Washington Hebrew Congregation "Journal" by Washington Hebrew Congregation

DECEMBER 2017 VOL. 58, NO. 11

Washington Hebrew Congregation Clergy

M. Bruce Lustig, Senior Rabbi Susan N. Shankman, Rabbi Aaron Miller, Associate Rabbi Joseph A. Skloot, Ph.D., Associate Rabbi Mikhail Manevich, Cantor Susan R.A. Bortnick, Cantor

Senior Staff – Education

SUPPORTED BY AN ENDOWMENT FROM LIBBY AND MELVIN MANDEL

In This Issue ECC Directors’ Reflection.....................................................................3 President’s Column..............................................................................4 It’s Been a Fabulous Fall — A Photo Retrospective................................5 Reflections: When the Hanukkiyah’s Light Ignites a Spark.....................6 Hanukkah at Home..............................................................................8 Family Hanukkah Concert — A “Splendiferous” Celebration for Families With Young Children.........................................................9 Who Wants to be a Maccabee? A Shabbat Hanukkah Celebration for Families.......................................9 Beyond Dreidels & Latkes: A Hanukkah Study Session for Adults........ 10 Bake Sales Are My B*tch: Tackling Food Allergy Wars with April Peveteaux.......................................................................... 10 “Downwardly” Mobile Jews in Amram.................................................11 Jewish Book Month Shabbat Dinner....................................................11 WHC Programs & Events................................................................... 12 December Calendar........................................................................... 16 B’Nei Mitzvah................................................................................... 18 Life Cycle...........................................................................................20 WHC Meets Disaster With Determination to Make a Difference......... 21 Contributions..................................................................................... 22

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DJ Schneider Jensen Head of Schools, Early Childhood Education Ira Miller, Director of Informal Education Stephanie Tankel, Director of Religious Education Alexis Tinsley, Director of the Rabbi Joseph Weinberg ECC

Senior Staff – Administration

Steven Jacober, Executive Director Lindsay Fry Feldman, Director of Member Services Naomi Abelson Gohn Director of Temple Programs & TOV Mohan Mistry, Director of Engineering & Maintenance Stephen Stoupa, Director of Finance Susan J. Hanenbaum, Executive Director Emerita

Officers

David Astrove, President Nell Shapiro, First Vice President Mark Director, Vice President Richard Newman, Vice President Jeffrey Weiss, Vice President Andrew H. Marks, Treasurer Carrie Coonin, Assistant Treasurer Janet Katz, Secretary Deborah Goldman, Assistant Secretary Lewis Wiener, General Counsel

Board of Directors Jami Axelrod Ellen R. Berlow Sharon Jaffe Dan Beth Levin Dubin Betty Jane Eichberg Brian D. Friedman Susan B. Gerson Jessica Pearlman Isen Edward P. Joseph Anne Lackritz Andrew Lazerow Jeremy London

Past Presidents

Leonard I. Abel David R. Berz Stuart L. Bindeman Earl M. Colson Meg Jacobs Flax Jay W. Freedman Susan J. Hanenbaum

David Metzner William Miller Sandy Nesbit David Oblon Steven A. Robins Lynn Sachs Cathy Zeman Scheineson Melissa Schwartz Aaron W. Stopak Paula Tiedemann Kimberly Wachen Dan Werner

Sherry Bindeman Kahn Richard D. Kaufmann Hank D. Levine Kenneth L. Marks Paul J. Mason John M. Nannes

Lauren S. Racoosin Froma Sandler Bob M. Shapiro David A. Vise Richard M. Young Peter L. Winik

Auxiliary Presidents & Contacts

2239: Valerie Hillman The Boomers: Jeanne Flemming Brotherhood: Alan Singer Couples Club: Kim & Brian Cooper, Chris McCannell & Ven Neralla EmptyNesters: Joan Adoff, Ruth Seif, Marcia Weinberg Prime Timers: Phyllis Belford, Sandy Grant Sisterhood: Ellen M. Miller WHECTY: Lily Schoonover

We Can Be Reached

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Directors’ Reflection DJ Jensen, Head of Schools Early Childhood Education and Director of the Edlavitch-Tyser ECC

Alexis Tinsley, Director of the Rabbi Joseph Weinberg ECC

t the early childhood centers at Washington Hebrew, we believe that young children deserve the highest quality education we can provide — an education that will prepare them not only for kindergarten, but for life. We know that ongoing professional development is the key to enabling us to always improve our practice as we keep abreast of the most current research. Generations of research have demonstrated that social constructivism is the pedagogical approach that will best meet our goals for our young children. So, what is social constructivism? Constructivists believe that children construct their own knowledge through experiences. Young children are curious. We see them playing with pots and pans. They have questions, some clear cut and others just hypotheses (Will I fit into this pot? Why is this one so little? Is it for my head?). This type of exploration is the key to discovery, and discovery builds knowledge in ways that is exciting and relevant. We want to capitalize on this curiosity, and to expand upon it, engaging the children in ways that help them take steps in their learning that they might not take on their own, and thereby giving them the tools they need to think, reason, analyze, and learn long after they leave preschool. Social constructivism is the theory which supports this type of explorative learning. The social constructivist theory links this construction not only to activities, but also to individuals. Peers can be of great influence. Friends will show you how they turned red and white into pink or give you some of their empathy should you feel sad. They will help you learn how to lead, how to cooperate, and how to follow. They will collaborate in play, mutually helping each other to reach new heights of exploration. The early childhood centers in the town of Reggio Emilia, Italy, have taken social constructivism to a whole new level, with amazing results. Therefore, as a regular part of our learning, our leadership teams take teachers, support staff, and parents to Reggio Emilia, Italy, to study their curriculum and identify ways to implement it into our practice at our schools. We have just returned from our

DJ Jensen

Alexis Tinsley

most recent journey and want to share an example of what we learned. Teachers in Reggio Emilia shared with us the exploration of a class of five-year-olds challenged to convey the idea of a “Meeting.” With the active support of their teachers, the children explored this concept through photography, drawing, and clay. They debated the value and meaning of a Meeting, and decided to create a physical representation of their class’ own Morning Meeting. The children took photographs of their Morning Meeting, exploring various ways to use the camera and discussing the angles necessary to get all of the children into a single photograph. They studied the photographs, and their peers, to understand the best way to realistically represent the human body sitting down. They explored the concept of perspective (How do you draw children who are facing different directions?). They navigated the social challenge of multiple concepts of how to achieve the same goal. They practiced offering and accepting constructive criticism. In the end, the children had not only drawn representational images and created realistic clay sculptures of the class sitting in a circle for Morning Meeting, they had explored math, science, technology, writing, and social skills. And they had, through their research and actions, constructed an in depth and lasting understanding of multiple important concepts. The products they created remain on display in their school, but the learning they achieved will carry through to the rest of their education.

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President’s Column David M. Astrove

his month, several of our clergy, senior staff, Board members, and I will attend The Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) Biennial conference in Boston. Held every other year, the Biennial brings 5,000 Reform Jews from across North America together under one roof to explore connections, share experiences, learn, pray, and shape the future of the Reform Movement. More than anything, it is an extraordinary reminder that we are part of a much larger community of Reform Jews. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the URJ, shared that the upcoming Biennial will present the boldest, most significant ways to strengthen our congregations, work for social justice, engage our youth, experience Jewish learning, and open even more pathways into Jewish life. It’s a most-inspiring week, the highlight of which is always the Friday night service where all 5,000 attendees gather in one room … a very large room … to celebrate Shabbat.

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President@whctemple.org 202-895-6301

discovered while researching early 20th-century Yiddish language newspapers. Later that week, we will celebrate Jewish Book Month with a special Shabbat dinner following services on Friday, December 8. At this dinner, award-winning translators Ellen Cassedy and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub will discuss Yiddish writer Blume Lempel (1907-1999), whose stories often addressed taboo topics of her day. You can learn more about both of these events on page 11. December also provides a number of ways for us to celebrate Hanukkah together. Families with young children and grandchildren can enjoy a fun concert with singer Billy Jonas on Saturday, December 2 at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center. And on Friday, December 15, WHC’s intergenerational Shabbat Hanukkah service and oneg will be followed by events designed to provide something for everyone — from Maccabee training for families and children to an adult study session with Rabbi Lustig and Miles Roger, Assistant Director of Religious Education. Details about all of WHC’s different Hanukkah celebrations can be found on pages 9 and 10.

Each month in my column, I try to bring attention to some WHC events that I believe could be of interest to you.”

On a personal note, I have been nominated to serve a four-year term as a member of the URJ North American Board of Trustees. My term will begin upon election, which takes place on the first day of the Biennial. This is an honor that has been given to other WHC Presidents, and I will be joining past presidents Lauren Racoosin and Peter Winik who currently serve on the URJ Board. I look forward to this new level of involvement with the Reform Movement in the years to come. Each month in my column, I try to bring attention to some WHC events that I believe could be of interest to you. This month, the Temple’s calendar features two very different programs about texts originally written in Yiddish. On Sunday, December 3, the Amram Scholar Series will welcome Eddy Portnoy. His recently published book, Bad Rabbi and other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press, highlights humorous oddities he

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I also want to use my December column to ask you to please include Washington Hebrew Congregation in your year-end giving. There are so many ways in which WHC, our clergy, educators, professionals, and others enrich our lives throughout the year. A contribution to Washington Hebrew Congregation’s Yad B’Yad Annual Fund is a wonderful way to show your gratitude. I thank you in advance for doing so. Finally, I want to wish you and your families a 2018 filled with joy, health, community, satisfaction, and peace.

