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H desh April – May 2022

Nisan-Iyyar-Sivan 5782

From Rabbi Kling Perkins Connecting in New Ways I love to swim, and wherever I have lived, from Boston to Jerusalem to New York, I have always been sure to find a pool nearby to join. And before joining the pool, I always looked at my schedule to make sure I knew exactly when in the week I would go to the pool, to make sure my membership would get some use. I remember in college once I had a short break between classes, maybe 75 minutes, in which to run to the pool, swim, shower, change, and run back to class – but I did it, three times a week for that whole semester. As much as I love to swim, and as much as I love the way it impacts my mood, I knew that if I didn’t carve out time and structure it into my week, then something else would get in the way. (continued on page 13)

The Special People of Glatzer Weekend Dr. Rachel Fish Our Scholar-in-Residence is the Co-Founder of Boundless, which works to revitalize Israel education and take bold collective action to combat Jew-hatred. She was also the founding executive director of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism.

Dr. Nahum Glatzer & Mrs. Anne Glatzer Professor Glatzer was an internationally renowned scholar and teacher of Judaica as well as a religious leader at Temple Emunah. Anne Glazer was a teacher who worked with students in Germany and at the Shady Hill School in Cambridge.

Glatzer Weekend: April 1-3 Every year we honor the memory of Dr. Nahum Glatzer and Mrs. Anne Glatzer, beloved and revered active members of Temple Emunah for more than 25 years.

Join us for this year’s events featuring our scholar-inresidence, Dr. Rachel Fish.

Friday, April 1 5:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat services 6:45 pm Dinner (reservations required) 8:00 pm Dessert & Talk: Defining Antisemitism Saturday, April 2 9:30 am Shabbat services with a D’var Torah on The Historical Transformation of Jew Hatred: From a Religion, to a People, and a State 12 noon Kiddush Luncheon 1 pm Post-Kiddush Talk: Exploring the Intersection of Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Where they diverge and where they converge 7:00 pm Teens and Parents program (with complimentary light dinner): Navigating Antisemitism: IRL and Online Sunday, April 3 1o:00 am Breakfast & Talk: Jewishness and the Next Generation Additional information is on page 3.

Inside:

See page 3 for Friends of Glatzer.

President................................... 2 Friends of Glatzer...................... 3 Adult Education......................... 4 Ladle Fund................................. 4 Preschool................................... 5 Religious School/Youth.......... 6-7 Minyan Story/Minyan Katan........8 Library........................................9 Family Table............................. 9 Sisterhood................................10

‫בתוך‬ Brotherhood.........................11 World Wide Wrap.................11 Disability/Inclusion...............12 Leave Your Legacy................13 Passover..........................14-16 Family Table.........................16 Yahrzeits..........................17-19 Donations.......................20-21 Calendar.........................22-23

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President's Message

Hodesh .

A Newsletter for Temple Emunah members 9 Piper Road, Lexington, MA 02421-8199 www.TempleEmunah.org Main Office: 781-861-0300 Senior Rabbi

Fax: 781-861-7141

David G. Lerner

781-861-0300, ext. 22 dlerner@templeemunah.org Associate Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins 781-861-0300, ext. 31 lklingperkins@templeemunah.org Rabbi Emeritus Bernard Eisenman President Mark Bobrow 781-861-1920 president@templeemunah.org Executive Director Raveetal Celine 781-861-0300, ext. 21 rceline@templeemunah.org Director of Me’ir Sherer 781-861-0303, ext. 24 Congregational Learning msherer@templeemunah.org Director, Billy Dalwin Jane Aronson 781-861-0708, ext. 27 Preschool jaronson@templeemunah.org Accounting Manager Alisa Billings 781-861-0300, ext. 23 abillings@templeemunah.org Chief of Cong. Advancement Hannah Arwe 781-861-0300, ext. 30 & Manager of Pastoral Admin. harwe@templeemunah.org Communication Manager & Efrat Assulin 781-861-0300, ext. 28 Programming Coordinator eassulin@templeemunah.org Synagogue Educator/Young Tova Weinronk 781-861-0300, ext. 34 Family Engagement Coord. tweinronk@templeemunah.org Hebrew College Aron Wander 646-244-7844 Rabbinic Intern awander@templeemunah.org Accounting Assistant Mary Melnick 781-861-0300, ext. 26 mmelnick@templeemunah.org Office Administrator Marilyn Pappo 781-861-0300, ext. 20 office@templeemunah.org Office Administrator Ellen Weene 781-861-0300, ext. 29 elweene@templeemunah.org Bulletin Editor Linda Silverstein lindags@comcast.net

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Ray Dalio, the author of Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail, was recently quoted as saying, “When the causes that people are behind are more important to them than the system, the system is in jeopardy.”

While Dalio was referring to the rising polarity in the United States, his message has broader applicability.

Whether the cause is vaccination, mask mandates, opening or closing of facilities, providing hybrid service access, inclusion efforts, social action, security, or many other topics, we are a diverse community with a multitude of opinions. The Temple Emunah community is passionate and driven to promote the causes individuals feel strongly about. Being as diverse as we are, one person’s passions may not be in line with another’s.

The narrow focus of the individual’s or committee’s passion sometimes leads to conflict. When the causes that people are behind are more important than our community, the community is in jeopardy.

Our clergy, staff and volunteer leadership are dedicated to keeping our community safe, vibrant, holy, a center of education, spirituality, fun and peace. Aggressive or abusive acts towards or negative comments about members of our community or staff go against the fundamentals of derekh eretz.

Our diverse community can become a divisive community, one that is not welcoming or safe, if we remain complacent.

We have recently joined the Keilim Sacred Spaces Initiative ( https://uscj.org/press/uscj-partnership-with-sacred-spaces).

Its purpose is to “assist Jewish organizations in creating respectful, healthy, and safe environments for employees, volunteers, and other stakeholders.” The Sacred Spaces staff have a set of core values that we should aim to instill upon ourselves: B’tzelem Elokim (Created in the Image of God) – We treat everyone with the utmost dignity and respect by holding ourselves to the highest standards of interpersonal behavior while recognizing the diversity of people’s backgrounds.

Kehillah (Partnership) – We support each other, as each person contributes to our team effort, which leads to the success of our organization and our work in the world.

H. emlah (Empathy) – We have compassion and care for those with whom we work and each other.

Yashrut (Integrity) – We uphold a moral and principled approach to our work with a foundation in research, best practice, and expertise.

Many members of Temple Emunah, including longtime members and new members, embody these core values.

However, the pandemic made it harder for us to connect to bring out the best of each other. Now that the pandemic is mostly behind us, let us remember that Temple Emunah is our sanctuary, a sacred place of gathering; one of peace, holiness, spirituality and safety. Let us pledge to keep it that way.

L’Shalom,

Mark Bobrow, president@templeemunah.org

Glatzer Weekend Thank You to Our Friends

FRIENDS OF GLATZER 2022

We gratefully acknowledge our dedicated Friends of Glatzer.

Your generosity makes it possible to honor the memories of Professor Nahum and Anne Glatzer (photos and bio info on page 1). 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.

There’s still time to become a Friend of Glatzer! Visit the Friends of Glatzer page on the Emunah website to donate: https://templeemunah.shulcloud.com/form/glatzer-weekend2022-donation.html

as of March 8, 2022

Description of Glatzer Weekend Sessions Friday evening: Defining Antisemitism We will examine various frameworks and understandings to examine where they converge, where do they diverge, and how they inform our understanding of Jew hatred?

Saturday Sermon: The Historical Transformation of Jew Hatred: From a Religion, to a People, and a State This lecture traces the transformations from a hatred that was focused on our religious beliefs and practices; to a hatred that resulted in the murder of six million Jews; to the current fomentation of hate toward the collective identity of the Jewish people expressed in the liberation movement for self-determination and the creation of the State of Israel.

Saturday Kiddush: Exploring the Intersection of Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Where they diverge and where they converge We will focus on understanding anti-Zionism as a historical response to Zionism as well as how it manifests in our political discourse today.

Saturday evening with Teens and Parents: Navigating Antisemitism: IRL and Online We will explore how Jew hatred manifests today, both in real life and online, and how this particular form of hatred has entered mainstream conversations. We will discuss ways for teens and their parents to address Jew hatred and share practical tools for how to navigate the complexity of this issue.

Sunday morning breakfast: Jewishness and the Next Generation How will the increase in Jew hatred throughout America impact younger generations of Jews? What ought we be thinking about in terms of our Jewish educational approach and inculcating a sense of deep Jewish pride in order to inspire Jewish life and Jewish identities in the 21st century? This conversation will create a space to explore what are essential elements in creating a deep foundation of Jewishness in order to overcome the targeting of Jews occurring today.

BENEFACTOR Marilyn Weil Abelman & David Abelman Harvey & Joan Bines Lois & Ken Bruss Gil & Linna Ettinger Elise Richman Ezekiel & David Ezekiel Mike & Cathy Gildesgame Fran Jacobs & Barry Dym Eileen & Morton Kahan Benjamin & Sylvia Perlman Stephen Quatrano & Doreen Karoll Sharon & Jerome Smith Toni Stechler Judith Wechsler Barbara Wells PATRON Johanna Rothman & Mark Druy Sandy Goldstein & Michael Buonaiuto Sheila Kojm & Louis Stuhl Ellen Laderman & Steve Tavan Rabbi David Lerner & Sharon Levin Ed & Marcy Lidman Barbara Palant Barbara Posnick & Carl Mikkelsen Elizabeth & Bob Pressman Wendy & Bob Russman-Halperin Miriam Sadofsky & Stuart Lerman Sylvia Schatz Marsha Tucker Roni & Lawrence Woods SPONSOR Lester Blumberg & Robin Hasenfeld Phyllis Blumberg Judi & Mark Canter Larry & Ann Chait Alison Dick & Ed Willins Fred Ezekiel Garry & Eileen Feldman Leora Fishman Linda & David Laredo Nancy Lefkowitz & Joel Alpert Sandra & Ralph Levine Miriam Librach Steven & Susan Lipson Helen Marcus Barbara & Paul Neustadt Phyllis Rubinovitz David & Susan Shnidman David & Carol Srebnick Terri Swartz Russell & David Russell Cantor Louise Treitman Georgia & Clifford Weinstein

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Adult Education / Ladle Fund Brought to You from the Adult Education Desk

Ladle Fund Update

If Punxsutawney Phil was correct on February 2, then we should only be seeing a glimmer of spring about now. But that doesn’t chill our excitement for Glatzer Weekend, which starts April 1. The Glatzer Weekend is the culmination of our ambitious Antisemitism Initiative that we began last fall.

