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From the President’2200s Baltimore Perspective Road • Rockville, Maryland 20851 www.tikvatisrael.org Volume 5 • Number 8 Then and Now..... Weekly Religious Services This new and handsome bulletin format that we will succeed more than we will is a fortuitous metaphor for the many changes fail. We will witness the vibrant growth of Monday ...... Weekly6:45 Religious a.m...... Services7:30 p.m. that Tikvat Israel Congregation will be our community that some don’t expect, but Tuesday ...... Monday...... 6:45 a.m...... 7:307:30 p.m. experiencing this year. Rori Pollak will be that we all want. This has been my philosophy Tuesday...... 7:30 p.m. joining us in June as new director of the and approach towards my own career as a Wednesday...... 7:30 p.m. Wednesday...... 7:30 p.m. Broadman-Kaplan Early Childhood Center. scientist, co-chair of the AEC, and now as Thursday ...... 6:45 a.m...... 7:30 p.m. Susan Newman has decided to step down president of the congregation. Thursday.....6:45 a.m...... 7:30 p.m. from her many years of devoted and It is often said that people don’t fear Friday ...... Friday.6:45...... a.m.8 a.m...... outstanding service as our executive director, change; they fear the loss implicit in change. Kabbalat Shabbat...... 6:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat ...... 6:30 p.m. and the search is on for a strong candidate As the synagogue leadership — comprised of Shabbat ...... 9:30 a.m...... who will attempt to fill her shoes. The the executive committee, the board of Shabbat...... Sunday9:30...... a.m.9 a.m...... 7:30 p.m. environmental committee, which was started directors, and me — consider the choices we Sunday ...... Services9:00 also a.m.held at...... Shiva7:30 houses p.m. as by Rabbi Gorin and is chaired by congregant make as we lead, I promise we will be sensitive needed. Morning service times may Mincha ....changeSee forcalendar Rosh Hodesh, minor fasts Dan Black, has begun the task of increasing to those concerns. In fact, I am certain that and national holidays. Watch e-mail the efficiency of our physical plantMore’s usephotos of of Rabbiwe will Gorin only over enhance the years all appear that onwe page have 8. that Servicesfor are notifications. also held at Shiva houses energy. The changes Dan and his committee makes our community unique and special. as needed. are instituting run the gamutOur from Farewell: the These Tribute very qualities Events, — our warmth, Stories, network Images Candle Lighting Times transparent (changing electricity suppliers) of support, ideals and spirituality, to name a May 4...... 7:46 p.m. to the subtle (changing the type ofWith light Rabbi bulbs Gorin fewheading — into are retirement the ones June that30 after make 32 years our at the helm Faof mily and Youth Services our synagogue, this issue of the Tikvat Israel Bulletin carries special coverage. Here’s May 11...... 7:53 p.m. that we use) for now. Perhaps ina the full futurrundowne, of whatcommunity you’ll find so inside: special to all of us, and make more obvious changes are in store. your acceptance of me as the president of the Shabbat Mayis Special 18...... Feb. 2..77:59:15 p.m. p.m. • Twin Tributes. The congregation will honor the rabbi at two events – a May 19-20 May 25...... 8:05 p.m. And then there is me. After two years congregation such an honor. Jr. Congregation ...... Feb. 3 10:30 a.m. co-chairing the adult education committeeweekend focusing on Sohis worklet’s all with look Jewry for inwar Nigeriad to anand interesting a June 3 reception in his June 1...... 8:11 p.m. honor. Full details on page 4. Kehilat Kids ...... Feb. 17 ..... 11 a.m. (AEC) with Susan Apter, I am honor• Candided to Views. couple The Bulletin’s of years, editor questionsand begin the rabbithem about with the achanging face June 8...... 8:15 p.m. of our congregation, his proudest accomplishment and what he sees as the greatest serve as president of the congregation for the concerted effort to thank all those who have Tot ShabbatJune ...... 15...... Feb. 17 ..... 8:1811 p.m. a.m. next two years. I infer that my candidacyneeds for the synagogue’sworked future.hard andRead continuehis unvarnished to volunteer views on pages to 6-7. • Pictured Over the Years. A full page of photos of the rabbi in various roles. See June 22...... 8:20 p.m. was acceptable to the congregation atpage least 8. in contribute to this very special community. June 29...... 8:20 p.m. part because of the successful AEC• curriculum A Final Say. ThePlease rabbi firstdevotes take his a lastmoment column to to thankthe highlights Phil Katz of his valedictory Candle Lighting Times our committee has created. (I addressrefuse to the congregation.([email protected]) Page 3. for his past service on the Shabbat Mincha • The Spouse Speaks. Pam Gorin shares a candid first-person reflection on her to entertain the “warm body” hypothesis.) synagogue bulletin, and Andi Kronzek February 2 ...... 5:12 p.m. connection to the synagogue and its members. See page 5. May 26...... 6:30 p.m. That curriculum is the product• Memoriesof our Solicited.([email protected]) Your recollections forof interacting her current with service the rabbi, as serious and February 9 ...... 5:20 p.m. committee’s hard work and creativityhumorous,. Now are neededour bulletin for a memory editor book. Then, to be presented please asturn a gift. to Read how on page 7. you can’t have creativity without risk, and if page 3 to read about Art Fabel, a quietly February 16 ...... 5:28 p.m. you take some risks, you will enthusiastic volunteer who represents all that fail occasionally. But if the risks we take in the is the best about the community of Tikvat February 23 ...... 5:36 p.m. next two years are well calculated, I predict Israel Congregation. —Ron Rabin Shul Shorts Tikvat Israel Directory

Strategic Planning Findings Rabbi Howard Gorin The Strategic Planning Committee has delivered a summary of its focus group findings to [email protected] TI Board President Larry Gorban and the executive officers. A full report and recommendations will be presented to the TI Board of Directors, Rabbi Emeritus which will decide promptly how to make the study available to the congregation. Lewis A. Weintraub Cantor Monthly Shabbat Mincha Rochelle Helzner [email protected] The Shabbat mincha service generally will be held only on the last Shabbat of the month. That means the next service is set for 6:30 p.m. on May 26. There is no service in June. Cantor Emeritus Mark Levi Watch your e-mail and the online TI calendar for a schedule of upcoming services. President Larry Gorban Planned Giving [email protected]

TI will begin a planned giving initiative shortly, chaired by Aaron Mannes. Without Executive Director obligation and with confidentiality, contact Sam Freedenberg, executive director, or TI Sam Freedenberg member Julia Pitkin-Shantz, a certified financial planner, at 703-505-7731 to explore the [email protected] possibilities. Office Staff Anita Greenwald Energy Savings [email protected] Debbie Segal The synagogue is trying to cut its electrical energy consumption by 10 percent [email protected] in 2012 through personal conservation measures, which would result in $2,000 in utility savings. Religious School The building will remain dark on Tuesday evenings with no regular Tamar M. Weinsweig, Director activities scheduled following minyan. Also, congregants are asked to turn off [email protected] the lights in the restrooms upon exit (except Shabbat and holidays). 424-4396 The lights in the parking lot will automatically shut off at 10 p.m. Early Childhood Rori Pollak, Director AARP Driving Class [email protected] 251-0455 A Safe Driver Course will be offered by AARP at TI from 10 Youth & Family Programming a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 17. No tests are involved. Lynn Berk, Director Cost is $12 for AARP members, $14 for non-members. Do not [email protected] bring food into the synagogue. You may purchase a kosher lunch Synagogue Office for $10 (advance reservation required). Mail your check (payable Phone • 762-7338 to AARP) to the synagogue office to confirm your reservation. Fax • 424-4399 Bulletin Editor Food Drive June 3 at TI Jay P. Goldman [email protected] A food drive to benefit Manna will be held in conjunction with the rabbi’s farewell reception on Sunday, June 3. Contributing Editors The following items are among those requested by Manna: canned vegetables, canned Felicia R. Black tomato products (no added sugar or salt), canned fruit (in juice), dried fruit, canned tuna/ Betty Fishman salmon in water, canned chili, canned bean soup, canned baked beans, brown rice, rolled Nancy Matheson oats, quinoa and other whole grains, whole wheat pasta, plain oatmeal, boxed or evaporated milk, infant cereals and baby food/formula. (All phone numbers are in the 301 Questions? Contact Larry Cohen at [email protected]. area code.)

2 From the Rabbi’s Desk: Proud of What We Created by Rabbi Howard Gorin “32 years. 32 years. a happy place!’” they are ill – and we take care of their A lifetime! And what I summed up these comments: families, too. … When it comes to taking do I have to show “If all that we can boast about is our care of bereaved families, we are second to for it? A synagogue weekly Shabbat service that is welcoming, none. From the time we receive word that with financial meaningful, uplifting, joyous – and, if I a death has occurred, a group of dedicated problems (so what may editorialize, authentic – I would say, individuals musters itself to provide a broad else is new?); an ‘dayenu.’ It is sufficient. But we have many range of services, from preparing the body aging congregation; more things to be proud of.” for burial to arranging for meals and shiva rooms full of books minyans. and memories; and an aging rabbi who is A Trio of Traits A synagogue with financial problems; leaving with no fixed course, maybe south I continued by pointing out three traits an aging congregation. True. Florida! Sometimes I think the synagogue that characterize our congregation and Services that are welcoming, would have been better off had it picked make us very, very special – perhaps unique. meaningful, uplifting, joyous. A someone else.” No. 1: We are a participatory congregation known for empowerment, So laments “the rabbi” in the opening congregation because we empower inclusion, chesed. Also true. scene in this year’s Purim shpiel (a parody). congregants to take active roles in the I was asked to play the role myself. services. Proud and Grateful I declined. What the rabbi laments I used to take this for granted – that I am not going to leave the congregation is not untrue, but the words do not all rabbis and cantors not only allow but limping off toward the sunset, lamenting accurately reflect how I assess what we have actively encourage their congregants to as I go. I reiterate what I said on Rosh accomplished over the course of my tenure. lead services and chant from the Torah. Hashanah: I am proud of what you and I I delivered my valedictory address on I have since learned that we stand out in have created these past three decades. And the first day of Rosh Hashanah last fall. In this regard. I am grateful for all the support shown me the course of those remarks, I reflected on Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, author of over the years, the support that allowed me some of the many things about which we Empowered Judaism: What Independent to grow as a rabbi and as a human being can all take pride. Permit me in this final Minyanim Can Teach Us About Building – the great freedom you allowed me to be Bulletin column to revisit parts of that talk. Vibrant Jewish Communities, writes: myself and follow my own muse. “Independent minyanim are successful I am thankful. I feel blessed. May we Outsider Perspectives largely because they focus energy on all achieve the full measure of our dreams I first shared comments from visitors creating a vibrant, participatory traditional in the next chapter of our lives. to our synagogue: service.” This is not news at Tikvat Israel. In From the friend of a young woman, this area we are on the cutting edge. now in her late 20s, who grew up at Tikvat No. 2: Another accolade that I believe Tikvat Trivia Israel: “By far the most poignant feeling we have earned: We are an “inclusive” Without any fanfare - and for me was ‘ease.’ There was an ease and congregation. presumably most congregants warmth and gentleness in the synagogue This is, I believe, part of the fabric didn’t even notice - Tikvat Israel that was powerfully refreshing. .… The vibe of who we are. Gays and lesbians – observed an anniversary on at the synagogue was just so comfortable couples or individuals – appreciate that we April 15. That was the date and welcoming. I was just plain delighted.” offer a safe, non-judgmental, welcoming that the merger between Beth From a guest at a simcha: “I want environment where no one has to pretend Tikva and Temple Israel (which to convey to you how much I enjoyed to be somebody else. We have a reputation operated on University Boulevard the service and how welcome I felt. Your in the community and beyond for being a in Silver Spring) was formally own warmth and that of Cantor Helzner place where Jews of color can come and consummated. create an atmosphere that is welcoming participate, where no one will challenge Question: What year did the and spiritual, which the Tikvat Israel their right to be with us or imply that merger take place? congregation supplements.” they do not belong in our congregation. Answers: From the mother of a teenager: “As Residents of the Jewish group homes we were leaving the shul this afternoon regularly worship with us; they too are part (a) 1995 [during the High Holidays], my children of our community. (b) 1997 were commenting about how many cars No. 3: One more core value of our (c) 2000 were there. My son said, ‘There should be congregation: chesed, lovingkindness. We this many people here every week. It’s such take care of our fellow congregants when Turn to page 19 for the answer.

