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Toledo Jewish News Volume 67 No. 7 • 24 pages SAVE THE DATE

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(ISSN 0040-9081) Annual Awards Toledo Jewish News is published 11 times per year, by of Greater Toledo, 6465 Sylvania Avenue, Sylvania, Ohio 43560. Toledo Jewish News invites correspondence on subjects of interest to the Jewish community, but June 18, 2019 • 6:30 p.m. disclaims responsibility for any endorsement of the views expressed by the writers. All at Congregation Etz Chayim submissions become the property of Toledo Jewish News. Submissions will be edited for Chef Carrie from Detroit provides a light kosher dinner accuracy, brevity and clarity and are subject to verification. Toledo Jewish News reserves the No charge right to refuse any submissions. Toledo Jewish News does not guarantee the kashrut of any of RSVP for dinner to [email protected] or its advertisers. The appearance of advertising, in the Toledo Jewish News print or digital 419-724-0361 media, does not constitute an endorsement of the advertisers or their products and services by Toledo Jewish News, Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo and its affiliated agencies. Product and services information is based solely on material received from suppliers.

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Sunday, May 19, 2019 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Congregation B'nai Israel Local Artists! Delicious Jewish Deli! Amazing All Day Music: Ariel Kasler Quintet, Music Man Dave, and the Klezmer Fusion Band! Free Kids Activities - Bounce Houses and more! Raffle for Jewish Family Service

Tickets on Sale April 1 General - $10 by Friday, May 10/$15 after Kids 10+ - $5 by Friday, May 10/$10 after food Kids under 10 - FREE Call Hallie Freed at 419-724-0362 or [email protected] OR music Colette Lundberg at 419-724-0361 or [email protected] (itartists would have been enough Jewish Federation but there's so much more!) & Foundation Page 4 • April 2019 • Toledo Jewish News Toledo Jewish Community Foundation Surprise gift through Foundation honors generous friend

By Emily Gordon chosen recipient. dation, this marks the first time for To celebrate her award, they a gift of this nature. It's a privilege pooled their money to set up the that the Foundation can be a part of Friends of Anita Levin Fund, allow- this special journey." ing her to do with it whatever she While Levin hasn’t yet found a wishes. project to designate the fund toward, “I was tickled by the notion of she thinks it will be a local, grass- having my own mini-foundation. It roots project that needs a little bit gives me the room to dream about of seed money, or perhaps a speaker what I want to do with the money,” who will stimulate people into mak- Levin said. “I’m very grateful to my ing an impact in their community. friends for choosing an honor for JFS Food Pantry’s Communi- me that speaks to what I like to do, ty Supported Agriculture program which is making things happen for with Shared Legacy Farms, for ex- those less fortunate.” ample, is one that is near and dear to What kind of gift does one get sire to give away money,” Levin said. The creative and meaningful gift Levin’s heart. for a friend who prefers giving gifts “So, it was a wonderful surprise gift, is the first of its kind for Founda- “I like to do things that have a over receiving them? because it was a way for my friends tion, said Arleen R. Levine, Founda- cascade effect. Buying shares of CSA Such a situation requires inven- to honor me and for good things to tion director. helps the Food Pantry, it helps the tive thinking, and that’s exactly how happen through the expenditure. "It was such a delight to see Ani- recipients, and it helps the farmers. I a fund was created through Toledo It isn’t the first time Levin’s ta's friends establish a fund in the like projects that help not only recip- Jewish Community Foundation in friends recognized her for her Foundation to commemorate her ients of the services but providers of Anita Levin’s name – the Friends of generosity. leadership. After her friends in- the services,” she said. “I don’t want Anita Levin Fund. In 2016, they nominated Levin formed her of their gift, it became to just provide the fish to people, I “I love to give. I’ve always said to for the Spirit of Jewish Family Ser- my joy to meet with Anita and learn want to help the fishers, the person my friends, I’d like to be the person vice Award, which acknowledges about the causes that she holds near who sells the bait…a full-circle kind who gives people money in a foun- those who embody the mission and and dear to her heart," Levine said. of help. However many levels I can dation. I’ve always had a secret de- compassion of JFS, and she was the "In my many years with the Foun- pull off, I like a project like that.”

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SUMMER “All who are hungry, FOOD let them enter and eat...” FOR KIDS The Haggadah KICK-OFF EVENT

June 2nd, 2019 Sekach Building 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM 6505 Sylvania Ave You can help purchase food for Join us for breakfast to learn how the Passover baskets Summer Food for Kids program is helping Passover is coming soon, and the images in our mind are becoming clearer. with the challenges that grandparents Family members gathered around the table. Matzot, fine wine, the beautiful face while raising their grandchildren. seder plate and kiddush cups, a mouth-watering meal. Everyone enjoying the traditional celebration. Take a moment and think about having a Passover this This event is for all ages! year without this. This is a painful reality for some of our community members. Every year around Passover you receive a letter in the mail that invites you to make a donation to the Myron Edelstein Ma’os Hittem Food Pantry Donations are greatly accepted. Please RSVP by selecting a donation to Fund. What does “Ma’os Hittem” (or “Maot Chitim”) mean? What exactly bring to the event from the link below. is this fund? The exact translation of Ma’os Hittem is “wheat money.” It is an RSVP: www.jotform.com/jfstoledo/summerfoodforkids ancient religious obligation of providing the poor with traditional food for Passover so that everyone can share in our joy. Donations are deposited in the Myron Edelstein Ma’os Hittem Food Pantry Fund and are used to purchase Questions? Contact Micki Pittman food for the Passover food baskets. A basket that feeds up to four people costs 419-724-0407 or approximately $60 and includes kosher chicken, potatoes, carrots, matzah ball [email protected] soup, matzot, apples, honey, nuts, gefelte fish, eggs, horseradish, and macaroons. Candles are also included. Last year 46 low income individuals were able to celebrate a traditional Passover with dignity. Your Ma’os Hittem request will soon arrive in the mail. Or you can go 6505 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania, OH 43560 online to www.jewishtoledo.org/jfs. Fulfill your obligation and donate so that 419-885-2561 [email protected] everyone can enjoy a traditional Passover seder. Thank you for your generosity. Page 6 • April 2019 • Toledo Jewish News Local Breaking Bread Next Jewish Generation wants to help you host a dinner! h 7 Annual Next Jewish Generation wants to empower you to host a Shabbat dinner for your friends in your own space, be it an apartment, house, park, or Toledo pub. Our goal is to help you create a warm, intimate Shabbat experience on your Toledo Jewish Film own terms. Please complete this form at least two weeks prior to the date you would like to host your Shabbat dinner. Hallie Freed will discuss with you the Shabbat Festival experience that you are planning and provide you with some basic Shabbat sponsored by Ruth and Ralph Delman supplies. July 1 – July 22 Want to order pizza? Perfect! Feel like having a potluck? Fabulous! You choose how formal or informal this experience will be for your guests. If needed, you will be reimbursed up to a maximum of $100 per Shabbat dinner (not including alcohol). To be reimbursed, hosts must complete a survey following the event, submit receipts, and upload or allow any photos taken during the event to be shared in our Facebook group. For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Hallie Freed at 419-724-0362 or [email protected]. SAVE Fill out this form and return to Hallie Freed, or online at jewishtoledo.org/yjt Name Email Cell phone number THE Are you co-hosting your Shabbat dinner? If so, with who? Have you hosted a Shabbat dinner before? DATE Date of proposed Shabbat dinner Expected number of guests What will you be serving? Is this a potluck? www.jewishtoledo.org Shabbat location Expected start time Tell us more about your Shabbat experience Please write a 2-5 sentence explanation of what you are planning on doing at your Shabbat meal. Is there a special theme you want to plan around? What are you hoping to cook/order? Would you like to light Shabbat candles/say the blessing? Are there any activities you hope to do as a group? For example: discussion topics, board games, pizza and a movie, craft ideas etc.

