Hahodesh March 2020

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H desh March – May 2020

Adar – Iyyar 5780

www.TempleEmunah.org

From Rabbi Kling Perkins

The Big Birthday Celebration Continues!

Weasels and Breadcrumbs

You won’t want to miss these upcoming Emunah60 events:

One of my students recently asked me if the rabbis of the Talmud had a sense of humor. Did they ever!

One of my favorite teachings about getting ready for Pesah. has to do with a weasel. The rabbis of the Mishnah wanted to know just how far one should go in pursuit of ridding one’s home of every trace of leaven. What if, they asked, after you finish cleaning, a weasel brings bread into your house? Do you have to keep checking your home to make sure this hasn’t happened? The rabbis of the Talmud take this scenario much further. What if you see a white mouse bring bread into your house, and later you see a black mouse bring bread out of your house? Can you assume that there was a handoff, or must you worry that the white mouse left some bread in your home?

And what if a mouse brings bread in, and a (much larger and more aggressive) weasel brings bread out? Are you safe then, and can you assume that the weasel took the bread from the mouse? The rabbis continue, and might have gone on forever, but lucky for us, the rabbis of the Mishnah already gave their answer: No need to worry about those weasels – if we did, – there would be no end to the matter.

ALIYOT BY THE DECADES FOR ALL: March 7 & April 18 MY EMUNAH STORY: March 15 (see page 22)

EMUNAH60 HISTORY & ART THEMED MINYAN: March 25

(see page 3)

EMUNAH60 MUST SEE TV!: April 12 EMUNAH60 BIG BIRTHDAY BASH: May 3 Outdoor fun for all ages with games, singing the Emunah60 song, ice cream and more.

CLOSING EVENT: May 31

Featuring A NEW Emunah60 video and champagne toast!

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Our 60th Birthday is a significant milestone!

Join the party and celebrate!

See page 32 for E60 donor list.

Inside:

Communal Seder

Thursday, April 9 at 6:30 pm See page 3 for details.

President................................... 2 Upcoming Events...................... 3 Religious Services...................... 4 Minyan Story............................. 5 Emunah Connect/Events........... 6 Adult Education......................7-9 Family Programs..................... 10 Religious School/Youth.......10-11 Pre-School...........................12-13 Inclusion...................................13

‫בתוך‬ Library.................................14 Sisterhood...........................15 Brotherhood...................16-17 Passover.........................19-22 Ladle Fund..........................22 Family Table........................23 Yahrzeits.........................24-27 Donations......................28-30 E60 Donors ........................32 Calendar........................33-35

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A Newsletter for Temple Emunah members 9 Piper Road, Lexington, MA 02421-8199 www.TempleEmunah.org Main Office: 781/861-0300 Fax: 781/861-7141 Senior Rabbi

David G. Lerner

Assisstant Rabbi Rabbi Emeritus Rabbinic Intern President Executive Director Director of Congregational Learning Director, Billy Dalwin Pre-School Program Director & Family Educator Synagogue Educator/ Youth Advisor Accounting Manager Administrative Asst.

Rabbinic Admin. Asst.

Bulletin Editor

781/861-0300, ext. 22 dlerner@templeemunah.org Leora Kling Perkins 781/861-0300, ext. 31 lklingperkins@templeemunah.org Bernard Eisenman Rebecca Weintraub Rebbeca.Weintraub@HebrewCollege.edu Judy Zola 781/861-8308 president@templeemunah.org Raveetal Celine 781/861-0300, ext. 21 rceline@templeemunah.org Me’ir Sherer 781/861-0303, ext. 24 msherer@templeemunah.org Shelley Rossman 781/861-0708, ext. 27 srossman@templeemunah.org Jodie Parmer 781/860-9595, ext. 28 jparmer@templeemunah.org Tova Weinronk 781/861-0300, ext. 34 tweinronk@templeemunah.org Alisa Billings 781/861-0300, ext. 23 abillings@templeemunah.org Marilyn Pappo 781/861-0300 office@templeemunah.org Ellen Weene 781/861-0300, ext. 30 rabbiadmin@templeemunah.org Linda Silverstein lindags@comcast.net

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE Wednesday, April 22 at Temple Emunah Wednesday, June 24 at Temple Isaiah (55 Lincoln St., Lexington)

2:00-7:00 pm Feeling generous (and healthy)? You can give a lifesaving gift to someone you’ve never met. Each donation of blood can help to save up to three lives. Information about eligibility, what the donation process is like, and how to prepare to donate is at www.redcrossblood.org.

Please make an appointment by calling 1-800-RED CROSS (even if you’re not sure exactly what time you’ll get there), and bring an ID or your donor card with you.

Walk-ins are welcome, though donors with appointments have priority.

We hope you’ll consider doing this mitzvah.

President's Message Shalom Temple Emunah Family!

Even as I write this it is still cold and gray; I know that when you read this it will hopefully start to become warmer as we inch closer to Spring!

This has been a very busy time at the synagogue, with many wonderful events. One that really stands out for me is the Peace of Mind program that was co-orchestrated by an amazing group of people from both Temple Emunah and Temple Isaiah.

It was so meaningful to hear how this program really helps heal Israeli combat veterans together as a unit. The young men from the paratrooper unit were so engaged with the program, and they really appreciated everything that our volunteers provided. Yasher Koach. to all who were involved – this is an excellent model of collaboration for an amazing cause.

As I am winding down my time as president, I want to share some of the good and the “learning moments” for me.

The good is how engaged our members are with all aspects of Temple Emunah life. Our members care so much, and we should be proud of our services, our outreach, and all of the amazing programs and events we have at our home away from home. I am so grateful for our staff, especially our two rabbis, Rabbi Lerner and Rabbi Kling Perkins, and our dedicated lay leaders – our executive committee, board, and all of the volunteers who make Temple Emunah such a welcoming place.

The “learning moments” for me really stem from our ability to communicate effectively. I have learned that we must involve as much of the community as possible when we want to try to make a change, and that our community (and most communities) struggle sometimes with change. I know that our members are passionate, caring, and will certainly not hesitate to share what they think – and this is a good thing.

I have tried to have us communicate with a bit more respect.

Not everything we try will go well, but I want you to know that everything that I have attempted to accomplish has been with the idea of making Temple Emunah an even better place than it already is.

Here is my top ten list (in no particular order) of what I am most grateful for as President at Temple Emunah: 10. Sitting on the bima with Rabbi Lerner, Rabbi Kling Perkins and the b’nei mitzvah students 9. Working with an incredibly talented board of directors 8. Working with our dedicated and caring staff 7. Sitting and schmoozing with a congregant 6. Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge with Rabbi Lerner and over 35 other Temple Emunah members to fight against anti-semitism 5. Davening at evening minyan, and feeling the support and warmth of everyone 4. Watching our members connect and enjoy themselves at all kinds of educational and social events.

3. The feedback – both positive and constructive 2. Welcoming new members (continued on page 31)

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Events & Programs COMMUNAL SEDER Thursday, April 9 at 6:30 pm All ages, family members and friends welcome!

Traditional Seder led by Rabbis Lerner and Kling Perkins Learning, engaging activities, great food, and prizes We will have a flexible schedule, so those wishing to leave early may do so. Since there is no school the next day, you don’t have to worry about staying up too late.

Dinner is planned for 8 pm with the conclusion of the Seder at 10 pm.

Sunday, March 8 Carnival games, prizes, inflatables, cotton candy, booths, and more!

See page 10 for details.

Megillah Reading March 9-10 See page 10 for details.

Cost: $60 adult/ $36 child ages 4-12 If you would like a subsidy for this evening, contact Raveetal at rceline@templeemunah.org.

This program is generously subsidized by the Bess Ezekiel Memorial Fund.

Community Reads Breakfast: The Weight of Ink with author Rachel Kadish

RSVP to Jodie Parmer (jparmer@templeemunah.org)

by March 26.

Fee: $8 for Sisterhood and Brotherhood members $10 for all others Rachel Kadish’s most recent novel, The Weight of Ink, was awarded a National Jewish Book Award, the Julia Ward Howe Fiction Prize, and the Association of Jewish Libraries’ Fiction Award.

Set in London in both the 1660s and the early twenty-first century, The Weight of Ink is the interwoven tale of two women of remarkable intellect: an emigrant from Amsterdam who is permitted to scribe for a blind rabbi, just before the plague hits the city; and a contemporary ailing historian with a love of Jewish history.

Kadish’s work has been read on National Public Radio and has appeared in The New York Times, Slate, Salon, Paris Review, Iowa Review, and the Pushcart Prize Anthology. She has been the Koret Writer-in-Residence at Stanford University, a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize, and a fiction fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. She lives outside Boston and teaches in the Lesley University MFA Program in Creative Writing.

(Photo credit: Kevin Day)

Sunday, March 29 at 9:45 am

View photos of Temple Emunah through the years and a video of slides of Temple Emunah’s history, hear wonderful stories, and enjoy a dessert reception with music.

Free and sponsored by The Ladle Fund

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Religious Services/Holidays Shabbat Services for Kids and Families

Be a Shabbat Summer Speaker!

(see box below for schedule)

During July and August we invite Emunah members to be speakers during Shabbat services. Topics in the past have been far ranging. Speakers have spoken to our community about their personal stories, both triumphs and trials, their work-related experiences, recent trips, Jewish identity and, of course, their individual take on the weekly Torah portion.

If you have an interest in speaking this summer to our community, or if you know an 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, 617-448-3996.

The Learning Minyan Looking for a modified service that includes teaching about Shabbat prayers? All ages are invited to attend our series of learning series in the Wolk Family Chapel, led by Rabbis Lerner and Kling Perkins and Me’ir Sherer. Upcoming Shabbat morning dates are: March 7 and 21 at 10 am and April 4 and May 9 at 10:30 am. Both March dates include a learning piece for all ages at 10 am and a special Learning Service for grade 4 families at 11:15 am. See flyer on back page.

Grade 4 Family Learning Services Saturdays, March 7 and 21, 10:00-12:00 Please join us for two special Shabbat Family Learning Services for Fourth Graders and their families. The first session will have participants focusing on the morning service found in the Pesah. Seder. The second session will have participants looking at sections of the Hallel of the Pesah. Seder. The Pesah.

Seder is a main focus of the Fourth Grade curriculum.

Yom HaShoah Monday, April 20 at 8:00 pm Our annual commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day will begin at 8 pm following Minh.ah/Ma’ariv. The program, designed for all ages, will be framed with music from the Mak’haylah, with candle lighting, memorial prayers for the victims of the Shoah, and the Kaddish prayer.

Minyan Katan Minyan Katan is an alternative davening group that holds spirited Shabbat morning services at Emunah four times a year. The Emunah community and friends are invited to join us. Our services are led by our members and may include Yom HaZikaron meditation, niggunim, and a group discussion based on the Torah portion. Our next Minyan Katan services will be on Monday, April 27 at 8:00 pm Saturday, May 2 and June 6 at 9:45 am in the Wolk Chapel.

We will honor the Day of Remembrance for Israeli Fallen We also hold several Kabbalat Shabbat, Havdalah and Soldiers & Victims of Terror with evening services, songs, holiday celebrations with musical accompaniment and a pot- poems, and personal stories. You are welcome to wear a white luck meal in a member’s home. top, as is the custom in Israel. No RSVP is necessary.

We invite you to join us! Contact Wendy Russman-Halperin (russmanw@aol.com) to add your name to our email list, and either of us with any questions.We look forward to davening and celebrating with you.

Minyan Katan Coordinators

Gila Appleby (gila.appleby@verizon.net)

Art Kreiger (akreiger01@gmail.com) Wednesday, April 29, 5:30–8 pm

Yom Ha’Atzmaut Community Celebration

Services & Activities for Kids (Saturdays) Program Grades Date/Time Family Learning Service 4 10 am-noon Mar. 7 & 21 Tot Shabbat Pre-K 11 am – 12 noon

Mar. 14 & 28 Apr. 11 & 25 May 9, 23, 30 The Learning Minyan K–3 11 am – 12 noon

Apr. 4, May 9 & 16

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Join Temple Emunah and the Israeli School of Lexington for a special program in honor of Israel’s Independence Day.

Enjoy a delicious meal from our falafel stand, dance to Israeli music, sing songs, do crafts, and have a blast at our community celebration! The Yom Ha’atzmaut program recognizes the generosity of Janet and David Goldberg.

Minyan Story Gifts From My Mother At the beginning just after my mother passed away, I counted each day that she was gone. This transitioned to counting each week, and finally each month. Saying Kaddish at minyan almost daily has given some structure to this counting with the backdrop of the Jewish calendar. When we counted the Omer, 49 days from Pesah. to Shavuot, the experience of time passing was heightened: days quickly turned to weeks until we were done counting and I missed the daily ritual.

How could time go by so fast? Similarly, as the time of the year changed and the days got longer, we transitioned from saying just Ma’ariv, the evening service, to also saying Minh.ah, the afternoon service, and now that the days are shorter, we are back to how we started. “Time marches on…” was one of my father’s sayings.

It is hard to believe that my mother has been gone almost a year. A lot has changed in our lives because of her death, and though I miss her every day, there have been unexpected gifts that I have received only because she died.

Some of these gifts are tangible while others are conceptual, such as connections to people, and life lessons and philosophies. The tangible first: my mom loved shopping and clothes! I wear some of her many different colors of fleeces, a beautiful Calvin Klein jacket, an Eddie Bauer jacket, a raincoat, camisoles, and some very stylish sweaters. My mother also bought and wore a lot of jewelry. My dad was not the best at buying her presents, and he would tell her to get whatever she wanted…and she did! Every day I feel her presence when I wear her beautiful necklaces, rings, bracelets, and earrings.

Artwork and some furniture from her house remind me of her warm home every day.

Less tangible gifts: I am more connected to family, who my mom spoke to all the time, but now I am trying to connect with them more regularly, mostly on the phone. I am so fortunate to have a brother to connect to; we talk more often now, and he even let me stay with him in NY. The generosity and love I experienced from friends, family, and community, especially right after my mother’s passing is astounding. I have the gift of community at my synagogue’s daily minyan and have connected to caring, fun people who are a consistent reliable presence. I have felt supported by other Jewish communities beyond my own synagogue as I sought out a place to say Kaddish at Chabad at Elon University in NC just three weeks after my mom’s passing, in Teaneck, New Jersey where we arrived late for the service and the rabbi ran down the street to call people back to have a minyan for me, at Hillcrest Jewish Center, where we were invited to seudah shlishit with my mom’s rabbi, in Prague at the Old/New Synagogue, in Amsterdam on a Jewish tour of the city at the Portuguese synagogue, and most recently at Hillel at Muhlenberg College.

People have formed a minyan spontaneously sometimes just to allow me to say Kaddish.

The way my mother lived her life and the lessons she imparted are probably the biggest gifts, and I am trying to live a life of meaning based on these ideals to honor her memory.

I have become more involved in Hadassah, going to donor

dinner, chairing a Supper Club, and I am trying to donate more to support their causes. When my son Eli interviewed my mom a few years ago he asked her what life lessons she could share with him and she answered, “Be kind to people.”

My mom had a way of making people feel very special and loved. She loved potatoes (latkes, mashed), lamb chops, egg salad on toast, sleeping late, manicures, shoes, Steven Colbert, laughing, drinking wine, singing, dancing, going to theater and ballet, ice skating, playing canasta, shopping, and spending time with family. She had a full life and left us with many warm memories.

