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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 ) as I write this message. At the Date beginning of the 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 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 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.

Ju June 11 – Art Project with Tiffany Goldman at 2pm – Temple of Aaron Ju June 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 . 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 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 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. It was a perspective changing trip where I learned that people from all races, religions, ages, ethnicities, Lily Axelrod nationalities, and each end of the political compass can, already do, and will Samson Axelrod continue to support Israel no matter how large their differences may be. It was an Jacob Braginsky amazing experience where I learned just how important Israel is not only to the United States, but the whole world. I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to go Ari Goldberg and hear some of the most influential people in the world speak. (Annabelle Epstein, Isaac Hoffman USY President, 12th Grade)

This was my first AIPAC conference and I learned so much. My appreciation for Israel Mazal Tov to our 7th graders for grew as well as my understanding of what it means to be a pro Israel Jewish their accomplishments. American. I enjoyed listening to speakers during the general sessions and hearing They will be honored on my own senate representatives speak. Going to AIPAC with Temple of Aaron allowed Saturday, May 18 during the me to explore what Israel means to me! (Valarie Merman, Past USY President, 12th grade) 9:00am Service.

AIPAC was a wonderful experience and I am so very great full that I attended. Hearing from different politicians all supporting Israel was very inspiring and motivational. I felt as if I was surrounded by like-minded people who shared the same values and me, I felt as if I wasn’t alone. This experience has taught me not stay quiet and if I want something to be changed I have to stand up and do it myself. (Arielle Shofman, USY SA/TO VP, 10th grade)

I am so grateful these students and I had the opportunity to be a part of this conference and to continue to explore how important Israel is to us as Americans and Jews. Please join us as we come together as a community to remember those heroes of Israel at our community Yom Hazikaron ceremony at Temple of Aaron on May 7 at 7pm. It will be a moving night recalling the heroic acts of our Israeli heroes who sacrificed their lives for our homeland. Please also join us as we celebrate Israel through the arts on May 19 from 3pm-5pm at the St. Paul JCC.

Am Yisrael Chai, May the Nation of Israel continue to live and be a land of freedom. Left-to-right: Elias Bier, Cantor Joshua May each of us continue to pray for the safety of the land, its people and the hope for Fineblum, Arielle Shofman, Annabelle peace in our home away from home! Epstein, Sam Dobkin, and Val Merman. 4 May Education & Youth Calendar

1-2 Yom Hashoah

3-5 Family Kallah at Herzl Camp Aaron and I participated in Swartz Family Trip to (NO SCHOOL) Israel, which this year was culinary themed. We used all of our senses as we explored Tel Aviv, the Sovev 7-9 Yom Ha’zikaron/Yom Ha’aztmaut Kinnert, Jerusalem, and beyond. In the Shuk, our 8 Religious School/TiKone USY noses filled with the smells of spices, fish, and fresh Progressive Dinner food. Our eyes marveled at the beautiful produce.

11 School We tasted in Tzfat, dates at a farm in the West Bank, and so much delicious fresh fruits and 12 NO Religious School/ veggies. On Shabbat morning, our ears filled with TiKone USY Elections the musical morning service at Moreshet Yisrael in 15 5 Senses of Judaism Israel Jerusalem. Our whole trip experience was a delight Experience for the senses, and as such, is the perfect Religious School/TiKoneUSY inspiration for an Israel-themed 5 Senses Program 18 Final Shabbat Greenie Beanie/ on Wednesday, May 15 from 5:30-7:00pm. Silver Kepah/End of Year Awards Jorie Bernhardt Join us as we travel all around Israel, without ever Director of Youth and Family 19 Last Sunday School/Tikone USY leaving Temple of Aaron. Make candles in Tzfat, buy Programming 20 Last Day of Wednesday School/ and sell produce from a Kibbutz, choose fragrant Email: Tikone USY Banquet spices from the Shuk, and so much more. [email protected] dinner will be served. Come celebrate a year of 5 651-252-6415 27 Memorial Day Senses programming! Free for all families with Birth- Kindergarten age children. RSVP to

2018-2019 Temple of [email protected]. Aaron Faculty/Staff

Carly Bass

Ellie Berg

Lindsay Berg

Jorie Bernhardt, Dir. Youth & Family Prog.