3 A Pair of Tributes at TI to Honor Rabbi Gorin Has It Really Been by Betty Fishman That Long?

June 30 will mark the last official day of he said in an interview, has “affected me Take a trip in our time machine Rabbi Howard Gorin’s tenure as the religious enormously, particularly with respect to back to 1980. The same year Howard leader of Tikvat Israel Congregation. We will challenging my traditional notions of what Gorin became rabbi of Beth Tikva mark his 32 years with the congregation at ‘Jewishness’ means. It has greatly broadened Congregation in Rockville, Md., the two major events in the coming weeks. my conception of Jewish identity.” following took place: We’ve come a long way since Rabbi On Sunday, May 20, Tikvat Israel Jimmy Carter, the incumbent Gorin came to Beth Tikva in 1980. The will show a film “Re-emerging: The Jews president, defeats Ted Kennedy for congregation merged with Temple Israel of Nigeria,” in which Rabbi Gorin plays the Democratic nomination, but of Silver Spring in 1997 to become Tikvat a significant part. The program begins at loses the general election to Ronald Israel and has grown significantly in size 7:15 p.m., and refreshments will be served. Reagan. and in spirituality, knowledge and level of Copies of the film on CD will be available Margaret Thatcher is prime participation. for purchase. minister of Great Britain. An entire generation has grown up Join us for tributes and a gala The Soviet Union invades during that time. Through all those reception on June 3. Afghanistan. seasons and all the transitions in our lives Our official farewell celebration, “Rav The Iran hostage crisis reaches its -- weddings, b’nai mitzvah, births and Todot,” will be held on Sunday, June 3, first anniversary on the U.S. election deaths -- Rabbi Gorin has touched our beginning at 7:15 p.m. There will be day. lives, with inspiring words during Shabbat presentations, reminiscences, accolades -- Lech Walesa leads the first of and holiday services, with his teaching and and perhaps a bit of roasting -- interspersed many strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in encouragement of our learning, by sharing with musical numbers and … well, you’ll Gdansk, Poland, and the trade union our joy during simchas, and with words of have to come to find out! Solidarity is born. comfort during our times of sorrow. He has Guest speakers include Rabbi Morris War breaks out between Iraq and also taught us about caring for the Jewish Allen of Beth Jacob Congregation in St. Paul, Iran (and will last for eight years). community worldwide through his example Minn., who founded Hekhsher Tzedek (an The Ethernet is developed at of outreach to Jews in foreign lands. initiative to ensure kosher food is produced Xerox Corp. The first event will be held the in accordance with ethical standards of The first fax machines become weekend of May 19-20. Judaism); Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal of Shaare available in Japan. On Saturday, May 19, we will welcome Torah Congregation in Gaithersburg; and Pac-Man debuts as an arcade William Miles, the Rev. Currie game. a professor of Fund for the Future Burris of the 3M develops Post-It notes. political science Rabbi Gorin has asked that any Silver Spring Viewers of TV’s soap opera at Northeastern proceeds from a Tribute Book being Presbyterian “Dallas” finally learn who shot J.R. University’s created in his honor for the retirement Church. John Lennon is murdered in Fletcher School event on June 3 be used for the new The program New York City. of Law and Tikvat Israel Fund for the Future. will be followed The annual inflation rate in the Diplomacy, as a Complete details are available from by an elegant U.S. is over 13 percent. guest speaker at the synagogue office. dessert reception. The Dow Jones Industrial Shabbat services, The new fund is part of a planned Be sure to get Average closes the year at 963. when he will giving campaign that will be launched your tickets soon; The average cost of new house in discuss the Jewish shortly. they’ll go fast! the U.S. is $68,700. community in As part of the The average family income is Nigeria. commemoration $19,500. Miles is a political anthropologist, who of Rabbi Gorin’s service to our congregation A gallon of gas costs $1.19. studies and writes about Nigeria. He first over the last three decades, we will present The average new car costs visited the country in 1980 and learned to him and Pam a personal memory $7,200. about that Jewish community from the book of private expressions of thanks and Mount St. Helens erupts in article about Rabbi Gorin’s work there in recollections. See the accompanying article Washington State. the Spring 2006 issue of United Synagogue (page 7) to learn how to participate. Israel replaces the pound with a Review. (Betty Fishman is co-chair, with new currency, the shekel. Over the years since then, Miles’ own husband Cliff, of the rabbi’s retirement tribute involvement with the Nigerian community, committee.)

4 Pam Speaks: Recollections of 27 Years as the Rabbi’s Wife by Pam Gorin

In the fall of 1982, a dear friend and I street, you will remain part of our lives. I and bitter. I’ll never forget that after our attended Friday night services at Beth look forward to the new adventures that engagement was announced, someone Tikva -- my friend had grown up at Beth Howard and I will have, but I am filled with came up to me at kiddush and asked, “Do Tikva, but it was my first visit. That night, you know what you are doing, marrying I met Howard and the congregation for a rabbi?” I remember that with all my the first time. naïveté, I answered, “Of course, I do.” I’ve often thought back to that fateful Truthfully, I had no idea. I knew what night and wondered, “Who did I fall in love it would be like to be married to a rabbi with first -- Howard or Beth Tikva?” I had when it was just the two of us, but I didn’t grown up in a very Jewish but secular home know what the years with young children and found in Beth Tikva a place where I would be like with Howard out so many could begin to live a more observant life. evenings each week, how hard it would be. Spring ahead to January 1985: Or that our children would Howard and I had just decided to get grow up understanding that married and didn’t want to make any big their Abba would come to announcements. We wanted to keep things their special school programs, quiet for awhile. But the first Shabbat unless there was an emergency morning after we got engaged, the lovely or a funeral. I didn’t know man who did the announcements from that my 3-year-old daughter the bima that morning was very pleased to would be more comfortable tell everyone in the sanctuary our news. I’ll Above: Pam Gorin at a shiva house than I was. never forget the gasps in the congregation, (right) with Susan Neither did I know how kind and I’ve always wondered if they were Newman, former the community would be, like happy reactions or something else. synagogue director. the year when I got pneumonia We invited the entire congregation to Right: Pam with and Howard was out of town. our wedding and that became the pattern children Yoni and I could barely get the children of our lives, always intertwined with the Emma as pre-teens. to and from the ECC each congregation. You have been with us at every day, yet all that week, dinner one of our important life events, from our appeared, like magic, on my marriage in 1985 to Emma’s baby naming mixed emotions. front porch. and Yonasan’s bris to their B’nai Mitzvah There are no words to tell you how Most importantly, I had no idea how and to the wedding reception for our son, much I have loved being a part of your I would grow to love all of you — to think Yonasan and his bride, Chaya Davida, this extended family -- to laugh and cry with of you as my extended family. Thank past January. You have celebrated with us you as we have all celebrated so many you, thank you for 27 years of friendship, in our happiest times and supported us as important life events, both the sweet support and love! we dealt with the loss of Howard’s parents and my father. By nature, I am shy and introverted, so in the beginning of our marriage, going Car-Pooling Available for Rabbi’s Event on May 20 into kiddush following Shabbat services was so hard for me. I felt as if I could never Hope Levy Kott is arranging transportation for congregants who don’t drive in the remember anyone’s name, and my instinct evenings but would like to attend the Nigerian Jewry film event on Sunday, May 20, was to go into the corner and hide. Of in honor of Rabbi Gorin. course, time has cured much of my outward The film will begin about 7:15 p.m. with discussion and refreshments following. shyness, and over the years I’ve looked The program is expected to conclude by 10 p.m. forward to those opportunities at kiddush If you need a ride to Tikvat Israel or can provide transportation for a fellow to talk to everyone. congregant, please contact Levy by May 11 at 301-921-8268 or [email protected]. This year has been a year full of She will need to know if you prefer to leave at the end of the film or at the end of emotion for me as I look ahead to the very the discussion. large transition that lies ahead for us. I know that even though we are moving down the

5 The Rabbi’s Final Q&A on Aging, Accomplishments, Disappointments and Needs

With his 32-year tenure down to its final weeks, Rabbi Howard Q: How do you think the congregation has changed most Gorin shared his thoughts on his longevity at the synagogue, the significantly over your 32 years? most profound changes in the congregation and his own role, his proudest accomplishment and keenest disappointment and what Rabbi Gorin: As has been noted elsewhere, we have aged. My lies ahead for him and wife Pam. first year there was a Bar or Bat Mitzvah almost every Shabbat; in The interview was conducted electronically in late March by fact, the Bar/Bat Mitzvah “season” extended well into the summer. the Tikvat Israel Bulletin’s acting editor Jay P. Goldman. We had so many children in our religious school that we had to hold school on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as on Mondays and Q: When you landed the job at Beth Tikva in 1980, did Wednesdays. On Sundays we had two two-hour sessions. Those you have any notion you’d spend the entirety of your career as days are behind us. a congregational rabbi here? On the other hand, more and more families are opting for day school education for their children. That is a positive sign. No Rabbi Gorin: When I came here in 1980, it was after serving matter how good an afternoon school might be, it cannot compete for three years as rabbi of a congregation near downtown Brooklyn, with the intense Jewish educational experience that a quality Jewish which was experiencing a resurgence, and one year as interim rabbi day school can offer. in New Haven. The sanctuary of the Brooklyn Other significant changes: A greater synagogue was magnificent; it was built originally percentage of congregants can and do assume as a Dutch Reformed Church in the mid- leadership roles in the services. They can chant 1800s. The physical plant of the New Haven the service, read from the Torah and deliver synagogue was extensive – a sizeable sanctuary, meaningful and thoughtful Divre Torah. At a well-appointed kitchen, a well-stocked library, one time the congregation might have been classrooms, a social hall, etc. dependent on the clergy to assume these roles. From the standpoint of appearance, Beth That is no longer the case. Tikva did not measure up. I most likely I hope that will lead to a reevaluation as entertained the thought that it would be a to whether or not Tikvat Israel needs full-time stepping-stone on the career path toward a more clergy. prominent position. That would have been a typical expectation back then. Q: In what ways has the job of rabbi of So, no -- at the outset I did not expect to Beth Tikva/Tikvat Israel changed over time? serve this congregation for 32 years. How significantly have the expectations been However, what I found was that, what Beth raised? Tikva lacked in terms of physical amenities, it more than made up in the warmth of its Rabbi Gorin: At the beginning of my congregants. I felt embraced and supported from career, I would pay hospital visits to and conduct the get-go; it felt like home. I also came to realize funerals for parents of congregants. That did not I neither wanted a larger congregation nor was I occupy a major part of my job. My main focus suited to be the rabbi of a larger congregation. I then was working with the younger cross-section liked the intimacy and haimish charm of Beth Tikva. of the congregation -- teaching in the Hebrew school, working with the B’nai Mitzvah on their speeches, etc. I remember as well Q: What goal did you set for this congregation in those hosting Shabbat dinners for our USY chapter as well as brunches early years? Or what did you consider the greatest need of the for college students during their winter break. congregation in your first years here? Now, when I visit people in the hospital – that is, if they are in the hospital long enough for me to visit, usually the visit takes Rabbi Gorin: I felt that the greatest need of the synagogue place after they’ve been discharged – I am visiting congregants was stability. My three immediate predecessors served an aggregate themselves, not their parents. Generally, too, I am not getting many of 12 years. A revolving-door rabbinate is in no one’s best interest. – any! – invitations to work with our youth. There is no question I felt too that the Shabbat morning service was rather that my age is a factor. anemic. There were few congregants who were able to participate I think the congregation needs to consider these observations. knowledgeably, fewer still who were able to assume any type of Does it want to hire a younger rabbi, who will better appeal to the liturgical leadership role. For example, the Torah reader back then youth? Or does it want to hire a more seasoned rabbi who can see was a paid professional. to the pastoral needs of an aging membership? I set out to create a full, more engaging service, with greater lay participation. Continued on page 7

6 Rabbi Q&A Q: You’ve been able to integrate some unique personal continued from page 6 interests into your role here – notably the support of Jews in Africa and your keen interest in collecting Jewish literature. Do Q: Is there something that as a rabbi you are proudest of you feel the congregation has largely encouraged and supported over your career? these interests?

