MARCH 2021 | ADAR-NISAN | 5781 | VOL. 91 | NO. 3 TheScroll PESACH SCHEDULE 2021 | 5781 THURSDAY, MARCH 25 Chol HaMoed (Intermediate Day) Fast of the First Born TUESDAY, MARCH 30 No 7:00 am Zoom Morning Minyan 7:00 am Zoom Morning Minyan 6:45 am Zoom Minyan followed by Siyyum Bekhorim 6:00 pm Zoom Evening Minyan (Breakfast at home) 6:00 pm Zoom Evening Minyan Chol HaMoed (Intermediate Day) Bedikat Chametz WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 (Searching for Chametz) after 8:15 pm 7:00 am Zoom Morning Minyan 6:00 pm Zoom Evening Minyan FRIDAY, MARCH 26 7:00 am Zoom Morning Minyan Chol HaMoed (Intermediate Day) During the day: Chametz Burning THURSDAY, APRIL 1 (Don’t say the final blessing until Saturday during the day!) 7:00 am Zoom Morning Minyan 6:00 pm Connect for Shabbat on Facebook Live Afternoon Sisterhood Torah Fund Virtual Event 7:18 pm Candle Lighting (https://sisterhood.bethshalomkc.org/ for details) 6:00 pm Zoom Evening Minyan

Erev Pesach Chol HaMoed (Intermediate Day) SATURDAY, MARCH 27 FRIDAY, APRIL 2 10:00 am Streaming Shabbat Service bethshalomkc.org/livestreaming 7:00 am Zoom Morning Minyan No FB Live Havdalah – Get ready for your at home Seder. 6:00 pm Connect for Shabbat on Facebook Live Candle Lighting after 8:17 pm 7:25 pm Candle Lighting

First Day Yom Tov Seventh Day of Passover Yom Tov SUNDAY, MARCH 28 SATURDAY, APRIL 3 No 8:00 am Zoom Morning Minyan 10:00 am Streaming Shabbat Service 10:00 am Streaming Yom Tov Service bethshalomkc.org/livestreaming bethshalomkc.org/livestreaming No FB Live Havdalah No evening services Candle lighting after 8:26 pm Second Seder at home Eighth Day of Passover Yom Tov Second Day Yom Tov SUNDAY, APRIL 4 MONDAY, MARCH 29 No 8:00 am Zoom Morning Minyan No 7 am Morning Zoom Minyan – Enjoy the festival with 10:00 am Streaming Yom Tov Service with Yizkor your family bethshalomkc.org/livestreaming 10:00 am Streaming Yom Tov Service 8:27 pm Passover ends. bethshalomkc.org/livestreaming Chametz will be sold back by 9:00 pm. No evening services

bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 | MARCH 2021 | 1 | FROM THE Rabbi’s Study Passover 5781/2021 – This night is still different! With more changes as well…

I don’t think that any of us imagined a year ago that we On Friday evening, your Shabbat dinner should be completely would be preparing for a second Pandemic Pesach. I think kosher for Passover and served on your Passover dishes. For we all expected that Covid would have “Passed Over” by Ha-Motzi, you can either have two challah rolls at a separate now. In addition to the logistic and emotional difficulties of a table, or on the empty table on disposable plates or napkins. Pandemic Pesach, there is an added complication for this year: Or, some permit using kosher for Passover egg matzo for this Passover begins on Saturday night. (which can be eaten on your Passover dishes). This is complicated because on one hand we are supposed to Saturday, March 27, 2021 Erev Pesach have our house completely rid of all leavened bread and other It is a mitzvah to eat challah for lunch; however we need foodstuffs by the start of Passover. On the other hand, we are to conclude our eating of chametz by 10:45 am, Saturday. SUPPOSED to eat bread (challah) on Shabbat – and we are What to do? We recommend eating “lunch” early with your refraining from work on Shabbat. two challot for lunch (at a separate table or on your back On years when the first Seder falls on Saturday night after porch, so the challah rolls don’t get chametz on your Passover Shabbat ends, a few of our familiar rituals are on different dishes). For your third meal on the day (Se'udah Shlishit) days than usual. it is recommended to only have eggs, vegetables, fruit and Thursday, March 25, 2021 kosher for Passover sweets. Traditionally, the seder begins after sunset. In this way, we are acting out the Exodus at the On this morning we will have our siyyum bekhorim where time it actually occurred. Also, this year, it allows Shabbat to we conclude a segment of learning. This learning celebration have its full sanctity – and Passover to have its own sanctity. If permits first born children to not have to fast on the Fast of you need to begin early, try starting the story of the Haggadah the First Born. (This ritual is usually done on the morning of first, and then doing kiddush and eating matzah after dark Erev Pesach). (8:17 pm). Thursday evening after dark, you search for chametz in your home. (This ritual is usually done the evening before the first seder). Friday, March 26, 2021 RABBI DAVID M. GLICKMAN On this morning, we burn our chametz. Since this is the day before Passover and not Erev Pesach itself, your hametz can [email protected] be burned all day. We recommend though, that you continue to burn it in the morning so that we don’t get out of the habit of burning it at the correct time. Youth & Family Programming by BECCA LEVINE | DIRECTOR OF YOUTH & FAMILY PROGRAMMING [email protected]

| 2 | bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 | MARCH 2021 FROM THE Executive Director During a time when they may be most needed, Havurot are still up and running!

