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Temple of Aaron Sisterhood TheAaronion 616 S. Mississippi River Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55116-1099 • (651) 698-8874 • www.TempleofAaron.org Vol. 94 • No. 9 May 1, 2019 26 Nisan 5779 Save Senior Summer Together We write our Aaronion articles more than a month in the advance. Thus, we are at the beginning of Leviticus (parashat Tzav) as I write this message. At the Date beginning of the Torah portion it states “The Lord Spoke to Moshe saying, Command Aaron and his sons The 2019 AIPAC saying…” Rashi comments on these simple words Minnesota Annual Event stating that the word “command” of both Aaron and his sons was God’s way of urging for the present and Featuring the Right Honourable future generations. Meaning no one generation is Stephen Harper, Former alone in our pursuit of a relationship with God and no Prime Minister of Canada one generation is responsible for Judaism or Jewry. Monday, May 13 • Minneapolis Hilton This summer I am spearheading a new initiative called RSVP - http://events.aipac.org/minnesota/ TOASST (Temple of Aaron Senior Summer Together) Rabbi Jeremy Fine geared towards congregants 65+ years old that will 651-252-6412 Stephen Harper served as the Prime Email: take place in June and July. The group will have six Minister of Canada from 2006 through [email protected] opportunities to meet and programs will include a film, 2015. During his tenure, Prime Twitter: learning and activities geared towards congregants and @RabbiJeremyFine Minister Harper dealt with many open to non-members. This is a way for me to spend foreign policy issues, but history will more time with you all, especially those who just spent especially note his leadership on the winter months basking in the sun elsewhere. matters affecting Israel and her place It is my hope that through this program we will become closer, hearing from a diverse in the global community. Harper has group in different settings. The program costs $25 for a member and $50 for non- been recognized with the International members. This covers all programming costs and communal food (we hope to serve Leadership Award and the Presidential toast at most programs). Gold Medal for Humanitarianism for To register please email [email protected] or call Danae Thorpe 651-252- his commitment to the Jewish people 6407 by May 15 so we can plan accordingly. Times and dates are subject to change. and the State of Israel. JuneJu 11 – Art Project with Tiffany Goldman at 2pm – Temple of Aaron JuJune 26 – Learning with Rabbi Fine at 10am – Temple of Aaron July 2 – Film: Yesterday at 2pm (Exact Time TBD) – Mall of America July 10 – Our Jewish Community Panel at 10am – Temple of Aaron July 17 – Jewish Heritage Night: Lynx Game at 7pm – Target Center July 24 – Doing Good Together at 10am – TBD JCRC Annual Event Lastly, I want to invite everyone to our Second Annual Block Party on June 5 from Sunday, June 2 5:30-8:30pm. It should be another fantastic evening! Like Rashi knew that all At Hyatt Regency Minneapolis generations are urged to participate, I hope you ALL see Temple of Aaron as a place to engage this summer. See you in shul! Rabbi Jeremy Fine Antisemitism: Here and Now featuring Deborah Lipstadt Deborah Lipstadt, award-winning author of The Eichmann Trial and Denial: Holocaust History on Trial. Go to: https://www.minndakjcrc.org/ annual-event.html 2 Rebuking Jewishly with Rabbi Miller May 12 and 26 The final book of the Torah, Not taking Israel for Granted Deuteronomy, is a unique one in that fact that it is a series of speeches that I have been blessed with the fact that I have had the Moses offers to the Ancient Israelites. privilege to travel to Israel several times in my life. A focus of many of his speeches is The first when I was a small and naïve child who that of rebuke, or reprimanding the could not understand the complexities that are Israel. actions of our ancient ancestors with With the most recent time being almost exactly four the hopes that they will heed his years ago, when I staffed my third birthright trip. remarks. The idea of rebuking is a There is one part of all of these trips — whether central idea in our tradition but as we personal family visits or as a staff member — that all know from personal experience it sticks with me for the longest time even after I have can be more difficult to do this returned stateside. It is not my time at the Western without hurting others. This class will Wall. It is not my time hiking Masada and seeing the look at various interpretations from sun rise. It is not the time that I spend walking within the