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TEMPLE BETH AM AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED OF CONSERVATIVE • VOL 15, NO. 4 • Nisan - Iyyar 5775 • April 2015

From our President FUND HONOR TO Dear Fellow FRAN GROSSMAN Congregants – April 29, 2015 he calendar moves BA Sisterhood is pleased to honor Fran Grossman as this year’s Tso quickly! As you read these greetings, THayai Olam honoree at the annual Torah Fund dinner on you hopefully are Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Fran Grossman has been a devoted enjoying a meaningful member of TBA for many years. As a teenager, Fran’s Jewish life Pesah. So much work goes into preparing changed forever when she went to Camp Ramah for the first time. for the holiday that when it finally arrives Her counselor was Fredi Rembaum. Since joining Beth Am as an for some it is relief and for others it is adult, Fran has been a stalwart of the Library and the larger pure exhaustion. However, we all rejoice TBA community, serving on many committees and as Vice President of membership. In and celebrate the freedom of the Jewish addition Fran has served on the Sisterhood Board as membership Vice President, People. I hope that during this Pesah Co Programming Vice President and Parliamentarian. you will find Temple Beth Am as an Fran and her husband extension of your home, although one Joel have two children, you do not have to clean! Sharing part and Gaby, each of of the holiday with our community adds to the joy of the chag. whom graduated from The past month has been a busy one Pressman Academy. Fran at Temple Beth Am. A huge thank you and Joel were honored for the support and positive feedback with the Pressman that our community has given to the Academy Etz Chaim award new direction of the capital expansion. in 2004, and they each have A multi-purpose building, serving our been have been elected to middle school and many other needs of the TBA Hall of Honor. our synagogue, along with a remodeled The past two summers, sanctuary will sustain our community Fran has studied at the for many years. As we reach out to Conservative our community to support this project, in , studying please respond favorably at a level that feels comfortable. My hope is that by with Rabbinical students, next Pesah we will be well on our way to some of whom are bringing this campus expansion project recipients of Torah Fund to fruition. scholarship funds. She Sherri, , Joshua and I wish you is currently a student in meaningful Sedarim, a Good Yom Tov and the Wagner Program a Chag Sameach from our table to yours. at the American Jewish University, where is she B’Shalom, is doing fieldwork with Mike Cohn parents of special needs President young adult children. Reservations for the Torah Fund dinner are still available at tbala.org/torahfund Kol HaRav umility and hubris. They are opposites, and yet so Hintertwined. Religious life ought to evoke from us the former. Too often, the latter. Donniel Hartman TEMPLE BETH AM describes this phenomenon as monotheism’s auto-immune 1039 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035 disease. God—the singular God in whom we profess belief 310.652.7354 • 310.652.2384 (fax) and promise fealty—demands the good. [At least in English, To reach an operator, the two words—god and good—evoke one another and may dial 310.652.7353 even be etymologically associated…though not in Hebrew]. But when God enters the room, something changes, and it is not always good. Paradoxically, God starts SCHOOL PHONE LINE getting in the way of good. Deepening the paradox, the more certain one is of 310.652.2002 God, and of what God demands, the more susceptible one may be to exhibit that School Fax: 310.360.0850 very godliness in not so goodly ways. [email protected] • www.tbala.org Stories of intoxicated with God, and in non-goodly ways, abound in our tradition. One of the most (in)famous has to do with the early Talmudic mystic, TEMPLE BETH AM is an egalitarian Conservative Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, who emerges from years of secluded in a synagogue that is devoted to spiritual and cave that he entered to escape the Roman authorities. He is nourished by God religious enrichment and that values Jewish while in the cave, with both water/food and spiritual substance. Upon exiting the tradition while embracing innovation. Its cave, as fully immersed in the ideas of our people as can be, he espies a farmer many programs serve a multi-generational