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Think back for a minute – can my father on bike-rides, hikes in you remember your earliest the mountains, afternoons on the memory? For me, I have a soccer field or riding in the car. memory of being a toddler, in But because I am Jewish, my my crib, standing up to get my memories extend far beyond my pacifier after my father put me birth in 1969. I remember events to bed. long before, through the stories Most of us can probably my parents and family would tell remember some things from of experiences years before. But our childhood. Some of us have even more than that, I am rooted more difficulty remembering in the collective sacred memory those early years, and for of the Jewish people. others, it is better that we blot The traditions we follow in these out those memories. next two months are all designed For us as Jews, memory to capture in us the collective people may not remember the is a sacred gift and a holy memory of our people. We significance of the ritual, and so obligation. When our loved observe Purim because Mordechai Moses further explains, “When ones pass away, we are insisted that we remember how your children ask you, ‘What do obligated to honor them by the month of Adar was changed: you mean by this rite?’ you shall preserving their memory. We “from sorrow to joy, and from say, ‘it is the Passover sacrifice say zichrono/ah livracha – mourning to celebration” (Esther to the Eternal, who passed over may his/her memory be for a 9:22). Mordechai commanded: the houses of the Israelites…” blessing. We preserve memory “Therefore, these days are to be (Exodus 12:26-27). The Seder through rituals like Yizkor on remembered and kept throughout requires that we experience the holy days, and by observing every generation, every family, fullness of the Exodus personally. Yahrtzeit on the anniversary of every province, and every city” We eat the bitter herbs because a death. (Esther 9:28). we must ourselves experience the bitterness of slavery. We eat the The traditions we follow in these next two months are all matzah so we can taste the bread designed to capture in us the collective memory of our of freedom. We tell the story of people... “Therefore, these days are to be remembered and the Exodus year after year so that kept throughout every generation, every family, it becomes our story, so that it every province, and every city” is part of our collective memory, so that we can honestly tell our I remember when I spent In the book of Exodus, when children, “This is what the Eternal the year saying kaddish for the Israelites are asked to did for me when I went forth out my father, I would take a few slaughter the Passover offering, of Egypt.” minutes during the service Moses then exhorts the people: Beyond remembering our each morning just to close my “You shall observe this as an ancient history, we also remember eyes and pick a page from that institution for all time, for you our modern experience. We great photo-album of memories and your descendants” (Exodus observe the anguish of Yom I have stored inside, joining 12:24). There is a sense that our continued on page 22

ON THE COVER: “Burning Bush” digital painting by Sleepwalker. March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 3 A MESSAGE FROM PATTY BECK

On March 17, 2015 Israel will hold their elections for gender and religious equality are echoing for a new government to populate the Knesset. At everywhere and are getting harder for the the same time that Israelis go to the polls to elect establishment to ignore. their leaders, so do we as Reform Jews in America We can help by casting our vote to create a have our own election that will impact We can help by casting our vote to create a strong Israel’s future. ARZA Party which in turn will ensure strong Reform The World Zionist Congress helps to and Conservative movements in Israel. Temple Beth El President determine how millions of dollars raised Patty Beck by the UJA will be allocated in Israel. In addition, strong ARZA Party which in turn will ensure strong the World Zionist Congress has a strong impact Reform and Conservative movements in Israel. in guiding the Israeli government. For Reform All the information you need to know about Judaism to have representation in the World Zionist ARZA’s platform can be found on this website. Congress, Reform organizations like ARZA must Please register and VOTE at: have our support, and the support of congregations www.reformjews4israel.org. There is a one-time like Temple Beth El all around the world. Our only administrative charge of $5 for young Jews support for ARZA continues the progress we have between the ages of 18 and 30, and $10 for Jews in the realm of women’s rights and gender equality, over 30. This is required by the World Zionist as well as religious equality. Organization to administer this election. It’s still too soon to know what the final Knesset Do not miss this important opportunity to make will look like. But what is for sure is that calls a difference for our people and the State of Israel. FULFILLING the promise Thanks to you, our dedicated and can congregate, learn and pray. visionary congregation, we are working Please make a pledge so we can pay our way towards reaching 100% off our mortgage and avoid unnecessary participation in the Fulfilling the Promise interest payments. Capital and Endowment Campaign! Please make a pledge so we can You recently received our full Campaign enhance the Endowment Fund and create Brochure and Dedication Opportunities a safety-net for future generations. List detailing the campaign goals and Every gift counts, and if you would like the preliminary drawings that we hope to a personal meeting with a member of our Eliza Prince-Atias Director of Development complete - with your input and generous Campaign Cabinet feel free to contact [email protected] support. me directly at 561-391-8900. You can also Please make a pledge so we can Fulfill make your gift online by visiting tbeboca. the Promise and provide a modern, org/fulfilling-the-promise. efficient and inspiring facility where we We are thankful to those who have already made a gift to the campaign as of February 12, 2015. FULFILLING the promise

TEMPLE BETH EL OF BOCA RATON FULFILLING the promise

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NurembergTEMPLE BETH EL OF BOCA RATON PRESENTS 6th Annual Project Nuremberg Lawyers Luncheon

IN CONJUNCTION WITH the South Palm Beach County Bar Association and Lynn University My Father’s Nuremberg and Mine with U.S. Senator Christopher J. Dodd son of Nuremberg Trial Attorney and U.S. Senator Thomas Dodd Presentation of the Marilyn and Jay Weinberg Rule of Law Award to Senator Christopher J. Dodd Presentation of Civility Award to the Honorable Ronald Alvarez Friday, April 17, 2015 • 12:00 – 2:00pm Temple Beth El of Boca Raton • Schaefer Family Campus

DEDICATION On display is The Blue Series, the record of the trials of the Nazis at Nuremberg after OPPORTUNITIES World War II. These documents, traced to Justice Robert Jackson and housed at Lynn University, were saved from destruction by Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman. Proceeds will benefit Holocaust, Law They are an enduring testament to the good that lawyers and judges can do. and Jewish Ethics Programming at Former United States Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Temple Beth El Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA), represented Connecticut in the United $3600 Supreme Court Sponsor States Congress for 36 years. His book, Letters from Nuremberg: My Father’s 10 seats at luncheon, full-page ad Narrative of a Quest for Justice is the powerful record of Dodd’s father, U.S. Senator in program Thomas J. Dodd’s travels to the devastated city of Nuremberg in the summer of 1945 and his history-making role as a staff lawyer at the Nuremberg Trials. $1800 District Court Sponsor Thomas Dodd’s days in the presence of notorious figures as Hermann Göring, 5 seats at luncheon, three-quarter Alfred Rosenberg, Albert Speer, Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Rudolf Hess turned page ad in program into nightly letters to his wife, Grace, back in the United States. When Christopher Dodd, who followed his father’s path to the Senate, sat down $720 Circuit Court Sponso to read the letters, he was overwhelmed by their intimacy, by the love story they 2 seats at luncheon, half page ad unveiled, by their power to paint vivid portraits of the accused war criminals, and by in program their insights into the historical importance of the trials. Friends of the Court $72 This event is generously underwritten by Marilyn and Jay Weinberg 1 seat at luncheon Application for Florida Bar Association CLE Credits pending

For more information contact Joanne Kabel at 561-391-8900 or [email protected]

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 5 Join us for the celebration of Shabbat in honor of our Chai BROADWAY Members! CHAI BRACHOT SHABBAT Friday, March 27, 2015 6:00pm Dinner 7:30pm Shabbat Service $18 per adult/$12 per child

AND (4-10 years old) BEYOND! $22 per adult/$14 per child Sunday, March 29, 2015 (4-10 years old) after March 20, 2015 3:00pm This special evening recognizes the Schaefer Family Campus wonderful support and commitment shown by all those who have been part of our Temple Beth El family FEATURING as members for 18 years, or more! Cantorial Soloist Everyone is welcome to attend, especially our Chai Members, their Michelle Auslander Cohen families and friends. Please join us for a lovely buffet dinner, followed by Cantorial Soloist Shabbat Services. During services, we will proudly honor all our Chai Members Lori Shapiro with a blessing on the bima. RSVP online at tbeboca.org/special- Cantor events or call Rosalie Ratner at 561-391-8900. If you have not received an Sagee Goldenholz invitation and you have been a member for 18+ years, please contact us.

Join us for an afternoon of beautiful music… from Broadway hits, to liturgical melodies, to classical favorites and personalized original compositions. Celebrate Guest soloists Deborah Silver and Cantor Sagee Goldenholz joined by professional musicians will create a magnificent concert experience. Shabbat Every Friday at Temple Beth El Reserved Benefactor Seats, $100 Schaefer Family Campus Preferred Admission, $36 at 7:30pm General Admission, $18 except for the third Friday of Student Admission, $10 every month when services are at 6:00pm. Buy tickets online at tbeboca.org/special-events Visit tbeboca.org/worship or contact Debbie Eisenberg at for a complete service schedule. [email protected] or 561 391 8900.

