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Vol. 93 • No. 12 August 1, 2018 20 Av 5778 Working to Improve Yom Kippur Yizkor Experience
Remembering a loved one is Defining Moments personal, emotional
I can pinpoint the moment that I knew I believed in and powerful. For God. I was a freshman in High School. My Uncle Mort the first 60 years in was sick and my mother took me to visit him in the our Highland Park hospital. When I walked into his room, I saw my great location, we heard uncle hooked up to tubes and machines and this was the Rabbi read a the first time I had confronted someone in that state. I list of yahrzeit ran out of the room emotional, huddled in the corner names on Yom Kippur Day. Several years ago, in addition and began to use my Jewish education to pray, to the yahrzeit names, clergy elected to accessing the words I knew from Tefillah but also the experiment by reading the names of all prayers in my heart. I cried, certain that I had seen my members who had died in the past Jewish Uncle Mort for the last time. My father, a year. Numerous other synagogues follow gastroenterologist, came into Mort’s hospital room this model. The reading of added names (albeit not his hospital or specialty), looked at his was received very positively in helping Rabbi Jeremy Fine medical charts on a whim and suggested something to both the family impacted and the entire 651-252-6412 the attending physician. A few days later my Uncle Mort Email: synagogue community. The communal [email protected] had snapped out of his near-death condition. I cannot reading provided an added touch of Twitter: fully explain to you the totality of the situation, but I felt personal reflection. @RabbiJeremyFine God so strongly that day, possibly the most I have ever For Yom Kippur 2018, we will create this felt God. I truly believe that my prayer and my father’s important list with two categories: timing kept my Uncle from passing. This was my first 1. Members and 2. Members’ close God moment. relatives who did not have their own
current membership at Temple of Aaron. We are about to embark on another High Holiday season together. This year’s theme is “Moments.” Our goal this year is not only to create memorable moments for you, but to To accurately prepare this new list for recognize that we often remember life in moments; moments of happiness, moments of Yom Kippur 2018, please supply the sadness, and moments of the unexpected. name in your family that has died in the
The Talmud in Taanit teaches: “Rabbi Yitzchak said: Blessing is bestowed only on things past Jewish year of 5778. Please c a l l t h e o f f i c e o r e m a i l hidden from sight [i.e. things that have not been counted, weighed or measured].” Far too [email protected] with often, today, we live in a world that believes moments need to be measured. Significant the important name. There is no fee. moments are the very opposite, they are times of the least expected that have nothing to do with weighed decisions or measured results, rather by emotions, excitement, and blessings.
It is my hope for this community that we begin thinking about those moments of blessing that will increase our happiness and holiness; not mere decisions of calculations or desires, but the moments that will define and engage us.
There are two moments — a cross-section of holy and happy — that I would like to highlight for all ages and backgrounds:
1. Second Day of Rosh Hashanah, this year, will be the first time that it coincides with the tragedy of 9/11. Together, we will recall a moment that impacted all of us and how it
defines our world today.
We will use the following format in 2018: 2. On a happier note, on October 7, 2018 we will welcome Marvel’s Ant-Man, Paul Rudd, Remembered by: In Memory of. . . to our community to entertain us with fascinating stories from moments in his life. This Ken & Tracey Agranoff Harry & Betty Agranoff will be another fabulous moment with our synagogue. [This line is $36] This year, together, Temple of Aaron will be a place where Moments are created. Sidney Cass [This line is $36] See you in Shul! Phil Ravitzky Rabbi Fine [This line is $36] Maxine Levenson [This line is $5] Rabbi Jeremy Fine Teaching Monthly Ben & Grace Agranoff Lunch & Learn in Downtown [This line is $5] Hymen & Selma Ravitzky Minneapolis on Modern Jewish Law. [This line is $5] If interested in learning, please email Frank & Rachel Cass [email protected]. [This line is $5] Louis & Toby Reznick [This line is $5]
These eight listings will cost $133. Please submit your listing(s) and check to the synagogue office by August 28, 2018. Questions to Executive Director 2 Ken Agranoff at 651-252-6406.
