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ADAR/NISSAN/IYAR 5780 NEWSLETTER/VOLUME 32:4 MARCH/APRIL 2020 Scholarly : Navigating Jewishness in Christian Worlds with Professors Jessica Cooperman and Hartley Lachter Friday, March 27 and Saturday, 28 wo sustaining pillars of Or Zarua were still seen as suspicious, foreign faiths have been our weekly at odds with American values. When the Scholarly Shabbaton services and varied adult education US War Department began preparations to programs. On Friday evening and send American soldiers and sailors to fight Professors Saturday, March 27-28, those two in World War I, it had no plans to introduce Timportant facets of the unique Or Zarua the country to new ideas about religious Jessica Cooperman & experience will coincide. We will convene pluralism. Over the course of the war, as a community for what promises to be however, the American military adopted new Hartley Lachter a wonderful Scholarly Shabbaton, led by policies and practices intended to elevate Friday, March 27 (married) professors Jessica Cooperman the moral character and civic consciousness 6:00 pm Minhah/Kabbalat Shabbat and Hartley Lachter, that will be filled with of its troops. Thanks to the work of the 7:00 pm Dinner (RSVP) stimulating learning, joyous prayer, and Jewish Welfare Board, these new “soldiers’ 8:15 pm Lecture by Dr. Jessica Cooperman: delicious food. welfare programs” became an unexpected Fighting for in Coming to us from the beautiful Lehigh gateway for renegotiating portrayals and World War I America Valley, Drs. Cooperman and Lachter will give perceptions of and Judaism within Note that you may attend the lecture several lectures over the course of Shabbat American society. Dr. Cooperman’s lecture without attending the dinner. addressing the multifaceted theme of will illuminate the evolving role of Jews and historical strategies of navigating Jewishness Judaism in twentieth-century America. (You Saturday, March 28 in challenging Christian settings, both are encouraged to register for the Friday 9:00 am Shabbat Services medieval and modern. night dinner, or invited just to attend Dr. Sermon by Dr. Lachter On Friday evening at approximately Cooperman’s lecture.) 8:15 pm, following services and Shabbat During Shabbat morning services 12:00 pm dinner, Dr. Cooperman, Associate Professor and then again following kiddush (at 1:00 pm Lecture by Dr. Hartley Lachter: of Religion Studies approximately as a Response to Christian and Director 1:00 pm), Dr. Lachter, Anti-Judaism of the Jewish Associate Professor Studies Program at of Religion Studies, 5:30 pm Minhah, Seudah Shlishit, Panel Muhlenberg College, Philip and Muriel Discussion with Drs. Cooperman and whose scholarship Berman Chair in Lachter and moderated by Bolton: focuses on modern Jewish Studies, Jewish Responses—Models of Resilience?, Jewish history, and Director of Ma’ariv and American religious policy, Holocaust studies, the Berman Center for Jewish Studies at Dinner: $45 per adult, $25 per child; interfaith movements, and military history, Lehigh University, whose scholarly focus is Register through ShulCloud at: will give a lecture entitled Fighting for medieval Jewish mysticism, will give talks tinyurl.com/OZShabbatMar2020 by Judaism in World War I America. In 1917, on Kabbalah as a Response to Christian Thursday March 19. For questions contact “American religion” was understood to mean Anti-Judaism. Kabbalah in the Middle Ages Deborah Wenger at [email protected]. only Protestantism; Judaism and Catholicism Continued on page 13

The Kaskeset Shabbaton Marc Ashley's Class Pre-Pesah Lecture: Page 3 has been Rescheduled: between Pesah and : Women in the IDF: Page 4 Kaskeset is SUNY Binghamton’s Kiddush Hashem Yom HaShoah Memorial: Page 5 A Cappella Group (Sanctification of God’s Name): Or L'Atid: Pages 6 and 7 Between Holiness and Martyrdom Pesah: pages 10 and 11 Friday, March 13 and Young Professionals and Saturday, March 14 Beginning Sunday, April 19, 10:00 am Mature Connections: Page 13 See Page 5 See Page 3 and much more inside