When I said the Kaddish almost daily during evening minyan, I felt comforted for many different reasons. Sometimes a memory of my mother would flit across my brain. As life went on and I had to function in my roles as mother, wife, professional, at minyan, I was still allowed to be a mourner. Now that I am done with eleven months of saying Kaddish, there are feelings of loss in no longer having that comfort. What I think will eventually help is maintaining those connections from minyan that became the fabric of my daily routine.

Robin Goldstein If you have a minyan story that you would like to share, contact Kathy Macdonald (knmacdonald@verizon.net).

Shalom Hartman Institute Community Leadership Program (CLP) June 24-July 1, 2020 Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Israel Register now to study in Jerusalem at the Shalom Hartman Institute on this summer’s topic: Truth and Reconciliation: Integrity and Pluralism in a World of Partisanship and #FakeNews. Bearing false witness is absolutely forbidden, but one of Judaism’s core values -that no one has a monopoly on the truth — has sustained diverse Jewish communities over millennia.

Now, though, we live in a time when the very notion of truth has become subservient to partisan political agendas and whose ultimate verifiability itself is often questioned. In this context pluralism can seem like a weak compromise, reflective of a lack of commitment and willingness to take a stand. As leaders in an era of virtual realities, #FakeNews and social media echo chambers, how can we maintain integrity and open-mindedness to multifaceted truths? How do we foster reconciliation among contentious groups in an environment in which all truth claims are suspect? How can we continue to celebrate diversity in a climate of fear and outrage?

Contact Linna Ettinger at linna.ettinger@gmail.com to find out how to be part of the Ettinger group to qualify for the group discount.

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Emunah Connect / Events

Networking Event with Jon Hirschtick Tuesday, March 10, 6-8 pm At this special event you will learn more about Emunah Connect, meet professionals from a variety of companies and experience a unique opportunity to hear Jon Hirschtick speak about entrepreneurship; technologies like 3D CAD, AR, cloud computing and 3D printing; leadership, and his adventures in Vegas.

The event will be held at PTC Inc., 121 Seaport Blvd, Boston.

There will be complimentary appetizers and nonalcoholic beverages. All food will be Kosher. This event is free to attend, but RSVP to Wendy Dalwin at wendybdalwin@yahoo.com or 617-699-3526 by Friday, March 6.

Understanding the Jewish-Cancer Connection Wednesday, March 18, 7:00-9:00 pm at Temple Emunah Did you know that Ashkenazi Jews have a one-in-forty risk of inheriting a BRCA gene mutation? Such mutations significantly increase one’s risk of developing breast, ovarian, prostate and other cancers. These cancers can be prevented or detected early if you know you have a gene mutation.

Temple Emunah and Temple Isaiah will host a Oneinforty symposium so that you can learn more about these mutations and from a panel of experts, including leading geneticists. The program is not for women only; men too can carry the gene mutation and have greater cancer risk.

Panelists will discuss genetic counseling, the rationale for testing for BRCA gene mutations, managing cancer risk, and resources available for those who carry BRCA gene mutations.

You will also learn about study that offers free screening.

Panelists are: Betty Cooperstein, LICSW (social worker); Lauren Corduck (Founder and Co-Executive Director, Oneinforty, BRCA-positive ovarian cancer patient); Judy E. Garber, MD, MPH (Chief , Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School) and Jill E. Stopfer, MS, LGC (Associate Director, Genetic Counseling, Division of Cancer Genetics and Prevention at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) Refreshments will be served. Questions? Please contact Allison O’Hara at 508-330-8807 or allisono@oneinforty.org.

Presented by Oneinforty, a nonprofit organization that raises awareness of the one-in-forty risk to Ashkenazi Jews of inheriting BRCA gene mutations and provides support to individuals and families. This symposium is free, but registration is REQUIRED. Program Information and a link to registration can be found at: http://oneinforty.org/upcoming-events/

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Refugee Shabbat – April 11 Please join us for Refugee Action Shabbat with special guest speaker Winnie Spillers, Administrator for Ascentria Care Alliance Unaccompanied Minors Program. The Ascentria Care Alliance (https://www.ascentria.org/about) seeks to strengthen communities by empowering people to respond to life’s challenges. Services to new Americans include the Unaccompanied Minors Refugee Program (URM) providing foster care and educational opportunities for these refugee children who arrive alone without family support.

Temple Emunah’s partnership with Ascentria through the Rapid Response Team has enabled us to help these young people directly with both monetary donations and goods needed for them to build independent lives in our country.

In this season of Passover, when we remember our sojourn as strangers in a strange land, we are asked to consider the plight of the stranger in our midst.

Please join us on April 11 to learn more about Ascentria’s URM Program and Emunah’s Rapid Response initiative.

On this special Shabbat that falls during Passover, we will also enjoy hearing the Makhaylah sing Braun’s Pesah Songs.

Screenagers Next Chapter: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience Wednesday, March 4, 6:30-8:30 pm at Temple Emunah Filmmaker and physician Delaney Ruston uses a personal lens and professional eye to help parents flip the script on stress, anxiety, and depression. Ruston sets out to understand these challenges in our current screen-filled society, and how we as parents and schools empower teens to overcome mental health challenges and build emotional agility, communication savvy, and stress resilience.

This film is being screened in collaboration with the Lexington Community Coalition and is made possible by the Phyllis Klein Thrope Memorial Fund.

Get your tickets online at screenagersmovie.com. Free and open to the public.

Adult Education Perek Yomi Study Group: Reading the Bible from Start to Finish

Minh.ah Meditation Group

Ongoing, meets monthly on Thursdays 8 pm The original Perek Yomi (daily chapter) concept was to read one chapter a day, eventually covering the entire Hebrew Bible.

Our group has modified this approach and is proceeding at a more leisurely pace of about 12 chapters per month.

The group reads material that goes beyond what is read in the synagogue, to do this in consecutive fashion (as opposed to, say, the haftarot), and to discuss it with peers (not experts).

Participants use different translations and bring in material from a variety of sources as well as their own ideas, which leads to very insightful discussions.

The group usually meets in the Library on the first Thursday of the month but it varies from month to month. For the exact dates and more information contact Larry Marin (lbmlbm@ aol.com) at 781-861-7855.

With Rabbi David Lerner and Barbara Neustadt Thursdays 4:00-4:50 pm Mar. 19, April 2, May 7, June 4 Join Rabbi Lerner and Barbara Neustadt for a special late afternoon meditation group. Meditation experience is not required. Mindfulness meditation groups are a wonderful way of connecting with others to share and deepen your meditation practice. There will be guided meditations and themes will include the joys, difficulties, and insights experienced in meditation practice and the multitude of ways to bring mindfulness alive in relationships, work and daily life and into our Jewish practices. This afternoon group will meet once a month on Thursdays.

For more information or if you are interested, please contact Rabbi Lerner at RabbiAdmin@TempleEmunah.org or Barbara Neustadt at barbneus7@gmail.com.

Talmud Study Group

Shabbat Morning Meditation

With Dr. I. Ely Stillman on Wednesdays 8:00 pm Mar. 11 & 25, April 1 & 22, May 6 & 20, June 3 & 10 All who are interested are invited to join our ongoing study of Tractate Berakhot. Knowledge of Hebrew is not required, since Dr. Stillman translates all Hebrew source materials.

Dr. Isaac Ely Stillman studied rabbinics and Jewish thought at Har Etzion, Israel with Rabbis Yehudah Amital and Aharon Lichtenstein. A graduate of Yeshiva University, he was a student of Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik ztz” l, and studied in Boston with Professor Isadore Twersk y, the Talner Rebbe, ztz” l. Dr. Stillman teaches Talmud and rabbinic thought throughout the Boston area.

For more information and to be included on the email list, contact Louis Stuhl (lstuhl@verizon.net) at 781-275-5499 or Lou Nidus (lounidus@rcn.com) at 781-862-8132.

With Rabbi David Lerner and Paul Neustadt March 21, 9:30-10:15 am in the Pious Chapel Join Rabbi Lerner and Paul Neustadt for a meditation experience that can include guided, focused and silent meditations, chanting a short prayer or a niggun (melody), and a brief teaching on meditation or the Torah portion. This is a peaceful and meaningful way to celebrate Shabbat. Everyone is welcome. To join the email listserve, please contact Barbara Neustadt at barbneus7@gmail.com.

Myths and Midrash: Learning About Jewish Values and Traditions Through Children’s Stories

Wednesdays at noon; Mar. 18, April 22, May 27 Join us for monthly discussions over lunch! Using children’s literature to introduce a variety of topics of Jewish interest, we will review books and examine the history of where the stories originate, study Midrash and other folklore that connect to the stories, and highlight Biblical references.

Temple Emunah member Rose Myers has been the Assistant for an Vinyasa Yoga Spring Schedule Education Director and Librarian Tuesdays at 10:30 am and Thursdays at 1:30 pm at a Conservative synagogue and Librarian at a Reform synagogue and Vinyasa yoga is a physical form of yoga where postures are a Modern Orthodox day school. She combined to create a flow. By combining breath with movehas led preschool holiday programs ment, this flow can build strength, increase flexibility, and and taught at a community high can also help calm the body, and bring clarity to the mind. school of Jewish studies.

Rose has Vinyasa yoga is a dynamic form of yoga but is accessible for a BA in Mathematics from Brandeis, all levels of practitioners- beginners, veterans, young and old. an MLS from Southern Connecticut Vinyasa Yoga with Jen Geller will now be offered twice State University, and courses in Judaica and pedagogy at the weekly (see above). Classes will run on an on-going basis, Midrasha Institute in West Caldwell, NJ and varous synagogues, unless otherwise noted. Drop off the kids at Pre-School or JCCs and colleges. come during your lunch break and enjoy an hour of yoga. Cost For questions, contact Rose Myers at swguide48@yahoo.com . is just $10/person, paid directly to Jen Geller.

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Adult Education Me’ah Select—Winter/Spring 2020

Standing on One Foot: Essential Jewish Values & Core Ideas with Rabbi Benjamin Samuels

Mondays, 7:00–9:30 pm at Temple Isaiah REVISED class dates: Mar. 16, 23, 30; Apr. 6, 13, 27; May 4, 11, 18 Fee: $315 Please note that the starting date of this course has been delayed to March 16 and the fee has been reduced. You have time to sign up to learn with this amazing instructor!

What does it mean to be Jewish? Jewish life hopscotches across four different domains of relationship: between us and God (ultimacy); between people (interpersonal ethics); between us and our world (peoplehood and stewardship); and between each person and his/herself (personal responsibility). In this course, we will study core values and ideas in each of these domains, and seek to establish for ourselves fundamental literacy in foundational Jewish values and core ideas.

Rabbi Benjamin Samuels has served since 1995 as rabbi of Congregation Shaarei Tefillah in Newton. He is a co-curriculum designer, educational consultant and instructor for the Parenting Through a Jewish Lens program. He received his bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University and is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship program.

Samuels is a doctoral candidate in science, philosophy and religion at Boston University. He serves on the faculty of Me’ah and Ma’ayan and is a Genesis scholar at Combined Jewish Philanthropies.

Register at https://www.chaverweb.net/Congregant/ SignUp.aspx?key=T21833000712&sid=9290 Please note: when registering via chaverweb, Temple Emunah members may use their login; all others may create a guest account. Then go to “events sign-up” and look for “Me’ah Select FEB 2020.”

> NEW < Bess Ezekiel Rosh H.odesh Group Monthly, alternating between Sunday mornings 9:45-11:30 am at Temple Emunah and Thursday evenings times and locations TBD No fee Join the new Rosh H.odesh group! Enjoy the comradery of women of all ages once a month for an informal, participantinspired Rosh H.odesh gathering.

The meetings will alternate between taking place in private homes on a Thursday evening and taking place at Temple Emunah on Sunday mornings. To receive information about the monthly meeting times and locations, please contact Leah Sugarman leahsugarman@gmail.com.

The Rosh H.odesh holiday is reserved for women, who according to tradition, refrained from contributing their gold jewelry for the creation of the golden calf.

The Bess Ezekiel Rosh H.odesh Group is dedicated to the memory of Bess Ezekiel (z”l), who was one of the founders of the original Rosh H.odesh group at Temple Emunah, which was under the leadership of Rabbi Bernard Eisenman when the group first formed. Bess was a teacher by training and became a bat mitzvah as an adult. She was deeply committed to lifelong learning and was always involved in Temple Emunah Sisterhood and the Women’s Seder Adult Education committee. The Bess Ezekiel Rosh H.odesh Group is funded by the Bess Ezekiel Memorial Fund.

Lexington Institute of Jewish Studies (LIJS) Israeli Culture through the Lens of Israeli Cinema: From Building a Homeland to Israel Today with Sigalit Davis Thursdays, Mar. 5, 12,19, 8-9:30 at Temple Isaiah In this Lexington Institute of Jewish Studies class, we will capture the faces, voices, and issues in Israeli society through Israeli films. Who are the people, what were their hopes, what are their narratives, how has Israel changed over the decades, and how do we perceive it all? Film clips will be shown and discussed in class.

Fee: $45. For more information contact Bob Frankel at sfrankel@rcn.com or 781-863-1783.

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Psalms class

Adult Education Ivrit la-Kol: Hebrew for All Ivrit la-Kol: Hebrew for All, an adult Hebrew literacy collaborative, continues its 22nd year of providing and supporting Hebrew literacy in the community. The mission of Ivrit la-Kol is to enable all individuals—regardless of skill level—to acquire, improve, or enhance their knowledge and comfort with Hebrew in a supportive and motivating learning environment.

FUNDAMENTALS OF HEBREW Learning to Read Hebrew with Caroline Nudelman Thursdays, 9–10:30 am (Emunah): Begins Mar. 12 Mondays, 7:30–9 pm (Isaiah): Begins Mar. 16 For those who are tired of reading Hebrew in transliteration and regret never having learned the Hebrew alphabet and vowels. This class is appropriate for absolute beginners who want to learn the alef bet.

Required Texts and Flash Cards will be available for purchase at the first class. Total approximate cost for text books $25.00. Cost for flash cards $35.

We lovingly remember Golda Dockser (z”l) who founded our Hebrew literacy program and named it Ivrit la-Kol: Hebrew For All.

BIBLICAL HEBREW Intermediate Biblical Hebrew with Michael Singer Thursdays, 7:30–9 pm (Isaiah): Begins Mar. 5 Enjoy reading and discussing biblical Hebrew in this interactive class that will make the Tanakh come alive for you. Students are empowered to understand and translate the text of the Tanakh and the Siddur. Each class features a review of newly introduced vocabulary and grammatical concepts, and we will continue to delve deeply into the Hebrew verbal system. The ability to read Hebrew is a prerequisite for this class. We will continue working through Tav is for Torah by Linda Motzkin (URJ Press).

MODERN HEBREW Modern Spoken Hebrew I with Sigalit Davis Mondays, 5:30–7 pm (Isaiah): Begins Mar. 23 *** NEWCOMERS are welcome!

Start your Hebrew journey through speaking, writing, Please contact the instructor for appropriate level. reading and listening. This class will begin with phrases and everyday vocabulary and build skills slowly to reach fluency in All classes are seven sessions/semester. understanding Modern Spoken Hebrew, with focus on speakFee for each class is $250 members/$275 non-members. ing skills. Hebrew from Scratch Vol 1 and CD Vol 1.

For more information call 781-861- 0300 or email No preliminary knowledge of Hebrew required.

IvritlaKolHebrew@gmail.com. Financial aid is available.