working the field below, curses him for focusing on earthly matters rather than congregation. These include multiple meditating upon the divine, and then zaps him with fire emanating from his eyes. opportunities for: worship of god, adult “God-intoxicated” is Rabbi Hartman’s phrase for this type of behavior. It is not learning, education of children and families, always as violent as this Talmudic example; but it is ubiquitous. Certainly atrocities acts of loving kindness, and outreach to those are done in the name of numerous religions, thus perverting the concept of God seeking community and meaning in their lives. as good. Torah is not immune. Nor are we all sinless, though we tend to think this The synagogue is committed to the institutions phenomenon mostly/only afflicts those more frum, and/or more fanatical, than of , the broader Jewish we. Us? We would never act that way! community, the State of and the advocacy I recently officiated at ashivah at which one of the comforters came to me of democracy and religious pluralism. after the service and told me that she had been at the funeral as well, where Mike Cohn, President I also officiated. She then offered this sentence, with no sense of shame or Rabbi Adam Kligfeld, Senior Rabbi awareness of how insulting it would be for me: “The funeral was pretty good. Rabbi Ari Lucas, Associate Rabbi That is [pause]...you know…[pause]…for a Conservative rabbi.” She didn’t Rabbi Hillary Chorny, Cantor attempt to qualify her statement or pull it back. It seemed to her, an Orthodox Sheryl Goldman, Executive Director woman, to be perfectly reasonable to remind me that in her eyes, I and the Rabbi Yechiel Hoffman, Judaism I model and represent are inferior. Director of Youth Learning & Engagement I was caught off guard. And then I stewed, angry at her and at the religious Dr. Erica Rothblum, Head of School infrastructure that somehow produces and even rewards hubris, even as a life Rabbi Joel E. Rembaum, Emeritus of Torah ought to be an incubator of humility. I understand the phenomenon. Rabbi Pressman, Emeritus If I am going to devote so much of my time, efforts, financial resources, anxiety Rabbi Harry Silverstein, Emeritus and energy towards religious life, towards serving God, I might as well be rather convinced that my particular pathway is right, right? If it isn’t right, what is the KOL HA’AM point? And yet while being convinced of one’s truth helps one be ever committed Copy Editor Ellen L. Jacobs to living out that truth, it can turn sour and become an instrument to demean Graphic Designer Jeff Baughman another’s truth, another’s set of commitments. This is the paradox of open-minded piety. How to be both passionate and pluralist? How to not see another’s path, Kol Ha’am (USPS 008-599) is published monthly except June/July & November/December perhaps different than yours, as intrinsically less than yours? And how to do all of by Temple Beth Am, 1039 South La Cienega Blvd., it while maintaining standards—individual, familial, communal—that make sense Los Angeles, CA 90035-2507 and serve as a ballast in an undulating sea of change? So, again, I understand the challenge of living religiously, but not imperiously. Annual Membership Dues include $5.00 subscription And my feathers are ruffled whenever I am exposed to those who seem to radically fail at keeping an open heart, and a kind presence. But stewing at another’s Periodicals Postage Paid at Los Angeles, California failure is ultimately unproductive, and can so easily be self-congratulatory. “How and additional mailing offices. dare she say that?” feels good to cry and vent about for a while. Especially if it prevents us from asking the harder question: “Do I ever sound that way? Who Postmaster – Send address changes to: walks away from an encounter with my religious stance, with my pious feelings, Temple Beth Am, and feels alienated or judged? When do I let passion destroy pluralism?” 1039 South La Cienega Blvd., Just as our texts are replete with sources sounding cautionary tales regarding Los Angeles, CA 90035-2507 piety run amok, so are they filled with uplifting ideas regarding what, we Phone: 310.652.7353 • www.tbala.org presume, God may really want from our religious life. The in Avot D’Rabbi Natan which claims that, post-Temple, it is kindness that most satisfies God, as Kol Ha’am 2 (Continued on page 5) Temple Beth Am April 2015 Top Five Reasons To Tell Your Friends About The JLC (Formerly known as Pressman Academy’s Religious School)

