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BY RABBI DAN LEVIN It Is No Dream [email protected]

May 14, 1948. That day of Israel’s is an extraordinary document. It birth encapsulates so much of Israel promises that Israel “will be open itself. It marked the realization of for Jewish immigration and for the a two-thousand year old dream to Ingathering of the Exiles; it will foster reestablish our home in the land of the development of the country for Israel. It prompted an existential the benefit of all its inhabitants; it threat from the new state’s Arab will be based on freedom, justice and residents and neighbors. It required peace as envisaged by the prophets of delicate and strong diplomacy to Israel; it will ensure complete equality placate allies. And the declaration of social and political rights to all its itself needed to take place on Friday inhabitants irrespective of religion, afternoon, hours before the mandate race or sex; it will guarantee freedom was officially terminated, because it of religion, conscience, language, could not take place on Shabbat. education and culture; it will safeguard As we celebrate the 70th anniversary the Holy Places of all religions…” It is of the birth of the State of Israel, we amazing how this tiny democracy, in the ancient stones of Jerusalem has see that how Israel balances all these so short a time, has done so much to grown a vibrant and multi-cultural challenges is the story of Israel itself. realize those ambitions. city. For seventy years, Israel has repelled Think of what Israel has And still Israel wrestles with the the aggression of her neighbors to accomplished in just seventy years. challenges it faced on its very first secure her defense. For seventy years It has built a citizen’s army that is Shabbat. Israel struggles with how to Israel has struggled to balance its own the most potent force in the Middle integrate its Arab citizens into a state sense of self with the opinions and East and an intelligence service that is the product of our dreams, not theirs. Israel still grapples with how to manage its relationships with the United States, its neighbors, and the This tiny democracy, in so short a time, has nations of the world. We still have been unable to forge a peace with done so much to realize those ambitions the Palestinians with whom we share this land. And while Israel endeavors ... And still Israel wrestles with the to safeguard the rights of those who practice the world’s other great it faced on its very religions, it has yet to protect the challenges first Shabbat. diverse array of how Judaism itself is practiced. counsel of the U.S., and the family admired throughout the world. It has In 1902, Herzl published Altneuland of nations. For seventy years Israel transformed its socialist economy – Old New Land – a utopian vision of has wrestled with how to balance the into a thriving capitalist center of his dream for a Jewish state. In that needs of both its Jewish and Arab innovation and discovery. It boasts book he wrote: “If you will it, it is citizens, as well as the Palestinians some of the finest universities in no dream.” We live in an age where who live within and alongside its the world. It has revolutionized how dreams have come true. And we borders. And for seventy years, Israel we develop agriculture, how we who live in this miraculous age bear has been embroiled in a grand debate practice medicine, how we conserve a responsibility to ensure that the about what role Jewish religious and recycle water, and how we dreams that remain also come true - tradition will play in the life of the communicate. From a few sand dunes, for an Israel prosperous and free, an Jewish state. Tel Aviv has become a metropolis Israel at peace with its neighbors, and Israel’s Declaration of Independence, pulsing with culture and life. From at peace with itself.

May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 3 A MESSAGE FROM THE TEMPLE PRESIDENT Why do I support Israel?

BY MARK SUNSHINE TEMPLE BETH EL PRESIDENT [email protected]

