CELEBRATING OUR 142ND YEAR OF SERVICE KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN

Volume LXXXII, Number 4 June 21, 2013 13 Tammuz 5773

REFLECTIONS ON THE 141ST ANNUAL SYNAGOGUE MEETING: POST-NUPTIAL GET AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY MANY

he highlight of this year’s April 24th an article by writer and educator Erica the KJ website (www.ckj.org). It can then meeting was the signing of Post Brown that appeared in the December 7, be brought to the KJ office where it can be TNuptial Get Agreements by scores 2012, issue of The Jewish Week, entitled signed and witnessed. of happily married congregants. This “What to Wear to the Post-Nup,” in which In addition to this important focus of emerging practice of already-happily she addresses the need for ALL Jewish the Annual Meeting, attendees were part of married couples entering into post-nuptial couples to be able to seek legal protection a room full of celebrating anniversarians, get agreements serves to provide the wife within civil confines. The signing of the committed lay leaders, new members, with the same kinds of protections that pre- post-nuptial get agreement is one means of families of recently departed shul members nuptial agreements give couples marrying bringing attention to the Agunah crisis, and whose loved ones were memorialized, and today. This is a positive development for hopefully prevent any more women from supporters of all ages, all acknowledging all those who married before the Agunah finding themselves trapped in a marriage the central relevance of a congregation that crisis gave rise to the de rigueur pre- with no way out. just began its 142nd year. nuptial agreement. Couples who did not sign the post-nup Lookstein spoke passionately that night and are interested in doing so, (continued on page 6 -7) about the need for such a document, citing can download the one-page document on 106 SENIORS ARE GRADUATED FROM THE JOSEPH H. LOOKSTEIN UPPER SCHOOL OF RAMAZ 60 TO SPEND NEXT YEAR IN SENIORS AND LOWER CLASSMEN WIN MANY ACADEMIC HONORS Once again it has been an amazing year for the students in Ramaz! Here are some of the impressive results:

Many seniors will be spending next year in Israel at the following Torah institutions and programs:

Aish Machal Midreshet Ein Hanatziv Midreshet Yeud Tafnit Bnei Akiva Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh Beyond Midreshet haRova Migdal Oz Yeshivat Ashreinu Yeshivat Orayta Bezalel Art School Nativ Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi Israel Experience at BIU Midreshet Moriah Nishmat Yeshivat Har Etzion (Gush) Kivunim Midreshet Torah vChesed Sherut Leumi Maaleh Gilboa

The seniors also earned a wonderful record of college acceptances. Our students had impressive admissions numbers in: Babson College Drexel University Northeastern University University of Maryland Bar-Ilan University Emory University Oberlin College University of Miami Berklee College of Music FIT Pomona College University of Michigan George Washington University Princeton University University of Pennsylvania Brandeis University Harvard University Rutgers University University of Rochester Carnegie Mellon University IDC Herzliya Stern College for Women University of Wisconsin Clark University Jewish Theological Seminary Suffolk University University Columbia University Johns Hopkins University SUNY - Albany, Binghamton Yale University MIT Tulane University CUNY - Baruch, Queens, Muhlenberg College Vassar College Macaulay Honors - Hunter Washington University, St. Louis

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NEW MEMBERS Forty-six new households joined the Congregation this past year and were officially inducted and welcomed at the 141st Annual Meeting by Morris Massel, Secretary of the Congregation: Nicole and Tzvi Ausubel Rebecca and Reuben Grabel Hilary and Barry Ness Victoria and Davy Barthes Laura and Leonard Grossman Jaclyn and Gonen Paradis Anne-Sophie and Johann Barthes Ruthie and Jonathan Hecht Jenevieve Pereira Line and Warren Barthes Dana and Matthew Hiltzik Liat and Peter Reisman Jessica Rackman and Robert Drs. Ruth and Adam Jacobi Lisa Goldman and Joshua Reiss Bernstein Henriette and Joseph Jemal Carol and Alan Schechter Anna and Elliott Blake Judith Fischman Johnson Robin Rothman and Dr. Lanny Vanessa and Raymond Chalme Deborah Weinswig and Schwartzfarb Susan Hecht and David Cohen Maxwell Kahn Sharon and Jeffrey Shammah Virginie Illouz and Mark Cohen Michele and Steven Kamali Michelle and Paul Shaviv Lauren and Noah Doyle Claire and Stuart Koshner Deborah and Mark Shukovsky Honey and Samuel Dushey Rebecca and Aryeh Levin Rachel and Rodrigo Slelatt Perah and David Dwek Miriam and Aaron Levine Sarah Weltman Shani and Adam Epstein Jennifer Bernell-Majzner and Rebecca and David Wichs Raquel and Abraham Feldman Marc Majzner Molly Winkler Shirley and Adam Friedman Naomi and Noah Moss Victoria Szenes and Matthew Audrey and Mark Goldstein Charles Muhlbauer Zimmerman

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SHIVAH ASSAR B’TAMMUZ, TISHA B’AV AND THE THREE WEEKS JUNE 25 – JULY 16

uring the summer months, we (meraglim) returned to the Jews in the and drink wine (except on Shabbat), to go mourn the destruction of both desert with a negative report about the Land swimming, to bathe for pleasure, or to do DTemples in , which took of Israel. In addition, it was on this day that any laundry or dry cleaning that is not place on the ninth of Av, and the events that the city of Betar was destroyed and tens of absolutely necessary. The Talmud writes led to their destruction. We fast on the thousands of Jews were killed, and the that when the month of Av begins, our mood seventeenth day of the month of Tammuz, wicked Turnus Rufus plowed the site of the should reflect our mourning for the Shivah Assar B’Tammuz, because, Temple and its surroundings. Tradition destruction of the Temples. On Tisha B’Av according to tradition, it was on that day asserts that the expulsion of the Jews from itself, besides fasting, we are prohibited that the enemy penetrated the walls of England in 1290 and the expulsion from from washing our bodies, wearing leather Jerusalem prior to the destruction of the Spain in 1492 also took place on Tisha shoes, anointing ourselves and having Second Temple. The Talmud, however, B’Av. marital relations. It is forbidden, as well, to writes that these were not the only tragedies Our mourning for the destroyed study Torah on this day excepting the that befell the Jewish people on this day. Temples and for the other calamities which sections of the prophets and the Talmud that On the seventeenth of Tammuz four more occurred on these days extends beyond the discuss the destruction. We do not wear tragedies occurred: the first tablets fasts themselves. The period between these tefillin until Mincha and the custom is to sit containing the Ten Commandments were two fasts, traditionally called The Three on low chairs as mourners do until midday. broken by Moses after the sin of the Golden Weeks, includes several practices of Our observance of mourning also forbids us Calf; the daily sacrifice was suspended mourning. During these three weeks we do from greeting friends on Tisha B’Av. during the time of the First Temple; the not get our hair cut, attend weddings or We mourn the Temples that were wicked Apostumos burned the Torah; and involve ourselves in large joyous destroyed over nineteen hundred years ago, an idol was erected in the Temple. gatherings. During the nine days which and we pray that we will be worthy to see Additional tragedies also befell the begin on the first of Av, July 8, and continue God rebuild the Temple in Jewish people on the ninth day of the month until midday on the tenth day of Av, July 17, our lifetime. of Av – Tisha B’Av. On this day, the spies we are additionally forbidden to eat meat

KJ BEGINNERS TISHA B’AV 2013 SHABBAT SERVICE Every Saturday 9:30 AM Monday Night, July 15th, Erev Tisha B’Av ~ Fast Begins at 8:26 p.m. Add some soul to your Shabbat. Plenty of learning and explanation! Lots of singing and questions and ~ Mincha, Maariv & Eicha at 8:20 p.m. answers about the prayers and the parsha packed (Cayne Gymnasium of the into what could have been an “ordinary” Shabbat Newman Education Center, 60 East 78th Street) morning. Kiddush following services.

Tuesday, July 16th, Tisha B’Av ~ Morning Services at 7:00 a.m. (Gottesman Center, 114 East 85th Street)

~ Shiur by Rabbi Jeremy Wieder at 9:00 a.m. COMING SOON....

Screening of Films RASH OURSE 10:15 a.m.: The Two of Us, French with English subtitles C C 12:00 p.m.: Hand in Hand IN BASIC 1:30 p.m.: A Secret, French with English subtitles 3:30 p.m.: The Other Son, Hebrew with English subtitles Tuesdays, August 20 and 27 5:20 p.m.: Shadows From My Past 7:00 PM

~ Shiur by Rabbi Weinstock at 7:00 p.m. Explore Judaism’s views on Belief in God, Prayer, ~ Evening Services at 7:55 p.m. Shabbat, Jewish Observance, and Sexuality. ~ Fast Concludes at 9:05 p.m. Perfect for beginners or those wishing to brush up on basic Jewish concepts. Taught by Rabbi Elie Weinstock. Page 4 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Keter Torah Awards Bestowed Upon At the conclusion of the morning service on the second day of Shavuot, Judy Tanz and Erica Schacter Schwartz were presented by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein with the Eleventh Annual Judith Kaufman Hurwich Keter Torah Award. These are their remarks: A FRAMEWORK FOR LIFE

was in LA a few weeks ago visiting my Jewish identity. Having four children And I really loved every minute of it! son Larry and his family, and I had the attending Ramaz certainly furthered my …and good thing that I did because just as Iprivilege of seeing a young Freddy Jewish education. We even began learning my term at Ramaz was ending, Rabbi Tanz serving as Shabbat Abba at his pre- Hebrew together - although I will admit Lookstein asked me to take on the role of school class. I felt such pride watching him that my children’s progress quickly President of KJ Sisterhood. A totally lead the Kiddush and Hamotzi - and at that surpassed my own. As much as I studied different job, but another great opportunity moment I also felt the strong presence of and as hard as I tried, they still managed to to become more deeply involved in the KJ my dear late husband, Fred, who would speak Hebrew around me when they community. have marveled at this -- and many other wanted to have a conversation that I Shavuot -- to me -- isn’t only about moments too: like Sarah’s daughter couldn’t follow. Hashem giving us the Torah. It’s really Emma being Bat-Mitzvah’d last fall, I first became involved about us receiving the Torah and making P.J.’s son, Eli, receiving his first in Ramaz as a volunteer, an active choice to be part of Jewish life. I siddur last week, and Steven’s and the more I did, the am so grateful to Fred for helping us both two boys learning Hebrew in more I learned about make that active choice many years ago by their classes at Ramaz. I the school, and the joining KJ. Because for me, that was the could almost hear my Fred more involved I moment where I became actively Jewish. having a laugh - “who wanted to be. I But the other key piece to that equation would have ever thought started out as a was the community, accepting me as I was that this is how things transportation and drawing me in as an active participant. would have turned out for coordinator in the And I thank Rabbi Lookstein for being us - for our grandchildren - 82nd street building, such a force in that. for our legacy?”….and I and eventually Those themes of chesed and know that he would have been became the President acceptance are particularly relevant this bursting with such pride. of the Ramaz Parents time of year when we read Megilat Ruth - Fred and I joined KJ almost 43 Council. During my 4 years which my sons Steven and Larry have both years ago. Little did I know how my life as President, I came to understand read many times from the bimah at KJ. would change. My parents were not the inner workings of the amazing school I am humbled to receive the Keter observant, and my knowledge of Judaism my children were attending and I found so Torah Award, and I share this with Fred was nil - we didn’t even celebrate the high many new friends in the community -- and who is watching us and smiling. Because holidays! Fred was from a more many of the friends I made in those early just as the Torah provides the framework traditional background and he knew how days as a Ramaz volunteer remain my dear and the story for one’s Jewish life, so too important it is to be part of a Jewish friends today. I even got to wear a hardhat have Ramaz and KJ been the framework community, so he joined the synagogue and hold a shovel at the groundbreaking of and the story through which Fred, my before our first child, Steven, was ready the building we are in today, the Ramaz children, their children and I have lived for school. Sometime after Steven started Upper School. So I guess you could say our Jewish lives and created our own at Ramaz, with support from Fred, Rabbi Ramaz helped build who I am, and in my Jewish stories. Lookstein and others at KJ and Ramaz, I own small way I helped build Ramaz (at Thank you. began taking classes and developing my least a couple of shovels worth!). Save the Date: KJ ANNUAL DINNER Saturday night, December 7, 2013, at 8:00 pm