It’s Been a Fabulous Fall!

The New Year kicked off a calendar of engaging opportunities for all ages at WHC. We couldn’t resist sharing a few snapshots. Clockwise from the upper right: 8th-graders building “peace benches” with Christian and Muslim peers; Religious School’s “social” opening; young artists displaying their talent with artist-in‑ residence Mordechai Rosenstein; Thomas L. Friedman opening the Amram Scholar Series; celebrating the “Sacred Calling” of female clergy; learning new skills in “The (Holiday) Kitchen” at L’Academie de Cuisine; trying out the shofar at the E-T ECC; making connections at the Rosh Hashanah Community Oneg; and making New Year’s promises at Rosh Hashanah Under the Stars.

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Reflections

When the Hanukkiyah’s Light Ignites a Spark

n this season of generosity and joy, when we celebrate our freedom from tyranny with fried food and festivities, we invite you to reflect on the many ways WHC has enriched your life. Over the last year, thousands of you came together in tikkun olam on MLK Day, Mitzvah Day, and to provide relief to communities ravaged by natural disaster, and you have already stepped forward to help a refugee family rebuild their lives through our new Good Neighbors initiative. Your children and grandchildren lit up our Early Childhood Centers and Religious School with their passion for learning. You, too, may have joined us to explore new Jewish perspectives through WHC Academy, 12 Jewish Questions, the Amram Scholar Series, or the unforgettable recent week with artist Mordechai Rosenstein. You gladly extended a helping hand to fellow members by offering rides to Temple, providing comfort during times of mourning, and celebrating joyous milestones in the life cycle. Many of you also contributed to the dozens of funds that support specific areas of Temple life, and more than 500 families lent a hand to Yad B’Yad, the WHC Annual Fund. Yad B’Yad makes it possible for us to provide the pastoral, educational, and spiritual offerings that serve our diverse community, and each gift truly makes a difference.

We asked a few of our earliest Yad B’Yad supporters to share why they choose to include Yad B’Yad in their year-end giving. As you’ll read on the following page, their reflections touch on personal points of connection with WHC and their commitment to helping our Temple grow from strength to strength. As you plan your year-end giving, please consider participating in Yad B’Yad at a level comfortable and meaningful to you. To make a contribution to Yad B’Yad, visit whctemple.org/YBY or contact WHC Executive Director, Steven Jacober, sjacober@whctemple.org or 202-895-6310. Let Hanukkah’s symbolic power of lighting another candle each night to dispel the darkness be enhanced by your spark and the collective spark of our diverse and dynamic community. Together, we can make our world a brighter place.

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“This congregation has been central in the life of our family over several generations and has given us boundless support in times of happiness and challenge, treasured friendships, lifelong opportunities to learn about the beauty of Judaism and to work together toward tikkun olam. Since dues don’t cover the annual expenses to make all of these things possible, the annual campaign is essential, and we’ve been happy to support it.“ — Past WHC President and Past Yad B’Yad Co-Chair Sherry Bindeman Kahn & David Kahn

“Our parents taught us to support causes that are meaningful to us and committed to making the world a better place. Over the last 28 years, the Congregation has been our community. Most of our friends are fellow congregants. We have celebrated every life cycle event from bris to wedding. Our clergy and the staff have provided love, support, and guidance. It is our pleasure and good fortune to be able to support our congregation through Yad B’Yad.” — Lyn & Barry Chasen, hosts of the 2018 Florida Reunion

“Our family supports Yad B’Yad because it enables the Temple to open its doors to everyone who shares our values and beliefs and wants to be a part of this vibrant community, regardless of their ability to pay. I know that Temple dues cover only a portion of the actual cost of membership, and Yad B’Yad helps to bridge that gap.” — Immediate Past President Meg Jacobs Flax & Sam Flax

“We give because the Temple has given so much to us! From the ECC to the Religious School to the teen programming, WHC has given our three teenage children an adult relationship with God and Judaism. We give to make certain that all families can have that experience.” — First Vice President Nell Shapiro & Ed Shapiro

Pictured: Ed, Dorothy, and Griffin Shapiro

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Hanukkah at Home

Whether the hanukkiyah you light is one that your great-grandmother brought with her when she escaped persecution in Europe, your child made in preschool when he was three, was given to you as a house-warming present, or you purchased from our Judaica Shop at this year’s Sisterhood Holiday Boutique, the simple act of lighting the candles and reciting the blessings each night connects us to our ancestors and our extended Jewish family around the world.

Hanukkah begins on Tuesday, December 12 and lasts eight nights. We place candles in the hanukkiyah from right to left (like Hebrew is read), so that the candle for the first night is on the far right. After inserting the candles, recite the blessings (included below) before you light the candles. When you do light them, start from the left, so the candle representing the newest day is lit first. On Friday night, December 15, when we celebrate both Shabbat and Hanukkah, light your hanukkiyah before you light the Shabbat candles.

You can have Cantor Susan Bortnick “join” you in singing the blessings each night! Just go to whctemple.org/Hanukkah and click on “blessings.”

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech haolam asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu l’hadlik neir shel Hanukkah. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us to kindle the Hanukkah lights.

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech haolam sheasa nisim laavoteinu bayamim haheim bazman hazeh. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who performed wondrous deeds for our ancestors in days of old at this season. Recite the following blessing, Shehecheyanu, on the first night only.

Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu v’higianu laz’man hazeh. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, for giving us life, sustaining us, and enabling us to reach this season. Page 8 | WHC Journal – December 2017

$20/Family RSVP: whctemple.org/Hanukkah

Co-sponsored by Couples Club and the Edlavitch-Tyser and Rabbi Joseph Weinberg Early Childhood Centers

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Family Hanukkah Concert A splendiferous celebration for families with young children!

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Saturday, December 2 400 – 600 pm (doors open at 3

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at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center Bring your friends and family and prepare to throw out the rules. Because when Billy Jonas hits the stage with his funky folk music for the whole family, the ensemble is …everyone! Munch on latkes, sufganiyot (doughnuts), and more. Then, do some good for other children and Mother Earth. With Second Chance Toys, we’ll clean up some gently used plastic toys for boys and girls in need. Our tikkun olam project will also help our world by keeping plastic out of landfills.

$20/Family RSVP: whctemple.org/Hanukkah

Co-sponsored by Couples Club and the Edlavitch-Tyser and Rabbi Joseph Weinberg Early Childhood Centers

Who Wants to be a Maccabee? A Shabbat Hanukkah Celebration for Families

Friday, 12/15 Following the 6:00 pm Intergenerational Shabbat Hanukkah Service and Oneg at Temple

FORTIFY! TRAIN! CHALLENGE! There is no charge, but please RSVP so we can plan: whctemple.org/Hanukkah

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Beyond Dreidels & Latkes A Hanukkah Study Session for Adults

Friday, December 15 At Temple, following the 6:00 pm Intergenerational Shabbat Hanukkah Service and Oneg There is no charge, but please RSVP so we can plan: whctemple.org/Hanukkah

Bake Sales Are My B*tch Tackling the Food Allergy Wars With April Peveteaux

iving the food allergy life and having a kid who can’t have dairy, tree nuts, peanuts, or soy is not easy. Neither is worrying about accommodating all the food requirements at a play date. From avoiding major food allergens and respecting food preferences like vegetarian or vegan to being aware of religious practices like keeping kosher, making a simple snack resembles navigating a minefield. Author April Peveteaux joins us at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center on Sunday, December 10 at 10:30 am for a humorous discussion on how to tackle dietary challenges and keep everyone food safe. Ms. Peveteaux lives with celiac disease, which causes her body to have an auto-immune reaction when she eats gluten. In her first book, Gluten Is My B*tch, she offered a brutally honest and hilarious take on the realities of living a gluten-free life. Now, with her new book, Bakes Sales Are My B*tch: Win the Food Allergy Wars With 60+ Recipes to Keep Kids Safe and Parents Sane, she’s brought her humorous energy to tackling food allergies for the whole family. In a conversation with DJ Schneider Jensen, Head of Schools for WHC’s Early Childhood Centers, Ms. Peveteaux will lend some much-needed guidance and insight on how to tackle the food challenges your family will face. This program is free and open to the public. Learn more and RSVP to attend at whctemple.org/Lecture. Sponsored by the Edlavitch-Tyser Family Relations Forum.

