Welcome Home to Temple Shalom
Mazel tov to Rabbi Allison Berry and Rabbi Laura J. Abrasley who were recently named Temple Shalom’s Co-Senior Rabbis, the first time two women have ever served together as senor rabbis of a congregation. See pages 2, 4 and10.
Inside Rabbi’s Message Page 2 Getting to Know You Page 11
Cantor’s Message Page 3 Shabbat Happenings Page 12 President’s Message Page 4 Calendars Pages 14–15 Executive Director’s Message Page 5 Community News Pages 10, 13, 16–20, 24 Families with Young Children Page 6 Generation to Generation Page 20 Nursery School Page 7 Donations Pages 21–24 SHACHARIT Pages 8–9 Temple Shalom Contact List Page 24
Sivan–Tammuz–Av–Elul 5778 June–July–August 2018 Rabbis’ Message “When two sit and exchange words of Torah, the Divine Presence comes to dwell amongst them.” —Pirke Avot, Chapter 3
We are taught chevruta study is the ideal Jewish approach to learning. The word chevruta comes from Aramaic and can be defined as “friendship” or “companionship.” When you enter any Jewish place of study, you will find people gathered together in pairs, engaging and challenging each other with texts from our tradition. From this, we understand true and deep learning is best done in partnership. Study partners create a relationship with one another built on trust, honesty and respect. Learning the history, writings, values, and understandings of our tradition in this manner, especially with a chevruta who becomes your partner, brings the text and ultimately our tradition to life. Done well, this time-honored model of Jewish learning grows chevruta partners—and all who learn from and with them—in ways they could never imagine.
We are so privileged to officially begin our time at Temple Shalom as co-senior rabbis. As we work in partnership, we hope to embody the best of our tradition as we model a meaningful chevruta partnership.
We recognize that a rabbinic partnership is a new model at Temple Shalom. In an age where many of us speak the language of collaborative partnerships (law firms, health care teams, educational institutions), what could be more sensible than two rabbis working together to support and grow the spiritual infrastructure of a community?
Jewish tradition provides many examples of how collaboration can be the path to building meaningful and successful community. We believe that by leading the Temple Shalom community together, we can model how a strong, vibrant partnership will in turn strengthen the strong, vibrant relationships within our community.
In order to effectively connect, engage and support as many members of the Temple Shalom community as possible, we will partner with each other, lay leadership and staff to oversee the programmatic, spiritual and educational components of the synagogue community.
In a more practical way, how will this new model of rabbinic partnership work? On an ongoing basis, we will collaborate with the Temple leadership to determine the priorities and vision for the community. Each rabbi will be responsible for a particular programmatic portfolio and will be in regular communication with the other rabbi about the workings and plans within that portfolio.
Although each of us will be responsible for guiding and shaping the programmatic aspects of individual portfolios, we will work together with the members and lay leaders of Temple Shalom to actualize the congregation’s core beliefs, vision and values. As we build this sacred partnership with each other and with the Temple Shalom community, we commit to building a kehillah kedoshah (sacred congregation), which celebrates moments of meaning and joy while providing comfort at times of sadness. We will celebrate diversity and open the synagogue doors wide, recognizing all of us are created, b’tzelem Elohim, in the image of God. We will work to know your name and your story while we provide support so you can share your story and Jewish journey with others. Together, we will strive to bring light to those in need of healing and wholeness. We will remain optimistic as we work to repair the world and hold the Jewish values of tzedek (justice) and tikkun olam (repair of the world) always in front of us.
Thank you for granting us this extraordinary opportunity. We are grateful to our wonderful families who have supported us over the past year. Thank you to the Transition Committee, the Executive Committee and the Temple Shalom Board of Trustees. Our synagogue leaders worked tirelessly to lead the community through a thoughtful and careful rabbinic transition process. Thank you to everyone who shared feedback, attended community forums, and helped us to learn and grow as rabbis and as a congregation.
We look forward to celebrating with you at our installation in the fall. Be on the lookout for more information soon! May Temple Shalom continue to go mekhayil el khayil—from strength to strength.
Rabbi Berry and Rabbi Abrasley Page 2
Cantor Peter Halpern Dear Friends,
We are rounding the corner of a busy year of Temple activities into a more relaxed and replenishing summer season. We are excited to share that Lillian Sober Ain, an esteemed member of Shir Shalom and the Halleilu Band, will be the next chair of our Music Committee in the fall. Lillian will be following Nadine Broude, who has strengthened Temple Shalom’s music program considerably through her devoted and highly able efforts, and Lillian will ensure that we will go from strength to strength. We have welcomed three new members this year, bringing new ideas and energy to the committee, and the list of possible concerts, programs and educational opportunities we will choose from is very impressive. I want to thank this superb committee as well as our committed singers of Shir Shalom, my wonderful colleague David Carrier and our congregational instrumentalists. Music means so much to us and you add so much to the beauty and meaning of our Shabbat services. On behalf of this community, thank you!
It has been some time since I last solicited members for our Shir Shalom choir and the Music Committee. Both are strong and ample in size, but there is always a place for you. If you have a passion for music and would like to help at the ground level of choosing and planning our musical offerings for the year, please consider trying a Music Committee meeting or two. You do not need a trained voice or have musical knowledge to share the delightful experience of singing with Shir Shalom. Our regular rehearsal time is most Wednesdays from 7:30–9 p.m. While many of our members choose to come to most rehearsals and the Shabbat services we participate in, many have conflicts. Please don’t let this prevent you from speaking about this possibility with me. The fall is a perfect time to try us out!