1. “The friendships they have made at JLC are ones I know 4. “Our boys, in 2nd and 4th grade, are living Judaism they will cherish throughout their Jewish life.” (Nancy ) when they are at JLC. Learning in an atmosphere of 2. “The JLC is truly a community of people wanting to learn social connections and experiences to Judaism is what and raise committed Jewish adults.” (Alex DeGood) excites my kids to come to JLC!” (Danit Ferd) 3. “I love how the JLC gives my daughter an opportunity to 5. “Our children have a community of friends with whom learn Hebrew and Judiaca through fun and varying they love to share Shabbatot, Jewish learning and Learning Labs. (Jennifer Kleinert Misher) Jewish holiday celebrations.” (Lisa Yassinger)

RSVP for the Jewish Learning Community Open House April 26 at 9:00 am, [email protected] • www.tbala.org/jlc

Camp Keshet enrollment is NOW OPEN! www.tbala.org/camp e are in the process of hiring only the most qualified camp counselors and are planning exciting field trips and WShabbat programs focused on building the Camp Keshet community. Look out for a Camp Keshet Open house coming in April. If you have any questions or comments about Camp Keshet, contact Intern Camp Director Reut Sklar [email protected] or call 310-652-7354 x212.

3 Kol Ha’am Yahrzeit Donations Our B’nei We thank those who support the synagogue community in memory of their loved ones named below: Jacob Lefkowitz Rose Antignas, Baellow, Jennie Baellow, Gertrude Bales, William Bard, Julius Barry, Clara Berdichevsky, Phillip Berkowitz, Son of Jetty Chanania, Nettie Chelst, Lillian Coe, Abraham Cohen, Elliott Lefkowitz & Rose Cohen, Irving Cole, Reuben Cordova, Norman Coyne, Ruth Cozen, Sharon Brooks Barbara Dorfman, David Eisenberg, Harry Elman, Eva Feinberg, APRIL 18, 2015 Myrna Feinberg, Benjamin Firestone, Milton Firestone, Esther Footlik, Elsie Frank, Yaffa Freundlich, Rose Fried, Rudolph Fried, George Ganzberg, Phyllis Goldberg, Harvey Goldscheider, Sara Gordon, Solomon Greenstein, Ann Hacker, Halpern, Benjamin Hochman, Ethan Perez Cheryl Hoffman, Carrie Horner, Rebecca Jacobson, Louis Jaffee, Ida Kaplan, Son of Fannie Kaplan, Margaret Kershner, Kolodny, Ed Krischer, Mariano & Hanna Perez Max Kuperstein, Allen Kurnick, Edna Landres, Marie Lasher, Harold Leon, APRIL 25, 2018 Ethel Lerner, Meyer Miller, Cecelia Miller, Ida Moed, Rose Ostrow, Dorothy Pearlman, Celia Pellow, Nathan Prager, Max Rabin, Sara Rabin, David Richter, Oscar Rosenberg, Evelyn Rothstein, Nathan Samborsky, Esther Samuel, Victor Samuel, Mark Savinskiy, Nathan Schechner, William Schloss, Raymond Schweiger, Bella Segel, Jacob Segel, Joseph Shanfield, Esther Shoushani, Paul Shuman, Fannie Silverman, Lawrence Steinberg, Hubert Wally Wallace, Manuel Walter, Avram Wasserman, Rivkah Weisdorf, Masha Weissfeld

Avraham Yakov Sandler, Introducing TBA’s “Gift Son of Tamera and Jeremy Sandler Grandson of Francine and Michael Farkas Membership” Program Born February 10, 2015 Given the name Avraham Yakov

