JEWISH FEDERATION OF MADISON September 2013 Tishrei 5774
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Jewish Federation Upcoming Events ...... 5 Jewish Education ...... 10-11 Business, Professional & Service Directory ...... 24 Simchas & Condolences ...... 6 Jewish Social Services...... 18-20 Rosh Hashanah Greetings...... 25-29, 32 Congregation News ...... 8-9 Lechayim Lights ...... 21-23 Israel & The World ...... 34-35 Lynn Kaplan Named Passport to Jewish Life Financial Resource $500 Available to Eligible Households The Passport Gift can be used towards programs or organizations Development Director such as, but not limited to: • Gan HaYeled Preschool BY DINA WEINBACH The Jewish Federation of Madison • Chug Ivrit (JFM) is excited to announce the Passport • Camp Shalom Executive Director to Jewish Life Program! Thanks to gener- • Midrasha We are thrilled to announce that Lynn ous private donations, this exciting pro- • Yonim Kaplan has been named the Financial gram is aimed at engaging community • Madison Jewish Community Day Resource Development Director for the members in the wonderful programs the School Jewish Federation of Madison. Lynn has Madison-area Jewish community has to • Introductory synagogue membership been working at the Jewish Federation offer. Individuals or families in the Madi- fees of Madison (JFM) since 1999. Prior to son-area who meet the following criteria • Madison-area adult Jewish Education her employment, Lynn graduated from are eligible for a gift of up to $500 (one programs (e.g. offered by synagogues, the JFM Future Directions Young Lead- gift per household) to be used for tuition UW, Hillel, Chabad, etc.) ership Program, chaired the Hava Nagila or fees at Madison-area Jewish programs The Passport Gift cannot be used Jewish Community Picnic committee, (see examples below). towards: and was a member of the Jewish Educa- Your household is eligible for a Pass- • Overnight camp tuition tion Panel. Lynn and her husband, Dan, port to Jewish Life gift if: • A trip to Israel unless the trip is organ- chaired the Tzedakah Campaign for two In the past two years, members of your ized by JFM or one of its beneficiaries, years and were the recipients of the household have not participated in the after other scholarship funds have been Miriam Singer Sulman Young Leader- major fee-based programs sponsored by used ship Award in 2000. the JFM (e.g. Gan HaYeled Preschool, • Goodman Aquatic Center member- Lynn was hired in 1999 as the Direc- Chug Ivrit, Camp Shalom Midrasha, ships tor of Camp Shalom. This was a time of Yonim) or its beneficiaries (e.g. Madison Each eligible household will receive up transition for camp as the move from Jewish Community Day School) or has to $500 to be used towards a qualified pro- Olin Park to the Irwin A. and Robert D. not been a member of a Madison-area syn- gram or organization. Goodman Jewish Community Campus agogue. The gift funds will be distributed in Verona was taking place. Within three Lynn Kaplan Some guidelines for the Passport Gift directly to the qualified program or organ- years of the move, the Minkoff Center funds are as follows: (Continued on page 4) and the Goodman Aquatic Center were time, the preschool has had record years both built. Under Lynn’s leadership, the of enrollment. Lynn has fostered a work transition went smoothly and program- environment that is supportive of pro- ming in the new facilities took shape. Join us at the fessional growth and development. Her Positions for a Teva (nature) and tenure has seen staff longevity that is Omanut (art) specialist were created and unprecedented in the preschool commu- programming at camp was expanded. 2013 Annual Tzedakah nity. She has introduced enrichment pro- Lynn was also instrumental in planning grams like Jump Bunch (a preschool and hosting the 50th anniversary festiv- sports program), yoga, and Schmooze Campaign Kickoff ities for Camp Shalom. and Tunes with the Music Together pro- In 2005, Lynn was hired as the Direc- Featuring comedian and author gram. Lynn is highly regarded in the tor of the Hilde L. Mosse Gan HaYeled preschool and has developed relation- Preschool. She has been in that position JOEL CHASNOFF ships with staff, parents and children for the past eight years. During this alike that will be cherished for years. Outside of her employment responsi- Sunday, September 22nd bilities in the Jewish community, Lynn 5:45 p.m. Doors open • 6:00 p.m. Dinner serves on the Board of Directors for the Speedy and Honey Altman Memorial 7:00 p.m. Entertainment Camp Foundation and is a member of
PAID the National Charity League. She has Full Compass Systems been a member of the Camp Shalom Madison, Wis. Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE Permit No.Permit 1341 Scholarship Fundraising Committee for Headquarters the past six years and was one of the (9770 Silicon Prairie founding committee members of the Parkway, Madison) Jewish Burial Association of Madison. Lynn was very active as a board member for The Road Home for five years and was heavily involved in fundraising for the organization. Lynn and Dan’s children, Charlie and Julia, were Gan HaYeled students and Camp Shalom campers and are currently Midrasha students. Charlie was also a See the back page of this issue of Madison Jewish News for details member of the Camp Shalom staff this summer. Lynn’s knowledge and experi- RSVP to [email protected] ence in the Federation’s major programs or call 278-1808 to reserve your seats (Continued on page 6) JEWISH FEDERATION OF MADISON JEWISH FEDERATION 6434 Enterprise Lane Madison, Wisconsin 53719 Change Service Requested jewishmadison.org The central information source for the entire Madison Jewish community
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Passport Continued from page 1 ization by the JFM. x232 for an application. The Passport Gift Approval of the program or organiza- funds are available September 2013 and tion will be at the discretion of the JFM. will be distributed until they are gone! In- Interested in applying for the Passport dividuals/families may apply for a second Get involved in the ‘13 Program? Please contact Ellen Weismer, $500 Passport gift, if funds remain, after 1 Tzedakah Campaign! [email protected] or 278-1808 year has lapsed from the initial award. Looking for a way to get involved and help out? The Jewish Federation of Madison The Jewish Federation of Madison is in need of Innovation Panel volunteers to help out with various projects this Request For Proposals 2013 campaign season. Please contact Lynn Kaplan at Calling All Jewish Social Entrepreneurs! [email protected] The Jewish Federation of Madison Innovation Panel (JFMIP) is pleased to an- if you can share your time with us. nounce that we are now accepting proposals for new, innovative Jewish commu- nity projects beginning September 2013. Supported by a board designated endowment fund as a result of an anonymous bequest, JFMIP will award up to $28,000 annually to deserving, creative initiatives for Madison’s Jewish commu- nity. This fund will be available for three years, 2013-2016, before it may be re- directed by JFM Board of Directors. Grants will be made on a semi-annual basis. The first proposal and deadline cycle begin September 30, 2013. Submissions are due by 5:00 pm CST on Monday, September 30, 2013 and should be submitted The Jewish Federation of Madison is seeking a electronically to [email protected]. A second round of submissions will Jewish Community Outreach Coordinator be accepted on March 3, 2014. We are looking for an enthusiastic, energetic, engaging individual who will serve as the “Community Concierge” for all things Jewish in Madison and the surrounding area. The coordinator will: • Have extensive knowledge of the broad Jewish community, programs and Plan your next event at UW-Hillel institutions. • Act as a Jewish community resource and connect individuals and families with The Barbara Hochberg Center the menu of opportunities available to live Jewishly in the Madison area. for Jewish Student Life • Engage Jewish residents of the Madison area in Jewish community activities, by 611 Langdon Street, Madison, WI 53703 proactively seeking out individuals and families that are not currently engaged, Weddings & Receptions • Private Parties getting to know what they are looking for in programs, and helping connect them with activities and organizations. Special Events • Business Meetings • Develop effective outreach programs. Catering is available through Café O and ZILLI Hospitality Group • Reach out to Madison-area institutions, businesses and organizations to inform their members and employees about the opportunities for engagement with the www.uwhillel.org Jewish community. Contact: [email protected] • 608-256-8361 x705 • Oversee a ”Welcome to Jewish Madison” Committee that will reach out to new families and individuals, host Shabbat and holiday dinners, answer questions about the Jewish community, etc. • Report regularly to the Jewish Federation of Madison Executive Director, Program Director and programming committees about feedback from the voices in the community. • Help ensure the Jewish Federation of Madison, its beneficiaries, and partner organizations nurture new relationships through follow-up and personalized invitations to next-step programming. • Reinstate programs such as Shalom Madison and Shalom Baby, including personal delivery to families and those who are new to the area. Published monthly by • Modify existing programs to incorporate outreach best practices used to engage the disengaged. JEWISH FEDERATION OF MADISON 6434 Enterprise Lane, Madison, Wisconsin 53719 Job Qualifications include but are not limited to: 608-278-1808 | Fax: 608-278-7814 • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. JewishMadison.org | [email protected] • Outgoing personality and willingness to reach out individually by phone, email, in public presentations, etc. Deborah Minkoff, President • A non-judgmental approach and sensitivity toward Jewish communal diversity and the wide variety of Jewish expression and practice in Madison and the Dina Weinbach, Executive Director surrounding areas Andrea Stein, Editorial and Advertising Manager • Experience developing programs. Brenda Carlson, Advertising Design and Layout • Self-motivated and a willingness to take initiative. 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Come to The Jewish Federation of Madison is planning a trip to Israel November 4th through 13th, around the General Assembly, the conference Israel! of the Jewish Federations of North America (Nov. 10-13). This will be a wonderful opportunity to see Israel.
