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Affiliated with the Union for ...its ways are ways of pleasantness, 2309 Packard St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104 | Phone 734-665-4744 | Fax 734-665-9237 and all its paths are peace. Terri A. Ginsburg Religious School 734-665-5817 | www.templebethemeth.org March 2019 Adar-Nisan, 5779

Liturgical Calendar TBE Presents April Baskin on Leadership, Race & Diversity

Friday, March 1 in the Jewish Community 5:45 pm Tot Shabbat Thursday, March 14 | 5:15 pm | TBE Sanctuary 6:15 pm Tot Dinner 6:45 pm Shira Join TBE in welcoming April Baskin, a leading voice in the Jewish Community 7:30 pm Shabbat Service: on issues of race, welcoming, and inclusivity. Her discussion will give us an Birthdays & Anniversaries opportunity to reflect and share on the latent racism in our community and how

Saturday, March 2 we confront anti-Semitism, especially among other minority groups. This event 8:50 am Torah Study is free and open to all. 10 am Bar Mitzvah Service: Charles Kehoe

Friday, March 8 TBE’s Purim Shpiel & Carnival 5:45 pm Tot Shabbat Saturday, March 16 | Shpiel: 10:30 am & Carnival: 11:15 am 6:15 pm Tot Dinner Celebrate as one community at our costumed Purim Carnival! 6:45 pm Shira Pizza is $1/slice and $10/full pizza available at the door. Skip the line, and buy 7:30 pm Shabbat Service w/ Kol your tickets here now! HaLev Saturday, March 9 We Need Volunteers! 8:50 am Torah Study We need help running our new, exciting games and baking or buying cakes/ 10 am Bar Mitzvah Service: cupcakes for the cake walk. We’re looking for kids (Grades 6-12) and adults to Sam Bertcher help out. Please fill out this form to volunteer.

Friday, March 15 Megillah Reading & Purim Singing on Erev Purim 5:45 pm Tot Shabbat 6:15 pm Tot Shabbat Dinner Wednesday, March 20 | 6 pm | TBE Sanctuary 6:45 pm Shira For the second year, TBE is hosting a Megillah Reading on Erev Purim, separate 7:30 pm Shabbat Service: from our annual Purim Carnival. Join us for an evening of reading and Purim 3rd Grade Shabbat singing!

Saturday, March 16 10:30 am Purim Shpiel 11:15 am Purim Carnival TBE Hosts Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism

Friday, March 22 Community-Wide Panel Discussion w/ Rabbi Rick Jacobs 6 pm Tot Dinner Thursday, March 28 | 7:30 pm | University of Michigan Museum of Art 6:30 pm Guitar-led Shabbat Service TBE hosts Rabbi Rick Jacobs at the University of Michigan Museum of Art for a discussion on: The Future of Judaism in America. Rabbi Whinston is the Saturday, March 23 moderator, and the panelists include Rabbi Rick Jacobs, Professor Dash 8:50 am Torah Study Moore, Professor Karla Goldman, and Tilly Shames of U of M Hillel. This event is 10 am B’nai Mitzvah Service: open to the public and free of charge. A reception will follow the discussion. Logan Tauber & Spence Nagel

Wednesday, March 27 Shabbat Services with Guest Rabbi Rick Jacobs 6 pm Erev Purim Megillah Reading Friday, March 29 | Tot Shabbat: 5:45 pm | Tot Dinner: 6:15 pm Shabbat Services: 7 pm Friday, March 29 Rabbi Rick Jacobs joins TBE for Tot Shabbat service and dinner, and regular 5:45 pm Tot Shabbat Shabbat services (with a special start time of 7 pm). Please join us as we gather, 6:15 Tot Shabbat Dinner learn, and worship. Learn more about Rabbi Rick Jacobs on page 13. 7 pm Shabbat Service with Guest Rabbi Rick Jacobs Saturday, March 30 TBE, PJ Library & the J Host a Hamantaschen Party...... Pg. 4 8:50 am Torah Study 10 am Chapel Service Photos from TBE’s First “Jewish Monsters” Night...... Pg. 5

More About Rabbi Rick Jacobs...... Pg. 13 2 Rabbi Josh Whinston

This coming July I will begin my fourth year as the rabbi at Temple Beth Emeth. I cannot believe how quickly these first three years have flown by, and I bet many members of our community would say the same thing. In the short time I’ve been here, I’ve implemented a few changes—some successfully and others with less success. Some of the changes are also personal. I am sure there are things I do in services that Rabbi Levy did not do, or that I have a different reason for doing. I hope, as we continue to grow together, every member of our congregation feels encouraged to ask questions. Most of the choices I make, especially in prayer, I make for a reason. Please know that you can always ask me why I move or why I bow or why I say certain words. To that end, I want to share some of my beliefs/values about prayer, and explain one thing I do that is a departure from the past.

I believe each of us is utterly in control of our prayer life, when we engage in both private prayer and public prayer. I do not believe we all must say the same words, at the same time, in the same way, to have a communal prayer experience. That is not to say I think anyone should disturb the prayer Rabbi Josh Whinston service by reading aloud from other sections of the service, but when we pray a particular prayer, each of us should feel the authority to read a different reading on the page, or to just think about the words being said. Please, never feel compelled to read the words I say to read.

I prefer not to choreograph instructions. As I said above, each of us is utterly in control of our own prayer life. Therefore, it is your choice whether to stand or sit. I hope, together, we create a congregation that is aware of the traditional places to rise and be seated, and it does not take my (or Cantor Hayut’s) direction to get people off their tuchas or back in their seats. If you know when to rise, and you are going to rise, just stand up—you don’t need to wait for us to tell you. I will continue to give direction because I understand we are not yet a congregation that feels secure in these personal decisions, but I believe we can and will get there. You are the owner of your Jewish life and practice. I can help guide you, but I never want to be your director.

I do not believe all prayers are meant for all of us to read/sing. One of my jobs as the prayer leader is to make decisions about prayers we say together and when the community listens. There is power in listening. There is power in letting words wash over you, so an idea can develop in a new or different way. I will always invite you to read with me, or responsively, when I think it is important. When I do not ask the congregation to read together, it is because I am offering you an invitation to listen.