It’s a simple question: why do I support Israel? Even so, I know I will always support Israel. Sometimes the most basic question is the hardest I support Israel because its existence ensures to answer, and this question raises conflicting that my children and grandchildren will never fear emotions and thoughts. for their lives merely because they are Jewish. I don’t agree with everything Israel does in foreign Israel wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the systematic policy. I am hurt by the Israeli ultra-orthodox killing of European Jews during the last century. failure to recognize the authenticity of secular Israel was a safe haven for Jewish refugees who and Reform Jews. I believe that women should be had nowhere else to go. fully integrated into religious life, especially when On May 31st Temple Beth El will host Ehud visiting the Kotel (Western Wall.) And, I don’t Barak, former Prime Minister and former Defense think that American security is helped by the Israeli Minister. Mr. Barak wouldn’t exist if there wasn’t settlement policy. an Israel. At least two sets of Prime Minister Barak’s grandparents were denied their lives when they were murdered in pogroms and in death camps. I support Israel because its Prime Minister Barak fought for, and then led a nation, that categorically rejects the notion that existence ensures that my it’s okay to murder Jews. He fought to protect and his family and his country. But he also fought to children grandchildren protect me and my family just in case sometime in will never fear for their lives merely the future we need to flee to the relative safety of a Jewish homeland. because they are Jewish. So, why do I support Israel? The answer is simple; Israel is the unambiguous statement that my family and I have a right to exist; A quick internet search confirmed that while there that my life and my children’s lives are as valuable is a lot written about why I shouldn’t support Israel, and important as anyone else’s; and never again there is very little about why I should support Israel. will Jewish life be casually taken without a fight.

Welcome NEW AND RETURNING MEMBERS For help getting involved, please contact Elinor Josephson, Director of Engagement and Programming, at [email protected] or 561-391-8900. Jessica and George Akirtava and their son, Nico Marissa and Gabriel Cox and their sons, Daniel and Dalia and Dr. Daniel Gutman and their children, Adva and Avi Amir and their children, Leigh, Shai Jonathan Ariela and Jonathan and Yonatan Sondra and Stanley Crain Lindy and Jay Johnson and their children, Lake and Samara and Brendan Ballintine and their daughter, Monica and Craig Edelman and their son, Gabriel Jack Kassia Paige and Daniel Eisner and their son, Carson Shlomit and Seth Karasik and their son, Zachary Laura Barak and her sons, Andrew and Joseph Hannah and Michael Fisher and their sons, Dustin, Dr. Aya Brown Kav and Nimrod Kav and their Blanche Brodie Jason and Zachary children, Yali and Yuval Keely and Jon Brown and their son, Elliot Staci and Matthew Gaspin and their children, Marci and David Kessler Dana and Max Bulbin Ashton and Jordyn Helene and Dr. Morris Kirschner Alexandra Cely and Juan Pinto and their son, June and Dr. Ira Gelb Steven Lazarus and his daughters, Maya and Leah Lorenzo Stacey and Adam Genn and their daughter, Alisyn and Michael Marcus and their daughters, Jaime and Matthew Cowan and their sons, Justin Hannah Mila and Olivia and Zachary Heather and Alex Gerstel

CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 4 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org TEMPLE BETH EL PRESENTS GOOD EVENING MR. PRIME MINISTER th In honor of Israel’s 70 Anniversary AN EVENING WITH FORMER ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER

U EHUD BARAK L T RNS AE 7 R 0 S “My Country, My Life: Fighting for Israel, Searching for Peace” I THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018 48 6PM BENEFACTOR RECEPTION • 7PM AN EVENING WITH EHUD BARAK 19 S TEMPLE BETH EL OF BOCA RATON • SCHAEFER FAMILY CAMPUS B E E T TH RA EL LEB $54 GENERAL Includes A Copy of Mr. Barak’s book “My Country, My Life” CE $180 BENEFACTOR Includes a signed copy of “My Country, My Life”, preferred seating, and a meet and greet, dinner-by-the-bite reception with Prime Minister Barak.

Purchase tickets at tbeboca.org/special-events or email Aileen Spilka at [email protected] or call 561-391-8900 Prime Minister Barak’s visit is generously underwritten by Jay and Marilyn Weinberg, as part of Project Nuremberg. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Peace of Mind, a program that assists released Israeli combat soldiers with the difficult transition back into civilian life.