Please mail your check payable to Temple Emunah to: Advanced Conversational Hebrew Temple Emunah, 9 Piper Road, Lexington, MA 02421; Attn: with Sigalit Davis Nancy Lefkowitz, Ivrit la-Kol. Mondays, 7:30–9 pm (Isaiah): Begins Mar. 23 The class will continue to focus on enhancing and developing Hebrew skills using a variety of learning modalities including: reading, writing, speaking and listening. We will reinforce previously acquired skills, to sharpen thinking and grammatical constructions. We will use original materials The Wisdom Project including short stories, songs, podcasts, video clips and newsFacilitated by Toni Stechler paper articles. The emphasis is on expanding speaking skills.

Sundays, 12:00-1:30pm, in the Pious Chapel Students will have the opportunity to practice their writing March 22, April 19, and May 17 skills by using Hebrew script. The text, Hebrew From Scratch Vol II & CD and Kriat Baynayim and HaPoal L’Lomday Ivrit Need a negotiator? Hire Grandpa! should be purchased prior to the class.

Studies have shown that older people are more skillful in resolving conflicts, and appreciate the perspectives, dynamics, and opportunities involved. As we age, our need for a supportive community increases, as does our wisdom.

We gather once a month to talk about the challenges of aging with others and listen to the creative solutions that emerge. Everyone is invited to come whenever they like. For more information, email Toni Stechler at Antonia.stechler@ gmail.com.

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Family Programs / Religious School / Youth Purim

PURIM CARNIVAL

Monday, March 9, 6:00 pm Tuesday, March 10, 6:45 am Join us for the fun! Everyone is invited on March 9 for a vegetarian community dinner, followed by our Megillah reading with pantomime, pranks, and more. Dinner cost is $20/adult, $15/child ages 4-12, free for 0-3 years. On March 10 come back for Shaharit with a second Megillah reading.

RSVP for the dinner to Jodie Parmer by Wednesday, March 4. Space is limited. The dinner is supported by The Ladle Fund.

Sunday, March 8 Join us for carnival games, prizes, inflatables, cotton candy, booths, and more!

10:00–11:00am Preschool-aged kids & their families only!

11:00am–1:00pm Whole community Grab your costumes and get ready for games, bouncy houses, treats, and MORE! Our annual Purim Carnival is Sunday, March 8! Beat the line and pre-order a wristband for $25, which will get you unlimited access to all the games and as many turns as you want in the bouncy houses, as well as one cotton candy and one popcorn or buy tickets that day for $0.50/ticket. Lunch will be sold separately, so please bring cash. For more information contact Me’ir Sherer, msherer@ templeemunah.org.

The Kids Care Club Sundays, April 5 and May 31, 10:00 am At these programs families learn about and participate in mitzvah projects on themes such as: taking care of the earth, learning and literacy, diversity and dignity. Upcoming sessions are: The Power of Passover on April 5 (also our Passover Simh.at Tot event, see below) and All About Animals on May 31. Programs are free; Temple membership is not required.

Connect with other families, learn about ways your little ones can make a difference, and have a blast! RSVP to Jodie Parmer (jparmer@templeemunah.org); walk-ins welcome.

2019 Purim Carnival

Passover Simh.at Tot Sunday, April 5, 10:00-11:30 am Simh.at Tot is an interactive holiday program geared toward families with children ages 0-5 years. We gather on Sunday mornings at Temple Emunah to prepare for upcoming Jewish holidays through crafts, songs, stories, snacks, and fun! Join us on April 5 as we get ready for Pesah. and participate in the Temple-wide Pesah. Palooza Celebration.

5781 (2020-2021) Religious School Registration

Lag Ba’Omer BBQ Rain or Shine!

Tuesday, May 12 at 5:30 pm Temple Emunah, The Israeli School of Lexington, and the IAC invite everyone to a BBQ Dinner and Bonfire.

All are welcome!

• • • •

Included in the fun will be...

Family activities, games, crafts, and more!

Israeli dancing with Kfir Roasting potatoes & marshmallows Singing around the bonfire

Cost: $10 adult/ $5 child 4-12/ free 3 and under RSVP to Jodie Parmer (jparmer@templeemunah.org) This event is part of Celebrating Together, an initiative of the Jewish-American and Israeli-American communities to collaborate on programs for everyone.

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Religious School registration for this fall opens on April 1. There will be an early bird discount through the end of April. 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, Director of Congregational Learning (msherer@templeemunah.org).

March-May Religious School Calendar Program No Religious School

Grades

Date

K–12/YAD Wed, April 15; Sun, April 19 Tues, April 21 Wed, April 22 Sun, April 26 Gimel Siyyum HaSefer 3 Fri, May 8 Hey/Vav Service 5–6 Sat, May 16 Tekes Hitkadmut & Zimriyah all Sun, May 17

Religious School / Youth KADIMA HAMANTASHEN BAKE-OFF Tuesday, March 3, 5:45-7:45 pm Create the most unique, colorful, creative and most tasty Hamantashen known to Kadimaniks across the land. This event is open to all Kadimaniks (grades 3-5). Cost: $15 (per policy, no refunds). This event includes dinner. For more information, please contact Tova Weinronk, tweinronk@templeemunah.org

LUSY CAR WASH

Sunday, April 5, 8:30-11:00 am Come to our Sr USY Chapter (LUSY) car wash and enter Friday–Sunday, April 24-26 Pesah . with your car all clean and sparkly. All proceeds go to Every Emunah 4th – 12th grader should join us for our first- USY Tzedakah Fund – Tikkun Olam. ever Grade 4-12 Retreat: a three-day (two-night) getaway at Tikkun Olam is the vehicle through which money is conCamp Ramah in Palmer, MA. This weekend is full of community tributed to Tzedakah by United Synagogue Youth. Tikkun building, games, and learning! Activities include: Kabbalat Olam money is allocated as follows: Shabbat Services, Shabbat Dinner and Oneg, Theme-Based 30% – Scholarships for USY programs Activities, Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) Medura (Bonfire).

30% – Tzedakah Education, Israel Outreach Staff will include Me’ir Sherer, Rabbi David Lerner, Tova and additional Scholarships Weinronk and Kfir Mizrahi. Information will be going out to 40% – Chapters/Regions Allocate to Tzedakot families in March. The cost for the retreat is $275 with an early bird discount of $250. Scholarships are available! No child will be turned away! For more information contact, Me’ir Sherer at msherer@templeemunah.org.

> NEW < Grades 4–12 Retreat

Above: 2019 Retreat

Below: 2019 Spring Youth Day

Youth Programs Program Rosh H . odesh

Spring Youth Day at Canobie Lake Park

Sunday, May 17, 12–6:30 pm Children in grades 3–12 are off to Canobie Lake Park 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).

Hamantaschen Bake-Off Purim Carnival HaNer Sr. Overnight HaNer TO Semi-Formal Jr. USY HaNer Sr. Weekend Sr. USY Kadima Youth Retreat HaNer Spring Conv.

Spring Youth Day Teitelbaum Tournament

Grade(s) Date/Time 9 3–5 all 12 9-12 6-8 12 9-12 3-5 4–12 7–12 3–12 7–12

Sun, Mar 1, Apr 5, May 3, 6 -8 pm Tue, Mar 3 Sun, Mar. 8 Sat, Mar 14 Sat, Mar 14 Sun, Mar 15 & Apr 15 Fri-Sun, Mar 20-22 Sun, Mar 29, 4-6 pm Sun, Apr 5, 12-2 pm Fri-Sun, Apr 24-26 Fri-Sun, May 8-10 Sun, May 17 Wed, May 20

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Pre-School Billy Dalwin Pre-School (BDPS) Notes We have many special plans as we move into March, April ties between our trip and the one that many Temple Emunah and May at the Billy Dalwin Pre-School. On Sunday morning, members will take in April 2021! And it is gratifying to see March 8th from 9:30-10 we invite families with young children how many of our BDPS alumni have participated in each of from Temple Emunah and the Billy Dalwin Pre-School to the previous Temple Emunah trips to Israel. join us for a peppy introduction to Purim! Come in costume We are currently accepting enrollment for the Billy Dalwin and drop in before the Purim carnival as Shelley presents a Pre-School and Kaytana Summer Program. On March 17 and kid-friendly version of the Megillah including songs and a April 29 we are hosting Open Houses for prospective families costume parade! who would like to learn more about our school year and summer March excitement continues as we offer a special shop- programs. The Open Houses will be held in the morning from ping day at Wilson Farms and prepare to host the Preschool 8:15–9:30. Parents and children are encouraged to visit the Association of Lexington (PAL) Conference. We hope that Pre-School, meet our teachers and have fun in the classrooms! you will support our BDPS Wilson Farm Fundraising Day on Siblings are welcome. We appreciate RSVPs but walk-ins are Tuesday, March 10th. Present your Wilson Farm flyer (avail- welcome. If these dates are not convenient, we are happy to able in the Temple Emunah office and by email) at checkout arrange a private visit. If you would like to attend either of on that day and Wilson Farm will donate 20% of the pre-tax these sessions or if you would like to schedule a private tour purchase to the Billy Dalwin Pre-School Scholarship Fund. please contact the Pre-School office by phone at 781 961-0708 The Billy Dalwin Pre-School has been home to the Preschool or email at srossman@templeemunah.org.

Association of Lexington Early Childhood Conference since B’shalom, its inception. On March 30, we are delighted to welcome Shelley Rossman, Pre-School Director Tom Hobson (AKA Teacher Tom) as the featured speaker of

781/861-0708; srossman@templeemunah.org our thirteenth annual PAL conference. Tom’s national and international following have benefited from his first-hand knowledge of how young children’s play teaches them to be good citizens of their classroom community. Tom will lead The Pilonim classes prepared 200 local early childhood educators in an exploration of for their third annual Art the “Democratic Classroom.” Together we will examine the Show at The Billy Dalwin hallmarks of what makes a good citizen as well as the traits Preschool. The classes and habits required for self-governance. Best of all, Tom’s explored, learned and workshops are interactive and highly entertaining, providing produced art work using a participants with many practical tips on how to implement variety of media and styles. these ideas in toddler and preschool classrooms. This promises Our Pilonim artists also served as museum docents to be a fun and worthwhile day of professional development sharing their “masterpieces” and networking for all! with their special guests.

April brings Passover and so many theme-based activities (Photos by Sara Miller) and celebrations. We look forward to learning about and reenacting the Exodus from Egypt, preparing and taste-testing holiday food, and creating ritual items to enhance the beauty of the BDPS family seder tables. A particular favorite for staff and students is the yummy BDPS Pesah. café that we provide during Hol Hamoed! As soon as Passover ends, we open Billy Dalwin Pre-School & our doors to interested BDPS families for four days of April Kaytana Summer Program Vacation Camp.

One of the highlights each year at the Billy Dalwin PreOpen Houses for Prospective Families School is our virtual trip to Israel. Together our teachers, students and volunteers visit the beaches and nightclubs of Tuesday, March 17 & Wednesday, April 29 Tel Aviv. Then we are off to explore Haifa’s harbor, zoo, Bahai 8:15–9:30 am Gardens and Technion University. Yerushalayim is our next Children and parents are invited to visit the Pre-School stop and we will we celebrate Shabbat at a Masorti shul, visit the at Temple Emunah, meet our teachers, and have fun Kotel, shop at Mahaneh Yehudah, care for babies at Hadassah in the classrooms. Siblings are welcome.

Hospital’s pediatric clinic, climb through Hezekiah’s tunnel RSVPs are appreciated but walk-ins are welcome. and dig, “schlep” and sift at an archeological site outside the Please RSVP to Shelley: city. Before boarding our El Al flight in the Rubinovitz Social srossman@templeemunah.org; 781-861-0708 Hall, our tour bus will make one last stop to enjoy desert hospitality Bedouin-style! It is amazing to see the similari-

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Pre-School / Inclusion The Kaytana Summer Program of the Billy Dalwin Pre-School of Temple Emunah is back and better than ever!

Two sessions from July 6 – August 14, 2020 Now accepting applications for 3, 4 & 5 year olds!

Extended hours available.

Outdoor exploration, fun-filled theme days, and exciting new specialists are just part of our summer fun!

For an application or more information about Kaytana, please contact Shelley Rossman, BDPS Director (781-861-0708; srossman@templeemunah.org)

“Amazing Artists” studied twelve different artists and experimented with their styles!

Butcherie Fundraiser

Benefits BDPS Scholarship Fund!

Every time you shop at the Butcherie in Brookline, please have your receipt stamped and return it to the Pre-School mailbox in the Temple Emunah office. The BDPS Fund will receive 5% of all cash & check sales and 3% of all credit card purchases.

Thanks for your support!

“Questions and Answers for the Four Children” Be Inclusive at Your Passover Seders The first child, the wise one, asks, “What are the terms and statues and the laws with which Adonai our God has commanded you?” The second child, the wicked one, asks, “What does this mean to you?” The third child, the simple one, asks, “What does this mean?” The fourth child is the one who does not know how to ask and is silent.

There are several aspects to consider about these four children. First, is the fact that they are being labeled. We should label jars, not children, and certainly not our own children or relatives’ or friends’ children. When children are labeled, they are basically put into a jar – they are seen in only one way. Once labeled, children and young adults begin to view themselves as they have been labeled. We want to open people to their strengths and capabilities, not keep them closed into how others see them.

Second, from these four children and the kinds of questions they ask or do not ask, we learn that all people are different. We all have different ways of learning, of seeing the world, and of interpreting what goes on around us. There’s a lesson from these four children; they remind us to see each child and provide answers to their questions in a way they can understand.

Third, we need to recognize those with disabilities, not only the four children, but all those at the table. A child who has intellectual disabilities, needs to have simplified answers, taking their abilities into consideration. They might prefer singing or providing drawings they have created that relate to the seder. A child who is gifted, may be interested in specific laws and how these laws pertain to their life. A child on the autism spectrum may continue to ask about one thread of the Passover story and may continue to ask questions about that thread that caught their attention throughout the seder.

A child or adult who has difficulty in social situations may be depressed or anxious. They might worry about being asked specific questions they may not be able to answer. Anxiety and depression are the two most common mental health issues that affect children, teens and adults. People who are depressed and/or anxious tend to withdraw from others. This could be why they remain silent. Another reason could be due to hearing problems. Some may be sad remembering those who are present in memory only.

When we begin to see people as individuals, we can recognize that all of us have times when we feel wise and times when we feel rebellious, moments when we are happy to ask questions or share information and other moments when we sit back and don’t add much to the discussion.

Passover seders are the most observed Jewish tradition.

Let’s create an evening that is inclusive, fun, and transmits our Judaism, l’dor v’dor.

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

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Library Library News If you want to do a fun mitzvah, we need some volunteers to staff the Library during Hebrew School hours–Tuesday from 3:30 to 5:40, Wednesday from 3:30 to 5:40 and 6 to 8:15, and Sunday mornings. If you have other times available, we can definitely use your help then as well, to keep the Library running smoothly. Please contact Toni (email below) or Marci Hopkins (mdyhopkins@gmail.com) if you would like to help.

Pesah. will be here before you know it, and we want to remind you that we have an extensive collection of Haggadot (262.5) that you can borrow. They range from the Sarajevo Haggadah to The (Unofficial) Hogwarts Haggadah by Moshe Rosenberg, to A Night to Remember: The Haggadah of Contemporary Voices, by Mishael and Noam Zion. A number of them are family-focused and have great ideas for including young children in your Seder, making it fun for them.

And to get ready for the holiday, check out our yummy collection of Passover cookbooks (641.5).

The Sydney Taylor Awards were just announced, and our Library has many of them: The top children’s Picture Book was The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come, by Sue Macy. We already listed this book in the previous issue of Ha Hodesh.