1 CONGREGATION OR ZARUA MARCH/APRIL 2020 President’s Message by Diane Okrent he countdown in the land of . Now we are enslaved. has begun! By Next year we will be free.” the time you We preserve this command in the A CONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUE read this, vernacular so that everyone understands FOUNDED 1989 Twill be about a week that is inclusive—all who are hungry 127 East 82nd Street away and Pesah will are invited to come and eat. As I contemplate New York, NY 10028 be 5 weeks away. I am the menu for my sedarim, I think about the phone: 212-452-2310 fax: 212-452-2103 already in the process literal meaning of hunger and the material of what I call “hametz- meaning of need. But, I think about the www.orzarua.org down”—reducing spiritual meanings as well. All who hunger for SCOTT N. BOLTON, Rabbi the amount of hametz in my kitchen and community, for connection with their Jewish DR. HARLAN J. WECHSLER, Rabbi Emeritus pantry. Of course, I have to wait until the roots, and for the family with whom they are DIANE OKRENT, President hamantaschen are gone! close or from whom they may be estranged, NAGIEL, Treasurer I love Pesah! Yes, the work involved is let them come and feast at our table. Let prodigious—planning, inviting, cleaning, them find the physical and spiritual nurturing KAREN KAPLAN, Secretary shopping, cooking—but I always conclude they crave. HELENE SANTO, Executive Director that the end justifies the means. When I slip I take this direction very personally and SIGAL HIRSCH, Director of Youth Education into my seat at our Seder table and wave very seriously. Often, I have had to add and Programming to my husband at the other end of the long another chair (or 2 or 3) to my already long CHARLES SPIELHOLZ, Newsletter Editor table and see my family and friends gathered collection of tables to accommodate those together, my exhaustion lifts and I am who need a place. I can’t stand knowing that re-energized. My heart is filled with love and someone has no place to go for seder. And, if OZ Committee Chairs gratitude and pride that we are all together asked, I can’t turn someone away. ADMINISTRATION Pamela E. Gold again to celebrate Pesah. And, so it is with Congregation Or Zarua. What a profound tradition we have of We, as a community, are committed to AESTHETICS Shelden gathering in our homes year in and year opening our communal home to all who ART GALLERY Bobbi Coller out to retell the origins of our people and are hungry—for community, for connection, BOOK DISCUSSION Reed Schneider to celebrate our survival, then and now. for religious services, for education for Nora Yood We learn from the that from that first themselves and their children. We try to “be Pesah in Egypt, we are to celebrate in our there” for members of the community at all BUILDING Gerry homes with our families and neighbors. “The times. Look through this newsletter and read HESED Susan Lorin Lord said to and Aaron in the land our weekly e-blasts to see the wide-ranging HEVRA KADISHA Roberta Hufnagel of Egypt: …Speak to the whole community programs and services we provide every Gerry Solomon of Israel and say that in the tenth of this week of the year. month each of them shall take a lamb to a This commitment, however, takes KESHER ISRAEL Laura Fisher household. But if the household is too small resources—both personal and financial. LIBRARY Barry Feldman for a lamb, let him share one with a We are a volunteer organization. We need neighbor who dwells nearby…” (Exodus volunteers to create minyanim, lead services, MARKETING Dana Gross 12:1-4). In a 2012 lecture at Or Zarua, Dr. read Torah and Haftorah, plan programs, and MEMBERSHIP Raanan Korinow Eliezer Diamond pointed out that Pharaoh perform acts of hesed. Sheldon Adler sought to destroy the Hebrew families by And, we need your financial support. As I enslaving the men. At that first Passover, the mentioned at , membership dues NOMINATING Jay Palmer family was reconstituted and celebrated the only provide 40% of our revenues. The rest AND LEADERSHIP impending Exodus together. comes from your generous contributions at ORAL HISTORY Mimi Alperin As I wrote in a 2019 Orot article, I am Kol Nidre and throughout the year. As we PROGRAMMING Marc D. Ashley intrigued by the fact that significant parts approach Purim and Pesah, count the Omer, of our daily, Shabbat and holiday liturgy remember the Shoah, celebrate Israel’s PUBLIC RELATIONS Aaron Shelden are in Aramaic, the vernacular of the Jews 72nd Independence Day, and celebrate READERS Marc D. Ashley in Babylonia and Palestine from the fifth Shavuot, I ask that you consider additional AND LEADERS Jay Palmer century BCE until the Arab conquest support for the depth and breadth of the (634-638 CE). For example, the and activities you will find at Or Zarua. STRATEGIC Arthur H. Rosenbloom DEVELOPMENT Kol Nidre are in Aramaic, presumably so that I wish you and your family a happy, everyone could understand them. healthy, joyous and peaceful Purim and WEBMASTER Jay Palmer As we approach Passover, I think about Pesah! YOUTH EDUCATION Eric Schmutter Ha Lachma Anya with which we begin the Maggid at the seder, preserved in the B’Shalom! If you are interested in serving on a synagogue committee, please contact the office for the original Aramaic. “This is the bread of committee chair’s email address. affliction which our ancestors ate in the land of Egypt. All who are hungry, let them come and eat. All who are in need, let them come celebrate Pesah. Now we are here. Next year 2 WWW.ORZARUA.ORG MARCH/APRIL 2020 Kiddush Hashem (Sanctification of God’s Name): Between Holiness and Martyrdom Marc Ashley’s adult education course between Pesah and Shavuot Four Sundays: April 19, 26, May 3 and 17 at 10:00 am he Torah frequently urges us to lengths must we go to fulfill this essential values through the way we live our lives sanctify God’s name and to avoid commandment? Should we, in our abiding could mean, tragically, dying for the Jewish profaning it. Leviticus 22:32, for commitment to God, sometimes sacrifice our cause. From brutal Roman persecution of the example, instructs us: “And you lives? , to the decimation of the medieval shall not profane My holy name, In general, any action that brings honor to Crusades, to the vast horror of the Holocaust, Tbut I shall be sanctified in the midst of God is considered righteous sanctification of holiness could give way to martyrdom. the Children of Israel; I am the Lord who His name and, in contrast, any behavior that Fulfillment of thekiddush Hashem sanctifies you.” Accordingly, the affirmative shames God constitutes improper diminution commandment can therefore be, depending concept of kiddush Hashem (the duty to of His name. Thus, it is not only our own on circumstance, spiritually uplifting or sanctify God’s name), and the inverse and reputations that are on the line as reflected physically daunting. complementary principle of chilul Hashem in our individual and communal behavior; Please join congregant Marc Ashley on (the obligation to avoid desecrating God’s God’s enduring, but sometimes tenuous, four Sunday mornings for his annual adult name), have become core ideas in Jewish reputation is also at stake, which creates education class between Pesah and Shavuot. thought. Indeed, for centuries, these heavy responsibilities for us. This year’s course, Kiddush Hashem concepts have been primary motivating The manner in which we conduct (Sanctification of God’s Name): Between factors and guideposts in Jewish conduct. ourselves in public, and even (or perhaps Holiness and Martyrdom, will be held on The of kiddush Hashem applies to particularly) in private, reflects foundational April 19, April 26, May 3, and May 17 at all Jews, women and men, in all times and Jewish ethical values. Over time, Jews 10 am in the Or Zarua library. No prior places. concluded that even the essential principle knowledge is required. Please come and Yet the precise parameters of these of preserving life was superseded, under participate in this important conversation on seminal terms are not perfectly clear. What particular traumatic circumstances, by the a crucial theme in Jewish thought through does kiddush Hashem mean in both theory equally compelling imperative to sanctify the ages. and practice? How, in our concrete behavior, God’s name. Embodying the principle of -Marc Ashley are we to sanctify God’s name, and to what kiddush Hashem by validating core Jewish

