Heart and Soul: Our New Siddur and Kesher L’Neshama Services Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

SEPTEMBER 2016 The votes are in, and the AV/ELUL 5776 overwhelming majority of you prefer the newest Convervative Movement Siddur, Lev Shalem (“full heart”). Some of the reasons given: CONTENTS • Detailed explanations and annotations MESSAGE FROM • More transliteration THE RABBI 1 • Gender-neutral God language • Beautiful new poetry, stories and CANTOR’S CORNER 5 kavanot (to focus attention) • Yizkor readings linked to each of CONGREGATIONAL the pilgrimage festivals • Glossary of terms and historical figures LEARNING 8 • Familiar format (same as our High Holiday Mahzor Lev Shalem UPCOMING EVENTS 17* ) • Much more! HIGH HOLY DAYS 19 One note about transliteration. I understand there are members of our shul who are not COMMUNITY NEWS 25 yet fully comfortable reading the Hebrew text. (Rabbi Kelley will be teaching a CONTRIBUTIONS 26 Hebrew Class in March.) Still, your clergy recognize transliteration is an important FUND DESIGNATION 27 tool to enable greater participation. While there is a fair amount of transliteration in Siddur Lev Shalem, we will also be purchasing a number of copies of Siddur Eit *throughout bulletin Ratzon, a fully transliterated siddur. We will create a pagination guide so you can stay in sync with the service. We wish to thank the Frank C. and Miriam Loveman Charitable Foundation, Inc. for their generous donation in support of the purchase of many of these siddurim. In addition, an anonymous donor has made a donation to fulfill purchasing the quantity of books that we require. We have a number of prayer books that will be available for dedication and re-dedication in honor or in memory of a loved one. Should you wish to do so, please contact Nakia at [email protected] (see page 23 for details). US To explore our new siddur, it’s many ON features and unique composition, Rabbi facebook.com/ Kelley, Cantor Greenstein and I will be BethAmBaltimore leading two Thursday evening workshops in Elul (7-8:30 p.m. on 9.8 and 9.15). Hope to see you! continues on page 3 BETH AM BOARD OF TRUSTEES Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg Standing Committees Continuing Ed Chair Roberta Greenstein Officers Continuing Ed Co-Chair Rachel Rosenheck President Julie Gottlieb Finance Chair Alan Kopolow 1st Vice President Lisa Akchin Finance Co-Chair Joe Wolfson 2nd Vice President Lynn Sassin Kiddush Chair Desireé Robinson Treasurer Alan Kopolow Membership Chair Patricia Berman Secretary David Lunken Membership Co-Chair Meg Berman Religious Services Chair Joe Wolfson Trustees through 2017 Social Action Chair Arthur Shulman David Demsky Risa Jampel Social Action Co-Chair Jackie Donowitz Ashley Pressman Naomi Rosner Youth Education Chair Dina Billian

Trustees through 2018 Ad Hoc Committees Debbie Agus Dina Billian Annual Fund Chair Ricky Fine Carol Berkower Matt Herman Annual Fund Vice Chair Jim Jacobs Balt. Jewish Council Rep. Ben Rosenberg Trustees through 2019 Beth Am Connection Joanne Katz Ilene Cohen Marjorie Manne Risa Jampel Brenda Serpick Bob Wittenstein BAYITT Chair Sara Goodman Congregant to Congregant Joyce Keating Past Presidents and Life Members Development Chair Lainy LeBow-Sachs Past President Scott Zeger Development Co-Chair Cy Smith Past President Cy Smith In, For and Of, Inc. Don Akchin Honorary Life Member Lainy LeBow-Sachs Marketing Chair Ellen Spokes Honorary Life Member Efrem Potts Operations Co-Chair Ashley Pressman Operations Co-Chair David Demsky Res. Hill Improvement Council Don Akchin

Cantor Ira Greenstein Dir. of Cong. Learning Rabbi Kelley Gludt Executive Director Henry Feller

BETH AM OFFICE AND STAFF Office Hours: Tuesday — Thursday: 9am - 4pm Friday: 9am - 3pm Phone Numbers: Telephone: (410) 523-2446 Fax: (410) 523-1729 Email/Website: Email: [email protected] Site: www.bethambaltimore.org

Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg Office Contact Extentions: (443) 202-0912 (urgent matters only, please) [email protected] Rabbi Daniel Burg - 14 Rabbi Kelley Gludt - 15 Cantor Ira Greenstein Henry Feller, Executive Director - 20 (443) 759-7807 (home) • [email protected] Josh Weisberg, Program Coordinator - 16 Rachel Weitzner, Capital Campaign Coordinator - 21 Rabbi Kelley Gludt Norm Weinstein, Bookkeeper - 17 Director of Congregational Learning Nakia Davis, Front Office Coordinator & (520) 248-9541 (cell) Assistant to the Rabbi - 11 [email protected] Lynora Lawless, Communications & Membership Coordinator - 10 Henry Feller Linda Small, Annual Fund Coordinator Executive Director [email protected] [email protected] Sandy Winters, Ritual Coordinator - (410) 598-6397 (443) 742-9654 (cell for emergencies only,