FREE FOOD: Vegan Tour of the State Fair
I Was Lost
When I moved back to Saint Louis after college I was extremely lost. When I talked with my friends they shared that they, too, were having that sense Join blogger Laura Van Zandt (and of being lost or sometimes even alone. They were Rabbi Fine) for her vegan tour of the in a new town and did not know the area, they did Minnesota State Fair. not know a lot of people except for a few
On Wednesday, August 29 from co-workers or classmates, or they were searching 11am-2pm Laura will take 20 ToA for that right fit for a religious and spiritual home. members on her exclusive These and so many other reasons are why any of walking journey. us can feel uneasy or anxious when getting started in a new place. Tickets into the fair are purchased by individuals but the FOOD is FREE! Now in my mind, this all made sense for my
First 20 people to sign up with friends, but for me, it was weird to feel this lost Rabbi Micah Miller because I had moved back to my hometown! I Assistant Rabbi [email protected]. 651-252-6411 Happy Eating and State-Fairing! knew the area, knew people, and my family was a Email: four minute drive from my apartment. To be [email protected] honest, I thought I was the only one feeling this way until I encountered two people who were just Summer Speaker Series: like me; locals who had boomeranged back to our hometown, yet still feeling isolated. Judaism Around the World One of these people introduced me to an organization geared towards young During the Summer, we like to turn to professionals and it changed my life. It allowed me to connect with people going our favorite speakers, you! We’ve got through the same struggles that I was: new jobs, balancing career and dating, finding congregants in our midst from all over a support system. In essence, we were seeking a sense of belonging. I will be grateful the world with a unique set of for this group forever, because it allowed me to grow, but something was still missing experiences, from Morocco to Israel, for me. I wanted this group to be intertwined with my synagogue life, it was great that South Africa to the Former Soviet I had both separately, but I needed and wanted more. Union, and even Panama. Join us for Lucky for me, I had a really great connection with my home synagogue (doesn’t hurt five Shabbatot in July and August as when your father is the Rabbi) and started to shop around with the idea of creating a they share a bit about what Judaism is young professional group supported by the shul but driven by its members. My basis like in their home country and how it’s for this idea is that Judaism needs to be presented to people where they are at. This similar to and different from to Jewish is not in terms of their Jewish knowledge but rather presenting a Judaism and life here. tradition that is relevant to their everyday lives and the experiences they are having. August 4: Adi Leviatan — With this idea and the help of many people the Brith Shalom Knesseth Israel Mid-Yids Jewish Life in Israel group was formed.
August 11: Gedaly Meerovich — I share this story now because as a new Rabbi it is one of my jobs to search out those Jewish life in Odessa who are looking for something more, searching for belonging, searching for their chavruta, or “friends,” or searching for a home. Given that, one of the aspects that I’m excited about in my role here is the ability to work closely with our young professional group, TAXY, because I know first-hand how impactful a group like this ToA Meets Rabbi can be.
Micah Miller A group like this, or any affinity group, can only thrive when it is based on the deep and genuine relationships of its members. In society these days many of us, (myself included), feel that we can connect genuinely via Facebook, Instagram, text messaging or over a phone call. However, there is no substitute for sitting down and talking in person. This type of interaction with one another is critical in our lives and too many of us have gotten away from it. However, we should learn from the one of the deepest relationships in our Tradition: the relationship of Moses and God.
In Exodus 33:11 we are told, “The Lord would speak to Moses [panim el panim] face August 15 at 6:30pm to face, as one person speaks to another.”
at Maimonides deepens this understanding of the phrase by adding, “It is also a term St. Paul’s Red River Kitchen denoting the presence and station of an individual…. In this sense it is said: And the City House Lord spoke to Moses face to face – which means, as a presence to another presence without an intermediary, as is said: Come let us look one another in the face.”
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Remember to register your This summer, as in every summer, I have the children for next year to get opportunity to see our kids at summer camp. I tuition discounts. take the long drive into Wisconsin to head toward Herzl, Camp Ramah, or Camp Chi. Every time I Encourage others to try our take these trips toward camp to see our Temple of school and receive one month Aaron students and alumni, I think back to my own FREE. summer camp experiences. (restrictions apply)
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Joshua Fineblum, CJE years I attended the Jewish Community Center 651-698-8874 Cantor/Educator 651-252-5403 Camps in Medford, New Jersey. That first summer I Email: met a few kids who would be at the day school [email protected] with me in the fall. Wondering when While those experiences in Jewish day camps were your child should wonderful, nothing compares to the fully immersive experience and adventure of being at a sleepover camp. I was lucky enough to be a camper and staff at Camp attend school at ToA?
