MAY 2017 Volume XXVIII, Issue 7 ’s Destiny is Peaceful Unity This month marks the Golden and separation agreements have Anniversary (50th) of the reunifi- proven elusive as emotions flare cation of Jerusalem of Gold! over a few feet of Jerusalem stone. Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, is Can we celebrate the national the most recent Jewish “holiday” capital of the Jewish heart without on the , celebrated being nationalistic to the point of on the 28th (six weeks after the excluding others for whom Jeru- Seder, and one week be- salem is likewise crucial? Jerusa- fore the eve of ). Although lem is a hot button politically and the Six Day War took place in June even spiritually among the Jewish in 1967, its Hebrew commemora- people. We passionately debate tion occurs on May 24, 2017. whether or not the American em- When declared its inde- bassy should move from Tel Aviv pendence in 1948, the new Jewish to Jerusalem; whether Jerusalem state was immediately attacked by can compromise for peace or even its neighbors, and took over if we have partners for peace; and the . whether we ourselves can Jewish residents were forced out sufficiently settle our own religious and forbidden to visit their Jewish differences to worship together on holy sites. Under Jordanian rule, half the old city’s 58 syn- this sacred piece of real estate. agogues were demolished and the Jewish cemetery on the As we struggle with these complexities, we can learn from was plundered. Dr. David Hartmann, z’l, who quoted the Talmudic text In 1967, Israel undertook a preemptive strike in the face Tosefta Sotah 7:12: “A person might think, ‘Since the House of imminent attack by neighboring Arab states. On June 7, of Shammai declare unclean and the House of Hillel clean, 1967, Israeli forces recaptured the Old City of Jerusalem. this one prohibits and that one permits, how, then, can I learn Defense Minister then proclaimed: “This Torah?’ Scripture says, ‘Words … the words …. These are morning, the Israel Defense Forces liberated Jerusalem. the words.…’ All the words have been given by a single We have united Jerusalem, the divided capital of Israel. We Shepherd; one God … has spoken them. So make yourself a have returned to the holiest of our holy places, never to part heart of many rooms and bring into it the words of the House from it again. To our Arab neighbors we extend, also at this of Shammai AND the words of the House of Hillel ….” hour—and with added emphasis at this hour—our hand in We can hold more than one thought in our hearts and peace. And to our Christian and Muslim fellow citizens, we minds. With a heart of many rooms, we can both vener- solemnly promise full religious freedom and rights. We did ate Jerusalem as the eternal indivisible Jewish capital, and not come to Jerusalem for the sake of other peoples’ holy value the necessary compromises required to attain peace, places, and not to interfere with the adherents of other faiths, our tradition’s highest value. While at the moment these two but in order to safeguard its entirety, and to live there togeth- thoughts seem contradictory, we must hold both in our hearts er with others, in unity.” until the vision of the Psalmist comes true … that one day Despite our delight at now being able to visit Judaism’s Jerusalem may yet become “Ir shehubra lah yahdav … A holiest of sites in Jerusalem’s old city, we also feel uneasy. It city uniting all” (Psalm 122:4). is difficult to experience unmitigated joy when we consider May this dream come true before the next 50 years! the political consequences of that war. In the past 50 years, neither Jews nor have felt whole without Jerusalem Our Lives The congregation wishes a speedy recovery to Mike Halasz and Dan Weckstein. The congregation extends its deepest sympathy to Mark Gruenberg and THE LIGHT family on the passing of Mark’s grandmother Betty Jean Goldberger as well as to Marni Flagel and family on the passing of her sister-in-law Published monthly by Barbara B. Flagel. Temple Beth Or 5275 Marshall Rd. Sympathy is also extended to Anne Rosset and family on the passing Dayton OH 45429 of her sister Dr. Jill Rosset and to the Guttstein family on the passing of Arnie’s brother, Allen. www.templebethor.com The congregation extends a hearty Mazel Tov to our Beth Or Phone: (937) 435-3400 Temple Youth (BOTY) Advisor Gavi Ballaban on her marriage to Andrew Douglass. RABBI Judy Chessin