6 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org n social action A Mitzvah a Month Each month, one or more Mitzvah Projects is highlighted by the Social Action Committee. Register for mitzvahs online at tbeboca.org/get-involved or contact Joanne Kabel in the clergy office at 561-391-8900. Donations MARCH The Giving Tree helps for Victims of Family Promise on Human Trafficking Christmas Eve “Each year, The Giving Tree holiday project culminates with Wednesday, March 25 • 7:00pm about 200 volunteers delivering gifts and Christmas dinner Schaefer Family Campus • See page 19 to the residents of Dixie Manor Public Housing Community in East Boca. Santa, elves and helpers went into 98 Please bring donations of gently used shoes, gas or households with bundles of presents, bags of food, large gift cards to be given to “There is Hope for Me” which tins of popcorn and tons of holiday cheer. offers healing opportunities, rescue mentoring and Towards the end of the evening, I was told by a volunteer restoration to those affected by human trafficking. Donation that one apartment had no furniture. We immediately bins will be available in the lobbies of both campuses. switched into “Quiet Giving” mode and went to the home to offer the mom and her two children furniture. To our surprise we knew this family from Family Promise. When all of the gifts were distributed, we took one of our trucks, loaded the family into our cars and rushed down Dixie Hwy Community to our storage facility in Delray. The family was able to take three beds, side tables, lamps, a sectional sofa, shelving units, TV, house wares, bedding and more. By midnight Christmas Easter Dinner at Eve, this graduate of Family Promise transformed her formerly empty apartment into a lovely home.” Wayne Barton ~Suzy Broad, The Giving Tree APRIL To get involved with Family Promise, any of The Giving Center Tree year-round projects, or any Social Action project, visit tbeboca.org/social-action or contact Joanne Kabel in Sunday, April 5, 2015 • 1:00pm – 4:00pm the clergy office at [email protected] or 561-391-8900. Wayne Barton Study Center 269 NE 14th Street, Boca Raton An afternoon of food, family and friendship THANK YOU TO OUR Everyone who celebrates Easter should have a dinner worthy of the day. Temple Beth El, partnering with the VOLUNTEERS! Wayne Barton Study Center and Boca Helping Hands, will The Giving Tree & Caring Kitchen volunteers help make the holiday set-up, cook and serve an Easter Dinner for hundreds in season very special for so many in our community. our community at the Wayne Barton Study Center. Thank you to Rick Steinberg, Suzy Broad & Suzanne Katz for leading We need your help! To be a part of this inspirational Family Promise as our Temple coordinators for the past three years. project, email Jack Jaiven at [email protected] or call Rabbi Greg Weisman at 561-391-8900. We welcome Ronni Graf & Steve Bettinger as our new Family Promise coordinators.

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 7 FEATURED EVENTS WITH SPECIAL GUEST SAL LITVAK LUNCH & LEARN

MARCH The Spring Holidays Tuesdays, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 12:00–1:00pm Shabbat Dinner Schaefer Family Campus Bring your own lunch. with Artist in Residence Taught by Clergy Drinks provided. and Education Staff The Joy of Purim SAL LITVAK American screenwriter, film director and producer who, with his wife Nina and the Sadness of Yom HaShoah Davidovich Litvak, co-wrote the movies When Do We Eat? and Saving Lincoln. emphasize the span of emotion Litvak also directed and produced both films, and also blogs as the Accidental contained in the Jewish holidays of Talmudist for Hevria, Huffington Post, and the Jewish Journal of LA. Litvak will the spring. The ancient history of reflect on his traditional study of Talmud, page by page, for seven years. Passover and the modern holiday of Israel Independence Day (Yom Friday, March 20, 2015 HaAtzmaut) emphasize the span of 6:00pm Shabbat Service our powerful history. Join clergy and 7:30pm Shabbat Dinner, with tables reserved for Senior Circle participants education staff for a journey through $18 per person • $10 per person for Senior Circle Card Holders this sacred season. Shabbat Dinner with LE BET P H Artist In Residence Sal Litvak APRIL EM EL T see above An Examination of Memory and the Jews SENI R CIRCLE “An Afternoon with Popular Tuesdays, April 7, 14, 21 (No class Lecturer S E P on April 28 because of Sisterhood N U Myrna Goldberger” I Sunday, April 19, 2015 Luncheon) O D RS AN MI 0’S 1:00pm 12:00-1:00pm D-6 Schaefer Family Campus Schaefer Family Campus $5 per person, at the door Taught by Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic On-going social, educational, Free for Senior Circle Passport Holders Brockman experiential programs No RSVP Necessary. Open to all. Zachor by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi designed to stimulate the mind Myrna Goldberger has been a presenter for the and Shuva by Yehuda Kurtzer are and entice the spirit, especially Lifelong Learning Society (LLS) for 21-plus years. two modern books that reflect on created for Temple Beth El Educated at the University of Maryland, Loyola the role of memory in the essence members in their mid 60’s and College and Johns Hopkins University, Myrna of the Jewish people. These two up. has had more than 50 years of experience in educational programming, including Elderhostel brilliant scholars share profound and Generously sponsored by sometimes different insights that lead and scholar-in-residence weekends. She currently Diane and Gary Glick to a deeper understanding of the presents lectures to community and religious impact of the biblical events on who groups, as well as to special-interest groups in we are as a people today. Florida and other states. Moreover, she performs in self-written, one-act plays focusing on famous American women and men. Myrna has been the recipient of previous LLS awards.

8 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org FEATURED EVENTS WITH SPECIAL GUEST SAL LITVAK WELCOME NEW Social gatherings for adults MEMBERS ZUGOT in their 20s and 30s NIGHT AT THE MOVIES BREAK THE PASSOVER FAST Saturday, March 21 Saturday, April 11 Ann Lois Ballon 7:00pm 7:30pm Helene and George Barasch iPic in Mizner Park D’Angelo Pizza, 16950 Jog Road $15 per person, including movie ticket and a Delray Beach Anya Baum post-movie beverage $15 per person, including pizza and a round John Beko As the Temple welcomes filmmaker Sal Litvak of drinks as our Artist-in-Residence, join Sal and Zugot, A week without chametz deserves a night with Alycia and Chris Campbell Temple Beth El’s Young Adults, for a night at the delicious pizza, cold drinks, and great friends! Dr. Gerald Casper movies. We will screen a film and afterwards Sal Join us at D’Angelo Pizza, recently noted by will lead a discussion about the film, sharing his Boca Raton Magazine as one of the best pizza Jennifer and Theo Dienes and insight into the script and production. places in Boca! their daughter, Haley Detailed information about the movie For more information about Zugot or to Fran and Sandy Eagon selection will be made available by March 9. register for these events, go to tbeboca. Staci and Jonathan Fishman org/20s-30s or contact Rabbi Greg Weisman and their son, Jacob at 561-391-8900 or [email protected]. Terri Roseman Freeman and her daughter, Willa Jaclyn and James Gennaro and their daughter, Sloane Luanne Hirschman-Gotterer and Larry Gotterer Jennifer and Jonathan Greenwald David Horowitz and his sons, Nicholas and Alex Sharon and Dr. Mark Kashen MOVIE & MOUTHPIECE Joan and Dr. Melvyn Kramer FOLLOWED BY SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2015 AT 7:00 PM COMPELLING Sheila and George Leibowitz SPEAKERS MOVIE: “When Do We Eat?” It’s the Brandy and Jonathon Miller DESSERT & world’s fastest Passover Seder gone horribly and their sons, Kingston and COFFEE awry. Ira (Michael Lerner) prides himself on Maximilian $10 DONATION running the fastest Seder in the west. This PAY AT THE Jackie and Dr. David Rudnick DOOR year, his son (Ben Feldman) slips him a dose and their son, Micah of ecstasy at the beginning of the evening in Lisa Seigler order to give him a new perspective. Mom (Lesley Ann Warren) brings a special friend Jessica and Jason Sohnen and to dinner and now the family is taking sides. their son, Ryan By the end of the evening, Ira has become Katrina and Mitchel Supovitz a modern day Moses, leading his family to and their children, Maxwel and the promised land of family forgiveness but, Daniela they are all so stubborn, it would be easier to Tracie and Erik Sussman and part the Red Sea. This film is rated R and for their daughter, Olivia adults only. Lourdes and Jeffery Weiner and MOUTHPIECE: “When Do We Eat?” their children, Eva and Jack Filmmaker, Sal Litvak

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 9 n maimonides institute for jewish learning Not the Same Old Story In January, our 8th - 10th graders gathered We reference this story in our regular weekly in our Social Hall to sit down to a program Torah cycle and every time we pray, three with Kevin Coval. We all expected a typical times a day for traditional Jews. And of course Tuesday night speaker, wonderful but typical. we have an entire festival holiday, Pesach, Kevin was anything but typical. He grew dedicated to the retelling of the story of the up Jewish in Chicago where he, from a very Exodus. The Seder has many parts but the early age, found a strong connection to hip- central piece of the experience is the maggid, hop. When he heard a verse by a local rapper the retelling of the story of our people. talking about all the patriarchs being black Why do we repeat the same story so often?

By Gavin Hirsch he immediately went excitedly to the rabbi at Why are we commanded to retell this story to Assistant Director the synagogue where he was in the midst of our children saying that we were personally of Jewish Learning and Living [email protected] training for his bar mitzvah. After hearing freed from slavery? What is the power that this the verse the rabbi told him to get out of the story has over us as individual Jews or as a synagogue. collective community? 2015-2016 Kevin knew he had struck something Like the whole Torah, the answers to those Religious School powerful and years later he has found his questions change every year when we relive Registration Starts way back to Judaism, having never left hip the Exodus. The characters do not change Now! hop, and he uses poetry to find his voice and every year, we do. The rituals of the Seder Register before his story. He started a program in Chicago, do not change every year, we do. The story May 1 now nationwide, that helps students find their always remains the same but how we tell and get the voice through Early Bird Discount! Check your inbox poetry. He Why do we repeat the same story so often? on or about came to Beth Why are we commanded to retell this story to our children March 1 El and met saying that we were personally freed from slavery? for instructions on with our teens how to register to help them online. tell their story. But I don’t believe that Kevin that story, how we live that story, changes helps his students find their story, he just helps every year. The impact that Kevin had on our them to tell it in a way that is authentic to students was not in creating their stories but them. helping them to find their voice to tell their Jews know something about stories. After authentic story. So to the power of the story all, our sacred text is perhaps the greatest of our people isn’t the story itself but in us story ever written. But one of our stories, the finding our voice and our identity in it each story of Pesach, seems to speak the loudest. and every year.

Mazel Tov to Robin Eisenberg, RJE Who has received the Association of Reform Jewish Educators (ARJE) inaugural Rebecca Gratz Award for her contribution to congregational education. If you would like to recognize this award with a donation in Robin’s honor, please donate to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund.