Experience a Memorable Overnight Jewish Initiative Apply today at www.jewishtoledo.org/emoji In 2016, Experience a Memorable Over- night Jewish Initiative (EMOJI) was established by Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo and To- ledo Jewish Community Foundation. Funded by Foundation’s Long-term Community Needs Fund, the EMOJI program was created to make attending Jewish summer camp an option for all Toledo Jewish community children. EMOJI allows Jewish children in the Toledo area to attend Jewish summer camp FREE OF CHARGE for first-time campers, or at a very reduced cost for children who are returning to a Jewish camp. Attendance at Jewish summer camp has been shown to strengthen participants’ connection to their Jewish identity. As a result, they are more likely to value their Jewish heritage, support Jewish causes, and take on leadership roles within their Jewish communities as adults. So, you're probably wondering...how does this work? To be eligible for the EMOJI program, the child must live in the greater Toledo area and be in second through tenth grade. The child’s immediate family must also be current donors in good standing to Federation’s Annual Campaign. What do you need to do to be accepted? Have more questions? Contact Hallie Freed at [email protected] or 419-724-0362 or fill out the EMOJI application online at www.jewishtoledo.org/emoji The future of our Jewish community lies within our children. Federation and Foundation hope to connect you and your children to pivotal Jewish camp expe- riences that will help create positive and lasting memories for the rest of your lives. Toledo Jewish News • April 2019 • Page 7 Local

HAPPY PASSOVER Being

Celebrate Freedom first.

WITH GIFTS OF ISRAEL BONDS It’s in her blood.

Tehila Brezinger First Responder

Tehila is one of our first responders who perform more than 500 resuscitations each month. When a call for help goes out, your support helps power the next-generation technology she relies on to arrive in minutes.

We’re Israel’s emergency medical services organization, Magen David Adom. As we celebrate our freedom this Passover holiday, please consider a gift that will make Israel stronger too. Please give today.

Saving lives. It’s in our blood – and it’s in yours, too.

Save a life in Israel with a gift to support Magen David Adom. Donate on AFMDA.org/give or call 888.674.4871 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR ISRAEL This is not an offering, which can be made only Commerce Park Building Four by prospectus. Read the prospectus carefully 23240 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 810 before investing to fully evaluate the risks associated with investing in Israel bonds. Beachwood, OH 44122 Member FINRA. [email protected] 216.454.0180 israelbonds.com afmda.org Page 8 • April 2019 • Toledo Jewish News Active Life for 60 and Better

Kosher Passover shopping and lunch in Detroit Anniversary Tuesday, April 9 9 a.m Depart from Jewish Living Center (Sekach Bldg.) Luncheon 6505 Sylvania Ave. 4 p.m. Approximate return time to Jewish Living Center Thursday, June 6 Registration is required - limited seats 12 Noon It is that time again to get ready for Passover! Let’s go north and bring your Luncheon and own reusable shopping bags and coolers to One Stop Kosher grocery store, Entertainment Zeman’s Kosher Bakery, Kroger, and Harvard Row Kosher butcher shop. Lunch will be on your own at our mystery location. Please call ahead to Congregation B’nai Israel – Harvard Row (248-539-8806) and Zeman’s (248-967-3905) to place your 6525 Sylvania Avenue order for pick up. Please make sure to bring along enough reusable shopping $5.00 per person bags for all your shopping needs. Registration & payment required by Friday, May 24 Active Learners Series: Foodology Fresh Pasta Class Join us for a delicious lunch as we take the time to get togeth- Tuesday, May 7 1 – 4 p.m. er and catch up! We are pleased to welcome Frank & Dean to 2059 West Laskey Road the anniversary luncheon as they capture the music and fun of $15 per person the era. These Rat Pack fan favorites will bring the timeless Class size limited to 12 registrations music and comedy for a fun-filled afternoon! Please register for presentation by Friday, April 12

We should call this class Make & Eat – you will prepare and enjoy two courses of food. First course consists of preparing fillings and the salad. Second course, we will be creating made-from-scratch pasta and tiramisu dessert. Chef Andi says the flour will flying in this fun class! The class will also feature knife skills and knife safety. The 3-hour class is held at the Foodology kitchen with a classically trained chef. Class will be vegetarian – coffee and water will be provided. You may bring your own beverage. Class will not be gluten-free or dairy-free.

To register for a Jewish Living Center Program, please call Stephanie Hinamon at 419-531-2119 #2 or email [email protected]. For questions about a program, please call Please note: Jewish Federation and affiliated offices (including René Rusgo at 419-531-2119 #1 or email the JLC) will close early on April 19 and closed on April 26 in [email protected]. For complete itinerary, check out www.jewishtoledo.org/60andBetter/out-and-about observance of Passover.

Healthy Living Our approach to aging includes promoting a healthy lifestyle. By offering a series of wellness programs, the JLC helps those in our community achieve their health goals. Note: there will be no exercise classes on April 5, 8, 10, 12 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. AND 11 a.m. - noon WEDNESDAY Get Fit…It’s Never Too Early 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Your favorite class kicks off your day with a comprehensive workout Ballet Ball Fusion featuring cardio, strength, and flexibility. Balls, bands, chairs, and light This is a great combination class that brings together basic ballet, weights are used in this class. Join us for great moves and great music. Tai Chi, and drumming to give you a complete and fulfilling workout All supplies are provided. Free. unlike any other with music to guide you. It focuses on your core for balance and strength and offers a full range of motion to help you work on 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. your stretching and breathing. Drumming A full-body workout for any fitness level that anyone can do. Drumsticks FRIDAY are pounded on exercise balls and clinked overhead and side-to-side to 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. AND 11 a.m. - noon upbeat music that will have you moving in step and around the circle. This Get Fit…It’s Never Too Early (see above for description) class keeps you active and gives your core a great workout. All supplies are provided. 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Poker & More… WEDNESDAY Big and Little Vegas, Stretch, and Red and Black - those are just a few of 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. AND 11 a.m. - noon the games you can expect to play in this lively get together for all. Nickels Get Fit…It’s Never Too Early (see above for description) and dimes are what you will need to make this an afternoon of fun.

