Temple Emanu-El Bulletin

Volume 87, No. 7 April/May 2015

WORSHIP SERVICES SUNDAY — THURSDAY Studying Our History 5:30 PM • Marvin & Elisabeth Cassell Community House to Build a Jewish Future (One East 65th Street) By Saul Kaiserman, Director of Lifelong Learning

FRIDAY EVENING THE MOST IMPORTANT THING you can do for Fifth Avenue Sanctuary your children, writes New York Times columnist Organ Recital—5:45 PM Bruce Feiler, is to tell them true stories about Service Begins—6 PM your own family. The more children know about their family’s history, the stronger their sense SATURDAY MORNING of control over their lives, the higher their self- Sixth Floor Lounge esteem, and the greater their resilience in the (One East 65th Street) face of stress. By sharing our childhood memories Torah Study—9:15 AM and the stories of our parents and grandparents, Fifth Avenue Sanctuary we teach our children that they are part of Organ Recital—10:15 AM something larger than themselves, something Service Begins—10:30 AM intergenerational and ongoing. As our children discover that they, too, can be storytellers, they K. Scott Warren, learn how to make sense of the confusing and Organist/Choir Director sometimes unpredictable world around them. Dr. Andrew Henderson, Associate Organist Stories of redemption—family narratives that tell of overcoming setbacks and Daniel Beckwith, Assistant Organist recovering from failures—are the most beneficial, according to psychologist Dan McAdams. We help our children to be courageous in the face of adversity when we Services may be heard live or by let them know that although we have had both good and bad times, we always have podcast through the Temple website persevered. Telling stories about the times when we endured hardship without losing at www.emanuelnyc.org. Follow the hope gives our children confidence in themselves and their capacity to succeed. “Listen to the Broadcast of Services” Further, McAdams’ research shows that those who have both this sense of personal link from the Home Page. agency as well as intimate, caring relationships are most likely to demonstrate a concern for and commitment to promoting the well-being of future generations. A hearing loop is installed in the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary At Emanu-El, our Religious School history curriculum asks students to see themselves and the Beth-El Chapel; as part of a great Jewish family whose origins stretch back thousands of years. We call switch aid to T-coil. Headsets or neck loops also are available. (continued on page 16) Worship & Spirituality

Passover at Emanu-El

THE NAME “P ASSOVER ” derives from Moses’ promise that God would “pass over” the homes of Israelites on the evening when firstborn Egyptians WEEKLY TORAH PORTION were to be slain (Exodus 12:23). Following is our schedule of holiday services; all will be held in the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary. Passover (Exodus 12:37-42; 13:3-10) Eve of Passover/Sabbath: Friday, April 3 • 6 PM (Sermon: Rabbi Benjamin Zeidman) Read Saturday, April 4 Passover: Saturday, April 4 • 10:30 AM (Sermon: Rabbi Joshua Davidson) Eve of Conclusion of Passover: Thursday, April 9 • 6 PM Sh’mini I Conclusion of Passover: Friday, April 10 • 10:30 AM (Sermon: Rabbi Amy Ehrlich) (Leviticus 9:1-10:11) Read Saturday, April 11 Please note: The conclusion of Passover includes a memorial service. It is one of Sh’mini II four times during the year when we mourn (Leviticus 10:12-11:47) together ( Yizkor) and recite the memorial Read Saturday, April 18 prayers and remember those whom we have loved and lost. Tazria-M’tzora (Leviticus 12:1-15:33) PASSOVER CYBER SEDER Read Saturday, April 25 AND OTHER WEB RESOURCES TEMPLE EMANU -E L IS PLEASED TO OFFER Acharei Mot-K’doshim visitors to our website access to our (Leviticus 16:1-20:27) Passover Cyber Seder, which has been Read Saturday, May 2 recorded by our clergy and members of the Temple. We hope that it will be a helpful Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23) resource in your own celebration. We also Read Saturday, May 9 encourage you to make use of our other Passover resources, including Passover songs, B’har-B’chukotai recipes and our guide to understanding the (Leviticus 25:1-27:34) seder. (www.emanuelnyc.org/passover) Read Saturday, May 16 SAVIV 20 s AND 30 s PASSOVER SEDER B’midbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) Friday, April 3 • 7 PM to 9 PM • Katz’s Deli (205 East Houston Street) Read Saturday, May 23 JOIN WITH OTHER YOUNG JEWS to celebrate the first night of Passover at a lively and not-so-typical seder, and enjoy one of the best Passover meals you’ll ever eat! Naso (Numbers 4:21-7:89) Reservations required. For more information and to register: www.saviv.org. Read Saturday, May 30 REMINDER...SECOND SEDER FOR THE ELDERLY Read synopses of the OUR ANNUAL SEDER FOR ELDERLY JEWS in need of assistance will be held on Torah portions and view the Saturday, April 4 . Volunteers must arrive at 10 East 66th Street or their monthly preaching schedule at senior center at the appropriate time, based on their assigned duties. www.emanuelnyc.org/ QUESTIONS? Call (212) 744-1400, ext. 215. torahataglance.

2 ADDITIONAL SERVICES Please take note of the following services to be held in April and May...

Young Families: Tot Shabbat Friday, April 17 and Friday, May 8 • 4:30 PM • One East 65th Street Tot Shabbat is geared specifically for preschool and Nursery School students and their families. RSVP to (212) 744-1400, ext. 242.

