Beth Tfiloh BULLETIN - October 2017 by Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School & Congregation

Celebrating the Joy of Judaism, Embracing all Jews.

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School welcomes outstanding new faculty members What’s the secret to BT’s stellar reputation? Our faculty. Our top quality educators inspire our students to learn, to grow, and to succeed. We are proud to introduce some of our new faculty members: Dani and Ayelet Steiner are our new Israeli Sh’lichim. Dani is teaching High School Judaics, Jewish history and Hebrew language; Ayelet Koren-Steiner is teaching Middle School Hebrew

and serving as a grade advisor. They are both excited to bring the spirit of Israel to the school, by creating engaging Israel programs and activities. Mr. Steiner’s nearly 30-year career spans a range of roles, from classroom teacher and university lecturer to professional leadership in schools and camps in Israel and the U.S., as well as in the Israel Defense Forces. He holds an M.A. in sociology and anthropology and a teaching diploma from Hebrew University. Mrs. Koren-Steiner’s teaching career spans nearly 30 years. She has served as a classroom teacher, camp educator, teacher trainer, educational consultant and administrator. A Swiss BE

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native, Mrs. Koren-Steiner holds an M.S.W. and a teaching diploma from Hebrew University, and a B.A. in English literature and anthropology from Bar Ilan University. Dani and Ayelet have two children attending BT, Ofir in 9th Grade and Noa in 5th Grade. Mrs. Lisa Reyburn-Payne is our new High School Computer Science Department chair and school-wide education technology coordinator. She brings 15 years of software and database engineering experience, hands-on Continued on page 9

MERCAZ Fall Semester 4 Wednesday Evenings - October 25, November 1, 8, 15

Session 1, 7-8 pm Trump and the Torah: A Jewish Perspective on Contemporary Issues RABBI MITCHELL WOHLBERG

Barbara Blumberg

Session 2, 8-9 pm

Choose one exciting elective course:

RACHEL FISHMAN FEDDERSEN

FORWARD CEO/PUBLISHER Navigating the Jewish community’s diverse and diverging opinions

Creative Jewish Men and Women of the 20th Century

Rabbi Eli Yoggev

BARBARA BLUMBERG

Kabbalah and the Modern Experience RABBI ELI YOGGEV

Hebrew Reading Crash Course

Elana Vogel

ELANA VOGEL

Israeli Dance (8-9:30 pm) MONA ATKINSON Rachel Fishman Feddersen is the publisher and CEO of the legendary Jewish newspaper, the Forward. With more than 20 years of digital journalism expertise, she is a major transformer of the media landscape for Jewish news. Feddersen is the granddaughter of long-time Beth Tﬁloh Congregation member and archivist, Bess Fishman z”l.

Mona Atkinson

Learn the “Trop” and How to “Layn” RABBANIT BRACHA JAFFE

Enroll at www.BethTfiloh.com/register or call 410-413-2321.

Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe

8:30 am 7:00 am 6:25 pm 6:40 pm 6:45 pm

8:30 am 6:45 am 6:15 pm 6:30 pm 6:35 pm

8:30 am 7:00 am 6:05 pm 6:20 pm 6:25 pm

8:30 am 7:00 am 5:55 pm 6:10 pm 6:15 pm

8:30 am 7:00 am 5:45 pm 6:00 pm 6:05 pm

Sun Shacharit M-W Shacharit S-T Mincha S-T PM Class S-T Maariv

Sun Shacharit M-F Shacharit S-Th Mincha S-Th PM Class S-Th Maariv

Sun Shacharit M-T Shacharit S-T Mincha S-T PM Class S-T Maariv

Weekday Services

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Sisterhood Boutique Mercaz Book Club

BT in the AM

30 10 CHESHVAN 31 11 CHESHVAN

9 CHESHVAN

4 CHESHVAN

Sisterhood Game Day

BT in the AM

3 CHESHVAN

Sisterhood Boscov’s Shopping Day

Living Room Learning

BT Cares Clothing Drive Begins

BT in the AM

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CHOL HAMOED

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TUESDAY

Body & Soul

12 TISHREI

CHOL HAMOED

MONDAY

6:25 pm 6:25 pm 6:40 pm

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6:20 pm

6:02 pm 6:05 pm

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5:52 pm 5:55 pm

7 CHESHVAN

Mincha Kabbalat Shabbat

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1 CHESHVAN

8 CHESHVAN

Empty Nester Chavurah

Parshat Noach Animal Shabbat

Bat Mitzvah: Maya Solovyosky

Lunch Bunch

recited each weekday morning 10 minutes prior to Shacharit prayers.

Please note: T’hillim are

6:10 pm

The Shabbat Project Bar Mitzvah: Noah Gordon Dinner

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6:30 pm

6:12 pm 9:00 am 6:15 pm

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Body & Soul

Shacharit Mincha Kabbalat Shabbat

PS Sukkah Hop

2019 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Shabbat Lunch

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CHOL HAMOED

SATURDAY

Mercaz Fall Semester

Brotherhood Men’s Night Out

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7:13 pm 8:45 am 10:00 am 6:15 pm 6:35 pm 6:45 pm 7:30 pm

Shacharit Yizkor Mincha Maariv Hakafot Seudah

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SHEMINI ATZERET SIMCHAT TORAH

6:40 pm

6:22 pm 8:45 am 6:25 pm

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Petting Zoo

Shacharit Mincha Kabbalat Shabbat

SUKKOT

FRIDAY

Yaffe Scholars

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7:24 pm 8:45 am 6:25 pm 6:45 pm

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LS & MS Sukkah Hops

Shacharit Mincha Maariv

SUKKOT

THURSDAY

Mincha Kabbalat Shabbat

Penn Lecture: Rachel Fishman Feddersen

NO SCHOOL

Mincha Maariv

6:15 pm 6:15 pm 6:30 pm

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HOSHANA RABBAH

NO SCHOOL

Mincha Maariv

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WEDNESDAY

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Hebrew School Sukkah Hop and Lunch

Sukkahfest: The BT Sukkot Block Party

CHOL HAMOED

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OCTOBER 2017 Shabbat Services

Shacharit The Minyan Teen Minyan Afternoon Class Mincha Seudah Maariv Shabbat Ends

LECH LECAH

Shacharit The Minyan Teen Minyan Afternoon Class Mincha Seudah Maariv Shabbat Ends

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Shacharit The Minyan Teen Minyan Afternoon Class Mincha Seudah Maariv Shabbat Ends

BEREISHIT

Shacharit The Minyan Teen Minyan Mincha Seudah Maariv Shabbat Ends

8:45 am 9:15 am 9:32 am 4:45 pm 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 6:50 pm 6:52 pm

8:45 am 9:15 am 9:32 am 4:50 pm 5:40 pm 6:10 pm 7:00 pm 7:01 pm

8:45 am 9:15 am 9:32 am 5:00 pm 5:50 pm 6:20 pm 7:10 pm 7:11 pm

8:45 am 9:15 am 9:32 am 6:00 pm 6:30 pm 7:20 pm 7:21 pm

CHOL HAMOED SUKKOT

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Daughter of Marianne and Paul Solovyovsky Sat., Oct. 14, 2017 Maya attends Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School and is the sister of Benjamin and Raquel Solovyovsky. She is the granddaughter of Zhanna and the late Boris Paykin, and Nelionora and Nikoly Solovyovsky. Her hobbies include swimming, dance, art, and riding her bike. For her Mitzvah Project, Maya will be donating books to the Maryland Book Bank.