Others that received top awards or honorable mentions are marked with stars in the list below:

Children *Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope,

by Mara Rockliff Just Enough and Not Too Much, by Kaethe Zemach *A Scarf for Keiko, by Ann Malaspina Shavua Tov! A Good Week, by Michelle Shapiro Abraham Yiddish Saves the Day, by Debbie Levy

Youth *Anya and the Dragon, by Sofiya Pasternack [416 pages] *Games of Deception: The True Story of the First US Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler’s Germany, by Andrew Maraniss [240 pages] The Ghost in Apartment 2R, by Denis Markell [291 pages] *Someday We Will Fly, by Rachel DeWoskin [368 pages].

Sydney Taylor Young Adult Winner *White Bird: A Wonder Story, written and illustrated by R. J. Palacio [220 pages]. Sydney Taylor Middle Grade Winner Adult Fiction Beginnings: Book One of the Chronicles of the Lawgiver,

by William Meisheid [236 pages] Dancing Arabs, by Sayed Kashua; translated from the Hebrew [227 pages] On Division: A Novel, by Goldie Goldbloom [288 pages] This book was just given the Association of Jewish Libraries Fiction Award for 2019. (The Flight Portfolio, by Julie

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Orringer, was awarded honors in the same category, and is also in our collection.)

The Tenth Witness (Henri Poincaré Mystery), by Leonard Rosen [289 pages] Three Floors Up: A Novel, by Eshkol Nevo; translated from the Hebrew [283 pages] Adult Nonfiction Family Papers: A Sephardic Journey Through the 20th Century, by Sarah Abrevaya Stein [336 pages] Genius and Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847–1947, by Norman Lebrecht [464 pages] The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary. Vol. 1 – The Five Books of Moses (Torah); Vol. 2 – Prophets; Vol. 3 – The Writings, by Robert Alter [744 + 1394 + 994 pages] Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel, by Matti Friedman [248 pages] Toni Stechler (antonia.stechler@gmail.com) Book Review The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman After reading a review of this book, I was intrigued and decided to read it. The story begins in 1941 in Berlin when Hanni, the widow of a man murdered by the Nazis, was intent on saving her 12-year-old daughter Lea. Since Hanni’s bedridden mother lived with them, she could not leave with her daughter. Hanni comes up with the idea of creating a golem to travel with and protect her daughter from demons––the Nazis and their collaborators. The story of the golem goes back to late 16th century Prague when Rabbi Judah Loew was said to have created such a creature to protect the Jews of Prague from pogroms and other antisemitic acts. Hanni wants a golem who will take her daughter from Berlin to a safe place.

Hanni goes to the Orthodox Rabbi to ask him to help her create a golem. His older daughter Ettie answers the door.

After hearing the purpose of the visit, she persuades Hanni that her father will not agree to do this, but she knows how and will create the golem. The story continues with the creation of the golem, the scary train ride to escape Germany and arrive in France, and how they are supported by the Underground.

We see the courage and empathy of non-Jewish French people saving Jews while risking their own lives. Included are many vivid descriptions of the work done by the men and women of the Underground, some depictions of horrible Nazi behavior (not a major part of the story), and romance.

Although I am not a believer in the possibility of live golems, Hoffman’s writing was so interesting that I put that aside. It is a compelling story, well written and illustrating the ways in which the Underground rescued Jews, and the ways some non-Jews saved Jewish lives. [384 pages]

Elizabeth Pressman

Sisterhood Wow! Wow! Wow! There’s so much energy and enthusi• On Sunday March 22, we will have our Torah Fund asm at Temple Emunah. January has been a packed month brunch where we will honor Marcy Lidman as our 2020 for our Sisterhood and for the many temple events that we Light of Torah. Our Sisterhood is a major contributor have partnered with. The month began with Sisterhood to the Torah Fund which is part of Women’s League cooking a delicious dinner for sixty students in grades K-2 for Conservative Judaism. This fund provides financial and their families for their Havdalah program. The next day support to students at the Jewish Theological Seminary, we provided breakfast for Rabbi Lerner’s Psalm Class with Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, Schechter Institutes over 35 participants. We then had two weeks without events of Jewish Studies, Seminario Rabinico Latinoamericano, to work on planning initiatives. On Shabbat, January 25, our and the Zacharias Frankel College. Each year our Sisterhood and Brotherhood sponsored the kiddush for New Sisterhood is given a goal, and last year we raised over Baby Shabbat and the visiting soldiers with the Peace of Mind $7,500. Sisterhood will begin promoting this event program. The next day was our planned signature Dinner shortly. and a Movie program featuring the film Minyan in Keifing, a • Sisterhood Community Brunch on Sunday, March 29 documentary featuring Temple member Matthew Stephenson. will feature award-winning author Rachel Kadish who Our event attracted 150 participants who enjoyed a delicious will discuss her book The Weight of Ink. Chinese themed meal following the movie. Many thanks to Sisterhood looks forward to seeing you at our events and Matthew for bringing this film to us and for discussing his thanks you for all your support. journey to China and the events shown in the film. Matthew’s B’shalom, wife Nareeluck guided us in our food preparations and recipe Janet Goldberg, Sisterhood President techniques, for which we owe many thanks. I want to personally janet.goldberg2@verizon.net thank Joelle Gunther, who unfortunately was sick the day of the program, for all her efforts in the planning and execution of this program and to all the other volunteers who helped make this event so successful. It’s such a great feeling when we fill a room with 150 guests who all walk away with such a wonderful feeling about the evening.

Purim Is Coming! March 9-10 Sisterhood participated in Mitzvah Day (2/2/20) with a fleece blanket project with religious school students grades 3 and 6. This year our blankets are infant sized and will be delivered to a special unit at Children’s Hospital. Many thanks to Jessica Tsymbal who spearheaded this initiative. Jessica asked Sisterhood to help support the Project Linus program, that is so important to the Tsymbal family in loving memory of their son Noah who received one of these blankets from the hospital.

Unfortunately, the Challah baking event planned of 2/9/20 was removed from the calendar but we hope to put it back on the calendar next year at a better time. March is going to be a full month and here are the events to plan for: • Passover Fair Trade Chocolate bars and baking chips sales drive. Many thanks to Cindy Bobrow for coordinating this initiative. Details will be publicized next month.

Dinner and a Movie (photo Cindy Bobrow)

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Brotherhood Brotherhood News Shalom H . averim!

Special thanks to Scott Lerman for leading the effort to set up and operate the giant H . annukiah. The lights around the stems really brought it to life. Thank you to everyone that helped make the World Wide Wrap and the Supper Bowl fun and successful events. I want to specially thank Howard Epstein for organizing both events.

The Passover Wine Sale will be Sunday, March 8, beginning at 10:00 AM. We’ll have a wide variety of wines from Gordon’s available for people to try, and you can put in your orders that morning.

The Man of the Year dinner will be held on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Temple at 5:30 PM. This year we will be honoring two men who have had a great positive impact on our shul.

We’ll have a deli meal, vegetarian options, and we will be serving our Brewfest beers. We will also have a selection of wine for tasting and a full list of wines available for purchase as part of our Passover Wine Sale. Suggested donation for the dinner is $9.00.

This year’s Brotherhood Shabbat will be Saturday, April 25.

We would like to get as many Brotherhood members as possible participating in services that morning. We are especially looking for Brotherhood members to read Torah and Haftarah.

We’ll also want to get Brotherhood members to lead services and several Brotherhood members for aliyot. If you would like to participate in Brotherhood Shabbat, please contact me or Scott Lerman (slerman@gmail.com).

There are some exciting upcoming events for the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs. The first is the New England Region’s The Retreat weekend. The annual gathering of Brotherhood members from around New England will be Thursday, June 11, through Sunday, June 14, at Camp Ramah in Palmer, MA. The weekend will also feature plenty of food, jokes, hanging out with old and new friends, good conversations, L’Chaims, etc. http://www.nerfjmc.org/theretreat.

The Brotherhood’s next board meeting will be Sunday morning, March 29, beginning at 9:45 am.

David Geisler, Brotherhood President

Giant H.annukiah

david.geisler@gmail.com World Wide Wrap

Upcoming Brotherhood Events Passover Wine Sale Man of the Year Dinner Brotherhood Board

The Retreat Brotherhood Shabbat

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Sun, March 8 at 10 am Sun, March 8 at 6 pm Sun, Mar. 29, Apr. 26, May 31 at 9:45 am June 11–14 in Palmer, MA Sat, April 25 at 9:30 am

Brotherhood Man of the Year Men of the Year!

The Brotherhood is pleased to announce that the 2020 Temple Emunah Man of the Year award will go to two honorees for the first time. The Brotherhood will be honoring Adam Samansky and Michael Roskind at the annual Brotherhood membership dinner on Sunday, March 8, at 5:30 pm at the Temple.

In a time of growing anti-Semitism, Adam and Michael have stepped up to co-chair the Temple’s Security Committee to develop, drive, implement and lead-by-example the Temple’s security posture and safety protocols and put into operation building improvements.

In addition to co-chairing the Security Committee, Michael and Adam work with Community Security Service (CSS), an organization that empowers members of the Jewish community to protect themselves by training volunteers. They also work closely with CJP, local, state, and federal law enforcement.

The March 8 dinner will feature deli pluss vegetarian options, with vegan options available upon request. Suggested minimum donation for the dinner is $9.00/per person.

The Brotherhood also plans to have a selection of wine for tasting and purchase as part of their annual Passover wine sale chaired by Steve Dangel. The Brotherhood will also be introducing this year’s home-brewed beer created by our master brewers David Rosenbaum and David Goldberg.

Meet our honorees: Michael Roskind Michael and his wife Pam found Temple Emunah in 2009, when they showed up on Rosh Hashanah (without a ticket) and were instantly embraced by the community and warmly welcomed and felt comfortable right away. Their daughters Abigail (11) and Sara (9) attended the Billy Dalwin Pre-school and currently attend the Temple Emunah Religious School.

Michael’ believes that a shul should be “a home away from home” and he dedicates himself to making his family and community feel safe and comfortable during services, events and religious school. His involvement in security goes back decades, and includes work in law enforcement, martial arts instruction, and security consulting.

By day, Michael is a Sr. Principal Engineer in the Global Information Systems group at Vertex Pharmaceuticals in Boston, where he’s worked for more than ten years. In that time Michael has helped the biopharmaceutical company modernize its information systems to better support the mission of delivering breakthrough medicines to treat cystic fibrosis and other serious genetic diseases.

Michael enjoys spending time with his daughters in “Daddy’s Lab,” an area of the basement designated for “doing science” and crafts.

Adam Samansky Adam and his wife Emily had been “shul shopping” since learning that the religious school at their previous shul was closing in late 2014.

Adam attended a few minyanim here while saying Kaddish for his father.

Coincidentally, the family visited on new baby Shabbat. They just happened to have a new baby, Yael. The Samansky family including big sister and brother Galete and Eli were invited to participate in the celebration. The next Monday morning they joined the Temple. Since then, Adam has been active with the Security Committee and once in a while davening a Shabbat Musaf. Emily actively reads torah and haftorah. Galete, Eli and Yael have been very active in and around the shul!

Adam practices law as a Member in the intellectual property section of Mintz Levin. He is an experienced IP litigator who primarily serves biopharmaceutical, medical, high tech, and defense industry clients. He also heads their intellectual property practice in Israel.

Prior to law school, Adam held a commission from the United States Coast Guard as a Merchant Marine Officer (Master), and gained significant training and experience in search and rescue, security and defense.

Adam is an avid cyclist and boater, and just generally enjoys all that New England’s four seasons offers the outdoors enthusiast.

Join us to help honor Adam and Michael on March 8.

All Temple members are invited to attend. RSVP to hepstein42@gmail.com or call Howard at (781) 863-8747.

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Rabbi (Continued from page 1) Part of what I love about this discussion is the combination of playfulness and seriousness. Those of us who have experience cleaning our homes for Pesah. might be able to relate. It can be so easy to get caught up in the task at hand that it drives us bonkers! We can get caught up in the details instead of the big picture, because there are just so many details! We really don’t want bread left in our homes, and yet, hopefully before we stretch to the breaking point, we can manage to laugh at the lengths to which we might be tempted to go.

Why does getting rid of our h.ametz matter in the first place? If we just want to remember the Israelites, who ate unleavened bread as they left Egypt because they didn’t have time to let it rise, we could eat matzah and leave it at that.

Why must we go to all this trouble?

One answer is a technical one. The Torah says that no h.ametz should be visible within our properties. The rabbis read this as meaning you can’t just set it aside. If you must have bread in your home, the Talmud decides, at least make sure it doesn’t belong to you, and that it’s tucked away where you can’t see it.

But this answer doesn’t really help us understand the full significance of h.ametz. For that, we can look to its symbolic meanings. Many commentators compare h.ametz to the ego or to the evil inclination. Leavening stands in for the ways

that we might be “puffed up,” or think too highly of ourselves.

Getting rid of it entirely is a metaphor for how we might wish to change our own behaviors and impulses.

Another response is found in Sefer Hah.inukh, a medieval work that says: “The rejection of leavening… emphasizes the centrality of ‘zerizut,’ alacrity and enthusiastic diligence in the service of God.” In other words, the enthusiasm with which we eliminate leavening serves as a metaphor for the eagerness that we wish we could display in every aspect of our lives, as we run to do the right thing.

On a personal note, something that I find compelling about the time it takes to prepare for Pesah. is the opportunity that it gives me, mentally, to prepare for the holiday. Other holidays might sneak up on me, but with Pesah., I always know that it’s coming. Hopefully, that provides the opportunity to, not just clean, but to also start reflecting on the themes nice and early, so they have time to percolate. What about the Exodus story speaks to me this year? What about freedom feels particularly compelling this year, or particularly elusive? What are my responsibilities this year as a free human being?

My hope for all of us this year is that our preparations should be full of positive anticipation and meaning. I wish us all a meaningful and joyful holiday.

Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins

Rabbi Kling Perkins and Matthew Goldstone were among those who enjoyed the Emunah60 Sock Hop.

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Passover 5780 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 our Sisterhood Judaica Shop chairperson, Susan Rubenstein.

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 Miriam’s gift of bringing water for the Israelites during their journey through 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. 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 David Lerner before Monday, April 6 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 also email me with the information required below authorizing me to sell your h.ametz (rabbiadmin@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 David Lerner

Hametz Sale Authorization Form KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS: That I, the undersigned, do hereby make and appoint Rabbi David Lerner my true and lawful representative to act in my place and stead, for me and in my name and in 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 David Lerner 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 David Lerner 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 David Lerner 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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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 Rabbis Lerner or Kling Perkins with any questions you have regarding your observance of Pesah..

tion 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.

Why must we clean our houses so thoroughly before Pesah.?

The rule against h.ametz on Passover applies not only to eating, but to enjoyment or financial benefit (hana’ah) and also involves removing all the h.ametz from one’s home. No h.ametz is allowed even to be in your house. To facilitate this cleaning, the following rituals are part of Passover preparations. The text for the ceremonies can be found in a good Haggadah. a. Mekhirat H . ametz: We are not always able to destroy or get rid of all the h.ametz—it may even be economically disastrous—so our rabbis ordained that any remaining h.ametz be sold to a non-Jew who then sells it back to us after Passover.

The h.ametz is then no longer “in our possession.” Please authoWhat is the Siyyum B’khorim? rize Rabbi Lerner to do this for you by filling out the form on In commemoration of the deliverance from Egypt, during page xx. Incidentally, it is only necessary to give away or sell which the first-born children of the Israelites were unaffected food; dishes and utensils are simply put away in storage for by the tenth plague, those who are the first-born members of the duration of the holiday. The Document of Hametz Sale is . their families have an obligation to fast on the day preceding also available at the synagogue office.