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Contact Joyce Keating at Julie Gottlieb [email protected] or (410) 358-5477 Board President [email protected] • (410) 294-7418 2 Heart and Soul continued Shabbat morning services will, • One data point unites those no doubt, be elevated through our who prefer and don’t prefer Kesher adoption of Siddur Lev Shalem, L’Neshama: many of you enjoy but a siddur is of course, just a more explanation of the prayers book. Effective tefilah is about not throughout the service. only what we say but how we say (and sing) it! This past year we So how to proceed? The Cantor tried a new experimental approach and I discussed the results and to Shabbat davening once-a- determined to continue Kesher month called Kesher L’Neshama L’Neshama this year once-a-month. (“Soul Connection”). This was We believe one of Beth Am’s our best attempt to distill and true strengths is that we are one apply feedback from three tefilah cohesive community. Consistently, workshops last summer. Thanks to we hear our shul-goers do not wish Joe Wolfson, our Religious Services to fragment into multiple minyanim chair, for his efforts here! to meet differing spiritual and liturgical needs. This means that Recently, we asked Beth Am’ers all of us may find ourselves a bit to complete a brief survey about stretched or even uncomfortable Kesher L’Neshama. Here are from time to time in order to make the results: space for our brother and sister congregants. We are in the process • 36% of you were not enamored of trying to identify some more of the new format. You prefer Beth consistent tunes so that even Kesher Am’s more typical melodies, the L’Neshama becomes a bit more Cantor as sole service leader and a comfortable and relatable. We will hechi kedushah of the Amidah. also make time in the service for • 31% of you enjoy Kesher more explanations and kavanot. L’Neshama once-a-month as an alternative approach but prefer to Because 5777 will be a thematic continue our consistent Kesher year focused on “sacred space,” and Sanctuary Shabbat services we will continue to play with room other weeks. set-up and explore how place and • 33% really like Kesher spatial awareness can elevate our L’Neshama and wish to follow this communal consciousness. Thanks format more often. to all of you who took the time to • Of the 64% who prefer Kesher fill out the survey, and thanks for L’Neshama at least once-a-month, being a rare congregation where you especially enjoy the new and tradition and innovation go hand in varied melodies, the spiritual hand, where productive discomfort feeling and the informal nature of leads us to better engage more this approach. members of our kehillah. • A smaller number of you appreciate the alternate room Oh, one more thing from the setup and repetition of the Amidah. survey: nobody thought services were too short!

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3 EXPLORING OUR NEW SIDDUR Which we will start to use September 3, 2016

Join Beth Am’s clergy as we delve into the exciting and innovative features, interpretations and traditions of our new siddur in its inaugural year. Thursdays, September 8th and 15th 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Beth Am

RSVP to Josh at [email protected]

