The Voice of Hakol Congregation B’nai Jacob

Congregation B’nai Jacob of Phoenixville, PA A d a r – N i s a n 5778 March 2018

Our mission is to provide a place rooted in Jewish tradition where all people feel welcome, supported and enriched. We strive to foster connections to our past, to our future and to the divine in an intimate, accepting community.

Service Times

Daily Minyan Monday to Thursday 7:00pm Friday Night 7:30pm (Unless Community Shabbat) Saturday Morning 9:30am Sunday Morning 9:00am Something Shabbat Every Friday (When Religious School in session) March 2nd Birthday/Anniversary Shabbat with

Candle Lighting Ice Cream Sundae Oneg 7:30 PM

th March 2 5:37pm March 9 Community Shabbat: Pot Luck March 9 5:45pm Shabbat dinner and family-friendly March 16 (DST) 6:52pm service at the Rosenfeld’s home March 23 6:59pm 6:30 PM

March 30 Shabbat & Passover 7:07pm March 16th Amelia Anton Bat Kabbalat March 31 Passover 8:06pm Shabbat 7:30 PM

March 23rd Avery Schwartz Bar Mitzvah Inside HAKOL Kabbalat Shabbat –Pizza in Social Hall at 6:30 PM followed by ser- Rabbi’s Message 2 vices at 7:30 PM President’s Message 3 March 30th First night of Pesach – no service. Tikkun Olam / Social Action 4 Enjoy your Seder! Adult Education 5 Sisterhood 7 Learning For Life Upcoming Events 8, 9 We continue our year-long exploration of Juda- ism as it relates to other religions, how it’s similar Scholar in Residence Program 11, 12 and how it differs, what we can learn from others In Our Community 13, 14 and what they can learn from us. All classes be- Donations 15 gin at 10:00am and are taught by Rabbi Sultar. Buddhism: Celebrations 16 March 11: The Jew in the Lotus Yahrzeit 17, 18 April 8: The Jew in the Lotus Calendar 20 See additional details on Page 5 RABBI'S MESSAGE

tree kosher if it’s shechted by someone who’s not Dear Chaveirim/Friends: Jewish? In any case, the tree must be shechted in the most humane way possible. By the time you get this newsletter, Purim will be so close There would no doubt be a machlochet (debate/ you can smell the hamantaschen argument) about bringing the tree into the house. baking. In the tradition of “Purim Must the b’racha (blessing) be said before or after Torah” (either approaching crossing the threshold. Hillel would likely say that traditional Torah learning in a silly if one foot is already over the threshold, you can way, or approaching something silly in a Torah still say the blessing. Shammai would no doubt way), I offer the following teaching, inspired by rule that both foot have to remain outside of the the comedian Elon Gold, who observed that it’s house. In any case, both would hold that even if really a good thing that putting up a holiday tree you failed to say the b’racha at the proper time, has not been part of Jewish tradition. If it had you’re still obligated to pronounce the blessing for been, there would be thousands more halachot mounting the tree. And while doing so, we must (rules and regulations) that we’d have to follow. keep in mind all the fallen trees, that went to Consider: make paper, houses, and Ritz cracker boxes.