Years ago, Congregation Beth Shalom started a havurah Kurt Kavanaugh says of his havurah “We program. A havurah is a group of 6-10 singles, couples or have been getting together for 30+ years families who get together on a regular basis to study, socialize for a potluck Super Bowl party. We didn’t want to break our and to celebrate Jewish life. This served as an avenue for tradition, so this year we met in the Adlers’ yard to exchange members to get to know other congregants with similar food to take back to our homes and cheer on the Chiefs. Our interests, thus making them feel more a part of the larger Beth Beth Shalom Havurah is alive and well . . .” Shalom family. A few of these havurot still meet today!

Gary Cortés sent in this picture as his havurah celebrated Hanukkah remotely this year. The havurah Gary is in has been meeting in person for decades, and by Zoom since last April. Meeting virtually helped them to stay connected through the pandemic. By using Zoom, they have even been able to meet while members are out of town. They meet monthly and it has meant so much for them to still be able to “see” each other! This month, Gary said “I have set up mystery guests that I cannot reveal but, will let you know next week. On March 7th we have the JScreen executive director doing a presentation on Genetic testing for Jewish prevalent cancers.”

If you are interested in learning more about havurot, and maybe even creating a new one, please contact swilliams@ bethshalomkc.org.

STEFANIE MISLER WILLIAMS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [email protected]

bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 | MARCH 2021 | 3 | FROM THE Director of Congregational Learning B'nai Mitzvah Chesed project spotlight on Jonah Stein by HAZZAN TAHL BEN-YEHUDA [email protected] For American Jews, March marks the beginning of an his final goal of $20,000 visit his site at https://jonahsteinkc. important season – Bar and Bat Mitzvah season! January wixsite.com/mysite . and February are sort of dangerous months for B’nai Jonah elected to benefit JFS because he has Mitzvah, because (pre-Covid), you never knew if a winter been involved in volunteering at the pantry storm might ruin the travel plans of your guests. As this Bar and for the pantry for a long time. Much of the and Bat Mitzvah season opens up, our community will be money he donates will go to creating bags of celebrating almost every non-Pesach Shabbat with families ready-to-eat foods that anyone in need can pick of kids who were planning their simcha this spring, and also up at the food pantry, and the rest will go directly families who pushed their dates back because of Covid. This to support the work of the food pantry. Jonah spring, we will celebrate 5 B'nai Mitzvah in March, 2 in was recently selected as the Prudential Spirit of April and 5 in May! Community Awardee as the top middle school To become a Bar or Bat Mitzvah at Beth Shalom, most applicant from Kansas, and was recognized on students learn a haftarah and a Torah reading, some or all of FaceBook by Governor Laura Kelly. the Torah service, possibly other prayers, and write a D’var Torah – a talk where they teach the community something from their parsha. They either study at the Polsky Religious School or at the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy; and there is one other requirement – they must engage in some sort of chesed project. We require students to spend at least 18 hours volunteering their time in some capacity for the benefit of others.

Jonah’s parents shared, “the experience has really empowered him and we have seen him grow... before our eyes. We have always wanted our kids to realize the impact they can make and our responsibility for tikkun olam and doing our part to fight injustice. We are so proud of Jonah and what he has accomplished and hope that this will inspire a lifetime of service and generosity.”

The point of the chesed / mitzvah project component of One upcoming Bar Mitzvah student, Jonah Stein, intended becoming a Bar or Bat Mitzvah is not necessarily to raise to raise money for Jewish Family Services ( JFS) and the JFS a ton of money or to realize national fame. It is, however, food pantry, located at the JCC and their Brookside location. to grow as a young person and to recognize that each Recognizing that we all wear masks now, he decided to and every one of us can make a tremendous impact on a create beaded lanyards to hold our masks the way chains person in need, on our community, on our environment. can hold glasses. He called his project MASKerAID, and We grow Jewishly through the learning, mastery of and charged $15 per chain, hoping to raise $1,800 for the food the performance of a haftarah, Torah reading and prayers, pantry. Jonah shared his project with family and friends, and just as important, we grow Jewishly when we dedicate and it got more and more press on television, in print and some of our time and resources to acts of chesed, acts of on social media; as word of his project spread, orders came lovingkindness towards others. These acts change the world in for the beaded lanyards locally and from 33 states! To around us, and they also change US. date, Jonah has spent over 375 hours creating the lanyards, Mazal tov to Jonah on his achievement, and to every single and his parents and sister have put in about as much time as Bar and Bat Mitzvah we have celebrated this winter and well. Jonah's project has raised over $19,000 to date! Jonah will celebrate this spring. Look for information on the shared that it was a perfect activity during Covid lockdowns chesed our students have given the world on the Bar and Bat and down-time. If you are interested in helping Jonah raise Mitzvah landing page of our website.

