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[Use photos of Galit Baram, Peter Beinert, Rabbi Yoav Ende and insert their names underneath as captions.] ADAS ISRAEL CONGREGATION Chronicle VOL. 74, No. 1 JULY–AUGUST 2011 SIVan–ELUL 5771 Meet Our New Synagogue Leaders Tisha b’Av, Congratulations to our newly elected syna- Herlene Nagler, gogue officers: VP for Administration August 8–9 Johanna Chanin, President Herlene; her husband, Yaacov; For 20 centuries, Tisha b’Av, the Johanna has been a member and her three children are ninth of Av, has been the saddest of Adas Israel since 1990; has third- and fourth-generation day in the Jewish calendar. Yom Kip- been a vice president and a Adas Israel members. A native pur is known as the White Fast, and member of the Membership, Washingtonian, Herlene grad- Tisha b’Av is called the Black Fast. Lifelong Learning, Nominating uated from the University of Maryland, after It commemorates the destruction and Cantor Search commit- which she lived in Israel for several years. Her of both Temples in Jerusalem, the tees; and is immediate past chair of the Person- memories of Adas Israel go back over 50 years death of Bar Kochba, and the last nel Committee. She has been a member of the to Shabbat services with Rabbi Panitz and Can- rebellion against Rome in 135 CE, board of directors since 2005 and also serves tor Barkin; the smell of tuna for kiddush in the in addition to the expulsion of Jews on the Chevra Kadisha Bereavement Com- Gewirz Auditorium after Junior Congregation; from Spain in 1492. mittee. Her two children, Carolyn and Aviva secretly liking Hebrew School; joining her en- When they could, Jews his- Weinstein, are graduates of Gan HaYeled and tire family, friends, and congregation the night torically would come to the area became b’not mitzvah at Adas Israel in 2004 and President Kennedy was assassinated to be near the Kotel (Western Wall) to 2006, respectively. She was born and raised in comforted and surrounded by our community; read Eicha (the Book of Lamenta- Macon, GA, and is a graduate of Boston College witnessing the first bat mitzvah of a classmate; tions) and to weep. Most Jews, of and the George Washington University National taking her personalized file card at the entrance course, could not come to Jeru- Law Center. Johanna is vice president and asso- to the Sanctuary during confirmation year and salem, and during many periods, ciate counsel for the Chubb Group of Insurance turning it in to Rabbi Rabinowitz every Friday the Kotel area could not be ap- Companies and a semi-expert challah baker. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 proached. In modern times, the establish- Join us on Shabbat for our Summer Speakers Series ment of the State of Israel caused some to question whether Tisha July 2: Chukat, Mark Berlin, Federation of August 6: D’varim-Shabbat Hazon, Gilah b’Av was necessary any longer. Jewish Men’s Clubs Langner This debate continues, although July 9: Balak, Amy Schwartz August 13: Va’etchanan-Shabbat Nachamu, those who observe the day recog- July 16: Pinchas, Rabbi Herb Schwartz Norman Shore nize its symbolic power and em- July 23: Matot, Arnold Podgorsky August 20: Ekev, Irwin Lebow phasize that we still lament the August 27: Re’eh, Paul Shapiro destruction of the Temples, which July 30: Masei, Brian Weinstein ruptured our sense of connected- ness to God. Shabbat Services begin on Saturdays at 9:30 am in the Kogod Chapel. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Life Cycle Holidays PAGE 6 PAGE 2 Contributions CELEBRATING OUR 142ND. YEAR Calendar PAGE 14 THE CHRONICLE IS SUPPORTED IN Lifelong Learning PAGE 8 PAGE 4 Tikkun Olam PART BY THE ETHEL AND NAT POPICK Education PAGE 16 ENDOWMENT FUND Sisterhood PAGE 10 PAGE 5 FEBRUARY 2010 • CHRONICLE • 3 NEW SynaGOGUE LEADERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 night after services so he could check her attendance. Holidays Herlene is pleased to continue her service to Adas Israel after having served as treasurer and as an officer, committee chair, and board member of the congregation. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Foundation for Group High Holy Day Notes: Homes and the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School and was a Guest Clergy, New Machzor, charter member of “Tikkun Olam for Women and Girls.” She is an event planner and coordinator for Signature Events and is a por- Sanctuary Balcony Seating, David celain and oil painter and avid gardener. Brooks on Yom Kippur Afternoon Pamela Reeves, VP for Development Planning for the 2011 High Holy Days is Pamela Reeves recently concluded a term as our underway, and packets of information should Religious School Committee Chair and member have arrived in your mailbox by now. If yours of the Board of Directors. She is an international has not, please call Elinor Tattar, 202-362-4433. elections and democracy expert working at The majority of balcony seats in