Pre-Pesah Lecture Rabbits and Lettuce: The History of the Haggadah in Text & Art with Dr. Joshua Kulp, Rosh of the Conserative Yeshiva in Wednesday, April 1, 7:30 pm

lmost all illuminated Haggadot from the Medieval period contain pictures of hunters chasing rabbits. Why? In this lecture, Dr. Kulp, will explain the history of the texts and illustrations found in Haggadot throughout Jewish history. What really is marror? What does Ait mean to eat reclining? Why does a medieval Haggadah portray the Jews with birds' heads? If you are looking for some unique aspects of the history of the seder to enliven your own experience this year, attend this presentation.

r. Joshua Kulp made aliyah in 1994 and is of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, where he teaches and halakhah. He is the author of Reconstructing the Talmud, The Schechter Haggadah: DArt, History and Commentary, an English commentary on the , and others. He serves as the scholar-in- residence at Camp Ramah in New England. In addition to his scholarly activities, Dr. Kulp is a triathlete and runner and has completed three full Ironmans. He is originally from Margate, New Jersey, grew up in the Conservative movement and spent summer at Camp Ramah.

3 CONGREGATION OR ZARUA MARCH/APRIL 2020 Kesher Israel Presents Women on the Front Lines with Debbie Zimelman, photographer Tuesday, April 28, 7:00 pm oin us for a meaningful commemoration of Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut (Israeli Memorial and Independence Days) and to celebrate Israeli Independence Day. The evening will feature Israeli fare, as Jwell as a book talk by Israeli photographer and author Debbie Zimelman, who wrote and published Women on the Front Lines. This is the first book documenting the lives of female combat soldiers in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The author's talk will highlight the stories behind superb photographic images. Debbie will also speak about her career as a photographer in Israel and what specifically led her to prepare this book about these pioneering women.

Commit to Kindness: The Exodus Narrative in Volunteer with Or Zarua Christian and Jewish “The reward for charity depends entirely upon Traditions the extent of the kindness in it.”—Talmud Bavli Dorot Package Delivery March 4 or Wednesday, April 1. Looking for a one-time opportunity to visit 3) Drop off non-perishable, healthy food Interfaith Dialogue:Joint Program with an older adult? DOROT’s Passover items in the Or Zarua Social Hall. package delivery programs bring hundreds Contact Lesley Palmer at St. Ignatius Loyola of clients and volunteers together to [email protected] to sign up or ask share warmth and companionship. Join questions. Monday evening, March 16 them Sunday morning March 29th at your Doors open at 6:30 pm for socializing preferred location. Join Thursday Night Pasta and Salad at Program at 7:00 pm Individual volunteers can sign up NCS on their own or with a friend or partner. OZ Congregants serve hot food and good Rabbi Bolton will be in dialogue with DOROT welcomes adult, college and family cheer at the Neighborhood Coalition for clergy from St. Ignatius Loyola. This is our volunteers. To sign up and for locations, Shelter’s East 81st Street Residence from first joint program with members of the please go to: 6:00 to 6:45 pm on the the third and fourth St. Ignatius Loyola community - the Adult Registration: Thursdays of each month or as noted on the location at which we hold our High tinyurl.com/OZDorotIndMar20 OZ calendar. Contact Jeffrey Haberman at Holiday services. Family Registration: [email protected], for information. tinyurl.com/OZDorotFamMar20 All are invited. Help OZ Congregants in Need Donate non-perishables to help the hungry Volunteer to visit and bring cheer to ill Did you know 1 in 5 New Yorkers is food or homebound OZ Congregants. Contact insecure? There are three ways you can Deborah Wenger: [email protected] Help Keep Our help: or 212-452-2310, ext 12. 1) Start your day off right and volunteer Daily Minyan Strong to help serve a hot breakfast at the NY Help South Bronx Residents Common Pantry, 8 East 109th Street on Pre-owned adult and children’s clothing, Please donate Tuesday, March 24 or Tuesday, toys, dolls, games, and related items can ONE HOUR April 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 am. Volunteers be put to good use by the many transitional ONE MORNING plate meals in the kitchen for 150 to 200 homeless residents and families in the per month food insecure individuals. South Bronx. OZ partners with South Bronx 2) If the breakfast shift is too early for Salvation and Deliverance Church, whose to our Shaharit minyan. you, help with the packing and distribution members include housekeepers caring of nutritious, fresh food pantry packages for for their own local needy. Contact Richard Contact Sheldon Adler: families from 9 am to noon on Wednesday, Stadin at 212-744-6697 or [email protected] [email protected] to arrange for donations. 4 WWW.ORZARUA.ORG MARCH/APRIL 2020 Or Zarua Book Yom HaShoah Memorial Service Discussions Monday, April 20, 7:00 pm Fly Already by Etgar Keret Sunday, March 15, 7:30 pm We will be commemorating Yom HaShoah Led by Karen Kaplan with our annual Holocaust Memorial Service on Monday evening, April 20, 7:00 pm. dazzling short story This short, moving service involves the participation of collection in which the adults and teens from our community. Israeli writer's whimsy A If you wish to take part in this service, please email often conceals gut-wrenching wisdom while heartache Ilana Burgess at [email protected]. comes laced with hilarity. -Guardian Our next title is: How to Fight Anti-Semitism by Bari Weiss, on Sunday, May 3 and will be led by Artie Seltzer

Everyone is welcome to attend OZ Book Discussions; please join us. ChaburahTorah Study at Or Zarua After Kiddush on Select Shabbatot May 16 Behar-Behukotai with Joanne Feierman

May 30: Shabbat Shavuot II with Marc Ashley: A Chaburah in memory of Sharon R. Seiler, z"l OZ Perspectives: The History of the Talmud with Professor C. Kraemer, JTS Four Tuesdays, 6:30 pm March 24, 31, April 21, and May 5 ur next class, The Ohistory of the Talmud, will be presented by Dr. David C. Kraemer, Joseph J. and Dora Abbell Librarian and Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics. The course meets on four Tuesdays: March 24, 31, April 21, and May 5; tuition is $250 for OZ members and $275 for nonmembers. Register through ShulCloud (tinyurl.com/OZPerSpring2020) or by email ([email protected]). Registration must be finalized before the second meeting date of class. 5 CONGREGATION OR ZARUA MARCH/APRIL 2020

Tastes & Traditions with Rabbi Bolton Wednesdays, March 11 and April 22, 6:15 pm

Middle Schoolers are invited to join Rabbi Bolton for his monthly “Tastes and Traditions” class on select Wednesday evenings from 6:15-7:15 pm.

