APRIL 2017 • Vol. 99, No. 9 NISAN ~ IYAR 5777 WWW.BETHELNR.ORG
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S.M.A.R.T. Retirees Group.............. page 17 Passover Information............... pages 24-25
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NEWS FROM THE ISRAEL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE trucks and babysitting, with kids activities. There is a fundraising component to the event, as well. A small portion of the registration/ donation will go to help defray costs, and the remainder will be split among the participating organizations. Also, the Israel Forum will be an opportunity for attendees to learn more about and support the participating organizations. Participating organizations cover a wide range of issues and services—Israel Bonds, JNF (the Jewish National Fund), The Lone Soldier Center, FIDF (Friends of Israel Defense Forces), Israel Cancer Research Fund, Stand With Us, SPACA (Students & Parents Against Campus Anti-Semitism), Alexander Muss High School in Israel, Masorti, ARZA and JREC (Jewish Religious Equality Coalition). The day will culminate with everyone joining together to hear from our keynote speaker (TBA). This is a major undertaking, so if you can help plan it and/or volunteer to help on the day of the event, please contact either of us and come to our next meeting on Thursday, April 6th, at 7:30 pm. If you care about Israel and want to show your support and work towards educating our community about and providing meaningful experiences to foster a deeper understanding of and love for Israel, please join us. L’hitraot, Michael Schiffres and Mark Seidenfeld, IAC Co-Chairs
Ma chadash? What’s new? Well, with the Israel Affairs Committee—a lot! At the time this Bulletin went to press, members of the IAC are attending the AIPAC Conference in Washington, D.C. (March 26-28). This is the annual blockbuster event of the American Jewish community in support of Israel. We are planning the biggest contingent from Beth El we’ve had in years, including a group of teens led by Rabbi Dorsch and Rebekkah Gold, who will “caravan” down to D.C. and attend special events at the conference tailored just for teens. We will join over 18,000 Jews from aIl across America and, despite our many differences, we look forward to celebrating our love of Israel together. We expect an energizing, educational and enlightening experience for all attending. Our teens will hold a post-conference wrap up session back at Beth El to discuss “Israel in My Life – Post AIPAC Reflections.” Keep on the lookout for other follow up events. Since we reported last month on Beth El’s own special conference, IAC is planning, things have really been taking shape. On Sunday May 7th, from 2:00 pm-6:00 pm, IAC will be hosting (see page 2) “S.E.E ISRAEL –SUPPORT. EDUCATE. ENGAGE.” This will be a multi-faceted program including a series of panels, an Israel Forum and keynote speaker, as well as kosher Israeli food
SPRING FILM FESTIVAL DINNER-THEATRE WILL RETURN IN MAY WITH “JEWISH CHARACTERS ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS” City school system, Larry was simultaneously Director of Activities at Kutsher’s Country Club for twenty years. He has, in recent years, been a senior Admissions Administrator for Baruch College. His warmth, charm, and engaging teaching style have greatly enriched our minicourse. Elaine Katz, founding chairwoman of the Festival, will present the middle two lectures of the series. Elaine began interpreting films when her aunt took her to see “Bambi.” She even further honed her interpretive skills far above Cayuga’s waters, as a Cornell National Scholar. She will endeavor to also be warm, charming, and engaging. Viewing and discussing Tikun Olam, the repair of the world, could not be more relevant. Advance registration is required, and early registration is appreciated. Contact the main office at 914-235-2700, ext. 223, or register on-line at www.bethelnr.org/springfilm.
A Hollywood producer, a union organizer in the South, a New York mayoral assistant, and a television ghost writer will be seeking to repair their own individual worlds on the big screen at Beth El throughout the month of May. On four consecutive Thursday evenings, we will be treated to performances by such talents as Al Pacino, Sally Field, Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, and Bryan Cranston—along with pastrami sandwiches on rye. Opening night, May 4th, will feature “Trumbo,” and will be followed in succeeding weeks by “Norma Rae” on May 11th, “City Hall” on May 18th, and “The Front” on May 25th. Designed as a delightful dinner-theatre, our METNY award-winning Spring Film Festival is now in its thirty-first consecutive year. Each evening begins with a festive buffet delicatessen dinner, followed by a formal introduction to the film, a complete screening, and an always lively and high-level group discussion. Many participants in the series have been attending for years, if not decades, but newcomers are always made to feel equally at home. Of course, nothing is more important than attending all four sessions of the series, but in case life intrudes, remember that every session is self-contained. Guest lecturer Larry Strickler, returning for his twelfth year, will present the opening and closing sessions. A former history teacher and administrator in the New York
FEE SCHEDULE Series Individual Session
Member $80 $25
Non-Member $95 $28
Fees include dinner, film, and lecture
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RABBI’S MESSAGE Dear Friends, A few days after receiving this Bulletin, we will find ourselves sitting around the Rabbi David Schuck Passover Seder table pondering what it must have felt like to be freed from the chains of slavery in Egypt. As we rushed across the sea, away from our pursuers and toward freedom, there must have been bedlam. Today, the source may be different, but we so often find ourselves confined by the chaos of modernity. It is nearly impossible to keep up with the pace of our lives; even when we have the time to sit down to a family meal we are distracted by the pull of our phones. Surely this age of distraction impacts our religious and spiritual lives. To be spiritually and religiously alive demands that we pay attention to how we are feeling and what is happening moment to moment, and this is increasingly difficult to do in 2017. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The challenge of truly paying attention to our spiritual lives is not new; every age has its unique distractions. Our tradition developed different ways to help us refocus our attention on our religious and spiritual lives. I am excited that here at Beth El, we are making those modalities available to our community through our first initiative funded by the Rabbi Melvin and Lenore Sirner Fund for Jewish Inspiration. We are unrolling a multi-pronged initiative intended to reinvigorate existing Jewish observance as well as offer opportunities for people to cultivate new spiritual practices to enhance their Jewish lives.
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We will begin this two-year initiative by starting three new groups that will commence after Passover. The first will be a group that focuses on singing as a spiritual practice. Music has always been an important aspect of Jewish expression. It has deepened our ability to pray from the depths of our souls, sometimes with words and sometimes with melodies alone. This group will come together in order to learn how singing can itself be a Jewish spiritual practice, and we will practice different techniques that help unleash the power of communal singing. I am very excited to lead this group and open our hearts to song. Everyone is welcome to participate. No prior knowledge is required. I hope that people will attend as many of these as possible, but feel free to drop in without making a commitment to all of the dates, which are: April 30 May 11, and 21, and June 4 14, and 20. We will also offer a Wise Aging Group for people who are sixty-five years of age and older. The Wise Aging program, developed by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality (IJS), provides new resources and support to live our later years with spirit, resilience, and wisdom. Participants are guided through reflective work that enables them to come to new understandings about their lives and their values. Topics include: exploring this stage of life; becoming one’s authentic self; a life review; relationship to one’s body; revitalizing and nourishing healthy relationships; practicing forgiveness; learning to live with loss, change, and death; cultivating wisdom; and leaving a legacy. This group will be facilitated by Laura Ingber Rotter who received her training from IJS. Registration is limited and if there is a demand, we will start new groups in the fall. The dates are April 24,
Contemplative Service, with Rabbi Schuck Saturday, April 15th • new time: 9:30 am
How can we pay better attention to living our lives with intention? Make time for yourself at our Contemplative Service, which is designed to slow the pace of our lives down in order to listen to what emerges from the silence. We will set aside time for mindfulness meditation, contemplative study, singing, and prayer, and focus our attention on opening our hearts and minds. Everyone is welcome; dress as you would like and bring an open mind! Please arrive a few minutes early to minimize interruptions. After the service, you are welcome to continue to sit quietly in the Wiener Lounge or join the rest of the congregation for the sermon and remainder of the Shabbat morning service. Join us for the kiddush luncheon at 12:00 noon. 4
May 8, May 15, May 22 (skip May 29 for Memorial Day), then June 5, June 12, June 19, June 26; the time is 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm. The third part of this initiative will be a Mindfulness Meditation Group that will meet weekly. This type of meditation, which was practiced by Hasidic masters in the 18th Century, trains our capacity to pay attention by turning our attention on our own minds. As such, we feel more satisfied with each moment of our experience, learn to be more receptive to what is happening in our lives rather than resisting what has already occurred or projecting what is not yet here, and we recognize how short and precious this life is. This form of meditation helps us feel less isolated, less caught in judgment and adversity, and more open to the mystery and majesty of this very life. Our Hasidic masters practiced this type of meditation because it deepens the kavannah (intention) with which we perform mitzvot and helps us feel more connected to God. This will be a drop-in group for people to attend when they would like, but we hope that a core group of people will regularly attend. We will continue to offer a Contemplative Service each month, which combines study, mindfulness meditation, prayer, and singing. In the fall, we will roll out the other elements of this initiative. We will offer a Hasidut class in order to study the ways in which these early masters refocused our attention on Jewish spiritual questions. We will start a Jewish Mindful Parenting group that will explore ways to be more present in our parenting and learn strategies to parent based on Jewish values. We also hope to build a middot and mussar practice among our professional and lay leadership which will help our leadership focus on ethical character development. I am very excited about this initiative. We want to help people find ways to pay close attention to their spiritual needs as well as help people reinvigorate their religious lives with meaning and vitality. Please be on the lookout for dates and join us in our efforts to utilize our tradition to meet the spiritual needs of contemporary life. L’shalom, Rabbi David A. Schuck
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE THANK YOU FOR A VERY SUCCESSFUL GALA!! the top with a chocolate fondue, a halavah station, warm apple crisp, a sorbet bar, warm chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin. and sugar cookies, and many other non-fattening options. X-Quisite Flowers & Events again decorated the ballrooms with magnificent flowers in gorgeous colors. The flowers Samuel E. Berger added to the celebratory nature of the Gala and I thank Richie Amante and his talented team for making the Beth El ballrooms so beautiful like they have done for many years. I want to thank everyone who supported this year’s Gala, everyone who placed ads in the journal and made contributions, and all those that attended and bought 50/50 raffles. A big thank you to those that donated items for the silent and live auctions, and a special thank you to those that bid on the auction items. The Gala auction raised over $22,000 … a record amount. The financial results of this year’s Gala is another indication that we have rekindled our culture of giving at Beth El and that we are heading in the right direction. There was one family at the Pillar level contributing $18,000, one family at the Builder level donating $10,000, six families at the Supporter level donating $3,600, 38 Benefactors donating $1,800, 29 Stewards donating $1,000, ten Stars at $720, 42 Friends at $540, 88 singleline listings, and smaller contributions totaling more than $3,000. A significant increase in all categories from years past. Todah Rabah! Thank you to the entire Gala team, as previously mentioned— co-chairs Aaron and Sheryl Fleishaker and Dan and Jody Burton, and the rest of the team including Lori Schwartz, Shery Rosenstein, Tamar Tait, Margo Lampert, Rachel Messinger, Steve Young, Marty Keltz, Mark Seidenfeld, and Barbara Nitzberg (I hope I didn’t omit anyone). Also, a big shout out to our Executive Director Erica Leventhal, and a big thank you to Linda Newman and Abby Wise. On behalf of Tris, Yali, and Kenny, I would also like to wish the entire community a Zissen Pesach and a Chag Sameach! See you in shul, Sam
Dear Friends: Beth El’s 63rd Annual Gala was a huge success with over 270 people in attendance and a record net profit of a little more than $200,000 (the most ever except for the Sirner Gala). The Gala cochairs Aaron Fleishaker and Sheryl Fleishaker and Dan and Jody Burton organized a memorable, funny and enjoyable program with video sponsor commercials—a new Culture of Giving Yogurt product and a preview of a new movie called Blunt and Blunter. Aaron “borscht belt” Fleishaker was the MC with his quick wit and multi-faceted program. The Bartell children and my son and daughter, did a great job paying tribute to and roasting their parents. Mayor Noam Bramson spoke and Congressman Eliot Engel was in attendance earlier in the evening. The Bartells taught some words of Torah while accepting the President’s Ne’emanim Service Award. Rabbi Schuck delivered an inspirational message and there were also two renditions of Hamilton/Samilton—one by the co-chairs and another by Tris “Florence Foster Jenkins” Berger. Pride Caterers did an amazing job. The food and drink were superb and beyond expectations, with many wonderful offerings at the smörgåsbord, including a sushi bar, barbecue beef, falafel, and other sliders, veal picatta, penne vodka, seared tuna and salmon, a salad bar, pastrami, chateau briand, turkey and, of course, hotdogs en croute. The deserts following the program were also over
A NOTE FROM THE SIRNERS We wish to thank our many friends of the Beth El family for your kind expressions of sympathy following the untimely passing of our beloved granddaughter, Maya Hazel Cohen, of blessed memory. The letters, phone calls, and e-mail and the gifts to tzedakah have touched us more than words can express. We wish you and your loved ones health and joy and pray that we will be able to share good news and happy occasions in the future.