Ramah in the Poconos for that opportunity. Those summers at sleepaway camp really See below for details. helped me solidify and teach me how to be Jewish all year round. Saturdays, 9:00am-11:30am In my time at Ramah, I had the chance to learn how to lead services and learned Toddler-5th Grade Hebrew and Jewish studies in an experiential manner for the first time. I also saw how Judaism fit into my life in a more immersive manner then it did throughout the Sundays, 9:00am-Noon year. While I grew up in what could be called a more traditional household within the 6th-12th Grade conservative/reconstructionist denominations of Judaism, I really didn’t fully Wednesdays, 4:00pm-6:30pm understand what Judaism meant to me until that first summer. Having the 2nd-7th Grade opportunity to be in the community that keeps kashrut and is Shabbat observant it’s not something always easy to do at home. But at camp, nothing could be easier. Wednesdays, 6:00pm-8:00pm There is no reason to use electronics as you had people and activities there that you 8th-12th Grade could do without breaking Shabbat. In today’s world we seldom take the opportunity to have a break — a break from technology, a break from work, and a time to reflect and revitalize ourselves. That is what Shabbat at camp gave me growing up. The impact that my experiences at camp gave me, whether because of my counselors or the community, cannot be matched by any other Jewish opportunities I have had.
Temple of Aaron has had a IMPORTANT 2018-2019 SCHOOL DATES! great history of supporting summer camps. We have had a multitude of people attend camps and are lucky enough to support current campers going to overnight camps and Israel through our Camp S c h o l a r s h i p s . Unfortunately, each year we have seen the number of people taking advantage of the scholarship diminish. We urge you to apply and let us be a part of your child’s summer camp experience. Think about it now for next summer! 4
As a child, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” was a favorite show of mine. Like many of you, I, too, can easily remember the theme song, the puppet shows, and the lessons on kindness, friendship, and love. If you think about it, many of the values in the show can be correlated to mitzvot — Jewish good deeds. Don’t Miss Think of the lyrics to the theme song “It’s a These Fun Events! Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”:
Sunday, Sept. 30 (@ St. Paul JCC) I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you, Sunday, Oct. 28 I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you. Sunday, Dec. 2 So let’s make the most of this beautiful day, Sunday, Jan. 13 Sunday, Mar. 17 Since we’re together, we might as well say, Jorie Bernhardt Director of Youth and Family Wednesday, May 8 Would you be mine? Programming
Could you be mine? Email: ** Events take place at Temple of [email protected] Aaron unless noted above. Won’t you be my neighbor? 651-252-6415
Join us for a new, innovative, and hands-on programming for families In this theme song and in the opening moments of the show, Fred Rogers practices with children from birth through hachnasat orchim, welcoming guests into his home and loving thy neighbor as he kindergarten. Children and their would love himself. You can find countless other examples of mitzvot… from being families will explore Jewish holidays kind to animals, to returning lost objects, to not coveting, to gratitude, to respecting and customs in the best way: through the elderly, to visiting the sick, to caring for the environment, and the overarching play and using all five senses. Each mitzvot of tikkun olam, repairing the world. Mister Rogers taught his viewers empathy, program, children will make a themed respect, gratitude, and that it is completely human (and healthy) to express feelings treat and a project to continue the and emotions. One quote from the show that has always stuck with me was on an learning at home. All families with episode that he addressed how to handle scary situations. birth through kindergarten children are welcome to join at all 5 Senses of “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to Judaism. Bring your friends! Email or me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ To this day, call Jorie Bernhardt with questions. especially in times of disaster, I remember my mother’s words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers -- so many caring people in this world.” Camp Visiting Fun In this day and age of so much hate, anger, fear, uncertainty and wave after wave of at Ramah & Herzl volatile news stories, how as adults do we process all of this? What answers do we Ruach give our children when they ask, “Why?” How do we help our children process and help them feel safe and provide a sense of stability? Thinking back to the quote from Ramah Campers Mister Rogers, we need more helpers in this world. We need to build communities filled with caring people, who look out