Some members of our community may have noticed, in the Amidah, the central prayer of the service, that I use the word “Mayteem” when Cantor Hayut says, “HaKol” in the second paragraph of that prayer. The choice of saying Hakol or Mayteem comes when we say that gives life to wither Hakol (everything) or Mayteem (the dead). I grew up in a reform congregation always saying HaKol, and this has been normative Reform practices for many decades. The early Reformers were uncomfortable with the idea of resurrection of the dead, though it has a firm grounding in rabbinic Judaism, and made a decision to change the words we pray in the Amidah. I was comfortable with this change until my first year of rabbinical school.

I was in when I first read a text that said, when one sees a friend after not seeing that friend for an entire year, one should say, “Blessed are you, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, who gives life to the dead.” In an age with no telephones, email, or text messages—a time when, for most people, even sending a letter to another was difficult—not seeing someone for a year or more meant they were essentially dead to you. There is wonderful wisdom in this text. Resurrection of the dead is not only a literal idea; in fact, I reject the literal idea. Resurrection from the dead can only be a metaphor in the world we know and live in.

When I say the Amidah now, I choose to embrace that metaphor, but not even in the same way our sages did in the text I cited above. I believe there are parts of each of us that can die; parts of who we are or are trying to be that can get lost and in getting lost, “die.” When I say, “Blessed are you, Adonai our God, ruler of the universe, who gives life to the dead,” what I am really saying is, “God, there are parts of me I’ve forgotten about, parts of me I want to better, parts of my soul that need some help. Help me, God, to raise those parts and breathe new life into them.”

B’Shalom, Rabbi Josh Whinston

Baby Shabbat 10:45 am - 12:15 pm | Saturdays, March 16 and April 13

This program is geared to families with preschool-aged children. Open to the community. Baby Shabbat is a great place for parents to get to know one another!

Noreen DeYoung, former director of JCC Early Childhood Center, will introduce Jewish stories and songs at the start of each session. Contact Noreen DeYoung, [email protected], with questions. Cantor Hayut 3

Friends,

I often think back to when I was a young student in Hebrew School, preparing for my Bat Mitzvah. As the rabbi helped me prepare for the service on the bima, and my beaming parents sat enjoying the rehearsal, the rabbi said, “You should be a cantor when you grow up!” My father, of blessed memory, had a very silly streak and said, “Actually, it’s your job she wants!”

None of this had ever been spoken between us, so I was pretty stunned at the ridiculous conversation. Women, to my knowledge, didn’t do that kind of work anyway. I had never seen a woman lead a service. At most, women sang in the choir, and I thought I was privileged to get the “May the Words” solo now and then.

Cantor Regina Hayut It was around that time that the first cantor, Barbara Ostfeld, was ordained by Hebrew Union College, and slowly but surely, more women were trickling into the field. A few years prior, was the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi by Hebrew Union College. Timeswere changing, but to a pre-teen, it went pretty unnoticed.

By the time I attended cantorial school in 1998, the number of women entering the HUC not only matched, but may have exceeded the number of men. My class began with all women, and we would have remained that way had one of our male colleagues not decided to defer his ordination for a year.

Women in Jewish leadership is still a new concept in the grand scheme of time, although we in the Reform Movement have been enjoying the fruits of this shift for many decades.

So, I was extremely excited to see the School of Social Work and the Jewish Communal Leadership Program joining together to create a symposium on Jewish women’s impact in our world. The symposium, called Jewish Feminisms/American Visions: Perspectives from Fifty Years of Activism will take place at the School of Social Work from Wednesday evening, March 13, through Friday afternoon, March 15. This event is free and open to the public (although if you’d like to join in for lunch, you’ll need to register. Please click on this link to sign up.) The meeting will include a diverse and exciting group of speakers.

There will also be a few additional events alongside the main set of programs, including an amazing concert here at TBE on Saturday evening, March 16, by Klezmer violinist and singer Alicia Svigals, one of the founders of the Klezmatics, and a conversation, also here at TBE, on Thursday, March 14 with April Baskin—a Jewish woman of color who was the first VP of Audacious Hospitality at the URJ and a leader of the 2019 Women’s March. You can find out more about these events in this bulletin!

The month of March is filled with exciting activities—including our Purim celebration and a visit from Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the President of the Union of Reform Judaism—I hope you’re prepared to take in much of what this busy month has to offer. I especially hope to see you at one (or more) of the events during the exciting and one-of-a-kind symposium on Jewish Women’s Activism!

It’s Adar! Be happy!

B’Shalom, Cantor Regina Hayut

Thank You to David Lewis of Lewis Jewelers!

Thank you to David Lewis and Lewis Jewelers for your generous donation in the repair and restoration of our Rimonim!

-Betsy Mark & the TBE Community 4 Rabbi Daniel Alter

Hello TBE Families!

Last month, I shared some of the wonderful experiences from our experiment with Electives for our 8th-12th graders. This month, electives make a triumphant return! Starting Sunday, March 10, our 8th, 9th, 11th, and 12th graders will explore their Judaism with brand new, exciting options! This semester, we have six electives from which to choose:

• Great Jewish Books, Great Jewish Authors—Explore short stories and excerpts from novels by amazing Jewish authors with our librarian, Clare Kinberg! • Jewish Cooking from Around the World—Taste new Jewish food and learn your way around a kitchen with WTBE President, Trina Fuller! • Messages of Courage, Creativity, and Resilience—Discover art, music, and poetry as a form of resistance and resilience with Generations After, TBE’s group of second generation Holocaust survivors! Rabbi Daniel Alter • Modern Jewish Music—Broaden your horizons of Jewish music, from klezmer to hip-hop, with Jack Zaientz! • Torah Inspired Yoga—Experiment with a new form of Jewish sacred practice with Shlomit Cohen! • Judaism Evolved—Follow Judaism’s evolution from ancient animal sacrifice to what we know today with me, Rabbi Daniel!

I am so pleased, honored and grateful that members of our congregation will be leading these electives once again. Thank you to everyone involved in this experiment! Online sign-ups are already under way, so do not miss out!

Our 10th graders will not participate in this second round of electives. Instead, they’ll be focusing their time and learning in Confirmation class with Rabbi Josh!

