BALTIMORE HEBREW CONGREGATION Rabbi Andrew Busch Rabbi Elissa Sachs-Kohen Cantor Ben Ellerin Cantor Ann G. Sacks Rabbi Rex D. Perlmeter, Emeritus Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl, Emanuel Emeritus BULLETIN Cantor Robbie Solomon, Emeritus
Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 BALTIMOREHEBREW.ORG Annual Meeting and Shabbat Friday, April 30 n Meeting 5 pm n Shabbat Service 6:15 pm + Carol J. Caplan Service and Commitment Awards
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On the Cover ...... 2 Carol J . Caplan Awards ...... 5 Night of the Stars ...... 9 BHC is Collecting ...... 2 Wisdom Around the World ...... 6 Women of BHC ...... 10 From the Clergy ...... 2 Youth Education ...... 7 Brotherhood News ...... 10 From the President ...... 3 Chai Life ...... 7 Offerings ...... 11–13 Upcoming at BHC ...... 4 The Crowd ...... 7 April Events ...... 15 Passover at BHC ...... 4 BHC Cares ...... 7 Fill Your Cup Schedule ...... 15 Annual Meeting & Shabbat ...... 5 E B. . Hirsh Early Childhood Center . . . 8 Service Schedule ...... 16 FROM THE CLERGY “TRYING TO UNMUTE” Most jokes are old, that is just the nature of humor. The continuing jokes related to the difficulties we face trying to unmute on Zoom must fall into some old humor WELCOME rubric. By this point, these jokes can’t NEW MEMBERS! be funny anymore. Yet, they continue to We welcome the following congregants show up on social media or in the midst of who have joined BHC since the publication Zoom meetings. On some level, they fall into of our March Bulletin the category of dealing with our discomfort regarding our human situation, not just the foibles of online community and relationships. Mindi & Brad Levin Amy Elias and Richard Pearlstone Just a brief while ago, we wouldn’t have understood using the word Paul Stevenson “platform” to describe how we communicate. And yet, we have so many platforms at the moment: Zoom, email, streaming, texting, phone calls and more. These brand-new or modern platforms have largely ON THE COVER: replaced our familiar platforms in the past year, such as speaking 2021 Annual Meeting & Shabbat together in the BHC lobby or parking lot or sitting across from one Join us April 30 at 5 pm for our Annual another and chatting during a meal. Human communication has Meeting that leads directly into our Friday always had its bumps, but these platforms increase the likelihood Shabbat. See page 5 for more details. of mishaps. We keep trying to unmute ourselves or we keep trying to get to the right link, but it can be frustrating. These mishaps and frustrations happen within BHC and as we communicate more broadly (and that is true for most, maybe all, organizations). Baltimore Hebrew Congregation has been doing its best to navigate these communication’s platform during the pandemic. We have learned together how to provide services, while physically distant and to teach classes distanced as well. Our members have called one another to check in, and BHC Cares has reached out in other ways. Our social justice and volunteer work have continued, even as prepared food was passed out in the parking lot, instead of stowed BHC IS COLLECTING... • Frozen casseroles and dinner turkeys in the fridge. for Our Daily Bread. Our next schedule Now, as more BHC members are vaccinated and we have learned event is April 19 from 11–11:30 am so much, we are also trying to learn how to ‘unmute,’ if you will. We drop off of frozen casseroles to BHCs were streaming before the pandemic and will continue afterwards. parking lot. Casseroles will be delivered However, our Re-Entry Task Force, staff, lay leaders and clergy are immediately following. working together to safely and smoothly reintroduce more familiar • Non-perishable Food for GEDCO Cares old-time platforms, things that bring us together physically, even as Food Pantry. Please note GEDCO Cares we maintain health protocols. Food Pantry requests: spaghetti sauce, The nature of a bulletin, even online, makes it hard to announce canned tomatoes, canned veggies, exactly what steps we will take and when. However, in the near canned tuna, and canned salmon. Till further notice, non-perishable future, we know that we will be able to communicate opportunities, donations may be placed by the which will continue to unfold in the coming months. We can’t tell Hoffberger Chapel door. you exactly what and when just yet. But we are learning how to • CHANA is collecting donations. ‘unmute’ in real life. I hope we keep our humor about us as we take Current needs are: men’s, women’s these next steps as a community. We appreciate your understanding, and children’s clothing and shoes; and we appreciate your interest and curiosity. handbags, blankets and linens. Please drop off donations outside of the Chapel Rabbi Busch entrance. Ring the buzzer and someone will bring your donations inside. 2 Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 FROM THE PRESIDENT BULLETIN Each year as spring arrives, we celebrate Passover and are reminded of our ancestors UPDATE transitioning from enslavement to freedom. At Until the health this time, we recognize that it has now been restrictions are lifted, more than a year since we have met in person. future issues of the It is natural, as we see positive change around Temple Bulletin will us (vaccine availability and some schools re- be shared via our opening), to anticipate an end of the pandemic website. and a return to what our lives looked like before mid-March of 2020. This year especially, we will celebrate a degree of https://www.baltimorehebrew.org/ comfort, if not freedom, as more of us are vaccinated. However, just as connecting/bhc-bulletins-and-annual- our forebears mourned those who did not survive, we remember that report/ so many have suffered from this virus. One year ago, we would not have been able to say that there is real reason to believe that our lives, which have been so disrupted, might BHC’S VIRTUAL COMMUNITY return to a degree of normalcy in the near future. There will be elements Our congregation has mobilized itself to of change that will continue to be with us for an unknown period of continue to connect us virtually, as a community time, such as wearing masks, some degree of physical distancing and and to our Judaism . washing hands. However, we can say with certainty that Baltimore Please see the regular emails and Hebrew Congregation has begun to return to our building using small baltimorehebrew .org for information, updates steps, with small B’nai Mitzvah celebrations. Our Re-Entry Task Force and creative offerings . Our education programs are being is hard at work studying the next steps to permitting additional small carried out via Zoom, which is an app worth gatherings that can be safe and meaningful. downloading and works beautifully on your We will remain steadfast in our compliance with all governmental computer . It works best with a camera and a and congregational protocols to ensure the safety of our clergy, microphone but can be utilized without them . staff and congregants. As you know, this transition will need to be Our services are being offered via online tempered by these protocols, so as not to endanger or expose anyone streaming and are also archived for later viewing . Visit https://venue .streamspot .com/ unnecessarily. We are eager to return to our lay and congregational de50dfb8 to follow along . lives, but we must take small steps toward this goal. We encourage you also to follow the I am happy to report that additional pre-schoolers are returning to Baltimore Hebrew Congregation page on our E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center and that our Youth Education Facebook, where we communicate ideas and program is running smoothly as well. resources for the congregation . As always, the clergy and staff remain hard at work to provide for the needs of our members in every way possible. Please continue to follow the website baltimorehebrew.org for updates on services and programming. Thanks to our clergy and staff for their tireless efforts in this last difficult year. We should all be grateful to them and offer thanks when we have the opportunity. Lastly, a special thanks to all of our congregants, who have generously given of their time and resources to BHC. Stay healthy, Log on to our website, baltimorehebrew.org for our online Membership Directory, to pay John I. Elias your bill or make a donation. Simply click, BHC President “Forgot your ID or password?” to have your login information emailed to you.