Periodically, I have the pleasure of meeting with our Temple president, Scott Birnbaum. Along with his delightful company, he often comes with a good suggestion or two. Most recently, he raised a creative idea with which I would like to move forward. Many of our Temple members attend the MET operas in HD in the local movie theatres (if you are lucky enough to get a ticket). I would like to schedule the first Temple Shalom group opera outings (Saturday afternoon, if I happen to be available, or Wednesday evening “encore” performances) in 2018–2019. The details are still to be determined but tickets go on sale July 18. Though on vacation, I plan to be one of the first on the phone ordering tickets for a few of the exciting shows on tap for the coming season—“La Fanciulla del West” with Jonas Kauffman, “Aida” with Anna Netrebko, and Elina Garanca in “Samson et Dalila.” If you think you would like to be included (conceptionally, without a commitment at this point), please let me know sometime before June 25 and I contact you later with more details. It will be a joy for me to share this new endeavor with you!
Cantor Peter Halpern Clergy, Coffee and Conversation Our clergy look forward to connecting with you for conversation on a personal level, either at Temple Shalom, a coffee shop or another mutually convenient location. To schedule a time with a member of the Temple clergy team, contact Loretta Zack at [email protected] or sign up on the Temple website at www.templeshalom.org/clergy-coffee-and- conversation/.
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Scott Birnbaum, President Two Years Down, One to Go
Two years ago, when I was elected President of Temple Shalom, I had every hope of building on the many successes of my predecessors, helping to lead a mature and stable institution forward and tackling problems no bigger than repairing our roof. When asked what I hoped to accomplish during my presidency, I was, frankly, stumped. I eventually said that my goal was not to break anything. I had, in short, no desire for major changes. Oh well. The words of Robert Burns come to mind:
“But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane [you aren’t alone] In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft a-gley, [often go awry] An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promised joy.”
Yes, “grief an’ pain,” accurately captures the emotions I and many of us experienced during the last two years. Change is rarely easy, especially when the change is unanticipated and unwelcome. But now, it’s possible to look back and note with a great deal of pride that we have emerged from the maelstrom of the past two years truly stronger and better poised than anyone could possibly have imagined. This is a great tribute to the dedication and loyalty of our members, and the flexibility and talent of our wonderful staff. Above all, we are truly fortunate that we will be led by two amazing, creative rabbis. The joy we now experience is beyond what was promised, or even imagined, two years ago.
In my final year as president, I pray for the blessing of having committed lay leaders; inspired and creative clergy, teachers and staff; a growing and engaged membership; peace, health, happiness, and of course, no more big changes. Temple Shalom Scott Birnbaum Vision and Values
Temple Shalom Names Our Vision As a congregational family, Rabbis Abrasley and Berry Temple Shalom is committed to making each person feel as Co-Senior Rabbis welcome and at home. Temple Shalom is thrilled to announce that We do this in a personal way by getting to know each member Rabbi Allison Berry and Rabbi Laura J. of our community, one at a time, Abrasley are named as our Co-Senior and in doing so help everyone find a place Rabbis in a historic decision. This marks the in Temple Shalom’s dynamic and first time ever that two women are senior supportive Jewish community.
rabbis of a congregation. Our Values We participate together in the religious, Mazel tov to Rabbis Abrasley and Berry and educational, and communal life the entire Temple community. Thank you to of our congregation the Transition Committee and Temple as we live the values of Lifelong Learning, leadership for their hard work and to all in our Enriching Spirituality, Building Community, community who engaged in this thoughtful Repairing the World, process. Deepening our Relationship with Israel, and Sustaining Jewish Continuity. The formal installation of the rabbis will be this fall.
Page 4 Ellie Klein Goldman Executive Director Like many Jews of my generation, I spent my formative summers at Jewish overnight camp. I was a camper and counselor at a Reform Jewish camp in Zionsville, Indiana, called Goldman Union Camp Institute (GUCI). I have so many memories from camp of warm summer nights, soulful Shabbat singing, tearful goodbyes to friends at the end of the summer, and exuberant reunions the following June.
This summer, though, I will experience an element of camp for the very first time as we drop our oldest children off and we become camp parents ourselves. Our family will return to my beloved camp, and Sam and Ada (who are almost eight years old) will be campers in the youngest unit, Garin, which means seeds. Indeed, we hope that their time at camp will plant in them the same passion for Jewish life that was planted in me and in my father before me (he, too, was a GUCI camper in the 1960s).
Many of our Temple Shalom children will head to camps this summer as well. Some will go to our local URJ (Union of Reform Judaism) camps—Eisner, Crane Lake, and Six-Points Sci-Tech—and others to the many incredible Jewish summer camps that New England has to offer. Jewish summer camp is a unique and immersive experience where campers live in “Jewish time” 24/7. Gifting our children with Jewish camp is an investment in their future and our own as they will someday be called upon to step up as leaders of our Jewish community.
Temple Shalom has for many years offered financial support to families toward camp registration fees through camp scholarship funds. The funds were established by incredibly generous donors and have allowed many children in our congregation to attend camp who otherwise could not afford it. If your family is considering giving the gift of camp to your children but you are concerned about the cost, please reach out, as we may be able to help. Similarly, if your family has experienced the power of camp and you would like to help make it possible for other families, please consider contributing to the Huberman Family Fund for Jewish Camping.
Finally, to all of our children heading off to camp this summer, a blessing:
May you make the strongest of friendships and feel free to be your truest self. May you find adventure, approach challenge bravely, and celebrate your achievements and those of others. May you write home often, wear sun screen, drink water, and stay far from poison ivy. May your eyes be opened to the beauty and blessing of Jewish life, and may you bring it home to share with all of us.
Nesiah tovah (to a good journey)!
Student Rabbi Phil Bressler To My Temple Shalom Family,
Thank you all so much for the opportunity to serve as your Rabbinic Intern this year. It has truly been a blessing to cultivate relationships with so many interesting and engaged Jews, and I feel that I have grown as a soon-to-be rabbi as a result. I have gained experience connecting with Temple Shalom members from every age group, from preschoolers to seniors, and I have been completely impressed with your passion, your kindness and the depth of your commitment to Jewish values and tradition.