tradition commenting on through Yad VaShem, the Israeli Holocaust museum. the do’s and don’ts of correcting Rabbi Micah Miller Mount Herzl, named after Theodore Herzl the others with the hopes that by the end Assistant Rabbi founder of modern political Zionism, is the site 651-252-6411 we will feel more comfortable with the that has become Israel’s national cemetery and is Email: subject and the manner in which we [email protected] situated in Jerusalem beside the Jerusalem Forest. do this difficult task. As the national cemetery, this means that some of the most important and influential people who have shaped the modern state of Israel are buried there. People like Golda Meir, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, and of course Herzl himself. However, this is not the reason that my time spent at this place is always so memorable. Mt. Herzl is known by another name as well. Har HaZikaron, or the mountain of remembrance. There is a special group of people that are honored with their final resting place being this hillside in Jerusalem: those who lost their lives in service to protecting Israel. It is a military cemetery for some of the bravest men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our homeland. The reality is we would not have Israel without those brave souls. The reason that this visit always sticks with me is because it makes me address the Memorial Day question, “Do I take Israel for granted?” Do I think often enough about the lives that Special Service were lost for Israel to exist? Perhaps this is because I am an American Jew with a Monday, May 27, at 11:00 am homeland that is thousands of miles away, so it’s out of site out of mind. But that is not an excuse. I need to be better at acknowledging this reality. Rabbi Miller and Cantor Joshua Fineblum will a Memorial Day Service That is why I am honored that I will have the opportunity to be a part of the Yom at Temple of Aaron Cemetery. HaZikaron, Day of Remembrance, memorial program happening here at Temple of Aaron on May 7 at 7:00 p.m. We will come together and remember and commemorate the lives and sacrifices of the Israeli Defense Force Fallen Soldiers. We would not be able to celebrate Israel’s 71st birthday without them. Third Annual Celebration of May we never take for granted our homeland of Israel, and may we never forget those Service Jazz Brunch of all backgrounds and faiths who fought to defend her. June 2 at 9:30 am Midpointe Event Center in St. Paul Honoring Service Award recipients Join us on Saturday, May 19th at 9:00am ToA member Dora Lender, newly-retired JFS for End of School Honors! Senior Bilingual We will be honoring our 5th, 6th, & 7th Community Specialist, and graders, Weingarten Award Winners, Teachers & more! Chris Rosenthal, Find out who the winners are in upcoming Ma Chadash. JFS Aging & Disability Services Director retiring at Kiddish Lunch sponsored by the end of the year. Temple of Aaron Education Department For tickets, contact Charlie Levine at [email protected], 3 Mazel Tov to this year’s Silver Kepah and Greenie Beanie Students! This Hebrew month of Iyar is always a special one 5th Grade Silver Kepah for me as we celebrate Israel throughout. It is always meaningful to me as I was born in the Joel Divine month, not just on any day, but on Yom Natalia Katz Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence day. This month commemorates all of those who have given their 6th Grade Greenie Beanie life for the state of Israel on one day and then celebrates its birth the next. It is truly the most Mason Axelrod beautiful and meaningful two days of the year for Hannon Axelrod me personally aside from Rosh Hashanah and Yonah Bates Yom Kippur. Annie Leventhal All of my life I have felt this connection, but this Shey Sorenson year at the AIPAC Conference in DC, I saw the Joshua Fineblum, CJE importance of Israel come to life for some of our Join us on Saturday, May 18 as Cantor/Educator students. It was thrilling to be there and to watch they lead services and we honor 651-252-5403 our students take in so much in that short time Email: them and their families for this [email protected] together in DC. They learned from college students about BDS on campus, heard from some amazing wonderful accomplishment. speakers including Vice President Pence, Nikki Hayley, other Senators and Members of Congress, met with Tina Smith and Presidential Candidate Amy Klobuchar. In their own words: I left AIPAC with a sense of hope and belonging towards Israel 7th Grade Graduates and all 18,000-plus people who were in DC to support it.
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