After a year of educating ourselves, we now plan to focus on advocacy and action. Would you like to join our fight against the hostility facing Jews? All are welcome. E-mail Terri if you’re interested.

Speaking of our Antisemitism Initiative, we couldn’t have pulled off such robust programming without a team of people.

We are so grateful to Harvey Bines, Ken Bruss, Judi Cantor, Sandy Goldstein, Richard Hochman, Fran Jacobs, Terri Swartz Russel and Irina Zeylikman. Thank you for all you did to make our programs a success.

Our Bess Ezekiel Rosh H. odesh Group, which is for all who identify as women, has established a warm community at Temple Emunah as we learn, create, and share our thoughts on topics that interest us as Jewish women. Some areas we explore together include Jewish holidays and traditions, religious practices, culture, spirituality, connections to Israel, and social justice. The topics at our spring meetings are: Tuesday, April 5, 6:00 pm Technology of the Self: Tufts professor Marina Bers will help us explore this current issue and lead our discussion.

Thursday, May 5, 8:00 pm Jewish Diaspora: Amy Rosenstein will guide our discussion and learning on this multi-faceted issue.

Sunday, June 12, 12:30 pm Jewish Perspectives on Reproductive Rights: Rabbi Kling Perkins will lead our learning and discussion on this very timely topic.

Please contact Anna Nerenberg at bernberg@comcast.net with any questions about Rosh H.odesh. We hope you’ll join us for future meetings!

Finally, a reminder that we are your adult ed committee.

We would love to offer programming that reflects your interests. Is there something specific you’d like to learn? Did you hear of a great program elsewhere that you think is perfect for Temple Emunah? Do you have a programming idea? Let us know! We are open to all of your suggestions.

Happy learning!

Terri Swartz Russell and Sandy Goldstein Co-chairs of Adult Education adulted@templeemunah.org.

The Ladle Fund is committed to supporting our community during the remainder of the COVID-19 pandemic (and after) by fostering community connections through participatory events.

THEME NIGHTS!! - Looking Back, Looking Forward Since our last bulletin we were fortunate to have had this great Theme Night: How are you coping with ZOOM? What makes your home feel like home? (sharing special objects) Looking forward to the coming months, keep an eye out for the news about when Theme Nights will be able to be held in-person. Watch for upcoming topics.

Have an interest you want to share with others at a Theme Night? Please contact Bob Russman-Halperin (bob.halperin@ gmail.com) or Joelle Gunther (joellegunther@gmail.com) and we will make it happen.

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Potential Ladle Fund events in the planning stages: We are working with the Membership Committee (Méli Solomon, Ladle Fund contact) to set up New Member events throughout the year. The group is actively reaching out to new members. It will be so good to welcome new members into our community and put faces to the names.

We are also supporting the Adult Ed Committee (Terri Swartz Russell, lead) on year-long antisemitism programming.

We welcome applications for funding activities and events that will encourage community connections. As we gradually return to in-person events, we look forward to hearing from you about what activities interest you. Contact our co-leaders Arleen Chase (Chasearleenr@gmail.com) or Méli Solomon (meli.solomon@gmail.com) for more information.

Ladle Fund Committee: Mark Bobrow, David Ezekiel, Fred Ezekiel (founder Emeritus), Robin Goldstein, Joelle Gunther, Bob Russman-Halperin, Helen Marcus, Linda Skolnik, Terri Swartz Russell, Méli Solomon and Arleen Chase.

Arleen Chase and Méli Solomon, Ladle Co-Chairs

What you put in the pot,

comes out in the ladle!

Preschool During the month of February, The Billy Dalwin Preschool students learned all about Shabbat and Havdalah, engaging in songs, projects, and books. Some of our younger students created Shabbat kits with a candle, kiddush cup, h.allah cover, spice box, and tzedakah box. Others finished their unit by making beautiful placemats, decorated with a Shabbat design on one side, and a havdalah design on the other. Our oldest students, the more knowledgable Pilonim, created havdalah sets to bring home. A favorite activity for all the children was braiding their own h.allot and watching them rise! The unit culminated in a special havdalah event. We came together as a school to sing songs, listen to a story, hear the blessings, and quietly watch the havdalah candles casting their light around the darkened room. It was a meaningful day, and the children loved bringing home glow sticks and homemade spice bags!

We are accepting applications for the Kaytana Summer Program! Kaytana provides three-, four-, and five-year-old campers with opportunities to experience the great outdoors!

Children explore our forest classrooms, harvest fruits and vegetables in the Kaytana garden, enjoy water play, and more!

We have wonderful theme weeks and exciting specialists, including some longtime favorites: Bonaparte the Magician, Mo’s Ice Cream Truck, and Mike the Bubble Man. Thinking about preschool for your little one? Don’t worry, enrollment for the 20222023 school year is still underway, but we are filling up fast. Come on in for a tour!

The Preschool is continuing our Butcherie fundraiser. Any time you shop at the Butcherie in Brookline, please request that they stamp your receipt and then bring it to the temple office. For each of your shopping receipts, the Preschool will receive 5% of each cash sale and 3% of each credit card sale.

It’s an easy and painless way to raise funds for the Preschool, and your support is appreciated.

Please contact Janey at 781-861-0708 or jaronson@templeemunah.org to learn more, to schedule a visit, or to request an application.

Janey Aronson, Director 781-861-0708 jaronson@templeemunah.org

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Religious School / Youth FAMILY AND YOUTH ACTIVITIES APRIL/MAY Grades 8-12 Shabbat Retreat Friday, May 13 – Sunday, May 15 All Emunah students in grades 8-12 are invited to this three-day (two night) getaway at Camp Ramah in Palmer, MA. The weekend will be full of community building, games and learning, including: Kabbalat Shabbat services, Shabbat dinner and Oneg, theme-based activities, Motzei Shabbat (after Shabbat) Medura (bonfire). Staff will include Me’ir Sherer, Tova Weinronk and Kfir Mizrahi. Information will be going out to families in April. The cost for the retreat is $275 with an early bird discount of $250. Scholarships are available. No child will be turned away!

Religious School Calendar April–May Kitah Dalet Chocolate Seder No Religious School

Kitah Gimmel Siyum HaSefer Kitah Hey/Vav Service Zimriyah Spring Youth Day Tekes Hitkadmut

Tues, April 12 Sun, April 17; Tues, April 19 Wed, April 20; Sun, April 24 Fri, May 6 Sat, May 21 Sun, May 22 Sun, May 22 Wed, May 25

Spring Youth Day at Canobie Lake Park Sunday, May 22, 12:00-6:30 pm Children in grades 3-12 will be off to Canobie Lake Park on Sunday, May 22 to celebrate the end of a great year. 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.

Kitah Alef makes groggers

Kitah Hay Build-a-Pair

Packing Mishloach Manot YAD makes smores

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Religious School / Youth Our youth enjoyed a number of learning, social and holiday activities in recent months.

Debbie Kardon, Executive Director at Action for Post-Soviet Jewry, talks about the agency’s work in the Ukraine.

Teens pack soup ingredients to be sent to seniors in the Ukraine.

5783 (2022-2023) 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.

Mitzvah Day activities included (clockwise from above right) packing Mishloach Manot for Family Table, Kitah Alef making pomander balls for the elderly, and baking lasagna.

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Minyan Story / Minyan Katan I Just Asked for…Wha…?? (Reprise)

now, saying words that go back about 2,000 years, renewing the bond to our people and history. That’s energizing. It’s (revisiting a piece I wrote roughly ten years ago) powerful. It puts so much in perspective. And it reminds me May it be Your will that others will not be jealous of me and that I just might need to work on a few things. that I will not envy others.

Re-energized, bound to our past and our people, introspecWhen my parents died, I couldn’t say Kaddish as I would tive and thoughtful, focused on improvement—good reasons have liked because of long work days—teaching by 7:15 am, to come to minyan. writing until 8 or 9 at night.

Join me?

Let me not become angry today; let me not arouse your anger.

Help make sure we have at least ten people to pray. I look When my schedule was less oppressive, I decided to forward to seeing you. participate in minyan so those who wanted to say Kaddish And if you have a minyan story, please send it to me could do so. so I can share it here.

Open my heart to Your Torah, that I may pursue your Mitzvot.

# # # I also decided to really focus on what I was saying. Thus began the slowest davening of my life.

Since I joined Temple Emunah, Kathy Macdonald My God, keep my tongue from evil and my lips from lies. has promoted, tracked and managed daily minyanim and Keep me from lying? From speaking ill? The English acknowledged those who attend ten or more times (“Ten for showed me that was, indeed, what I had asked.

Ten” program).

Help me ignore those who would slander me. Let me be I was surprised and honored when she asked me to be humble before all. the gabbai one evening a week. I have gratefully continued Why did I not remember this prayer? in that role.