May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 5 A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Construction Update

BY STEVE KAUFMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [email protected]

We are now well under way with construction at both the Schaefer Family Campus and the Beck Family Campus. Phase 2 of the Schaefer Family Campus renovation is in full swing. After we complete the demolition of the old lobby, chapel and clergy office areas, we can begin construction of the new • One of the buildings will be comprised of grand lobby and covered drop off, the new chapel, a much-needed storage room and a lounge for the new adult learning room, restroom renovations, teachers and teens. a new Sisterhood gift shop, and a portion of the • The fourth building, the largest of the new new administrative offices. Phase 2 also includes a buildings at approximately 6,000 SF, will be a new complete redecoration of the Atrium and Social Hall multi-function space suitable for assemblies, indoor in the summer of 2018. We anticipate that Phase 2 play, special holiday activities, family worship of the Project will be complete in early 2019. services (such as Tot Shabbat), parties, large group At the Beck Family Campus we have started meetings, adult education and more. This new an ambitious expansion plan. This project multi-purpose space will be located on the north-east ABOVE RIGHT includes the following elements: section of the campus, immediately east of the lobby. Schaefer Family Campus demolition • Construction of four new buildings located on This building also includes a catering kitchen to BELOW Beck Family Campus clearing the the east side of the campus. support party rentals. land • Two of the buildings will be classroom buildings • The project also includes modifications and comprised of three new classrooms per building (six expansions of the administrative office areas of the rooms total). campus. We are also planning to paint the exterior of all existing buildings, and resurface and re-stripe the parking lot. As both of these projects progress, we are doing our best to minimize the noise, dust and inconvenience to our members and guests. We appreciate your patience and cooperation during this challenging time. Continuing to remain fully operational with this level of construction activity at both sites is challenging, so please pardon our mess.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 Welcome NEW AND RETURNING MEMBERS For help getting involved, please contact Elinor Josephson, Director of Engagement and Programming, at [email protected] or 561-391-8900. Amanda and Patrick Mills and their daughter, Lindsay and Kenneth Rehns and their daughter, Jaclyn and Zachary Tureff Emmy Ella Leslie Viselman and her children, Rachel and Noah Jennifer and Jacob Moffitt and their son, Max Tara Reiss and her sons, Jack and Ethan Sarah and Evan Waldman and their daughter, Lauren and Brenden Morris Linda and Michael Schulman Naomi Michelle and Angel Perez and their son, Stefan Jennifer and Adam Siegel and their children, Drew, Rachel and Adam Wasch and their sons, Andrea and Daniel Platzek and their daughters, Elise and Ryan Alexander, Charles and Samuel Brooklyn and Olivia Lisa and Jason Silverman and their daughter, Lindsey and Timothy Webster and their daughter, Kellijean and Daniel Press and their son, Lionel Simcha Emma Stella Quintero and her daughter, Victoria Lola and Jordan Small and their son, Lincoln Sarita and Elan Zadok and their children, Laila and Susan and Eric Rahn Elizabeth and Nolan Snoap and their son, Rowan Nathan Peggy and Dr. Sylvan Rankin Clifford Sterling

6 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org California Dreaming COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE TEMPLE BETH EL AT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Please help us honor our outstanding volunteers and professionals as we celebrate this past year with California inspired cuisine and wine tastings. The California Dreaming menu will include avocado and tomato salad, shaved Brussels sprouts with kale topped with tomatoes, Marcona almonds and tossed in a Parmesan vinaigrette, grilled chicken breast with cremini mushroom white wine sauce, mini fish tacos and more! Vegetarian entrée available.

5:30pm Wine tasting 6:00pm Dinner 6:30pm Annual Meeting

Agenda for the Annual meeting includes: • Confirm the slate for the 2018-2019 Board of Trustees • Present the 2018-2019 Operating Budget • Present the Joseph Q. Kline Lifetime Achievement in Volunteerism Award • Present the John Rogers Award for Exemplary Professional Service to one of Temple Beth El’s staff • Present the Robin L. Eisenberg Learning and Living Award to one of our Early Learning Center or Religious School teachers Adults: $24.00 Children ages 5 -13: $16 Under 5 free Prices increase to $27/$18 after May 16, 2018 To RSVP for dinner and /or the Annual Meeting, please register online at tbeboca.org/special-events or call Julie Guzy at 561-391-8900.