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CONTINUING A TRADITION

his is actually my first Shavuot at Hempstead, where his parents Daniel and May 16th, on the holiday of Shavuot. It is KJ. As you all know, I grew up Nathalie Schacter helped build the Young this shul that always feels like home base Tcoming to KJ as a young child, when Israel of West Hempstead and HANC. But in some ways to me, and the shul that was my parents lived across the park, on the on May 16, 1964, 49 years ago exactly home base for my grandmother, and in turn Upper West Side. Though we lived next from today, my father’s father, Daniel for my father, nearly five decades ago. It is door to the Jewish Center, we actually Schacter, suffered a sudden heart attack this shul where past and present, and future never went there. When we went to shul, and passed away. It was Shabbat, Erev all come together for me. Where I we went to KJ, our family shul-the shul Shavuot. My grandmother, whom so many remember walking down my cousin where for several holidays and Shabbatot I of you in this room knew, went through the Mindy’s aisle as a flower girl, where I had the rare privilege of davening motions of Shavuot that year in whatever remember reciting Eishet Chayil at my alongside three generations of my family- way she could for the sake of her four great-grandmother’s funeral, where I my mother and aunt, my grandmother, children, ages 13, 12, 10 and 4. My father remember watching my grandmother stand Nathalie Friedman, for whom my daughter was the oldest, just bar mitzvahed that for every minute of neila, her machzor Sophie is named, and my great- year. resting above the radiator cover, where I grandmother, Gertrude Lookstein, for As a widow with four young children, remember her funeral while I sat pregnant whom my oldest daughter Gabby is with my first child, where I watched the named. untimely and tragic funeral of my uncle I have so many vivid memories of Allen Gribetz, where I watched the funeral those years, not in this space on 78th Street of my grandfather Israel Friedman, the son of course, but of standing in the far left of a prominent Chasidic rebbe, who section of the woman’s balcony in the now insisted his funeral be held not in the historic and often-missed KJ Main Boyaner center on the Lower East Side, Sanctuary watching my grandmother and but in this centrist, modern Orthodox great- grandmother immersed in their own building. This shul, both in physical quiet prayer. My mom, well, she was structure and emotional structure, immersed too, but just not as immersed as embodies my past. they were. And this shul is my present. It is where But as central as KJ was in our lives, Rob and I feel inspired religiously week Shavuot was never a KJ holiday for us. No, after week, and high holiday season after on Shavuot we would leave behind my high holiday season. It is where we feel father’s family and head to the quieter comfortable asking difficult shores of Atlantic Beach, where my questions that sometimes come up in our maternal grandparents, Edith and Rabbi her parents, Rabbi Joseph and Gertrude lives. It is where all of my children except Baruch Silverstein, for whom my twins Lookstein, convinced their daughter to for my twins, were named. And that’s only Barry and Eliana are named, lived in the move back to the city where she grew up, because it felt right to name the twins in years after my grandfather’s retirement. where she could be near family and where the shul that captured their namesakes-the We would move into their house every my father could begin Ramaz High School. Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach. It is summer during those years we lived in And that’s what she did-picking up herself where my children come to groups every Manhattan-and we would kickoff the and her shattered life and rebuilding in the week, where they see their friends, and summer season so to speak by spending neighborhood and community, in the shul where they line up Friday night to get a Shavuot with them. For many years we and the school, in which she was raised. blessing from their great-great uncle, who even convinced Jess and Allen, my aunt They settled in the east 90s and my father always pauses when he sees them to give and uncle on my father’s side to come with spent his first teenage year in the city them a kiss on their forehead. their four girls and experience a Silverstein differently than most 13 year olds. He But most of all, this shul is my future. Shavuot in Atlantic Beach-Silversteins spent it alternating his evenings between It is in this shul that I am constantly didn’t fully get the dairy thing, yontif was KJ, and the even more nearby Orach presented with a vision of Judaism that about meat. Period. That is my childhood Chaim, as he said a year of Kaddish. seems to focus on all the right parts and association with Shavuot, my grandparents Shavuot for me is always a reminder of reinforces my own commitments and on my mother’s side, and of course, that tragedy, a tragedy that long preceded observances time and time again. We have Atlantic Beach. me, but had profound effects on me, a at our helm a rabbi, and a team of rabbis, In many ways, it is ironic that the one tragedy that marked an end of a life in who inspire us in so many different ways holiday I have never celebrated here is West Hempstead and a return of my family as a community-to embrace Jewish actually the one that first brought me here. to the city and to this synagogue. learning, to support the State of Israel, to Not me, but my father’s family. My father, As I stand here today, all I can think respect all Jews, and all people, to always as many of you know, grew up in West about is how right it feels to be here on think of ways to give of our time and (continued on page 13) Page 6 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN REFLECTIONS ON THE 141st ANNUAL SYNAGOGUE MEETING Post-Nuptial Agreement a First for KJ 88 NEW MEMBERS INDUCTED video demonstrating the progress made abbi Meir Soloveichik’s fitting thus far. It brought us into the sanctuary, invocation was most appropriate to where we were reminded of its former Rthe tenor of KJ’s 141st Annual glory and the devastating fire. The video Synagogue Meeting. After the singing of included artist renderings of the new Main the national anthem led beautifully by Sanctuary, as well as the two floors with Cantor Mayer Davis the induction of forty- new classroom space and a gymnasium for six new member households, comprising the Ramaz School that will be built over eighty-eight people, took place. (A listing the synagogoue. of the new members appears on page 2 of The video was visual proof of how, in this Bulletin.) Rabbi Lookstein’s words, we “turned a The first order of business which catastrophe into an opportunity.” We look immediately followed was the celebration forward to returning to a building that will of milestone anniversaries of affiliation for help shape the future generations of our 40-year Anniversarians Barbara twenty-three households. Rabbi Lookstein, community. and Harvey Arfa in his inimitable way, fondly recalled the family histories and communal BOARD ELECTIONS contributions of each of the celebrants. The report of the Nominating The following members celebrated Committee, as approved by the Board of milestone anniversaries and were honored Trustees, was presented by Surie by the Congregation: Sugarman and adopted by the congregation. FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRANTS Ruth and Hon. Joel Lewittes The following officers were re-elected Louis Orwasher to the same positions for the 2013-2014 Sidney Scheinberg Congregational year: President...... Joel Katz FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRANTS 4th Vice President...... David Lobel Barbara and Harvey Arfa Secretary...... Morris Massel 25-year Anniversarians Janie Fred Baumgarten Treasurer...... Jonathan Wagner and Dr. Robert Schwalbe Mark Lewis Brecker Assistant Treasurer...... Sidney Ingber Dr. Bernard Kabakow Financial Secretary...... Deena Shiff Raquel and E. Magnus Oppenheim Recording Secretary...... Dr. Philip Wilner Brigitte and Thomas Rosenthal Elias Buchwald, who held the position Marcia and Irwin Schloss of 3rd Vice President, was nominated to Mina and Paul Sub fill the position of Vice President, replacing Surie Sugarman, whose term as TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY Vice President expired. Surie was CELEBRANTS nominated to the position of 2nd Vice Susan and Robert Blinken President, replacing Robert Kurzweil, Aliza and Alvin Broome whose term as 2nd Vice President expired. Iris and Ilan Cohen Robert was nominated to the position of Rabbinical Conference Barbara and Eric Eigen 3rd Vice President, replacing Elias Florence and Dr. Philip Felig Buchwald, whose term as 3rd Vice Lawrence Jacobs President expired. This reflects the Janelle and Dr. Sheldon Pike Nominating Committee’s view that it Louise and Frank Ring would be advantageous to maintain Janie and Robert Schwalbe continuity in the slate of Officers at this Doris Travis time. Eva Wald REGULAR TRUSTEES Seymour Zises In regard to Regular Trustees of the Congregation, five seats were vacated PRESIDENT’S REPORT either due to mandatory retirement (the President Joel presented an overview occupant having served the constitutional of the year’s business, including a special limit of nine years on the Board), or by report on the synagogue construction choice of the occupant. These seats were project, which was accompanied by a held by Sherry Cohen, Nicole Gruenstein, Audrey & Rabbi Haskel Lookstein Sign the Post-Nup Audrey KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 7 Ruth Kestenbaum, Richard Linhart and who were called to their eternal reward COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBERS Stacy Scheinberg, who were thanked for since the 140th Annual Meeting: Kenneth Cappell their service. Dr. Mona Ackerman Edgard Khafif The following Regular Trustees’ terms Ann Davenport expired and were eligible for re-election: Joshua Deutsch ALUMNI TRUSTEE Ted Edelman Rudy Dresdner Leora Tanenbaum Leo Fox Heinz Eppler Wendy Greenbaum Mildred Hostyk PARENT TRUSTEE Jonathan (“JJ”) Hornblass Lillian Jacobs Kenneth Aschendorf Dr. Henry Kressel Harriet Kalischer Randy Krevat Joseph Katz The following people were elected to Jay Spievack Bertha Kressel serve on the Ramaz Board: The Nominating Committee then Saul Linzer CHARTER TRUSTEES recommended that these Regular Trustees Robert H. Morse Mitchell Davidson be re-elected, and they were. Nellie Orwasher Jimmy Haber Five Regular Trustee vacancies on the Rochelle Rubin Erica Schwartz Board remained to be filled. To fill these Dr. Eli Schessel vacancies, the Nominating Committee David Silverberg PARENT BOARD MEMBERS recommended the following Associate Elan Steinberg Eli Dweck Trustees for positions as Regular Trustees Dorothy Trencher Stephanie Freilich and they were so elected: Rachel Waldman Michael Gerber Abigail Doft Adam Kaplan Evan Farber RAMAZ SCHOOL MEETING Yaira Singer Robert Schwartz Tamara Winn The Nominating Committee further Jacob Doft, Chairman of the Board of recommended the following members of the Ramaz School, then conducted its brief ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERS the congregation to serve as Regular annual meeting. He called upon Dr. Leora Dana Cohen Trustees, and they were so elected: Mogilner, chair of the Nominating Dr. Nicole Agus Committee, to present its report: She first COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBERS Ray Chalme thanked the following Charter Trustee who Nicole Dicker completed her term of service and rotated Sirena Silber ASSOCIATE TRUSTEES off the Ramaz Board: Dana Schwerdt The following Associate Trustees were Vivian Shulman reappointed: Dr. Mogilner then thanked those The following Honorary Board Members Rocky Fishman members of the Board of Trustees who were re-elected for a one year period: Michael Kaplan completed their terms of service and HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS: Larry Kassman rotated off the Ramaz Board: Harvey Beker Leor Landa Eli Bryk Fred Distenfeld Dr. Jody Levine Jewel Edelman Lillian Eisman Joseph Meyer Adam Emmerich David Gruenstein Sheera Moffson Nathan Low Pearl Hack Judith Ottensoser Robert Kapito Alan Rechtschaffen The following Board members were re- Ilan Kaufthal Roberta Stetson elected: Dr. Jerry Kestenbaum David Sultan CHARTER TRUSTEES Gail Propp To fill the Associate Trustee vacancies Scott Hoffman caused by Associate Trustees becoming Jay Lefkowitz POST-NUPTIAL GET AGREEMENTS Regular Trustees, and the additional Mark Segall After the congregational membership vacancy created by the resignation of David Stonehill in attendance approved the slate of Ramaz Associate Trustee Jason Muss, the Philip Wilner School Board of Trustees, Rabbi Lookstein following four members of the introduced the idea of the post-nuptial get Congregation were appointed: agreement and the thinking behind it. He Yaira Singer Binstock invited couples who did not have a pre- CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL Jeffrey Esses nuptial agreement and who had not had an Rebecca Feit AND WELCOME opportunity to sign a post-nup before the Adam Kaplan TO THE NEW MEMBERS. meeting to sign one at the conclusion of LOOKING FORWARD TO COLD the meeting. DECEASED MEMBERS BEER AND HOT DOGS AGAIN The 141st Annual Synagogue Meeting In a more sobering moment, Rabbi NEXT YEAR! then adjourned and all enjoyed a delicious Lookstein then warmly paid tribute to repast of frankfurters, sauerkraut, and ice nineteen members of the Congregation cold beer courtesy of Foremost Caterers. Page 8 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN R EFLECTIONS ON T HE Sermon delivered in KJ