Protect me from my darker side and help me to have a heart Because of Kathy’s diligence and commitment, Jews in filled with humility. surrounding communities continue to be aware they can say Wait… I have a dark side? the Mourner’s Kaddish at Emunah. Having ten or more people Saying those words makes me think before I speak or act, say “Amen” when you say Kaddish is moving, powerful, and comforting. makes me focus on what is important.

Kathy has been responsible for this column for as long With each minyan, I find or rediscover prayers that speak to me, that I want to remember and say again. With each min- as I’ve been reading it. That responsibility now passes to me, yan, I take a few minutes to think about being a better person. and I cannot take this role without first thanking Kathy for Being a Jew. Supporting another Jew who is in mourning. With her support to our daily minyan. each minyan, I’m linked to men and women around me right – Dawny Gershkowitz

Minyan Katan Update This winter Minyan Katan hosted two virtual events: a Shabbat morning service on January 22 featuring a spirited d’var torah on the parsha of Yitro; and a Kabbalat Shabbat event on February 25 featuring “live” music played by Minyan Katan’s musicians over zoom.

Upcoming events include a live outdoor Post-Pesah.

Pizza event on April 23 to mark the first chametz after Passover; and a live Kabbalat Shabbat service in May. Details are still being worked out so watch for more information.

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Be a Shabbat Summer Speaker!

During the summer months (July and August) we invite Emunah members to be a summer speaker during Shabbat services. Topics in the past have been far ranging, including: personal stories – both triumphs and trials, work-related professions, recent trips, Jewish identity and, of course, the speaker’s individual take on the weekly Torah portion.

If you have an interest in speaking this summer to our community, or if you know a Temple Emunah member with an interesting story you’d like to hear, please contact Terri Swartz Russell, summer speaker coordinator, to sign up for a date: terrisrussell@yahoo. com or 617-448-3996.

Library / Family Table Library News Listed below are selections from our latest acquisitions to the Library. There’s still time to check out some of our Pesah. guides and Haggadot to create a memoTemple Emunah Library rable Seder. Don’t hesitate to request books at emunahlibrary@gmail.com.

Family Table’s Growth Meets the Needs of Our Community

In spite of, or because of these past two years dealing with the impact of COVID, Family Table has grown to meet the needs of our community’s needs. Twelve years ago there were fewer than 300 families benefitting from the services of Family Table. Now there Cookbooks are more than 550 families receiving food on a monthly basis The Essential Jewish Cookbook: 50 Traditional Recipes and the need is expected to rise to over 800 families in the for Every Occasion, by Beth A. Lee coming years.

Babka, Boulou, & Blintzes: Jewish Chocolate Recipes That is why the main site in Waltham as well as the site in from Around the World, by Michael Leventhal Marblehead have expanded with more capacity for refrigerated Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi items. The additional sites on the North and South Shores have also facilitated the ability of Family Table to distribute Youth (Ages 8-12) food to clients where they reside. The “Marketplace,” where people come and “shop” for food is yet another way JF&CS has Linked, by Gordon Korman [246 pages] The Unfinished Corner, by Dani Colman, a graphic novel expanded to meet the needs of its clients. For people who have access to transportation this serves as a way of increasing illustrated by Rachel “Tuna” Petrovicz. [222 pages] independence and choice in selecting food items.

Temple Emunah has and continues to play a significant role in assisting clients from Family Table to benefit from the donations we and many other synagogues, temples, Jewish Day Schools and other Jewish agencies consistently provide monthly. Your financial donations, especially during these unsettled times, enable us to purchase food items that are in short supply and have them directly delivered to the Waltham site. We do not yet know when we will be collecting and delivering rice and crackers to the Waltham site. We will keep you updated to the changes as they occur. Perhaps as spring occurs we will once again be able to fill the bins at Temple Emunah with brown rice and whole wheat crackers.

If you wish to help pack and deliver food on delivery days feel free to reach out to Lisa Katz. If you are interested in volunteering on any of the following dates listed below please contact her at lkatz@jfcsboston.org for details.

Graphic Novels March 20, April 10, May 15, June 26, July 24 Exit Wounds [172 pages] and Tunnels [274 pages], You will want to have an updated CORI form in place both by Rutu Modan, an Israeli author from Tel Aviv with JF&CS. We thank all of you who have generously donated to Family Fiction Table over many years so that The Matzah Ball: A Novel, by Jean Meltzer [416 pages] our neighbors who are less fortunate than we are, can The Prison Minyan, by Jonathan Stone [351 pages] successfully provide food to their family members.

Nonfiction Todah Rabbah!

Prisoners of Memory: A Jewish Family from Nazi Germany, Michelle and Mark

by Joan Gluckauf Haahr [430 pages] Abramson, mhabramson@gmail.com, markabramson619@gmail.com, 781-861-7152 Hag Sameach Pesah.! Happy Passover!

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

Toni Stechler and Marci Hopkins Temple Emunah Coordinators of JF&CS Family Table

(emunahlibrary@gmail.com)

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Sisterhood In February we resumed in-person Shabbat services and minyan after the most recent spike in COVID-19 cases. I was the welcoming greeter at the sanctuary door as well as a “mask regulator”; making sure that people were properly abiding by our mask policy. What was fun was that most of my conversations with congregants were not about COVID, but began with “I’m the year of the Pastrami” or “why am I Chopped Liver?” Others noted that they were the “Year of the Knish” or the “Black and White.” All of this was fun humor from the Comedy and Deli program where over 90 Zoom participants signed on to the program hosted by Seth Front.

In addition to the program, 90 deli sandwiches were ordered with curbside pick-up to complete our “dinner and comedy evening.” This program seemed real, even if it was still in the Zoom world. People laughed. People shared emails, phone calls, text messages and yes, Temple Emunah conversations for many days after.

Following the event, my Temple Emunah schedule resumed with a congregational meeting, a board meeting and planning for our next initiative – our annual Torah Fund program. This year we honored Terri Swartz Russell as our 2022 Light of Torah during our Torah Fund Egg Cream event.

We had a wonderful Zoom event with featured entertainment program “Seltzertopia: The Extraordinary story of an Ordinary Drink” presented by Barry Joseph with a special Egg Cream toast to honor Terri. Special thanks go out to Marcy and Ed Lidman, Barbara Posnick and Carl Mikkelsen, Lois and Ken Bruss, Rabbi Kling Perkins, Linna and Gil Ettinger and the entire Russell family!

My takeaway from the Torah Fund initiative is that as we celebrate the 80th year of the Torah Fund Campaign, we should count our many blessings as individuals within the community. We are blessed in our synagogues with depth of learning, prayer, and acts of kindness that bind us together; with communal leaders who are thoughtful and learned; with children and grandchildren who make us smile; and with the love of family and friends. It was a very touching moment for Terri to accept the award and we raised $6,000+ for the scholarship fund at JTS and the affiliate Rabbinical schools.

It’s now been over three years since Sisterhood was able to have a Passover Cooking event in person. Since we can’t dine in person right now, we’d like to release our electronic cookbook, Vegetarian Cooking for Passover. Before doing so we welcome new recipes to be added to the cookbook. Every year I look forward to preparing many of the recipes from this cookbook and my favorite dessert is “Maxine Wasserman’s Famous Chocolate Cookies”! Please email me at janet.goldberg2@verizon.net if you have a favorite Kosher for Passover vegetarian dish or dessert recipe that you would like to share.

Submissions must be sent by April 1 as a Word document to be included in this year’s addition. (All recipes from the past years will be included.)

On Shabbat, April 23, Sisterhood and the Climate Change group will support the Earth Day Shabbat program. Guest

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speaker Rachel Kyte will address “An Opportunity for Climate Justice: What It Means to Build Back Better.” A Temple Emunah congregant, she serves as the dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Springtime is also 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 our Sisterhood. It’s also something that is done every week and on holidays in the sanctuary. Flowers can be ordered by contacting Sheila Kojm at bimahflowers@ gmail.com We plan to add other events to our calendar over the late spring and we will soon begin planning for our next calendar year.

In closing, I hope that everyone continues to stay healthy and that you can show your support in any way that you can to our community, your friends and family, as we continue to adapt to the changes in our lifestyles. With fingers crossed, I hope that we will be able to resume a more normal temple lifestyle shortly.

Wishing all of you a wonderful Passover holiday!

Janet Goldberg, Sisterhood President janet.goldberg2@verizon.net

Kadima Goose Chase Scavenger Hunt

Brotherhood / World Wide Wrap Shalom H.averim!

Pesah. will soon be upon us, so I wish you a H.ag Sameah.!

For everyone who purchased wine for their seders at the Pesah.

Wine Sale, be sure to pick it up on April 10. Check your email for updated details, including the exact times.

Our Man of the Year event to celebrate the contributions of David Geller to the Temple is coming soon (yep, I had that same sentence in the last bulletin). After consulting with David, we decided to push the date out until we could hold it in person, either outside or in. Stay tuned for the actual date/ time, etc. in your email. We hope you will come and celebrate David’s many 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 a candle on the evening of April 27 to remember the Six Million.

Brotherhood Shabbat is coming up on May 14 with Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-4:23). We hope you will join us as the Brotherhood leads the services in this annual tradition. If that’s not strong enough for you, please consider joining our Memorial Day Whiskey tasting, on Sunday, May 29. It will be barrels of fun!

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

Finally, if you are looking for a way to get more involved with Temple Emunah, the Brotherhood is a great 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.!