To begin with, there’d need to be an entire new When decorating the tree, the lights must be volume of the Talmud, Masachet Ha’Etz (Tractate strung from right to left, but then kindled from left of the Tree). It would be filled with chapter after to right. If even one bulb in a string goes out, the chapter of rabbis arguing about every jot and tittle entire string is rendered treif (unkosher). If a bulb of the minutia of the details of exactly how to is dim, some say it is still okay. Rashi adds that precisely put up the tree, with at least as many jot this includes a flicker. Once the tree is lit, the and tittle about what not to do. lights must only be enjoyed, we can’t derive any benefit from them, so a lamp must be placed To start at the beginning, what is the proper way nearby but at a different level, so that if we want to shecht (cut) the tree? How far off the ground to read or play Bananagrams it will be from that must the cut be? How far up the trunk is too far? light, not from the ones on the tree. Additionally, what’s the earliest in the season that the tree can be shected? The latest? What kind of Should a stem break off, some rabbis rule that the blemishes are permissible, and which make the entire tree becomes treif. Others permit the tree tree treif (not kosher)? What’s the proper b’racha to still be used, as long as the broken stem (blessing)? If you forget to say the b’racha, can represents less than 1/60 of the total tree. Any you still use the tree? Or can it be used but no needles that fall must be carefully gathered and lights can be strung on it? buried. All agree that the tree may not be thrown out when no longer in use, but instead must be What kind of tree must it be? Following from a saved and used as s’chach (roof material for the prohibition in Deuteronomy, it definitely can’t be a sukkah). fruit-bearing tree. Must it be an evergreen? Are Fir and Spruce permitted, but not pine? Is there a Whew, thank goodness we never took on the blanket prohibition against all pine, or is a pinyon practice of putting up holiday trees! pine allowed? In contrast, the absolutely full observance of Must the tree be living when shechted? If so, it Purim is a piece of cake. There are only a mere has to emit at least a drop of sap, at least a four – count them – only four commandments: k’zaiyit (equivalent of the size of an olive) worth. The tree can’t already be dead in order to be Continued on Page 3 kosher. Must you shecht the tree yourself, or can you designate an agent to do it for you? Is the

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Continued from Page 2 For This Year’s Shabbat Across America,

1- Listen to the Story of Esther (Megillat Esther). Let’s Build A Bridge Over the Join us on Wednesday evening, February 28 Starr Street Acme

at 7:00 PM. Costumes for all adults and chil- Friday nights are one of those dren are strongly encouraged. times when the reality that it’s 2- Give gifts to people who are in need (matanot impossible to be in two places at l’evyonim). once can make us feel torn. On one hand, we’ve had a long week. We want to 3- Give gifts of at least two different kinds of food be home – cozy with our family, our pets, our to friends (mishloach manot). slippers! gets this. That’s why there 4- Have a feast (seudah). (C’mon, when’s the last are so many Shabbat rituals for the home, ways time you were required to have a feast? Com- to acknowledge and keep Shabbat in the comfort manded by God, even, to do so?) of our houses. We light candles, we eat challah, we bless our children. Even if we order in pizza L’Shalom, Rabbi Jeff Sultar and play board games, we can do this Jewishly. Home is a good place to celebrate the first hours of Shabbat.

SIMCHAS IN MARCH On the other hand, Friday nights are a great time to be at synagogue. We see our CBJ friends, we Lisa and Jeff Anton sing Lecha Dodi, we read and discuss contemporary poems that reflect the Torah Invite the Congregation to share our joy portion, the parsha, of the week. And don’t as our daughter, forget the oneg – whether it’s make-your-own-ice

-cream-sundae or baked goods galore, there’s Amelia Rose Anton always dessert. We feel good when we help to Is called to the Torah as a make a Minyan so that those needing to say Kaddish can do so. Synagogue is also a good Bat Mitzvah place to celebrate the first hours of Shabbat. On Saturday, March 17th at 9:30 am. When we moved into our new house last Kiddush to follow. February, I was excited to be moving so close to CBJ. As the crow flies, it’s about three-quarters of a mile, passing just over the Acme on Starr Street. For us, combining home Shabbat and Hope and Howard Schwartz synagogue Shabbat is easy. We can eat after 6:00 and still get to services at 7:30. For me, this Invite the Congregation to share our joy is a perfect Shabbat as I get to enjoy both the as our son, home-based Jewish rituals I love so much and partake in services at synagogue. In my mind, Avery Ethan Schwartz there is a sort of invisible bridge over the Starr Is called to the Torah as a Street Acme – one that allows my family to be almost in two places at the same time. Bar Mitzvah On Saturday, March 24th at 9:30 am. I understand that not everyone lives as close to CBJ and can experience a Friday night that Light Kiddush to follow. incorporates both home and synagogue Shabbat rituals. Continued on Page 4

