they have experienced a unique sense of fulfillment in the mitzvah of Tikkun Olam, repairing the world.

On Pesah . , we are reminded to take to heart the moral implications of having been, ourselves, “a stranger in a strange land.” The Emunah Rapid Response Team is one small way that we can act upon this charge. If you are interested in participating, please contact Susan Cook, Coordinator, Emunah Rapid Response, at emunahrapidresponse@gmail.com

Mazel Tov to Our April B’nei Mitzvah

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IMPORTANT PASSOVER DATES

Friday, March 31

Deadline to submit h . ametz forms

Tuesday, April 4 Bedikat H . ametz

Wednesday, April 5 Bitul H . ametz

Wednesday, April 5 Siyyum B’khorim

Check the Temple Emunah website for details.

Amory Kahan, child of David & Lori Kahan (Apr. 29)

Ali Tilem, child of Jill & Matthew Tilem (Apr. 1)

Darren Zeff, child of Joe & Deb Zeff (May 13)

Natanya Parmer was welcomed to her first minyan on her 12th Hebrew birthday!

Address Service Requested

Temple Emunah Israel/UAE Journey

(more photos on page 13)