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The 2013-14 Yonim Israeli Dance Season Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffman to Lecture is about to begin! to Madison Jewish Community Information Meeting: Saturday, September 28 Sunday, September 8, 3:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street Beth Israel Center 1406 Mound Street, Madison Save the Dates: The community is invited to arrive at Sundays: September 8th and 15th 7:45 p.m. for Havdalah Try-it Days – Come see what Yonim is all about. No dance experience necessary! For more information, please contact Laura Toso at [email protected] Oftentimes, science and religion are presented as at odds with each other – however, Nobel Laureate and author Roald Hoffmann argues that this is not the case. “We have one world, one in which science and culture coexist and interact,” he says. Drawing from the 1997 text he co- wrote with Israeli engineer Shira Lei- bowitz Schmidt, Old Wine, New Flasks: Reflections on Science and Jewish Tradi- Roald Hoffman. Photo by Clemens tion, Hoffmann will present his work to Loew. the Madison Jewish community on Satur- day, Sept. 28 while in Madison to make several appearances at the Wisconsin Science Festival (for more information on the festival, go to www.wiscifest.org). In his lecture, “Indigo, A Tale of Craft, Religion, History, Science, and Cul- ture,” the author will discuss how the blue pigment “has served remarkably to intertwine craft, fashion, religion, power, and science” across time. With the assistance of pleasing visuals, he will lecture on indigo’s uses in everything from ancient Israeli ritual and rebellion to pre-Columbian cultures and today’s Annual Tzedakah Campaign Kickoff with clothing industry in order to show how acts of science also carry spiritual Comedian and Writer Joel Chasnoff import. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to learn from one of the world’s bright- Sunday, September 22 est scholars in our very own community. The event is co-sponsored by the Jew- 5:45 p.m. Doors open ish Federation of Madison, UW Hillel, Beth Israel Center, Temple Beth El, 6:00 p.m. Dinner Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, Jewish Social Services and Hadassah. It is 7:00 p.m. Entertainment free and open to the public. Full Compass Systems Headquarters 9770 Silicon Prairie Parkway, Madison
Join us to kick off the 2013 Annual Tzedakah Campaign at this complimentary Come to Israel with the Jewish Federation of Madison! evening of dinner, laughter, and philanthropy! November 4-13 We welcome the entire community to this ex- citing event. Dinner will be catered by Full The Jewish Federation of Madison is planning a trip to Israel this November Compass’ own Executive Chef Don Olsen. around the General Assembly, the conference of the Jewish Federations of North After dinner, enjoy a premier performance America. This will be a wonderful opportunity to see Israel. Please contact the by comedian and writer Joel Chasnoff. A na- Jewish Federation of Madison for more information at 608-278-1808 or israel@ tive of Evanston, Illinois, Joel made his stage jewishmadison.org. Come be a part of this amazing trip! debut at age 10, when he played the King of Siam in the Solomon Schechter Day School’s Hebrew version of “ The King and I”. Nine years later, Joel tried stand-up for the first time when he performed a thirty-minute set at Smokey Joe’s on the University of Penn- sylvania campus. Several years later, Joel has stage and screen credits in eight countries. In February 2010, Simon and Schuster published Joel’s comedic memoir, 188th Crybaby Brigade, about his year as a combat soldier in the Israeli Army. The book made the Denver Post bestseller list. Joel’s comedy is a smart mix of personal anecdotes and keen observational humor, centered around the theme of the absurd- ity of modern American life. When he’s not on tour, Joel teaches stand-up comedy at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. This will be a laugh out loud and inspiring event that you will not want to miss. We hope you will be able to join us for this special evening which will include an update about the local and worldwide needs funded by the Jewish Federation of Madison’s Tzedakah Campaign. Special thanks to Susan and Jonathan Lipp of Full Compass Systems for gener- ously hosting this event again this year. Although the program is open to the entire community, dinner seating is limited and reservations are required as seating will be assigned. Please RSVP no later than Wednesday, Sept. 11th at [email protected]. Please register early. For more information call 608-278-1808 or email [email protected]. Attending this event implies a commitment to donate to the 2013 Annual Tzedakah Campaign.
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BY BETH GLASER Israel for a while and I feel very con- What further good do you hope to nected to Israel, and it's great to have a accomplish through your involvement? Madison Jewish News Summer Intern Shaliach here. It’s really important to I have big plans - I feel like I’m just help share that message of what’s going warming up! I’m expecting a baby Tell us about your involvement with the on Israel. The needs in Israel are just as November 1, so we have three teenagers Jewish Federation of Madison. great, if not greater, than the needs here. and we’re also going to have a newborn I recently joined the Overseas Panel - I appreciate being able to educate the […] so just trying to create a better world the main things we work on are how community about that story. for the next generation. My husband is much money to allocate overseas. So very involved in teen programming and after the Madison Jewish Federation Have your experiences taught you any youth programming through NFTY, and does its fundraising for the year, we fig- lessons you’d like to share? also through our temple, he’s very in- ure out from that what percentage will I’ve learned a lot about how deep the volved with all sorts of family program- stay locally in Madison and what per- roots are here for the Madison Jewish ming like the temple retreat. I’m hoping Please tell us a little more about your- centage will go overseas to help people community. People have lived here for to leave this world better than the way I self. in Israel and Jews around the world. And generations and feel very connected to found it, and one of my priorities is to My parents were very active in Jew- within that percentage, how we want to Madison, which is beautiful, and then give Tzedakah each year. ish Federation (still are) in Rhode Island, allocate the money – which includes the there are also a lot of transplants who've so I think I got it from them. Something Shaliach program, and new this year we moved here in the last thirty years, who Are you involved in the Madison people don’t usually know about me is are exploring a partnership city with a are also becoming a part of the leadership community in other ways? that I’m a six time triathlete and I did the city in Israel. I’m also speaking at the here. So that’s been pretty eye opening I’m a member of both Beth El (where Door County Century Ride last year, Tzedkah Campaign Kickoff Event on for me! And people here are really pas- I’m organizing a trip to Israel for next which is a 100 mile bike ride. I’m also September 22 – the main thing I’m going sionate about being Jewish and being August) and Beth Israel. I also do go to the founding director of Gesher City, to talk about is the importance of under- connected to the community. Everybody Shaarei Shamayim occasionally as well. which connects Jewish young adults with standing the needs of Jews in the former that I know, I see them in multiple Jewish I’m pretty involved also with the Inter- Jewish life right after college. Soviet Union. places – I see them at the Federation, faith Coalition for Worker Justice and I then I see them at Temple Beth El, then I do online learning with the Conservative How do you define the word “Mensch?” What have you found most rewarding see them at Beth Israel Center, then I see Yeshiva in Jerusalem to study Mishnah. My grandparents, my Bubbe and about your experiences? them at the Hava Nagila Picnic. People I went to the first event last week with Zadie, spoke Yiddish, so a Mensch I love the idea of having a partnership are not just involved at one level; they’re Jews Next Dor and I’m also an active would be what they wanted me to be – a with a city in Israel. I personally lived in usually involved at multiple levels. member of the Madison Minyan. role model. Nobel Laureate Roald Hoffman to Lecture to Madison Jewish Community
BY BETH GLASER www.wiscifest.org). El, Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, In his lecture, “Indigo, A Tale of Jewish Social Services and Hadassah, Madison Jewish News Summer Intern Craft, Religion, History, Science, and begins at 8 p.m and will take place at Often times, science and religion are Culture,” the author will discuss how Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street. presented as at odds with each other, the blue pigment “has served remark- It is free and open to the public. however, Nobel Laureate and author ably to intertwine craft, fashion, reli- For anyone interested, the commu- Roald Hoffmann argues that this is not gion, power, and science” across time. nity is invited to arrive at 7:45 PM for the case. “We have one world, one in With the assistance of pleasing visuals, Havdallah. which science and culture coexist and he will lecture on indigo’s uses in Roald Hoffman. Photo by Gary Hodges. interact,” he says. everything from ancient Israeli ritual Drawing from the 1997 text he co- and rebellion to pre-Columbian cultures wrote with Israeli engineer Shira Lei- and today’s clothing industry in order to bowitz Schmidt, Old Wine, New Flasks: show how acts of science also carry Reflections on Science and Jewish Tra- spiritual import. dition, Hoffmann will present his work Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to the Madison Jewish community on to learn from one of the world’s bright- Saturday, Sept. 28 while in Madison to est scholars in our very own commu- make several appearances at the Wis- nity. The event, co-sponsored by the consin Science Festival (for more infor- Jewish Federation of Madison, UW mation on the festival, please go to Hillel, Beth Israel Center, Temple Beth Simchas & Condolences Mazel Tov on the engagement of: Continued from page 1 Lynn Kaplan Sara Amber Maier, daughter of Louise Goldstein (Bruce Thomadsen) and Gary Maier (Sandy Collins) to Andrew Evan Kushner, son of Erica Serlin and Ken as both a parent and a professional will her relationship with all the Gan Kushner; and be invaluable in her new role as our de- HaYeled families and meeting, getting Jeff Levy to Annette Durkin. velopment director. to know and connecting with other Lynn has loved being the Director of members of the community as she Mazel Tov on the marriage of: Gan HaYeled for the past eight years moves into her new assignment. Daniel Ostrov, son of Michael and Karen Ostrov, to Stephanie Cole. and will certainly miss it. Leaving the Please join the Jewish Federation of position is bittersweet, but she will not Madison in welcoming Lynn to her new Mazel Tov on the birth of: be far away. Lynn is excited about this position as Financial Resource Develop- Samuel Charles Center, son of Seth and Maureen Center and grandson of Sue new opportunity to work in the Madison ment Director. and Chuck Center; Jewish community in a different role. Lynn can be reached at lkaplan@jew- Alana Madison Ries, daughter of Stephanie and David Ries and granddaughter of She is looking forward to continuing ishmadison.org or 608-278-1808. Gary and Judy Ries; Chana Matusof, daughter of Rabbi Avremel and Mushkie Matusof, granddaughter of Rabbi Yona and Faygie Matusof; and Davis Peregrine Culbert, son of Alex Lyon and Patrick Culbert.