3 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE (CONT) TIKKUM OLAM / SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE Continued from Page 3 Are you interested in helping This is why you should join us, for Shabbat create and run events for the Across America on Friday night March 9th at Tikkun Olam/Social Action 6:30, for a Community Shabbat Potluck at our Committee? house. We will gather in the dining room at 6:30 We are looking for a Co-Chair to for Shabbat blessings, and then will spend an help with brainstorming and orga- hour eating and socializing. Rabbi Sultar will lead nizing. Just a little time can help a lot with our services in our playroom beginning at 7:30 mitzvot! Please email Amy at the email address (watch out for lightsabers and stray Legos), and below for more information or to volunteer. we will follow services with dessert. Upcoming Events Shabbat Across America is an annual event hosted by NJOP (the National Jewish Outreach Sunday, March 11 from 9am to Noon – Program) that encourages Jews across the Mitzvah Day! – The whole community is invited United States and Canada to invite friends to to join in the fun! We will have all kinds of oppor- their homes and synagogues to celebrate tunities, both inside and out of CBJ. Many hands Shabbat…and YOU are invited! make light work, so please come and help out. More info to come! I hope you will join us for a fictitious walk across my fictitious bridge to this very real Shabbat Sunday, March 25 at Noon – CBJ-JRA Food experience. We live at 840 E. Philip Drive, your Distribution Project – CBJ has partnered with first left off of Whitehorse (off of 23.) See the ad the Jewish Relief Agency (JRA) to create a net- in this issue of Hakol for more information about work for delivering groceries to hungry people in what you can bring… and shoot me an email to the Phoenixville area. We have expanded the let me know if you are coming program to include more households and we ([email protected]). If you like this idea and need more back-up drivers, so please let us can host a Shabbat Community Potluck and know if you are interested in helping with this service at your house in the future, please let me wonderful project! know. Please contact Amy Borla at [email protected] Hope to see you on the 9th. with questions or to volunteer.

THE TREE OF LIFE SCHOLARSHIP

In Founder's Hall is a "Simcha Tree",celebrating all Donations to the Louis and Sadie Liss kinds of joyous occasions in the live of our B'nai Scholarship Fund are always welcome. The Fund Jacob family. The leaves are brass plaques and are provides Scholarships for children of our available to acknowledge the contributions of do- members for enriching Jewish experiences, such as nors to recognize all the happy occasions. They Jewish camps, USY Program, USY Israel many be inscribed to commemorate the birth of a Pilgrimage, and Maccabi Games. child or a grandchild, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, engagement or marriage, a special birthday or anniversary, or to Please help by making donations in honor of or in honor parents, family or friends. memory of love ones. They may be made in any amount over $18.00. Special individualized cards will By obtaining a Leaf on the Tree of Life, you will not be sent for any occasion. only honor and commemorate a significant person or event in your life, you will also help support the pro- Just call the CBJ office at 610-933-5550. grams of Congregation B'nai Jacob. Dr. Fred Liss is the new chairperson. To order your Leaf, call Ruthe Actor at 610-745-2791. Requests for Scholarships should be sent to him by March 15th.

4 LEARNING FOR LIFE-ADULT EDUCATION Judaism and… Buddhism: A year-long exploration of how Judaism March 11: The Jew in the Lotus, Introduction relates to other religions, Chapter 8, pp. 1-108 and how other religions relate to Judaism April 8: The Jew in the Lotus, All sessions taught by Rabbi Jeff Sultar, Chapters 9-15, pp. 109-197 except for the first and the last ones. All classes begin at 10:00 AM and meet in the April 29: The Jew in the Lotus, library (except for the Scholar-in Residence Chapters 16-23, pp. 198-289 program).

For sessions based on readings from a book, Christianity: please note that while your experience will be May 11-13: Scholar in Residence Weekend enhanced if you read in advance, it’s by no with Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University means a requirement, and no classes will Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies presume that everyone’s read the chapters for More details in on Pages 11 and 12 that day.

Also, if you can’t make every session in a connected series, please come to the ones that you can, as each class – while building on what’s come before – will also stand alone on its own.