for each other, assuage fears, and support Carson Truesdell, each other through difficult times. We need communities of people who do good for the sake of doing good. Norman Simon, Throughout the 2018-2019 school year, our Shabbat School HUT program for 1st-4th and Finley Tervola. graders will focus on a mitzvot each month. Each week of the month will focus on learning about the mitzvah and build-up to practical examples of fulfilling the mitzvot. It is my hope to build a community of empathetic, caring, kind, compassionate students who practice tikkun olam, repairing the world through good deeds. Anna Furthermore, I hope these students become leaders in encouraging their families, Glassman- friends, and communities to also fulfil mitzvot and together make the world a better, Kaufman is kinder place. Together, we can make the world whole. shown in the new activities kitchen at Ramah Wisconsin. 5
Friday Night Services begins at 6:00pm in Leifman Chapel
Saturday Morning Shabbat Services begins at 9:00am
Minyan Monday – Thursday Services begins at 6:00pm in Leifman Chapel
Sunday Morning Minyan Services begins at 9:00am in Leifman Chapel
Judaism Around the World – August 4 Camp Visiting Fun at Ramah & Herzl Jewish Life in Israel with Adi Leviatan
Judaism Around the World – August 11 Jewish Life in Odessa with Gedaly Meerovich
Traditional Shabbat – August 18 Sermon by Rabbi Jeremy Fine
Traditional Shabbat – August 25 Sermon by Cantor/Educator Joshua Fineblum
5779 We will be mailing High Holyday packets in August. It is an ideal time to encourage family and friends to join and strengthen our Jewish Community. Everyone is welcome with tickets and merited financial flexibility is Rabbi Miller (continued from page 3) available every year. Help make services more We all can learn from Maimonides that we need to cherish those moments of connection when we are looking directly at another person and really listening to them. inclusive by returning your This week, put the cellphone to the side during breakfast, don’t just check in with a aliyah card (non-speaking, friend on Facebook, but actually make a coffee date to really check in and listen. These English or Hebrew). We will next several months I look forward to sitting down with more of you and having those “panim el panim moments” where you share your personal stories with me. enjoy another wonderful
I hope you all will seize the opportunity to come to our “Meet and Greet” on August year working together. 15th, 6:30pm, at Red River Kitchen. 6 Israel Committee
Meet UMN Hillel’s New Shlicha Gal Aslan! Temple of Aaron Sisterhood Sisterhood Opening Program — Sukkot socializing with Rabbi Miller, his wife April, and daughter Aria. Sunday, September 30, 12:30pm, in the Capp Lounge and the Temple of Aaron Sukkah. Watch for your invitation with details. Interested in joining the Sisterhood board and having your voice heard for programming? Contact Margie Schneider if this is for you! (651-698-4358).
Mahjongg — August 19, 1:00pm, in the Smith Library. Future dates: Sept. 23, Oct. 21, Nov. 4, Dec. 16. All levels welcome, including anyone who has never played to someone who has been playing for 50 years. To ensure that we have enough tables and sets, contact Margie Schneider ([email protected] or 651-698-358).
Sisterhood Book Group — Aug. 5 , 7pm, Waking Lions by Ayelet Gunder-Goshen, at the home of Barb Pogoler, 1610 W. Rome Ave., St. Paul. Contact Barb at [email protected] for questions and to let her know you will be there. Future dates: Sept. 16, Oct. 14, Nov. 11.
Sisterhood Knits — Thursday, August 9, at 6:30 pm, Smith Library. All levels of knitters and crocheters welcome. Bring your own materials. Questions? Contact Susan Gonzalez ([email protected]).
Moment Magazine — Annual subscription available through the gift shop at the rate of $15 (of which $5 comes back to Sisterhood.) Born and raised in Ganei Food Shelf — Sisterhood and the Social Justice Committee work together to fill the Tikva, Gal spent her high school years Francis Basket Food Shelf. Use the bins outside the gift shop for food items or send a as an Instructor Course Guide and check in honor or memory of someone you love to Harriet Levy, 1826 Merlot Curve, Troop Leader of 8th graders Eagan, 55122. Questions? Call Harriet at 651-454-6829. participating in the Scout Youth Group Movement (the Israeli Scouts). The Habitat for Humanity — Sisterhood will again be providing lunch and snacks for one of positions included arranging content the days at the build site this summer. Our date is July 24. Contact Gail Rosenberg ([email protected]) to help and for more information. for different activities, planning trips in Israel throughout the year, and Building Fund Cards — Support this ToA fundraiser by sending a beautiful card for any overseeing the instructors’ staff and occasion, minimum $5 contribution. To purchase, contact Susan Kushner at 651- youth group. 454-8336. All donations benefit the Temple building.