Condolences to the family of: Helen Hefty, mother-in-law of Laurel (Bert) Hefty; site planners Dennis Moskol, brother of Maureen Moskol and uncle of Stacy (Geri) Goldman; landscape architects garden designers Anita Shrago, wife of Earl Shrago; James “Jimmy” Levenson, father of Barry (Patti) Levenson; 831.5098 Stephen Potash, brother of Pam (Howard) Erlanger; zdainc.com Sean Sasser, brother-in-law of Dan (Lynn) Kaplan; and Annette Howards, mother of Laurel (Bert) Hefty. September 2013 Madison Jewish News/7 Anne Shlimovitz Hired as Online Communications Manager The Jewish Federation of Madison is nity. Please join us in welcoming Anne to pleased to announce that Anne the Federation staff. Shlimovitz has been hired for the position of Online Communications Manager. Meet Your JFM Staff... Anne grew up in Milwaukee and moved from New York to Madison a year ago with her family. She brings a vast amount of experience to her new position in re- Lynne Ballesta gard to website design and management, online marketing and project manage- BY BETH GLASER ment. Anne and her partner, Tim, own Madison Jewish News Summer Intern Pixel Juice Productions, a full service digital production company. How long have you worked for the Anne started her new postion on Federation? August 14th and can be reached at on- I have been the Administrative [email protected]. Assistant for a little over a year. Anne is excited to put her experience and skills to use for the Jewish Federation What’s a current project you are of Madison and sees it as a wonderful involved with? way to get to know the Jewish commu- Anne Shlimovitz The big thing that I’m at the end of is Camp Shalom registration. It started March 6, and it’s been a big learning curve and very interesting, Project Lunch Was and now camp is over. I also do work on all of the programs – I keep track of the registration, enrollment and a Great Success! billing for Gan HeYeled, Camp This year, the Temple Beth El Social The camp staff really appreciated being Shalom, Midrasha, Chug Ivrit – I’m past president of Temple Beth Action Committee created Project Lunch, able to provide healthy options to chil- everything. El Sisterhood. I’m presently co-chair a mitzvah project that reached out to peo- dren who did not have food available. of the Caring Committee for Temple ple right here in our own community at The campers were so grateful and having What has been your favorite memory Beth El. I’m also the Area Director Camp Shalom. a healthy lunch made their days even bet- while working for the Federation? for the Midwest for the Sisterhood, so One of the main goals of Camp ter! A really fun memory is when we that’s all the sisterhoods in Wisconsin. Shalom is to make sure that children have The TBE Social Action Committee had a Hanukkah party. A couple of I meet with them and discuss any a safe place to spend their summers. The would like to thank the following volun- people made latkes and everybody problems. I’m still very involved on Camp Shalom scholarship fund makes teers for making lunches: Amy Fields, brought food the week before the the local level with the Sisterhood camp accessible to children regardless of Andrea Steinberger, Barbie Swerin, party. Yehonatan (our previous shali- too. financial need. For one reason or another Betsy Abramson, Carol Ottenstein, Cathy ach) had little games every day and it many campers come to camp everyday Rotter, Elizabeth Walter, Georgia Wag- just made the whole week special. What would people be surprised to without a healthy lunch. Project Lunch ner, Jean Singer, Judith Herstand, Judith learn about you? was created to ensure that these campers Rothschild, Judy Reis, Karin Horler, What do you find most rewarding Years ago, I was a Vista worker were provided with a nutritious lunch. Kathy Mazur, Laurie Roman, Marcia about your work at the Federation? (AmeriCorps). I worked for the Thanks to the kindness of the Temple Vandercook, Mary Fulton, Missy Sos- Especially with camp, there’s a lot Hunger Task Force in Colombus, Beth El volunteers, Project Lunch was a man, Nan Youngerman, Rozan Anderson, of helping people to get forms filled Ohio on hunger issues and worked huge success. They were able to provide Staci Rieder, and Stefanie Kushner. out – people are nervous for the first with lobbyists there. 10 nutritious lunches to children at Camp We would also like to thank Whole time sending their children to camp. Shalom every day of camp this summer. Foods for contributing 3 days of lunches. To be able to help calm their fears is Please tell us a little more about great. Overall, it’s helping the people yourself. who come in and making sure what- I graduated from the University of ever experience they’ve had with us Wisconsin-Madison, and I’ve been is a good experience. here since then, except for a couple Hadassah’s Madison Chapter years. I have two daughters. My old- Are you involved in the Madison est daughter lives in Brooklyn and my Fall Kickoff Event is Sept. 29 community (Jewish or not) in any younger daughter is living in Madi- other ways? son. Join Hadassah’s own Andrea Carvin email us at: Madison.Chapter @Hadas- on Sunday, September 29th from 3-5 pm sah.org for an afternoon of stress relief, health and wellness. Andrea will guide us through the use of natural remedies to maintain or restore your health. We are The Jewish Federation of Madison fortunate to have Andrea share her wealth expresses its appreciation to these of knowledge with over 25 years of ex- perience as an occupational therapist with individuals who recently made a a specialty in stress relief, an executive and personal life and wellness coach, tribute donation to honor someone reiki master, educator and author. The or celebrate a special occasion event will be held on the beautiful shores of Lake Mendota, at the home of Ruth In honor of Frances Weinstein’s birthday Siegel, 4930 Lake Mendota Dr. Please RSVP to Suzanne Wolf at 608-833-8338 Steve Morrison and Goldie Kadushin no later than September 23rd. A $12 pro- gram fee is payable at the event. For In honor of Don and Kathy Miner’s 40th Anniversary more information please visit our website Maureen Miner www.hadassah.org/MadisonWisconsin or Andrea Carvin In honor of Ghita Bessman’s birthday TTHE BEST CARE ... Steve Morrison and Goldie Kadushin In memory of Harvey Malofsky POSSIBLE Rod Bina and Coletta Mulvihill Bina In memory of Sheldon Leibowitz CareCare & Support ThrThroughough the Amy and Marty Fields Stages of Serious Illness 800-553-4289 agrace.org 8/Madison Jewish News September 2013 Congregation News Temple Beth El • Congregation Shaarei Shamayim • Beth Israel Center
Shabbat Dinner in the East Side Sukkah Hop Beth Israel Sukkah Sunday, September 22 Beth Israel Center Friday, September 20 This annual event is tentatively sched- Searching for lively social events, dy- ([email protected]) with A combination of Rabbi Ben-Gideon's uled to begin in the afternoon. namic educational programming and any questions. fifth annual Shabbat-Sukkot dinner for ruach-filled services? Looking for a young adults and Madison Minyan's Simchat Torah Dinner warm community that is informed by tra- Tashlikh Nosh monthly gathering, this joint program & Party dition and actively and meaningfully en- Thursday, September 5 aims to connect young adults with each Thursday, September 26 gaged with the broader community and Come to Vilas Beach at 5:00pm, enjoy other and others in our community. Con- Enjoy a festive dinner before services world? Try Beth Israel Center! All of a nosh sponsored by our Membership tact Rabbi Ben-Gideon (rabbi@bethis- and hakafot! We're bringing in kosher our events are open to the entire commu- Committee, and toss your sins into Lake raelcenter.org) or Gideon Klionsky deli from Romanian in Chicago! Cost is nity, and we sponsor and host a variety of Wingra during the Tashlikh service. ([email protected]) with ques- $8/person, maximum $36/family. RSVP workshops, study groups, classes and so- tions. by September 12 via email to office cial events each month. MOUSY Rosh Hashanah @bethisraelcenter.org or call 256-7763. In addition to traditional services on Bikepath Sukkah Hop Beth Israel members may have the fee Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Gift Bags Sunday, September 8 Saturday, September 21 added to their accounts. For others, pay- Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah, MOUSY joins other high school Start Shabbat afternoon with lunch ment confirms your reservation. Beth Israel offers many opportunities to youth groups, in conjunction with Jewish after services in the BIC sukkah, then celebrate and get to know each other dur- Social Services, in the mitzvah of putting stroll along the SW bike/pedestrian path, Please visit www.bethisraelcenter.org ing the fall holidays. together and delivering Rosh Hashanah visit a few more, and end up at the Pol- or call (608) 256-7763 for more informa- gift bags to Jewish seniors. lacks’ sukkah by dinnertime. tion. High Holiday Youth Program - Rosh Hashanah MOUSY Kadima Veg-Out and Yom Kippur Sunday, September 15 Age-appropriate programs will be of- All families with middle- or high- Adopt-A-School Update fered for children in kindergarten through school age children are invited for a fun 7th grade on both days of Rosh Hashanah afternoon in the park. and Yom Kippur. These programs begin at 10:30am. On Rosh Hashanah, school- BIC Sukkah Hop age participants will be brought to the Thursday, September 19 Partnership with Emerson – school supplies drive main sanctuary for the conclusion of Visit a few sukkot in the vicinity of services. On Yom Kippur, the youth pro- Beth Israel starting at 6:00pm and ending The plans for the Adopt-a-School program with Emerson School are progress- gram ends at 12:30. Please contact Lily up in Rabbi Ben-Gideon’s sukkah. ing rapidly. Members of the social action committees from Temple Beth El, Beth Israel Center, and Congregation Shaarei Shamayim met with the principal and school staff to organize the leading initiatives. The first project will involve collecting, sorting, and distributing school sup- plies for students who request them. About 100 backpacks and homework boxes are handed out each year. Please think about the students at Emerson School when you buy schools supplies for your family, or walk by the displays in every store. There will be bins at Temple Beth El and Beth Israel Center starting August 15. Now a few words about Emerson principal, Karen Kepler. Karen is dynamic and charming, dedicated to the students and families of Emerson. Starting her ninth year as principal of Emerson School, she continues to foster pride in the school and focus on learning. Karen positions the school as a community center by opening the school every Tuesday evening for students and their families – Tuesday Night Lights. Through the Adopt-a-School partnership, we would like to FUN • MEMORABLE • EVENTS contribute to the Tuesday Night Lights program and will be searching for speakers WE DO: or family-centered program suggestions and also volunteers to host and offer re- BAR/BAT MITZVAHS • WEDDINGS • PARTIES freshments to students and their families. CORPORATE EVENTS • EVENT CONSULTING Please feel free to contact any of us with questions. Temple Beth El WE HAVE: Betsy Abramson, Rabbi Bonnie Margulis, Sherie Sondel, Marcia Vandercook DISC JOCKEYS • EMCEES • VIDEO DANCE PARTIES Beth Israel Center DANCERS • TRIVIA • CHOCOLATE FOUNTAINS VIDEO, GREEN SCREEN AND RED CARPET PHOTO BOOTHS Larry Bensky, Judy Pierotti, Nancy Resnick, Bob Skloot MOVIE SCREENS • DECOR LIGHTING • CASINO • MUCH MORE ... Congregation Shaarei Shamayim Sari Ratner Judge 608.233.5822 www.celebrationsentertainment.com “Quality Care, Compassionate Communication” Magnify your talents ® PROUD MEMBER OF THE MADISON JEWISH COMMUNITY See better. Feel better. WWW.SONDELFAMILYVETERINARYCLINIC.COM 1848 WALDORF BLVD. | MADISON | 497-1392 Patented optics customized with your prescription