10 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org THE JOINFOSTERING JEWISH RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH SHAREDCLUB EXPERIENCES

Club Rishon (K-1 Grade) Jr. BOFTY (6-8 Grade) Chocolate Seder - March 29, 12:30-2:30pm at Ninja Lounge - March 28, 5:30-10:00pm Beck Family Campus. Mystery Bus Ride -April 11, 5:00-10:00pm

Club Kitanim (2-3 Grade) BOFTY and Teens (9-12) Mad Science - March 8, 12:00-2:30pm at BOFTY Board Elections - March 29, 10:30 am Schaefer Family Campus. at Schaefer Family Campus. Color War - April 12, 12:00-2:30PM at Beck LLTI for 2015/16 BOFTY Board Elections - Family Campus. April 24-25.

Jules Wolfberg Director of Club Chaverim (4-5 Grade) Youth Engagement BOOMERS! - March 29, 12:00-4:00pm [email protected] Rock ‘N Bowl - April 26, 12:00-4:00pm

To register for any of our youth groups or events, please visit tbeboca.org/youth-engagement or contact Jules Wolfberg at [email protected] or 561-391-8900.

SAVE THE DATES! BOFTY Service honoring our class of 2015 and Sleepover May 1-2

Teen Travel Shabbat Kayak Trip - May 2

BOFTY Banquet and Board Installations - May 28

CALLING ALL BAR AND BAT MITZVAH FAMILIES CATERING DATES ARE BOOKING UP FAST! If you already have your Bar or Bat Mitzvah date it is not too early to meet with one of our preferred caterers. Visit tbeboca.org/catering to learn more about our caterers or contact Lauren Alcalay, Event Coordinator, at [email protected] or 561-391-8900 to book your event!

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 11 n maimonides institute for jewish learning B’NAI MITZVAH

Jared Weinstein Rayna Hoffman Hayden L. Siesel Hannah Lebersfeld Benjamin Schiller Brandon Oken

Zachary Singer Jack Minor Elizabeth Levine Jaclyn Levine Jacob Gottfried Jacob Harris

Jared Weinstein Benjamin Schiller Jaclyn Levine Son of Julie and Ari Brooks Son of Julie Yates-Schiller Daughter of Audrey March 7, 2015 9:00 AM and Bruce Schiller and Larry Levine March 21, 2015 10:30 AM April 18, 2015 9:00 AM Rayna Hoffman Daughter of Karyn and Glen Brandon Oken Jacob Gottfried Hoffman Son of Lisa and Paul Oken Son of Lisa Gottfried March 7, 2015 11:30 AM March 21, 2015 6:00 PM April 18, 2015 11:30 AM Hayden L. Siesel Zachary Singer Jacob Harris Son of Melissa and Joel Cohen Son of Debbie Singer Son of Eileen and Lawrence Harris and Matthew and Mariela Siesel March 28, 2015 9:00 AM April 18, 2015 6:00 PM Isabelle Datz March 14, 2015 9:00 AM Jack Minor Isabelle Datz Hannah Lebersfeld Son of Marjorie and Adrian Minor Daughter of Mindy and Louis Datz Daughter of Susan and Eric March 28, 2015 11:30 AM April 25, 2015 11:30 AM Lebersfeld March 14, 2015 11:30 AM Elizabeth Levine Daughter of Audrey and Larry Levine April 18, 2015 9:00 AM

MITZVAH PROJECTS DYLAN SMURLICK Parkland Buddy Sports, Inc. is a not-for-profit Through the shared encouragement of all the organization that offers well-structured sports Buddies, our special needs players and their programs for special needs children and families are able to experience the joys of their young adults. Regardless of the mental and/ athletic endeavors. or physical diagnosis, the Buddy program Our volunteers, both students and adults, welcomes children ages 4 to young adult. learn patience, tolerance and the ability of one The sports programs consist of once weekly person to change the life of another. They also (Saturday or Sunday) activities and games. learn that by creating an environment void Each player is paired for the entire season with of physical, social and cultural barriers there their own “Buddy” who in most instances is a are “NO LIMITS”. For more information, visit typical student volunteer for an entire season. parklandbuddysports.com.

12 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org MITZVAH PROJECTS BRETT WOLFF RAYNA HOFFMAN Imagine not being able to open a My mitzvah project comes from my love of music. I have decided to raise money door. Answer the phone. Hear a fire for the “Landfill Harmonic Orchestra.” If you ever go to Cateura, Paraguay the alarm. Or even pick up a pencil. first thing that you would think is “Get me out of this dump”. And you would Think what it would be like to have be right. Cateura has literally been developed on top of a trash dump. The people stare at you because you’re inhabitants are extremely poor and barely make in a wheelchair. Or feel isolated and ends meet. The only place the children can play is alone because you’re “different.” in the trash. All these children know of are drugs, These are the kinds of challenges gangs, and fighting. Favio Chavez came up with many people with disabilities face the idea to start an orchestra, called the “Landfill daily. Put a Canine Companion Harmonic.” But there was one problem, they assistance dog in the picture, and couldn’t afford instruments. “Cola,” a local trash everything changes. Thanks to the picker had the idea to make instruments out of over 40 commands the assistance dog trash. Now they have trumpets made out of pipes performs, lives are suddenly filled and cellos made from cans. with new promise and potential. The Being in Orchestra is an escape from reality for these kids. It’s one of the assistance dogs we breed, raise and best things that have ever happened to most of them. Every day I look forward train aren’t just the ears, hands and to playing my trumpet and being part of my band at Omni Middle School. I legs of their human partners. They’re want the same experience for the of Cateura. Donations made to the Landfill also their goodwill ambassadors Harmonic will help give other kids the opportunity to be part of the orchestra, and often, their best friends. They purchase sheet music, stands and instruments. I had the opportunity to speak open up new opportunities and new about the Landfill Harmonic and take up a collection at my recent band concert, possibilities. And spread incredible as well as hold a bake sale at Beck Family Campus. If you would like any more joy. We unite people with dogs in a information, please visit www.landfillharmonicmovie.org. powerful program that leads to greater independence and self-esteem. This is the magic of Canine Companions for HAYDEN SIESEL Independence. My mitzvah project is playing music for the elderly I have been fundraising for this at nursing homes. My first performance was at amazing organization for over 10 Manor Care. My mitzvah project relates to my years starting with my allowance, a Haftarah portion because I gathered up a group of lemonade stand, and manning the my friends from my band community and made a CCI booth at several dog events. I positive impact on our local community by playing had the rare opportunity to observe for the elderly. In my Haftarah, King Solomon the advanced training at the Orlando gathered up people from his community to make facility and meet a few service dogs a positive impact on his local community by building a place of worship. When we before they are placed with their new played, our audience watched intently and clapped when we finished each piece. owners. One man in the back was humming all of the songs. At the end, my grandma asked a man in the front what he thought of us and he said that we were really good and he liked our music. I felt so glad that I could do something to turn their day from bland and dull into a day they would remember; a fun day where music filled the room and their souls. Music is a large part of my life. It transforms, it uplifts, and it inspires. I gave these people at least a little hope by cheering them up. In a similar way, the Tabernacle gave the Israelites hope to keep moving even though they had been through tough times. When I introduced myself and my friends and told everyone what instruments we play, one lady exclaimed with delight “Wow, this is a real orchestra!” She was smiling and she looked so excited to hear us play. That was probably the moment that brought the most joy to my heart and made me realize that I was doing something right and that I was helping these people. I look forward to performing music again for others who need it, to lift their souls and mine in the process.

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 13 n maimonides institute for jewish learning Childhood Memories We all have memories that go way back into our making with something as simple as reciting childhood of how we honored and celebrated the motzi before snack and lighting candles on holidays. Family traditions are created because Shabbat. Tasting foods, reading stories, creative we hope our children will continue on with dramatic play areas, art centers and enhanced them. We partake in celebrations, collectively, block areas reflect the learning that takes place as a community, because the joy and the impact in the classroom. Children can be seen building they have, help us to create a lasting memory. pyramids, writing stories, graphing results after As a child I remember celebrating the joy of the tasting sweet and salty foods, making matzah and Torah, singing and dancing with the Rabbi and singing songs. Cindy Korshin leaving the sanctuary with a candy apple in my When we immerse ourselves in traditions we Beth El Early Learning Center hand. Passover seders were celebrated at school, connect with our Jewish identity. We hope you Co-Director singing Echad Me Yodayah with one child from consider the Beth El Early Learning Center your [email protected] each class represented. I can still smell the egg home, part of your family and the place to create barley that was served every Friday for lunch as lasting memories. we welcomed in Shabbat. When we learn about the exodus from Egypt IMPORTANT DATES and retell the story of Passover, we are asked to Purim Celebration (Parents invited) Thursday, experience this event as if we were once slaves March 5 at 10:30am. Come see a Purim Spiel ourselves. There are many rituals we perform and watch the children parade in full costume. to engage our senses such as eating bitter herbs Hamantashen will be served!!! and matzah, tasting the salt water, reclining in Tot Shabbat Friday, March 6 at Schaefer Family our chairs, listening to the four questions and Campus. Pizza dinner at 6:00pm followed by Judy Levine services and oneg at 6:30pm. Beth El Early searching for the afikomen. Learning Center For very young children, learning takes place Co-Director Summer Camp Registration Monday, March 9. [email protected] when they can experience something with all of their senses. We begin this cycle of memory Passover Celebration (Parents invited) Wednesday, April 1.

FAMILY FUN DAY AND OPEN HOUSE Tot Shabbat Friday, April 10 at Beck Family Campus. Pizza dinner at 6:00pm followed by services and oneg at 6:30pm.