In 2011, Gal served in the IDF as a Sorting Officer in the Sorting and Come and check out the Gift Shop sale beginning Aug. 1 and going Assignment Department. She was through Sept. 30. All merchandise will be reduced 25% except for responsible for managing and books that will be 10% off, except our newer Temple of Aaron supervising the assignment process Cookbook that will be 25% off. There is no discount on while commanding and guiding a parchment. We have beautiful tallitot, an excellent selection of Gary team of female soldiers. Until Rosenthal, Tamara Baskin, Classic Touch and Mahj merchandise recently, Gal took part in an active by Source 4 Judaica. Our Gift Registry is available for anyone to reserve duty in the same unit she served. register for Life Cycle Events. Our summer hours are: Sun., 9am- Noon, Wed., 10am-1pm, and by appointment with Marcia Taple at Gal received her B.A. in Political 651-688-3030 or 651-402-6891 or Etta Lambright at 612-229-4340. Science and Advanced Arabic and Jewish Studies at Bar Ilan University. As a student, Gal was a recipient of the “Nefesh Yehudi” scholarship. As part of the scholarship, she participated in lectures and workshops about Jewish-Zionist awareness, and the connections to the historical and cultural roots of Israel. Gal also worked at the Yitzhak Rabin Center as an instructor of workshops regarding leadership, Israeli society, and democracy.
Gal is excited to join the Minnesota Hillel team to continue to teach and learn from our community. 7 . . . to Anita Ernst and Burt Katz for adding nearly 900 labels to July Aaronions to keep members and תודה רבה interested non-members informed Donations in memory of loved ones ($10 or more) about our thorough programming. June/July 2018 Sivan/Tammuz 5778 . . . to Elyse Less, Bob Kaufman and Roxanne Portnoy for making poignant Agranoff, Ken & Tracey Goldberg, Sharleen Miller, Florence Shabbat morning remarks to Rabbi and Samantha & Jessica Goldberger, Debbie Mogol, Marc & Kathy Avi Strausberg on her final Shabbat at Aldes, Michael Goldberger, Geri Phillips, Jan & Janet Appelbaum, Arlene Goldman, Howard & Irene Pitzele, Charles Temple of Aaron. Elyse, Bob and Baldinger, Robert Goldstein, Shane & Mavis Ringer, Jan & Sherman Roxanne were the three chair people Becker, Janie Grobovsky, Nancy & Rick Sadoff, Lynn of our Rabbi Search Committee that Bergstein, Tina Jerson, Sid & Francine Schraber, David & Paula recruited Rabbi Strausberg to serve Bubar, Anna Kanivetsky, Rozita & Veniamin Schwartz, Jerry & Sue our community for three productive Butwinick, Jim Katz, Irving Shimelfarb, Iosif & Masha years. Calof, Rochelle Knurenko, Izabella Soroka, Tanya Chacon, Jeanne Krause, Eva Stacker, Howard & Tillie Help Those Who Need Daniels, Rick & Barb Kushnir, Rozaliya Strohm, Leslie & Jim Edelstein, Rebecca Lazarus, Janice and Ezra & Maya Food Shelf Every Week Folger, Jean Lee, Lynne Tillipman, Bearnard & Pearl Gak, Feliks & Alla Vysotsky Levy, Harriet Tisnovskaya, Izabella Garbuz, Khaye Lipschultz, David & Betty Sue Volodarsky, Klara Gerr, Murray & Karen Marver, John & Jeannie Watchman, Clara Gleeman, Harriet McKee, Lenore
AUGUST WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Thousands of Minnesota families rely We display every 5 years and all on food shelf for a simple meal. We anniversaries of more than 50 years can help working families, children and seniors who might go without
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Our deep and sincere website and donate, or mail check to chair-person Harriet Levy. Harriet will מזל טוב sympathy to the family 70 Fred & Barbara Hirsekorn mail a card for get well, celebration or of the following member 63 Sherman & Jan Ringer condolence. Help us help others! who has passed away 63 Ronald & Elaine (Sis) Goren 63 William & Ryvelle Tilsner Lillian Lotterman 62 Ronald & Shirley Goldman Kaye Feldman
60 Mikhail Fradkin & Ruta Fradkina We sell affordable 58 David & Ida Valdman A Memorial Plaque graves to members 57 Paul & Ellen Roitenberg Has Been Displayed For and non-members 56 Yale & Jean Kanter Newton Becker with multi-month 54 Gary & Susan Bloom payment plans. Act 52 David & Fern Sanders now to solidify 52 Donald & Janie Rutman family plans. We have a mixed faith 51 Marla & Robert Powers TAMMUZ BANNER: By Janie & Donald section for Ken Agranoff 45 Kenneth & Bonita Prawer Rutman in honor of Keith’s Bar Mitzvah and Janie’s parents’ (Dodie & members. Contact 45 Slav & Lucy Slutsky Morrie Geller) 45th wedding Executive Director Ken Agranoff 25 Charles Maron & Margaret Hoover anniversary. Titled “Trees” (Avran at 651-252-6406 or 25 Cori Rutchick & Scott Newell Scheinfeld design). It depicts a tree in [email protected] for an 18-minute meeting. 15 Daniel & Andrea Dobrin all seasons on an Israeli Kibbutz. Seize the opportunity to avoid a 10 Jason & Tena Lyons last-minute emotional meeting. 8 Opening for Paul Rudd...