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Lifelong Learning

Unexpected Stories From Yiddish Culture “Downwardly” Mobile Jewish Book Month Shabbat Dinner Jews in Amram The Writings of Blume Lempel

An Alternative History

tories abound of Jewish immigrants climbing the ladder of social mobility as they successfully integrated into new and different worlds during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. But historian Eddy Portnoy has discovered others, Jewish bunglers and blockheads — among them drunks, thieves, murderers, wrestlers, psychics, and beauty queens — who didn’t make it into the history books. Their follies and foibles were fodder for the pages of Yiddish daily newspapers in New York and Warsaw, the major centers of Jewish culture at that time. Now Dr. Portnoy has incorporated their tales in a newly published book, Bad Rabbi and Other Strange but True Stories From the Yiddish Press, and he will introduce us to these “downwardly” mobile Jews during his Amram Scholar Series lecture on Sunday, December 3 at 10:30 am at Temple. There’s the Polish rabbi who was blackmailed by an American widow, the psychic who specialized in locating missing husbands, violent gangs of Jewish mothers, 600-pound wrestlers, and more. An expert on Jewish popular culture with a Ph.D. from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), Dr. Portnoy came upon their stories while researching his doctoral dissertation on cartoons of the Continued on page 24.

ashington Hebrew Congregation’s annual celebration of Jewish books and their writers and tribute to our libraries will be held on Friday, December 8 following the 6:00 pm Shabbat service at Temple. At a special Shabbat dinner and program, gifted translators Ellen Cassedy and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub will present “The Bold and Provocative Stories of Yiddish Writer Blume Lempel.” Blume Lempel’s award-winning fiction, written in Yiddish, opened a window to the Old World and the Holocaust. She also wrote about the margins of society and subjects that were considered untouchable in her time. Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories is the first English-language collection of Lempel’s work, and our speakers, Ellen Cassedy and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, received the 2012 National Yiddish Book Center Translation Prize for their translation of this book. We invite you to join us for this annual event that is a meaningful way to show your support for WHC’s libraries. The cost is $18 per person, and advance registration is required. Sign up on our website, whctemple.org/WHCBooks. For additional information, please contact Ellen Share, WHC Librarian, eshare@whctemple.org or 301-354-3212. WHC Journal – December 2017 | Page 11

In December …

WHC Programs & Events Featured Programs

Featured Programs

Hanukkah Concert for Families With Young Children

“Beyond Dreidels and Latkes”

Billy Jonas Concert and Second Chance Toys “Party” Saturday, December 2, 4:00 pm at JBSC (doors open at 3:30)

A Shabbat Hanukkah Study Session for Adults Friday, December 15, 6:00 pm at Temple

Our ECCs and Couples Club invite you to a super-fun event for families with young children. Bring your friends and family and prepare to throw out the rules. Because when Billy Jonas hits the stage with his funky folk music for the whole family, the ensemble is …everyone! Munch on latkes, sufganiyot (doughnuts), and more. Then, do some good for other children and Mother Earth. With Second Chance Toys, we’ll clean up some gently used plastic toys for boys and girls in need. Our tikkun olam project will also help our world by keeping plastic out of landfills.

Registration required ($): whctemple.org/Hanukkah Alexis Tinsley: atinsley@whctemple.org, 301-354-3208

Bake Sales are My B*tch A Morning With April Peveteaux Sunday, December 10, 10:30 am at JBSC

April Peveteaux passed out from happiness when The New Yorker called her debut book, Gluten Is My B*tch, “highly entertaining.” After she woke up, she went on to pen two more humorous books about digestive disorders, including her newly published, Bake Sales Are My B*tch: Win the Food Allergy Wars with 60+ Recipes to Keep Kids Safe and Parents Sane. Join us for a most entertaining presentation — whether or not you come from a food allergy family. Copies of her books will be available for purchase and signing. This program is sponsored by the Edlavitch-Tyser Family Relations Forum. Registration preferred (free): whctemple.org/Lecture Naomi Abelson Gohn: ngohn@whctemple.org, 202-895-6328

Bring your hanukkiyah and an unwrapped toy to support our holiday toy drives to Temple and celebrate the Festival of Lights with your WHC family and friends. We will offer light snacks in Kreeger Lobby before the 6:00 pm intergenerational Shabbat Hanukkah service. Afterward, our holiday oneg will feature Hanukkah-themed foods and a chance to socialize with friends. Our adult study session will begin at 7:30 pm.

Registration preferred (free): whctemple.org/Hanukkah Madge Novel: mnovel@whctemple.org, 202-895-6314

Special Worship Experiences

Tot Shabbat and Family Dinner

A Shabbat Experience for Families With Young Children Friday, December 1, 5:30 pm at JBSC Friday, December 22, 5:00 pm at Temple

Our clergy make going to Friday night services a fun, fulfilling event for families with young children (or grandchildren). Join us for Tot Shabbat, a half-hour service — open to the community — that teaches Jewish prayers, traditions, and rituals through songs, stories, and art projects. Continue that feeling of community and stay for a family-style (and family-friendly) dinner and craft project that relates to an upcoming holiday or Jewish value taught in the service.

Registration required for dinner only (free): whctemple.org/TotShabbat JBSC: Alexis Tinsley: atinsley@whctemple.org, 301-354-3208 Temple: DJ Jensen: djensen@whctemple.org, 202-895-6360

“Who Wants to be a Maccabee?” A Shabbat Hanukkah Celebration for Families Friday, December 15, 6:00 pm at Temple

Young (and old) Maccabees and Maccabee-wannabes are invited to celebrate the fourth night of Hanukkah with us, which happens to be Shabbat Hanukkah. Need fortification before the service? Arrive a little early for a “pre-neg” of challah, veggies, and hummus. At the Shabbat Hanukkah service, Religious School and ECC students will join us on the bimah at various times to help tell the story of the Maccabees and the Miracle of Light through song. After the service, you’ll have the chance to train and test your Maccabee skills at our oneg (with ample fortification from fried foods, of course). There’s no charge, but we’d like you to RSVP so we can plan, and bring two things with you: 1) An unwrapped toy to support our holiday toy drives, and 2) A hanukkiyah to light with us during the service. Registration preferred (free): whctemple.org/Hanukkah Madge Novel: mnovel@whctemple.org, 202-895-6314

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SHABBAT HOME DINNERS With The Boomers

FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 AT 700PM Celebrate Shabbat with a familystyle dinner hosted by your fellow Boomers. Over a delicious potluck meal, we’ll enjoy an evening of conversation and togetherness. Free! RSVP: whctemple.org/Boomers

In December …

WHC Programs & Events Special Worship Experiences JAM on the Bimah

A Pollin Music Shabbat Friday, December 1, 6:00 pm at Temple

This musical service will feature our talented junior choir, JAM (Jewish American Music), and a small instrumental ensemble. JAM will join Cantors Manevich and Bortnick on the bimah to lead the service, singing contemporary Jewish music selections for our prayers, and presenting a sermon-in-song of music they will perform at the Washington Area Jewish Youth Choral Festival. whctemple.org/Pollin Beth Donaldson: bdonaldson@whctemple.org, 202-895-6309

Shabbat Hanukkah

Friday, December 15, 6:00 pm at Temple

Bring your hanukkiyah and an unwrapped toy to support our holiday toy drives and celebrate the Festival of Lights with your WHC family and friends. Enjoy light snacks in Kreeger Lobby before the 6:00 pm intergenerational Shabbat Hanukkah service. After the service, our holiday oneg will feature Hanukkah-themed foods and engaging programming for adults and children (see “Featured Programs” for details).

Registration preferred (free): whctemple.org/Hanukkah Madge Novel: mnovel@whctemple.org, 202-895-6314

2239’s Metro Minyan

Friday, December 15, 6:15 pm at All Souls Unitarian Church 1500 Harvard Street NW, Washington, DC

This monthly Shabbat evening for young professionals starts with “A Shot of Torah,” an opportunity to study the weekly Torah portion and dive into a discussion. The guitar-led, come-as-you-are service starts at 7:00 pm and is followed by dinner. Registration required for dinner only ($): whctemple.org/2239 Valerie Hillman Bluestein: vhillman@whctemple.org

Annual Joint Service

Friday, December 29, 6:00 pm at Temple Sinai 3100 Military Road NW, Washington, DC

The final Shabbat service of the year is a rotating “joint venture” between Washington Hebrew Congregation, Adas Israel, Temple Micah, and Temple Sinai. whctemple.org/Worship Madge Novel: mnovel@whctemple.org, 202-895-6314

Opportunities for Adults to Engage

Sisterhood Literary Group Presents: A Horse Walks Into a Bar, Facilitated by Rabbi Joseph Skloot Friday, December 1, 10:00 am at Temple

A Horse Walks Into a Bar, winner of the 2017 Man Booker International Prize, is internationally acclaimed author David Grossman’s searing short novel about the life of a stand-up comic, revealed through one evening’s performance. In a little dive club, in a small Israeli city, the comedian and his audience trade barbs back and forth. As they do, a deeper story begins to take shape — one that we learn will alter the lives of many of those in attendance. Registration preferred (free): whctemple.org/Sisterhood Susan Adland: sfadland@gmail.com

Sisterhood Throws an Early Hanukkah Party Monday, December 4, 10:00 am at JBSC

Our December meeting will be an early Hanukkah celebration and a "thank you" for everything you did to make this year’s Holiday Boutique and Silent Auction a success. Join us for lunch and some special surprises! While we celebrate you, there’s also an opportunity to make the holidays so much brighter for others! Once again, WHC Sisterhood is collecting holiday gifts for children (3 months - 18 years old) who are being treated at Sinai Hospital’s Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics in Baltimore.

Registration preferred (free): whctemple.org/Sisterhood Lisa Moss: mail@lisamoss.com

Couples Club Volunteers!

Sunday, December 17, 1:00 pm at A Wider Circle 9159 Brookeville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland

Join your friends in Couples Club to help distribute furniture and other household items to families moving out of shelters or otherwise living without basic needs.