To use any of the above services, just fill out a simple and quick Client Registration Form. To learn more about the Jewish Living Center, call 419-531-2119 #1 or visit JewishToledo.org. The Jewish Living Center is supported by the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo and Jewish Seniors Services Supporting Organization. Toledo Jewish News • April 2019 • Page 9 Jewish Living Center

Israel at Your Doorstep presents: The Israeli Political Map and the Different Groups in Israel with Udi Shaham Monday, April 8 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. Jewish Living Center/Sekach Bldg. – 6505 Sylvania Ave. Registration requested by Friday, April 5

The Jewish Living Center of Greater Toledo in conjunction with the Jewish Jewish Living Center Agency for Israel is thrilled to present Udi Shaham, former Jerusalem Post editor and reporter. Now living in northern Israel, Shaham has covered Is- 6505 Sylvania Avenue | Sylvania, Ohio | 43560 | 419-531-2119 René Rusgo, Director raeli politics, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and police affairs for the Jeru- salem Post. He is interested in the different groups composing the diverse Israeli society. As part of his studies and as part of his job as a journalist, Shaham traveled throughout Israel and the West Bank to thoroughly un- Jewish Living Center for 60 and better derstand the conflict. The Jewish Living Center ( JLC) is a fresh, holistic approach Israel at Your Doorstep presents: to how we look at aging and how we view ourselves as we age. Celebrating Israel’s Birthday Through Music with Tal Madyuni We strive to make the JLC the place where you come when Sunday, May 5 you want to learn about something new and exciting. Where 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Jewish Living Center/Sekach Bldg. – 6505 Sylvania Ave. you can try out the newest trends in movement and exercise. Registration requested by May 3 Where technology is just a touch away. Where adventure takes you places. Where you gather with your old friends and make The Jewish Living Center of Greater Toledo in conjunction with the Jew- new ones. Where you can feel comfortable being yourself. ish Agency for Israel is proud to present singer-songwriter Tal Madyuni. Madyuni is in her third year as a shlicha (Israel emissary) at Camp Tama- rack in Michigan. Her dream is to touch as many hearts as she can through Be a part of the Jewish Living Center: her work and to connect people through music. Madyuni is excited to help Pick the event(s) you want to participate in. Register by the registration deadline to join the fun. us celebrate Israel turning 71 years old. Come enjoy a nosh or two and lis- ten to some beautiful music with us. Call us at 419-531-2119 # 2 or email [email protected] with your payment information, as payment is due at the time of registration. VISA, MasterCard, AMEX, and Discover are accepted. Travel Guidelines Personal checks can be mailed to: Jewish Living Center 6505 Sylvania Avenue, Sylvania, OH 43560

Very leisurely pace, minimal physical activity. “OY! I registered for an event and now I can’t attend.” Please call and let us know so we can open that spot for another community member. Requires average physical activity. Participants should be in good health, be able to climb stairs, and walk reasonable Scent-free space distances, possibly over uneven terrain. Jewish Living Center participants are asked not to wear perfume, cologne, or any other strong-smelling fragrances while participating

in classes, programs, and trips. Your cooperation in this effort will Requires moderate physical activity with walking and allow all of our participants to take part in our programming. standing. May include a few flights of stairs, uneven ter- rain, and walking slightly longer distances. For more information about the Jewish Living Center or its 1programs, please call Director René Rusgo at 419-531-2119 # 1 or Requires physical activity such as longer walking tours, email [email protected]. climbing stairs, and periods of standing. Tour days may be The Jewish Living Center (JLC) and all of its programs are open to longer, with select activities in the evening. those who are 60 and better and are supported through a generous grant from the Jewish Senior Services Supporting Organization Very active tour requiring guests to be physically fit. In- (JSSSO) and through your campaign dollars.

cludes extensive walking, high altitudes, early mornings, SUPPORTED BY 2 late evenings. Jewish Federation & Foundation

YOUR CAMPAIGN AND LEGACY GIFTS AT WORK Have something to kvell about? Connect with us on Facebook! Let Jewish Toledo Join the Jewish Living Center online here: celebrate your good facebook.com/groups/JewishLivingCenter news with you! Send us your wedding, engagement, graduation, baby, To register for a program, contact Stephanie Hinamon job or other news for consideration in the at 419-531-2119 #2 or email [email protected]. Toledo Jewish News today! For more information about programs, contact René Rusgo Submit your simcha to Paul Causman at at 419-531-2119 #1 or [email protected] [email protected]. Page 10 • April 2019 • Toledo Jewish News Jewish Living Center Out and About

WOOSTER THEATRE GETAWAY Tuesday, July 9 and Wednesday, July 10 Join us for a quick night away. Enjoy featuring the song, “I Am The Very pledge and no unpaid gifts to the perfume, cologne, or strong–smelling travel via motor coach to a lovely Model of a Modern Major-General.” Annual Jewish Federation of Greater fragrances whiles participating in Ohio destination to see some of our After the show, we will board the bus Toledo Campaign. classes, programs, and trips. Your state’s best theatre from the Ohio and head back to Toledo. A non-member will pay an additional cooperation in this effort will allow Light Opera’s 41st season. We will $75 per person. Full payment due at all of our participants to take part in arrive for lunch and then go see TRIP INCLUDES: time of registration, no places will be our programming. Girl Crazy, the 1930 musical that Modern Motor Coach transportation held without payment. Registration • This trip has moderate walking/ made Ginger Rogers an overnight 1 night at The Hampton Inn with payment and dietary restrictions standing, and will include a few star. After our afternoon of theatre, – Wooster are due Monday, April 29. flights of stairs and/or uneven terrain. we will go check into our hotel, rest Includes: Free Wi-Fi, hot breakfast, Unsure? Please call and ask. and refresh, and then head out for a pool, and fitness center NOTES: • If you have any dietary restrictions lovely dinner. 2 lunches/1 dinner /bus snacks • Driver gratuity is strictly voluntary. or need special accommodations, Tax and tips on included meals Suggested amount is $5 per day, per please notify us at time of Rise and shine the next morning Tickets to Girl Crazy and The Pirates person, and may be given directly to registration. with breakfast at the hotel at a more of Penzance the driver at the end of the trip. • Travel itinerary subject to change. relaxing pace. After checking out, we • It is your responsibility to arrange will board the bus to go explore the COST PER PERSON: roommates. This trip is a 2: It requires Pine Tree Barn, where we can shop $260.00 Double Occupancy* + • Travel insurance may be obtained average physical activi- for trinkets and enjoy the beautiful Driver Gratuity by contacting your insurance agent. ty. Participants should be in good health, be able to climb scenery. Following lunch at the $325.00 Single Occupancy* + • A current 2019 emergency form charming Granary Restaurant, we needs to be on file. stairs, and walk reasonable Driver Gratuity distances, possibly over un- will head over to enjoy The Pirates • The JLC is a scent free space. *Member fee is for those in good even terrain. of Penzance, the 1879 comic opera standing with a current 2018-19 Participants are asked not to wear