Engagements & Weddings Do you have friends, neighbors, or co-workers who are not members Mazal Tov to: of a shul but would be a great match for Temple Beth Am? If so, consider nominating them for a Gift Membership from TBA. Mojdeh Navid and Yonaton Rosenzweig Who can receive a gift membership? married on February 15, 2015 Individuals, couples and families who are not current TBA members and have not been members in the past. What benefits does it provide? Recipients of gift memberships will receive a 1-year free membership to TBA. They will have all the benefits of membership (including In Memoriam High Holiday tickets) except eligibility for our schools (ECC, Day School and Jewish Learning Community (Religious School). We mourn the passing of What are your responsibilities as the nominating member? Those submitting gift member nominations will serve as Brother of Anthony (Rabbi Miriyam Glazer) Elman “mentors” to the new member(s) they nominate, and assist Morton Fox, in integrating them into the community. Of course, our goal Father of Avi (Dahlia) Fox is that the new members will love it here so much that they will continue their membership after the free year ends. Ida Ginsburg, You will also occasionally be invited to new mother of Marlene (Harvey) Glaser member events with your nominee(s). Elana bat Tzivia The best part? The Gift Membership won’t cost you a thing! Sister of Tamar (Yechiel) Rosenfeld If you have someone you’d like to nominate for a gift membership, please contact Ariana at [email protected]. Shirley Ungerleider Nominations are due by June 1, so we can offer memberships for the July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016 year. Kol Ha’am 4 Temple Beth Am April 2015 Do You See What They See? f you haven’t had a chance to watch the “Do You See What They ISee” video at www.tbala.org/future, check it out. So many people are excited about what the future holds for our children and our community as we expand, renovate and enhance our campus. Over the past few months, our leadership has been evaluating the needs of our community and balancing them with new data regarding school construction and educational soundness. Last month, the Board of Trustees of Temple Beth Am voted unanimously in favor of pursuing the construction of a facility primarily focused on Middle School in lieu of an Early Childhood Center on the Corning portion of our campus and reaffirmed our commitment to remodeling our sanctuary, creating a space for enhanced spiritual connectivity, experience and accessibility. The Building Committee and its sub-committees spent countless hours reviewing all the information to allow the Board to make an informed decision. They will continue their excellent work until the project is fully completed. The vision of Embracing the Sacred, Enriching the Future Project remains the same: a lifetime of Jewish commitment is founded on a creative, broad-based . This campus expansion plan meets both those needs. In making their decision, the Board evaluated the following: • Making sure that the project supports the vision and goals of the current leadership, both lay and professional. • Educational Soundness: STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) has been the focus of educational development nationwide. The addition of STEAM-appropriate space will complement our outstanding Judaic Studies Program. • Student Attraction vs. Student Retention: While our Early Childhood Center is at or near capacity, our Middle School currently is at 67%. By creating spaces that will allow for enhanced curriculum development, our retention rates will increase and will result in our Middle School also being at or near capacity. • Financial Feasibility, Benefits and Mindfulness in the new decision In making this decision, the Board reviewed potential expenses for the new project and deemed that constructing a primarily middle school focused building was a financially sound decision. • A facility that focuses primarily on the middle-school expands usage for the entire TBA community. An ECC could only be used by the ECC.

Please reference the Frequently Asked Questions Together, we can see the future... (FAQs) on www.tbala.org/futureFAQs for further for our children and for our community. information regarding how the Board came to its thoughtful decision and for updates on our plans as decisions are made. Contact Seth Rosenzweig at 310-652-7354 x 205 with your questions. We hope that you will continue to join in our pride, confidence and excitement for the future of Temple Beth Am and Pressman Academy.

Kol HaRav (Continued from page 2) it quotes the prophet Hoshea: “jcz tku h,mpj sxj hf— reading the texts above as comprehensively determinative of Ki hesed hafatzti v’lo zavah—for it is loving-kindness I desire, not Jewish action. It is not just righteousness and justice that is the sacrifice.” Or the text from the (Makkot 24a) which shows Jewish path. Law and ritual practice dance together with love how the in the Torah were reduced to fewer and kindness. And yet we would all do well to remember, as and fewer major principles by the prophets. Micah reduced Torah we continue to forge our spiritual and religious path, how easy to 3 notions: to do justly, walk humbly, and do righteousness, only it is for our own religiosity to become ugly. In recognizing how to be outdone by Isaiah who reduced it further to just two: keep painful it is to be the object of another’s religious putdown, we justice and do righteousness. These, among many such sources. thus obligate ourselves to ensure that our own natural descents We are Conservative Jews. Proudly so. Committed to ritual into hubris can, with attention and intention, be elevated towards practice, to the mitzvot of our tradition as they have been and the proper stance of humility. continue to be interpreted by the generations’ sages. We reject Rabbi Adam Kligfeld 5 Kol Ha’am APRIL 2015 CALENDAR

