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Religious Services Your presence will be May very special to us FRIDAY, MAY 6 as our son Parshat Aharei Mt, Lev. 16:1-18:30 Michael Gideon Kabbalat Shabbat Services ...... 5:30 p.m. is called to the Torah Please join us for SATURDAY, MAY 7 as a Bar Mitzvah Torah Study ...... 9:15 a.m. Bar Mitzvah of The Marc L. on Saturday, May 14, 2016 Logan Russo ...... 10:30 a.m. Rosenberg 10:15 am Son of Mike & Lisa Russo Golf We are honored to have you FRIDAY, MAY 13 Tournament join us for Kiddush luncheon Parshat Kedoshim, Lev. 19:1-20:27 following services Kabbalat Shabbat Services ...... 5:30 p.m. Celebrating Israel’s Birthday For the benefit of Music by Klez with Class Band Beth Israel and SATURDAY, MAY 14 Cantor Larisa and Manna at the Torah Study ...... 9:15 a.m. Dmitry Leiderman Bar Mitzvah of Shore Michael Leiderman ...... 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Please RSVP to the Temple office Son of Cantor Larisa & Dmitry Leiderman June 22, 2016 FRIDAY, MAY 20 at Linwood Parshat Emor, Lev. 21:1-24:23 JPlace Tot Shabbat...... 5:00 p.m. Country Club Wine & Cheese PreNeg ...... 5:30 p.m. See pages 5 & 6 Kabbalat Shabbat Services ...... 6:00 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 21 Torah Study ...... 9:15 a.m. Youth Group Services ...... 10:30 a.m. FRIDAY, MAY 27 Congregation Beth Israel cordially invites you to its Parshat Behar, Lev. 25:1-26:2 Kabbalat Shabbat Services ...... 5:30 p.m. Confirmation Service during Shabbat Services SATURDAY, MAY 28 Torah Study ...... 9:15 a.m. Friday, June 10, 2016, 4 Sivan, 5776 Shabbat Minyan Services...... 10:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. June Service Schedule on page 2. Jocelyn Schwartz Elana Tiger Sara VanDyke Sam Watt Shavuot Yizkor Services Rabbi David M. Weis & Dinner Cantor Larisa Averbakh David Lowenstein, President Turning Torah Into Deeds 5:30 p.m. Reception Follows Immediately RSVP to the Temple office Esther and Joseph Ashner Auditorium 2501 Shore Road, Northfield, N. J. Tidings May/June 2016 • 2 From the Rabbi Religious Services Of Seders Past and Future June Last week, Jews all over the world gathered around their FRIDAY, JUNE 3 tables to again celebrate Pesach and to relive the exodus Parshat Behukotai, Lev. 26:3-27:34 from Egypt. The Seder is a look back, but it is more Kabbalat Shabbat Services ...... 5:30 p.m. importantly a journey forward. We are ever on the way from SATURDAY, JUNE 4 slavery to freedom. This story is our vision of a brighter Torah Study ...... 9:15 a.m. tomorrow. At my Seder table, we shared Seder stories. I shared one that Bat Mitzvah of my friends Yitzhak Sokoloff and Michael Oren had in 1982. Rachel Lischin ...... 10:30 a.m. For Pesach that year, they were on a mission to visit Soviet Jewish Daughter of Jeff & Margot Lischin refuseniks on behalf of the Israeli Government. They arrived in Odessa the day of the Seder. That afternoon they visited a group of long-term FRIDAY, JUNE 10 Parshat B’Midbar, Num. 1:1-27:34 refuseniks who brought them to the only functioning synagogue left in a Kabbalat Shabbat Services city with 100,000 Jews. Parked outside were a group of black Volga sedans, & Confirmation ...... 5:30 p.m. which were used by the KGB in order to track and intimidate those daring SATURDAY, JUNE 11 to attend religious services. Torah Study ...... 9:15 a.m. They entered the synagogue and joined a minyan of a few old men, Bar Mitzvah of together with two or three refusenik friends. In the middle of the service Daniel Wise...... 10:30 a.m. one of the KGB guys got out of his car, walked into the synagogue and Son of Dr. Richard & Rachel Wise started accosting people demanding that they show him their identity FRIDAY, JUNE 17 papers. Their friends thought that it would not be a good idea for the KGB Parshat Naso, Num. 4:21-7:89 to know that the synagogue worshipers were meeting with foreigners, so JPlace Tot Shabbat...... 