May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 7 SOCIAL ACTION Temple Beth El in Action When Rabbi Abraham Joshua OF TH ZVAH E MO Heschel returned from marching IT NT M H for civil rights in Selma, Alabama MAY/JUNE in March of 1965 he was asked by someone, ‘Did you find much time to pray, when you were in Selma?’ Rabbi Heschel responded, ‘I prayed with my feet.’ And he made the point that his Food marching, his protesting, his speaking out for Civil Rights was the way he Donations was praying. Donate Our temple community did a lot non-perishable of praying with our feet these past groceries for the few months. We spoke out for an Jacobson Family end to gun violence in Tallahassee, Food Pantry, Boca Raton, Parkland and and help families Washington, D.C. We built a home struggling to get by. for an underprivileged family with Donations bins Habitat for Humanity. We gleaned are located at both extra crops in the field so that the Schaefer and poor could have fresh vegetables. Beck Family Campuses. And we prepared and served Easter Dinner at the Wayne Barton Center to those who might otherwise not have a celebration.

If you, a loved one, or a friend are hospitalized, please let us know. As many of you know, our clergy are dedicated to visiting anyone from the Temple family if they are in the hospital. Recently, the local hospitals have said that they will no longer be informing us when someone from the Temple has been hospitalized. Please call the Temple at 561-391-8900 and a member of the clergy team will come visit!

8 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org RETURN OF THE TRAVELING TORAH

Lunch The celebration of the gift of & Learn Shavuot Torah at Sinai! Bring your own lunch. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018 Drinks provided. Have Torah, will travel. Choose House #1 or House #2 Schaefer Family Campus and feel the power of our ancient scripture as the Torah travels to you this Shavuuot. MAY The Jewish Bookshelf with Please sign up to bring Rabbi Greg Weisman either wine or cheesecake Tuesdays, May 1, 8, 15, 22 and and join our rabbi as we 29, 2018 HOUSE gather around the Torah 12:00pm-1:00pm to read and understand They call us the People of the #1 the commandments. Book, but really we’re the People Then enjoy traditional of the Books. Torah, Talmud, cheesecake, wine and an Mishnah, Midrash, all of these in-depth study session on books have guided our people for why Jews were chosen to carry the Torah. thousands of years. Join Rabbi TORAH, WINE AND Greg Weisman as he leads us on a CHEESECAKE! journey through the Jewish textual 8:00-9:30pm tradition, from biblical times to At the home of today’s modern questions. Christy and Mark Sunshine JUNE (West Boca) The Book of Ruth: In her time and in the time of #metoo with Rabbi Laurence Kotok and Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman HOUSE Tuesdays, June 5, 12, 19, 26, #2 2018 12:00pm-1:00pm The book of Ruth is a book of love – between people, for land and for G-d. “Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you. For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you lodge, I will TORAH, WINE AND CHEESECAKE! lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 8:00-9:30pm Where you die, I will die; and there At the home of Dr. Martin and Amy Segal (Parkside) will I be buried.” We will examine these famous words, but also the No fee. RSVP to bring either wine or cheesecake to one of the puzzling and troubling elements houses at tbeboca.org/special-events or call Nina Finkel in the about the story. clergy office 561 391-8900. Space is limited.