David Rosenbaum, Brotherhood President

Parents and children joined together at the World Wide Wrap to learn how to don tefillin.

brotherhood@templeemunah.org

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Disability & Inclusion Israel and America: Connected by Holidays A friend, Carrie Fuchs, worked with me on creating programs for synagogue school students who had a variety of disabilities. She recently sent me a copy of a speech she delivered at her synagogue, BethEl, in Sudbury. Her first paragraph resonated so strongly that I am sharing it here: “Whatever we were feeling before the pandemic, has only been compounded by it. Our isolation and loneliness, our depression and anxiety, our ‘languishing,’ our disabilities and vulnerabilities, all made worse. But with this awareness, we are also cognizant of our connection to one another and perhaps more resolved to care for each other, to reach out, to check in, to listen more deeply, to bring soup and go for a walk.”

Her perspective has stayed with me. As spring approaches, we will all breathe a sigh of relief as the weather warms and flowers and trees once again begin to bloom. We can again be outside with friends in the fresh air, reminding us that nature and warm sunny days uplift our feelings and moods.

As Passover approaches, we are reminded of the exodus from Egypt, how God redeemed us from slavery, and we received the Ten Commandments. This year, we are reminded of the last two years when we have been in our homes, fearful that we will be overtaken by COVID-19 and variants Delta and Omicron. We watched the daily numbers of people in hospitals, of those dying, while doctors and nurses were overwhelmed by the shortage of beds and the numbers of people being admitted, alone.

The connection of the pandemic we are still living through and the exodus from Egypt is, at least in some ways, similar. We received vaccines and booster shots, similar to our ancestor’s receiving manna from heaven. We argued with others about going out to supermarkets, restaurants, and TV Super Bowl parties, just as those leaving Egypt argued with Moses and God. We feel in synchrony with those Jews who crossed the Red Sea and wandered through the desert with many complaints.

We work to get through Passover with decisions about going to Israel or other places to celebrate with those we love and want to be with. We see the changes of our family members who have aged, or grown taller, over these years of the pandemic. We continue to reach out to others via Facetime

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and Zoom. Somehow, we know we are coming out of Mitzrayim, adapting to our new normal lives and the changes that have occurred over these difficult years.

Passover ends after a week, and we move onto a new set of holidays. April 28 is Yom HaShoah, a day of remembrance of the six million Jews who died. In my home I have three photos hanging in our study, one of relatives on my mother’s side, the other two were people we assume were on my father’s side.

The people on my mother’s side were identified by a relative we located in the Holocaust Museum in DC. The unidentified others continue to stare back at me. I see myself in one of the young women, so I continue to look at her as well as those around her. These photos also remind me that many of those murdered were living with disabilities and many who were outed as gay.

May brings celebrations of Yom HaZikaron (evening of May 3 into May 4) and Yom HaAtzma’ut (May 5). Yom HaZikaron is an Israeli Memorial Day when those who died in service to Israel are remembered. Like on Yom HaShoah, a two-minute siren is sounded and all drivers pull to the side of the road and stand at attention next to their cars.

Scheduling Yom HaZikaron before Yom HaAtzma’ut (Independence Day), reminds people of the price paid for independence. The IDF have lost many throughout the wars.

On a more positive note, the IDF has established a unit comprised of those with disabilities, enabling them to serve their nation just like those without disabilities.

So April and May bring us through four holidays: Pesah., Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom HaAtzma’ut. We share with Israel the joy of Pesah., the sadness of memorial days, and the pride of the State of Israel. Our connections to Israel are strong. We and they are connected to each other, and we both strive to bring together those with and without disabilities to create inclusive communities. H.ag Sameah.!

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

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Rabbi Message / Leave Your Legacy (continued from page 1)

Leave Your Legacy at Temple Emunah

The rabbis of the Talmud recognized this phenomenon as well. They loved Torah study, and hoped that everyone would find it as enjoyable as they did, and nevertheless they recognized that without prioritizing it, it is hard to do it regularly. In Pirkei Avot, Shammai teaches “Make your [study of the] Torah keva (a fixed practice.)” Later on Hillel says similarly: “Say not: ‘when I shall have leisure I shall study;’ perhaps you will not have leisure.” Building regular Torah study – or anything important– into our lives is a way to make sure that we keep returning to it, again and again.

Two years ago, many of our lives were dramatically altered, and our schedules turned on their heads. We created new rhythms to our lives which, for many of us, involved much more time at home and on our computers. Maybe we started having regular Zoom gatherings with friends or family, or outdoor walks with friends, maybe we started taking a new class or joined a new online book group. We set new priorities, and adjusted our lives accordingly.

Now, yet again, many of us are starting to change our behaviors again. And here at Temple Emunah, we are offering a wider variety of ways to engage, both in person and online.

This transition that we are going through now from a remote, virtual world to an in-person one may not turn out to be a smooth one. It may be full of fits and starts, questions and quandaries, and mixed emotions. Some of us may have anxiety about not knowing what to expect from the future. Some of us may approach the prospect of returning to in-person activities with eagerness, and hope that when we return, there will be others returning too with whom we can gather. Others, with mobility or other challenges, had a new range of options open up for them over the past two years, and may now be worrying about being left behind if our communities choose to return to exclusively in-person activities. Similarly, those of us who are immunocompromised, or who have unvaccinated children or other reasons for not returning to in-person activities, may feel like the rest of the world is making changes, or even pushing us to make changes, that we simply aren’t yet ready for.

For those of us who are ready to be back in person – I hope you’ll join us back at Temple Emunah, and enjoy putting your toe back in the water of in-person gatherings here at the synagogue. (I for one can’t wait to see you in 3D.) And for those who are unable to join in person, I am so glad that these past two years have given us the opportunity to connect in new ways, and I look forward to continuing to explore new ways to connect virtually.

And for the many of us in between, I hope that over time we will find the right balance for ourselves. I look forward to experimenting together and building our new keva, our new routines and patterns – whether they be virtual or in-person– around which we structure our lives.

There are many ways to leave a lasting impact on our community here at Temple Emunah, and we are so grateful to have such a lay-led and engaged congregation. One way to leave your legacy at Temple Emunah is through our Ner Tamid (eternal light) Society. The Ner Tamid Society is a recognition society that honors those who have included Temple Emunah in their wills or estate plans.

There are several ways to include Temple Emunah in your estate plan. Common methods include: a bequest through your will or living trust, naming Temple Emunah as a beneficiary of your IRA or other qualified retirement plan, naming Temple Emunah as a beneficiary of any life insurance policy, a life insurance gift annuity or charitable remainder trust.

You can structure your gift to gain maximum tax rewards for you and your heirs, maintain financial security and make a truly meaningful contribution. Temple Emunah will work with you, your attorney and your tax advisors to ensure that your gift meets your goals.

Just as the Ner Tamid symbolizes the continuity of the Jewish people, so do Ner Tamid Society members leave a legacy for the future by providing for the financial security of the synagogue, the center of Jewish life. If you are interested in learning more about the Ner Tamid and legacy giving at Emunah, please contact Hannah Arwe at harwe@templeemunah.org.

We thank the following members whose generous donations have made them Legacy Donors of Temple Emunah.

Legacy Donors of Temple Emunah Robert & Deborah Cohen David Ezekiel & Elise Richman Ezekiel Richard & Beth Fentin Catharyn & Mike Gildesgame Judith Himber John Hirschtick & Randy Gollub Lori & Howard Reubenstein Sidney & Susan Rubenstein Leslie & Alan Sherman Jerome & Sharon Smith

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Passover 5782 Suggestions for Enriching Family Pesah Celebrations

Document to Authorize the Selling of H ametz

Pesah. engages all of our senses, as well as our spirits. Each year we re-enact the Israelites’ journey from slavery to freedom as we clean our homes to rid them of h.ametz, prepare the foods and symbols of the seder, and gather around the seder table with family and friends to join in retelling the story of our people.

The sights, smells, sounds, and tastes of Pesah. create memories that stay with us for our entire lives. Planning a seder is about creating an experience that goes far beyond the words on a page in a haggadah. Below are some suggestions for making this experience lively, creative, and meaningful: 1. Make cleaning and preparing for Pesah. a family experience. Give your children small jobs to do around the house, and have them assist with cooking. Let everyone in your household share in the excitement and anticipation of getting ready for Passover!

2. Make the seder table as elegant as your means allow, replete with a seder plate and all the holiday symbols. For Pesah. ritual items, please contact Penny Andler at the Sisterhood Judaica Shop: p_sloane@yahoo.com.

3. Choose a theme for your seder, and ask guests to bring objects, readings, or activities based on that theme. Possible themes: freedom, springtime, redemption, justice, new beginnings.

4. Consider including more contemporary ritual objects, such as a kos Miriam (Miriam’s Cup), which recalls the rabbinic story about a magical well of water that followed Miriam as she travelled with the Children of Israel in the desert. Bring ritual objects from your own family to the table as well (i.e. seder plate and kiddush cup), creating a connection to previous generations and to your family’s history.

5. Order an adequate number of copies of Haggadot in advance. Our Sisterhood Judaica Shop has a number of good Haggadot on hand. Alternatively, you can make your own Haggadah for all or parts of the seder at Haggadot.com. A great resource for supplementing your seder is the book, Creating Lively Passover Seders, by David Arnow, PhD, published by Jewish Lights (jewishlights.com).

6. To stave off cries of “When do we eat?” consider making karpas (the green vegetable) more substantial than a sprig of parsley. Serve salads or make veggies available for snacking throughout the telling of the story.

7. Assign reading parts in advance to those who will be attending the seder, giving your guests time to become comfortable with reading the texts. Encourage your “readers” to share their thoughts about the meaning and application of these words.

8. Involve children: Teach the Mah Nishtanah to children, so that they can participate actively from the very beginning of the evening. Ask children to create decorations for the seder, and during the seder, have children create a play to present to guests.