Together, students will explore Jewish cultures and traditions from around the world as they enjoy cuisine from that country. Special thanks to David Moche who shared his family’s experience in Japan Students can enroll for the remainder of the year or drop in when available! Celebrate Purim with Or L’Atid Sing Song Purim Sunday, March 8, 10:00 am

Sing, dance and play the Purim way! Join Hannah, our Shalom Sing-A-Long and Torah Tots leader for a morning of fun-filled Purim songs, stories and more! Geared towards Early Childhood. Kaskeset is coming! Older children welcome. Binghamton University's Jewish A Cappella Group Mini-Megillah Sermon in Song and Concert Monday, March 9, 5:00 pm Saturday, March 14 Join Kaskeset for Shabbat services. Hear Kaskeset's Sermon in Song during services. Little ones, join Rabbi Bolton and Sigal in Then, after a filling and kid-friendly kiddush, head back up to the sanctuary for the sanctuary for Mini-Megillah. Kaskeset's concert. Hear the story of Esther, shake your groggers, and enjoy lots of Please note that Shabbat & Me for the youngest children will begin at 10:30 am, Purim silliness! but other Family Shabbat programs will not meet. Instead, families are encouraged Geared towards Early Childhood. to attend the main service. The Torah service begins at about 10:00 am, which is a good Older children welcome. time to aim to arrive. Participate in Rabbi Bolton's interactive Torah discussion about parashat Ki Tisa, exploring the sin of the Golden Calf. After the Torah Service, Kaskeset Majestic Megillah will perform their Sermon in Song, followed by Musaf. Monday, March 9, 6:30 pm Family Shabbat Celebrate Purim with kids and families before our community and Lunch Megillah reading and spiel! Saturday, April 4 Hear the story of Queen Esther, spin the groggers and ready to “BOO” Join us for a Youth and Family Shabbat when you hear the name… HAMAN! Program at 10:30 am. After services, all families are invited to a Family Lunch! Families are encouraged to stay after the After lunch, parents are invited to join the kids’ program for Megillah reading and Haggadah Song Workshop (see page 16) the OZ Purim Spiel; dinner will not be while kids stay with Sigal for a served so please feed your child before Photos: Our Four Questions Workshop you arrive. Please note: Hebrew School second grade will not meet on March 9. Families are students continue Shabbat & Me Saturday instead encouraged to join us for the to make great Pre-School and younger kids’ program and progress in their Hebrew studies. the community celebration! They are reading Family Learning Experience beautifully, for Elementary School and parents learning the RSVP for all Purim Events to Sigal: Hebrew words Mah Zeh Shabbat?! [email protected] for various colors, fruits and for Middle and High School or 212-452-2310, ext 15. vegetables, and using them in simple sentences! 6 WWW.ORZARUA.ORG MARCH/APRIL 2020

B’nei Mitzvah Cohort Hebrew School Pesah Lunch ‘n Learn Celebration Saturday, March 21 Monday, April 6 following services 5:00 pm Sixth graders and their families are Parents, grandparents and siblings invited to our next meeting of the are invited to join our B’nei Mitzvah Cohort. Elementary School students Families are encouraged to join us for for our Hebrew School Pesah celebration. Shabbat morning services, We’ll learn about Pesah together so that which begin at 9:00 am. The Torah everyone will be able to participate in and service begins at about 10:00 am, which enrich their own family seders. is a good time to aim to be there. We’ll join the whole community for kiddush, and then head to the library Photos; Kids and parents had a great time for a light lunch and learning together, celebrating the Birthday of the Trees at including our “Torah Service Workshop.” our Or L’Atid Tu B’Shevat Celebration. After Parents, B’nei Mitzvah students exploring different reasons for celebrating (past and future) and siblings are invited! the holiday, we became trees ourselves, tasted the Shivat Haminim and planted our Please RSVP to Sigal. own plants to grow at home.

7 127 East 82nd Street New York, NY 10028•212-452-2310 March 2020•Adar/Nissan 5780 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 •5 Adar 2 •6 Adar 3 •7 Adar 4 •8 Adar 5 •9 Adar 6 •10 Adar 7 •11 Adar 8:30a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit Shabbat Zakhor Following Shaharit: Zayin 10:15a Shalom Sing-A- 9:00a NY Common Pantry 8:40a Class 10:00a Yoga, Goga, 9:00a Shaharit Adar Brunch with Rabbi Long 4:00p Hebrew School 6:00p Bir'nana Dress Shabbat! Tetzaveh Meyer Laniado 4:00p Hebrew School 7:30p Talmud Class Rehearsal 5:35p Candlelighting 11:00a Torah Kids 6:30p Bir’nana and Purim 6:00p B'nei Mitzvah Minhah/Kabbalat 11:00a Torah Tots Spiel Rehearsals Scholars Shabbat 6:31p Shabbat Ends