the the State Department as Senior Advisor at the Charles E. Smith Sanctuary will now be open Secretary’s International Fund for Women and seating, first-come, first-served. Call or e-mail Girls. A graduate of Brown University with a Master’s degree in Elinor Tattar ([email protected]) with international relations from Yale University, Pamela is married any questions. to Jeffrey Goldberg and has three Gan graduates and Religious We look forward to welcoming in the new year with a School students: Talia, Elisheva, and William. new High Holy Day prayer book, Machzor Lev Shalem. This Deborah Joseph, VP for Education and Youth beautiful new edition published by Debby and her husband, Mark, who met at the the Rabbinical Assembly includes Havurah and were married by Rabbi Jeffrey new readings, explanations, and Wohlberg, have been members of Adas Israel transliterations. since 1986. Debby has served on various syna- In addition, we will welcome new gogue committees, including chairing the Gan guest clergy to Adas this year due to Steering Committee and, most recently, on the transitions in our cantorial positions. Personnel Committee, where she is chairing the Mildred and Jess Cantor Abraham Lubin, recently Fisher Early Childhood Director Search Committee. Debby and retired cantor of Beth El Congregation her family are regular participants in the various minyanim for in Bethesda, will participate in the Shabbat and holidays. Professionally, Debby received a bache- Hazzan Lubin Charles E. Smith Sanctuary, and former lor’s and PhD in clinical psychology from Rutgers University. She holiday cantor Mark Novak will return is a child and adolescent psychologist who closed her practice to Adas while Michael Kay heads to of many years to become director of clinical operations for a be- his home synagogue for the holidays. havioral health managed care company. Since May 2007, Debby And we welcome back Rabbi Reuven has been deputy director of the Jewish Foundation for Group Hammer from Israel. Homes, bringing together her professional and Jewish commu- On Yom Kippur afternoon, well- nal passions to support individuals with intellectual, develop- known commentator and columnist, mental, and chronic psychiatric disabilities within the Jewish and and Adas member, David Brooks secular communities. will discuss his new book, The Social Debby and Mark are the proud parents of Ethan, Noah, and Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Gaby, graduates of Gan HaYeled, JPDS and Charles E. Smith Jew- David Brooks Character, and Achievement. ¢ ish Day School students, Camp Ramah attendees in New Eng- land, and active participants in services as Torah readers. Ethan is a recent college graduate; Noah is attending college; and Gaby, a CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 TISHA B'AV high school student, is a member of Adas Israel’s USY Board. Our observance of Tisha b’Av at Adas Israel is exceedingly Meredith Weiner-Cymerman, touching, a moving experience in which we gather as the sun VP for Membership sets to quietly chant Eicha in a subdued atmosphere, by candle- Meredith and her husband, Michael, have been light, using the traditional melody. The evening service on Mon- members of Adas Israel for the last 14 years. day, August 8, begins at 8:00 pm (Mincha, Maariv, and Eicha). Over the years, Meredith has been active on The scroll is chanted again as part of the morning service on several committees and in Sisterhood. Their Tuesday, August 9, at 7:15 am (Shacharit and Eicha), and Mincha children are Gan graduates and are enrolled at 6:00 pm. in the Melvin Gelman Religious School. Meredith served as co- Join us in this annual beautiful experience as we connect president of the Gan for two years and is looking forward to be- with tradition and history. ¢ coming active in the Religious School. She grew up in Akron, OH, CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 2 • CHRONICLE • JULY–AUGUST 2011 NEW SynaGOGUE LEADERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 NEW SynaGOGUE LEADERS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 and graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Arnold Podgorsky, Treasurer civil and environmental engineering. She began her professional Arnie grew up on Long Island, attended college life as an environmental engineer, with forays into systems engi- and law school in upstate New York, and came neering at Lockheed Martin and project management at Capital to Washington, DC, in 1975 to work as an attor- One. She has enjoyed her involvement in organizations related ney for the National Labor Relations Board. He is to her children, with a focus on the Washington Ballet, where the father of two daughters and is blessed with daughter, Ariella, studies. two grandchildren and a loving wife, Christy. Dirk Aardsma, Arnie has practiced law for more than 30 years, currently special- VP for Religious Practices and Programs izing in energy in the U.S.