RABBI EDUCATOR Ari Ballaban Yahrzeit Remembrances Temple Beth Or remembers our loved ones on the Sabbath nearest the ADMINISTRATOR anniversary of their passing or yahrzeit. The following names will be read Donna Brodnick during services this month. COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Sharon Bengel May 5 May 19 Yetta Hochman (5/3) Libby Elenko (5/17) BOTY ADVISOR Margaret Carsch (5/5) Jeff Markman (5/17) Gavi Douglass Lily Heuman (5/5) Beatrice Moore (5/17) Anna Kuperschmidt (5/6) Molly Schear (5/17) OFFICERS Jerry Weckstein, President Sylvia Steiner (5/6) Ashland Crace Jr. (5/19) David Char, President Elect/Vice President Eloisa De La Cruz (5/8) Barbara Jane Fried (5/20) Roger Pankake, Secretary Richard M. Elhardt (5/8) Phillip Schwartz (5/21) Karen Lindsay, Treasurer Herman Dlott (5/9) Dr. Frank Villani (5/22) Yetta Schwartz (5/9) MEMBERS AT LARGE Joan Greenfield John Granby May 26 Scott Hochstein Corky Katz May 12 Rita Molnar (5/25) Sue Nelson Micah Siegal Pearl Lemberg (5/10) Mona Briskin (5/26) Jessica Simpson Jill Wadleigh (5/11) Ruth Weiss (5/26) Louis P. Landerman (5/12) Cyril J. Pearl (5/27) COMMITTEE CHAIRS Administration: Ira Segalewitz Morris Sherman (5/12) John Seidenschmidt (5/27) Education: Deb Char Lila Kahn (5/13) Stratos George Vlahos (5/27) Fund-raising: Jennifer Pickard Berta Sherman (5/13) Joey Weiner (5/27) Member Services: Corky Katz Davida Block (5/14) Edith Simpkins Schneidman (5/28) Personnel: Micah Siegal Gerald Jacoby (5/14) S. Herbert Moss (5/29) Religious: Joan Greenfield Lillian Tepper (5/14) Martin Spritzer (5/29) AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS David Sterling Margolis (5/15) Judaica Shop: Ellen Holroyd & Melba Meister (5/16) Karen Lindsay Gertrude Rendler (5/16) BOTY President: Jonah Simpson Arnold Schwartzbart (5/16) Connections for Seniors: Hank Adler Mimi Wolnstein (5/16) Annual Meeting Set for June 4 Hakarat Tovah: Temple Beth Or’s Annual Meeting will be held Sunday, June 4. Dr. Marty Jacobs Join us for bagels and coffee at 10 a.m. in Levin Hall. The meeting will convene at 10:30. A 50/50 raffle will also be held. We will bid farewell and thank you to retiring board member Scott Hochstein and elect new members. Five members have been nominated for five open seats on the board: Jane Briskin, John Granby, Sue Nelson, Jessica Simpson and Jerry Weckstein. Only full members in good financial standing may vote. Absentee ballots will be accepted up to the Call to Order. If you require an absentee ballot, please contact the Office at 937-435-3400. The meeting will also include reports from our committees and our Rabbi as well as an open discussion. Members continuing on the board are: David Char, Joan Greenfield, Gordon (Corky) Katz, Karen Lindsay, Roger Pankake and Micah Siegal. The Hebrew term hakarat tovah means “recognizing the Honorable Menschens good.” At Temple Beth Or we often ask for help. We also want We are kvelling over Micah speakers at a Voices of the Holo- to express appreciation for some Siegal who was the featured alum- caust forum held at the National heroes who make Temple Beth nus of the Center for Law, Jus- Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Or shine! tice and Culture in a recent Ohio March. For the crowd of approxi- This month we recognize Dr. University publication. Micah is mately 400 people, Ira joined Sam- Marty Jacobs. For more than 20 now assistant general counsel to uel Heider and Renate Frydman in years Marty has single-handedly Fuyao Glass America, the Chi- retelling their amazing stories. We organized and arranged for our nese-owned firm revitalizing the will never forget. Temple’s . General Motors plant in Moraine. From arranging the menu, set- We are kvelling over Leslie ting up the room, providing the Among his comments, Micah told Buerki and Beverly