CLASSES OF THE REMBAUM INSTITUTE Friday – 7:30 a.m. OF ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY SIYYUM FOR THE FIRST BORN PROGRAMMING 3 following Daily Minyan Service For information and class sign-ups, visit www.tbala.org, EREV PESAH – First Seder at night or contact Program Director Daniel Sulzberg at Saturday [email protected] or 310-652-7354 x215. 1ST DAY PESAH HUMASH WITH WITH RABBI ADAM KLIGFELD (regular Shabbat Service schedule) Wednesdays, April 1, 15, 22, 29 at 8:30 a.m. 4 7:15 p.m. Study Rashi’s original Hebrew commentary on 2ND NIGHT COMMUNITY SEDER @ TBA the text of the Torah. WITH RABBINIC INTERN ADIR YOLKUT TORAH FOR TODAY WITH RABBI ARI LUCAS For availability of last-minute reservations contact Tuesdays, April 16, 23, 30 - 8:30-9:30 a.m. Ronna at [email protected] Join Rabbi Lucas as we look at contemporary issues Sunday – 9:30 a.m. (GMOs, biomedical ethics, ethical questions around 2ND DAY PESAH technology, and more) through the lens of Torah and Combined Service in the Ballroom the vast Jewish textual tradition. No advanced 5 registration required. Drop-ins welcome! Friday – 9:30 a.m. MINI-CLASS ON THE DAILY 7TH DAY PESAH Tuesdays from 8:10 - 8:25 a.m. Combined Service in the Ballroom Join Rabbi Avi Havivi for a 15-minute discussion on topics 10 Saturday from the daily prayerbook right after morning minyan 8TH DAY PESAH on Tuesdays in Pilch Hall. 11 (regular Shabbat Service Schedule) Wednesday – 7:30 p.m. EREV YOM HASHOAH Children from our TBA community help us honor and remember 15those who perished in the Shoah. The program will also feature an intriguing talk with Holocaust survivor Ben Lesser on his new book “Living A Life That Matters.” Free admission. Books and audio books will be for sale. For more info, email [email protected] or call 310-652-7354 x215.

Friday – 5:30 p.m. SHIR KABBALAT SHABBAT Service and dinner led by our Cantor, Rabbi Hillary Chorny, 17 Morah Francine, her husband Michael Farkas and Cantorial Intern Michelle Stone. Services are approximately 45 minutes long followed by a child friendly dinner. RSVP for dinner at www.tbala.org/kabbalatshabbat

Sunday – 9:00 a.m. JWW WALK TO END GENOCIDE Registration now open for the Jewish World Watch Walk to End 19 Genocide at Pan Pacific Park followed by a festival celebrating how small steps make big differences. If you cannot walk but would like to support the team, donations are appreciated. Registration info is on page 9. 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Inside, Outside, In Between: Jewish Peoplehood Today. Come to the final Hartman Lecture which will take place at Temple Beth Am with guest speaker Rabbi Lauren Berkun. Following the lecture, TBA members are invited to continue the conversation with one of our Clergy and share a buffet dinner. Space is LIMITED. Kol Ha’am 6 To register, please visit www.tbala.org/hartmandinner Daily MORNING MINYAN: DAILY MINYAN - EVENING MINYAN FRIDAY NIGHT Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. April 1-2 6:30 p.m. NESHAMA MINYAN Minyan April 3 6:15 p.m., Erev Pesah April 10, 17, 24, 6:15 p.m. Sunday & Federal Holidays: 8:00 a.m. April 4 6:45 p.m. SATURDAY: Times Rosh Hodesh & Hol Ha-Moed: 7:15 a.m. April 5 7:20 p.m. April 6-9 6:30 p.m. 90 minutes before the end April 12-30 7:00 p.m. of Shabbat April 16 Special Time for Yom HaShoah