If you would be interested in teaching an elective in the future, please come speak with me. If you would like to see any of our electives offered as Adult Ed classes, please come speak with me, too!

B’Shalom, Rabbi Daniel

Third Grade Shabbat Service TBE’s Purim Shpiel & Carnival Friday, March 15 | 7:30 pm Saturday, March 16 Shpiel: 10:30 am & Carnival: 11:15 am Join us as our third grade class helps Rabbi Josh and Cantor Regina lead us in Shabbat worship! Join TBE for our annual Purim Shpiel and Carnival! Come in costume, and celebrate as one community.

TBE Religious & Hebrew School Spring Break | Saturday, March 23-Saturday, March 30

Neither Religious nor Hebrew School will meet during Ann Arbor Public School’s Spring Break. We will have class on Sunday, March 31.

TBE, PJ Library and the J Host a Hamantaschen Party! Sunday, March 10 | 10:30 am | Jewish Community Center

Prepare hamantaschen to bake at home (no long wait for baking this year); sing and dance with Rabbi Whinston; and make a grogger to take home! Stay tuned for RSVP info. Contact Candace Bulkley with questions. President’sPresident’s Post Continued Post 5

This past weekend, my husband and I enjoyed an evening with several other TBE congregants, sharing appetizers and learning about Jewish monsters and demons. Congregant and VP of Religious Practices, Jack Zaientz, has studied the biblical and historical roots of Jewish monsters and demons. He developed 6 individual lessons on this theme that he presented to our religious school’s high school class last semester. When some of the adults on our Board heard about Jack’s expertise, they asked him if he would reprise the lessons during some informal gatherings. The first lesson was an introduction to Jewish monsters and demons and how they came about, with a focus on Lilith. Jack was incredibly knowledgeable and informative, which made the evening fun and entertaining.

Jack said something, though, that has stuck in my mind ever since. He said that the demons and monsters described in the Bible and other Jewish texts were not metaphors or symbols, but real creatures who were ever-present in our ancestors’ lives. I thought about my own grandmother, who Ketl Freedman-Doan emigrated from Lithuania when she was 13 years old. Whenever someone said something bad or even spoke about a dead person, she would make a “V” with her index and middle finger, raise it to her lips, and spit 5 times. We would all laugh, but she would smile that knowing smile as if to say, “It’s okay, my bubbeles, you are all protected from the evil eye now.” I never thought of her as actually believing in the evil eye, but something deep in her roots said to do this for her family.

Can you imagine living in a time when there were dybbuks, demons, and monsters roaming among us? Our post-modernist, empirically-trained views of reality make this near impossible. We relegate such notions to the mentally ill, the uneducated, the unsophisticated. Yet, how many times have you wondered how you missed that step and sprained your ankle when that step has been there forever? Or felt that chill down your spine when you think of someone who has died? Or wondered where that lost item has gone to when you are sure you know where you put it last? We can come up with rational explanations for all these events. What would our world look like if we believed a dybbuk had caused such events and that we could keep such bad things from happening by putting salt around our house, burning incense, or wearing amulets (all suggestions from Jack’s evening with us!)?

Perhaps those were simpler times? Maybe, but how do our modernist views cope with the anger at a sprained ankle, the fear from that chill, the frustration from not finding what we are looking for? We are tasked with containing our emotions and moving on, but our “Ids” rail against this. “It’s your fault,” we shout to each other, “Stop moving things around!” “Let’s not talk about someone’s death.” So, perhaps such modern thinking has caused us to be more frustrated with the world and our lack of control over our fate, less kind to ourselves and others. It is so much simpler to blame it on a dybbuk. We smile at the pranks of our household demons, we shrug our shoulders, toss some salt on the ground, and go along our merry way. May our house dybbuks treat us kindly and fairly and, in so doing, teach us to be kind and fair as well.

Just a few Board updates: March (Jewish) Madness is here! Check our calendar and this Bulletin for some amazing events: Hamentashen baking with the Rabbi on Sunday, March 10, April Baskin on Thursday, March 14, Purim Shpiel & Carnival on Saturday, March 16, Alicia Svigals on Saturday, March 16, AND to wrap up the month of March: RABBI RICK JACOBS, president of the URJ, on March 28 and 29—Don’t miss these incredible events! More details are in this Bulletin.

B’Shalom, Ketl Freedman-Doan

Photos from TBE’s first “Jewish Monster” night. A huge thank you to Jack Zainetz, for his knowledge and spirit, and to Wendy Lawrence-Morgan & Todd Morgan for hosting. 6 Meet Our B’Nai Mitzvah!

Micah Jacobson Saturday, February 23 Hello! I’m Micah Jacobson. I am a seventh grader at Emerson School, which I love. I also love my parents, Alan and Abbie, and my brother, Oliver, who is in fifth grade. I love to play soccer and perform in and/or watch musical theatre. For my Mitzvah project, I am raising money for the non-profit “Right To Play,” an organization that aims to protect, empower, and educate children in developing countries through all forms of play—games, sport, poetry, performance, dance, art and music. Through play, the organization teaches children basic life skills to stay healthy and smart. I will be inviting my friends who play sports to get sponsors for every goal or point their team earns in the spring, and I will donate the total amount earned.

Sam Bertcher Saturday, March 9 Hello! My name is Sam. I am excited for my upcoming Bar Mitzvah and am happy you will be joining me! I like hanging out with my friends, theater, basketball, cars, and nerf. Thank you for your support.

Logan Tauber Saturday, March 23 Hi! My name is Logan. I am very excited about my bar mitzvah. I am in the seventh grade at Forsythe Middle school. I have one older brother and two younger sisters. For my mitzvah project, I chose to volunteer at the YMCA camp this past summer and do peer mentoring at my school.

Spence Nagle Saturday, March 23 Hi! My name is Spence Nagle and I am in seventh grade at Forsythe Middle School. I live with my mom and dad, Wendy and Ryan Nagle. I am an avid skateboarder and have been skating since 2013, prior to the opening of our local skatepark. For my bar mitzvah project, I have been working to support and promote the Ann Arbor Skatepark. I have raked and shoveled there, encouraged many to join the community, and have already donated money to help it to thrive. I plan to continue my commitment to the skatepark and hope to see many temple members there once the sun comes out in the spring! I am excited for my bar mitzvah and can’t wait to see my cousins coming from North Carolina, New York, Connecticut, and Florida.