Farnbacher equipment, purchasing (and do- Ohio Forum: “As a lawyer, you are who have been named Women of nating) the wine to cleaning up a servant. Work hard and honest- Valor. The two will be among the the room after the feast, Mar- ly. Be humble. Take care of your honorees at a fund-raiser for Beth ty makes this involved process family and clients. Abraham Synagogue’s seem easy. The rest will take care Sisterhood on May 3. With the wonderful staff of of itself.” Well said, Bernstein’s Fine Catering our Micah! Read the com- We are kvelling over Passover Seder gets better and plete story at www. Jonah Simpson, pic- better each year! ohio-forum.com. tured, who was elected The old joke goes, “Why did as Financial Vice Pres- the matzah quit his job? Because We are always kvel- ident for the National he didn’t get a raise!” While Mar- ling over Ira Segale- Federation of Temple ty’s efforts are all volunteer his witz – this time for Youth - Ohio Valley contributions are invaluable to sharing his childhood Chapter Elections took Temple Beth Or. remembrances with place at the Spring Todah Rabbah Marty (thank the entire communi- Kallah which began you so very much)! ty. Ira was among the April 20. Join us for Teacher Recognition Service With Shavuot rapidly approaching, Passover and its seders may already feel rather distant. Nevertheless—as May is Makor’s teacher appreciation month—I can’t help but consider one of the latter holiday’s most intriguing educational insights. During our seders, we discuss the infamous “four sons.” These sons are well-established archetypes in Jewish lore; and yet, the Haggadah does not merely mean to tell us about four particular varieties of children. Instead, the Hag- gadah—and the Jewish tradition that created and pre- served this narrative—wish to emphasize the reality that a parent or instructor must tailor a child’s education- al program to his or her specific needs, no matter what they may be. Temple Beth Or, those who have served as the backbone From the “four sons” paradigm, we are meant to dis- of our school, over the past year. cover that whether we are faced with a pupil who is 1) It is an evening when I hope members of our syna- young and simple, 2) mature and smart, 3) too young gogue—whether they have children in Makor or not— even to know what is going on, or even 4) downright can come together to thank those who made the past wicked, we can find ways to succeed as teachers. The year of education possible. idea that neither age nor intellectual aptitude, in either I believe (and I hope you agree!) that—while Ma- great excess or deficit, is an excuse for a teacher to fail a kor may seem “invisible” if you have no school-aged student ought to be empowering to educators. kids—the synagogue would be incomplete without its The “four sons” model makes us think about how programs for youth education. As such, it certainly is each student has a special ability to learn and grow in worthwhile for us to take at least an evening in the year his or her own individual ways. Importantly, it helps to to thank such individuals in our community for their prevent us from becoming overly reliant on what any contribution to Temple Beth Or. educator, student, or parent knows to be a dangerous Additionally, all the more so this year as our teachers crutch in education: The assumption that all students worked extra hard to adjust from our old Sunday school must be forced to conform their learning experience to model to Makor, I think it important to deliberately take some arbitrary, one-size-fits-all, common denominator. the time to thank them for everything that they do. With those thoughts prominently on my mind, I would If you see any of the following people around in the like to CALL OUT to everyone, to announce that on next month, please join me in giving them a pat on the Friday, May 12th, we will hold our Teacher Recognition back for their hard work in making Makor possible. Service. This is a service specifically meant to And, please, join us at the Teacher Recognition Service praise the hard work of roughly two dozen members of on the 12th!