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west towards Sauk City. At Highway K, next installment of our Third Thursday turn LEFT for one mile. Park across Meet & Greet! Bring a friend and join Temple Beth El from the church). It's about 20 miles to with us to meet, greet, and eat our way Our events listed below are open to from how our ancestors lived and thrived, the Blue Spoon and 24 miles back. through a tasty family-style dinner in the the community. Check out our Temple what it took to survive in hostile times 20 milers: Sukkah (we’ll move indoors if weather is Beth El website at www.templebethel- and places, and how Israel has progressed 10:30am--Meet at Roxbury Tavern. poor). RSVP to Aleeza at program@tem- madison.org for more information on our in our modern era. At the same time Take Highway 12 west towards Sauk plebethelmadison.org. Dinner will be $20 worship times and special events. MaTTY will have a program about the City. About 15 miles past Mineral Point or less per person; please bring cash with We encourage members of the Jewish experiences of 2 of their members this Road, turn right at KP (not K, and not P, you (small bills are appreciated). Hungry community to join Temple Beth El. We summer in Israel. Everyone will come to- but KP). Continue about 2 miles to and ready to mingle? See you there! welcome prospective members to partic- gether at 9pm for an Ice Cream Social County Y. Turn LEFT for .4 miles. Park Madison’s Jews’ Next Dor is for the Jew- ipate in programs and activities before and the Selichot Service at 10pm. RSVPs and be ready. It's about 6 miles to the ish 20- & 30-somethings community in joining. Please contact Heidi Lauhon, to [email protected] Blue Spoon and about 14 miles back. and around Madison. (Dor means “gen- Executive Director, at 238-3123 or exec- are appreciated. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/roshride or eration” in Hebrew.) We’re open to all [email protected] contact Betsy at betsyabramson@ young adults and are organized through for membership information. gmail.com Temple Beth El Madison (http://www. Rosh Ride templebethelmadison.org/). First Day of Religious Saturday, September 7, 2013 Sukkah Decorating with School for Kindergarten 9am-3pm (10:30am to 2pm for 20 Mile Pizza Dinner & Erev Sukkot Shalom Sukkot ride) Services Friday, September 20, 2013 to 7th Grade: September 22 Let's start the Jewish New Year off Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:30am-10:30am with a wheel good time. Choose either Temple Beth El Preschool program with story time, Selichot Program, Ice the 44 or 20 mile ride. All rides head to- 5:30pm Sukkah Decorating songs, crafts & snack. wards Blue Spoon in Sauk City for Cream Social & Service 6:15pm Pizza Dinner Saturday, August 31 brunch and then biking back to cars. At 6:45pm Sukkot Service Temple Beth El brunch we’ll do a few Shabbat and Rosh Come help beautify our Sukkah with Simchat Torah & Spaghetti 7:30pm Wondering Jews: Reflections Hashanah blessings, accompanied by a your personal touch. Enjoy a pizza din- Dinner and Sensations of Rabbi Biatch’s Sabbath Cyclers poem penned by Larry ner co-sponsored by Men’s Club and Wednesday, September 25, 2013 Sabbatical through Eastern Europe Kohn for the occasion. Please bring your welcome in Sukkot at services as we Temple Beth El & Israel helmet, filled water bottle(s), money for usher in the holiday as a community. Din- 5pm Yizkor and MaTTY Program brunch and good weather. We’ll provide ner is $5/person with a $15 max per fam- 5:45pm Spaghetti Dinner 9pm Ice Cream Social camaraderie, cue sheets, apples and ily. Please RSVP to program@temple 6:30pm Sukkot Service 10pm Selichot Worship Service honey, and granola bars. The 44 milers bethelmadison.org. Join us for our annual Spaghetti Din- We begin the High Holy Days, the will start off earlier and pick up the 20 ner, $8/person for Temple Beth El Mem- season of repentance and consideration milers and together bike to Blue Spoon bers, $10/person for non-members. After of better ways of thriving in our world, for brunch. After lunch, we'll ride to- Madison’s Jews’ Next Dor dinner is our consecration service and with a glimpse of Jewish life as it was gether, drop off the 20 milers and con- Meet & Greet Dinner – Simchat Torah celebration. Don’t miss and as it is today in Eastern Europe and tinue on. Sukkot seeing a whole Torah unrolled! RSVP to in Israel. We’ll use all our senses to ex- 44 milers: Thursday, September 19, 2013 [email protected]. perience some of Rabbi Biatch’s Sabbat- 9:00am--Start at parking lot across 7pm-9pm ical as we begin to derive the lessons from Ashton Church (take Highway 12 Join Madison’s Jews’ Next Dor for the Congregation Shaarei Shamayim
Shaarei Shamayim, Madison’s Jewish the historic Frank Lloyd Wright audito- High Holidays – one on Erev Rosh Rosh Hashanah this group holds a Reconstructionist and Renewal congre- rium of the First Unitarian Society. Hashanah and one for Break Fast at the potluck dinner. gation, welcomes new and prospective Our services last several hours; we en- end of Yom Kippur. Don’t forget to make reservations for members, as well as visitors, to partici- courage you to take breaks and sit outside If you are in your 20’s or 30’s, we our potlucks and child care. For more in- pate in our services, discussions, classes, on the lawn or chat with a friend in the have special programming throughout formation, please visit our website at and celebrations. For more information lobby. Many people come and go the year through our Young Adult Havu- www.shamayim.org or contact the office or to learn about events, please visit our throughout these days. We hope you rah. On the evening of the first day of at [email protected] or 257-2944. website at www.shamayim.org, email us make our space your home during this at [email protected], or call 608- time. 257-2944. We have youth programming for all ages over Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kip- pur. Rabbi Laurie will lead a children’s Celebrate the High Holy Days service for children in Kindergarten with Shaarei Shamayim through 5th grade, and Aviv Kammay and Maya Webne-Behrman will lead a tot Not sure where to spend the High service for children 0-5 years of age. Holy Days? Shaarei Shamayim invites Parents will lead discussions for middle you to join us for our services, potlucks, schoolers and high schoolers. Bring your discussions, kids’ programming, and kids and celebrate with our community. other events. Since its founding, we have For a full listing of our programming, never required visitors to purchase tick- please consult our website. ets. We want you to feel welcome, During the afternoon of Yom Kippur, whether you are a relative of a member, our Yizkor service provides the space for a long-time friend of the congregation, or individuals to remember loved ones who a guest checking us out for the first time. have passed away. Later in the day, we Our services combine traditional will gather for a community discussion. prayers with contemporary poetry, read- Just before Neilah, our closing service, ings, and songs. We are participatory and we have a creative Avodah program. This encourage our members and friends to is an opportunity for participants to share lead elements of the service, sing along, poetry, songs, or any other offerings for share English readings, chant Torah and the community. Haftarah, and blow shofar. We meet in We organize two potlucks over the
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Editor’s note: Every year, one outstand- ish leaders. The scholarship is awarded in enjoyable and fun. ing graduating senior woman receives the memory of Liesl, a dedicated woman who I have become more involved through Blockstein Family Scholarship Award in established a senior program in the Madi- my love of Jewish tradition. I have never memory of Liesl Blockstein. Many thanks son community, and who worked ex- been the biggest fan of Musaf or Shacharit, to the family of Liesl Blockstein for creat- tremely hard to better her community but festive Passover seders at our neigh- ing and sustaining this award. This year through Tikkun Olam and efforts in con- bors, making Purim baskets of cookies and the award was given to Sophie Shafer-Lan- junction with B’nai Brith and JWI. fruit, and decorating our sukkah with paper dau. Sophie has been involved in the Jew- To say that receiving this award is an chains and flowers have been integral parts ish community throughout her childhood honor is a vast understatement. I have be- of my upbringing, as well as some of my and in high school she participated in come increasingly involved in the Madison fondest childhood memories. Midrasha and a Jewish Culture club at Jewish community over the past four years To me, being a leader in my community West High School. Following is an article due to my sheer enjoyment of the people has come from developing my understand- she wrote about receiving this award: within it. Through Midrasha and school ing of what it is that I love about it. Find- clubs specifically, I was able to connect ing those things--the people, the festivities, At the end of the school year, I was ex- with peers I might otherwise have missed and the food--is part of what makes the tremely surprised to receive the news that out bonding with if it had not been for our Jewish experience so special to me. I plan I had been awarded the Liesl Blockstein unifying religion. Having a role in the on continuing my involvement in Judaism award. For anyone unfamiliar with the Jewish community was not an inconven- next year at Occidental College in Los An- award, as I was before this spring, it is a ience or a burdensome obligation, but a geles, where I plan on being an active scholarship sponsored by Jewish Women way to connect with people through member of their Hillel and J Street U International (JWI) honoring female Jew- weekly interactions that were thoroughly organizations. Sophie Shafer-Landau
Midrasha Registration Online for the 2013-2014 Academic Year The Midrasha handbook and registration materials will be available on line at www.JewishMadison.org. All 8th – 12th grade students are welcome to register online. The 2013-14 Yonim Israeli Midrasha meets on Wednesdays for Jewish Studies and Hebrew and Sundays for Hebrew. Midrasha begins on Dance Season is About to Begin! Wednesday, October 2nd. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions. Join us Sunday, Sept. 8th at 3 p.m. at Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Street for an informational meeting. We look forward to seeing everyone at Midrasha! Save the Dates: Sundays, September 8th and 15th Try-it Days – Come see what Yonim is all about. "! No dance experience necessary! For more information, please contact Laura Toso at - ! yonim@ jewishmadison.org
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$#"! ! " ! ! ! "! " ! " ! ! ! - September 2013 Madison Jewish News/11 Jewish Education Chug Ivrit: A NOW REGISTERING!!! Great Way to Learn Hebrew! Join us for Tunes on Fridays Sign up for the 2013/2014 Schmooze Sponsored by the Hilde L. Mosse Academic Year Gan HaYeled Preschool SCHMOOZE... Chug Ivrit, the afterschool Hebrew versations in Hebrew and will learn He- Meet, socialize, and network with other parents and their children in the Jewish club of the Jewish Federation of Madi- brew songs, Israeli dances, games and community. son, meets Monday and Thursday after- more! Find out about other programs in the Gan HaYeled Preschool. noons at Beth Israel Center, 1406 Mound Mondays: Meet other children who are between the ages of 3 months - 5 years. Street. Students in kindergarten through 1:15 pm-3:30 pm - Pesek Z’man 2nd grade may attend either or both days. 3:30 pm-5:15 pm - Chug Ivrit TUNES... Programming for students in grades 3-5 The Hilde Mosse Gan HaYeled Preschool has created a special program with is offered on Mondays. Thursdays: our own music teacher, Susan Valko. Susan will be teaching Music Together® The schedule is as follows (subject to 2:45 pm-4:00 pm - Pesek Z’man classes for families in the Jewish community on Friday mornings in the conference change): 4:00 pm-5:45 pm - Snack and Chug room of the Max Weinstein Jewish Community Building. Music Together® Pesek Z’man means “break time” and Ivrit classes involve informal singing, chanting, moving, listening, and instrument play- is also a famous Israeli chocolate bar. The ing activities that are developmentally appropriate for very young children and after-school component of this program There are three options for signing up their care givers. Each week we’ll have a little SHMOOZING in the conference will give students a chance to explore a for Chug this year, designed to meet your room with a challah snack and then head into the TUNES part of the program with variety of activities in a structured but re- family’s individual needs and in recogni- a music class. This is a great way to meet other families and introduce your chil- laxed way while learning Hebrew. Stu- tion of different dismissal times at vari- dren to Jewish friendships that may last a lifetime! dents will have a snack followed by the ous local elementary schools: opportunity to participate in Hebrew Program games, puzzles, outside time, reading Option #1 - Pesek Z’man Fridays : Class 1 - 9:15am-10am (shmoozing until 10:15am) books and more in an environment that Option #2 - Chug Ivrit Class 2 - 10:15am-11am (shmoozing until 11:15am) will give them a much needed afterschool Option #3 - Pesek Z’man + Chug Ivrit Cost: $160 break before the Chug Ivrit core curricu- lum begins. For more information contact Ellen Dates: October 4th -December 12th (no class on November 29th) Chug Ivrit: During this portion of the Weismer, [email protected] day students will enjoy a snack together or register online, www.JewishMadison. For more information, contact us at [email protected] or download the and then in a structured, fun and informal org. There is a minimum of eight stu- registration form at www.jewishmadion.org educational environment they will learn dents required for each day as well as a to recognize, read and write the letters of maximum number of students we will Minimum enrollment of 8 children is required. the Hebrew Aleph Bet, have short con- allow per class. Look What’s Happening at
Upcoming Hilde L. Mosse Gan HaYeled Preschool! Family Education Events Organized by the Family Education Committee of the Jewish Federation of Madison What a great Save the Date for these upcoming summer at Family Education Events! Camp Shalom Women’s Night Out – Sunday, October 27th Katan! Jewelry Making at Fine Earth Studio & Gallery 7:00-9:00pm
Join us for a fun night of jewelry making. Create bracelets, necklaces and earrings and enjoy time schmoozing with old and new friends. Register online at www.jewishmadison.org or email Ellen Weismer, [email protected].