5:00 p.m. they sneaked them out of the synagogue, and back into their car. Wine & Cheese PreNeg ...... 5:30 p.m. The driver’s name was Ya’akov Mesh. Yaakov pulled away from the curb Kabbalat Shabbat Services ...... 6:00 p.m. and started dashing through the streets of Odessa, with the KGB hot on his SATURDAY, JUNE 18 tail. It was like being dropped into a movie set, except that somehow it was actually real. At one point Ya’akov drove around a bend in the road, took a Torah Study ...... 9:15 a.m. Bat Mitzvah of sharp turn into a narrow one way street, looked back at Yitzhak and Michael Jordyn Fisher...... 10:30 a.m. with a big smile and said, “now we will watch them.” At that moment the Daughter of Bryan & Jeni Fisher two cars that were trailing them motored past and kept going. Yaakov turned around and headed in the opposite direction. That is how they FRIDAY, JUNE 24 made it to Seder night in Odessa! Parshat Behaalotecha, Num. 8:1-12:16 Their hosts were an incredible family named the Nepomniachis. Their Kabbalat Shabbat Services ...... 5:30 p.m. daughter, a 19-year-old woman named Yehudit, had personally Huntington Avenue Beach in Margate established a network of underground Hebrew classes that would serve as SATURDAY, JUNE 25 a model for the entire Soviet Jewry Movement. The Seder was Torah Study ...... 9:15 a.m. unforgettable. Never before (or again) would they be able to recite the Bar Mitzvah of Xander Matik ...... 10:30 a.m. words, “This year we are here, next year let us be in the land of Israel; this Son of Darren & Brett Matik year we are slaves, next year let us be free,” with the same intensity. As if their goal was to drive that very point home, the following day, when FRIDAY, JULY 1 they returned for lunch, the KGB barged into the apartment in the middle Parshat Shelach-Lecha, Num. 13:1-15:41 of the meal and forced my friends to return to their hotel to hear a warning Kabbalat Shabbat ...... 5:30 p.m. about fraternizing with criminals. A few years later the Neopmniachi’s arrived in Israel themselves, but only No Torah Study and Saturday morning after Yehudit’s father Mark and her fiancée Ya’akov had been arrested and services in July. sent to serve almost two years in Soviet labor camps. Thirty-four years have passed since that Seder, and over a million Soviet Please visit Beth Israel’s website: Jews have become Israelis. The Soviet Union itself no longer exists. I am thankful for having had the opportunity to witness one of the great chapters of Jewish history, a chapter that has not quite come to a close. Jews continue to arrive in Israel from Russia, Ukraine, Yemen, and even Iran, and www. in recent weeks we have learned that they will soon be joined by thousands of Ethiopians who have been waiting for years to achieve their dream of bethisraelnorthfield. joining their families in Israel. The challenges in Israel may still be incredibly org difficult, but looking at our history through the prism of many millions of Continued on page 3 Tidings May/June 2016 • 3

B’nai Mitzvah From the Cantor I hope you agree that this 125th year has been May 7, 2016 extraordinary, filled with celebratory and Logan Russo Grade 7 inspirational services and events, geared for Northfield Community School every taste and age. And we keep rolling… May Hobbies:Gaming, snowboarding, brings us a special Israel-themed Shabbat squash, tennis and golf. Service on Friday, May 13, at 5:30 p.m., in honor of Yom Haatzmaut. Please come dressed in Israeli May 14, 2016 colors, white and blue. This service will be Michael Leiderman particularly significant for me. On that day my Grade 6 son, Michael, will be called to the Torah for the first time on the Northfield Middle School eve of his Bar Mitzvah. I am honored and grateful that our Hobbies: Science, history, theater Sisterhood decided to celebrate his coming of age with an hors and