Life Cycles Mazel Tov: Micah Jacobson on his Bar Mitzvah, February 23. Charles Kehoe on his Bar Mitzvah, March 2. Sam Bertcher on his Bar Mitzvah, March 9. Spence Nagel on his Bar Mitzvah, March 23. Logan Tauber on his Bar Mitzvah, March 23.

New Members: Adina Lopatin & Daniel Shargel Lauren & Adam Linkner Sheila Deskins

Condolences: Amy Rosenberg on the death of her husband, Marc Lerner. Adam Mitchel on the death of his father, Robert Mitchel. Sarai Koster-Stetson on the death of her mother, Marilyn Koster. Families with Young Children 7

Families with Young Children (FYC): Tot Shabbat Service Fridays, March 1, 8 & 15 | 5:45 pm Tot Shabbat Dinner | 6:15 pm | Shira Service | 6:45 pm | Popsicle Oneg 7:15 pm Families with children ages 0-5 years, come sing all your favorite Shabbat songs with Cantor Hayut and Rabbi Whinston. Join us for dinner following the short service. Dinner is just $5 per person. Punch cards are available in the TBE office.

Guitar-Led Shabbat Service | Fourth Friday of Each Month Friday, March 22 | 6:30 pm A special, song-filled, musical celebration with singing, dancing, guitar, and a big dose of ruach. It’s how we provide another gateway to prayer. This service takes the place of Shabbat Achat and falls on the fourth Friday of each month at 6:30 pm.

Learnings & Teachings

Weekly Lunch & Learn Delving into the Prayer Book: An Exploration of the Fridays, March 1, 8, 15 & 22 Structure, Meaning and Practices of the Jewish Worship Noon - 1 pm | Adult Lounge Service | Led by Cantor Hayut Rabbi Whinston meets every Friday for an informal discussion Sundays, March 10, 17 & 24 | 3:30-4:30 pm about religion. All sessions are held in the Adult Lounge and Learn about the practices of a Jewish Worship Service. are open to the community. Feel free to bring a lunch. Contact Cantor Hayut to get involved. Please note: the March 3rd meeting is offsite and begins at 3 pm. Women’s Torah Study Mondays, March 11 & 25 | 7-8:30 pm | Adult Lounge Beginners Meditation Class Offered by Linda Greene Please join us for in-depth study and lively discussion of the Thursdays, March 7, 14, 21 & 28 | 12:30 pm | Chapel week’s Torah portion led by Cantor Regina Hayut. The group We will learn about breath, centering, choosing objects of will explore various passages from the portion looking at focus, and the purpose of meditating Jewishly. All levels several translations and commentaries from a variety of are welcome, from no experience at all to restarting after scholars from Talmudic times to the modern day. No Hebrew experimenting on and off. You can drop-in anytime this knowledge necessary to participate in the discussion. winter. Contact Linda Greene, [email protected], For questions, contact Cantor Regina Hayut Certified Mashpi’ah (Spiritual Companion), with questions. at [email protected]. Weekly Meditation Sessions Led by Linda Greene Traditional Shabbat Service Thursdays, March 7, 14, 21 & 28 | 1-2 pm | TBE Chapel Fridays, March 1, 8 & 15 | 7:30 pm Linda Greene, Registered Polarity Therapist, offers brief Join us in our weekly traditional Shabbat Service Jewish teachings and leads a 20-30 minute meditation led by Rabbi Whinston. This Shabbat Service takes place every time. Contact Linda Greene with questions, week except the 4th Friday of each month, when TBE’s Guitar- [email protected]. led Shabbat service is held. Men’s Tanakh Study Weekly Torah Study Tuesday, March 12 | 7:30 pm | Adult Lounge Saturdays, March 2, 9, 16 & 23 | 8:50 am Join TBE’s Brotherhood for an examination of the other Join Rabbi Whinston to look at Parashat ha-Shavua, the weekly books that make up the Jewish Bible such as Proverbs, Torah portion. Prophets, and Writings. Contact Roger Stutesmen, [email protected], with questions.

Family Euchre Night WTBE Gift Shop Saturday, March 2 | 8 pm | Adult Lounge

Women of TBE Gift Shop Hours All levels of players are welcome! Join TBE for Wednesdays | 4:30-6:30 pm an evening of Euchre and snacks. Sundays | 4:30-6:30 pm Fridays | 6:30-7:30 pm Contact Dave Ostreicher with questions or to Guitar-Led Shabbat Services | 5:30-6:30 pm join.

Call Amy Paberzs, 668-6842 or 417-5312 to make an appointment. March 2019 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

AARTY...Ann Arbor Temple Youth Coming soon... BRHD.....Brotherhood MSSC.....Middle School Shir Chadash TBE’s Community Seder...... Tuesday, April 23

HSSC...... High School Shir Chadash RR...... Renaissance & Ruach Passover Yizkor Service...... Friday, April 26 SAC...... Social Action Committee TNT...... Twenties & Thirties KH...... Kol Halev, adult choir Yom HaShoah Service...... Wednesday, May 1

YC ...... Youth Choir Mitzvah Day...... Sunday, May 5

3 4 5 6 1 pm Mahj (Offsite) 3 pm Hebrew School 6:30 pm WTBE: The How & The 3 pm Cemetery Committee Mtg. 4:30 pm Hebrew School 5 pm Shir Chadash Why Discussion & Potluck 7:30 pm TBE Board Mtg. 6 pm Religious School Dinner (Offsite)

7:30 pm WTBE Fiber Arts (Adult No Kol Halev Rehearsal Lounge)

10 11 12 13 10:30 am Hamantashen Event w/ 12:30 pm WTBE Historical Novel 7:30 pm Men’s Hebrew Bible 4:30 pm Hebrew School PJ Library (JCC) Reading Group Study 7:30 pm Pulpit Committee Mtg. 3 pm Hebrew School 7 pm Brotherhood Board Mtg. 7:30 pm Membership Committee 3:30 pm Delving into the Prayer 7 pm Women’s Torah Study Mtg. Book 5 pm Shir Chadash 6 pm Religious School 6:15 pm Kol Halev