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MAY 4 MAY 11 MAY 25 6:30pm Ice Cream Social 7:30pm Shabbat Service 7:30pm Shabbat Service Tot Shabbat and Volunteer Honoring our 3rd Graders Honoring our First Responders Recognition for Early Learning Schaefer Family Campus Schaefer Family Campus Center Families Celebrate Shabbat with our future Join us as we begin the Beck Family Campus leaders! Our third graders will Memorial Day weekend to honor Pizza dinner at 6:00pm before lead us in music and thoughtful and celebrate what our First the service and delicious ice personalized interpretations of our Responders give to our community. cream social following. No charge liturgy. for dinner, but please RSVP at tbeboca.org/early-learning-center 7:30pm Kabbalat Service: A JUNE 1 Celebration of Womanhood 7:30pm Shabbat Evening Service: 7:30pm Volunteer Recognition Schaefer Family Campus The Beat of the Drum! and Kulanu Chavurot Shabbat A musical alternative service Schaefer Family Campus celebrating Jewish women, Schaefer Family Campus There is a rhythm to our prayer We love our volunteers! This featuring music of female and the drum beats inspire us to special Shabbat will honor all of Jewish composers and writers in find that rhythm in our worship. our volunteers and the members of celebration of Mother’s Day. Following services, members are all of our chavurot. (See opposite welcome to join in an inspiring page.) drumming circle. High School students who MAY 18 Shabbat Club – Drop your attended March for Our Lives will 6:00pm Shabbat Service: children (ages 2-10) off for a reflect on their experience. Honoring our Confirmation Class, wonderful Shabbat experience Graduating Seniors and Jules including music with Mr. Noam Wolfberg while you enjoy our 7:30pm service Schaefer Family Campus in the sanctuary. Then join with Celebrate Shabbat and honor your children for some drumming our confirmation class! We will fun! also hear reflections from our No fee but RSVP to Nina Finkel at graduating seniors and honor Jules [email protected] Wolfberg, Assistant Director of 561-391-8900. Youth Education and Engagement.

10 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org SHABBAT a time of rest and renewal, a time for pleasure and the growth of the spirit, a time to sing and celebrate with gratitude. Spend Friday evenings with us!

Volunteer Recognition & Kulanu

JUNE 8 JUNE 29 Chavurot 7:30pm Shabbat Service: Finding 6:30pm Splish Splash Shabbat Shabbat Faith in Yourself Beck Family Campus Schaefer Family Campus Summer Fun Tot Shabbat Service Friday, May 4, 2018 As we explore our weekly Torah followed water fun on our Splash 6:00pm Shabbat Dinner portion, Shelach L’Cha, we read Pad! 7:30pm Service and about Caleb and Joshua – the Start with pizza dinner at Bima blessing courageous scouts who found faith 6:00pm before the service. Schaefer Family Campus in themselves to believe we should No charge for dinner, but please $26/adult; $12/children 4-12 enter the Holy Land. What do you RSVP at tbeboca.org/early- Prices increase after April 27 to have in common with Joshua and learning-center $28/adult;$14/children Caleb? Join us to discover that faith inside of you! 7:30pm Shabbat Evening Service: Hats off to all our volunteers! Israel Update We thank our hundreds Schaefer Family Campus of volunteers who have JUNE 15 As we celebrate Shabbat with our contributed their time and favorite Israeli melodies, Rabbi skills to help our Temple and 6:00pm Shabbat at Six Levin will reflect upon the State the greater community. Join Schaefer Family Campus of Israel after returning from our together for Shabbat dinner An hour long casual and reflective congregation’s mission. followed by Shabbat services, Shabbat experience a Bima blessing and a special thank you gift.

JUNE 22 New and Old Friends – 7:30pm Shabbat Evening Service: Chaverim – have joined Numbers in the Torah together for Kulanu Chavurot. Schaefer Family Campus Tonight, celebrate these Numbers. There are more than friendships with Shabbat dinner, just one, two, three in the Torah. Shabbat services and a Bima Numbers, the fourth book of Torah, blessing. Don’t’ forget to stay for is unique in multiple ways. This the Oneg to enjoy a schmooze night we will look at the themes in and snack. the Book of Numbers. All are welcome for dinner and services. Register for dinner at tbeboca.org/special-events or call Rosalie Ratner at 561-391- 8900.