14 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org Summer Adventure 2015 FOR 2, 3, 4 AND 5 YEAR-OLDS CAMP DATES: MAY 26 TO AUGUST 14

Two-Week Mini Camp – May 26 to June 5 Session 1 – May 26 to June 19 Surf’s Up/Pirate Adventure

Session 2 – June 22 to July 17 (no camp July 3) Wild West/America

Session 3 – July 20 to August 14 Storybook Adventure/Carnival

Register online at tbeboca.org/early-learning-center Summer Adventure Camp or call 561-391-9091

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 15 memories{YESTERDAY’S} {TODAY’S} celebrations A What are your favorite holiday memories? Dressing up as Mordechai for the Purim Parade? Finding the afikomen at your family’s Seder? Waving the Israeli flag at your synagogue’s Israel {PURIM} Purim Independence Day celebration? Purim is the celebration of the Our celebrations and physical survival of the Jewish commemorations keep people. The story of Esther tells of how we, as Jews, can remain true to tradition alive, as we pass on who we are while still integrating our these memories to our children lives into the broader culture of where and help them create new ones we live. We celebrate with silliness of their own. and costumes, representing how we 1 strive to fill life with merriment and joy even when the outer world is difficult and our inner world is anguished.

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JOIN ELSA, ANNA, OLAF AND THE KING FOR THE COOLEST PURIM SPIEL celebrations EVER A

Purim Wednesday, March 4 7:00pm Schaefer Family Campus 6:00pm Pizza and Pasta Dinner 7:00pm Service and Spiel Followed by a yummy Oneg with frozen treats!

RSVP required for dinner $7 per child (ages 3-12), $10 per adult ($9/child, $12/adult after Wednesday, February 25) RSVP online at tbeboca.org/special-events or call 561-391-8900 by February 25.

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 17 SECONDPassover NIGHT SEDER SATURDAY, APRIL 4 AT 5:30PM SCHAEFER FAMILY CAMPUS

Why is this Seder different than all other Seders? You get to share it with your Temple Beth El family. Enjoy a fabulous evening of celebration among friends with great music, fun and a delicious, traditional Seder meal. Catered by Haute Cusine!

PRE-ORDER YOUR ENTRÉE choose chicken, salmon or brisket.

MEMBERS: Adult: $70, Children (ages 3-10): $40

GUESTS Adult: $75 Children (ages 3-10): $45

RSVP online at tbeboca.org/special- events or call 561-391-8900 by Wednesday, March 25. Prices increase $10 for late registration. {PASSOVER} What makes this holiday different than all other holidays? For starters, we are forbidden to eat leavened bread for seven days. We begin the holiday of Passover by conducting Seders (dinner feasts) for the first two nights. During the Seder, we read the story of the Exodus from the Haggadah, and are supposed to tell the story as if we ourselves experienced this incredible journey from slavery into freedom. We learn that it is our responsibility to relive the exodus each year by telling its story, asking questions, and by singing the many wonderful traditional Passover songs. In doing so, we bring the journey from slavery into freedom to the forefront of our memory, 2 and are reminded to appreciate our freedom, and what our ancestors went through in order for us to be free.

18 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org SISTERHOOD AND Every year on Passover, we retell the story SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE about the Israelites being slaves in Egypt. It is INVITE YOU TO JOIN US our goal to tell the story of modern day slavery as well. We cannot forget our ancestors’ fight ON THE for freedom and we cannot ignore the chains ROAD TO of enslavement in our world today. Please join us for a buffet dinner catered by FREEDOM Chez Gourmet and Women’s Seder featuring WOMEN’S SEDER two amazing guest speakers: Wednesday, March 25 JOY WILLIAMS, a survivor of human trafficking, tells her experience of being trafficked from FAU as a junior and 7:00pm her long struggle back to freedom. Schaefer Family Campus $36 for adults • $18 for students ADRIANE REESEY, PhD is an expert in the field of RSVP deadline: March 18 human trafficking. She is a Professor at the Broward College of Criminal Justice and was previously with the Broward County Sheriff’s office for over 12 years. Adriane is a US Army veteran who has been inducted into the Broward County Women’s Hall of Fame and won numerous awards for her outstanding service to the community including Humanitarian of the Year. She is immediate Past President of the Broward Human Trafficking Coalition and trains law enforcement across the country on the issue of human trafficking.

Please bring donations of gently used shoes, gas or gift cards to be given to “There is Hope for Me” which offers healing opportunities, rescue mentoring and restoration to those affected by human trafficking.

Co-Chairs: Joan Weidenfeld and Linda Rose

RSVP online at tbeboca.org/sisterhood or contact Joanne Kabel at [email protected] or 561-391-8900.

MEN’S SEDER EMBRACING A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE Wednesday, April 1, 6:30pm Schaefer Family Campus $30 per person Led by Rabbi Levin, this enjoyable evening includes a full Seder meal and meaningful discussion. RSVP online at tbeboca.org/brotherhood by March 27.

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 19 March of Remembrance AN INTERFAITH COMMEMORATION OF THE HOLOCAUST Remembering the Shoah through Words and Music {YOM HASHOAH} FEATURING VIOLIN VIRTUOSO On this day, we remember the GIL MORGENSTERN Six Million who lost their lives in the Holocaust. But the full name of this day is Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, and on it we think of those we lost and those who fought to defend and protect our people. The date of Yom HaShoah was chosen because of its proximity to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when tens of thousands of 3 Jews stood up to the Nazis. This day reminds us of their story and invites us to reflect on the sacrifices that our people have made to ensure our freedom today.

Temple Beth El is proud to host the third annual March of Remembrance in partnership with the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County and a Sunday, April 12, 2015 wide variety of houses of worship from across Palm Beach County. 3:00pm Interfaith Community March from Members of Temple Beth El will meet Boca Raton Christian School to Temple Beth El at 3:00 pm at Boca Raton Christian School (470 NW 4th Avenue), and join 4:00pm the 1/2 mile march to Temple Beth El Yom HaShoah Program through Words and Music At 4:00 pm, we will gather together for a memorable and meaningful at Schaefer Family Campus Yom Hashoah program, featuring Gil Morgenstern, Violin Virtuoso, Cantorial Soloists Lori Shapiro and Michelle Auslander Cohen, Temple Beth El Choirs and local Clergy and Community Leaders.

This event is free and open to the community. For more information, contact Nina Finkel in the clergy office at [email protected] or 561-391-8900.

20 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org CELEBRATE BLUE & WHITE SHABBAT

ISRAEL!Honor the State of Israel with a Blue Jeans Shabbat blue jeans shabbat Friday, April 24 celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut – Israel Independence Day!

6:00pm Services will feature classic and modern Israeli music, and Dinner dinner will delight with the tastes of our homeland catered by Haute Cusine!

7:30pm $18 per adult, $12 per child (ages 4-12) Shabbat Evening Service $20 per adult, $15 per child after Wednesday, April 15 Temple Beth El RSVP for dinner at tbeboca.org/special events or call Schaefer Family Campus 561-391-8900 by Wednesday, April 15.

{YOM HAZIKARON} {YOM HA’ATZMAUT} Memorial Day into Independence Day. In Israel, these two important days, remembering those who have given their life for the State and celebrating the miracle of the State’s founding are observed on back-to-back days, taking the nation on a journey from mourning into celebration. Each year, as we celebrate another year of Israel’s independence and flourishing, 4 we are reminded that we cannot appreciate what Israel has become without remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice to bring it into being.

It is important that you VOTE for ARZA to represent Reform Judaism in the World Zionist Congress elections. Information and voting takes place at www.reformjews4israel.org