Stratford, Ontario This trip is a 3: This trip includes moderate physical activity with walking & standing and does include a few Tuesday, September 24 & Wednesday, September 25 3 flights of stairs, uneven terrain especially at the theatre. September in Stratford is beautiful. easy in the hardscrabble mining TOUR INCLUDES: NOTES: The hustle and bustle of the town, riven by a bitter national Modern Motor Coach • Driver Gratuity is strictly summer has dissipated. We want strike, where eleven-year-old Billy transportation voluntary, suggested amount you to enjoy the beauty of the lives with his bereaved family. But 1 Night at The Arden Park Hotel, is $5 -$10 per day, per person theatre and calm air in Stratford, Billy’s discovery of his talent for Stratford, ON and may be given directly to the Ontario, Canada. dance awakens in him a passion that 1 Breakfast, 2 Lunch & 1 Dinner driver at the end of trip. will transform his life and win the Tickets to Little Shop of Horrors, • It is your responsibility to We will dine in this lovely little hearts of his whole community. Billy Elliot the Musical, and The arrange roommates. town and see some of the best Merry Wives of Windsor • Travel insurance may be productions that Stratford has to Bus Snacks obtained by contacting your offer. Tax & Tip on Included Meals insurance agent. A current 2019 emergency form needs to be on Little Shop COST PER PERSON: file. of Horrors $425.00 Double Occupancy* + • Trips are sent free - please at the Avon The Merry Wives of Windsor at Driver Gratuity consider the amount of perfume, Theatre: Skid the Festival Theatre: Pursuing two $550.00 Single Occupancy* + cologne, and other fragrances Row florist’s respectable married women at the Driver Gratuity that you wear. clerk Seymour same time, a would-be seducer fails *Member Fee is for those in good • If you have any dietary Krelborn is too to anticipate that his targets will, standing with a current 2018- 19 restrictions or need special shy to declare his love for his co- quite literally, compare notes. Nor pledge and no unpaid gifts to the accommodations, please notify worker Audrey – until a mysterious has he reckoned on the mischievous annual Jewish Federation of Greater us at the time of registration. exotic plant brings him unexpected spirit in which the wives will use Toledo Campaign. • Travel itinerary subject to fame and fortune. There’s only one their wits and wiles to teach him A non-member may pay an change. problem: the plant has ambitions of the error of his ways. additional $75.00 per person its own, and it thrives on only one Full payment due at time of You MUST have a current passport food – human blood. The Arden Park Hotel will be where registration, no places will be held with the recommended 6 months you will rest your weary head at without payment. Registration and from travel date. night and have a lovely breakfast at payment deadline are Friday, August 9 in the morning. -limited tickets!

Billy Elliot the Musical at the Festival Theatre: Dreams don’t come Toledo Jewish News • April 2019 • Page 11 Jewish Living Center Out and About Chautauqua LIVE, LAUGH, LEARN July 28 – July 31

Join us for a beautiful excursion to acre educational center. We will en- • Bus snacks • It is your responsibility to arrange the lake resort region of Chautau- joy a walking tour of the grounds • Tax and tip on included meals roommates. qua, New York. The birthplace of and a lecture by the Interfaith Ami- • Travel insurance may be obtained the Chautauqua Movement of edu- gos at the outdoor Hall of Philos- COST PER PERSON: by contacting your insurance agent. cational and cultural centers, we will ophy. There will be time to shop $875 double occupancy* + driver • A current 2019 emergency form embrace all the area has to offer. and explore the area. We will also gratuity needs to be on file. be touring the Everitt Jewish Life $975 single occupancy* + driver • Trips are scent free; please consid- LIVE – Experience a local winery Center located by the Institution. gratuity er the amount of perfume, cologne, for a tour and tasting, summer din- and other fragrances that you wear. ing on a dinner cruise around Chau- We will enjoy accommodations at *Member fee is for those in good • If you have any dietary restric- tauqua Lake, lunch at the historic the new Harbor Hotel on Chautau- standing with a current 2019 pledge tions or need special accommoda- Anthaneum Hotel, and relaxation qua Lake. The hotel features an in- and no unpaid gifts to the annual tions, please notify us at the time of time at the new Harbor Hotel. door/outdoor salt water swimming Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo registration. pool, firepits, beautiful views of the Campaign. • Travel itinerary subject to change. LAUGH – We’re going to tick- lake, and a putting green. Stroll A non-member may pay an addi- le your funny bone with a fun-filled along the boardwalk to the Lucille tional $125 per person day touring the Lucy-Desi Museum Ball Memorial Park featuring stat- Requires physical activity such as and the National Comedy Center ues of the icon. Full payment due at time of regis- longer walking tours, climbing in Jamestown, NY. You’ll tour the tration, no places will be held with- stairs, and periods of standing. Tour days may be longer, with memorabilia and sets from I Love TOUR INCLUDES: out payment. Registration and select activities in the evening. Lucy, then a customized tour of the • Modern motor coach payment deadline are Friday, June NCC. And we can’t visit Lucy and transportation 7 – limited tickets! Desi without a themed lunch in the • Three nights at The Harbor Hotel Tropicana Room, a recreation of in Celeron, NY NOTES: Ricky Ricardo’s famous Manhattan • Three breakfasts, four lunches, and • Driver gratuity is strictly volun- nightclub. three dinners tary; suggested amount is $5 -$10 • Tickets to Chautauqua Institution, per day, per person, and may be giv- LEARN – Founded in 1874, the National Comedy Center, and Lu- en directly to the driver at the end Chautauqua Institution is a 750- cy-Desi Museum of trip.

JEWISH LIVING CENTER AND THE LUCAS COUNTY TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM PRESENT: KEEP YOUR KEYS: EMPOWERING YOUR INDEPENDENCE

Nearly half of senior drivers worry about losing their freedom and mobility when it’s time to give up the car keys, according to a survey conducted by AAA. Because “keeping the keys” is important to mature drivers, Lucas County Traffic Safety Program is partnering with Jewish Living Center of Greater Toledo to help mature drivers gain the confidence and skills necessary to drive safer, longer.

Join us for a 4-week workshop featuring experts and information that will keep senior drivers driving as long and as safely as possible. Each session will be from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Sekach Building, 6505 Sylvania Ave.

Session 2: Thursday, April 4 The Distracted Brain with Jamie Blazevich and Keeping the Keys with AAA

Session 3: Thursday, April 11 Roundabouts and Safety with ODOT, expert speakers from UTMC, Tai Chi, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol CarFit registrations will be available

Session 4: Thursday, April 18 CarFit Check-Ups: Trained technicians will assess how well the senior driver’s car “fits” them. Technicians will check steering wheel tilt and position, the distance at which the driver sits from the steering wheel, the line of sight above the steering wheel, the position of the driver to gas and brake pedals, and adjust mirror settings to eliminate blind spots (Registration for CarFit appointments required – each appointment lasts 20 minutes)

SPACE IS LIMITED - REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR ALL WORKSHOPS Call the Registration Hotline at 419-531-2119 #2 or email [email protected] Page 12 • April 2019 • Toledo Jewish News Next Jewish Generation Thank you Next Jewish Generation and our 2019 “I Love the ‘80s” Soirée donors Jack & Kathryn Gallon Community Board & Brush Inside the Five Sheila Painter Scholarship and Educational Candy & Wayne Jupmode Sky Zone Toledo Opportunity Fund Ciao! Kurt Nielson Photography Stranahan Theatre & Great Hall Color Street – Abby Schwartz Local Thyme Sylvania Playland 2019 Soirée Committee: Tamara Green, Croswell Opera House Lourdes University Sylvania YMCA/JCC Christina Katz, Megan Schwartz, Lisa DoTERRA- Val Lancaster Mandi Biller, LMT Thirty-one Shall, and Dorian Slaybod Foodology Midas Toledo Mud Hens The French Twist Miller Ferries to Put-in-Bay and Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Silent auction donors: Gail Mirrow Middle Bass Island, Ohio True Rest Float Spa Angie Scott Skin Health Gathered Glass Mind, Body & Soul Fitness Universal Marble & Granite Architectural Artifacts Get Air Toledo Panera Bread Velvet Confections by Studio D Barry Bagels Hair Chiasso Pure Barre Toledo Village Idiot Big Fab Lab Hero's Toledo Rayoka Wild Tree Biggby Coffee Hollywood Casino Rosie's Italian Woodville Surplus Birds Eye View Circus Imagination Station Shanty Creek Resorts Toledo Jewish News • April 2019 • Page 13