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Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 3 Programs, Events and Services below are all currently being presented UPCOMING AT BHC over ZOOM or StreamSpot. See individual programs for more details.
TORAH TALK: via Zoom Azure Concert for Families Living with Autism and Saturdays, April 3, 10, 17 & 24, 9 am Similar Challenges Each Saturday, we gather for a discussion of the weekly Torah Sunday, April 18, 2 pm portion . Our conversation takes place on Zoom and is led by There will be a live, online Azure concert for families living Rabbis Busch and Sachs-Kohen, with occasional guest teachers . with autism and similar challenges . The concert will feature the No prior experience, Hebrew, or preparation is required . Just marvelous folk singers Dan and Claudia Zanes and a special join us with an open mind and a willingness to explore Torah and music video created by Dan and Claudia and Azure audience its connections to our lives . member, Joshua Yutzy . To register, please send an email to; Zoom Link: Provided in our weekly emails . maria@ourjoyfulnoisebaltimore org,. and she will send you the Zoom link . The Azure concerts are generously sponsored by the Peggy and Yale Gordon Trust, Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Drum-tastic Afternoon with and the PNC Bank Charitable Foundation . Michael Deaton Sunday, April 11, 3 pm Join us for a fun and interactive drumming event . Mike Deaton has been a performer, CREDIT CARD USAGE teacher, and drum circle facilitator for over Effective NOW, credit cards will be 20 years . He has dedicated his life to using accepted as payment for all BHC dues musical tools and expressive arts to empower and fees with the exception of tuition people and help them create their own positive transformations . He for the E B. . Hirsh Early Childhood especially enjoys bringing these forms of expression to those who Center . You will no longer have the option to “opt out” of paying the service fee . This fee will be applied to your may not consider themselves musicians, artists, or dancers . Mike has credit card . presented interactive music programs to ages 0-104 . Open to all ages and skills; just bring your own bucket, drum, or whatever you have to beat on . Details to join will be shared via email for this Zoom event .
Passover at BHC Seventh Day Passover Service
Saturday April 3, 10:30 am, via StreamSpot* Seventh Day Passover-Shabbat Service: including Yizkor and a Celebration of the Music of Louis Lewandowski’s on his 200th Birthday, led by Rabbi Sachs-Kohen and Cantor Ellerin. Louis Lewandowski was the Musical Director of Berlin’s Neue Synagogue and composer of many familiar synagogue melodies, including the German Kedusha BHC uses on Yom Kippur.
* Zoom and StreamSpot details will be provided on Weekly Opportunities & Briefly BHC emails.
All details for the above events will be shared in Monday and Thursday (Briefly) emails as well as on our website. baltimorehebrew.org/about/virtual-schedule/
4 Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 ANNUAL MEETING AND SHABBAT Friday, April 30, Meeting 5 pm and Shabbat Service 6:15 pm We will vote on updated Bylaws, release Board members who completed their term, and celebrate our incoming Board members. We will honor Laurie Duhan, Chair of the E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center Advisory Committee and the Re-Entry Task Force who are the recipients of this year’s Carol J. Caplan Service and Commitment Award.
CAROL J. CAPLAN SERVICE AND COMMITMENT AWARDS Join us for the Annual Meeting on Friday, April 30, as we honor Chair of the E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood congregants who have helped us weather the Covid-19 pandemic Center Advisory Committee since June, 2019, while also planning for a return to normalcy when the current Laurie Duhan, has high praise for preschool threat to our health and safety have passed. director, Jen Platt for her effort in keeping the school open and safe for teachers and children. She also applauds the group effort that supported the school pre-Covid and for the committee that developed a collaboration with the JCC that will become effective July 1, and also for E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center’s Safe Reopening Task Force, which was created in response to the pandemic. The Preschool was closed last March because of the pandemic but was able to re-open in August. The E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center Advisory Committee includes Linda Nathan, Ed Perl, Bob Waldman and Peggy Wolf. Ed Perl and Peggy Wolf also served on the Reopening Task Force with “The Carol J. Caplan Service and Commitment Award is being preschool parents George Adams, Sharon Edlow, Mark Grinspoon presented to the entire Re-Entry Task Force, which is comprised and Courtney Katzenberg; Richard Peterson as a consultant. of a number of persons having different skills and perspectives, “This team worked throughout the summer, understanding each of whom regularly contributes to the deliberative process and CDC, state and city safety requirements, researching best practices, decisions,” says Theron Russell, current chair. The other members reviewing the layout of the school and more. We reviewed every are, in alphabetical order: Sarah Cornblath, Stan Gann Jr., Leslie minute of the [school] day, from carpool to lunch to playground Glickman, Howie Gwon, Brian Katzenberg, Marc Plisko and David I. play to nap time and circle time.” They were also in frequent Tossman. contact with BHC’s Re-Entry Task Force. Theron and his wife, Pam, who is the treasurer for Women Previously members of Temple Emanuel, Laurie and her of BHC, joined the congregation 29 years ago, finding here a husband, Danny, who is president of BHC’s Brotherhood, joined comfortable home for themselves and their two sons, now adults. BHC when Temple Emanuel joined BHC in 2016. Professionally, Retired after a career devoted to construction projects he describes she is Key Manager, Energy Efficiency Portfolio at Baltimore Gas as helping to “cure our climate ills by promoting a transition to & Electric. The Duhans have two adult children, but no one of renewable energy sources,” he brings a similar perspective to the preschool age. “So the question may be: Why would I be passionate work at BHC: “I see the Task Force’s work as consistent with the about the school? My mother was a Holocaust survivor, and for Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam, or literally ‘repair of the world,’ her, young families and children are not only our future; they are a in this case, repairing the sickness that threatens our community. miracle. A Jewish preschool begins instilling Judaism and the values For me, the most rewarding aspect of the groups’ work has been of Tikkun Olam, repairing the world, at a young age, so it becomes a getting to know other congregants, and hearing their insights and part of the children as they grow up. Our preschool provides BHC an perspectives as we together develop policies that will promote opportunity to engage members and non-members and to develop repair and a return to normalcy.” a relationship with our clergy and our congregation.”