A critical Passover law is to sell our h.ametz. While we must clean our houses of all h.ametz by eating and donating it to others, any remaining h.ametz may be stored in such a way that we are sure not to use it during the holiday, and its actual ownership is transferred to a non-Jew until after the holiday.

Please complete the form below and mail it to Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins before Tuesday, April 12 at 12 noon, appointing me as your agent for this sale. Every household should do this.

If you have h.ametz in another location (e.g. work or vacation home), please list these addresses as well.

To make this easier, you may send an email with the information required below authorizing me to sell your h.ametz to harwe@templeemunah.org.

To fulfill two commandments in one, you are also encouraged to send a check to Temple Emunah for Ma’ot H . ittim; literally, “wheat money.” I will donate these funds to MAZON and other Jewish charities that help those who cannot afford to buy kosher for Pesah. necessities.

Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins

Hametz Sale Authorization Form KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, the undersigned, do hereby make and appoint Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins my true and lawful representative to act in my place and stead, for me and in my name and on my behalf, to sell all h.ametz owned and possessed by me, knowingly or unknowingly, as stated in the Torah and defined by the sages of Israel (e.g., h.ametz; h.ashah h.ametz—suspect h.ametz; and all kinds of ta’aorvet h.ametz— h.ametz mixtures); also, h.ametz that tends to harden and to adhere to the surface of pans, pots, or other cooking or eating utensils, of whatever nature; and to lease all places wherein the aforementioned h.ametz owned or possessed by me may be found, especially in the premises located at (your address/es).

Rabbi Kling Perkins has the full authority and power to sell said h.ametz and to lease said place or places wherein said h.ametz may be found, upon such terms and conditions as discretion dictates. Rabbi Kling Perkins has the full power and authority to assign or appoint a substitute or substitutes to act in my behalf with all the same powers and authority that I have invested in the rabbi, and I do hereby ratify and confirm all that Rabbi Kling Perkins or a rabbinic substitute lawfully does or causes to be done by virtue of these presents.

And to this I hereby affix my signature on this_______________ day of_______________, in the year_______________.

Signature: ______________________________________________ Name: _________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________ Town: ________________________________ State: ____________ Telephone: _____________________________________________

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Passover 5782 A Guide to the Mitzvot of Pesah.

Passover is an eight-day holiday. The first two and last two days are Yom Tov: holidays when, like Shabbat, we refrain from work and have special services. An additional festive atmosphere is achieved in these services through special Torah readings, Hallel, and Musaf. This atmosphere reaches the home as well with festive meals. The intermediate days are called H . ol Hamoed; although work is permitted, they still retain their holiday flavor through the addition of special Torah readings, Hallel, and Musaf to the morning services.

This guide to Passover observances and rituals explains the traditions and halakhic practices involved in observing Pesah. in the home. It is meant to cover all areas of home observance of the holiday. However, we recognize that your individual needs may leave you with additional questions. Please feel free to contact Rabbi Kling Perkins with any questions you have regarding your observance of Pesah..

b. Bedikat H . ametz: After the house has been cleaned, we search for crumbs of h.ametz we may have missed. Your Haggadah should include instructions and the texts of this ritual. It begins by preparing the objects used for the search—a candle, a feather, and a wooden spoon—and reciting a blessing.

Following the search, the Kol h.amira formula, found in your Haggadah, is then recited. Bedikat H . ametz takes place this year on Thursday night, April 14.

What is the Siyyum B’khorim?

In commemoration of the deliverance from Egypt, during which the first-born children of the Israelites were unaffected by the tenth plague, those who are the first-born members of their families have an obligation to fast on the day preceding Pesah.. It is the custom for synagogues to make a siyyum (a public completion of the study of a tractate of the Talmud or seder of the Mishnah) on the morning before Passover. Since the siyyum is followed by a seudat mitzvah (a festive meal which follows the performance of certain mitzvot), a first-born who is present may eat, and having eaten, need not fast that day.

d. Bi’ur H . ametz: In order to rid ourselves fully of the h.ametz we gathered the previous night, we burn it immediately after we recite the Bitul H.ametz on Friday morning, April 15.

What is H.ametz?

If one of the five grains mentioned in the Torah—wheat, oats, rye, barley, or spelt—comes in contact with water after being cut off from the ground, it begins to ferment, or leaven, and becomes h.ametz. According to tradition, this fermentation takes 18 minutes. The term “h.ametz-dik” refers to dishes and utensils that have been in contact with h.ametz foods during the year.

c. Bitul H . ametz: We recite a formula renouncing any h.ametz left that may have been inadvertently missed, canceling our responsibility for it, and thus symbolically removing it from our homes. The formula for Bitul H . ametz is recited this year on the morning of Friday, April 15. This formula, which can be found in most Haggadot, is as follows: “May all leaven in my possession, whether I have seen it or not, be regarded as nonexistent and considered as mere dust of the earth.”

What is Ma’ot H.ittim?

It means money for flour to make Passover matzah. It is a mitzvah to collect funds so that the poor can purchase matzah and other Passover necessities. These funds, called Ma’ot H . ittim (Charity), are given (usually “h.ai”—$18 or multiples thereof) to be distributed to the needy. It is customary to donate for Ma’ot H . ittim when selling your h.ametz. Donations can be made to Rabbi Lerner’s Discretionary Fund.

Kashering the Kitchen It is customary (and easiest) to remove the utensils and dishes that are used during the year, replacing them with either new utensils or utensils used year to year only for Pesah..

This is clearly not possible for major appliances and may not even be possible for dishes and utensils. There is a process for kashering many, but not all, kitchen items, thus making them kosher for Pesah.: Why must we clean houses so thoroughly before Pesah.?

The general principle used in kashering is that the way the The rule against h.ametz on Passover applies not only to utensil absorbs food is the way it can be purged of that food, eating, but to enjoyment or financial benefit (hana’ah) and also Ke-volo kach pol’to. This principle operates on the basis of the involves removing all the h.ametz from one’s home. No h.ametz quality or intensity of how the items absorb food. Things used is allowed even to be in your house. To facilitate this cleaning, for cold food can be kashered by rinsing since no substance the following rituals are part of Passover preparations. The has been absorbed by the dish or glass. Items used on a stove text for the ceremonies can be found in a good Haggadah. absorb the food and thus need a stronger level of action namely a. Mekhirat H . ametz: We are not always able to destroy or expelling the food into boiling water, called hag’alah. The most get rid of all the h.ametz—it may even be economically disas- intense form of usage is directly on a fire or in an oven and trous—so our rabbis ordained that any remaining h.ametz be these utensils require the most intense method of kashering, sold to a non-Jew who then sells it back to us after Passover. The namely libbun, which burns away absorbed food. h.ametz is then no longer “in our possession.” Please authorize For details about what items can be kashered and how to Rabbi Kling Perkins to do this for you by filling out the form go about it, see the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah guide. . on page 14. Incidentally, it is only necessary to give away or sell food; dishes and utensils are simply put away in storage for the duration of the holiday. The Document of H.ametz Sale is also available at the synagogue office.

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Passover 5782 Pesah. Hekhsher—before Pesah. and during Pesah.

Whenever possible processed foods ought to have a “kosher l’Pesah.” hekhsher from a reliable source. For a list of items which are acceptable without a special Passover hekhsher, see the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah. guide.

There is a possibility of grains being mixed with quinoa if it is not under Pesah. supervision. The best option is to purchase quinoa with a Pesah. hekhsher, if it is available. Where that is not available, purchase Bolivian or Peruvian quinoa, marked “gluten free,” before Pesah.. Please make certain that quinoa is the sole ingredient in the final packaging.

Medicine If someone has a life-threatening illness or there is a possibility that untreated it could become life threatening, all medications are permitted. Any contemplated changes of medicines should be discussed first with your doctor and made only with his/her permission. Rabbi Kling Perkins can advise you as to what acceptable alternatives are available for needs that are necessary but not life threatening, such as antacids, analgesics, cold medications, vitamins etc. All prescription or non-prescription drugs in the form of topical medications, including creams, lotions, ointments, foams, gels, drops, patches and inhalants as well as non-chewable tablets and injections may be owned, used and consumed on Passover, even if they contain h.ametz or kitniyot (for those who maintain this custom), since they are inedible. This covers most medicines used by adults. All medications for babies may be used. Liquid medicines, chewable tablets and or tablets coated with a flavored glaze are considered edible and may contain h.ametz. Soft gelcaps may present a problem because they may contain non-kosher edible porcine gelatin. Please consult with your Rabbi on when these may be used and to find substitutes that are acceptable.

Pet Food The prohibition against h.ametz during Pesah. includes not owning, not seeing, and not benefitting from h.ametz.

Therefore, we are not allowed to own or make use of h.ametz during Pesah.; even that which is exclusively for our animals’ consumption. The most appropriate way to take care of your pet during Pesah. may be a function of what kind of animal(s) you own. The ideal approach would be to switch your pet to a h.ametz- free diet before Pesah. and perhaps permanently. Even people who do not themselves eat kitniyot on Pesah. should feel free to feed their animals kitniyot. A less desirable option is that some authorities allow for the pet to be sold along with the h.ametz and, since the pet does not belong to the Jewish owner, the pet eats its normal diet. Note that the document of sale must include the pet as well as the h.ametz. If you have these pet foods in your home be careful to keep them away from the general kitchen area.

Washing of pet utensils should be done out of the kitchen area (e.g. a bathroom sink). This is the least satisfactory option

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and is included as a last resort measure: unlike the h.ametz you are selling before Pesah., which is then stored out of sight and is inaccessible to you during Pesah., this last option involves your actively seeing and handling that h.ametz on a daily basis. For more details about this and other options, see the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah. Guide.