Rabbi Gorin: Rabbi Gorin: I am proudest of the way that congregants The first time I went to Uganda, I was given “minister” to each other. The way congregants assume responsibility a hero’s welcome upon my return. The second time, the response of many aspects of comforting the bereaved and attending to was, “That’s nice.” The third time I went to Africa, to Nigeria, the the deceased – the way congregants reach reaction was, “Again?!” out to others in times of illness or extend There are many congregants who have themselves to newcomers or empty nesters actively supported my outside interests. who might not have a place to celebrate a Witness the outpouring of volunteer holiday – that is impressive. To the extent participation in our book sales. Few that I had anything to do with these congregations, though, want to share their developments, I am very proud. rabbi’s time and energy with others. I am glad that, at the very least, my other interests have Q: What’s your keenest been tolerated. I do not take that for granted. disappointment professionally? Q: What’s next for you? Will you and

Pam remain in the Washington area in the Rabbi Gorin: Back in 1984, Rabbi long term? Lawrence Kushner wrote an article called “The Tent-Peg Business: Some Truths About Rabbi Gorin: Congregations.” In it, he wrote, “The chief Clergy are generalists; we goal of a rabbi is to teach the members of the need to be involved in a wide range of areas of congregation how to run their congregation concern to our congregants individually and without rabbinic help.” Pay close attention our congregations as a whole. I look forward to the pronoun – their congregation. to spending the next few years focusing on a I am proud of the way that congregants have been trained to narrower range of interests. I want to see if I can turn my interest participate meaningfully in services. I am keenly disappointed that in books into a viable non-profit, and I want to spend more time I have failed to instill a broad sense of stewardship among the laity. studying sacred texts. I do not rule out teaching or even returning If it is indeed their congregation, then it is also their responsibility to to the pulpit rabbinate. find a way to generate the funds needed to operate the congregation Cantor Mark Levi is an excellent role model. After retiring as optimally as possible. Regrettably, too much emphasis is given to from Beth Tikva, he found a position in Florida – from which he cutting back programs and not enough to raising funds. subsequently retired, until he was called to a third position. Too often I hear, “We don’t have a lot of money.” That is a For the immediate future, Pam and I intend to stay in the myth, a misconception, even a cop-out. I take more than a little Washington area. responsibility in allowing this myth to be perpetuated.

Read Your Newsletter Share Your Messages for Rabbi’s Memory Book In Living Color

As part of the commemoration of Rabbi Gorin’s three decades of service, the congregation You can view this issue of the Tikvat will present him and Pam with a personal memory book of private expressions of thanks Israel Bulletin - containing all the photos and recollections. of the rabbi as well as other images - in A separate tribute book is being readied for printing and distribution at the June 3 color on the synagogue website. celebration. But there is still time to submit a personal note of reflection, appreciation or A color version of each issue of even humor for the memory book. Everyone whose life has been touched by Rabbi Gorin the newsletter is posted to the site a full may participate. week before it is received by congregants Now is the time to tell Rabbi Gorin what his presence in your life has meant to you in the mail. by joining in the creation of this lasting tribute to him. Your submission can take any form Go to www.tikvatisrael.org, then -- a letter, a poem or just a meaningful phrase. As Rabbi Gorin has demonstrated with his click on the image of the Bulletin on own words, the most meaningful messages come from the heart. Photos also are welcome. the left side of the home page. You can To participate, send your messages to [email protected] (put “Memory access the current and previous issues. Book” in the subject line) or mail them to the synagogue office (“Attn: Memory Book”).

7 A Montage of Memories Over the Years

This photo collection captures Rabbi Howard Gorin in various roles over the years - presiding over the dedication of new Torah scrolls, teaching public school students about Jewish practices, greeting a snowbird congregant in Florida, addressing a cantor’s concert and participating in Mitzvah Day projects at the synagogue. In the photo at bottom center, the rabbi greets Connie Morella, the area’s former congressional representative, along with the Mulitz family. (Photos by Sam Freedenberg; others from synagogue archives)

8 President’s Corner: A Final Bow With Gratitude Monthly Book Collections at TI by Larry Gorban, TI president The TI Social Action Committee has Dear Friends: leadership baton to fresh, new leaders who undertaken another project to contribute As you may can bring new energy and ideas to our to our Rockville community. recall, I came to be congregation. The Friends of the Library store in your president when I am thrilled to report that Jonathan Rockville is in considerable need of donated my predecessor, Solomon and Rodney Matheson will serve books. The money earned by each of the Sam Freedenberg, as co-presidents going forward to the end of three bookstores supports the programs of stepped down to this two-year term in 2012 when the next the Montgomery County Public Library fill the role of our congregational election will take place. I system. executive director. want to thank the officers, the board and At TI, we will hold book collections After more than two all of you for your encouragement and on the first Sunday of each month between years as synagogue president, I have decided involvement. I want to especially thank 9:30 and 11 a.m. outside the Flax Library. to step down as of the end of June. Sam Freedenberg, Cantor Helzner and Book donations will be taken directly to the The normal presidential term is two Rabbi Gorin. It was a pleasure to work FOL bookstore near Kosher Mart. years, but I offered the TI Board of with all of them. We are truly a unique Please check your bookshelves for Directors to remain in office until planning and special congregation. gently used books. Sunday, May 6, will be fell in place for the selection of an interim The continuing input from congregants the first opportunity to contribute much rabbi and the beginning of the search for that is part of our strategic planning process needed books. our next rabbi. With these two tasks well leaves me confident that we are ready to Contact Celia Schuchman at lencelia@ in hand, I feel this would be a natural write the next exciting chapter in Tikvat gmail.com with questions. departure point for me. Israel’s history. I look forward to being It has been a privilege to serve as a beneficiary of our community’s shared Tikvat Israel’s president. I feel such a work in planning for the future and will strong attachment to our community that do whatever I can to support these efforts. I have been willing to do whatever I could Once again my thanks and best wishes to to support TI. I believe it is important to all of you. know when it is time to pass the synagogue’s B’Shalom.

Kitchen Named in Honor of Lifetime Volunteer in Front of Her Family

Tikvat Israel congregants, former members school building across from her wanted every occasion to be and other friends turned out in full force family’s home in Wheaton for just beautiful. She did so much to recognize one of the congregation’s Shabbat services and simchas. for us for so many years.” founding members, Charlotte Zeidman, She also served in various Rabbi Howard Gorin by renaming the synagogue kitchen in her volunteer leadership roles over addressed a similar theme memory. that half century, most notably when quoting daughter Beth The recognition was made public at overseeing all aspects of the Zeidman, saying “‘She went a tribute dinner in the TI Social Hall on kitchen operation. full tilt into everything she ever March 18 in front of her four children She was remembered by did.’ No truer words were ever and several of her grandchildren. A plaque several congregants during the said about Charlotte.” bearing Zeidman’s name will appear tribute, which also featured The rabbi recalled that adjacent to the kitchen entrance. instrumental music by Eine Beth Zeidman with she was the first person he The event, attended by nearly 175 Kleine Tikva and singing by the TI kitchen plaque met at the synagogue when individuals, grossed more than $7,100, Chai Dynamics. The affair took in her mother’s he interviewed for his current which included generous donations from place on her first yahrzeit. memory. (Photo by job 32 years ago, and the those who could not attend. The net “To those who worked Felicia R. Black) two often joked about whose proceeds will be used to upgrade aspects with her in the kitchen, she tenure would outlast the other. of the kitchen. could be a tad stubborn, a “She impressed me as a force of Zeidman was a founding member of little resistant to change and even a bit nature who I thought was indestructible,” the synagogue in the early 1960s when intimidating,” fellow kitchen volunteer he said. the congregation first rented a public Marsha Lyons told those assembled. “She Zeidman died in March 2011.

9 Search Panel to Set Visits by Interim Rabbis Sisterhood Ends Year With Book Club, by Shelly Goldin, Rabbi Search Committee chair Regional Conference The Rabbi Search Committee will be spending the opening days of May busily tabulating the results of a questionnaire sent to every by Rebecca Salon, Sisterhood coordinator congregant’s home (the return date was April 30). Not only do the results tell us what you want in a new rabbi -- both the part-time Tikvat Israel’s interim who will start this summer and the full-time successor who Sisterhood continues will begin July 2013 -- but they also will describe who we are as a to be active. Bobbi congregation to the prospective candidates. Gorban offered classes The survey answers will give us a good breakdown of where you on making beautiful, Shelly Goldin fit in this congregation and what keeps you here, whether it be the unique bead and wire schools, the services, the other congregants, etc. We understand no kippot, in keeping single question stands alone and there are many reasons why you chose an answer. Thank with Hiddur Mitzvah, you for participating, and now it’s up to us to tally and then share those results with you. this year’s Sisterhood By this time, we also will have planned opportunities to meet, greet and interview theme, which focused on beautifying a prospective candidates for the part-time interim rabbi. The job application was accepted mitzvah. earlier this spring by the Rabbinical Assembly’s Joint Commission on Rabbinic Placement The book club met twice in the past and posted for interested parties at the end of March. couple of months, once to discuss the The interim rabbi who is hired at TI will be asked to attend Shabbat morning services book With Strength & Splendor - Jewish two times a month, attend to pastoral needs, make time for congregant meetings and Women as Agents of Change by Lisa Kogen, preside over the High Holy Days and other important holidays. Congregants will meet education director of the Women’s League the prospective candidates during Shabbat services in May and June and can chat with for Conservative Judaism, and to discuss them during kiddushim. Lucette Lagnado’s book, The Arrogant Years: Please read B’kesher, TI’s electronic newsletter, and the website’s home page for the One Girl’s Search for Her Lost Youth, from dates of these candidate visits. Cairo to Brooklyn. Kogan’s book, described During the summer and fall, our committee will meet with focus groups to talk as a celebration of Jewish women’s significant about the full-time successor rabbi, what your specific expectations are and what the best contributions, can be purchased from match would look like. The new rabbi must be able to support the strategic planning Sisterhood for the much-reduced price of $10. recommendations embraced by the synagogue. On April 22, our Sisterhood sponsored Initial interviews by the committee will happen in January and February, and a more an outing for 30 TI members, extended family in-depth interview process by the board and congregants will occur next spring. and friends to see the Washington Nationals We thank you for your patience and your future participation. play the Miami Marlins. We hope this will become an annual event, as so many people expressed an interest, even if they could not Kiddush Aides Needed Shepherd’s Table Help join on that date. What’s coming up? Our last book club If you enjoy the kiddush TI is seeking additional volunteers to serve meeting before the summer break will be following Shabbat morning meals to the needy at Shepherd’s Table on June 20 at 8 p.m. We will discuss The and holiday services, Tikvat in Silver Spring whenever the month has Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman. Hope to see Israel needs your help to a fifth Monday. That means TI will be you there. sustain the custom. handling dinner service on July 30, Oct. The other upcoming event is the Volunteers are needed 29 and Dec. 31. Seaboard Region’s Sisterhood Conference, to set up and/or clean up to If you can help, contact Sherman Eisner, which is being held at Shaare Tefila in Olney assist the designated volunteer who coordinates TI volunteers, at 301-598- on May 6 from 8:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. This mashgiach (a congregant with formal 0635 or [email protected]. is the 66th annual Sisterhood Conference in instruction on supervising the kashruth of the region. We hope many of you will attend. the TI kitchen). Collegiate Connection To learn more about TI’s Sisterhood, Contact Marsha Lyons at mars545@ feel free to contact me ([email protected]) comcast.net or 301-871-8979 to be added The College Outreach Committee sends or any of the other Sisterhood officers: Nancy to her contact list when there’s a shortage packages to the synagogue’s collegiate members Matheson, assistant cordinator; Janice Balin, of help. during the school year. If your student has a treasurer and membership cordinator; Bobbi change of address, please let the committee Gorban, Torah Fund chair and immediate know to avoid wayward shipments. past president; and Shelly Goldin, past Contact Elyse Bernstein (jeffelyse@gmail. president and Sisterhood consultant. com) or Susan Apter ([email protected]).

10 Faces of Purim at TI Cantor’s Corner

The festivities at Purim bring out by Cantor Rochelle Helzner great spirits among congregants, especially the young. A particular A New Name delight is the stick puppet show with for a New its heroes and villains followed by a Service side-splitting spiel for the adult crowd Our new monthly after the reading of the Megillah. The alternative annual Purim carnival includes face Shabbat early painting and plenty of games with morning service guaranteed winnings for the youngest will hereby be gamblers. (Photos by Felicia R. Black named “Boker and Sam Freedenberg) Ohr.” Led by Cantor Helzner, Robyn Helzner and percussionist, Jason Walker, this service will be held in the Flax Library at 9:15 a.m. on May 12 and June 30. The regular sanctuary service will begin at 9:30 a.m. At the Torah service, both minyanim will come together in the sanctuary.

Kabbalat Shabbat With Instruments “KS With I” will be held on Friday nights, May 25 and June 15. The service begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. A pre-service reception will be held at 5:45 p.m. in May sponsored by Carol Chelemer and by Jesse and Marian Kaiser.

Graduate Shabbat Graduating students from high school and college will be honored on Shabbat morning, Shabbat Emor on May 12. Mazel tov to them and their families. (See p. 16 for a complete list of the grads.)