As I look forward to ordination on June 3, I don't yet know where or in what direction my rabbinic career will take me, but I will always look back with fondness and gratitude upon my time at Temple Shalom. If you have come to think of me at all as one of “your rabbis,” please know that I am deeply honored, and that such a connection, once made, will never end. If you feel moved to reach out at any time, please do not hesitate to do so.
Thank you again for the opportunity to serve Temple Shalom, and may the Temple Shalom community go from strength to strength!
Shalom u'veracha (peace and blessing),
Rabbi Phil Bressler Page 5
Families with Young Children
Thanks for a great year!
Don’t Miss . . .
Tot Shabbat Havdalah Halleilu Tot Rock Friday, June 1 Saturday, June 2 5:30–7 p.m. Ages 0–Grade 2 4–5 p.m. Becca Yudkoff, Program Director for 5:30 p.m. Designed for Families with Young Children Tot Shabbat Halleilu preschoolers and [email protected] 6 p.m. Family Dinner their adults 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Club & Shabbat Halleilu
Page 6 Lucy Banerji Nursery School Director Meet a New Creature in our Outdoor Classroom Created by Parparim Students with Sabrina Burke, our wonderful Parparim Teacher
During the winter, children in the Parparim class read “Owl Babies,” a book by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson. The owl family captivated their imagination. Some children loved playing with owl puppets, others enjoyed pretending to be an owl family. Children built a big, cosy nest for the owl babies, using lots of soft yarn on a weaving ring. They asked many questions about owl lives. Together, children and teachers found many books about owls.
One book in particular invited many questions—“Buma the Barn Owl: The Farmer's Friend” by Yossi Leshem and Amir Ezer. This book was published in Hebrew, Arabic and English with funding from The Hoopoe Foundation. This foundation promotes the use of barn owls and kestrels as biological pest control agents in agriculture in Israel. Our students became very excited about the idea that owls can help people protect their fields. They suggested, “We need an owl, too! It will guard our garden from chipmunks!”
This is how the project of building an owl started. Parparim students worked together to brainstorm what pieces and materials they would need to make an owl. It took a lot of effort to forage feathers, pine cones, wood stumps, and branches; and to envision an owl made of all these pieces. But the children were persistent! Under the watchful eyes of the teachers, they used real tools to build the owl—a hot glue gun, a drill and a screwdriver. Now we have our own owl guarding the trees, flowers and vegetables in the outdoor classroom!
Come and introduce yourself to this wise bird!
Temple Shalom Nursery School is enrolling toddlers for 2018–2019. Find more about us on our Temple Nursery School website at www.templeshalomnursery.org or stop by for a visit.
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Liz Corman Shiro SHACHARIT Director of Education
SHACHARIT had a fabulous 2017-2018 year! I want to thank our thoughtful team of professional educators, caring team of classroom teachers, active parent volunteers, enthusiastic Madrichim (teen helpers), and happy kids for making the fourth year of SHACHARIT so successful! Personally, I want to thank Lori Leiderman for her many years at Temple Shalom, for guiding and mentoring me, and for being a daily smile in my life at Temple Shalom! I will miss her very much.
I am looking forward to welcoming Kim Bodemer, our new Senior Director for Jewish Education and Youth Engagement, to our team to help build a stronger connection between our K–12 kids and help SHACHARIT, MINCHA and MAARIV grow and expand!
Here are some end-of-year highlights: • Kindergarten kids planned a 70th Birthday Party for Israel • 1st graders designed beautiful seder plates for Passover • 2nd graders made afikomen bags for their seder • 3rd graders received their own copies of Mishkan T’filah with covers created by their parents • 4th graders learned how to be mensches and made a Tzadek Soup filled with middot (values) they have learned • 5th graders explored the history of the founding of Israel • 6th graders brought a new focus to social action and justice through learning about Family Table and explored the controversary around raising the minimum wage • Students learned how to create an Aquaponics system where fish and plants work together to create their own ecosystem using Tinker and Create http://www.tinkerandcreate.com/ • Storytelling took on a new level by incorporating Boomwhackers (an instrument made out of PVC pipes) • Shark Tank (not the real one) came to Temple Shalom! • Our Parent Advisory Committee worked hard to build community over Shabbat, Bagel Schmoozes and Game Nights this year! • Families participated in several Mitzvah projects this spring including Soup Making with the Caring Community Committee, collecting supplies for Birthday Wishes and volunteering at Cradles to Crayons.
Our SHACHARIT Education Program is growing and we are thankful to the parents and lay leaders of our community who support our program. We are thrilled that SHACHARIT is an innovative, warm and inclusive environment for so many children and families. Have a wonderful summer!
Liz Corman Shiro
SHACHARIT Family Volunteer Opportunity
Sort and Deliver Food at Family Table Sunday, June 10, 10 a.m.–noon
A reminder for those who have signed up:
Families will pack food at Family Table in Waltham and then deliver the food to the organization's clients.
Any questions? Contact Andrea Levinsky, Education Program Manager at [email protected].
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We had an amazing year at SHACHARIT! Our Sunday mornings were full of new friendships, exciting learning and joyful Jewish celebrations. Thank you to all of the parents, teachers and children who made 2017–2018 so special, and for all of the joy you bring to our community.
Have a wonderful summer and see you in the fall!
Page 9 Mazel Tov Dear Temple Shalom Community,
It is with great pleasure and excitement we announce Kim Bodemer will be joining Temple Shalom this summer as Senior Director of Jewish Education and Youth Engagement. In this new role, Kim will be responsible for the overall vision, supervision and implementation of Grades K–12 learning and youth engagement at Temple Shalom. Liz Shiro (Grades K–5), Marriah Vengroff (Grades 6–12) and Emily Kieval (Inclusion) will report to and collaborate with Kim.
Kim is highly respected within the Jewish education community in Boston and is a nationally recognized Reform Jewish Educator (RJE). Most recently, Kim has served as the Director of Congregational Learning at Temple Chayai Shalom in Easton. If you google YouTube, you will find some of Kim’s amazing work at Temple Chayai Shalom. She frequently consults for both Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) and synagogue educators across the country on the design and implementation of new models for Jewish education.