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Next Jewish Generation Toledo Cooks Next Jewish Generation Trivia Nights Axe-Cuse Me, Next Jewish Generation? Pierogies Before Passover Tuesday, May 7 – Saturday, June 1 Saturday, April 13 Sidelines Sylvania (6060 Renaissance Pl.) Axe 419 (9851 Meridian Ct., Rossford - in- 7 p.m. Thursday, June 13 – side Hero’s Toledo) Foodology (2059 W. Laskey Rd.) The Casual Pint (3550 Executive Pkwy) Axe throwing starts at 7:15 p.m., $20 by Friday, April 5/$25 after please arrive by 7 p.m. Includes cooking instructions, dinner, RSVP the day prior each trivia night to Hallie $20 per person by 5/24, $30 after and drinks. Freed at [email protected] or 419-724-0362 Includes 2 hours of axe throwing, appetiz- ers, and one adult beverage. Limited spots, no walk-ins. RSVP required to Hallie Appetizers on us, drinks on you! Test your skills Freed at [email protected] or 419-724-0362 and pub knowledge by joining NJG for a night Limited spots, no walk-ins. RSVP required of trivia. Trivia starts at 7 p.m., make sure to to Hallie Freed at [email protected] or Ready, set....cook! Join NJG at Foodology for arrive by 6:45 p.m. Reservation will be under 419-724-0362 a savory and fun night out. This intermediate “Next Jewish Generation.” class will show you how to make fresh pierogi Ever thrown an axe before? Come out and dough, roll it, and then fill it with your favorite join us for a night of throwing, noshing and vegetarian pierogi fillings. drinks at Axe 419! No experience necessary, just make sure to wear closed-toe shoes.

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Young Jewish Toledo is a staple of Jewish life in the Toledo area, existing to draw wonderful, dynamic, young Jewish people together for the greater benefit of the community. From Hebrew Happy Hours to date nights to volunteer opportunities, Young Jewish Toledo provides a range of opportunities for young Jewish professionals 21-40. These future leaders of Jewish Toledo are continuously strengthening personal connections while participating in – and perpetuating – Jewish life in Toledo. To find out more about how you or someone you know can get involved with Young Jewish Toledo, contact Hallie Freed at 419-724-0362 or [email protected]. Toledo Jewish News • April 2019 • Page 15 PJ Library SUPPORTED BY WILL YOU READ Jewish Federation & Foundation ME A STORY? Preschool Co-sponsored by YOUR CAMPAIGN AND LEGACY GIFTS AT WORK Chabad and Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo Supported by the Federation’s Annual Campaign

FREE books and CDs - Are you getting YOURS? PJ Library® is completely FREE RSVP to any or all events to [email protected] or 419-724-0362. for participating families in the Please notify us of any dietary issues at least one week prior to the event. Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo region.

PJ Playdates PJ Library® seeks to engage Jewish families with young children. Each participating child in our community from age six months Don’t Pass Over our winter PJ Playdates with Gan Yeladim Tiny through eight will receive a high-quality Jewish children’s book or Treasures! Playdates offer creative movement, Jewish songs, interac- CD every month. tive and hands on activities, recipe sharing, baking, story time, snacks, and free play. Playdates are a great opportunity for Moms, Dads, Bub- Each book and CD comes with resources to help families use the bies, Zaydes, and guardians to meet other young families. More de- selection in their home. The book and music list has been selected tails about each Playdate to come. by the foremost children’s book experts and includes a wide array of themes related to , folktales and Jewish family life. All Playdates will be at the Jewish Federation Leonard Lounge (6465 Sylvania Ave.) To learn more about PJ Library® Suggested donation - $10 per class and to ensure your child receives this wonderful gift, please contact Hallie Freed at 419-724-0362 or [email protected]. RSVP required the day prior to each Playdate to Hallie Freed SUPPORTED BY at 419-724-0362 or [email protected]. Please notify us in PJ Library® is supported in part by the Jewish Federation advance of any dietary restrictions. Gary and Andrea Delman Family Foundation & Foundation and Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo. YOUR CAMPAIGN AND LEGACY GIFTS AT WORK Friday, April 5 from 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Friday, April 12 from 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Preschool Co-sponsored by Chabad and Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo Supported by the Federation’s Annual Campaign

Purim Playdates

To learn more about PJ Library® and to ensure your child receives this wonderful gift, please contact Hallie Freed at 419-724-0362 or [email protected] PJ Library® is supported in part by the Gary and Andrea Delman Family Foundation and Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo. Page 16 • April 2019 • Toledo Jewish News Local Share records and photographs with Toledo Jewish Historical Society in the Musings spirit of Pesach Submissions from Jewish community members reflecting on Jewish life. By Lynn B. Jacobs, Director, TJHS Submit items (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art, etc.) for consideration in Toledo Jewish News to Paul Causman at [email protected] or 6465 Sylvania Avenue, Sylvania, Ohio 43560.

Submitted by Shirley Kirshner

Pyramids At Giza

from Giza desert sandstone from Tura gleaming limestone hard granite from Aswan quarrymen labor with copper and saw diorite and mallet insert wooden wedges soaked in water to expand and split the rock to let the slabs go free then wait for flood season to float the slabs down the River Nile Open your memory banks to the 1930s and 1940s and try to identify these handsome, fit young men who played basketball on one of the JEL’s 60+ basketball teams. thousands of masons Sam Kohler is shown top left. quarrymen Is your dad, uncle, brother, cousin, or family friend pictured here? Can you identify stonecutters the name or other facts about this team and the photograph? Contact Lynn Jacobs at work thirty years [email protected] workmen with lever roller inclined plane As this issue goes to print, spring to raise funds for the infant State of raise blocks into position will be officially be here at last, dou- Israel gangs haul stones bly appreciated after an unusual- to the lip of the ramp ly cold and blustery winter. As we Yes, these precious memora- then slide them into place prepare for my favorite Jewish holi- bilia came from our own commu- on a bed of liquid mortar day, Pesach, which almost always re- nity members. How many more ir- places snow and slush with chirping replaceable records of memories thousands of masons birds, greening grass, and bright daf- still reside with you? This Pesach, a quarrymen fodils popping forth from the earth, time of rebirth and remembrance, stonecutters our now two-year-old Toledo Jewish why not perform a special mitzvah, work thirty years Historical Society is also springing showing your enduring love and re- to renewed life and vitality. spect for those who decided to save I a peasant woman We thank those ambitious Jew- precious memorabilia in the first spend my life among the pots ish Toledoans who warded off cab- place? Whoever packed and saved prepare food in fever by foraging in their attics, that box in your attic was sending for the men basements, and drawers to gather up you an important personal message. who building for the gods boxes of family treasures in the form Honor them this Pesach by giv- dwarf themselves of letters, photos, documents, and ing TJHS an opportunity to per- other written records this winter. manently preserve for your descen- They took the final step of leaving dants and for all the world online them at the Federation office, where those special treasures entrusted to I donned protective gloves and en- you. We are truly blessed to be col- thusiastically reviewed and discov- laborating with such outstanding ered amazing community treasures staff to immortalize our Toledo Jew- such as: ish community’s history. So, please bring those boxes to the Federation • Scrapbooks, lovingly created office anytime it is open (you may and maintained, that track the evo- dust them first without destroying lution of Darlington House and its their patina). Don’t condemn them predecessor, Homes for the Toledo to an unknown fate. Please remem- Jewish Aged ber to leave your contact informa- • An original program of the tion with your memorabilia and fledgling Israel Philharmonic Or- indicate if you want the unused re- chestra, conducted by none oth- cords returned to you. Thomas I. Wisniewski, 1948-2018 • David J. Czerniak, Director er than Leonard Bernstein, playing to a sold-out Federation sponsored Shalom and Hag Someach! concert in our own Peristyle in 1951 OFFICIAL AUDIENCE AUDIENCE BEST OF SELECTION AWARD AWARD THE FEST SECOND PLACE SANTA NEVADA BARBARA DOCUTAH MAINE CITY INTERNATIONAL A film by Sky Bergman INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL LIVES WELL LIVED Celebrating the Secrets, Wit and Wisdom of Age Toledo Jewish News • April 2019 • Page 17 Local