Other events to look forward to: ✓ Hanukkah Tzedakah Night ✓ Havdalah Karaoke Party ✓ Hamantashen Workshop ✓ Mishpachah and Me (Family Night) ✓ Challah Baking Workshop ✓ Passover Craft Activity Program ✓ Community Tot Shabbats
Look for more details in future editions of the Madison Jewish News or check online at www.JewishMadison.org.
We hope to see you at all the Family Ed events! 12/Madison Jewish News September 2013
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Women’s Night Out Sunday, October 27 7:00-9:00 p.m. Fine Earth Studio & Gallery 2207 Regent Street
Cost: $25 per person Join us for a fun and relaxing evening of jewelry making. Create earrings, bracelets, and necklaces to your heart’s delight. Or just schmooze and admire friends’ handiwork.
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(Did you know there All in all, the presence of a world class allow the Mayrent Institute to expand its Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture. were at least five Wisconsin radio stations Yiddish event right here in our community core mission of strengthening research and First, the good news: This year’s second that aired Yiddish shows? Do you know is now one of the many cultural jewels of knowledge about Yiddish culture, music, edition of A Biselle KlezKamp (A Bit of which they were?) The lecture series will which Madison – and Wisconsin -- should and history while, at the same time, reveal- KlezKamp/ABKK) was bigger and better continue throughout the year with topics be justly proud. ing Yiddish culture within the broader than ever. including the Yiddish newspaper Milvoker The great news: This successful edition frame of American and Midwestern cul- Attendees packed sessions dedicated to Vochnblatt (The Weekly Milwaukeean), of A Biselle KlezKamp celebrated the new ture. We couldn’t be more excited. all manner of Yiddish popular and tradi- the Wisconsin Arbeter Ring (Workmen’s affiliation of the Mayrent Institute for Yid- The Mayrent Institute would like to tional culture including Yiddish language Circle), and the long running amateur dish Culture with the UW-Madison Center thank the Center for Jewish Studies for its (Dr. Miriam Isaacs and Michael Wex); troupe the Peretz Hirshbein Folk Theater. for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cul- hospitality over the last two years, which Yiddish visual arts and song (Susan Levi- We also hope to use Tales From Yiddish tures. allowed for an important incubation within ton); Hasidic dance (Jill Gellerman); and Wisconsin as an opportunity to collect oral The two units share a dedication to the university system. our star-studded music faculty (Kurt Bjor- interviews about local Yiddish history. Be bringing together the vernacular and the Look for a bright new chapter in Madi- ling, clarinet; Lauren Brody, accordion; in touch if you’ve got something to share, scholarly, and to producing dynamic pro- son Yiddishkayt in the coming year 5774. Cookie Segelstein, fiddle; and David and watch the Mayrent Institute website gramming that engages many kinds of Spies, tuba.) Sherry Mayrent (clarinet) taught a new beginners music class on tra- ditional Yiddish dance music that allowed enthusiastic newer students to work at Center for Jewish Studies Gears slower tempo. One particular moment from the Up for Fall Public Programs evening concert and dance illustrates the best ABKK has to offer. After an initial BY ALLISON BLOOM The Center for Jewish Studies wel- “Franz Boas: The Intellectual as Anti- round of dancing, Cookie Segelstein’s stu- comes Stephen J. Whitfield of Brandeis Racist,” Wisconsin Idea Room, Education dent Fiddle Kapelye (band) took the stage The Wisconsin Idea is a tradition at University as this year’s Kutler lecturer, Building (1000 Bascom Mall) to perform several tunes they had only just UW–Madison that challenges the univer- made possible through the generosity of Renowned author, philosopher, and learned that day. As they played, other at- sity to influence people’s lives beyond the emeritus professor Stanley Kutler. Whit- MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Rebecca tendees circled and turned through a big boundaries of the classroom. In service to field will give public lectures on October Goldstein will present a reading and lec- group dance. Children wove in and out. A this idea, the Mosse/Weinstein Center for 16 and 17, as well as a brown-bag lunch ture entitled “Philosophy and Literature: few spectators sat and took it all in. It was Jewish Studies at UW–Madison offers reg- presentation on October 17. The first lec- The Ancient Quarrel” at 5:00 p.m. on Oc- a moment that articulated our best vision ular programs that engage the local com- ture, “The Unity of Prejudice: The Rise tober 29 (Location TBA). This lecture will of a community that is curious, generous, munity in learning about various topics in and Fall of an Idea,” explores the ways draw from Goldstein’s own experience in- multi-generational, and, above all, vital. Jewish Studies. The Center looks forward Jews are presented as indistinguishable terweaving philosophical questions with This extraordinary group attending to visits by three prominent guest speakers from other minority targets of prejudice literary concerns in her novels The Mind- ABKK was almost 50% bigger than last this fall. All events are free and open to the and bigotry in popular culture of the Body Problem, The Late-Summer Passion year (with more than 225 people partici- public. 1940’s–1960’s. Whitfield’s second lecture, of a Woman of Mind, The Dark Sister, and pating throughout the day). The 120 Badg- Author Lorraine Lotzof Abramson “Franz Boas: The Intellectual as Anti- Properties of Light: A Novel of Love, Be- ers from across the state were joined by will offer a reading from her book, My Racist,” examines the Jewish identity of trayal, and Quantum Physics, as well as many new attendees who made the pil- Race: A Jewish Girl Growing up Under the eminent anthropologist Boas, and con- her nonfiction books Incompleteness: The grimage from all over the Midwest—Min- Apartheid in South Africa, in both Madison nects this identity to his groundbreaking Proof and Paradox of Kurt Gödel and Be- nesota, Iowa, Indiana, and a healthy and Milwaukee. My Race is the memoir of academic work. Details of Whitfield’s visit traying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew who contingent from Illinois—as well as from a gifted Jewish athlete growing up under are as follows: Gave Us Modernity. In the lecture/reading, Washington, DC and Maryland. We are es- the apartheid system of South Africa. In • Wednesday, October 16, 4:00 p.m.: Goldstein will discuss the ways the ques- pecially pleased by the participation of Madison, her reading will take place on “The Unity of Prejudice: The Rise and Fall tions of philosophy relate to “the brute con- nearly 20 kids and four three-generation October 8, at 4:00 p.m. in Union South. of an Idea,” Wisconsin Idea Room, Educa- tingencies of life,” and how literature families! Ms. Abramson will also speak at the Mil- tion Building (1000 Bascom Mall) might illuminate the bearing these ques- Of special interest this year was the in- waukee JCC at 7:00 p.m. on October 9, in • Thursday, October 17, Noon: Brown tions have on real life. troduction of a new series by Mayrent In- a program hosted by David and Madeleine bag lunch lecture, 4233 Mosse Humanities For more information and up-to-date stitute Founding Director (and banjoist) Lubar and co-sponsored by the Milwaukee Building (455 N. Park Street). Please contact details about these events, see jewishstud- Henry Sapoznik. Viskonsin: Tales From JCC, the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, and [email protected] to register. ies.wisc.edu or call the Center for Jewish Yiddish Wisconsin kicked off with the Holocaust Education Resource Center. • Thursday, October 17, 4:00 p.m.: Studies at 608-890-3572.
