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Tikkun Leil Shavuot & Cheesecake Bake-Off June 2016 Volume 55 - Number 6 Iyyar - Sivan 5776 Tikkun Leil Shavuot & Cheesecake Bake-off! Page 7 Sisterhood Prepares a Father’s Day Breakfast Page 8 Building Community Since 1954 Staff From Our Rabbi Rabbi.................................... Joshua Neely By Rabbi Joshua Neely Cong. Life Coord. ...... Susan Bernstein Youth Advisor ......................... Lisa Hart Off. Admin.... John-Patrick Alexander Bookkeeper .................... Patricia Young henever I hear the word pluralism, I have to W stop and figure out what the speaker really Executive means. Sometimes they mean tolerance; you can keep doing Committee things differently than me and I won’t try to stop you … but you’re wrong. President .............................. Mark Kluger Sometimes it means casual diversity; it’s great that we’re all doing different 1st Vice President.. .......... Sharon Sachs things but I don’t really care enough about what you’re doing to decide if I VP Membership ............ Geanne Share VP Education ........................ Kris Crane think it is right or wrong. Sometimes it is a type of defense; I can do whatever Comptroller .................... Michelle Bilsky I want and no one is allowed to even mention there is a possibility that I am Secretary ............................ Mollie Savage making mistakes. Then there are the voices against pluralism; if you’re not Sisterhood Rep. .......... Cathy Swerdlow Men’s Club Co-Pres.. ................................ doing it my way, you are wrong and I will work tirelessly to fix you. ................. Wayne Bilsky & Steven Sesit Past President. ................ Eric Hoffman Every now and then you hear pluralism used correctly; I see what you are do- ing and even though it’s not what I’m doing, I’m not so arrogant to think your way can’t be valid or have something to teach me. This attitude does not Trustees Natan Brener give carte blanche to everything anyone does; there are still moral limits built Lauren Brown Andrew Feinberg into my worldview. However, the way you pursue a meaningful life can still be Lisa Hart a valid alternative path. Bernie Kahn Dick Katz In the waning days of the Second Temple period pluralism was dead and bur- Mindy Markowitz Steven Sesit ied. Our Sages teach that sinat chinam – baseless hatred – prevailed among Roz Weinstein Daniel Wise our people. Sadducees, Pharisees, Zealots, Essenes, Dead Sea sects and many Arlene van de Rijn more lost to history were at each other’s throats over ritual, theological and political issues. Rabbinic Judaism’s survival from this bloodbath was built Standing around internal pluralism; different sages could hold different positions Committee Chairs within a broad range of ideas yet still respect and listen to each other. Adult Education ...... Michael Fineberg Budget & Finance ........ Michelle Bilsky We face this same choice now: do we as Jews label those who follow Jewish Building & Grounds ................ Joe Ihns paths differently as enemies, ignorant or alternatives worthy of engagement Education - School .............. Kris Crane Endowment ............. Andrew Feinberg and discussion? The Orthodox, Reform, Reconstructionist, and other move- Ma’asim Tovim ...... Arlene van de Rijn Marketing ............................ Larry Gutter ments may approach Judaism differently than we do and I can even think our Membership .................... Geanne Share way is better supported by history and theology, but there is much we can Past Pres. Coun. ............. Eric Hoffman Ritual ................................... Natan Brener learn from them. In our hearts, moreover, we must make room for them as Ways & Means ............................................ part of our pluralistic Jewish family. .............. Emely Katz & Roz Weinstein Youth.................................. Matt Gordon [email protected] Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday, Sunday Please call or email for an appointment. 2 From Our President By Mark Kluger G ood Day Temple Israel Family, As I write this note, I will be packing my bags, heading to Baltimore tomorrow. I am attending SULAM for Presidents of Synagogues, a leadership program through USCJ. Our representative recommended it to me, and through the generosity of Rabbi Joshua Neely and our Sisterhood, I am flying out, hoping to bring back many ideas we can implement for the benefit of TI. Because I am somewhat superstitious, if something bad should happen, know that Sharon Sachs will make a great President, and I will miss many of you. I hope you are smiling, as smiling was the intent. At the time I write to you, we are also in final discussions with Temple Shir Shalom, our friends to the East. Your Board of Trustees has approved a rental agreement framework with Temple Shir Shalom for services on a monthly basis, and we are also part of a wonderful Religious School