Registration required (free): whctemple.org/CouplesClub Marsha Humphries: mhumphries@whctemple.org, 202-895-6303

Lifelong Learning

Amram Scholar Series Presents: Eddy Portnoy Bad Rabbi and Other Strange but True Stories From the Yiddish Press Sunday, December 3, 10:30 am at Temple

Bad Rabbi and Other Strange But True Stories From the Yiddish Press by Eddy Portnoy exposes the seamy underbelly of Yiddish culture in pre-WWII New York and Warsaw. His wildly funny tales of rabbis, drunks, thieves, murderers, poets, and beauty queens are drawn from his extensive research. With scholarship to undergird his irreverent sense of humor, Portnoy introduces us to unlikely Jews who were flung from impoverished eastern European villages into urban shtetls where their misadventures were immortalized in print. whctemple.org/Amram Layne Weiss: lweiss@whctemple.org, 202-895-6307

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In December …

WHC Programs & Events Lifelong Learning

Prime Timers: Amram Lecture & Hanukkah Lunch Sunday, December 3, beginning at 10:30 am at Temple

Join us for the Amram Scholar Series lecture with Eddy Portnoy, author of Bad Rabbi and Other Strange but True Stories From the Yiddish Press, and afterward, we will enjoy a delicious luncheon and discuss the book. Be sure to bring toys to donate for our annual Toys for Tots drive.

Registration required ($): whctemple.org/PrimeTimers Marsha Humphries: mhumphries@whctemple.org, 202-895-6303

“Oedipus in Brooklyn and Other Stories” Congregational Shabbat Dinner for Jewish Book Month Friday, December 8, 7:00 pm at Temple

WHC’s annual Jewish Book Month Shabbat Dinner will feature the works of Yiddish writer Blume Lempel. With story lines that migrate between past and present, Old World and New, dream and reality, modern-day New York and pre-WWII Poland, bedtime story and passionate romance, old-age dementia and girlhood dreams, Lempel illuminated the inner lives of her (mostly female) characters. Ellen Cassedy and Yermiyahu Ahron Taub, who received the Yiddish Book Center 2012 Translation Prize for their translation of Blume Lempel’s work, will speak at the dinner. Registration required ($): whctemple.org/WHCBooks Ellen Share: eshare@whctemple.org, 301-354-3212

Tikkun Olam

Winter Warmth Service Project

Sunday, December 3, 12:00 pm at Temple

In partnership with Friendship Place, we will host a one-day “Winter Warmth Store” where homeless men and women can “shop” for warm winter clothing and enjoy a hot meal. We need volunteers to sort and display all of the donated clothing and to help our customers once the Winter Warmth Store opens. Can’t volunteer? Help by donating long underwear — especially XXL, 3XL, and 4XL — for men and women and all sizes for kids. Registration required (free): whctemple.org/WinterWarmth Naomi Abelson Gohn: ngohn@whctemple.org, 202-895-6328

WHC Hunger Project Food Packing

Sunday, December 10, 1:00 pm at JBSC

Put on a hair net and join us to make a real impact on hunger in our community. All ages are welcome as we work together to package nutritious meals for those in need. Help support Manna Food, the Capital Area Food Bank, the Maryland Food Bank, and Bread for the City. SSL hours are awarded too.

Registration required (free): whctemple.org/HungerProject Jeff Bergman: hungerproject@whctemple.org, 202-362-7100

Youth

6th Grade Retreat

Friday, December 1 – Saturday, December 2 at Capital Camps

This retreat is our students’ first step into the full-scale retreat program at WHC. As the first retreat away from Temple, it will be used to build community, create new friendships, and engage the 6th-graders with Washington Hebrew in a way that goes beyond the classroom. Registration required (free): whctemple.org/ReligiousSchool Jonathan Honigman: jhonigman@whctemple.org, 301-354-3223

8th Grade Retreat

Friday, December 1 – Sunday, December 3 at Capital Camps

Participating in their first full weekend retreat, our students will strengthen their sense of community and gain a better understanding of the personal and Jewish identities each of them brings to their class. The programs will be interactive and give everyone plenty of time to be social and enjoy the camp experience.

Registration required: whctemple.org/PreConfirmation Ira Miller: imiller@whctemple.org, 301-354-3209

Clash of the Classes

Saturday, December 9, 7:00 pm at ZavaZone in Rockville, Maryland

The most anticipated night of the year is our annual gradevs.-grade Color War! Who will take home the Clash of the Classes trophy? Find out at ZavaZone when teams take part in a series of epic competitions. Registration required: whctemple.org/WHECTY Ira Miller: imiller@whctemple.org, 301-354-3209

Volunteering @A Wider Circle Sunday, Dec. 17, 1pm 9159 Brookville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland

Volunteer! Help distribute furniture and other household items to families moving out of shelters or living without basic needs. Kids welcome! RSVP whctemple.org/CouplesClub

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In December …

WHC Programs & Events Youth

Families With Young Children

A Special WHC Hunger Project Food Packing Sunday, December 10, 12:00 pm at JBSC

Coordinated by WHC Brotherhood Sunday, December 17, 3:00 pm at Temple

3rd- Through 6th-Graders Are “Hanukkah Helpers” Get out your hair net, throw on your gloves, and adjust your apron! It’s the time of year when we help others, and this year, we’re getting in the holiday hunger packing spirit! Join us to make an impact together!

Registration required ($): whctemple.org/ETY Ira Miller: imiller@whctemple.org, 301-354-3209

Messy Fun Day With Fatherhood

Get ready for an afternoon of grimy, slimy, and messy fun with your kids at Fatherhood’s Messy Fun Day! We will have all the essential messy stations for dads and their kids to play in together. We’ll also be making our own deliciously messy snacks.

Registration required ($): whctemple.org/Fatherhood Marsha Humphries: mhumphries@whctemple.org 202-895-6303

NFTY-MAR MAJYK (Mid-Atlantic Junior Youth Kallah) Friday, December 15, 4:00 pm in Alexandria, Virginia

All middle school students are invited to an unforgettable weekend that will bring together over 100 middle school students from throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. This event will give participants their first taste of NFTY (North American Federation of Temple Youth), an organization that provides community, leadership, learning, and more to Reform Jewish youth throughout North America. This is an incredible way to spend a weekend, make new friends, and create amazing memories! Registration required ($): whctemple.org/JrWHECTY Ira Miller: imiller@whctemple.org, 301-354-3209

Families With Young Children

Early Childhood Center Tours for Prospective Families

Wednesday, December 6, 9:30 am at Temple and JBSC Thursday, December 14, 9:30 am at Temple Thursday, December 21, 9:30 am at JBSC

School tours enable prospective families to get an overview of our programs and see the action up close and in person! If you have a baby or young child, please reach out to us. We would be delighted to answer questions and show you our early childhood centers. Tours are offered at each location, the Edlavitch-Tyser ECC at Temple and the Rabbi Joseph Weinberg ECC at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center.

Registration preferred (free): Tours at Temple: whctemple.org/ECCDC Tours at JBSC: whctemple.org/ECCMD DJ Schneider Jensen: djensen@whctemple.org, 202-895-6360 Alexis Tinsley: atinsley@whctemple.org, 301-354-3208

RJWECC Book Fair

whctemple.org/ECCMD Jackie Iseman: jsiseman@gmail.com

Couples Club

NIGHT THEATER TH E

Join us at the Barnes & Noble in the Montrose Crossing Shopping Center on Rockville Pike, where a portion of every purchase you make will benefit the Rabbi Joseph Weinberg Early Childhood Center.

Sunday, December 10, 4:30–6:30 pm at Barnes & Noble in Rockville, Maryland

SATURDAY, JAN. 20 AT 8:00 PM 1529 16th Street NW, Washington, DC

Use code “WHC15” for 15% off the ticket price After the show, join us for drinks at Le Diplomat. Purchase tickets at TheaterJ.org WHC Journal – December 2017 | Page 15

December 2017 Sunday

Monday

9:30am Religious School (M&B) 10:30am Amram Scholar Series Lecture (M) 12:00pm Prime Timers Luncheon (M) 2:00pm Winter Warmth Project (M)

9:30am Religious School (M&B) 10:30am “Bake Sales Are My B*tch” With April Peveteaux (B) 12:00pm “Hanukkah Helpers” Program for 3rd- Through 6th-Graders (B) 1:00pm WHC Hunger Project (B) 4:30pm RJWECC Book Fair (OUT)

Sixth Hanukkah Candle 9:30am Religious School (M&B) 1:00pm Couples Club Program (OUT) 3:00pm Fatherhood Program (M)

Religious School Winter Break (M&B)

10:00am Sisterhood’s Monthly Meeting (B) 6:30pm 12JQ (M) 7:15pm WHC Academy (M)

10:00am Conversational Hebrew: Beginning (M) 6:30pm 12JQ (M) 7:15pm WHC Academy (M)

Seventh Hanukkah Candle 6:30pm 12JQ (M) 7:15pm WHC Academy (M)

Tuesday

Offices Closed (M&B) RJWECC Closed: Winter Break (B)

Wednesday

4:30pm Hebrew School (B) 6:00pm JAM Rehearsal (B) 6:30pm Upper School & Confirmation (B) 7:00pm Back to Basics (M)

First Hanukkah Candle 4:30pm Hebrew School (B) 6:00pm JAM Rehearsal (B) 6:30pm Upper School & Confirmation (B) 7:00pm Back to Basics (M)

Eighth Hanukkah Candle No Hebrew School (B)

Hebrew School Winter Break (B)