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Son of Rachel and Harvey Gordon Sat., Oct. 28, 2017 Noah attends Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School and is the brother of Max and Lily Gordon. He is the grandson of Annette and Harold Gordon, and Nancy and Stuart Rombro; and the great-grandson of Dr. Marvin Rombro. His hobbies include biking, soccer, swimming, online games and watching YouTube. For his Mitzvah Project, Noah is making fleece toys and blankets to donate to the SPCA of Baltimore.

Sunday, November 5

BLOOD DRIVE & BONE MARROW REGISTRY Save a life! Protect your family by becoming a blood donor or volunteering. Be swabbed to be a potential bone marrow donor. Co-sponsored by the Brotherhood, Youth Center, and BT Cares Social Action. Register for your time slot at bethtfiloh.com/register

Members in the News Sheila Mentz has been awarded an Unsung Hero award by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy Maryland Chapter, and will be honored at the National Philanthropy Day Luncheon on Friday, November 17. Sheila is a longtime BT member and Sisterhood member. Yoni Bedine was interviewed by Warfield’s about his new energy start-up. Yoni is the founder and managing director of GridLion, a real-time energy management and business intelligence platform.

GridLion provides tools for commercial and industrial building owners by converting energy and water date to actionable business intelligence and providing strategies that measurably improve building performance. Yoni and his wife, Odeya, are the parents of BT students Ariel (5th Grade) and Dvir (3rd Grade), and Ma’ayan. He is the son of our members, Joyce and Marshall Bedine.

SPECIAL ELABORATE MEAT

SIMCHA KIDDUSH Celebrate a birthday, anniversry, birth, graduation, engagement or other special occasion with your BT family together with other Simcha celebrants

$300 SPONSORSHIP UPCOMING SIMCHA KIDDUSHIM: October 21 and January 6 Contact Eve Kresin Steinberg 410-413-2251, esteinberg@btfiloh.org 3

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Sisterhood News Upcoming Sisterhood Activities:

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GIFT SHOP FEATURED ITEM

Phone: 410-413-2227 www.bethtfiloh.com/giftshop Hours: Sun: 10 am-1 pm, Mon-Thur: 1-4 pm

October 24 - Game Day is a must. Spend the day with Sisterhood - have lunch and play the game of your choice with friends from 12-4 pm. If you have questions contact Ellen Karp at ellenkarp@hotmail.com. October 29 - Shop ‘til you drop at the 3rd annual Mega Boutique on Sunday October 29 from 10 am-5 pm in the Zimmerman Multipurpose Room. November 5 - Did you make your reservation for Mt. Vernon yet? Contact Ellen Karp at ellenkarp@hotmail.com.

BOSCOV’S SHOPPING DAY Tuesday, October 17 • 9 am-11 pm

Get 25% off for Boscov’s (White Marsh Mall or Westminister Town Mall) for only $5. For more information, please call Roselyn Kalb 410-486-3456 or purchase your pass at the Sisterhood Gift Shop.

Do we have your email? If

you are not receiving our BT email messages, including our new weekly video, “News, Views & Parsha Preview”, please call Charlene Schimberg at 410-413-2217 or e-mail cschimberg@btfiloh.org.

SISTERHOOD GIFT SHOP

Mitzvah Cards Brenda Boches Marcia Miller

410-585-1045 410-580-2039

Special Mitzvah Cards Charlene Schimberg

A great Bat Mitzvah gift! The Sporting Girls Menorah has a skater, a golfer and a tennis player.

Chesed Committee Roselyn Kalb

410-413-2217

410-486-3456

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New Members We are delighted to welcome the recent new members of our Congregation:

Zachariah ‘06 and Rachel ‘06 Alter Zach is the son of our members, Rosalie and Richard Alter and Rachel is the daughter of our members Sharon and Alan Rosen. Matthew Bernstein ‘07 is the son of our member, Dr. Steven Bernstein. Rachel Bernstein is the daughter of our member, Dr. Steven Bernstein. Evan and Lisa Bloch and their daugther, Sophie. Evan is a doctor and professor at Johns Hopkins. Sophie is starting our Little Me at BT program. Seth Blum is the branch manager at Suntrust Bank in Baltimore. His son Kyle attends BT PreSchool. Micah and Laura Brosbe - Laura is a neurologist at Comprehensive Neurology Services in Frederick and Micah is a psychologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital. They are the proud parents of 1 year-old Isaiah. Todd and Whitney Ehrlich and their family. Todd is a mathematician with the Department of Defense and Whitney is a teacher in the BT PreSchool. Dorie is in 1st grade and Ariyel is in the 4’s class here at Beth Tfiloh. Andrew Fein ‘13 is an engineer at Robotic Research. He is the son of Michelle and Richard Fein. Michael Fein ‘16 is a student at University of Maryland. He is the son of

ohtcv ohfurc Michelle and Richard Fein. Joshua Flax ‘11 is an analyst at Morgan Stanley, and is the son of our member, Cathy Green. Kelley ‘04 and Richard Goldberg Kelley is the sole practioner at the Law Office of Kelley Spigel. She is the daughter of our members, Howard Spigel and Patti Spigel, and granddaughter of Beverly Margolis. Alexander and Andrea Groag and their children Ben and Zeke - Andrea is the daughter of our members, Barry and Jan Weiss. Tzvi & Temi Kiwala and their children, Meira, Netanel, and Noam. Tzvi is a space manager with Social Security Administration and Temi is a Mommy & Me teacher at the Downtown JCC and leads our Cookie Minyan and Mini Minion services on Shabbat.. Jared and Rachel Lamb and their daughter, Summer. Jared is an attorney with the Social Security Administration and Rachel is the director of business development for Best Dental Studio. Summer is starting our Little Me at BT program. Ari ‘07 and Deborah ‘08 Lesser Ari is a senior associate at Cerami in Washington, DC and Deborah is an account executive at Planit in Baltimore. Jeffrey and Daniela Levin are the parents of three girls, all of whom graduated from BT: Yael ‘01, Avital ‘03, and Tova ‘06.

Lawrence and Elizabeth “Susie” Levin have two grown children, including our members Mike and Melinda Levin and their children who are in our school.. David and Frances ‘01 Sivakoff and their son, Benjamin. David is an assistant professor and Frances works as a research associate at Ohio State University. Frances is the daughter of our members, Tina and Lee Sheller. Robert Tishman works as a doctor of veterinary medicine. Michael and Leah Tutnauer have a one year old, Sidney. Joshua and Leah Waller and their children, Daron, Ethan and Serena. Joshua is a tax and accounting professional at Weinberg, Griffin, Tucker & Jones, PA, and Leah is a teacher at Francis Scott Key Elementary School. Daron attends our Beth Jabob Hebrew School at Beth Tfiloh. Paul and Simone Weiner and their children, Raphael and Ilan. Paul is an engineer with Whitman, Requard & Associates and Simone is a professor at Notre Dame of Maryland University. Raphael is in tenth grade at Towson High and Ilan is in the eighth grade at BT. Barry and Jan Weiss - Barry is a travel coordinator with Odyssey Travel. They are the parents of four grown children including our members Alex and Andrea Groag and Mike and Melinda Levin. Jody and Nancy Yuskovitz - Jody is a pharmacist at Weis Market.

Meet Marlene Hollander ‘97, our new Assistant Youth Director Beth Tfiloh alumna Marlene Hollander ‘97 returned to BT 20 years after graduating to assume a new role—assistant youth director. Marlene brings 10 years of youth programming and Jewish education experience from her time at Philadelphia’s Tiferet Bet Israel congregation and various Philadelphiaarea pre-K-12 Hebrew schools. Marlene will work hand-in-hand with veteran BT Youth Director Cherie Brownstein, creating the exciting and

engaging Shabbat, holiday and yearround youth and family programs for which BT is famous. In addition to her professional experience, she holds a Bachelors in Administration of Justice from the University of Pittsburgh with a certificate in Jewish Studies, and an Elementary and Middle School Math, English and Social Studies teaching certification from West Chester University in West Chester, PA. “It is wonderful to come ‘doubly’ home to a school community and family that raised me which I already know and love,” says Marlene, who assisted at BT youth events and High Holiday services

during her high school and college years. “It feels great to be back!”