8 •12 Adar 9 •13 Adar 10 •14 Adar 11 •15 Adar 12 •16 Adar 13 •17 Adar 14 •18 Adar Daylight Saving Time Ta'anit Esther/Erev Purim Purim Shushan Purim 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit Shabbat Parah 8:45a Shaharit 6:05a Fast Begins 7:00a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 8:40a Siddur Class 10:00a Yoga, Goga, 9:00a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 10:00a Sing Song Purim 4:00p Hebrew School Shabbat! Ki Tissa 10:15a Shalom Sing-A- 6:00p Minhah/Kabbalat No Bir’nana Rehearsal 6:15p Tastes & Traditions Sermon in Song Long Shabbat with Kaskeset, 5:00p Mini-Megillah with Rabbi Bolton SUNY Binghamton’s 10:30a Shabbat & Me! 6:30p Majestic Megillah 7:30p Talmud Class Jewish a cappella group 1:00p Concert with 7:28p Fast Ends Kaskeset 7:40p Ma’ariv/Megillat 6:43p Candlelighting Esther, Purim Spiel 7:00p Mini-Concert 7:39p Shabbat Ends 15 •21 Adar 16•20 Adar 17•21 Adar 18•22 Adar 19•23 Adar 20•24 Adar 21•25 Adar 8:45a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit Shabbat HaHodesh 7:30p Book Discussion: 10:15a Shalom Sing-A- 4:00p Hebrew School 8:40a Siddur Class 10:00a Yoga, Goga, 9:00a Shaharit Long Shabbat! Vayakhel-Pekude Fly Already by Etgar Keret 4:00p Hebrew School 7:30p Talmud Class 6:00p NCS Hesed Program 7:30p Bir’nana Rehearsal 6:00p Minhah/Kabbalat 11:00a Torah Kids 6:00p B'nei Mitzvah Shabbat Scholars 11:00a Torah Tots 6:30 p Exodus Narrative 6:50p Candlelighting 12:30p B'nei Mitzvah in Christian and Jewish 6:00p OZYP Backyard BBQ: Cohort Lunch and Learn Happy Hour (6:00p), Traditions with Rabbi 7:46p Shabbat Ends Bolton: at St. Ignatius Loyola Services (645p), Dinner (7:30p) RSVP 22•26 Adar 23•27 Adar 24•28 Adar 25•29 Adar 26•1 Nissan 27•2 Nissan 28•3 Nissan 8:45a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:00a NY Common Pantry 7:15a Shaharit Rosh Hodesh 7:15a Shaharit 9:00a Shaharit/Vayikra 7:30p Bir’nana Rehearsal 10:15a Shalom Sing-A- 7:15a Shaharit 4:00p Hebrew School 7:00a Shaharit 10:00a Yoga, Goga, 11:00a Torah Kids & Tots Long Shabbat! 1:00 Kabbalah as a 6:30p OZ Perspectives 7:30p Talmud Class 8:40a Siddur Class 6:00p Minhah/Kabbalat Response to Christian 4:00p Hebrew School 6:00p NCS Hesed Program Shabbat Anti-Judaism; Dr. Lachter 6:00p B'nei Mitzvah 6:58p Candlelighting 5:30p Minhah/Seudah Scholars 7:00p Dinner (RSVP) Shlishit Panel Discussion 8:15p Fighting for Judaism Models of Resilience?/ in World War I America Ma'ariv with Dr. Cooperman 7:54p Shabbat Ends 29•4 Nissan 30•5 Nissan 31•6 Nissan 8:45a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 10:00a Dorot Package 10:15a Shalom Sing-A- 6:30p OZ Perspectives Delivery Long 7:30p Bir’nana Rehearsal 4:00p Hebrew School 6:00p B'nei Mitzvah Scholars 7:00p Class with Mark Somerstein

Be sure to check the Or Zarua Website (www.orzarua.org) and the weekly eblasts for updates to the calendar. Congregation Or Zarua Office Hours: Monday through Thursday 9:00 am-5:00 pm; Friday 9:00 am–1:00 pm. The office is closed Saturday and Sunday, as well as on Jewish and federal holidays. 127 East 82nd Street New York, NY 10028•212-452-2310 April 2020•Nissan/Iyar 5780 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1•7 Nissan 2•8 Nissan 3•9 Nissan 4•10 Nissan 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit Shabbat HaGadol 9:00a NY Common Pantry 8:40a Siddur Class 10:00a Yoga, Goga, 9:00a Shaharit/Tzav Shabbat! 10:30a Family Learning 4:00p Hebrew School 6:15p Minhah/Kabbalat Experience 7:30p Pre-Pesah Lecture: Shabbat 10:30a Shabbat & Me The History of the 7:05p Candlelighting 10:30a Mah Zeh Shabbat?! Haggadah in Text and Art 12:00p Family Lunch with Joshua Kulp 1:00p Haggadah Song No Talmud Class 1:00p Four Questions (kids) 8:02p Shabbat Ends 5•11 Nissan 6•12 Nissan 7•13 Nissan 8•14 Nissan 9•15 Nissan 10•16 Nissan 11•17 Nissan 8:45a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit 7:15a Shaharit Erev Pesah/Ta’anit Behorot First Day of Pesah Second Day of Pesah Hol Hamoed No Bir’nana Rehearsal 10:15a Shalom Sing-A-Long Bedikat Hametz (Fast First Born)/ 9:00a Shaharit 9;00a Shaharit Third Day of Pesah 7:15a Shaharit 4:00p Hebrew School No OZ Perspectives Light Candles After 8:06pm 6:15p Minhah/Ma'ariv 8:45a Shaharit 10:23a Finish eating Hametz Second Seder Song of Songs 5:00p Hebrew School 11:40a Sell & Burn Hametz 7:12p Candlelighting Pesah Celebration 7:10p Candlelighting 8:00p OZ Congregational Office Closed 6:00p Minhah/Seudah 6:00p B'nei Mitzvah First Seder Seder: Talmudic Seder led Shlishit & with Scholars No Hebrew School by Rabbi Bolton, (RSVP) Rabbi Bolton/Ma'ariv No Talmud Class No Siddur Class 8:10p Shabbat Ends Office Closes 1 pm Office Closed No Shabbat Youth Programs