Tal Dror, Shlicha

Cantor/Educator Joshua Fineblum

Deborah Getsug Taillon

Reenie Gitlin

Deborah Jopp

Shari Lowenthal

Amy Miller-Stern

Carter Pederson

Alisha Simon

Eddie Winthrop Summer Soccer at ToA

Janet Zylberberg Save your spot and the dates today! Thank you to all of our teachers for an un-BEE-lievable year. Their Dates: July 6, 13, 20, & 27 dedication to Judaism and Join us after Shabbat Services teaching future generations, is a gift they share with their students For 3-10 year olds. and our community. $15 Fee Please join us on Saturday, May 19 as we honor our teachers Email: [email protected] to Sign up today! during services. 5

Friday Night Services begins at 6:00pm in Leifman Chapel

Ari Goldberg, son of Jason Goldberg and Shayne Blacksburg, Saturday Morning Shabbat Services begins at 9:00am will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on June 1, 2019. Ari is in the seventh grade at Capitol Hill Gifted & Talented Minyan Monday – Thursday Services begins at 6:00pm in Leifman Chapel Magnet, where he participates in Robotics Club. He also enjoys reading books and playing video games with friends. Sunday Morning Minyan Services Ari is a member of Temple of Aaron Kadima. begins at 9:00am in Leifman Chapel Ari has designated the Brain Trauma Foundation for his tzedaka contribution. Shabbat Lunch will be sponsored by Ari’s grandparents, David and Cheri Goldberg. Ari Goldberg Guest Speaker – May 4 Guest Speaker: JCC CEO Michael Waldman Special Community Update with JCC CEO Michael Waldman Vision Speaker – May 11 Vision Speaker: Dr. Avivah Zornberg May 4 During Shabbat Services Traditional Shabbat – May 18 Michael Waldman, a St. Paul native, has served as School Honors & Awards chief executive officer of the St. Paul JCC since 2010. Walk in Highland With more than 20 years of JCC experience, Waldman previously was the vice president and chief Traditional Shabbat – May 25 operating officer at the Barshop JCC in San Antonio, Sermon by Rabbi Miller Texas, for five years prior to assuming his current role. His JCC career began with his enrollment as a day camper at the JCC Camp Butwin, where he later worked as a CIT, counselor, music specialist, program head and, ultimately, camp director.

May 11 – Dr. Avivah Zornberg

Dr. Avivah Zornberg grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father was a Rabbi and the head of the Rabbinical Court. She holds a B.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature from Cambridge University. For the past thirty years, she has taught Torah in Jerusalem Interested in being a part of our New at Matan, Yakar, Pardes and the Jerusalem College Kehillat Shabbat service? for Adults. Dr. Zornberg also holds a visiting Interested in seeing us do more lectureship at the London School of Jewish Studies. musical services? She has grown to world acclaim through her writing Contact C/E Joshua Fineblum for and teaching of biblical commentary on the books of more information! the Torah and has received the National Jewish Book award. Website Recognizes 5 Senses Program

National Center to Encourage Judaism (NCEJ) extolled our 5 Senses of Judaism Program: STEAM-based, exploratory early-education program.

We earned a generous grant from NCEJ and community members have enjoyed our dynamic innovative program.

Please visit: http://www.ncejudaism.org/ncej-grant-giving-is-growing/

Reserve time for our May 15th 5 Senses program!

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Israel Committee

Temple of Aaron Sisterhood

CLOSING PROGRAM - Thursday, May 16 at 6:30pm in Stein Hall. All Sisterhood members and their families as well as the families of our past Sisterhood presidents are invited to our closing program. The evening will include dinner, installation of new board members and a tribute to all the past presidents of Sisterhood. We will enjoy a blast from the past, as we enjoy a presentation and look at memorabilia discovered in the archives of our chapter. Not a Sisterhood member as yet? Join now and enjoy the meal on us! Cost is $20. RSVP by sending your check by May 9 to: Linda Eisenstadt, 1077 Sibley Memorial Hwy, #400, Lilydale, MN 55118. Questions, need a ride or a babysitter, call Linda at 651-454-6042.

ANNUAL PLANT SALE - Sunday, May 19 at 10:30am-2:00pm. Many new varieties this

year of wonderful pesticide-free and pollinator-friendly annuals and perennials,

including a new variety of basil that is resistant to the pests that destroyed them last

year in many of our gardens. NEW THIS YEAR!! Pre-order forms will be available on By Haley and Oliver Lerner the table across from the office or in the gift shop.