“It is wonderful to come ‘doubly’ home to a school community and family that raised me which I already know and love.” - Marlene Hollander ‘97 5

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Mercaz News

PreSchool enrollment opens for Fall 2018

MERCAZ FELLOWS - Make your prayer and synagogue experience rich, meaningful, and relevant. Rabbi Posner will deepen your understanding of Shabbat and holiday prayers.

BT PreSchool will be offering Priority Enrollment for Fall 2018 classes for current BT school families and BT synagogue members from October 2 through November 15. Parents can register using an online registration form available at bethtfiloh.com/admissions. BT families will be given priority prior to November 15th, when enrollment will be open to the general public. For more information, contact Mrs. Melissa Lebowitz, PreSchool Director, 410-413-2554, or email mlebowitz@ btfiloh.org.

BT BUBBIES - A group of BT Sisterhood members volunteered as extra helpers in the PreSchool Two’s class to help our youngest students adjust during the first two weeks of school.

BT in the AM - Beginning October 16, inspire your thinking and creativity through courses rich with ideas and text study touching on every aspect of modern Jewish life. Enrollment is open to Jewish men and women from all backgrounds and learning levels. This premier Jewish learning program consists of three sessions with a choice of outstanding classes: 9:30-10:30 am • A Look into the Underappreciated Books of the Bible, Chana Slavaticki • Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe 10:35-11:35 am • Jewish Food in Law and Lore, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg/Dr. Zipora Schorr • Conflicting Reports, Phil Jacobs 11:40 am-12:40 pm • Israel: Beyond the Blue & White, Rabbi Chai Posner and Daniel Steiner, BT Shaliach • Current Events, Phil Jacobs

MERCAZ BOOK CLUB - The book club, facilitated by Halaine Steinberg, will feature an impressive selection of books of Jewish interest. Read and discuss the season’s best, most thought-provoking books. DAF YOMI, Rabbi Eli Yoggev Beginning after Sukkot, join thousands of Jews worldwide who are studying a page of Talmud every day. The class will meet in the evenings during the week, at 8:30 am on Shabbat morning, and at 9:15 am on Sunday morning. CHUMASH CLASS, Rabbi Chai Posner Study the Torah through the lens of different Torah commentaries from Midrash to Chassidut, from Rashi to Rabbi Sampson Raphael Hirsh. For more details about any of these programs, contact the Mercaz Office at 410-413-2321/mercaz@btfiloh.org.

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Taking Care of Your Body and Soul An Evening Dedicated to Women’s Health and Well-Being Saturday, November 4 • 8 pm At the Home of Negin Harriri Wine & Light Fare / $10

oin Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe for a special evening by and for women to address health concerns of Jewish women, from generation to generation, including the “sandwich generation.” If we don’t take care of ourselves, who will take care of our families? Dr. Dee Dee Sheller ‘90, an Ob/Gyn, will address the predisposition of Jewish women to breast cancer and the BRCA gene. She will be joined by Nisa Phelps, a BRCA gene survivor. Internist Dr. Tamara Sobel will review “10 Things Women Need to Know About their Health” and the importance of self-care. Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe, Beth Tfiloh’s Community Educator and a certified life coach, will provide a Jewish lens for giving ourselves spiritual oxygen. Proceeds will benefit Sharsheret, a national nonprofit organization supporting young Jewish women and their families facing breast cancer. Host: Negin Hariri Committee: Larraine Bernstein, Andrea Heyman, Teri Gitlitz, Nannette Herlands, Lesley Lesser, Laurie Kott, Shai Albrecht, Vicki Hervitz, Stacy Schwartz, Tara Cornberg

Simchat Torah is a wonderful time for all of us to celebrate and get “up close and personal” with the Torah. Again this year, the women of BT will have a special opportunity to both read from the Torah and have an aliyah on Friday morning, October 13. While reading Torah may take some time to learn and prepare, having an aliyah requires no previous experience! We welcome all women, teens and young girls to become a part of this Beth Tfiloh tradition, which was initiated several years ago. We are looking for Torah readers as well as gabbayot who can help women when they have their aliyot. We welcome women of all ages – from Bat Mitzvah girls to their bubbies – to be a

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Especially For Women Simchat Torah: A Special Opportunity for Women

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part of this women’s celebration of the Torah. For further information about reading from the Torah, please contact Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe, bjaffe@btfiloh.org, 410-413-2441.

Body & Soul: A Special Hoshanah Rabbah Program Hoshana Rabbah is the last day of Sukkot and traditionally an evening filled with Torah study. Join Rabbanit Bracha in her Sukkah on Tuesday, October 10 for an evening of contemporary Jewish poetry and Torah learning. There will be singing and refreshments! It promises to be a unique and special experience – by women and for women. Please RSVP to mercaz@btfiloh.org.

A new group — the BT Young Professionals — has formed through the efforts of a group of BT school alumni and young synagogue members. Upcoming events include a downtown Book Club, an evening in the B’nai Israel Sukkah, and “Kabbalat Shabbat on the Rocks” as part of the Shabbat Project at BT. This group is also planning their own event as part of the Six13 Chanukah Concert. Rabbi Eli Yoggev and Marlene Hollander, our new Assistant Youth Director, look forward to getting to know more BT Young Professionals during the coming year. For more information about this exciting new group, contact Marlene Hollander, mhollander@ btfiloh.org, 410-413-2451. 7

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School News

Back to School! LOWER SCHOOL Principal Mrs. Nina Wand, welcomes students on the first day of school.

HIGH SCHOOL Student Government sponsored a “Royal Banquet” Melavah Malka, with Havdalah recited by Rabbi Mordechai Soskil.

DR. ZIPORA SCHORR welcomed students for the “best start of school ever.” SHOFAR MAKING: 5th graders learned all about the mitzvah of blowing shofar while making their own shofarot for Rosh Hashanah.

What’s Your Child’s Passion? Art

Science

Judaics

Math

Find it at Beth Tfiloh Learn more at a BT Open House: LOWER SCHOOL: Nov 2 & Dec 6, 8:45 am MIDDLE SCHOOL: Nov 15, 7 pm HIGH SCHOOL: Dec 4, 7 pm DOROT STUDENTS - Our day school now includes over 120 students whose parents are BT alumni — our Dorot families. Pictured is Morah Cindy Stein’s Two’s class which includes 10 Dorot children.

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computer science classroom instruction, and bachelors and masters degrees in engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology to BT’s school-wide education technology coordinator role. Mrs. Rayburn-Paine will work with the newly formed Ed-Tech committee. Her goal is to instill a passion for computer science and logical thinking. Ms. Reanna Jacobs is our new Middle School Director of Special Services & Academic Support. Mrs. Jacobs comes to BT with a wealth of background in teaching and reaching children with a wide array of learning differences. She has previously served as an academic coach at BT, and has worked as a learning specialist in Baltimore County. Ms. Jacobs holds a B.A. in education from Rider University and a Master of Education in reading from Towson University. She is keenly attuned to the needs of her students. “I want each student to leave with more confidence in themselves, both personally and academically. Beth Tfiloh is special— it is bigger than just a school and synagogue,” says Ms. Jacobs. “It’s a loving, warm, embracing community with an instant family feel.”

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Celebrate Sukkot at BT Join us at Beth Tfiloh to celebrate Sukkot and share in the joy of this special festival.