Shabbat Kodesh Family Worship Friday, April 17 • 7 PM • Annual Gathering of Remembrance Beth-El Chapel At Shabbat Kodesh, Hebrew prayers Sunday, April 19 • 2 PM • Fifth Avenue Sanctuary are sung with lively melodies, and the Torah is experienced through AT THE ANNUAL GATHERING OF REMEMBRANCE , co-sponsored by the Museum of storytelling. An Oneg Shabbat follows. Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance Organization and the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Saviv Shabbat Survivors and Their Descendents, Holocaust survivors participate with their Friday, April 17 and Friday, May 8 children and grandchildren in a candle-lighting ceremony that demonstrates the 7:30 PM • One East 65th Street importance of passing memories from one generation to the next. Other members of Wine and a little nosh will be served the community are invited to fulfill the sacred Jewish obligation to remember. at 7 PM , so come early! Saviv is for Temple members and nonmembers Tickets are required for entrance. Temple members only should call in their 20s and 30s. Mark Heutlinger at (212) 744-1400, ext. 311. All others should call the NOTE: Dinner follows the May 8 Museum of Jewish Heritage at (646) 437-4227. service; charge is $20 per person. Log on to www.saviv.org. Shavuot 5775 Baby Shabbat Friday, April 24 • 9:15 AM to Saturday, May 23 • 6 PM and Sunday, May 24 • 9:45 AM • One East 65th Street 10:30 AM • Fifth Avenue Sanctuary Baby Shabbat is for younger siblings of Nursery School children, although FROM THE HEBREW WORD FOR “WEEKS ,” Shavuot is a reference to the seven weeks it all children younger than 33 months took for the Jews to travel from Egypt to the foot of Mount Sinai and the declaration of are welcome to participate. the 50th day as a holy convocation (Leviticus 23:21). It is customary on Shavuot to read the section of the Torah that defines the Ten Commandments (which Moses received at Shir Chadash (“A New Song”) Mount Sinai), as well as the Book of Ruth (which is a testament to loyalty, devotion and Friday, April 24 and Friday, the act of conversion to Judaism) and passages from Psalms (which are credited to May 29 • 6 PM • Lowenstein David, King of Israel and the great-grandson of Ruth.) Shavuot also is one of the four Sanctuary (10 East 66th Street) times during the year when we remember our loved ones communally through Yizkor . This monthly service features a liturgy interspersed with Chasidic Please note: This year’s Confirmation service will be held on Friday, May 15 tales and other teachings. The music, as part of the evening worship service, instead of during Shavuot. A family led by a vocalist and supported by dinner follows. See details on pages 15 and 16. » instrumentalists, is less formal and more participatory. All are welcome!

3 Clerical Updates

BY NOW , T EMPLE MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED the announcement of the elevation of Rabbi Amy Ehrlich to Rabbi of Temple Emanu-El and Rabbi Benjamin Zeidman to Associate Rabbi . Both promotions are richly deserved. Our congregation is truly blessed by their leadership, and we look MEET RABBI TICK... forward to celebrating them at a special Rabbi Allison Tick grew up in Oneg Shabbat in their honor after worship Deerfield, Illinois, and received a services on Friday, May 1 . Please join us. bachelor’s degree in clinical and social psychology from the University of With both sadness and great pride, we also have shared with you that Rabbi Zeidman Rochester. She was ordained in 2014 will be leaving us to serve as Rabbi of Temple Mount Sinai in El Paso, Texas — by HUC-JIR in New York and wrote again a promotion richly deserved. Rabbi Zeidman will be with us through mid-June. her thesis on the evolving portrayal Please mark your calendars for Friday, June 12 , when we will bid him farewell. of Esther in Jewish tradition. As a participant in Weill Cornell’s Pastoral We also announce the hiring of Rabbi Allison Tick as Temple Emanu-El’s new Case Residency Program, Rabbi Tick Assistant Rabbi, beginning in July. Ordained from the Hebrew Union College- supports patients of all religious Jewish Institute of Religion in 2014, Rabbi Tick currently serves as chaplain at the traditions through spiritual care New York Presbyterian Hospital. Her prior work with youth and young adults and her and counseling. passion for outreach to those interested in learning more about Judaism make her a terrific match. We thank Vice President Susan Danoff for chairing the committee Prior to ordination, Rabbi Tick that identified her. Please join us at the Annual Meeting of the Congregation on served rabbinic internships at Wednesday, May 27 at 6 PM , when we officially will welcome her. B’nai Israel Synagogue in High Point, North Carolina; Temple Shaaray Tefila Finally, with regard to the search for our new cantor, the search committee chaired by in Bedford, New York; North Shore Brian Pessin has received numerous résumés from many talented candidates. After Congregation Israel in Glencoe, lengthy and thoughtful conversations about the qualities and skills we hope for in our Illinois; and East End Temple in next cantor, we now are interviewing those deemed most qualified. We have been Manhattan. She also has served inspired by them all and are moving forward with optimism. If we do not find the right as a rabbi at Camp Modin in Maine, match, then we will hire an interim cantor for July 2015 and continue our search. In the a coordinator of the Miller High meantime, the music of our services will be in the capable hands of Cantorial Intern School Leadership Program at Richard Newman and Choir Director K. Scott Warren . HUC-JIR, and a youth group advisor and religious school teacher. And, she has spent two years Annual Meeting of the Congregation facilitating 20s and 30s programming at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca. Wednesday, May 27 • 6 PM • One East 65th Street

Rabbi Tick sees Judaism as a vibrant THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION will be held tradition that opens our hearts and in Greenwald Hall, following the Sunset Service. Enter at the minds to connection and meaning. Marvin and Elisabeth Cassell Community House. As part of She is passionate about Jewish this year’s meeting, we will honor Mark Heutlinger for his learning and outreach, and she is 25 years of service . A festive reception will follow. inspired by Emanu-El’s rich history and dynamic community. 4 Community