URJ Biennial (OUT through 12/10) 9:30am ECC Tour (M&B) 10:00am Back to Basics (B) 1:00pm Wednesday Study Group(M) 4:30pm Hebrew School (M) 6:00pm JAM Rehearsal (M) 7:00pm Back to Basics (B)

Second Hanukkah Candle 10:00am Back to Basics (B) 1:00pm Wednesday Study Group(M) 4:30pm Hebrew School (M) 6:00pm JAM Rehearsal (M) 7:00pm Back to Basics (B) 7:30pm Community Issues/Social Action Meeting (M)

No Hebrew School (M)

1:00pm Wednesday Study Group(M)

Hebrew School Winter Break (M&B)

E-T ECC Extended Day: Open (M)

Religious School Winter Break (M&B)

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B: Julia Bindeman Suburban Center

M: Temple

OUT: Not at a WHC location

Kislev-Tevet 5778 Thursday

Friday 6th-Grade Retreat (JBSC/OUT through Saturday) 8th-Grade Retreat (OUT through Sunday) 10:00am Sisterhood Literary Group (M) 10:30am Sisterhood Mah Jongg (B) 6:00pm Tot Shabbat Family Dinner (B) Services: 5:30pm Lay Led Service (M) 5:30pm Tot Shabbat (B) 6:00pm Pollin Music Shabbat Service (M)

E-T ECC Closed (M)

RJWECC Closed (B)

Saturday 1

2:00pm Family Hanukkah Concert (B)

Services: 9:00am Early Torah (M) 10:30am Shabbat Service (M) Bar Mitzvah of Joshua Heimlich 5:30pm Afternoon Service and Havdalah (M) B’nei Mitzvah of Jake Kline and Maison Metro

7:00pm WHECTY “Clash of the Classes” (OUT)

10:30am Sisterhood Mah Jongg (B) 7:00pm Jewish Book Month Shabbat Dinner (M) Services: 9:00am Early Torah (M) 10:30am Shabbat Service (M) B’nei Mitzvah of Maxwell and Sophia Schwab

Services: 5:30pm Lay Led Service (M) 6:00pm Shabbat Service (M) Third Hanukkah Candle 9:30am E-T ECC Tour (M)

WHC Israel Trip (through January 1) 9:30am RJWECC Tour (B)

Fourth Hanukkah Candle NFTY-MAR MAJYK (OUT through Sunday) 10:30am Sisterhood Mah Jongg (B) 7:00pm Shabbat Hanukkah Oneg and Adult Study Services: 5:30pm Lay Led Service (M) 6:00pm Shabbat Hanukkah Service (M) 6:15pm 2239’s Metro Minyan (OUT) E-T ECC Closed: Winter Break (M) E-T ECC Extended Day: Open (M) 10:30am Sisterhood Mah Jongg (B) 12:30pm RJWECC Early Dismissal (B) 5:30pm Tot Shabbat Family Dinner (M) 7:00pm Dinner with David & Debbie Astrove (OUT) Services: 5:00pm Tot Shabbat (M) 5:30pm Lay Led Service (M) 6:00pm Shabbat Service (M)

Services: 5:30pm Lay Led Service (M) 6:00pm Annual Joint Service (OUT at Temple Sinai)

Fifth Hanukkah Candle

Services: 9:00am Early Torah (M) 10:30am Shabbat Service (M) 5:30pm Afternoon Service and Havdalah (M) B’not Mitzvah of Ellie and Josie Cohen

Services: 9:00am Early Torah (M) 10:30am Shabbat Service (M)

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Mazel Tov to WHC’s December B’nei Mitzvah Joshua C. Heimlich December 2, Morning Josh is a seventh-grade student at Herbert Hoover Middle School. He is the son of Cheryl & Daniel Heimlich; the brother of Julia and Sara; and the grandson of Rosalyn & the late Arnold Kane, Carole Busch, and Barry & Ellen Heimlich.

Maxwell Evan Schwab December 9, Morning Max is an eighth-grade student at Herbert Hoover Middle School. He is the son of Leslie Schwab and William Schwab; the brother of Sophia; the grandson of Bonnie & Norman Rosen, Jutta Moser, Elizabeth Schwab, and the late Richard Schwab; and the great-grandson of Linda Schwab.

Jake Brett Kline December 2, Havdalah Jake is a seventh-grade student at Cabin John Middle School. He is the son of Lauren & Kenny Kline; the brother of Jordyn and Taylor; and the grandson of Elyse & Chuck Schneiderman and Kay & Bob Kline.

Sophia Leah Schwab December 9, Morning Sophia is an eighth-grade student at Herbert Hoover Middle School. She is the daughter of Leslie Schwab and William Schwab; the sister of Max; the granddaughter of Bonnie & Norman Rosen, Jutta Moser, Elizabeth Schwab, and the late Richard Schwab; and the great-grandson of Linda Schwab.

Maison Harper Metro December 2, Havdalah December 28 in Israel Maison is a seventh-grade student at the Bullis School. She is the daughter of Laura & Matt Metro; the sister of Clay; and the granddaughter of Sharon & Howard Metro, Helene Shapiro, and the late Ron Shapiro.

Ellie Brooke Cohen December 16, Havdalah Ellie is an eighth-grade student at Herbert Hoover Middle School. She is the daughter of Jane & Michael Cohen, the sister of Josie, and the granddaughter of Cookie Alloy, Martin Alloy, Jim Cohen, and the late Margie Cohen.

Josie Lou Cohen December 16, Havdalah Josie is a seventh-grade student at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. She is the daughter of Jane & Michael Cohen, the sister of Ellie, and the granddaughter of Cookie Alloy, Martin Alloy, Jim Cohen, and the late Margie Cohen. Page 18 | WHC Journal – December 2017

December B’nei Mitzvah

MESSY FUN DAY with

Fatherhood

Sunday, December 17 3:00-5:00 pm at Temple

$10 per family. RSVP whctemple.org/Fatherhood Emma Rose Camps December 28 in Israel Emma is a seventh-grade student at Herbert Hoover Middle School. She is the daughter of Jennifer & Jonathan Camps; the sister of Natalie and Ethan; and the granddaughter of Nancy & Scott Ogden and Adrienne & Robert Camps.

Natalie Alyssa Camps December 28 in Israel Natalie is a seventh-grade student at Herbert Hoover Middle School. She is the daughter of Jennifer & Jonathan Camps; the sister of Emma and Ethan; and the granddaughter of Nancy & Scott Ogden and Adrienne & Robert Camps.

Mallory Kate Liffman December 28 in Israel Mallory is a seventh-grade student at North Bethesda Middle School. She is the daughter of Randi & Elliot Liffman, the sister of Jake, and the granddaughter of Ava Zweig, Allen Zweig, Susan Fried, Josh Fried, Ina Liffman, and Ronald Liffman.

Justin Dean Polhemus December 28 in Israel Justin is a seventh-grade student at Cabin John Middle School. He is the son of Rachel & Jeff Polhemus; the brother of Summer and Lake; and the grandson of Cynthia & Stephen Loeb, Linda Polhemus, and David Polhemus.

Registration is Coming! 2018-2019 ECCs Toddlers through Pre-K at WHC Toddlers through Kindergarten at JBSC Flexible, extended day hours on both campuses!

Nurture • Support • Connect

Discover what makes us the best choice for your preschooler. Learn more or schedule a tour: whctemple.org/ecc D.C.: 202-895-6334 Maryland: 301-279-7505

Directors’ Reflection (continued from page 3) This project demonstrates how the Reggio Approach is not only engaging for the children, but also insures the creation of the academic skills young children need to learn. We at WHC know that maintaining accountability for the learning that the children are doing in our classrooms and ensuring they develop the appropriate kindergarten readiness skills, are of vital importance. These will always be central values in our schools. Through our study of the Reggio Approach, we are learning new strategies to reach these goals in ways that are relevant, interesting, and sustainable. We want your children to leave our schools with a strong foundation in academics and in social skills. The combination is what will help them soar. WHC Journal – December 2017 | Page 19

Life Cycle

Congratulations to… Harriet & Larry Berlin, on the marriage of their grandson, Justin Trieger, to Amy San Pedro. Wendy & Jeffrey Cossman, on the marriage of their daughter, Allison Cossman, to Andrew Friedman. Alli is the granddaughter of Louise Bittker.

Maryl Gensheimer & Jason Davis, on the naming of their daughter, Madeleine Audrey Davis (Miriam Ariel); and to Madeleine’s grandparents, Kathleen & Gregory Gensheimer and Lisa & Stephen Davis.