The longstanding Ashkenazi custom on Passover is to refrain fron eating kitniyot, which refers to: beans, corn, millet, peas, rice, soy, and some other plant based foods like mustard, buckwheat and sesame seeds. The one exception is an approved permission of peanuts and peanut oil, provided said items have proper year-round kosher certification and do not contain h.ametz ingredients.

In the fall of 2015 the Conservative Movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards (CJLS) passed two responsa permitting the consumption of kitniyot for Ashkenazim. To fully understand their positions, which differ in their argumentation, please see: • David Golinkin, “Rice, beans and kitniyot on Pesah. - are they really forbidden?” OH 453:1.2015a (https://schechter.edu/ rice-beans-and-kitniyot-on-pesah-are-they-really-forbiddenresponsa-in-a-moment-volume-9-issue-no-4-march-2015/) • Amy Levin and Avram Israel Reisner, “A Teshuvah Permitting Ashkenzaim to Eat Kitniyot on Pesah.” 453:1.2015b (https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/halakhah/teshuvot/2011-2020/Levin-Reisner-Kitniyot.pdf) Neither position constitutes an instruction to consume kitniyot during Pesah., but rather a halakhic basis and guideline for those who choose to do so. They recognize that while some individuals, communities, and institutions will utilize this new ruling, others may choose not to do so.

Both eating and refraining from kitniyot are equally legitimate and derekh eretz (respectful behavior) should be the guiding value in making decisions around this topic. At Temple Emunah, we are careful, whenever serving kitniyot, to mark them clearly as such, and to make sure that there is always sufficient food for those who choose to refrain. We encourage others to display similar sensitivity in their own interactions. For those who do avail themselves of this ruling, it is important to note the following specific guidance in the responsa by Rabbis Amy Levin and Avram Reisner, cited above.

For guidance and for more details, please consult the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah. Guide at https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/story/pesah-guide-5782.

Please feel free to contact Rabbi Kling Perkins with any questions. We wish you and your families a joyous, healthy, and kosher Passover!

Yahrzeits The following loved ones will be remembered at our worship services in the coming months: Apr 1 Charles Bernstein Father of Alan Bernstein Harry Fader Father of Linda Laredo Sidney Migdol Grandfather of Steve Tavan Edna Rosenman Mother of Esther Rosenman-Hochman Apr 2 Carole Epstein Sister of Wendy Katz Lucille Klinghoffer Aunt of Marsha Tucker Jack Silver Grandfather of Cynthia Bobrow Samuel Udell Father-in-law of Phyllis Udell Apr 3 Samuel Kreiger Father of Arthur Kreiger Charles Minkin Father of Jeremy Minkin Samuel Rothmel Grandfather of Ethel Rothmel William Tuchin Grandfather of Jeff Sokolov Toba Waldman Grandmother of Barbara Palant Apr 4 David Doynow Father of Lori Schechner Marlene “Marlaina” Kreinin Mother of Elana Markovitz Michael Lewis Son of Pearl Lewis Walter Rothfeld Uncle of Marsha Tucker Lorraine Shindell Mother of Paula Dangel Leonard Weil Father of Marilyn Weil-Abelman Gladys Weiner Mother of Ann Chait Estelle Weiss Grandmother of Emily Ring Apr 5 Joshua Berinstein Father of Susan Orenstein Grandfather of Julia Mabuchi Hilda Halton Mother of Antonia Stechler Leonard Handler Father of Risa Bressler Rose Markovitz Lubar Mother of Dennis Markovitz

Norma Neustadt Mother of Paul Neustadt Phyllis Orenstein Mother of Barry Orenstein Grandmother of Julia Mabuchi Alan Perlmutter Brother of Burt Perlmutter Manfred Rost Father of Claudia Handwerker Roberta Tilem Mother of Matthew Tilem Martin Weiss Grandfather of Emily Ring Abraham Wissoker Father-in-law of Barbara Wissoker Apr 6 Rose Lieberman Mother of Sylvia Schatz Edith Pierce Grandmother of Judson Pierce Aryeh Stein-Azen Nephew of Sharon Stein Cousin of Aviva Stein Dave Tavan Grandfather of Steve Tavan Apr 7 Muriel Gluckson Mother of Carrie Gale Louis Nager Grandfather of Jill Wollins Bertha Strausz Sister-in-law of David Slate Harry Zimmer Father of Barbara Wissoker Apr 8 Barbara Berger Wife of Robert Berger Harry Bonder Father of Vivian Cohen Charlotte Kalus Mother of Joseph Kalus Sidney Noveck Uncle of Risa Bressler Apr 9 Geraldine Bressler Mother of Lawrence Bressler Hyman Cook Father of Stewart Cook Sarah Kupiec Mother of Israel Kupiec Rebecca Leshin Grandmother of Stewart Leshin Harold Roberts Father of Bruce Roberts Harry Rubin Father of Lisa Gualtieri

Andrew Tane Son of Betty Pious Heindel Apr 10 Eli Chase Father of Arleen Chase Robert Garwin Father of Terri Fisher Irving Hott Father of Estha Blachman William Nelson Husband of Joyce Nelson Lieber Obstein Grandfather of Michael Ablove Sunsook Park Mother of Jenni Smirnova Stanford Zimmerman Father of Kenneth Zimmerman Apr 11 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 12 Clairette Freedman Sister of Frederick Ezekiel Aunt of David Ezekiel Louis Handler Uncle of Risa Bressler Frances Schwimmer Aunt of Joel Shwimer Apr 13 Bella Alpert Mother of Irwin Alpert Florence Goldberg Wife of Harold Goldberg Cynthia Lerman Mother of Scott Lerman 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 Margaret Menzin Joseph Sidman Father-in-law of Miriam Sidman Mollie Sidman Mother-in-law of Miriam Sidman Apr 14 Rose Chasanoff Grandmother of Thelma Marin Richard Cohen Husband of Vivian Cohen Father of Marcy Lidman Kenneth Goodman Husband of Mindy Goodman Levitt 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 15 Gloria Hoffman Mother of Beth Fentin Eleanor Kojm Mother of Sheila Kojm Al Lipson Father of Steven Lipson Apr 16 Stanley Bober Father of Sharon Bober Tomas Hirschfeld Father of Dina Savitz Samuel Wollins Grandfather of Jill Wollins Apr 17 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

Apr 18 Burton Black Brother-in-law of Lawrence 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 19 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 Kenneth and Lois Bruss Rebecca Silverstein Mother of Phyllis Rubinovitz Leon Weiner Father of Ellyn Michelson Apr 20 Annette Natkin Mother of Lissa Natkin Rabbi Irving Perlman Father of Benjamin Perlman Jacob Shapiro Husband of Shirley Shapiro Melvin Tracey Husband of Marilyn Tracey Father of Michael Tracey Apr 21 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 (continued on page 18)

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Yahrzeits Aron Lipszyc Grandfather of Doronit Shlank-Bloomenthal Libby Soffar Mother of Cindy Jacobs Eva Urmer Grandmother of Doreen Karoll Marjorie Woods Mother of Lawrence Woods Apr 22 Ida Gottlieb Mother of Betty Pious Heindel Bessie Thrope Grandmother of Martin Thrope Apr 23 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 24 Stella Sadofsky Mother of Miriam Sadofsky Bernice Singer Mother of Jeremy Singer Apr 25 Diane Finkelstein Mother of Alan Fields Leonard Nacht Father of Kathy Macdonald Isay Zeylikman Father-in-law of Irina Zeylikman Apr 26 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 Chai Gitel Silverman Mother of Sam Silverman Apr 27 Robert Bernstein Father of Laura Pierce Janet David Wife of John Stayn Sidonia Miller Aunt of Risa Bressler Marjorie Reder

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Mother of Richard Reder Apr 28 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 29 Annie Frankel Mother of Reva Levitt Carl Hollander Father of Charles Hollander Apr 30 Anny Graf Mother of Eva Glaser Mother-in-law of Stephen Tauber Stella Kantor Mother of Natalie Warshawer Anna Mencow Mother of Barbara Neustadt Celia Perlmutter Mother of Burt Perlmutter Regina Pesin Wife of Stuart Pesin May 1 Marian Cain Aunt of Edward 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 May 2 Isaac Tarmy Father of Arnold Tarmy Jacob Weinronk Father of Stan Weinronk May 3 Josephine Abelman Mother of David Abelman Hyman Doodlesack Father of Phyllis Fish Ida Levine Grandmother of Harvey Lowell William Miller Father of Rebecca Karen Rose Pearlman Mother of Valerie Seidman Hyman Smith Grandfather of Jerome Smith Jiing-Liang Wu Father of Ailsa Hermann-Wu