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Nora Romanoff and Dr. Eli Abramson Page 18 • April 2019 • Toledo Jewish News Local Organizations work together on creating international Sister City relationship

By Emily Gordon Northwest Ohioans and visitors being port cities, having growing are both parties willing to do to make Kapszukiewicz is “foursquare behind to the area have long wondered if communities, rich glass histories, and the relationship grow? How willing our development of a relationship there is a connection between Toledo, diverse populations, he said. are you to work together? It’s all to with Akko,” Glaza said. Ohio, and Toledo, Spain,to explain Akko has a diverse population be defined. It’s based on passion and Hopefully, Kapszukiewicz and the Ohio city’s chosen name. of and Arabs, where Jewish, commitment. To try to define it is to Akko Mayor Shimon Lankri or their The answer has never been clear, Muslim, and Christian residents limit it.” delegations will visit each other’s city but an official relationship between live and work together in harmony, James Hartung, TSCI president, in the near future and talk about the the two cities has existed since 1931, as well as those who are Druze and said since the structure needed to steps needed to make the proposed when they became Sister Cities. Baha’i. support such a relationship is in relationship a reality. According to Toledo Sister Cities Toledoans might not realize all place, including having a sponsor and In the meantime, Albert Ben International, the match predated the commonalities the two cities supportive committee in Federation, Shloosh and Dolev Ben Ami, the concept and institution of Sister share, Glaza said. the proposed Toledo-Akko representatives from P2G and Akko, Cities and was the first of its kind in “To me, what Israel needs is relationship could become something visited Toledo in January, meeting the world. people in northwest Ohio to get of a Sister Cities example to the with members of Toledo city council Since then, Toledo has enjoyed to know Israel person to person. world. “Each project creates more and Catherine Cosby, the mayor’s 12 Sister City relationships between There’s just so much misinformation avenues for greater collaboration by chief of staff. cities in 10 countries, with plans to out there about Israel that the only understanding commonalities and They also enjoyed a tour of Toledo add Akko (Acre), Israel, to that list in way to really get to know it and its putting heads together to come up which included stops at Great the near future. people is to know them personally,” with something greater than that. I Lakes Maritime Museum, the Glass John Glaza, TSCI treasurer and he said. “This allows Toledoans to want an Akko-Toledo relationship Pavilion at the Toledo Museum Board of Trustees member, pitched understand, celebrate, and learn what to be the poster child of what a of Art, and a reception at Temple the idea to to make Akko one of Israel is all about, and vice versa. Not Sister City relationship is all about,” Shomer Emunim. Toledo’s sister cities. just Jewish community of Toledo Hartung said. “We want to show the Hans Ersepke, TSCI vice Inspired by his work as chair of and of Akko but all residents of both ideal package of how a Sister City president of programs, is thrilled to the Israel Advocacy task force in places to learn about each other, relationship can grow and create watch the process of two points of Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo’s people to people.” peace through. We have a willing the world finding common ground Jewish Community Relations In 2011, Hyderabad, Pakistan, and local sponsor here in Federation, and forging a relationship. Council, Glaza thought it’d be a Toledo became Sister Cities, marking hopefully we will have one in Akko, “Toledo is as America is a melting great idea to foster such a connection medical tourism, educational training and we’ll get to watch the magic pot, but one that never forgets where between Toledo and a city in Israel, (especially of medical students), that’ll occur.” people are from. It’s a strength to with Federation serving as the Sister and investment as mutual benefit Sister City relationships are have,” Ersepke said. “I really believe City sponsor. priorities, said Dr. Anwer Ali, TSCI made through a mayor-to-mayor in our mission. We’re on the ground Akko was selected as it is within trustee, who led the effort to create agreement that states the intent of meeting people, there’s no ethnicity Federation’s partnership region, the the relationship. two cities to enter into a municipal discrimination. We can make some Western Galilee. Partnership2Gether, A Toledo-Akko relationship could partnership for mutual benefit. leaps internationally.” through the create similar benefits, or others. Toledo Mayor Wade and Jewish Federations of North “The three areas we hope each America, allows Jewish communities city would benefit from a sister in our country and in Israel to come city relationship are economic together and create meaningful development (business, jobs, relationships and opportunities. development, investment, exchange “We already have a relationship of ideas), education, and culture,” Ali with Akko through Federation and said. P2G with arts and culture, and we However, the beneficial have a link between University of possibilities are endless, said Glaza. Toledo Medical Center and Galilee “I always say the benefits of a Medical Center in Nahariya, Israel,” sister city relationship are to be he said. “I thought, ‘We have so many defined. You create a relationship direct positives in common with this and let it grow, let it feed off of itself. region, why not take a leap and see This is the starting point. You put where this goes?’” Glaza said. positive input and it grows,” he said. Such positives include both places “It’s kind of like a marriage. What

Passover Closing Schedule for 2019

BETH SHALOM CEMETERY 420 Otter Creek Rd., Oregon, Ohio 43616 EAGLE POINT CEMETERY 515 Eagle Point Rd., Rossford, Ohio 43460 Friday, April 19, 2019 Erev Passover Close at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2019 1st day of Passover Closed Sunday, April 21, 2019 2nd day of Passover Closed Thursday, April 25, 2019 Erev 7th day of Passover Close at 4 p.m. Friday, Apr 26, 2019 7th day of Passover Closed Saturday, April 27, 2019 8th day of Passover Closed Cemeteries close early every Friday at 4 p.m. for Erev Shabbat Cemeteries are closed every Saturday for Shabbat Toledo Jewish News • April 2019 • Page 19 Local Men's duplicate bridge relocating For many years, Allan Miller and Dave Shall have organized a men’s Du- plicate Bridge game on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. hosted by a rotation of players in their homes. As of this month, Steve Moskowitz and Bobby Kripke are assuming their duties. They will begin on February 12 and play every Tuesday at the Sekach building on the Federation campus at 7 p.m. If you are interested in playing men’s Duplicate Bridge and joining in on the game, please e-mail us at [email protected] and mosko1950@ya- hoo.com. Experienced players only, please. The game has a minimal cost and is an opportunity to be with your friends and test your bridge skills. Refresh- ments and snacks are provided. We ask that whoever wishes to play to e-mail Bobby and Steve a week in advance so we can plan how many tables we need to have set up. We currently have between 4-8 tables depending on the snow- birds and we would like to see this game grow. Thanks, and a happy, healthy new year to all!