never saw the Rav in person. As a child in a thousand years.” While I do not claim in the difference in these two types of of alumni, a student any unique or specific insight into the after-blessings. Iat MTA, and a card-carrying member Rav’s personality or legacy, I would like to Fruit trees grow by themselves. They of the YU/Modern Orthodox world, I grew share one empowering teaching based on a up knowing all about Rabbi Joseph B. shiur he gave in 1958. (The shiur can be Soloveitchik, zichrono li’veracha, who found in Derashot HaRav: Selected passed away 20 years ago this Pesach. In a Lectures of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik sense, the Rav was larger than life. His edited by Arnold Lustiger.) books had a special place on my father’s Birkat ha-Mazon is recited after eating shelves, and I felt his influence whenever bread at a meal. It is a blessing that can be we would visit YU each year for the annual said as part of a group with a zimmun. Seforim Sale. Growing up in a Chabad After eating the fruits of Israel (such as school, he was my community’s answer to grapes, figs, and pomegranates), the the Lubavitcher Rebbe. mei’ein shalosh blessing is recited. This is I remember when and where I heard the technical name for the al ha-michyah the news of his death. The Rav passed or, in this case, the al ha-peirot blessing. away on a Thursday night, too late to be This short blessing includes some of the reported in the Friday papers. On Shabbat, same themes as bentching, such as Israel I went to shul without scanning the and Jerusalem, but Brit and Torah are headlines and heard the news from absent. There is also no zimmun concept, someone who had read the obituary that and each person says the blessing for appeared that morning in The New York him/herself. Times. I vividly recall attending the funeral Why is this so? The Torah states, blossom, and the fruit ripens without any at the Maimonides School in Boston on “v’achalta v’savata u’veirachta et Hashem human interference. They even fall off Sunday, erev yom tov. In the weeks that Elokecha - You shall eat and be satisfied unaided. Man can facilitate the process by followed, I remember the series of and then bless the Lord your God…” The irrigation, picking the fruit, and the like, hespeidim, eulogies, given by some two bentching is for being satiated. Rabbi yet man’s involvement is minimal. There is dozen rashei yeshiva at YU. It struck me Soloveitchik saw another message inherent no fundamental difference between fruit then - and now - how no two were the and the manna that fell in the desert. They same. The Rav was different things to THREE COMMUNITY MIKVAHS are both miraculous gifts from God. different people. Bread is different. Like money, it What makes the Rav’s legacy so The Jacques & Hannah doesn’t grow on trees. Wheat is not a relevant to contemporary Jewish life? In Schwalbe Mikvah perennial crop, and it must be planted by the Modern Orthodox community and 419 East 77th Street the farmer each year. The farmer must also beyond, people tell stories of the Rav and (between 1st & York Avenues) cut it, winnow it, thresh it, grind it into wonder how he would respond to every Telephone: 212-359-2020 flour, make the dough, knead the dough, issue of the day. In many ways, his persona and finally bake the bread. Man is an speaks to Jews encountering modern The Rennert Mikvah active partner with God in the creation of society. The Rav’s thought and teachings at 5th Avenue Synagogue bread. Our Sages noted this. After Adam are rich with the conflict and dialectic that 5 East 62nd Street and Chava are expelled from Gan Eden, is found in today’s Jewish experience. His the Talmud (Berachot 58a) notes: (just off Fifth Avenue) own story - from Poland to Berlin to iuatrv ost gdh ,ughdh vnf America; the grandson of the famed Reb Telephone: 212-753-6058 kuftk ,p tmna sg Hayim Brisker to a PhD from the How much effort had Adam expended University of Berlin to Yeshiva University The West Side Mikvah until he was finally able to make bread! - seems to be a model or even a beacon for 234 West 74th Street The difference in the relative roles of the modern Jew. As Rabbi Jacob Arnold (West of Broadway) man and God in creation of fruit versus the Wolf, a Reform rabbi, put it, “If I am not production of bread parallels two types of mistaken, people will still be reading him Telephone: 212-579-2011 Divine intervention: yeshua - salvation - KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 9 R AV’ S 20TH Y AHRZEIT on the 7th day of Pesach 2013 R ABBI E LIE W EINSTOCK and ezra - help. What is the difference? In Har Sinai and Ha HaMoriah, the Temple reached a difficult passage. Haym yeshua, man plays no role. It is all God. In Mount. Jews cannot walk all over the suggested they look at the Rav’s notebooks ezra, man takes the initiative, and God Temple Mount. Even those who do allow on the subject. The Rav responded with a helps out to make it work. Man can ask a for such visits have many restrictions due withering look at an indecent suggestion. fellow for ezra, but yeshua is only from to Jewish law. Har Sinai, however, is open The Rav, as Rabbi Norman Lamm, God - as in the expression “yeshuat territory. If we actually knew where mentioned in his eulogy, was a man of Hashem k’heref ayin, God’s salvation can it was, there would be no independence. Rabbi Soloveitchik come in the blink of an eye.” Relating to problem camping out took positions on issues that our discussion of the after-blessings of there. Why the were quite different from fruit and bread, fruit is representative of distinction? Jews As partners other leading scholars and yeshua, it is all from God, whereas bread is were not active with the Divine, we even his family tradition. an example of human initiative and God’s participants in Some examples are ezra. Matan Torah, the need to take the religious , Why do we pronounce an elaborate giving of the initiative in response secular studies, and bentching over bread while only a short Torah. God gave interacting with other blessing after eating fruit? One would the Torah. When to the challenges of Jewish clergy. At times, assume that God is to be thanked more the revelation when people asked the Rav intensely for the yeshua of fruit rather than ended, He left, and the the day. questions about current or the partnership of ezra that created the mountain returned to even controversial issues, he bread? Instead, the more man participates, normal. Har Hamoriah was would remain silent and not answer the more he thanks the Creator! Why? The different. What was the first event to because he knew they would follow their Rav explains that there is increased take place on the mountain? It was the own reasoning and take their own gratitude for ezra because we thank God place Avraham was tested. Humans were independent positions. Even when he for the privilege of partnership. We are involved. disagreed, he recognized other views. grateful for being allowed to be involved Why are man’s actions - and not God’s After one of his brilliant lectures, someone in the creation process. We are thankful for - paramount in establishing holiness, in asked the Rav what his source was for the the gift of fruit and appreciate determining eternal value? The chiddush, new idea, he presented. He the miraculous, but we are source of holiness is sacrifice and responded, “A clear and logical mind.” As especially grateful for the effort. The Rav used the State of partners with the Divine, we need to take ability to create like God, to Israel as a backdrop. It is a clear the initiative in response to the challenges imitate God. example of sacrifice in the of the day. Think of the paradigmatic establishment of kedusha, Rabbi Soloveitchik is not the source for event signifying yeshua: the holiness. everything we do in the Modern Orthodox Exodus. We declare at the This idea of the Rav community. In fact, he was actually quite seder: “ani v’lo malach,” the represents a theme that he returns conservative when it came to religious Exodus was all God. Where to often: the essential active innovation, as another value he taught and are the hymns of praise by contribution of the individual. personified was loyalty to the mesorah, Moshe or Bnei Yisrael after The Rav discussed this idea when tradition. His son-in-law, Rabbi Aharon the Exodus? There were none. discussing Talmud Torah. Torah Lichtenstein, wrote that “time will tell It was only after keriat yam suf, the study is a forum for the ultimate human what elements of this thought are valid for splitting of the seas, that the Jews sang to creativity. Traditional sources are the all times and climes, and what elements are God. Why? The splitting of the sea backdrop for people to plumb the depths of to be considered only a temporary required a leap of faith on the part of the intellectual investigation. That was what measure.” While the personal influence of people. Nachshon had to jump in first to the Rav did in his classic yahrzeit shiurim, Rabbi Soloveitchik may have waned in the initiate the partnership with God in that the four hour lectures he gave each year on 20 years since his passing, his Torah and ezra. When the Jews participate, that is a the anniversary of his father’s death, and it his creativity provide fertile ground for the reason to sing. is something he encouraged in his shiur at entire Jewish world - and especially our The Rav noted a similar distinction YU. The Rav was once studying with his community - to flourish. Yehi zichro between two famous Jewish mountains: son, Dr. Haym Soloveitchik, and they baruch, may his memory be for a blessing. Page 10 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN ACADEMIC HONORS CONGREGATION KEHILATH JESHURUN EXTENDS A MAZAL TOV TO....

STEPHANIE ABADI, daughter of Esty and Dr. Irving and Dubby Shulman Derekh Israel Ivry Prozdor High School at the Mauricio Abadi, upon her graduation from Hayashar Citizenship Award and a Band Jewish Theological Seminary, as well as the Ramaz Upper School. A recipient of a Award, he will be attending Yeshivat his graduation from Stuyvesant High Tzedakah Award, she will be attending Ashreinu in the fall and New York School with honors. David is the recipient Washington University in St. Louis in the University upon his return from Israel. of honors from the The Technology fall. Education Department as well as an honor YONATAN BROOME, son of Aliza and Alvin from the school for Outstanding Service, GABRIELLE AGUS, daughter of Nicole and Broome, upon his graduation from the Leadership and Achievements. David will Raanan Agus, upon her graduation from the Ramaz Upper School. A recipient of a be attending the University of Chicago in Ramaz Upper School. Gabrielle is the Photography Award, he will be studying the fall. recipient of the Renee Margareten Berger next year in Israel at Yeshivat Eretz ha Award, presented to the student who has Tzvi, and upon his return he will attend JOSHUA FROHLINGER, son of Debra and achieved the highest academic averages, Yeshiva University. Barry Frohlinger, upon his graduation from the Gertrude Lookstein Aishet Chayil the Ramaz Upper School. A recipient of the Award, and the Avram Hellerman Bikur BENJAMIN CHARLES, son of Faith and Sherut Award for contributions to school Cholim Award. She also received the Andy Charles, upon his graduation from programs, he will attend Yeshivat Ashreinu Sidney Scheinberg Award for Politics and the Ramaz Upper School. A recipient of the in the fall and New York University upon Law as well as a Letter of Commendation David Kagan Memorial Award for the his return from Israel. from the National Merit Scholarship student who exemplifies the values of Program. Gabrielle will be attending sportsmanship and menschlichkeit both on NATALIE FROHLINGER, daughter of Debra Midreshet HaRova in the fall and Princeton and off the playing field, he will be and Barry Frohlinger, upon her graduation University upon her return from Israel. attending New York University in the fall. from SAR in Riverdale. Natalie will be attending Hunter College in the fall. SYDNEY RAE APPELBAUM, daughter of SONIA DANIELLE DUSHEY, daughter of Joy Suzy and Michael Appelbaum, upon her and Sam Dushey, upon her graduation from ALLY GOLDSTEIN, daughter of Amy and graduation from Brandeis University with a the Ramaz Upper School. She will be Alex Goldstein, upon her graduation from double major in Psychology and English attending New York University in the fall. the Ramaz Upper School. A recipient of the Literature. Sydney will begin work as a David Kagan Memorial Award for the research assistant at NYU School of REBECCA EMMERICH, daughter of Pamela student who exemplifies the values of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry at and Adam Emmerich, upon her graduation sportsmanship and menschlichkeit both on Bellevue Hospital. from the Ramaz Upper School. She will be and off the playing field, she will attend the attending Ein haNatziv in the fall and the University of Michigan in the fall. DAVID BARUCH, son of Shira and Dr. Larry University of Pennsylvania upon her return Baruch, upon his graduation from from Israel. ANDREW GUREWITSCH, son of Karen and Columbia University. He has deferred his Steven Gurewitsch, upon his graduation acceptance to New York University Law SETH FINKELSTEIN, son of Fran Margolin from the Ramaz Upper School. A recipient School for the 2013-14 academic year to and Robert Finkelstein, upon his of the Band Award, he will be attending the work in Israel. Mazal Tov as well to proud graduation from the Ramaz Upper School. University of Miami in the fall. Mazal Tov, KJ grandparents, Gladys Baruch and He will be attending Yeshivat Ashreinu in as well, to proud KJ grandparents, Rae and Audrey & Rabbi Haskel Lookstein. the fall and SUNY-Albany upon his return Stanley Gurewitsch. from Israel. JACOB BERGFELD, son of Alison and JENNIFER GUTTMAN, daughter of Gilda and Sylvain Bergfeld, upon his graduation from SARI ALTMAN FLOMENBAUM, daughter of Charles z”l Guttman, upon her graduation the Ramaz Upper School as a recipient of Meredith and Dr. Neal Flomenbaum, upon from SUNY Downstate Medical School. the Drs. Gerald and Ricki Platt Award for her graduation from Westchester Hebrew She will begin her residency this summer the graduating senior who demonstrates a High School with honors. She is the in Internal Medicine at Montefiore Medical love of Am Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael as recipient of the Triple “C” award issued by Center. expressed in the philosophy of religious the Attorney General of New York State for Zionism. Jacob also received the Jesse commitment, character and courage in her DANIEL HARTIG, son of Michael and Deutsch Tefila Award. He will be attending community as well as her school. She will Helene Hartig, upon his graduation with Bar Ilan University in the fall. be attending Emory University in the fall. honors from University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a major in ANDREW BERGMAN, son of Dr. Lisa and DAVID ERIC FLOMENBAUM, son of jazz performance and a minor in education. Barry Bergman, upon his graduation from Meredith and Dr. Neal Flomenbaum, upon This fall, Daniel will be pursuing his the Ramaz Upper School. 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Education” at Columbia University, graduation from Northwestern University BENJAMIN MARKS, son of Eliza de Sola Teacher’s College. Check out Danny’s with honors. Sabrina is graduating with a Mendes Marks and Kevin Marks, upon his music at www.danielhartigmusic.com or BA degree in Communication Studies with graduation from the Ramaz Upper School. www.reverbnation.com/danielhartig a minor in Film & Media Studies and He will be attending The George Jewish Studies. Sabrina will be making Washington University in the fall. JEREMY HOFFMAN, son of Rena and Scott Aliyah this August. She will be joining the Hoffman, upon his graduation from the IDF through the program Garin Tzabar. ALEX MEIROWITZ, son of Jennifer and Dr. Ramaz Upper School. A recipient of the Mark Meirowitz, upon his graduation from Rampage Award, he will be attending Yale AARON KOHL, son of Caren and Samuel Georgetown University Law School in University in the fall. Kohl, upon his graduation from the Ramaz Washington, D.C. Upper School. A recipient of the Debbie RACHEL HUEBNER, daughter of Dina and Sacks Award for Performing Arts and a ISABELLE NUNBERG, daughter of Rebecca Marshall Huebner, upon her graduation Chorus Award, he will be studying at and Noah Nunberg, upon her graduation, from the Ramaz Upper School. She Yeshivat Eretz haTzvi in the fall and magna cum laude, from Cornell received the Rivka Rosenwein Journalism Berklee College of Music upon his return University’s Charles Dyson School of Award granted to the senior who commits from Israel. Applied Economic Management. Isabelle to a year of study in Israel and excellence will be starting a job at BlackRock in in journalism and writing, the Avram REBECCA KREVAT, daughter of Randy and August. Hellerman Bikur Cholim Award, and the Mitch Krevat, upon her graduation from Isaac Rappaport Bible Award for the University of Maryland. BENJAMIN RAPAPORT, son of Drs. excellence in the study of Bible and Charmaine and David Rapaport, upon his commitment to its principles. Also DALIA LIPMAN, daughter of Evan Lipman graduation from the Ramaz Upper School. presented to Rachel was a Tzedakah Award and Davida and Matthew Lipman, upon He will be attending New York and a Letter of Commendation from the her graduation from the Ramaz Upper University’s Stern School of Business in National Merit Scholarship Program. She School. A recipient of the Sue Moskowitz the fall. will attend Migdal Oz in the fall and Chesed Award, she will be studying at Harvard University upon her return from Midreshet Moriah in the fall, and Stern NINA ROHR, daughter of Pamela and Israel. College upon her return from Israel. George Rohr, upon her graduation from the Ramaz Upper School. She is a recipient of CELINE IFRAH, daughter of Michele and DANIEL LOW, son of Lisa and Nathan Low, the Gertrude Lookstein Aishet Chayil Stephane Ifrah, upon her graduation from upon his graduation from the Ramaz Award, a School Service Award, and the the Ramaz Upper School. A recipient of Upper School. A recipient of the Walter Jesse Deutsch Tefila Award. A College the Sidney Scheinberg Award for Politics Koppel Jewish Political Action Award and Board National Hispanic Recognition and Law and a Barnard Book Award, and a a Letter of Commendation from the Program Finalist, she will be studying at College Board National Hispanic National Merit Scholarship Program, he Midreshet Lindenbaum in the fall and the Recognition Program Finalist, she will will be studying at Yeshivat Orayta in the University of Pennsylvania upon her return study at Ein haNatziv in the fall and attend fall and the University of Pennsylvania from Israel. Mazal Tov as well to proud KJ the University of Pennsylvania upon her upon his return from Israel. grandmother, Helen Nash. return from Israel. DANIEL LUXENBERG, son of Rhonda and TALIA SCHULDER, daughter of Drs. Lu JOSHUA JASPAN, son of Michele and Jeffrey Luxenberg, upon his graduation Steinberg and Michael Schulder, upon her Ronald Jaspan, upon his graduation from from the Ramaz Upper School. He will be graduation from the Ramaz Upper School. the Ramaz Upper School. A recipient of a attending Yeshivat Orayta in the fall and A recipient of the Darkhei Noam Award Chorus Award, he will study at Yeshivat Yeshiva University upon his return from presented to the seniors who respond to Netiv Aryeh in the fall and SUNY Israel. Mazal Tov as well to proud KJ others with warmth and sensitivity, and a Binghamton upon his return from Israel. grandmother, Alice Smokler. Brandeis Book Award, she will attend Tafnit Bnei Akiva in the fall and Johns TALIA JOFFE, daughter of Diane and RAFFI MAGID, son of Sandy and Dr. Hopkins University upon her return from Ashley Joffe, upon her graduation from the Norman Magid, upon his graduation from Israel. Ramaz Upper School. She will be the Bar Ilan School of Law and passing the attending Tulane University in the fall. Israeli bar exams. He will be joining the BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, son of Debbie and law firm of Meitar-Liquornik in Ramat Daniel Schwartz, upon his graduation from SABRINA KESTENBAUM, daughter of Vivian Gan, working in the corporate and the Ramaz Upper School. He will attend and Joshua Kestenbaum, upon her intellectual property departments. Yeshivat Orayta in the fall and New York