| 4 | bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 | MARCH 2021 FROM THE Board Different doesn't have to be bad by JASON KRAKOW | PRESIDENT What felt like a novel, uncomfortable experiment a year ago 1. Jewish living experiences matter. was actually a challenge, that when we rose to it, helped us learn how to take on the many more challenges that followed. 2.We miss the way they were and At work, school and Synagogue, we were learning to adapt to appreciate what our traditions taught us. platforms like Zoom and Facebook Live. 3.We own the experiences, so we can adapt them when At home, we were all figuring out how to “do family” without faced with challenges - and we may even like some of our physical closeness. And then, as Passover came, “how,” we adaptations. asked ourselves, “will we keep our traditions alive without 4.We can return to a version of what these experiences once being together?” Passover is the holiday most associated with were with the enhancements of what we learned. celebrations in our homes. It’s all about how we as individual families connect to the larger Jewish family and how we In this year, we’ve energized our community in ways that embed our own stories into the story of our people. will accelerate our future. And, while Passover 5781 – again - might not be exactly like pre-pandemic celebrations, The planning for Passover 2020/5780 was filled with a sense it represents the endurance that results from pairing our of dread and loss for everything normal. But rather than traditions of the past with creativity and a commitment to dwell on the sadness, many of us took what we’d learned in the future. This is exactly the spirit I see in our Congregation other areas of our lives and applied it to the upcoming Seders. Beth Shalom community and I look forward to us creating We didn’t give up what we had, we just focused on the that future together. essence of it. And, while Seders last year felt nothing like any in our lifetimes, here’s what I think they taught us:

Rose Family Early Childhood Education Center Another Pandemic Pesach by JUDY JACKS BERMAN | DIRECTOR [email protected] | 913-647-7287 Here we go again, another virtual Passover seder If families are using different haggdot let each for many families. family find something meaningful in their Haggadah to share with everyone else. The challenge is making it meaningful for everyone! This year we know months in advance If everyone is in town, deliver, in advance, special that we may not be together around the same treats to each other’s houses to have a surprise table but we have time to plan for a wonderful dessert. experience! If everyone is out of town cherish the silver lining A few ideas are: of this pandemic, celebrating together!

Assign different families parts of the Seder to act There are great ideas online when you google out or make meaningful for everyone: Enhancing Virtual Seders; check them out and start planning now! Each family could dress up for the part. I hope you make life time memories of “the year Each family could come up with a song or a we zoomed Passover, again!” parody to make it fun but meaningful. Have a Happy meaningful Pesach! Each family could make signs about the part and mime it.

Bottom line make it fun and interactive.

bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 | MARCH 2021 | 5 | President of Beth Shalom Foundation by STEWART M. STEIN | PRESIDENT [email protected] In my last article I indicated that we have 55 families designated funds for large maintenance projects or routine that have established Legacy Gifts. They are written activities such as Shabbat dinners or kiddush. commitments from our members pledging funds to Beth Shalom at a later date. Most donors, direct that the proceeds Several of our members own life insurance policies that were be paid upon their death or at another time of their choice. taken out at a young age to protect their family, if they were The funds are either distributed by a grant in their estate to have passed at a young age. The proceeds from these plan or through direction to an organization, like the Jewish policies are often times pledged to our synagogue to establish Community Foundation, that holds their charitable funds. a Legacy Gift.

There are donors that specify an amount of the gift, or they With great anticipation we are nearing the completion of establish a percentage of their estate/fund that they wish our Create campaign that will fund the development and Beth Shalom to receive. building of our new sanctuary. Legacy Gifts will be used to perpetuate the ritual, programs and operations congregation. All significant amounts are either added to the corpus of our foundation or upon the desire of the donor they may Rabbi Glickman and/or I would be happy to talk with you establish a perpetual fund for a purpose of their choice. about Legacy gifts.