17 18 19 20 3 pm Hebrew School 7 pm Social Action Committee 12:30 pm WTBE Monthly 1 pm Mahj (Offsite) 3:30 pm Delving into the Prayer Mtg. Luncheon (offsite) 4:30 pm Hebrew School Book 7:30 pm WTBE Fiber Arts 7 pm Religious Ed. Committee 6 pm Purim Megillah Reading 5 pm Shir Chadash (Adult Lounge) Mtg. 7:30 pm Executive Committee 6 pm Religious School Mtg. 6:15 pm Kol Halev Rehearsal

24 25 26 27 No Hebrew/Religious School 7 pm Women’s Torah Study No Hebrew School 10 am TBE Families Meet-Up 3:30 pm Delving into the Prayer Book 6:15 pm Kol Halev Rehearsal

Religious & Hebrew School Break Adar-Nisan•5779 Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Noon Lunch & Learn 8:30 am Religious School 5:45 pm Tot Shabbat 8:50 am Torah Study 6:15 pm Tot Shabbat Dinner 10 am Bar Mitzvah Service: Charles Kehoe 6:45 pm Shira 10:45 am Religious School 7:30 pm Shabbat Service: Birthdays 8 pm Family Euchre Night & Anniversaries

7 8 9 9 am TBE Baking Mavens Noon Lunch & Learn 8:30 am Religious School 12:30 pm Beginners Meditation 5:45 pm Tot Shabbat 8:50 am Torah Study 1 pm Guided Meditation 6:15 pm Tot Shabbat Dinner 10 am Bar Mitzvah Service: Sam Bertcher 4 pm Back Door Food Pantry 6:45 pm Shira 10:45 am Religious School 6 pm Informational Mtg. on 7:30 pm Shabbat Service w/ Kol 10:45 am Preschool 3 Foster Care for Migrant HaLev Children 7:30 pm Kol Halev Rehearsal

14 15 16 12:30 pm WTBE Monthly Luncheon Noon Lunch & Learn 10 am - 1 pm WTBE Hamantashen Sale 12:30 pm Beginners Meditation 5:45 pm Tot Shabbat 10:30 am Purim Shpiel 1 pm Guided Meditation 6:15 pm Tot Shabbat Dinner 10:45 am Baby Shabbat 4 pm Back Door Food Pantry 6:45 pm Shira 11:15 am Purim Carnival 5:15 pm Leadership, Race & 7:30 pm Shabbat Service: 3rd 2 pm Women March on for Justice (Offsite) Diversity in the Jewish Grade Shabbat 7 pm WTBE & TBE Concert: Alicia Svigals Community w/ April Baskin

21 22 23 12:30 pm Beginners Meditation Noon Lunch & Learn No Religious School 1 pm Guided Meditation 6 pm Tot Dinner 8:50 am Torah Study 4 pm Back Door Food Pantry 6:30 pm Guitar-led Shabbat 10 am B’nai Mitzvah Service: Logan Tauber & Spence Nagel 6:30 pm Brotherhood Guys’ Night Service 6 pm Social Action Havdallah Out 7 pm WTBE Board Mtg.

Religious & Hebrew School Break 28 29 30 12:30 pm Beginners Meditation 5:45 pm Tot Shabbat No Religious School 1 pm Guided Meditation 6:15 pm Tot Shabbat Dinner 8:50 am Torah Study 31 4 pm Back Door Food Pantry 6:45 pm Shira 10 am Chapel Service 10 am WTBE Private 7:30 pm Community Panel 7 pm Shabbat Service with Guest Shopping Event (Offsite) Discussion (University of Michigan Museum of Art) Rabbi Rick Jacobs 3 pm Hebrew School 3:30 pm Delving into the Prayer Book 6 pm Religious School 6:15 pm Kol Halev Rehearsal Religious & Hebrew School Break 10 Social Action

Washtenaw Congregational Sanctuary (WCS) Washtenaw County recently became host to our first Sanctuary guest, a West African named Mohamed. Mohamed lived in Ann Arbor and worked at the University of Michigan for many years before being suddenly threatened with deportation and losing his job. Friends House is hosting him and coordinating the support effort. Mohamed’s known expenses are $1,200 per month. The entire Washtenaw County Sanctuary community is contributing funds, supplies, expertise, and personal time to care for him. As a supporting congregation, Temple Beth Emeth members are helping in many ways. To contribute to the effort, please contribute to TBE with a memo “SAC - Sanctuary Fund”. The Social Action Fund has contributed $2,400.00 dollars for expenses already incurred.

Food Gatherer’s Kitchen at the Delonis Center | Saturday, March 9 Abbie Egherman We have room for 5 volunteers per shift. The volunteers who work the noon-2:30 pm shift prepare the meal. The volunteers who work the 2:30-5 pm shift serve and clean-up. Whether you volunteer alone or with a family member/friend, the kitchen coordinator and trained staff are always present to lead the way. Sign-up online here, or contact Yuni Aaron with any questions. Volunteers 12 years and older may participate with their parent. Volunteers 14 years and older may work as individuals. No one under 12 years old can attend the kitchen shift. TBE may have up to two volunteers in their group under 18 years old per shift.

Social Action Havdalah with a Community Conversation featuring Rabbi Whinston Saturday, March 23 | 6 pm | Temple Beth Emeth Rabbi Whinston is participating in a delegation going to Honduras on March 18. What is happening in Honduras, and how does this sharpen our understanding of why so many asylum seekers are leaving their homes in Central America? How do we understand the issues at the border in a Jewish context? Join us on Saturday, March 23 to hear from Rabbi Whinston while this is fresh in his memory.

Mitzvah Day | Sunday, May 5 We are looking for coordinators and volunteers to help with the Mitzvah day planning. The event is Sunday, May 5, and we will be joining with St. Clare’s and Blue Ocean Faith in service activities around Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Contact Abbie Egherman if you are able to help with this annual event.