Bridge Nights

The monthly duplicate bridge nights, co-chaired by Tami Gilston and Carol Chelemer, take place Weekly Coed Karate on Wednesdays starting Chanting Haftarahs at 7:30 p.m. with A free karate class meets Wednesdays from dessert with table play Congregants who would be interested in commencing at 7:45 p.m. chanting a Haftarah during the coming 8 to 9:45 p.m. in the social hall. Contact Joel Kristal at 301-460-6668 or j_kristal@ Play ends by 10 p.m. months may contact Susan Apter for Contributions of $5/person are encouraged. available dates. hotmail.com. Participants advance at their own pace. Upcoming bridge nights will be May She can be reached at apter4@gmail. 16 and June 13. Contact Chelemer at com or 301-460-9657. The instructors have knowledge of martial arts and martial art weaponry. [email protected].

11 ECC: Our Birthday, Summer Options, Honey Sale by Rori Pollak, director of Broadman-Kaplan Early Childhood Center

This year has flown Amazon. Monetary donations or Amazon and Healthy New Year.” by so quickly. It is gift cards also are appreciated. The honey is delivered hard to believe it is by mail in time for Rosh already May. It feels Summer Offerings Hashanah, which begins as if just last month ECC Explorers, our summer Sept. 16. the children enjoyed program, runs from June 18 to Aug. 17. Complete an order planting parsley on This summer the children will delve into form (located on the Tu B’Shevat and yet discovery about creatures living as close bulletin board outside Passover already has come and gone. as Rock Creek Park and as far away as the the ECC office) or place your order This column highlights some of our tropical rainforests. Enrollment forms directly at www.orthoney.com. If you past activities. and brochures can be found on the ECC order online, be sure to enter the group website on the admissions page. code for Broadman-Kaplan ECC, which ECC Celebrates Pesach Here are brief descriptions of the is BKE. Completed order forms are It was wonderful to see so many summer sessions. due to Rori by July 2. A $3 per jar varieties of haggadot. Some classes Session A - Insect Investigations shipping surcharge will be added to all included many parts of the entire seder (June 18-July 7): Grab your magnifying orders placed after July 17. For more while other classes focused on just the glass and let’s get buggy investigating information, contact Rori at rori@ story. insects! The children use different art tikvatisrael.org. Cantor Helzner led Bedikatz materials to design and create their own Chametz (burning the chametz) with the insect sculptures or one-of-a-kind insect The Next Year children after they collected the hidden costumes. The ECC Explorers will don We are now accepting applications chametz in their classrooms. We sang antennae and move their bodies like for the 2012-2013 school year. Please songs and said special prayers. Thank crawling, jumping or flying insects. contact Rori Pollak in the ECC office you, cantor! Session B - The Rollicking at 301-251-0455 to set up a tour date, The children also experienced our Rainforest (July 9-July 27): The children with enrollment questions or if you want very own matzah bakery led by Limor. will travel thousands of miles in their a registration form. The registration They mixed kemach (flour) and mayim imaginations, past gorgeous waterfalls form and tuition sheet also can be found (water) to make the dough, and then and under the canopy of tall shady trees, on the ECC website (www.broadman- they rolled it, poked it and baked it. as they discover the creatures that lurk kaplan.org). What fun. in tropical rainforests. We will create an Our final Pesach program included indoor rainforest in our camp rooms. all the families. The children assisted in Session C - Our Own Backyard the Maggid (telling of the story) portion, (July 30-August 17): The ECC Explorers and afterwards everyone went back to have natural treasures just a hop, skip Collecting Box Tops their own room for additional seder fun. and a jump away in Rock Creek Park. It was great to see many family We will explore a bustling habitat filled The Broadman-Kaplan Early members join the children for our ECC with birds, fish, amphibians, insects, Childhood Center is collecting Passover celebration. We are proud of mammals as well as many different types General Mills Box the children for learning about the many of trees and flowers. Tops for Education symbols, blessings and songs that go logos as a fund- along with the Passover seder. Honey Sale raising project during the 2011- The Broadman-Kaplan ECC will 2012 school year. 40th Birthday holds its annual Rosh Hashanah Honey The school is asking anyone On April 29, we had a huge birthday Sale with proceeds supporting the early affiliated with TI to save these box party for the ECC. We received many childhood center in the synagogue. tops. Cut them off the boxes and birthday gifts from the ECC wish list. The kosher honey comes in an deposit them in the collection vessel Thank you everyone who joined in 8-oz. plastic jar adorned with a colorful on the wall outside the ECC office the celebration. You can still support Judaic label and a gold band. Each jar on the first floor of the synagogue. this milestone celebration with a gift of honey arrives with a personalized gift or donation from the ECC wish list on card wishing the recipient a “Happy

12 Rimonim Center: A Personal Goodbye at Year’s End by Tamar Weinsweig, director of Rimonim Center

Our year’s end is must Google it). children and us, the staff. Whenever I asked fast approaching and Finally, we’ll close out a great year for things to be donated, you were there there is still so very of learning with our annual Lag B’Omer to lend a hand and help out. The most much left to do, even end-of-the-year party for our Rimomim influential educators are you, the parents, though we have been students and their families. So much to and it is evident in the children that you quite busy lately. do and so little time. have done a wonderful job. Thank you for We recently This also is a bittersweet time for me. entrusting your children to us. Thank you created a Wax After four fantastic years as Tikvat Israel’s for giving us the gift of getting to know you Museum that would make Madame education director, I will be stepping and your families. Tussauds jealous. Students researched down at the end of the academic year. I I want to thank my staff who are an individuals related to Jewish history and will continue to stay involved in any way inspiration of commitment to our children then portrayed these people as statues (in that I can. These past few years have been and to Jewish education. You are partly the wax). As I write this, we just got back so rewarding for me, most importantly reason why our children are so special. from baking our own matzot at the matzah because of our kids here. Thank you to Jonathan Solomon bakery followed by a terrific model seder I have worked in many different types and the rest of the Education Committee, where we crossed the sea, asked difficult of settings in my career. I’ve seen many which has been in our school’s corner, (and interesting!) questions, interviewed students over the past 20 years. Our kids supporting us every step of the way. Thank the slaves who were being freed and at Tikvat Israel are Jewishly connected and you to the synagogue’s core staff of Sam, questioned Moshe. have a Jewish soul. Our kids are smart Debbie, Agustin and Anita for being there Still to come, we will commemorate and motivated. Our kids are respectful with whatever we needed. Thank you to Yom Hashoa, take our 7th graders on a visit and kind. Our kids are curious and are the rabbi, cantor and Larry Gorban, our to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, willing participants. Indeed, our kids are synagogue president. commemorate Yom Hazikaron as we do truly special. It is clearly evident to me that what yearly and celebrate Israel’s 64th year of Our parents are also rather special. makes Tikvat Israel such a special place is independence. We are yet to go with our Whenever I asked for participation, you the people who come here. I am honored high school students to see Bus 19 (you were there to support and encourage your to be a part of such a special community. Todah Raba.

Shabbat Workshops Continue on Blood Drive Set TI’s Davening Channel for May 6 at TI

The Adult Education Committee continues to offer “The Davening Channel,” a series of Tikvat Israel’s Social Action Committee workshops run by Tikvat Israel’s Wendy Morrison on Shabbat afternoons about Hebrew is holding its annual blood drive from 10 liturgy, language and sacred literature. a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 6, in the Upcoming program topics on the Davening Channel: May 5, “Let Me Read Your social hall. Psalm” (rerun of an earlier segment for those who were unable to tune in); May 19, tallit All appointments must be made online rituals workshop; June 2, Kabbalat Shabbat workshop; June 16, Hebrew word-roots using the Red Cross scheduling program. workshop; June 30, Recurring themes in the prayer text; July 7, Nusakh - the music of Go to www.redcrossblood.org and click on prayer; July 21, the preliminary service; and Aug. 4, kavana workshop. “make a blood donation appointment.” Advance registration is appreciated but not required. Contact Morrison at klezmer@ Enter the Tikvat Israel sponsor code: comcast.net with the date(s) and topic(s) of your choice. If you have a copy of “So you 0539736. If you are a new user, you must think you can daven,” please bring it to class. Morrison uses the blue/grey Siddur Sim register. After setting your appointment, Shalom for Shabbat, Festivals and Weekdays as the main text. you will receive an e-mail confirmation from the Red Cross. Direct questions to Robbi Cohen at [email protected].

13 Youth Groups End Year With a Flurry by Lynn Berk, director of youth and family programming

Our youth have been experiments. Machar will go miniature We hope to have enough girls to run a active on the athletics golfing. Rosh Hodesh - It’s a Girl’s Thing next year. front. The USY Blue Emtza will participate in a Booger We need at least 10 girls in the 6th and 7th Team played B’nai Wars Tournament on the Rockville High grades to make the group viable. The Rosh Shalom of Olney for School parking lot. (Booger Wars is Hodesh group would meet monthly from the No. 1 position in similar to Capture the Flag except every September through June on the Sunday the Seaboard Region participant wears giant noses and throws evening closest to the beginning of each Basketball League on Velcro “boogers” in an attempt to get them Jewish month. Each meeting consists of March 25. It was a nerve-wracking and to stick to others’ noses.) dinner (the parents take turns supplying exciting game that went into overtime Kadima is going bowling, and USY the dinner), a discussion and an activity. (highly unusual in this league) before BSO will be sailing through the trees as they go The purpose is to build girls’ self- pulled out the win. to Go Ape for an afternoon of Zip Lining esteem, form close friendships and learn The teams were evenly matched and and Rope Course Adventure. Our Joint about each Jewish month. The fee will be played hard. Brandon Ehrlich made a USY chapter will send a delegation to the $100 to $125 per girl, depending on how miracle basket from midcourt, which put Seaboard Regional Spring Convention, many enroll, to cover the cost of the leader a stop to the game as parents and players May 17 thru May 20. and the supplies needed for the group. If of both sides stood to cheer him on his Bonim, Machar, Emtza, Kadima and you have a daughter going into 6th or 7th fantastic shot. USY programming ends in early June. grade this fall and are interested in the Rosh We congratulate our coaches, David We compete with sports, family events, Hodesh - It’s a Girl’s Thing group, contact Sultan and Damon Ehrlich, and all of our graduations and more in June. We use the Lynn Berk at [email protected]. players. (More details in TI Sports Ticker, end of June to have our staff update the p. 17.) mailing and phone lists, move kids up to Our Kadima Team also made it the next age group and begin planning for GROUP CALENDARS to the semifinals of Seaboard Region next year. May 6, Bonim, Mad Scientist Kadima Basketball League. For the second Next year, we will be separating the Experiments straight year, our team came in 3rd place. Bonim and Machar groups. TI will run its May 6, Machar, Miniature Golfing Congratulations to Coach JC Adler of own two groups, apart from Shaare Tefila, May 6, Kadima, Bowling Har Shalom and players Avi Newman, meaning they will no longer be part of the May 6, USY, Go Ape Zip Lining Matt Kaminow, Matthew Mintz, Henry Joint Youth Department. We will not have & Ropes Course Presman, Eric Schwartz, Ethan Adler and an Emtza group next year. It was an idea May 17-20, USY, Spring C.J. Snow. we tried out, but the group never got the Convention Our youth groups will wind up the critical mass of kids needed to succeed. May 20, Emtza, Booger Wars season with various May programs. Bonim Our Kadima and USY chapters will will participate in adviser Danielle Hersh’s remain joint chapters under the direction version of a Mad Science program. The of the Joint Youth Department with Lynn group will conduct all sorts of goofy science Berk as youth director.

HAZAK Hosts Monthly Presenters With TI Affiliation by Toby Altman, HAZAK chair

Over the last few months, HAZAK has economic development and shared with and Joyce Fischer, who willingly make had three interesting speakers at our us what is coming “down the pike.” Most phone calls whenever I ask. meetings. All three are members of our recently, Steve Raucher gave us insights into Please mark your calendars for May Tikvat Israel Congregation. what is midrash. 24 and June 21, our last two meetings of Charles Teller spoke to us about world I would like to thank Harriet Armoza, the year. If you have any suggestions for hunger and what is being done to help those Judy Davis and Lorraine Rosen for their programs or need information about our in need. Lynne Benzion taught us what help in setting up the refreshments. Also, HAZAK meetings, please call 301-881-7089 the City of Rockville does to encourage I wish to thank Ted Kram, Barbara Reiner or email me at [email protected].