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Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 5 Year Long Series, Thursdays at 1:30 pm
Wisdom Around the World - Directly into Your Living Room There are so many teachers scattered throughout the world from whom we might learn wisdom, inspiration and Torah . In our new virtual existence, these teachers are as close as our screens . For the next year, BHC will bring thinkers from the corners of the globe to teach us about life, Judaism, and the world . To make this wisdom accessible for working folks as well, we will rebroadcast the program at 7:30 pm each Thursday .
Look for updates on future teachers and discussions on our website: baltimorehebrew .org/wisdom and our Monday and Briefly email.
Thursdays at 1:30 pm (Encore at 7:30 pm)
April 1 his ordination as a cantor and his Master’s in Sacred Music from Rabbi Jonathan Slater Hebrew Union College in New York and served Temple Isaiah in Los NYC Angeles as its cantor for 25 years . Evan also received his Bachelor’s “Having Faith- But In What?” Degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a Master’s Degree Jonathan co-directs the Clergy Leadership in Public Administration from the City University of New York . Program, teaches on multiple programs and retreats, and works closely with the April 22 Board of Directors . He was ordained by the Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell JTS (Jewish Theological Seminary) and served congregations in Philadelphia, PA northern California for over twenty years . He was also a participant “Earth Day 2021/5781: One Jewish in the first IJS (Institute for Jewish Spirituality) rabbinic cohort . Response” Jonathan enjoys living in the NYC suburbs, teaching meditation Join Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell for a deep dive at the JCC in Manhattan, and visiting with his seven grandchildren into sacred sources of guidance and support around the country . as we face the global climate crisis that threatens the future of our precious planet . April 8 Together we will discover some of our tradition’s rich legacy of tools David Mendelsson for resilience in words and song, focusing and re-energizing us for Jerusalem, Israel action and engagement . “Sacred Time and Sacred Space Jerusalem Mount” April 29 David Mendelsson is Senior Lecturer in Marc Dollinger Israel Studies and Modern Jewish History at San Francisco, CA HUC-JIR’s Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem “Jews and Civil Rights Movement” and lectures at the Rothberg International School of the Hebrew Dr . Marc Dollinger holds the Richard and University, where he teaches the history of the modern State of Rhoda Goldman Endowed Chair in Jewish Israel and the changing nature of Israeli Jewish identity . David Studies and Social Responsibility at San Mendelsson has formerly served as the Director of Year-in-Israel Francisco State University . Program . He has served as research fellow at Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Religion as well as the Andrew W . Mellon Post-doctoral April 15 Fellow and Lecturer in the Humanities at Bryn Mawr College, where Cantor Evan Kent he coordinated the program in Jewish Studies . Jerusalem, Israel “Music for Yom HaAtzmaut” In July 2013, Evan moved from Los Angeles to Jerusalem where he currently lives with his husband Rabbi Donald Goor . Evan received 6 Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 YOUTH EDUCATION CHAI LIFE See online or email for links to Youth Education events. See online or email for links to Chai Life events.
Chai Life is the social community for 20s & 30s, provided by Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. Join Chai Life for our BHC B'BAYIT First Friday Shabbat, April 2 at 7 pm. Email jmanko@ baltimorehebrew.org for Zoom access. BHC AT HOME Jillian Manko Youth Education Director of Engagement Sunday Mornings from 9:30–11:30 am THE CROWD See online or email for links to The Crowd events.
YOUTH EDUCATION Keep an eye out for our next “Navigating the Now” The We hope that everyone enjoyed our family Seder with Crowd’s series highlighting members in our BHC community Rabbi Sachs-Kohen and Cantor Ellerin and that the and beyond. E-mail [email protected]. Haggadah supplement provided by Youth Education was meaningful and useful. We are looking forward to the spring weather and hope that you can spend some time together outdoors. As we look towards the summer, our Youth Education Advisory Committee will help make decisions about in-person learning for the fall semester. We will update families as we have more information about what the 2021-2022 academic year will look like. We need to share that our Assistant Director of Education, Alicia Gallant, has been accepted into multiple graduate programs for the next academic year and will be leaving Baltimore Hebrew Congregation on May 15. Alicia has been an asset to BHC over the past two years, and she will be missed. We wish her continued success in her academic endeavors, and we eagerly anticipate hearing which graduate program she chooses to attend. We will have a chance to thank Alicia and wish her well on our final day of spring Youth Education. As we move forward during this time, we have put together a Search Committee, chaired by Naomi King, BHC CARES to help guide us on our next steps. We look forward We care about all of our congregants, from the youngest to continuing to build our Youth Education and teen of newborns to the oldest of seniors . Our goal is to programs and to growing in the process. If you have any make a difference with all the many things we offer . Our questions about this transition, please reach out to me, telephone calling group, led by Lynette Berman, faithfully Rachel Opatowsky, [email protected]. calls our congregants in assisted living facilitates or who are homebound . Our meal program, led by Sharon Edlow Rachel Opatowsky, RJE and Jean Fedder, coordinates sending meals to member Director of Education families who are bringing home a new infant, dealing with sickness or illness or those whom have experienced a recent loss . Since COVID-19, we have been unable to cook and deliver these meals ourself, but many thanks to Classic INFO & RSVP: Catering for assisting in this much needed service . We Rachel Opatowsky, also offer numerous informative programs, reaching out to Director of Education, 410-764-1587, ext . 290 or our community as much as possible . For more information ropatowsky@baltimorehebrew org. about BHC Cares or to volunteer, contact Carol J . Caplan, Alicia Gallant, Assitant Director of Education, Chair, carolcjca@comcast net. . 410-764-1587, ext . 249 or agallant@baltimorehebrew org. Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 7 E.B. HIRSH EARLY SponsoredBaltimore H ebybr Womenew Cong ofre gBHCation CHILDHOOD CENTER CComommumunity Shred Event After hibernating in the classroom all winter, our two year old’s are making their way SSunday,unday ApAprilril 18 back outside. Child development theorist, Jean 1:301:30–3:30–3:30 PM pm Piaget said, “Infants and young children’s earliest learning E. B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center is through their senses.” Let’s see what wonderful things our P$5ar perki ngbox Lo ort two-year-old class discovered on a beautiful almost Spring day. grocery shopping bag This looks like the beginning of a very adventurous and fun $5 per box or grocery shopping bag Spring. $10 per$10 plastic per plasticbag or baglarg e box or large box Jen Platt Cash or checks only Director CashNo orbu checkssinesse onlys Paper onNoly, nobusinesses plastic or metal ShreddiPaperng w only,ill con noti nplasticue un tilor tmetalruck is full. IShreddingnfo:womeno willfbhc @gcontinuemail.co untilm or 410truck-764-158 is full.7
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EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE PACKAGES: includes memorial book and seat plaque
Pay tribute to those who blessed us in life and continue to bless us through memory. Yahrzeit literally means “year’s time” or anniversary . By the recitation of Kaddish at the time of Yahrzeit, we pay tribute to those who blessed us in life and continue to bless us through memory . Our Congregation makes it possible to establish, in this spirit, memorials for everlasting remembrance . A page in the Book of Memorial, or in combination with a Sanctuary Seat Plaque, may be dedicated to your loved one . If you would like to participate, Francie Gill is available to discuss the options with you, 410-764- 1587, ext . 226 or fgill@baltimorehebrew org. . 410-764-7281 EBHirshEarlyChildhoodCenter.org
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NIGHT OF THE STARS He’s blown us away as Midge Maisel’s hilarious Father-In-Law on the Golden Globe Winning “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” He has wowed us in Award-Winning movies including “A Few Good Men,” “Grumpy Old Men,” and “The Usual Suspects.” Comedy Central Named him as one of the Top 100 Comedians of all time. Join us for the virtual 11th Annual Night of the Stars as Baltimore Hebrew Congregation presents “A Virtual Night In 05.6.21 With Kevin Pollak,” comedian, impressionist, actor, director, The E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center and Youth Education author and podcast pioneer.