12•18 Nissan 13•19 Nissan 14•20 Nissan 15•21 Nissan 16•22 Nissan 17•23 Nissan 18•24 Nissan Hol Hamoed Hol Hamoed Hol Hamoed Seventh Day of Pesah Last Day of Pesah 7:15a Shaharit 9:00a Shaharit Fourth Day of Pesah Fifth Day of Pesah Sixth Day of Pesah 9:00a Shaharit 9:00a Shaharit 6:15p Minhah/Kabbalat Shemini 8:45a Shaharit 7:00a Shaharit 7:00a Shaharit 7:30p Minhah/Ma'ariv Yizkor Shabbat 11:00a Torah Kids No Bir’nana Rehearsal No Shalom Sing-A-Long 7:17p Candlelighting Light Candles After 8:13p 8:14p Festival Ends 7:20p Candlelighting 11:00a Torah Tots No Hebrew School No OZ Perspectives No Hebrew School No Siddur Class 8:18p Shabbat Ends Office Closes 1 pm No Talmud Class Office Closed Office Closed

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Siyum Wednesday, April 8 Encapsulated: Packaging and Ta’anit Behorot Blessings for Medication Immediately Seudah Shlishit Shiur Following Shaharit In Memory of Stewart Bolton z”l (morning service) Saturday, April 11, 6:00 pm Led by Rabbi Bolton Rabbi Bolton will lead a siyum on Tuesday morning, April 8 after the completion of the Shaharit Should I say a blessing over my pills? Vitamins? Is there a issue with gelcaps? service (which begins at 7:15 am). Rabbi Bolton will explore Jewish sources related to the packaging, kashrut and materials of medication during this learning dedicated to the memory of his father, Everyone who attends the siyum Stewart L. Bolton, z''l, former pharmaceutical and food packaging specialist. will join in a festive meal. All are invited to attend the siyum. Note the full schedule of Shabbat services for April 11 in the column on page 11.

Ta’anit Behorot Pre-Pesah Zimriyah: Haggadah Song Workshop Saturday, April 4, After Kiddush (1:00 pm) in the OZ Library (see page 16) Fast of the Firstborn Pesah Meal Match Wednesday, April 8 First Seder, Wednesday night, April 8 What is the Fast of the Firstborn? esah is the time to invite guests or if you would like to join other Or Zarua Ta’anit behorot, the Fast of the Firstborn, into our homes to read the Congregants in their home, please contact is a custom observed on the day before Haggadah during a Seder. If you the OZ office at 212-452-2310 and speak Pesah to commemorate our gratitude for would like to host a guest or guests with Helene Santo (ext 14) or Deborah surviving the pre-Exodus tenth plague, in your home for the first Seder, Wenger (ext 12) by Wednesday, April 1. which smote all firstborn Egyptians but spared all firstborn Hebrews. It is a P dawn-to-dusk fast, which this year falls on The Mystique of the Haggadah Friday, April 19. Or Zarua Community Second Seder Who is considered a firstborn? For this fast, a firstborn is a male child Thursday night, April 9, 8:00 pm who is the first child born either to his mother or to his father. Having an Led by Rabbi Bolton older brother or sister, by either parent, precludes his firstborn status—he is not the first child. Congregation Or Zarua invites you, your family, and friends to the OZ Community Second Seder, led by Rabbi Bolton, Why only the male firstborn? In the ancient world, male firstborns were Thursday, April 9, 8:00 pm. Our theme will be subject to Temple service. It was this hierarchy that was the target of the The Mystique of the Haggadah. tenth plague. Please make reservations by Wednesday, April 1 through ShulCloud (tinyurl.com/OZseder2020 ) or at 212-452-2310, ext. 39, How can a firstborn avoid fasting? or email Deborah Wenger at [email protected] The mitzvah of attending a siyum—a completion of the reading of a tractate OZ Members and Guests: $75 per adult; $50 per child aged 8 and under. of Talmud—overrides the mitzvah of Nonmembers: $125 per adult; $50 per child aged 8 and under. observing this fast. Firstborns can opt If finances are keeping you from joining the second Seder at Or Zarua, to attend a siyum, which is followed by write to Rabbi Bolton at [email protected] a festive meal. The meal is part of the deal, so the fast is legitimately broken. Watch for more details and reservation information. facilitate this choice for firstborns by scheduling a siyum for the Pre-Pesah Lecture: Rabbits and Lettuce: morning before Pesah. The History of the Haggadah in Text and Art Guidelines for Passover and with Joshua Kulp, PhD, Conservative Yeshiva, Jerusalem Omer Basics are now online at: Wednesday, April 1, 7:30 pm https://tinyurl.com/OZPesah2020 See Page 3 10 WWW.ORZARUA.ORG MARCH/APRIL 2020 Sell Your Hametz PESAH SCHEDULE Rabbi Bolton will arrange the transaction 5780/2020 efore Passover, we are required synagogue office no later than noon on Tuesday, April 7 to “sell” any hametz in our Tuesday, April 7, or email a scan of the Bedikat Hametz possession to a non-Jew. The signed form to [email protected]. Please transaction is arranged by the be sure to sign the form. It is customary to Wednesday, April 8 rabbi, to ensure compliance enclose a contribution to Or Zarua’s Ma’ot Ta’anit Bechorot (Fast of the Firstborn) with the requirements of halakhah. The Hittim Fund with your authorization. B Shaharit, Siyum 7:15 am completed form, below, must arrive at the Finish Eating Hametz before 10:23 am Sell and Burn Hametz before 11:40 am Authorization for the Sale of Hametz Erev Pesah/First Seder Candlelighting 7:10 pm In accordance with Jewish law, I/we authorize Rabbi Bolton to sell all hametz in my/our possession at the locations listed below. Enclosed is my/our contribution Thursday, April 9 to Or Zarua’s Ma’ot Hittim Fund. Note that this authorization must be signed; First Day of Pesah this authorization is NOT valid without your signature. Shaharit 9:00 am Erev Second Day of Pesah/Second Seder Name(s) ______Light Candles after 8:06 pm OZ Congregational Seder 8:00 pm Street Address ______Apt # ____ Friday, April 10 Second Day of Pesah City/State/Zip ______Shaharit 9:00 am Minhah/Ma’ariv 6:15 pm Other Locations (vacation home, office, etc): Candlelighting 7:12 pm