music, tennis, video games d’oeuvres reception following the services. From the day he was and spending time with friends and born, Beth Israel has become Michael’s second home. I hope family. you’ll share our simcha Saturday, May 14, at 10:15 a.m., as June 4, 2016 Michael ascends the bimah and join us for a luncheon following Rachel Lischin the services. Please RSVP to the Temple’s office. Grade 7 June brings our Service of Confirmation, on Friday, the tenth, Northfield Community School as well as a new program in celebration of Shavuot, on Sunday Hobbies: Is an honor student, June 12, at 5 p.m. We’ll celebrate this important holiday (referred loves singing, dance, theater, to as “the time of the receiving of the Torah), remember our loved playing flute and most of all ones with Yizkor Service, engage in traditional Tikkun Leil Shavuot being with her family, friends (a community study with the Rabbi), and nosh on delicious and her puppy. blintzes. We’ll welcome the summer with our first Beach Service June 11, 2016 on Friday, June 24. Daniel Wise I’d like to fast forward to the end of the summer and draw your Grade 7 attention to the special musical event I am very much looking Belhaven Middle School forward to. Sunday, August 28, Beth Israel will be hosting The Hobbies: Soccer, baseball, Cantor’s Ensemble. Cantors from the Delaware Valley and New hockey, skiing, volunteering at Jersey Regions, as well as cantorial guests from all over the Jewish Family Service. country will join together for a delightful concert of Jewish Music, both liturgical and secular. I am thrilled to welcome my amazing June 18, 2016 colleagues back to Beth Israel. More information to follow, but Jordyn Fisher for sure, it will be a memorable night, not to be missed! Grade 6 Wishing you a wonderful and refreshing summer, Fernwood Middle School Hobbies: Writing, reading, soccer, Cantor Larisa Averbakh dancing & singing, swimming and hanging out with family and friends. JPlace Adults…the place to be Jewish June 25, 2016 announces its spring offerings: Xander Matik Grade 6 Book Review and Discussion Belhaven Middle School Join us for lunch and our next Book Review and Hobbies: Basketball, football, Discussion on Wednesday, May 11th at 12 p.m. singing, acting, running and in the Cohen Library. The book is “Pastrami on hanging out with family and Rye” by Ted Merwin. friends.

Rabbi (continued from page 2) Seders held over thousands of years, it seems to me that of others. In America, in Israel and across the globe, we truly live in a magical era. Seders ended with the same clarion call: “This year we are Here in America, we have achieved so much of the still slaves, next let us be free.” Keyn Yehi Ratzon, May it be dream of freedom that brought our ancestors to this land. God’s will! We are so blessed. Let us also remember those who have not yet crossed the Red Sea to freedom, of our people and Rabbi David M. Weis Tidings May/June 2016 • 4 From the Administrator Bamishpachah (In the Family):

Welcome home to all of our Snowbirds! We hope that we will Mazel Tov to: see you at Shabbat Services or a Mike & Lisa Russo on the Bar Mitzvah of their son Logan. Beth Israel program and get to Mazel tov also to grandmother Ronnie Alper. greet you in person. We are very Cantor Larisa & Dmitry Leiderman on the Bar Mitzvah of grateful for your continued support of our their son Michael. synagogue. Dedicated members, like you, ensure Jeff & Margot Lischin on the Bat Mitzvah of their that we celebrate our 125th anniversary year, daughter Rachel. Mazel tov to grandmother Dee Korfin. fondly looking back on the generations that have preceded us. Yet, more importantly we look Dr. Richard & Rachel Wise on the Bar Mitzvah of their son forward to the generations that will follow us. Daniel. So to catch you up; the next time you come to Bryan & Jeni Fisher on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter the Temple you will see the solar panels being Jordyn. installed on our new roof. Some of us still refer to Darren & Brett Matik on the Bar Mitzvah of their son our building, as “new;” this month marks 30 years Xander. Mazel tov also to grandparents Larry & Ruth since we crossed the bridge from the island to the Harrison. mainland. Ilene Lippman and Mark Lippman on the engagement Our Legacy Campaign is a wonderful way to of their son Andrew to Vada Ann. celebrate our 125th anniversary. When you are Daniel J. Capecci, son of Dr. Phyllis M. Perkins and step- called upon, please contribute and be a part of son of Dr. Nathaniel H. Wiesenfeld, on his this living history we call Beth Israel. engagement to Lindsay Forman, daughter of Rick and Program notes: JPlace Adults next Book Review Donna Forman of Cherry Hill, NJ. Danny and Lindsay and Discussion will take place on Wednesday, met at Camp Ramah in the Poconos. May 11 at 12 p.m. in the Cohen Library. The book Briana Hafetz, Lexie Hordes, Lee Mamolen & Sarah selection is “Pastrami on Rye” by Ted Merwin, the Wallen on their graduation from college. story and culture of Jewish Deli’s. The weekend of May 13 and 14 will be very special. Shabbat Services on Friday, May 13 will be a celebration of Israeli Independence Day. The liturgy will be YOUTH GROUP NEWS Israeli; we will celebrate with Israeli flags, dress in Israel’s colors, blue and white. A festive Oneg will Sometimes it’s difficult to get your children be sponsored by our Sisterhood in honor of to synagogue on Friday nights. There are so Cantor Larisa and Dmitry’s son Michael, whose Bar many directions a family can be pulled each Mitzvah will be Saturday morning beginning at week. Yet, you still want to attend more 10:30 a.m. The Cantor and her family have Shabbat services! We recognize this issue extended invitations to the entire congregation. and will be trying something new. Please RSVP to the Temple office so they can be On Saturday morning, May 21, we are going to be offering properly prepared. a special Youth Service just for kids! We’ll be starting with a Friday, May 20 will be our monthly PreNeg, wine 9:30 a.m. Bagel Breakfast, followed by a camp-style creative and cheese at 5:30 p.m. followed by Kabbalat Shabbat service and ending with a fun social action project. Shabbat Services, 6 p.m. JPlace Tot Shabbat will Whether your children need Shabbat attendance credit, begin at 5 p.m. community service hours or just want to experience a Special events in June: Confirmation Services, meaningful, unplugged morning with their Beth Israel Friday June 10 beginning at 5:30 p.m. friends, we hope your children will join us. More information Wednesday, June 22 will be the annual Marc L. will be forthcoming by email. If you have any questions, feel Rosenberg Golf Tournament benefitting Beth free to email me at [email protected]. Israel and Manna at the Shore. Please see the As we finish out the year, I’d like to thank all of the parents invitation on page 5. Friday, June 24, 5:30 p.m. who have encouraged their children to participate in the Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat Services on the programs that we offer. Thank you also to the parents who beach at Huntington Avenue in Margate. have volunteered throughout the year to make our TYG Summer at the Shore is almost here. We are events run smoothly. A successful Youth Group is dependent here all summer, please just stop in and say hi! on the support of our families! Susan Sokalsky Susan Weis Tidings May/June 2016 • 5