This trip symbolized the start of many MAHJONGG - Sunday, May 5 at 1:00pm in the Smith Library. Beginners through new and amazing things for us. advanced players are welcome! Please contact Margie Schneider Although both of us had been to Israel ([email protected] or 651-698-4358) to ensure that there are enough tables several times before, there were so and sets. many aspects of this trip that were SISTERHOOD BOOK GROUP - None in May. For information on the next book and “new” for the Lerners. Not only were date, contact Barb Pogoler (651-699-9525.) we the newest members of TOA on this trip, but we were also newlyweds, SISTERHOOD KNITS - Thursday, May 9 at 6:30pm at Smith Library. All levels of just married two months before. We crocheters and knitters welcome. Bring your own materials. Questions, contact Susan Gonzalez ([email protected].) formed new connections with young professionals in our community and BUILDING FUND CARDS - Support this ToA fundraiser by sending a beautiful card for formed bonds with our new friends any occasion, minimum $5 contribution. To purchase, contact Susan Kushner at 651- from the P2G partnership in the Sovev 454-8336. All donations benefit the Temple building.

Kinnert Region. We visited new places FOOD SHELF - Sisterhood and the Social Justice Committee work together to fill the in Israel that neither of us had been Francis Basket Food Shelf. Use the bins outside the gift shop for food items or send a before like Gush Etzion and tried new check in honor or memory of someone you love to: Harriet Levy, 1826 Merlot Curve, foods for the first time like Kanafe Eagan, 55122. Questions? Call Harriet at 651-454-6829. and Hamusta. With all of the MOMENT MAGAZINE - Annual subscription available through the gift shop at the rate new things that we encountered and of $15 (of which $5 comes back to Sisterhood). experienced, this trip also solidified relationships, feelings and passion for SISTERHOOD GIFT SHOP - Looking for meaningful Judaic merchandise for gifts or for Israel that has been a part of our lives yourself? Look no further, come to the Temple of Aaron Sisterhood Gift Shop. You will for a long time. find beautiful mezuzahs, cups, Shabbat candle holders, covers, menorahs, jewelry, tallitot, books and much more. We have a wonderful selection of Whether it was the food, the history, Shira Judaic jewelry. Our Gift Registry is available for anyone to register for Life Cycle the miserable weather, or the people Events. Hours are Sun. 9am-Noon, Wed. 10am-1pm, and 6-8pm; and by appointment around us, looking back, every day of with Marcia Taple (651-688-3030 or 651-402-6891) or Etta Lambright (612-229- this trip was memorable. There was 4340). one night in particular that stood out to us and rose to the top. We began this particular night in Machane Yehudah, also known as the Shuk. Social Justice Committee Both of has had strolled the alleyways of the shuk many times, bargaining Muscles and Money Can Build a Home in St. Paul for the best deals on spices and The Social Justice committee invites you to take action to make a difference in St. dates, but neither of us had seen Paul. You can join with members of the Temple of Aaron and nine other St. what happens when the store fronts Paul congregations to help build a house for a St. Paul-area family in St. Paul. We will close and the shop keepers go home. have exact dates soon for volunteers. But even now you can help build a house with The shuk transforms into a living, a financial contribution. Send your check to the Temple of Aaron, noting Interfaith breathing mural of history and culture Builders in the memo line. Together, we can make St. Paul a home for another family and help our city grow. — continued on page 9 — 7 . . . to the Silver Family who created the 5th grade Silver Kepah endowment in תודה רבה honor of the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Stephanie. Donations in memory of loved ones ($10 or more) . . . to the Baldinger Family as they March/April 2019 Adar II/Nisan 5779 created the Greenie Beanie Endowment in honor of Bob’s 70th Birthday. Abramson, Richard Grinberg, Roman & Elena Portnoy, Barbara . . . to all of our volunteers who helped Barenbaum, Bettie Grobovsky, Rick & Nancy Sanders, David & Fern plan our family Kallah this year with Behr, Dick & Bev Gurstelle, Alice Schraber, David & Paula over 115 people in attendance. Benjohar, Albert Kahn, Jim & Marcella Schwartz, Jerry, Sue, & Jenni . . . to the L’dor Vador Grandparent Fund Binkin, Vladimir & Bella Kaplan, Burleigh Shear, Bert for helping to fund this year’s Kallah. Brody, Ed & Beth Kaplan, Cheryl Siegler, Merna . . . to all the volunteers who helped Chacon, Jeanne Kaster, Barbara Simon, Jerry & Yetta make Big Night of Jewish Thought a Cherner, Zhanneta Kaufman, Stuart Smith, David & Dede tremendous success. Chulok, Mikhail & Ira Klein, E. Gary & Marion Sorkin, Gennadiy Granovskaya Kopilenko, Alexander & Bella Stacker, Howard & Tillie Dreyster, Vladimir & Galina Kushner, Barry & Susan Cohn Steinfeldt, Sharron Eisenstadt, Larry & Linda Lee, Lynne Swartz, Larry & Marcia Feinstein, Ed & Faye Levine, Marvin & Harriet Tilsner, Bill & Ryvelle Gak, Feliks & Alla Vysotsky Marvy, Bob Toushin, David & Sally Help Those Who Need Garbuz, Khaye Michaels, Noreen Upin, Alan Food Shelf Every Week Getsug, Ray & Elissa Miller, Diane Weil, Barb Thousands of Gleeman, Harriet Noun, Joan Werthauser, Al & Judy Minnesota Goldberg, Richard & Gayle Novick, Harvey & Bonnie Wolkowicz, Joe & Sandy families rely Greenberg, Richard Nusbaum, Steve & Zaretsky, Karolina Grin, Alexandra Karen Engelbretson on food shelf for a simple meal. We can help working families, children and seniors who might go without food. Bring food to synagogue, go to website and donate, or mail check to chair-person Harriet Levy. Harriet will MAY WEDDING mail a card for get well, celebration or condolence. Help us help others! ANNIVERSARIES