4 CANTOR’S CORNER Some Take-Aways from the Mission to Spain Cantor Ira Greenstein

In July, Roberta and I hosted a group Some had become Jews-by-choice; of ten from Beth Am, as part of the if nothing else, the Mission teaches Conservative movement Cantors that we should afford these people Assembly Mission to Spain which even greater respect. totaled about 40 cantors along with 275 congregants. The tour The Inquisition & Expulsion included typical tourist sites, but also were a dark time in Jewish enlightening lectures, guided visits, history. and much music. We also heard from Jewish leaders in Madrid and Seville The Spanish Inquisition began in about the current state of Jewish- the mid-1300s and lasted over 450 Spanish relations. years. The Expulsion decree was signed in 1492, but the torment I am compiling a presentation lasted much longer, before and after. about the historical relationship What we saw on the Mission put of Jews and Spain, with pictures an exclamation point on how bad it and some video to give you a flavor was. As we approach Yom Kippur, of the Mission. But I want to use Rheda Becker’s poignant martyrology this column, before High Holy Days service will have new meaning to envelops us, to provide some take- me this year. aways from the trip. Note: To avoid confusion, I am going to label the It was Spain’s loss. area “Spain” even though it has been comprised of many very fluid In retrospect, the Inquisition and kingdoms over the centuries, whose Expulsion were a dark time in monarchies intermarried to forge Spanish history, too. Jews were the peaceful relations (e.g., Ferdinand of intelligentsia of Spain and crucial to Aragon marrying Isabella of Castile). its commerce, when Spain’s actions starting in the 1300’s triggered All Jews are Jews. the emigration of Jews from the peninsula. At the time, Jews were We might distinguish between roughly 20-25% of the population. Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews, but As merchants who came from and we all come from the same genetic related to other sections of the stock. When the second Temple was Mediterranean, and spoke multiple destroyed, some Jews – who were languages, Jews were literate and adept at business – followed trade valuable. Much of the rest of Spain’s routes to Tunisia and ended up residents were illiterate. Spain’s crossing to the Iberian Peninsula. economy ultimately declined to the Others went to Rome or other places point in the 1800s where Spanish in the region, but we are all one. residents could barely survive. The 5 Cantor’s Corner continued Golden Age of Spain may have been contrast was striking. Apparently, supplanted by the gold and silver Barcelona only has about 400 Jewish from the New World, but that was residents today. We toured many not enough to hold the Spanish of the former Jewish quarters in empire together. the country and saw how artifacts are being uncovered and preserved. Spain is proud of its Jewish But we also saw that there were no heritage, more than of its Jews in these Jewish quarters, and modern Jewish residents. in some cases, few remaining Jewish artifacts. Our impression was One of the dichotomies of the bolstered when we met with a Jewish trip became clear in Madrid. One community leader in Seville, where evening, we were received with great 25 Jewish families live. Modern respect at the Casa Sefarad, a center Spain’s population, at least those of Sephardi culture funded and who identify with any religion, is operated entirely by the municipality still over 95% Catholic and the of Madrid. The night after Casa Jews are not yet returning in large Sefarad, we heard from a leader of numbers – perhaps 20-30,000 Madrid’s Jewish community (now total in a country of over 47 totaling around 2,000 people) , who million residents. spoke of the difficulties of living as a Jew in today’s Spain, paying taxes to If this whets your appetite to find support the Catholic church, fights out more, I hope you will attend over cemeteries, and not being able my presentation at Beth Am on to wear a kippah in public. The October 19th at 7pm.

WE’VE MOVED! John Eager Howard Elementrary has moved to 2235 N. Fulton Avenue during construction

Friday, September 2 at 9:30 AM - 11:00AM

Meet the principal and be treated to breakfast! Come check out our new Bookworms location! RSVP: [email protected]

Let your voice be heard! Please complete the Communications Survey enclosed or online at: tinyurl.com/BASCommSurvey

6 The Annual Fund for Beth Am

 .  .     .      .  .  

From every person whose heart is willing take my offering... and make me a holy space that I may dwell among them.

- Exodus 25

Thank you to everyone who answered our call and helped the Annual Fund raise over $400,000 for our 2015-2016/5776 budget. Your generous support helps to assure the continued excellence of our synagogue’s clergy and programs.

7 CONGREGATIONAL LEARNING Rabbi Kelley Gludt

Welcome back—we’ve missed you! have the opportunity to engage in It’s been far too quiet without all a book club and acquire public of the kids in the building and we’re speaking skills. thrilled to have them back for an amazing year of Jewish learning! On Wednesday evenings, the eighth Our kindergarten/first grade class grade class will become important will experience a newly-designed, members of our Minyan Crew as age-appropriate, hands-on curriculum they master the skills necessary to covering Shabbat, holidays, the lead a shiva minyan, along with the Alef-Bet and Jewish values. appropriate social skills and Jewish Our second graders will explore the practices of this valuable mitzvah. wonders of decoding Hebrew with They will also be involved in our the help of our amazing Madrichim exciting joint venture with IFO— Team, high schoolers who work Rites of Passage, a unique curriculum one-on-one with these students to which will bring two communities combine consonants and vowels together to explore issues of identity, and gain fluency. responsibility, and what it means to come of age in today’s world. Following a two-week intensive The ninth graders will spend time Hebrew refresher, the third and discovering how to incorporate the fourth graders will continue to Shoah into their own Jewish theology discover the beauty of Jewish prayer and identity. The tenth and eleventh as they make their way through core graders will have the chance to portions of the service. The fifth master leadership skills, including graders will increase reading fluency non-profit organizations, how to through texts related to their bar or create an agenda, the “right” way to bat mitzvah portion. run a meeting, and the Jewish value behind stepping in and stepping up In Judaics, we will study key aspects as a leader in the Jewish community. of Shabbat though various media Along with all of this, there will be before moving on to mastering Shtetl field trips, special events and guests, Skills, including an introduction to including renowned storyteller, pickle-making, Yiddish and weaving. puppeteer and educator, Marilyn We will learn with our hands about Price, who will help us get a great this unique and important time in start to our year with a family Jewish history. We will cap the year program on Sunday, September 25. with a simulated trip to Israel. She will guide us as we learn how our sacred stories as individuals, Our B’nai Mitzvah class will not only families and a congregation create continue to put Jewish values into sacred space. action working on local social justice projects, but they will go through It’s going to be a powerful year of B’nai Mitzvah Boot Camp to learn Jewish learning, and we can’t wait Jewish life skills. They will also to get started!