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BUKHARIAN JEWISH JOURNEY Tuesday, April 7 • Bus departs at 10 AM , Tour at 11 AM Join the Women’s Auxiliary for a guided tour of the Bukharian Jewish Community Center and the Bukharian Jewish Heritage Museum in Forest Hills to learn about their history, culture and traditions. Lunch to follow at Eilat . NOTE: This event has been rescheduled from December. Charge is $85 for Women’s Auxiliary and Men’s Club members; $95 for all other Temple members and guests. THE USE OF CAMERAS IN FEDERAL COURTROOMS has been a subject of debate for many years. One question concerns how cameras may affect the presentation and consideration of evidence. Will the behavior of the court participants change by the WOMEN’S AUXILIARY presence of cameras (including witnesses, counsel and the judge)? Will it be more TRIBUTE FUND difficult for a victim to testify, even in a civil case, knowing that the proceedings Commemorate significant life-cycle are being broadcast? Noted trial attorney and appellate attorney Mark C. Zauderer events in a meaningful way and will be our special guest in leading this discussion. support the activities of the Women’s Auxiliary. All contributions Mr. Zauderer has represented major corporations and prominent are listed in Window on Emanu-El . individuals in business, financial and commercial litigation. He is Contact the Women’s Auxiliary a past president of the Federal Bar Council and was appointed by at [email protected] New York’s chief judge as chair of New York’s Commission on or (212) 744-1400, ext. 235. the Jury. He lectures widely on legal issues in the public media. He is a graduate of Brooklyn Friends School, Union College and the New York University School of Law. He is a senior partner in NOTE: Reservation forms the firm Flemming, Zulack, Williamson and Zauderer LLP. for all Women’s Auxiliary and Men’s Club events may The charge for this event is $30 for Men’s Club and Women’s Auxiliary be downloaded at members, $35 for all other Temple members and guests. Brunch is included. www.emanuelnyc.org/ QUESTIONS? (212) 744-1400, ext. 250 or [email protected]. calendar.php.

5 Sponsored by Club 65... Three Contemporary Perspectives on the Meaning of Life

EMANU-EL EATS Tuesday, April 14 • 11 AM • One East 65th Street Spring has sprung! Passover is here. And, Passover desserts seem to be a WRITTEN IN TIMES OF CHANGE AND UNCERTAINTY, perennial favorite...judging by the the ancient texts of Psalms, Proverbs and number of Passover dessert Ecclesiastes offer not only a resonant social critique submissions to our forthcoming but also the inspiration to live with meaning and integrity. 2011 © Image Singuliere cookbook. The notion of lighter Saul Kaiserman, director of Lifelong Learning, will guide an exploration of three spring fare and Passover desserts are extraordinarily different ways that the Bible challenges us to think about the nature of often at odds with each other. Not so evil, the reasons behind suffering and the purpose of human existence. in this preview recipe for a delicious but light Passover Spongecake. And, if you don’t have the chance to make it for Passover, then consider Ninth and High, the Jewish making it almost any other time. Address: The Untold Story

Twelve-Egg Tuesday, May 12 • 11 AM • One East 65th Street Passover Sponge Cake Serves 12 to 16 TEMPLE MEMBER MELANIE RADLEY will share excerpts From Marcia Waxman, from her book-in-progress, Ninth and High, the Jewish Temple Past President Address:The Untold Story. Hamilton, Ohio, was home This recipe was given to me by to the fourth Jewish Reform congregation in the United Rayminnie Friedman (of blessed States. For more than a century, the congregation strove memory). Rayminnie was a devoted to remain true to its roots as it dealt with the burden of member of Emanu-El and a past the Holocaust, the Klan and difficult internal politics— president of the Women’s Auxiliary. often in the absence of rabbinic leadership. Many She was a wonderful cook, and this American Jews will relate the saga of this remarkable is the best sponge cake I’ve ever tasted, congregation to their own family’s religious history. which is probably attributable to the fact An important story for all of us...Don’t miss it. that Rayminnie was a chemist. Participation in Club 65 is open to all Temple members age 65 and forward. 12 large eggs, separated 1½ cups sugar, divided Grated zest of one large lemon WORLD ZIONIST ELECTIONS Grated zest of one medium orange ¼ cup orange juice It’s Now or Never! Pinch of salt 1 cup matzo cake meal VOTING FOR THE World Zionist Congress elections ends ¼ cup potato starch April 30. Just as Nachshon believed, waded into the Reed Sea ½ cup finely ground walnuts and the waters parted, be a Nachshon for the Reform Jewish Movement and do everything you can. Learn more at www.emanuelnyc.org/nachshon. (continued)

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Sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary... 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

178 Years of the Little Blue Box 2. In a large mixing bowl, beat yolks with 1 cup of the Tuesday, April 21 • 10:15 AM (Check in) / 10:30 AM (Tour starts) • sugar until they are thick, Tiffany & Co., 727 Fifth Avenue (and 57th Street) almost white, and ribbon when a little of the batter is allowed SINCE 1837, the masterpieces of Tiffany & Co. to drop back into the bowl have defined style and celebrated the world’s great from a spoon. love stories. Join us for a unique insider’s tour at Tiffany’s in their exclusive by-appointment-only, 3. Stir in grated lemon and orange private jewelry salon designed by architect zests and orange juice. Robert A.M. Stern. Experience Tiffany’s exquisite high jewelry and one-of-a-kind designs 4. In a clean, large mixing bowl, in this luxurious and very special environment. beat egg whites with a pinch of Salon Gemologist Jeff Politis will share what salt. As they begin to thicken, makes Tiffany gemstones so special and rare. gradually beat in remaining Lunch will follow at the fabulous Brasserie 8½ . ½ cup of sugar. Whites should stand in stiff, glossy peaks. The charge for this event is $55 for Women’s Auxiliary members, They are perfect when they $65 for all other Temple members and guests. Space is limited to the slide easily in a mass when first 35 registrants. RSVP by April 16. QUESTIONS? Call (212) 744-1400, the bowl is tipped. ext. 235, or send an email to [email protected]. 5. Sprinkle cake meal, potato starch and ground nuts over Annual Spring Meeting and Luncheon whites. Add yolk mixture and fold all together, gently but Thursday, May 7 • 12 PM • One East 65th Street thoroughly, with a rubber spatula until no egg white shows. THE WOMEN ’S AUXILIARY cordially invites all Temple members and guests to their annual spring meeting and 6. Pour mixture into a 9½- or luncheon, which includes the election of board members 10-inch tube pan. Bake until a and officers. This year’s guest speaker will be Bill Persky , tester inserted in the center a five-time Emmy Award winning writer, director and comes out clean and top of cake producer for The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl and springs back when pressed with Kate & Allie , as well as TV specials with Sid Cesar a fingertip, about 1 to 1¼ hours. and Bill Cosby . Invert tube pan over a bottle and cool cake upside down for The charge for this event is $30 for Women’s Auxiliary members, 2 hours before removing $40 for nonmembers. RSVP by May 1. QUESTIONS? (212) 744-1400, cake from pan. ext. 235 or [email protected]. View additional Passover As part of the day’s activities, we will host a raffle of many wonderful prizes: recipes from the cookbook gifts from Fellan Florists, his-and-hers watches and more. Raffle proceeds benefit on the Temple website: ongoing Women’s Auxiliary projects. Price: $10 per ticket or $25 for three. www.emanuelnyc.org/ Winners need not be present. emanueleats.