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(continued from preceding page) Gush Etzion in the fall and Harvard Excellence in the Study of Talmud, the University’s Stern School of Business University upon his return from Israel. History Award, and a finalist in the upon his return from Israel. Mazal Tov as National Merit Scholarship Program. Raffi well to proud KJ grandmother, Gabriella REBECCA SHAMS, daughter of Alissa and was also a recipient of the Harvey Blech Major Dresdner. Howard Shams, upon her graduation from Award for Excellence in the Study of the Ramaz Upper School. She will attend Physics. Raffi will be attending Yeshivat RISA SCHWARTZ, daughter of Anne and Midreshet Yeud in the fall and New York Orayta in the fall and Princeton University Sam Schwartz, upon her graduation from University upon her return from Israel. upon his return from Israel. the Ramaz Upper School. A recipient of a Tzedakah Award, she will attend THALIA SHARON, daughter of Diane and NATALIE CLAIRE STEIN, daughter of Dr. Midreshet Yeud in the fall and the Fashion Mickey Markovitz, upon her graduation Meg Rosenblatt and David Stein, upon her Institute of Technology upon her return from the Ramaz Upper School. A recipient graduation with honors from Johns from Israel. Mazal Tov to proud KJ of a Chorus Award, a Likrat Shabbat Hopkins University with a degree in grandparents Rae and Stanley Gurewitsch. Award, a State of New York (Regents) Public Health Studies. Natalie, who was Scholarship for Academic Excellence, and elected to Delta Omega, the national ISAAC SCHWARTZBERG, son of Diane the Leonard Friedland public health studies honor society, will Schwartzberg-Miller and Marc Memorial Award, she will be spending begin work at GBCHealth, a hub for Schwartzberg, upon his graduation from next year on the Kivunim Program, after private sector engagement on pressing the Ramaz Upper School. He will attend which she will attend Stern College. global health issues. Boston University in the fall. Mazal Tov to proud KJ grandparents, Fran and Arnold Lederman. ALEXANDRA STROMER, daughter of DAVID SCHWERDT, son of Yvette and Shoshana and Dr. Saul Stromer, upon her Jakob Schwerdt, upon his graduation from VANESSA SHNAY, daughter of Gabriella graduation cum laude from Marymount the Ramaz Upper School. He is a recipient and Jack Shnay, upon her graduation from Manhattan College. Alexandra was of the Ramaz Prize, given to the student the Ramaz Upper School. A recipient of awarded the “Silver M” for overall who best exemplifies the ideals and goals the Richard E. Kobrin Award for leadership and involvement at the College, of a Ramaz education: menschlichkeit; Excellence in Community Service, she and inducted into “Omicron Delta Kappa” commitment to Torah, mitzvot, Am will attend Midreshet Moriah in the fall - the National Leadership Honor Society Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael; superior and New York University upon her return and “Lambda Pi Eta” - the National academic achievement; and a from Israel. Communication Studies Honor Society. demonstration of responsibility for the Since graduation, Alexandra has worked at society of which he is a part, and a Drama RAFFI SNOW, son of Lisa and Lee Snow, Dan Klores Communications, a Public Award. A National Merit Scholarship upon his graduation from the Ramaz Relations firm in Manhattan, as an Program Winner, he will attend Yeshivat Upper School, as a recipient of the Aron Assistant Account Executive. and Leah Swergold Memorial Award for SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF EAST SIDE TORAH LEARNING COALITION

ver six weeks between Pesach and Shavuot, hundreds of neighborhood residents studied Pirkei Avot. They were participating Oin the inaugural initiative of the East Side Torah Learning Coalition, a partnership of six Upper East Side congregations aiming to expand the boundaries of communal collaboration. Jointly conceived by Rabbi Weinstock and Rabbi Scott Bolton of Congregation Or Zarua, the collaboration included Rabbi Rachel Ain of Sutton Place Synagogue, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue, Rabbi Ephraim Pelcovits of Or Olam - The East 55th Street Synagogue, and Rabbi Jonathan Stein of Temple Shaaray Tefila. Each of the six sessions (meeting on Thursdays and alternating between daytime and evening) featured a different rabbi teaching at a congregation not his/her own. Over 100 people attended each class, and there was a celebratory siyum featuring the religious artwork of noted artist Mordechai Rosenstein, who made Torah “pop!” off of the page with a dynamic presentation. The Jewish teachings of derech eretz and character improvement came to life throughout the series with the interaction of rabbis and congregants from different synagogues and different denominations. This initial successful collaboration is only a first step. TLC is planning further initiatives and has expanded to include additional neighborhood congregations. Please look for details and become a part of this exciting project. Photo credit: Dr. Charlie Spielholtz KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 13

INVOCATION AT THE 141ST ANNUAL KJ SYNAGOGUE MEETING by Rabbi Meir Soloveichik :uk lkv ;kf oadv ghdv rhnzv ,g .rtc utrb ohbmbv For, lo, the winter is past, the bitter torrents are over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of rejoicing is come. Ribbono shel Olam, Almighty Master of this world: With winter behind us, and spring at hand, we gather together in this season of renewal to celebrate the fruits of our labor and to ponder the preciousness of possibility. In this moment of verdant growth, we are so grateful to You for our anniversarians, who have so faithfully nurtured us through many years; in this time of blossoming, we thank You for our new members, who embody the further flowering of our kehilla. Avinu Av Harachaman, our Most Merciful Father: You have taught us in Your Torah that ha-Adam etz hasadeh, we are like unto a tree of the field. Help us, as we mark our 141st year, to remain rooted in the values of generations past as we reach higher toward Heaven; And may we never forget that just as those who came before planted for us, so must we plant spiritual seeds for those who will follow. Amen.

(continued from page 5 ) Keter Torah Awardee Erica Schacter Schwartz resources, to stand up for causes both today. I want to thank my parents for we have grown. Some might argue, we’ve Jewish and international. I want to thank giving me the gift of both KJ and Borough grown a little too much. But that leads me each of the rabbis of this shul for the Park lineage, of giving me traditions and to my next thank you. I want to thank my unique connection and inspiration you religious values both Schacter and children-Gabby, Caroline, Sophie, Lily, have given me and my family. You have Silverstein, a mixture that completely Barry and Eliana for the indescribable joy, each touched our lives with your own defines the Jewish woman that I am. love, and gratefulness you make me feel personal mark. I want to thank my in-laws for every day. But most of all, I want to thank So thank you all for this honor. Thank spending this Shavuot on the Upper East God for the six wonderful children you you to this community, in which Rob and I Side. I know that the city is not your first have blessed me and Rob with. For each have made so many friends and in which choice for a spring holiday, or any holiday other and for them, we feel so thankful. our children have made so many friends. In for that matter, but especially a springtime And so I thank you all again for this particular I want to thank some friends of holiday, and it means a lot to me that you honor. But the real honor is to be a member mine who like me are spending their first are here, and how insistently you wanted to of this shul, to be a member of this Shavuot in the city, and stayed back from come. But most of all, thank you for the community, and to be a congregant in the other Shavuot venues in order to be here gift of your son, the greatest gift I have in presence of, and under the leadership of today. You know who you are. I want to my life, or as the commercial says, the gift my great-uncle and the incredible group of thank my sister Margot and my brother in that keeps on giving. It is with Robbie that rabbis here. In whatever ways I have given law Josh, my brother and sister in law Amy becoming a part of this community has to KJ, please know they are nothing and Ben, (and my aunt and cousins) for been so rewarding, It is as a couple that we compared to all the ways that KJ has given trekking uptown or crosstown to be here have most benefitted, and as a family that to me. Page 14 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN

AIPAC T HROUGH THE GENERATIONS

This year’s AIPAC reporters represent three generations of one family who make the trip to Washington, D.C., to be a part of the 13,000 pro-Israel activists from all 50 states who attend the AIPAC Policy Conference. Here, they share their thoughts on coming together to help strengthen the U.S. Israel relationship. Arthur Silverman, Past Chair, Ramaz School became a delegate scarcely five or six years ago, there were only 7,000 delegates.) Policy Conference culminates with an afternoon his past March, a nine-person “Silverman Family of lobbying on Capitol Hill. Delegation” attended AIPAC’s Policy Conference in Delegates select their own classes weeks before they head to TWashington, D.C., committed to advocating for a strong DC. Lists of the classes are sent out with the names and bios of relationship between the United States and the State of Israel. the faculty members and descriptions of the curricula. Many A word about the name “AIPAC.” It is NOT a “PAC.” A PAC faculty members are Israeli ministers, policy makers, academics, is a Political Action Committee that raises money for candidates. and senior military officers. Each is an expert in her or his field. AIPAC is an acronym that stands for The American-Israel Public The panels also always have an American expert. The subjects of Affairs Committee. It is a lobbying organization; it does not the classes are designed to educate the delegates in the substance, contribute money to candidates. Its members (over 100,000) and details and implications of issues, nuances of Israeli life, its brilliant and dedicated staff members work tirelessly in accomplishments of its citizens, and Israel’s adherence to Washington and at the local level with our Senators and democracy and western values. Societal issues are dealt with Representatives to educate and strengthen relations between Israel forthrightly. Classes range from basic for the less experienced to and the United States. the most complex for those that have been involved over an The AIPAC Policy Conference runs from Sunday through extended period. There are classes which instruct one on how to Tuesday at the Washington Convention Center. There are three lobby effectively. parts to it: classes, plenary sessions, and lobbying. The plenary sessions bring together all the delegates in one The classes each attract between 30 and 150 attendees. The place for presentations, movies, and speeches (with fixed time classes are interspersed with plenary sessions attended by all limits for speeches) by leading American and Israeli public delegates, which, this past year, numbered 13,000. (When I first officials and leaders, Israeli academics, well-known analysts and commentators, artists, musicians, scientists, and business leaders. The plenary session on Monday night leads off with a Gabriel Silverman, Ramaz freshman: stunning roll-call of every Senator and Congressperson in attendance. This past year, 75% of the House and Senate members oing to the AIPAC Policy Conference is awesome! There were present! It’s an unimaginable experience until you’ve Gare more than 13,000 participants from all across witnessed it--a clear demonstration to the World and to the America: Jews and devout Christians; Caucasians, African Administration-whether Republican or Democrat-that the United Americans and Hispanics; senior citizens and gangly high States Congress stands squarely for a strong United States-Israel school students like me; and everything in between. We’re all relationship. The 13,000 delegates in attendance en masse are also there to learn about the unshakable bond linking Israel to the a strong demonstration to the Congress that Americans-not only Jewish-Americans but most Americans-also stand for that United States and how to advocate on its behalf. That mission relationship. speaks to me because I feel a powerful identification with both countries: Israel, my ancient homeland, and America, my actual home. Israel is the best, most reliable U.S. ally, so keeping her strong means keeping America strong. At AIPAC, we spend a couple of days learning the issues in classes taught by world renowned experts, and then “showtime” is when we visit Capital Hill on the last day of Policy Conference to lobby every single Senator and House member to share our views and persuade Congress to embrace AIPAC positions. Making our voting voices heard by elected

officials is what this great country is all about. I first attended 2-4, 2014! March AIPAC Policy Conference as an 8th grader, and I got so much out of the experience that I couldn’t wait for the next conference! My West Coast relatives come, too, which makes for a fun family reunion. Maybe next year, you’ll consider joining us on March 2-4, 2014? Weinstock. Join next year’s delegation! Mark your calendars now for Join next year’s Weinstock. Conference, led by Audrey & Rabbi Haskel Lookstein and Elie Audrey led by Conference, Three generations of the Silverman family. Over 100 representatives of Over 100 representatives generations of the Silverman family. Three KJ and Ramaz participated in AIPAC’s inspiring and informative Policy AIPAC’s KJ and Ramaz participated in KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 15

