A Broadway Revue Monday, April 18Th 7:30 Pm Har Sinai Temple
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H A R 5 N A T E � P L E e In April 2005 RICHARD KIND & FRIENDS: A Broadway Revue Monday, April 18th 7:30 pm Har Sinai Temple Broadway comes to Har Sinai as Actor/Comedian Richard Kind ("Sly Fox", "Tale of the Allergist's Wife", Friday, AprilS "Mad About You", "Spin City", and 7:00 pm:� GaADE SIwoLu' SaVICE 8:00 pm : SIIABBAT Smma currently "Celebrity Poker" and star of "The Producers" on Broadway) will Saturday, April 9 10 :30 be in the house with his multi-talent BarMitzvah Andrew Katz ed show biz friends. Son of Abbie and Richard Katz Tickets: Friday, April 15 8:00 pm General Admission: $4O.00/person SHABBAT SERVICE Sponsor: $60/person (includes Saturday, April 16 10 :30 am reception following the show. Bar Mitzvah David Matthew Goldberg PLEASE NOTE: Son of Steven and Kathleen Goldberg Friday, April 22 8:00 pm • Due to the legal capacity of the Social Hall, only attendees Shabbat Service holding blue (Patron) tickets and pink (Sponsor) tickets may Saturday, April 23 attend the Reception with the Cast in the Socail Hall following PASSOVERlFirst Seder the performance. Sunday, April 24 • Parking spaces in the Temple Parking lot will be reserved for 10 :30 am :PASSOVER MORNING SERVICE 6:15 pm : CONGREGRATIONAL SEDER blue (Patron) ticket holders ONLY at the rate of ONE SPACE AT lIAR SINAI PER HOUSEHOLD... please carpool when possible. Pink (Sponsor) and yellow (General Admission) ticket holders are Friday, April 29 8:00pm SHABBAT SERVICE asked to park in the hospital parking lot. Saturday, April 30 10 :30 pm • No videos or cameras are to be used at any time during the PASSOVER YIZKOR SERVICE performance in the Sanctuary. It is often said that it takes just one person to change the for having the foresight to die. world. If this is true, we can hope that each of us has it with Ariel Sharon, as all great Israeli leaders, in showing his in ourselves to do something spectacular and unprecedent true yearning for peace, just as Yitzhak Rabin and ed to change a situation for the better. Therefore, the belief Menachem Begin before him, began immediately to facilitate that one person can change the world is often accepted in a peace after the demise of Arafat. These great warriors and very positive light. For example, it takes just one person to patriots wanted peace; they could not endure any more invent a product that changes the lives of many millions. Israeli lives being sacrificed for security. Thomas Edison was one person who changed the world with Just last month, Israel released 500 Palestinian prison many of his inventions. In recent history, Bill Gates has ers as a gesture of hope for the future. Sharon has even changed the world through his vision that every person in committed Israel to dismantling many West Bank settle the world should have a computer. ments. Conversely, we do not think of someone changing the Machmud Abaas, the Palestinian leader, who was elect world by not doing anything. How can someone in their mere ed overwhelmingly in the first true election for the Palestinian inactivity change the world; or to go even further, can some people, has already made tremendous strides towards real one, by ceasing to exist, change things for the better? Yet, izing peace even though he has to quell the fanatics within we do have examples of this irony: when the Russian presi his own camp. dent Andropov died, he was replaced by Gorbachev who Even the most cynical across our planet has hope that then was able to transform the Soviet Union into a better there can be, within a number of years, peace in the Middle society. Gorbachev paved the way for democracy in Russia; East. It is striking that none of this could have been accom as a byproduct, the Berlin wall fell down. The cold war plished without the fortuitous death of Arafat. It is also strik ended. Hence, Andropov's death did more to make this ing to note that the Palestinian people as a whole have world a safer place than his life. His nonexistence did more embraced their new leader willingly because they can see a than his existence in helping to make Russia a more better life for themselves by cooperating with Israel rather humane and open society. Throughout history, many exam- than engaging in a continuous struggle with Israel for goals -. pies abound of this peculiar positive transformation of histo that can never be achieved. ry through someone's death. So, it is incredible that one man's existence can be such Recently, an example of this