Mentoring for literacy Mentors in Toledo Schools is a program that is offered by Partners in Have something to kvell about? Education, to help students in grades K-3rd strengthen their literacy skills. We provide qualified volunteers to work 1 on 1 with students with quality activities provided by their teachers. Volunteers can work with students for Let Jewish Toledo celebrate 30 minutes a week, up to 8 hours a week. We are flexible with scheduling. We currently need 40+ volunteers as we just expanded into two more your good news with you! schools. To volunteer, or for more information, please email me at hhenson@ partnerstoledo.org Send us your wedding, engagement, graduation, baby, job or other news for consideration in Toledo Jewish News today! Submit your simcha to Paul Causman at [email protected].

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Temple Shomer Emunim

April Worship Schedule Celebrate the First Night of Passover Temple Tots

with your Temple Family! Sunday, April 7 at 9:30AM Friday, April 5 th Friday, April 19 at 6:00PM “Passover “Just Because It’s Shabbat” Service at 6:00PM Rabbi Weinstein will lead this family-friendly Seder Cantor Roher will co-officiate We will share in the story of Passover and dine on

Saturday, April 6 delicious Passover cuisine including gefilte fish, matzah April Religious School Calendar Shabbat Shal-OM at 10:00AM ball soup, salads, brisket, chicken, potatoes, apple kugel Tues. April 2 Tuesday Tutoring 4PM & 5PM

Friday, April 12 & roasted vegetables. Wed. April 3 4:20PM Shabbat Service at 6:00PM Sun. April 7 Religious School 9:15AM Cantor Roher will speak Temple Tots 9:30AM

Rabbinic Intern Alicia Harris Tues. April 9 Tuesday Tutoring 4PM & 5PM will be on the Bima Members: Adults $20 Children 10 & Under $10 Wed. April 10 Hebrew School 4:20PM Non-members: Adults $36 Children 10 & Under $18 Sun. April 14 Religious School 9:15AM Saturday, April 13 RSVP to [email protected] by Friday, April 12th Tues. April 16 Tuesday Tutoring 4PM & 5PM Shabbat In The Park at 10:00AM Wed. April 17 Hebrew School 4:20PM Friday, April 15 Temple Book Club at Scott High School Sun. April 21 NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Shabbat Service at 6:00PM Authors! Authors! Lecture Monday April 15 @ 7PM Tues. April 23 Tuesday Tutoring 4PM & 5PM Rabbi Weinstein will speak “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris Wed. April 24 Hebrew School 4:20PM

Friday, April 19 “The Bible in Music” Sun. April 28 Woodlawn Cemetery Clean-up Shabbat Service at 5:30PM Day (no class at Temple) First Seder 6:00PM Presented by Dr. Samuel Adler

(reservations required) Classes will be held Sundays, Camp Kayitz is just around the corner!

Saturday, April 20 April 7, 14, 28 & May 12 from 9:30-11:30AM June 17-21 th Passover Morning Service at 10:30AM PreK-4 Grade 9:30AM-3:00PM

Young Adult Night at Stubborn Brother Pizza Ages 2 & 3 years old 9:30AM-12:30PM Friday, April 26 Saturday, April 13 at 7:00PM Passover Yizkor Service at 10:30AM For more information contact Join Rabbinic Intern Alicia Harris for appetizers, dinner Shabbat Service at 6:00PM [email protected] Coffee with the Clergy and drinks (soft drinks only, no alcohol included) $180 Temple Members $220 Non-Members Wednesdays, April 3 & 17 at 11:00AM RSVP to [email protected] by Wed. April 11 $90 2-3 year old half-day

Congregation B’nai Israel Daily Services Schedule Monday - Friday: 7:00 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. Pesach Schedule 5779 David S. Stone Religious School Saturday: 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m & Youth Activities *Sunday: 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 19 Erev Pesach *when Religious School is in session Morning Service/Siyyum Bechorim 7:00 a.m. APRIL Fast of the First Born 3 Wednesday RS 4:30 - 6:00 Jewish Lives, Jewish Learning: Light Candles 8:02 p.m. 7 Sunday RS 9:30 - 12:00 CBI Adult Education Series NO evening service 10 Wednesday RS 4:30 - 6:00 Join us for our stimulating snack and learn programs. 14 Sunday RS 9:30 - 12:00 Saturday, April 20 First Day Pesach NO CHARGE (except where indicated). Everyone welcome. Service of Reaffirmation 9:30 a.m. • CLASS & MODEL SEDER AT ETZ CHAYIM Mincha 1:00 p.m. Class - 9:30 AM, Model Seder - 11:00 AM CBI SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE WEEKEND Light Candles 9:05 p.m. 17 Wednesday RS 4:30 - 6:00 with Yonatan Miller, PhD NO evening service 21 Sunday NO RS - PESACH Asst. Professor, Dept. of Philosophy & Religion, University of Toledo 24 Wednesday NO RS - PESACH Sunday, April 21 Second Day Pesach 28 Sunday NO RS - PESACH Saturday & Sunday, April 6 & 7, 2019 Morning Service 9:30 a.m. 1 Wednesday RS 4:30 - 6:00 Mincha after Kiddush Please join us on Shabbat and on Sunday as Dr. Miller presents NO Evening service engaging lectures about Passover to our congregation. BITUSY & Monday- ursday, April 22-25 Lounge Night Other CBI Events Chol Hamoed Pesach Wednesday, April 17, 2019 Regular daily services at 7:00 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. e Women of B’nai Israel Morning service followed by breakfast in the social hall 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Celebrate Rosh Chodesh USY Regional Convention ursday, April 25 Seventh Day Pesach Eve Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Evening Service 5:45 p.m. April 11 - 14, 2019, Chardon, Ohio Light candles 8:08 p.m. Please join us as we celebrate the month of NISAN and CBI'S learn about the role of MIRIAM in the Passover story. Friday, April 26 Seventh Day Pesach TOT SHABBAT Please bring small toiletries for donation to the mothers of Morning Service 9:30 a.m. PROGRAM babies in the NICU at Toledo Chidren’s Hospital. Evening Service 5:45 p.m. Light Candles 8:09 p.m. This service is designed for parents with The program will begin with a Continental Breakfast. children up to 5 years of age Program cost is $5 per person, payable at the door. Saturday, April 27 Saturday, April 13, 2019, 11:15 a.m.-12 p.m. RSVP by Wednesday, April 3, 2019 to Miriam Beckerman, [email protected] or Sharon Stein, [email protected]. Eighth Day Pesach/Yizkor Kiddush lunch will follow. Please RSVP to 419.517.8400 Morning Service 9:30 a.m. Yizkor 11:00 a.m. Important Sisterhood Meeting Mincha 1:00 p.m. e CBI Oce will be Closed: Sunday, April 14, 2019, 10:30 a.m. at CBI Fri., April 19th Erev Pesach Closed at Noon Passover ends at 9:13 p.m. Please RSVP to Ann Rosenberg, 419.882.1410, Fri., April 26th 7th day Pesach Closed or [email protected] Toledo Jewish News • April 2019 • Page 21