Kevin Pollak rose to the top of the San / FranciscoBrett Cohen + Amy Baum stand-up + Lisa levy scene and moved to Los Angeles with dreams of appearing
on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny/ Annette Carson Saxon +and [email protected] being in the movies. 200 auditions later, he landed a few tv and film gigs, which proved enough to get himbaltimorehebrew.org/notS2021 to the couch of “Carson’s Tonight Show.” Kevin instantly became a regular until Johnny’s retirement. In 1992, Pollak’s role in Rob Reiner’s “A Few Good Men,” proved his ability to stand out on the big screen among cinematic icons. The unplanned transformation of Kevin becoming a dramatic actor was further established two years later, when he co-starred in “The Usual Suspects” and Martin Scorsese’s “Casino” in the same year. Kevin has co-starred in 78 films as well as a few television series in 2014 and 2015. He appeared opposite Allison Janney and Anna Farris in “Mom” in its first two seasons, as well as05.6.21 co-starring with Jane Lynch in “Angel From Hell,” and he can currently be seen playing ‘Moishe Maisel’ on Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Pollak’s first outing as a director, the comedy documentary “Misery Loves Comedy,” premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The film also shot to #1 on iTunes in just two days, for documentaries. Kevin never forgotThe E.B.his first Hirsh love, and Early he released Childhood a one-hour Center stand-up andcomedy Youth special, Education “The Littlest Suspect” a couple of years ago. In 2013 Kevin released his autobiography, “How I slept My Way to The Middle.” Pollak was also a pioneer in the podcast world. His award-winning Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show debuted in 2009 and ran until 2019. The podcast has featured over 300 interviews with icons including Tom Hanks and Elon / Musk. Brett Cohen + Amy Baum + Lisa levy BHC’s 11th annual Night of the Stars honors all of our BHC Educators and benefits BHC’s Youth Community, including the E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center and Youth Education programs. Purchase Premium Tickets and enjoy a gourmet “Dinner for
Two” by The Classic Catering People. / Annette Saxon + [email protected] baltimorehebrew.org/notS2021 NIGHT OF THE STARS 2021 HONORS OUR BHC EDUCATORS!
Rachel Opatowsky Jennifer Platt Director of Education Director of the E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center
and our Youth Education Teachers and E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Teachers
BHC’s 11th annual Night of the Stars, A Night In With Kevin Pollak, takes place virtually on Thursday evening, May 6, 7:30 pm. For event information and tickets go to www.baltimorehebrew.org/nots2021.
For Sponsorships contact Annette Saxon, [email protected]. 05.6.21 baltimorehebrew.org/nots2021 05.6.21Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 9 The E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center and Youth Education
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/ Annette Saxon + [email protected] baltimorehebrew.org/notS2021 THE WOMEN OF BHC Women of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation invites you to WOMEN’S SHABBAT SERVICE, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 10:30 am (as part of Shabbat Service)
D’Var Torah: Sara Carney President, Women of Reform Judaism Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto, Canada A Virtual Tour from the San Diego Museum of Art
Rabbinic Leader: Rabbi Elissa Sachs-Kohen Amazing Women Student Cantor: Becky Mann of Renaissance and Torah Reader: Shelley Cocke Baroque Art Haftorah Reader: Leslie Glickman Sunday | April 11 | 1 pm via Zoom Cost: $18 with some proceeds used to purchase gift cards for clients of SPARC Women’s Co-chairs: Leslie Glickman and Ralene Jacobson Center that provides services to those who engage in street-based, survival activities. Reserve your ticket by April 5. To join us after services for Oneg schmooze, bit.ly/WBHC_Schmooze. RSVP: Visit womenofbhc.square.site to charge the fee, or pay by check, payable to Women of BHC, and mail to Women of BHC, c/o Pam Russell, 5502 Greenleaf Road, Baltimore, MD 21210
Be sure to include your email address to receive 2021-2022 NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT the Zoom link a few days before the event. The following women have agreed to serve: n First Vice President 2021-2022: Marcia Bornfriend n Board Members 2021-2024: Barbara Arbesman, Bunny Bernstein, Terry Women of BHC and the E. B. Hirsh Early Kollman, Leslie Lichter, Marla Lipman, Cindy Richard, Ann Steinberg Childhood Center are partnering to collect diapers and new baby items for the Family Crisis Center. Due to the pandemic, items Submitted by the Nominating Committee: Chair: Karan Engerman ? may be left in the outside entrance to the Members: Tina Ehrenreich, Marcia Gampel, Amy Lederman, Linda Leffman, E. B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center for a Debbie Sphritz and Suzanne Strutt. staff member to bring inside.
BROTHERHOOD NEWS “We are not makers of history.