Thursday – 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm YOM HA’ATZMAUT CELEBRATION Celebrate Israel’s 67th birthday with TBA! Falafel 23 dinner ($10 per person), Israeli Dancing and sing-along with Josh Warshawsky, Games for kids, Ga-Ga and more! Fun for all ages! For more details call Daniel at 310-652-7354 x215. Saturday Morning Services Meditation Plus Friday – 6:15 p.m. COMMUNITY SHABBAT 9:15 a.m. Whiteman Conference Room Join Neshama Minyan for Kabbalat Shabbat services, Shir Hadash 24 followed by dinner (7:45 p.m.) with Special Guest 9:15 a.m. in the Sanctuary Speaker: Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Rabbi of the April 4: 1st Day Pesah - combined with BAIT New North London Synagogue and Senior Rabbi of April 11: 8th Day Pesah / Women’s Shabbat - combined with BAIT British Masorti Judaism. April 17: 7th - 8th Grade Shabbat RSVP at www.tbala.org/communityshabbat April 25: regular schedule, with Bar Mitzvah of Ethan Perez 8:00 p.m. 20-SOMETHING – DINNER AT CORNING BAIT Tefillah RSVP to Josh Warshawsky to join other young April 18 & 25 adults for dinner at his home. 9:45 a.m [email protected] Pilch Hall

Monday 7:30 p.m. Library Minyan REFA’EINU HEALING SERVICE April 4 & 11 (Shabbat / Pesah) 9:30 a.m. 27 April 18 & 25 9:45 a.m. Dorff Nelson Chapel April 18 & 25 9:45 a.m. Save The Date Dorff Nelson Chapel Sunday, June 14th, 2015 Koleinu April 4, 10:30 a.m. for Havah Narishah - Family Service LEADERSHIP, LEGACY & LIGHT April 11 & 25 an Evening of Celebration 10:30 a.m. in the Lainer Library Shir Unplugged April 25 10:00 a.m. Hersch Hall

Temple Beth Am Honors Torah Portion Candle Lighting Sheryl Goldman April 4 1st day Pesah April 3 6:58 p.m. for 20 years as our Executive Director April 11 8th day Pesah, Yizkor April 4 7:53 p.m. April 18 Shemini April 9 7:02 p.m. Special presentation of the April 25 Tazria-Metzora April 10 7:02 p.m. Ma’ayan Hamitgaber Legacy Award to April 17 7:08 p.m. Lou Colen April 24 7:13 p.m. Sherri Cohn & Marshall Temkin Mark Samuel Stuart Tochner Presidents’ Circle Resource Development Co-Chairs 7 Kol Ha’am THE 2015 CARNIVAL WAS A BLAST! BA would like to thank our fantastic Program Director Daniel TSulzberg, the JPA Parent Association and all the volunteers for their hours of hard work and dedication to making the carnival fun for all!

ECC PARENT AND ME CLASSES The Pressman Academy Early Childhood Center is offering a new, amazing spring session of Parent and Me classes! We are offering our fun Messy Art class; a wonderful Grandparent and Me class; and two joyful Music classes –Toddler and Baby! For more information on any of our Parent and Me classes or to register, please contact Betsy Krut in the Pressman ECC office: email [email protected] or call (310) 652-7354 x237. The Pressman Academy Middle School performed Joseph and Or, for more details, check out our website at the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for it’s Musical this year. www.pressmanacademy.org/parentandme The show was directed by Corey Wexler, co-directed by Rebecca Feld, and the Costumes designer was Pressman Parent, Sharon Brooks. This year, Shir Pressman, under the direction of Michelle Barton, joined the cast for the opening and closing songs. We are so proud of our students! Kol Ha’am 8 Temple Beth Am April 2015 THE MITZVOT OF PURIM