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BY JENNIFER JENNINGS sibility for inspiration, connection and collaboration with local artists. I appreci- Director of Student Life at UW Hillel ate the Covenant Foundation for making all of this happen!” Kathy Mazur also ap- In November 2012, UW Hillel preciated the experience. “Through my launched its inaugural year of the Jewish participation in the Madison Jewish Artists’ Laboratory thanks to the support Artists’ Laboratory my ideas of Jewish of the Covenant Foundation. Eight artists art, the questions relating to its parame- participated in the Jewish Artists’ Labo- ters, importance and meaning challenged ratory project, which was comprised of me to further explore my Jewish iden- eleven bi-monthly meetings where par- tity... as an artist. These explorations have ticipants explored texts in Jewish tradi- taken me on a journey of faith and artistic tion and art history as well as the work of experimentation.” each participating artist. Instructors for Culminating the year of learning the program were Professor Douglass about art through a Jewish lens, artists Rosenberg, Director of the Conney Proj- have collaborated on an exhibit titled Students at Madison Jewish Community Day School learn about the shofar. ect on Jewish Arts at the University of Radical Amazement that will open on Wisconsin’s Mosse-Weinstein Center for Tuesday, September 24 with a reception Jewish Studies and professor in the Art from 7 to 9 PM at Hillel. Eight Madison- Department, and Rabbi Andrea Stein- area artists will be featured in the show: New Year’s Resolution: berger, the rabbi of UW Hillel. Leslie Coff, Roxana Florescu, Rachel The Jewish Artists’ Laboratory is a Herbsman, Aviv Kammay, Megan Katz, project of the upper Midwest Jewish Toby Kaufman-Buhler, Kathy Mazur, ‘Grow Jewishly’ community. Launched in Milwaukee at and Leora Saposnik. Each artist brings a the Harry & Rose Sampson Jewish Com- distinctive artistic style related to the ex- All of us at Madison Jewish Commu- 3. Taking on or deepening an existing munity Center, this year the Minneapolis hibition title. The show includes a variety nity Day School wish you a Shanah Jewish ritual Sabes Jewish Community Center and of mediums and approaches: small sculp- Tovah U’Metukah, a sweet New Year. 4. Engaging in a social action project UW Hillel joined the project. Participants tures, video, paintings - large and small, We wish you--grownups and children 5. Celebrating your achievement in all three laboratories met and learned earthenware, live and recorded music, alike--a year in which you experience the Wherever you are in your Jewish life, together at the Midwest Jewish Artist and a sculptural installation. sweetness of making authentic connec- no matter how you practice or what “fla- Laboratory Retreat in April. For the For information regarding the 2013- tions with Jewish tradition and commu- vor” of Judaism most appeals to you, par- artists, the laboratory was an eye-opening 2014 Jewish Artists’ Laboratory which nity that touch our souls and help us to ticipating in this program can provide a experience of fusing their Jewish identi- will begin in October, please contact Jen- live meaningfully. path toward clarifying how you want to ties with their art. Participant Leslie Coff nifer Jennings, Director of Jewish Stu- At our school, we encourage students live your adult Jewish life. explains, “For me, the Jewish Artists’ dent Life at UW-Hillel at jjennings to find sweetness and joy in Jewish learn- Chai Mitzvah will also provide you Laboratory has opened up a world of pos- @uwhillel.org or 608-256-8361 ext. 702. ing and living by making Jewish tradi- with a supportive community of fellow tions their own. learners and families as you learn and This year our school is excited to be grow Jewishly. offering an opportunity for parents of You need not have a child in the day preschool and elementary school aged- school (or intend to have a child in the children to engage in this type of learning day school) in order to participate. The as well. Our school is launching a pro- more the merrier--and the richer the gram called Chai Mitzvah, a nine-month learning. program for adults based on a nationally MJCDS’s mission, in part, is to nur- recognized, individualized framework for ture an engagement with Jewish life and deepening your engagement with text and to foster a lifetime love of learn- Judaism and your community. ing. By offering the Chai Mitzvah pro- The program was created in 2008 as a gram we hope to enrich the community way to engage adults in a Jewish journey of adults that provide excellent examples throughout their lives and groups now of living and growing Jewishly through- run nationwide. Our Chai Mitzvah group out our lives. will begin after the holidays in October If you would like to participate in Chai and will study together once a month for Mitzvah, please contact Rabbi Rebecca nine months. Ben-Gideon at rabbi@madisonjewish- dayschool.com. 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BY FAYGIE LEVY Mendel and Henya Matusof. and learn the alef-bet and be able to read “I went to Chabad, and it was really Hebrew as well.” Reprinted with permission from good food and good people, and I really With this goal in mind, Korte began Chabad.org, the Judaism website liked it,” he said, recalling his impressions meeting with the rabbi every Wednesday of that first meal. “I kept going to them for night. Growing up, Adam Korte went to Shabbat dinner, and that semester I heard Sitting and Studying—and Loving It plenty of bar mitzvah ceremonies for his about a Birthright program through They started off learning about the friends as they turned 13 and became men Chabad and thought if I am going to go to basics of Judaism, the holidays and more. in the eyes of the Jewish community. And Birthright, I will go through Chabad of Korte said he had “a lot of questions about when those same friends asked when his Madison.” davening,” which he discussed with Matu- was taking place, Korte didn’t have an an- Off to Israel sof. Their classes continued and pro- swer for them. Birthright Israel is a program that takes gressed, with Korte learning the Hebrew “I never really thought about it much as Jewish young adults from the Diaspora letters and how to read until the day he was a kid,” said the now 20-year-old, from who generally have not been on an organ- able to recite the blessings before the Torah Whitefish Bay, Wis., just outside of Mil- ized trip to Israel before to the Jewish reading and for Havdalah, said at the end waukee. “I guess it never occurred to me. homeland to experience all the country has of Shabbat. I grew up in a secular household.” to offer. The free, 10-day trip is geared to Korte said he absolutely loved those "Having a bar mitzvah," he continued, young adults ages 18-26 from a wide range classes. “wasn’t something that I should be doing; of organizers. The program Korte attended, “I looked forward to Wednesday nights Adam Korte with his grandmother, it was just something my friends were Mayanot Israel, is under the auspices of at 8:30. It wasn’t just about the learning,” Martha Osvat, a Holocaust survivor doing. I knew I was Jewish, but I didn’t Chabad. he said, but the sitting and studying with who called his bar mitzvah “one of the know what that meant.” Also on the trip last winter was Matu- the rabbi. “It was like talking to a friend— most glorious, deeply happy moments and such fun.” of my life.” The feeling was mutual. “I enjoyed learning with Adam immensely,” re- the time of the service, she went from her sponded Matusof. hospital bed to her grandson’s bar mitzvah, Adam enjoyed the learning so much and called the event “one of the most glo- that he plans to continue to grow his Jew- rious, deeply happy moments of my life.” ish education by enrolling this fall in the Throughout the service, Osvat said she national Sinai Scholars Society. The pro- thought of her late husband, Korte’s grand- gram, a joint project of Chabad on Campus father, George, which is also Adam’s mid- and the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, is dle name. He was not that religious, she open to a select number of students each said, but “deeply, deeply Jewish,” and al- year and covers a range of Jewish topics as ways dreamed of going to Israel. It was a they relate to the modern world. dream her grandson got to fulfill. As for his bar mitzvah preparations, if “When Adam went to Israel, I was it all sounds like it happened quickly, it did, happy,” she said. “He saw what his grand- partially because of Korte’s skills with for- father couldn’t. And I was happy he had an eign languages. “I’m a Spanish major idealistic goal in his heart, that he can be [with a double major in neurobiology], and bigger than himself and touch his roots, be- I feel comfortable speaking other lan- cause he has other kinds of roots as well, “I’m a very big family person,” explained the college junior about his bar mitzvah, guages. My mother speaks Hungarian, and and this is the one that spoke out to him.” “so having the majority of my family there was the most important thing to me.” my grandmother talks seven languages, so Korte’s teacher, Rabbi Matusof, was I picked it up quickly.” also moved by the service. “Seeing some- Still, the seeds were firmly planted in sof, who has been the Chabad shaliach, or While he was studying, Korte knew he one, who, when you first meet him, had lit- Korte’s mind that someday, maybe, he’d emissary, in Madison since 2005, and who had to tell his family about his decision. He tle connection to Judaism, to get up” on the have his own bar mitzvah. That day came has been leading Mayanot Israel trips since spoke to his parents first, who he said were bimah surrounded by family and friends, when Korte, surrounded by his friends and 2008. surprised at his decision. “My mom was “there was a lot of pride, a lot of joy.” family, was called to the Torah for an “In Israel, young American Jews often very happy and my dad, who isn’t a reli- So how did Korte process it all? aliyah during the afternoon minchah prayer find a newfound sense of Jewish identity gious person at all, was very supportive.” “I feel like, for me, the most important service at the Rohr Family Chabad House and belonging,” Matusof said of the pro- Then he had to tell his grandmother, part of the bar mitzvah and learning about at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. gram. “They realize how special it is to be Martha Osvat. Noting that she was a Holo- Judaism is not coming from a theological But to get to that day, Korte, who at- Jewish and retain that Judaism in their caust survivor, Korte explained that she experience” he explained. Rather, “I felt tends UW-Madison, had to overcome a families for generations to come.” “always tried to influence me to conform that it was my obligation to my family and few obstacles—like learning some He- In addition to leading students to places to society, which is not Jewish—to blend what they had gone through being Jewish brew. He also had to tell his parents and his like the Golan Heights, Safed, Masada, Tel in. She always wanted me to distance my- to have this small act, a bar mitzvah, to pay 89-year-old grandmother—a Holocaust Aviv and Jerusalem, Matusof also helped self from Judaism because of her experi- homage to what they’ve gone through.” survivor who had seen firsthand the dev- some Mayanot participants attain bar mitz- ences and what happened to people who He might see it as a small act. But his astation the Nazis wrought on anyone who vah status. “I held a bar mitzvah for two recognized themselves as Jews.” grandmother described it as something had Jewish bloodlines—what he planned other college guys in Israel and offered to Korte said when he finally did talk to much more. For her, it’s a “big, heroic to do. He wasn’t entirely sure how either have one for Adam there, but he wanted to her, “she took it a lot better than I thought thing.” conversation would go. do it at home.” she would.” “To make that choice,” she said, shows “I never had any Jewish learning grow- Korte declined the rabbi’s offer because In fact, Osvat was quite proud of her “he has so much love for Judaism and Jew- ing up. We would [mark] a Jewish holiday he had a different idea. “I’m a very big grandson. Having suffered a fall just weeks ish life. It’s such a big thing. Small persons on occasion, but we had no habitual Jewish family person,” explained the college jun- before the ceremony and still in rehab at don’t do such a thing.” holiday practices in our family,” said ior, “so having the majority of my family Korte. At the urging of some friends from there was the most important thing to me. school, he went to a Shabbat dinner last fall … I figured, if I was going to have a bar at the local Chabad House, run by Rabbi mitzvah, I wanted to have it the right way Strategic. Seamless. Satisfying.
