BULLETIN Temple Sinai Oakland

24 ADAR I – 24 ADAR II 5779 / MARCH 2019 / ISSUE 136 / OAKLANDSINAI.ORG

HAPPY PURIM! Erev Purim Celebration Wednesday, March 20 5:30pm Pizza Dinner, Stern Hall RSVP for dinner at oaklandsinai.org 6:15pm Megillah Reading, and Purim Spiel: Harriet Potterspiel, Sanctuary The Annual Fantastical Super-Fun Exquisite Amazing PURIM CARNIVAL Sunday, March 24 Incredible Purim Spiel: Harriet Potterspiel, Challenging Games, Thrilling Prizes, Great Food—FUN! FUN! FUN! 9:30 – 10:30am Carnival for Kids Pre-K through 2nd Grade 10:30 – 11:30am Purim Spiel 11:30am – 1:00pm Carnival for Kids 3rd Grade and Higher

oin the choirs of Temple Sinai in Oakland and St. Mark’s Episcopal JChurch in Berkeley as we explore the power of the Psalm texts. Featuring Cantor Ilene Keys George Anton Emblom, Choir Director Mizmor Shir! Musicians Friday, March 15, 7:30pm, Sanctuary Sunday, March 17, 9:45am St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley For more information contact Cantor Keys [email protected]. D’Var Torah

TEMPLE SINAI usic has been associated with Jewish worship ever since the Main Office(510) 451-3263 MFirst Temple Period. In fact, it was King David who brought music to worship when he composed the Book of Psalms which later SARA KLEIN became the liturgy that accompanied the music in the Temple in Congregational President: ext. 403 . [email protected] The Book of Psalms holds an exalted place in the biblical canon, JACQUELINE MATES-MUCHIN coming first in the Ketuvim (Book of Writings). It is divided into Five Senior : ext. 332 Books like the Five Books of Moses. In fact, the Midrash draws a [email protected] parallel between the Torah and the Psalms by stating, “Moses gave ILENE KEYS the five books of the Torah to , and corresponding to them, David gave the five books Cantor: ext. 331 of the Psalms to Israel.” It is even believed that at one point, there existed a similar cycle of [email protected] weekly Psalm readings in association with the Torah and prophetical readings. YONI REGEV Whether the Book of Psalms was written by King David, or is just attributed to him, there Rabbi: ext. 333 is no doubt that the association of the psalms with King David rests upon very ancient [email protected] traditions. The King had a reputation of being a skillful musician on the lyre, an inventor of SAMUEL BROUDE musical instruments, a composer of dirges, and a “sweet singer of Israel.” He established Rabbi Emeritus: ext. 301 Jerusalem as the spiritual and religious center of Israel. King David was also responsible for [email protected] the organization of the guilds of Temple singers and musicians, as well as instituting the early STEVEN A. CHESTER liturgy of the Temple ritual. Rabbi Emeritus: ext. 301 [email protected] These singers and musicians came from the Levites, the sacred caste of Temple musicians who oversaw the liturgy in the Temple. The Levites offered Psalms of five various types. The DORIAN FARROW Executive Director: ext. 304 main type is the hymn which praises God. For this reason, the Book of Psalms is given the [email protected] Hebrew name “T’hilim”, meaning “praise”. ELLEN LEFKOWITZ The Mishnah reports that the Levitic chorus had to consist of a minimum of twelve adult Preschool Director: ext. 313 male singers in order to correspond with the twelve instrumentalists who made up the [email protected] Temple orchestra. Psalm 150 mentions the trumpet, lyre, harp, timbrel, cymbals, and organ; LISA LEVENBERG however, the emphasis was on the vocal music because of its ability to express thoughts and Interim Education Director: ext. 342 ideas through words. [email protected] Although the text for these Psalms has been preserved through the biblical canon, after the destruction of the Second Temple, the entire art of the instrumental music of the Levites fell into oblivion. However, the vocal music — the intonation or modes used for the chanting of the Psalms — has been retained through oral tradition. This oral tradition was transplanted into the synagogue, an institution which developed during the Second Temple Period. Even today, Psalms remain an integral part of our liturgy. We recite Psalms as part of the Hallel service on the Three Pilgrimage Festivals, as well as on Rosh Hodesh and Hanukkah. Psalms are recited during weddings, funerals, and grace after meals, and are also a part of the Kabbalat Shabbat liturgy welcoming the Sabbath. Daily, Psalms are recited as part of the morning liturgy called P’sukei D’zimra (Verses of Song) and TEMPLE TEMPLESINAI HAS BEEN SINAI CERTIFIED are intended to declare God’s praise every morning as a preparation for prayer. The tradition AS A BAY AREA GREEN BUSINESS Hallel Our Bulletin is printed on recycled of this Daily dates to the second century. paper at a printer registered as a Green The power of the recitation of Psalms is so strong that the Talmud states that, “He who recites Business and certified by the Psalms three times a day is certain to be vouchsafed in the world to come.” Thus, the Book of Forest Stewardship Council. We print Psalms has come to be the fountain from which millions of souls draw their inspiration and with earth-friendly soy-based ink. through which they have voiced their devotion for more than two thousand years. TEMPLE SINAI BULLETIN (USPS 7053) Holy to both and Christians alike, the Psalms still stand supreme and possess great is published monthly except June, power. The Bishop of Alexandria in the fourth century stated, “The Psalms embrace the July and August by the First Hebrew entire human life, express every emotion of the soul, every impulse of the heart. When thy Congregation of Oakland, 2808 Summit soul yearns...when thy spirit is depressed or joyous...when thy soul is yearning to express its Street, Oakland, CA 94609. Periodicals thanks to God, or its pains -- for all these, the Psalms completely satisfy our needs.” Postage Paid at Oakland, CA and at additional mailing offices. Join our Temple Sinai Adult Choir and the choir from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley on Friday, March 15, 2019 at 7:30pm for Psalms of Ascent and Lament: An Exploration of the POSTMASTER: Send address changes Psalm Texts and Mizmor Shir! Shabbat. We will sing settings from the Book of Psalms from to Temple Sinai Bulletin, 2808 Summit two musical traditions, and together we will celebrate Mizmor L’David, King David’s sweet Street, Oakland CA 94609-3605. songs of worship. - Cantor Ilene Keys 2 n Temple Sinai n March 2019 WORSHIPPrayer