Thursday, October 5 1ST DAY OF SUKKOT - Join the beautiful Hoshanot procession with lulavs and etrogs. SUKKAH HOP FOR GRADES 1-4 & 5-8

For those who registered, join us for fun-filled children’s Sukkot services, followed by a dairy lunch and a BT neighborhood Sukkah Hop. Parent volunteers needed. Please come dressed for shul, but wear comfy shoes!

Friday, October 6 2ND DAY OF SUKKOT - Join the beautiful Hoshanot procession with lulavs and etrogs.

PETTING ZOO – All

children and teen services will take place. Following services, Cookie Minyan, Mini Minion, Kid Cong and Middle School Minyanim will visit our biggest and best Petting Zoo ever.

Chol HaMoed: Shabbat, October 7 2019 B’NAI MITZVAH SHABBAT LUNCH – At the end of services 2019

Bar/Bat Mitzvah families will meet with the rabbis and have lunch in the sukkah at their opening program.

SUKKAH HOP FOR COOKIE MINYAN & MINI MINION – Our

group leaders will take children and parents to three neighborhood sukkahs to look, smell and taste the joy of Sukkot during services.

MAKERSPACE - Kindergarten students were the first to use the Lower School’s brand new MakerSpace — a collaborative, studentcentered learning environment where students and teachers can create, experiment, design, and discover using a variety of tools and materials. After learning about symbolic Rosh Hashanah foods, the students imagined and created their own honey jars, using the materials of their choice.

CHILDREN & TEEN SERVICES

Your children and teens will enjoy services led by dynamic leaders, including special activities for each holiday, and great kiddush treats. Babysitting, Cookie Minyan, Mini Minion, Kid Cong, MS Minyan, MS Girls’ Service and Teen Minyan are offered on all holidays and every Shabbat.

Chol HaMoed: Sunday, October 8 HEBREW SCHOOL SUKKAH HOP & LUNCH – We will begin at

Rabbi Wohlberg’s sukkah and then visit our other clergy and friends in the neighborhood. We will return to BT and enjoy “Pizza in the Hut!”

SUKKAHFEST: THE SUKKOT BLOCK PARTY Rides, carnival

food and festivities, craft fair, silent auction, and paper shredding.

Shemini Atzeret: Thursday, October 12 HULA HOOP EXHIBITION – All

children and teen services will take place followed by an amazing participatory Hula Hoop Exhibition. by Baltimore Hoop Love.

SHEMINI ATZERET – Yizkor will be recited in both services.

SIMCHAT TORAH HAKAFOT

A night of singing, dancing, and celebrating the Torah with a light festive meal. Celebrate with lots of ruach and enjoy food, snacks and l’chaims.

Simchat Torah: Friday, October 13 SIMCHAT TORAH HAKAFOT & BBQ

The festivities continue when we take our dancing to the street, and bring our children to the bima for a special aliyah. A special women’s Torah Reading will also be included. Then we’ll top it all off with an Israeli-style BBQ Kiddush following services. Abbreviated children’s programming following Hakafot. No Middle School or teen services.

View details at bethtfiloh.com/sukkot For a detailed schedule of services see bethtfiloh.com/services 9

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Synagogue News Rabbi Yoggev to focus on young professionals, Daf Yomi, and more There has been much excitement in welcoming Rabbi Eli Yoggev as our new rabbi at Beth Tfiloh. Rabbi Yoggev brings with him a fresh blend of handson pastoral care alongside extensive academic and Torah scholarship. In addition to his active rabbinical roles, he will spearhead a variety of exciting new classes, lectures, and programming. Beginning on Sunday, October 15, Rabbi Yoggev will teach a Daf Yomi class for men and women as our community joins hundreds of thousands of Jews around the world to learn one page of Talmud a day. Starting the following Sunday morning, October 22, he will begin his weekly half-hour “OneStop Daf” class. Congregants will enjoy coffee and bagels as they review all of the top highlights from the previous week’s Daf Yomi.

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Why Learn Torah Trop? By Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe Our mesora (tradition) is what connects us with our past and binds us to our future. It has carried us over millennia; it grounds us and roots us. The very core of our mesora is the Torah – the Five Books of Moses. It is the very first gift given to the Jewish People, thus molding us into a nation - Bnei Yisrael. It is our most precious and holy possession.

“Knowing the trop enhances our experience in shul and connects us with what’s happening up on the bima.” The Torah has remained constant since its inception. Each Torah scroll is

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Torah Leyning for women ... and men Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe will be leading a special Women’s Torah Leyning on Simchat Torah, with the opportunity for women to have individual alliyot. In addition, beginning on Wednesday, October 25, Rabbanit Bracha will be teaching a class, “Learn the ‘Trop’ and How to ‘Leyn’” as part of the Mercaz Fall Semester. Women and men are welcome to join this weekly class, which will continue through the winter. For more information, contact Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe, bjaffe@ btfiloh.org or 410-413-2441.

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We proudly announce the RUSSELgifts FAMILY CHALLENGE GRANT, . matching all new and increased to the 2018 Annual Campaign matching all new and increased to the 2018 Annual Campaign We proudly announce the RUSSELgifts FAMILY CHALLENGE GRANT, . matching all new and increased gifts to the 2018 Annual Campaign. This generous grant is being made possible by Irene & Robert Russel This generous is being by Irene & Robert Russel and thegrant Ronnie & Allimade Russelpossible Charitable Foundation. and thegrant Ronnie & Allimade Russelpossible Charitable Foundation. This generous is being by Irene & Robert Russel and the Ronnie & Alli Russel Charitable Foundation. When a campaign volunteer contacts you, please give generously. When campaign volunteer contacts you, please give generously. You may aalso make your gift today at bethtfiloh.com/annualcampaign. You may aalso make your gift today at bethtfiloh.com/annualcampaign. When campaign volunteer contacts you, please give generously. You may also make your gift today at bethtfiloh.com/annualcampaign.

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Meet our Members Meet the Schmerlings

day at BT PreSchool’s 2’s program with a birthday celebration, decorating party hats and blowers. “They LOVE the BT playground, Shabbat with their friends, Morah Cindy, and all the games and crafts in their classroom,” says Jen.

Daniel Schmerling’s BT connection goes back to high school, where he commuted to BT from Annapolis and graduated in 2004. His wife, Jen, fell in love with BT more recently while attending Mommy and Me classes with their twin daughters, Amelia ’33 and Gabby ’33. The family joined BT synagogue last spring.

Last year, Dan’s high school friends Vicki ‘05 and Jesse ’04 Hervitz invited the Schmerlings to join them at BT’s Cookie Minyan, a Shabbat service designed specifically for infants through 3 year-olds. “Our girls loved playing with their friends, singing Shabbat songs, and holding plush Torahs,” Jen shares. Since then, they’ve started participating in more BT children’s programming, including Cookie Minyan Shabbat lunches and PreSchool pre-Shabbat dinners.

Dan, an industrial and organizational psychologist at Capital One, still plays basketball twice a week with his fellow BT alumni. Jen, a lower school learning specialist at Gilman School, is pursuing a doctorate at George Washington University, researching educational policy and administration. When not at BT, the Schmerling family loves spending time together outdoors — everything from day trips to local parks to weekend beach trips.

The Schmerling twins (who actually have different birthdays—August 31st and September 1st) kicked off their first

Rabbi Yoggev

Why Learn Trop

Rabbi Yoggev’s focus will be toward engaging young professionals. He will lecture and teach classes at college campuses and downtown events, as well as in coffee houses and congregants’ homes. Other events for young professionals in which he will be involved will include a Sukkah Bash on October 10th, co-sponsored with B’nai Israel Congregation, and the everpopular Shabbat Project on the Shabbat of October 27-28.

that are “virtually” superimposed over the letters. One is the nikkud, the vowels that vocalize the words. Without them we would not know how to pronounce the word as different words have the same spelling in Hebrew.