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NOTES FROM THE HAZZAN Even before I was a cantor, I always loved the songs of Passover. And Pesach is filled with songs. During the holiday we sing both Shir HaShirim, the Song of Songs (usually on the Shabbat during Pesach), as well as Shirat HaYam, the Song of the Hazzan Jamie Gloth Sea, sung by the Israelites as they crossed the Reed Sea (read from the Torah on the Seventh Day of Pesach). During the seders, of course, we sing many songs, including one of my favorites, Dayeinu. And in my house, we always conclude with Passover parody songs, which are a big hit with people of all ages. There are three songs, however, all added at the end of the Haggadah, that are perhaps the most well-known—Adir Hu (Mighty is He), Echad Mi Yodea (Who Knows One?), and Chad Gadya (One Kid). These songs share two primary characteristics—they have no apparent connection with Passover, and they have an unmistakable folk-like character, both in their structure and content. And all of them are fun to sing. The most intriguing of them, Chad Gadya, has a fascinating history. Even if we can manage to drag ourselves back to the seder table to sing it after the meal, its obscure text and mysterious meaning are usually lost in the merriment of the moment.
The seder includes many customs intended to stimulate interest and curiosity. Perhaps writing Chad Gadya in Aramaic was a way to elicit questions as to its meaning from both adults and children. The song has traditionally been interpreted in an allegorical way to refer to the many persecutions of the Jewish people who, according to the optimistic ending of Chad Gadya, will be redeemed by God who will “slay the Angel of Death.” Indeed, were it not for such an interpretation, it might be difficult to understand the song’s Jewish content, let alone its connection to Pesach. In this regard, the use of a mysterious ancient language to shroud the otherwise mundane content of the song makes a certain kind of sense. Elie Wiesel, the great Jewish writer and thinker, taught that although Chad Gadya is a confusing song, if looked at correctly, it has a wonderful lesson to share at the seder table: “And here we are, concluding the seder with Chad Gadya, a beautiful song, which is not just about a father who buys a goat for his child. It’s a song about God’s creatures destroying each other. It may be a puzzling way to end the joyous meal, but one that is fraught with meaning. The song of Chad Gadya reminds us that in Jewish history, all creatures, all animals, all events are connected. The goat and the cat, the fire and the water, the slaughterer and the redeemer, they are all part of the story.” This year, may we all be strong enough to drag ourselves back to the seder table and end our yearly ritual with a song that energizes the kids, has fascinating history and meaning, and is great fun to sing. Chag Kasher V’Sameach! Hazzan Jamie Gloth
A father bought a kid (baby goat) for two zuzim; a cat came and ate the kid; a dog then bit the cat; the dog was beaten by a stick; the stick was burned by fire; water quenched the fire; an ox drank the water; a shochet (ritual slaughterer) slaughtered the ox; the shochet was killed by the Angel of Death; the Angel of Death was destroyed by God.
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The song follows a cumulative pattern in which a new detail is added in each stanza, each stanza closes with the refrain, which includes all the items in reverse order, from the last back to the first. Each verse concludes with “chad gadya, chad gadya, that the father bought for two zuzuim.” This pattern, which is also found in Echad Mi Yodea, was most likely modeled after such popular songs of Christian European origin, as “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” or “Alouette.” Most scholars agree that Chad Gadya was borrowed from a late medieval German folksong (Dem Herr der schickt den Jokel aus) which, in turn, is based on an old French nursery song. Unlike most of the other seder songs, however, Chad Gadya is written almost entirely in Aramaic. It appears to have been written in the 16th century, a time when this language had long ceased to be a Jewish vernacular. It first appeared in a printed haggadah in Prague in 1590, and was never originally part of the Sephardic or Yemenite rituals. And scholars have now discovered a JudeoGerman version of the song that predates the earliest available Aramaic version, meaning that what we sing today was purposely translated into Aramaic, rather than Hebrew, as one might expect. The question is, why?
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Sara Aldouby Exhibit “From Darkness to Light” in Museum through April 30th Sara studied sketching with Vienna-trained painter Sala Russata, who encouraged her to cast the ceramic figurines that she was creating. She then studied drawing with Yitzhak Frenkel and Alexander Bogen, and participated in summer sculpture seminars in “From Darkness to Light” is the Tzfat Artists’ Colony. Sara made from Orange Alabaster. discovered the art of stone The “Dove of Peace” is made carving at Beit Hagefen, in from Jerusalem Stone. Haifa, and continued her studies in Carrara and Piettra Santra, Italy. She made a sculpture of Pakistani green onyx, which sits in the Yad Shitrit Cultural Center in Tiberias. The family returned to the United States in 1986. She noted, “When leaving Israel I thought, ‘What am I going to miss the most? Stones!’” For weeks, my husband and I wandered around Israel looking for stones to bring here. We also got a supply from Hebron and Tiberias that would find their way into many future sculptural works.” In addition to teaching Hebrew, Sara studied painting and printmaking in Connecticut at the Silvermine Art Center, in New Canaan, and woodcut and monotype at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, in Norwalk. Sara is a longtime member of the Society of Connecticut Sculptors and Silvermine Guild of Artists. She has been teaching art, sculpture, and stone-carving for the past twentyseven years. You can visit the exhibit at any time the synagogue is open. Sara will also participate in Beth El’s Yom HaShoah program (see below).
Sara Aldouby has been sculpting in stone for the past forty-two years. She is the mother of Tali Aldouby-Schuck and the mother-in-law of Rabbi David Schuck. Born in Hungary shortly before World War II, she survived two ghettos, three labor camps, and then Theresienstadt with her mother and eight siblings (while her father survived Bergen-Belsen). After the war the family was reunited and settled in an abandoned village near Rehovot, Israel. She served in the Israel Defense Force attaining the rank of Captain. After her discharge from the IDF, Sara studied movement therapy at the Kibbbutzim College. In 1969, she married Israeli-American Leeam Aldouby. They spent the next three years in the United States because his mother was ill. She finished her course in movement therapy at New York Medical College, and had the first of their four children. They returned to Israel in 1972, where Leeam became the first pharmacy director of the Rebecca Ziv Medical Center, and later started his own pharmacy near Tiberias. While raising her children, Sara began taking art classes in the local artists’ colony. As she said, “I loved the land of Israel, including the desert. I collected shells, stones, and everything that led me to creating art. I grew up in an Orthodox home and went to religious schools; so the themes of the Bible were always very strong for me. Later, as a mother and wife, I came to understand the power of women in the Bible.” She explored those subjects in her sculptures.
Sunday, April 23rd • 6:00 pm
A MODERN UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIBLE—ITS HEROES
Join us at Beth El for a comemorative service and candle lighting. Afterwards, artist Sara Aldouby will tell her story. There will be time at the conclussion to view her exhibit in the museum. Please join us.
with Rabbi David Blumenfeld, Ph.D. (Near Eastern Literature and Languages)
Shabbat Morning, 8:30 am - 9:30 am Our sessions will explore the lives of a number of heroes in the Bible. By applying up-to-date scholarship to the biblical text, a deeper understanding of who they really were (withut the usual hyperbole) will be achieved. All are welcome.
Westchester’s Jewish History and Heritage Month Celebration Monday, May 8th, 6:00 pm
Saturday, April 22nd Elijah The Prophet
Michaelian Office Building, 148 Martine Avenue, 8th Floor, White Plains We are delighted to announce that Martine Fleishman, Frank Hassid, and DONALD FLEISHAKER will be the honorees at this annual celebration, as we celebrate UJA-Federation on its 100th anniversary.