First Friday Shabbat in the Round Schedule of Services Friday, March 1, 6:30pm, Albers Chapel Friday, March 1, 6:30pm First Friday This month join Rabbi Mates-Muchin, Cantor Keys, SH First Friday Shabbat in the Round, song leader Isaac Zones, and the First Friday Players I H Albers Chapel to welcome Shabbat with a new song-filled worship RO Saturday, March 2, 10:30am service celebrating the richness of Kabbalat Shabbat Shabbat Morning Service with the and the spirit of community. Bar Mitzvah of Alden Meil, Sanctuary Call for Musicians! Friday, March 8, 6:30pm Beginning on Friday, March 1, we invite members of the congregation who are Erev Shabbat Family Service, Led by 3rd proficient in an instrument (excluding piano) to join the First Friday in Round and 4th Grades with Music by Junior Shabbat Players for a jam session to learn a few of the melodies used during Choir, Sanctuary the service which follows at 6:30pm. Please bring your instrument and join us at Saturday, March 9, 10:30am 5:30pm. We will provide the music. Shabbat Morning Service with the B’not Mitzvah of Amy Jo Goldfarb, Erev Shabbat Service with 3rd and 4th Grade Religious Barbara Morrison, Christina Greenberg, School and Junior Choir Leading Christine Zwerling, Jessica Eiselman, Liz Daoust, and Mantra Robinson, Friday, March 8, 5:30pm Dinner, 6:30pm Service, Sanctuary Sanctuary Join us as we welcome the Shabbat with candle-lighting, song and prayer. Friday evening services often include teaching sessions, sermons, guest speakers, or Friday, March 15, 7:30pm special musical services. RSVP for the Family Dinner at 5:30pm at oaklandsinai.org. Psalms of Ascent and Lament: An Exploration of the Psalm Texts with Services are followed by an Oneg Shabbat where members and guests can mingle Mizmor Shir! Shabbat. See Bulletin cover informally and enjoy the Shabbat spirit together. for details. Sababa Shabbat Friday Night Service Saturday, March 16, 10:30am with Dinner Shabbat Morning Minyan, Albers Chapel Shabbat Morning Service with the Friday, March 15, 5:30pm, Albers Chapel Bar Mitzvah of Micah Feldman, Sababa Shabbat is our monthly family Shabbat celebration Sanctuary for children ages 0 – 8 and their families. Connect over easy pizza dinner and welcome Shabbat with service, song, and Wednesday, March 20, 6:15pm play. RSVP for dinner at oaklandsinai.org. Erev Purim, Megillah Reading, and Purim Spiel, Sanctuary Erev Shabbat — Mizmor Shir! Service Friday, March 22, 6:30pm Erev Shabbat Service, Albers Chapel with the Temple Sinai Adult Choir Saturday, March 23, 10:30am and St. Mark’s Church Choir: Shabbat Morning Service, Albers Chapel Psalms of Ascent and Lament Friday, March 15, 7:30pm, Sanctuary Sunday, March 24, 10:30am Purim Spiel, Sanctuary See Bulletin cover for details. Friday, March 29, 6:30pm Erev Shabbat Service, Albers Chapel Monthly Shabbat Morning Minyan followed by the screening of congregant Saturday, March 16, Robert Schoen’s documentary film, On 10:30am, Albers Chapel God’s Radar: A Coast to Coast Journey The Shabbat Minyan service Saturday, March 30, 10:30am is filled with spirit, music, and Shabbat Morning Service with the community. These services are Bar Mitzvah of Eli Wachs, Sanctuary held on the second Shabbat morning of each month and are lay led by a member of the Minyan Committee, along with wide participation throughout the service by congregants. Stay for a potluck Kiddush lunch immediately following services.