Books should be acquired on your own in advance, preferably from your local bookstore, otherwise new or used on-line.

The book we’ll be using as guide for the remaining classes: **Now Available**

The Jew in the Lotus: A Poet’s Rediscovery of An Easy and Secure Way to Make a Jewish Identity in Buddhist India, Payment and/or Donation to CBJ! Roger Kamenetz Congregation B'nai Jacob is now accepting online payments via a secure credit card While accompanying 8 high–spirited Jewish payment processor. No credit card infor- delegates to Dharamsala, India, for a historic mation will be stored at any time. If you Buddhist–Jewish dialogue with the Dalai Lama, would like to make an online payment, go poet Rodger Kamenetz comes to understand the to www.congbj.org/ and click on the Make convergence of Buddhist and Jewish thought. a Payment Button or Make a Donation. Use Along the way he encounters Ram Dass and your Smart Phone, Tablet, Lap Top or Richard Gere, and dialogues with leading rabbis Desk Top Computer and Support CBJ, any- and Jewish thinkers, including Zalman Schacter, time anywhere. All credit cards are ac- Yitz and Blu Greenberg, and a host of religious cepted. and disaffected Jews and Jewish Buddhists. This amazing journey through Tibetan Buddhism and Judaism leads Kamenetz to a renewed appreciation of his living Jewish roots.

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PURIM is coming !!

On Wednesday, February 28 at 7:00 PM, there is only ONE place to be: Congregation B’nai Jacob

What to Bring:

Ears (to hear the Megillah read by our erstwhile chanters and readers)

2. Costumes Required !! (penalty for civilian clothes: double contribution)

3. Favorite noisemakers (or groggers will be provided)

4. Gifts of Food for Friends (at least 2 different kinds of food – cookies, candy, hamantaschen, fruit)

5. Tzedakah (the hat – possibly 3-cornered – will be passed)

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Sisterhood Shabbat Friday April 20, 7 pm: Be can also contact Rebecca Boylan at part of a special service with Sisterhood, [email protected] or 610-327-8217 to find daughters, mothers and friends. Parts available any item that you don’t see there. in Hebrew and English. We also need help to make a wonderful oneg to celebrate our mitzvah Sisterhood Catering Service: We will be glad to and service participation. Please contact Lori help you with your simcha. Sisterhood will put out Snow to take part: all food, paper goods, centerpieces, and wine as 610-635-0149 or [email protected] well as ensure that the social hall is ready for you and your guests. We want to make sure your Save-the-date for Sisterhood's annual special day is one to remember. The “sisters” Torah Fund luncheon hosted by Karen enjoy the time together and welcome the Real at her lovely home in Phoenixville opportunity for more members to join us in on Sunday June 24. Please plan to join providing these worthwhile services. us! If you are able to provide a little help, please contact Marilyn Tassencourt at 610- Funeral Luncheons: If you are able to be on our 647-9330 or [email protected] list of food preparers or helpers for your fellow congregants in a time of need, please contact Remember Torah donations are welcome Diane Liss at 610-935-8646 or anytime during the year - minimum donation [email protected] this year is $36. Double chai $ 36 Koach $ 54

Torah Fund pins with a gift of $180 or more: Sisterhood B’nai Jacob Event Calendar Benefactor $180 2017-2018 Guardian $300 Patron $1200 Scholarship Patron $2500

Giving to the Torah Fund Campaign is an opportunity to participate in preserving, promoting and perpetuating Conservative/Masorti Judaism. Join us!

Sisterhood Wine Closet The famous Sisterhood wine closet is back in Tuesday March 20th, 6:30 pm: Sisterhood business. Moscato, Chardonnay, Traveling Supper at Thai Spice in Limerick. Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Grigio, Merlot, and Champagne are stocked Friday April 20, 7 pm: Sisterhood Shabbat

and also a good selection of kosher Sunday June 24th, 12:30 – 2:30: wine and champagne can be ordered for your Torah Fund Luncheon hosted by personal and gifting needs. All your favorites! Karen Real at her home. Order forms are available. For more information, contact Marilyn Tassencourt: 610-647-9330 or [email protected]

Sisterhood’s Gift Shop: Our gift shop is well stocked all year with simcha needs as well as special holiday needs or a last minute gift idea. The shop is open when the office is open and you

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CBJ/Cemetery Joint Fundraiser

Date: Saturday, March 3, 2018

Time: Doors Open at 6:45 PM

Place: CBJ Social Hall at Starr & Manavon

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8 UPCOMING EVENTS IT’S SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA AND YOU ARE INVITED!!!