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BY STACY GOLDMAN JSS Senior Adult Services www.jssmadison.org On the home page, click on the date of the program in question Imagining Rosh Hashanah without hearing the sound of the shofar is like imagining the Fourth of July without fireworks. Standing at atten- tion while listening to the blasts of the ram’s horn awakens something within us—excites us. For some, it is peaceful. For others, it may be The Levy Summer Series somewhat unnerving. But whatever emotion the shofar evokes within us, most would agree that the experience is powerful. This past year, many of us have experienced disappointment, sorrow, to Return in 2014 or loss. So often we feel that we are the only ones who are hurting. We are very pleased to announce that outstanding meals. Volunteer photogra- Everyone on the “outside” may appear to be moving cheerfully through the well-received Levy Summer Series phers Kathy Mazur and Ellen Meyer de- life, well-adjusted, happy, and without a care in the world. But the truth will return in 2014. Jewish Social Serv- serve praise for their beautiful photos, is that while some people are truly fully content and worry-free, many ices is very grateful to Jeffrey C. Levy which captured the lively discussion, are not. People who might appear to have the “perfect” life may indeed for renewing his commitment to this schmoozing and connections that people be showing the world only an impressive outer surface and not their unique program. With the help of the enjoyed. At JSS, Administrative Assis- Levy Summer Series committee, we ex- tant Jill Cohen Kolb was our able regis- rough and perhaps damaged interiors. pect to again offer stimulating programs trar, Executive Director Terrie Goren In the book, Rosh Hashanah Readings, contributor David Greenspan and appealing lunches at Nakoma Golf was a tireless cheerleader and Senior recounts his experience visiting an elementary school classroom at a Club. Services Worker Stacy Goldman greeted local day school in order to demonstrate the blowing of the shofar. The JSS thanks everyone who made the our guests as they arrived, and provided students inspected several shofarot, and described their characteristics. Levy Summer Series a success in its invaluable personal support. Thanks to first year. Jeffrey C. Levy has our sin- Lynnea Krajco, who designed the Greenspan mentioned that the students were particularly interested in cere gratitude for underwriting the pro- brochure and who, along with Office the contrast between the shofar’s inner and outer surfaces. The outside gram and allowing us to make it a Assistant Autumn Drussell, made the of the shofar was extremely smooth, while the inside was rough and reality. The committee, Jeff, Judy Karof- posts to our Facebook page. Special jagged. The author took the children’s observations to heart, and noted, sky, Howard Fried, Herman Goldstein, thanks go to our distinguished speakers, “We too are like the shofar. Despite how smooth and polished we might Daniel Pekarsky, David Sulman Jean Rabbi Hannah Greenstein, Professor Weissburg and Jewish Social Services Rachel Buff, Jonathan Pollack, PhD., appear externally, all of us have our rough and unfinished insides. One president Nan Youngerman, along with Professor Tony Michels, Professor lesson that the shofar comes to teach us is despite our rough and unfin- JSS staff, worked hard to generate the Emeritus Robert Skloot and Professor ished insides, we too can lift our voices and have our prayers find their ideas that enlivened our vision. Nakoma Rachel Baum. Any omission of people way to God.” Golf Club, especially Tony Avoles and to thank is inadvertent; please let us Let us remind ourselves that we each carry immeasurable worth sim- his crew, were at our service and pro- know if we left you out, so we can apol- vided everything we needed, including ogize and thank you publicly. ply because we each carry within us a unique human spirit. Let us resist the urge to compare ourselves to others, and instead focus on how we can live our best lives—one day at a time. And let us remember that Add Something Special to your Life: despite how broken we may feel at times, we are all, just like the shofar, capable of creating great beauty, stirring people’s hearts, and making the world a more beautiful place—simply by being who we are. Volunteer for Jewish Wishing everyone a Shanah Tovah U’Mitukah—a Sweet and Good Year! Social Services! B’Shalom, Learn more at http://jssmadison.org/ remote control? Reach something high? Stacy becoming-volunteer OddJobbers do these and similar tasks for Our mission: Our dedication to service seniors and people with disabilities. To be will improve the quality of life and maintain an OddJobber, you don't need to be able to the dignity of our clients in a compassion- do everything; you just have to like being Shalom from ate and caring atmosphere. Volunteers will helpful. enhance the ability of the agency to achieve Jewish Social Services! its overall mission. Youth Volunteering, Youth Group Do you know a senior who is new to Madison, or are you yourself a Friendly Visitors develop on-going, Projects and B’nai Mitzvah Projects Learn more at http://jssmadison.org/ newcomer? JSS volunteers will visit and bring you a gift bag with one-to-one relationships with a senior or youth-volunteering person with disabilities in a nursing home, information about programs for seniors and JSS’ services, treats and Come talk with us about doing a Bar or assisted living facility or living in his or her a few surprises. Just contact us at 608-278-1808, ext. 227. Bat Mitzvah project with Jewish Social own home. Volunteers uniformly say that Our thanks to Maurie’s Fine Chocolates and Services. There are also opportunities for this is a very rewarding activity that brings older youth and youth groups to volunteer Bagels Forever for their donations to this program. meaning and a wealth of feeling to their and contribute to the community, develop lives. Commitment is about an hour a week for a minimum of six months. new skills and have fun. Contact Louise Goldstein at 608-278-1808, ext. 227 for a brochure or to discuss doing a mitzvah Bikur Holim means visiting those who project with Jewish Social Services. Need an “Oddjobber”? are sick. The Talmud says that such a visit removes 1/60th of the person’s illness, but Do you need an “oddjobber” to do a few small but necessary really, the good that is done through a sim- Double Your Volunteering Mitzvah chores for you? Jewish Social Services volunteers can be sent to ple visit is immeasurable. Check with your human resources de- take care of some of those little but important things around your partment to see whether your company has a policy of matching employees’ commu- house or apartment. To request A la Carte Volunteering Choose “single servings” of volunteer nity volunteer hours with a monetary dona- an OddJobber, contact Louise opportunities if that’s what best fits your tion to the agency for whom the employee Goldstein at 608-278-1808, ext life. volunteers. What a great way to enhance the benefits of your volunteer work! 227 or [email protected]. Driver Connection volunteers provide rides to appointments and community events. You’ll only be called when we need Deducting Expenses Incurred If it’s something we can help you you, and you only drive when you’re avail- While Volunteering with, we’ll have a volunteer Odd- able. Some expenses incurred during volun- Jobber contact you. teer work are deductible. Volunteers should OddJobbers: The really easy way to keep records and save receipts for these ex- be really helpful! Can you change light penses. Check with your tax advisor about bulbs and hang a few pictures? Program a these deductions. 20/Madison Jewish News September 2013 Jewish Social Services JSS Receives Award for Immigration Plan
Jewish Social Services’ (JSS) Immi- national attorneys who provide legal sup- be one of these fifteen agencies. CLINIC plans that were rewarded. CLINIC will gration Legal Services Program opened port. awarded JSS $10,000 in July 2013. incorporate elements into upcoming CIR its doors in 2005 when JSS became rec- In April 2013, CLINIC offered its 201 JSS’ detailed plan focuses on partner- Planning and Preparation curricula to be ognized by the Board of Immigration Ap- affiliates (members and subscribers) the ing with Madison’s Catholic Multicultural taught in San Francisco in September and peals (BIA) and when Janice Beers, opportunity to reply to a Letter of Intent Center (CMC). The proposed CIR pro- Silver Spring, MD in October. JSS’s sup- Director of Immigration Services, became which would give affiliates the opportu- gram would include a detailed fundraising porters should be proud to know that accredited by the BIA. BIA recognition nity to submit a Comprehensive Immigra- plan, educational forums, CIR workshops JSS’s work will thus become part of a na- and accreditation allows JSS to provide tion Reform (CIR) Legalization and in-office clinics, as well as individual tional model to help other agencies pre- immigration legal services to individuals Preparation and Implementation plan. appointments at JSS and CMC. JSS and pare for these expected reforms in who are unable to afford the fees of pri- Agencies chosen to complete the plan and CMC would rely on volunteers for Eng- Immigration. vate attorneys. required attachments were offered lish as a Second Language (ESL) class- Leviticus 19:33-34: “When a stranger In 2009, JSS became the first agency $10,000 in funding by CLINIC, intended room education, ESL tutors, and to assist sojourns with you in your land, you shall nationwide to become a subscriber to the for use by the immigration program to at workshops. In addition, JSS would col- not do him wrong. You shall treat the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, prepare for CIR. Seventy-nine CLINIC laborate with several other community or- stranger who sojourns with you as the na- Inc. (CLINIC). CLINIC provides support affiliates responded to the Letter of Intent. ganizations including Centro Hispano, the tive among you, and you shall love him to its members and subscribers by offer- CLINIC selected eighteen affiliates, in- African Association of Madison, and the as yourself, for you were strangers in the ing webinars, e-training, in-person train- cluding JSS, but only fifteen affiliates ful- Community Immigration Law Center. land of Egypt. . . . “ ings, educational materials and access to filled the requirements. JSS was proud to CLINIC is currently studying the 15
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CARING. CONNECTIONS. SOLUTIONS. September 2013 Madison Jewish News/21 Harry J. and Belle Goodman, parents of Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Lechayim Lights A Beneficiary of the Jewish Federation of Madison A Senior Adult Program of Jewish Social Services Local Singers Bill and Bobbie Malone Headline Lechayim Fall Kickoff Lechayim is on the move! Beth year of great meals and great con- day that week for Succot) at 608- Transit Solutions, at the same Israel Center will be undergoing versations. Greet old friends and 278-1808, ext. 227 or louise@ jss- time. The cost is $1 round trip, major renovations in the near fu- enjoy discovering wonderful new madison.org. You can reserve your payable to the driver. ture, so Lechayim is moving to ones! The suggested cost of the door-to-door ride, provided by Temple Beth El, 2702 Arbor meal is $6.15. Drive. We’ll miss our long-time Beloved local singers Bill and home, but look forward to creating Bobbie Malone will get Lechayim For changes, updates or new information about any Jewish many warm memories in our new off to a rousing start with their Social Services program, check our website at one. We at JSS want to extend our program, “A Tribute to Gene heartfelt thanks to Beth Israel Autry.” More information can be Center for hosting Goodman found in “About our Programs” www.jssmadison.org Lechayim Lunchtime Plus for elsewhere in this section. over 30 years. For reservations, contact Louise On the home page, click on the date of the program in question Be sure to be there on Monday, Goldstein no later than 10:00 a.m. September 23 when Lechayim on Wednesday, September 18 (our Lunchtime Plus begins another office is closed Thursday and Fri- Transportation to Lechayim Transit Solutions provides door-to-door service for $1 round trip, September payable to the driver. Contact Louise Goldstein, 608-278-1808, ext. 227 or [email protected] by 10:00 a.m. the Friday before Lechayim to and October make a reservation. Wheelchair accessible vehicles are available upon request. Please contact us if you need to cancel a ride. Lechayim Calendars
Join us for great food, congenial conversation and stimulating programs at Lechayim Lunchtime Plus, hosted by Temple Beth El, 2702 Arbor Drive. Reservations are required. Contact Louise Goldstein at 608-278- 1808, ext. 227 or [email protected] by 10:00 on the preceding Friday morning. The kosher meals are catered by Café O Catering and a vegetarian option is available by reservation. A donation of $6.15 is suggested. Menus are subject to change based on availability.