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March Youth Events March 1 – 3 PARENT AND ME NFTY 9 – 12 Grade Spring Conclave Hosted at Congregation B’nei Israel in Sacramento. A bus will be coming to and from Temple Sinai! Jewish Music March 9 – 10 NFTY 8th Grade Experience at Temple Sinai Come build community with new Class and old friends, dive into NFTY-style For toddlers and preschoolers and their families. programming, and see what’s in store as you get ready to enter into 9th Led by Temple Sinai song leader grade. We hope you’ll join us for the night of a lifetime! ISAAC ZONES Location: March 23, 8:00pm – March 24, 8:00am Temple Sinai SiTY Shul-in for all 8 – 12 graders 2808 Summit Street, Oakland Remember the 7th grade sleepover? Class will be 8-weeks It’s like that, only BIGGER and better! Wednesdays Come at 8:00pm to set up the carnival from 12:00-12:45pm and spend the night playing games, bouncing, eating cotton candy and March 6, 13, 20 hanging with your crew at Temple. April 3, April 10, April 17 https://oaklandsinai.org/SiTY-Teen- May 1, May 8 Events to sign up! Cost: $120 for series

March 24, 9:30am – 1:00pm REGISTER AT WWW.OAKLANDSINAI.ORG BY MARCH 1, 2019 Purim Carnival For more information, contact [email protected]. We need over 100 volunteers to make Presented in collaboration with Sprout East Bay/PJ Library East Bay the carnival a success!! This is a great, fun way to earn community service hours and help create all the fun you remember as a kid. Temple Sinai presents The youth calendar is full of great CELEBRATE PURIM! events this year. We hope you’ll join The Annual Fantastical us for any or all of them! All upcoming Super-Fun Exquisite Amazing events can be found at http://bit. PURIM CARNIVAL Harriet ly/SinaiYouthCalendar. For more Sunday, March 24 information about ANY of these Incredible Purim Spiel: events, contact Michele michele@ Harriet Potterspiel, Challenging Games, oaklandsinai.org Thrilling Prizes, Great Food... FUN! FUN! FUN! everyoneAudi tneeded!!!ions Kids Pre-K through 2nd grade sunday, december 9, 1:00pm 9:30 – 10:30am sanctuary Purim Spiel performers 10:30 – 11:30am Actors, Singers, Dancers, Magicians, Musicians, Gymnasts back-stage performers Kids 3rd grade and higher Videographer, Stage Crew, Carpenters, Stage Managers 11:30am – 1:00pm

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Mussar for Modern Life — Adult Education Death and Desserts Conversation Class with Marla Kolman (Death Café) Tuesdays, 7:30 – 8:45pm, Wednesday, March 27, 7:30pm, Albers Chapel Spring Session begins March 19 (8 sessions); Death Café discussions have been very popular! Have a nosh 8 Week Session $160, ALL 16 Sessions $280 while we enjoy another lively, meaningful conversation on Drop In: $25 per class, room 314 attendees’ views on death. The event will be facilitated by We invite beginning and continuing students to join us in this a member of the Temple Sinai Chevrah Kadisha. This is an meaningful Mussar (ethical spiritual practice) class. Contact opportunity to join in a confidential, respectful dialogue Marla Kolman Antebi at [email protected] to register. to explore your questions, hopes, fears, and dreams, and consider, if you wish, how your Jewishness may influence your The Mysteries of the Taharah Liturgy reflections on dying, death, and afterlife. Death and Dessert Tuesday, March 12, 7:00pm, Third Floor Classroom Conversation (Death Café) is not intended to lead participants As a Chevrah Kadisha team prepares a body for burial, we to any conclusion, product, or course of action. Please RSVP to recite a complex liturgy. How do various participants— Michelle Siegel ([email protected]) by March 24. especially, the deceased, the team, and the Holy One—interact (Limited to 14 participants) through this recitation? Who else is “in the room”? Chevrah Kadisha co-chair Dan Fendel will help us unravel the mysteries. Next Jewish Book Club Meeting (No Hebrew required.) Sunday, April 7, 9:30am, Albers Chapel Led by Rabbi Mates-Muchin and Rabbi Regev, the Jewish Book Special Update on Religious Freedom and Club will meet bi-monthly over the next two years as we wade the Upcoming Israeli Elections with into the vast sea of Jewish books and the insights they offer into two-thousand years of our history. Rabbi Uri Regev, President of Tuesday, March 12, 7:00pm, Albers Chapel April will focus on Enlightenment & Emancipation with The Pity of it All by Amos Elon. We are excited to welcome back Rabbi Uri Regev, president of HIDDUSH, for an update on issues of freedom of religion and equality in Israel. We look forward to Rabbi Regev’s timely and in-depth analysis in advance of the upcoming snap elections called in Israel for April 9. To read about the work of HIDDUSH Community and its recent initiatives, visit hiddush.org. Lunch Programs Co-sponsored by the Israel Education Commitee oin our Lunch and Learn on the 2nd Tuesday, or Lunch From Krakow to Berkeley: Jand Culture on the 4th Tuesday. Catered lunches are open to all congregants and their guests. $5 suggested A Holocaust Survivor’s Story donation for lunch. Tuesday, March 26, 6:45pm, Albers Chapel Anna Rabkin will speak about her remarkable life story and Lunch and Learn with Cantor Keys her memoir From Krakow to Berkeley: Tuesday, March 12, 12:00pm, Albers Chapel Coming Out of Hiding. Anna was born Holiness Code Text Study. in Krakow, Poland. The outbreak of Lunch and Culture with Rabbi Regev World War II forced her family to flee the Tuesday, March 26, 12:00pm – 1:30pm, Albers Chapel invading German army. Her family was View and discuss the award winning short film The Rabbi’s hunted by Communists and persecuted Daughter — The story of three daughters of an orthodox by the Nazis. Only Anna and her brother rabbi, directed by the daughter of a rabbi. The four women survived. After the war, a kindertransport have chosen a different path to that of their parents, and brought Anna to England. Adopted by now they face an inner dilemma, communal censure and relatives, she emigrated first to New York and then, with her the sacrifices that have to be made. husband, to the political hotbed of Berkeley where she held RSVP for Community Lunches at city office. She holds master’s degrees in City Planning from oaklandsinai.org the University of California, Berkeley and in History from California State University, East Bay. Sponsored by the Temple Sinai Children of Holocaust Survivors.