A CBJ Community Shabbat Potluck Dinner and Service

Friday, March 9th at 6:30 PM

Rosenfeld’s House

840 E. Philip Drive, Phoenixville, PA 19460

Please join us for a vegetarian potluck Shabbat dinner (beginning with blessings) Home-baked challah and lots of pasta provided If your last name starts with A-M, please bring a vegetarian side dish (salads, veggies, chips, dips, etc.) If your last name starts with N-Z, please bring a dessert If your heart is set on bringing something that doesn’t fit with the above assigned food, no worries! Just bring that!

Rabbi Sultar will lead services starting at 7:30 PM.

If you are over 65 or have an injury, please park at the top of the driveway. All others, please park on the street. Thanks.

Please RSVP to Jodi at [email protected] so we can have a general idea of how many people to expect. If you forget to RSVP or decide to come at the last minute – that’s fine! Just come.

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Come for the Book Club /Get excited for the Scholar -in-Residence Weekend!

May 11-13 is our first ever Estelle B. Solomon Scholar-in-Residence Program at Congregation B’nai Jacob. We will have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Amy- Jill Levine, renowned New Testament Scholar with us discussing Judaism, Jesus and Jewish-Christian Relations- How Jews and Christians Misun- derstand Each Other.

In preparation for this exciting opportunity, I thought it would be great to get together and read one of Dr. Levine’s (many) books as a group and discuss. I have chosen the book below, available in paper- back and hard cover as well as on Kindle and Audiobooks.

The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine Levine, University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Science.

She has spoken at hundreds of synagogues and churches, Protestant and Roman Catholic confer- ences, Jewish Community Centers in the classroom, and in her highly successful Teaching Company audios and videos. Levine is brilliant, charming, funny and forceful, and uses these traits to give a com- pletely fresh perspective on how Jesus and the New Testament can help us better understand Jewish history. In addition to offering new insights with great skill, she has the remarkable ability to be tough, pointing out how Christians both liberal and conservative unwittingly import anti-Jewish stereotypes their understanding of Jesus. At the same time, she corrects misunderstandings many Jews have about Jesus and his followers. Her truth–telling here will provoke honest dialogue on how Christians and Jews should understand Jesus and our shared first-century heritage.

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WEEKEND THEME - JUDAISM, JESUS AND JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS - HOW JEWS AND CHRISTIANS MISUNDERSTAND EACH OTHER

FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018, all activities at Congregation B'nai Jacob

6 p.m. Catered Dinner* (Social Hall)

7 p.m. - Shabbat Service and Program (Sanctuary)

Program: "How Do Jews and Christians Read Scripture Differently? - It's Not a Zero Sum Game"

8:30 p.m. (approx.) - Dessert Oneg by CBJ (Social Hall)

SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2018, all activities at Congregation B'nai Jacob

9:30 a.m. - Shabbat Service (Sanctuary)

11 a.m. (approx.) - Teaching Program: "Jewish and Christian Relations, and the Biblical View of Gen- der and Sexuality: Adam and Eve and the Beginning of Sex" (Sanctuary)

Noon to 1:30 p.m. - Catered Lunch and Program* (Social Hall)

Program: "Jewish and Christian Relations, and the Biblical View of Gender and Sexuality: David and Bathsheba and the #MeToo Movement"

1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Clergy and Religious School Teacher Workshop

Theme: "How to Keep Anti-Semitism Out of the Sunday Schools and Off the Pulpit"

7:30 p.m. - Shabbat Afternoon Dessert Reception with Solomon Family Recognition followed by Havdalah

Program: "What Jews Need to Know About the New Testament, and What Christians Need to Know about First-Century Judaism"

SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2018, offsite local Church

Program to be Announced *Registration and fee required.