Saturday, April 29th Ezra The Scribe Saturday, May 13th Heroic Women in the Bible 7
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Daf Shevui Israeli Dancing, with Cantor Aqua Stories for Your Seder: The Exodus from Egypt and the Rabbinic Imagination, with Rabbi Sitkin Stories for Your Seder: The Exodus from Egypt and the Rabbinic Imagination (Sitkin) Introduction to Judaism (at Beth El) The Jewish State & The Arab Israeli Conflict Talmud’s Twists & Turns, with Rabbi Hojda Parashat HaShavuah with Rabbi Josh Dorsch and Jack Gruenberg Beginners Ulpan, with Miri Ben-Avi Advanced Ulpan, with Miri Ben-Avi “A Modern Understanding of the Bible,” Rabbi Blumenfeld Daf Shevui Israeli Dancing, with Cantor Aqua Talmud’s Twists & Turns, with Rabbi Hojda Parashat HaShavuah, with Rabbi Josh Dorsch and Jack Gruenberg Contemplative Service, with Rabbi Schuck Daf Shevui Israeli Dancing, with Cantor Aqua The Jewish State & The Arab Israeli Conflict Talmud’s Twists & Turns, with Rabbi Hojda Parashat HaShavuah with Rabbi Josh Dorsch and Jack Gruenberg Beginners Ulpan with Miri Ben-Avi Advanced Ulpan with Miri Ben-Avi Rabbi Blumenfeld “A Modern Understanding of the Bible” Daf Shevui Israeli Dancing, with Cantor Aqua Memories to Go, with Lynn Lowin Introduction to Judaism (off-site) The Jewish State and the Arab- Israeli Conflict Talmud’s Twists & Turns, with Rabbi Hojda Parashat HaShavuah, with Rabbi Josh Dorsch and Jack Gruenberg Beginners Ulpan, with Miri Ben-Avi Advanced Ulpan, with Miri Ben-Avi Daf Shevui Israeli Dancing
LEARNERS’ SERVICE Shabbat, April 22nd 10:00 am - 11:00 am with Rabbi Sitkin Our community is diverse; people have varying degrees of knowledge about Jewish text, tradition, worship, and access to Hebrew vocabulary. Since Jewish prayer assumes a certain amount of background exposure and knowledge, this service is intended to create an access point into prayer for those who may feel lost and/or alienated from our typical prayer services. The Learners’ Service is an introductory exploration of the prayer service. Each prayer will be studied in depth and read in English to gain a basic understanding of its meaning and intent. We will discuss the basic physical mechanics of each prayer when necessary. It is our hope that over time, everyone in our community will be able to enter the sanctuary with confidence and feel at home.
Tween Discussion Saturday, April 29th This is a place for tweens to discuss and study a topic that is relevant to tweens and/or to the Jewish calendar. It is informal and there are snacks at the beginning. After the discussion, we enter the sanctuary together for the sermon and musaf. 1 0: 30 AM - 1 1:15 AM
Questions? For Ulpan classes, contact Miri Ben Avi at miriulpan@gmail.com, or 914-602-1503. For all other classes, contact Rabbi Dorsch at jdorsch@bethelnr.org, or 914-235-2700, ext. 260. 8
ALSO ON May 27 and June 3
LIMMUD PRESENTS
SEUDAH SHLISHIT
Stories for Your Seder: The Exodus from Egypt and the Rabbinic Imagination
(Third Meal)
Saturday, April 22 6:45 pm - 8:15 pm
with Rabbi Zach Sitkin
PLEASE COME IN CASUAL ATTIRE.
Wednesday April 5th
Shabbat Get Together for Empty Nesters
This class is offered from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon, and from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm.
KULANU SHABBAT PASSOVER EXPERIENCE Friday, April 14th Shabbat Pesach 6:00 pm led by Dan Burton and Ron Burton
6:45 pm
SCHMOOZE, WINE, HORS D’OEUVRES
7:30 pm MINCHA 7:50 pm
GROUP DISCUSSION, FACILITATED BY RABBI ZACH SITKIN
OPEN TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY
Have fun with Yiddish! FRIDAYS, 1:00 pm at beth el
Questions? Contact Bea Freedman, 914-337-8645.
JEWISH LIFE AND THOUGHT IN EASTERN EUROPE Taught by Rabbi David Schuck and Dr. Carol Diament
Thursdays, at 9:30
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DATES: May 4, May 11, May 18, May 25, and June 8* *June 8th is a double session, with Dr. Carol Diament
Rabbi David Schuck will focus on the primary sources of Hasidic thinkers. Dr. Carol Diament will focus on the primary sources of Jewish Enlightenment thinkers and writers Donation for all sessions: Community members, $90 • Beth El members, $60 Register at www.bethelnr.org/limmud. 9
Please mark your calendars, make reservations and join us at the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs’ Awards Luncheon, which will be held this year on Sunday, April 30th, at 1:00 pm, at Shaarei Tikvah in Scarsdale. We are pleased to announce that Rabbi Josh Dorsch is being honored as our Man-of-the-Year and Avi Carr-Gloth is being honored as our Youth-of-the-Year. You
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can visit www.HVRFJMC.ORG for more information and to make reservations. Ads are due by April 15, 2017 and reservations by April 23rd. Let’s have a strong turnout to support the Beth El Men’s Club People of the Year! We are again planning to get tickets and attend a minor league baseball game during the summer with the Rockland Boulders. Details will follow. We also want to remind you to plan on
performing a mitzvah by giving blood at our Spring Blood Drive on May 7, 2017. It is Temple Israel of New Rochelle’s turn to host our jointly sponsored Spring Blood Drive, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. Please register at www.bethelnr.org/blooddrive, though “walkins” are always welcome. Feel free to call the office with any questions or send an e-mail. Best wishes to all for a Zissen Pesach! Steven Young President of Men’s Club
Beth El Synagogue Center and Temple Israel of New Rochelle are proud to jointly sponsor
OUR SPRING BLOOD DRIVE SUNDAY, MAY 7th at Temple Israel
1000 Pinebroook Blvd, New Rochelle, NY 10804
8:30 am – 12:30 pm Please register at bethelnr.org/blooddrive. “Walk-ins” are always welcome too.
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SISTERHOOD Sisterhood Scene As I write this winter is not quite over and we are awaiting a serious winter storm. Yet, the Jewish calendar, the central focus of our lives, tells us that Purim is over so spring is not far behind, bringing us Passover and all that it means in the lives of women and their families. We all groan when we think about the work of preparing for Passover but I know we all feel the joy and satisfaction of spending time around the table with those who are dear to us. April also brings a very special event— our annual Joan Freedman Sisterhood Shabbat, on April 29. On that day we will remember Joan Freedman, who passed away suddenly during her tenure as Sisterhood President. Joan was so proud of all that we do and all that we contribute to synagogue and Jewish life. In her honor, Sisterhood members will lead all aspects of our Shabbat service, from beginning to end, showcasing the many talents of the women of our congregation. We work hard and spend
weeks practicing so that we can spend a very beautiful and meaningful Shabbat morning together. Please make every effort to join us. This month, we will also spend time talking about a very special book—Washing the Dead, by Michelle Brafman. Two events are planned, one on the morning of April 24 when our Bagels and Books Group will discuss the book. On Tuesday evening, April 25, we will meet with the author to find out more about her book and the Jewish custom of Tahara. These events are open to all. Please see further information on this page and in Beth El e-mails and announcements. In closing, I ask that you watch your mail for the invitation to our annual Sisterhood Spring Gala where we will honor a very special Sisterhood member, Blanche Fried. For decades Blanche has worked diligently to make sure that Shabbat dinners were sent to those in mourning to help ease their grief and let them know that Beth El cares. Join us as we honor this very deserving Sisterhood member. B’shalom Barbara Horowitz
You are invited to Beth El Sisterhood’s Spring Gala Dona e l b tions honoring a l i va sA
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Blanche Fried Tuesday, May 16th at Beth El Synagogue Center
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6:00 pm Cocktails 7:00 pm Dinner Couvert: $75 per person Attendance by advance reservation only. Please R.S.V.P. to Carol Freedman, 2 Turner Drive, New Rochelle, NY 10804 by Monday, May 1st.
New Rochelle Hadassah Welcomes Spring!
LET’S DO LUNCH! Join us for a chef-inspired luncheon and musical presentation!
“An Afternoon of Music with Norma Wasserman” Monday, May 1st • 12 noon at the home of Carole and David Curtis
60 Somerset Rd., New Rochelle, NY. Get ready for some lively popular music, show tunes, and a sing-along. Join us as Norma shares her artistic talent and creative journey while you savor a delicious buffet luncheon. $36 donation. As in the past, your entire donation will benefit Hadassah Hospital. R.S.V.P. 235-9747. Everyone welcome!
Thursday, May 4th
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman Free!
SISTERHOOD’S“BAGELS & BOOKS” BOOK CLUB
Monday, April 24th 9:30 am
No R.S.V.P. needed.
Sisterhood Programs
We will discuss Washing the Dead, by Michelle Brafman, who will visit on Tuesday, April 25th. (See Bulletin cover.*)
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C A R D R O O M, 12:45 pm weekly: Canasta,Mondays; Mah Jongg, Tuesdays. WALKING CLUB every Monday, 9:30 am. All are welcome! QUESTIONS? Contact Arlene Salman at aesalman@aol.com, or 914-235-2485.
KERUV* KORNER The Company Keruv Keeps The Keruv Committee is composed of folks who desire to make Beth El as welcoming and inclusive as we can, within the bounds of Conservative Jewish halacha, financial and other practical constraints, and plain good sense. We have a formal structure—task forces that focus on intermarriage, special needs and LGBTQ issues—and semi-regular meetings of a beautiful group of people who, in more cases than not, have been bonded to Beth El for decades. That’s “formal” Keruv, working to open Beth El’s doors a bit wider to individuals and families who may not see them as open. What would normally follow right about now is a detailed list of Committee achievements: our cross-generational work, speakers and panels, new facility services, non-traditional religious services, new members. All of which is true, all of which we are proud, but let’s not go there. Moved by Rabbi Schuck’s description, in an earlier Bulletin, of a Manhattan synagogue’s members who simply up
and visited their local hospital following Shabbat services in performance of the mitzvah of bikkur cholim, and inspired by Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove’s Park Avenue d’var Torah several weeks ago entitled “The Company We Keep,” which envisions the synagogue as the place where we have been commanded to be our best selves, the Keruv Committtee takes this opportunity to thank our community, the company that Keruv keeps, for doing keruv without fanfare or formality. “Doing keruv”? That’s when: • a Beth El member brings the children of a neighbor, as well as his or her own, to the Purim Carnival; • a twenty-something Shabbat attendee quietly asks a group of the Bar Mitzvah boy’s buddies to up and move down the row so that a non-member family attending the simcha will be able to sit together during the service; • a tall gentleman member sitting in the back of the sanctuary on that same Bar Mitzvah morning quietly goes out to get a chair for a late arrival;
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*“Keruv” = to bring close, to draw near
• one member of a weekly Kiddush table voluntarily moves to another table, away from her friends, so that an elderly gentleman who is alone will have a seat and, with a wink at the gentleman, asks those friends to make him feel at home; • a member of our synagogue approaches the Keruv Committee to suggest that when we look into programs for LGBTQ youth, we should not forget the large Orthodox youth community around Beth El; • a member of our teen community holds the front door open for six long minutes, composed and smiling, while a group of visitors from Chai House get themselves organized to enter, and then asks if there’s anything else he can do to assist. All of these were real encounters and all merely one person’s observations. In our hearts and heads we know that this just skims the surface. That our best selves shine in this community, and that the company Keruv keeps is sacred.