was the very timely death of Vasser Arafat. His life was dedicated to instigating havoc an obstacle for the betterment of so many millions ... and that in the Mideast. He caused the Palestinian people much one man's death can achieve more than his life. hardship and unnecessary suffering. His life was a testimo Judaism has always understood this paradox of history. ny to his corrupt narcissistic megalomania that caused the We see throughout the Bible and throughout Jewish litera deaths of thousands of Israelis and Palestinians. He was the ture this emphasis upon one human being's ability to change ultimate roadblock to the peace process. Now, in the wake the world for the better by their death rather then their life. of his death, we see that he has done more for peace in Many of the horrendous and horrible dictators in the Bible, death than he did in his life. Vasser Arafat's greatest legacy, from Pharaoh to Haman, produced in life nothing but tyran which he bequeathed to his people, was his body in a coffin. ny while their deaths gave way to a better society. In this, we It is incredible that since his death, peace has moved bask in the hope of a more stable Mideast without the over more rapidly than any time in the history of Israel. It is ironic whelming negativity and insidious machinations of Vasser that Vasser Arafat now deserves the Nobel Prize for peace Arafat. HSTY (Har Sinai Temple Youth) NEWS Graham Tebb, Advisor During March, HSTY was scheduled to participate in a social action event at the Katzenbach center. Unfortunately, Homefront was not ready for us, so the event has been postponed. Instead, some of the members joined in the BCTY board meeting/shmooze and are working together to plan a NY trip. Meanwhile, our own plans are proceeding. Many of the HSTY kids took part in the Purim Shpiel, with some of the older kids working at the Purim Carnival afterwards. But it isn't all work, and the Soda Pong is scheduled to take place April 17th. The T-shirt contest will also take place on this date. How many different ways can you say "HSTY?" Still in the planning stages is the Paintball event for early May. April 2005 • PAGE 2 Har Sinai is a very busy place as usual. Make sure you unteers to help with the sale as well as merchandise. This is take advantage of what we have to offer, you will always be a great Social Action activity for families, as your kids watch glad you did. your merchandise donations turn into cash for our Social The Purim Shpiel was performed on Sunday, March 20 Action events. We'll begin collecting merchandise at Har and was a great success. We really have some fine actors Sinai in May. and actresses in our midst. (I've always said we have a con Just a reminder if you don't already have your tickets to gregation filled with many talented people in many different "Richard Kind and Friends, a Broadway Revue" on Monday, fields. Acting is just one more example.) Our Purim Players April 18, you'd better hurry up! The Patron seats will proba performed "Schmaltz" (inspired by Grease) to the delight of bly be sold out by the time you receive this bulletin, but we all in the audience. Our Purim carnival followed the perform should still have Sponsor seats which entitle you to the ance and was a lot of fun as well. If you weren't there, you reception with the cast after the show. Many tickets are seil missed a good time. ing to non Har Sinai members so call today or you may be On February our rescheduled "Superbowl" communi 27, closed out of our own event. This opportunity will not be ty dinner for local needy families took place and was also repeated and when we're sold out, that's it. We can't over very well received. Har Sinai put together such a great menu book like the airlines. that not a scrap of food was left over, and we started with a On our new site, the feasibility study came back positive lot of food. Thanks to all the volunteers who brought food, and we are proceeding with the process to obtain permits helped us cook, carved the briskets, carried over the food, from the township. We've collected over a million dollars so and helped to serve and clean up. The thanks from the fam far but we will need much more for settlement, then renova ilies we fed were a real boost to the Har Sinai families who tions and expansion. If you haven't increased your pledge, worked at this fulfilling event. If you weren't there, you or if you were waiting for more positive news before making missed a great Social Action opportunity, but don't worry, we your pledge, now is the time to step up to the plate.