We take great pride in the transformation of Jewish education and youth engagement programming at Temple Shalom. Kim comes to us with a great combination of educational leadership, experience with innovation, knowledge and kindness. Temple Shalom is extremely fortunate Kim will be joining us as we continue to deepen learning and engagement in our community. Kim Bodemer
Special thanks to our committed and incisive Search Committee, which diligently interviewed candidates and worked to bring Kim to our congregation: Nina Dickerman and Ian Dickerman (Co-chairs), Aaron Davis, Judy Levin-Charns, Ellen Nussbaum, Robin Skirboll, and Marci Shyavitz. Our Search Committee unanimously agreed Kim was the right person to lead us into the future with the support of our Education and Youth Engagement team: of Liz Shiro, Marriah Vengroff, Emily Kieval, and Andrea Levinsky.
Kim is excited to be in touch with the Grades K–12 learning community as she transitions into her new role.
We are thrilled to welcome Kim to Temple Shalom and look forward to meaningful learning, deepened connections and continued growth for our community.
Rabbi Allison Berry, Rabbi Laura Abrasley, President Scott Birnbaum
Caroline Dorn With enthusiasm, we announce our new Congregational Membership and Engagement Manager, Caroline Dorn. Caroline has been a valued member of our Temple Shalom staff for three years. In her new role, Caroline will help to welcome new members to our community and create opportunities for all members to engage in activities and programs at Temple Shalom. Caroline can be reached at [email protected].
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Getting to Know You by Loretta Zack Every day, I am in awe of stories I hear from our Temple Shalom family. The stories are so varied and so interesting. We are all part of life’s rich tapestry, and if you would like your story to be told, I welcome the opportunity to spend time with you and share your story. Please email me at [email protected].
Let me introduce you to Michelle Alkon, who joined the temple with her husband, Mark Finkelstein, in 1988. I am privileged to be able to tell some of her story.
Michelle is the mother of two sons, and she has served as—among many other Temple Shalom positions—a board member, committee chair, Executive Committee member, co-chair of Sisterhood, and Inclusion maven. I ask myself where she gets the time to do all this work but, of course, like all busy people, she does.
Born in Newton, she met Mark at Harvard University where she was a graduate student, and Mark, now a dentist, was a Robert Wood Johnson Fellow. Michelle became a consultant and they moved to Philadelphia. Two sons later, they moved back to Newton.
When they returned to Newton, they joined a Conservative temple in the area but found themselves feeling unwelcome as the children, who were diagnosed with autism, were excluded from synagogue life. A friend suggested they try Temple Shalom, and oh boy, what a difference! The fit was perfect. People would smile and ask if they needed any help, and they were welcomed by rabbis and congregants alike. The boys were encouraged to come to Hebrew School. Scott was in the Gesher class for Hebrew and had the last Havdalah Bar Mitzvah in the Rothman Chapel. Ben attended the Temple Religious School through first grade. At that point, Julie Vanek, our former Temple educator, suggested that they visit Gateways: Access to Jewish Education for Ben, which they did. (Gateways is an organization which provides Jewish education services to children with disabilities). Ben had his own madrich (leader/teacher) and also became a Bar Mitzvah here at Temple Shalom. Michelle is currently President of the Board of Trustees at Gateways, a busy and rewarding position that she really loves.
Michelle stepped off the fast track when she found that working at her consulting job fulltime (including traveling four days a week) was becoming more difficult as the boys grew older and needed their mother. As the years went on, the boys had different needs and she wanted to be there with them. However, she found that more and more people were contacting her for advice on how to parent a child on the autism spectrum. She also contributed to a book, “Voices of Autism,” with a piece on not diminishing expectations for a child with autism. Ultimately, Michelle changed careers to work professionally with individuals with autism and their families at AANE, the Asperger’s/Autism Network, as Director of Adult Family Support.
Michelle enjoys her 14-year-old bearded collies, Angus and Molly. Every year she takes Ben to Disney World, a place he absolutely loves. Mark tries to take some time with them, and he enjoys his golf. Scott lives independently in Cambridge and works with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care as a medical policy analyst. He graduated from Brandeis University and has a Masters in Health Policy from Tufts University.
Ben is my co-worker. Apart from other jobs he has, he comes to Temple every Thursday morning, sends out the congregational yahrzeit letters and prepares us for Shabbat by sorting the nametags.
Michelle enjoys needlepoint and is teaching a chug (activity) here on Sunday mornings, thoroughly enjoying that, too. She also is part of a Rosh Chodesh group that has been together for many years.
Her sister is married to Mark’s brother, and they live in Marblehead with their son and daughter. Obviously, Michelle loves being with family. Her father, who is 89 and lives in Florida, buys and repairs houses, and then rents them out (methinks I should go on location and interview him?) And then there’s the Red Sox—the female line in the family are all avid fans with season tickets and the whole nine yards!
I asked Michelle if she and Mark ever get time away together. She told me that they went to Quebec City for a few wonderful days last summer and enjoyed an amazing, truly memorable trip to Israel with Temple Shalom in 2012. She has been married to Mark for 30 years and is filled with gratitude. Michelle is an exceptional woman and her positive attitude to her life is remarkable. There is nothing that she will not do with, and for, her family. I take my hat off to you, Michelle!
I will update you with more stories when our bulletin returns in September—watch this space!