Nursery School News Purim in the Nursery School is one of the most festive times of the year. It presents a wonderful opportunity to engage children in a developmentally appropriate manner as we begin to instill in them an appreciation of their Jewish heritage. We begin two weeks before the holiday, on Rosh Chodesh Adar, when we start to build the anticipation by dialoging about costume choices and favorite hamantashen flavors. Many classes engaged in a study of sounds which involved identifying different sounds on a tape recorder, identifying our friends voices on tape, examining and experimenting with a variety of musical instruments, and culminated with students making their own graggers (noisemakers) to be used in synagogue during the reading of the megillah. Beyond hearing the megillah, there are a number of additional mitzvot linked to the holiday of Purim. This year a big focus was on mishloach manot, the sending of food baskets to friends and family. Our twos classes created triangle-shaped
vessels and sent home delicious hamantashen that they had made in school. Our threes classes exchanged baskets with each other, while our four-year-olds partnered with four-year-olds from a neighboring nursery school. Our pre-visit activities included an exchange of pictures and letters. On Shushan Purim, our children traveled by bus (in costume) for their visit. When they arrived, there was joyous singing and parading with their new acquaintances, lead by Bobby Doowah. Afterwards, the children went back to classrooms and enjoyed snack together. They even carved out some time for communal play and exploration and everyone stated their desire to visit again real soon! Ronnie Becher, Director
PURIM FUN
through 4 4 March 29 -April April Open during nursery school Open Sunday, April 2 and dropNursery off and pick ups & during School Sunday, drop off andApril pick 2up. In the Youth Lounge!
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Fabulous selection of books geared to Nursery School children through 6th grade!
Consider books to enrich your Passover seder, for gifts, and for your children.
YOUTH & FAMILY ENGAGEMENT A Note from Jen . . .
One of my favorite parts of the story of the Israelite Exodus from Egypt takes place at the very end of the story. After crossing the Red Sea and watching the waters close on the Egyptians, Miriam and the women gather with their timbrels (who knew they grabbed tambourines to carry out of Egypt with them!) and together they joined in song and dance (Exodus 15:20-21). For me, this is an incredibly powerful image. Music and dance are central to the way we as Jews express joy and I love this tidbit in the story because it is Miriam who takes on the leadership role of being the “joy-inspirer” amongst the people. As we celebrate Pesach together this month, I hope we can all find opportunities to be “joy-inspirers” amongst our family and friends, that we can find moments to sing, dance, and be together.
April Youth Community Highlights Sunday, April 2 Chocolate Seder & Prince of Egypt for Ruach and Chaverim, 2:45 pm-4:45 pm Monday, April 3
Special Needs Seder, 5:30 pm
Sunday, April 23
Rosh Hodesh Iyar Parent Learning, with Rabbi Dorsch 9:15 am METNY Kadima Day
Thursday, April 27
USY Program, 6:30 pm
Saturday, April 29
Tween Shabbat, 10:30 am
Sunday, April 30
Rosh Hodesh Girls, 1:00 pm
Watch your e-mail for information about other upcoming Youth Events!
Youth Community Updates March was epic with two fun-filled weekends of Purim celebrations. This year’s ComiCarnival was a blast, with a giant inflatable obstacle course, tons of games and prizes, and delicious snacks. Thank you to the teens and adults who ran booths, sold food, managed prizes, and helped with set up and clean up. We couldn’t have done it without you! We are also very grateful to all the congregants who participated in our Matanot Le’evyonim, Annual Purim Campaign. Through your contributions, we have been able to make generous donations to Masorti (the Conservative Movement in Israel) and Mazon (the Jewish Response to Hunger). The funds also support the coming year’s Youth Community programming. We’re excited for all of April’s Pesach festivities and can’t wait to see you soon! Keep your eyes peeled because our Shavuot Cheesecake Fundraiser will begin soon!
Our youth at so much fun at this year’s Annual Purim Carnival!
Some of our teens and families enjoyed doing the mitzvah of matanot le’evyonim (giving to those in need) this Purim by participating in a Breakfast Run
Our 7th grade Beth El basketball team made it to the finals and came in second place in the entire Westchester Jewish Basketball League. Kol HaKavod! Photo credit: Brian Bosworth and Lauren Freeman-Bosworth 14
YOUTH & FAMILY ENGAGEMENT Religious School Update April Religious School Highlights
There is some very exciting learning happening in our Religious School classes! From Torah stories (our Gan class recently made pillow cases after learning about Jacob’s dream of the ladder ascending to heaven), and Biblical characters (Kitah Hey is finishing their living wax museum of Biblical Characters) to tefillah (Gimel just finished Hallelujah and made instruments out of recycled materials because they focus on the mitzvah of ba’al tashchit, not wasting) and more, there’s never a dull moment in Beth El Religious School!
Sunday, April 2 Sunday, April 9 – Tuesday, April 18
Interactive Exodus Stations
Friday, April 21
Gan & Alef Erev Shabbat
Sunday, April 23
Yom HaShoah Observance, 6:00 pm
Thursday, April 27
Art for Alef & Dalet
Sunday, April 30
Art for Bet & Gimel
Closed for Pesach
Follow the Religious School on Twitter! @bethelrelschool
YOUTH PASSOVER SERVICE SCHEDULE Youth Services, 10:45 am Shabbat SPACE offered all four days, 9:30 am-1:00 pm First days of Passover Tuesday, April 11 Wednesday, April 12 Later days of Passover Monday, April 17 Tuesday, April 18
Kitah Alef had a great time celebrating Purim by dressing up and making their own hamantashen, and they enjoyed eating their hamantashen too!
Kitah Gimel made instruments from recycled materials after studying Psalm 150, Hallelujah.
Incentive Scholarships for Ramah Sleep Away Camp and USY Summer Programs Beth El Members: Submit Application by April 28th
Beth El Synagogue is pleased to offer incentive scholarships to support children of our Beth El members to attend Ramah Sleep Away Camp. Scholarships are intended to encourage youth to participate and are not based on financial need. For a scholarship application contact Lauren Berger at LBerger422@aol.com. Thanks to a generous donation from the Price-Wexler Family Camp Ramah Endowment, scholarships are offered to campers in families who have not had a child attend Camp Ramah sleep away, or
have attended only one summer. You may apply for a scholarship for up to $1,000 for first time families and up to $500 for a second summer. Thinking about a United Synagogue Youth (USY) trip for next summer? USY offers great summer trips to Israel, across the US and more. Travel and fun in a Conservative Jewish environment helps to form memories of a lifetime. Beth El is pleased to offer incentive scholarships to support teen participation. Scholarships are intended to encourage 15
participation and are not based on financial need. These scholarships are made possible thanks to contributions to The Teen Educational Experience Scholarship Fund from Beth El members, including a generous contribution from Sisterhood. For a scholarship application, contact Lauren Berger at LBerger422@aol.com. Acknowledgements of donations to the Teen Educational Experience Scholarship Fund are listed in the Beth El Bulletin. To make a contribution, visit bethelnr. org/donate.
MEMORIES TO GO OUR SEDER, 1973 It was the first night of Pesach in 1973 when Ambrose came to our Seder. The family had gathered at our home in New Rochelle, N.Y. Present were our three sons—Steve, the oldest, with his wife, Judy; Arnie, the middle, with his fiancée Lynne and her parents, sister, aunt, and two cousins; David, the youngest, who was still in high school. Also with us were my husband’s sister Pearl, her husband, Stanley, their daughter Helene, her husband Chuck, their little red headed twin girls; my two teenage nephews (their parents were visiting Israel); and, of course, my husband, Herman, and me—a total of twenty-one people! The table extended from the dining area into an L-shape through the length of the living room. Herman sat at the living room end and I at the kitchen end. The night was warm so we left the doors open. Our home is set back from the street over a hundred feet away, up a long, curved driveway, and hidden from view by large evergreen trees. We had just finished the part of the Seder where we say, “Let all who are hungry come and eat,” when my husband saw a young man standing behind me with hands clasped behind his back. Thinking it was a friend of one of our sons, Herman said, “Shalom! Eliyahu (Elijah the prophet) is here!” I turned around and jumped up! I did not know this man! He was young, perhaps 25 or so, and slim, with a neatly trimmed black beard. He wore a black turtleneck shirt, tight jeans, and sneakers. My first thoughts were that we were going to be robbed. Steve and Arnie closed the doors and checked the rest of the house to make sure that no one else had come in. I slowly moved around to see what was in his hands—a gun? One of the carving knives left out on the kitchen counter? There was nothing in his hands. He was not carrying a weapon. Not wanting to upset him, I quietly asked, “What can I do for you?” He said, “Nothing.” “What do you want?” “I want to watch.”
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on the other side of him. Facing him was Chuck, a gym teacher. As I went to get a place setting for him, I hesitated to give him a knife and wine, but decided to treat him like everyone else. “What is your name,” I asked. “Ambrose.” “Ambrose what?” “Does it matter?” I said, “No. Where are you from?” He said, “Does it matter?” He seemed to have a slight accent.
I gave up trying to make conversation. We gave him a Haggadah and went on with the Seder. Steve explained the rituals as we went along. The only time Ambrose showed any reaction was when we read a prayer for the Russian “refuseniks,” Sharansky and the others, which was a popular cause at the time. We finished eating. He ate very well. As we began to clear the table to get ready for the dessert, he stood up and said, “I think it is time for me to go.” I got up with him as he walked around the table to the twins, who were about six-years-old. He cupped his hands together over their heads then opened his palms upwards, turned to me and said, “I left them a blessing, which they will need. Would you please show me the way to the main road?” He left and I gave a huge sigh of relief. My brother-in-law Stanley said, “that was some show you put on! I said, “That was no show.” Stanley cried out, “Are you crazy? He could have killed us all!” We joked that he was Eliyahu and that the photos David took of him would not come out. But they did! Within the year, Stanley had died, Chuck had left Helene and abandoned the twins to their disturbed mother, Pearl, who had never worked before, got a job, moved into Helene’s home and took care of the three of them. Ambrose’s blessing must have worked. Someone must have been watching over those girls because the twins grew up to be beautiful women, went to fine colleges, and got good jobs, and one is now married and has two beautiful children of her own. He did not smell of liquor; he did not appear to be on drugs. Only recently, 44 years later, someone told me the meaning of I told him, “It is our holiday; you cannot watch, but you can join us at the table if you wish.” He said he would join us. I added the name Ambrose. It comes from the Greek, “ambrotos,” which a chair next to me and Steve switched places with someone to sit means immortal.