f the four mitzvot of Purim, matanot l’evyonim (giving Ogifts to the poor), may seem as if it is the least fulfilling. After all, one can simply give money to , and the mitzvah is accomplished. This year my husband, Stan, and I decided to fulfill the mitzvah in a different way. During the Erev Purim celebration after the megillah reading, we (along with countless others), helped to assemble bags of food and necessities (such as knit caps, toothbrushes/ toothpaste) for the homeless. Some of us then took the bags to distribute the next day. We could choose to bring the bags to organizations that provide social services or find homeless people and hand them the bags. Stan and I chose the latter. We (along with Renalee Pflug) drove west towards Santa Monica, and, unfortunately, had no problem finding many homeless people. Each person to whom the bags. I explained that it we gave a bag was appreciative. One pulled out a cap as I was was Purim. He then told me headed back to the car, held it up for me to see, and said “this excitedly that his now-deceased is exactly what I need.” Each one of them thanked us, most of mother was Jewish, and that he them shook our hands (and even hugged us!) and many enjoyed has fond memories of attending engaging with us in conversation. I gave a list of social service shul with her. He then organizations to one man who asked for help with a problem. proceeded to recite the Shema! Two recipients stand out in my mind. As I exited the car, one There is a popular Hebrew saying, mitzvah goreret mitzvah; homeless person immediately offered to share some of his candy one mitzvah leads to another. Indeed, the mitzvah I fulfilled with me, holding his bag to me with a big smile. After I gave on Purim lead each of the people I met to fulfill mitzvot of him a bag from our car, he thanked me and then gave another kindness, respect, and appreciation. I believe I got a much of his lovely smiles. He did not want to have a conversation greater gift than those who received the bags did. (talking appeared to be difficult), so I left to give out more bags. A special thanks to the people who helped set up this By the time I returned to the car, he was enjoying the lunch wonderful project; Shlomit Bard, Rabbi Hillary Chorny, that we had provided. He turned to me with another smile, Renalee Pflug, and Debbie Rich. And a huge yesher koah to and asked if I needed the reusable bag in which we had put the Dianne Shershow, who organized the project, coordinated provisions. He is a person who has almost nothing, yet both with Congregation B’nai David-Judea, to the supplies for before and after I had given him the bag, he was willing to give the bags, and worked tirelessly to make sure all was in place. me something of his! What a generous, kind-hearted gesture! As usual, she did it all with a smile on her face! One homeless person with whom I did engage in conversation asked me if there were an occasion that prompted us to give out Valerie Goldstein

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9 Kol Ha’am Temple Beth Am Gratefully Acknowledges Donations through March 5, 2015.