We are made by history” Paul M. McCardell, – (1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) Librarian Baltimore Sun Paul M. McCardell, Librarian History is important. The philosopher, essayist and poet George Santayana Baltimore Sun stated: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Six Decades of Change In Baltimore, one of the repositories of history is the Baltimore Sun. Please Six Decadesat The of Sun Change join us on Sunday, April 18, at 10 am, as we welcome Paul M. McCardell, the librarian for the Baltimore Sun, as he discusses “Six Decades of Change” at at The Sun The Sun. Sunday, April 18th As we approach the end of another fiscal year (don’t worry, we have great 10 AM th programs planned for May and June) the Brotherhood is busy planning our Sunday, April 18 via10 AMZoom fall events. For more information on Brotherhood programs and events, visit For more information, please contact Alan Katz at [email protected] Sunday Speaker Series Paul M. McCardell, via Zoom the links below. librarian For more information, please contact Alan Katz at [email protected] Also, we are looking for volunteers to expand our Usher Team. If you are Sunday Speaker Series Baltimore Sun Paul M. McCardell, interested or know of someone who is, please contact Richard Peterson, Usher Librarian Baltimore Sun Chair, at [email protected]. We’d love to have you as a member of our team. Six DecadesSix Decades of Change of Changeat The Sunat The Sun Danny Duhan, Brotherhood President SundaySunday,, April April 18th 18 [email protected] 10 am10 AM via zoom via Zoom For more information, please contact Alan Katz, [email protected] For more information, please contact Alan Katz at [email protected] Sunday Speaker Series FIND OUT MORE. Learn the benefits of joining Brotherhood: baltimorehebrew.org/brotherhood. To find out about Brotherhood programs and events: baltimorehebrew.org/brotherhood/brotherhood-events/. 10 Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 Blanche S . Rymland Alfred Lehmann Judith Weitzman Fox Betty E . Wise Joel David Schlecter* Bertha M . Levi Lillie Gann Bernice Schloss** David Marc Levine Samuel Gelber April 23-24 OFFERINGS Mary Phyllis Sherman* Edward M . Likes Ben Goldberg Eve Sobelman Ames z IN MEMORIAM Harvey B . Steinbach Adele Loew Blanche T . Goldstein Maurice Annenberg We record with sorrow the passing of Ida Stofberg** Sara Rebecca Mandell Isaac Goldstein Edward A . Behrend Ida Whitehill Suls Anna Lillian Marks Samuel Greenwald Bernice S . Berlin Shelly Lynn Balkind Chadha Ruth S . Taubman Julie Marx Simon M . Hanline Max L . Berman Dr . Edwin Fleishman Rena S . Tralins Susan Mermelstein Ray Harris Bernard Bernstein Stanley Foster Norma S . Weinberg* Lyn P . Meyerhoff L . Manuel Hendler Nicholas Beser Kenneth Jay Greenberg Ida F . White Sarah Miller Rose Herman Robert Denis Binder Jane Lillien Cece Witow Blanche H . Neuman Murray Robert Hyman Alvin H . Blum Joseph Ottenheimer Samuel A . Jacobson Dr . Simon J . Brager Sylvia Love *Passover **Yizkor Edward I . Paul Reisa Gayle Kalderon Lillian N . Bransky Ronald Lubman Marcia J . Pierson Malcolm Katzen Nathan Brenner Paul Maihan April 9-10 Sarah D . Raichlen Abraham Kaufman Joseph Carton Peri Meltzer Lillian Rosenberg Abraham G . Rice Bernard M . Kaufman Jeanne L . Dobres Ansell Mary Rosen Gustav A . Kaufman Samuel Eichengreen Nancy Hertz Muskin Milton Baer Abram Rosenthal Freda Lapides May Feit Rose Rottenberg Rosenbach Amy K . Behrend Ettie Salabes Lillian H . Leventon Albert Feldman Lucille Waldman Sugar Abram Benesch Anna Morganstein Sylvan Levin Cecille S . Fine Max H . Wolfe Ben Binder Salganik Mary Bank Levine Joseph B . Fleischman Sarah Marcus Ray Schaeffer Harry Hyman Levy Rose Flocks Blumberg Melvin Schapiro Ruth K . Lewis Cupple Frank May their memories be a blessing. General Omar N . Hilda Lillian Schlossberg Jennie L . London Charlotte Freeman Bradley Nathaniel Schwartz Milton Lowenstein Eleanore Gann PERPETUAL MEMORIALS Carrie F . Brafman Abraham M . Shapiro Nathan Macks Rabbi Samuel Glasner Max Bravmann Elliott M . Sherman Nathan Goldsmith Sue Mechanick April 2-3 Herbert Gutman* Linda H . Brody Gertrude D . Siegel Mannes Glickman Jacob Abraham** Hermine Hamburger** Harold Brooks Samuel Siegel Bessie Marks Jack Gold Louis Aronin** Gertrude F . Hanline Albert M . Caplan Minnie Silver Matilda May Manuel Q . Goldstein Herman Barchenko Ronald H . Hill** Maura Engel Chinich Louis Skolkin Judith K . Miller Pauline Singer Cecilia Juster Beck** Charles Bertram Irvin H . Cohen Ethel S . Snyder Eli Millner Greenhood Robert Benjamin** Hoffberger Max Cohen Sylvan Spandauer Marvin Mirvis Julia Harris Jacob Bernstein** Hyman Horn Simon Dalsheimer Sylvon H . Spear Edward Jeffrey Emanuel Hecht Naomi H . Beser Bernard Melvin Henry Daniels William I . Steinberg Morganstein Martin S . Himeles, Sr . Aaron G . Bloom* Horwitz** Dr . Henry Dillon Harry M . Stern Lena H . Naiditch Leon Hoffman Harry Brown* Anna Levy Hyman** Sydney Eichengreen Joseph Troy Rae Schloss Nordlinger Philip Horowitz Joseph L . Carmel* Minnie Lampe Isekoff** Sidney Feldman Blanche F . Uhlfelder Reuben B . Parran Fannie Jacobs Barry Leslie Carp* Louis Jandorf, Jr . ** Bertha M . Fine Howard H . Weil Harry Perlstein Isadore Jacobs Betty R . Carp Louis Jandorf, Sr . ** Frederick W . Frank Ignatz Weisberg Sarah Pumpian Phyllis N . Jacobson Esther Carp Jack A . JaRo Meyer W . Frank Louis Wilner Bette L . Rascovar Estelle Schweiger David H . Cohen Pauline E . Kahn Simon Frank Alyse Taubman Zucker Lawrence D . Rogers Jacoby Jerome B . Cohen Benjamin L . Katz* Joseph Friedman Taubchen Schoeneman Jay Stanley Joseph Frank S . Cole Fay Kaufman Fannie P . Gellman April 16-17 Ronsheim Harriet P . Kalisch Morris Damsky Bernice Kramer Ida Goldberg M . William Adelson Lena Rosenstock Baruch Katz Raymond Dinkin* Isadore Larry Krieger** Bessie Goldwasser David H . Baruch Ida Rubenstein Tillie Katz Anne R . Dobres** Anne Laskin** Irma Gottschalk Fred Benjamin Janet B . Sapinkopf Hannah Berney Sylvan Dogoloff Ethel Lerner* Frederica Gutman Josef Oliver Berlowitz Anthony Robert Katzenberg Lilly S . DuBois Pearl Lessner** George Gutmann Samuel Berman Savanuck Aaron Koenigsburg David Eisenberg Anna R . Levy Emily Brodsky Heath Fred Blankman Daniel F . Savanuck Aaron M . Kramer William I . Ellison Mary H . Lewyt** Jerold C . Hoffberger Anne R . Brager Paul David Savanuck Hinda Kushnick Hilton Feinsod* Sadie Manko Lena Caplan Isaacson Haidee Brainen Estelle Schlenoff Jennie Kushnick Carrie Feldenheimer** Wilbur Matz Janice Lee Jacobs Natalie Brodsky Arnold R . Schunick Nevah M . Lazarus Samuel Fishman* Amy J . Mayer Benjamin Jacobson Melville B . Brown Sidney J . Sharfstein Morris Albert Levy Veronica Ford Jane Levi Millner** Lyons B . Joel Sydnee S . Burgunder Benjamin Siegel Alvin Davidson London Ruth N . Frank* Sidney B . Needle** Isadore Irving Kanowitz Fannie Cohen Martha Stromberg Norman Jack Lorch Alan A . Frosburg Michael (Mick) Nelson E . Sydney Katz Julius Cohen Dorothy Swartz Jenny Malachin Dr . Mark E . Gann Carol Bernstein Pryor Claire L . Kaufman Edna Dalsemer Bertha G . Swogell Carol H . Marder Rose Gershfeld Eva R . Rimson** Rebecca Gochrach Estelle Fisher Dorman Joan Upton Henry Mayer Ramon F . Getzov* Ruth Blaustein Kravetz Sylvan O . Feit Barbara Lion Weinberg Lewis D . Mervis Morton A . Goldstein Rosenberg** Jeanette Kushner Ida Fensterwald Ralph Weinberg Helen Kahn Miller Paul Greenberg Helena Rosenthal** Charles Ross Lamm Esther Gold Fishman Leonard Louis Weinstein Irene Erma Mirvis Esther N . Rebecca Aiken Rothman Isaac Lazarus Samuel Fivel Ida Weitzman Carrie Gutman Moses Gundersheimer** Anne-Marie Rudo** Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 11 Daniel J . Moses Morris Sonner Abraham Berlin Gustave Goldstein Pauline Horkheimer Elmer J . Schwartzman Mose Ottenheimer 2nd Rhea Seif Steele Harry H . Berman Leon Greenberg Lazaron Frank Shapiro Louis Persh Ellen Sussman Morris Blitzer Lilian Sarah Greif Sarah C . Legum Regina S . Shapiro Howard S . Pollack Nathan Tepper Erna Brill Lillie Gross Al Leon Ada L . Shoben Theresa S . Reinach Jason D . Tralins Cora Cohen Jean Gutterman David Levinson Esther Siegel Abraham F . Rosenberg Isadore G . Trivas Mollie H . Collector N . Ned Halpert Milton H . Mitchell Robert S . Silver Dorothy E . Rosenstein Joseph Wagner Alex Cooper Leo Hamburger Howard E . Nelson Sol Smith Henrietta K . Rosenstock Melvin Wasserman Minnie Lottie Dogoloff Samuel Herman Brian Noel Sylvan H . Solmson Isabel Rosenstock Joseph Weinstein Sigmund Eisenberg Hoffberger Naomi M . Palmbaum Daniel Nathan Stein Florine Rosenthal Rebecca Weisberg Dorothy Epstein Maurice Jacobs Albert Rogers Hyman Steinhorn Louis B . Schiller Lita “Cissy” Whitehouse Aaron Straus Fish Bernice G . Jules Betty Ruth Saks Dorothy Frank Strauss Louis Stanford Schloss Frederick Samuel Wilder Arthur Fisher Leon Kahn Fannie Sapero Dr . Harold L . Vyner Dr . Frank Jacob Milton J . Wilder Harry E . Fleishman Philip Kahn, Jr . Jack H . Sapperstein Barney Waldman Schwartz Israel Windman Gertrude Frank Miriam Kamenetz Dr . Irvin Sauber Rose Meyer Wasserman Julius Segall Henry Zeller Joseph Friedemann Elinor Leibowitz Kaplan Bertha Schapiro Annie S . Wilson Jacques Seiden Max Gibson Aaron Katz William Schenthal Israel Wilson Rose Seltzer April 30 – May 1 Rose F . Goldberg Philip Katz Frederick Joseph Helen Juliette Wolff Dr . George Silverton Joseph Abrahams Sarah Goldberg Marian “Mahsee” Klein Schiffer Rena Singer Flora W . Annenberg Kermit Roland Ben Klotz Rose Schoeneman Estelle G . Sinsheimer Israel Benjamin Goldbergh Marie S . Kolker Alvin Schwartz
L’DOR V’DOR Special Birthdays Births Rachel Pototsky & Evan Riesberg on the birth of Elaine Lang, Doug Charles, Michael Mininsohn, Charlotte Jean Perl, daughter of Jenny and Greg their son, Auggie Levi, by Marta Braverman Joel Simon, David Katinsky, Benson Fine, Perl, granddaughter of Susan and Ed Perl Lois Rosenfield for being a bema guest at the Elaine Salganik, Lauren Wayne, Howard Cole Garrison Redmond, son of Whitney & Bar Mitzvah of Marshall Civin, by Nancy & Halpren, George Marcin, Barbara Fox, Lewis Luke Redmond, great-grandson of Florine Curt Civin Berkowitz, Michael Fish, Wendy Lippe, Steinbach The special birthday of Cantor Judith Rowland, Claire Miller, Elizabeth Barry, Sandra Marcin, by Joy, Bruce, Adam & Rachel Katzenberg Allan Feigelson, Jill Feinberg, Mara Katz, We gratefully acknowledge Cantor Sacks for helping to prepare our Melanie Greenberg, Laurence Weis, Robert the following offerings: granddaughter, Ava Yinger, for her Bat D . Waldman, Jamie Caplis, Philip Abraham, Mitzvah, by Lynette & Larry Berman Shirley Kaufman, Shelley Manner, Marlene For the speedy recovery of Florine Steinbach on the birth of her great- Trestman Dori Blitzstein, by Sandra Mechanick grandson, Cole Garrison Redmond, by Mikel Daniels, by Donna & Mark Wasserman Helene & Jeffrey Waranch Toby & Rabbi Bruce Kahn, by Benjy Dubin • Special Anniversaries Susan Lorch • Judith & Gerald Macks • 45th Debbie & Norman Goldschmitt Barbara & Arnold Sindler In memory of Jo Ann & Harry Windman