11 UPCOMING EVENTS Estelle B. Solomon Scholar‐In‐Residence Program CBJ’s Scholar-in-Residence May 11-13, 2018

Renowned Jewish Scholar and Professor Amy-Jill Levine University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Sciences

Judaism, Jesus and Jewish­Christian Relations – How Jews and Christians Misunderstand Each Other

Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Science; she is also Affiliated Professor, Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge UK. Her resume includes hundreds of biblical talks to audiences across the country; plus numerous publications on Christian origins, Jewish/Christian relations, and the biblical views of gender and sexuality.

We invite you to support our Scholar-In-Residence weekend by contributing to our event:

SUPPORTER $72 Receives two tickets to planned catered meals and a listing in the Program

PATRON $108 Receives two tickets to planned catered meals and a listing in the Program

BENEFACTOR $360** Receives four tickets to planned catered meals, a signed book and a listing in the Program

STAR SPONSOR $1080*** Receives four tickets to planned catered meals, a signed book and special recognition in the Program

LUNCHEON SPONSOR $5400 or DINNER SPONSOR $5400 Receives four tickets to planned catered meals, a signed book, special recognition in the Program and exclusive with Dr. Levine

Contact Mark Snow at [email protected] for more information or to assist with program planning.

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Religious School World Wide Wrap

Students Learning About Wearing Tefillin and Tying

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Religious School Tu B’Shevat Seder

Rabbi Sultar Leads Students in a Seder Celebrating the Birthday of Trees

14 DONATIONS

B’nai Jacob Cemetery

Joan Rofsky in memory of Sam Gottlieb

Capital Fund

Barbara Garber in memory of Rose Judge Barbara Garber in memory of Samuel Garber Barbara Garber in memory of Clarence Garber

Congregation B’nai Jacob

Carol Actor and Mitchel Kling in memory of Catherine Cassic, mother of Kathy Koller

Community Shabbat Donation for Tikkun Olam/Social Action Fund

The Rosenfeld Family in honor of Community Shabbat Carol Actor and Mitchel Kling in appreciation of Community Shabbat Dinner Jeff and Bonnie Blank in honor of Community Shabbat Wanda Siller in honor of Community Shabbat

Louis and Sadie Liss Scholarship Fund

Hal and Kate Katz in memory of Otto Katz Hermine and Gil Liss in memory of Eva Eisenberg

Pinkus Stern Torah Restoration Fund

Adrienne Burns in memory of beloved father, Manuel Ostroff

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund

Nancy and Irving Silverman in memory of Jodi Rosenfeld’s aunt, Janet Silverman Gerald and Carlyn Bell in memory of Samuel Bell

15 MARCH CELEBRATIONS

Birthday Wishes

1 Jonathan Trobman 17 Tori Rosen 1 Charles Yeiser 18 Jolyon Borla 3 Sanford Stone 18 Paul Stern 3 David Londer 19 Tess Casper 3 Stephen Skopp 21 Britta Schasberger 5 Renee Schultz 22 Amelia Anton 7 Mikayla Bruno 25 Art Lebofsky 8 Michele Aguirre-MacKenzie 27 Stephen Corbman 9 Ronnie Baer 27 Benjamin Marks 9 Andrea Zavod 29 Symme Trachtenberg 9 Samuel Marks 29 Heather Veraska 10 Fred Goldberg 30 Larry Koller 12 Linda Mandlowitz 30 Jennifer Rosen

16 Freda & Mony Harbon 20 Renee & Bill Schultz 23 Roz & Chuck Epstein 31 Judy & Joel Eisner

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March Hebrew Day Honoree Month