GENERAL FUND RABBI KLIGFELD DISCRETIONARY FUND IN MEMORY OF IN HONOR OF Rabbi Ronnie Cohen Ellen L. & Martin Jacobs The Aliyah to the Torah Amy Schwartz Helen Deutsch Ellen L. & Martin Jacobs Love and support to the Herman family Jeanne and David Herman Gerald Greenberg Melissa & Michael Berenbaum, Ivonne & Daniel Goldberg Our Anniversary Jennifer and Todd Zoltan Rosalyn Grossman Ellen L. & Martin Jacobs Oliver Greenberg’s Rebecca and George Greenberg Regina Ellen L. & Martin Jacobs David Krymer Cathy & Michael Barry, Ivonne & Daniel Goldberg IN MEMORY OF Alan Levey Melissa & Michael Berenbaum, Mort Silas Audrey Cohn Miriam & Phil Cantor, Ellen L. & Martin Jacobs David Krymer Marilyn Ziering Sandra Patack Ellen L. & Martin Jacobs Gerald Greenberg The family of Gerald Greenberg-Doris, Bonnie Sue Schwartz Ellen L. & Martin Jacobs Mark, Frida, Elaine, Eli and Michelle Cate Tureff Markovic Family RABBI LUCAS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND DONATION IN HONOR OF Laurie Gabbai Love and support to the Herman family David and Jeanne Herman during the unveiling ceremony for David’s mother BILL STRICK HELPING HAND MEMORIAL FUND IN MEMORY OF IN MEMORY OF Rabbi Ronnie Cohen Sharon & Brad Grob Gerald Greenberg The family of Gerald Greenberg-Doris, Rosalyn Grossman Sharon & Brad Grob Mark, Frida, Elaine, Eli and Michelle Alan Levey Sharon & Brad Grob RABBI CHORNY DISCRETIONARY FUND Frances Markovic Sharon & Brad Grob IN MEMORY OF Sandra Patack Sharon & Brad Grob Gerald Greenberg The family of Gerald Greenberg-Doris, Nancy Rubin Sharon & Brad Grob Mark, Frida, Elaine, Eli and Michelle Percy Saiger Sharon & Brad Grob Rabbi Harold Schulweis Sharon & Brad Grob LIBRARY MINYAN DONATIONS Cate Tureff Sharon & Brad Grob IN MEMORY OF Yarzheit of my mother, Edith Milrad Arlene Milrad IN HONOR OF Dorothy Salkin’s “speedy & full recovery” Sherri & Mike Cohn IN HONOR OF The birth of Avraham Sandler Sharon & Brad Grob 50th Anniversary of Avi’s Bar Mitzvah Avi and Wanda Peretz Casey Stern Annette & Abe Berman Naming our baby girl Dan and Feinberg Birthday of Howard Fredman Amber Tarshis DAVID DVORAK CHESED FUND Rabbi Harry Silverstein Mr.and Mrs. Alan Goldin IN MEMORY OF Don’s birthday Don and Manya Beier Alan Levey Renne Bainvoll Library Minyan Melissa Berenbaum, Joel Grossman, ROBERT FRIEDMAN MEMORIAL FUND Bob and Fran Malina, Larry Rubin, Norm Saiger IN HONOR OF Purim Seudah Abe and Annette Berman Ron Zipperstein’s 75th birthday Elaine & Larry Friedman

MARCY COLKER KLEIN/BARRY SHAPIRO MEMORIAL FUND SISTERHOOD DONATIONS IN MEMORY OF To place a Sisterhood Tribute, contact Marlene Glaser Rose Toren Rabin Family at 310-550-1738 or email: [email protected] PRAYER BOOK FUND IN HONOR OF Joshua Richland’s Bar Mitzvah Shelly Lucky & Family MAZEL TOV! Francine and Michael Farkas Agnes and Semyon Emert IN MEMORY OF Birth of Grandson Gerald Greenberg Shelly Lucky SPEEDY RECOVERY PRESSMAN ACADEMY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Dale Seltzer Marlene and Harvey Glaser IN HONOR OF The birth of Avraham Sandler Kathe & Howard Pilch CONDOLENCES Cindy Levey and Family Agnes and Semyon Emert PRESSMAN ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Loss of Father, Alan Levey Susan Hetsroni and Family IN MEMORY OF Cate Tureff Melissa & Michael Berenbaum, Audrey Cohn and Family Gabriela and Elie Litov Sherri, Mike, Rebecca & Josh Cohn, Sanders’ Family Loss of Companion, Mort Silas

CAMP RAMAH SCHOLARSHIP FUND Victor Krymer and Family Agnes and Semyon Emert IN MEMORY OF Loss of Grandson, David Krymer Anne Kramer’s yahrzeit Hannah & Marshall Kramer

YOUTH DEPARTMENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND Rabbi Chaim Tureff Agnes and Semyon Emert IN MEMORY OF Loss of Mother, Cate Tureff Alan Levey Lisa Feldman & Brian Greene SPECIAL DAILY MINYAN TBA Sisterhood expresses its condolences to our dear Tributes Chairperson, Marlene IN HONOR OF Glaser, on the loss of her Mother, Ida Ginsburg. May her memory be for a blessing. Hagbah Robert Bird

IN MEMORY OF Tillie Bird’s yahrzeit Robert Bird

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