Pesah.. It is the custom for synagogues to make a siyyum (a b. Bedikat H . ametz: After the house has been cleaned, public completion of the study of a tractate of the Talmud or we search for crumbs of h.ametz we may have missed. Your seder of the Mishnah) on the morning before Passover. Since Haggadah should include instructions and the texts of this the siyyum is followed by a seudat mitzvah (a festive meal which ritual. It begins by preparing the objects used for the search—a follows the performance of certain mitzvot), a first-born who candle, a feather, and a wooden spoon—and reciting a blessing. is present may eat, and having eaten, need not fast that day.

Following the search, the Kol h.amira formula, found in your What is H.ametz?

Haggadah, is then recited.

If one of the five grains mentioned in the Torah—wheat, c. Bitul H . ametz: We recite a formula renouncing any oats, rye, barley, or spelt—comes in contact with water after h.ametz left that may have been inadvertently missed, canceling being cut off from the ground, it begins to ferment, or leaven, our responsibility for it, and thus symbolically removing it from and becomes h.ametz. According to tradition, this fermenta(continued on next page)

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our homes. The formula for Bitul H . ametz is recited this year on the morning of Wednesday, April 8. 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.” 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.

For lists of foods that can be purchased without a hekhsher, or without a special Pesah. hekhsher, see the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah. guide.

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. Rabbis Lerner or Kling Perkins can advise you as to what acceptable alternatives are What is Ma’ot H.ittim? available for needs that are necessary but not life threatening, It means money for flour to make Passover matzah. It is a such as antacids, analgesics, cold medications, vitamins etc. mitzvah to collect funds so that the poor can purchase matzah All prescription or non-prescription drugs in the form of topiand other Passover necessities. These funds, called Ma’ot H . ittim cal medications, including creams, lotions, ointments, foams, (Charity), are given (usually “h.ai”—$18 or multiples thereof) gels, drops, patches and inhalants as well as non-chewable to be distributed to the needy. It is customary to donate for tablets and injections may be owned, used and consumed on Ma’ot H . ittim when selling your h.ametz. Donations can be Passover, even if they contain h.ametz or kitniyot (for those made to Rabbi Lerner’s Discretionary Fund. who maintain this custom), since they are inedible. This covers most medicines used by adults. All medications for babies Kashering the Kitchen may be used. Liquid medicines, chewable tablets and or tablets It is customary (and easiest) to remove the utensils and coated with a flavored glaze are considered edible and may dishes that are used during the year, replacing them with contain h.ametz. Soft gelcaps may present a problem because either new utensils or utensils used year to year only for Pesah.. they may contain non-kosher edible porcine gelatin. Please This is clearly not possible for major appliances and may not consult with your Rabbi on when these may be used and to even be possible for dishes and utensils. There is a process find substitutes that are acceptable. for kashering many, but not all, kitchen items, thus making Pet Food them kosher for Pesah: The prohibition against h.ametz during Pesah. includes The general principle used in kashering is that the way the not owning, not seeing, and not benefitting from h.ametz. utensil absorbs food is the way it can be purged of that food, Therefore, we are not allowed to own or make use of h.ametz Ke-volo kach pol’to. This principle operates on the basis of the during Pesah . ; even that which is exclusively for our animals’ quality or intensity of how the items absorb food. Things used consumption.

The most appropriate way to take care of your for cold food can be kashered by rinsing since no substance pet during Pesah . may be a function of what kind of animal(s) has been absorbed by the dish or glass. Items used on a stove you own.

The ideal approach would be to switch your pet to a absorb the food and thus need a stronger level of action namely h ametzfree diet before Pesah. and perhaps permanently. Even . expelling the food into boiling water, called hag’alah. The most people who do not themselves eat kitniyot on Pesah. should intense form of usage is directly on a fire or in an oven and feel free to feed their animals kitniyot.

A less desirable option these utensils require the most intense method of kashering, is that some authorities allow for the pet to be sold along with namely libbun, which burns away absorbed food. the h ametz and, since the pet does not belong to the Jewish .

For details about what items can be kashered and how owner, the pet eats its normal diet.

Note that the document to go about it, see the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah. guide. 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 Pesah. Hekhsher—before Pesah. and during Pesah. from the general kitchen area.

Whenever possible processed foods ought to have a “kosher Washing of pet utensils should be done out of the kitchen l’Pesah.” hekhsher from a reliable source. For a list of items area (e.g. a bathroom sink). This is the least satisfactory option which are acceptable without a special Passover hekhsher, see and is included as a last resort measure: unlike the h.ametz you the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah. guide. are selling before Pesah., which is then stored out of sight and There is a possibility of grains being mixed with quinoa if it is inaccessible to you during Pesah., this last option involves is not under Pesah. supervision. The best option is to purchase your actively seeing and handling that h.ametz on a daily basis. quinoa with a Pesah. hekhsher, if it is available. Where that is For more details about this and other options, see Rabbinical not available, purchase Bolivian or Peruvian quinoa, marked Assembly’s Pesah. Guide. “gluten free,” before Pesah.. Please make certain that quinoa is the sole ingredient in the final packaging.

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Passover 5780 / Ladle Fund Ladle Fund Committee The longstanding Ashkenazi custom on Passover is to refrain from 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 • Amy Levin and Avram Israel Reisner, “A Teshuvah Permitting Ashkenzaim to Eat Kitniyot on Pesah.” 453:1.2015b 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 our 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, which can be found in the Rabbinical Assembly Passover Guide or in their papers, cited above (and posted online.)

For guidance while you are shopping, preparing your kitchen, and cooking for Pesah., and for more details about the above topics, please consult the Rabbinical Assembly’s Pesah. Guide at https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/jewishlaw/kashrut/pesah-guide.

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

Do you have an idea for a future Ladle Fund event?

The Ladle Fund is currently seeking ideas for future events that you think will be fun, participatory, and will foster community. Here is a list of the type of events that have been sponsored by the Ladle Fund: Theme Minyans, Soup Night, Memories, Ha Parpar Storytelling Program, Mental Health and Spirituality, Day at the Beach, Ice Cream Social, welcome Rabbi Kling Perkins.

Here’s what you have to look forward to in 2020 in Theme Nights – keep your eyes open for news on the many offerings: March 25 – Emunah 60 years of Art and History. To be scheduled - The Power of Music, Lincoln Labs, Boston Biotech Ecosystem, and Inclusion & Diversity.

The Ladle Fund Committee is also actively engaged through Terri Swartz Russell in supporting the Temple Emunah60 birthday year events. On Suday, March 15 we will sponsor Ha Parpar - My Emunah Story: A Story Telling Night in the style of ‘Moth Radio Hour,’ with live, true stories told by our congregants about their experiences over the past six decades at Temple Emunah. The program will start at 5:30 pm with dinner.

In May, look for the announcement for the EMUNAH60 BIG BIRTHDAY BASH. There will be many activities during the birthday year to participate in and enjoy. Stay tuned to the Temple calendar for the many offerings.

If you’d like to contribute an idea, please email it to Arleen Chase or Meli Solomon, co-chairs of the Ladle Fund Committee at chasearleenr@gmail.com or meli.solomon@gmail.com and it will be presented to the Ladle Fund Committee. The stellar advisory committee membership includes: Mark Bobrow, Ben Brosgol, David Ezekiel, Fred Ezekiel (founder), Robin Goldstein, Joelle Gunther, Bob Russman-Halperin, Judy Lipperman, Helen Marcus, Joe Nissenbaum, Linda Skolnik, Terri Swartz-Russell, Meli Solomon, Arleen Chase.

Arleen Chase and Meli Solomon, Ladle Fund Co-Chairs

What you put in the pot,

comes out in the ladle!

Many Thanks to...

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Family Table Family Table Kol HaKavod – A Job Well Done!

As the cold days of winter and snow begin to melt away we can begin to think ahead to spring time and the opportunity that congregants have to participate in Temple Emunah’s annual packing and delivering of food for Jewish Family & Children’s Services (JFCS) Family Table.

This year, Sunday, April 5, is our designated date to work side by side with other congregations in the Greater Boston area from approximately 10-11:30 am to fill bags with food including our own donation of brown rice and whole wheat crackers and then deliver the food to people in our community in need of some food assistance.

We are hoping to have as many volunteers as possible including parents and their children, grandparents and grandchildren, go to 1430 Main Street in Waltham to carry out this mitzvah.

It will be necessary for participants to have an active CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) application completed and on file with JFCS at least a month before packing and delivering food. If you have not been involved with Family Table in the past year, you will need to complete a CORI prior to volunteering. Our resource person at JFCS is Lisa Katz, lkatz@jfcsboston.org 781-693-1231. She is able to let you know if your CORI is current.

If you are interested in participating in this program please contact Alisa Kotler-Berkowitz, at 205alisa@gmail. com. She has generously agreed to assist us in coordinating this important event. She will also be working with Me’ir Sherer, Director of Education, to help recruit volunteers from our Hebrew School. This is a wonderful chance for adults and children at Temple Emunah to have a hands-on experience in a tzedakah project.

We thank all of you who bring boxes of brown rice and whole wheat crackers to temple on a regular basis. Your donations enable recipients of Family Table, who unfortunately regularly deal with food insecurity,to receive healthy and nutritious foods.

You can also make cash donations to Temple Emunah designated for Family Table and we will purchase and bring the food to Waltham. We also offer our heartfelt thanks to the Franzen family for bringing the donated food to JFCS prior to the Sunday delivery date.

You are welcome to assist JFCS on any of these dates as well as April 5: March 15, May 10, June 7, July 12.

Todah rabah, Family Table Coordinators: Nancy Lefkowitz nancylef@usa.net 781-696-2085 Michelle Abramson mhabramson@gmail.com Mark Abramson mra4271@gmail.com 781- 861-7152

Rabbi Eisenman Coming to Emunah for Shavuot

Shavuot begins the evening of May 28.

We traditionally hold all-night learning sessions and Rabbi Eisenman attends, usually leading morning services on the first day of the holiday.

Rabbi Eisenman, our Rabbi Emeritus, was the spiritual leader of Temple Emunah from 1986-2004.

More details to follow!

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Yahrzeits The following loved ones will be remembered at our worship services in the coming months: Mar 1 Jennie Achter Mother of Gene Achter Alice Ben-Horin Mother of Gideon Ben-Horin Nettie Bressner Grandmother of Jason Bressner Leon Brykman Father of Louis Brykman Frances Elowitch Grandmother of Leslie Sherman Hertzel Fishman Father of Leora Fishman Joanne Klein Mother-in-law of Martin Thrope Shlomo Kliger Father of Isaac Kliger Betty Menzin Mother of Marvin Menzin Judith Rappaport Mother-in-law of Howard Kaufman Sadye Solomon Grandmother of Carolyn Leshin Mar 2 Shirley Aaronson Sister of Phyllis Blumberg Sara Ben-Meir Grandmother of Jonathan Ring Hyman Block Father-in-law of Audrey Block Blanche Brown Mother of Wendy Damsky Tzipora Eisenman Mother of Rabbi Bernard Eisenman Shirley Golden Mother of Ilene Weiner Sendell Miller Father of Susan Wolfe Magda Schwartz Grandmother of Yael Schwartz Isaac Shapiro Father of Jacob Shapiro Helen Tarmy Mother of Arnold Tarmy Mar 3 Robin Evans Sister of Karen Evans Rose Gerrig Mother-in-law of Bernice Gerrig Julius Gilman Father-in-law of Alan Altman Jacob Goldman Father of Maury Goldman Violet Katz Mother of Leonard Katz Pauline Nidus Mother of Louis Nidus Jay Stoler Father of Sue Wacks

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Abraham Tobolsky Grandfather of Irene Wachsler Mar 4 William Alpert Father of Joel Alpert Virginia Bufe Mother of Janet Plotkin Isabel Fuchs Sister of Maxine Wasserman Tillie Getman-Gertner Mother of Marvin Getman Asher Ifrah Brother of Miriam Sidman Jack Karmazin Father of Michele Karmazin N. Harold Paley Uncle of Marcia Camac Dorothy Testa Mother of Susan Cook Charles Woods Father of Lawrence Woods Mar 5 Lester Abelman Father of David Abelman Leo Alper Father-in-law of Charleen Alper Al Binik Father-in-law of Ronald Rosenbaum Lee Briskin Aunt of Marsha Tucker Edward Myron Cohen Brother of Margolia Gilson Joseph Epstein Grandfather of Stacie Simon Leonard Hantman Husband of Barbara Hantman David Mironer Son of Alan Mironer Emanuel Steer Father of Dorothy Seltzer Mar 6 Marilyn Bober Mother of Sharon Bober Dorothy Kaplan Aunt of Michael Kaplan Samuel Musnikow Father of Alan Musnikow Mar 7 Lillian Bines Mother of Harvey Bines Max Goldberg Father of Gershon Goldberg Harry Miller Father of Arnie Miller Molly Pesin Mother of Stuart Pesin Etta Pomeranz Mother of Stanley Pomeranz Yetta Schwenk Mother of Paul Morgenstern

Gloria Sheldon Mother of Allen Sheldon Richard Stephenson Father of Matthew Stephenson Sarah Weathers Grandmother of Donna Upson Correia Mar 8 Samuel Canter Father of Joseph Canter Gertrude Glantz Mother of Carol Glantz Eli Laredo Father of David Laredo Arnold Levin Father of Howard Levin Mar 9 Mollie Blotnick Mother of Shirley Moskow Abraham Chausmer Grandfather of Benjamin Perlman Fred Perlmutter Brother of Burt Perlmutter Sarah Rumsky Grandmother of Judith Lipperman Jacob Sandals Father-in-law of Alan Mironer Mar 10 Bertha Berg Mother of Helen Marcus Reuben Bergman Brother of Naomi Kielar Jack Corman Father of Alan Corman Jack Fox Father of Arthur Fox Eleanor Goldman Mother of Marsha Soloway Irving Katz Father of Joseph Katz William Miller Father of Scott Miller Sigmund Roos Father of Daniel Roos Nettie Schwartz Mother of Sheldon Schwartz Henry Seltzer Grandfather of Judith Zola Jacob Shanes Grandfather of Cynthia Bobrow Mar 11 Maurice Becker Father of David Becker May Cohen Mother of Harris Cohen Louis Feinberg Father of Robyn Samuels Blanche Ginsburg Mother of Rona Cohen

Mordecai Nidus Father of Louis Nidus Sylvia Rosen Sister of Phyllis Blumberg Joanna Stark Mother of Elyse Stark Mar 12 Nelly Danon Mother of Monique Brykman Joseph H. Gordon Father of Robert Gordon Carmel Gottlieb Mother of Robin Goldstein Edward Greenspan Father of Jennifer Hurwitz David Kahan Father of Morton Kahan Stanley Kaplan Father of Michael Kaplan Rose Karp Mother of Carolyn Karp Joseph Lapidus Grandfather of Rabbi David Lerner Fay Marcus Mother-in-law of Helen Marcus David Mayer Grandfather of Julie Greenberg Josephine Narva Sister-in-law of Lillian Cohen and Betty Friedman Frances Resnick Grandmother of Judith Zola Elissa Sena Sister of Laura Krich Mar 13 Mindy Alperin Mother of Charles Alperin Sim Gluckson Father of Carrie Gale Philip Kriegler Father of Vicki Markuse Roger Kuhn Father of Denise Kuhn Mar 14 Joseph Bressner Grandfather of Jason Bressner Dino Garber Father of Manuel Garber Robert Jaffer Brother of Aubrey Jaffer Isaac Kaplan Father of Alice Gordon Rose Lerner Mother of Deanna Wolk Paul Rubenstein Father of Marc Rubenstein Fannie Schwartz Mother of Myrna Olderman