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Social Action ...... People of the Book Literacy Project ...... Alameda County Point-in-Time Tu b’Shvat Book Drive Homeless Count Thank you to the TSDPP preschool On January 30 at 5:00am, eight for their amazing Tu B’Shvat bleary-eyed but determined book drive — 179 beautiful members of Temple Sinai were books! People of the Book will among 600 volunteers who fanned distribute these beautiful books out across Alameda County to to our partner school at our book conduct the Point-In-Time Count giveaways, and also share them of homeless people. The Count with St. Mary’s Preschool, Habitot is required for receiving federal Children’s Museum’s outreach L to R: Jon Sopher, Valerie Sopher homeless assistance funds, and program, and other programs for Tom Mayhew, Jon Braslaw, Robin needy children. Flagg, Lynn Greenberg, Kate Lucas, also provides critical data for Helena Weiss-Duman public policy and fiscal planning. Other People of the Book events: The biennial Count, which takes place on a single day, involves School-wide book giveaway at sending volunteers to walk or drive every street and park TCN (Think College Now) on Jan. in each census district in the 31/Feb. 1; Annie Barrows visit to “The experience was eye- Bella Vista Elementary School county between 5:00-10:00am opening and humbling.” to identify the number of people on February 5. We are collecting experiencing unsheltered “It made me feel I books for future book giveaways at homelessness (sleeping on was doing something International Community School (K-5) and Greenleaf K-8. the street, in vehicles, or worthwhile to address in abandoned buildings). homelessness in my Ritual Committee ...... Volunteers were given different community.” Prayerbook Repair Team routes to follow in teams of two, accompanied by a person who Thanks to members of the Ritual had experienced homelessness to act as a “guide.” Committee and friends who spent Some saw many homeless people on the street, in tents or a recent Sunday morning vehicles; others saw only a few. All felt it was a meaningful repairing 72 of our Mishkan T’fillah experience and appreciated the opportunity to participate. prayerbooks. All of our 10-year-old prayerbooks are damaged, most Women of Temple Sinai ...... with end pages separating from the covers. We plan to repair the WTS Daytime Book Group more than 300 remaining books Join us every third Wednesday at 1:00pm at Temple over the next few months in the Sinai, room 310. Our next meeting is March 20 where we’ll hope of extending their service. discuss “The Plot Against America” by Philip Roth. For more The repaired books are in the information, contact Elaine (510) 530-7616 chapel. Special thanks to local Bridge Group bookbinder and conservationist Thursday, March 7, 7:30pm, Offsite Juliayn Coleman for passing on Call Lynn (510) 250-9419. Accessible home. her knowledge of book repair.

Brotherhood ...... Softball Starting a New Season Whether you are a new or longstanding Sinai member, Brotherhood softball gives you the opportunity to build relationships with men in our Temple community and continue our 30-plus-year tradition. We play April – July, Sunday mornings in Walnut Creek. Contact team manager, Mark Drexler, at mark49sales@ Photos of repair team comcast.net or (510) 332-9013 for more information. Top: book before repair, Bottom: book after repair