14 Three B’nai Mitzvah Slated in May TI Mail Box

Tikvat Israel will be the place for three b’nai Passover Deliveries mitzvah in May on the following schedule: I want to thank all the volunteers from our congregation who so kindly delivered May 5, Noah Sultan and Ruben Silverstone, Passover food bags on April 1 to those less fortunate than ourselves throughout and May 26, Jason Salzberg. In addition, Montgomery County. It truly was a mitzvah. The recipients were so grateful for Joseph Gelula will chant the haftarah on the company and the groceries for the holiday. May 19 but will celebrate his becoming a bar Thanks to Ian Dubin, Phil and Hope Kott, Ben Loving, Anthony, Jamie and mitzvah on Sept. 3 (Labor Day). Daniel Freedman, Leon Green, Stan and Shirley Nasoff and Fortuna Scheige. The families provided information to the Moira Green Tikvat Israel Bulletin. Gelula will be profiled TI Coordinator, Project Hope in the September/October issue. Help for Homeless Jason Vaughn Salzberg Thanks to Tikvat Israel Synagogue for the generous donation of food to Stepping Parents: Renee and Ray Stones Shelter. On behalf of our board, staff and especially residents, thank you Salzberg for supporting our efforts to heal the homeless step-by-step. School and grade level: Your thoughtful donation not only enables us to continue running the Charles E. Smith Jewish shelter program, but also gives our families items needed to help them succeed. Day School, 7th grade More importantly, your gifts make a dramatic impact on each of our families and Description of Mitzvah demonstrate generosity and kindness from the community. project: Collecting Your actions provide hope for the future, strengthen family values and enable books for disadvantaged self-sufficiency. and homeless children Elizabeth Trabucco Sibling: Frankie, 17 Volunteer Coordinator, Personal interests: tennis, computer Stepping Stones Shelter design, crumping, hanging out with friends Rockville, Md.

Ruben Silverstone Support for Seniors Parents: J o n Thank you to Louise Chatlynne for her reading of the Megilla and leading a Silverstone and Maya Purim song session with the Jewish residents of the Aspenwood Senior Living Center. Chauls As always, thanks to everyone who has been bringing toiletries, for Montgomery School and grade County Coalition for the Homeless, to the collection box in the main office of our level: Wood Middle synagogue. School, 7th grade Robbi and Larry Cohen Description of Co-Chairs, Social Action Committee Mitzvah project: Raising awareness of endangered animals and raising funds for the World Wildlife Fund Sibling: Tami, 11 Mazel Tov Personal interests: Ruben likes to read, he’s a good musician (plays the tenor saxophone) to Shayna Solomon, daughter of Nancy and Jonathan Solomon, for capturing and he loves technology. Since his birth in (with her partner) second place in Public Forum Debate in the Montgomery County Thailand, Ruben has lived in four countries Debate League. Shayna, a senior, was a co-captain of the Montgomery Blair High and three continents. School team.

Noah Eitan Sultan to Micah Krichevsky, who in June receives the 2012 Roche Diagnostics Alice Parents: David and Karen Sultan E. Evans award from the American Society of Microbiology for advancement of School and grade level: Westland Middle women in microbiology. He also has worked on matters of human rights in science, School, 7th grader nationally and internationally. Description of Mitzvah project: Raised funds for the World Wildlife Fund Siblings: Jamey, 15, and Jacob, 10 Personal interests: soccer, reading, music

15 Outdoors Group Seeks Honoring 2012 Grads at Newcomers May 12 Service

The Outdoors Havurah took advantage of Tikvat Israel will honor its high school the spring-like weather during the final weeks and college graduates during Shabbat on of winters, taking a hike at Lake Needwood May 12, followed by a simcha kiddush, following a planning session. sponsored partly by graduates’ families. One of the most active havurahs at The following will receive diplomas the synagogue, the Outdoors Havurah and degrees this spring. was formed in July 2010 and has about 30 High School (with college members. destination, if known by deadline): In addition to Lake Needwood, the Ross Apter (University of Maryland), group has hiked at Sugarloaf Mountain, From left, Sue Urban, Louise Chatlynne, Melanie Belkin, Alex Berger (University Great Falls, Rock Creek Park, Seneca Creek Chuck Chatlynne and Cindy Renteria of Maryland with gap year in Israel), State Park, Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge hiked at Lake Needwood in Rockville as Jacob Bogage, Aaron Bogage, Brandon and Greenbrier State Park (where some also part of TI’s Outdoors Havurah. Ehrlich (York College), Daniel Freedman swam). “We’ve also learned about early (Montgomery College), Shayna Solomon Maryland history at St. Mary’s, we’ve communed in a sukkah, and we’ve sailed on the (Dickinson College). Potomac River,” said Sue Urban. Undergraduates: This year, the Outdoors Havurah will visit the Tidal Basin and Kenilworth Aquatic Jennie Berger, B.A. education, Near Gardens (possibly in canoes); take in a summer music festival at Linganore Winery in Eastern & Judaic studies and Hebrew, northern Maryland; hike and swim at Greenbrier, Cunningham Falls and Trout Pond; hike Brandeis; Danielle Hersh, B.A. elementary at Mason Neck State Park in Virginia and sail on the Potomac. education and Spanish, American The group welcomes newcomers, teenage and older. Contact Amy Matathias at University; Beth Meyers, B.S. geological [email protected]. sciences, University of Rochester; Tamar Miller, B.A. history and equity studies, Chatlynne Earns Top Scout Award University of Toronto; Emily Zweig, B.S. speech pathology and audiology, Towson Boy Scouting’s highest honor for adult volunteers, the Silver Beaver, was University. awarded in March to TI congregant Louise Chatlynne. Graduate degrees: Her connection with the Boy Scouts of America began as a 4-year-old Elie Ashery, MBA, University of on a spring Scout camp preparation on Long Island with her father, Dr. Maryland; Arlene Berger, M.A. Hebrew Hyman Geller. He became an Eagle Scout in 1926 and later a scoutmaster. letters (and title of rabbi), Reconstructionist At 6, she was the youngest camper at her Girl Scout Camp. When Rabbinical College; Mark Glucksman- her husband became a Scoutmaster, she registered as a committee member Glaser, M.S. aerospace engineering, with her son’s troop. Because the troop was small, her participation was University of Maryland; Sandra Schwartz, able to rescue camping trips that would not have had enough adult leaders. M.A. architecture, University of Louise Son Etan is an Eagle Scout and husband Chuck is a previous recipient Pennsylvania. Chatlynne of the Silver Beaver. Louise attended Scoutmastership Fundamentals in 1988 and the Music Havurah Plans following year was asked to join the training staff, which she did through 2002. She regularly instructed several Scoutcraft skills and continues in promoting outdoor leadership skills. Two upcoming programs sponsored by the Louise serves on TI’s bereavement committee and started a committee to help members TI Music Havurah: who are recuperating from illness or surgery. She is a retired virologist. • Sunday, May 6 at 3:30 p.m., Flax Library: Klezmer! The Traditional Instrumental Music of Ashkenazic Jewry. Led by Wendy Morrison with piano Supporting the Bulletin’s Advertisers accordion accompaniment. • Sunday, June 24 at 5 p.m.: A Kumsitz, Synagogue members are asked to support businesses that support the synagogue evening of singing and food. Led by Rocky through their advertising in the Tikvat Israel Bulletin. Korr and accordionist Wendy Morrison. Felicia R. Black, Bulletin assistant editor, coordinates the Bulletin’s advertising Bring instruments. sales. Contact her at [email protected] or 240-274-6188 (cell) no later than Contact Felicia Black for details at June 1 about placing an advertisement of a service or product in the July-August issue. [email protected].

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Tikvat Sports Ticker

Youth Basketball The game was marred by an injury to Becker, who The combined Tikvat Israel/Shaare Tefila Blue team dislocated his little finger in a scramble for a loose ball. At advanced to the 2012 championship game on March 25, halftime, the coach transported the injured player and his but B’nai Sholom of Olney took home the honors with a strangely bent finger to the hospital emergency room while narrow 65-61 victory in overtime in the finale. Damon Ehrlich coached the team to the victory. Becker is The turning point, according to assistant coach Damon OK and expects to recover shortly. Ehrlich, was a controversial jump ball call. “When BSO got In the championship of Division II against Beth the tip at the start of a two-minute overtime, they proceeded Shalom, the top seed, TI fell behind by 10 early. Bass, Berger to score the only four points in OT. Congratulations to and the younger Ehrlich provided TI’s early points, while BSO.” Neil Kram sacrificed his body for the good of the team as he Ehrlich said the team should be proud of its was run over by a defender trying to get through a screen. accomplishments, the best season by far for a Tikvat Israel The elder Ehrlich made a nice driving layup over a defender. basketball team. “We played them even in the second half but could TI’s team defeated B’nai Israel’s USY in the semifinals. never get closer than 10 as they had very quick guards and The Blue team lost only one game this season and it was good interior passing,” said Berger. to BSO. “It was a fun season,” he added. “We won some games The TI team was composed of Coach David Sultan, and almost went the whole season without any injury! New Assistant Coach Damon Ehrlich, Brandon Ehrlich, Ross recruits for next season are welcome.” Apter, Leor Newman, Jonathan Bass, Daniel Mintz, Benjamin Kaminow, Kenny Oxman and Jamey Sultan. Men’s Softball Tikvat Israel’s team in the Montgomery County Men’s Basketball Synagogue Softball League was forced to withdraw from TI’s team won two games in the playoffs of the Montgomery participation owing to a shortage of players. County Synagogue Basketball League, but lost in the finals Coached by Marc Schneider, the TI men’s side had of the Division II bracket. hoped to better its 2011 finish in 22nd place in the 24-team The team had some close finishes but didn’t win a softball conference. game until Jon Bass was called up from the USY team to Doubleheaders take place each Sunday morning at join fellow USYers Brandon Ehrlich and Leor Newman on recreation fields in the area. Each team plays 18 games the men’s team. against other shuls. In the playoffs, TI knocked off Temple Isaiah Schneider hopes to resurrect the team to II, pulling ahead in the second half behind Bass, compete in next spring’s synagogue conference. Ehrlich and Mark Bargeski. Mark Waldman hit a baseline jumper, Mark Becker hit a fast break Charity Road Race layup and Michael Newman hit an important foul Marnina Cowan will be competing in a line jumper with a few minutes left. half marathon as part of the Crohn’s and Colitis TI was up by two points with one minute Foundation of America’s Team Challenge on June left in the game when Warren Berger intercepted 2. The event covers 13.1 miles through wine- a pass and was fouled. Then Mike Micek got open country Virginia. for a layup for the final points. Cowan, who has Crohn’s Disease, hopes to Ben Meltzer played a strong inside game as TI’s center, exceed the nearly $7,500 she raised for Crohn’s and colitis blocking shots, getting tough rebounds and even hitting a research in her first race a year ago. couple of three-pointers. Donations are 100 percent tax deductible, and you In the second playoff round, TI downed a combined can donate online on her behalf by visiting http://bit. Shaare Torah/Shaare Tefila team by six points. Newman hit a ly/xRMRGq. Checks also can be made payable to the nice “no, no, no, yes” three-pointer as TI withstood pressure Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and mailed to her at 10500 at the end. Quipped Berger, the player-coach: “It has been Rockville Pike #1205, Rockville, Md. 20852. a few years since we had a two-game winning streak!”