May 4 Anna Antonoff Mother of Marvin Antonoff Sonia Baker Mother of Linda Chessman Margaret “Peggy” Goldberg Mother of Nancy Goldberg May 5 Murray Feinzig Grandfather of Benjamin Bloomenthal Selma 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 May 6 Elizabeth Bruss Sister-in-law of Kenneth Bruss Harold Michelson Father-in-law of Barbara Michelson Ann Rantz Mother-in-law of Stanley Pomeranz Helene Rock Mother of Mia Lieberman Sylvia Teitelbaum Mother of Ken Teitelbaum Albert Towers Father of David Towers May 7 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 Tsymbal Son of Jessica and Ilya Tsymbal May 8 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 Shwimer Mother of Joel Shwimer Beatrice Tucker Mother-in-law of Marsha Tucker Miriam Wein Grandmother of Alisa Billings May 9 Leon Katz Father of Paul Katz Albert Kerstein Father of Larry Kerstein Harry Konterwitz Father of Elaine Shwimer Eleanor Rothfeld Aunt of Marsha Tucker May 10 Irving Goldstein Father of Mark Goldstein Anna Shanes Grandmother of Cynthia Bobrow Howard Stecker Father of Elissa Stecker May 11 Louis Cohen Father of Judith Wisnia Bennie Frankel Father of Reva Levitt Isadore Marcus Father-in-law of Judith Marcus Grandfather of Joel Marcus Ida Pekin Mother of Bobby Galani and Ellen Gordon Alter Prusky Father of Shirley Shapiro Joseph Tauber Father of Stephen Tauber Morris Testa Father of Susan Cook Dorothy Woolf Miller Mother of Arnie Miller May 12 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 13 William Fuhrman Father of Juliet Fuhrman Wolf 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 Edward Lidman Kurt Schloesser Father of Ruth Berg May 14 David Cherny Brother of Miriam Boucher Lea Markuse Mother of Jack Markuse Gordon McCauslin Brother of Scott McCauslin May 15 Miriam Allen Mother of Amy Zaslow Norman Thrope Father of Martin Thrope May 16 Peter 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 17 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

Yahrzeits May 18 Hannah Boltson Mother of Barbara Mintz 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 19 Dorothy Joseph Mother of Caron Bleich Grandmother of Lauren Bleich Emanuel Wolf Father of Stanley Wolf Barbara Zimmerman Mother of Kenneth Zimmerman May 20 Sylvia Handler Mother of Risa Bressler Alfred Kojm Father of Sheila Kojm Pauline Liederman Mother of Lawrence Liederman Helen Liskov Mother of Judith Zabin May 21 Deborah Buckler Mother of Aaron Buckler Lauri Chait Sister of Laurence Chait Dorothy Lezberg Aunt of Alisa Billings Beatrice Samuels Mother of Harold Samuels Rosalie Spatz Mother of Harry Spatz May 22 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 Ira Katzman Uncle of Barbara Palant Vital Kliger Mother of Isaac Kliger Esther Rubinovitz Sister-in-law of Phyllis Rubinovitz

Beatrice Schmetterling Sister of Sam Silverman Meyer Weiner Grandfather of Michelle Weiner May 23 Elizabeth Dernier Mother of Amanda Schwoerke Carol Getman Wife of Marvin Getman Frances Gluck Sister of Barbara Michelson Dalia Sheff Mother of Daphne Harris May 24 Liza Cohn Sister of Miriam Blechter Irving Gluck Grandfather of Edward Lidman Paul Kantner Brother of Ronni Skerker Ruth Stein Mother of Judith Canter May 25 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 26 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 27 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 Mollie Prusky Mother of Shirley Shapiro Ezra Shapiro Grandfather of Catharyn Gildesgame May 28 Mozelle Berkowitz Mother of Alisa Kotler-Berkowitz 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 Victor Yeheskal Father of Tamar Krant May 29 Joyce Altman Mother of Stephen Altman Bernard Canter Father of Mark Canter

Michael Chasanoff Grandfather of Thelma Marin Madeline 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 30 Robert Danon Father of Monique Brykman Peter Glaser Husband of Eva Glaser Bessie Spero Grandmother of Sharon Smith May 31 Sarah Cook Mother of Stewart Cook Rachel Epstein Mother of Judith Marcus Grandmother of Joel Marcus Lois Flamm Sister of Mark Canter Mark Gornstein Father of Eric Gornstein Isadore Lidman Uncle of Edward Lidman

Temple Emunah staff celebrate Purim.

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Donations The congregation gratefully acknowledges the following contributions: Abkowitz Family Israel & Camp Scholarship

In appreciation of Rabbi Leora Kling Perkin’s mishaberach for our daughter Anja’s 18th birthday Kurt Franzen & Miriam Cohen Franzen Yahrzeit of: Martin Aaron Abkowitz Davette, Jan, Sue & Mark Abkowitz Mabel Sheinhait, cherished mother and grandmother Lois Lovins Blanche Marlin, beloved grandmother Robert & Nancy Liberman

Adult Education

In honor of: Laura Musikant-Weiser & Neil Weiser on the occasion of the marriage of Ari and Angela Ed Willins & Alison Dick

Afghan Refugee Support Fund

Adam Medros & Jenny Brown Albert & Judy Zabin Arleen Chase Arthur Kreiger & Rebecca Benson Benjamin & Sylvia Perlman David & Janet Goldberg Graham & Raveetal Celine Kate & Ailsa Hermann-Wu Larry & Penny Andler Leora Fishman Marc Bernstein & Anna Nerenberg Paul & Barbara Neustadt Stanley Wolf & Juliet Fuhrman Wolf Stephen Sachs & Amanda Schwoerke In memory of Bob Macauley Daniel & Linda Chessman Yahrzeit of Betty Levitt, beloved mother Rick & Alisa Billings

Beautification

Yahrzeit of: Gussie Alper, beloved mother-in-law Charleen Alper Helen Richelson, beloved mother-in-law Irwin Alpert Charles Cohen, beloved father Norman & Linda Cohen

Bereavement Fund

In memory of: Jack Schwartz, beloved brother of Ruth Antonoff Jonina & Jonathan Schonfeld

Bess Ezekiel Memorial Fund

Yahrzeit of Gordon Case, beloved brother Miriam Librach

Brotherhood

In memory of Mo Diamant, beloved husband of Lisa, father of Julia & Samuel and grandfather of Layla

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Ann and Joe Berlin Brian Silver Ellen L. Weene Howard and Lori Reubenstein Ken and Lois Bruss Kenneth A. Turkewitz Lester Blumberg and Robin Hasenfeld Lynn and Gary Schwartz the Plamondon family Richard Kramer Harold Waisel & the Brotherhood of Temple Israel Sharon Lisa’s Book Group Alan Nissenbaum Cheryl & Shelly Lowenthal David & Elyssa Towers Ruthy & David Rosenbaum Ed Willins & Alison Dick Elizabeth Wilson Susan & Steven Lipson Jane & John Jennings Janet & David Goldberg Joel & Elaine Shwimer Valerie Seidman Wendy & Bob Russman-Halperin Faye & John Gmeiner Allen & Debbi Sheldon Adrienne & James Gmeiner Carolyn & Mark Lichtenstein Gail & Harry Spatz Barry & Judith Caplan Jill Rabin Arleen Chase Marcia Camac Penina Lieber & family Mo Diamant, dear friend and medical school classmate David Andrews

Dick Wissoker Species Panel

In memory of Rabbi Abraham Morhaim, beloved father of Esther Hausman Margo & Mark Zelermyer

Family Table

In memory of: In memory of Rabbi Abe Morheim, father of Esther Hausman Wendy & Bob Russman-Halperin

General

In appreciation of: Temple Emunah’s welcoming community Jose Varon Mike Rosenberg for his warm and wonderful work as our Master of Ceremonies at the Synagogue Council Gala The Synagogue Council of Mass.

In honor of: The engagement of Lily Ling and Justin Curhan, son of Sharon and Gary Curhan Rick & Margo Reder

Me’ir Sherer and Tova Weinronk, the Emunah educators par excellence honored by the Synagogue Council Shelley & Stuart Rossman Marty & Carol Thrope Bob & Kathy Becker Marcia & Ed Lidman on the birth of their first grandchild, Raphael Asa Lidman Stephen Tauber, on his 90th birthday Richard & Shirley Moskow The upcoming wedding of Eilif Mikkelsen and Katie Dickey Wendy & Bob Russman-Halperin Terri Swartz Russell on being named Sisterhood’s Light of Torah Ralph & Sandra Levine In memory of: John Pearlman, beloved husband of Eleanor Pearlman, father of Rebecca Feld and Nomi Burstein, father-in-law of Harold Feld and Michael Burstein, grandfather of Aaron, Yael and Elisheva and brother of David Pearlman Allene & Larry Horowitz Jake & Claudia Handwerker Jonathan Schonfeld & Jonina Schonfeld Jack Schwartz, brother of Ruth Antonoff Georgia & Cliff Weinstein Ruth Jacobson, beloved mother of Lori Weinronk, Susan, Karen and family Jake & Claudia Handwerker Michael Hirsh, beloved father of Susan Hirsh Joan & Harvey Bines Stuart Fay, beloved father of Aaron Fay and husband of Beatrice Fay Linda Smith Ruth Jacobson, beloved mother of Lori Weinronk Marilyn Weene Leonard Yedlin-Yorr, Ruby Leopold YedlinYorr and Oscar Shefsky, beloved parents Stephen Shefsky & Laurie Yorr Isaac Kliger, beloved husband of Judy Kliger, father & grandfather Gloria Foster Marilyn Tracey Cheryl Aronson, beloved daughter of Esther Aronson Marilyn Tracey Estelle Rubenstein, beloved mother of Marc Rubenstein Richard & Shirley Moskow Rabbi Abe Morhaim, beloved father of Esther Hausman Laurie Speicher Jake & Claudia Handwerker Sandra Levine Minna Katz, beloved sister of Babsy Krichmar Bob Becker & Kathie Becker Gloria Foster Janet & David Goldberg

Mo Diamant, beloved husband of Lisa Diamant Philip Lesorgen Ralph & Sandra Levine The Temple Emunah Office Alisa & Rick Billings Alan & Geraldine Ertel Yahrzeit of: Solomon H. Gordon, beloved father and grandfather Martin & Alice Gordon Milt Skolnik, beloved uncle Dorothy Braverman, beloved aunt Micki & Fred Rosenthal Frances Feldman, beloved mother Mitchell Feldman & Andrea Fribush Fred Perlmutter, beloved brother Burt & Bobbi Perlmutter Helen and Samuel Liskov, beloved parents Judith Zabin Stanley Resnick, beloved father and grandfather Laurie, Rebecca and Daniel Speicher Evelyn Zimmerman, beloved mother Roberta Perlmutter

Geoffrey Zola Holocaust Fund

In honor of Jane and Richard Aronson on the birth of their new grandson Judy Zola and family

Glatzer Memorial Program Fund In honor of and in celebration of the birth of Toby Lev Wood, grandson of Sheila Kojm and Lou Stuhl Wendy & Bob Russman-Halperin

Golda Dockser Fund

In memory of Cheryl Aronson, beloved daughter of Esther Aronson Amy Dockser Marcus & family Lynne Dockser Cornell & family

Hineni Committee

In appreciation of ...