Funds have been established for a particular purpose. Many have indicated our school, our youth department, Beth Shalom Cemetery or similar programs. Some donors have

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Praised is the True Judge We express condolences to our Beth Shalom Members, their Families and Friends. Of Blessed Memory Virginia “Gini” Chakin , z”l JAN 31 – 18 SHEVAT Ann Federman, z”l FEB 8 – 25 SHEVAT

PLAQUES HAVE BEEN DEDICATED In Memory Of... Yahrtzeits Join us for morning or evening minyan to say Kaddish for your loved one. See service schedule, page 11. MARCH 1-17 ADAR MARCH 5-21 ADAR MARCH 9-25 ADAR Sidney Ryweck MARCH 18- 5 NISAN Leslie Jacobson MARCH 28- Lewis Bratt Harry Agron Martha Fleider Ethel Silberman Morris Bigus Rose Krashin 15 NISAN Bernard Eveloff Mary Aronson Abe Gordon Anne Singer Ben Bloom Ned Levin Ray Brodie Louis Hershman Issie Bernbaum Pearl Jacobs Jacob Singer Aaron E. Copelman David Levitch Dora Gaba Louis Horowitz Mary Brenner Rose Levy Fannie Sloan Sadie Goodrich George Lipsitz Jack Geller Meyer Levinson Julius Bridges Albert Lipsey William Sosnow Sam Gutovitz Caroline Rosenthal Ben Gibian Max Lieberman Robert Coleman Rosa Pfeffer Marie Traxler Tovia Lachs Jacob Schmidt Bela Kent Molly Meyers Betty Edwards David Rogovein Rose Weiss Abraham Lerner Jean Silverman Sol Mallon Stephen Penzner Donald Ellis Esther Shapiro MARCH 14-1 NISAN Mollie Neusteter Harry Stolov Abraham Marks Ethel Pfefer Milton Firestone Sol Stolov Etta Price Morris Swerdloff William Nowick Esther Rogell Paul Goodman Ned Weiss Tillie Brenner Sophie Risburd Clara Tempofsky Regina Plattner Morris Brooks Simon Tonopolsky Hershel Salvay Ronald Goodman Chiel White Rose Broudy Charles Solsky Ida Sapirstein Benjamin Seigel Dora Harrison MARCH 10- Louis Cohen Gabriel Spector MARCH 24- Jennie Siegelbaum Lester Singmon Gittel Levine Jerome Stolzoff 11 NISAN Harry Supofsky Fannie Stein Jack Poizner 26 ADAR Tillie Dreiseszun Ruth Zimmerman Wolf Turec Anna Salvay Nathan Becker Perez Dubinsky Bertha Holtzer MARCH 29- Elizabeth Wedlan Rose Singmon Arthur Brand Maier Eisemann MARCH 19-6 NISAN Henry Karger 16 NISAN Isadore Weintraub Edward Stein Louis Brown Pamela Gale Ruth Baker Tillie Pelofsky Bessie Benjamin Hyman Weneck David Epstein Menuha Goldberg Tillie Blend Clara Rappaport Sandra Bock Louis Witschner MARCH 6-22 ADAR Jacob Epstein Maynard Gordon Sarah Day Minnie Schlein Arthur Braverman Evelyn Alster Minnie Friedson Barnett Hoffman Michael Frischer Anna Shapiro Sam Dubinsky MARCH 2-18 ADAR C.C. "Judy" Cohen Henry Greenbaum Abraham Levey Charles Furman Esther Steinberg Doris Flam Sandra Cohen Rebecca Cohen Nathan Gumowitz Besse Marks Ida Kornblum Hannah Steinzeig Kurt Gerson Nyman Geister Beckie Cohn Frances Haith Lawrence Pelofsky Walter March MARCH 25- Leah Grollman Hinda Greenberg Abraham Davis Joseph Katzeff Abraham Peltzman Louis Rabicoff 12 NISAN Frances Gross Lena Kamen Samuel Eisen Gertrude Killmnick Paul Shalet Jacob Shapiro Stanley Katz Bess Kopin Simon Frank Morris Lerner Minnie Simons Gerta Baruch James Levinson Louisa Levin Yetta Ginsberg Lena Lichtiger Harry Tabolsky MARCH 20-7 NISAN Anna Baum Hillel Litman Rachel Vogel Harry Berger Hanna Bernstein Katherine Overbeck Minnie Golinsky Harry Markowitz Rose Bortnick Gertrude Rabinowitz Isadore Shafton Gussie Goodman Eugene Novorr MARCH 15-2 NISAN Rebecca Byers Roberta Schlozman Birdie Shlyen Harry Herowitz Charles Rosenthal Judy Chaikin Morris Ellis Ferne Searles Philip Smolinsky Sam Karosen Harriett Rosenthal Goodman Ace Max Chemel Abraham Epstein Annie Shafton Shirley White Leah Koffman Nathan Siegel Ben Benjamin Albert Greenberg Arthur Herzmark Estelle Traxler William Leff Saul Siegel Ida Blender Jacob Greenberg Fannie Karbank Toby Waldner MARCH 3-19 ADAR Samuel Levitt Joseph Silverman Isidore Cohen Ruben Kern Sarah Katz Joseph Waxman Izzy Engel Rosa Lippman Edythe Trillin Thomas Cohen Simon