7 BOOK SIGNING The Defiant: A True Story

Friday, May 8 • 7 PM • One East 65th Street

FOLLOWING SHABBAT SERVICES , all Temple members are invited to join us for a special book reading and reception with members of our Russian-speaking Jewish community . The Defiant is a World War II memoir by Shalom Yoran, a Holocaust BOOK DISCUSSIONS survivor and a former Jewish partisan. We will be joined by Mr. Yoran’s widow, Varda , Attendance is free and open who will read from and sign copies of the book. to all Temple members. Charge is $15 per person. RSVP to [email protected]. Men’s Club Book Group Wednesday, April 1 • 8:30 AM • Son of Hamas: A Gripping Sponsored by the Men’s Club... Account o f Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue and Unthinkable Annual Meeting Choices by Mosab Hassan Yousef Wednesday, May 6 • 8:30 AM and Samuel Sacks • The Betrayers by David Bezmozgis Achievement Award Stettenheim Literary Circle Wednesday, April 15 Presentation 1 PM to 2:30 PM * / 6:30 PM to 8 PM • Claire of the Sea Light Thursday, May 21 • 6 PM to 9 PM • by Edwidge Danticat One East 65th Street Wednesday, May 13 1 PM to 2:30 PM * / 6:30 PM to 8 PM ALL TEMPLE MEMBERS are invited to the Men’s Club • Where’d You Go, Bernadette annual meeting, which includes the installation of by Maria Semple officers and board members, and presentation of the Wednesday, June 10 Samuel Sacks Achievement Award . This year’s 6:30 PM to 8 PM meeting only recipients are Rona Weinstein and Norden Hahn . • A Widow for One Year by John Irving Rona is co-chair of Second Night Seder, co-chair of the Women’s Auxiliary Book Club, * Co-sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary a long-time member of the Sunday Lunch Program and a representative to the Women of Reform Judaism. Norden has been a Temple usher for more than 30 years; he is a Women’s Auxiliary Book Group tireless worker, along with his wife, Phyllis, for Second Night Seder; and he has been Thursday, April 16 • 3 PM a helping hand in the kitchen for countless Temple events. • A Replacement Life: A Novel by Boris Fishman The charge for this event is $30 for Men’s Club and Women’s Auxiliary (Discussion to be led by Rabbi Ehrlich) members, $35 for all other Temple members and guests. Wine and cheese Tuesday, May 12 • 12:30 PM will be served prior to the meeting, and a full reception will follow the • Selection to be determined award presentation. RSVP by May 18. (Discussion to be led by Rabbi Davidson. Feel free to bring your lunch; coffee and QUESTIONS? (212) 744-1400, ext. 250 or [email protected]. cookies will be served.)

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A VERY SPECIAL MITZVAH... Temple members are needed on Volunteering Tuesday, April 21 from 10 AM to 12 PM to work alongside three special-needs young adults from AHRC Fisher Center to prepare meal bags for hungry New Yorkers. Project Prom Volunteers also will have the chance Sunday, April 19 • 1 PM to 4 PM • and to chat with and get to know our Monday, April 20 through Friday, April 24 • guests as they have lunch before they 10 AM to 4 PM • One East 65th Street depart. To volunteer, contact the Tikkun Olam Committee at TEMPLE EMANU -E L’S TIKKUN OLAM COMMITTEE [email protected] is pleased to once again sponsor Project Prom or (212) 744-1400, ext. 452. in partnership with Gala Gear . Through this program, more than 300 girls from 15 schools will be able to choose a full prom outfit, complete with shoes and other accessories. And, if they don’t find a formal gown that they love, then they can choose RONALD M cDONALD HOUSE a more casual dress for graduation. Once a month, under sponsorship of the Women’s Auxiliary, Emanu-El Volunteers will be needed for set-up on Sunday, April 19 , between 1 PM and 4 PM , congregants serve dinner and organize and each day during the week of April 20 (Monday through Friday) to assist our art projects and entertainment for visitors between 10 AM and 12 PM , 12 PM and 2 PM , and 2 PM and 4 PM . the families residing at New York City’s Ronald McDonald House . Donations of ladies formal attire, accessories, dress shoes and unopened cosmetics will Upcoming dinners will be held on be collected until Friday, April 17 . All items should be youthful and suitable for spring. Thursday, April 30 and Tuesday, Donations may be left in both the 65th Street and 66th Street lobbies. May 26, both at 5 PM . Temple members interested INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING ? Call the Tikkun Olam Committee at in participating must call the (212) 744-1400, ext. 452, or send an email to [email protected]. Women’s Auxiliary at (212) 744- 1400, ext. 235. (Please, no walk-ins!) Philanthropic Fund Update