SHALOM YISRAEL
Israel@69
Looking for host families…
Monday, May 1st • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
7:00 pm: Yom Hazikaron Memorial Ceremony 7:30 pm : Yom Ha’atzmaut Israel Independence Day Celebrations
Shalom Yisrael, celebrating its 31st year is a group of Westchesterbased volunteers who bring Israeli first responder/trauma care providers from the area near Gaza to the United States each spring for two weeks of much deserved rest, relaxation and learning. Families host our guests and volunteer drivers take them around touring, learning, and shopping. This year’s group of first responder women will be arriving Sunday, April 30th, and we are looking for one or two Beth El families to host one or two guests. Beth El families have been hosting for years and we look forward to continuing this unbelievable experience of building personal bridges with Israel by hosting. For information, contact Jay Rehr at 914-337-3744, or jayre123@gmail.com.
at the JCC of Mid-Westchester
Join us for an evening honoring and celebrating Israel, including music by Israeli band “Capaim”, an Israeli “shuk” (food market), arts & crafts for kids, Israeli dancing for all, “The Voice” teen competition and more. Free and open to all, but to the JCC. Co-sponsors: Westchester Jewish Council, JCC of Mid-Westchester, The Jewish Education Project, UJA-Federation of NY, AJC Westchester/ Fairfield, Beth El Synagogue Center, Camp Zeke, JNF and Stand With Us (list in formation) 16
JOIN THE SMART* PEOPLE
* SMART = Senior, Mature Adult, Retired Together Programs
SMART* Programs Wednesday, April 5th, 11:30 am. “The Story of Bernard Goetz; Vigilanti: The Subway Gunman,” presented by Judge Barry Salman, recently retired New York State Supreme Court Justice. Lunch to follow, approximately 12:30 pm. $5 per person. Enjoy a pre-Passover lunch of eggplant parmigiana, salad, and garlic bread. R.S.V.P. to Julie at 914-235-2700, ext. 256.
Wednesdays, 10:30
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At Beth El. Schedule is subject to change. No R.S.V.P.
First Wednesday of the month
APRIL 5: BALANCE EXERCISE AND FITNESS using resistance bands, with Tim from North End Fitness.
Wednesday, April 19th, 11:30 am, Current Events with Shari Baum, M.S.W., following exercise. No charge.
Second Wednesday of the month
APRIL 12: No exercise today. Passover.
Sunday, April 23rd, 6:00 pm, Join the Beth El community for our Yom HaShoah commemoration and art exhibit. See page 7.
Third Wednesday of the month
APRIL 19: BALANCE AND FLEXIBILITY, with Judy.
Fourth Wednesday of the month
For questions or to R.S.V.P. on any SMART activity, contact Julie Rockowitz at jrockowitz@bethelnr.org, or 914-235-2700, ext. 256.
APRIL 26: CHAIR YOGA, with Nan (no charge).
Beth El Celebrates April Birthdays Beth El Synagogue Center would like to extend a “Happy Birthday!” to its members with a birthday in the month of April. If you have an April birthday, we hope that you will join Karine Aizenberg Charles Altman Jackie Barrett Adam Bernstein Lisa Bernstein Steven Brick Michele Brick Felice Brostoff Steve Brostoff Danielle Brot Adam Burton Madeline Burton Bina Carr Rachel Casanova Deborah Chassen Dara Chester Fred Cohen Elisa Cohen Judith Cooper Andrew Dorfman Maxine Dreizen
Leah Edelson Hannah Ehudin Jerome Epstein Ilan Felberg Erica Feldman-Bases Deborah Feuerstein Michael Fisher Tara Fishler Robin Freedman Blanche Fried Ari Friedman Debra Fuchs Laura Gelb Ellen Gelboim Lauren Ginsberg Susan Goldstein Yvette Gordon Sandra Gruenberg Helen Gruenfeld Lynn Gruenstein Sy Gruza
us for Kiddush lunch on Shabbat, April 8th. If you have an April birthday, but your name does not appear on the list, we are sorry for the omission and ask that you e-mail the synagogue at info@bethelnr.org so that we
can update our records. Please contact us if you do not wish to have your name appear on our birthday list. (The list reflects our adult members and post-bar/bat mitzvah children up to the age of 21.)
Sarah Halpern Matthew Hanau Lawrence Hanau Heather Henry Vona Herz Benjamin Hirsh Arthur Holland Ellen Hollander Marvin Hyman Lisa Jacobs Laura Jove Kathy Kafer Eunice Kaplan Robert Kattan Kenneth Katz Howard Katz Lisa Kaufman Beth Keltz Theodore Keltz Jason Kessler Lois Kohn-Claar
Reuben O’Neill Claire O’Neill Stanley Patchen Judith Pogostin Wendy Pomerantz Jordan Portnoy Mack Portnoy James Reid Juliana Reiner Clara Richmond Marlene Rimsky Avrun Rivel Nathaniel Rosen Alan Rosenberg Mark Rosenblum Judith Rosenfeld Karen Rosenfeld Theodore Rosenzweig Jeffrey Salama Roni Schiffres Susan Schlecker
Zack Kornreich Lucy Kravitz Peter Lane Jerome Lebowitz Dori Leibowitz Ford Lenchner Joshua Levine Mitchell Littman Jenny Longman Irvine Marcus Barbara Margolin Susan Masri Lawi Lenore May Lisa Medin Frank Meyers Jacob Mittleman Patricia Morris Susan Morris Grace Myron Herschel Norwitz Shannon Norwitz 17
Steven Schwartz Jonah Seidenfeld Mark Seidenfeld Joshua Shedroff Ella Shteingart Brent Siegel Allison Silberberg Samuel Silverman Rochelle Silverman Jason Silverman Jeffrey Solomon Tamar Tait Eric Turkewitz Nurit Vamos Jacob Wachs Abraham Walfish Sharon Weiner Rick Weisbrod Boris Ziser
APRIL 2017 MONDAY
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Please visit the Beth El Synagogue Center website, WWW.BETHELNR.ORG for the most current information on meetings and events. To send us a message, e-mail info@bethelnr.org.
1324 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10804-2190 914-235-2700 • www.bethelnr.org
A Conservative synagogue affiliated with the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Rabbi .................................... David A. Schuck Hazzan ........................................ Jamie Gloth Associate Rabbi...................... Joshua Dorsch Associate Cantor ...............................Uri Aqua Assistant Rabbi.........................Zachary Sitkin Rabbi Emeritus ......................Melvin N. Sirner Hazzan Emeritus ....................Farid Dardashti Executive Director ..................Erica Leventhal Controller .................................... Olivier Vogel Day Camp Director .................Julie Rockowitz Nursery School Director ......... Ronnie Becher Dir. of Youth & Family Engagement ...Jen Vegh Special Projects Director ........ Linda Newman Maintenance Director ............... Milton Sinclair OFFICERS President ............................ Samuel E. Berger Executive Vice President....... Mark Seidenfeld Vice President ...........................Daniel Burton Vice President ...................Sandra Gruenberg Vice President .................Geralynn C. Reifer Treasurer ...............................Joseph Wygoda Financial Secretary ................. Barbara Cohen Recording Secretary ..................Jayne Peister AFFILIATES Sisterhood President ...........Barbara Horowitz Men’s Club President ........... Steven L. Young Religious Sch. Parent Org. ........... Ellen Barlis, Sharon Brown, Rachel Casanova, Marci Marcus Nursery Sch. Parent Org. ...Rachel Messinger
Visit us on facebook at facebook.com/BethElSynagogueCenter
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Beth El maintains morning and evening services every day of the year. Contact Associate Cantor Uri Aqua, 914-235-2700, ext. 222.
Shacharit*
Saturdays – 9:00 am Sundays – 8:00 am Mondays & Thursdays, 6:55 am Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 7:00 am
Evening Minyan Times Mincha and Maariv
April
1 – 20 7:15 pm 22 – 27 7:30 pm 29 – 30 7:45 pm
NOTE: Friday evening services are held at 7:00 pm throughout the spring and suxmmer months.