collaboration, where our school will double in size with Jewish children from our community coming together in study under the leadership of Rabbi Joshua Neely and Cantor Kim Singer, with wonderful teachers at their side. Stay tuned for more details, but this relationship is great for both Shuls and it is a great statement for our Jewish Community that congregations can come together and work together. On June 10, we will have a special Shabbat Service, honoring Susan Bernstein, our Congregational Life Coordinator. As some may have heard, Leadership has made the difficult decision to eliminate the CLC position. Your Congregational leaders recognize that Susan has contributed a lot to our Synagogue, and she has been a face of Temple Israel for almost two years now. The decision to eliminate the CLC position was made on the basis that our expense and revenue evaluations required a change in our office team makeup, considering the size of our congregation, the cost of operating TI, and our revenue stream. Fiscal responsi- bility is vital to our longevity, and we recognize that Susan has been directly affected. No one feels good about this change. It is simply a matter of economics, and I wish I could provide an alternative to this ac- tion. I have always smiled seeing Susan with our kids, our congregants, and I have appreciated her Adon Olam musical gestures, and her house band performances. I hope you will come out June 10. Finally, I wanted to tell you that many people are working very hard for the benefit of this Temple. Many of us are volunteers. Whether it is time spent in committee meetings or at a Board meeting or a community event or Shul event in-house, it takes a Village, as they say, to make it all work. We are doing our best. I am doing my best. And while sometimes you may have a different opinion, or a different perspective of what is happening or going on, please take a moment of pause and recognize we are trying our best, doing our best, for all of us. Tough decisions have to be made at times. Please ask questions, in lieu of making assumptions. Some decisions might not be as you would like, or as we would like. But, though we might all have different opinions, as long as we work for TI, TI will live when we are no longer. Too many people in our world are getting sick or are no longer with us. Focus on what is important. Life is precious, and Life is good. Until we see each other again. L’Shalom, Mark Kluger [email protected] 3 From Our Congregational Life Coordinator By Susan Bernstein e are counting the days until we celebrate the next of the three Pil- W grimage Festivals, Shavuot. We have been instructed to feel as if we are actually leaving Egypt each year when we sit together at the Seder, reading about, as well as reenacting the Exodus, but how do we capture the essence of receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai, the historical/biblical reason for the celebration of Shavuot? Each of the three Pilgrimage Festivals has a corresponding Megillah that is traditionally read during each holiday. The Song of Songs is recited on Pesach, Ecclesiastes is read on Sukkot and the Book of Ruth is read on Shavuot. Why was this book, the Scroll of Ruth, written and thus selected to help us capture the essence of receiving the Torah? There are a variety of reasons given why this book was written. Perhaps it is just a lovely love story or to emphasize the importance of including outsiders and converts in our community, or to estab- lish the genealogy of King David. The common thread tying the purpose of the composition and meaning for the holiday lies in the lesson that common people can do the right thing when they act unselfishly toward one another as portrayed by Naomi, Ruth and Boaz, the main characters in the story. The ancient rabbis have said that the Book of Ruth was written to teach us a lesson of gemilut hasadim, acts of loving-kindness. Torah study is important, acting kindly towards others is essential. Thank you, Rabbi Neely for your kindness, collegiality and menschlichkeit. L’Shalom, Susan Bernstein [email protected] 407.647.3055 ext. 304 4 From Our Sisterhood By Cathy Swerdlow t is the end of the Sisterhood programming and fiscal year and we are pre- I paring to celebrate our year and kick off our planning for next year at a fabu- lous Installation luncheon on Sunday, June 5 at 11:00 am at the new Maison & Jardin event venue in Altamonte Springs. In addition to a fabulous menu, there will be lively entertainment by Cantor Jacqueline Rawiszer of the Congregation of Reform Judaism. Cantor Jacki is originally from Long Island NY, and has lived in South Florida, Boston and London. She received her B.A. degree from Emerson College in Boston and vocal training at the New England Conservatory of Music and Stetson University. Our installing officer will be Jill Tomar, President of the Florida Region – WLCJ.
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