LAYLEADERS NEEDED! FOUNDED IN 1917, the Jewish Welfare Temple Emanu-El’s Readers Panel , Board (JWB) is a government-accredited organized under the auspices of the agency providing for the religious, educational Men’s Club , offers congregants the and morale needs of Jewish military personnel, chance to be leaders as well as to their families and patients in Veterans Affairs connect with those mourning or hospitals. Through our Philanthropic Fund seeking comfort, and to reconnect and the efforts of our Tikkun Olam personally with Judaism. Volunteers Committee , Temple Emanu-El works with are needed to assist at our Sunset the JWB on a number of meaningful projects Service , held every Sunday through throughout the year. Thursday at 5:30 PM in Greenwald Hall . The time commitment is minimal: This year, funds raised for the Philanthropic once every five or six weeks. Training Fund during the Yom Kippur Appeal supported is available, and limited Hebrew is the purchase of a Torah to be used by our required. Contact the Men’s Club troops. Rabbi Harold Robinson, head of the at [email protected] or JWB Jewish Chaplains Council and JCC (212) 744-1400, ext. 250.

12 PARENTING@EMANU-EL Parent and child programs led by child Association Armed Forces and Veterans Services Committee, spoke at Emanu-El’s psychologist Dr. Juliet Cooper and Veteran’s Day Shabbat Service in November. And, most recently, students in our Rabbi Amy Ehrlich once again will Religious School prepared and donated 140 mishloach manot for Purim that were be held in the fall. sent to Jewish troops in 55 locations around the world. Toddler Group (for children ages Contributions to the Philanthropic Fund may be made at any time 10 months to 20 months) explores during the year. Log on to www.emanuelnyc.org/philanthropicfund. family roles, positive routines and how to incorporate Jewish ritual into family life. Parent-Child Group (for children ages 24 months to 33 months) Early Childhood provides a stimulating, structured playgroup emphasizing social interaction through which parents can learn from immediate situations. Preschool Parents Group Baby Shabbat focuses on such issues as separation, NEW THIS YEAR , Baby Shabbat is a social development and peer relations. 30-minute program designed for younger siblings of Nursery School For more information, log on to children, although all children www.emanuelnyc.org/parenting . younger than 33 months are welcome New registration forms will be to attend. On select Fridays, from posted in mid-May. 9:15 AM to 9:45 AM , families gather on the bimah in the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary with Rabbi Amy Ehrlich NURSERY SCHOOL and early childhood educator Hadar SUMMER CAMP Orshalimy to usher in Shabbat with Temple Emanu-El’s Nursery School music, blessings and a taste of challah. Summer Camp provides activities tailored to the child not yet ready Our final session for this program year for a full day of camp, with groups led will be held Friday, April 24 . There by our Nursery School teachers. is no charge, and participation is open A typical day includes an art project, to Temple members and their guests. music and movement, free play in the classroom, and lots of outdoor play. Campers bring their own lunches.

Young Families: Rooftop Party Summer Camp 2015 will run Sunday, May 17 • 10 AM to 11:30 AM • 10 East 66th Street from June 8 through July 23. Children must be 2 years, DON ’T MISS OUR END -OF -THE -YEAR CELEBRATION ! If the weather is nice, then we’ll play in 9 months old by June 30, 2015. the pools. Bring sunscreen, bathing suits, towels, hats and a change of clothes. If it rains, then the party moves inside to Blumenthal Hall . If you wish to enroll your child, then please call (212) 744-1400, RSVP to Young Families by Friday, May 15. Call (212) 744-1400, ext. 242, ext. 230, or send an email to or send an email to [email protected]. [email protected], and we will email an application to you.

13 SHABBAT KODESH AND TEEN LEADERSHIP DINNER Religious School Friday, April 17 • 7 PM (Service in Beth-El Chapel) • 8 PM (Dinner at One East 65th Street) This month’s Shabbat Kodesh service Holocaust Remembrance Program will honor high school students who have taken on a leadership role Wednesday, April 15 • 4 PM to 6 PM • Lowenstein Sanctuary (10 East 66th within our congregational community. Street) and Sunday, April 19 • 9:30 AM (Tefilah) • Lowenstein Sanctuary Dinner for teens and their (10 East 66th Street) • 10 AM to 12 PM (Speaker) • One East 65th Street families will follow the service. Teens who have participated in the IN HONOR OF YOM HASHOAH (H OLOCAUST A-TEEM, Senior Youth Group Board, REMEMBRANCE DAY ), Temple Emanu-El’s Teen Benefit Committee, Religious School welcomes survivor Dori Katz Teen Philanthropic Committee, as this year’s guest speaker. High School Volunteer Weekend and Civil Rights Trip will make Ms. Katz came to America from Belgium in 1952 presentations on what they have with her mother. She spent the war as a “Hidden accomplished so far this year. Child,” while her father and all her relatives perished in the Holocaust. Her memoir Looking The charge for dinner is: $40 per for Strangers, published last year by the University of Chicago Press, tells the story of family (including two adults) for her return to Brussels 40 years later to look for the people who hid her and to find out reservations made by Monday, what happened to her family. Copies will be available for purchase and signing. April 13; $60 per family after April 13; and $15 for each Please note: All Religious School parents are welcome to attend. Students in grades additional adult. Reservations for 5 through 7 will attend as part of their regular school day. The program will include dinner are required. After April 13, break-out reflection sessions by grade with a separate session for parents to discuss cancellations cannot be refunded. how to talk to their children about the Holocaust. Register online at www. emanuelnyc.org/hsdinner. QUESTIONS? Contact the Religious School office at (212) 744-1400, ext. 226 or [email protected].