6 NISAN
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7 NISAN
Zumba 9:30 am
Walking Club 9:30 am
Israeli Dancing 10:00 am
Canasta 12:45 pm
Ruach 2:45 pm Chaverim 2:45 pm Passover Cooking Demo 3:00 pm
Special Needs Seder 5:30 pm Board of Trustees 8:00 pm
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10
13 NISAN Religious School Closed
Zumba 9:30 am Israeli Dancing 10:00 am
SEARCH FOR HAMETZ AFTER DARK
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Mah Jongg 12:45 pm
Sisterhood Executive Board Mtg. 6:30 pm Sisterhood General Board Meeting 7:30 pm College-Age Comm. Packing 7:30 pm Connecting Young Children to the Seder 7:30 pm Modern Hot Seder Topics 7:30 pm
14 NISAN
Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am
afTER
Early Mincha/Maariv 6:00 pm SECOND SEDER FIRST DAY OF PASSOVER
4 IYAR
28 NISAN Post-Passover Food Drive
Sisterhood Bagels & Books with New Rochelle Hadassah 9:30 am Walking Club 11:30 am Canasta 12:45 pm Memories to Go 1:30 pm Wise Aging Group 3:00 pm
Zumba 9:30 am Israeli Dancing 10:00 am Keruv Committee Meeting 11:00 am Fed. Jew Men’s Clubs Lunch 1:00 pm (Off-sITE) Rosh Hodesh Group 1:00 pm
YOM HASHOAH
22 NISAN
Hashkamah Minyan with Yizkor 6:30 am Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am
YIZKOR EIGHTH DAY OF PASSOVER
SEVENTH DAY OF PASSOVER
27 NISAN 24
afTER
8:12 pm
Mincha and Shiur 7:15 pm Maariv/ Yom Tov Ends 8:20 pm
Mincha/Maariv 7:15 pm
HOL HAMOED SIXTH DAY OF PASSOVER
Nursery and Religious Schools Closed Synagogue Offices Closed
Nursery and Religious Schools Closed Synagogue Offices Closed 8:20 pm
Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am
Rosh Hodesh Parent Learning 9:15 am Zumba 9:30 am Israeli Dancing 10:00 am Yom HaShoah Commemoration and Artist Exhibit 6:00 pm
15 NISAN
18
21 NISAN Nursery School Closed Synagogue Offices Closed
7:19 pm
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Early Mincha/Maariv 6:30 pm
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Nursery School Bookfair
Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am
Religious School Closed
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8 NISAN
Nursery School Closed Fast of the First Born begins 4:58 am Siyyum following Shahrit 6:55 am 7:12 pm Sell Hametz by 9:30 am Walking Club 9:30 am No Hametz after 10:46 am Burn Hametz by 11:51 am Canasta 12:45 pm Early Mincha/Maariv 6:15 pm FIRST SEDER EREV PASSOVER
20 NISAN
Israeli Dancing 10:00 am
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Nursery School Bookfair
Nursery School Bookfair
BULLETIN EDITOR ............... Linda Newman
Daily Minyan
TUESDAY
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29 NISAN Post-Passover Food Drive
Last Day: Early Bird Kallah Registration Mah Jongg 12:45 pm Sisterhood Discussion with Author Michelle Brafman on Washing the Dead 7:30 pm
NISAN ~ IYAR 5777 WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
THURSDAY
SHABBAT 1
5 NISAN Shabbat ends 8:02 pm
VAYIKRA
Bar Mitzvah Andrew Bosworth BE Mitzvah Experience 9:30 am Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Service Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am Daf Shevui 12:30 pm
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9 NISAN
Limmud: The Birth of the Jewish State, with Rabbi Molly Karp 10:00 am Stories for Your Seder Table 10:30 am Get SMART* Get Fit 10:30 am (*Senior, Mature Adult, Retired Together) SMART* Disussion 11:30 am (*Senior, Mature Adult, Retired Together) by Judge Barry Salman Mindfulness Meditation 6:45 pm Stories for Your Seder Table 7:30 pm Intro to Judaism 7:30 pm (aT bETh El)
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16 NISAN Nursery School Closed
Synagogue Offices Closed Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am Mincha and Shiur 7:15 pm Maariv/ Yom Tov Ends 8:12 pm
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10 NISAN
Limmud: The Jewish State and the ArabIsraeli Conflict 10:00 am Talmud’s Twists & Turns, with Rabbi David Hojda 10:00 pm
23 NISAN
Limmud: The Birth of the Jewish State, with Rabbi Molly Karp 10:00 am Get SMART* Get Fit 10:30 am (*Senior, Mature Adult, Retired Together)
11 NISAN
Yiddish Vinkl 1:00 pm
7:08 pm
Parashat Hashavua 1:30 pm Hebrew Ulpan, Beginners 6:30 pm Israel Affairs Committee Mtg. 7:30 pm Hebrew Ulpan, Advanced 8:00 pm
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17 NISAN
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18 NISAN Nursery School Closed
Talmud’s Twists & Turns, with Rabbi David Hojda 10:00 pm
Yiddish Vinkl 1:00 pm
Parashat Hashavua 1:30 pm
Keruv Kulanu Shabbat Passover Experience 6:00 pm
Kasakove High Holiday Meeting 7:00 pm
Mincha/Maariv 7:00 pm
HOL HAMOED THIRD DAY OF PASSOVER
24 NISAN
Limmud: The Jewish State and the ArabIsraeli Conflict 10:00 am Talmud’s Twists & Turns, with Rabbi David Hojda 10:00 pm Parashat Hashavua 1:30 pm
7:16 pm
HOL HAMOED FOURTH DAY OF PASSOVER
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25 NISAN
7:23 pm
Rel. Sch. Gan & Alef Erev Shabbat 6:00 pm
Post-Passover Food Drive Limmud: The Birth of the Jewish State, with Rabbi Molly Karp 10:00 am Get SMART* Get Fit 10:30 am (*Senior, Mature Adult, Retired Together)
ROSH HODESH
1 IYAR
Post-Passover Food Drive Limmud: The Jewish State and the ArabIsraeli Conflict 10:00 am Talmud’s Twists & Turns, with Rabbi David Hojda 10:00 pm Parashat Hashavua 1:30 pm USY Program 6:30 pm Hebrew Ulpan, Beginners 6:30 pm Ritual Committee Meeting 7:30 pm Hebrew Ulpan, Advanced 8:00 pm ROSH HODESH
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Memory Minyan 6:00 pm
7:30 pm
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Shabbat end 8:24 pm
Bar Mitzvah Adam Barrett A Modern Understanding 8:30 am Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Learners Service 10:00 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am Daf Shevui 12:30 pm Community Seudah Shlishit 6:45 pm
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Yiddish Vinkl 1:00 pm
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Shabbat ends 8:17 pm
Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Contemplative Service 9:30 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am
MEVARCHIM
Yiddish Vinkl 1:00 pm
Hebrew Ulpan, Advanced 8:00 pm
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USY Shabbat Conversation 10:30 am Youth Services 10:45 am Daf Shevui 12:30 pm FIFTH DAY OF PASSOVER
Hebrew Ulpan, Beginners 6:30 pm
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Birthday Shabbat Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Shabbat Discussion Group 10:15 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Youth Services 10:45 am Daf Shevui 12:30 pm
PESACH
Rosh Hodesh Group 6:00 pm
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Shabbat ends 8:09 pm
SHABBAT HAGADOL
Nursery and Religious Schools Closed
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Kadima 6:00 pm
SECOND DAY OF PASSOVER
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3 IYAR Shabbat ends 8:31 pm
Sisterhood Shabbat A Modern Understanding 8:30 am Shabbat SPACE 9:30 am Pre-Serv Oneg 10:15 am Tween Shabbat Experience 10:30 am Youth Services 10:45 am Daf Shevui 12:30 pm
NEWSMAKERS
APRIL YAHRZEIT OBSERVANCES
Mazal tov to: Rabbi Zach and Lisa Sitkin on the birth of their son Avi; Wendy and Alan Rosenberg on the birth of their grandson Charlie Frances Rosenberg, and to parents Brian and Amanda Rosenberg and grandparents Susan and Stuart Graber.
A Warm Beth El Mazal Tov to One and All!!
Share your milestone events with us! If you experience a milestone or a loss in your family, contact Linda at LNewman@bethelnr.org, or 914-235-2700, ext. 246.
Kiddush The Kiddush of March 11th was sponsored by Jay Sitkin and Lori Feldman and Allen and Barbara Mendler in honor of the birth of their grandson, son of Rabbi Zach and Lisa Sitkin. The Kiddush of March 18th was sponsored by Galina Erlikh in honor of the bar mitzvah of her grandson Aden Erlikh, son of Marina and James Erlikh. The Kiddush of March 25th was sponsored by Ella and Russ Fayer in honor of the baby naming of their granddaughter, daughter of Jared and Shari Fayer. The Kiddush of April 1st will be sponsored by Lauren FreemanBosworth and Brian Bosworth in honor of the bar mitzvah of their son Andrew Bosworth. The Kiddush of April 22nd will be sponsored by Jackie and Michael Barrett in honor of the bar mitzvah of their son Adam Barrett.
Welcome to the Beth El Community The Mamaysky Family of Tarrytown Arkady Mamaysky Harry, Isaac
The yahrzeit of the following deceased persons permanently inscribed on our Memorial Walls are observed on these dates: Sonia Nova 1 Alvin H. Nirenberg Jacob S. Stillman 1 Ralph Sam Rubin Theresa V. Joseph 2 Anna Hochberg Herman Karpel 2 Jacob Sussman Selma Mintz 3 Eugene Strauss Pauline Kelner 4 Max Weinrib Abraham Kovent 4 Isidor Baum Gertrude Morris 5 Harvey M. Harrison Judith Sacks 5 Irving Hochberg Dorothy Shanok 5 Jacob Miller Isaac Bloom 6 Clara Singer Joseph Guber 6 Lena Statsinger Abraham Strauss 6 Herman Hochberg Antoinette Loinger 7 Max Milstein Herman Mandel 7 Rose Feldman George Patchen 7 Sylvia Markman Irving Goldstein 8 David Heimann Herman Grad 8 Mamie Lichtenstein Joseph Kramer 8 Yetta Stieglitz Aaron Rappaport 8 Nathan Goldman Emilie Schmeidler 8 Irving Joslevitz Laura Goldman 9 Abraham Lampert Irving L. Greene 9 Jacob Mirsky Lawrence Leben 9 Matilda Fleet Doris E. Singer 9 David J. Lefkowitz Rita Streger 9 Julius Joseph Pinchas Zakai 9 Betty Axenzow Simon W. Farber 10 Harry Feinberg Isaac Fately 10 Edward Moskowitz Alice W. Nussbaum 10 Bessie Ginsburg Joan D. Sachs 10 Abraham B. Goldstein Henri Schmeidler 11 Rebecca K. Diamond Jacob Zimmerman 12 Shava M. Fab Freida Siegel 13 Marvin Fleishaker Monica Winters 13 Moe B. Safer Barney Arkow 14 Dr. Raymond Stillman Samuel Solomon Klingsberg 14 Rose Zarembski Helen Wertheim 14 T’ai Merion Ida Kovent 15 Anna Tarloff
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CONDOLENCES We record with sorrow the losses suffered by our members and friends and extend to them our deepest sympathies. Condolences to:
The Stein Family of New Rochelle Dana and Avi Stein
The family of Miriam Hirsch on her passing; Yvette Gordon on the loss of her sister-in-law Miriam Hirsch; Bonnie Jonas on the loss of her father, William Rubin; Marjorie Schlosberg on the loss of her sister-in-law Ruth Linnick; Bill Winters on the loss of his mother-in-law Inge Fischler, and Amanda and Melanie Winters on the loss of their grandmother; The family of Selma Moses on her passing; Lori Schwartz on the loss of her father, Morris Ordover.