17 JCC Publication Profiles Congregant’s Work Role she likes seeing friends, working in the classroom, and “the very nice teacher” she works with. Editor’s note: TI member Andi Kronzek wrote an article about Carrie Waldman, daughter Prior to becoming an assistant in the of fellow members Judy and Marvin Waldman, for the March issue of Center Scene, the JCCGW Preschool nine years ago, Carrie monthly magazine of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington. Kronzek is attended Camp JCC for many years. She editor of the publication. has also taken cooking and art classes at Carrie was the first teenager with special needs to have a bat mitzvah at Tikvat Israel, the Center. according to her parents. During the school year, Carrie assists The article, reprinted with permission of the author, appears below. in Sharon’s class on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and works in the Deaf and Carrie Waldman: A Bright Spot of Hard of Hearing Program at Barnsley the JCCGW Elementary School in Rockville on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In the summer, Carrie by Andrea Kronzek assists in the JCCGW preschool program Monday through Friday. If her weekday schedule isn’t busy Students who attend the patience with our pace of enough, Carrie trains every weekend as an JCCGW Preschool enjoy learning, and sometimes athlete in the Special Olympics. A skilled advantages not found at finds our attempts at swimmer, she specializes in freestyle and other preschools, such as ASL amusing,” she notes, backstroke. Carrie is also an avid basketball access to all areas of the adding that the children player who patiently helps teammates who Center, including the art and teachers feel a great may not understand the rules of the sport. studios and the art gallery, sense of pride when they Carrie’s mother, Judy, remarks that she the theater, Recreation master words in ASL. and her husband, Marvin, are so pleased Station (our popular But it’s not only that Carrie works at the Center. “We know indoor climbing gym), the children in her class that when she enters the JCCGW, Carrie and the pools. whose lives are enhanced is in a safe environment where everyone is To add to that list, by Carrie’s presence. watching out for her. This gives us peace of the 4-year-olds in Sharon According to Scott Cate mind,” she relates. Goldrich’s class have Carrie Waldman with pre- of FeinARTsy (the gift and And the parents of the students in an added bonus: their school student Ben Gruber coffee shop located off the Sharon Goldrich’s class should have peace beloved teacher’s assistant, JCCGW’s lobby), where of mind in knowing that their children Carrie Waldman. Carrie often pops in for a are under the watchful and caring eyes “Having Carrie in our classroom has cup of hot cocoa before starting her day, she of dedicated teachers and assistants—like been a wonderful experience. She takes is “a bright spot wherever she goes.” Carrie. great pride in sharing her life with us Carrie is conscientious, Scott observes, and also loves to hear about our families. from thoughtfully caring for her Carrie takes responsibility in the classroom young charges as they saunter and keeps us on a tight schedule,” Sharon down the hall to an activity, to relates. “She helps us to set up, assists the tidying the counter in FeinARTsy children, and makes sure we remain on when things may be out of place. task,” she continues. “Carrie always looks for ways to Sharon suggests that the most help, and it’s obvious that she challenging task for Carrie, who is deaf, is takes great pride in whatever she’s teaching American Sign Language (ASL) to doing,” Scott reflects. “I can’t say the class. In an interview facilitated by her enough nice things about her,” he mother, Judy Waldman, Carrie says that she concludes. enjoys teaching the children words they use Carrie, 33, lives in a Jewish every day, like “good morning,” as well as Foundation for Group Homes terms related to subjects they are studying. home in Rockville. When asked “We have incorporated sign language what she likes about her position Carrie Waldman (middle of back row) with the into a number of our songs and routines,” at the JCCGW (besides teaching 4-year-olds in a pre-school class at the Jewish Sharon explains. “Carrie has shown great ASL, of course), Carrie says Community Center. (Photos by Andi Kronzek.)

18 Environmental Change Coming to TI by Art Fabel, Tikvat Israel Environmental Committee co-chair

Plans are under way now to make Tikvat Joelle Novey of Greater Washington Clean Currents, which will supply the Israel and users of the building more earth Interfaith Power and Light told me about 100 organizations. (Details on pricing and friendly, in the process saving money and their documenting of seven local faith enrollment are coming soon.) contributing to a nationwide green energy organizations that had installed solar Our solar panel investigation spun off movement. panels. The group created a listserv for the discussions with a company that will fund It’s happening fast. I’ll share a few organizations to educate each other about retrofit of all lighting in the synagogue and highlights, so everyone can see how easy it is solar energy. be paid back with part of the savings from to make small changes with a large impact. The environmental committee and more efficient lighting. Yes, fluorescent It started about five years ago when synagogue management are in the process lights can be replaced with tubes, fixtures Rabbi Gorin saw the film “An Inconvenient of getting proposals for a no-money-down and ballasts that produce the same light Truth” and decided Tikvat Israel should solar panel installation that will produce output but use less electricity. have an environmental committee. The about 40 percent of the synagogue’s On top of this, our executive director committee installed programmable electric use and reduce payments for overall has challenged all synagogue staff and thermostats and compact fluorescent electricity. activities and members to reduce building lights and reduced energy consumption Tikvat Israel can join a 100-organization energy consumption by 10 percent. Look and carbon emissions in the synagogue by co-operative, co-sponsored by Greater for more lights off in empty rooms and about 30 percent. Washington Interfaith Power and Light, more awareness of how we live and work Three years ago a community- which provides access to electricity at rates affects the planet. supported agriculture program opened at about 6 percent lower. It includes a kicker Anyone interested in working with our TI, allowing members to share in locally that all synagogue electricity becomes committee on these issues can contact me grown organic produce and increasing carbon neutral by subsidizing wind power. at 301-802-2535. our awareness of how we interact with the The synagogue’s electric bill will be about soil, air and water. CSA participants also $5,000 lower for the next 12 months enrolled in wind power programs. compared to the previous year under this About six months ago, Bill Begal, arrangement. Trivia Answer a supporter of our synagogue, said to The co-operative electricity agreement Sam Freedenberg, our executive director: also has provisions for synagogue members The merger between Beth Tikva “You know, I installed solar panels on my and user organizations of our building to and Temple Israel was finalized on warehouse and the payback was amazing.” purchase electricity for rates lower than April 15, 1997 - making this the Sam then asked, “Art, would installing solar Pepco’s, saving an average of $100 per year 15th anniversary of the new entity, panels at Tikvat Israel be a good idea?” I per household and simultaneously offsetting Tikvat Israel Congregation. knew it was but had no idea of how to their electricity carbon emissions by 100 finance a project of this size. percent. This is a special arrangement with

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20 Tikvat Israel remembers with respect those whose yahrzeits occur from 9 Iyar to 10 Sivan • May 2012

9 IYAR 15 IYAR Robert Goldberg Hersch Herman Lustig 5 SIVAN MAY 1 MAY 7 Ida Kirschbaum Ida Plesset MAY 26 Max Regensteiner Joseph Axelrod Thelma Shapiro Helen VanAalten Esther Goldberg Sandra Baruch Rosenfeld Harry L. Rosen 10 IYAR Irving Goldman 21 IYAR Anne Dena Rosenberg MAY 2 Hugh Hochberg MAY 13 28 IYAR Goldie Simon William Brick Myrna Matheson William Berk MAY 20 Leonard Ehrlich David Bloom Eva Gross 6 SIVAN David Fein 16 IYAR Mindl Mina Lustig Hilde Joseph MAY 27 Selma Goldstein MAY 8 Faye Toporek Fred Rosenberg Leon Benham Robert Kopp Sadie Bauman Sam Weiser Elaine Beth Silverman Anna Deckelbaum Benjamin Lerner Philip Danoff Joseph Greenfield Lillian Miller Murphy Hannah Herscovitz 22 IYAR 29 IYAR Albert Sirmai Louis Rothlin Lillian Horowitz MAY 14 MAY 21 Robert Lerner Lee Buchbinder Nissim Armoza 7 SIVAN 11 IYAR Louis Saltzman Gladys Pearlstein Esther Bernstein MAY 28 MAY 3 Frieda Sneiderman Bernard Horowitz Celia Arcus Frank Einbinder 17 IYAR Lena Klein Irving Baroff Meshel Kirschbaum MAY 9 23 IYAR Morton Pearlman George Bloom Howard C. Penenburgh Rae Danoff MAY 15 Marcy Yanoff Selma Danovitz Harry Eisler Jennie Fischer Lillian Friedman 12 IYAR Anna Knopp Louis D. Gaev 1 SIVAN Minnie H. Goldberg MAY 4 Rebecca Podgor Salomon Koricki MAY 22 Peggy Strauss Kuhn Edna Gorfine Eli Rubinstein David Rubin Jean Becker Benjamin Sidney Miller Helyn Mulitz Anne Slonin Esther Leah Bernstein Joseph L. Rein Celia Shetzich 18 IYAR Celia Braunstein Nathan Weiner Isadore Zeidman MAY 10 24 IYAR Lillie Brodofsky Louis Grossman MAY 16 Ruth Einbinder 8 SIVAN 13 IYAR Samuel Nathan Kaplan Lillian Boker Isaac Krick MAY 29 MAY 5 Reba Leavitt Robin Freedman Paul Spector Jacob Isaac Bass Eva Fessler Alexander Levine Ruth Grayson Pearl Teitelbaum David Edward Haft George Fine Andrew A. Levinrad Elizabeth Levin Dave Lieberman Esther Goldman Martin Miller Bernice Elvin Meiselman 2 SIVAN William Prince William Shapiro Rose Seligman MAY 23 9 SIVAN Edward E. Rosner Samuel Zuckerman Rose E. Diamond MAY 30 Max Shetzich 19 IYAR Yvette Weiss Wolf Benzion Harry Shulman MAY 11 25 IYAR Dora Witt Rose Sigel Hallen Paul Trachtenberg Mollie Exler MAY 17 Gertrude Iskow Rose Weiss Morris Gisser Rachel Ginsburg 3 SIVAN Jennie Migdal Nathan Wermiel Ethel Fox Gold Fannie Kerson MAY 24 Simon L. Weker Bernard Grob Toby Gorschman 14 IYAR Bertha Luchs 26 IYAR Bertha Koricki 10 SIVAN MAY 6 Saul Seigel MAY 18 Jack Lebowitz MAY 31 Bertha Apt Helen Zitter Frank Goldstein Samuel Miller Mattatia Battino Rose Crasnick Alex Weiss Jerome Finster Edith Pressman 20 IYAR 4 SIVAN Anna Goldman Isadore Spector MAY 12 27 IYAR MAY 25 Philip Hershenhorn Bernard Yudkoff Sheldon David Abrams MAY 19 Anna Battino Elizabeth Kensky William Fessler Maier Auerhahn Beatrice Sandler Gertrude Molodow Adolph Fullenbaum William R. Horowitz Leon Rosenberg Frank Gantz Bella Kensky Esther Steinberg Bertha Sunshine

21 Tikvat Israel remembers with respect those whose yahrzeits occur from 11 Sivan to 10 Tammuz • June 2012

11 SIVAN 16 SIVAN 23 SIVAN 29 SIVAN 4 TAMMUZ JUNE 1 JUNE 6 JUNE 13 JUNE 19 JUNE 24 Sophie Binder Joshua Laken Gustave Jacob Benzion Bert Gross Ella Karabell Mary Jeweler David Joseph Freda Prince Ronald E. Kirschner Samuel Klein Isadore E. Kahn Williamowsky Feiga Smolar Rose Weinstein Joseph I. Levin Adele Rein Samuel Litwin Sol Schwartz 17 SIVAN 24 SIVAN 30 SIVAN Maurice Mainen Dorothy J. Stanshine JUNE 7 JUNE 14 JUNE 20 Harry Plesset Michael Tuchler Pearl P. Gantz Mollie Karlin Henry Finder Arnold J. Rosenberg Frank Weiser Frank Kopp S. Barbara Katz Lottie Finkelstein Irene Mills Philip Salon Kenneth Goldin 5 TAMMUZ 12 SIVAN Ricki Jane Nachamkin Celia Kaiser JUNE 25 JUNE 2 Morris Rosenblum 25 SIVAN Rabbi Andrew Klein Siegfried Ermann Frances Fierman JUNE 15 Max Lacoretz Bernard Finstein Yetta Jaffe 18 SIVAN Pearl Ackerman Solomon Shapiro Minnie Gladstone Florence Landy JUNE 8 William Berger Charlotte R. Teller Norris Halpern Maurice Schottenfeld Sol E. Cohen Ben Finkelstein Maurice Hockstein Phyllis Ann Lewis Greenwood Sylvia Freedman 1 TAMMUZ Frieda Mendelson Stathopoulos Louis Jacob Lena Hockstein JUNE 21 Sarah Weiser Louis Kahn Esther Leise 13 SIVAN 19 SIVAN Esther Silbert Sadie Rosenthal 6 TAMMUZ JUNE 3 JUNE 9 Samuel Tranen JUNE 26 Edith Eisenberg Jacob Caplon 26 SIVAN Harry Belson Jack Finder Ellen Ehrlich JUNE 16 2 TAMMUZ Ruth K. Davis Leslie Arthur Pike Linda Raye Ehrlich Betty Hirshon JUNE 22 Marvin Hammerman Phyme Pitkin Isadore Schwartz Chava Krugman Claire Benzion Marion Sully Yitzhak Levy Louis Fishman 7 TAMMUZ 14 SIVAN Masey Volk Ida Newman Rose Harad JUNE 27 JUNE 4 Margaret Sirmai Rachel Sher Seymour Kaiz Yetta Oppenheim Sender Goldberg Weinstein Emmy F. Keusch Murray Susswein Ruth Katz 27 SIVAN Reuben Kramer Minnie Waxman Dora Lang 20 SIVAN JUNE 17 Mollie Pelish Ada Lichtman JUNE 10 Rose Abramson Frances Shapiro 8 TAMMUZ Sarah Oken Rachel Leah Mandelblatt Milton Chorvinksy Stuart Volin JUNE 28 Jacob Pishker Ethel Rothman Etta Krick Evelyn Lidoff Meyer Pollock Samuel Pasternak 3 TAMMUZ Ludwig Regensteiner Fannie Schaechter 21 SIVAN Selma Phillips JUNE 23 Morris Stolzenberg JUNE 11 Charles D. Stoll Jeanette Benzion 9 TAMMUZ Evelyn Benham Clayre Blavett JUNE 29 15 SIVAN Hyman Cohen 28 SIVAN Julia Brand Esther Danoff JUNE 5 Edwin Rosenblatt JUNE 18 Irving Edelman Annie M. Ehrlich Moshe Becker Michael Yanoff Abraham Abramowitz Ellis Hyman Rubin Harris Mary Boin Nathan Adelman Rosalyn Licht Judith A. Kessler Harry Fierman 22 SIVAN Isadore Danovitz Marion L. Pike Martha Sills Sadie Klein JUNE 12 Annette Hershenhorn Gussie Prince Sidney Wilchins Florence Askow Loeb Beatrice Krantz Joseph Sandler Samuel Paul Puner Ida Sobell Jacob Kristal Maynard Ugol Ira L. Schiffman 10 TAMMUZ Audrey Lankin Sarah Yudkoff Anne Burdett Shapiro JUNE 30 Robert Lerner Mark Chorvinsky Sylvia Schottenfeld Michael Menzer Debbe Schwartz Marcus W. Rose