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 21 Keeping our FULFILLING the promise Memories Alive continued from page 3 Our Gifts as of February 12, 2015 HaShoah, and honor the six We are grateful to the following families and individuals who have pledged a gift million murdered in the evil to the Fulfilling the Promise Capital and Endowment Campaign. horror of the Holocaust. Alumni Original East Pre-School Barbara Harper Weinberg Foundation Anonymous Sheilah and Robert Harrow Jerry Podolsky We listen anxiously to the Marian and Irene Aronson Melanie and David Hecker Susan and Barry Podolsky testimony of survivors while Shelia and Dick Asher Lisa and Jeff Henschel Dawn and David Pollay we can still hear their stories Debi and Chas Averbook Allison and Bill Heller Dorothy Pomerance and Jack Jaffe Bruce Bakerman Ida Herst Eliza Prince-Atias and Kobi Atias in their own voice, so that Sindi and Michael Bass Karyn and Glen Hoffman Idah Robins we can be the ones who Patty and Louis Beck Cindy and Paul Homer Charlotte and Morris Robinson will tell their stories and Gary Berg Shelley and Barry Hymowitz Doug Rolfe Ruth Berg Simone and Justin Jacobs Lisajane and Kevin Romer root their experience in the Toni and Arnold Berliner Rita and Sonny Judson Susan and Richard Rosser memories of our children and Judy and Mike Blackman Bobbi and Jack Kalmanson Lisa and Kenny Rosenthal grandchildren whom they will Betsy and David Blechman Deanna and Hank Katz Sheila and Philip Rubin Marlene and Richard Bluestein Suzanne and Jeff Katz Cheryl and Adam Runsdorf never meet. Ellen and Howard Bolner Ivy and Steve Kaufman Michael Salem We also observe Yom Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman Gail and Harold Kirstein Bonnie and Jamie Schaefer HaZikaron – Israeli Memorial Reginee and Mark Bromson Natalie Klebanoff Marla Schaefer and Steven Weishoff Day, and Yom HaAtzma’ut Brotherhood of Temple Beth El Karen Klebenoff Marcy and Barry Schultz George Brown Cindy Korshin Shari and Craig Schwamm – Israeli Independence Day. Melinda Brown Adrienne and Irwin Kotlove Dina and Andrew Schwartz Though we live here in Dorothy and Maurice Bucksbaum Margaret Kottler Amy and Martin Segel America, these days help us Freyda and Ed Burns Joan and Mel Kramer Jennifer and Craig Shapiro Danielle and Rob Butler Marcia and Jeffrey Langley Lori Shapiro to find in our own experience Judith Chason Marianne Minkoff Lerner Elizabeth and Adam Shonson the immortal words of the Melissa and Joel Cohen Jan and Allen Lev Art Siegel medieval Spanish poet Nancy and Randy Colman Aimee and Rabbi Dan Levin Gloria and Lawrence Siegel Nicole and James Conway Shirley Levin Bowen Patti and Scott Silverman Yehuda HaLevi: “My heart is Alene Court Cantor Irving Levine Sandra and Victor Silverstein in the East, and I am at the Maureen and Brock Delorenzo Judy Levine Anna and Mike Singer edge of the West.” Kathleen Douglas Melissa Friedman-Levine Myra and Rabbi Merle Singer The power of Jewish Joan and David Dubov and Brad Levine Temple Beth El Sisterhood Robin Eisenberg Rick Levitt Deb and Neal Slafsky tradition is the manner in Rebecca Elman and Andrew Levy Carolyne and Ed Levy Jill and Alan Slootsky which it forms our sacred Susan and Stephen Feldman Barbara and Jerry Lewin The Smolka Family collective memory. It weaves Maddi and Wes Finch Stephanie and Nate Lowen Lois and Geoff Solomon Hinda and Marvin Finston Carol and Buddy Magod Linda and Richard Sommers our individual experience Aline Fisher Geraldine Mailender Simone and Sam Spiegel into the tapestry of Jewish Lorraine and Howard Freeman EJ and Steve Manton Aileen Spilka tradition and Jewish life. It Lynda and Michael Frost Lisa and Bob Marton Susan and Andy Stallone Suzy and Stephen Garber Marcia Matles Rona and Sandy Steinberg allows for us to connect not Carol Garcy Rhea and Joseph Mayerchak Betty Stone simply with our people in our Rani Garfinkle Arlene and Bob Merson Mark Sunshine and Christine day and age, but to connect James Garrett Marvin Miller McElhaney Kristin and Charles Gaspari Marjorie and Adrian Minor Janet and Allen Sussberg with our people across Edie and Lawrence Gise Ilyne Mendelson and Steve Terk Velia Sweet time and space so that truly Judith Goldberg Annette and Ken Mogell Ronna and Marc Taub we are one. And when we Susan and Bruce Moldow Lauren and David Tolces Lisa and Jeffrey Goldstein & Family secure our collective sacred Marion and Sanford Goldstein Humberto Morales Lenore and Herbert Wachtel Glenda and Ken Gordon Diane More Wendy and Steve Walin memory in our hearts and Eric Gottlieb and David Hanowitz Jennifer and David Morse Michel Wassermann our souls, we become not Lewis Gould Cindy and Duncan Morton Joan and Tom Weidenfeld simply one with our people, Kimberley and Steven Graham Ken Novikoff Marilyn and Jay Weinberg Gladys and Arnold Granet Fran and Dave Oney Phyllis and Alan Weiner but more one with our God Laurie and Jon Greene Arlene Oppenheim Iris Weingarten who is One with All. Esta Gross Susan and Mark Pachman Tami and Rabbi Greg Weisman Tracey and Gabe Grossman Helene and Richard Paul Linda and Dennis Weiss Judith and Stanley Gray Abbi and Seymour Pecker Norman Weiss David Hall Natalie Pelavin Evelyn Weitzman Sally and Murray Halperin Dr. Susan Resneck Pierce Ilene and Peter Wohlgemuth Silvana and Barry Halperin Andrea and Mark Platt Marilyn and Paul Yentis Rachel and Brian Halpern Podhurst, Dern, Koffsky, Lisa and Andrew Zwick

22 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org AROUND TEMPLE BETH EL Night of 50 Shabbat Dinners | New Member Meet and Greet

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Night of 50 Shabbat Dinners 1 Hosted by Melanie and David Hecker 2 Hosted by Lisa and Paul Oken, Marjorie and Adrian Minor 3 Hosted Susan and Andy Stallone

New Member Meet and Greet 4 Carole and Bob Ratner 5 Judy Goldberg, Anya Baum, Debby and Joel Neiterman, Rachael Rand 6 Jack Halpern, David Axelrod, Jack Boshes 7 Jeffrey and Jodi Siegel, Rabbi Dan Levin 8 Stacey, Andre, Alexander and Blake Slintak 9 Leslie Mishner and Kathy Grandis

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 23 n brotherhood update We are instructed to relive the VIEW UPCOMING EVENTS AT story of the Exodus as if we are TBEBOCA.ORG/BROTHERHOOD witnessing the miracles that led to our freedom from oppression. BROTHERHOOD/SISTERHOOD BREAKFAST, Sunday, March This annual lesson reminds me 8, 9:30am. Join in a lively discussion with AIPAC Political that, despite the problems we Director Lauren Morris Schulman and Boca Area Director face each day as we continue Jacki Alexander. to battle intolerance -- that it is BROTHERHOOD MEETING, Thursday, March 12, 6:30pm. All possible to overcome the greatest Larry Hotz, are welcome. Brotherhood President odds and achieve lasting peace. [email protected] In Brotherhood, we strive with FATHER/CHILD OVERNIGHT CAMP-OUT, Friday, March 20, each program and event to bring 5:00pm - Saturday, March 21, 9:30am. This special weekend our congregation closer to this away at Quiet Waters Park is for dads and children 7-17. objective, for each of us and MOVIE & MOUTHPIECE “WHEN DO WE EAT?” (Rated ‘R’), for our greater community. For Sunday, March 22, 7:00pm. Enjoy guest speaker Sal Litvak, example, Brotherhood recently Director. provided financial support for LEFT 7th Grade MOVIE & MOUTHPIECE “AMERICAN JERUSALEM”, Sunday, Religious School the 7th Grade Religious School Club Med Weekend retreat when 23 students enjoyed April 19, 7:00pm. Also enjoy the bonus short, “The Tribe: Sponsored by The Barbie Doll and the History of the Jews” with guest Brotherhood a weekend at Club Med Sandpiper BOTTOM RIGHT speaker, our own Aline Fisher! BOFTY vs in Port St. Lucie, designed to Brotherhood bring together students from Broomball MEN’S SEDER, Wednesday, April 1, 6:30pm. Led by Rabbi Championship 12/17 - both campuses and energize the Levin, this enjoyable evening includes a full Seder meal and no major penalties or injuries! religious school experience. discussion of topical men’s issues.

Mark your calendars! For more information or to register, please visit tbeboca.org/brotherhood or contact Larry Hotz.

24 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org n sisterhood update As spring approaches it brings with it the VIEW UPCOMING EVENTS AT opportunity to gather family together to TBEBOCA.ORG/SISTERHOOD: share the holidays of Passover and Purim. It is moments like these that cause us to SISTERHOOD/BROTHERHOOD BREAKFAST, recall a special memory from our childhood Sunday, March 8, 9:30am. – Join us for when the family was assembled for a holiday a delicious breakfast while listening to a meal. Sisterhood is ever mindful that we can stimulating discussion with AIPAC’s Political help create positive and meaningful holiday Director, Lauren Morris Schulman and Boca memories for the children of Temple Beth El. Raton Area Director, Jacki Alexander. Trish Schaum, Sisterhood President It is for this reason that we once again look LORD & TAYLOR BEAUTY EVENT, Thursday, [email protected] forward to providing to each Religious School March 12, 7:00pm. Lord & Taylor is child, charoset and matzah for Passover as enthusiastically inviting us once again to learn well as challah and “wine” for Purim. It is some fashion tips, see the latest trends and to truly a pleasure to share these moments with get pampered. The wine will be flowing and the beautiful children of our synagogue. the goody bags will be filled! This spring also brings the Women of Valor WOMEN’S SEDER, WEDNESDAY, March 25, Luncheon, our biggest event of the year. 7:00pm. Sisterhood and the Social Action We are proud to be honoring three Great Committee will join forces once again to create Sisterhood Jewish Stars: Rabbi Jessica Brockman, Robin a meaningful Seder that will bring awareness to Shabbat Eisenberg, RJE and Cantorial Soloist Lori the problem of current day human trafficking. Friday, March 6, 2015 Shapiro. Please join us as we salute these 7:30pm very deserving women. Our co-chairs, Shelley WOMEN OF VALOR LUNCHEON, Tuesday, April Schafer Family Marcus and Lori Newman have an exciting 28, 11:30am. Join us as we honor Rabbi Jessica Campus afternoon planned with guest speaker, Joyce Brockman, Robin Eisenberg, RJE and Cantorial Soloist Lori Shapiro. Register for the luncheon Sisterhood Shabbat Saltman, author, humorist and international or create a personal tribute at tbeboca.org/ is a beautiful Friday motivational speaker. Please go to sisterhood. night service led tbeboca.org/sisterhood to register for the by the leadership luncheon and/or to create a personal tribute. of our Women of Reform Judaism. We look forward to this service every year and are Celebrating Three Great Jewish Stars thankful for the role Sisterhood has in the life of Temple Save the Date Beth El. Any member of Sisterhood Tuesday, April 28, 2015 is welcome to participate. Please Please join TBE Sisterhood at our annual contact Joanne Kabel Women of Valor Luncheon as we honor in the clergy office at [email protected] or Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman 561 391 8900, or Robin Eisenberg, RJE speak to Aimee Levin Cantorial Soloist Lori Shapiro or Tami Weisman. 10:00 a.m. Boutique 12:00 p.m. Luncheon With guest speaker Dr. Joyce Saltman Humorist, Author and International Motivational Speaker

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 25 SFC-Schaefer Family Campus BFC-Beck Family Campus MARCHMAY2014 20152014 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9:30 AM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 10:00 AM-Knit & Knosh Erev Purim Purim 6:00 PM-Pizza Dinner & Tot Shabbat 9:00 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Jared Weinstein 12:30 PM-Shir Ruach 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service: 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 4:30 PM-BBM Photos Sisterhood Shabbat 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 6:00 PM-BOFTY Dinner 9:00 AM-Shared Care 4:30 PM-BBM Class Orientation (BFC) 11:30 AM-Bat Mitzvah of Rayna Hoffman 7:00 PM-Confirmation 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 7:00 PM-Adult Choir 6:00 PM-Purim Pizza & Pasta Diner 4:30 PM-BBM Class (SFC & BFC) 7:00 PM-7th Grade Electives (BFC) 7:00 PM-Purim Spiel 7:30 PM-RAC Committee Meeting