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Beginning after the holidays, as part of the Mercaz Fall Semester, Rabbi Yoggev will teach a four-part lecture series titled “Kabbalah and the Modern Experience” in which he will explore, in an interactive manner, the intersection between Kabbalah and modernity—psychology, yoga/meditation, and issues related to gender. Rabbi Yoggev will also teach Bible at Beth Tfiloh High School. Come and hear Rabbi Yoggev at any of these classes or during his regular classes and Divrei Torah on weekdays and Shabbat and see what the positive buzz is all about.

We warmly welcome Dan, Jen, Amelia and Gabby to the BT family.

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trop enhances our experience in shul and connects us with what’s happening up on the bima. If you want to know more – you’ll have to join the BT leyning class!

The second layer is the trop or cantillation marks. Here’s a little-known fact – the trop plays three different roles: • how to sing the words • where the emphasis is on the words • how to parse the verses. The tune changes from community to community: Moroccan, Yemenite, Spanish-Portuguese, Ashkenazic. There are different tunes for Haftorah reading and Megilot. There is even a very special tune for reading the Torah on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. Knowing the 11

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Hurricane Relief Efforts BT Coach Ari Braun (standing, 4th from the left) volunteered with a team from Baltimore to provide hands-on assistance in cleanup and recovery from hurricane Harvey. BT Middle School students helped members of Baltimore Yachad — Jewish children and adults with disabilities — raise money for victims of Hurricane Harvey. They will send the funds to Houston Yachad to distribute among schools in that area. BT High School’s Stars and Stripes committee raised more than $600 through their own fundraiser, which was sent to The Associated’s Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. To contribute, visit associated.org.

We gratefully acknowledge the following contributions to our Congregation & School BETH JACOB CONGREGATION AT BETH TFILOH SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Honor of: Sidney Schlachman, on his special birthday, by Phyllis and Sam Gold, Roselyn and Irv Kalb, Zelda and Leon Okun, Donna and Al Polovoy Zipora Schorr, on receiving her doctorate and for her outstanding teaching, by Joan Bob Rikki Solomon, on her special birthday, by Rhoda and Stanley Brown Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg, with thanks for his kindness, by Joan Bob

BETH TFILOH DAHAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL In Honor of: Judge Paul Alpert, with thanks for his guidance and mentorship, by Brittany Feinberg Eileen Caplan, on her birthday, by Leslie and Sheldon Nancy and Stuart Rombro, on their 50th wedding anniversary, by Honey and Marshall Minkin Paul Rudman, on his special birthday, by Rena and Sheldon Polun Adele and Jerry Sidle, on their granddaughter, Jessica’s marriage, by Judy Hyatt Speedy Recovery to: Burt Gold, by Adele and Jerry Sidle Elaine Lowen, by Herta and Arthur Baitch In Memory of: Sylvia Aiken, by Brenda and Joe Parieser Donald Caplan, by Elayne and Buzz Berg Harold Goldberg, by Phyllis and Marc Burchman Bert Levine, by Rhoda and Stanley Brown, Rosalie Sellman Emanuel Levy, by Elayne and Buzz Berg, Adele and Jerry Sidle Leah Szmidt, by Stephanie, David, Bradley,

Spencer and Sydney Kronthal, Angela Munitz, Robin, Mark, Paul, Andy and Chloe Neumann, Jill Spector and Joel Cohn

BETH TFILOH DAHAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Honor of: Barry Cohan, with thanks for his hospitality, by Jake Karlin Adele and Michael Greenebaum, on their marriage, by Jill Spector and Joel Cohn Gerald Rashbaum, on his special 90th birthday, by Phyllis and Lennie Attman, Shirley Bond, Rona and Ed Casel, Annette and Joe Cooper, Reta Davis, the Finkelstein, Kessler and Perlberg families, Audrey and Stanford Gann, Myra and Burt Gold, Linda Himmelrich , Selma Kitt, Judy and Melvin Kopilnick, Helene Levne, Phyllis and Fred London, Barbara and Ted Steinhardt Zipora Schorr, on receiving her doctorate, by Joann and Ann Nagy Dave Schwartz, on his 80th birthday, by Audrey and Leslie Polt Speedy Recovery to: Elaine Lowen, by Shirley Littman In Memory of: Donald Caplan, by the Dahan, Katz, Black and Fenigstein families Sima Fradlin, by the Dahan, Katz, Black and Fenigstein families Judy Herman, on her wedding anniversary, by Layne, Danielle and Steven Herman Emanuel Levy, by Paul and Wilma Alpert, Fran Kessler and Jack Finkelstein, Yael and David Moses Irving Littman, by the Greenwood Community Association Leonard Orman, by Rachelle and Ronnie Silverstein Hannah Plimack, by Rosalie Sellman Leah Szmidt, by Jill and Gary Eidelman and

family, Karen and Sam Pottash, Sandi and Marc Rubin

BROTHERHOOD S. HAROLD COHEN SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Honor of: Owen Davidov on becoming a Bar Mitzvah, by Mollie and Bill Smulyan

PAUL BURMAN HOSPITALITY FUND In Honor of: Sidney Schlachman on his special 90th birthday, by Faye and Abe Adler, Marsha and Ellis Caplan, Donna and Howard Weiss

SAMUEL AND SIDNEY EPSTEIN CHAPEL FUND In Honor of: Sidney Schlachman on his special 90th birthday and his reading of his Haftorah, by Larry Aiken In Memory of: Sylvia Aiken, by Rona Epstein Lewis

JEROME AND RHEDA FADER CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUND Speedy Recovery to: Rheda Fader, by Rikki and Louis Solomon In Memory of: Laurie Schimmel, by Ryan Fanzone, Stephanie, David, Bradley, Spencer and Sydney Kronthal, Sandy and Mike Pass, The Satterfield family, Pat and Tony Verdecchia

GENERAL FUND In Honor of: Gloria Greenspun on her special birthday, by Janice and Bruce Bolton Mayer Liebman on his special birthday, by Marvin Rombro Sidney Schlachman on his special 90th birthday and his Haftorah reading, by Harry Deitchman, Sherry Henricks, Marlene and Michael Karu, Dr.

BETH TFILOH BULLETIN and Mrs. Seymour Schlossberg, Terri and Steve Zeman Adele and Gerald Sidle on the marriage of their granddaughter, by Ann Kahan Speedy Recovery to: Elaine Lowen, by Arlington Park Condominiums In Memory of: Sylvia Aiken, by Louis Cohen, Terri and Steve Zemel Donald Caplan, by Joan and Leonard Cohen, Elsa Kramer, Ruth and David Naftaly, Penny and Michael Schwarz Emanuel (Manny) Levy, by Sanford Baklor and Arlene Kaufman, Rona and Michael Balenson, Jan and Jack Billig, Janice and Bruce Bolten, Andrew Barnstein and Marci Gordon, Lorraine and Howard Bronstein, Mark Canha, Ellen and Sidney Cohen, Lynn and Harold Davidov, Helene Penn Dorf and family, Lynn and Randall Emond, Eleanor and David Goldstein, Lisa Heimlicher, Rachel Hess and Winegrad, Hess, Friedman & Levitt, LLC, Susan and Henry Holzman, Susan and Bill Kolodner, Susie and Chuck Mann, MJM Renovations, Amy and Jeffrey Schapiro, Kathleen Schreiber, Terry, Gene, Zach and Brenden Seidel, Rosalie Sellman, Kimberlee and Scott Strome, Beth and David Swirnow and family, Debbie and Steve Weiss Irving Littman, by Louise and Jerry Sollins Harold M. Morganstern, by Ken, Carolyn, Jennifer and Ryan Harvey Norman Sklar, by Barbara Aarons, Elayne and Buzz Berg, Marsha and Jay Danick, Mindie Flamholz, Jennifer Fox, by Roz and Henry Naviasky, Lorraine and Earl Raffel, Yvonne and Adam Wekstein Fred Stern, by Marianne and Larry Hornstein Leah Szmidt, by Barbara Cohen Azzinaro, Leslie and David Bloom, Larraine Bernstein and Ken Hornstein, Eleanor and Sidney Chason, James P. Cragg, III, Marianne and Larry Hornstein, William Hirschhorn and Susan Sherman and family, Cindy, Harvey, Matt and Andrew Kasner, Susan and Jay Plafker, Stacey and David Rubin, Christine and David Sigman, Amy, David, Ali and Jessica Stampfer, Randi, Larry, Lindsay and Allie Waskow