PreK/Kindergarten: H.R. Downey and Sarah Wolf-Knight 1st-3rd Grades: Lisa Marie Ewing, Renee Peery and Sarah White 4th-6th Grades: Jay Weiss 7th & 8th: Scott Beckerman and Annette Nathan High School: Deb Char, Rabbi Judy Chessin and Barb Mendoza Art: Jessica Simpson Cooking: Rachel Dillon and Esther Weiss Hebrew: Ehud Borovoy, Teri Halasz and Renee Peery Mizmor Or: Mary Wyke Music: Grant Halasz and Jonah Simpson Sports: Scott Hochstein and Heath Gilbert Makor School News Fall Registration Registration for fall Makor and Hebrew School classes will open next month. Registration forms will be sent home with students on the last days of each program: May 10 for He- brew School and May 14 for Makor. The fall start dates are Sept. 10 for Makor and Sept. 13 for Hebrew School. The remainder of the calen- dar will be released as soon as it is finalized. Model Seder Makor students held a model Sed- May Family Service teachers and serve it at 6:30 p.m. er on Sunday April 9. Each of the Our family Shabbat service in The Shabbat service, led by Rab- symbolic foods was discussed, tra- May will be designed to show our bi Ari Ballaban, starts at 7 p.m. ditional prayers were practiced and appreciation for our Makor and He- Our youth choir Mizmor Or will be the story of the Exodus was retold, brew School teachers. featured. All families are asked to complete with “plague masks” for On May 12, our Education Com- bring a dessert to share in a buffet the students. mittee will prepare dinner for our following the service. Connections for Seniors

Our senior members continue to be an important part Harold Fishman, Marlene Flagel, Beverly Geisenfeld, of our Temple Beth Or family and Connections is a Arthur Greenfield, Sharon A. Guterman. dynamic outreach program that helps them maintain Also: Gary M. Holstine, Eva S. Izenson, Rose Marie their involvement in our Temple community. Mauch, Sandy Mendelson, Alan Michelson, R. Jane Pearl, Alexander M. Pearl, Jewel Safferman, Lita Saul, Caryl W. Walk With Us! Weckstein and Dan Weiner. Senior Connections kicked off its new walking pro- gram with a bang April 26. We met at Schoolhouse Park Transportation on Nutt Road in Washington Township for an easy lap If you need a ride to Temple for Friday or Saturday (or more) on a paved path. Shabbat services, please contact the office by noon on Join us on the second and fourth Wednesdays each Thursday. Someone from Connections will contact you month, weather permitting. Bring your friendly dog if with ride information. you like and Get Moving! Drivers are needed! Please contact the Temple Office or Hank Adler to volunteer. We will work to connect L’Chaim! you with seniors near you. We celebrated 17 senior birthdays at the Oneg Shabbat Friday, April 7. Thank you to Dan Weiner for Did You Know? donating the cakes for all our celebrations! The law has changed. If you are hospitalized, your Birthdays are celebrated quarterly. June, July and Au- doctors and nurses are no longer allowed to contact gust birthdays will be acknowledged at the our Annual your clergy unless you expressly ask them to. Picnic June 30. If you or a family member are ill, having surgery or We will celebrate: Helen Adler, Marti Bernstein, are admitted to a local hospital, contact the Temple of- Joseph Bettman, Elaine Bettman, Richard Bromberg, fice to be added to our prayer list. BOTY News Their discussion covered everything from music to racism to college plans (pictured at left). Dr. Moody-Jacobs works with Jamal Assadi in Israel. “The organizers hope the program, albeit modest, does help break barriers of prejudice, close gaps of pre- conceived ideas and promote peace between people and peoples,” Assadi said.

Spring Kallah BOTY members enjoyed the Spring Kallah (pictured below) in Cincinnati as they said farewell to graduating seniors and welcomed 8th graders. The Kallah is orga- nized by NFTY of the Ohio Valley. During the event, our own Jonah Simpson was elected as NFTY Ohio Valley’s Financial Vice President for the coming year. Calling All Graduates Attention high school seniors: On your way to grad- Youth Elections uation, drop your Temple a line so we can congratulate Elections for BOTY officers for the 2017-18 school you. year will be held Saturday, May 6. Positions include: Send us your name, parents’ names, school you are President, Programming Vice President, Social Action saying goodbye to and what you plan to do next. A Vice President, Religious and Cultural Vice President, quick email and a good photo will be much appreci- and Membership and Communication Vice President. ates. Send it to [email protected] by May 15.