Hear Sister Simone Campbell on: Mending the Gaps - Why so Many Feel Left Behind Sunday, March 31 | 2:30 pm | Bethlehem United Church of Christ Sister Simone Campbell is part of NETWORK, an organization that advocates for economic justice. She has conducted multiple Nuns on the Bus tours, driving thousands of miles across the US to speak about justice, advocate for fair federal policies, and empower citizens-especially low-income people-to self-advocate and vote. Join Sister Simone as she discusses the factors that cause poverty and how our economic and political systems create poverty and gross inequality. Tickets are $20/adults and $5/students. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

Back Door Food Pantry Here are some statistics from the 2018 Back Door Food Pantry Annual Report filed at St. Clare’s in January, 2019: The BDFP served an average of 120 families/week representing a total 349 clients weekly, or a total of 18,130 clients last year. Our total charges for food was $74,465, partly covered by a generous 2018/2019 grant from Food Gatherers for $25,000. Contributions from our generous donors, primarily members of our sponsoring religious institutions, and also friends and organizations in the community, made up the difference.

Our weekly deliveries from Food Gatherers include our huge orders of perishable and non-perishable food some of which are USDA products, plus an amazing amount of additional donated and rescued fresh produce, bread, dairy products and nonperishable food from Food Gatherers.

We continue to solicit and receive donations of non-perishable food and toiletries, and to provide our patrons waiting in our welcome center (Genesis social hall) with informative discussions, demonstrations and materials from a variety of local educational and community resources including law, dental, and nutrition students.

The BDFP continues to be run exclusively by volunteers with a core of about 75 active volunteers filling 30 slots per week. For more information about donating or volunteering at the Back Door Food Pantry, please contact Ellie Davidson. Sparks of Our Flame - Women of TBE 11

Fresh air and open windows. I have found in these cold months half the battle is just getting up and out of the door. Only on the icy days do I resent having to walk the dogs—so far I have fallen only once! During the winter, I love to drive my car with the windows down or open the windows in my home for a shocking dose of fresh air! We are in the home stretch of dark days and early nights. Come out of the house and join us, the Women of TBE have been busy planning for the month of March! We hope you find a program or two that you would like to attend or support. Currently, we are looking for some event volunteers and board members for next year. Without you, there cannot be a WTBE, so please consider taking on a more involved role. Speak to me or any of our board members if you want to test the waters.

My best to you all. President Trina Fuller B’Shalom, Trina Fuller VP Administration Trina Fuller Coming up in March... grab your calander!

VP Membership Women of TBE’s Hamantashen Sale Ronnie Shapiro Direct from the Star Bakery in Oak Park, MI! For sale information and to pre-order your tasty Purim treats, click here. VP Programming Carol Milstein Hamantashen Fundraiser | The Week of the Purim Carnival, March 16 Janine Chey needs volunteers to pack orders and sell at the Purim Carnival. Contact Janine Chey for VP Fundraising & information. Social Action Yuni Aaron Miss Chocolate Passover Candy Fundraiser, featuring Kosher for Passover Bartons Chocolates! Passover is coming! Buy all your chocolates and candies here. Treasurer Stephanie Newell The How and The Why: A Discussion & Potluck Dinner Monday, March 4 | 6:30 pm | The Home of Annette Fisch Join WTBE as we discuss the play The How and The Why by Sarah Treen, and share a potluck dinner! Recording Secretary All community members are welcome. Bring food to share for 6. Email Annette Fisch to RSVP or with Cilla Tomas questions.

WTBE Monthly Luncheon Thursday, March 14 | 12:30 pm | Carlyle Grill, 3660 Jackson Rd. Contact Eva Taylor to RSVP or with questions.

WTBE Presents: Alicia Svigals Saturday, March 16 | 7 pm | Temple Beth Emeth Come and enjoy an evening of Yiddish song, poetry, and Klezmer music sponsored by WTBE and the TBE Music Fund. Purchase tickets online here or at the door $20. Please help support Jewish Art, Culture, and Music at Temple Beth Emeth. Website: wtbe.org Women March on for Justice in Ann Arbor Saturday, March 16 | 2-4 pm Make your own signs for Judaism, Feminism, and Justice! Join members of our congregation. Contact Cilla Tomas for details. Continued on Pg. 13

Yes! I want to join the WTBE and share in the mitzvah of helping my community. Name______Address______Phone______Email______Please return this form with a check for $108, $72, $54 or $45 to the TBE office. $25 of each member’s dues support WRJ on the District and National levels. The higher amounts allow for more community participation and support. Please make your check payable to “Women of TBE” and mail to TBE, Attention: Women of TBE Membership. Questions? Ronnie Shapiro, [email protected]. 12 Sparks of Our Flame - Brotherhood

Men’s Tanakh Study Tuesday, March 12 | 7:30 pm | Room 16 Join the Men’s Study Group for an overview and discussion of the Book of Job. Contact Roger Stutesman, with questions.

Guys’ Night Out Thursday, March 21 | 6:30 pm | V-Kitchen Collonnade Shopping Center on Eisenhower Blvd. Join TBE’s Brotherhood for our monthly Guys’ Night Out! Contact Bill Parkus to RSVP or with questions. All are welcome!

Save the Date: Annual Men’s Seder Wednesday, April 24 | 6:30 pm | TBE Join the men of the community for this annual Passover event! More details coming soon. President Bill Parkus

Treasurer Larry Yonovitz

Secretary Ralph Katz Save the Date

Brotherhood Representatives Marty Ludington Mitzvah Day 2019 Richard Corson Sunday, May 5 Jack Zaientz Mark your calendars for Mitzvah Day 2019! Brotherhood Website There will be service projects for all ages to help our community. More details to follow.

Membership Form 2018 We focus on what our membership really wants and needs. Past experience tells us that this does not appear to be monthly social meetings with speakers, deli trays and poker. The range of our events in the last few years is too big to list here, but we do know that an opportunity for fellowship will get attention and an email for help will get the job done. Check our website: tbebrotherhood.weebly.com. Name______Return form with check for $40 dues, optional $50, $75 to: Address______Phone______Temple Beth Emeth Email______Attn: Brotherhood, 2309 Packard St. Questions? Contact Bill Parkus at [email protected]. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 TBE Hosts Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the URJ 13

TBE is honored to welcome Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), to Ann Arbor on March 28-29, 2019. As the president of the URJ, Rabbi Jacobs provides inspirational leadership to an organization of almost 900 congregations and 1.5 million Reform throughout North America.