We display every 5 years and all Our deep and sincere anniversaries of more than 50 years sympathy to the families of the following members who have passed away

Marilyn Greenberg מזל טוב We sell affordable 55 Harvey & Nancy Miller Norman Smith Elaine Devitt graves to members 35 Albert Benjohar & Esther Lerman and non-members Alexandra Kislyuk with multi-month 30 Richard Brody & Margaret Flynn Fred Hirsekorn payment plans. Act now to solidify 30 Jim & Bonita Holt Mikhail Fradkin family plans. We have a mixed faith 25 Ron Less & Elyse Levine-Less section for Ken Agranoff

10 Charles & Dina Goodman IYAR BANNER: Titled “Jerusalem” (Dan members. Reisinger design). It depicts Jerusalem Contact Executive Director Ken 5 Brian & Bess Flynn wrapped in a Talit in honor of Israel Agranoff at 651-252-6406 or Independence Day. Dedicated by [email protected] 5 Tom & Libby Levine Leonora Greenberg in honor of her for an 18-minute meeting. family. Seize the opportunity to avoid a last-minute emotional meeting. 8

Sisterhood Pollinator Plant Sale Sunday, May 19, 10:30am-2:00pm

Exciting new plant selections are available at this year’s sale. You can choose from nearly double the number of plant selections from previous years including a much Israel Committee larger selection of perennials that are pollinator magnets. Many of these perennials (continued from page 3) were featured in the movie “5 Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf.” Large market pollinator packs containing six different perennials for bees, butterflies, with spray painted images of leaders, hummingbirds and Monarch butterflies will also be available. change-makers and thinkers throughout our time. We kicked off Phlox paniculata “Jeana” is a perennial that is a MUST ADD to your garden to attract our night in the Shuk with a group butterflies. Its soft pink flowers attract butterflies and it is also the highest rated dinner at the famed Burger’s Bar and garden Phlox for powdery mildew resistance and. . . It blooms longer than any other then we were off to the meeting point Garden Phlox! A total of 37 great flowering perennials are available, including to meet our tour guide, Ariel Karen, a ornamental native grasses and ground covers. local actor and former counselor at Camp Ramah Wisconsin. He came in And. . . three disease-resistant basil varieties are offered. Last summer, many of us full of energy with a small rolling lost our basil due to downy mildew of basil that arrived with last summer’s extreme suitcase in hand, ready to woo us with weather. A good selection of herbs and vegetables, including a you can grow his comedic skills. Our tour began on your windowsill, plus numerous great salad size tomatoes are featured. And…a with a flight of Israeli at a local new disease resistant selection of the tasty, beefsteak heirloom tomato- Brandywine bar and a sampling of Kanafe, an is now Brandywise!