The Zorowitz Family of New Rochelle Robert Zorowitz Sydney Rose, Jane Aliza
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CONTRIBUTIONS GENERAL FUND
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
Stanley Cohen, beloved husband and father, from Carol Herzberg in memory of her beloved father, Fred Wolf; Ari and Nancy Mayerfield in Aidan Synnot, and Robert B. Shumer. Paul Ganeles, beloved husband of Joan Ganeles, memory of Maya Cohen; Joan and Jonah Atlas IN HONOR OF: in honor of Ruth Kon on her birthday; Claire Clara Ingwer’s special birthday, from Raya and from Erica and Larry Epstein, Bettina Graf and Gerstein in loving memory of her grandmother family, Susan Klein and Stuart Pittel. Hillel Nortman. Rebecca Jackson; Judith Harary in honor of The birth of our granddaughters Ariella Ruth and Tola and Leon Messing, my loving parents, from Ruth Kon’s 85th birthday; Susan Greenstein, Micki Joseph. Andrea Mitchell, and Arthur Mitchell given Abigail Tamar, from Donna and Gary Levy. with gratitude and thanks to Rabbi Schuck; Our mothers Gail Goldstein Kenvin and Julia Ruth Kon’s special birthday, from Lynn and Mitchell Kaphan; Margo Lampert in memory of Lefkowitz on their yahrzeits, from Helene and Jeffery Lowin. Maya Hazel Cohen; Wendy Goulston given with Howard Goldstein. Lisa and Rabbi Zach Sitkin on the birth of their appreciation and thanks to Rabbi Schuck; Joyce Walter Klee, from Barbara Engelson and Marc son, from Carrie Fox and David Shechter. and Michael Wechsler in memory of Annette Klee. Chabrow; Elaine and Ed Krass in memory of Paul Donna and Abe Bartell on receiving the Inge Fishler, beloved matriarch of the Winters Ganeles; Carol and Paul Diament in memory of President’s Ne’emanim Service Award, from family and beloved grandmother of Amanda and Paul Ganeles, husband of Joan Ganeles; Beth Shelly and Morty Goldblatt. Melanie Winters, from Karen and Ronald Herzog. Siegel in memory of William Savitz, brother IN MEMORY OF: of Sandy Gruenberg; Linda and Sol Haber in YAHRZEIT/YIZKOR memory of Paul Ganeles; Ellen and Merill Maya Hazel Cohen, beloved granddaughter of Resnick for the recovery of Roz Kaufman; DONATIONS Lenore and Rabbi Melvin Sirner and daughter of Gabrielle Sirner Cohen and Morris Cohen, from Betty Troyetsky and family; Sandy Micki and Gary Joseph in memory of Maya Debbie and Steven Young, Barbara and David Peretz; Phyllis Klein Prussin; Steven Hazel Cohen, granddaughter of Rabbi Melvin Horowitz, Dina and David Brot, Melissa Langsam and Rachelle Stern; Alvin Begleiter; and Lenore Sirner; David and Carole Curtis in Braunstein, Mindy and Stanley Patchen, Sherry and Bari Goldstein; Danuta Kurstein; memory of Theodore Curtis; Phyllis Cole in Richard Brown, Barbara and Bob Cohen, Rita and Ruth Hirsh; Phyllis and Jerome memory of Paul Ganeles; Deborah Gerstein in David Kaufman, Marjorie and Lester Zimmerman, Brown; Sheila Grossman; Howard loving memory of her grandparents Rebecca Bobby and Judy Schmeidler, Eunice Kaplan, Gail Schwartz; Annie Lowenthal; Arthur Jackson and Morris Gerstein on their yahrzeits; and Steven Goldman, Norma Wasserman, Steven, and Loretta Holland; Alfred Fayer; Irwin Cohen in memory of Maya Hazel Cohen, Allan and Ralph Guggenheim, Roberta and Barrie Beth and Edward Halperin; Geo daughter of Gabrielle Sirner Cohen and Morris Berman, Esta Sobel Goldfine, Ava Sobel, Robin Carl Kaplan; Laura Penn; Susan Cohen and the granddaughter of Rabbi Melvin and Stanley Levin, Susan and Joel Grossman, Lawi; Donald and Barbara Kotler; and Lenore Sirner; Judith Harary in memory Francine and Lawrence Rubenstein, Susan and Marcia Kahn; Janice Levy; Rosanna of Sandy Gruenberg’s beloved brother William Elliot Lesser, Edna Hoffer, Barbara and Marc Eisenberg and family; Irene Bialo; Savitz; Judith Harary in memory of Carole Lazarus, Rita and David Kaufman, Naomi Raber, George Tecklin; Vona Herz; Robert Curtis’s beloved brother Dr. Elias Rosenblatt; Elise and Barry Richman, Barbara and Donald and Saralea Chazan; The Klingsberg Lloyd Sherman in memory of Hyman Sheinman on his yahrzeit; Jay Cohen and family in gratitude Kotler, Linda Silver, Geralynn and David Reifer, Family; Roberta Greenberg. to Rabbi Schuck; Shelley and Alfred Klein in and Esther Zaremski. memory of Selma Moses; Shelley and Alfred SPECIAL NEEDS FUND Klein in honor of the marriage of Isaac Chinitz. A donation was received from Diane and Eugene Linett.
IN HONOR OF:
IN MEMORY OF:
Carole and Jeff Graham on the birth of their Harold Mogil, my beloved brother, on his yahrzeit, from Ruth Esses. grandson, from Ruth and Jacob Esses. Debbie and Steven Fuchs on the engagement of their daughter Randi Fuchs to Brett Asnas, and to grandmother Caryl Fuchs, from Ruth and Jacob Esses.
Stanley Cohen, beloved husband of Rosalie Cohen and beloved father, from Ruth and Jacob Esses.
YOUTH ACTIVITIES FUND
William Savitz, beloved brother of Sandy IN MEMORY OF: Gruenberg, from Ruth and Jacob Esses. Jack Kaplan, from Mitchell Kaplan. Bert Gross’s wonderful service to our Minyan, Our grandmother, Bessie Nierenberg, from Wendy from Wendy and Alan Rosenberg. and Alan Rosenberg. JEREMY SCHEINFELD The bat mitzvah of Jenna Siegel-Myron, daughter My father, Benjamin B. Rosenberg, from Wendy MEMORIAL FUND of Beth Siegel and Pat Myron, from Elizabeth and Alan Rosenberg. IN HONOR OF: and Alan Legatt. Miriam and Morris Nelson, from Bea and Abe The upcoming marriage of Danny Scheinfeld, The birth of Ariella Ruth Levy and Abigail Tamar Walfish. son of Jodi and Rob Scheinfeld, from Susan and Levy, daughters of Jill Kalish Levy and Matthew Levy and granddaughters of Donna and Gary Selma Cohen, dear mother of Barbara Katzeff, Michael Meisler. from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt. Levy, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt. IN MEMORY OF: Marci Esrig on her special birthday and beautiful Paul Ganeles, beloved husband of Joan, from Maria Goldhecht, from Ruth Sininsky. Torah reading, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt. Elizabeth and Alan Legatt. Maya Hazel Cohen, beloved granddaughter of The auf ruf and wedding of Isaac Chinitz, son of Miriam Hirsch, from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt. Lenore and Rabbi Melvin Sirner, from Carol and Shari and Marvin Chinitz, and Janine Berenson, Stephen Herzberg, Anne and Rick Weisbrod, and from Elizabeth and Alan Legatt. Joy and Steven Rotker and family. 21
CONTRIBUTIONS DOROTHY FLEISHAKER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND
SISTERHOOD MITZVAH FUND
IN HONOR OF: Judy and Ed Schwartz on their daughter Lisa Ruth Kon on celebrating her eighty-fifth birthday, becoming engaged to Brett Rothstein, from Vicki and Nathan Fisher. Jane Freiman on her birthday and anniversary, from Gaby and George Newfield. from Donald Fleishaker. Carole and Jeffrey Graham on celebrating the Ronnie and Michael Becher on the birth of their birth of grandson Zachary, from Sharon and Peter grandson, from Vicki and Nathan Fisher. IN MEMORY OF: Spenser, and Vicki and Nathan Fisher. Hazzan Ellen and Graham Arad on their thirtieth Selma Cohen, my beloved mother, from Barbara Susan and Eliot Lesser on their grandson anniversary, from Vicki and Nathan Fisher. Katzeff. becoming a bar mitzvah, from Vicki and Nathan IN MEMORY OF: Inge Fishler, beloved matriarch of the Winters Fisher. family, from Miriam and Bert Schwarz. William Savitz, beloved brother of Sandy Phyllis and Harvey Jay on the marriage of their Gruenberg, from Linda and Joseph Resnick, and Joseph Moses, beloved father of Leah Sussman, daughter Rachel, from Vicki and Nathan Fisher. Ellen and Jack Hollander. from Donald Fleishaker. Susan and Michael Meisler on the engagement of Maya Hazel Cohen, granddaughter of Rabbi their son Jacob to Yael Mordfin, from Vicki and Melvin and Lenore Sirner, from Linda and Joseph ELEANOR G. BAUMWALD Nathan Fisher. Resnick. PRAYERBOOK FUND Donna and Gary Levy on the birth of their Maya Hazel Cohen, beloved daughter of Gabrielle IN MEMORY OF: granddaughters Ariella and Abigail, from Vicki and and Morris Cohen, from Linda and Joseph Charles Olstein, loving father and husband, on Nathan Fisher, and Joyce and Michael Wechsler. Resnick. his yahrzeit, from Deb, Matt, and Henry Olstein. Beth Siegel and Pat Myron on their daughter Jenna Paul Ganeles, beloved husband of Joan Ganeles, Paul Ganeles, beloved husband of Joan Ganeles, becoming a bat mitzvah, from Vicki and Nathan from Joan and Jonah Atlas, and Blanche Fried. from Bea and Abe Walfish. Fisher, and Joyce and Michael Wechsler. Isaac Esses, beloved brother of Jacob Esses, from TEEN EDUCATIONAL EXPERI- Ethel Kaplowitz on celebrating the bar mitzvah Ellen and Jack Hollander. of her grandson Henry, son of Marla and Marc Naomi Abrahami, beloved daughter of Harriet ENCE SCHOLARSHIP FUND Kaplowitz, from Carol and Paul Freedman. Abrahami, from Vicki and Nathan Fisher. IN HONOR OF: Eunice Kaplan on the engagement of her The marriage of Isaac Chinitz, son of Shari and granddaughter, from Peter and Sharon Spenser. Ruth Leventhal, beloved grandmother of Josh Leventhal, from Vicki and Nathan Fisher. Marvin Chinitz, from Laura Lewis. Debbie and Steve Fuchs on the engagement of their daughter Randi to Brett Asnas, from Sharon Irv Ehudin, beloved father of Rob Ehudin, from IN MEMORY OF: Vicki and Nathan Fisher. Irv Ehudin, beloved father of Rob Ehudin, from and Peter Spenser. Marjorie and Mark Seidenfeld. Caryl Fuchs on the engagement of her Selma Cohen, beloved mother of Barbara Katzeff, granddaughter Randi Fuchs to Brett Asnas, from from Vicki and Nathan Fisher. IN HONOR OF:
Sharon and Peter Spenser.
Sydney Mitchell, beloved father and past president of Beth El, from Vicki and Nathan Fisher.
SYLVIA AND ROBERT SCHER CHESED COMMUNITY FUND IN HONOR OF:
Beth El Sisterhood makes this donation in memory of
MIRIAM HIRSCH and in recognition of her many years of dedicated work on behalf of Beth El Sisterhood and Torah Fund.