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continued from previous page makes a difference. My family can personally attest to that. I had That brings us to who was at Policy Conference. There were barely heard of AIPAC six years ago when I decided, based upon Jews: observant, non-observant, all denominations, secular, what I had seen in KJ and Ramaz, that Israel advocacy was at the intermarried. Differences did not matter. In unity there is level of a contemporary “commandment.” With one-by-one, year strength. We were working together for our people and their by year, increases from all over the country, the number of survival, and we understood the apparently never-ending risks to delegates has nearly doubled in that short time-one by one. That Israel’s survival. There were over 2,000 student-delegates, most tells us that each of us is important and, more than that, of whom were non-Jews and leaders in their student government indispensable. organizations. They were at Policy Conference to be educated in The United States and Israel need you! They need you March the world-wide geo-political complexities of Middle Eastern 2 - 4 2014, in AIPAC and in Washington for just three days, affairs and the role of the media in portraying Israel’s situation; including Sunday. the strength and determined nature of Israelis, the history of You will not regret participating in this important conference! Israel, the Jewish historical right to its homeland in that location, I look forward to a time when the whole Silverman clan - 14: the accomplishments of Israelis in medicine and science, and grandparents, sons, “daughters,” and the grandchildren - can Israel’s commitments to what we Americans stand for-democracy, come together to support Israel in this way. western values, and the rule of law. Many of the student delegates were from historically African American colleges. There were a large number of Christians with a number of specially focused classes. I attended one of them a couple of years ago, and let me tell you, these people know Tanach! And there were a large number of African American and Hispanic delegates, the result of AIPAC’s massive efforts to build alliances with other constituencies in recognition of the reality that Jewish electoral power in the United States is small and diminishing, and essentially limited to only five states. Lenny Silverman, KJ Executive Director: Finally, the lobbying. Policy Conference culminates with a Capitol Hill “invasion” by the AIPAC delegates on Tuesday, ttending AIPAC’s Policy Conference is like going to starting around noon, for lobbying sessions with Senators and graduate school for two days: There, you have an Congresspersons. This past year, for the first time in AIPAC A opportunity to sit at the feet of true masters in any number history, there was a lobbying session with every one of the 535 of disciplines pertaining to Israel, America and the Middle Members of Congress (in a few cases where there was a scheduling conflict, the meeting was with the senior-most foreign East, and absorb knowledge for its own sake and in order affairs and/or military affairs legislative aide to the Member). to more effectively lobby Congress in support of On Monday night after the exhilarating plenary, the nine- maintaining a strong Israel-US relationship. person Silverman Family Delegation worked on its presentations. This year, I was privileged to attend classes on We focused on Maine’s Congressional delegation because of our “Counterterrorism Collaboration,” “The Palestinians and many contacts there. Indeed, our family made up a third of the the U.N.: A New Path to Pressure Israel?” “Danger Zone: Maine lobbyists. We met with Senator Susan Collins, the What Regional Turmoil Means for Israel,” and “Pillar of bipartisan, powerful, senior senator who has been a consistent Defense: Israel’s Deterrent Capability Post-Gaza,” all supporter of Israel. Because she likes to hear from young people, taught by world class diplomats, professors, and top one of the presentations came from Jonathan Silverman, a Junior experts. Imagine the impact this knowledge has when at Ramaz, who was polished and persuasive. shared with marginally briefed congressmen (or their Another meeting was with Representative Mike Michaud who aides)! For example, being able to back up a general comes from a tiny, isolated town in northeast Maine, who knew little about the Middle East when he was elected, and now is fully statement like “Israel is a critical American ally because conversant with the issues-thanks in large measure to AIPAC. He Israel freely shares its intelligence data and battlefield now sponsors AIPAC-formulated legislation and resolutions. ingenuity with America, thereby saving American lives” (Incidentally, that tiny town is East Millinocket-only 750 families with concrete examples is so much more impactful, - half the size of KJ-where the recent winner of the largest believable and persuasive than the unsupported Powerball in US history lived all her life with her family until declaration. Attending Policy Conference gives you that retiring to Florida! May she be well and healthy for many years foundation, and I look forward to orienting you when you and continue her support of Mike!) join me for the next Conference, March 2-4, 2014. The most important point I want to make is that each of us Page 16 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN

The Heyman AuditoriumFood, Glorious Food! was filled to capacity on June 3rd for the Second ut! Annual “Dining by Design” Sold O Sisterhood Luncheon. Thirteen designers and top Kesher’s Ladies’ Evening on event planners lent their March 5th was a huge considerable talent and success! Graciously hosted skill to transforming the by Congregation Edmond J. auditorium into a veritable Safra, KJ member Kim , design feast for the eyes. Kushner, authorThe Modern of the newly-Menu Among the designers were released KJ’s own Yaira Binstock demonstrated the fine art of Singer, Alexandra Zohn preparing a foolproof, healthy, Cepelowicz, Emma kosher meal. One of 8 Mahfar, Doina Bryskin, children, Kim’s love of cooking and Jennifer Agus. The was inspired by her culinary feast was caterd Moroccan-born mother. by Foremost caterers. This, The proceeds from the and all Sisterhood events, evening went to Project raise significant funds for Leket, an organization in Sisterhood’s many Israel which delivers charitable programs that produce to over 290 help people both Photo credit: Shirley Serure charities serving Israel’s in and out of needy. Kesher offers an our community, and especially array of events and programs in Israel. for individuals, couples and families. To learn more about Kesher, please contact [email protected]

L’SHALOM L’VRACHA, SHLICHOT B’NAI AKIVA!

Dear KJ Community,

As the year comes to an end we wanted to thank you for this incredible year! For helping us with whatever we needed, for your warm hospitality, for all the new friendships, for showing your support and appreciation, and most of all - for letting us be a part of your community.

Thank you!

This year has been amazing - all thanks to you!

This is not goodbye…Come visit us in Israel! Moriah Amram 052-8942390 [email protected] Esti Peled 050-5944421 [email protected] KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 17 UJA@KJ PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES

has been a wonderful year for the UJA@KJ Scribble Press and a pizza party, as well as the opportunity to meet community. Under the leadership of new Jewish children from all over the city and celebrate the holiday 5773chairs Rebecca Feit, Abby Kaufthal and together. It was the first time that the synagogues and UJA- Nicole Meyer, UJA@KJ came together for many Federation worked together on a family chesed project, wonderful, inspiring and meaningful events. The year and it was a wonderful opportunity to bring all of the kicked off with a special Thanksgiving meal for local communities together and provide a celebration for seniors at Educational Alliance’s Project ORE*. Families children from Canarsie who would not otherwise have served warm Thanksgiving meals, prepared canned food this opportunity. packages for seniors to take home, and made decorations The year wrapped up with Self Help* seniors attending to liven up the room. We celebrated Chanukah at Jewish the weekly Lunch and Learn program at KJ, and enjoying Home Lifecare*, making beautiful holiday crafts with not only a delicious lunch, a Yiddish program and seniors, and playing lively games of dreidle and lighting Shavuot learning session, but also a beautiful concert the menorah together. In February, we continued the performance by the Ramaz Lower School chorus, and an tradition of matanot le’evyonim during Pack it up for opportunity to talk to the 3rd and 4th graders. Everyone Purim. 144 bags of food were packed in record time and learned a lot from each other! donated to the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty* As we head into summer, there are a number of ways to and KJ Food Pantries. Families also made Purim masks stay involved with UJA@KJ. Shabbat ORE, a program and decorations that were donated to Educational of Project ORE at Educational Alliance* is a monthly Alliance’s Project Ore* for a Purim Party with seniors. free Shabbat meal for seniors. The funding was cut for For the first time, in lieu of the Annual Spring Cocktail this program several years ago, and then was able to Party, we held a UJA@KJ Shabbat. UJA-Federation of restart with the support of the KJ community. We invite NY CEO John Ruskay spoke from the bima during you to support this program and ensure its continuity. Shabbat morning services that brought together the Main Additionally, there are many ongoing chesed Service with the Sephardic Minyan. He spoke about the opportunities at many of the UJA-Federation of NY strong and unique partnership between UJA-Federation beneficiary agencies, including but not limited to the and KJ, and how meaningful this relationship is. He ones above. To donate or request information about touched on the work that UJA-Federation does in New getting involved with one-time or ongoing Chesed York City, in Israel and in Jewish communities around the projects, please feel free to reach out to UJA@KJ Staff world, and thanked the KJ community for ongoing person Erica Cohen at [email protected] or 212- support. Joshua Lookstein spoke at the Young People’s 836-1114. Minyan that morning as well. After services, an intimate Finally, applications are open for UJA-Federation of luncheon with John Ruskay presented an opportunity for NY’s Teen Philanthropic Leadership Council. This is a questions and discussions. In the afternoon, KJ teens who wonderful opportunity for teens in high school to get are part of UJA-Federation’s Teen Philanthropic involved with UJA-Federation, learn about chesed, Leadership Council spoke eloquently during seudah philanthropy and the meaningful work that is being done shlishit about their experiences this year, inspiring many around the world, and have a unique, hands-on generations to become involved. opportunity to make an impact. Contact Erica Cohen. At the end of April, KJ came together with Park Avenue Synagogue, Sutton Place Synagogue and UJA- Photo Credit: Erica Cohen, UJA-Federation of New York Federation’s Families Division to host children from the JCC of Canarsie* and Hebrew Educational Society* for a special Lag B’Omer Celebration. Hosted at Ramaz, the *UJA-Federation of New York beneficiary agency morning included Super Soccer Stars, face painting,

KJ SYNAGOGUE MEMBERSHIP: BE A PART OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE

Contact KJ Executive Director Leonard Silverman at 212-774-5680 or [email protected] Page 18 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN

MEN’S CLUB PROGRAMMING - STIMULATING AND DIVERSE by Dr. Mark Meirowitz, Men’s Club President he second half of our programming Turkish Jewish history focusing on the his book Moynihan’s Moment which deals season was a veritable smorgasbord heroic actions of Turkish diplomats who with the events surrounding the “Zionism Tgeared to a wide audience with saved Jews during the Shoah. The is Racism” resolution at the United discerning taste! audience heard riveting remarks from the Nations. An evening salon program entitled two Consul Generals. In addition, Dr. Our guest “Pirates and Pianos” was held on March 2 Mark Meirowitz, Men’s Club President, speaker at a at a beautiful West Side apartment. spoke of his 2011 meeting in Istanbul with Sunday Supper Jacques Farhi gave a fascinating talk Emir Kivircik, the grandson of one of the Lecture on May 5 about Edward Turkish consuls, Behic was Joseph Kritzler’s book, Erkin, who saved Jews Kanon, the Jewish Pirates of during the Holocaust. author of Istanbul the Caribbean. Mr. Kivircik took Dr. Passage, which The book tells Meirowitz to meet takes place in the history of the Robert Lazare Rousso, Istanbul around Sephardic Jews then over 90 years old, at the period of resistance to the his home in Istanbul. Mr. World War II. Mr. Spanish Empire Lazare-Rousso Kanon gave a which paved the recounted how he was fascinating tour way for Jewish KJ’s own Bonnie Dietrich’s musical interlude provided the released from the of the streets and byways of Istanbul that settlements in the perfect complement to the history of the Steinway. Photo Gestapo through the figure so prominently in his very New World. credit: Dr. Jeffrey Rand. efforts of Turkish enjoyable book. Complementing that presentation was Ambassador Erkin in France during the The film Follow Me; The Yoni James Barron, a distinguished writer for Holocaust. He gave Dr. Meirowitz a copy Netanyahu Story was screened on May 19 The New York Times, and author of the of the exit pass Ambassador at a program moderated book, Piano, who discussed intriguing Erkin arranged for him from the by George Baumgarten, stories and events in the history of music Gestapo. All told, this was a and featuring the and the making of a Steinway piano. wonderful celebration of Executive Producer of Turkish-Jewish friendship the film, Mark Manson. which should augur well for the The film focused on future. Yoni Netanyahu’s KJ’s own Dr. Martin military career, as well Grumet moderated a Men’s as his personal Israel’s Consul General, Ido Aharoni Club Kiddush Discussion on and Turkey’s Consul General, Levent relationships. It featured April 27. Featured was Dr. Bilgen share a light moment interviews with his two Harry Ostrer, Professor of Photo credit: Deniz Celik surviving brothers, (l. to r.) James Barron, Jacques Farhi, Pathology and Genetics at Prime Minister and and Dr. Mark Meirowitz, Men’s Club President Photo Credit: Dr. Jeffrey Rand. College of Medicine of Yeshiva Dr. Iddo Netanyahu. University, who spoke about tracing the Finally, we recently screened Eli On March 10 we presented another in origins of Jewish people over the ages Cohen: Spy in Damascus, about an Israeli our popular Men’s Club Sunday Supper using genetic markers in a program spy, who, before his execution at the hands Lecture Program entitled entitled “Legacy: A of the Syrians, was credited with “The Jews of France - Genetic History of the uncovering information from Syria that Update: A Panel Jewish People.” Dr. helped Israel win the Six-Day War. Given Discussion.” Our keynote Ostrer is a world- Syria’s prominent place in recent news, speaker was Rabbi renowned medical this was an especially meaningful film. Stephen Berkowitz of the geneticist and Director These are merely the highlights of Mouvement Juif Liberal of Genetic and Genomic recent Men’s Club programming. It is a de France, a liberal Testing at Montefiore great privilege to present programs of this movement which Medical Center. He has caliber for the entire KJ community, and promotes Jewish religious pioneered the we look forward to continuing our David Haziza, Rabbi Stephen Berkowitz, and and cultural life through KJ member Leo Lazar participate application of multiple exceptional programs in the future. several community in a panel discussion about French Jewry genetic markers for centers and synagogues. Photo credit: Dr. Mark Meirowitz many Discussants were Leo Jewish Lazar, a member of KJ who was raised by genetic diseases that French parents and grew up in Paris, and couples use to determine David Haziza, an Instructor of French at their genetic Columbia University. They discussed the compatibility. extraordinarily complicated situation of On May 4 at a Men’s the Jewish community in France. Club Kiddush Discussion, A show stopper of an event occurred Prof. Gil Troy of McGill on April 21. We were honored to welcome University spoke on the to KJ Israel’s Consul General, Ido Aharoni topic of the and Turkey’s Consul General, Levent “Deligitimization of Bilgen. The context was a program on Israel.” He also discussed The Exit Pass secured by Turkish Ambassador Behic Erkin KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 19