Arabic savory dessert. As the market started getting more crowded Finally, the annual selection has considerably expanded. To attract butterflies and (shabbat had just ended), we headed hummingbirds, we will have 14 different Salvias, eight Petunias, four Ageratums and out of the shuk and into what we can many other pollinator attractors. Bees will also have a pollen and nectar feed from only describe as the “secret” other annuals. Plants for both sun and shade locations will be found at our sale. . . neighborhoods of Nachlaot. and a group of great foliage plants for adding to your container gardens. To guarantee Immediately, Ariel unzipped his the plants YOU WANT for your garden, complete and submit a pre-order form before suitcase, put on a hat and a jacket May 10. Forms are available at the Temple on the hallway table across from the main and became his first character of the office. Orders will be filled based on the date they are submitted and the plant night. His first character, Moses availability at that point. Come support Sisterhood by purchasing your garden plants Montefiore, proceeded to give us the at our sale. full history of the neighborhood, which was actually a grouping of 23 neighborhood courtyards all with their own unique history and culture. Ariel introduced each courtyard by unzipping his suitcase and revealing a new character, who was reminiscent of a local resident back in the 1800s. It didn’t take long until the entire group was dying with laughter as he asked for volunteers to join him “on stage” for some interactive improv. Hilarious cannot even begin to describe the entirety of that evening. Our walk through the Shuk and Nachlaot felt a like a turning point, where we went from six couples on a trip to Israel, to a community and family with a shared experience that created memories to last a lifetime. It was truly a blessing to have one of our first adventures as “The Lerners” in a place we love with people we love.

9 It’s Your Legacy — Help Shape Our Future Raffle Winner Continues Family Tradition My work as a hospice volunteer has provided me some insight into legacy planning. In addition to hospice visits, one of the things I do as an Allina hospice volunteer is write legacy stories for some of my patients—those who wish to share what is most meaningful to them with their offspring and future generations. More often than not, it is the values that evolve through the stories they wish to share. What I end up transcribing are vignettes of hopes—hopes that their lives served a meaningful purpose and hopes that future generations will retain some of their values.

My patients continually remind me that I won’t live forever, but I can designate a legacy that will outlive me. By contributing to something that is personally meaningful to me, I get to hope that it continues. Temple of Aaron is that meaningful something to me—it is my Tree Ezra Lunser won the Batmobile at of Life. Though our individual lives quickly blossom and wither like leaves, the roots the super-fun superhero Temple of grow ever deeper and stronger in time. Aaron Purim Carnival raffle March 17, 2019. It is wonderful to note Ezra’s My hope is that my Tree of Life—Temple of Aaron—continues to thrive long after I’m mom, Betty Meerovich, was just as gone and this is why I’m committed to including Temple of Aaron in my legacy lucky when she was around the same planning. This gives me both peace of mind and a meaningful sense of purpose. age. At a Temple of Aaron event in the early nineties, she won a television and presented it to her grandmother. Please note Ezra will be keeping the Batmobile.

Flower Planting at Cemetery

Parker & Son will be providing flower plantings at our cemetery in Roseville. The service cost varies and is aligned with the amount of flowers desired around your monument. Please call 651-407-0532 to speak with Mersini and John Parker to place an order or ask questions.

Each year their goal is to plant all flowers by Memorial Day. The prices vary between $96 and $168. You have the option of planting your own flowers and paying the Parkers $58 to care for them during the season.