8

Camp Tekiah

Hey young people!

Missing camp? Get ready for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur like you’ve never seen it before! Come for singing, yoga, ropes course, tefillah, drama and storytelling. Check your High Holy Day tickets for the camp schedule and to sign up.

9 From Concept to Construction: A Conversation about Beth Am’s Building Plans Sunday, September 25 at 9:30am

Join us for coffee, bagels and conversation with fellow congregants about Beth Am’s building plans.

Meet with architects Charles Alexander and Eric Lewis from Alexander Design Group and members of Beth Am’s Building Task Force, chaired by Ed Hord, as they share the current plan for the synagogue’s renovation and new construction. Your perspective is needed —from educational spaces to entry, from kitchen to chapel— as we begin the next important step for

RSVP BY SEPTEMBER 19: 410-523-2446 or [email protected] The highly anticipated cookbook from Beth Am’s beloved food maven, “In the Kitchen with Harriet, Vol.2” is available.

Hardcover: $25 Paperback: $18 The net proceeds benefit Beth Am.

Order/Reserve your copy today!  410-523-2446 or [email protected]

In the spirit of volunteerism, we would like to invite you to help clean up after Kiddush Lunch. Join our unofficial cleanup crew to make the transition quicker and cleaner than ever before. Make it a mitzvah!

http://tinyurl.com/BethAmKiddush

From time to time Beth Am members ask for help in the following ways: • Rides to shul and events • Rides to doctor appointments • One-Dish Meals for those who are ill • Occasional errands Beth Am’s Congregant to Congregant (C2C) committee wants to provide these services for our members. Please indicate your interest to Joyce Keating: [email protected]

TORAH LEARNING SESSIONS WITH SANDY WINTERS

The Torah study class will begin this fall on Friday September 9. We meet at 9:30 AM at the Heather Ridge Clubhouse which is off of Cross Country Boulevard, just north of Mt. Washington. This year’s topic is “What Can a Midrash do?” We will be examining Midrashic writings, ancient and modern, along with their accompanying Biblical passages. ALL ARE WELCOME; a complete schedule of classes and a learning packet will be available. Each session is self contained, so come when you can! Sign up with Sandy at [email protected]/(410) 598-6397

12 SHUKAN STORE Items are ready to find a new home - yours! Come browse! After hours and special appointment times contact:

Marcia: 410-433-5582 Bonnie: 410-653-2380

BABYSITTERS NEEDED! We need to add to our bench of baby-sitters for Shabbat Yachad and other special events. Learn more about this opportunity by emailing Josh at [email protected]

SANCTUARY SERVICES Our first Sanctuary Services of the New Year will be November 5 Join the “Kiddush Krew” and help make our kiddush buffet extra enticing and delicious! In preparation for our Sanctuary Shabbatot, we ask you to put your culinary skills to work by sharing with the congregation a recipe which no one will be able to resist. Your delectable donation will help Beth Am live up to its motto “Feels like Home.” Sign up: http://tinyurl.com/BethAmKiddush or contact Desiree at [email protected]

Enrollment for The Jewish Discovery Lab 5777/2016-2017 is now open for kindergarten through eleventh grade. Go to www.bethambaltimore.org to enroll online!

CALENDAR COLLECTION We are collecting calendars to send to a synagogue in Spain again. If you have extra 5777 Jewish calendars, please drop them off in the Chapel lobby at Beth Am.

13 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY August 28 29 30 31 September 1 2 3 Rosh Hodesh