Congregation Etz Chayim

SISTERHOOD NEWS PASSOVER HOLIDAY The Etz Chayim Sisterhood continues to help support our shul financially as well as provide in- teresting and interactive activities for all of our members to participate in. Scheduled soon will be the SCHEDULE annual Sisterhood closing luncheon and Woman of the Year Award. This year’s recipient is Andrea THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019 TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019 Lublin. All of the members of Etz Chayim are invited and encouraged to support. Morning Service 7:30 a.m. Morning Service 7:15 a.m. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 2nd at 10:15 in the shul library. All sisterhood Mincha Service 6:00 p.m. Mincha 6:00 p.m. members are invited to attend. PLEASE JOIN US. Search for Chametz 9:01 p.m. KNITZVAH PROJECT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 This exciting project continues as ladies come together to make afghans for Breast Cancer pa- FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019 Morning Service 7:15 a.m. Morning Service 7:30 a.m. tients. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 3rd at 1:00 p.m. in the synagogue library. Mincha 6:00 p.m. If anyone needs assistance in learning to knit, helpers are always available. Siyum Ha B’Chor 8:15 a.m. Mincha 8:00 p.m. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019 POKER/MAH JONG GAMES Ma’ariv 8:20 p.m. Morning Service 7:15 a.m. Candlelighting 8:01 p.m. Everyone is invited to play poker or Mah Jong on Sunday, April 7th from 10:00 a.m. to noon. Re- Mincha 6:45 p.m. freshments will be served. Come and have a good time with friends. Ma’ariv 7:00 p.m. FIRST SEDER Candlelighting 8:07 p.m. BEGINS AFTER 9:03 PM BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY/SHABBAT HAGADOL KIDDUSH LUNCHEON Everyone is invited to a Kiddush Luncheon following Shabbat service on Saturday, April 13th to FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2019 SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2019 honor members who are observing a birthday and/or anniversary during the month of March. Morning Service 9:00 a.m. Prior to serving lunch, Rabbi Rubin will deliver a special sermon for Shabbat HaGadol (the Shab- Morning Service 9:00 a.m. Mincha 6:45 p.m. Mincha 7:50 p.m. bat prior to Passover) titled “The Communal Nature of Passover”. Everyone is invited to share in this Ma’ariv 7:00 p.m. special Shabbat. Ma’ariv 8:20 p.m. Candlelighting 8:09 p.m. Candlelighting 9:04 p.m. ADULT CLASS SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2019 Everyone is invited to view the movie “Brundibar”. Brundibar is a children's opera by Jewish SECOND SEDER Morning Service 9:00 a.m. BEGINS AFTER 9:04 p.m. Czech composer Hans Krása with a libretto by Adolf . The plot of the opera shares elements with Yizkor 11:00 a.m. fairytales such as Hansel and Gretel and The Town Musicians of Bremen. Aninka [in English An- Mincha 6:00 p.m. SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2019 nette] Following the movie, Ken Pargament will lead a discussion. A light continental breakfast will Havdalah 9:12 p.m. be served. Morning Service 9:00 a.m. Repurchase of Chametz 9:45 p.m. Mincha 6:00 p.m. Havdalah 9:05 p.m. ART MUSEUM TOUR The next Art Museum tour led by Andrea Delman will take place on Sunday, April 28th at 2:00 MONDAY,APRIL, 2019 p.m. The cost is $8.00 per person. Below is a short synopsis of the exhibit and movie. Morning Service 7:15 a.m. Different Trains is a profoundly moving work. A large-scale video installation that spans more Mincha 6:00 p.m than 20 feet and is 29 minutes in duration, the work features a 1988 musical score by Steve Reich, re- interpreted by Spanish filmmaker Beatriz Caravaggio. Steve Reich’s 1988 score for string quartet and recorded voice is a beautiful and emotionally charged rumination on the train journeys of his youth The Sunday School Model Seder will be held on Sunday, April 14th at and of the horrific deportation trains of the Holocaust. The score was awarded the 1989 Grammy for 11:00 a.m. in the Etz Chayim Social Hall. All parents and children are invited. the Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

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Submitted by Sarah Kuljian, Jew- to be surrounded by friends, and to ing over the wine (or grape juice in nonprofit organization where chil- ish Student Life Coordinator for feel safe in a time when the world felt our case), and why the Challah bread dren from the Make a Wish Foun- BGSU Hillel dangerous. is covered. In addition to the informa- dation, who want to go to Disney tion on Shabbat, one of the student World, can attend with their family BGSU Hillel leaders and members What Hillel did for its members members made dinner for the orga- free of charge. The ice-skating event were thrilled to find out that Nation- and the community during the month nization. The students making dinner was a fun way for students to support al Association of College and Univer- of November did not stop at the vig- is a tradition of Hillel. According to an important cause. sity Residence Halls named us Orga- il. Throughout the month, Hillel held the Hillel Jewish Life Coordinator, With these impactful and mem- nization of the Month for November three , dinners on a Friday cooking dinner allows the students to orable events that Hillel holds, it is 2018 for the entire country. Two of night that signify the start of the day have more ownership over Shabbat no wonder why they were featured our student leaders, Nikki Katzen- of rest. Shabbats are always free and and the organization, making it more in Hillel International for a cultur- stein and Adrienne Sarbaugh, nomi- open to the community, and members significant. al event done last month. Hillel gives nated us for this award. I have worked are encouraged to bring friends and On top of the meaningful vigil so much to the university and their hard the past few years to make Hillel even visiting family. The first Shab- and the impressive Shabbat dinners, members and creates a safe place for an inclusive and welcoming place for bat of the month was voting themed Hillel held three other noteworthy all students that allows for growth all. Winning this award and reading in order to discuss the importance of events during the month of Novem- and acceptance, which is why they de- the nomination written by Nikki and voting and the impact it can have on ber, consisting of a game night, film serve to be recognized. Adrienne shows me the positive im- the community. The second Shabbat night, and ice-skat- pact Hillel has made on members and was titled Shabbat with your BGSU ing event. Game BGSU students. Below is the full text . Mishpacha is the Hebrew Night was an eve- of Nikki and Adrienne’s nomination word for Jewish family. At this Shab- ning where stu- that resulted in winning the award. bat, the president and advisor asked dents took a study Please read it and join us in congrat- everyone in the room to write and break and played ulating them on their efforts to get draw on a poster what they love about their favorite board BGSU Hillel national recognition. being Jewish and/or the Jewish faith games with friends. and culture. The purpose was to have At Jewish Film Acceptance. Community. Friends. members of Hillel restore their hope Night, Hillel played These are the words that describe Hil- and faith after the scary events that the classic movie, lel, the Jewish student organization at had taken place across the country by Yentl, starring Bar- Bowling Green State University. De- having them remind themselves what bara Streisand. The spite its origin of being a Jewish stu- they love about Judaism. The poster movie highlight- dent group, this chapter of Hillel in- was a grand success, and the majority ed Jewish culture cludes a diverse group of students of the attendees wrote or drew two or while also starring from different backgrounds and a va- more additions. a prominent Jew- riety of religions, making the organi- The third Shabbat was titled Shab- ish actress. The third zation’s focus on acceptance within bat 101. This Shabbat was a way to event was an ice- our community. This is why it was not let those, who are not familiar with skating event that a shock to anyone that after the Pitts- the tradition, learn about the customs. raised money for burgh tragedy at a Jewish synagogue At this event, the Jewish Culture one of Hillel’s part- the group held a vigil for the students. Chair explained aspects, such as why ner charities Give The vigil allowed students to mourn, we light Shabbat candles, the bless- Kids The World, a

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