THE 141st YEAR OF CONGREGATION KEHILATH JESHURUN A RETROSPECTIVE 2012-22013 SPECIAL SHABBAT PROGRAMS Resolution with Rabbi Jeremy Stern Mourning and Mourner’s First Meal Chanukah Party Learners Service ŠRecruiting and Acclimating Soldiers ŠCollege Connection ŠThe Yiddish Schmoozers Hashkama Minyan from Overseas into the Israeli Army ŠLunch and Learn Women’s Tefilah Group with Esther Edelstein-Mazor KESHER ŠTorah Learning Coalition Kesher Young People’s Minyan ŠWhat the Eagle Did to the Synagogue: ŠShemini Atzeret Lunch ŠChai Mitzvah Intermediate Service Napoleon and Frenh Jewish Identity ŠZumba Classes ŠRosh Chodesh Women’s Learning Teen Minyan with Dr. Robert April ŠNew Members Oneg w/ Rachel Kraus Minyan Sepharadi ŠHow Civilations Die (and Why Isalm ŠUJA@KJ Chesed Projects ŠTefillin and Mezuzah Check is Dying, Too) with David Goldman Š”Shira and Friends” Concert SHABBAT SCHOLARS ŠYoav Apelboim of Ahava Village and ŠTot Shabbat BEGINNERS ŠRabbi Yehuda Gilad Roni Biabev, Alumnus, Kiryat Bialik ŠDessert Tasting ŠJewish Youth Connection ŠRabbi Dr. Jeremy Wieder with David Goldman ŠWine and Hors d’Oeuvres Tasting ŠHoliday Workshops ŠRabbi Kenneth Brander ŠAn Exploration of Italian Jewish ŠKesher New & Expectant Moms’ ŠFriday Night Live! Service & Dinners History with Dr. Massimiliano Szulc Breakfast ŠHebrew Reading Crash Courses SEUDAH SHLISHIT ŠThe Population Genetics of the Jewish ŠCooking Demonstration with Kim ŠNJOP Shabbat Across America GUEST SPEAKERS People with Dr. Harry Ostrer, Kushner ŠRosh Hashanah New Year’s Eve Bash ŠRabbi Adam Mintz moderated by Dr. Martin Grumet ŠWomen’s Shiur with Rachel Kraus ŠSukkah Dinner Under the Stars ŠRabbi Aryeh Leifert ŠFighting the Delegitimization of Israel ŠFamily Purity Shiur ŠChanukah in the Park ŠRabbi Eli Beer and Murad Alian, with Gil Troy with Yoetzet Halacha Atara Eis ŠShabbat Lunches United Hatzalah of Israel Film Series: ŠShabbat Meal for New Parents ŠPassover Seder ŠRachel Huebner, Ramaz Senior ŠThe Beetle ŠBasic Judaism Crash Course ŠMia Applebaum, AIPAC Student ŠHome Coming AM HASEFER ŠCrash Course in Jewish History Advocacy ŠTurkish Passport ŠThe World Without You with author ŠShabbat Oneg ŠRachel Kraus ŠFollow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story Joshua Henkin, Ramaz ‘82 ŠJewish Learning Institute ŠLexie Kahn, Ramaz Alumna with Executive Producer Mark Manson ŠPurim Party ŠHank Sheinkopf ŠElie Cohen: Israel’s Spy in Damascus GUEST SPEAKERS ŠSabbath Salon ŠShira Felberbaum, KJ Social Worker Supper Lectures: ŠRabbi Adam Mintz ŠRobert Sugarman ŠAssessing the Terrorist Threat in 2013 ŠRabbi Steven Weil KJ SINGLES ŠIDF Officers and How We Can Combat It w/ former ŠRabbi Seth Farber, Founder and ŠPre-Chanukah Party with Dr. ŠUJA Teen Philanthropists Beckie FBI Assistant Director Steve Pomerantz Director of ITIM Massimiliano Szulc Cohen, Eliana Doft, Lauren and ŠQuiet Hero: Secrets from My Father’s ŠIsrael Consul General Ido Aharoni Matthew Gross Past with Rita Crosby, TV/Radio Host ŠMichelle Greenberg Kobrin, Project YOUTH ACTIVITIES Š Asher Seyum, Head Jewish Agency ŠJews of France: Update and Status ORA ŠTot Shabbat Shaliach to Ethiopa with Rabbi Stephen Berkowitz, Leo ŠRabbi Yehuda Sarna ŠPurim Carnival ŠDr. Leeor Gottlieb, Bar Ilan University Lazar, and David Haziza ŠDarius Jones, AIPAC ŠMarch Madness Basketball w/ Tamir Bible Department ŠIstanbul Passage with author Joseph ŠRabbi Chaim Brovender Goodman Kanon ŠRon Prosor, UN Israeli Ambassador ŠFall and Spring Shabbatonim HOLIDAY EVENTS ŠDr. Stephen Stowe Annual Shabbaton ŠJohn Ruskay, UJA Fed. of NY ŠOpen Gym Programs ŠTeshuva Shiur Sponsorship of Weekly Seudot Shlishit ŠRabbi Shlomo Brody, Dean of ŠShabbat morning groups by Rabbi Saul Berman ŠMonthly Chug Ivri Yeshivat Hakotel’s Overseas Program ŠSuper Bowl Party ŠShabbat Shuva Drasha ŠEvening Soiree “Jewish Pirates and ŠMoshe “Bogie” Ya’alon, Israel’s ŠBnei Akiva Sukkah Decorating by Rabbi Meir Soloveichik Pianos” with Jaques Farhi, James Defense Minister ŠBnei Akiva Pajama Party ŠSukkot Meals Barron and Bonnie Deitrich ŠBnei Akiva Sleepovers ŠCongregational Breakfasts for SPECIAL EVENTS & PROGRAMS ŠBnei Akiva Chocolate Party Hoshanah Rabbah, Purim, Yom SISTERHOOD ŠShabbat Gilad Shalit ŠBnei Akiva Make-Your-Own Pizza ha’Atzmaut, Yom Yerushalayim ŠPhotography Day with Shirley Serure ŠDaf Yomi Siyum Party ŠPurim Mishloach Manot ŠGallery Walk with Vivienne Silvera ŠSeymour Propp Memorial Lecture ŠBnei Akiva Shabbaton ŠShabbat HaGadol Drasha ŠPre-Holiday Boutiques ŠYachad Shabbaton ŠBnei Akiva Ice Cream Party by Rabbi Meir Soloveichik ŠChanukah Latke Sale ŠBlood Drive ŠBnei Akiva Bowling Excursion ŠYom Hashoah Program ŠMediterranean Fusion Cuisine with ŠHurricane Sandy Clean-up on Staten ŠBnei Akiva Glow-in-the-Dark ŠYom HaZikaron Program chef Itamar Ring Island Dodgeball ŠYom Ha’Atzmaut Barbecue & ŠPre-Passover Wine Tasting ŠAnnual Synagogue Meeting ŠBnei Akiva “Snif” Youth Groups Services ŠMuseum Tours of ŠKJ/Ramaz Career Development and ŠKJBL basketball league ŠShavuot Dinner & Tikkun Leyl with THE JEWISH MUSEUM: Crossing Borders: Networking Initiatives Divrei Torah by Dr. Martin Grumet, Manuscripts from the Bodleian ŠSimchat Torah/Shavuot Student Divrei Having a Bar or Bat Mitzvah Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, Gilah Kletenik, Libraries Torah in 5774? Michael Cinnamon, Rabbi Daniel SOTHEBY’S :Important Judaica and Israeli ŠAIPAC Conference If you are celebrating a Bar or Kraus Art Auctions with Sharon Mintz, John ŠHistory at Home Bat Mitzvah at KJ between Ward, and Jennifer Roth with Rabbi Meir Soloveichik September 2013 and June 2014, MEN’S CLUB ŠShavuot Blintze, Cheesecake, and ŠPurim @ “Prime at the Bentley” please contact Riva Alper in the Kiddush Discussions: Quiche Sale Š Operation L’Hitraot Israel Pesach Trip synagogue office at 212-774- ŠEmbedded Messages in Biblical ŠAnnual Spring Luncheon, Dining by ŠChevra Kadisha Seudah Shlishit 5670 to reserve specific rooms Phrases and a Gematrial Analysis of the Design ŠKJ Annual Dinner -WILD WEST Creation of the World with Nick Gura ŠSponsorship of Weekly Kiddushim ŠIsrael Bond Shabbat for celebratory meals/kiddushes, ŠORA’s Approach to Agunah Case ŠPreparations of Local Houses of Š”Orthodox Jewish All Stars” and other functions. Page 20 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN

SPONSORSHIPS ARE WELCOME

Mazal Tov to To support synagogue programs, we invite prospective Kiddush & Seudah Shlishit Sponsors to contact Riva KJ Associate Rabbi Meir Soloveichik Alper in the synagogue office at 212-774-5670 or upon his appointment [email protected]. The base cost of a cake-and-wine Kiddush sponsorship is $350, to which is added the cost as the new spiritual leader of any extra catered food ordered through Foremost of Congregation Shearith Israel Caterers. Multiple Kiddush sponsors may, at their discretion and initiative, agree to share the expense of The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. extra catered food, but every co-sponsor must pay, We thank you for your nine years separately and individually, the $350 base fee. Similarly, sponsoring Seudah Shlishit costs every co- of devoted community service. sponsor $250.

REMEMBERING THE ST. LOUIS

reflective evening of remembrance and prayer which included a poignant candle-lighting ceremony, tefillah, and a musical performance by the Ramaz Upper School Choir and Kol Ram Community Chorus provided the appropriate backdrop for a Amemorable staging of the morality play, The Trial of Franklin D. Roosevelt, a docu-drama that explored America’s deplorable conduct in the tragedy of the St. Louis, and presented St. Louis passenger Col. Phillip Freund. Noted historian Dr. Michael Berenbaum framed the importance of the narrative as a signal event in American, Jewish and Holocaust history. In brief: June 1939, mere months before Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland began World War II, a ship called the St. Louis left Germany to Cuba with 937 Jewish passengers seeking asylum from Nazi persecution. The boat was denied entry into Cuba, and subsequently into the US, and was eventually turned back to Europe where many of its passengers were counted among the Holocaust’s Six Million murdered Jews. The ill-fated journey, known as The Voyage of the Damned (popularized by a bestselling book and a movie from the 1970’s), forever haunts the humanitarian ethos of America’s involvement in World War II, and taints the Presidential legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on whose instruction many of the St. Louis’s Jewish passengers met their deaths in Hitler’s extermination camps. On September 24, 2012, the US Department of State held a ceremony 73 years after its then Secretary of State Cordell Hull refused the St. Louis docking permission. The 34 living survivors of the St. Louis were invited to hear Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apologize for America’s shameful 1939 stance, and they, in turn, presented a Proclamation of Appreciation to the Ambassadors of France, England, Belgium and Holland, the countries that granted them safe haven Col. Phillip Freund when they were forced to return to Europe (sadly, all but England were subsequently Dr. Michael Berenbaum overrun by the Nazis). This provocative play, The Trial of Franklin D. Roosevelt, was performed for the assembled dignitaries and high governmental representatives, and it was especially fitting to serve as a cornerstone of our Yom HaShoah program remembering the 6,000,000.