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Poetry Reading New Book Presentation by Temple Sinai Wednesday, March 6, 7:00pm, Albers Chapel Congregants Temple Sinai’s Fine Arts Committee on Culture and March 29, after Friday Shabbat Services, Community will be presenting one of its semi-annual poetry Albers Chapel readings on Wednesday, March 6. Reading will be, among Temple Sinai congregant Robert others, congregants Mark Taksa and Valerie Sopher. This is a Schoen waded into the Atlantic free event. Ocean on June 26, 2018 to complete a 170-day walk across the United Understanding Muslim Neighbors with States. His journey (temporarily Prof. Rabbi Reuven Firestone interrupted by temperatures over Sunday, March 17 and April 14, 9:30am, 110°F in the Mojave Desert) passed Congregation Beth El, Berkeley through 14 states and totaled over A transformational, in-depth seminar for Jews taught by 2,600 miles. More than a thousand internationally renowned Prof. Rabbi Reuven Firestone friends, family members, fellow of Hebrew Union College. Register at congregants, classmates, and Robert Schoen http://umn2019.eventbrite.com strangers read his nightly blog posts. Robert’s just-released book, On God’s KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: Understanding Radar—My Walk Across America, and Managing BRCA-Related Cancer Risk chronicles his epic journey in over Thursday, March 28, 7:30pm, Congregation Beth El 400 color photos, daily progress Berkeley reports, and seven essays. Join the Basser Center for BRCA at the University of In a concurrence that Robert claims Pennsylvania and Congregation Beth El of Berkeley for an is not mere coincidence, his debut important discussion about the experience of living with BRCA novel, The Rabbi Finds Her Way mutations and hereditary cancers. These mutations affect all written with congregant and soloist populations but are found 10 times more frequently (1 in 40 Catherine deCuir, has also been Catherine deCuir people) among Ashkenazi Jewish men and women. A panel of published this month. Robert will experts in the field will discuss genetic counseling and testing, present a short video and read from preventative care and navigating through the challenging his book. Catherine will then join him for a reading from their decision-making and medical management options faced by novel, followed by Q&A and book-signing. mutation carriers. Register at bethelberkeley.org. Co-sponsored by Temple Sinai.

Social Action ...... Suggested Items A Purim Mitzvah – Spring Break Greenleaf Bags of rice (1-2 pounds) Juice boxes or cans (small) Cans of vegetables (mixed, Baby food (no jars) Food Drive green beans, corn) Packages of dried nuts or During Spring Break, many low-income families at Greenleaf, Bags of beans (Portuguese trail mix our literacy partner school in East Oakland, are faced with the and pinto) Peanut butter/Jelly financial burden of replacing the free breakfasts and lunches Cans of fruit/fruit cups (no glass jars) that their children eat at school. What better way to fulfill the Boxes of cereal Dried fruit (in small packages) mitzvah of mishloach manot, giving gifts of food on Purim? Packages of dried pasta Toothpaste Bring non-perishable food items to the marked barrels before Cans of soup/tomato sauce Bar soap March 20 or when you come to the Purim Spiel. If you can help Cup o’ Soup or Ramen Dishwashing soap with sorting and bagging, the morning of March 21, or have a Tuna/Canned chicken Shampoo (New/full items van or SUV and can help with delivery, please contact Helen Packages of tostadas only) Smiler, [email protected]. (nothing perishable)

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Todah rabah! Thank you very much to the following who provided contributions to Temple Sinai. These donations were recorded between December 21, 2018, and January 30, 2019. For corrections or additions to this list, please contact [email protected] (510) 451-3263 x303.

Annual Giving Campaign Aaron Kaufmann and Anne Schmitz Marion Bar-Din Terry Pink Alexander Orah Krug and Victor Goulet in memory of Avigdor Bar-Din Liz Alpert Peter and Diane Laub Michele Buchman and Ronald Cohen in appreciation of our Lynne Lazarus and Andrew Shear in honor of Michele Buchman and Ron Cohen’s wedding Anonymous Sari Leivent Sanghvi and Mike and Linda Baker Siddharth Sanghvi Garth and Hollie Hire in celebration of the Bar Mitzvah of Bob Belzer and Jennifer Colosimo Amelia Lemmon Rhys Hire in memory of Rose Belzer Robert Lettieri and Judith Stern Valerie Sopher Robert Berger and Lori Kaplan Jim and Kelly Manheimer in honor of Michele Buchman and Mark and Jackie Berkman Roger and Joan Mann Ron Cohen’s wedding Elaine Binger Joel Markowitz and Caring Community Fund Michael and Aviva Black Susan Krowley-Markowitz Burt Boltuch Bernie and Bonnie Blackman Rabbi Jackie and Jonathan Mates-Muchin in memory of Dorothy Livingston Lorin Blum and Jean Brady Tom and Jill McCleary Home of Eternity Cemetery Perpetual Anne Brandon Michael and Marjorie Jo Nacht Care Fund Jennifer Bretan and Jed Wakefield Joan Natkin Simon and Sofiya Blank in memory of Dorothy and Ralph in honor of Cantor Keys in memory of Ita Klebanova Goldberg Daniel Nieder and Diane Grauer Joe Remcho Fund for Preschool Wendy Cochran Neal Parish, Carla Koren, and Ross Parish Scholarships in memory of Rosalind Schacknow Howie Perlin and Susan Rosenthal Burt Boltuch Liz and Mark Daoust Randy Perrin and Karen Tanner in memory of Dorothy Livingston Tom DeWit and Janine Bloch Geoff Piller and Karen Tiedemann Jeff Saper Ronald and Susan Edelman Claudia Reet Joan Waranoff on the occasion of Barbara Barza’s Women of Temple Sinai birthday Selma Riskin Phil Rubin and Laurie Leiber Jamie and Brooke Zimmerman Michael and Jessica Eiselman in celebration of Abby Eiselman’s Steven Sackrin and Pennie Bacon-Sackrin Joellyn Weiss Memorial Fund — Bat Mitzvah, with thanks to all the Larry and Arlene Saidman URJ Camp Scholarships clergy and teaching staff Bart Schenone and Sandie Margulies Art and Liz Spander in memory of Jill Sakol Mark and Maxine Eisenberg Benjamin and Jane Simon in honor of Art Spander’s birthday Barry Epstein and Judy Levin Valerie Sopher in honor of Maxine Brownstein’s birthday Matti Fromson and Tom Mayhew Heather Tunis in memory of Fritzi Schoen Jason and Jocelyne Gardner in memory of Max and Lily Singerman Women of Temple Sinai Julie Goldsmith and Jose Lopez Joan Waranoff Lionel Benas Israel Scholarship Fund in memory of Sam Hamburg Madeline Weinstein and Eric Craven Evelyn Benas Mark Goldsmith Alex and Elana Woodward Maurice Engel Ann Gordon and Brett Remy Erik and Christine Zwerling in memory of Max Engel and Ethel Engel Bruce and Jackie Horwitz Cantor Keys Music Fund Women of Temple Sinai Eileen Ingenthron Jody Adelberg and Luanne Jenkins Maureen’s Garden Eliot and Philippa Jubelirer in honor of the installation of Cantor Red Fedele Allison and Brian Justice Elaya Jenkins-Adelberg at Congregation Beth El, Berkeley in memory of Maureen Logan Fred Karren in memory of Beth Karren in appreciation of Cantor Keys’ participation at the installation of Cantor Elaya Jenkins-Adelberg at Congregation Beth El, Berkeley 8 n Temple Sinai n March 2019 WORSHIPGiving