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 9:30 AM-Religious School Kindergarten 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 9:00 AM-Shared Care 4:30 PM-BBM Photos (BFC) 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service 9:00 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Hayden Siesel and 1st grade family education (SFC) 6:45 PM-Lilith Salon (OOT) 2:00 PM-MorseLife: Focus on the CARE 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study 9:30 AM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) in Caregiver 7:00 PM-Introduction to Judaism 4:30 PM-BBM Class (SFC & BFC) 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 12:00 PM-Club Kitanim (BFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 7:00 PM-Membership & Engagement 6:30 PM-Brotherhood Board Meeting (BFC) 11:30 AM-Bat Mitzvah of Hannah 12:30 PM-Shir Ruach 6:30 PM-Derech Torah Dinner Committee Meeting (BFC) 7:00 PM-WRJ Lord & Taylor Beauty Event Lebersfeld 7:00 PM-Adult Choir (OOT) 7:00 PM-Confirmation 7:00 PM-Derech Torah 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 3/15 - 3/22-No Religious School 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 9:00 AM-Shared Care 7:00 PM-Board of Trustees Meeting (BFC) Brotherhood Father/Child 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study Camping Overnight (OOT) (Starkoff Chapel) 10:30 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Benjamin 6:00 PM-Shabbat at 6 with LA Filmmaker Schiller (Sanctuary) Sal Litvak 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 7:30 PM-LA Filmmaker Sal Litvak & Dinner (Starkoff Chapel) 6:00 PM-Bar Mitzvah of Brandon Oken (Sanctuary) 7:00 PM-Zugot Movie Night with Sal Litvak (OOT)

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 No Religious School 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 9:00 AM-Shared Care 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 6:00 PM-Chai Shabbat Dinner 9:00 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Zachary Singer 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 1:00 PM-MCI Support Group 7:00 PM-WRJ Board Meeting 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study 3/22 - 3/28-Family Promise Host Week 6:30 PM-Derech Torah Dinner 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 7:00 PM-Derech Torah 7:00 PM-Women’s Seder 11:30 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Jack Minor 7:00 PM-Brotherhood Movie & Mouthpiece 7:00 PM-Confirmation 5:00 PM-Jr. BOFTY Skyzone (OOT) with Sal Litvak 7:00 PM-Adult Choir

29 30 31 9:30 AM-Religious School 2nd grade family 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn education (SFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 9:30 AM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 6:00 PM-BOFTY Dinner 10:00 AM-Beth El’s Sunday Morning Book 7:00 PM-Adult Choir Club (BFC) 7:00 PM-Confirmation Club Rishon (BFC) 12:00 PM- 7:00 PM-Journey through Judaism 12:00 PM-BOFTY Board Elections 12:30 PM-Shir Ruach 3:00 PM-Broadway, Brachot and Beyond Concert SFC-Schaefer Family Campus BFC-Beck Family Campus APRIL 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 9:00 AM-Shared Care 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) Erev Passover – BFC closed 1st Day Passover 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 4:30 PM-BBM Class (SFC & BFC) at 12:00 PM, SFC School and 6:30 PM-Mausoleum Committee Meeting 7:00 PM-Leadership Council Meeting Offices Closed at 12:30 PM 6:30 PM-Men’s Seder 7:30 PM-Social Action Committee Meeting 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 7:30 PM-No Shabbat Evening Service 5:30 PM-Passover Second Night Seder

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 9:30 AM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 10:00 AM-Knit & Knosh 9:00 AM-Shared Care 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) Last Day of Passover - Main 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study 12:30 PM-Shir Ruach 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 4:30 PM-BBM Class (SFC & BFC) Campus School & Offices Closed, 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 1:00 PM-Easter Dinner at Wayne Barton 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 7:00 PM-Membership & Engagement 6:30 PM-Brotherhood Board Meeting (BFC) BFC Open 5:00 PM-Jr. BOFTY Mystery Bus Ride (OOT) (OOT) 6:30 PM-Derech Torah Dinner Committee Meeting 7:30 PM-Zugot Pizza Break the Fast (OOT) 7:00 PM-Confirmation 10:30 AM-Passover Festival Service and 7:00 PM-Adult Choir Yizkor (Sanctuary) 7:00 PM-Derech Torah 6:00 PM-Pizza Dinner & Tot Shabbat (BFC) 7:30 PM-Kabbalat Shabbat Service 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Family Service, honoring the 5th graders

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 4/12 - 4/26-March of the Living 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 9:00 AM-Shared Care Yom HaShoah 4/17 - 4/19-Derech Torah Retreat (OOT) 9:00 AM-B’not Mitzvah of Elizabeth & 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) Jaclyn Levine 9:30 AM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 6:00 PM-BOFTY Dinner 7:00 PM-Board of Trustees Meeting 2:00 PM-MorseLife: Making Your Life Safer 12:00 PM-Project Nuremberg 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study 12:00 PM-Club Kitanim (BFC) 7:00 PM-Adult Choir 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) Lawyer’s Lunch 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 12:30 PM-Shir Ruach 7:00 PM-Confirmation 4:30 PM-BBM Class (SFC & BFC) 6:00 PM-Shabbat at 6: Remembering 11:30 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Gottfried the Shoah 3:00 PM- March of Remembrance 7:00 PM-Sisterhood Board Meeting 6:00 PM-Bar Mitzvah of Jacob Harris 4:00 PM- Yom Hashoah / Gil Morgenstern Program 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 9:30 AM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn Yom Hazikaron Yom Ha’atzmaut 6:00 PM-Blue Jeans Shabbat 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study 12:30 PM-Shir Ruach 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) Celebrating Israel 10:45 AM-Shabbat Morning Minyan 1:00 PM-Senior Circle Event 6:30 PM-Derech Torah Dinner 9:00 AM-Shared Care 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service 11:30 AM-Bat Mitzvah of Isabelle Datz 7:00 PM-Brotherhood Movie & Mouthpiece 7:00 PM-Confirmation 1:00 PM-MCI Support Group 9:00 AM-Jewish Women’s Study Day (OOT) 7:00 PM-Adult Choir 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 7:00 PM-Derech Torah 4:30 PM-BBM Class (SFC & BFC)

26 27 28 29 30 9:30 AM-Religious School 3rd grade family 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 10:00 AM-Sisterhood Boutique 9:00 AM-Shared Care 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC &BFC) education (SFC) 12:00 PM-Sisterhood Luncheon 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 4:30 PM-BBM Class (SFC & BFC) 9:30 AM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 12:30 PM-Shir Ruach 6:00 PM-BOFTY Dinner 7:00 PM-Adult Choir 7:00 PM-Confirmation 7:00 PM-Journey through Judaism 28 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org Frequent breakdowns. Sluggish email. Stalls and slow startups. It’s not a pretty sight. And the damage takes its toll in lost time, wasted money, and hard work that goes up in smoke.

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Gifts from 11/15/2014 – 1/20/2015 GIVING TREE FUND Rabbi Jessica Brockman by Sandi Eastman REVA & HERBERT STERNECK in honor of Rabbi Levin for his amazing support and CAMP KUTZ ENDOWMENT FUND ANNUAL GIVING Judy Gordon by Deborah and Gary Finkel wisdom while planning for our wedding in honor of in honor of my 75th birthday by Marty Malaga by Suzan & Stephen Garber the holiday season and the speedy recovery of Rabbi Jessica Brockman by Madeline Siegel Maurice Plough, Jr. by M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation in celebration of Patty Beck by Barbara & Norton Sterneck Irene Epstein by Esther Potoff the 5k run of Leslie Steinberg the first wedding anniversary of Leah and by Felice Racenstein Daniel Supraner by Miriam Kurtzberg SAMUEL & MOLLIE LUKS BETTY SWEET YOUTH by Caroline Bowden in honor of LEADERSHIP FUND ENDOWMENT FOR SPECIAL in celebration of with gratitude the bris of Maxwell Arno by Janine & Michael Arno NEEDS EDUCATION FUND for our parents Jana Loring & Steven the 60th anniversary of Barbara and Jay the naming of daughters, Meaghan, Madison, in celebration of Sonberg by David Loring Jordan and Scarlett and to thank Rabbi Greg Pisik by Ginger & Doug Pisik Frances Weinberg’s birthday by Ann Teitelbaum Weisman by Ashley Alter Arviv & Adam Arviv ISRAEL YOUTH TRAVEL in honor of EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND the Bar Mitzvah of Seth Berke by The Berke Family in honor of in honor of the 70th anniversary of Phyllis and the birthday of Frances Weinberg by Charlie Kreger’s 4th birthday by Margie and Maurice Plough, Jr. being honored Bob Davis by Audrey Stern Marilyn & Richard Comiter Rita & Spencer Kreger by Israel Bonds by Aline Fisher the naming of Hailey Mya Gross by Lauren & Alan Gross STEVE BROWN ENDOWMENT FUND MUSIC FUND GELFAND/ARPE YOUNG Marcos Karchenboim’s 90th birthday in honor of in honor of CHILDRENS INNOVATIVE by Liliana Abramson the baby naming of Sarah Brooke Siegel EDUCATION FUND Jill Oppenheim’s Bat Mitzvah by Arlene Oppenheim the marriage of Judy Rosenwater and by Susie & Micha Siegel in celebration of Steve Carlin by Cis Teltser the birth of Payton Michael Fromowitz PATTY AND LOUIS BECK the birth of Sarah Brooke Siegel FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND the naming of Sarah Brooke Siegel by Michael Gelfand by The Solomon Family in honor of by Benita & Stuart Appel the birth of Simon Harris Homer by Michael Gelfand Patty and Louis Beck at the holidays the birthday of Sondra Homer-Warner the wedding of Karen Schwade and Stuart TORAH DEDICATION FUND by Laura Flannery by Liliana Abramson Grossman by Michael Gelfand in honor of by Janus Hotels & Resorts, Inc Lilliana Abramson and Jerry Zensky’s work in for the recovery of the community by Ms. Florence Wasser Sydney Levy becoming a Bat Mitzvah William Fletcher Belcher by Michael Gelfand PLOUGH FAMILY FUND in support of by Phyllis & Eddie Elman SUPPORTING RELIGIOUS SCHOOL those in need by Marla & Scott Dudak Brandon’s Bar Mitzvah by The Rossler Family GENERAL FUND on the occasion of in honor of to thank Margie and Maurice Plough, Jr. being TREES TO ISRAEL Liliana Abramson and Gerry Zensky Rabbi Levin for officiating at Alan’s honored at Unity for Israel Reception unveiling by Enid Rosenthal in honor of by Dorene & Ron Shapiro by Roberta Presser & Alex Bruner the naming of Emmy Rose Fishman Rabbi Levin and Lori Shapiro for helping the birth of Maxwell Arno by Emily Gould make Bryce’s Bar Mitzvah great by Marion & Marvin Gruber RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Nickels Camerino by Natalie Lewis by Jamie & Jonathan Wulkan our 25th wedding anniversary by in appreciation of Sophia Camerino by Natalie Lewis Rabbi Dan Levin for a great confirmation Adele & Ed Haymes the High Holy Day services by Gerald Miller Ruth Grey’s 80th birthday by Gertrude Siegel class by Liliana Abramson the recovery of Myra Schwartz by Stuart Silver the wonderful wedding service for Josh Rabbi Dan Levin by Sandi Solomon Anita Winstein’s birthday by Las Chicas and Kynley by Jane & Henry Mentle Irene Zuckerman’s 92nd birthday by Gertrude Siegel