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Shabbat Happenings
Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Morning
Shabbat Halleilu Services Shabbat Mind: Friday, June 1 at 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Halleilu, a spirited service in song, is held the first Mindfulness and Meditation Friday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Temple Shalom’s Saturday, June 2 from 9–10 a.m. Shabbat Halleilu Band accompanies the worship. This Join us for an hour of Shabbat-inspired stillness and service is appropriate for all ages. Children are welcome reflection led by members of our own community. Included and invited to lead HaMotzi, the blessing over the challot will be guided imagery, meditation, discussion, and sharing. (two challahs) at the conclusion of the service. The service Appropriate for experienced meditators and those new to is preceded by our Shalom Nosh at 6 p.m. and followed by meditation as well. No registration required. an Oneg Shabbat at 7:30 p.m. “Shabbat Club” babysitting is provided and free of charge. Shabbat Mind occurs monthly—October through June—on the first Shabbat of the month. Check the Temple Shalom calendar to confirm dates. FwYC Tot Shabbat Halleilu Ages 0–Grade 2 Friday, June 1 Minyan and Torah Study 5:30 p.m. Tot Shabbat Halleilu Service Saturdays at 9 a.m. 6 p.m. FwYC Family Dinner A lay-led minyan service is held every Saturday morning at 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Club babysitting and 9 a.m. in the Rothman Chapel. The service is followed by a Shabbat Halleilu Congregational Service light breakfast and Torah study. 7:30 p.m. Oneg Shabbat Come to all or any part of the night! B’nai Mitzvah A Saturday morning Shabbat service will be held at Shir Shalom Volunteer Choir 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary, with a Torah service led by our B’nai Mitzvah students: Sings at Shabbat Services June 2 Dylan Newman (offsite) Friday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. June 9 Bradley Pelish Please join us as Shir Shalom sings at our Shabbat service. June 9 Natalie Rudnick June 9 Hannah Pill Annual Meeting and Volunteer Recognition Shabbat Friday, June 22 Annual Meeting and Volunteer Recognition at 5:30 p.m. Shalom Nosh at 6 p.m. Annual Congregational Dinner at 7:30 p.m. Homebound? Dial in
Summer Services Schedule to Shabbat Services! Beginning Friday, June 29, services will be held at For our members who are unable to be present at 7:30 p.m. in the Rothman Chapel. Shabbat services held in the Sanctuary, Temple Shalom offers the option of listening to Shabbat services via telephone. While you are unable to be physically present, you may connect with your community by hearing and experiencing any Shabbat service taking place in the Sanctuary.
To take advantage of this option, call (800) 846-4808 at the time of the service. When prompted, enter 99955000 on your phone. You will be connected to the line transmitting the Temple Shalom service. After you call the first time, your number will be recognized and you will no longer need to enter the code. The temple pays all phone charges for this service.
We hope you can be here in person—but when you can’t, we hope you can “be here” by phone! Page 12 Temple Shalom Annual Meeting, Volunteer Recognition and Congregational Dinner
Friday, June 22 5:30 p.m. Annual Meeting 6:30 p.m. Shabbat Service 7:30 p.m. Congregational Dinner
Please sign up for dinner at www.templeshalom.org.
2018–2019 Temple Shalom Board of Trustees To be installed at the Annual Meeting on June 22
Executive Committee Trustees: President Scott Birnbaum Michelle Alkon Exec. Vice-President Frederick Kraus Ofer Ben-Gai Vice-President Shelah Feiss Mark Blecher Vice-President Gary Fertig Edmund Case Vice-President Judy Levin-Charns Aaron Davis Vice-President Alyssa Brown Mark Gottesman Treasurer Eric Sprung Joshua Gundersheimer Financial Secretary Carol Berlin Seth Jaffe Recording Secretary Abigail Yelensky Will Korn Correspond Secretary Susan Dansker Andrew Molinsky Elizabeth Newstadt Trustees Ex-Officio Valerie Pirri Past President Jo-Ann Suna Howard Sholkin Past President Bruce Green James Shulman Laura Towvim Sarah Wilensky Robyn Winik Amy Winston
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Shabbat Halleilu on Friday, June 1 at 6:30 p.m. A spirited service in song with the Shabbat Halleilu Band accompanying the worship. Appropriate for all ages. LAST CHANCE to get tickets for Jacob “Spike” Kraus Coffeehouse Saturday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m. (offsite) Straight from New York! Tickets must be purchased on the Temple website in advance. Shir Shalom Sings on Friday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. Join us as Temple Shalom’s volunteer choir sings at our Shabbat service. Annual End-of-Year Party on Wednesday, June 20 at 6:30 p.m. (offsite) For Shir Shalom, Shabbat Halleilu Band, Professional Singers, and Music Committee. Want to join Shir Shalom? We hope you will consider joining us in the fall. Plan to attend rehearsals on Wednesdays from 7:30–9 p.m. in the Rothman Chapel.
For more information, contact Cantor Peter Halpern at [email protected] Jacob “Spike” Kraus or Lillian Sober Ain, Music Chair at [email protected]. Call for Musicians: Do you sing? Play an instrument? We are putting out a call for musicians who might be interested in playing a future Temple Shalom talent show. Please contact Lillian Sober Ain at [email protected] or Cantor Halpern at [email protected]. Spirituality Discussion Group Potluck of Food and Ideas Monday, June 4 at 6:30 p.m.
This open and welcoming group meets monthly for meditation, guided imagery, discussion, and sharing. Our last meeting of the year includes a Potluck of Food and Ideas.
Each attendee is invited to bring a spirituality-related, meaningful recommendation to share with the group—a book, movie, podcast, website, workshop, experience, or the like— in addition to a potluck food contribution.
For info, or to RSVP, email [email protected].
Page 16 Book Club Adult Learning “A Thread of Grace” Summer 2018 Class by Mary Doria Russell Monday, June 18 at 7:30 p.m. Jewish Life and Jewish Living in Central It’s early September 1943, and the Nazis Europe: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow have taken control of the Vichy government in Southern France. What July 25 and August 8, noon–1:30 p.m. was once a stream of Eastern European Jewish refugees crossing the Alps into North-Western Italy and the comparative Back by popular demand! If you were unable to attend safety of Mussolini’s regime has now Rabbi Berry’s spring class on Jewish Life in Central become a flood. The news that Italy’s Europe, here are two Lunch and Learn sessions focused Fascist government has fallen brings joy on the same theme! and hope to both the arriving immigrants and the Italian Jews. Then all hopes are The class is highly recommended for those planning to dashed when it becomes clear that the travel to Prague, Vienna and Budapest with Rabbi Berry German military is now in control of Italy and moving south and Rabbi Abrasley in October. to stop the advancing American troops. Who or what was the Golem of Prague? Set in the ports and valleys of northwestern Italy, Mary Why did Klimt paint Jewish Salon women living in Vienna? Doria Russell’s ambitious and engrossing novel tells the What piece of Czech music was the catalyst for Israel’s little-known story of how Italian citizens saved more than national anthem, Hatikvah? 43,000 Jews during the last 20 months of World War II. All this and more as we learn together about these The Publisher’s Weekly reviewer said of Russell’s book: remarkable Jewish communities.