People of the Book — Oakland Literacy Wendy and Harvey Leiderman Barbara Kluger Project in appreciation of Rabbi Mates-Muchin’s in memory of Shirley Blumberg Anonymous inspiration of Temple Sinai’s school Wendy and Harvey Leiderman children Burt Boltuch Special Education Fund in memory of Dorothy Livingston Jack and Judy Mates David Alexander and Polly Fox Barry and Barbara Gross Juanita and Michael Osborn in memory of Sonia Saag, mother of in memory of Freda Unkeles on the occasion of Dylan Osborn’s Linda Baker, grandmother of Sam, Bar Mitzvah Rissa Coplan Joshua & Andrew Baker Marsha and Larry Rabkin in memory of Seymour Coplan Where The Need Is Greatest Fund in memory of Sonia Saag Preschool Fund Anonymous Dick and Peg Roisman Brotherhood Burt Boltuch Bart Schenone and Sandie Margulies in memory of Dorothy Livingston Rabbi Chester Discretionary Fund in memory of Norma Margulies Jamie and Brooke Zimmerman in memory of Joseph A. Schenone Richard and Jane Cohen in memory of Sonia Baron Saag in memory of Emily N. Levey Pearl Wolffs Rabbi Mates-Muchin in memory of Melvin Ronald Wolffs Jane and Richard Cohen in memory of Walter Roth Discretionary Fund in memory of Walter Wolffs Maurice and Barbara Engel Jody Adelberg and Luanne Jenkins Rabbi Regev Discretionary Fund in appreciation of Rabbi Mates-Muchin’s in memory of Hyman J. Singer Marion Bar-Din participation in Elaya Jenkins-Adelberg’s Matti Fromson and Tom Mayhew in memory of Avigdor Bar-Din installation Bob and Wendy Gibney Steve and Paula Arnold and Burt Boltuch in memory of Sonia Saag in memory of Dorothy Livingston Wendy and Fred Pomerantz Ted and Sharon Gordon in memory of Lois Arnold in appreciation of all of Rabbi Regev’s work in memory of Lois Arnold Robert Berger and Dr. Lori Kaplan Catherine deCuir Frances Greenberg Edward Blum in memory of Renee deCuir in memory of Aaron Greenberg in memory of David Rothman Michael Loeb Marshall and Anne Grodin Burt Boltuch in celebration of the Hebrew baby in memory of Lois Markus Arnold in memory of Dorothy Livingston naming of Astrid (Hannah Bayla) and Andrew Horvitz in appreciation of all of Alexis (Miriam) in memory of Jim Dorfman Rabbi Mates-Muchin’s work Religious School Fund Evelyn Levin Michele Buchman and Ronald Cohen Rona Bar-Din and T. R. Levin in appreciation of Rabbi Mates-Muchin Alan and Renee Goldhammer in memory of Zachary Kurman in celebration of President Sara Klein Glen Dahlbacka and Rena Rickles Religious School Scholarships The Binder Family Jeanne Eber in celebration of Amy Jo Goldfarb’s Burt Boltuch in memory of Pearl Bloom Bat Mitzvah in memory of Dorothy Livingston Ben Galison and Sabrina Hollander Lori Waltzer Julia Friedman Joanne Haase in honor of the seven March 9th in memory of Marilyn and Mark Snyder and Dawn Kepler B’not Mitzvah Ladies Manfred Haase in memory of Rudolph Snyder Greg Young Garth and Hollie Hire Women of Temple Sinai in memory of Mr. Avigdor Bar-Din in celebration of the Bar Mitzvah of SiTY Scholarships Yesod Rhys Hire Women of Temple Sinai Jacob and Louise Epstein Steven Horowitz and Rachel Koretsky Social Action/Anti-Hunger Fund in memory of Sonia Saag in honor of Rabbi Mates-Muchin Anonymous Drs. Risa Kagan and Richard Stern Burt Boltuch and Family in memory of Dorothy Livingston in memory of Lois Arnold Miranda Dean