A Deeper Look into Comics Evening with an Avenger — Paul Rudd
Superhero Paul Rudd visits St. Paul on Sunday October 7, 2018, when you will have a with the Experts: once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enjoy him at The O’Shaughnessy on the campus of St. Catherine’s, two minutes from Temple of Aaron.
From his bar mitzvah in Kansas to his Star Dan Jurgens on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, the actor, Dan Jurgens is comedian, writer and an accomplished producer struck acting writer and artist gold as Marvel’s Ant- who both writes Man, followed by and draws the Captain America, adventures of which grossed over $1 the comic book billion worldwide. His industry’s most legendary characters new Avenger movie (Ant-Man, Superman, Batman). His debuted in July 2018 storytelling talents have breathed life to great acclaim. He into the most noteworthy properties has also appeared in from DC Comics, Marvel Comics and TV Shows (Friends, more. Dan has also created numerous Parks & Recreation, characters that have become Party Down, Wet Hot enduring staples in their fictional American Summer) acclaimed plays on Broadway, in London and Los Angeles, and universes while stretching to other popular movies (Anchorman, This Is 40, Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, 40 media as well. Go to http:// Year Old Virgin, Clueless, Cider House Rules, Night at the Museum and The Catcher danjurgens.com/ for more Was A Spy—released in June 2018). information. This is the perfect time to consider the VIP Access Package, where you meet Paul Rudd, take a professional picture with him, and enjoy appetizers/beverages before sitting down in ideal seats to enjoy his signature charm and warmth relaying fascinating behind the scenes stories from his movies, TV shows and plays. Brent Schoonover We are equally pleased to offer a $125 reserved ticket for all Temple of Aaron
Brent was on a members. Non-members are encouraged to join us at the basic reserved ticket price one-way trip to of $150. Membership has its advantages. normalcy until Contact Executive Director Ken Agranoff now and lock in your great seats at The he laid eyes O’Shaughnessy as we collaborate on a fantastic program with a popular international upon his first superstar. comic book. He immediately grabbed hold of a pencil and never let go, dedicating himself to The Power of It’s Your Legacy creating scores of characters and scenarios with zeal (Superman, Thor, It is a wonderful giving program that encourages you to create a legacy that WWE). Now located in Minnesota, he preserves our Jewish culture and heritage, educates our children, perpetuates Jewish values and secures the Jewish future. draws upon a fertile imagination marinated in comics, old cartoons, You can design your legacy gift to match your personal circumstances and values. classic horror movies, pro wrestling Your future gift can shape our future in a healthy meaningful fashion. It is crucial to and face-melting metal to create recognize the gift can range from $1,000 to $5 million. We all matter in building a distinctive illustrations with a retro strong Jewish community. feel that run the gamut from comic Act now by signing a basic letter of intent. You are promising to make a gift in the future. books to editorial and packaging You can consider options like a bequest in your will/trust, a designation in your IRA, assignments. So if you have a project naming Temple of Aaron as one of your life insurance beneficiaries, and a gift of stock. that needs a fresh look, give him a We want and need you to think about the future just as many of our parents and call. He has plenty of ink to go grandparents did with their time, caring and financial resources. around. Go to http:// brentschoonover.com/ for more We have three dedicated chair people you will be able to speak or meet with: Nancy information. Lane, Sue Rosner and Roz Segal. Another option to explore our future is to chat with Rabbi Jeremy Fine or Executive Director Ken Agranoff. 9
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Permit No. 1328 1328 No. Permit
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St. Paul, MN 55116-1099 55116-1099 MN Paul, St.
U.S. POSTAGE POSTAGE U.S. 616 S. Mississippi River Blvd. Blvd. River Mississippi S. 616
NONPROFIT ORG ORG NONPROFIT Temple of Aaron Congregation Congregation Aaron of Temple