“The action moves swiftly, with impressive authority, The cost is $18. Sign up on the Temple website. jostling dialogue, vibrant personalities and meticulous, unexpected historical detail. The intensity and intimacy of . Russell's storytelling, her sharp character writing and a fierce sense of humor bring fresh immediacy to this riveting WWII saga.”
Our always lively discussion will be held at the home of Richard (Dick) Morrison, 108 Glen Avenue, Newton Centre; (617) 969-4572. Book Club meetings are open to all Temple Shalom members.
Save the Date for our Summer Chinese Food Book Club Meeting—Monday, August 13. This Summer, Remember Come Play Maj!
Your Tuna and Crackers! Do you play mah jongg? Temple Shalom’s ongoing commitment to Family Table is Would you like to learn how to play mah jongg? to collect 80 cans of tuna and 60 boxes of whole wheat crackers each month.
Please bring and place tuna and crackers in the collection basket in either lobby of Temple Shalom to donate to Family Table. You can also contact Julie Youdovin at [email protected] or (617) 795-2607 to make other donation arrangements.
Family Table, the largest kosher food pantry in New Temple Shalom has a weekly game (summers too!) England, and run by Jewish Family and Child Services on Thursdays at 1 p.m. (JF&CS), serves three to four bags of groceries to more Seasoned players are welcome as well as beginners. than 400 families every month. Last year, it provided 26,000 bags of groceries, up from 17,000 bags the previous year. For more information, please contact Amelia Brock at [email protected]. Please help make a difference! Page 17 Sisterhood It’s more than friendship, it’s Sisterhood! We’ve grown ever closer this year as we’ve gathered for fun and learning at many events, to celebrate holidays with traditions old and new, and to support each other as we raise our children and face the challenges of aging parents. We have now launched new Rosh Chodesh groups and enjoyed our first Sisterhood Kallah. The Sisterhood Board thanks the many women who brought all these programs to life and Rabbi Allison and Rabbi Laura for making our experiences richer and sweeter!
Photos clockwise from top left: 1. Sisterhood Board. 2. Spa Kallah attendees (February). 3. Spa Kallah workout! 4. Women’s Seder, March 25. 5. Gail Packer with egg at Women’s Seder. 6. 110 Women’s Seder attendees. 7. Women’s Seder dessert coordinators Bonnie Kornman and Ellie Nelson. 8. Rabbi Berry and Rabbi Abrasley.
Anita Winer Open Your Eyes Fund for the Arts Thanks for another wonderful year of art-inspired Jewish learning. We hope you enjoyed exploring the art of storytelling with Rabbi Ariel Burger, Cindy Rivka Marshall, Julia Vogl, and each other. May life at Temple Shalom always be enriched by the power of the arts and the stories we share with each another.
Page 18 Caring Community Volunteers
Caring Community Volunteers provide rides to Temple Shalom worship services and events, as well as medical appointments; and support and connect with congregational families who may be: • Celebrating a birth, • Suffering a loss, or • Coping with injury or illness. If you or someone you know needs some help, call the Temple Shalom office at (617) 332-9550 or email [email protected].
Photos clockwise from top right: Seder at Lasell Village (top right); Chanukah celebration at Lasell Village (middle right); Chanukah celebration at NewBridge on the Charles (bottom right); Soup and card-making project with Andrea Levinsky and SHACHARIT families (next four photos); Death and Mourning booklet completed and shared with entire membership (center photo).
If this is any indication, it was a wonderful evening! Bonim Many thanks to Scott Birnbaum and Rabbi Laura Abrasley for hosting. Bob Winter with Strings Attached concert on April 29. Approximately 75 people were in attendance.
Page 19 Temple Shalom Trips Temple Shalom Journey to Central Europe Following Arts, Culture and Judaism Led by Rabbi Allison Berry and Rabbi Laura Abrasley Budapest, Vienna and Prague are on the itinerary of a Central Europe trip for Temple Shalom members October 13–23, 2018. The trip will focus on history, culture and Jewish life. Highlights include the largest synagogue in Europe, the Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest (pictured right), the ancient Hofburg Palace in Vienna, and the Charles Bridge and AltNeu Shul in Prague.
ARZA is organizing this amazing tour and provides trip details on its website at https://arzaworld.com/Temple_Shalom_Newton_Central_Europe_2018.aspx or call 888-811-2812.
Family Trip to Israel Led by Rabbi Allison Berry and Rabbi Laura Abrasley Get your passports ready because Temple Shalom is going on a trip to Israel next year. Rabbi Abrasley and Rabbi Berry will lead a family trip to Israel February 14–24, 2019 with Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Masada among the highlights.