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Birthdays Wedding Anniversaries B’Nei Mitzvah 3/1 Judy Rosloff 62 Robert and Shirley Warwick 3/24 Alden Zachary Meil 3/3 Rudy Gonzalez 61 Stanley and Judith Lubman 3/7 Son of Jason and 3/7 John Blanchard 57 Howard and Marvis Brodke 3/17 Heather Meil 3/9 Jeremy Zeitlin 35 Moses and Susan Libitzky 3/25 Saturday, March 2 3/10 Kim Harmon 15 Michael and Sarah Handelsman 3/21 3/11 Robert Ansel Laura and Dan Rubenstein 3/2 3/13 Sidney Zusman 5 3/14 Maxine Brownstein 5 Stephen and Jasmin Tow 3/30 3/14 Andrew Cohen 3/14 Michael Levy 3/14 Eileen Ruby 3/15 Hollis Arnold Hire Welcome New Members! 3/16 Stephen Block Noah and Randi Shussett 3/17 Julia Babka-Kurzrock 3/17 Marilyn Teplow Nara Dahlbacka and Evan Lite, 3/19 Valerie Corvin Linden Dahlbacka-Lite 3/19 Barbara Johnck Erin and Brandon Maslan, 3/19 Stan Klezmer Sydelle Maslan Amy Jo Goldfarb, Barbara Morrison, 3/20 Dana Blankman Christina Greenberg, Christine Zwerling, 3/20 Gabi Kuhn Jessica Eiselman, Liz Daoust, and 3/21 Samuel Broude Mantra Robinson 3/21 Patricia Whaley Saturday, March 9 3/21 Lara Regev 3/22 Michael Getzell Mazel Tov! Bruchim Habaim – Micah Feldman 3/22 Jan Vitek Welcome to the world! Son of Jay Feldman 3/23 Steve Robinson and Betsy Belding Penelope Leah Hassid Saturday, March 16 3/23 Lila Wahrhaftig was born on January 4, 2019 3/25 Sandra Cohn 3/26 Randi Drake Proud Parents: 3/26 Joan onenberg Arielle and Ben Hassid 3/28 Adam Miller 3/29 Marla Johnson 3/29 Stanley Lubman Eli Bycel Wachs Thank you to the Meil, Goldfarb, Son of Sarah & Birthdays and anniversaries are Morrison, Greenberg, Zwerling, Keely Wachs listed in multiples of 5 as well as Eiselman, Daoust and Robinson, Saturday, March 30 birthdays age 80 and over. Feldman/Belding, and Wachs families Mazel Tov! for sponsoring Onegs this month.