This is the first time any president of the URJ has visited Temple Beth Emeth! Be sure to mark your calendars for two very special opportunities:

• Thursday evening, March 28 at 7:30 pm at the University of Michigan Museum of Art auditorium, TBE is hosting a panel of thought-leaders. Moderated by Rabbi Josh Whinston, the panel will address the topic, “Facing the Future of American Judaism.” The panel members are: — Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Union for Reform Judaism — Professor Deborah Dash Moore, Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History and Judaic Studies — Professor Karla Goldman, Director, Jewish Communal Leadership Program, Sol Drachler Professor of Social Work — Tilly Shames (Executive Director, U of M Hillel) • Friday evening, March 29 - Erev Shabbat services at TBE: Rabbi Jacobs will join us for our Tot Shabbat service, Tot Shabbat dinner and Erev Shabbat service. Please note: the Erev Shabbat service will begin at 7 pm instead of 7:30 pm that night. Come to learn, pray and be inspired!

Rabbi Jacobs was ordained in 1982 and spent his career as an innovative and dynamic synagogue rabbi until becoming the president of the URJ in 2012. Deeply committed to the State of Israel, Rabbi Jacobs has studied for two decades at Jerusalem’s Shalom Hartman Institute, where he is now a senior rabbinic fellow.

He has traveled widely to address global social justice issues. These humanitarian missions have included a visit to the Chad- Darfur border area in 2005 to witness the plight of Darfur refugees, and participation in 2009 in an annual conference of Muslim and Christian leaders, held in Qatar, designed to build understanding between the West and the Muslim world. Pope Francis granted Rabbi Jacobs a private audience in 2017 to discuss worldwide promotion of peace and collaboration through interreligious dialogue, strategies for assisting immigrants and refugees, and learning to love one’s neighbor as oneself. Rabbi Jacobs wrote, “At the end he asked that we pray together. We stood, we held hands—he blessed me in Italian then I blessed him in Hebrew, with the ancient words of the Priestly Benediction. It will remain one of the most profoundly spiritual and memorable moments of my life.”

The URJ, founded in 1873, strives to build communities that help people connect to their Judaism; enrich and energize worship; deepen Jewish learning; help congregations be welcoming, adept and responsive; inspire young people to embrace their Judaism; work for a more just society through tikkun olam (social justice work); and foster meaningful connections to Israel.

Among its many initiatives, the URJ owns 18 overnight camps where 10,000 young people live their Judaism every summer. The URJ Biennial attracted 6,000 attendees to its 2017 convention in Boston. Its recent Day of Leadership Learning had 1200 participants in 48 locations across North America. The URJ has numerous youth programs in Israel, including a Sci-Tech camping experience and a high school semester in Israel program. The Reform Religious Action Center and the Israel Reform Religious Action Center work tirelessly to repair the world, helping to empower its congregations and congregants to make a difference. Current priorities of the URJ include: Audacious Hospitality, Strengthening Congregations, Tikkun Olam, Youth Engagement, and Israel.

We look forward to welcoming Rabbi Jacobs!

B’Shalom, Bette Cotzin

More from the Women of TBE (cont’d from pg. 11) WTBE Hosts a Private Shopping Event at J Jill! Sunday, March 31 | 10 am - Noon | J Jill, Arbor Hills Check out the new spring styles or find a winter bargain! Gift card giveaways, special deals, personal service and a surprise or two! Contact Esther Rosenthal for details.

Fiber Arts Group Mondays, March 4 & 18 | 7 pm | TBE Adult Lounge Join the Women of TBE for our bimonthly Fiber Arts Group. Contact Simone Yehuda for more information.

Historical Novel Reading Group Monday, March 11 | 12:30-2 pm | TBE Library Contact Molly Linder to learn about the books we are reading this month, or with other questions. 14 Donations

Back Door Food Pantry General Fund Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund In memory of my husband Arnie at In memory of Tamar Lieberman, from Decky Alexander & Bruce Kutinsky the time of his yahrzeit, from Judy Jane Johnston. Ellen Offen Spellman. Ned Kirsch & Paula Hiller Jack & Cathy Marshall In memory of Hershel Rubin, from Jack In memory of Linda Levy, from Hanna & Eric & Lauren Metzendorf & Fran Weinstein. Peter Goodstein. Ned Kirsch & Paula Hiller In memory of Jenny Rubin, from Jack & In honor and appreciation of Kathy and In memory of Linda Levy, from Noreen Fran Weinstein. Steve Rhodes’ hospitality, from David & Ray De Young. In memory of Jeffrey Gersh, son of August. In memory of Jeffrey Gersh, from Andrea Gersh, from Paul & Irene In loving memory of Linda Levy, from Jolinda Lucas and Geniene Gersh. Adler. Daniel Fink & Andrea Switch. In memory of Vivian Fealk at the time of In memory of Mary Jo Crowe, from Greg her yahrzeit, from Joan Fealk Levitt. Building Fund | Genesis & Toby Lewis. In memory of Barbara G. Quint at the In memory of Rachel Bonnewit-Sons time of her yahrzeit, from Douglas & at the time of her yahrzeit, from Ed & Music Fund Leslie Quint. Hanneke Bonnewit. In memory of David Koenig, from With thanks for our beautiful wedding Babette Levy Daskin. ceremony, from Barbara Frank and Cantor’s Discretionary Fund In memory of Herbert & Leni Fromm at Calvin Kaufmann. In memory of Jeffrey Gersh, from the time of their yahrzeit, from Ronald In honor of the birth of our Jolinda Lucas and Geniene Gersh. & Marianne Aaron. granddaughter, Jordyn Grey Arena, In honor of the birth of our In honor of Ronald Aaron on the from Debbie and Bob Merion. granddaughter, Jordyn Grey Arena, occasion of his 90th birthday, from from Debbie and Bob Merion. Joy Wolfe Ensor and Doug Ensor. Social Action Fund In honor of Ron Aaron’s 90th Birthday, Todd Morgan & Wendy Lawrence Caring Community Endowment from Elise and Jerry Herman. In memory of Marc Lerner, a man of In honor of Ron Aaron on his birthday, Year of Torah kindness, courage, and intellect, from from Jerold & Judie Lax. In memory of Philip Stein, from Edward Marty Ludington. Stein & Pat McCune. Music & Spirituality Endowment Caring Community Fund In memory of Yvette Glick at the time of Youth Fund With thanks to the Caring Community her yahrzeit, from Rachel & Gary Glick. In memory of Roza Trompetter-van for providing so many great meals, Dam at the time of her yahrzeit, from from Richard Petit. Oneg Fund Ed & Hanneke Bonnewit. Ned Kirsch & Paula Hiller In memory of Ben Bonnewit at the In honor of Gale Stolzenberg’s special time of his yahrzeit, from Ed & birthday, from Elise and Jerry Herman. Hanneke Bonnewit. In honor of the marriage of Barbara Ronnie Shapiro Frank & Calvin Kaufmann, from Irene & Paul Adler. In honor of Ronnie Shapiro’s Special birthday, from Irene and Paul Adler.