Lindsay & Evan Feldman, on the birth and naming of their daughter, Mackenzie “Mack” Gray Feldman (Maera Gavrielle); and to Mack’s grandparents, Marlene & George Fry and Martha & Jim Feldman. Terry & Gerald Halle, on the marriage of their son, Joshua Halle, to Diana Burnett. Adrienne & Todd LaBorwit, on the birth and naming of their son, Liam Paul LaBorwit (Hillel); and to Liam’s big sister, Elle; and grandparents, Goody Finkelstein, Mark & Leann Williams, and Tammy & Rob Elkins. Debra & Michael Lessans, on the naming of their granddaughter, Danielle Avery Kline (Batya); and to Danielle’s parents, Amy & Joey Kline; and paternal grandparents, Dee & Gerald Kline. John M. Nannes, who received the 2017 Hermelin Award for exceptional volunteerism and philanthropy on behalf of the University of Michigan. He is the architect of the Law School’s most successful development initiative — the Nannes 3L Challenge. Jo Ann & Steven Nemeroff, on the marriage of their daughter, Alixandra “Ali” Nemeroff, to Jeffrey Deckelbaum, the son of Tena & Robert Deckelbaum. Linda & Ron Recht, on the marriage of their son, Marc Recht, to Aurelie Busson. Carol Schwartz, former D.C. Councilmember, has published her autobiography, Quite a Life: From Defeat to Defeat … and Back. The subtitle was inspired by the poem “Life Is a Journey,” from the Union Prayer Book. Karen & Peter Winokur, on marriage of their son, Samuel Winokur, to Nicole Cohen, daughter of Phyllis Cohen. Joyce Winslow, who received the 2017 F. Scott Fitzgerald Short Story Award at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival for “The Juggler,” a story about the Jewish immigrant experience on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

Our Sincerest Condolences… Amy Himelstein Cohn, wife of Joel Cohn; mother of Jeremy Cohn and Leah Cohn; sister of Jay Himelstein, Elizabeth Himelstein, Michael Himelstein, Julianne Himelstein, and Gregg Himelstein. Bernard Ehrlich, father of Karen Dworken (Dudley), Patricia Polinger (Robert), and Frances Tievy (Michael); grandfather of Jessica Teicher (Erik), Joshua Dworken (Sloane), and Molly Herman (Robert). Bernice Haber, mother of Charla Lerman (Steve) and Sherry Haber (Michael Mandel); grandmother of Stephanie Lerman (Andrew Levinson), Emily Lerman (Eric Taylor), Jeremy Lerman, and Zachary Lerman. Gary Lustine, husband of Marcy Lustine; father of Jason and Alaina Lustine; son of Sandra Lustine; brother of Robin Cohn (Bob); brother-in-law of Kim Melnick (Mitch). Mildred Miller, mother of Sherry Goodman (Bruce) and Marcy Miller; grandmother of Jamie Solak (Aaron). Hugh Steinberg, father of Joann Batke and Nick Steinberger.

…may their memory be a blessing. Page 20 | WHC Journal – December 2017

Faith in Action

WHC Meets Disaster With Determination To Make a Difference

hen a series of natural disasters struck American communities this fall, our Congregation immediately stepped forward with an outpouring of empathy, volunteerism, and generous financial support. Through the Sylvia & Saul Ritzenberg Humanitarian fund, we collected more than $30,000 in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

This much-needed aid was directed to organizations offering efficient, immediate relief to the hardest-hit areas. After Hurricane Harvey, we sent financial assistance to Houston’s Jewish Family Service, which offered vital support to Jewish and non-Jewish residents in need. Through the TOV Fund, the WHC Hunger Project held an emergency food packing, which was sent to our interfaith allies at Houston Northwest Church and received with heartfelt gratitude. Century Distributors, owned by WHC’s own Robins, Rodman, and Sadugor families, donated a truckload of cleaning and household supplies to Texas families facing an arduous recovery from the storm. Parents in our early childhood centers donated 61 cartons of diapers, while WHC member Michael “Farmer Mike” Protas, who was driving down to Texas to rescue livestock left homeless by the storm, volunteered to truck all the supplies we collected directly to Houston. After Hurricane Irma, we partnered with GlobalGiving to equip Florida’s first responders to meet survivors’ needs for food, fuel, clean water, hygiene products, and shelter. After Hurricane Maria, we contributed to Americares in support of their work to airlift medical supplies to hospitals and clinics throughout Puerto Rico, with plans underway to add mental health support as the effects of trauma emerge. Thanks to the many members of our community who responded to these overwhelming events by countering despair with determination, we have truly made a difference. With wildfires ravaging California and the possibility of additional storms to come, we will continue to turn to you to help us repair the world through tikkun olam, placing our shared Jewish values into action together.

We gratefully acknowledge the following contributions that were made to the Sylvia & Saul Ritzenberg Humanitarian Fund in response to recent natural disasters. Contributions below were received through October 31. Anonymous Deborah & David Astrove Monty Bennett, in memory of Celia Cohen Mandel Jonathan Berman Century Distributors, Debra & Steven Robins Lori & Robert Rodman Randi & David Sadugor Lyn & Barry Chasen, Toleo Foundation Marcia & Stewart Cohen Rachel & Joseph Firschein Jo-Ellen & Alan Fishman Allyson & Stewart Grossman Barry Flax & Susan Kay Beth & Rick Frank Dr. Harold Goald Sandra Grant Sheila Granwell Linda & Roy Green Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Grosberg Allyson & Stewart Grossman Susan & Allen Hanenbaum Tom & Claudia Henteleff Veronica Holland

Beth & Steven Jacober Jane Josephs Nathan & Mary Lynn Kotz Barbara & Hank Levine Janet & Ed Lublin Cathy & Scot McCulloch Cathy & Scot McCulloch, in memory of Janne Ritzenberg Piper Jennifer, Sam, Alex & Ethan Millstone Paul Nass Eleanor Palmer Bill & Ann Peyser The Pinson/Vine Family, in memory of Harry Pinson Michael Protas Mr. & Mrs. Kinsey S. Reagan Linda & Ron Recht Jim & Trisha Ritzenberg, in memory of Janne Ritzenberg Piper and Sylvia & Saul Ritzenberg Martha Riva, in memory of Val Riva Susan & David Rosenblum

Joy Rotenberg John & Lynn Sachs Sandra Sadoff Jim & Mary Salander Froma Sandler Suzanne & Craig Scheer Marc & Cathy Scheineson Leslie Miles & Jayson Schwam Linda & Arthur Schwartz Ruth Seif Bob & Pat Shapiro Ellen Sue Shapiro Drs. Adam & Diane Shrier Carlynn Silverman Nancy G. Simon Linda Singer Sandy & Heidi Sinick Frank Spigel Sherry Sundick Melissa & Jon Walsh Dale & Don Yablonowitz Rachel Carren & Mark Young Alane & Gene Youngentob

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Contributions

We gratefully acknowledge the following contributions, received through October 31. To make a contribution to any of Washington Hebrew Congregation’s funds, please visit whctemple.org/donate. H. Max & Jodie and Stephen Ammerman Interfaith Fund

Donor Andrew Ammerman Donor Andrew Ammerman

In Honor of: Steve Kohn’s Birthday Mick Heller’s Birthday In Memory of: Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman

Amram Sunday Scholar Series Endowment Fund

Donor In Memory of: Cheryl Bleiberg Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Marilyn & Michael Glosserman Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman

Lillian & Alfred Bennett Fine Arts Endowment Fund

Donor In Memory of: Bobbi & Ed Schiff & FFamily Sydney Shore & Irene Shore John Zeller Max Scher Donna Zeller

Julia & Jack Bindeman Fund

Donor Stuart Bindeman Linda Grodin

In Memory of: Isaac Bindeman Adele Bindeman Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Martha Bindeman

Florence & Norman Brody Archives Endowment Fund Donor Beverly Baker

In Memory of: Morris H. Brody

Jane Burka Sisterhood Leadership Fund

Donor In Honor of: Linda Sennett Newman & Family Marriage of Daniel Amer & Julia Abelkops Bat Mitzvah of Ashlyn Fritz Donor In Memory of: Susan Adland Martha Bindeman Kathy & Jody Dreyfuss Harold H. Levi, III Joseph R. Schuble Scott D. Dreyfuss Linda Sennett Newman & Family Roberta ‘Bertie’ Lehrer WHC Sisterhood Martha Bindeman

Dr. Edward A. & Mildred B. Cafritz Prayer Book Fund

Donor In Honor of: Bonnie & Neil Sherman Sherri Gottlieb’s Special Birthday Donor In Memory of: Bonnie & Neil Sherman Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman

Cantorial & Concert Fund

Donor A. Mark Neuman Donor In Honor of: Barbara Berman Cantor Bortnick Sophia Fleischer Carolyn Alper’s Special Birthday Linda & Roy Green Cantor Manevich Ruthie & Les Lee Sherri Gottlieb’s Special Birthday Howard Lehrer Cantor Manevich Susan & Stephen Porter Cantor Manevich Sondra Snyder Sherri Gottlieb’s Special Birthday Sherry Sundick Cantor Bortnick Donor In Memory of: Anne C. Golder Blanche Cooper Daniel & Jill Ladd Robert D. Ladd Page 22 | WHC Journal – December 2017

Cantorial & Concert Fund

Donor In Memory of: Phyllis Meyers Frederick Meyers Dr. & Mrs. Edward Mopsik Irving Mopsik Mimi & Tommy Nordlinger Herman Kraft Beverly Rosenblatt Margaret Deitz’s Birthday Anita Solomon Arnold Ostrin Traci & David Solovey Rosalie A. Kirshstein Bella Tovey Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Marilyn & Barry Wessler Dr. David Schwartz Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Alane & Eugene Youngentob Lila Ansin

EmptyNesters Fund

Donor In Memory of: Roberta Biegel Sidney Lieberman Gordon S. Golder & Anne C. Golder Representative Sidney R. Yates