SHELLYE & STEVE GILDEN FAMILY PROGRAMMING FUND In Memory of: Emanuel (Manny) Levy, by Shellye and Steve Gilden

SONIA AND STANLEY GOLDBERG ADOPT-A-CHILD FUND In Honor of: Susan and Michael Sless, on the marriage of their son Wil to Kaitlin Greenberg, by Leslie and Ron Goldberg Speedy Recovery to: Burt Gold, by Sonia and Stanley Goldberg In Memory of: Jerry Biller, by Dawn and Glenn Goldberg Donald Caplan, by Sonia and Stanley Godlberg Emanuel Levy, by the Goldberg Family – Sonia

OCTOBER 2017 A TISHREI-CHESHVAN 5778 and Stanley, Leslie and Ron, Dawn and Glenn, and Jared and Jessica. Selma Shaivitz, by Dawn and Glenn Goldberg

ANN NEUMANN-LIBOV SCHOLARSHIP FUND

GRANDPARENTS’ CIRCLE OF BOOKS FUND

Donald Caplan, by Mort Libov Selma Shaivitz, by Mort Libov

In Memory of:

STANLEY Z. PENN MEMORIAL LECTURE FUND

Donald Caplan, by Judy and Lloyd Kramer

DR. ISADORE AND HILDA KAPLAN SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of: To commemorate the yahrzeit of Michael Feinglass, by Jay and Ellen Feinglass

ALAN J. KARLIN CHATAN TORAH HONOR FUND In Honor of: William Fox on his special birthday, by Barbara and Michael Hettleman Harry Nudelman on his birthday, by June Karlin Judy and Stuart Poltilove on their marriage, by June Karlin Sidney Schlachman on his special 90th birthday and his Haftorah reading, by Sharon Rose In Memory of: Donald Caplan, by Judy and Stuart Poltilove

MAX AND ESTHER KAYE ISRAEL SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Honor of: Helene and Robert Riederman, on the birth of their granddaughter, by Shelley and Bob Kaye In Memory of: Harold Goldberg, by Shelley and Bob Kaye Irving Littman, by Shelley and Bob Kaye Norman Sklar, by Shelley and Bob Kaye Leah Szmidt, by Shelley and Bob Kaye, Diana and Ronny Kristall

JERRY LICHTER SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of: Norman Sklar, by Myra Lichter

THE MERCAZ DAHAN CENTER FOR JEWISH LIFE AND LEARNING In Honor of: Susan and Michael Sless on the marriage of their son, William Sless to Caitlin Greenberg, by Sandy Vogel Nina and Darren Weiss and Jan and Barry Weiss on the birth of their daughter and granddaughter, Nava Zippora, by Sandy Vogel

NELSON NEUMAN FAMILY KIDDUSH FUND In Honor of: Sidney Schlachman on his special 90th birthday, by Marianne and Larry Hornstein, Sylvia Sklar In Memory of: Sylvia Aiken, by Herbert Gendason

In Memory of:

In Honor of: Jerry Rashbaum on his special 90th birthday, by Helene Penn Dorf Helene and Robert Riederman on the birth of their granddaughter, Hannah Isabella Dlott, by Helen Penn Dorf In Memory of: Donald Caplan, by Helene Penn Dorf Hilbert Merrill (Bert) Levine, by Helene Penn Dorf Irving Littman, by Ruthie and David Carliner Leonard Arnold Orman, by Helene Penn Dorf Selma Shavitz, by Helene Penn Dorf Alvin Sirota, by Helene Penn Dorf Norman Sklar, by Ruthie and David Carliner

ELLYN AND STEPHEN POLAKOFF SENIOR TRIP SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Honor of: Gerald Rashbaum, on his special 90th birthday, by Michael, Molly, and Lani Kessler

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND In Honor of: Alma Becker on her special birthday, by Audrey Gann Iris Pevner on her special birthday, by Hope Hirschhorn Sidney Schlachman on his special 90th birthday and his Haftorah reading, by Barrie and Harold Smullian In Memory of: Norman Sklar, by Fran and Geoffrey Kroll

JENNIFER & MICHAEL SACHS’ CAMP FUND In Honor of: Michael Sachs on his special birthday, by The Shafers In Memory of: Laurie Schimmel, by Melissa, Adam, Emily and Lauren Eisner, Amy and Albert Harris, Rona Kantor, Amy, Josh and the Kohn Team, Sheila Lichter

SISTERHOOD GIFT FUND In Honor of: Iris Pevner, wishing her a Happy Birthday, by Sallie Goldberg In Memory of: Donald Caplan, by Sallie Goldberg

THE HOLLY & STEVEN VENICK & FAMILY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY FUND In Honor of: Holly and Steve Venick on their anniversary, by

BETH TFILOH BULLETIN Aunt Rona Kogan Jordyn Venick on becoming a Bat Mitzvah, by Sheri, Yael, and Shira Seaman In Memory of: Donald Caplan, by Holly and Steven Venick, Sherri and Jeffrey Venick Norman Sklar, by Beverly and Herman Venick, Holly and Steven Venick

ROZ AND MARVIN H. WEINER AND FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Honor of: Beverly and Donald Wilson, on their 50th wedding anniversary, by Roz and Marvin Weiner In Memory of: Meilach Totholz, by Roz and Marvin Weiner

EDWARD AND FAITH WOLF SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Honor of: Shoshi and Brian Ponczak on the birth of their new daughter, Molly Claudette, sister of Sarina, Caleb and Anna, by her grandparents, Faith and Edward Wolf

LINDA AND SEYMOUR YAFFE SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of: Emanuel Levy, by Linda Yaffe

JULIUS ZERWITZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND In Honor of: Susan and Michael Sless, on Wil and Caitlin’s marriage, by Maureen and Howard Davidov

OCTOBER 2017 A TISHREI-CHESHVAN 5778 Caitlyn Greenberg, daughter of Melanie and Howard Greenberg; and to the grandparents, Sonny Sless, Jeanne Rottenberg, Trudy Greenberg and Mark Rottenberg To Nina and Darren Weiss on the birth of their daughter, Nava Zippora: and to the grandparents, Jan and Barry Weiss

Speedy Recovery We wish the following members a speedy and complete recovery: To Ira Roffman, Sandy Rosenblatt