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Gifts from 11/15/2014 – 1/20/2015 Oscar Maier by Judy & Mike Blackman Ruth Tauber by Judy & Jim Gordon Betty Mandel by Martin Mandel loved ones by Estelle Bloch Elizabeth Guttenberg by Hope & Preston Gormandy Francis “Ciccio” Ingrassia by Martin Mandel Edward Bobick by Marianne Bobick Lillian Gorodinsky by Sondra Gorodinsky Florence Goldstein and Edwin Manning YAHRZEIT FUND Isidor Bobick by Marianne Bobick Bonnie Gibson by Sondra Gorodinsky by Barbara Manning in memory of Steven Bowen by Jules Bowen Libby Ackerman and Samuel Joseph Kershner by Elizabeth Marcus David Kaplun by Liliana Abramson George Mehlman by Andrea & Roy Bresky Ackerman by Susan Gould Irma Marcus by Shelley & Larry Marcus Janet Adelman and Daniel Goldstein Gerald Rosenwater by Judith Rosenwater Carlin Noreen J. Page by Kim Graham Arthur A. Marcus by Shelley & Larry Marcus by Terry & Shelly Adelman Paula Fomon by Judith Chason Ronni Schwartz by Sylvia Greenberg Sydney Mazer and Barry Mazer by Dawn Mazer Robert B. Frank by Priscilla Adler Sara Oppenheimer by Joan & Gene Cohan Sylvia Grossman by Stuart Grossman Camille Merson by Arlene & Robert Merson Marian Altman by Beverly & Joel Altman Bessie Kazanow by Ann Dershowitz Sylvia Rosenstein by Rhona Guberman Donald Glachman by Linda Midwall Fred Appel by Benita & Stuart Appel Herman Hess by Shirley & Warren Deutsch Dr. Barry Gross by Sara Halman Rachel Mirabel by Ellari Mirabel Myra April by Benita & Stuart Appel Ethel Dicker by Saralyn & Gerry Dicker Florance Halpern by Jack Halpern Joseph Goldstein by Arlene Oppenheim Esther Wise by Marlene Aron Dr. Charles Dickerman by Sandra & Allen Dickerman Lillian Gordon by Joan & Jack Halpern Teeny Oshinsky by Newton Oshinsky Suellen Caffrey by Marian Aronson Sam Raikis by Abigail Ditzian Abraham Cohen by Sheilah Harrow Philip Parmet by Parmet & Mass Family & Irene Aronson David Schattner by Abigail Ditzian Myrna Falk by Allison & Bill Heller Simon Peskin by Anne Paskin Bernard Aronson and Rose Aronson by Marian Aronson & Irene Aronson Jonathan Schattner by Abigail Ditzian Mel Basel by Naomi Hermann Anne Rosenberg Peskin by Anne Paskin Gussie Aronson by Marian Aronson Janice Friedman by Amy Doran Jack Barrett by Ida Herst Morton Pickman by Gladys Pickman & Irene Aronson Patricia Dranoff by Morton Dranoff Harry Elson by Dorothy & Howard Hewett Sylvia Collins by Brenda & Maurice Pollock Benjamin Nerenberg by Leslie & Michael Baron Albert Drucker by Selma Drucker Irene Bernhard by Bonnie & Herb Hirsch Clara S. Pollock and Lois S. Lee Paul Barrow by Stephen Barrow Sigmund Dubrow by Marion Dubrow Trude Hirsch by Ellen & Paul Hirsch by Ellen & Ed Pollock Gertrude Feil by Marilyn & Stanley Barry Morton Schoenfeld by Nancy & Gary Eisenberg Frances Barr by Cindy & Paul Homer Lawrence “Larry” Wexler by Esther Poritz Herman Alberts by Marlene Batavia Sophie Elman by Phyllis & Eddie Elman Oscar Warren by Sondra Homer-Warner Arthur L. Weitzner by Ellie & Stan Rassler Joseph Rock, Sanford Rock and Sonya Edward Katz by Phyllis & Eddie Elman Miriam Ross by Elaine Jaffe Shirlee B. Hersch by Carole Ratner Rock by Florence Baumwell Oscar Faust by Marlene & Denny Faust Bernard Jaiven by Grace & Jack Jaiven Jonathan Redler by Sherry Redler Jimmy Baer by Margie Baer & Bill Schwartz Pauline Fishman by Celina Fishman Charles Kanfer by Barbara & Jack Kanfer Florence Reiss by Helen Regenstreif Esther Berg by Dennis Berg Ihil Shraybman by Zina Fishman Daniel Keisman by Myrna Keisman Ryan Scott Reino by Georgette & Edward Reino Jeannette Glickman by Marjorie & Dennis Berg Howard Schubert by Roni, Alan, Harry S. Brody and Sybil Brody by Phyllis Kilik Scott G. Reit by Ann Marie Reit William Manning by The Berger Family Jacob & Adam Freedman Lenore Kovler by Cindy Korshin Marilyn Rubenstein by Paula Rigoli Lewis Berliner by Toni & Arnold Berliner Ida Grafman by Ruth Fromstein Kurt Kimmelman by Lisa Kimmelman, Mollye & Kyle Clifford Bitker by Idah Robins Miriam Goodman and Sonya Pulerwitz Morton Abrams by Carol & David Gart Nathan Markow by Henry & Faye Leshman Abraham Robinson by Charlotte & Morris Robinson by Toni & Arnold Berliner Sadie Gise by Larry Gise Beth Levine by Betsy Silverfine & Russell Levine Gertrude Rosenthal by Lisa & Ken Rosenthal Fay Lewis Berman, Joseph Emile Berman, Rhea Anna Milavsky and Herman Milavsky Ethel Silverfine by Betsy Silverfine, Bernie Rovin by Barbara Rovin Chain Shindell and Stanley P. 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March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 31 In Memory of

Gifts from 11/15/2014 to 1/20/2015 MEYER WEINGARTEN ENDOWMENT FUND EARLY CHILDHOOD FUND in memory of in memory of Jerry Burger by Iris Weingarten Mildred Benis and Norton Benis by Judy & Marvin Kuritz PAUL AND ELLEN HIRSCH ENDOWMENT FUND GELFAND/ARPE YOUNG in memory of CHILDRENS INNOVATIVE Trude Hirsch by Ellen & Paul Hirsch EDUCATION FUND in memory of RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Evelyn Manning by Michael Gelfand in memory of Joanna Altner GENERAL FUND by Denise Calderon in memory of by Susan & Barry Podolsky Joanne Altner by Carol Garcy Hannah Cohen by Audrey Stern Renee Braver by Tracey & Gabe Grossman Evan Finell by The Grandis & Brenner Families Anna Gati Darvas and Pal Darvas Stanley Grandis by The Grandis & Brenner Families by Marianne Halasz Martin Hackman by Kathy & Devin Grandis Jean Flanigan by Susan & Mark Sosin Melvin Hootstein by Babs Robin William Katz by Adrienne & Irwin Kotlove Bruce Kreiger by Lin Kreiger Arlene Krumholz by Tracey & Gabe Grossman Eveyln Manning and to thank Rabbi Brockman and mother of Lois Kaufman by Ursula & Lenny Hess Lawrence Dermer for the beautiful service by Bettye Lerner by Barbara Morris Linda, Bill, Marla, Lauren & Brooke Berger Michael Nadler by Shari & Stanley Finsilver Janice Platt Louise Perlstein by Ruth Berg by Audrey & Michael Gordon Richard Pomerantz by Sheilah & Robert Harrow by Judith & Stanley Gray Jacque Rader by Susan & Mark Sosin by Miriam Kurtzberg Renee Rubin by Ursula & Lenny Hess by Amy & Jordan Supraner Evelyn Manning Arthur Schlesinger by Jan Glick by Dennis Weiss Bessie Schuster by Rita and Tully Schuster by Judy & Mike Blackman Norman Schepps and to thank Rabbi Rose Goldfarb Schwartz by Barbara & David Kirsh Brockman and Temple Beth El community Lenora Trachtenberg by Gloria Haft by Robin & Richard Abramowitz Ives Wahrman by Adrienne and Irwin Kotlove Leila Snyder by Audrey Stern Ann Weinstein Koch by David Weinstein Sarah Wilens and Stanley Klebanoff RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND by Barbara & Stu Wilens in memory of Norman Schepps by Jodi Jacobson GIVING TREE FUND Janice Platt by Robin Eisenberg & Andrea Broido in memory of Demi Helen Mayer by Betty Shore TORAH DEDICATION FUND Evelyn Manning in memory of by Judy & Jim Gordon Stanley Kuttler by Lucille & Bob Geller by Emily Gould Edward Waters by Joseph Waters TREES TO ISRAEL FUND in memory of ISRAEL YOUTH TRAVEL FUND Joanna Altner by Emily Gould in memory of Stephen Bender by Ruth Fagan Ruth Beko by Aline Fisher Marie D. Callahan by Natalie Lewis Evelyn Manning by Aline Fisher Howard Cohen by Natalie Lewis Howard Hoffman by Susan & Jerry Wolf MARION & MILTON Stuie Karpen HOFFMAN/FLORENCE & by Doris Devensky MORRIS SCHWARTZFARB by Rose Levin ENDOWMENT FUND We Get You Moving Again™ in memory of Ina Lazerick by Sue Fenichel our parents by Susan & David Schwartzfarb Bert Lieberman by Sandra & David Shore & Family Uncle Samuel Schwartzfarb by Susan Iris Rosen by Sandra & David Shore & Family & David Schwartzfarb the mother of Richard Schwartz by Sandra & Reuben Ungar MAUSOLEUM DONATION Jerry Van by Camille & Frank Gulisano in memory of Louis Weinman by Natalie Lewis Joanna Altner by Ilyne Mendelson & Steven Terk Gifts