The S.S. St. Louis YOM HASHOAH COMMEMORATED ON APRIL 7, 2013 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 21 MAY THEY GO HIGHER AND HIGHER

We extend a warm Mazal Tov to the following young members of the Congregation who participated in Advancement Day Exercises as they completed the Ramaz Middle School:

ETHAN ABRAHAM ARIELLE HADAD son of Elana and Aaron Abraham daughter of Dr. Michelle and Yosef Hadad JULIA KREVAT daughter of Randy and Mitchell Krevat JONATHAN BETTINGER MATTHEW HIRSCHFELD son of Nava and Daniel Bettinger son of Dr. Susan Hirschfeld JACOB LEFKOWITZ and son of Elena and Jay Lefkowitz ILAN BLEY Sarah and Elie Hirschfeld son of Sarah and Dr. Leonard Bley JASMINE LEVINE HANNAH HOFF daughter of Drs. Jody and Elie Levine NOAH CHETRIT daughter of Rachel and Eliot Hoff son of Esther and Meyer Chetrit MICHAEL LOW CAROLINE JASPAN son of Lisa and Nathan Low SONIA CAROLINA DUSHEY daughter of Michele and Ronald Jaspan daughter of Joy and Sam Dushey LEE RATSON DANIEL JASPAN son of Sheryl Stein and Moshe Ratson REBEKAH FENSTER son of Michele and Ronald Jaspan daughter of Jan and Dr. Daniel Fenster ELIANNA SCHWARTZ GABRIELLA KASSMAN daughter of Deborah and Daniel Schwartz SAMUEL FREILICH daughter of Nina and Larry Kassman granddaughter of Gabriella Major Dresdner son of Drs. Stephanie and Jonathan Freilich SOPHIA KLASS JOSEPH SOLOMON LILY HABER daughter of Stacey and Richard Klass son of Beth Goldman and Louis Solomon daughter of Jill and James Haber

RAMAZ ADMISSIONS CREATE AN ENDURING LEGACY

Please consider participating Should you have a child who will be of age to enter Ramaz in September 2014, in the Congregation’s the Admissions Office at Ramaz is open for inquiries. Endowment and Planned Please call 212-774-8093 or e-mail [email protected] to set up an Giving Program, appointment through which you can create Best wishes for a safe and enjoyable summer. an enduring legacy of active participation in KJ. Randy Krevat, Director of Admissions, THE RAMAZ SCHOOL E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: 212-774-8085 Fax: 212-774-8099 Contact Leonard Silverman at 212-774-5680 Ramaz School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, or [email protected] programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. Ramaz does for information. not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies,admissions policies, scholarship, and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs. Page 22 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN HIGH HOLY DAY SEAT RESERVATIONS NOW DUE KJ/RAMAZ ehilath Jeshurun will be holding High Holy Day services the following CAME OUT IN locations: the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan KMuseum of Art, the Kaufman Auditorium in the Ramaz Upper School, FORCE the Gottesman Center’s Falk Auditorium, and the Lindenbaum Gymnasium. The Beginners Service will be held in the Cayne Gymnasium at the Ramaz ON JUNE 2 Upper School, and the Sephardic Minyan will be held in the Beit Knesset. High Holy Day seat reservation cards have already been sent to all congregants. We ask you to please return the card with your requests as FOR THE ANNUAL soon as possible, whether or not you plan to be with us this fall. CELEBRATE ISRAEL A HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICE PARADE UNLIKE ANY OTHER! Introducing a Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Service for those in search of a more informative and inspirational experience: K No knowledge of Hebrew Rosh Hashanah necessary morning services will be held on Thursday K Questions and Answers and Friday, September K Historical Overviews 5th and 6th at 8:00 K Great Kiddush following AM. Kol Nidre Rosh Hashanah services services will be held at K Traditional prayers 6:30 PM on Friday night, September 13th followed by Yom Kippur services and a modern message at 9:00 AM the next morning. K Over 100 Shofar Blasts Services will be conducted at the For Information Contact: Ramaz Upper School’s 212-774-5678 Cayne Gymnasium. or Morris and Ida Newman Beginners @ckj.org Educational Center Tickets only $60 60 East 78th Street No membership required!

LEARN HEBREW IN TIME FOR THE HIGH HOLY DAYS! Our Crash Course in Hebrew Reading will have you identifying letters and sounds and give you the basics in time for Rosh Hashanah. Taught by master teacher Sara Rosen, this class is perfect for those who have no background or as a review for those who wish to brush up on their skills. Beginning Wednesday, July 17, at 6:30 PM

High Holiday Hebrew Beginning Wednesday, August 7 at 8:00 PM

Classes meet at the Gottesman Center, 114 East 85th Street

Co-sponsored by the National Jewish Outreach Program Photo Credit: Mara Lassner KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 23 BNEI MITZVAH

OLIVIA BOURKOFF HARRY SHAMS GABRIEL FISHER Mazal Tov to Elana and Aryeh Bourkoff, Mazal Tov to Alissa and Howie Shams, upon Mazal Tov to Nicole and Jeffrey Fisher, upon upon the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Harry, in Israel the forthcoming Bar Mitzvah of their son, Olivia, on June 16 in Bridgehampton, where on June 24, where he read Parashat Pinchas at Gabriel, on Thursday, August 22nd at the she delivered a D’var Torah about Hallel. the Kotel in Jerusalem. The celebration Kotel, where he will layn Parashat Ki Tavo. Olivia just completed the sixth grade at the continued at a festive brunch in Cafe Mazal Tov as well to proud KJ grandmother, Ramaz Middle School. Mamilla, where Harry delivered a Bar Shirley Boyarsky. Gabriel just completed the Mitzvah speech on “The Responsibility of seventh grade at the Ramaz Middle School Responsiveness.” Harry just completed the sixth grade at the Ramaz Middle School.

If a picture’s worth what are three a thousand words... pictures worth?

Looking northwest Looking from the balcony west from foyer. the main level.

Looking west at the main entrance doors.

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When you think about a night out, maybe it’s time to opt for something other than a movie or a visit to the museum…. Think about something more meaningful - a way to bring your family together; a way to connect with our community more deeply; a way to enhance your religious and ethical engagement. Participate in KJ’s Chai Mitzvah cohort, led by Congregational Scholar Gilah Kletenik one evening a month! Not only is there stimulating study and conversation with Gilah, participants also identify personal areas of growth, which they work on individually, focusing on learning, ritual and social action. Chai Mitzvah is perfect for people of all backgrounds and levels, Jewish knowledge, and engagement with the community. KJ members of diverse backgrounds have participated in this hugely successful program. All have found the experience meaningful and worthwhile. Chai Mitzvah is an excellent opportunity for self-discovery, to add strength to a marriage or to connect with a child becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah - and a great alternative to another movie or viewing the latest reality TV show. For further information, email: [email protected]

LUNCH AND LEARN FACILITY USAGE POLICY

LEARNS TALMUD! ne of the many benefits that KJ synagogue members enjoy is very Wednesday throughout the year, neighborhood seniors gather at KJ to spend Ocomplimentary access to KJ worship Esome time immersing themselves in the Yiddish language and culture with Willy and catering facilities in connection with Rosenberg in a class called Yiddish Shmoozers. This is followed by “Lunch and celebrating a lifecycle event such as a brit milah, wedding, bar/bat mitzvah, aufruf, etc. Learn” which features a speaker who enlightens and educates the audience over a hot Unlike most synagogues, KJ does not charge lunch. its members a “Facility Rental Fee” when a On April 10, our seniors did something different. Students of the Ramaz Upper lifecycle event takes place at a time and at a School junior Honors Talmud class, accompanied by their wonderful teacher, Rabbi location when our facilities would be open Yigal Sklarin, had a study session. After some introductions, the students spread and running. themselves through the room and learned “chevruta style” with the seniors about KJ does, however, look to a celebrating Sefirat haOmer. family to cover any incremental costs The focus of the learning program was why associated with the event that KJ would not Rabbi Akiva’s students died during the Omer otherwise have incurred. For example, if the and the concept of learning from everyone, Gottesman Center would ordinarily be even if they know less than you. We learned closed on a summer Sunday, or if the Main Synagogue’s air conditioning would that this might be important either as a sign of otherwise be deactivated on a spring humility or as an expression of one’s love for weekday evening, or if maintenance and learning-- one will do anything to have the security crews would routinely close a opportunity to increase their learning. facility at a certain time, and because of the The topic was most event KJ now needs to open a closed appropriate since the building, activate a shut-off system, and/or exchange of ideas keep workers past their work shifts, KJ will was such that the attempt to quantify and recoup from the seniors learned from celebrating family incremental costs that are Photo Credit: associated with the event. the students and the Myriam Bostwick Specific details will be discussed with students learned from the KJ bookings agent on an event-by-event the seniors! basis, but the general concept is that while KJ does not seek to enrich itself at the expense of its members’ lifecycle events, neither can KJ subsidize celebrations by Photo Credit: Rabbi Yigal Sklarin absorbing their additional operating costs. KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 25 In Memoriam

MICHAEL FRANK have lived. Mrs. Trencher was a modest ISRAEL KRAKOWSKI He was a very elderly member of the but always forthcoming member of this A survivor of the Holocaust, Israel congregation. A survivor of the Holocaust, community and a participant in all of its Krakowski was a patriot of the Jewish Michael Frank worked hard to establish activities. people, the State of Israel, and the Torah. himself in America. He and his wife She was a model of menschlichkeit, Together with his wife, Elli, he was worked together to create a life for piety and loyalty to the Jewish people. extremely active in a plethora of themselves and their children. organizations designed to promote He loved his association with KJ and Judaism, love of Israel, the Jewish people, he was appreciated by the friends he ///ojbh ouenv Torah and God. associated with in our shul. He never He was proud of the fact that his missed an opportunity to be generous to MILDRED HOSTYK grandchildren all received a Yeshiva our congregation. She and her late husband, Joseph, education, two of them in Ramaz. He had raised their two sons in KJ and in Ramaz. a very close association with former Chief DOROTHY TRENCHER All of her grandchildren are alumni of Day Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau of which he was She was a member of KJ for over fifty Schools. She herself was a lifelong extremely proud. He was involved in years. She raised her children and her learner. She was actually learning the everything that was Jewish. grandchildren in KJ and then in Ramaz. Tractate of Sanhedrin in her mid-nineties. The king and rock of his family, Izzy, She was very proud of the continuity that A woman who always had a smile on as he was known to all of his friends, was she saw in her family. her face and a chuckle in her heart, a truly beloved figure who committed She and her husband, Oscar Trencher, Mildred Hostyk loved coming to classes, himself generously to both KJ and Ramaz. set a very fine example for their children, shiurim and lectures at KJ. She loved this We extend our heartfelt condolences to Lewis and Janie. Both of them have been congregation and our shul and she only his dear wife, Elli, and to his daughter, Lili involved in a voluntary capacity and moved to Florida when she could no Stawski and his son, Harry Krakowski. professionally in the service of the Jewish longer walk across the park to attend Together with them, we mourn the loss of community both here and wherever they services. this wonderful Jew.