Contribution Form—TBE Donations Please send acknowledgement to: Please find enclosed $______as a donation to the ______Name______Fund in honor/memory of______Address______TBE Funds: Adult Education, Building, Cantor’s Discretionary, Caring Community, Flower, L’dor V’dor Endowment, Isaac and Pearl Levine Educational, General Fund, Genesis Landscape, Library, Melvin & Lois Levy Endowment Fund, Memorial Donor’s Name Garden Care, Oneg Fund, Music Fund, Music & Spirituality Endowment, Rabbi ______Whinston’s Discretionary, Religious Education, Professional Development Fund in Honor of Ronnie Simon, Social Action, Social Action for Alpha House, Back Door Address______Food Pantry, Spiritual Life, Year of Torah,Youth, Youth Scholarship Fund, Mitzvah ______Day. Sisterhood Funds: College Connections, Barbara F. Heilveil Campership Fund, ______Sponsorship Fund. Contributions are tax-deductible. March Yahrzeits 15 March 1 & 2 March 8 & 9 March 15 & 16 March 22 & 23 March 29 & 30 Herbert Applebaum Thelma Berman Dave Belzer Philip Barocas Leonard Burchman Paula Brandis Ethel Bobroff Jerome Bergida Stanley Baru Joan Burnham Rob Bromberg Benjamin Bulkley Charles Bohm Myrtle Boadway Ruth Caplan Lori Burchman Aharon Chajut Stephen Domenick Paul Boxer Pearl Caughey Sam Cotzin Elizabeth Copeland Herbert Fromm Milton Cantor Mary Jo Crowe Meyer Eisenberg Ellsworth Cowles Leni Fromm Thea Friedmann Daniel Darnell Mitchell Fisher Monroe Marjorie Fuller Barbara Gilder Quint Bertha Densen Sarah Flaum Frankenberger Maurice Goldstein David Glassner Harold Edelson Ralph Freedman Sam Freedland Miriam Hamburger Martin Godel Jerome Feldman Ben Freeman Raye Goldberg Henry Hankin Jack Greenberg Hortense Foyer Joan Goldberg Lenka Goldova Bertha Herman Robert Grosse Neal Goldstein Marcelle Henley Lily Goldstein Walter Juda Dorothy Josephs Abbot Greene Rhoda Hollander Yetta Kahne Murray Kahne Ena Kahan Perry Jacobs Max Horn Bernard Katz Pinka Kalman Evelyn Kessler Jeffrey Klivans Harry Kuperman Allan Kramer Minka Kalman Gloria Koenig Alvin Krenitz Charles Levendosky Kenneth Levine Josef Kalman Michael Kornberg Gertrude Kuperman Jacob Levy Mae Mendlovits Beile Kalman Abe Kuperman Harry Liebling Lorajean Lockett Michele Beth Mitchel Saul Kalman Jerry Millman Harriet Malter Harold Mark Ann Ohl Adolph Kalman Evelyn Millman Sarah Maybaum Nancy Metzendorf Ruth Pedreney Beatrice Kantor Dave Muskovitz Bernard Meyerowitz Richard Mitchell Arthur Petit Elaine Lauer Sam Novetsky Leon Miller Reuben Mokotoff Joseph Rosenberg Regina Lindner Tillie Paisak Mildred Pickus Matthew Nisbett Sherry Sachs Deszo Lindner Joseph “Barney” Florence Rosengarten Harry Orringer Myron Schecter Eli Lipsitz Roberts Ida Scheid Ceila Pear Ann Schron Benjamin Lipson Ellen Saalberg Wallace Scheid Paul Pensler William Schulman Alex Little Dorothy Sigal Ralph Shikes Gerald Rosen Sheila Schwartz Benno Maier Roy Stancroff Ruth Zitomer Gail Rosenblum Anne Shaftel Lenore Miller Debora Stein Ray Seiden Merle Shain Ricki Nederlander Anita Weiner Bronia Stone Linda Shain Moses Rubin Gerald Zwiren Eddie Wares Elaine Silverman Jim Saalberg Clare Winkler Anne Simon Pearl Sandubrae Elsie Ungar Julian Scott Tore Wilensky Selma Shafiroff Donald Sklar McHardy Maxwell Smith Mary Spiegel Katherine Stewart Morris Stiefel Sarah Sunshine Ann Teitelbaum

Yahrzeit Wall Plaques May their memories be for a blessing. If you are interested in purchasing a memorial Cemetery Lots & Cremation Spaces plaque, please contact the TBE office, 734-665-4744. The Temple maintains burial lots and cremation spaces at Arborcrest Cemetery and Washtenong Memorial Park. Please contact any committee member to arrange a site visit or to make a purchase by phone or for any questions about either cemetery location. Lots and cremation spaces may be purchased over a three year period with no interest.

TBE Cemetery Committee: Ken Handwerger, 662-0154; Andrea Ludwig, 302-3335; Gary & Harriet Charson, 528-1061; Marty Ludington, 269-967-1556; Ronnie Simon, 429-5935; or Gretta Spier, 662-3250. Temple Beth Emeth 2309 Packard Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

TBE’s Community Seder Tuesday, April 23 | 5 pm

Rabbi VP for Religious Practice TBE’s Staff and Resources Josh Whinston Jack Zaientz

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