Gifts from 11/15/2014 – 1/20/2015 Dana Brown GENERAL FUND Alice & Ron Cohen Philip Berman Marcia Hoffman Laura & Morry Rubin Lyn Lubliner Debra Lobel & Beverly Dash Philip Shore Marilyn North Deborah & Larry Silver Helen Ratner SAMUEL & MOLLIE LUKS SHABBAT MORNING MINYAN MARILYN BARNETT HARK ENDOWMENT FUND ENDOWMENT FUND Fran & George Weinberg Lorri & Cliff Hark STEVE BROWN ENDOWMENT FUND RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Dana Brown Roberta Albert Sandy Altner

32 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org Our Congregation Mourns Exclusively for Temple Beth El Helen Pinsker, grandmother of Brian & Rachel Halpern, great The Hilton Boca Raton Suites offers discounted rates grandmother of Alexa, Emily, Hillary & Holly Halpern to all members, affiliates, family & friends. Jack Cohen, uncle of Ken & Annette Mogell, great uncle of Kelsey & Kaitlin Mogell Fred Rossler, father of David & Melinda Rossler, grandfather of Ethan & Brandon Rossler Paul Markhoff, husband of Judy Levis Markhoff, step-father of Matthew & Marisa Baker, grandfather of Samuel & Alex Baker Frank Fink*, husband of Phyllis Fink

Lenora Trachtenberg, sister of Marilyn & Jay Weinberg Your travelers will enjoy: Spacious Two Room Suite Dottie Seaman, Beloved member Complimentary full cooked to order breakfast each Louise Perlstein, husband of Louise Perlstein morning Complimentary two hour cocktail reception each evening Ruth Beko*, wife of John Beko, mother of Michelle & Mitchell Complimentary local transportation within the Boca Raton Hershey, grandmother of Lauren & Kevin Hershey area Martin Hackman, father of Kathy & Devin Grandis, grandfather of Ryan Grandis Located just minutes from Temple Beth El, area attractions and local beaches Arlene Krumholz, mother of Michael & Jodi Krumholz, For reservations call 561- 483-3600. Be sure to ask for the grandmother of Marissa & Zack Krumholz special discounted Temple Beth El Rate. *Laid to Rest in the Beth El Mausoleum

Mazel Tov To 7920 Glades Road  Boca Raton, FL 33434 Rabbi Yoav & Nechama Dina Robinson on the birth of their daughter Chana Robinson, www.bocaratonsuites.hilton.com granddaughter of Jackie & Louis Robinson, niece of Tami & Rabbi Greg Weisman Marisa & Brian Spiro on the birth of their son Logan Jacob Spiro, grandson of Robin & Gary Warren, great grandson of Stuart Cummings Sasha & Ian Shtulman on the birth of their son Aaron Nathan Shtulman Farrah & Jeremy Weiss on the birth of their son Dylan Jeter Weiss, big brother is Jackson Weiss Barbara & Nathan Blouin on the birth of their daughter Jeri Vega Blouin, granddaughter of Diane & Larry Sharnak Glenda & Ken Gordon on the engagement of their daughter Alison Brooke Gordon to Kyle Gugerty Jennifer Palacio & Jonathan Greenwald on their recent wedding AN EVENING TO BENEFIT THE STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS Julie Rosenthal & Richard Simon on their recent wedding AT SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Judy Rosenwater & Stephen Carlin on their recent wedding, mother of the bride Ida Robins, children are Bruce & Meryl Rosenwater and Karen & Leonard Schloss, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015 • 7:00 - 11:00 P.M. grandchildren are Brooke & Blaire Rosenwater and Michael & Carly Schloss Pavilion Grille, 301 Yamato Road (Stonegate Bank Building Atrium) Chair: Leslie Lapidus $125 per person (must be 21 or older to attend) Sisterhood Contributions A portion of every ticket will go towards the Steve Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund IN MEMORY OF: Tribute cards are a great way to honor a loved Joanne Altner, mother of Robert Altner, one. The cost is $18.00, and the money by Lisa and Dr. Andrew Zwick is used to fund various Women of Reform Casino Chic Attire Judaism projects. For further information Cocktails & Gourmet Cuisine will be served IN HONOR OF: and to purchase a card, email Glenda The engagement of Alison Brooke Gordon, Gordon at [email protected] To RSVP, visit www.spanishriverfoundation.org daughter of Ken and Glenda Gordon to or phone Glenda at 561-495-2980. Kyle Gugerty by Jan and Allen Lev For more information or underwriting opportunities, contact Mandee Baulo at 561.241.2246 or [email protected].

March/April 2015 • T H E C H R O N I C L E 33 TEMPLE OFFICERS Patty Beck President Barry Podolsky Executive Vice President Shari Schwamm Secretary Neal Slafsky Vice President of Finance Mark Sunshine Vice President of Leadership Development & Governance PRESERVING YOUR Kenneth Gordon Vice President of Religious Activities Karyn Hoffman Vice President of Education Lisa Zwick Vice President of Development Legacy Marcy Schultz Vice President of Membership & Engagement Wendy Walin Vice President of Social Action With over 25 years of experience as a Board Certified attorney Allen Lev Vice President of Mausoleum Mark A. Schaum, Esq., CPA provides the knowledge, reliability and integrity Jeffrey Katz Vice President of Facilities & Technology you need to protect your most important asset…your family. TRUSTEES Danielle Butler Stephen Manton Aline Fisher Marjorie Minor Tracey Grossman Bruce Moldow David Morse LAW OFFICE OF MARK A. SCHAUM, P.A. LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Wills & Trusts | Estate and Charitable Planning Charles Abell Ida Herst** Maurice D. Plough, Jr. Estate and Trust Administration | Taxation and Business Formation Marc Applebaum** Larry Hotz Margie Plough Richard Asher Marc Jaro Morris Robinson markschaumlaw.com Daniel Beckerman Barry Krinsky Trish Schaum 561.750.7575 | [email protected] Donald Berger Jaime Kshonz Dina Schwartz 1801 N. Military Trail, Suite #203 Mike Blackman Richard Levitt Jennifer Shapiro Boca Raton, Florida 33431 Alvin Cohen** Stephanie Lowen Elizabeth Shonson Michael Frost Robert Marton Bernard Shulman** Law Office of Mark A. Schaum, P.A. proudly serves Herbert Gimelstob** Kenneth Mogell Rabbi Merle Singer clients throughout Palm Beach County and Broward County. Stanley Gray Lisa Oken Michael Singer Ronni Namerow-Graf David Pincus Alan H. Weiner** *Board Certified in Wills, Trusts & Estates Law Cliff Hark Mark Platt* *Immediate Past President ** Past President TEMPLE LEADERS OF BLESSED MEMORY James B. Baer Joseph Q. Kline Irving Rifkin Frances Cohen LTC Ben Lake Stanley Rose Stanford Hermann Cis Rader Albert Schiff Robin Donner Mathematics 1:1 PROFESSIONAL STAFF Rabbi Daniel Levin Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman Rabbi Greg Weisman tutoring pre-algebra algebra I&II geometry Lori Shapiro, CANTORIAL SOLOIST Michelle Auslander Cohen, CANTORIAL SOLOIST Rabbi Merle Singer, D.P.S., D.H.L., D.D., RABBI EMERITUS Cantor Martin Rosen, CANTOR EMERITUS Steve Kaufman, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [email protected] 561.894.8967 Mark Erikson, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE MATH Susan Stallone, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PROGRAMMING Jason Reasor, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES Eliza Prince-Atias, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Rachael Rand, CONGREGATIONAL ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR David Oney, MAUSOLEUM DIRECTOR Let Temple Beth El Esther Lupin, LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER cater your next event MAIMONIDES INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH LEARNING Robin Eisenberg, RJE, DIRECTOR OF JEWISH LEARNING AND LIVING Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, Special Birthdays or Corporate Gavin Hirsch, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF JEWISH LEARNING AND LIVING Events, Temple Beth El and our preferred caterers can help plan the party of your dreams. Judy Levine, CO-DIRECTOR OF EARLY LEARNING CENTER Cindy Korshin, CO-DIRECTOR OF EARLY LEARNING CENTER Contact Event Coordinator Juliane Wolfberg, DIRECTOR OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT Lauren Alcalay at [email protected] or 561 391 8900.

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