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The Synagogue | August 2020 volume104 MESSENGERCALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE RABBI THE SYNAGOGUE | CONGREGATION B’NAI EMUNAH | AUGUST 2020 | PUBLISHED MONTHLY THE RESILIENCE PROJECT—SEE PAGE 8 FOR DETAILS MILESTONES MASTHEAD BIRTHS Daniel S. Kaiman and Marc B. Fitzerman * ............. Rabbis Nino Gabriel Gomez, born to Nina Rebecca Fitzer- Dr. Elana Newman ............................................... President man-Blue and Daniel Sterba. Maternal grandparents are Dr. John Schumann.....................Executive Vice President Rabbi Marc Boone Fitzerman and Alice Blue. Paternal Ross Heyman .................................................Vice President grandparents are Wayne Sterba and the late Mary P. Sterba. Mark Goldman ...............................................Vice President Sally Donaldson ......................................................Treasurer Mildred Faye, born to Rachel Gold and Rabbi Daniel Nancy Cohen ......................................................... Secretary Kaiman. Maternal grandparents are Brian and Susan Gold. Jeremy Rabinowitz ........ Synagogue Foundation President Paternal grandparents are Rabbi David Kaiman and Rebeca Hillary Roubein ................................... Sisterhood President Shalom. Paternal great-grandmother is Dora Shalom. Sara Levitt .................Director of Jewish Life and Learning Betty Lehman and Rick Gratch .................. Administrators ENGAGEMENTS Shelli Wright .......................................... Preschool Director Simon Lowen.............................................Program Director Mindy and Harris Prescott are very pleased to announce Brigid Kelley & Cheryl Myers .....Co-Staff, Rabbis Offices the engagement of their son Ari, to Jai Retter, daughter Gwenn RedCorn ........................................ Co-Receptionist of Brian Retter of Weston, Connecticut and Suzy Galat of Nicki Johnson ............................................ Co-Receptionist Washington, D.C. *Affiliated with the Rabbinical Assembly of the IN MEMORIAM Conservative Movement Barry Fidel Lifelong friend of Michael Cyter BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE COVER Dr. Melissa Weiss Wife of Dr. Mark Weiss Elderly Jews in Miami Beach are finally getting Mother of Chloe Galkin and Dr. Sashi Weiss their due in important monographs and photographic collections. This nostalgic image Karen and Barry Davis by Gay Block is from an exhibition mounted Parents of Megan, Missy and Paige Davis by the HistoryMiami (one word) Museum. It speaks poignantly about friendship as an Sam Brenner antidote to displacement and mortality. It also Father of Megan Brenner reminds us of the simple pleasures of summer at the beach in a world before and after John “Jack” Anthony Beckman pandemic. EspeciallyHillary Roubein charming are the Step-father of Emily Smith rhyming bows moving in the breeze and the matchingIMMEDIATE home-made PAST nose PRESIDENTS shields. Was there ever anything sweeter or more gemütlich Donald Patrick than two Jewish ladies, arm-in-arm in Miami? Father of Melvin Giles Sally A. Donaldson Craig Silberg Jolene Sanditen THE MESSENGER August 2020 - Published Monthly CONGREGATION B’NAI EMUNAH PANIM EL PANIM 1719 South Owasso Tulsa, Oklahoma 74120 Office: (918) 583-7121 School: (918) 585-KIDS EVERY SHABBAT MORNING at 10 a.m. Fax: (918) 747-9696 Website: www.tulsagogue.com 2 THE AUGUST CALENDAR OF EVENTS information and RSVP to Simon at slowen@bnaiemunah. TWO RABBIS AND... | EVERY FRIDAY com to reserve your spot. Every Friday at 11:00 a.m., Rabbis Fitzerman and Kaiman convene a weekly conversation to reflect on pertinent top- 4 THE RESILIENCE PROJECT ics of the day, interview special guests, and talk about ideas relevant to Synagogue life. Check your weekly emails for Join us this evening for a presentation honoring the wisdom the latest information on their guest and topic schedules. of our most seasoned congregants. Our High School stu- They hope you’ll join them. This month, the sessions will take dents have interviewed our wisest members and will be shar- place on August 7, 14, 21, and 28. Zoom meeting ID: 918- ing the lessons of resilience they learned from those con- 583-7121. versations with us. For more information, see page 9. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. SHABBAT TOGETHER | FRIDAY EVENINGS 9 DIGITAL DELI: THE JEWISH BRISKET As days and weeks go by, our tradition asks that we take time to pause, reflect, and enjoy time together. Shabbat Together While we’d love to open our doors and serve you hot pas- is a short, digital gathering where we take a few moments trami on rye, we think we’ve come up with a pretty good to pause with community as we enter Shabbat. The content alternative. This month, our deli team will welcome you into is songs for the Shabbat table and it always starts at 6:00 the kitchen and demonstrate some of the secrets to our p.m. We conclude in time for you to enjoy a Shabbat meal at form of Jewish cooking. We’re excited to pull the curtain home. The sessions this month are August 7 and 28. Zoom back and help you replicate these great flavors in your own meeting ID: 918-583-7121. home. Next up on our menu? Our signature Jewish brisket at home! Our Zoom Meeting ID is 918-583-7121. The class PANIM EL PANIM | SATURDAY MORNINGS begins at 7:00 p.m. 14 Our tradition speaks of a special power that exists when a BIBI-DIBI group of people gathers together for prayer. Panim el Panim is a live broadcast service led by Rabbis Kaiman and Fitzer- It’s our weekly Shabbat evening gathering designed to en- man. Rooted in our in-person Shabbat morning service, we hance your home-centered experience of Shabbat. We’ll spend time singing, reflecting, studying Torah, and connect- begin at 6:00 p.m. and conclude in time for you to enjoy a ing. Services begin at 10:00 a.m. This month, the dates are Shabbat meal at home. The content is blessings, songs, and August 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29. Zoom meeting ID: 918-583- rituals for the table. Our Bibi-Dibi sessions include a partic- 7121. ular focus for our toddler cohort, but all are welcome. No toddler is necessary! BAKER’S DOZEN | TUESDAY & THURSDAY 16 SHULSCHOOL: THE LAUNCH Our cookie-baking program is in full swing, and we need bakers! We’re collecting cookies, bars, and other single-serv- ShulSchool families are invited to join us in a celebration to ing baked goods every Tuesday and Thursday morning, and launch into our new school year! We’ll come together digi- delivering them right away to frontline workers around the tally as an entire school and spend time in classroom com- city. Any donation of baked goods is deeply appreciated; just munities learning about what the year will bring. Ahead of let us know what works for you, and we’ll work you into the The Launch, teachers and staff will deliver supplies for the schedule as smoothly as we work our pastry dough! All of our school year, a special treat, and spend time with each stu- recipients have been deeply grateful. dent in a safe, physically distant way. Are you interested in joining us for the 2020-2021 school year? Contact Morah 2 Sara at [email protected] or call (918) 583-7121. PRAIRIE JEWS: THE PINK TRAIL (continued on page 4) We’re hitting the trail! Simon Lowen leads a socially distant hike on Turkey Mountain’s least-traveled trail. To ensure safe social distancing, we have an upper limit for participa- tion in this event. Check out the article on page 9 for more 3 AUGUST EVENTS [CONTINUED] FROM RABBI FITZERMAN (continued from page 3) LOOKING FORWARD 18 GEN X PLAYS SCATTERGORIES In this peculiar period of chaos and disruption Rabbi We’ve been craving silliness and spontaneity. Join us for an Kaiman and I are trying to listen carefully. The same is true evening of hilarity and good-natured competition, as we play a for our Board of Directors. And what we are hearing from classic party game. Quick! Name something that could be on many of you is caution and concern. The novel coronavirus is an airplane that starts with the letter R! Zoom Meeting ID is not going away. We are still months away from an effective 918-583-7121. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. vaccine that is widely available and safe for everyone. On the day I wrote these words for the Messenger, Dr. Deborah 19 Birx, Dr. Fauci’s professional saddle pal, announced that HEBREW LANGUAGE LAB BEGINS contagion would continue to increase, and that the center Hebrew learning for 3rd through 6th-grade students begins of the country was next on the list. the week of August 19. Hebrew Language Lab will continue during the fall semester digitally with a new experimental The special issue, of course, is that we are a synagogue, format to meet student’s needs. Each student will work one- and the science on places of worship is very discouraging. on-one with a teacher at a time that they schedule together. It turns out that people singing loudly in close quarters in a Through one-on-one instruction, teachers will be able to teach sanctuary is a bad way to discourage the flow of contagion. directly to each student’s needs, ensuring our students con- We crave the intimacy of our faith communities, and people tinue to develop and hone their Hebrew skills. Our learning, do exactly what ought not to be done. Instead of keeping supplemented by videos, activities, digital meetups, and more, a safe and prudent distance, they find themselves drifting will provide the community and fun of Hebrew Language Lab toward physical contact. Nobody means to put anyone throughout the semester. To register and for questions, please in danger, but the urge to converge is an ever-present be in touch with Morah Sara at [email protected] or temptation. (918) 583-7121. For all these reasons, we feel a developing consensus—our 20 board, our professional family, our Ritual Chair, our advi- BLATT + BLUE sory team, and many of you—to use our digital platforms this year and move forward as best we can.
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