REMEMBRANCES We mourn the loss of: Avigdor Bar Din Bobbie Kaufman Raidelle Newman Husband of Marion Bar-Din, Mother of Larry Rosen Temple Sinai Member Father of Rona Bar-Din Grandmother of Sadie and Walter Roth Rafael Hadar Lila Rosen Brother of Helen Dittmer Uncle of Francisco Javier Cerna Dorothy Livingston Sonia Baron Saag Steve Hallert Mother of Cathy Livingston Mother of Linda Baker Brother of Barbara Morrison Joan Mann Blossom Willens Levin and Marc Hallert Temple Sinai Member Mother of Andrea Jill Strom Rancourt Sue Ann Schiff Sister of Gay Schrag May their memory be a blessing.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 1 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 SUNDAY, MARCH 24 NFTY Spring Conclave 9-12 Grades 12:15pm Al-Anon Meeting No Religious School (3/1 – 3/3) 6:00pm Committee Dinner No Junior Choir 6:30pm First Friday Shabbat in the Round 6:15pm WTS Board Meeting 9:30am Purim Carnival (K – 2nd grade) 6:30pm Education Committee Meeting SATURDAY, MARCH 2 10:30am Purim Spiel 9:00am Torah Study 6:30pm Social Action Committee 11:30am Purim Carnival (3rd grade 10:30am Shabbat Morning Service with 6:30pm Teen Leadership Meeting and up) Bar Mitzvah of Alden Meil 6:30pm Sinai Green Meeting 3:00pm 7th grade Religious school 7:00pm Purim Spiel Rehearsal SUNDAY, MARCH 3 TUESDAY, MARCH 26 11:30am Junior Choir THURSDAY, MARCH 14 7:30am Tuesday Morning Minyan 12:00pm Purim Spiel Rehearsal 7:30pm Brotherhood Board Meeting 12:00pm Lunch & Culture 3:00pm 7th grade Religious School FRIDAY, MARCH 15 6:45pm From Krakow to Berkeley: A Holocaust Survivor’s Story TUESDAY, MARCH 5 5:30pm Sababa Shabbat 7:00pm No Adult Choir 7:30am Tuesday Morning Minyan 7:30pm Erev Shabbat — Mizmor Shir! 7:30pm Mussar for Modern Life — 7:00pm Adult Choir Service with Adult choir and St. Marks Church Choir: Psalms of Ascent and Lament Adult Education Class with Marla Kolman 7:30pm Mussar for Modern Life — Adult Education Class with Marla Kolman SATURDAY, MARCH 16 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 9:00am Torah Study 12:15pmAl-Anon Meeting WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 7:00pm Temple Board Meeting 12:15pm Al-Anon Meeting 10:30am Shabbat Morning Minyan 7:30pm Israel Education Committee 7:00pm Purim Spiel rehearsal 10:30am Shabbat Morning Service with Bar Mitzvah of Micah Feldman Meeting 7:00pm Poetry Reading 7:30pm Death and Desserts Conversation SUNDAY, MARCH 17 THURSDAY, MARCH 7 (Death Café) 7:30pm WTS & Friends Bridge Night No Junior Choir 9:45am Adult Choir Sings at FRIDAY, MARCH 29 FRIDAY, MARCH 8 St. Marks Church, Berkeley 6:30pm Erev Shabbat Service 6:30pm Erev Shabbat Service with 3rd 11:30am Madrichim Meeting 7:30pm Robert Schoen Presents On God’s and 4th Grade Religious School and Radar: A Coast to Coast Journey 12:00pm Purim Spiel rehearsal Junior Choir Leading 1:00pm Religious School Faculty Meeting SATURDAY, MARCH 30 SATURDAY, MARCH 9 3:00pm 7th grade Religious school 9:00am Torah Study NFTY 8th Grade Experience 10:30am Shabbat Morning Service with TUESDAY, MARCH 19 9:00amTorah Study Bar Mitzvah of Eli Wachs 7:30am Tuesday Morning Minyan 10:30am Shabbat Morning Service with 7:00pm Adult Choir SUNDAY, MARCH 31 Adult B’not Mitzvah Class 7:30pm WTS & Friends Bridge Night 11:30am Junior Choir SUNDAY, MARCH 10 7:30pm Mussar for Modern Life — 3:00pm 7th grade Religious School NFTY 8th Grade Experience Adult Education Class with Marla Kolman 11:30am Junior Choir WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 12:00pm Purim Spiel rehearsal Erev Purim 1:30pm Caring Community Meeting 12:15pm Al-Anon Meeting 3:00pm 7th Grade Religious school 1:00pm WTS Book Group Meeting TUESDAY, MARCH 12 6:15pm Megillah Reading & Purim Spiel HELP SUPPORT TEMPLE SINAI 7:30am Tuesday Morning Minyan WHEN YOU SHOP AT AMAZON! THURSDAY, MARCH 21 12:00pm Lunch & Learn Visit smile.amazon.com and search Purim 7:00pm Chevrah Kaddisha — The for First Hebrew Congregation of Mysteries of the Taharah Liturgy FRIDAY, MARCH 22 Oakland Calif. 7:00pm Update on Religious Freedom 6:30pm Erev Shabbat Service The AmazonSmile Foundation and Israeli Elections with Rabbi Uri Regev will donate 0.5% of the purchase SATURDAY, MARCH 23 price from your eligible 7:00pm Adult Choir 9:00am Torah Study AmazonSmile purchases back to 7:30pm Mussar for Modern Life — Adult 10:30am Shabbat Morning Service Temple Sinai. Education Class with Marla Kolman 8:00pm SiTY Shul-In (through 1:00pm 3/24)

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COMING IN APRIL Passover at Temple Sinai Fourth Annual Unity Seder WTS Women’s Seder and Tuesday, April 16, 6:00 – 9:00pm, Stern Hall Shared Dinner Invite members Wednesday, April 17, 5:45pm, of other faith Stern Hall communities Join us as we honor the heroines to join you at of Jewish history and rejoice in our a welcoming personal liberation. interfaith celebration Share in an inspiring women’s of freedom intergenerational service using our and redemption with ritual foods, complimentary dinner, WTS Haggadah. dessert, and a special Haggadah. Help needed with desserts, Invite your daughters, mothers, sisters, aunts, cousins and ritual foods, Seder plates, set up and clean up. Volunteer and friends! Wine and ceremonial foods are included! Please RSVP RSVP information in e-news and from sinaisocialaction@ online https://oaklandsinai.org/WTS-Events oaklandsinai.org. Annual Community Passover Seder Saturday, April 20, 5:30pm, Stern Hall st Are you looking for a Seder for the 1 Night? Are you Let all who are hungry for food and community join us! interested in hosting community members at your Seder? Led by Cantor Ilene Keys and congregants Phil Rubin and Contact Rabbi Regev at [email protected] Valerie Sopher or at (510) 451-3263 x333.

Preschool Fundraiser Saturday, April 6, Rose’s Taproom, Oakland The Temple Sinai David Pregerson Preschool Scholarship Fundraiser is on April 6, 2019. The event helps support scholarships for 20% of TSDPP families. We will feature a silent auction at the event and hope to solicit wonderful auction items from the larger Sinai inai Temple S community this year. Popular items in years past include restaurant gift certificates, n Preschool David Pregerso family photography sessions, museum memberships, and vacation rentals. Should you have an item to donate, please contact Jill Saper ([email protected]). All donations are tax deductible. Thank you for your help in making Jewish education accessible for more families.