The Chinitz family on their son Isaac’s aufruf and marriage, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.
ANDREW SHAPIRO MEMORIAL FUND
IN MEMORY OF: Esther and Steve Winik on becoming grandparents, Maya Hazel Cohen, beloved granddaughter of from Nora Klion-Wolloch. Lenore and Rabbi Melvin Sirner and daughter of RECOVERY OF: Gabrielle Sirner Cohen and Morris Cohen, from Refuah shleimah to Herb Fox, from Nora Klion- Marilyn and Edgar Lichstein. Wolloch. Paul Ganeles, beloved husband of Joan Ganeles, Refuah shleimah to Phoebe Gross, from Nora from Mindy and Stanley Patchen. Klion-Wolloch. William Savitz, beloved brother of Sandy Gruenberg, from Mindy and Stanley Patchen. IN MEMORY OF: William Savitz, beloved brother of Sandy Elias Rosenblatt, beloved brother of Carole Curtis, Gruenberg, from Phyllis Cole, and Nora Klion- from Mindy and Stanley Patchen. Wolloch. Selma Cohen, my beloved mother, from Barbara Katzeff.
PTA ISRAEL TRAVEL STUDY FUND
IN HONOR OF: Selma Cohen, beloved mother of Barbara Katzeff, Gary and Donna Levy on the birth of their twin from Nora Klion-Wolloch. granddaughters, from Linda and Sol Haber. Paul Ganeles, beloved husband of Joan Ganeles Lisa and Rabbi Zach Sitkin on the birth of their from Nora Klion-Wolloch. son Avi, from Linda and Sol Haber. 22
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PESAH 2017 / תשע"ז PESAH SERVICES Monday, April 10
Grab your friends and join us! Erev Pesah
Limited spots available for many of these events. Minyan and Siyum Behorim Please register* in advance.
Wed. 3/15 10:30AM OR 7:30PM Stories for your Seder: The Exodus from Egypt and the Rabbinic Imagination, with Rabbi Sitkin (Session 1 out of 4)
Saturday, April 8 Wed. 3/22 • Shabbat HaGadol (“The Big Shabbat” before 10:30AM OR 7:30PM Stories for your Seder: The Passover) Exodus from Egypt and the Rabbinic Imagination, Services begin at 9:00 AM with Rabbi Sitkin (Session 2 out of 4) Sunday, April 9 • Bedikat Hametz בדיקת חמץ-: (Checking for Wed. 3/29 Hametz) 10:30AM OR 7:30PM Stories for Seder: The or After dark hide ten pieces ofyour hametz (crackers Exodus from Egypt and the Rabbinic Imagination, small pieces of bread) around the house. Using a with Rabbi Sitkin (Session 3 out of 4) candle or flash light to light the way, find the hametz and brush it into a paper bag using a feather Thurs. 3/30 and wooden spoon. Set aside for the next day. See 7:30pm Kosher for Haggadah Passover: How to Prepare the front of your for readings. for and Observe the Holiday in your Home
6:55 AM Early Mincha and Maariv 6:15 PM Candlelighting for those not in synagogue 7:12 PM Mon. 4/3 First Seder!! There are various customs regarding 5:30PM Special Needs Seder starting the seder and having it be “at night:” some Volunteers needed! begin at sunset (7:30PM), some wait for night (7:58 PM), and others wait for 3 stars (8:12 PM).
Tues. 4/4
Tuesday, April 11Hot Topics and Seder 7:30PM Modern First Day Pesah Conversations 7:30PM Connecting Young Children Shaharit 9:00 AM to the Seder (For anyone Early Mincha / Maariv:with preschool 6:00 PMage children attending their Seder) Candlelighting and second seder after: 8:12 PM (Begin counting Wed. 4/5the Omer) 10:30AM OR 7:30PM Stories for your Seder: The
Wednesday, 12and the Rabbinic Exodus fromApril Egypt Imagination, with Rabbi Sitkin (Session 4 out of 4) Second Day Pesah Shaharit 9:00 AM First Seder is Monday, April Mincha & Shiur 7:15 PM 10! Maariv / Yom Tov Ends 8:12 PM 8:12 PM
Monday, April 10 Friday, April 14 Sun. 4/2 Mincha / Maariv 7:00 PM • Fast of the First Born (בכורים )תענית 2:45pm Passover Ruach Event (K-2nd) $5/kid Candlelighting 7:16 PM Shaharit (Morning) Services at 6:55 AM. *Learn more about all of these events 2:45pm Passover Chaverim Event (3rd-5th) $5/kid Immediately following services Rabbi Stikin will and register at , with 3:00pm Passover Cooking Demo Saturday, April 15 a siyyum$30/person behorim. (While first-borns are Dini conduct Klein (Adults) www.bethelnr.org/passover Shabbat Pesah obligated to fast the day before Pesah, they may eat Shaharit 9:00 AM if they attend a celebration marking the completion Mincha / MaarivNY . 10804 . info@bethelnr.org 7:15 PM of a tractate of Talmud). you are fasting, . New Bethof Elstudy Synagogue Center . 1324If North Avenue Rochelle, the fast begins at dawn, 4:58 AM. There will be a Sunday, April 16 light breakfast served. Early Mincha / Maariv 6:30 PM Candlelighting 7:19 PM • Mehirat Hametz-( מכירת חמץSelling Leaven) Please complete your proxy giving Rabbi Schuck the authority to sell your hametz. Bring it to the shul Monday, April 17 Seventh Day of Pesah or fax it by 9:30 AM. Shaharit 9:00 AM Mincha / Maariv and Shiur 7:15 PM • Make a contribution to our synagogue Maot Hittim After 8:20 PM Fund (“Wheat Money”) to help the needy celebrate Candlelighting Pesah. Tuesday, April 18 Eighth Day of Pesah • Remove last Hametz from your house, car, office, Hashkamah Minyan (Early etc. Eat last Hametz by 10:46 AM. Shaharit (YIZKOR) 6:30 AM • Bi’ur hametz- בעור חמץ- Burn collected hametz by Regular Shaharit (YIZKOR) 9:00 AM 11:51 AM (no blessing; Reading at front of Mincha & Shiur 7:15 PM Haggadah) Maariv / Yom Tov Ends 8:20 PM
Schedule of Youth Services
Rabbi Schuck will arrange a post-Pesah hametz “buyback” on Tuesday, April 18th at 9:00 PM. Do not use or unpack your hametz before that time (he will tweet when it is bought back: @DavidAriSchuck)
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Help Others by Donating Your Unopened, Unused Passover Food to our Post-Passover Food Drive Beth El Synagogue Center and UJA-Federation of Westchester’s New Rochelle and Tov B’Yachad Communities are co-sponsoring a post-Pesach food drive, from Monday, April 24th, through Thursday, April 27th, to benefit the food pantry at Bronx Jewish Community Council (BJCC). Please bring your leftover, unopened Pesach groceries and everyday non-perishable food in bags or boxes to Beth El and place them in the large wooden box in the lobby (between the two sets of front doors, or just ask the person at the desk). Beth El is joining with other Westchester synagogues to help stock the shelves at BJCC, a beneficiary agency of UJA-Federation. For more information, contact Barbara Engelson at ble229@aol.com, or 914-654-1068.
Sale of Hametz The ritual sale of hametz must be completed by 9:30 am on Monday, April 10th. Many prefer to perform this ritual in person. Rabbi David Schuck, Rabbi Josh Dorsch, or Cantor Uri Aqua will be available for this purpose before and after the Minyan for at least one week prior to Passover. Cantor Aqua will have additional hours during the week before Passover. Those who cannot tend to this matter in person may complete the form and return it to the main office.
FORM FOR SALE OF HAMETZ I, __________________________________________, do hereby authorize Rabbi David A. Schuck of New Rochelle, New York, to act as my agent to sell the hametz that may be in my possession, whether it may be at home, place of business, or elsewhere, in accord with the requirements and provisions of Jewish law. NAME _____________________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS _________________________________________________________________________________ PHONE ____________________________________________________________________________________
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MANHATTAN | BROOKLYN | LONG ISLAND | THE HAMPTONS | THE NORTH FORK | RIVERDALE | WESTCHESTER | PUTNAM/DUTCHESS | GREENWICH | ASPEN | LOS ANGELES | FLORIDA
Expect the Best from The #1 Realtor in New Rochelle* There’s a reason why Glorianne sold nearly $20 Million in New Rochelle properties in 2016. With expertise in every neighborhood and every price range, no one knows New Rochelle real estate better. Call today to learn how her customized approach can work for you.
Glorianne Mattesi Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
26 Popham Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583 | Direct: 914.393.6990 Glorianne.Mattesi@elliman.com
© 2017 DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.
101 KING STREET, CHAPPAQUA, NY 10514. 914.238.3988 *HGAR MLS, JAN-DEC 2016, $19,941,500 IN TOTAL DOLLAR VOLUME.
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This is the perfect way to celebrate a life-cycle event, commemorate the past, honor the future, permanently engrave a tribute, and make a lasting impression.
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THE SPRING MARKET IS IN FULL BLOOM Properties are moving quickly. If you are thinking of buying or selling in 2017 please give me a call to discuss how you can take advantage of current market conditions.
255 Lyncroft Road, New Rochelle | offered at $1,995,000
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For detailed information about these properties or to set up a showing please give me a call.
Jocelyn Burton – the Top Producer in the #1 Brokerage in New Rochelle JOCELYN BURTON Real Estate Salesperson Mobile 917.693.3557 | JBurton@houlihanlawrence.com Proud Beth El Member NEW ROCHELLE BROKERAGE | 15 QUAKER RIDGE ROAD Top Producer, HGMLS, 1/1/16-12/31/16, All Property Types, Dollar Volume, by Agent. The #1 Brokerage, HGMLS, 1/1/16-12/31/16, All Property Types, Total Sales, Dollar Volume, by Office, New Rochelle School District.
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BETH EL SYNAGOGUE CENTER 1324 NORTH AVENUE NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10804-2190
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ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
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Personalized attention to you and your needs. B: (914) 723-8228 C: (914) 420-8556 E: s.rosenstein@yahoo.com W: www.clairedleone.com
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WISHING THAT
“A GENUINELY HAPPY PERSON IS ONE WHO HAS RENDERED OTHERS HAPPY.” DAISAKU IKEDA
YOUR HOME IS FILLED WITH BLESSING WITH LIGHT WITH HAPPINESS AND WITH JOY
The Top Producer in the #1 Brokerage in New Rochelle JOCELYN BURTON
GAY ROSEN
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Real Estate Salesperson
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