Support Friends with Easy Online Donation Option

We will mail your desired cards for condolence, wedding, birthday, get well, or congratulations card while you enjoy convenient internet access. Go to www.templeofaaron.org, click “Member Resources” listing at top of page, then find “Giving” option and enter name, scroll down for donation purpose and enter credit card for PayPal. You can certainly mail a check to Sisterhood volunteers or synagogue office for card processing. Remember your friends and help Temple of Aaron thrive with a special occasion donation. 10 We Honor Veterans at Special Cemetery Service on Monday, May 27, at 11:00 am Rabbi Micah Miller and Cantor Joshua Fineblum will lead a Memorial Day Service at Temple of Aaron Cemetery in Roseville to honor the memory of our loved ones who served in the United States Armed Forces. Jewish war vet volunteers supplied names including those of loved ones buried at a different cemetery, but whose family attend the Temple of Aaron service. -A- Morris Cohen Israel Krawetz Nathan Perlman Howard Silverman Harvey Aaron **Roy (Mickey) Cohen Melvin Kreiman Stanley Perlman Joseph Silverman Gerald Abrahamson Stewart Cohen Henry Kristal David Peilen Howard S. Silver Maynard Abrahamson Joel Cohn Merrill Kuller Arnold Pesses Julius Silvers Ted Abrahamson Stanley Cohn Max Kurnow Harry Plotke Louis Silverstein Joseph Abramowitz Jerome Cornfeldt Walter Kvasnik Sol Pogoriler Hymen Simes K. Norman Abrams -D- -L- Louis Polansky Albert Simon Sam Ackos Harold Daniels **Melvin Labovitch Jerry Portnoy Milton Simon Joseph Adelman Joseph Daniels Meyer Lande Morris Prawer Morris Simon Sidney Adelman Simon Dannovsky Harry Goldman Fred Lang **Ben Price Abraham Singer Harry Agranoff Hersh Davis Herman Goldstein Arnold Lapinsky Stuart Price Benjamin J. Singer Leo Agranoff Bert Dechter Sidney Goldstein Charles Lapinsky Arcady Pukhovitsky **Carlyle Singer Morris Alt Edward Devitt Sylvan Goldstein Leonard Lavin -R- David Singer Robert Alch George Devitt Alex Goloven Harold A. Lee Morris Radow Morris Sisler Berthod Aldes Jacob Dim Arnold Goodman Calvin Lerman Stanley Raskin George Sitkoff John Alpern Arnold Divine David Goodman **Irving Levenson David Ratner Samuel Sloane Harold Arenson Hymen C. (Chappy) Ernest Goodman Morton Levenson Phil Ravitzky Edwin Smith Bette Austrian Divine Mayer Goodman Sonia Levenson **Irving Rein Marvin Smith Jerome Averbach Reuben Divine Theodore Goodman Alan Levey Arnold Resnick Milton Smith Abram Axelrod Albert Dorshow Albert Gordon Joseph Levine Herschel Rifkin Philip Snell Jerome Axelrod Ben Dorshow Frances Gordon R. Levitt Paul Rifkin William Snell -B- **Louis Dorshow Herman Gordon Max Levy Stanley Rikess Allen Spector **Mickey Barenbaum **Harold Doroshow Yale Libman Alfred Rischall Stanley Barenbaum Louis Gordon Jack Spector Joseph Dudovitz Samuel A. Gordon Charles Liebson Ben Robins Joseph Spector Benjamin Bareze -E- **Leon Linden Russell Robinson William Barnard Henry R. Edelstein Sidney Gordon Myles Spicer Solomon Gottfried Louis Lipshultz **Eugene Rosen Albert Stein Phillip Bass Irving Edelstein Theodore Lotterman Isadore Rosen Ronald Bear Jack Edelstein **Sam Gotlieb David Stein Jack Gottlieb Henry Lovich Meyer Rosen Joseph Stein Newton Becker Kermit Edelston Robert Lovich Seymour Rosen Joseph Belkin Albert Effress Israel Gottlieb Marnie Steinberg James Gottlieb Al Lovick William Rosen Max Steinberg Kenneth Bender Shalby Ellis Jess Lowenthal Harold Rosenberg Arthur Bennett Louis Epstein Milton Gray **Sheldon Stewart William Greenberg Rudolph Lund Murray Rosenberg Edward Stone H. Bennet George Esrig David Lynn Aaron Rosenblum Sydney Berde Jay Ettinger Lewis Grossman Stanley Straus Harold H. Gurstelle Merle Lyons Harry Rosenthal **Frank Strickon Bernard Berke Samuel Ettinger -M- -H- Sam Rosenthal David Supornick **Irvin H. Berkowitz **Sherman Evans Israel Hackner Norman Mack David Rosner -F- Meyer Supornick Abraham Bernstein Joseph Hafter Harold