ARZA is organizing this tour and provides details on its website at https://arzaworld.com/Temple_Shalom_Newton_Central_Europe_2018.aspx or call 888-811-2812. . Generation to Generation
Births Deaths Noah Harrison Bloom We also remember: Son of Michelle Parsons Bloom and Alex Bloom Grandson of Laurie and Paul Bloom Edna Bosman Grandmother of Judi Goldberg Jacob Lewis Cohen Son of Laura Brodin and Dan Cohen Donald N. Brightman Grandson of Andrea and Mark Brodin Brother of Saul Brightman Brother of Eli Cohen Howard Ertel B’nai Mitzvah Father of Steven Ertel Dylan Newman Newton Isaac Greenberg Son of Beth and Matthew Newman Husband of Marjorie Greenberg
Bradley Pelish Elaine Grossman Son of Andrea Sachs and Henry Pelish Mother of Michael Grossman
Natalie Rudnick Henry Kharfen Daughter of Ilyse Greenberg and Charles Rudnick Father of Rachel Kharfen
Hannah Pill Raquel Eliovich Seidel Daughter of Linda Ollmann and Jeffrey Pill Mother of Mary Seidel-Sharp Granddaughter of Lois and Alfred Pill Michael Seligman Marriage Brother of Steffi Diamond Matthew Broude Marlowe Sigal Son of Paul Broude and stepson of Nadine Broude Husband of Elise Sigal
Pauline Teszler Mother of David Teszler
Page 20 Thanks to Our Generous Donors Rabbis’ Service Fund Rabbi Gurvis with grateful appreciation for the support In Appreciation/Honor of and friendship given to our family during our difficult time and officiating at the funeral of Eli Rubenstein Sylvia Forrest’s upcoming year of study By the Rubenstein family By Heather and Richard Forrest Rabbi Berry for leading the meaningful shiva service for Lloyd Hyde In Memory of By Jennifer Hyde and David Bronstein Murray Solomon Rabbi Abrasley for her assistance, caring and sensitivity By Judith Solomon at the time of Bert Libon’s passing ______By the Libon family Rabbi Berry in honor of our daughter Olivia Doris Altshuler Scholar-in-Residence Fund Cohen’s mikvah In Honor of By Tyler and Alexander Cohen The Altshuler Scholar-in-Residence weekend Rabbi Berry with grateful appreciation for Olivia Cohen’s By Phyllis and Jerry Briskin conversion and baby naming ______By Laraine and Jeff Levy Rabbi Berry officiating at my grandmother’s funeral Anita Winer “Open Your Eyes” Fund By Judi Goldber In Honor of Rabbi Berry with a thousand thanks for a most The wedding of Gila Hoffman and Asaf Ben-Gai wonderful visit By Janet and Mark Gottesman By Ruth and Sid Novak The birth of Judy Di Leo and Martin Kretsch’s granddaughter In Memory of By Janet and Mark Gottesman Frances Aronson Susan and Michael Epstein’s special anniversary By Helaine Miller By Marion and David Pollock Irving Freed Janet Freed By Michael Freed Ann Friedman In Memory of By Ruth and William Silen Lewis I. Case Robert T. Goldsmith Marian Kretsch Ilse Leeser By Janet and Mark Gottesman By Peggy and David Fineman Susan Goodman and Jim Wessler Charles Hersch Leonard D. Lewis By Phyllis Hersch Arthur Hesse Mendel Marcia Kaufman By Beth and Jeffrey Mandel By Gloria and Lawrence Asquith Anita F. Winer Henry Kharfen Morton J. Winer By Carol and Chuck Berlin By Janet Winer and family Bertha Richmond Morgenthal Anita Winer By Donna and William Carleton By Susan and Michael Epstein Beatrice Wolf ______By Lynne and Mark Wolf ______Bonim Fund In Memory of Cantor’s Service Fund Sylvia Frimet In Memory of By Joan Druker Marty Aronson Gertrude Marcus By Barbara Cheris By Anita Walk Anna Dane ______By Harriet Mandell Fannie R. Heppner Building Fund By Ruth and William Silen In Memory of Leslie A. Riseberg Liviu Brill By Marilyn Riseberg By Lica Brill ______Rabbi Eric Gurvis Adult Education Fund In Honor of Rabbi Eric Gurvis By Judy and Mark Hoffman
Page 21 Thanks to Our Generous Donors Caring Community Fund In Honor of Rabbi Allison Berry, Rabbi Laura Abrasley and In Appreciation of Cantor Peter Halpern for the support to our family The naming ceremony of my granddaughter both before and after the death of Eli Rubenstein Norah Audrey Maginess By the Rubenstein family By Madeline Maginess Zoe Eisen becoming a Bat Mitzvah By Stephanie and Fred Cohen In Memory of Simon Leo Bernstein becoming a Bar Mitzvah Stanley Epstein By Myrna Kaplan By Nina G. Epstein All the members of the Rabbinic Transition team for Eileen Garber their service and in honor of our Senior Rabbis. Thank By Nancy and Kenneth Leeser you for helping us go from strength to strength! Henry Kharfen By Lynda and Jay Schwartz Lottie Schneider By Phyllis and Jerry Briskin In Memory of Austen Madeson Martin Aronson Lila Madeson By Sara and Robert Danziger By Rhoda and Ofer Ben-Gai Max Berenson Herbert Leon Miller Charlot Berson Selma Miller Maurice Stein By Helaine Miller By Marsha and Peter Berenson Robert G. Spiro Ludwig Boraks By Mary Jane Spiro By Steven Boraks ______Shirley Broner Concert Fund By Emily Rubenstein For the refuah shlemah of Stephanie Cohen Lewis I. Case By Nadine and Paul Broude By Jo-Ann Suna ______George Diamond By Harriet Diamond and Peter Jones Educator’s Discretionary Fund Morris Elbaum In Honor of Eli Rubenstein By Stephanie and Fred Cohen Barbara Dallin upon her retirement after Bernice Frieze 45 faithful years of teaching at Temple Shalom By Linda and Michael Frieze By Dottye and Richard Morrison and Newton Greenberg David, Elizabeth and Susan By Roslin P. Moore and Michael J. St. Clair Lori Leiderman’s 25 years of service to Temple Shalom Marjorie L. Wayne By Irene