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S B E E T TH RA EL CELEB IN HONOR OF ISRAEL’S 70TH ANNIVERSARY, MEMBERS OF TEMPLE israel BETH EL SHARE THEIR MEMORIES, LOVE AND HOPES FOR THE Turns70 JEWISH STATE The Birth of the Jewish State

Herzl’s “The Jewish State” 1896 Theodor Herzl, an Austro-Hungarian journalist who covered the Dreyfus trial as a correspondent, publishes “Der Judenstaat,” a German phrase meaning The Jewish State, in which he proposes the creation of a Jewish state as the solution to anti-Semitism.

1880 1890 1900 1910 1882-1903 Balfour First Aliyah Declaration The First Aliyah brings November 2, 1917 an estimated 25,000- Britain issues the 35,000 immigrants to Balfour Declaration, Palestine, the majority endorsing the of them fleeing anti- establishment of a Jewish pogroms in national home in Eastern Europe. Palestine for the Jewish people. Herzl and party on their way to visit Palestine.

12 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org ISRAEL WITH MY RABBI AND COMMUNITY Reflections on My Recent Trip to Israel

BY PETER WOHLGEMUTH Rabbi Dan with Ilene and Peter Wohlgemuth

I recently went on a Mission to Israel with the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County. It was my fifth trip to Israel and my third community mission; therefore, sightseeing was secondary to developing deeper relationships with others in our wonderful Jewish community. I asked my wife, Ilene, why Rabbi Dan would go on a Federation Mission when he takes Temple Beth El almost every year, and Ilene said that Rabbi Dan “gets” the concept of community and wanted to introduce our new temple president, Mark Sunshine, to the rest of the community. I have known Rabbi Dan for over 20 years and have always considered him not only my Rabbi but also a spontaneously creating friend. I have treated his family in my office (editor’s a special memory for note: Peter Wohlgemuth is an orthodontist in Boca friends celebrating a 37th Raton), golfed with him and studied with Rabbi Dan anniversary; Rabbi Dan but was able to see him in a different light while in was always there with a Israel! Our Rabbi Dan is truly loved by smile on his face. As the the entire South Palm Beach County famous basketball coach, Jewish Community. He is respected as John Wooden said: “The a peer by the Orthodox Rabbis and he most powerful leadership was the spiritual leader to many on the tool is your own personal example”. trip; even those who are not temple I am such a proud members. He was always jumping in congregant and friend to participate and we all know he never and felt compelled to passes up on an opportunity for a joke share these thoughts or laugh. with you, my Temple The pictures from the trip show community. We are the many personas of our Rabbi Dan: truly blessed at Temple Whether leading a community service Beth El to be led by the before Shabbat outside the Kotel, very best! partaking in a little role playing or

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State of Israel Established May 14, 1948 David Ben-Gurion proclaims the establishment of Israel in a ceremony in Tel Aviv on the day the British officially end their rule in Palestine. The following day, Israel is invaded by the armies of five Arab states, beginning the War of Independence.

May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 13 WITH ISRAELI MEMBERS Q&A OF TEMPLE BETH EL Shuli Asher Shuli grew up in Bet-Shemesh, about 30 minutes from • Breathtaking places from Jerusalem. She speaks different Arabic languages, and Galilee to Eilat, Tel-Aviv the city has always had a special love for the I.D.F (Israel Defense that never stops! Force), so she decided to build a career in the army. She • Floating in the Dead Sea, the went to high school on an army base, where she studied lowest point in the world. accounting and gained experience in many different • A small country with “big fields. After graduation, Shuli served in the army and minds “ learned skills that gave her tools for life. • Because Israel is the home of Shuli moved to America 18 years ago, is currently a many start - ups. teacher at the Beth El Early Learning Center, and a proud What is something you wish would be different?I’m mother of three children. wishing for PEACE “God bless America! God bless Israel!” As an Israeli American, what are your hopes for the What is the thing you love most about Israel? What I next 70 years of Israel? I would like to see the Israeli love the most about Israel are the holy places, especially citizens living with no fear from our neighbors. No more the wailing wall. wars, and everybody living side by side in harmony. • Israel is the only democratic country in the Middle East! • Has the most humanitarian army with the best morals What does Israel mean to you? Israel is where the and values. Jewish heart lives and my heart with it. We the Jewish • The warmth of the people and how at the time of need nation say “never again!” referring to the holocaust. we are all united! Please, let us all remember how important it is for us all • Visiting the Shuk (market) and eating street food like to have the Jewish state. falafel and shawarma with hummus.