HAVDALAH PAJAMA PARTY Saturday, April 18 • 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM • One East 65th Street Put on your pajamas, bring the Tweens and Teens family and join your friends as we say farewell to Shabbat through songs, stories and craft activities! Experience a modern take on ancient Jewish AJWS Teen Benefit rituals filled with joy, gratitude and Saturday, April 25 • 9 PM • Metropolitan love. This program is for students in Pavilion (125 West 18th Street) Pre-K through Second Grade , their siblings and those who delight CREATED BY TEMPLE EMANU -E L TEENS , the AJWS in them. It is open to member and Teen Benefit is completely planned, produced and nonmember families. Pajamas are attended by teens. Over the last five years, the encouraged but not required! Teen Benefit has raised more than $100,000 Register online at www. for American Jewish World Service . (continued) emanuelnyc.org/pajama.

14 ALL-ACCESS PASS Friday, April 24 • 4:30 PM • The evening of desserts and dancing is open to all teens in Eighth through 12th Grade One East 65th Street —not just Emanu-El members! This year, all proceeds will benefit AJWS’ Families of all Religious School emergency relief campaign for Ebola. We are currently facing the largest students are outbreak of Ebola in recorded history. Thousands in West Africa have died already, invited for a and thousands more are sick. Through the AJWS Emergency Response Fund, we are unique Shabbat supporting grassroots organizations in Liberia and Senegal that are helping to replace experience panic with trust, contain the outbreak and save lives. featuring a “behind- the-scenes” tour of the In addition to supporting a great cause, teens on the committee learn important Fifth Avenue Sanctuary that will skills, including fundraising, event-planning and leadership. The Emanu-El community include the bimah , clergy’s robing can show support through monetary and in-kind donations. And, all are encouraged room and choir loft. Learn how our to purchase raffle tickets for great prizes, such as Jets tickets and an iPad mini! magnificent sanctuary gloriously Event tickets and raffle tickets can be purchased at communicates our history and how www.ajwsteenbenefitnyc.com. Monetary donations also can be made. the architecture and design add meaning to our worship. Then stay To find out how much the teens raise, join us for their check presentation for Shabbat services—either in to AJWS on Sunday, May 17 at 11 AM , as part of the Religious School End-of- the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary or Year Family Assembly. Enter at 10 East 66th Street. our monthly Shir Chadash service in Lowenstein. There is no better way to familiarize your family with Temple Emanu-El and our distinctive High School Confirmation mode of worship than by attending Friday, May 15 • 6 PM • Fifth Avenue Sanctuary this very special event. RSVP to (Note: A family dinner for all Temple families follows at 7 PM . See page 16. ») school@ emanuelnyc.org.

THIRD GRADE PARENT BAR/BAT MITZVAH INFORMATION MEETING Sunday, April 26 • 11:15 AM and Monday, April 27 • 5:15 PM • 10 East 66th Street Are you confused about the bar/ bat mitzvah process at Emanu-El? Wondering when you’re supposed to start thinking about it? Is it too late or way too early? (Answer: It isn’t.)

COME CELEBRATE WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS as they are confirmed during Join our clergy and Lifelong Learning Sabbath services! Throughout the year, our Confirmation students have been traveling staff for a brief informational meeting alongside the Israelites in a journey from Egypt to Mount Sinai and from childhood to prior to the end of the Religious adolescence. They will stand before our congregation, ready to accept the responsibilities School day. Over a cup of coffee, of Jewish adulthood. They will lead those in attendance in study and worship, teaching you’ll learn about the different types about their chosen issue for the year, Responding to Poverty . Our 2014-2015 of worship services at Emanu-El and confirmands are Jae Bratskeir, Will Cramer, Gabriella Hetu, Emily Janover, the prayer spaces where children Caleigh Leyton, Daniel Marsala, Liana Plotch and Joelle Ramson. may be called to the Torah. RSVP to [email protected].

15 Religious School Family Dinner

Friday, May 15 • 7 PM • One East 65th Street

ALL TEMPLE FAMILIES ARE INVITED to join us for our final family dinner of the year after the 6 PM worship service in the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary. Religious School With SEVENTH GRADE BAR/BAT Honors students will be recognized at the service and at the dinner. MITZVAH MINI-RETREAT... IN SIXTH GRADE The charge for dinner is $40 per family (including two adults) for Sunday, April 26 • 12:30 PM reservations made by Monday, May 11; $60 per family after May 11; (optional lunch at noon) • and $15 for each additional adult. Reservations for dinner are required. One East 65th Street Register at www.emanuelnyc.org/rsdinner. QUESTIONS? The mini-retreat is an integral part Call (212) 744-1400, ext. 226, or email [email protected]. of the collaboration between clergy, families and staff to make the bar or bat mitzvah experience a meaningful Service Learning Dessert Reception and empowering one. Students and their parents will deepen their Friday, May 15 • 8 PM • One East 65th Street connection to the tradition, explore the values underlying the IN ADDITION TO OUR high school confirmands and Religious School With Honors ceremony and connect with other students, seventh and eighth graders who have participated in Mitzvah Corps, Emanu-El families experiencing this Tzedek League and the service trip to New Orleans likewise will be honored during same life-cycle process. The program the May 15 worship service at 6 PM but then also at a reception following the 7 PM family includes personalized study of your dinner. Families are invited to join in celebrating the outstanding accomplishments of child’s Torah portion. This program these students, including a positive effect on their local community. Dessert will be served. is only for families of sixth graders whose b’nei mitzvah services have For more information about any of our Tweens and Teens programs, been scheduled for the spring, contact Program Director of Youth Learning and Engagement Missy Bell summer and fall of 2015. at (212) 744-1400, ext. 329 or [email protected].