Laursen Robert Gross ______By Laura Gross and Charles Dellheim Endowment Fund Kenneth Kames By Karen Kames In Memory of Ilse Leeser Ralph Leeser By Stephanie and Fred Cohen By Nancy and Kenneth Leeser Anne and Roger Berman Lewis I. Case Jane N. Morningstar Eli Rubenstein By Betty Morningstar By Barbara and Norman Meltz Marcia J. Parven Jack Shapiro By Carol Hutter By Lorie and Richard Hamermesh Sara Rosen ______By Janet and Mark Gottesman Fine Arts Fund Isabelle Shyavitz By Linda Shyavitz In Memory of Margaret Stolbach Helene J. Margolskee By Jeanne and Leo Stolbach By Cynthia and Oktay Demir Melvin L.Taymor ______By Betty Taymor General Fund Samuel Tucker In gratitude to Stephen Burgay for his excellent By Blanche Tucker advice and insight Patricia White By Ellie Goldman By Amy Stein For the refuah shlemah of Stephanie Cohen Helen Yelen By Lynn Baden and Scott Birnbaum By Charles Yelen Ena Lorant ______Page 22 Thanks to Our Generous Donors Zelda and Sidney B. Glazier Social Action Fund Enrichment Fund In Honor of Joanna Mark’s birthday In Memory of By Michael Tack Sidney B. Glazier By Zelda Glazier Nancy and Russell Lightman In Memory of ______Lillian Garelick By Jeanne and Leo Stolbach Library Fund Florence Shulman In Honor of By Irene Laursen Dick Morrison with thanks for sharing his love of film ______By Judy Isroff Yahrzeit and Remembrance Fund In Memory of In Memory of Gloria Billett Donald Koblitz Jacobs Martin Billett By Vicki A. Jacobs Jean Wenneker ______By Amy Billett and Mark Wenneker Music Fund (Worship) Morris Bradin By Bernice E. Bradin In Honor of Henrietta Bunzl Ruth Weiner’s birthday By Stephanie and Fred Cohen By Arlene and Kurt Pressman Adele Diamond By Margery Freedman In Memory of John Druker Joel Corman By Marjorie Druker and Paul Brophy By Paula Corman Manuel N. Fineman Lewis Gash By the Fineman family By Andrea and Mark Brodin Arthur Fidel Jerry Kahn Edythe Fidel By Phyllis and Jerry Briskin Irving Huberman Theodore Koskoff Selma Huberman By Susan and Neil Glazer By Stephanie Fidel and Mark Huberman ______Louis Goldman Louise Goldman Nursery School Enhancement Fund By Ellie and Jeff Goldman In Memory of Gertrude H. Gover Lewis I. Case By Eugene H. Gover By Sarah Ruderman Wilensky and Ryan Wilensky Lester Karelis ______By Joan and Jeff Karelis and family Edward Katz Nursery School Scholarship Fund Irene Katz In Memory of By Nadene Stein Spencer Myers David Kaufman By Helen M. Lebowitz By Rainy Kaufman ______Marc Harris Lesser By Blair Lesser Sullivan and Jonathan Sullivan Shain Memorial Fund Robert Leventhal Sara Mishel (Youth Programs) William Mishel In Memory of By Eleanor Leventhal Harold and Gladys Laserson Harry Levin By Margery Wadness By Jonathan Levin ______Marc Levin By Judy Levin-Charns and Martin Charns Sisterhood Fund Rose Levy In Memory of By Sara and Robert Danziger Ethel Krieger Rebecca Wolinsky By Ernie and Robin Krieger ______
Page 23 Thanks to Temple Shalom Our Generous Donors Contact List 175 Temple Street, Newton, MA 02465 Yahrzeit and Remembrance Fund (cont’d) (617) 332-9550 [email protected] In Memory of Listing appears alphabetical by first name: Sue Mack dial (617) 332-9550 and extensions: By Carole M. Stone Thelma Marcus Clergy By Joseph Marcus Rabbi Allison L. Berry 15 James S. Paul Rabbi Laura J. Abrasley 24 By Barbara Holzman Cantor Peter Halpern 17 Edith and Mort Robins By Lissa Kapust Staff Stanley H. Rudman Al White 25 By Dorothy B. Rudman Facilities Manager Marilyn Seidman By Susan, Jennifer and Michelle Shuman Andrea Levinsky 12 Samuel Shaw Education Program Manager By Ida Shaw Anne Fried 28 Barry Shuman Exec. Assistant to Rabbi Abrasley and Ellie Goldman By Jennifer and Michelle Shuman Nick Switalski Becca Yudkoff By Rosalind Switalski Summer Camp Director & 55 Rebecca Tucker Program Director for FwYC 26 By Blanche Tucker Bridget Kinahan 10 Olga Weinstein Greeter Receptionist By Joan and Michael Weinstein Edward Woolf Scherl Caroline Dorn 16 By Dottye and Richard Morrison Congregational Membership & Engagement Manager Golda Zaydenberg By Mila Margul Ellie Goldman 11 Executive Director Youth Activities Fund Emily Kieval 29 Mazel tov to Zoe Eisen on her Bat Mitzvah. Director of Inclusion Much appreciation to you and your family Jeff Remz 27 for including the Temple Shalom community. Director of Communications and Marketing By Nadine and Paul Broude Kim Bodemer 21 Sr. Dir. for Jewish Education and Youth Engagement Liz Shiro 23 SHACHARIT Director of Education Loretta Zack 13 Archives Exec. Assistant to Rabbi Berry and Cantor Halpern We, at the Temple Shalom Archives, continue gathering Lucy Banerji 26 (this summer) materials for preservation. Nursery School Director 55 (during the year) As the weather finally turns warmer, and you become Lucy Dube 14 motivated to clean out all the materials that have collected Controller over the winter, please check if you have in your possession: Marriah Vengroff 22 Director of Youth Engagement • Program booklets • Committee or team meeting minutes Scott Birnbaum, President • Year-end reports and activity summaries [email protected] As we rely more on our computers, and less on printed Nadine Broude, Bulletin Editor notes, help us track and preserve all the amazing events on [email protected] our calendar! Please bring materials for the archives to the Temple office.
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