Magy Ben Rossman Harry Bernstein Ben Feldman David Makiesky Jack Sweet Hershel Feldman Albert Hafter Joseph Rovitsky -T- **Irving Bernstein Stanley Haimes Jacob Makiesky Arnold Rubenstein Walter Tankenoff Harry J. Berg Harold Field Louis Makiesky William Fields Albert Halper **Bernard Rubenstein Maynard Taple Robert Berg Lester Halper Nathan Makiesky Sigmund Rubenstein Benjamin L. Tilsen Jerome Besner William Fine Sidney Makiesky Daniel Fink Norman Halper Phil Rutchick Jack Tilsen William Bick Irving Malmon -U- **Ernest Fink Jack Hartman Sherman Rutzick James Biglow Samuel Hartman Joseph Malmon **Yale Rutzick Charles Udison William Binder Herman Fink Stanley Malmon Gordon Ukes Louis Finkelstein Louis Haven Joseph Ryder Harry Binman Lloyd Hertz Manual Manos -S- Isadore Ukes Julius Birnberg Sam Fisher Simon Margoles Ivan Sanderson Reuben Unowsky Harry Foldman Marcus Hertz Reuben Birnberg Myron Hertz Samuel Marks Abel Sadowsky Charles Upin Joseph Bisnow Mark Frankel Harry Markus William Schachtman Otto Upin Arthur Freeman Mervin Hites Ben Blizen Joseph Hoffman Sherman Marrinson Richard Shaller Sam R. Upin Jerry Bloom Earl Freeman Sol Mastbaum Harold Schenker -V- Arnold Frishberg William Holland Charles Vinitsky Albert Blumenfeld Jacob Horne Richard Matus Marvin W. Scherzer Milton Blumenfeld Marty Frizond Joseph Mendelsohn Stephen Schiffer Norman Vinitsky -G- Lester Horne -W- Sherman Blumstein Herbert J. Garelick Godfrey Horowitz Moe Mendelsohn Marvin Schloff Charles Waldman Stanley Blustein Saul S. Garelick -J- A.S. Miller Harry Schumeister Eugene Waldman Mort Brand Ronald Geller Irving Johnson Donald Miller Melvin Schumeister James Ward Julius Braufman Howard Geller Louis Johnson Samuel R. Miller Richard Schumeister Cecil Warren **Howard Bream Maurice R. Geller Nathan Johnson Stanley S. Miller Edward Schwartz Melvin Warren Philip Breitman -K- Sumner S. Miller Philip Schwartz Morton Geller Einar Kaitz Harry Watchman Merle Brill Nathan Geller Zondal Miller Eugene Schway **Israel Watchman Louis Broms Michael Kane Jerry Mogol Robert Schway Nathan Gellman Sam Kane **Gerald Weinberg Stephan Broms Irving Gerr James Moore Isadore Segal Saul Weinberg Jack Bulwa Stanley P. Kane Milton Moore James Segal Sidney Gershcow Isadore Kanevsky Benjamin Weiner **Daniel Burstein Joseph Getzug Morris Munic Irving Serlin Edward Weinstine Ernest Kaplan -N- Sidney Burton David Gilats Harry Shaller Abe Weisberg William Butwin Jack Kaplan Max Naiman **Kenneth Shaller Leslie Ginsberg Joseph Kaplan **Dale Nathan Morse Weisgurt Joel Butwinick Cecil Glickman Richard Shaller Bernard Weitzman -C- Melvin Kaplan Meyer Nemer David Glickson Saul Shark Jack Weitzman Ben Calmenson Reuben Kaplan Val Nemer Gordon Shapiro Calvin Calmenson Michael Goff Abraham Kapplin Peter Nerenberg Joseph Weitzman Sydney Goff Maurice Shapiro Richard Wine Vivian Calmenson Harry Karasov **Alan Nilva Sidney Shapiro Carl Calvin Albert Goffstein Irvine Karon **Jake Nilva Samuel Winnick Solen Goffstein **Thomas Shaw Neil Winston Hershel Caplan Cy Kaster Harold Nolan Gerald Shear Martin Capp Daniel Goldblatt Philip Katz -O- Louis Wolf Harold Shear -Z- Jack Chase Milton Goldberg Mayer Kaufman Sol Oleisky William Goldberg Hershel Orenstein Howard Shear Edward Zamansky Melvin Chemrinow Myron Kaufman Melvin Shear Max Zamansky Abraham Chern Robert Goldberger Perry Kieffer Joseph Orenstein **William Goldetsky Arnold Orloff William Shear **Ruben Zamansky Harry Closeman Shelvin Kieffer Louis Sher Milton Zien Harvey Cohen Hyme Goldfus Sherman Kieffer Royal C. Orren Harry Goldman -P- Maurice Sher Boris “Sunny” Zukerman Irving Cohen Lewis Klein Warren Patterson Clarence Siegel ** Note: Interred at Louis Cohen Sherwin Goldman Irvine Kowitz Harold Goldish 11 Jerome Pearl Louis Siegel another cemetery Shabbat. Tzedakah Lunches. Do you know the 8 Levels in the duty of TZEDAKAH according to Maimonides? Work. The 1st, and lowest degree, is to give but with reluctance, or regret.