President’s Perspective As we continue to celebrate our 125th anniversary, opportunity to learn to paint for the and looking at our synagogue today, I am continually novice. We had over 40 participants who amazed at the way we continue to reinvent ourselves to all had great time learning to paint while meet the changing needs of our evolving community. In sipping a glass of wine. And speaking of just the past year alone, we have added many new wine, just a few weeks ago, The South programs to fulfill these changing needs. Jersey Jazz Society teamed up with Beth We have adopted JPlace… the place to be Jewish as Israel for an evening of Jazz Music, Latin our brand. JPlace Kids provides events for our families Dancing (instruction provided!) and a wine tasting with young children, including a monthly weekday conducted by our very own Aaron Tasoff. With over 120 program and JPlace Tot Shabbats with services, craft and people in attendance, it truly was a great night out! dinner. If you have ideas for events you would like to attend, JPlace Adults offers monthly “PreNeg” services for our please let the office know. We are always looking for new adults, serving wine & cheese in a relaxed atmosphere ideas to draw our community together! prior to Shabbat services (when our JPlace Tot Shabbat I would be remiss if I did not mention one very special join us for Shabbat Blessings), a terrific way to unwind event that is coming up! It has been many years since a from a busy week before worship. member of our clergy has celebrated a Bar or Bat We’ve had Adult JPlace book reviews and dinners; Mitzvah at Beth Israel. Cantor Larisa and Dmitry are Sukkot in the Sukkah, Chanukah dinner and learning with pleased to invite the entire congregation to join in the Rabbi Weis, an Adult Purim dinner complete with the celebration of Michael’s Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, May opportunity to learn to bake our own Hamantashen. 14. Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Please R.S.V.P. to the They were really yummy! office, so we can be properly prepared. I urge you to First time events were met with enthusiasm and share this lifecycle event with our Cantor. brought out a diverse group of congregants and non- Best regards, congregants alike. Our “Paint Party” offered the David Lowenstein

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May their memory Min Mandell – Ed & Carole Weiss Special Birthday of Shula Schreiber – Howard be for a blessing Hugh William Friedman – Lydia Nusbaum & Shirley Bernstein Esther Cohn – Jerry & Ina Cohn MARION REINHEIMER Janet Goodman Mason – Dr. Paul & Jody CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Deepest sympathy is extended Goodman InIn Honor Of: to the bereaved families Betty Bernson – Marilyn Bernson In Appreciation of Hannah’s Bat Mitzvah – Paul Dunayer – Sharon Altman Brian & Laura Levy & Family GRACIOUS GIFTS Milton Vender – Rose Strauss Vender In Memory Of: Seth Brody – Rosalie Mogell BRICKMAN GROSS FAMILY Dr. Norman Foxman – Stanley & Dori Yetta Romm – Arnold & Harriet Young CONTINUING ED Waldman; Ken & Sandi Mackler; Drs. Lloyd Gertrude Sagransky – Dr. David Sagransky In Memory Of: & Robin Pritz; Dr. Stephen & Sheri Uretsky George Kripitz – Jean Kripitz Carol Gibbs – Dr. Howard & Gayle Gross Sara Waldman – Stanley & Dori Waldman Meyer Peck – Dr. Marc & Betsy Peck Adele Gross – Dr. Howard & Gayle Gross Valentine Laur – Bennett & Jeannette Flax Martin Silver – Helen Levine Irving Gross – Dr. Howard & Gayle Gross Reba Freedman – Elaine Shusman Felix Miksis – Gerry & Mona Miksis Isadore Freedman – Elaine Shusman Ted Rossman – Shula Schreiber MARTHA MALLIN/BARBARA MALAMUT Edwin Robinson – RoseAnne Stern Morton “Buddy” Grossman – John Grossman FUND Aida Robinson – Dr. Paul & Ingrid Ljubich Martin Wizov – Barry & Fran Wizov In Memory Of: Mel Nathanson – Selma Boudov; Selma Portnoy Gloria Slotoroff – David & Barbara Slotoroff Mae Koren – Harold & Martha Moskowitz Esther Perkins - Selma Boudov Tillie Wood – Marty & Golda Wood Bernard Steinberg – Rhoda Malamut Peter Kernan – Marjorie Kernan Leonard Nelson – Edith Nelson & Family Gail Stern – Herb & Faith Stern Benjamin Malinger – Susan Simon Wendy Joy Yantes Kimble – Peter & Shelley Lewis Malamut – Rhoda Malamut; Harold & Joseph Mintz – Larry & Robin Mintz Dorazio Martha Moskowitz Victoria Breon – Brian & Shari Cohen Granddaughter of Jim& Estelle Vester – Ruth Abraham Perll – Nathan & Pamela Perll Bandoroff RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Joseph Soltz – Larry & Carla Gash Celia Brone – Dr. Richard & Susan Adelman In Memory Of: William Weinberg – Arnold & Marilyn Bigney Marion Krugman – Nathan & Pamela Perll Muriel Harris – Mark & Tena Friedman Donald Yantes – Peter & Shelley Dorazio Rose Mayer – Therese Wertheimer Esther Perkins – Dr. Jeffrey & Meryl Perkins Rose Wertheimer – Therese Wertheimer Harold Wertheimer – Therese Wertheimer Rose Erichson – Dr. Steve & Marge Gosin Samuel Zatlyn – Nathan & Sima Diamond Lillian Freedman – Barbara Gerber Judith Schwartz – Larry & Robin Caplan Louis Brown – Michael & Joy Lewkowski; Gussie Pliskin – Selma Portnoy In Honor Of: George & Sharon Cullingford In Honor Of: Speedy Recovery of Lisa Belkin – Dr. Alan Sol Nockowitz – David & Randi Nockowitz Special Birthday of Dr. Sid Millstein – Bob & Dechter & Sheree Smith Daniel Mogell – Rosalie Mogell Susan Mayer; Bonnie Kennedy; Margie In appreciation of Bella’s Bat Mitzvah – Dr. Jean Matusow – Rosalie Mogell Kernan Larry & Ilene Reich Sy Mogell – Rosalie Mogell Special Birthday of Bob Mayer – Dr. Sid & Janet Toby Pritz – Drs. Lloyd & Robin Pritz Millstein SAUL SINDERBRAND & HARRY & MARC Paul Staller – Alan & Billie Staller Special Birthday of Dr. Mort Waldman – Dr. Sid ROSENBERG RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND Irving Goodman – Ken & Bernice Rappoport & Janet Millstein In Memory Of: Irwin Canter – Therese Wertheimer Special Birthday of Stanley Berk – Dr. Sid & Sophie Baylinson – Deb Rosenberg Renee Biel – Mark & Irene Biel Janet Millstein Richard Gadon – Robin Lisa Rosenberg Allan Gray – Drs. Lloyd & Robin Pritz Bar Mitzvah of Michael Leiderman - Dr. Marc Dottie Belkin – Robin Lisa Rosenberg Etta Wizov – Barry & Fran Wizov & Betsy Peck; Lynne & Carolyn Kupperman In Honor Of: Carol Palas – Larry & Carla Gash Marriage of Shula Schreiber & Harold Garber Special Birthday of Cookie Vilensky – Harold & Alan Weinberg – Arnold & Marilyn Bigney – Penny Soble Martha Moskowitz; Patti Rosenberg BettyJean Brown – Dr. Stan & June Cohen Speedy Recovery of Lisa Belkin- Bruce & Susan Engagement of Janna Miksis – Robin Lisa Irving Lewis – Dr. James & Erica Buchweitz Gamberg Rosenberg

Model Seder at Beth Israel

(L-R) Carson Vasser and Michael Perlman studying the Haggadah; Zach Freed and his first taste of matzah; and Eugene Kalika and Gram Sher eating charoset. Tidings May/June 2016 • 11 Tidings May/June 2016 • 12 CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL Summer Beach Services David M. Weis ...... Rabbi Larisa Averbakh...... Cantor All Services will begin at 5:30 pm Ted Rich...... Chairman of the Board David Lowenstein...... President Friday, June 24, Scott Mitnick ...... Vice President Dr. Shelly Meyers...... Vice President Friday, July 22 and Mona Miksis ...... Secretary . Robin Shields ...... Treasurer Friday, August 19 Susan Sokalsky ...... Administrator Bring your chair or beach towel and Linda Cohen ...... Rabbi’s Secretary Religious School Secretary join in worship at Huntington Avenue Beach Judy Yard...... Bookkeeper in Margate Cookie Feldman ..Director of Education Susan Weis ...... Youth Group Director Luke Barrett ...... Custodian Board of Trustees Brian Barnett Cory Morowitz Elliot Beinfest Margie Plackter James Berg Melissa Rosenbloom- at Beth Israel Dr. Arthur Childs Pisetzner Dr. Deborah Davies Gary Scarpa Registration Now Open Ilene Epstein Dr. Linda Schrading Shelley Furman Susan Simon June 27 - August 19 Cheryl Gosin Lynn Stein Sherry Hoffman Dr. Robyn Tiger Colleen Hornstein Jeff Vasser Call or email Erin Lichtenwalner Eric Wood Miss Cookie Adria Light Norman Zlotnick

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