1 ADAR 14 Sydney Skopp 1 ADAR 14 Louis Trachtenberg 2 ADAR 15 I. Louis Goldberg 2 ADAR 15 Robert Albert 3 ADAR 16 Isaac Sherman 3 ADAR 16 Yetta Trachtenberg 3 ADAR 16 Freda Hirsch 4 ADAR 17 Julius Cohen 5 ADAR 18 Esther Schutzman 5 ADAR 18 Harry Weiss 5 ADAR 18 Seymour Weil 6 ADAR 19 Max Spear 6 ADAR 19 Morris Schur 6 ADAR 19 Arthur Kling 6 ADAR 19 Helen Cohen 7 ADAR 20 Lillian Golub 7 ADAR 24 Alfred Miller 11 ADAR 24 Arnold S. Jacobs 12 ADAR 25 Edith Miller 13 ADAR 26 Dr. Sidney Rubenstein 13 ADAR 26 Rose Mirsky 15 ADAR 28 David Goldstein 15 ADAR 28 Jeannette Margolis 16 ADAR 29 Leo Etter 17 NISAN 1 Neil David Reznik 17 NISAN 1 Sidney Hurwitz 18 NISAN 2 Andrew Hickman 18 NISAN 2 Clara Berkowitz 19 NISAN 3 Lillian Gottlieb 20 NISAN 4 Adele Wilson Freedman 20 NISAN 4 Mollie Cherashore 21 NISAN 5 Beatrice Abramson Cohen 21 NISAN 5 Israel Issac Fleisher 22 NISAN 6 Berte Zatuchni 22 NISAN 6 Leonard Neumann 22 NISAN 6 Barbara Gantert 23 NISAN 7 Margaret Schoen 23 NISAN 7 Jacob Goldberg 24 NISAN 8 Celia Stoltz 24 NISAN 8 Lena Solomon 25 NISAN 9 Shoshana Dannhauer 26 NISAN 10 Hanania Stern 27 NISAN 11 Benjamin Weinstock 28 NISAN 12 Norman Yager Continued on Page 18

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March Hebrew Day Honoree Month

28 NISAN 12 Nathan Rubenstein 28 NISAN 12 Shirley Meyerowitz Levit 29 NISAN 13 Harry Nichol 29 NISAN 13 Mordecai H. Berkowitz 29 NISAN 13 Esther Lee Silverman 30 NISAN 14 Herman Wrubel 30 NISAN 14 Daniel Ball 30 NISAN 14 Nathan Wilson 31 NISAN 15 Beatrice Leapman 31 NISAN 15 William Hotkin

MEMORIAL PLAQUES

It is a sacred Jewish tradition to remember the departed. At Congregation B’nai Jacob, we have made this tradition a part of our continuous worship and observance by creating a lasting memorial tribute in our sanctuary to our loved ones. These plaques will be viewed by future generations with love and remembrance. You can honor your loved ones by eternalizing their memory with a bronze plaque in our sanctuary. Every year, in perpetuity, on the anniversary of their Yahrtzeit, and at every Yizkor service, their mem- ory will be rekindled as the plaque is illuminated. You may order a plaque by contacting Sandy Stone or Valerie in the office.

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Board of Directors

Officers Committees

President: Dr. Jodi Rosenfeld Advertising: Open Vice Presidents: Dr. Carol Actor; Alan Verbit Chevra Kadisha: Jerry Neumann Treasurer: Dr. Michael Salsburg Education: Open Financial Secretary: Bill Fleisher Grounds / House: Open Recording Secretary: Cheryl Trobman Hakol/Communications: Diane Zavod Corresponding Secretary: Brenda Kabler High Holiday: Eric Miller, Sandy Stone Immediate Past President: Mark Snow High Holiday (appeal): Dr. Michael Salsburg Chairman of the Board of Trustees: Kadima: Open Eric J. Miller Kitchen: Sonja Goldman Major Gifts: Open Membership: Jessica and Adam Marks Memorial Plaques: Sandy Stone Oneg Shabbat: Open Religious Life: Dr. Alan Troy Sisterhood President: Rebecca Boylan Scholarship: Dr. Fred Liss Scrip: Lisa Anton Tikkun Olam/Social Action: Amy Borla Tree of Life: Ruthe Actor USY: Open Ways and Means: Open

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