Muslim Dialogue Beth Or Temple Youth and their families hosted eight visitors from Israel during Passover. The teens from Deir Al-Assad participated in an English workshop taught in Israel by Temple Beth Or member Dr. Martha Moody-Jacobs. The eight who vis- ited the U.S. won a writing contest at the conclusion of the workshop. The Israeli-Palestinian teens stayed with host fami- lies in Dayton, toured many area attractions including the zoo, Huffman Prairie and much more. They were also guests at Temple Beth Or’s Passover Seder April 11 and had plenty of time to visit with our teens. Endowment Fund Secures Temple’s Future Temple Beth Or’s Endowment through contributions and interest market, truly is a gift that keeps on Fund is a great gifting option for earned. Rare withdrawals are con- giving.” congregants. sidered only for dire situations. The Endowment Committee The Endowment is the Temple’s “Consider a life cycle or general members are Don Weckstein, Dale rainy day emergency fund and it contribution,” suggests Endowment Goldberg, Lorraine Fortner, Marc is professionally invested with the Committee Chair John Reger. “Any Friedman and David London. Con- Jewish Federation. gift is greatly appreciated, helps tact Mr. Reger at 937-974-4731 for The goal is to grow the fund secure our future and, in a healthy more information. Contributions to Temple Beth Or Temple’s many funds provide a meaningful way to mark the life cycle events we all experience. From a birth to a graduation, from the recovery from an illness to a promotion or marriage, we all experience joy and sadness throughout our lives. To express your caring and concern, please send your tribute card and minimum $10 donation to the Temple office. All donations are tax deductible. General Fund In Honor of: In Memory of: Leslie Buerki, Beverly Farnbacher and Rena Irving Fink, David Flagel, and Lori Phillips Beyer, Women of Valor Marni Flagel Myrna Nelson Vernana Roberts and Pauletta Winthrop Rachel and Heath Gilbert Rose Mauch Corky Katz and Jeff Rich Leo Kahn David, Deb and Benjamin Char Gina and Neil Kahn Benjamin Char’s Bar Mitzvah Yetta Schwartz and Phillip Schwartz Caryl and Don Weckstein Harriet and Bill Fenberg and Family Temple Beth Or Phillip Schwartz and Davida Block Joel Shapiro Janet and Barry Block Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Harold Swillinger In Memory Of: Karen and Jeffrey Swillinger Morton Ohlbaum Beatrice Moore Lori, John, Rachel and Lynda and Gerald Troy Jacob Westerkamp Sylvia Steiner Campership Fund Helen Friedman In Honor of: Louis P Landerman and Barbara Flagel The Children of Temple Beth Or Myrna Nelson Cynthia and William King Jill Wadleigh Noah Ari Manders, son of Denise and Karen and John Granby Mitchell, grandson of Paula and Lee Jean Weiner, Joey Weiner and John Seidenschmidt Paula and Lee Manders Dan Weiner Myrna Nelson

President’s Post: Recognition through Donations So many mitzvahs and so many successes should be recognized, The tough thing will be to de- mensches in our Temple, but we and a great way to do that is with a cide if it makes you feel better rarely hear of them all. Did a note in The Light. to recognize someone or to do- Temple Member have a big birth- Through a small donation to nate to the Temple – both should day or anniversary? Temple Beth Or, these mitzvahs make you feel great. Was there a Temple Member and menches can be recognized The mitzvahs and mensches who graduated from high school, and celebrated in The Light. Not within our Congregation are college, grad school or even only are you celebrating a success what make Temple Beth Or such kindergarten? These events or an event, you are helping the a special place. Recognizing their should be recognized, so that all Temple with your donation. events and successes provides Temple Members are aware. Donations can be made to a spe- joy to the recognized Members Did a Temple Member vol- cific fund of your choice like the and to you, as well as funding to unteer to lead a program? Was Education Fund or Rabbi’s Discre- our Temple, so that Temple Beth there great participation in Tem- tionary Fund, or the donation can Or will continue to be a special ple Clean Up Day (coming up on be made to the General Fund to place, ‘Today . . . and for Gener- April 30th, by the way)? These support all aspects of the Temple. ations.’ Passover Marked With Prayer, Friendship Members and friends of Temple Beth Or gathered Tuesday, April 11 for a traditional Passover Seder remembering passage from bondage to freedom and reclaiming years of desert wandering. The Passover Haggadah, led by Rabbi Judy Chessin and Rabbi Ari Ballaban, included traditional blessings and rituals as well as special modern additions designed to address current world problems. Among the guests were eight teenage Muslim Israeli-Palestinian visitors who participated in a writing workshop co-organized by Dr. Martha Moody-Jacobs. Additional modern symbols at the Seder table includ- ed a rope to represent human trafficking and an orange contention. In the , ancient olive trees have to represent inclusion of marginalized groups. One of been torn down to make room for more settlements. It the teenage visitors participated in the discussion of is a source of heartbreak for both sides. Olives on the special symbols reading the following about the olive Seder plate represent a call for peace between Israelis branch: and Palestinians. May we see the day when war and “The olive branch is a universal symbol of peace, as- bloodshed cease, when a great peace will embrace the sociated with the dove in the story of Noah’s Ark and whole world. Then nation will not threaten nation, and the Flood. But sadly olive trees are also a symbol of we will not again know war.” Dinner was catered by Bernstein’s Fine Catering and the evening coordinated by Dr. Marty Jacobs. Other as- sistance was offered by: Ira Segalewitz, Eva Clair, Gene Solomon, Joan Greenfield, Dr. Martha Moody-Jacobs, Sarah White, Scott Beckerman and Ellen Holroyd. Other traditional elements of the Passover included the stories of the four sons, the retelling of the Exo- dus story (thank you to all our role players) and the expressed hope that the next Seder will be held in Jeru- salem. L’shanah haba’ah b’Yerushalayim! Adult Education Chai Mitzvah CPR instruction is four hours long and costs $40 Chai Mitzvah continues at Temple Beth Or in May per person. For an additional hour and an additional $5, with a discussion on Gratitude led by Karen Granby participants can learn Basic First Aid. May 10 at 1 p.m. Please call the Temple office to register. The group meets in Levin Hall on the second Tanach Study Wednesday of each month and will meet over the Biblical poetry is powerful! Our faithful group is still summer. There is still time to join, cost is $36. working its way through the Book of while CPR June 24 enjoying great coffee and potluck brunch. Join us Satur- CPR and Basic First Aid training will be offered day May 13 at 10 a.m. through the Washington Township Fire Department Hebrew Classes June 24 from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the WTFD Head- Adult Advanced Hebrew is taught by Rabbi Judy Ches- quarters on McEwen Road. sin from 1 to 3 p.m. in Café Or on Sundays May 7 and The American Red Cross CPR certification class 14. Beginning Hebrew for Adults is wrapping up with will include CPR administered to adults, children and Renee Peery. The remaining classes are in Levin Hall on infants; using an AED (Automated External Difibrilla- Sundays May 7, 14 and 21 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Watch for tor) and the Heimlich Maneuver. information on summer and fall Hebrew offerings. Never Again: Remembering the Holocaust “To be identified as a survivor of the Holocaust carries with it much pain, agony and many responsibilities.” Keynote speaker Robert Kahn reminded the hundreds gathered at Temple Beth Or that the lives and memories of the more than six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust are sacred. Mr. Kahn’s speech was the centerpiece of the Yom Hashoah Day of Remembrance held at a different syn- agogue in Dayton each year. “It has been 75 years and memories generally fade. Mine have not. The details of the atrocities are still viv- id in my mind,” Mr. Kahn said. He detailed the advance of the Nazi regime in his home town of Mannheim discussing how as a student, he encountered a Nazi teacher, ridicule in class and on Mr. Robert Kahn, right, accepts thanks for his the streets and beatings for which no medical treatment keynote speech from attendees including fellow was available. Holocaust survivor Mr. Samuel Heider (center). Jews were denied citizenship and even basic safety because they were declared subhuman, he said. Thou- ings. We honor those who have no grave, not with a sands of synagogues were destroyed in an effort to memorial built of stone but by sounding the shofar so completely eliminate all traces of Jewish culture and that they will know our grief and that they will never be identity as well. abandoned or forgotten.” On Kristallnacht, the Kahn family home was ran- After the shofar was sounded by Joel Guggenheimer, sacked, their belongings burned and Mr. Kahn’s fa- survivor Samuel Heider recounted his departure from ther beaten and dragged to Dachau. Mr. Kahn, 15, was Dachau exactly 72 years earlier on his way to certain forced to play his violin for a jeering crowd. That violin death. The arrival of American bombers and troops led is now on display at the National Museum of the Air to his liberation on April 30, 1945. Force in Dayton. Mr. Heider sang a song he wrote recounting atrocities “To save myself from becoming another number, I such as mothers forced to admonish their children to no fled the