This is the gift of the hand, but not of the heart. Many of you know how successful and meaningful these lunches are for The 2nd, is to give cheerfully — but not proportionally — to the distress of the celebrating Shabbat while chatting sufferers.

with family, existing friends and The 3rd, is to give cheerfully and proportionally – but not until solicited. meeting new people. Our community grows stronger with these weekly The 4th, is to give unsolicited but directly to the poor man’s hand, undoubtedly relaxing opportunities to interact with eliciting a painful emotion of shame. various people and our clergy. 1 1 The 5th, is to give so that those who receive the charity will know the benefactor, The Shabbat Lunch Program is but the donor will not know them. supported by generous people who attend services regularly. The 6th, is to know who are the recipients of your philanthropy, but they will not 1 1 know the donor. In addition, we have other members who have made donations to make The 7th, and very meritorious level, is to bestow charity in such a way that the sure this lunch program remains benefactor will not know the relieved persons, not will they know the vibrant for whatever week people benefactor. elect to attend Shabbat services. 1 1 Lastly, the 8th, and highest, rung of the ladder of TZEDAKAH is to prevent We welcome donations to celebrate a poverty by assisting the needy with a loan, or by teaching him a trade, or by birthday, when you accept an Aliyah, putting him into business so that he may earn an honest livelihood and not chant haftorah or read the Torah. be forced to seek charity. Make Shabbat special every week!

109th Annual Meeting ~ June 2 President Stevan Kafitz invites everyone to join us at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, June 2, for brief business where we elect our brand new Board Members and recap programs for 2018-2019.

March 19 Food Distribution for Neighborhood House at Metro State

Cookie Usem, Richard Strimling, Liz Strimling, Charles Maron.

12 Giant Success for Big Night of Jewish Thought

Rabbi Abrahamson, Rabbi Telushkin & Dr. Wertheimer Panel on Bemah Nearly 200 people from all over the Twin Cities heard powerful comments from our three guest speakers in Temple of Aaron’s Sanctuary on April 14. Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, Rabbi Elka Abrahamson and Dr. Jack Wertheimer provided strong ideas aligned with wonderful examples. It was extremely impressive to observe their quick ability to share ideas, make revisions after hearing Rabbi Telushkin & Wendy Baldinger Top: Rabbi Fine & Rabbi Abrahamson. their colleagues speak and Seated: Rabbi Telushkin & Dr. Wertheimer. articulate concerns buttressed by verifiable facts. Our three expert speakers were able to rapidly share a range of ideas, respectfully disagree at times and gleefully agree at other times.

People in attendance were strongly positive after the show with their comments and book purchases. The best compliment of all was shared by numerous people essentially saying the program was David & Steve Baldinger Volunteer Coordinator Susan Gonzalez so good that more people should be attending. We are grateful Steve and Wendy Baldinger stepped forward with a vision for quality Jewish educational discourse and financial support. We look forward to year two, recruiting topnotch speakers to help us learn while challenging us to think and analyze our views. David Portnoy, Barbara Portnoy, Ethel & Kalman Pila and Sally & Scott Johnson 13 Susan & Alan Divine

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9:00am Minyan Breakfast Business Office Closed 4:00pm Last Day of Hebrew 8:15am Learning w/ Rabbi Miller 9:00am Last Day of Sunday School 6:00pm Minyan 9:15am Shabbat Services School/TiKone USY 6:00pm TiKone USY Banquet 6:30pm Talmud Class 11:30am Kiddush Lunch 10:30am Sisterhood Plant Sale 6:00pm Minyan and Installation 7:30pm Bible Class 6:00pm Erev Shabbat Services 3:00pm Community Yom 6:00pm Minyan Ha’atzmaut 6:00 pm Minyan Lag Ba’Omer Candle Lighting 8:26pm Celebration

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