Address ______Saturday, April 11 Shabbat & Third Day of Pesah Address ______Shaharit 8:45 am Song of Songs Address ______Minhah, Seudah Shlishit Shiur with Rabbi Bolton, Ma’ariv 6:00 pm Shabbat Ends 8:10 pm Signature ______Please note that this authorization must be signed. Sunday, April 12 Fourth Day of Pesah, Hol Hamoed This completed form must arrive at the OZ office no later than, Tuesday, April 7: Shaharit 8:45 am -By scan and email to: [email protected] Monday, April 13 -By fax: 212-452-2103 Fifth Day of Pesah, Hol Hamoed Shaharit 7:00 am -By US Postal Service mail so that it arrives by Tuesday, April 7 to: Rabbi Scott N. Bolton, Congregation Or Zarua Tuesday, April 14 127 East 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028 Sixth Day of Pesah, Hol Hamoed Shaharit 7:00 am Candlelighting 7:17 pm

Ma’ot Hittim Fund Wednesday, April 15 Assist needy Jews to prepare for Passover Seventh Day of Pesah he Haggadah tells us that every Jew money), to two communal organizations Shaharit 9:00 am must experience the Exodus from — the Joint Passover Appeal in New York Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 pm Egypt, and the Mishnah tells us and the New York Board of Rabbis — for Candlelighting after 8:13 pm that a Jew should drink four cups of distribution to needy Jews. wine at the Seder, even if funds for We hope that you will give generously Thursday, April 16 Tthese come from the public dole. to the fund, as many will benefit from your Last Day of Pesah We, therefore, raise such funds each kindness. Please make your check payable Shaharit 9:00 am year to assist less fortunate Jews who to Congregation Or Zarua and write Ma’ot Yizkor cannot afford to prepare for Passover. We Hittim Fund on the memo line. Festival Ends 8:14 pm forward the funds, called ma’ot hittim (wheat 11 CONGREGATION OR ZARUA MARCH/APRIL 2020 US Election for the A Minyan Poem Please help to make 38th World Zionist Congress Our minyan strong ote in the 38th World Zionist Congress to Forty minutes make sure your point of view is represented Is not that long in Israel. Every five years American Jews Once a month V Or once a week vote to send delegates to teh World Zionist Congress in Israel. The Conservative Movement Will keep our minyan is represented Mercaz, which is slate 6 (of 15 At its peak slates). Mercaz stands for Progress, Pluralism, Those saying kaddish and Religious Freedom—values that are critical Will be so glad to creating a strong and vibrant Israel. During a time To vote go to: www.mercaz2020.org. Voting, When mostly they’re sad which began in January 21, closes on March 11. After we daven There’s breakfast to eat With lots of babka As a breakfast treat So please give Shelly Adler a shout And let him know That you’ll help us out

Going From Plain to Fancy Help Keep Our How a Simple Social Hall Daily Minyan Strong Blossomed into an Art Gallery t began its functional life as a simple, was transformed. How this transformation Please donate large utilitarian meeting room—the took place will soon be commemorated in ONE HOUR Social Hall—a place for Kiddush after a new volume being prepared by the OZ ONE MORNING Shabbat, breakfast after morning Gallery committee under the direction of per month Iminyan, lectures and meetings and similar the Committee’s luminous chair and curator gatherings for non-sanctuary events. While Bobbi Coller and art director, artist and OZ to our Shaharit minyan. the designers did imagine displays of art Congregant Caroline Golden Ilberman. This Contact Sheldon Adler: on the walls (there was, in the early days, a anniversary catalogue will feature highlights [email protected] magnificent photo exhibit of black and white of past exhibits and reminiscences by photos of Jews around the world taken by contributors and Gallery Committee renowned photographer Zion Ozeri) the members. It is meant to be a celebration of Talmud and Social Hall was primarily seen as a simple, the Gallery’s place in our synagogue’s past, unadorned, functional room. present and future. We also hope it will be Siddur Classes Then, in 2004, the seed was planted treasured as a keepsake honoring the OZ with Rabbi Bolton that blossomed into the 2005 exhibition, Gallery itself—as a “precious legacy”—as we Our Precious Legacies, and the Social celebrate Or Zarua’s past and imagine its Talmud Class Hall—later reimagined as the OZ Gallery— future. Wednesdays, 7:30–9:00 pm Who Can Be Judged? Who Can Bear Witness? Hevra Kadisha Zayin Adar Brunch Kings, Judges, and the Sunday, March 1, immediately after services Great Men and Women of Israel. Zayin Adar, the traditional yahrzeit of Moses, is observed annually to Chapter 2 of Masekhet Sanhedrin acknowledge the accomplishments of the Hevra Kadisha. At this year's Siddur Class brunch we will welcome Rabbi Meyer Laniado, Assistant Rabbi of Kehillath Thursdays, 8:40–9:40 am Jeshurun, who leads the Sephardic Minyan at KJ. He will speak on Sephardic When Prayer and Remembering Meet: Customs and Rites for Burial, Mourning and Remembering Our Loved Ones. Yizkor, Funeral Rites, Daily The brunch is sponsored by Gerry and Phyllis Solomon, in memory of their parents. The and Reminders. brunch also recognizes Gerry Solomon and Roberta Hufnagel's work as co-leaders of the Or Zarua Hevra Kadisha. Kindness during times of death and mourning grant comfort and Either class may be joined at any time. strength to Or Zarua community members. Please come help us welcome Rabbi Laniado For additional information contact Rabbi and express gratitude to the Hevra Kadisha. Bolton by calling the office Brunch will begin following morning minyan. The event is free, but reservations are (212-452-2310) or by email required. Register on ShulCloud: tinyurl.com/OZMarch2020ZayinAdar. ([email protected])