Lois & Richard England Children’s Library Endowment Fund

Donor Ron Sokolov & Kathleen Grealish

General Fund

In Honor of: Rabbi Miller

Donor Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Pape Donor In Honor of: Shelly Blondes Sherri Gottlieb’s Special Birthday Senator Roy & Mrs. Abigail Blunt Bar Mitzvah of Alexander Charles Blunt Dr. Radha & Mr. Zachary Cohen Bar Mitzvah of Samuel Jacob Cohen Sharon Farber Shabbat Dinner with Debbie & David Astrove Jessica & Michael Isen Bat Mitzvah of Molly Pearl Isen Lauren & Kenny Kline Bar Mitzvah of Jake Brett Kline Ida & Patrick Post Bar Mitzvah of Scott Mason Post Leslie Schwab & Bill Schwab B’nei Mitzvah of Maxwell Evan Schwab & Sophia Leah Schwab Phyllis Snider Sherri Gottlieb’s Special Birthday Jeanne & Marvin Spivak Marc Recht & Aurelie Busson’s Marriage Donor In Memory of: Clifford & Lisa Beek Herman Beek Dr. & Mrs. F. Norman Berry Rae Cohen Elizabeth Blumberg Gail Brenner Claire Kaplan & Maurice ‘Moe’ Kaplan Dr. & Mrs. Steven Burka Ira Nigen Moritz Cohen Jr. Ralph L. Steinhardt Lois & Jay Copeland David Michael Copeland Irwin Edlavitch Janis Weiner Joanne & Bob Frankel Florence Trier Linda & Jay Freedman Alan Newman Susan & Barry Friedman Albert Balk Betty Glassman Alice Bortnick Ellen & Michael Gold Marjorie R. Stark Mr. & Mrs. Roger Golden Jeanette W. Bigg & Susan Bigg William & Linda Goldman Harry C. Alberts Robin Edenbaum Harris & Family Helene Rae Rabb Beth & Steve Jacober David Kreiger Sherry & David Kahn & Family Adele Bindeman Mary Lynn Kotz Myrtle L. Booth Eugenia Krasner Stuart Krasner Nancy E. Legum David H. Legum Lisbeth Levin Vicki Levin Miller Chickie & David Loewenstein Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman

General Fund

Donor In Memory of: Ronald Nessen Stephen Nessen Frederick Nessen Linda Ochsman Jeffrey W. Ochsman Jon & Jo Resnick Sandra Resnick Sheila Ruffine Nicole Ruffine Scott & Cindy Schapiro Mollie Kravatz Mr. & Mrs. Tom Schaumberg Pollo G. Schaumberg Richard & Sondra Schoenfeld Fanny Schoenfeld Dale D. Schuble Joseph R. Schuble Sr. & Scott David Dreyfuss Barbara & Sandy Silverman Gerson Bud Bonnett Sandy & Heidi Sinick Sidney Sinick Evelyn Sinick Robert Sitrick Louis Brown David Sitrick Albert H. Small Lillian Small Sondra Snyder Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman The Stark/Dan Family Hope Dan Albert Taub, MD Charles Taub Susan & Douglas Verner Faye Rose Ruth & Simon Wagman Rose Levin Joan Sarah Wexler Ruth L. Wexler Dr. Raymond Wexler Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Zelenko Michael Zelenko John Zeller Paulyne Scher

Leo & Elizabeth Goodman Public Issues Endowment Fund

Donor In Honor of: Joan Churchill Leah Goodman’s Birthday Elizabeth Beazley’s Birthday William Churchill & Remy Churchill’s Birthdays Jennifer Gordon & Dan Farber’s Marriage Donor In Memory of: Joan Churchill Marilyn Klein Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Martha Bindeman Margaret Churchill Amy Himelstein Cohn Lily Jacobs Miller Scott Dreyfuss

Joshua O. Haberman Scholarship & Publications Endowment Fund

Donor In Honor of: Barry & Rozelle Grossman Sherri Gottlieb’s Special Birthday Donor In Memory of: Frayda & Sydney Abel Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Susan Adland Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Lynne & Burt Emmer Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Steven Fischer & Linda Adler Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Sandra Fromm Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Anne C. Golder Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Linda & Roy Green Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Linda Grodin Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Judith & Albert Grollman Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Betsy Grossman Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Joyce B. Isaacson Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Barbara Kenner Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Sara & Stephen Kraskin Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Alice & Bob Lachin Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Wilma Probst Levy & Louis Levy Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Zena & Paul Mason Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman

Contributions Joshua O. Haberman Scholarship & Publications Endowment Fund

Donor In Memory of: Amy Bronrott Munaker & Alan Munaker Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Linda & Al Neuman Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Linda Sennett Newman & Family Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Mimi & Tommy Nordlinger Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Jackie & Franklin Paulson Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Marsha Pinson & Family Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Linda & Ron Recht Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Froma Sandler Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Lynne & Mark Schaffer Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman The Schneider Family Pamela Rolnick Carol & Shelly Schuman Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Anne & David Schwartz Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Pat & Bob Shapiro Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Frank Spigel Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Sherry Sundick Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Sylvia & Robert Wagman Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman WHC Sisterhood Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Alane & Eugene Youngentob Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman John Zeller Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman

Hurston Library

Donor Fran & Steve Seltzer

In Memory of: Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman

Rose E. Koenig Religious School Fund

Donor In Honor of: Brandon & Cantor Janice Roger WHC Clergy & Staff Don & Dale Yablonowitz B’nei Mitzvah of Ezra Schaffer & Madden Schaffer Donor In Memory of: Frayda & Sydney Abel Martha Bindeman Karen & Sandy Abrams Martha Bindeman Janet & Jeff Abramson Martha Bindeman Victoria Adkison Martha Bindeman Cheryl & Herbert Baraf Martha Bindeman Phyllis & David Barman Martha Bindeman Maria K. & Robert A. Burka Martha Bindeman Karen & David Cantor Martha Bindeman Grace & Chris Cassidy Martha Bindeman Earl & Helen Colson Martha Bindeman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Cornfeld Martha Bindeman Nancy Itteilag & Jack Donnelly Martha Bindeman Kathy & Jody Dreyfuss Martha Bindeman Betty & John Eichberg Martha Bindeman Charles Eisen Martha Bindeman Elizabeth A. England Martha Bindeman Abbey, Ken, Leah & Rachel Fagin Martha Bindeman Sherry & Bruce Feldman Martha Bindeman Karen & Richard Fels & Family Martha Bindeman Ellen Fivenson Martha Bindeman Meg & Samuel Flax Martha Bindeman Peggy & Dennis Frank Martha Bindeman Linda & Jay Freedman Martha Bindeman Jan Kressin Gandal & Larry Gandal Martha Bindeman David & Carol Gichner Martha Bindeman Ellen & Michael Gold Martha Bindeman Milton & Lanie Goldenberg Martha Bindeman Anne C. Golder Martha Bindeman Marjory & Fred Goldman Martha Bindeman Michael & Janet Goldman Martha Bindeman Paula Goldman Martha Bindeman Robert & Sharyn Goldman Martha Bindeman Ellen & Joseph Goldstein Martha Bindeman

Rose E. Koenig Religious School Fund

Donor In Memory of: Linda & Roy Green Martha Bindeman Betsy Grossman Martha Bindeman Susan & Allen Hanenbaum Martha Bindeman Nancy & John Harris Martha Bindeman Diane & Bruce Heiman Martha Bindeman Joan & Gil Hofheimer Martha Bindeman Phyllis & Andrew Isaacson Martha Bindeman Joyce B. Isaacson Martha Bindeman Rosalyn Levy Jonas Martha Bindeman Sherry, David, Brooke, Hannah & Ben Kahn Martha Bindeman Dayna Kipnis Martha Bindeman Stuart & Marcy Kreindler Martha Bindeman Simeon M. Kriesberg & Martha L. Kahn Martha Bindeman Wendy Lance & Ken Kubu Martha Bindeman Alice & Bob Lachin Martha Bindeman Phyllis & Mort Lessans Martha Bindeman Wilma Probst Levy & Louis Levy Martha Bindeman Jane & Bob Lipnick Martha Bindeman Chickie & David Loewenstein Martha Bindeman Steve & Ronnie Mand Martha Bindeman Zena & Paul Mason Martha Bindeman Jill McDonald Martha Bindeman Howard Morse & Laura Loeb Martha Bindeman Linda Sennett Newman & Family Martha Bindeman Deena & Lewis Ochs Martha Bindeman Eileen & Ronnie Orleans Martha Bindeman Ruth & Billy Oshinsky Martha Bindeman Joy & Ron Paul Martha Bindeman Jackie & Franklin Paulson Martha Bindeman Marsha S. Pinson Martha Bindeman Lauren & Sam Racoosin Martha Bindeman Ridgewells Catering Martha Bindeman Bill & Donna Roberts Martha Bindeman Lois & Howard Robins Martha Bindeman Stephen Rockower & Ann Sablosky Martha Bindeman Terrie & Gene Rosengarden & Family Martha Bindeman Judge & Mrs. Bruce Rosenstein Martha Bindeman Sandi & Van Sabel Martha Bindeman Froma Sandler Martha Bindeman Susan Small Savitsky & Gerald Savitsky Martha Bindeman Lynne & Mark Schaffer Martha Bindeman Dale Schuble Martha Bindeman Carol & Shelly Schuman & Family Martha Bindeman Michele & Marshall Schwartz Martha Bindeman Bob & Pat Shapiro Martha Bindeman Ellen Sue Shapiro Martha Bindeman Linda & Samuel Shapiro Martha Bindeman Ellen & Stewart Share Martha Bindeman Bonnie & Neil Sherman Martha Bindeman JoAnn & Richard Simon Martha Bindeman Sandy & Heidi Sinick Martha Bindeman Tina & Albert Small Jr. Martha Bindeman Frank Spigel Martha Bindeman Susan Marshall & Family Martha Bindeman Sherry Sundick Martha Bindeman Lan & Mel Swerdloff Martha Bindeman Susan & Ronald Trichon Martha Bindeman Sherri Tunis Martha Bindeman Joan Wachstein Martha Bindeman Syvia & Robert Wagman Martha Bindeman Paulette & Larry Walker Martha Bindeman Adam Wertheimer, BOWA Martha Bindeman Barry & Marilyn Wessler Martha Bindeman