22 Donations

The congregation gratefully acknowledges the Bernard Glaser by Joseph Glaser and Genie Gloria Levinrad by Samuel S. Levinrad following donations to the various funds at Glucksman Jack Lindner by Thelma Lindner Tikvat Israel. The donor lists that follow reflect Sylvia Goldin by Rochelle and Bruce Goldin Paul Margolies by Donald and Joan Margolies gifts received at the synagogue in February and Goldie Goldman by Ruth Simball Nathan Markovitz by Norman Markovitz March. If your donation during this time frame Burnell Goodman by Mark and Meryl Thomas Mona Martin by Leah and Jerry Keilsohn does not appear in the list, please contact the Joseph Gordon by Jay and Susan Plafker synagogue office at 301-762-7338. Vera Meyerson by Neal and Mary Meyerson Libby Gordon by Jay and Susan Plafker Ann Gilman Miller by Wendy F. Miller Howard P. Morrison by Wendy Morrison Yahrzeit Gifts Solomon Gorschman by Sylvia Pachenker Pearl Gottesman by Rochelle and Bruce Goldin Hans Moses by Edward and Karen Moses Abraham Moskowitz by Harry Moskowitz Donations made in memory of: Sarah Miriam Green by Leon and Moira Green Elizabeth Grishman by Melanie Grishman Mae Mukasey by Norbert and Rhoda Eckstein Joseph Apatoff by Irv and Bee Apatoff Mary Nussbaum by Maida and Edward Samuel Appel by Shirley and Stanley Nasoff Helen Gross by Leonard and Marilyn Teitelbaum Philip, Regina, and Alan Grossman by Joelle Nussbaum Sarah Bachman by Deborah Berlyne and Toba Ohr by Pearl O. Krepchin Daniel Bachman Black Samuel Halperin by Herbert Halpern Henry Oppenheim by Julius Oppenheim Lillie Becker by Ellen Rosenthal K. Gordon Oppenheimer by Janet Oppenheimer Adolph Berger by Elaine B. Moses Dianna Hamburg by Abraham Hamburg Herman Hamburg by Abraham Hamburg Morris Oppenheimer by Janet Oppenheimer Helen Berger by Elaine B. Moses Michael Hamburg by Abraham Hamburg Pauline Oppenheimer by Janet Oppenheimer Mary Berkowitz by Barbara Brown Nathan Osofsky by Gloria and Stanley Harry G. Blackstone by Roy and Michele Peck Celia Hecht by Joan Margolies Louis Hecht by Joan Margolies Silverstein Esther Bloom by Edith Stein Joseph Podgor by Charlotte Podgor Max Bloom by Edith Stein Michael Hersh by David Hersh Michael Hersh by Joel and Angela Hersh Sam Podgor by Charlotte Podgor

Nathan Bloom by Helene Bloom Sam Prince by Frances Penenburgh Carl Boden by Jerome and Suzanne Boden Max Hershbaum by Leon and Moira Green Fanny Izen by Blossom Cohen Edward Rabin by Janaki Kuruppu and Ronald Benjamin Bogage by Joseph and Shirley Rabin Bogage Daisy C. Jones by Richard Nisenson and Susannah Challis Edward J. Raine by David and Deborah Raine Lillian Brecker by Eileen McGuckian Samuel J. Romm by Eileen Romm Rachel Brown by Celia and Leonard Schuchman Mark Kabik by Irving Kabik Theresa Kabik by Irving Kabik Hyman Rosenthal by Glenda Goldman Sigmund Brown by Celia and Leonard Ester Kaminsky by Ruth Weinstein Max Rothman by Abraham Hamburg Schuchman Esther Salit by Ben and Minna Williamowsky Lena Burdett by Richard and Carol Barsky Samuel Kaplan by Florence Kaplan Rosie Kasper by Marvin and Paula Kasper Stuart Schaffman by Mark Schaffman Marilyn Burdett by Richard and Carol Barsky Hilde Scheraga by Deborah Berlyne and Daniel Shirley M. Caplan by Helene Lerner Alice Katz by Madeline and Jose Guzman Simon Katz by Sheryl and Howard Katz Bachman Moishe Chaim Chait by Leon and Moira Green Philip Schnitzer by Selma Winson

Haskel Chegorsky by Gertrude Krick Rebecca Kauffman by Ira Benzion Eliezer Kishner by Micah and Elaine Krichevsky Herman Schrier by Rudolph and Ann Ruth Volin Lea Chernoff by Howard and Rosie Chernoff Karen Schubert by Leah and Jerry Keilsohn Bernard Cohen by Blossom Cohen Jalle Koricki by Maida and Edward Nussbaum Betty Mae Kramer by Sidney Kramer and Abraham Schuchman by Gerald Schuchman Fannie Rose Cohen by Charlotte Podgor Nadia Schuchman by Celia and Leonard Helen Cohen by Henrietta Asen Miriam Dubin Isadore Kramer by Sidney Kramer Schuchman Isadore Schwartz by Abraham and Harriet Leonard E. Cohen by Blossom Cohen Schwartz Morris Cohen by Larry Cohen Alex M. Kravitz by Deborah Yanoff Herba DelMonte by Bernice Steinberg Louis Krepchin by Pearl Krepchin Edward Krick by Gertrude Krick Rose Schwartz by Mark and Beverly Schwartz Dayna Leslie Dubin by Sidney Kramer and Sophie Schwartz by Paul and Judith Schwartz Miriam Dubin Martin Kronenberg by Edith Stein Marion Laken by Barry and Sharon Laken Ruth Anne Sheskin by Eugene Sheskin Sadie Eckstein by Norbert and Rhoda Eckstein Ruth Anne Sheskin by Marian Sheskin Lily Sims by Irv and Bee Apatoff Hannah Edelman by Myrna and Leonard Adelle Lapin by Karen and Michael Cohen Sara Lebowitz by Arnold Schwartz Wagman Zandel Smith by Eileen McGuckian Ann Eisler by Ronald and Jeannette Eisler Benjamin Lederman by Adair Lederman Benjamin Lederman by Richard and Ellen Kalman Sokolow by Jayme Sokolow Edna Eisner by Sherman and Ellen Eisner Samuel Solsky by Doris and Frederic Ratner Marguerite Eldredge by Annie and Joel Kahn Lederman David Leise by Phyllis Leise Daniel Howard Steiner by Roberta Steiner Mary Fine by Ruth Fine Yetta Steiner by Roberta Steiner Joshua Leise by Phyllis Leise Frances First by Faye First Jacob Sweet by Ellen Sweet Bernard N. Flax by Herman J. Flax and Melanie Emil Lentchner by Laurel Joseph Esther Lerner by Helene Lerner Sandra Tolpin by Leah and Jerry Keilsohn Grishman Ethel Toney by Barry and Sharon Laken Morris Freedman by Eugene Sheskin Lena Levine by Lottie Shankman Sylvia Weinstein Levine by Larry Levine Edward Turkanis by Marvin and Elinor Turkanis Abraham Friedman by Benjamin and Sally Sol Wachovsky by Michele Eisenberg Friedman Ida Friedman by Benjamin and Sally Friedman Continued on page 24

23 Donations continued from page 23 by Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman General Fund by Eric and Caron Bronstein by Keith and Brenda Brooks In honor of Mae Bernstein’s 85th birthday by Joseph Wagman by Myrna and Leonard by Louise and Chuck Chatlynne Sharon, Jim, Macie and Isaac Pohoryles Wagman by Carol Chelemer In honor of Adele Cohen’s speedy recovery by Samuel Wagman by Myrna and Leonard Joseph and Shirley Bogage Wagman by Barbara and Irv Cohen In honor of Liza Drury’s conversion to Judaism Charles Walder by Ruth Love by Zivan Cohen by Jose and Madeline Guzman Paul Waltzer by Ethel Waltzer by Steve and Michele Eisenberg In honor of Cantor Helzner by Mimi and Allan Yvette Weiss by Elaine B. Moses by Cliff and Betty Fishman Meltzer by Jane and Gary Gardner In honor of the marriage of Yonasan and Chaya Norman Yudkoff by Ruth Love Davida by Leon and Moira Green Jay Zebooker by Shani Zebooker by Sam and Tami Gilston Anna Zipin by Pearl Tubiash by Shelly and Bruce Goldin In honor of the marriage of Yonasan and Chaya by Glenda Goldman Davida by Amy and Dan Matathias Alfred Cowan Torah Club Fund by Janice Rosenberg and David Gorman In honor of the marriage of Yonasan and Chaya by Tamah Graber Davida by Edward and Maida Nussbaum In memory of Jacob Matathias by Daniel In honor of the marriage of Yonasan and Chaya Matathias by Paul Grayson Davida by Estelle Stolovy In memory of Irving Reich by Muriel and Jules by Moira and Leon Green In honor of TI Staff by Amy and Dan Matathias Asher by Melanie Grishman In memory of Guadalupe Castillo by Debby by Madeline and Jose Guzman Berlyne and Danny Bachman by Sara and David Harris Bereavement Committee In memory of Guadalupe Castillo by Carol by James Hendler and Terry Horowit Chelemer In memory of Hannah Barrack by Marilyn and by Geraldine and Gerald Kaiz In memory of Guadalupe Castillo by Fannie Michael Greenwood by Barbara Jo and Philip Katz Marder In memory of Guadalupe Castillo by Richard by Isidore and Renee Kreisman In memory of Stuart Marcus by Michael and Nisenson, Susannah Challis and Meah by Phyllis Leise Deborah Amster In memory of Guadalupe Castillo by Sharon, In memory of John Gordon Phillips by Joseph Jim, Macie and Isaac Pohoryles by Rodney and Nancy Matheson and Shirley Bogage by David, Sue and Sarah Meiselman In memory of John Gordon Phillips by Carol In memory of Seymour Engel by Marilyn and by Jenny and Rick Muffler Chelemer Michael Greenwood by Shelley and Tom Mulitz In memory of Lottie and Lewis Greenwood by by Richard Nisenson and Susannah Challis In memory of John Gordon Phillips by Howard Marilyn and Michael Greenwood and Rosie Chernoff In memory of Philip Wilchins by Sue and by Janet Oppenheimer In memory of John Gordon Phillips by Betty Howard Wilchins by James and Maxine Perlmutter and Cliff Fishman by Dorothy Pike In memory of John Gordon Phillips by Sam and Cantor’s Fund by Freddi Pleet Penina Freedenberg by Charlotte Podgor In memory of John Gordon Phillips by Amy In honor of the birth of Tamah Graber’s and Dan Matathias granddaughter by Marilyn and Michael by Marc and Gale Pressman In memory of John Gordon Phillips by Rodney Greenwood by Janaki Kuruppu and Ronald Rabin and Nancy Matheson In memory of Lena Fineman by Aaron and by Rose Rosenblum Leslie Fineman by Fortuna and Steven Scheige In memory of John Gordon Phillips by James In memory of Beatrice West by Ellen and by Martie Adelman and Marc Schneider and Maxine Perlmutter Richard Lederman In memory of Stephen Smith by the Adelman/ In memory of Charlotte Zeidman by Lee by Abraham and Harriet Schwartz Schneider Family Zeidman by Jeff and Ellen Smith In memory of Stephen Smith by Michael and by the Rockville Brass Band by Jayme Sokolow Deborah Amster by Jonathan and Nancy Solomon In memory of Stephen Smith by Howard and by William and Lynn Spector Rosie Chernoff Chai Campaign In memory of Stephen Smith by Barbara and Irv Cohen by Jeffrey and Elyse Bernstein by Hilda Springer by Carol Chelemer by Sophie Steinberg In memory of Stephen Smith by Ellen and by Sam and Penina Freedenberg by Estelle Stolovy Sherman Eisner by Denise Kanuck by Norman Yockelson by Beth Zeidman In memory of Stephen Smith by Betty and Cliff Fishman Charlotte Zeidman Kitchen Fund In memory of Stephen Smith by Sam and ECC Fund Penina Freedenberg by Michael and Deborah Amster In memory of Stephen Smith by Tamah Graber by Deborah Berlyne and Daniel Bachman In honor of Janice Balin by Margaret & George, In memory of Stephen Smith by Jesse and by Robert and Janice Balin Roz & Dean, Janice Z. & Jerry Marian Kaiser by Elisabeth Battino In honor of Limor by Janaki Kuruppu and by Suzanne and Jerome Boden Ronald Rabin Continued on page 25