PREVIEW OF A JEWISH FUTURE (continued from page 1) RELIGIOUS SCHOOL Friday, May 1 and Friday, May 15 • ourselves B’nei Yisrael , the “children of Israel,” the great-great-great-great…grandchildren 12 PM to 1:30 PM • 10 East 66th St. of Jacob and Rebecca. When our third and fourth graders study the Bible, they learn Experience the liveliness and warmth of the challenges faced by their ancestors and the decisions they made to respond to of our Kindergarten and discover them—their triumphs along with their mistakes and missed opportunities. We explore what makes our school a great place the values and beliefs that shaped their actions, and we think about whether or not for families to learn and grow. Each we would make similar decisions ourselves. session includes lunch, music, art, a mini-mitzvah project and a Shabbat I know some of you may be saying to yourselves, but wait, the Bible stories aren’t celebration. Parents are invited to join actually true; they didn’t really happen. They may be good stories, but they are just for the final half-hour. Children may stories. Well, as I’ve gotten older and started telling stories of my family to my own attend one or both sessions. children, I’ve come to believe that there really isn’t so much difference between those There is no charge for this event, stories of Jacob and Rebecca and those I tell my kids. How well do I really remember but reservations are required: www.emanuelnyc.org/preview. 16 EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THE 2015-2016 that story my mother told me about my great-grandfather? Did it really happen the way SCHOOL YEAR! I’m telling it? How much of it am I just making up? Actually, even the stories I tell To enrich the community experience my children from my own childhood aren’t entirely accurate, shaped as they are by for our weekday afternoon students, failures in memory and a fair bit of prudent self-censorship. If I extrapolate the process we will offer Religious School classes back 70 generations, then there is no doubt that there has been a fair bit of creativity to students in Pre-K through involved in the storytelling, but it doesn’t really matter. The point is, here’s a story Seventh Grade on Monday about your great-great-great…grandparents that we believe is worth telling again. afternoons beginning in the fall of 2015. Religious School students in all In the fifth grade, we explore the amazing journey of the Jewish people from ancient grades then may choose to attend times to the modern era. We follow the ups and downs of the Jewish people, learning on either Sundays or Mondays; how our ancestors continually reinvented themselves and our religion in the face of Wednesdays will no longer be ever-changing circumstances. We see how Judaism was reformed after the destruction an option for Religious School. of the Temple in Jerusalem, from a religion primarily centered on sacrificial worship to Students still may switch between one of ideas and literature. We contemplate key moments and turning points in our Sunday mornings and Monday people’s story—not only the peaks of achievement and success but also the dark times, afternoons when needed. such as the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition. We ask, how is it that Jews and Judaism have continued to thrive over all these centuries? How have we adapted to Beginning in May, registration changing circumstances and simultaneously maintained a sense of unity and forms may be downloaded at peoplehood—despite our diversity? www.emanuelnyc.org/school. Families with returning students will Our sixth grade curriculum takes a close look at how three dynamics of the last century receive their prepopulated forms have shaped Jewish identity and set the parameters for Judaism in the 21st century. in the mail. First, our students investigate why the U.S. became the largest Jewish population in the world. Then, we explore the rise of Nazism in Europe, acknowledging with honesty not If you have questions about merely the terrible crimes committed against humanity but more important the stories school registration, then please of courage and resistance that enabled the Jewish people to triumph in the face of evil. contact Rachel Brumberg, Finally, we study how the modern State of Israel came into being and what it means for associate director of Lifelong both a diverse population and for Jews around the world to call it home. Learning, at (212) 744-1400, ext. 326 or lifelonglearning@ For most of our history, Jews have lived under the authority of those with different emanuelnyc.org. beliefs and values than our own. We have learned to flourish under constantly changing circumstances, and this adaptability has prepared us well for an uncertain future. We have learned to be collaborators, innovators and iconoclasts, scientists who challenge long-held END-OF-YEAR assumptions and dreamers who create worlds of imagination. By seeing the stories of those FAMILY ASSEMBLIES who came before us as our own, by identifying as part of a supportive collective with a Sunday, May 17 • 11 AM • strong sense of community, our children learn that they, too, can and will make a Monday, May 18 • 5 PM and difference. At the same time, it is because we share a common set of stories that we have Wednesday, May 20 • 5 PM • remained a cohesive, international people, even amidst our diverse ways of living as Jews. 10 East 66th Street Families are encouraged to join us Reform Judaism is about transformation: personal, communal and global. We seek to in celebrating the accomplishments make ourselves into better people and the world into a better place. When we teach of our Religious School students and our children that we have a heritage both of glorious achievements and of thriving view our end-of-the-year slide show. despite adversity, they learn that they, too, can grow up to be confident, capable and On May 17 , members of our Teen ❏ caring Jewish adults. Benefit Committee will present a check to the American Jewish JOIN THE CONVERSATION AT www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin. World Service for funds collected on its behalf.

17 BAR/BAT MITZVAH PREPARATION Life-Cycle Events Children must be enrolled in Religious School in order to celebrate bar or bat mitzvah at Temple Emanu-El. A date can be FROM BIRTH TO DEATH , the act of consciously marking the major milestones scheduled when a child is in fourth in one’s life is an important element of both personal and religious development. grade. To register your child for Similarly important are the rituals associated with these life-cycle events. Religious School, call (212) 744- 1400, ext. 226. To schedule a The following students of our Religious School will become B’NEI MITZVAH : date, call Sherry Nehmer at (212) 744-1400, ext. 312. Saturday, April 11 • Marisa Shorrock, daughter of David Shorrock and Lauren Zucker