Rose E. Koenig Religious School Fund

Donor Cheryl West Carol & John Wilner Susan Winberg The Windmueller Family Ann & Richard Young Alane & Eugene Youngentob Bonnie & Stuart Youngentob Mr. John Zeller Max & Sheri Zweig

In Memory of: Martha Bindeman Martha Bindeman Martha Bindeman Martha Bindeman Martha Bindeman Martha Bindeman Martha Bindeman Martha Bindeman Martha Bindeman

Kol Rinah Choir

Donor Anita Solomon

In Memory of: Arthur Ostrin Frederic Solomon Gladys Sorentrue

Harriet M. Kriesberg Fund for the Study of Torah

Donor In Honor of: Simeon M. Kriesberg & Martha L. Kahn Asher Lerman’s Speedy Recovery Donor In Memory of: Bonnie & Neil Sherman Roberta “Bertie” Lehrer

Rabbi M. Bruce Lustig Scholarship Fund

Donor The Posin/Sands Family Donor In Honor of: Cheryl Bleiberg Rabbi Lustig’s Honor from the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington Lorraine Gallard & Richard Levy Rabbi Lustig Anne C. Golder Rabbi Lustig Donor In Memory of: Linda Wertlieb Harvey Wertlieb Carole & John Nannes Norman Lustig

Zena Mason Early Childhood Education Fund

Donor Mrs. Rita Sollod Donor In Memory of: Zena & Paul Mason Dorothy Sapperstein Linda Sennett Newman & Family Zena Mason’s Special Birthday

Mitzvah Day

Donor In Honor of: Linda & Ron Recht Special Birthday of Martin “Marty” Protas Donor In Memory of: Jane Flior Edward Ehrlich Betsy Grossman C. L. Ogles Linda & Ron Recht Dr. Jeffrey Meltzer

Stephanie Morris Prime Timers Programming Fund

Donor Elaine Minkoff Donor In Memory of: Suzy & Al Morris Louis Bojan Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Barbara Morris Elisabeth Posner Schouten Lillian Posner Wallace Irving Wallace

Kamy Loren Nathanson Bar & Bat Mitzvah Kiddush Cup Endowment Fund

Donor Steven Fischer & Linda Adler

In Memory of: Arlene Richard Lilliann Marks Jerome M. Fischer Ruth G. Adler

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Contributions Kamy Loren Nathanson Bar & Bat Mitzvah Kiddush Cup Endowment Fund

Donor In Memory of: Amy Bronrott Munaker & Alan Munaker Sylvia Bragman Schwartz Rega Krasner Cerlene Myers Rose Elsa Gimbel Myers

Albert & Scott Pelmoter Youth Scholarship Fund Donor Shirley Pelmoter

Tauber Library Fund Donor Fran & Steve Seltzer

Sheldon & Judy Sadugor Memorial Fund of ECC

Donor Lori & Bob Rodman

In Honor of: Joyce Isaacson In Memory of: Martha Bindeman

In Memory of: Sheldon Sadugor

Selinger (Childrens) Library

Donor In Memory of: Faith, Kolman & Nora Apt Muriel & Milford Dulberger Barry & Suzanne Helfand Albert Helfand Ferne Jaffe Jonathan Burlina Veda, Andrea Levy & Lisa Breslau Marie Higger Marsha Stiefel Pinson Tea Stiefel Francine & Stephen Seltzer Gertrude Arthur Dr. & Mrs. Samuel Stoleru Elka Stoleru Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman

Abe & Sylvia Shrinsky Creative Worship Program Fund

Donor In Memory of: Faith & Jim Kirk Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Jason Shrinsky & Family Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman

Carlynn & Larry Silverman Family Endowment for Jewish Life & Learning

Donor Carlynn Silverman

In Memory of: Martha Bindeman

Abram Simon Elementary School Camp Fund

Donor In Honor of: Andrew Ammerman Bat Mitzvah of Alana Rebecca Joyce B. Isaacson Jane Josephs Donor In Memory of: Ellen & Stewart Share Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman

Abram Simon Elementary School Fund Donor Lauren & Eric Lieberman Donor Joyce B. Isaacson

Carrie Simon House

Donor Susan & Jeffrey Drobis Joyce B. Isaacson Donor Nancy Pasternak

Sisterhood Youth, Education & Enrichment Fund

In Honor of: Bill Davis Paul Nass In Honor of: Rabbi Miller Adrienne Elman Joan Rosenbach In Memory of: Eleanor Kosterlitz

Donor Mr. & Mrs. Richard Burka Donor In Honor of: Joyce B. Isaacson Jackie Paulson Lynne & Mark Schaffer Bat Mitzvah of Madden Schaffer Bar Mitzvah Ezra Schaffer Donor In Memory of: Steven Fischer & Linda Adler Martha Bindeman Marjory & Fred Goldman Laurence LeShay Elaine Goldstein Martin Goldstein Page 24 | WHC Journal – December 2017

Sisterhood Youth, Education & Enrichment Fund Donor Shelli Ochsman Linda & Ron Recht

Worship & Music Fund

In Memory of: Dr. Jack Friedman Martha Bindeman

C. Haskell & Ruth Behrend Small Music Fund

Donor In Honor of: Anne C. Golder Suzy Balamaci & J. William Koegel Jr.’s Marriage Sherry Sundick Shirley Pelmoter Suzy Balamaci & J. William Koegel Jr.’s Marriage

Tikkun Olam Values (TOV) Fund

Donor Emanuel J. Friedman Philanthropies Donor In Honor of: Cathy Kwart Carolyn Alper’s Special Birthday Shirely Jacobs’ Special Birthday Barbara & Hank Levine Rabbi Lustig Susan & Douglas Verner Rabbi Skloot Donor In Memory of: Joan Greenbaum Tea Stiefel Sandra Fromm Norman Lustig Cathy Kwart Arnold Kwart Tina & Albert Small Jr. Anthony DeMarco Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Mindy Strelitz Joseph H. Strelitz

Donor Lan & Mel Swerdloff

In Memory of: Harry Bernholtz Louis Swerdloff

Young Professionals (22-39) Fund

Donor Emanuel J. Friedman Philanthropies The Morningstar Foundation Juliana Nganele Donor In Honor of: Anne C. Golder Birth of Avital Hannah Miller Mr. & Mrs. Ira Gansler Rabbi Miller Susan & Stephen Porter Rabbi Miller

Ivy Zola’s Help-a-Friend Fund

Donor In Memory of: Paula, Neal, Jennifer, Michael & Steven Bobys Anita Bacher Bobys Karen & Richard Perkins Martin Zimmerman Herman Beek Laurie Hoffberg Lynn & Larry Silverberg Mildred Silverberg Joan & Norman Smith Florence Trier Andrea & Geoffrey Zola Deborah & Irving Cohen

Rabbi Joseph Weinberg Young Leadership Community Service Fund

Donor Anne C. Golder Marcia Weinberg

In Memory of: Robert Katz Rabbi Joseph P. Weinberg

Wender Memorial Archives Fund

Donor William H. Davis

In Memory of: Anna Goldschmidt Sidney Goldschmidt

WHC Hunger Project Donor Holly & Jeffrey Bergman Donor Joyce B. Isaacson

In Honor of: Holly Bergman

Worship & Music Fund

Donor Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation Susie & Bob Zohlman Donor In Honor of: Leonard Abel Rabbi Lustig’s Honor by the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington Joyce B. Isaacson Priscilla Levine Ellen Miller, Bob Kelly & Family Rabbi Shankman’s Yom Kippur Sermon Steve Jacober Zena & Paul Mason David Astrove’s Rosh Hashanah Speech Marsha S. Pinson Beautiful High Holy Day Services Joyce Isaacson & WHC Staff My Aliyah on Kol Nidre Gary & Laura Siegel Rabbi Shankman Steven Siegel & Bari Siegel Rabbi Shankman Sherry Sundick Rabbi Shankman Gerdy Trachtman Rabbi Skloot Donor In Memory of: Karen & David Cantor Arthur Blitz Colin Kahn Mrs. Roy Garber & Family Cantor Roy Garber Marvin Korengold Ida Korengold Mr. & Mrs. Roger Lebbin Rabbi Joshua O. Haberman Linda Sennett Newman & Family Norman Lustig Susan & Stephen Porter Charles Lowe Mary & Jim Salander Susan Walsh

“Downwardly” Mobile Jews (continued from page 11)

Yiddish press. The irreverent, unvarnished, and frequently hilarious group of tales collected in Bad Rabbi together provide a window into an unknown Yiddish world that was. Academic Advisor and Exhibitions Curator at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York City, Eddy Portnoy has lectured worldwide and taught Yiddish language and literature at JTS and Rutgers University. His articles have appeared in The Forward and Tablet Magazine. Dr. Portnoy’s lecture is presented in cooperation with the Jewish Book Council.

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