12 WWW.ORZARUA.ORG MARCH/APRIL 2020 Or Zarua’s Young Or L’Dorot — Professionals Mature Purim: Megillah & Celebration Second Night Seder Monday, March 9, 7:40 pm Thursday, April 9, 8:00 pm Connections see page 16 see page 10 ------Jewish Rialto and Backyard BBQ Shabbat Israeli Shabbat Dinner Friday, March 20 Friday, April 24 Historic District Happy Hour, 6:00 pm Happy Hour, 6:00 pm Service, 6:45 pm Service, 6:45 pm Walking Tour Dinner, 7:30 pm Dinner, 7:30 pm Dinner RSVP to: Dinner RSVP to: tinyurl.com/OZYPMarch2020 tinyurl.com/OZYPApril2020 Thursday Members: Members: $24 per person (early bird $18)) $24 per person (early bird $18)) April 23 Nonmembers: Nonmembers: $29 per person (early bird $25) $29 per person (early bird $25) 11:00 am Early Bird by March 12 Early Bird by April 15 Or L’Dorot — Mature Connections will be Jewish Harlem Walking Tour, Sunday, April 26, 1:00 pm taking an East Village Walking Tour, led by OZ member Barry Feldman, through OZ’s Young Professionals are a group in their 20s and 30s committed to the Jewish Rialto and Historic District. building a welcoming and vibrant Jewish community within Or Zarua. Stay tuned for sign-up information. For more details, follow their Facebook page: Or Zarua Young Professionals. Contact OZ’s Young Professionals directly via email: Or Zarua’s Tikkun Leyl Shavuot [email protected]. will be Thursday night, May 28.. Scholarly Shabbaton: Navigating Jewishness in Christian Worlds with Jessica Cooperman and Hartley Lachter Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28 Continued from page 1 is often imagined as Judaism's best kept During inform secret, known only to a small elite. But an seudah historical examination of kabbalistic sources reveals sh’lishit on endeavors, that Kabbalah was a very public form of Shabbat including with Jewish knowledge. In fact, kabbalistic afternoon, respect to the texts, including the famous Sefer ha-, following blossoming of addressed all of the pressing social and minha that Jewish Studies political issues facing Jews in their daily will start at departments lives. In particular, Kabbalah provided 5:30 pm, both on North medieval Jews with a way of understanding scholars will American national trauma and historical misfortune participate college as, secretly, steps on the path to Jewish in a panel campuses. redemption. Most importantly for Jews in discussion Please join Western Europe, Kabbalah responded to moderated by us for what negative Christian depictions of Jews and Rabbi Bolton will be an Jewish disempowerment. The creativity on Jewish enjoyable and of medieval kabbalists in this regard has Responses— informative become a vital part of the legacy of how Jews Models of Resilience?, highlighting Shabbaton, with a dynamic scholarly have created their own historical narrative. intersections in their scholarly work regarding duo, as we explore how Jews have deftly Dr. Lachter’s lectures will examine the depth the role of Jews as a minority people within navigated their complex surroundings and and sophistication of Jewish responses to an majority cultures. We will ask whether circumstances through time. often harsh external reality. concepts such as survival or continuity -Marc Ashley 13 CONGREGATION OR ZARUA MARCH/APRIL 2020 The Or Zarua Community Fund contributions received between December 1, 2019 and January 31, 2020

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Or Zarua’s Visit OZ on the Web! Memorial Wall Go to orzarua.org Helping Or Zarua For information about plaques for our r Zarua is a vibrant community, Memorial Wall, please contact Celebrate a Birthday or and all communities need their Helene Santo at [email protected] or members. Here are some quick 212-452-2310, ext 14. Anniversary at OZ: O and easy ways to help: We will place another order when we have Choose to pay via ACH when using sufficient interest. Sponsor Kiddush paying online. This is a direct debit from Order forms are available online at or Minyan Breakfast your checking account. It saves OZ the http://tinyurl.com/OZMemorialPlaque The custom of sponsoring a kiddush or higher credit card transaction fees. or from the OZ office by calling a minyan breakfast can be a meaningful Still want to pay via credit card? Deborah Wenger at way to remember your loved ones or Choose to include the transaction 212-452-2310, ext 12. celebrate a birthday or anniversary with fee in your payment! It covers that fellow Congregants while enhancing the transaction fee so the entire payment community’s Shabbat or morning minyan comes to OZ. experience. Contact Deborah Wenger Start your shopping at Amazon (212-452-2310, ext 12) for details. Smile! Go to smile.amazon.com when you shop on Amazon and choose Or Help Keep Our Zarua as your beneficiary. Then shop as Daily Minyan Strong usual. OZ earns a percentage of every eligible purchase. ONE HOUR Sponsor a lecture! Our T’shuvah ONE MORNING and Lucy Dawidowicz Lectures are The Or Zarua Social Hall important features of OZ programming. ONCE A MONTH is available to rent You can sponsor a portion, one, or both! Sponsorship defrays the costs of these Contact Helene Santo, Contact Sheldon Adler at: 212-452-2310, ext 14, for information. wonderful events. Please contact Rabbi [email protected] Bolton or Helene Santo for information. Stuff envelopes! We send out mailings. You can come in and stuff Get Social envelopes or fold newsletters. It gets mailings out in a quick and efficient Follow us on social media to learn, participate, and connect. And get the times to pray. manner and requires only a few minutes Find us on Facebook as Congregation Or Zarua, of dedication. Contact Helene Santo for on Instagram as @or_zarua and on Twitter as @Or_Zarua. more information.

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Pre-Pesah Zimriyah Haggadah Song Workshop Saturday, April 4 After Kiddush (1:00 pm) in the OZ Library

Join fellow Congregants for a pre-Pesah zimriyah (community singing). Rabbi Bolton, Marc Ashley, and our service leaders will lead us in singing Passover tunes. All are welcome to join.

A Complete Listing of Passover Services & Programming at Or Zarua is page 10 and 11.

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Please come join us as we celebrate Purim with humor and song. Our Purim Spiel cast includes Congregants of all ages and Bir’nana. This year’s Purim Parody songs feature music from Porgy & Bess, Carmen Jones, Hairspray, The Greatest Showman and more! Come one, come all.

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