Monday, September 2 – Labor Day, Lechayim does not meet
Monday, September 9 – High Holidays, Lechayim does not meet
Monday, September 16 – Lechayim does not meet
Monday, September 23 – RESERVATIONS DUE BY NOON ON SEPT. 18 FOR THIS PROGRAM 11:00-12:00 Free blood pressure screening by Lori Edelstein, RN 11:30-12:00 Yoga from a chair with Betsy Haimson 12:00-1:00 Roast chicken, roasted potatoes, spinach salad with strawberries, chocolate cake 1:00-2:00 Bill & Bobbie Malone, “A Tribute to Gene Autry”
Monday, September 30 11:30-12:00 Feldenkreis Technique with Hagit Vardi 12:00-1:00 Veggie lasagna, Romaine lettuce with Italian vinaigrette, garlic bread, lemon ice 1:00-2:00 “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy,” narrated by Joel Grey, on DVD
October Lechayim Dates: Monday, October 7 Monday, October 14 Monday, October 21 Monday, October 28 22/Madison Jewish News September 2013 Lechayim Lights About our Programs We have had well more than opportunity for everyone to lift thirty wonderful years at Beth Is- their voices and sing. On Mon- rael Center, which is now planning day, September 23, Bill and Bob- major renovations. In order to be bie Malone will present “A Tribute prepared, Lechayim is moving to to Gene Autry.” While well Temple Beth El. We are so grate- known for his cowboy persona, ful for all the years that we have during his long career, Autry did been hosted by Beth Israel Center. everything from blues to hillbilly Now with this move, Lechayim to children’s songs. The Malones enters a new phase. The warmth, will present a group of his songs to camaraderie, fun and intellectual illustrate his versatility and remind stimulation will also make the us of his contributions to American Bobbie and Bill Malone are Lechayim favorites. move, and we’re sure we’ll make popular culture. His songs include new memories and new friends in “You Are My Sunshine,” “Back in WORT (89.9 FM), where he including the Student Textbook, our new home. the Saddle Again,” “South of the shares his prodigious knowledge Teacher’s Edition and Student Ac- Our old friends in the Retro Border,” “Rudolph, the Red Nosed of bluegrass and country music, tivity Guide for Wisconsin: Our Swing Band have become so pop- Reindeer” and “Blueberry Hill.” the people who made it and the State, Our Story. Her writings in- ular that they are limiting them- Bring your best singing voice, be- times that shaped it (he likes to say clude the book, Rabbi Max Hiller: selves to one performance per cause it will be hard not to sing that he has a “Ph.D. in Hillbilly”). Reformer, Zionist, Southerner, group, per year. They will play for along to these familiar songs. In His book, Country Music, USA is 1860-1929. us on the last day of Lechayim fact, you’re encouraged to join in! still the definitive scholarly work Together Bill and Bobbie per- next May, which is a long time Bill and Bobbie Malone are fa- on American country music and form all around Madison, includ- away, but they are worth the wait. miliar faces in the local bluegrass author Larry McMurtry (Lone- ing the High Noon Saloon, Wild This year two other long-time music scene. Bill is the host of the some Dove) was heard to say that Hog in the Woods and the Froth friends and fans of Lechayim are popular and well-regarded weekly “If anyone knows more about the House. Lechayim is one of their back to open our season with an show “Back to the Country” on subject than [Malone] does, God favorite venues, and we’re thrilled help them.” He is Emeritus Profes- to have them back. sor of History at Tulane University. More music combined with the Among the honors he has received opportunity to learn is offered on BBQ at the are a Guggenheim Fellowship in Monday, September 30 when we 1984 and a Lifetime Achievement view the first part of the DVD Goodman Campus Award from the Society for Amer- “Broadway Musicals: a Jewish ican Music in 2008. His books in- Legacy,” narrated by Tony and clude Don't Get above Your Academy Award winner actor Joel Raisin’: Country Music and the Grey (“Cabaret”). The program, Southern Working Class, Working broadcast earlier on PBS, is de- Girl Blues: The Life and Music of scribed on the DVD liner notes as Hazel Dickens (co-authored with examining “…the unique role of Hazel Dickens) and Music from Jewish composers and lyricists in the True Vine: Mike Seeger’s Life the creation of the modern Ameri- and Musical Journey. can musical. The film showcases After teaching for ten years, the work of legends such as Irving Bobbie Malone received her Ph.D. Berlin, Jerome Kern, George and in American History from Tulane Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart, University and came to Madison to Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammer- be the (now retired) director of the stein II, Leonard Bernstein and Office of School Services at the Stephen Sondheim.” Interviews, Wisconsin Historical Society. performances and archival mate- There she wrote many books for rial are also presented. We’ll students as well as teachers’ guides screen the second part of the DVD for the study of Wisconsin history, at another program. Pharmacy Students Provide Monthly Health Assessments The Wisconsin Society of Phar- macy Students (WSPS) is thrilled to partner with Jewish Social Services Lechayim Luncheons for a second year. WSPS is a regis- tered student organization at the UW Madison School of Pharmacy community outreach programs de- that promotes the profession of signed to provide attendees with pharmacy throughout the commu- knowledge and resources they nity, by volunteering at health need to take charge of their own fairs, performing a variety of health and make healthy and in- health screenings, and hosting formed choices. A few of the top- Photos by educational fairs. Allowing them ics covered over the next nine Louise to come to Lechayim gives WSPS months include blood pressure Goldstein members a chance to use the vari- and cardiovascular health, dia- ous skills learned throughout their betes, immunizations, and falls. pharmacy education. They are ex- The first Health Assessment, cited to be back for a second year. Operation Heart, will be held on WSPS consists of nine different September 30. September 2013 Madison Jewish News/23 Lechayim Lights Spotlight: Jewish Social Services Brings Shabbat to Our Seniors Karen Shevat Dinah Our monthly Shabbat gatherings include wine donated by Frank Liquor, candles and challah, singing and discussion. BY PAMELA PHILLIPS OLSON service during WWII. He felt the protests were unpatriotic. He was Karen Shevat Dinah’s path to Ju- devastated when Karen told him, “If Attic Angel Place at 2:30 in the Garden Room daism was shaped by her search for I were a boy, I would move to 8301 Old Sauk Road social justice and fairness. Canada.” This was the first rift A program of Jewish Social Services and Attic Angel Place. She was born to a strong-minded between them. Music by Les Goldsmith and the assistance of Angel Volunteers. mother who had worked her way Karen joined the Peace Corps, October 4, December 6 through college at UW Whitewater working in Venezuela. She wanted and was a teacher. Her father, a suc- to learn Spanish, but she learned Capitol Lakes at 3:00 in the Grand Hall cessful lumber salesman in a rural more than the language. She re- 333 West Main Street community in northern Wisconsin, ceived kindness and understanding A program of Jewish Social Services and Capitol Lakes quit school during the Depression from the people she had gone to Retirement Community. Led by Rabbi Andrea Steinberger and worked in the help. Returning to with assistance from UW students through the UW-Hillel CCC. He imparted the States, Karen Foundation. to Karen a deep ap- earned a Masters Dates to be announced. preciation for na- in Guidance and ture. Her parents Counseling. In Oakwood West at 4:00 in the Oaks Community Room loved music, and Chicago she 6225 Mineral Point Road she and her sisters worked with mi- A program of Jewish Social Services and Oakwood Village each learned to grant workers, University Woods. With the assistance of JSS volunteers and play an instrument. students, and music by Lauren Mazur. Karen attended community agen- UW-Madison, ma- cies. October 25, November 15 joring in Physical Returning to ATTENTION REHAB PATIENTS: If you are going to be in Education. The Madison in 1982, one of these locations during your rehabilitation, please let program was na- she sought a spiri- Jewish Social Services know; we’d like to invite you and make tionally renowned Karen Shevat Dinah tual connection. sure you are able to attend if you’d like. and highly com- (Photo by Pamela Phillips Olson) “Some Jewish petitive. She friends invited me played volleyball and field hockey. to a seder and a Chanukah celebra- Prior to the passage of Title 9, she tion, and I began studying Judaism. and her teammates had to pay for Although I experienced cognitive uniforms, equipment, coaches, ref- dissonance due to Judaism’s patri- erees, and transportation to games. archal traditions, the social justice Rosh Hashanah Tea Karen never forgot that her element attracted me.” mother was working to put her Karen converted in 1992 after at Oakwood Village through school. Studying hard, she years of study. She is an observant Residents at Oakwood Village University Woods, graduated with an award for aca- member of Sha’arei Shamayim, their friends and families are invited to welcome Rosh demic excellence. holding the post of gabbay sham- Hashanah 5774 with coffee, tea, honey cake and the She experienced a major conflict mas, ensuring that services run blowing of the shofar. For information, contact Louise when she confronted the dilemma smoothly, and is a regular in the Goldstein at 608-278-1808 or [email protected]. of the Vietnam War protests. “To go Beth Israel Center minyan. On her into the Natatorium I had to cross accordion, she also plays Jewish Tuesday, September 3rd, 1:30-2:30 p.m. the line of student protesters daily, music. Oakwood Village University Woods and then armed National Guards- At Lechayim, Karen supports 6225 Mineral Point Road, Madison men.” She crossed the student one of the oldest members, Clara In the Oaks Community Room picket line to honor her mother’s ef- Sweet, who is 98. With admiration Karen Shevet Dinah will blow the shofar forts. Yet her heart was with the pro- and respect for Karen, Clara has testers. begun to wear a yarmulke, just as Her dad was disabled from his Karen does! Transitions Goldman’s Groaners Happy September Birthday Alice Loew Jerry Stotsky It’s That Time Again! tion to get you started, submitted Beatrice Epstein Lyudmila Konovalova Got a good joke? Got a not-so- by Betsy Haimson: Dawn Berney Mary Jane Gavin good joke? Got a HORRIBLE “I don't feel old. I don’t feel Hilde Adler Merilyn Kupferberg joke? Send them to sgoldman@ anything until noon. Then it’s time Harsha Keister jssmadison.org to be shared at for my nap.” Lechayim. Here’s a cute quota- – Bob Hope Best Wishes for your wellness Fay Nager ~ In Memoriam ~ Welcome to your new home Clara Sweet, Capitol Lakes Annette Howards Mazel Tov Modest and unassuming, devoted to her family and to Judaism, in- To Sally Jamison, on the marriage of her grandson tensely proud of being a Marine, fiercely independent and gracious to Seth Jamison to Kelly Vindedahl the end, Annette modeled a life of love and loyalty. She was a Jewish Social Services volunteer for many years at Lechayim, the annual BBQ To Diane Nestle, on the marriage of her daughter Sara Curran, and sometimes in our office, always ready to help and be of service. to Joshua Escher, in Appleton She was a woman with a heart that was open, accepting and true. She would demur if we said she was “one of a kind,” but we know that she Condolences truly was an Eishet Chayil, a woman of valor. Semper Fi, Annette. To the family of Annette Howards 24/Madison Jewish News September 2013
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