Mnookin Harry Lipsky Rachel Eveloff Julius Markowitz Esther Gilbert Ednah Sheskin Helen Parness MARCH 30- Sarah Feigenbaum Barney Oppenheimer MARCH 11- Fannie Glass Ike Steinzeig Max Partnoy 17 NISAN Beatrice Gershon Lillie Peltzman 27 ADAR Herman Goldwasser Bertha Tulchinsky Bessie Rosengarten Jack Alpert Morris Gold Tillie Plotkin Ella Bassin Morris Hammer Zeev Viner Arnold Schoolman Sam Cohn Morris Gordon Emma Sternberg Isadore Becker Harry Harding David Singer Eric Dollman Herbert Karbank Doris Bush Vera Hershman MARCH 21-8 NISAN Minnie Solomon Abe Eisen Sol Levin MARCH 7-23 ADAR Stanley Goodman Clara Kahn Ernestine Benjamin Phyllis Wainstock Leo Goodman Rose Malmon Isidore Bernstein Fannie Gordon Donna Levine Paul Berman Morris Weinberg Joseph Hartman Philip Millman Ben Bloustine Sam Greenberg Louis Levy Leon Fogel MARCH 26- Rebecca Kleiman Jacob Parelman Herman Copaken Ezra Kowalsky Elisabeth Sorkin Louis Ginsberg 13 NISAN Richard Krigel Jeanette Wishna Yolan Greenbaum Tillie Schnider Charles Finkelstein Phillip Levine Barney Allis Madeleine Markowitz Joseph Shafton Anne Fishman Julius Levitch MARCH 16-3 NISAN Anna Kivovitch Ida Miller Arnold Shanberg Pearl Fleider Adolf Pucker Evelyn Marks Saul Baum Ann Phillips Helen Steinzeig Jennie Gershon Zlotta Schnider Minnie Apple Henry Michelson Ann Brotsky Nathan Price Jean Taxman Anna Gross Ben Sosland Nettie Bondell Pat Novorr Louis Chaiken Gertrude Rosenberg Henry Zimmerman Sadie Katzman Fannie Stevens Katie Brown Ruth Rosenberg R. Robert Cohn Shirley Seiden Jacob Kramer Arthur Chapman Bailey Schultz Lena Eaglstein Bertha Simon MARCH 4-20 ADAR Harry Krantz MARCH 12- Tillie Cohn Carl Schwartz Benjamin Feinberg Herbert Swartz Leon Bernstein 28 ADAR Bertha Diamant Meyer Wechsler Abraham Goldman Adolph Loeffler Sam Fried Alan Gould Rosie Tabolsky Jacob Brown Meyer Present Jette Bergmann MARCH 22-9 NISAN Eugene Taxman Emanuel Copeland William Rothschild Ruth Davis Anna Grossman Susie Peltzman Fannie Vigder Rose Gordon Clara Sheftel Dave Gardesky Marjorie Jacobs Annie Dworkowitz Ann Rolsky Louis Wilk Herman Hershman Harriett Tilzer Gertrude Kaseff Sarah Kahn Tzivye Fox Katie Rosenberg Sheldon Wishna Benjamin Hoffman Mary Tonkin Lillian Leibson Phenie Kosovitz Cecil Levin Lena Sherman Sol Junsberg Reva Lindman Rebecca LeVine Hyman Naman Kenneth Simon MARCH 31- Meir Keller MARCH 8-24 ADAR Goldie Mallin Sarah Milensky Minnie Novorr Nathan Wexler 18 NISAN Helen Loeffler Dora Brenner Jacob Myron Flora Rieger David Rudner Helen Winer Irving Baum Darlene Meltzer Sarah Carroll Reda Noah Jack Ruback Froma Spitcaufsky MARCH 27- Phillip Bretton Robert Parelman Samuel Diamant Susie Parelman Wolf Schlozman Edward Stein 14 NISAN Melvin Brown Elizabeth Pfefer Sarah Gerber Helen Shapiro David Schwartz Sarah Wagner Isaac Ellis D. Lena Rope Rebecca Goldberg Max Stein Anna Shaoul Pearl Wasserman David Blumkin Rose Finkelstein Mollie Shapiro Mary Goller Joshua Waxenberg Rebecca Sheskin Mindel Burstein Sydney Ginsberg Morris Stein MARCH 23- Esther Copelman Harry Shefrin Jacob Goodman Joseph Wolf 10 NISAN Alvin Jackson Harris Greenberg Ruth Silverstein Jack Himmelstein MARCH 17- 4 NISAN Lawrence Kalender Morley Steinberg Melvin Hoffman MARCH 13- Minnie Achtenberg Helen Krashin Julius Lerner Celia Tranin Etta Katzman 29 ADAR Melvin Goldman Daisy Bernstein Phillip Magazine Edith Schwartz Earl Unell David Kramer Jack Brams Abraham Krigel Mayer Bernstein Beatrice Nicholas Samuel Wengrover Sarah Krantz Harry Chaikin Sophie Levine Mary Blond Ira Rosenblum Ernst Wertheim Vrem Levens Sophie Fein Carl Nusbaum Frances Denebeim Sylvia Shopmaker Frances Winer Mildred Levinson Dora Fox Thomas Parness Irvin Gasser Abraham Zacharias Max Morris Rea Fried Alvin Pelofsky Sarah Gilbert Harry Rittmaster Esther Galitzky Mirah Rostov Elizabeth Goodman Will Swerdloff Anna Peltzman Herman Silverman Alexander Gumowitz Henry Zinn Helen Rudner Morris Webber Arthur Hoffman

bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 | MARCH 2021 | 7 | TodahTodah Rabbah! Rabbah! Contributions through February 3 are listed below. Thank you for thinking of us. Ada Hoffman In Memory of Beth Shalom In Memory of Marcia Eveloff In Memory of Camp Ramah Hope Cohn Library Fund Al & Janice Klugman Lechem Fund Lily Winer Scholarship Mark & Ellie In Memory of Ed & Anne Klugman In Memory of Clarence & Alice Fund Mandelbaum Gertrude Mitz Sophie Levin Winer In Memory of In Memory of In Memory of Rochelle Mitz Shurin Family Lee & Esther Rose Family Florence H. Cortés Gladys Eisman Beverly & Members Pearlmutter Early Childhood Carlos F. Cortés Education Sanford Eisman Harvey Bodker Leland & Jill Shurin In Memory of Gary Cortés Endowment Frederick Marshock Center In Memory of Fund In Memory of Benjamin Elliot Gale Ben Simons Marshall & Hope In Honor of Ryweck Torah Dani Glickman's Bat In Memory of Talbot Fund Carl & Sue Gale Beverly Bodker Stephen & Donna Mitzvah Simons Rabbi In Memory of Harvey Bodker Glickman's Jeffrey & Corrine In Memory of Herbert Greenberg Joan March Cemetery In Memory of Discretionary Blackman Ronald Greenberg Sam, Ethel & Gary Fund Beth Shalom Gift Maintenance Lee Tabolsky In Memory of Shop In Memory of Fund In Honor of Claire Ilkowitz Sheldon Hollub Lea Bell Beth Shalom In Memory of Dani Glickman's Bat Jeffrey & Corrine Chesed Howard & Lynda Eleanor & Mitzvah Blackman Bessie & Joe Brenner Joseph Kopin Committee Hirsekorn Dolores Sosnow Marcia Karbank Sacred Space Fund Endowment Fund Campaign 2021 In Memory of In Memory of In Memory of In Memory of Sunie Levin Pauline Blonsky Abraham Leo In Honor of Gerald Rosenbloom In Memory of Alexander Dani Glickman's Bat Elliott & Katharine Madelyn Miller & Joseph Kopin Neil & Blanche Hollub Mitzvah Marilyn Blonsky Rob & Cindy Daniels Edward & Cheryl Sosland Alexander Marsha Krinsky In Memory of Karbank Fund Beth Shalom Jerry Penzner In Memory of Shirley S. & General Fund Bessie & Lewis In Memory of Edith Penzner Goldberg In Memory of Bertha Gutovitz Albert I. Goller Barney Karbank Camp Ramah In Memory of Stephen Penzner Alexander & Peggy Raizee & Moishe Phyllis Maizlish Marcia Karbank Scholarship Michael Penzner Davis Altman In Memory of KCUSY In Honor of Yakov Altman In Memory of Norman Kahn, Sr. In Memory of Dani Glickman Gerald Rosenbloom In Memory of Joseph Price Frederick & Sherri Stanley Goldberg Becoming a Bat In Memory of Rosalyn Burnstein Kahn Cynthia Harper Mitzvah Anne & Joe Baum John Goldberg & Nadine Gordon In Memory of Marla Brockman In Memory of Deborah Rosenberg Robert & Linda Joseph Rosenberg Baum Harold & Natalie Dr. Bela & Barbara Kent In Memory of Deborah Rosenberg Klopper Estelle Minkin In Memory of Serena Grunwald Sammy Burnstein In Memory of Zoltan Vajna John Goldberg & Gerald Rosenbloom Rosalyn Burnstein Marla Brockman George Kent & Julee Clarence & Alice Ogawa Winer Sisterhood Sarah Peltzman Adult Education Classes

The Sarah Peltzman Educational Series, Unit Three, begins Thursday, April 8, 2021. Classes will be held 10:00-11:00 a.m. via Zoom. The cost is $15.00 per unit for new students who are not already participating in Peltzman classes. Registration is available online at bethshalomkc.org or checks are payable to Beth Shalom Sisterhood and may be sent to Congregation Beth Shalom.