Mar 15 Nathaniel Fuhrman Father of Phyllis Landman Rabbi Norman Geller Father of David Geller Rose Handler Mother-in-law of Sylvia Handler Louis Jacobs Father-in-law of Benjamin Brosgol Pauline Jacobs Sister of Lillian Cohen and Betty Friedman Evelyn Tavan Mother of Steve Tavan Frances Tobolsky Grandmother of Irene Wachsler Mar 16 Elia Blechter Brother of Miriam Blechter Esther Chait Mother of Laurence Chait Grandmother of David Chait Bella Chausmer Grandmother of Benjamin Perlman Samuel Druy Father of Mark Druy Jerrold Gross Stepfather of Alexis Borisy Myer Marlin Grandfather of Nancy Liberman Marion Mintzer Mother of Linda Cohen Pearl Owades Mother of Gordon Owades Paul Sidman Husband of Miriam Sidman Mar 17 Harry Bloom Father of Jacob Bloom Jules Freeman Grandfather of Melissa Warneck Samuel Hantman Father-in-law of Barbara Hantman Joshua Ifrah Father of Miriam Sidman Louis Jauvtis Father of Harvey Jauvtis Earl Kaplan Uncle of Michael Kaplan Monty Karoll Brother of Doreen Karoll Paul Kendall Father of Stephanie Kendall Richard (Steve) Lowell Father of Harvey Lowell Lee Ann Schimkowitz Mother of Stephanie Buckler (continued on page 25)

Yahrzeits Lawrence Schwimmer Uncle of Joel Shwimer Sadie Silver Grandmother of Cynthia Bobrow Sarah Singerman Mother-in-law of David Slate Julius Thrope Grandfather of Martin Thrope Mar 18 Beatrice Berman Mother of Sylvia Perlman Eva Bobrow Mother of Mark Bobrow Rabbi Saul Eisenman Father of Rabbi Bernard Eisenman Stanislaw Feld Husband of Anita Feld Rose Kornblum Grandmother of Sandra Levine J. Leonard Schatz Husband of Sylvia Schatz Mar 19 Sam Achter Father of Gene Achter Marvin Aronson Husband of Helen Aronson Father of Ruth Aronson Diana Cooper Grandmother of Suzanne Cooper Stella Fritz Aunt of Miriam Boucher Lilllian Harris Mother of Elizabeth Pressman Gladys Hurwitz Mother of Phyllis Goldman Michael Kaplan Father of Donald Kaplan Ruth Lynn Mother of Eileen Feldman Mar 20 Edna Greenberg Mother of Sharon Smith Evelyn Zimmerman Mother of Roberta Perlmutter Mar 21 Herbert Evans Father of Karen Evans Hertzel Freifelder Father of Marsha Tucker Clara Kahan Mother of Morton Kahan Stuart Stoler Brother of Sue Wacks Ching Wu Mother of Ailsa Hermann-Wu Mar 22 Adelaide Konterwitz Mother of Elaine Shwimer Maurice Leshin Father of Stewart Leshin

Blanche Marlin Grandmother of Nancy Liberman Richard Masters Father of Harold Masters Lynne Mironer Wife of Alan Mironer Rita Mizner Mother of Gail Spatz Gisela Morgenstern Grandmother of Philip Wachsler A. Mary Ohanesian Mother of Linda Kahn Frances Seidman Mother of Barry Seidman Ruth Sprince Grandmother of Scott Lerman Mar 23 Benjamin Cofman Father of Lucille Krichmar David Dinner Father of Charleen Alper M. Shakman Katz Grandfather of Katharine Hermann-Wu Oskar Markuse Father of Jack Markuse Harry Meyerson Brother-in-law of Harold Goldberg Raymond Meyerson Father of Roni Woods Mar 24 Hyman S. Bailey Father of Zelda Cohen Beulah Bresler Mother of Joel Bresler Eliezer Dagan Father of Doron Dagan Philip Hertz Father of Diane Eisner Terez Herzl Mother of Robert Sugar Joanne Simches Sister of Lorri Owades Mar 25 Sharon Pesin Blank Sister of Stuart Pesin Harry Fader Father of Linda Laredo Louis Gross Brother-in-law of Charles Hollander Sidney Migdol Grandfather of Steve Tavan Stanley Resnick Father of Laurie Speicher Edna Rosenman Mother of Esther Rosenman-Hochman Abraham Tassel Father-in-law of Janet Tassel

Mar 26 Carole Epstein Sister of Wendy Katz Lucille Klinghoffer Aunt of Marsha Tucker Charlotte Minkowitz Friend of Michele Karmazin Jack Silver Grandfather of Cynthia Bobrow Samuel Udell Father-in-law of Phyllis Udell Mar 27 Bertha Brown Sister-in-law of Gershon Goldberg Samuel Kreiger Father of Arthur Kreiger Samuel Rothmel Grandfather of Ethel Rothmel William Tuchin Grandfather of Jeffrey Sokolov Toba Waldman Grandmother of Barbara Palant Mar 28 David Doynow Father of Lori Schechner 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 Mar 29 Joshua Berinstein Father of Susan Orenstein Grandfather of Julia Mabuchi Hilda Elster Halton Mother of Antonia Stechler Leonard Handler Husband of Sylvia Handler Father of Risa Bressler Rose Lubar Mother of Dennis Markovitz Norma Tinkelman 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

Mar 30 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 Mar 31 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 1 Barbara Berger Wife of Robert Berger Harry Bonder Father of Vivian Cohen Charlotte Kalus Mother of Joseph Kalus Sidney Noveck Brother of Sylvia Handler Uncle of Risa Bressler Apr 2 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 H. Tane Son of Betty Pious Heindel Apr 3 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 Stanford Zimmerman Father of Kenneth Zimmerman Apr 4 Edith Cherun Mother of Carol Bromberg Nathan Epstein Father of Howard Epstein

Miriam Jacobs Mother of Francine Jacobs Rubin Jacobs Father of Harold Miller-Jacobs Rose Kaplan Mother of Maxine Wasserman Bert Marcus Uncle of Joel Marcus Louisa Menzel Grandmother of Asaf Gaon Harold Yablin Grandfather of Seth Maislin Apr 5 Louis Handler Uncle of Risa Bressler Brother-in-law of Sylvia Handler Frances Schwimmer Aunt of Joel Shwimer Apr 6 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 7 Rose Chasanoff Grandmother of Thelma Marin Richard Cohen Husband of Vivian Cohen Father of Marcia Lidman Ronald Hausman Father of Kenneth Hausman Abraham Russman Grandfather of Wendy Russman-Halperin Jerry Wasserman Husband of Maxine Wasserman Aaron Zohn Husband of Rochelle Zohn Apr 8 Gloria Hoffman Mother of Beth Fentin Eleanor Kojm Mother of Sheila Kojm Al Lipson Father of Steven Lipson (continued on page 26)

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Yahrzeits Apr 9 Stanley Bober Father of Sharon Bober Tomas Hirschfeld Father of Dina Savitz Marvin Lander Father of Julian Lander Samuel Wollins Grandfather of Jill Wollins Apr 10 Rhoda Biletch Mother of Leslie Biletch Fred Bornstein Brother-in-law of Eileen Feldman Irving Kaplan Father of Doris Morgenstern Apr 11 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 Simon Noveck Brother of Sylvia Handler Hilda Reibstein Mother of Lois Bruss James Rubenstein Brother of Sidney Rubenstein Apr 12 Irwin Fiarman Father of Gale Fiarman Sadie Green Aunt of Beth Levine 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 Apr 13 Rabbi Irving Perlman Father of Benjamin Perlman Melvin Tracey Husband of Marilyn Tracey Father of Michael Tracey Apr 14 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

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Barbara Holstein Daughter of Phyllis Blumberg Sister of Lester Blumberg Anna Koltai Mother-in-law of Barbara Delfiner Libby Soffar Mother of Cindy Jacobs Eva Urmer Grandmother of Doreen Karoll Marjorie Woods Mother of Lawrence Woods Apr 15 Ida Gottlieb Mother of Betty Pious Heindel Israel Matzkel Grandfather of Sylvia Handler Bessie Thrope Grandmother of Martin Thrope Apr 16 Stowe Hausner Mother of Buzz Hausner Eric Moskow Son of Richard and Shirley Moskow Irving Nelson Father-in-law of Joyce Nelson Morris Weiner Father of Ann Chait Grandfather of David Chait Apr 17 Stella Sadofsky Mother of Miriam Sadofsky Sam Seidman Father of Barry Seidman Bernice Singer Mother of Jeremy Singer Apr 18 Diane Finkelstein Mother of Alan Fields Leonard Nacht Father of Kathy Macdonald Isay Zeylikman Father-in-law of Irina Zeylikman Apr 19 Sidney Chernick Father of Paul Chernick Miriam Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Amato Mother of Julian Lander Sarah Fox Mother of Joseph Fox Leon Gildesgame Father of Myron Gildesgame Pearl Goldberg Mother of David Goldberg Chai Gitel Silverman Mother of Sam Silverman Apr 20 Robert Bernstein Father of Laura Pierce

Sidonia Miller Sister-in-law of Sylvia Handler Aunt of Risa Bressler Marjorie Reder Mother of Richard Reder Apr 21 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 22 Mildred Corman Mother of Alan Corman Annie Harris Frankel Mother of Reva Levitt Carl Hollander Father of Charles Hollander Apr 23 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 Cumens Perlmutter Mother of Burt Perlmutter Regina Pesin Wife of Stuart Pesin Apr 24 Stuart Goff Father of Philip Goff Victor Levitt Uncle of Alisa Billings Yehudith Shtill Mother of Michal Fuller Helen Towers Mother of David Towers Apr 25 Isaac Tarmy Father of Arnold Tarmy Jacob Weinronk Father of Stan Weinronk Apr 26 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 Rifken Pearlman Mother of Valerie Seidman Hyman Smith Grandfather of Jerome Smith

Jiing-Liang Wu Father of Ailsa Hermann-Wu Apr 27 Anna Antonoff Mother of Marvin Antonoff Sonia Baker Mother of Linda Chessman Lillian Cohen Mother-in-law of Lillian Cohen Margaret Goldberg Mother of Nancy Goldberg Apr 28 Selma Greenberg Grandmother of Sharon Smith Gilbert Nerenberg Father of Anna Nerenberg Pauline Rubinovitz Mother of Samuel Rubinovitz Celia Sadow Grandmother of Carolyn Leshin Apr 29 Elizabeth Bruss Sister-in-law of Kenneth Bruss Clifford Bryant Father-in-law of Rita Gildea-Bryant 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 Apr 30 Herbert Katz Brother of Leonard Katz Shirley Reubenstein Mother of Howard Reubenstein Yitzhak Shtill Father of Michal Fuller Oscar Sumner Father of Howard Sumner Noah Tsymbal Son of Ilya and Jessica Tsymbal Brother of Adam, Ashley and Tate Tsymbal May 1 Louis Aronson Father of Richard Aronson Isaiah Noveck Grandfather of Sylvia Handler Zelda Paley Mother of Marcia Camac Edith Russman Mother of Wendy Russman-Halperin

Charles Shapiro Father of Linda Tarmy Julia Peitzer Shwimer Mother of Joel Shwimer Beatrice Tucker Mother-in-law of Marsha Tucker Miriam Wein Grandmother of Alisa Billings May 1 Leon Katz Father of Paul Katz Albert Kerstein Father of Larry Kerstein Dr. Harry Konterwitz Father of Elaine Shwimer Eleanor Rothfeld Aunt of Marsha Tucker May 3 Anna Shanes Grandmother of Cynthia Bobrow Howard Stecker Father of Elissa Stecker May 4 Louis Cohen Father of Judith Wisnia Bennie Frankel Father of Reva Levitt Emanuel Jacobson Grandfather of Irene Wachsler 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 5 Risa Gerrig Daughter of Bernice Gerrig Robert Goldstone Father of Matthew Goldstone Minnie Klein Grandmother of Dorothy Seltzer Gertrude Levine Mother of Ralph Levine Sarah Tuzman Mother of Judith Kliger May 6 Ethel Goldman Mother of Phyllis Herda Aunt of Leonard Katz, Susan Shnidman and Arnold Tarmy Thelma Greenberg Mother of Mark Greenberg (continued on page 27)

Yahrzeits Esta Mae Katz Mother of Amy Goldminz Kurt Schloesser Father of Ruth Berg May 7 David Cherny Brother of Miriam Boucher Lea Markuse Mother of Jack Markuse May 8 Miriam Allen Mother of Amy Zaslow Murray Rappaport Father-in-law of Howard Kaufman Norman Thrope Father of Martin Thrope May 9 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 10 Analee Bang Sister of Charlotte Kupiec Ruth Chessman Mother of Daniel Chessman Josephine Freifelder Aunt of Marsha Tucker William Gerrig Father-in-law of Bernice Gerrig Tanna Goott Niece of Derek and 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 11 Hannah Boltson Mother of Barbara Mintz Melvin Botbol Father of Donna Jauvtis Donald Freedman Father of Lisa Barinotto Louis Frolich Father of Rochelle Zohn Ida Jacobson Grandmother of Irene Wachsler Sidney Mael Father of Jeffrey Mael

Aya Spektor Mother of Elena Gorlovsky Ruth Zelermyer Mother of Mark Zelermyer Dorothy Joseph Mother of Caron Bleich Grandmother of Lauren and Steven Bleich Barbara Zimmerman Mother of Kenneth Zimmerman May 13 Alfred Kojm Father of Sheila Kojm Pauline Liederman Mother of Lawrence Liederman Helen Liskov Mother of Judith Zabin May 14 Deborah Buckler Mother of Aaron Buckler Dorothy Lezberg Aunt of Alisa Billings Gordon McCauslin Brother of Scott McCauslin Beatrice Samuels Mother of Harold Samuels Rosalie Spatz Mother of Harry Spatz May 15 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 Esther Kaufman Mother of Howard Kaufman Vital Kliger Mother of Isaac Kliger Beatrice Schmetterling Sister of Sam Silverman May 16 Carol Getman Wife of Marvin Getman Frances Gluck Sister of Barbara Michelson Dalia Sheff Mother of Daphne Harris May 17 Liza Cohn Sister of Miriam Blechter Shirley Jacobson Aunt of Irene Wachsler Paul Kantner Brother of Ronni Skerker Ruth Stein Mother of Judith Canter

May 18 Louis Antonoff Father of Marvin Antonoff Sylvia Druy Mother of Mark Druy Roslynne Greenberg Mother of Julie Greenberg Julius Rubinovitz Brother of Samuel Rubinovitz Murray Schweitzer Father of Randi Silverman May 19 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 20 Fred Bernstein Father of Marc Bernstein 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 21 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 James Gildea Brother of Rita Gildea-Bryant Martin Livingston Brother of Marjorie Becker Ralph Livingston Father of Marjorie Becker Benjamin Wollins Father of Jill Wollins Victor Yeheskal Father of Tamar Krant May 22 Joyce Altman Wife of Alan 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 Father of Sylvia Handler Isabelle Rapin Mother of Anne Oaklander Ida Rosen Mother of David Rosen Elinor Yarkoni Mother of Sharon Kalus May 23 Robert Danon Father of Monique Brykman Peter Glaser Husband of Eva Glaser Bessie Spero Grandmother of Sharon Smith May 24 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 May 25 Barry Aronson Brother of Richard Aronson Thomas Hill Father of James Hill Haim Ifrah Brother of Miriam Sidman May 26 Allan Berkowitz Stepfather of Marc Landman Karin Brorsdotter Sister of Margaretha Jacobson Arthur Lefkowitz Father of Nancy Lefkowitz Ethel Purnell Mother of Laura Krich May 27 Sidney Abramson Father of Mark Abramson David Blotner Brother of Barbara Michelson