Condolences We extend our heartfelt condolences to the following members: To Larry Aiken on the loss of his mother, Sylvia Aiken To Shirley Avin on the loss of her father, Meilach Rotholz To Joan Caplan on the loss of her husband, and our member, Donald Caplan To Natalie Chason on the loss of her mother, and our member, Leah Szmidt To Susan Green and Daniel Green on the loss of their brother, Mark David Green To Elsie Legum on the loss of her sister, Mildred Walker To Gayle Levy and Jane Goldfarb on the loss of their husband and father, and our member, Emanuel Levy To Isaac Samuel, Joseph Samuel and Sharon Bar, on the loss of their wife and step-mother, and our member, Esther (Esty) Samuel

Mazel Tov

Shabbat Bima Flowers

We extend a Mazel Tov to the following members:

We gratefully appreciate the generosity of the following individuals for their sponsorship of the Shabbat Bima flowers:

To Susan and Steven Feldman on their granddaughter, Anna-Elise Feldman, becoming a Bat Mitzvah; to the parents, Karine and Daniel Feldman; and to the grandmother, Sebastiana Toledo To Courtney and Ezra Hercenberg on the birth of their daughter, Kira To Elaine Malinow and Robert Cohen on the birth of their granddaughter, Kenna Ruby Malinow, daughter of Joshua Malinow ‘95 and Maura Proser. Kenna is the granddaughter of Kenneth Malinow z”l. To Gail and Skip Millison on the auf-ruf today and forthcoming marriage of their son, Brad Millison to Rebecca Misler, daughter of Donna Azman and Brian Misler; and to the grandmother, Miriam Magat. To Helene and Robert Riederman on the birth of their granddaughter, Hannah Isabella Dlott, daughter of Stephanie Riederman ’06 and Moshe Dlott; and to the grandparents, Barbara and Steve Dlott. To Will Sless, son of Susan and Michael Sless, on his auf-ruf and forthcoming marriage to

AUGUST 26 - Gail and Skip Millison and Donna and Irwin Azman in honor of the aufruf

and the upcoming marriage of their children, Brad Millison and Rebecca Misler. SEPTEMBER 2 - Holly and Steven Venick in honor of their daughter, Jordyn, becoming a Bat Mitzvah SEPTEMBER 9 - Robin and Jonathan Davidov in honor of their son, Owen Cook Davidov becoming a Bar Mitzvah.

Shabbat Kiddush Sponsors We gratefully appreciate the generosity of the following individuals for their sponsorship of the weekly Shabbat morning Kiddush: AUGUST 5 - in honor of the 90th birthday of Sidney Schlachman, by his family. AUGUST 12 – the Nelson Neuman Family Kiddush Fund AUGUST 19 - Susan and Michael Sless in honor of the auf-ruf of their son, William Sless and his upcoming marriage to Caitlin Greenberg. AUGUST 26 - Mindy and Jacob Benhamou in honor of their daughter, Maya, becoming a Bat Mitzvah SEPTEMBER 2 - Holly and Steven Venick in honor of their daughter, Jordyn, becoming a Bat Mitzvah. SEPTEMBER 9 - Lynn and Harold Davidov in honor of their grandson, Owen Davidov becoming a Bar Mitzvah.

Seudah Shelishit Sponsors We gratefully appreciate the generosity of the following sponsors of the weekly Shabbat afternoon Seudah Shelishit: AUGUST 5 - to commemorate the yahrzeits of Louis Goldberg and Michael Fox by their children AUGUST 19 - Steve Zemel and family in observance of the yahrzeit of Harry Zemel. AUGUST 26 - Marianne and Larry Hornstein to commemorate the yahrzeit of their beloved grandfathers, Elias Horn and Meyer Hornstein

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BETH TFILOH BULLETIN SEPTEMBER 2 - the Skurnik Family to commemorate the 8th yahrzeit of David Skurnik. SEPTEMBER 9 - Philip Leder to commemorate the yahrzeit of his beloved wife, mother and grandmother, Harriett J. Leder; Bill and Pat Jacobs to commemorate the yahrzeits of Bill’s mother, Isabel Jacobs and his father, Emanuel Jacobs.

Memorial Plaques Memorial Plaques have been purchased in memory of the following: Sylvia Aiken Tillie Fishman Morton Jay Herbst Emanuel M. Katz Goldie S. Katz Jane Drew Kessler Melvin Gilbert Kitt A Louis Shor Dorothy Swimmer

Simcha Plaques Simcha Plaques have been purchased in honor of the following: Rikki “Riri” Solomon, in honor of her 75th birthday, with love, Louis, Shari, Scott, Erika, Connor, Marni, Richard, Aydan, Michelle, Marc, Ava, Maya & Jonah

Yahrzeit Contributions Nathan Abell, by Janet Billig Samuel Alperstein, by Neil Alperstein Rose Aronoff, by Revanne Aronoff Harry Aroonoff, by Stanley Aronoff

OCTOBER 2017 A TISHREI-CHESHVAN 5778 Harold Balser, by Lois Balser Beverly S. Baumohl, by Harry Baumohl Bessie Becker, by Edna Hendler Sarah Benesch, by Ruth Sobkov Jack Benjamin, by Jeane Sweren Michael Billig, by Janet and Jack Billig Meyer I. Breschkin, by Myra Fox Lillian Wilner Braver, by Joyce Grand Nathan Burman, by Robert Burman Rose Burman, by Lawrence Burman Alan Caplan, by Richard Lamb Gussie Chaiet, by Anna Jeanette Katcoff Howard Chernock, by Ronnie Silverstein Bertha Coplan, by Helene Penn Dorf and family Irving Deckelbaum, by Rena Polun Ada Dobres, by Sheldon Dobres Karolyn Donner, by Elayne Berg Stanley Eisenberg, by Gwenn Eisenberg, Ronald Eisenberg Mollie Epstein, by Florence Epstein Sidney Esterson, by Judy Chernak, Ted Chernak Jeanette E. Falk, by Ellen and Stewart Falk S.C. Farcas, by Ellis Caplan Solomon Feiges, by Marlene Eichner Harold Finck, by Jay Michael Hilda Finck, by Jay Michael Benjamin Fishman, by Harvey Kasner Albert E. Flax, by Richard Flax Dorothy Fleischmann, Marlene Eichman Lucie Fleischmann, by Rudy Fleischman Michael Fox, by David Fox Mildred Gersh, by Alan Gersh Moses Aaron Goldberg, by Ted Chernak Bernard Greenblatt, by Marcia Leavey Yetta Grossman, by Sylvia Tulkoff Leon Hack, by Florence Brill, Karen Glazer Rose Schaff Halikman, by Louis Halikman Sylvia Hunsberger, by Jay Michael Zlata Kanner, by Martin Kanner Michael Kasner, by Harvey Kasner Rose Katcoff, by Anna Jeanette Katcoff Robert H. Katz, by Velma Cheslock, Cicely Finkelstein David Solomon Kessler, by Betty Jacobs Keyser Dora Kessler, by Betty Jacobs Keyser Samuel Klawansky, by Irene Bressler Joseph Kotelchuck, by Debra Berney, Janet Kotelchuck Anna Ida Kravetsky, by Sonia Maltinsky Fannie Kremen, by Gladys Kremen Neysa Lafferman, by Myra Fox Samuel Lakein, by Annette Polonsky Jacob Lapidus, by Manna Lapidus Harriet J. Leder, by Philip Leder