The Hineni Committee and Sandra Levine for reaching out to us after the passing of Johanna’s father Mark Druy & Johanna Rothman Those who provided help during my recent surgical recovery Margolia Gilson

Holy Book Fund

In honor of Larry Marin, who enhances our understanding of the Tanakh The Perek Yomi class In memory of Rabbi Abraham Morhaim, beloved father of Esther Hausman Susan & Steven Lipson

Donations Ladle Fund

Yahrzeit of: David Dinner, beloved father Charleen Alper Jacob Gottlieb, beloved father Robin & Wayne Goldstein

Landscape

In honor of: Me’ir Sherer and Tova Weinronk on being honored by the Synagogue Council Jerome & Sharon Smith In memory of: Mo Diamant Marcy and Ed Lidman Jerome & Sharon Smith Yahrzeit of: Fannie Abramsky, beloved grandmother Manny Smith, beloved brother Edna Greenberg, beloved mother Jerome & Sharon Smith

Library

In memory of: John Pearlman, beloved husband of Eleanor Pearlman Judith Kliger Yahrzeit of: Lillian Escor, beloved mother Fanny Pildis Rubin, beloved aunt Marilyn Tracey

Phyllis Klein Thrope Memorial Fund

In honor of Martin Thrope’s special birthday.

L’H.ayim - to life!

Marc & Aileen Thrope Grossberg Steven Hoviss and Melanie Grossberg Jerome Joseph, Rebecca Grossberg Suzanne Joseph and Max Joseph David, Janet & Spencer Thrope

Rabbi Kling Perkins Discretionary Fund

In appreciation of: Rabbi Kling Perkins, in officiating our son’s conversion/affirmation David & Sara Jewett Rabbi Kling Perkins Miriam Librach Yahrzeit of: Diane Lindner Goldberg, stepmother of David Goldberg and aunt of Dan Pion David & Janet Goldberg Gerald Goldman, beloved father Howard Goldman Violet Katz, beloved mother Leonard Katz Margaret Garvey, beloved mother Peggy & Joel Moses Leonard A. Gould, beloved husband Emma Gould Robert Seligman, beloved father Judy Neiterman Elizabeth Asher, beloved wife Ryan Asher

Rabbi Lerner’s Discretionary Fund

In appreciation of: Rabbi David Lerner and Temple Emunah’s Bereavement Committee for their care and support Allison Cook and David Hirsh Wishing you all the best during these strange times Ann Landau In honor of: Rabbi David Lerner and Sharon Levin’s 25th wedding anniversary Jake & Claudia Handwerker Yahrzeit of: Lee Koren, beloved father Shirley Jordan, beloved mother Annette Koren & Harmon Jordan Eva Brostoff, beloved mother Carolyn Lichtenstein Bertha and Philip Rudek, beloved parents Carole Pedlikin Sherman, beloved sister Sophie Horovitz & Irving Pedlikin, beloved parents Howard & Cynthia Pedlikin Diane Lindner Goldberg, beloved stepmother and aunt of Dan Pion Janet and David Goldberg Barry Seidman, beloved husband Valerie Seidman Leonard A. Gould, beloved husband Rachel Kraidman, beloved mother Felix Kraidman, beloved father Minna S. Gould, beloved mother-in-law Emma Gould

Yahrzeit of: Betty Jauvtis, beloved mother Harvey & Donna Jauvtis Edna Brick, beloved mother-in-law Phyllis Brick

Social Justice Committee

Anonymous In honor of: The birth of Adir Lev Lerman, grandson of Miriam Sadofsky and Stuart Lerman The birth of Raphael Asa Lidman, grandson of Marcy & Ed Lidman Mark Druy & Johanna Rothman In memory of: Ruth Flink Ades Mark Druy & Johanna Rothman Rabbi Abraham Morhaim Lester Blumberg and Robin Hasenfeld Yahrzeit of: Anna Tarle Nerenberg, beloved grandmother of Anna Nerenberg Anna Nerenberg & Marc Bernstein Rabbi Abe Morhaim, beloved father of Esther Hausman Arthur Blumberg, beloved husband of Phyllis Blumberg, father and grandfather of Lester Blumberg, Robin Hasenfeld & family Lester Blumberg & Robin Hasenfeld Maxwell Brick, beloved father-in-law Phyllis Brick

Special Needs

In memory of: Stuart Fay, beloved father of Aaron Fay Paul Neustadt & Barbara Neustadt John Pearlman, husband of Eleanor Pearlman and father of Nomi Burstein and Rebecca Feld Ron Rosenbaum Linda Cohen, beloved sister-in-law of Doreen Grossman Robert Becker Yahrzeit of: Debra Rosenbaum, beloved daughter and sister of Alicia Rosenbaum Al Binik, beloved father-in-law and grandfather of Alicia Rosenbaum Ron Rosenbaum

Steve Marcus Youth Scholarship

In memory of Rabbi Abraham Morhaim Ellen and Jerry Baum Yahrzeit for Bertha Berg, beloved mother Helen Marcus

Wednesday Minyan Study Group

Yahrzeit of: Jonah Miller, loving father of Bonnie and zayde of Harry, Aron and Lucas Harry & Bonnie Levy Louis Jauvtis, beloved father of Harvey Jauvtis Harvey and Donna Jauvtis

Youth Fund

In memory of Rabbi Abraham Morhaim, beloved father of Esther Hausman Ed Willins & Alison Dick

Rabbi Stephen Lerner Memorial Conversion Fund

In appreciation of Rabbi Lerner, in officiating our son’s conversion/affirmation David & Sara Jewett In memory of Rabbi Stephen Lerner, z”l, beloved husband of Dr. Anne Lapidus Lerner Rabbi David Lerner & Sharon Levin

Religious School Fund

In honor of the birth of Akiva Sena Neves Aronson, grandson of Jane & Richard Aronson Caron Bleich Me’ir Sherer and Tova Weinronk, on the occasion of being honored by the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts as excellent educators Lester Blumberg & Robin Hasenfeld Kurt Franzen & Miriam Cohen Franzen

Sisterhood

In appreciation of and giving thanks to those who provided help during my recent surgical recovery Margolia Gilson

A Fond Farewell Claudio Trindade, our long-time and loyal custodian, retired at the end of March.

Claudio has been an integral part of our community for the past 14 years. His work and dedication will always be valued and remembered.

Claudio’s commitment and reliability are worthy of admiration. He will be greatly missed. We wish him all the best in his retirement.

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Shaharit 7 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Governance meeting 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Meditation 8:30 am Rosh Hodesh group 6 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Shaharit 7 am Meditation 8:30 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Passover 4th day Shaharit 7 am Meditation 8:30 am No Religious School Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

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Passover 5th day Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Melton Social Justice class 12 pm No Religious School Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

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Shabbat Service 9:30 am Shaharit 7 am Shaharit 7 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Parashat Hashavuah 12 pm Niggun Saloon 1 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm Havdalah 7 pm Perek Yomi 8 pm Shaharit 7 am Parashat Hashavuah 12 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Perek Yomi 8 pm

Passover 6th day Shaharit 7 am Parashat Hashavuah 12 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Erev Pesah/First Seder Shaharit 7 am Niggun Saloon 1 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm

Passover 77h day Shaharit 7 am Passover Service 9:15 am Niggun Saloon 1 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Yom HaShoah Niggun Saloon 1 pm Shaharit 7 am Parashat Hashavuah 12 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Human Rights Shabbat – April 23

Second Seder Shabbat/Passover Service 9:15 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 7 pm Passover 8th day Human Rights Shabbat Passover Service 9:15 am with Yizkor Tot Shabbat 11 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 7:15 pm

Shabbat Service 9:30 am Malena Torres Bat Mitzvah Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 7:15 pm

Mazel Tov to Our April Bat Mitzvah

An Opportunity for Climate Justice: What It Means to Build Back Better Guest Speaker Rachel Kyte, Temple Emunah member and Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University Presented by Sisterhool and the Climate Change group Malena Torres, daughter of Rachel Weinstein & Pepin Torres (April 30)

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Shaharit 7 am Youth Retreat Parashat Hashavuah 12 pm Shaharit 7 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Niggun Saloon 1 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm

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Humans of Tel Aviv Sunday, May 1, 10:30 am Temple Emunah and the Israel Committee present Guest speaker, Erez Kaganovitz Creator of the Facebook page Humans of Tel Aviv With Humans of Tel Aviv Erez Kaganovitz shows “a different side of Israel – its multiculturalism, diversity, very active civil society and all its complexity.”

Join us for an informational session where Erez will share some of his favorite pictures and what he has learned after photographing 1000 life stories. The amazing social fabric of Tel Aviv will be unraveled for you by the life stories of those who participated in this project.

Wednesday, May 4 – 5:30 pm Celebrate Israel’s 74th birthday with Israeli dancing, Israeli dinner, singing, candlelighting and much more.

Stay tuned for details!

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Preschoolers enjoyed playing in the snow, but hopefully by the time you read this bulletin we will be experiencing spring weather!