Meir Hott Brother of Estha Blachman Rhoda Rosenfield Grandmother of Joshua Namias Phyllis Silverman Wife of Sam Silverman Saul Silverstein Father of Phyllis Rubinovitz May 28 Anna 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 May 29 Ruth Finkel Fox Mother of Arthur Fox Michael Leipner Father of Carol Srebnick Ruth Rosengard Mother of Mark Rosengard May 30 Max Eisenberg Father of Gloria Fox Maynard London Father of Susan London Marian Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell Aunt of Larry Kerstein May 31 Harry Bassin Father of Elise Bassin Kenneth Greenberg Brother of Julie Greenberg Peggy Osher Mother of Judith Osher Morris Solomon Grandfather of Carolyn Leshin Julius Wiland Father of Paulette Binder

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

In honor of Jane Aronson’s 60th birthday Nancy & Bob Liberman Yahrzeit of: Nathan Cutler, beloved father Krana Rosen Harriet Pearl Eisenstein, beloved mother Davette Abkowitz Nathan Savage, beloved grandfather Nancy Liberman

Adult Education

In honor of Marcia Camac’s special birthday Harold Masters Nancy & Bob Helfman

Beautification

In honor of: Marilyn Tracey’s 90th birthday Margie Gilson Marcia Camac’s 90th birthday Sue & Ron Sterling Yahrzeit of: Anna Klatskin, beloved mother of Edith Kaplan Nellie Kaplan, beloved mother of Donald Kaplan Donald & Edith Kaplan Alexander Goldman and Paul Goldman, beloved father and beloved brother of Leon Goldman Leon & Phyllis Goldman Myrna Alpert, beloved wife Irwin Alpert

Billy Dalwin Preschool Beth & David Golden In appreciation of Shelley Rossman and all she has done for the Billy Dalwin Preschool Leslie & Alan Sherman In honor of Marcia Camac’s special birthday Jeff & Rachel Brown In memory of: Jerry Zimmerman, beloved brother of Bobbi Permutter Dick & Ellen Mazow Yahrzeit of: Esther Brown, beloved mother of Jeff Brown Jeff & Rachel Brown Harry Feifke, beloved father Derek Feifke Jean Presser, your beloved grandmother Ellen Mazow Ervin Miller and Lillian and Barnett Mazow, beloved father of Ellen Mazow and beloved parents of Dick Mazow Dick & Ellen Mazow Margaret Garvey, beloved mother of Peggy Moses Joel & Peggy Moses

Building Fund

Yahrzeit of Leon Groisser, beloved father Susan Lipson

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General

Judi & Mark Canter Zelda & Benjamin Cohen Donna Gershkowitz Dolly & Sumner Hoffman Jill Jacobs Barbara Macy Nathan Sandals Leslie & Alan Sherman In honor of: Birth of Emmett Hugh Solomon, beloved son of Kim and Dan Solomon, brother of Miles Dr. Marc Bernstein & Anna Nerenberg Alan & Leslie Sherman Robin Hassenfeld Blumberg’s 65th birthday Joseph & Betty Lou Blumberg Harry Cohen’s 85th birthday Frayda Brenner Claudia and Jake Handwerker on the birth of their granddaughter, Hannah Claire Waters Karen & Alan Musnikow Joel and Elaine Shwimer’s 50th wedding anniversary Cynthia Cohen Happy Birthday to a special friend Zelda & Ben Cohen Marriage of Dan Speicher and Libby Levine Debbi & Allen Sheldon The naming for Eleanor Rudawitz, beloved daughter of Josh & Kate Rudawitz Edward Rudawitz Leon and Joelle Gunter, Hatan Torah and Kallat Bereisheet for Simhat Torah Lester Blumberg & Robin Hasenfeld Marilyn Tracey Marilyn Tracey’s 90th birthday Sharon & Jerome Smith Alice & Marty Gordon Kayla Smith becoming a Bat Mitzvah Mark Haberman Larry Marin for being Keeper of the Flame Susan Shnidman Marilyn Tracey Jeremiah Kissel Jill Jacobs The naming for Eleanor Rudawitz, beloved daughter of Josh & Kate Rudawitz Edward Rudawitz Beloved father, Alan Altman Stephen Altman Marcia Camac’s 90th birthday Naomi & Alan Kielar Marilyn Tracey Gershon Goldberg The birth of Sofia Eliana Lowell, beloved granddaughter of Carolyn Keller and Harvey Lowell Isaac & Judy Kliger In appreciation of: Temple Emunah Esta Faye Levine, Ellie Edelstein, Karen Friedberg, Marilyn Tracey and Lynne Fisher Karen Freidberg Jose Varon

In memory of: Bob Dangel, beloved brother of Steve Dangel Georgia & Cliff Weinstein Dawn & Michael Rosenberg Freda Posnick, beloved mother of Barbara Posnick Mark & Judi Canter Marc Bernstein & Anna Nerenberg Mike Rosenberg Julie Greenberg & Ron Chaney Carol & David Srebnick Phyllis Blumberg Marilyn Tracey Samuel Perlmutter, father Dr. & Mrs. Burt Perlmutter Hannah Hattenbach, beloved mother of Esther Bass Zelda & Ben Cohen Larry & Kathryn Kerstein Gloria Foster Wendy Katz Thomas Feinberg, beloved father of Jane Feinberg-Kaplan Leslie & Alan Sherman Lois & Ken Bruss Ken Tucker, beloved husband of Marsha Tucker Bob Dockser Judy Neiterman Joanne Schreibman, beloved mother of Phillip Schreibman Naomi & Alan Kielar Leslie & Alan Sherman Fred Lion, beloved father of Rudie Lion Leslie & Alan Sherman Robert Jauvtis, beloved brother and brotherin-law of Harvey & Donna Jauvtis Ellen & Robert Keiner Zeta Levine, beloved sister of Ralph Levine Rona & Harry Cohen Jason Taylor, beloved husband of Gail Taylor, and father, brother, grandfather and greatgrandfather of the family William “Bob” Wilikson, beloved husband of Marlene Karshbaum Claudia & Jake Handwerker Yahrzeit of: Beloved grandfather, Carl Nerenberg Beloved grandfather, Maurice Uditsky Marc Bernstein & Anna Nerenberg Beloved mother and grandmother, Phyllis Nerenberg Anna Nerenberg & Marc, Lee & Jacqueline Bernstein David Speicher, beloved husband and father of Rebecca and Daniel Speicher and father-in-law of Libby Levine Laurie Speicher Hannah Rotner, beloved aunt, and greataunt of Anne, Debbie and Roy Marty & Alice Gordon Rose Goldberg, beloved mother Hal Goldberg Dolores Polakoff, beloved cousin Ken & Lois Bruss

Shirley Jordan, mother of Harmon Jordan, and Joseph L. Koren, father of Annette Koren Dr. Harmon Jordan & Dr. Annette Koren Edwin Reder, beloved father of Rick Reder Rick & Margo Reder Joseph Winiker, beloved father Micki Shpilner Max Polonsky, beloved father Pearl Lewis Israel Kornitsky, beloved father Rosalind Segaloff Oscar Shefsky, beloved father Stephen Shefsky Esther Barron, beloved mother-in-law Marilyn Tracey Henry Delfiner, beloved husband Max Delfiner, beloved father-in-law Barbara Delfiner Jeanne Segaloff, beloved mother Harvey Segaloff Ruth Rittenburg, beloved mother Janice Rossbach Alvin Block, beloved husband Audrey Block Ruth Rosengard, beloved mother Gail Rosengard, beloved wife Samuel Rosengard, beloved father Maurice Schwartz, beloved father-in-law Mark Rosengard Julius Elowitch, beloved grandfather Leslie Sherman Rosaline Buckler, beloved sister Micki Shpilner Rina Gershkowitz, beloved mother Dawny Gershkowitz Samuel Perlmutter, beloved father of Burt Perlmutter Burt & Roberta Perlmutter Samuel White, beloved father-in-law Sumner Hoffman Roberte Levy, beloved grandmother of Guy Weyl Suzette Weyl, beloved mother of Guy Weyl Rudolphe Moos, beloved father of Eveline Weyl Eveline & Guy Weyl Norman Halperin, beloved husband Minna Halperin Marilyn Goldberg, beloved wife Gershon Goldberg Max Polansky, beloved father Pearl Lewis Evelyn Silver, beloved mother Alan Silver

Geoffrey Zola Holocaust Fund

Arleen Chase

Hineni Fund

In memory of Jean Kriegler, beloved mother of Vicki Markuse In memory of Nancy Kaufman, beloved wife of Howard Kaufman, and mother, grand-, and great-grandmother of the family Margo & Rick Reder

Donations Holy Book Fund

In memory of: Robert Jauvtis, beloved brother of Harvey Jauvtis Zeta Levine, beloved sister of Ralph Levine Gladys & Morris Weiner, beloved parents of Ann Chait and beloved grandfather of David Chait Peggy & Joel Moses Sharon Liptzin, beloved wife of Ben Liptzin Georgia & Cliff Weinstein For the yahrzeit of Elizabeth Wolk, beloved mother Sidney Wolk

Israel Committee Jack Shaio In honor of: Birth of Sofia Eliana Lowell, beloved granddaughter of Carolyn Keller and Harvey Lowell Margo & Rick Reder Birth of Steve & Laura Krich’s grandson Bat Mitzvah of your granddaughter, and our friendship Speedy recovery to Miriam Sidman In memory of Zeta Levine, beloved sister of Ralph Levine Esther Rosenman-Hochman For the yahrzeit of Isaac Schub, beloved father Irina Zeylikman

Ivrit la Kol

For the yahrzeit of Eva Docker, beloved mother Robert Dockser

Kiddush Fund

In honor of: Marilyn Tracey’s 90th birthday Suzanne Frank Pam Gold Bob & Carolyn Rosen Birth of Chana Rachel, Yana Kisler and Eric Austin’s granddaughter Dr. Alison Dick & Edward Willins

Kol Nidrei Fund

Yahrzeit of Evelyn Silver, beloved mother Alan Silver

Ladle Fund Eveline Weyl In appreciation of: Marcia Carmac Phyllis Brick The Yom Kippur Community Break-Fast Alice & Marty Gordon The friends I’ve made with the walking group while visiting Temple Emunah Dina Tanners In honor of: Fred Ezekiel’s book and his 90th birthday Jacob Azerrad Stephen Tauber Rachel & Gil Raz

In memory of: Dorothy Lippman, beloved mother of Susan Mason Hannah Hattenbach, beloved mother and grandmother to Esther Bass & family Claudia & Jake Handwerker Freda Posnick, beloved mother of Barbara Posnick Wendy & Bob Russman-Halperin Zeta Levine, beloved sister of Ralph Levine Phyllis Brick Yahrzeit of: Harriet Blumenthal, Eileen’s beloved mother Morton & Eileen Kahan Suzan Davis, your beloved mother Gary & Penny Davis Ruth Katz, beloved mother Joyce Nelson David Liederman, beloved brother Larry Liederman Gertrude Dinner, beloved mother Paul Alper, beloved husband Charleen Alper Robert Stuhl, beloved father Louis Stuhl Harry Kovnat, beloved father Susan Ezekiel Lillian Sandberg, beloved mother Saul Copellman, beloved father Allen Mintz, beloved husband Henry Mintz, beloved father-in-law Ruby Mintz Frank and Doris Lichenstein, beloved parents of Mark Lichtenstein Nathan Brostoff, beloved father of Carolyn Lichtenstein Mark & Carolyn Lichtenstein Sylvia Margolis, beloved mother Gail Fields

Landscape Fund

In honor of: Birth of Sofia Eliana Lowell, granddaughter of Carolyn Keller and Harvey Lowell Wendy & Bob Russman-Halperin Betsy & Joe Nissenbaum Leon and Joelle Gunther, Hatan Torah and Kallat Bereisheet for Simhat Torah Larry Marin for being Keeper of the Flame Sharon & Jerome Smith Jeffrey Pollock Art Kreiger In memory of: Dr. Daniel Palant, beloved husband of Barbara Palant Jaymee Alpert Freda Posnick, beloved mother of Barbara Posnick Betsy & Joe Nissenbaum Sharon & Jerome Smith Zeta Levine, beloved sister of Ralph Levine Thomas Feinberg, beloved father of Jane Feinberg-Kaplan

Carole Sigel, beloved mother of Sherri Sigel Sharon & Jerome Smith Yahrzeit of: Sherry Sigel, beloved mother of Sharon Smith David Spero, beloved grandfather of Sharon Smith Sam Greenberg, beloved grandfather of Sharon Smith Sharon & Jerome Smith Leonard Friedman, beloved husband Betty Friedman Bess Russman, beloved grandmother of Wendy Russman Wendy & Bob Russman-Halperin Isiah Lutwak, beloved stepfather Susan Lutwak Lillian Seligman, beloved mother Judy Neiterman

Library Fund Mrs. Pearl Lewis In honor of: Marcia Camac’s 90th birthday Sylvia & Ben Perlman Magnolia Gilson Marilyn Tracey’s 90th birthday Ina Hodes Birth of Sofia Eliana Lowell, granddaughter of Carolyn Keller and Harvey Lowell Judy & Isaac Kliger Speedy recovery to Ann Ben-Horin Nancy & Bob Helfman & Harold Master In appreciation of my safe trip to Florida In memory of Martin Grevior Margie Gilson Yahrzeit of: Joseph Reubenstein, beloved father of Howard Reubenstein Howard and Lori Reubenstein Melvin Lewis, beloved husband Pearl Lewis

Mak’haylah

In appreciation of Leon & Joelle Gunther for all they do to make the synagogue more beautiful in song, appearance and love Harmon Jordan & Annette Koren

Peace of Mind

Harvey Lowell Howard Brick & Jill Smilow Jonathan & Ruth Fleischmann The Richard Wolfman Foundation Safty5 Foundation Ezra Levine & Gretchen Warland Marsha Cohen Trust In honor of David Wolfman Jonathan & Ruth Fleischmann Harvey Lowell

Phyllis Klein Thrope Memorial

In honor of the marriage of Charlene Thrope to Max Buckler Linda & Ira Skolnik For the yahrzeit of Phyllis Klein Thrope, beloved wife, and Shirley Thrope, beloved mother Marty Thrope

Prayer Book Fund

For the yahrzeit of Julius Mass, beloved father Charlotte Kupiec

Rabbi Kling Perkins Discretionary Fund In appreciation of Rabbi Kling Perkins’ kindness and caring Carl Mikkelsen & Barbara Posnick In memory of Marilyn Liederman, beloved mother Stacey & David Mann Yahrzeit of: Rose Rosendorn, beloved mother Muriel Shapiro Martin Weiner, beloved father Mark Weiner Bernhard and Golda Moses, beloved parents Joel & Peggy Moses