Anita Meddin, by Ann & Richard A . Fishkin Lena Macks Abrams, by her family 40th Terese & Howard Robinson Miles Rosen, by Lauren & Steven Cornblatt Millie Blum, by James Blum 20th Lois & Scott Cohen Melvin Slotnick, by Carol, David & Samuel Blum, by James Blum Janet & Robert Fleishman Amy Cahn, by Joyce & Thomas Stern th Emilia Slotnick 15 Margaret Presley-Stein & Dana Stein Natalie & Shel Newberger, Jean & Christopher th 10 Druvi Shah & Gideon Samson Tang & Vivian & Chester Civin, Bud Frankel, th In honor of 5 Amy & James Ries on the occasion of their great-grandson and The 100th birthday of Henry Banks on the family friend, Marshall Civin, becoming a Bar occasion of my becoming a Bar Mitzvah, by B’nai Mitzvah Mitzvah, by Marshall Civin & Family his great-grandson, Marshall Civin & Family April 3 Jennie Cohen, by Bernice Burkett Marshall Civin on becoming a Bar Mitzvah, by Zachary Chait, son of Dori & Seth Chait Jerome B . Cohen, by Maxine Cohen & his grandparents, Nancy & Curt Civin April 10 Myron Oppenheimer Stuart Cohen for helping our granddaughter, Mitchell Silver, son of Lauri & Richard Silver, Naomi Biron Cohen, by Maxine Cohen & Ava Yinger, to achieve her goal of becoming grandson of Marcia & Donald Silver Myron Oppenheimer a Bat Mitzvah, by Lynette & Larry Berman April 17 Raymond Dinkin, by Garry Dinkin Jack Dennis becoming a Bar Mitzvah, by Dianne Alexis Maglin, daughter of Kimberly & Sylvan Dogoloff, by Chaya Wexler & Jules Gruen Mike Maglin Jules Dresner, by Vicki & Larry Glaser The special birthday of Janet Livingston, by April 24 Edward Eliason, by Robert Scher Caryl Odenheimer Jaxson Delia, son of Elisa & Michael Delia Rebecca Ellis, by Jane & Alex Gavis, John Butler The birthday of Rabbi Debra Pine, by Joy, and Mary & Tristen Davies Bruce, Adam & Rachel Katzenberg Samson Edward Feikin, by Carol & Alan Feikin Marriage The birthday of James Ries, by Joy, Bruce, Edwin Fleishman, by Linda & Berryl Speert Joel Beller, son of Barbara Korenblit & David Adam & Rachel Katzenberg Beller, to Diana Cron Harry Fleishman, by Janet & Robert Fleishman Stanley Foster, by Marlyn O’Mansky 12 Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 Hannah Fried, by Mark Fried & Kevin Fried Joseph “Jerry” Mechanick, by Sue & Arnold Irta Ellen Weiner, by Dianne Feldman • Faye & Shandl Futerman, by Leonid Shteyman Appelfeld • Leslie Glickman • Susanne & Richard Lehmann Jerome Gavis, by The Gavis & Gavis-Hughoun Hank Horowitz • Gerry, Bruce and the entire Joseph David Weiner, by Dianne Feldman Families team at Naden Lean Hilda G . Weiss, by Diane & Jay Weiss Manuel Q . Goldstein, by Judith & Gerald Peri Meltzer, by Marta Braverman Alvin S . Wolpoff, by Edith Wolpoff-David Macks & Family Pauline Mermelstein, by Anita & Fred Gelfand Marilyn Yarus, by Pamela & Theron Russell Kenneth Jay Greenberg, by Anne & Irwin Meyers, by Beverley & Jeffery Meyers Helen Marx Zander, by Ralph Brunn Donald Kahn Sadie Tegay Miller, by Samuel Miller Harvey L . Zeiger, by Diana Zeiger • Susan Zeiger Bebe Hecht, by Bunny Bernstein Denise Oppenheimer, by Maxine Cohen & Jane W . Herstein, by Paul Brody Myron Oppenheimer Contributions made to Hyman Horne, by Julian “Bill” Lewis Vivion Engel Robinson, by Sonia Blumberg & The Torah Commentary Fund in memory of Sally Horwitz, by Laurie & Danny Duhan Family Benjamin Freeland, by Valerie Binder Bertha Jandorf, by Susan & Jerome Taylor Wilfred Romanoff, by Annette Romanoff, Betsy The Family Shabbat Exchange Fund, by Glen Louis Jandorf, Jr ,. by Susan & Jerome Taylor & James Gorgei, and Lesley & Temple Jay Stanley Joseph, by Carol J . Caplan & Family Mark Romanoff Douglas and Hilda Perl Goodwin Music Fund, Shirley Kahan, by Cantor Judith & Rose Rottenberg Rosenbach, by Roz Ehudin by Cheryl Torrontor Michael Rowland & Alan Shecter, Jon Rottenberg, Tricia The Louise and Richard Kemper Worship Fay Kaufman, by Barbara Sakin Kennedy & Max Kenberg & Mary Rottenberg Enrichment Fund, by Cheryl Torrontor Irving Kohl, by Ellen & Saul Lindenbaum Shiller • James & Alice Dolle Trosch • Carole The Library Gift Fund in memory of Louis Fried, Sylvia Kohl, by Ellen & Saul Lindenbaum Wilder by Sharon & Kenneth Ziv Jeannette C . Kolman, by Susan & Mark Kolman Rebecca Aiken Rothman, by Arnita Aiken Rebecca Gochrach Kravetz, by her family Dorothy Seidman, by Carol Seidman, children & In Commemoration of the birthday Leslie Legum, by Harriet & Jeffrey Legum grandchildren anniversaries of Naomi Hendler Legum, by Harriet & Genya Shteyman, by Leonid Shteyman Claire Bornfriend, by Marcia Bornfriend Jeffrey Legum Sonya Shteyman, by Leonid Shteyman Solomon S . Macks, by his children, Bobbie Levin, by Howard Levin Judith Stern, by Ellen & Alvin Levi • Marilyn grandchildren & great-grandchildren Jane Lillien, by Janet Carestia & Sylvan Savage Louis Rosenstein, by Robin & Robert Just Cornblatt A . Victor Taylor, by Susan & Jerome Taylor Sophie Lindenbaum, by Ellen & Leonard Tossman, by his son, Dr . David I . Saul Lindenbaum Tossman Acknowledgments Ronald Lubman, by Anne & Donald Kahn Minna “Mickey” Tossman, by her son, Appreciation is expressed for messages Nathan Macks, by his family Dr . David I . Tossman of good wishes and Books of Uniongrams Paul Maihan, by Becky & Larry Gutin Rena Tralins, by David Tralins received by Manuel Matthews, by Cecelia Eisenberg Joseph Troy, Phyllis Troy Gilbert Roger Wolff on his special birthday
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 13 YOUR AD COULD BE HERE. Contact for details. [email protected]