Charles Levi, by Clement Levi Clara Levi, by Clement Levi Esther Levitan, by Janet Feinberg Pearl Liebfeld, by Jabe Chester Samuel Lipnick, by Zelda Lipnick Jack Malman, by Esta Lee Lesser Meyer Jacob Ment, by Loryn Lesser Arnold Michael, by Jay Michael Esther Michael, by Jay Michael Joseph Michael, by Jay Michael Morris Michael, by Jay Michael Phrona Michael, by Jay Michael Richard Michael, Jay Michael Alan Miller, by Irving Hyatt Jacob M. Miller, by Edward Miller Rose Miller, by Jeffrey Miller Elaine Millstone, by J. Max Millstone Martin Mussey, by Solomon Mussey Marc Noren, by Robert Klein Gertrude Nudelman, by June Karlin, Irwin Nudelman Sol Newman, by Seymour Newman Robert Ochfeld, by Susan Rotner Jacob Ostrow, by Robin Smolar Minkoff Joel H. Pachino, by Gloria Greenspun Nathan Patz, by Ted Chernak Curt C. Pearl, by Michael Pearl Stanley Plimack, by Elayne Berg Sadie Polakoff, by Robert Rombro Ray Polonsky, by Norman Polonsky Ellen Polun, by Sheldon Polun Oscar Jack Polun, by Sheldon Polun Max J. Primakow, by Carole Luterman Helen Rapchik, by Barbara Schwartz Freda Reichlyn, by Leslie Walters David Reider, by Ethel Gheiler Adele A. Resnikoff, by Donna Belsky Ida Rosenzweig, by Shirley Rosenzweig Morris Rosenzweig, by Shirley Rosenzweig Evelyn Rottman, by Jay Michael Hilda Rubin, by Joyce Stern Herman Samburg, by Jay Michael Ida Samburg, by Jay Michael Jerome Samburg, by Jay Michael Solomon Schechman, by Morris Schechman Rose Schein, by Sanford Schein Isaac Sherman, by Michael Sherman Fannie Silverstein, by Morton Silverstein Sarah Silverstein, by Ronnie Silverstein Arlene Smolar, by Robin Smolar Minkoff Myer Sobkov, by Ruth Sobkov Macklin Robert Suchman, by Arlene Fleischmann Frances Berman Sulsky, by Rikki Solomon Bibi Tihanyi, by Eva Zinreich Zalman Vaynerman, by Inna Giller Rose Velder, by Eli Velder Zahava Velder, by Eli Velder Jerome (Jerry) Walters, by Barry Walters Ethel Weiner, by Anna Jeanette Katcoff Harry M. Wilner, by Joyce Grand Jacqueline Winter, by Bruce Winter Morris Winter, by Bruce Winter Louis S. Yankelov, by Edith Yankelov Benjamin Yevzeroff, by Sharon Cylus Harry Zemel, by Steve Zemel Anna Zerwitz, by Arnold Zerwitz Joseph Zilber, by Harvey Zilber

To the Clergy and my dear Beth Tfiloh FriendsThank you all for your love and support during my recent recuperation. Your caring, thoughtfulness and generosity was very much appreciated. Fondly, Rosalie Klotzman 15

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OCTOBER 2017 A TISHREI-CHESHVAN 5778 Non-Profit Org U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 1262 Baltimore, MD

BETH TFILOH CONGREGATION Roz & Marvin H. Weiner Family Campus 3300 Old Court Road / Baltimore, MD 21208

BETH TFILOH Synagogue Office 410-486-1900 Fax 410-653-0603 Schedule of Services Dial 6, 2 Information Hotline 410-413-2345 mail@btfiloh.org • www.BethTfiloh.com

Beth Tfiloh Congregation Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg, 410-413-2215 Hazzan Avraham Albrecht, 410-413-2212 Rabbi Chai Posner, 410-413-2219 Rabbi Eli Yoggev, 410-413-2316 Rabbi Chaim Wecker, Ritual Director, 410-413-2218 Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe, Community Educator, 410-413-2441 Dr. Louis Baer, President Ricka Neuman, Board Chair Don Weinapple, VP, Finance, 410-413-2291 Eve Kresin Steinberg, Executive Director, 410-413-2251

Celebrating the Joy of Judaism Embracing all Jews

Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School Switchboard: 410-486-1905

Join the BT family for THE SHABBAT PROJECT uniting Jews world-wide.

o f t S i r i h p abbat S e h T Dinner Friday, October 27

Zipora Schorr, Director of Education, 410-413-2305 Joel Cohn, President, Board of Trustees Melissa Lebowitz, PreSchool Director, 410-413-2303 Nina Wand, LS Principal, 410-413-2508 Rabbi Yehuda Oratz, MS Principal, 410-413-2407 Dr. Renee Koplon, HS Principal, 410-413-2235 Brian Singer, Hebrew School Coordinator, 410-413-2523 Laurie Kott, Director of Admission, 410-413-2308 Joan Feldman, Director of Communications, 410-413-2312 Mandi Miller, Development Director, 410-413-2399 Michelle Cherry, Director of Alumni Relations, 410-413-2336

Beth Tfiloh Youth Center Cherie Brownstein, Youth Director 410-413-2220

MERCAZ DAHAN CENTER

FOR JEWISH LIFE AND LEARNING

Sandy Vogel, Director, 410-413-2306 Shelley Kaye and Anne Pfeffer, Co-Chairs

Beth Tfiloh Camps BT YOUNG LS: PROFESSIONA COME EARLY, STAY LATE

410-517-3451

David Schimmel, Director Craig Friedman, Chair

Synagogue Life Committee Holly Venick, Director of Synagogue Life, 410-413-2244 Vered Taylor, Chair

Beth Tfiloh Cemetery Shabbat services led by RAK SHALOM, the University of Maryland Jewish a cappella group, followed by international cuisine of the Jewish people from all over the world. No matter where you come from, Shabbat unites us all.

CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS - 6 pm: Babysitting Program: Children under 3 3’s-1st grade: “The Great Zucchini” Grades 2-7: Eric Energy’s “Shalom Science” Grades 8 and up: Davening in the Chapel

COST

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS join us for Kabbalat Shabbat on the Rocks. Come early for a “Happy Half Hour” before services at 5:25 pm, and continue to raise your “spirits” with us after dinner too. Mincha 5:55 pm / Epstein Chapel Kabbalat Shabbat 6:05 pm / Epstein Chapel Dinner 7 pm / Auditorium REGISTER at bethtfiloh.com/register by October 20 CONTACT: Cherie Brownstein, 410-413-2220, csbrownstein@btfiloh.org

An international menu of chicken, potatoes, rice and vegetables from Jewish communities from around the world. • Adults: $30 • BT Young Professionals (age 21+) $30 includes Kabbalat Shabbat on the Rocks, dinner & after hours party • Kids age 13-18: $15 • Kids age 8-12: $10 • Kids age 3-7: $8 • Kids age 2 & under: No charge Discount for sharing on social media.

COMMITTEE

Ivy & Chris Ammann, Liba & Avi Benus, Tara & Simon Cornberg, Helen & Gerald Gordon, Jamie & Bradley Karbeling, Roberta & Ron Katz, Renata & David Kepner, Laurie & Michael Rosen, Liora & Ed Schlesinger, Jennifer & Daniel Schmerling, Ellen & Andrew Shevrin, Jamie & Adam Silverman

BT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE Pammy Franklin, Marcie Lehnhoff, Joseph Schwartz, Avi Sommer, Kyley Sommer

Morris Segall, Chair

Parent Association

410-413-2314

Laura Wolf, President

Brotherhood Sisterhood

410-413-2238

410-413-2239

Marlene Friedenberg, President Evelyn Gross & Shirley Miller, Gift Shop

Social Action Committee

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Lindsay Gaister, Director

Chesed Committee

Irv Hyatt, Chair Roselyn Kalb, Sisterhood Chair

Bulletin

Joan Feldman, Director of Communications, 410-413-2312 Rina Goloskov, Asst Dir. of Communications, 410-413-2369 Lori Bernstein, Graphic Designer, 410-413-2216 Charlene Schimberg, Communications Assoc., 410-413-2217 Erin Smith, Communications Coordinator, 410-413-2322