9:30am Bookworms 8:45am DIY Torah Study at JEH Elem. 9:30am Kesher Services 7:16pm Candle Lighting 11:15am DIY Shabbat Yachad 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rosh Hodesh 1 Elul 7:00pm Siddur Class 6:30pm BAYITT 8:45am DIY Torah Study 7:30pm Social Action 7:55pm Candle Lighting 9:30am Kesher Services Committee Meeting w/ Bat Mitzvah of Laura Loveland 11:15 am DIY Shabbat Yachad 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 LAB Returns KUSY 7:00pm Siddur Class 6:53pm Candle Lighting 8:45am DIY Torah Study 9:30am Kesher Services 12:00pm Sanctuary 10:15am Junior Reveal Congregaion 11:15am DIY Shabbat Yachad 12:45pm People’s Talmud 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Storytelling Weekend 7:00pm Capital Campaign 12:00 pm Lunch and 7:30pm Newish Jewish 6:42pm Candle Lighting Program Learn Happy Hour (off-site) 8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Kesher Services w/ Ben Cordish’s Bar Mitzvah 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 4:00pm M. Price Program 8:30pm Selichot w/ Dr. P. Schneider 25 26 27 28 29 30 October 1 Storytelling Weekend 6:31pm Candle Lighting 8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Beth Am Building 9:30am Kesher Services Plan Meeting 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 9:30am M. Price w/ LAB 11:00 am High Holy Day Clean Up 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Erev Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Shabbat Shuva 6:20pm Candle Lighting 6:00pm Evening Service 9:00am Shaharit 9:00am Shaharit 8:45am Torah Study 6:28pm Candle Lighting 10:30am Shofar 10:30am Shofar 9:30am Kesher Services 6:00pm Evening Service 6:00pm Evening Service 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 6:28pm Candle Lighting 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Tashlich Kol Nidre Yom Kippur Sukkah Up 9:45am Tashlich 6:00pm Evening Service 9:00am Shaharit 6:09pm Candle Lighting 8:45am Torah Study (see pg. 20) 6:14pm Candle Lighting 11:00am Yizkor 9:30am Kesher L’Neshama 2:00pm Martyrology Poetry Shabbat 4:45pm Minchah 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 6:00pm Ne’ilah 7:15pm Final Shofar SEPTEMBER SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY August 28 29 30 31 September 1 2 3 Rosh Hodesh

9:30am Bookworms 8:45am DIY Torah Study at JEH Elem. 9:30am Kesher Services 7:16pm Candle Lighting 11:15am DIY Shabbat Yachad 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rosh Hodesh 1 Elul 7:00pm Siddur Class 6:30pm BAYITT 8:45am DIY Torah Study 7:30pm Social Action 7:55pm Candle Lighting 9:30am Kesher Services Committee Meeting w/ Bat Mitzvah of Laura Loveland 11:15 am DIY Shabbat Yachad 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 LAB Returns KUSY 7:00pm Siddur Class 6:53pm Candle Lighting 8:45am DIY Torah Study 9:30am Kesher Services 12:00pm Sanctuary 10:15am Junior Reveal Congregaion 11:15am DIY Shabbat Yachad 12:45pm People’s Talmud 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Storytelling Weekend 7:00pm Capital Campaign 12:00 pm Lunch and 7:30pm Newish Jewish 6:42pm Candle Lighting Program Learn Happy Hour (off-site) 8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Kesher Services w/ Ben Cordish’s Bar Mitzvah 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 4:00pm M. Price Program 8:30pm Selichot w/ Dr. P. Schneider 25 26 27 28 29 30 October 1 Storytelling Weekend 6:31pm Candle Lighting 8:45am Torah Study 9:30am Beth Am Building 9:30am Kesher Services Plan Meeting 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 9:30am M. Price w/ LAB 11:00 am High Holy 2016 Day Clean Up 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Erev Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Shabbat Shuva 6:20pm Candle Lighting 6:00pm Evening Service 9:00am Shaharit 9:00am Shaharit 8:45am Torah Study 6:28pm Candle Lighting 10:30am Shofar 10:30am Shofar 9:30am Kesher Services 6:00pm Evening Service 6:00pm Evening Service 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 6:28pm Candle Lighting 5776 ELUL 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 AV Tashlich Kol Nidre Yom Kippur Sukkah Up 9:45am Tashlich 6:00pm Evening Service 9:00am Shaharit 6:09pm Candle Lighting 8:45am Torah Study (see pg. 20) 6:14pm Candle Lighting 11:00am Yizkor 9:30am Kesher L’Neshama 2:00pm Martyrology Poetry Shabbat

4:45pm Minchah 11:15am Shabbat Yachad 6:00pm Ne’ilah 7:15pm Final Shofar BETH AM 5777 AT A GLANCE

RSVP: [email protected] (410) 523-2446, ext.16 KLEI KODESH Musical Kabbalat Shabbat SHABBAT SERVICES Nov. 11* March 17 ARE SATURDAYS AT April 21 June 9 LUNCH 9:30 AM FOLLOWED & BY KIDDUSH LUNCH *menu from In the learn Kitchen with Harriet Monthly on Tuesdays Tashlich on a Boat Sept. 20 Nov. 15 Oct. 9 Dec. 20 Jan. 17 Feb. 21 March 21 Chanukah Party April 25 May 16 Dec. 18

Mitzvah Day Dec. 25 PROGAMS

4th Annual Shabbaton BAYITT March 24 - 26 Second Fridays

Hebrew Marathon Oct. 15* Nov. 12 Sept. 9 Nov. 11* March 9 & 23 Dec.17 Jan. 21 Klei Kodesh Feb. 18 March 18 Dec. 9 Jan. 13 Megillah Reading & April 8 May 13 Feb. 10 March 10 Purim Shpiel June 17 April 14* May 12 March 11 *Poetry Shabbat Pesach