Unit Three Instructor: Rabbi David Glickman Topic: ““Great Arguments: How the Jewish Methods of Disagreement are What the World Needs Now.”” Dates: April 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2021. Guest speaker: Peter Cabell – May 6, 2021 Topic: “Mitzvot of Speech”

To RSVP or for more information, contact Amy Schultz, Sisterhood Education V.P. at [email protected] or 913-681-5752.

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Wishing Mazal Tov to our March Anniversaries If you want to make a donation, in honor of your anniversary, contact Trinity, 913-647-7281. DAY YEARS DAY YEARS 4 Kristopher & Lindsey Zeid 4 19 Steven & Jennifer Paul ...... 27 6 Alan & Allison Myers ...... 38 23 Alan & Eleanor Hoffmann ...... 52 6 Allen & Linda Schick ...... 55 23 Neal & Dana Schwartz 25 10 Carl Puritz & Cynthia Ellis ...... 11 26 John Goldberg & Marla Brockman . . . . . 32 11 Norman & Alison Heisler ...... 37 26 Thomas & Pamela Glickman . . . . . 21 13 Sol & Nora Dubin ...... 45 26 Helene Lotman & Frank Tallman 21 14 Joshua & Laura Galler ...... 17 28 Jeffrey & Jamie Wordsworth 28 14 Stacy & Scott Winkler 6 29 Craig & Amy Both 29 18 Michael & Gabrielle Handler . . . . . 32 31 Louis & Joyce Pack 36

Sisterhood Sisterhood Nominates Officers, Executive Coordinators, and Board of Directors for 2021-2023

Co-Presidents Dini Freed & Shira Wajcman Community Service VP Amy Schultz Education VP Jill Goldstein Membership VP Debi Rosenberg Program VPs Milisa Flekier & Kim Matsil Treasurer Janna Rosenthal Financial/Retention Secretary Donna Katz Recording Secretary Suzanne Lange Historian Beth Albee Long Range Planning Linda Lessner Financial Advisor Linda Lessner Calendar Chairs Arlene Shalinsky, Berenice Haberman & Meg Adler Gift Shop Chair Mary Weiner Gift Shop Treasurer Connie Simon Torah Fund Chairs Rita Shapiro and Toba Maslan Nominating Chairman Shira Wajcman (immediate past president)

SISTERHOOD RESOURCES Book of Remembrance Maxine Grossman PrayerWorks Rickie Haith Sunshine Chairman Naomi Kauffman

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR Naomi Kauffman Phyllis Abrams Wendy Malyn Stephanie Kavanaugh Staci Kahn Joyce Shapiro Rhea Salasche Nata Scharf Gloria Sher Elaine Singer Sarah Stras Connie Simon

bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 | MARCH 2021 | 9 | Mazal Tov

Justin Parmet March 6 / 22 Adar Justin Parmet is the son of David and Mindy Parmet, and is the brother of Maya Parmet. He is the grandson of Mike and Anne Jacobs, Herb and Idie Parmet, and great-grandson of Sylvia Jacobs of Denver. Justin enjoys playing basketball, playing the guitar, and spending time with friends and family. Justin loves going to Camp Sabra over the summers. For Justin’s Bar Mitzvah project, he will be creating a B'nai Tzedek fund for JFS food pantry. Family and friends are invited to join Beth Shalom for their streaming services.

Bar Mitzvah Ariel Keshet March 18 / 5 Nisan Ariel Keshet is the son of Sharon and Fredy Keshet, and is the brother of Linoy and Danielle Keshet. He is the grandson of Shoshi & Moti Gavrieli, of Nordia, Israel, and Catherine & Jack Kachkoch, of Netanya, Israel. Ariel attends Oxford Middle School. His hobbies include sports, basketball, soccer, video games, and playing the clarinet.

Bat Mitzvah Charlotte Elizabeth Shafton March 20 / 7 Nisan Charlotte Elizabeth Shafton is the daughter of Alan and Tracy Shafton, and is the sister of Ari Shafton. She is the granddaughter of Gail Shafton and Nancy Coates of Overland Park, Kansas. Charlotte attends Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy. Charlotte loves riding her horses. She competes in ranch riding and cowboy racing. Charlotte also enjoys playing basketball, tennis and video games. She can't wait to attend Herzl again this summer. Relatives and friends are invited to virtually worship with the family.