CELEBRATE Saturday, April 18 DURING SERVICES • Hogan Greenfader, son of Stacey and Gary Greenfader Celebrating a special event in your life? To have an aufruf (wedding Saturday, April 25 blessing) or to celebrate a baby • Benjamin Eli Breitman, son of Meredith and Matthew Breitman naming as part of a worship service, • Jared Pierce Brandman, son of Andrew T. Brandman and Kira S. Brandman please call Rabbi Joshua Davidson’s assistant, Elizabeth Fevrin , at Saturday, May 2 (212) 744-1400, ext. 209 . Be sure to • Natalie Vogelstein, daughter of Monica and Andrew Vogelstein specify what you are celebrating! • Noah Hartman, son of Claudia and Thomas Hartman

Saturday, May 9 REMEMBERING LOVED ONES • Eric Spencer Harwood, son of Mitchell Harwood and Frances Janis Now that Temple Emanu-El broadcasts its own services over the Internet, Saturday, May 16 we are able to accommodate all • Natalie Rose Baer, daughter of Brandon and Miriam Baer congregants who wish to share • Rebecca Gans Solomon, daughter of Abby and John Solomon Sabbath services and have the name of a loved one read during Kaddish . We are grateful for their sponsorship of each Friday evening’s Oneg Shabbat. If you wish to have a name read, then please call one of the rabbis during the week of yahrzeit observance. PULPIT FLOWERS at worship services have been donated by the following congregants: HOSTING A RECEPTION Temple Emanu-El is pleased to be For the Sabbath of April 3 and 4 able to offer our magnificent spaces • Anita Fields in loving memory of my mother, Rose Pearlman Resnek to Temple members, not only for • In loving memory of Clara Fisch religious services and life-cycle events but also for their celebrations. Charles S. Salomon The Cemeteries of Congregation Emanu-El For more information, call The Universal Funeral Chapel Salem Fields and Beth-El Sherry Nehmer at (212) 744- 1076 Madison Avenue A limited number of above-ground crypts are (212) 753-5300 available in our community mausoleum. 1400, ext. 312. Our service is available in the For information, please call Cara Glickman Temple, home or our Chapel. at the Temple Office, (212) 744-1400.

18 For the Sabbath of April 10 and 11 • Judie and Howard Ganek in loving memory of our dear mother, Elizabeth Goldstein • Mrs. A. Coleman Poll in loving memory of her parents, Mildred and Jacques G. Coleman

For the Sabbath of April 17 and 18 • Robert, Ann and Jessica Freedman in loving memory of Felix C. Fertig CLERGY • Robin M. Laden in loving memory of my father, Leonard Laden Joshua M. Davidson, Senior Rabbi • Suzanne Sloan in loving memory of Peter Moore Amy B. Ehrlich, Rabbi Benjamin J. Zeidman, Associate Rabbi For the Sabbath of April 24 and 25 Lori A. Corrsin, Cantor Emerita • Ellen J. Weiss in Celebration of Life Dr. Ronald B. Sobel, Senior Rabbi Emeritus • Meredith and Matthew Breitman in honor of their son Benjamin becoming a bar mitzvah Dr. David M. Posner, Senior Rabbi Emeritus • Bonnie, David, Richard, Nancy and Gail Maidman in loving memory of Ada Maidman Alexis Pinsky, Rabbinic Intern Carlie Daniels, Rabbinic Intern For the Sabbath of May 1 and 2 Richard Newman, Cantorial Intern • Mrs. Burton Kossoff in loving memory of Burton and Stephanie Lynn Kossoff OFFICERS For the Sabbath of May 15 and 16 John H. Streicker, President • Rabbi Stanley T. and Ivy R. Relkin in loving memory of Leonard Jay Reade Susan S. Danoff, Vice President • William Fruhauf in loving memory of my parents, Frankye and Henry Fruhauf , Marne Obernauer Jr., Vice President and my aunt, Sara Fruhauf Beekman Robert A. Calinoff, Secretary Stephen T. Shapiro, Treasurer For Shavuot services on May 23 and 24 • Gilbert, Linda and Jennifer Snyder in loving memory of Stephanie Lynn Snyder STAFF Cara L. Glickman, Vice President, For the Sabbath of May 29 and 30 Finance and Administration • Lesley and Van Marcus in honor of our son’s marriage: Matthew Marcus to Fara Jellson Mark H. Heutlinger, Administrator • Susan and David Rahm in loving memory of Susan’s father, Allen H. Berkman Robyn W. Cimbol, Senior Director, Development and Philanthropy Sherry Nehmer, Assistant Administrator Christine Manomat, Membership Saul Kaiserman, Director, Lifelong Learning Rachel Brumberg, Associate Director, Lifelong Learning Dr. Gady Levy, Executive Director, Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center Ellen Davis, Director, Nursery School Elizabeth F. Stabler, Temple Librarian, Ivan M. Stettenheim Library LOOKIING FOR MORE?? Warren Klein, Interim Curator, Fullll program descriipttiions and eventt regiisttrattiion Herbert & Eileen Bernard ffoorms are avaiillablle on tthe Templle websiitte:: Museum of Judaica www..emanuellnyc..org//callendar..php.. Charles S. Salomon, Funeral Director Kathryn M. Roberts, Bulletin Editor/Webmaster

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CONGREGATION EMANU-EL of the City of New York One East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065 (212) 744-1400 • www.emanuelnyc.org

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On view at the Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum of Judaica...

Title page from The Song of Songs David Wander, 2009 Acrylic on paper

WRITTEN IN VERSE , Song of Songs is a fragmented love poem about the relationship between a man and a woman. Many of the traditional commentaries maintain that this text is to be read as an allegory of divine love between God and the Jewish people. Wander takes a more literal approach to illustrating the text, representing the erotic elements of Song of Songs rather than spiritual love. The artist uses the Hebrew text to cover the lovers’ nakedness like a veil.

VISUALIZING THE BIBLE: WORKS BY DAVID WANDER on view through October 18, 2015 Opening reception: Wednesday, April 1 • 6 PM to 8 PM (Opening remarks at 6:45 PM )

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