Purim Carnival bayitt.org March 12

Scholar-in-Residence People’s Talmud

March 31 - April 2 Contact Michael Sanow at [email protected] GOT Shabbat May 19 TASTE OF LAB Sept. 17 Dec. 17 Feb. 11 May 13 April 9, 2017 SANCTUARY SERVICES ARE HELD THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH FOLLOWED BY KIDDUSH LUNCH Services in the Park

APRIL 30, 2017 June 30 & August 4

16 UPCOMING EVENTS UPCOMING

We need YOU AED/CPR CLASSES ! We anticipate scheduling AED/CPR Classes between: Date To Be Determined

If you’re interested in certification/re-certification, please contact Josh at [email protected]

17 SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING September 8, 2016 at 7:30pm ALL ARE WELCOME! We address many issues relating to poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, environmental sustainability, literacy and more in the Reservoir Hill community and beyond at the home of Jackie Donowitz, [email protected]. Contact Arthur Shulman if you need a ride to the meeting at [email protected].

THE THRILLAS IN THE MEGILLAS: LUNCH EXPLORING PROVOCATIVE AND PERTINENT learn& THEMES IN OUR FIVE LITURGICAL SCROLLS Fall Schedule: WILL RETURN MONTHLY ON TUESDAYS FROM NOON - 1 PM Join Beth Am congregants and friends for Lunch and Learn September 20 with Rabbi Daniel Burg and Rabbi Kelley Gludt. All are November 15 December 20 welcome. Please bring a fish/dairy lunch. Karin Batterton’s Office• Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Village of Cross Keys • 38 Village Square, Baltimore, MD 21210

DOCTORS & NURSES NEEDED

We are designating seats in the Sanctuary for nurses, doctors, and other health professionals who are willing to be available in one- hour time slots to help in health emergencies that may occur during

the High Holy Days. For short blocks of time they will sit in the designated emergency seats so that ushers can find them quickly. Space is allotted for family members as well. Bill Ravich at 410-323-2341 or If you can participate, please call Henry Feller at 410-523-2446. HIGH HOLY DAYS HIGH HOLY HIGH HOLY DAY CLEAN UP Sunday, September 25, 2016 from 11 am - 1:00 pm Join fellow Beth Am’ers as we prepare the shul for 5777. Help make Beth Am SHINE for the Holy Days! We have indoor and outdoor assignments for volunteers of all physical abilities. Refreshments will be provided. RSVP to Josh at [email protected]/410.523.2446, 16 18 ROSH HASHANAH

Erev Rosh Hashanah: Sunday, October 2 Evening Service 6:00 PM

Rosh Hashanah: Monday, October 3 — Tuesday, October 4 Shaharit 9:00 AM (both days) Shofar 10:30 AM (both days) TASHLICH see details on pg.20 Sunday, October 9 (Baltimore Inner Harbor Spirit Cruise) Boarding Time 9:45 AM Services 10:00 AM YOM KIPPUR Kol Nidre: Tuesday, October 11 Evening Services 6:00 PM

Yom Kippur: Wednesday, October 12 Shaharit 9:00 AM Yizkor 11:00 AM Martyrology 2:00 PM Open Forum (Follows Martyrology) Break Minchah 4:45 PM Ne’ilah 6:00 PM Havdalah/Final Shofar 7:15 PM

Service Start Times Are Fixed – All Other Times are Approximate IMPORTANT!!!

Please Bring Your Ticket, Tallit AND MAHZOR to all Services HIGH HOLY DAYS SCHEDULE DAYS HIGH HOLY HOSTS NEEDED Beth Am is looking for volunteers to host out-of-town guests for the High Holy Days. If you can host or you need to be hosted, please contact Robin with your availability:

Robin Katcoff: [email protected]

19 Enjoy the company of your community as we come together for Tashlich, the ritual of symbolically casting our sins to the water, with song, prayer, learning and a nosh on the Baltimore Spirit Cruise. This event is free, appropriate for all ages and everyone is welcome.

Space is limited, so RSVPs are REQUIRED to Josh at [email protected] by Sunday, October 2.

*Discounted parking with validation for those parking at the Harbor Court Garage inside the Royal Sonesta Hotel, 30 E. Lee Street Boarding is 9:45am at the Baltimore Spirit Cruise Dock

Martyrology 2016 A Beth Am Tradition for Thirty Years Wednesday, October 12 at 2:00 pm Beth Am’s Martyrology Service, led by Rheda Becker, has been a special part of Yom Kippur day for our congregation. This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of Rheda’s enriching our High Holy Day services, where we hear about and remember martyrs from different periods of Jewish history. On Yom Kippur afternoon we will remember Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, author and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who died in July. His words, “For the dead and the living, we must bear witness,” were the inspiration for our Martyrology service. We will speak of his life, his books, his teachings, and his special relationship with Beth Am’s founder and Rebbe, Dr. Louis L. Kaplan.