clutches of uncertainty through many- coun longer be Jewish in an effort to save their lives. tries until finally arriving in my beloved America,” Mr. The Yom Hashoah committee was chaired by Temple Kahn continued. Beth Or’s Ira Segalewitz, himself a survivor. Upon reaching the United States, Mr. Kahn served Other members participating in the ceremony includ- in the Army in the Pacific theater and later became in- ed Beverly Farnbacher, who lit a candle in memory of volved in Operation Paperclip at Wright-Patterson Air those who perished at Auschwitz and members of the Force Base. choir who joined the Dayton Jewish Chorale. In that capacity, he learned of the many medical and Rabbi Judy Chessin presided over the candle light- other experiments cruelly conducted on “expendable” ing ceremony and presented the Temple’s prized Torah Jews by Nazi scientists. Since retiring, he has written #1438 which was saved from Nazi destruction from the an autobiography to share his story with coming gener- village of Klatovy in what was Czechoslovakia in 1941. ations (available on Amazon). Nearly all the Jews of Klatovy perished at Auschwitz. Mr. Kahn noted the importance of remembering each Rabbi Ari Ballaban read the Mourner’s Kaddish and victim of the Holocaust individually. All were mothers, young Benjy Ray was among the winners in the Max fathers, children, friends and people. and Lydia May Memorial Art and Writing Contest. He “We now recognize and celebrate the holy inner earned second place in middle school poetry. Emma strength of those who died for their God,” he said. “We Lindsay also participated in the art contest. now pay tribute to all the victims by remembering them For more photos and video of the Yom Hashoah not as numbers but as individual, beautiful human be- events, please visit our Facebook page. May Services Temple Beth Or prides itself on a variety of family friendly service styles. While some services are particularly aimed at youngsters, all ages are welcome at all events. Worship remains the central focus of all services. Please join us!

Friday, May 5, 7 p.m. Rock of Ages Shabbat: Marc Rossio rocks the house as he, Rabbi Judy Chessin and Temple musicians lead a creative, upbeat and lively service. The Oneg Shab- bat will be hosted by Claudia and Bill Fried.

Saturday, May 6, 10 a.m. Mazel Tots: Led by Rabbi Judy Chessin. Help cele- brate Israel’s birthday with games, songs and cake. Saturday, May 20, 10 a.m. Let’s Talk Talmud with Rabbi Ari Ballaban Friday, May 12, 6:30/7 p.m. Family Shabbat Service: Led by Rabbi Ari Balla- Friday, May 26, 6:30 p.m. ban in appreciation of our Makor and Hebrew school Kabbalat Shabbat led by Rabbi Ari Ballaban followed teachers. Our Education Committee will serve a by a congregational potluck. Main dish will be pro- special dinner to our teachers at 6:30 p.m. Rabbi will vided by the Temple ($5 donation per family). Please begin service at 7 p.m. and our youth choir Mizmor Or bring a healthy dish to share: A-H bring a salad or will perform. All families are asked to bring a dessert vegetable, I-O bring a side dish, P-Z bring a dessert. to share after the service. Saturday, May 27, 10 a.m. Saturday, May 13, 10 a.m. Shabbat Shireinu: Sing-along Sabbath led by Temple Shabbat Service and Tanach Study: Led by Rabbi Music Director Mary Wyke and Para Rabbi Lorraine Judy Chessin. Bring a potluck offering to share as we Fortner. Come learn the most updated songs we use in continue to work our way through the Book of Psalms. our Shabbat services.

Friday, May 19, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 30, 7 p.m. Shabbat Service: Led by Rabbi Ari Ballaban featuring Shavuot Experience: Shavuot is known as the Festival Mary Wyke with the Temple Beth Or Choir and Diann of the Giving of the Torah. We will mark this festive Bromberg accompanist. The 6:30 p.m. Preneg needs a occasion with a spirited musical evening, including a host. hike and a progressive Torah study. We will also have a buffet of dairy blintzes, cheesecake and ice cream treats. Please call the Temple Office to RSVP. Share your joy with food! Oneg and Preneg hosts are needed for upcoming Reminder services. What is an Oneg Shabbat? It is simply a meal shared with friends after services. Prenegs are held before In July and August, services services. Oneg Shabbat hosts are needed on the first Fridays of at Temple Beth Or are led by the month. Preneg hosts are needed on the third Fridays of volunteer members of our the month. congregation. If you would like Hosting is a great way to celebrate birthdays, milestones or blessings. Share your joy. Call the Temple office at 937- to get involved, contact 435-3400 to sign up. the Religious Committee. May 2017

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Shavuot Experience Celebrate the Giving of the Torah Tuesday, May 30, 7 p.m. Music, Ice Cream and More! RSVP: 937-435-3400