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In memory of Sara Berman by Howard M. Adult Education Committee In memory of Stephen Smith by Amy and Dan Berman Matathias Betsy Miller In memory of Stephen Smith by Rodney and [email protected] • 279-0453 Nancy Matheson Rabbi’s Fund In memory of Stephen Smith by Madeleine Bereavement Committee Cohen Oakley In honor of Arthur Gowran’s speedy recovery Call synagogue office In memory of Stephen Smith by Jonathan and by Peggy Mitchel Nancy Solomon In honor of the marriage of Yonasan and Chaya Bikur Holim Volunteers In memory of Stephen Smith by Hilda Springer Davida by the Adelman/Schneider Family Bobbi Cohen: 367-6859 In honor of the marriage of Yonasan and Chaya In memory of Ed Stern by Michael and Deborah Davida by Marcia Bronstein Bridge Night Amster In honor of the marriage of Yonasan and Chaya Carol Chelemer: [email protected] In memory of Jerome Weistrop by Sam and Davida by Lewis and Roslyn Levy Godfrey Penina Freedenberg In honor of the marriage of Yonasan and Chaya College Outreach Davida by Sharon and Barry Laken Elyse Bernstein [email protected] • 460-0508 Kiddush Fund In honor of the marriage of Yonasan and Chaya Davida by Richard and Ellen Lederman Haftarah Reading Assignments In honor of Alex Berger’s graduation from JDS In memory of John Gordon Phillips by the Susan Apter: [email protected] • 460-9657 by Arlene and Warren Berger Adelman/Schneider Family In honor of Bonnie Cowan’s birthday by Sue In memory of John Gordon Phillips by Jay Meiselman Hazak Goldman and Rebecca Salon Toby Altman: [email protected] In honor of Abe Hamburg’s birthday by In memory of John Gordon Phillips by the Abraham Hamburg Horowit-Hendler Family In honor of Harvey Kaplan’s birthday by Naomi Karate In memory of Ernest Rosenwald by Leonard @hotmail.com Kaplan Schreiber Joel Kristal: j_kristal In honor of David Meiselman’s birthday by Sue Meiselman Kiddush Volunteers In memory of Gertrude Rosenwald by Leonard Marsha Lyons: [email protected] Schreiber In honor of Sarah Meiselman’s birthday by Sue In memory of Margaret Schreiber by Leonard Membership Committee and David Meiselman Schreiber In honor of Ruben Silverstone’s birthday by In memory of Mildred Schreiber by Leonard Nancy Matheson: [email protected] Maya Chauls Schreiber Reading Mentors In honor of Alvin Solomon’s birthday by In memory of Stephen Smith by Jay Goldman Jonathan and Nancy Solomon and Rebecca Salon Ellen Eisner: [email protected] • 598-0635 In honor of our 36th anniversary by Robert In memory of Stephen Smith by the Horowit- Religious Practices Committee and Judith Katz Hendler Family In honor of the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary Susan Apter by Sandra and Eugene Sheskin by Carol Chelemer [email protected] • 460-9657 by the family of Selma Horwitz In honor of the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary by Rabbi Howard and Pam Gorin Sanctuary Ushers by Louise and Chuck Chatlynne by the Jewish Federation of Greater Jeff Bernstein: [email protected] In honor of the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary Washington by Sue Meiselman by Gershona Marcus Shepherd’s Table In honor of the Girl Scouts’ 100th anniversary Sherman Eisner: [email protected] • by Susan Apter Tzedakah Chavurah 598-0635 by Joel Bressler and Shirley Waxman Sisterhood In memory of Carl Fishman by Betty and by Maya Chauls Rebecca Salon: [email protected] by Carol Chelemer Clifford Fishman by Howard and Rosie Chernoff In memory of John Gordon Phillips by Florence Social Action Committee by Herman J. Flax and Melanie Grishman and Alvin Bernstein Robbi and Larry Cohen by Stanley and Frances Kensky [email protected] by Rodney and Nancy Matheson Torah Reading Assignments by Dylan Presman and Julie Mazur by Jonathan and Nancy Solomon Janaki Kuruppu by Estelle Stolovy [email protected] • 460-6026 Yoga Sarah Fishman: namastesarah@gmail. com (All phone numbers in 301 area code.)

25 Home Calendar About Us Religious Services MayEducat io2012n Activities Member Area Search Contact Us/Directions 9 Iyar - 10 Sivan 5772 Main Calendar Go April, 2012 May, 2012 June, 2012 9 Iyar - 10 Sivan 5772

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 9 Iyar 2 10 Iyar 3 11 Iyar 4 12 Iyar 5 13 Iyar (Omer 24) (Omer 25) (Omer 26) (Omer 27) (Omer 28) 7:30pMinyan 7:30pMinyan 6:45a Minyan 8:00a Minyan 9:30a Shabbat 8:00pSiddur Study 4:00pYoga With Sarah 6:30pKabbalat Shabbat Services With Rabbi Fishman 7:46pCandle-lighting Parashat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim Brandriss 7:30pMinyan B'nai Mitzvah: 8:00pKarate Noah Sultan and

Ruben

Silverstone

10:30a Junior Congregation

6 14 Iyar 7 15 Iyar 8 16 Iyar 9 17 Iyar 10 18 Iyar 11 19 Iyar 12 20 Iyar (Omer 29) (Omer 30) (Omer 31) (Omer 32) (Omer 33) (Omer 34) (Omer 35) 9:00a Minyan 6:45a Minyan 7:30pMinyan 7:30pMinyan Lag b'Omer 8:00a Minyan 9:15a Boker Ohr 9:30a Social Action-- 7:30pMinyan 8:00pKarate 6:45a Minyan 6:30pKabbalat Shabbat (Alt. Shabbat Book Collection 8:00pKarate Class 4:00pYoga With Sarah 7:53pCandle-lighting Morning Experience) 10:00a Tikvat Israel Fishman Blood Drive 7:30pMinyan 9:30a Shabbat 12:30pBonim, Machar, Services Kadima, USY Parashat Emor Programs 11:00a Tot Shabbat 3:30pMusic Havurah 11:15a Torah Club - Klezmer! 7:30pMinyan

13 21 Iyar 14 22 Iyar 15 23 Iyar 16 24 Iyar 17 25 Iyar 18 26 Iyar 19 27 Iyar (Omer 36) (Omer 37) (Omer 38) (Omer 39) (Omer 40) (Omer 41) (Omer 42) 9:00a Minyan 6:45a Minyan 7:30pMinyan 7:30pBridge Night USY Spring Convention 8:00a Minyan 9:30a Shabbat 7:30pMinyan 7:30pMinyan 7:30pMinyan (through 5/20) 6:30pKabbalat Shabbat Services 8:00pKarate 6:45a Minyan 7:59pCandle-lighting Parashat Behar- Bechukotai 8:00pSiddur Study 10:00a AARP Safe With Rabbi Driver Course 11:00a Kehilat Kids Brandriss 4:00pYoga With Sarah 12:30pDavening Fishman Channel: Tallit 7:30pMinyan Rituals Workshop

20 28 Iyar 21 29 Iyar 22 1 Sivan 23 2 Sivan 24 3 Sivan 25 4 Sivan 26 5 Sivan Yom Yerushalayim (Omer 44) Rosh Chodesh (Omer 46) (Omer 47) (Omer 48) Erev Shavuot (Omer 43) 6:45a Minyan (Omer 45) 7:30pMinyan 6:45a Minyan 8:00a Minyan (Omer 49) RCL - Last Day of School 7:30pMinyan 7:30pMinyan 8:00pKarate 12:00pHazak Program 6:30pKabbalat Shabbat 9:30a Shabbat 9:00a Minyan 8:00pBoard of Directors 4:00pYoga With Sarah with Instruments Services 12:30pEmtza - "Booger Meeting Fishman 8:05pCandle-lighting Parashat Bamidbar Wars" 7:30pMinyan Bar Mitzvah: 6:45pMinyan Jason Salzberg 7:15pShowing of "Re- Emerging: The 11:15a Torah Club Jews of Nigeria"

27 6 Sivan 28 7 Sivan 29 8 Sivan 30 9 Sivan 31 10 Sivan Shavuot Shavuot 7:30pMinyan 7:30pMinyan 12:00a 8:00pKarate 6:45a Minyan

8:00pSiddur Study 4:00pYoga With Sarah

With Rabbi Fishman Brandriss 7:30pMinyan

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Main Calendar Go May, 2012 11 Sivan - 10June Tammuz, 2012 5772 July, 2012 11 Sivan - 10 Tammuz 5772

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 11 Sivan 2 12 Sivan

8:00a Minyan 9:30a Shabbat 6:30pKabbalat Shabbat Services 8:11pCandle-lighting Parashat Nasso 10:30a Junior Congregation 12:30pDavening Channel: Kabbalat Shabbat Workshop

3 13 Sivan 4 14 Sivan 5 15 Sivan 6 16 Sivan 7 17 Sivan 8 18 Sivan 9 19 Sivan

9:00a Minyan 6:45a Minyan 7:30pMinyan 7:30pMinyan 6:45a Minyan 8:00a Minyan 9:30a Shabbat 7:15pFarewell 7:30pMinyan 8:00pKarate 7:30pMinyan 6:30pKabbalat Shabbat Services Reception and 8:15pCandle-lighting Parashat Beha'alotcha Program in Honor of Rabbi 11:00a Tot Shabbat Gorin 11:15a Torah Club 7:30pMinyan

10 20 Sivan 11 21 Sivan 12 22 Sivan 13 23 Sivan 14 24 Sivan 15 25 Sivan 16 26 Sivan

9:00a Minyan 6:45a Minyan 7:30pMinyan 7:30pBridge Night 6:45a Minyan 8:00a Minyan 9:30a Shabbat 7:30pMinyan 7:30pMinyan 7:30pMinyan 4:00pYoga With Sarah 5:45pPre-Kabbalat Services 8:00pKarate Fishman Shabbat Parashat Sh'lach 8:00pSiddur Study 7:30pMinyan Reception 11:00a Kehilat Kids With Rabbi 6:30pKabbalat Shabbat 12:30pDavening Brandriss with Instruments Channel: 8:18pCandle-lighting Hebrew Word Roots Workshop

17 27 Sivan 18 28 Sivan 19 29 Sivan 20 30 Sivan 21 1 Tammuz 22 2 Tammuz 23 3 Tammuz Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh 9:00a Minyan ECC Explorers Summer 7:30pMinyan 7:30pMinyan 6:30a Minyan (Rosh 8:00a Minyan 9:30a Shabbat 7:30pMinyan Camp Begins 8:00pSisterhood Book Hodesh 6:30pKabbalat Shabbat Services 6:45a Minyan Group: "The Tammuz) 8:20pCandle-lighting Parashat Korach 7:30pMinyan Dovekeepers" 12:00pHazak Program 11:15a Torah Club 8:00pKarate 4:00pYoga With Sarah Fishman 7:30pMinyan

24 4 Tammuz 25 5 Tammuz 26 6 Tammuz 27 7 Tammuz 28 8 Tammuz 29 9 Tammuz 30 10 Tammuz

9:00a Minyan 6:45a Minyan 7:30pMinyan 7:30pMinyan 6:45a Minyan 8:00a Minyan 9:15a Boker Ohr 5:00pKumsitz, led by 7:30pMinyan 8:00pKarate 4:00pYoga With Sarah 6:30pKabbalat Shabbat (Alt. Shabbat Rocky Korr and 8:00pBoard of Directors 8:00pSiddur Study Fishman 8:20pCandle-lighting Morning Wendy Meeting With Rabbi 7:30pMinyan Experience) Morrison Brandriss 9:30a Shabbat 7:30pMinyan Services Parashat Chukat 12:30pDavening Channel: Recurring Themes in the Prayer Text

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DATED MATERIALS . . . . PLEASE DELIVER PROMPTLY

Honoring 32 Years of Service by Rabbi Howard Gorin

May 19-20 presenter and film on Nigerian Jewry

June 3 Rav Todot, a farewell celebration

All programs at Tikvat Israel Congregation. Further details about both events on page 4.