The Martyrology Service will begin at 2:00 p.m. followed by the Open Forum

20 BIMAH FLOWERS Would you like to co-sponsor the High Holy Day Bimah flowers in memory of a loved one? Please contact Josh: 410.523.2446, ext 16 or email at josh@ bethambaltimore.org SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE SHAKE THAT LULAV… Please complete your sponsorship by: September 16, 2016 Order a Lulav & Etrog of Your Very Own!

HIGH HOLY DAY Adult Set $40.00 Child Set $28.00 SEATING Please place your order no later Reserve your seats for the than September 20, 2016 High Holy Days! Fill out the form and pay online: tinyurl.com/HHSeats2016 Name______Deadline for Priority Seating has passed. Phone______

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Fill out form and mail with your check to: Beth Am Synagogue Do a mitzvah for the High Holy Days 2501 Eutaw Place and donate some time to be an usher. Baltimore, MD 21217 Volunteers are especially needed for or call Nakia at 410-523-2446 the first shift beginning at 8:45am. for assistance.

Contact David Drager-Davidoff: [email protected]

21 Beth Am’s publications wouldn’t be possible without the help and generosity of our proofreaders & photographers:

Proofreaders- Sarajane Greenfeld Betty Seidel

Photographers- Jim Burger Aaron Levin Michael Temchine Siobhan O’Brien TODAH RABAH!

Held after Kiddush lunch, congregants share their personal interpretation of what Judaism means to them and how they integrate Judaism into their daily lives.

If you are interested in sharing your Jewish journey, please contact intentionally blank Michael Sanow at [email protected].

22 PRAYER BOOK/SIDDURIM FORM You may dedicate/re-dedicate a siddur in honor or memory of a loved one, including placement of a bookplate in the siddur. From now until 12/31/16, as long as we have undedicated siddurim, they will be available at a reduced price: Standard Lev Shalem Siddur Eit Ratzon $36, effective 1/1/17 $48 $54, effective 1/1/17 $65 Large print Lev Shalem Sim Shalom (weekday) FORMS $72, effective 1/1/17 $85 $36, effective 1/1/17 $48 Which book(s) you wish to dedicate: ______How many:_____ Your contact phone number: ______

Email:______

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MEMORIAL PLAQUE FORM

Memorial Plaques are added to the Beth Am Memorial Tablets in the Sanctuary lobby. please complete this form to place your order. *Plaques that were ordered by July 15 are expected to be dedicated on Yom Kippur COST PER PLAQUE: $595

I would like to order ______plaques. At $595 each (total): ______

Option 1: Order plaque(s)

______Your Name English Name of the Deceased

______Address (line 1) His/Her relationship to you

______Address (line 2) English Date of Death (month, date, year)

______Phone Hebrew Date of Death (month, date, year)

Please indicate the time of death: ______AM ______PM Option 2: Reserve plaque(s) ______I would like to pre-order a Your Name “Reserved” plaque(s). ______Quantity Phone Questions? Call Nakia at 410-523-2446 or email her at [email protected] Questions? Call Nakia at 410-523-2446 23 PRAYER BOOK/SIDDURIM FORM cont. The name(s) of those people you wish to: HONOR: MEMORIALIZE:

1. ______1. ______

2. ______2. ______

3. ______3. ______

4. ______4. ______

Return form(s) to: Beth Am Synagogue 2501 Eutaw Place Baltimore, Maryland 21217

or

Fax (410) 523-1729

Checks are made payable to: Beth Am Synagogue

24 As a kindness to neighbors without parking pads or garages, please park in the Beth Am parking lot behind the Esplanade Apartments - unless you have mobility or accessibility concerns. The lot is accessible from Brooks Lane and Beth Am’s spaces are designated by blue stripes. Take care to park only in the Beth Am spaces to avoid being towed (at your expense).