Rabbi Lerner Discretionary Fund Alexis Borisy In appreciation of: Rabbi Lerner’s caring and kindness Carl Mikkelsen & Barbara Posnick Rabbi Lerner officiating at the funeral for Michael Leipner, beloved father Carol Srebnick Rabbi Lerner’s officiating at the aufruf for Rebecca Towers and Daniel Donnelly David & Elyssa Towers Rabbi Lerner for the online streaming Barbara Wissoker Rabbi Lerner Doreen Karoll & Stephen Quatrano Don Burstyn Andrea & Dan Pion Margaret Joan Segaloff, beloved newest grandchild Rosalind & Harvey Segaloff Marilyn Tracey’s 90th birthday Annette Koren & Harmon Jordan Caron Bleich Return to good health for Vivian Cohen Edie Heiger In memory of: Marilyn Liederman David & Stacey Mann Michael Ross, beloved friend of Rabbi Lerner Maddy & Ken Teitelbaum Becca Weintraub Linda & David Laredo Myra & Jeff Marshall Doreen Grossman Judi & Mark Canter Charlotte & Israel Kupiec Phyllis Brick Nancy Lefkowitz & Joel Alpert Herbert and Jolley-Anne Weinstock, beloved parents Michelle Guttman David Weinstock Freda Posnick, beloved mother of Barbara Posnick Linda & Dave Laredo (continued on page 30)

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Donations Zeta Levine, beloved sister of Ralph Levine Reva Levitt Marilyn Liederman, your beloved mother Stacey & David Mann Yahrzeit of: Elsie Zabelle, beloved mother Jeffrey & Elaine Wiesen Mother, Rachel Sonkina Mother in law, Ethel Eizengart Irina Zeylikman Elliott Case, beloved father Miriam Librach Howard Menzin, beloved brother and uncle Marvin & Peggy Menzin Bessie G. Baker Samuel Baker Nathan Alpert, beloved father Lisa Alpert Ruth Katz, beloved mother Joyce Nelson Norton G. Zieff, beloved husband Freyda Zieff Joan Feuer, beloved mother of Barbara Rosenbaum Henry & Barbara Rosenbaum Shirley Jordan, mother of Harmon Jordan Joseph L. Koren, father of Annette Koren Samuel S. Jordan, beloved father of Harmon Jordan Dr. Harmon Jordan & Dr. Annette Koren Stanley Dickholtz, beloved father Myra Marshall Myron Cohen, beloved brother Judith Wisnia Benjamin Kaplan, beloved father Marlene Karshbaum Stanley Bleich, beloved husband Caron Bleich Louis Pomeranz, beloved father Morris Rantz, beloved father-in-law Fred Rantz, beloved brother-in-law Stanley Pomeranz Dina Girshovich, beloved daughter Lucy & Yury Girshovich Ruth Schoenberg, beloved mother of Peggy Menzin Marvin & Peggy Menzin Bertha Doodlesack, beloved mother of Phyllis Fish Phyllis & Stephen Fish & Family Elsie Wiesen, beloved mother Jeffrey Wiesen Linda Abromson, beloved mother Leslie Sherman Helene Levin, beloved mother Lucy Girshovich

Rachael Sonkina, beloved mother Ethel Eizengart, beloved mother-in-law Irina Zeylikman Lewis Levitt, beloved husband Reva Levitt Bessie G. Baker, beloved mother Sam Baker Harvey Solomon, beloved uncle Phyllis Fish Douglas Wells, beloved father Barbara Wells Olav Cook, beloved father Chris Cook Arthur Block, beloved father Eric Block Elliot Case, beloved father Miriam Librach Samuel Gold, beloved father Harris Gold Norton Zieff, beloved husband Freyda Zieff

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In honor of: The birth of Emmett Hugh Solomon, beloved son of Kim & Dan Solomon In appreciation of the Emunah 60 Decades Shabbat Jessica & Eric Baim Birth of Sofia Eliana Lowell, beloved granddaughter of Carolyn Keller and Harvey Lowell Ellen & Dick Mazow For the yahrzeit of Meir Ben-Horin, beloved father Gideon Ben-Horin

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In memory of Hannah Hattenbach, beloved mother of Esther Bass Helaine Davis

Social Action Committee

Sheila Kohm & Louis Stuhl In honor of: Marilyn Tracey’s special birthday Elissa Shapiro Gabe’s engagement to Brooke Rothstein Sylvia & Benjamin Perlman In memory of: Jerry Zimmerman, Bobbi Perlmutter’s beloved brother Sylvia & Benjamin Perlman Jean Kriegler, beloved mother of Vicki Markuse Rachel & Jeff Brown

Freda Posnick, beloved mother of Barbara Posnick Sylvia & Benjamin Perlman Robin Hasenfeld & Lester Blumberg Edward Willins & Alison Dick Sheila Kojm & Louis Stuhl Yahrzeit of: Andrew Hasenfeld, beloved brother of Robin Hasenfeld Lester Blumberg & Robin Hasenfeld Dorothy Kerstein, beloved mother of Larry Kerstein Larry & Kathy Kerstein Thomas Kaplan, beloved brother of Donald Kaplan Donald & Edith Kaplan Donald Brick, beloved husband Phyllis Brick Nathan Ledewitz, beloved brother Phyllis Blumberg Elizabeth Hollander, beloved mother of Charles Hollander Janet & Charles Hollander Gertrude Kravetz, beloved mother of Janet Hollander Janet & Charles Hollander Lilah Groisser, beloved mother Susan Lipson

Social Action Family Table

Janice Rossbach In honor of Keeper of the Flame, Larry Marin Nancy Lefkowitz & Joel Alpert

Special Needs Fund

In memory of: Thomas Feinberg, beloved father of Jane Feinberg-Kaplan Dorothy Lippman, beloved mother of Susan Mason Hal & Sandy Miller-Jacobs Yahrzeit of: Sylvia Rosenbaum, beloved mother Max Rosenbaum, beloved father Ronald Rosenbaum Faye Rosenbaum, beloved wife of Ron Rosenbaum and mother of Alicia Rosenbaum Alicia & Ron Rosenbaum

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In honor of: Babsy Krichmar’s 90th birthday Sidney & Minna Katz Ryan Marcus being selected to the National Honor Society Joel Marcus The friends I’ve made with the walking group while visiting Temple Emunah Dina Tanners Sponsorship of December 25th breakfast following Shaharit Eliot Andler In memory of Benjamin Botbol Hal Miller-Jacobs For the yahrzeit of Benjamin Botbol, beloved brother of Donna Jauvtis Donna & Harvey Jauvtis

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Thank you from Claudio Trindade to donors I am taking this opportunity to thank all the donors who kindly contributed to my cause during a time of need this past December. I am deeply appreciative of the help and support that I received from Temple Emunah Community. Your support helped me in many ways.

Thank you very much, Claudio Trindade

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President / Florida Visit (Continued from page 1) 1. Helping our congregation grow and learn In the next few months, we will have many opportunities to come together and celebrate: holidays, Emunah60 celebrations, and other important moments.

• Purim begins on the evening of March 9: please come dressed up in your finest costumes and hear the megillah.

• We celebrate Matan Lerner’s bar mitzvah on March 14 • Ha Parpar: My Emunah Story is in the evening on March 15 • Spring begins on March 19 • Emunah60 History and Art Reception is in the evening on March 25 • Opening Day for the Red Sox is March 26 against Toronto, with the home opener on April 2 against the White Sox • Passover begins on the evening of April 8 • Yom Hashoah begins the evening of April 20 • Yom Ha’atzmaut begins the evening of April 28 • Emunah60 Big Birthday Bash is on May 3 • Lag Ba’omer begins the evening of May 11 • Our Emunah60 Closing Celebration and Installation will be on the evening of May 31.

In closing, I want to say thank you for allowing me to serve as your president. It has been my honor and privilege.

L’Shalom, Judy Zola

Rabbi Lerner in Florida Rabbi Lerner’s third annual Florida trip included visits with 40 Emunah-ites at the end of January.

Thanks to Deanna and Sid Wolk for hosting a special evening with 25 members of our community, including Rabbi and Billie Eisenman.

Rabbi Lerner with David Abelman and Marilyn Weil-Abelman in Miami.

president@templeemunah.org

Rabbi Lerner put up a mezuzah with Phyllis and Sam Rubinovitz who sent the Emunah family warm regards from Longboat Key.

If Florida is on your winter calendar, please let Rabbi Lerner know so we can include you next year.

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Emunah60 Donors CELEBRATING TEMPLE EMUNAH We are grateful and happy to recognize all donors who make Emunah60 Birthday Gifts!

If you have not already contributed, you still have time to “light a candle” to celebrate our 60th. We encourage everyone to be a part of Temple Emunah’s special Birthday Celebration!

To make your gift and for more information, click the Birthday Cake at templeemunah.org, visit templeemunah.org/community/emunah-60, or email Danny Watt, dwatt@templeemunah.org Terri Swartz Russell, Robin Goldstein, Leslie Sherman, E60 Program Chairs (as of 2/19/20)

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The Landis Family Joshua Namias & Ellen Bubrick Mike & Ruth Super Sidney & Deanna Wolk

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Gail & Alan Fields

Eric & Jessica Baim

Dave Hirsh & Allison Cook

Stuart & Lisa Arbesfeld Ken & Lois Bruss Mark & Judi Canter Rona & Harry Cohen Gil & Linna Ettinger David Ezekiel & Elise Richman Ezekiel Fred Ezekiel

Rabbi David Lerner & Sharon Levin Benjamin & Sylvia Perlman Marsha Tucker

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POMEGRANATE Gil & Rachel Raz Allen & Debbie Sheldon

SUBSCRIBER Derek & Carole Feifke Wayne & Robin Goldstein Eric & Natalie Gornstein Geoff & Laura Jarbeau Isaac & Judy Kliger Ed & Marcy Lidman Carl Mikkelsen & Barbara Posnick

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SHISHIM EMUNAH Davette Abkowitz Joel Alpert & Nancy Lefkowitz Esther Bass Jerry & Ellen Baum Phyllis Brick Arleen Chase Vivian Cohen Anita Feld Garry & Eileen Feldman Leora Fishman Leon & Joelle Gunther Stuart Jacobson & Suzanne Cooper

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Harvey & Donna Jauvtis Lucille (Babsy) Krichmar Ralph & Sandra Levine Steven & Susan Lipson Harvey Lowell & Carolyn Keller Scott & Julia Mabuchi Helen Marcus Marvin & Susan Mason Joel & Peggy Moses Stan Pomeranz Jeff & Meryl Post Mike & Dawn Rosenberg

David Schwartz & Liz Stoll Mike Segal & Carol Glantz Harvey & Rosalind Segaloff Randi Silverman Ira & Linda Skolnik Laurie Speicher Antonia Halton Stechler Marty & Carol Thrope Ed Willins & Alison Dick Jeffry & Judith Wisnia Alvin & Susan Wolfe Stanley Wolf & Juliet Fuhrman Wolf

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Shaharit 7 am Writers Group 11 am Me’ah Select (Isaiah) 7 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

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Shaharit 9 am Spiritual Shaharit 9 am SH/Adult Ed. Breakfast & Speaker 9:45 am Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

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Shaharit 9 am Rosh Hodesh group 9:45 am Beneath the Surface 4:30 pm Emunah 60 Storytelling Moth Event 6 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

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Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35am Myths & Midrash 12 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 6:30 pm One in Forty Symposium 7 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35am Meditation 8:30 am Lunch & Learn w/Rabbi Yoga 10:30 am Lerner 12 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Dessert/Discussion with Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Adult Hebrew 8 pm Rabbi LKPerkins 8 pm Talmud Study 8 pm Emunah 60 History & Art Theme Night 8 pm

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Shaharit 7 am Writers Group 11 am Me’ah Select (Isaiah) 7 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35am Screenagers (Thrope Program) 6:30 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Ivrit la Kol 9:30 am Me’ah Select 9:30 am Yoga 1:30 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm LIJS Israeli Cinema program 7:45 pm Perek Yomi 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Ivrit la Kol 9:30 am Me’ah Select 9:30 am Yoga 1:30 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm LIJS Israeli Cinema 7:45 pm

Shaharit 7 am Ivrit la Kol 9:30 am Me’ah Select 9:30 am Yoga 1:30 pm Adult B’nei Mitzvah 2 pm Meditation 4 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm LIJS Israeli Cinema 7:45 pm

Rosh Hodesh Nisan Shaharit 6:45 am Ivrit la Kol 9:30 am Me’ah Select 9:30 am Yoga 1:30 pm Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Shabbat Service with Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 pm Emunah 60 aliyah 9:30 am Marty Thrope 60th Bar Mitzvah Anniversary Gr. 4 Fam. Learning 10 am Learning Minyan 10 am Niggun Saloon 1 pm Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 5:15 pm Shaharit 7 am Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm

Shaharit 7 am Men’s Study Group 7:40 am BDPS Grandparents & Special Visitors Day 9 am Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm

Shaharit 7 am Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm

Shabbat Service 9:30 am Matan Lerner Bar Mitz.

Tot Shabbat 11 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 6:45 pm

Meditation 9:30 am Shabbat Service 9:30 am Jacob Stephenson Bar M. Gr. 4 Family Learning Service 10 am Learning Minyan 10 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 6:30 pm

Shabbat service 9:30 am Harper Pierce Bat Mitz.

Tot Shabbat 11 am Niggun Salooon 1 pm Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 6:30 pm

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Mazel Tov to Our March B’nei Mitzvah

Matan Lerner, son of Sharon Levin & Rabbi David Lerner (March 14)

Jacob Stephenson, son of Nareeluck and Matthew Stephenson (March 21)

Harper Pierce, daughter of Laura & Jud Pierce (March 28)

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HIAS Refugee Shabbat Shabbat service & Mak’haylah Sings 9:15 am Tot Shabbat 11 am Minhah/Learning/ Ma’ariv/ 6:45 pm Havdalah 8:06 pm

Shabbat Service with Emunah 60 aliyah 9:30 am Niggun Saloon 1 pm Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 7 pm

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Temple 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 Jewish community in the United States and Israel.

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Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Emunat HaLev 6 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Adult Hebrew 8 pm Talmud Study 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Yoga 1:30 pm Lunch & Learn w/Rabbi Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Lerner 12 pm SH Donor Dinner 6:30 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Adult Hebrew 8 pm Talmud Study 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Study w/Rabbis 7:35 am Myths & Midrash 12 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Shaharit 9 am Kids Care Club 10 am Minhah/Ma’ariv 6:30 pm

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Shaharit 7 am Me’ah Select 9:30 am (snow day) Yoga 1:30 pm Adult B’nai Mitzvah 2 pm Meditation 4 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Perek Yomi 8 pm

Shaharit 7 am Yoga 1:30 pm Adult B’nai Mitzvah 2 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm

Erev Shavuot Shaharit 7 am Yoga 1:30 pm Young Family Shavuot & Sundaes Celebration 5:30 pm Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm All-night learning for teens and adults, time TBA

HaNer Spring Convention Shaharit 7 am Men’s Study 7:40 am Kitah Gimmel Siyum HaSefer & Dinner 5:30 pm Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm

HaNer Spring Convention Shabbat Service 9:30 am Becca Sachs Bat Mitzvah Learning Minyan 10:30 am Tot Shabbat 11 am Niggun Saloon 1 pm Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 7:15 pm

Shabbat Service 9:30 am Shaharit 7 am Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat Hey Vav Service Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ 6:15 pm Havdalah 7:30 pm

Yom Yerushalayim Shaharit 7 am Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 pm

Sunrise outdoor Shaharit 4:30 am Shavuot Service 9:15 am Minhah/Ma’ariv 6:15 pm

Shabbat Service 9:30 am Moshe Goff Bar Mitzvah Tot Shabbat 11 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 7:30 pm

Shavuot Service with Yizkor 9:15 am Tot Shabbat 11 am Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ Havdalah 7:45 pm

Mazel Tov to Our May B’nei Mitzvah

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Talia Zolondick, daughter of Allison Page & Steve Zolondick, (May 2)

Becca Sachs, daughter of Julie Sachs, (May 9)

Moshe Goff, son of Liza Halley & Phil Goff (May 23)

Galete Samansky, daughter of Emily & Adam Samansky (May 24)

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