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WITHIN OUR FAMILY BIRTHS Rhea and Dr. Leon Landau, upon the birth Mitzvah of their granddaughter, Ella Sophia, Mazal Tov to of a grandson, Naftali Shai, born to their a daughter of their children Abe and Dara, Sandy and Dr. Robert April upon the birth children, Ilana and Evan Landau. on May 9th, Parshat Emor, at Temple B’nai of their fifth grandchild, a daughter and first Rhea and Dr. Leon Landau, upon the birth Israel in Toledo, Ohio. Mazal Tov to the child, Leora Shulamit, born to their children of a grandson, Alexander Hy, born to their proud KJ great-grandfather, Morris Weiss. Ally and Aryeh Cooper of Teaneck. children, Joanna and Jordan Lipstadt. Deborah and Isaac Ash, upon the birth of Edith and Salomon Lipiner upon the birth ENGAGEMENTS their fourth child and second son, Charles of a grandson, Zachary Thelonious Lipiner Mazal Tov to: Isaac (Chaim Itzchak). (Yitzchak Meir), born to their children, Deborah and Barry Berg, upon the Eve and Sammy Attias, upon the birth of Jessica and Marcus (‘86) Lipiner. engagement of their son, Zachary, to their first grandchild, a daughter, Maya Edith and Salomon Lipiner upon the birth Marissa Rosenberg, daughter of Beth and Tzivia, born to their children Anaelle and of their third great-grandchild, Tamar Abe Rosenberg. Both Zachary and Marissa Jakob Nowotny, of Be’er Sheva. Elisheva Reich, born to their grandchildren, are Ramaz graduates. Danielle and Jonathan Auerbach upon the Ariana Epstein Reich (‘04) and Adam Reich Vanessa and Ray Chalme, upon the birth of their first children, twins, Allison (‘04). engagement of their daughter, Robin, to Grace (Chana Golda) and Robert Murray Deborah and Randy North, upon the birth Walter Rahmey. Mazal Tov, as well, to (Yerachmiel Michael). of their third child first daughter, Maya. Robin’s mother, Micki Bailey Horovitz. Daniele and Steven Bleier upon the birth Janelle and Dr. Sheldon Pike upon the Helen and Ruby Davis upon the of their third daughter, Noa Shirley. birth of their third child and third son, engagement of their son, Steven, to Jillian Ellie and Fred Braid upon the birth of a Zachary Mendel (Zacharia Menachem Schlussel, daughter of Judy and Nate second grandson, Doniel Simcha, born to Mendel). Mazal Tov, as well, to big sister Schlussel of Los Angeles. their children Diane and Andrew Braid. Alexandra (Gavriella) Pike-Lerner. Sue and Dr. Norman Javitt on the Lisa and Juda Chetrit upon the birth of Lisa Goldman and Joshua Reiss upon the engagement of their grandson, Shlomo their fourth child and third son, Benjamin birth of their first child and daughter, Javitt, the son of the Drs. Daniel Javitt and Zackary (Binyamin). Daniella Emily (Davida Esther). Reba Kizner of Jerusalem, to Zivia Mindy and Dr. Jay Cinnamon upon the Dr. Gabriella and Saul Safdieh upon the Brunschwig, the daughter of Daniel and birth of their first grandchild, Eliza Rose birth of their second child and first son, Abe Ruth Brunschwig of Basel, Switzerland. (Shoshana Etya), born to their children Julian (Avraham). Mazal tov as well to the Ariel Kwacz upon his engagement to Rebecca and Dr. Noam Green. Mazal Tov as proud KJ grandparents, Dr. Mark & Judith Diana Olszewer, daughter of Melany and Dr. well to first time great-grandparents Audrey Tykocinski. Efrain Olszewer of Sao Paulo, Brazil. and Rabbi Haskel Lookstein. Judy and Isaac Sherman upon the birth of Nancy and Stephen Snell, upon the Karen and David Cole upon the birth of a great-granddaughter, Hailey Abigail engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Lee, their fourth child and third son, Reuben Meir (Ayelet Avigayil), born to their to Brian J. Robinson. (Reuven). grandchildren, Dena and Jason Ingerman. Pamela and George Rohr, upon the Rachel and Joshua Crane upon the birth of Nechi Shudofsky upon the birth of a engagement of their daughter, Daniella, to their second child and first daughter, great-grandson in Israel, Ido Yitzchak, a Sammy Adelsberg, son of Renee and Steve Jacqueline Pearl (“Netta). Mazal Tov as well grandson to Miriam and Binny Shalev. Adelsberg of Manhattan Beach. to the proud KJ grandmother, Leslie Kay, Layaliza and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, May their weddings take place in and the proud KJ grandfather, Dr. Daniel upon the birth of their fifth child and fourth happiness and blessing. Crane. son, Yoseph Dov. Megan and Michael Englander, upon the Jenny and Dr. Sammy Sultan upon the MARRIAGES birth of a daughter, Miriam Elizabeth. Mazal birth of their second daughter, Adira Mazal tov to: Tov to proud KJ grandparents Caryl and Blanche (Adira Chana). Mazal Tov to proud Shira and Dr. Larry Baruch, upon the Israel Englander. KJ grandparents Roni and Dr. Robert Pick. marriage of their son, David, to Julia Straus, Marylene and Alan Friedman upon the Abigail and Seth Weiss upon the birth of daughter of Joyce and Daniel Straus of birth of their first grandchild, a daughter, their second child and first daughter, Ruth Englewood. Both David and Julia just Rachel (Racheli), born to their children Francine (Rachel Frumah). graduated from Columbia University. They Shalvie and Marc Friedman of Ramat Beit Dr. Harvey Wolinsky and Pamela Field will be spending their first year of marriage Shemesh. upon the birth of a grandson, Tate in Israel, where David will be working and Rosie and Dr. Mark Friedman on the birth Emmanuel, born to their children, Drs. Julia will be attending the yoetzet halakha of a 16th grandchild, Nina Na’ava, born to Claire and Eric Berkowitz. program at Nishmat. Mazal Tov as well to Davida (‘95) and Marc Yehaskel of Great Becky and David Zwillinger upon the proud grandparents Gladys Baruch and Neck. birth of their fourth child, Suri Dove (Sara Audrey & Rabbi Haskel Lookstein. Jennifer and Benjamin Gerut upon the Yona). Ellen and Robert Kapito upon the birth of their second child and daughter, May these children grow up in the finest upcoming marriage of their daughter, Shira Abigail Esther (Avigail Esther). Mazal Tov tradition of Torah, chupah, and maasim Beth, to Joshua Dov Arcus, son of Mr. and as well to the proud KJ grandparents, Debbie tovim. Mrs. Ian Arcus. and Dr. Richard Born. Jaime Kelstein, upon his marriage to Susan Kelstein and Sherry & Jaime BNEI MITZVAH Sherry Cohen. Kelstein upon the birth of a granddaughter, Suzie and Sandy Eisenstat upon the Bar Rabbi Hillel Rapp upon his marriage to Brenda Zoe, born to their children, Rachel Mitzvah of their grandson, Ari Williams. Racheli Meister. and Dr. Samuel Maryles. Ruth and Dr. David Musher upon the Bat Surie and Robert Sugarman, upon the KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page 27

WITHIN OUR FAMILY marriage of their son, Jason, to Ariel become mainstream and upend media, in School of the University of Pennsylvania. Barnehama daughter of Gail Barnehama of general, and journalism, in particular.” Eleanore Reznik, upon the graduation of Great Neck and Joel Barnehama, of Los Yael Magid, daughter of Sandy and Dr. her grandson, Matthew Beller, from Boston Angeles. Mazal Tov, as well, to proud KJ Norman Magid, who completed her year of University with a degree of Bachelors of grandmother Judith Rudoff. The bride and study in Israel at Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion Science in Mechanical Engineering. groom are both graduates of Brandeis and has volunteered to serve in the Israeli Eleanore Reznik, upon the graduation of University, class of 2013. Jason will be Air Force, beginning in July 2013. After her granddaughter, Jane Reznik, from the working at Charles River Associates, and basic training, she will be teaching University of Pennsylvania with a degree Ariel will be starting medical school at the Aerospace Physiology to pilots at the Tel of Bachelors of Science in Biology. Jefferson Medical College. HaShomer base, training them in a Eleanore Reznik, upon the graduation of May the newlywed couples be blessed to simulator on how to avoid hypoxic and her granddaughter, Aviva Beller, from build homes faithful to the traditions of the other dangerous conditions. Yeshiva of Central Queens. She will attend Jewish people. Jonathan (Yoni) Oppenheim, son of the Ramaz Upper School in the fall. Raquel and E. Magnus Oppenheim, who COMMUNAL HONORS was appointed by Brandeis University to CONDOLENCES Ruth and Rafael Fouzailoff, the Tribute the faculty of the Theatre/Drama segment Our condolences to: Awardees at the Aleh Foundation Annual of its “bimah” summer cultural program for Harvey Arfa, upon the passing of his Awards Gala. high school students. The program enables mother, Gertrude Arfa. Fran and Benjy Brown will be honored youngsters to pursue serious artistic growth Mark Cooper and Barry Cooper, upon at the Alan T Brown Foundation’s (ATBF) in a Jewish setting. Yoni is a co-founder of the passing of their father, Samuel Cooper. 25th Anniversary Celebrity Golf & Tennis the 24/6 theater group based in New York Judith Fagin, upon the passing of her Tournament. The Foundation was founded City. mother, Elizabeth Rosenberg. after their son, Alan, suffered a spinal cord Dr. Nadine Rosenthal upon her Netti Herman, upon the passing of her injury, at age 20, which left him paralyzed appointment as the Director of Nursing, mother, Jennifer Minsker. from the chest down. For 25 years, Fran Medicine Services at New-York Vicky Hoffman, upon the passing of her and Benjy have comforted and guided Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center mother, Miriam Robbins. paralyzed individuals and their families. in New York. Mazal Tov as well to proud Dr. Emily Krawitz, upon the passing of They are tireless advocates for spinal cord KJ parents Brigitte and Tom Rosenthal. her grandmother, Judith Lasson. injury research and have raised awareness Bob Sugarman upon his election as the Mara Lassner, upon the passing of her about paralysis while mobilizing even the Chairman of the Conference of Presidents father, Kalman Scheinwald. youngest children to align with their of Major American Jewish Organizations. Dr. Bruce Lerman, upon the passing of charity. A vital resource to the spinal cord Gerard Tugendhaft, upon his son Aaron his mother, Lillian Lerman. community, the Foundation boasts a strong winning the Jonas Greenfield Prize For Esther Lobel, upon the passing of her Outreach and Peer Mentoring Program and Younger Semitists in 2012 for the best sister, Rose Lipschitz. sponsors a Transition Care Program published article in any area of Semitic Anton Loew, upon the passing of his through the Visiting Nurse Service of New studies that has been published during the mother, Dr. Tilda Loew. York, and a Health and Fitness Program at most recent two-year period. The award is Lee Miller, upon the passing of her Mt. Sinai Hospital. If you would like to presented every three years. mother, Glenys Tarlow. attend the event, place a journal ad or make Philip J. Wilner, M.D., MBA, has been David Musher, upon the passing of his a contribution, please contact the promoted to Professor of Clinical mother, Hadassah Kaplan Musher. Foundation’s office at 212-944-8727 or Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical Lee Miller, upon the passing of her mother, visit www.atbf.org. College of Cornell University. He is Glenys Tarlow. Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Adam Shiff, upon the passing of his PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS Psychiatry at Weill Cornell and Vice father, Joel H. Shiff. Congratulations to: President and Medical Director of Carla Tanz, upon the passing of her Suzy and Michael Appelbaum, whose Behavioral Health at New York - father, Dr. Herbert R. Edelstein. daughter, Mia, received the 2013 Activist Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Elana Unterman-Newman, upon the of the Year Award at this year’s AIPAC passing of her mother, Helen Becker Policy Conference in Washington, DC. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS Unterman. Dr. David S. Ellenberg, son of Linda Mazal Tov to May they be comforted among all those Ossad and Robert Ellenberg, upon being Dr. Sarah Fishman upon her graduation who mourn for Zion and Jerusalem. named Intern of the Year in the Department from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, of Internal Medicine at NYU Medical at which time she received her MD degree. Center. Rachel Kraus, KJ Director of TO JOIN THE KJ ONLINE COMMUNITY, JJ Hornblass, upon co-editing Ink Community Education, upon the SEND AN E-MAIL Stained: Essays by the Columbia completion of her MBA from the Leonard WITH YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME TO: University Graduate Journalism Class of Stern Business School at New York [email protected] 1992, a collection of engaging essays University. which, according to the Columbia The Rechtschaffen family, upon the Journalism Review “offers fascinating milestone occasion of the graduation of BE SURE TO VISIT KJ’S WEBSITE observations from the class that entered the Eric James Rechtschaffen (‘02), as an WWW.CKJ.ORG work force just in time for the Internet to MBA Palmer Scholar at the Wharton Page 28 KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN

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Synagogue Officials Dr. Haskel Lookstein ...... Rabbi Elimelech Weinstock ...... Associate Rabbi Are you receiving your KJ Bulletin late in the mail? Are you receiving double copies of the Bulletin? Rabbi Dr. Jeremy Wieder We need to know! Please e-mail [email protected] or call 212-774-5670...... Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Daniel Kraus & Rachel Kraus In preparing the Bulletin, we welcome all ...... Directors of Community Education Gilah Kletenik . . . . .Congregational Scholar KJ members’ announcements of communal, academic and professional achievements. Mayer Davis ...... Cantor Please e-mail [email protected] or mail it to the synagogue, marked “ATTN: KJ Bulletin” Leonard Silverman . . . . .Executive Director SHABBAT SCHEDULE Officers of the Congregation Friday Saturday Joel Katz ...... President Lighting Evening Afternoon Sabbath Elias Buchwald ...... Vice President Surie Sugarman ...... 2nd Vice President of Candles Services Services Ends Robert Kurzweil ...... 3rd Vice President July David Lobel ...... 4th Vice President 5-6 Mattot/Masei 8:12 PM 6:45 PM 8:05 PM 9:13 PM Morris Massel ...... Secretary 12-13 Devarim 8:10 PM 6:45 PM 8:05 PM 9:11 PM Jonathan Wagner ...... Treasurer 19-20 Vaetchanan 8:05 PM 6:45 PM 8:00 PM 9:05 PM Sidney Ingber ...... Assistant Treasurer 26-27 Ekev 8:00 PM 6:45 PM 7:50 PM 8:58 PM Deena Shiff ...... Financial Secretary August Dr. Philip Wilner ...... Recording Secretary 2-3 Re’eh 7:53 PM 6:45 PM 7:45 PM 8:52 PM 9-10 Shoftim 7:45 PM 6:45 PM 7:35 PM 8:39 PM Past Presidents 16-17 Ki Tetze 7:34 PM 6:45 PM 7:25 PM 8:30 PM Benjamin Brown Fred Distenfeld 23-24 Ki Tavo 7:24 PM 6:45 PM 7:15 PM 8:19 PM Chaim Edelstein Eric Feldstein 30-31 Nitzavim/Vayelech 7:13PM 6:45 PM 7:00 PM 8:07 PM Samuel Eisenstat Stanley Gurewitsch September 6-7 Haazinu 7:01 PM 6:45 PM 6:50 PM 8:03 PM Affiliate Presidents Susan Blinken ...... Pres. Sisterhood SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Nancy Newhouse ...... Pres. Sisterhood Shirley Serure ...... Pres. Sisterhood Weekday mornings…………..7:30 AM Sunday mornings……………..8:30 AM Dr. Mark Meirowitz ...... Pres. Men’s Club Mondays and Thursdays……..7:15 AM Rosh Chodesh Weekdays…….7:00 AM Gabriella Fridman ...... Pres. Kesher Shabbat mornings…………….9:00 AM Gealia Friend ...... Pres. Kesher Miriam Levine ...... Pres. Kesher EVENING SERVICES June 23 - July 11...... 6:50 PM July 14 - September 4...... 6:45 PM Office Staff Riva Alper ...... Administrator DATES TO REMEMBER Rudy Arjune ...... Superintendent Tuesday, June 25 Monday, July 8 Tuesday Night Services at 7:55 PM Aryana Bibi ...... Youth Director Fast of 17th of Tammuz Rosh Chodesh Av Fast ends at 9:05 PM Myriam Bostwick . .Programming Assistant Fast begins 4:14 AM Morning Services at 7:00 AM Dina Farhi ...... Executive Assistant Morning Services at 6:50 AM Tuesday-Wednesday, August 6-7 Shira Felberbaum ...... Social Worker Evening Services at 8:05 PM Monday-Tuesday, July 15-16 Rosh Chodesh Elul Rivka Gansburg . . . .Outreach Administrator Fast Ends at 9:12 PM Fast of Tisha B’Av (See schedule p.3) Morning Services at 7:00 AM Hattie Murphy ...... Comptroller Monday Night Services at 8:20 PM Thursday, July 4 Fast Begins at 8:26 PM Morning Services at 8:30 AM Tuesday Morning Services at 7:00 AM