PRAYERS FOR HEALING MAZEL TOV Gloria Askin Warren McFarlane on the birth of his Stephanie Whippo fourth grandson, Travoy McFarlane Miriam Davidoff Carolann Cory David and Jill Paulson are the proud Robert Young grandparents of Reid Paulson Eisenman Lynn Kapiloff (son of Dana and Matt Eisenman) Ralph Dinsdale Gavriel Haskins John Martin Marks 70+ BIRTHDAYS Peggye Remilleux Murray Rose Mark Joseph 01-Sept Cole DeLorme Georgia Parker 02-Sept Joshua Simon Al Honick 03-Sept Koby Gruenwald Murray Sachs 03-Sept Christine Fletcher Miriam Joseph 05-Sept Frank Rosenstein Lynn Rubin 07-Sept Lenore Berman Jill Sommer 07-Sept Marvin Berman Margaret Rome 08-Sept Ned Pollard Wilbert Sirota 10-Sept Burton Gold Michael Sanow 11-Sept Merle Sachs Herschel Langenthal 12-Sept Murray Sachs S. Robert Fleishman 15-Sept Donald Allen Nelson Hyman 17-Sept Hilda Coyne Julian Lapides 17-Sept Vickie Dorf Doreen Rosenthal 17-Sept Fran Kanterman Jacquelyn Fried 18-Sept Robin Leidner Celia Sroelov 20-Sept Ronald Reifler 24-Sept Ilene Becker 25-Sept 50+ ANNIVERSARIES H. Stanley Levy 26-Sept Jeffrey Austin 27-Sept Paul & Paula Hollinger 16-Sept Irma Weinstein 30-Sept COMMUNITY NEWS

RECENT DEATHS Carol Traub Lottie Green, mother of Meg Berman Sophie Holin Shirley Sternberg, aunt of Sharon Zamkoff Herb Mirsky, brother-in-law of Sharon Zamkoff Melvin Siegel, father of Michael Siegel (Jamie Harris) 25 Thank you!CONTRIBUTIONS Building Preservation & Ritual Enhancement Fund Judy & Hersh Langenthal in memory of Elaine Snyder, wife of Sol Snyder Joseph Adler & Judith Sachward in memory of Leonard Sachs, husband of Lainy LeBow-Sachs General Fund Shelly & Jeff Hettleman in memory of Leonard Sachs, husband of Lainy LeBow-Sachs JULY Ellen Patz in memory of her sister, Susan, on her yahrzeit Student Scholarship Fund David Schimmel in memory of his uncle, Sidney Sakols, on his yahrzeit Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Ellen & Mordecai Blaustein in honor of Winnie & Neal Borden, on their 50th anniversary Shirley Braverman in memory of her brother, Philip Goldman, on his yahrzeit Ellen, William & Lawrence Heller in memory of her father and their grandfather, Benjamin Moses, on his yahrzeit Ellen & Jeff Spokes in memory of her grandmother, Katherine Andrew, on her yahrzeit Social Action Fund Ellen, William & Lawrence Heller in memory of her father and their grandfather, Benjamin Moses, on his yahrzeit Tiny Tots Shabbat Fund Gary Rosner & Naomi Goldstick Rosner in memory of his mother, Ethel Rosner, on her yahrzeit

Make donations online to acknowledge life cycle events, the Annual Fund & special occasions. bethambaltimore.org/donate/

26 FUND DESIGNATION Accessibility Fund - Used to make the facility Garden Fund - Beautifies grounds accessible to those with impaired physical General Fund - Applied to the abilities operating budget of the congregation Adult Education Fund - Supports I. William Schimmel Student Scholarship educational programs for all adults Fund - Assists students in their educational BAYITT Fund - Beth Am’s Young Adult pursuits Initiative for 20’s and 30’s Kiddush Fund - Used for luncheons Building Preservation and Ritual following Sabbath and holiday services Enhancement Fund - Supports the Prayer Book Fund - Supports the preservation and renovation of the building purchase of prayer books and dedication and the ritual items prayer books Cantor’s Discretionary Fund - Allows the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund - Allows the Cantor to support special programs and Rabbi to support special programs and individuals in need individuals in need Educator’s Discretionary Fund - Social Action Fund - Supports social action Allows the Educator to support special activities in the Reservoir Hill area and the programs and individuals in need general community Etta & Louis L. Kaplan Education Fund Tiny Tots Shabbat Fund - Supports Shabbat Supports the purchase of furniture, equipment programs for our preschoolers and capital improvements for the Jewish Discovery Lab Youth & Teen Education Support Fund - Supports educational programs for all of Beth Floral Fund - Beautifies the Bimah Am’s youth

ACKNOWLEDGE THE OCCASION THROUGH BETH AM We encourage all congregants to send their contribution requests directly to Nakia Davis, [email protected] so they can be processed in a timely manner. Online donations available at our website bethambaltimore.org/donate/

First & Last Name(s): ______

______If your contribution is from a couple or family, please list all names (use additional paper if necessary)

Telephone: (______) ______- ______

Address: ______

City/State/Zip: ______

Date: ______Amount of Donation: ______($18 minimum requested; please make checks payable to Beth Am)

Fund Designation______

In honor/memory/appreciation of ______Send Acknowledgement Card To:

Name: ______

Address: ______

City/State/Zip: ______2501 Eutaw Place Baltimore, MD 21217

Beth Am Synagogue is a member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Look for the USCJ on-line at: www.uscj.org.

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