If you would like to share a "Mazal Tov," please contact Ritz at [email protected].

| 10 | bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 | MARCH 2021 qrst MARCH 2021 | Adar & Nisan 5781 RFECEC = Rose Family Early Childhood Education Center Congregation Events - See each department for its activities. PRS = Polsky Religious School MONDAY FRIDAY MONDAY March 1 Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM March 22 Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM 17 Adar March 12 Torah for Lunch...... 12:00 PM Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM 28 Adar Sisterhood Pre-Kabbalat Shabbat 9 Nisan ...... 3:15-3:45 PM Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM TUESDAY March 2 Connect for Shabbat...... 4:00 PM Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM TUESDAY 18 Adar March 23 Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM SATURDAY Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM March 13 10 Nisan Shabbat Morning Service...10:00 AM Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM WEDNESDAY 29 Adar March 3 7:06 PM Havdalah on FB Live Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM WEDNESDAY 19 Adar March 24 Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM SUNDAY 11 Nisan PrayerWorks...... 11:00 AM THURSDAY Daylight Saving Time Begins March 4 Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM March 14 Zoom Morning Minyan...8:00 AM 20 Adar 1 Nisan Bar Mitzvah of Tamar Re'em.. THURSDAY Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM March 25 ...... 8:00 AM Zoom Morning Minyan...6:45 AM 12 Nisan FRIDAY Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM March 5 Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM 21 Adar MONDAY FRIDAY Connect for Shabbat...... 4:00 PM March 26 March 15 Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM 13 Nisan SATURDAY 2 Nisan Torah for Lunch...... 12:00 PM Connect for Shabbat...... 6:00 PM Bar Mitzvah of Justin Parmet.. Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM March 6 ...... 10:00 AM SATURDAY 22 Adar TUESDAY March 27 Shabbat Morning Service...10:00 AM Shabbat Morning Service...10:00 AM March 16 Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM 14 Nisan 8:20 PM Havdalah on FB Live 5:59 PM Havdalah on FB Live 3 Nisan Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM SUNDAY March 7 WEDNESDAY SUNDAY Zoom Morning Minyan ... 7:00 AM March 17 23 Adar Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM March 28 Passover Begins Zoom Evening Minyan.....6:00 PM 4 Nisan Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM 15 Nisan Yom Tov Stream...... 10:00 AM MONDAY Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM THURSDAY March 8 Zoom Morning Minyan...8:00 AM Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM MONDAY 24 Adar Torah for Lunch...... 12:00 PM March18 March 29 Bar Mitzvah of Ariel Keshet.. Passover Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM 5 Nisan 16 Nisan ...... 7:00 AM No Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM TUESDAY Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM March 9 Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM TUESDAY 25 Adar FRIDAY Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM March 19 March 30 Passover Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM 6 Nisan 17 Nisan Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM WEDNESDAY Connect for Shabbat...... 6:00 PM March 10 Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM 26 Adar SATURDAY Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM Bat Mitzvah of Charlotte Shafton... WEDNESDAY March 20 THURSDAY ...... 10:00 AM March 31 Passover 7 Nisan Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM Shabbat Morning Service...10:00 AM 18 Nisan Zoom Morning Minyan...7:00 AM March 11 Bar Mitzvah of David Ellis-Wasserman.. 8:13 PM Havdalah on FB Live Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM ...... 7:00 AM 27 Adar SUNDAY March 21 Shabbat Morning Service...10:00 Zoom Morning Minyan ... 8:00 AM 8 Nisan Zoom Evening Minyan....6:00 PM Zoom Evening Minyan.....6:00 PM

Candle Lighting Blessing /,¨C©J k¤J r¯b eh¦k§s©v§k Ub²U¦m±u uh¨,I§m¦n§C Ub¨J§S¦e r¤J£t o¨kIg¨v Q¤k¤n Ubh¥eO¡t wv v¨T©t QUr¨C Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha’olam, asher kiddeshanu b’mitzvotav vetzivanu lehadlik ner shel Shabbat.

Pre-Shabbat, Havdalah and Sunday morning Shacharit will be held virtually. Weekday Minyan will be held virtually.

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Virtual Office 913-647-7279 Congregation Beth Shalom, an egalitarian Conservative synagogue, MONDAY-THURSDAY 8:30 AM - 5 PM is a welcoming community of individuals from diverse backgrounds, FRIDAY 8:30 AM - 3 PM strengthening connections with God, Torah and the Jewish people Closed on Federal Holidays through communal commitment to prayer, study and acts of loving kindness. Mt. Carmel Cemetery Hours 913-647-7279 MONDAY & WEDNESDAY 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM March Highlights TUESDAY & THURSDAY CLOSED Scroll Deadline Bar Mitzvah of Ariel Keshet: March 18 FRIDAY & SUNDAY 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Submit articles to the Administrative office. SATURDAY CLOSED March 7 for April Bat Mitzvah of Charlotte Shafton: NATIONAL HOLIDAYS 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM March 20 JEWISH HOLIDAYS CLOSED Bar Mitzvah of Justin Parmet: March 6 Exceptions: Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day & Easter Fast of the First Born: March 25 Bar Mitzvah of David Ellis Wasserman: March 11 Erev Pesach: March 27 Daylight Saving Begins: March 14

Bar Mitzvah of Tamar Re'em: March 14 Pesach: March 28-April 4

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