14 Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 All April Events will be hosted virtually . See below for details on APRIL EVENTS StreamSpot or Zoom venue . VS: via StreamSpot ZM: via Zoom Thursday, April 1 3 pm Drum-tastic Afternoon for all Thursday, April 22 1:30 pm Wisdom Around the World ZM Abilities with Michael Deaton 1:30 pm Wisdom Around the World ZM 7 pm Encore: Wisdom Around the ZM 7 pm Encore: Wisdom Around the World VS ———— World VS ———— Monday, April 12 ———— Friday, April 2 6 pm Rosh Hodesh/Shevet Friday, April 23 9:30 am E B. . Hirsh Early Childhood 6:30 pm Kol Rinnah ZM 9:30 am E B. . Hirsh Early Childhood Center Kabbalat Shabbat Center Kabbalat Shabbat 7 pm BHC Board of Electors 6:15 pm Shabbat Service preceded by Orientation ZM 6:15 pm Shabbat Service/ Classical 6 pm Story and Singing VS ———— Reform Service preceded by 7 pm Chai Life Shabbat ZM 6 pm Story and Singing VS Tuesday, April 13 ———— ———— Saturday, April 3 7 pm 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy/ Guide to Video Games and Saturday, April 24 9 am Torah Talk ZM Violence ZM 9 am Torah Talk ZM 10:30 am Shabbat Service/Yizkor VS ———— 10:30 am Shabbat Service 5 pm Mincha-Havdalah with Bar Thursday, April 15 5 pm Mincha-Havdalah with Bar Mitzvah Zachary Chait VS 1:30 pm Wisdom Around the World ZM Mitzvah Jaxson Delia VS ———— 7 pm Encore: Wisdom Around the ———— Monday, April 5 World VS Sunday, April 25 6:30 pm Kol Rinnah ZM 7:30 pm Re-Entry Task Force ZM 9:30 am Youth Education ZM 7 pm BHC Board of Electors ZM ———— ———— ———— Friday, April 16 Monday, April 26 Tuesday, April 6 9:30 am E B. . Hirsh Early Childhood 6 pm NEXTGEN Cooking Club ZM 7 pm 6 Points Sports Academy/Sports Center Kabbalat Shabbat 7 pm Meditation ZM Parenting 101 ZM 6:15 pm Shabbat Service preceded by ———— 6 pm Story and Singing VS 7 pm Budget Committee Meeting ZM Thursday, April 29 ———— ———— 1:30 pm Wisdom Around the World ZM Thursday, April 8 Saturday, April 17 7 pm Encore: Wisdom Around the 1:30 pm Wisdom Around the World ZM 9 am Torah Talk ZM World VS 7 pm Encore: Wisdom Around the 10:30 am Shabbat Service with Bat ———— World VS Mitzvah Alexis Maglin VS Friday, April 30 ———— ———— 9:30 am E B. . Hirsh Early Childhood Friday, April 9 Sunday, April 18 Center Kabbalat Shabbat 9:30 am E B. . Hirsh Early Childhood 9 am Baltimore County Food 5 pm Annual Meeting ZM Center Kabbalat Shabbat Distribution 6:15 pm Shabbat Service preceded by 6:15 pm Shabbat Service preceded by 9:30 am Youth Education ZM 6 pm Story and Singing VS 6 pm Story and Singing VS 10 am Brotherhood Breakfast Speaker ———— ———— Series ZM Saturday, April 10 11 am Confirmation Class ZM 9 am Torah Talk ZM 10:30 am Shabbat Service with Bar 2 pm Women of BHC Shred Event Mitzvah Mitchell Silver VS 2 pm Azure Concert ZM ———— ———— Sunday, April 11 Monday, April 19 9:30 am Youth Education ZM 6:30 pm Kol Rinnah ZM 11 am Confirmation Class ZM
Fill Your Cup with BHC Daily Adult Education Monday–Wednesday 1:30 pm Fill Your Cup with BHC Daily Adult Education: Mondays “Exploring Jewish Perspectives” taught in rotation by BHC clergy . Tuesdays “Biblical Hebrew” with Cantor Sacks . For those who love to study Biblical text, delve into the grammar of Biblical Hebrew . BHC will purchase the required book for you; we just ask you to register only if you have time for this class . To register or more info, contact Cantor Sacks, asacks@baltimorehebrew org. . No class on Tuesday, April 20 . Wednesdays Women of BHC 4/7 Cooking with Leftovers demonstrated by Susan Fisher, Omelet Queen 4/14 Oscars, Films and Pop Culture in the Age of Covid presented by Max Weiss, editor-in-chief and film critic, Baltimore Magazine 4/21 Dance Therapy presented by Sharon Mond, board certified dance/movement therapist, nationally certified counselor, advanced professional certification as a dance educator 4/28 Historic Baltimore: Past, Present and Future presented by Johns Hopkins, executive director, Baltimore Heritage Details to join will be provided in emails and weekly Briefly. Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin | Number 8 | April 2021 | 19 Nisan – 18 Iyar 5781 15 PERIODICALS Postage paid at Baltimore, Maryland
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All April Services will be hosted virtually via StreamSpot or Zoom venue. See online or email VS: via StreamSpot ZM: via Zoom SERVICES for links to Services.
Friday, April 2 Saturday, April 10 (Continued) Saturday, April 24 6:15 pm • Shabbat Service preceded 10:30 am • Shabbat Service with Achrei Mot-Kedoshim: by 6 pm Story and Singing VS Bar Mitzvah Mitchell Silver, son of Leviticus 16:1 - 20:27 Lauri & Richard Silver VS Saturday, April 3 9 am • Torah Talk ZM Shabbat Pesach Friday, April 16 10:30 am • Shabbat Service VS 9 am • Torah Talk ZM 6:15 pm • Shabbat Service preceded by 6 pm Story and Singing VS 5 pm • Mincha-Havdalah 10:30 am • Shabbat Service VS with Bar Mitzvah Jaxson Delia, son Saturday, April 17 of Elisa & Michael Delia VS 5 pm • Mincha-Havdalah Tazria-Metzora: Leviticus 12:1 - 15:33 with Bar Mitzvah Zachary Chait, son of 9 am • Torah Talk ZM Friday, April 30 Dori & Seth Chait VS 6:15 pm • Shabbat Service preceded 10:30 am • Shabbat Service with by 6 pm Story and Singing VS Bat Mitzvah Alexis Maglin, daughter Friday, April 9 of Kimberly & Mike Maglin VS 6:15 pm • Shabbat Service preceded by 6 pm Story and Singing VS Friday, April 23 Saturday, April 10 6:15 pm • Shabbat Service preceded Shmini: Leviticus 9:1 - 11:47 by 6 pm Story and Singing VS 9 am • Torah Talk ZM Videostreaming of services is available by visiting venue streamspot.com/de50dfb8