Camp David Accords Six Day War Yom Kippur September 17, 1978 June 5, 1967 War Begins Israel and Egypt sign the Camp David In the course of the war, in which the Jewish October 6, 1973 Accords after days of negotiations state’s survival is threatened by forces of five A coalition of brokered by U.S. President Jimmy Arab armies, Israel vastly expands the territory Arab states Carter. The agreement leads to under its control, seizing the Gaza Strip launches a awarding of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt and the surprise attack to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Golan Heights from Syria. Israel also reunifies on Israel on the Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Jerusalem after capturing the city’s eastern half holiest day of the Sadat and to the 1979 signing of Israel’s and the West Bank from Jordan. Jewish calendar. first peace treaty with an Arab state.

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Entebbe Rescue Operation July 4, 1976 Israeli commandos mount a successful rescue operation at Entebbe Airport in RIGHT Entebbe Rescue Uganda, freeing over 100 FAR RIGHT Ehud Barak (second from left) after hostages taken after the storming the hijacked hijacking of an Air France Sabena airliner that landed in Ben Gurion Airport, 1972 flight from Tel Aviv to Paris.

14 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org Shachar Erez Yaniv Cohen After finishing his service in the Israeli Army at 22, Yaniv came to Boca Raton, went to school full-time and started a business. He met Michelle Auslander Cohen in 2003 when she was singing at High Holy Day services.

Shachar Erez, a software engineer, was the first What is the thing you grandchild born on his kibbutz (his mom was the love most about Isra- first baby born there!) and is married to our Director el? The music. What is of Youth and Education, Heather Erez. Shachar and something you wish Heather met when she was teaching on a kibbutz in would be different?That people would learn how to 1998. Shachar moved to the California in 2003. get along even if they disagree. Israelis are terrible at that. As an Israeli American, what are your hopes for What is the thing you love most about Israel? the next 70 years of Israel? That Israel will continue Food, friends, family. What is something you to advance in the same rapid way it has for the past 70 wish would be different?More tolerance and less years. What does Israel mean to you? Home of any racism. As an Israeli American, what are your Jewish person regardless of their affiliation...and great hopes for the next 70 years of Israel? That it food!! will still exist as a democracy. What does Israel mean to you? Home

Rabin Peres-Rabin-Arafat Assassination Nobel Peace Prize November 4, 1995 October 14, 1994 Israeli Prime Minister The Norwegian Nobel Yitzhak Rabin is Committee announces assassinated in Tel Aviv it will award the 1994 by an Israeli ultra- Peace Prize jointly nationalist following an to Shimon Peres and address at a peace rally. Yitzhak Rabin of Israel Shimon Peres takes over and Palestinian leader as prime minister and Yasser Arafat. calls for early elections.

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1989 1991 1996 Four-point peace Israel attacked by Jerusalem’s 3000th initiative proposed by Iraqi Scud missiles anniversary as Israel. Start of mass during Gulf war. the capital of the immigration of Jews from Middle East peace Kingdom of Israel. former Soviet Union. conference convened in Madrid; Operation Solomon, airlifts Jews from Ethiopia.

May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 15 Ora Meles Ora was born in New Jersey to an Israeli father and a New Yorker mother. It was her father’s dream to return home to Israel and in 1979 they made Aliyah. After completing her junior year in high school, she reluctantly moved back with her family to New Jersey, then returned to Israel after high school and joined the Israeli Army. At the end of her service Ora returned to the US to attend college. For the past 24 years, Ora has taught at Temple Beth El religious school as well as worked for the School District of Palm Beach County.

What is the thing you love most about Israel? As an Israeli What I love most about Israel is my memories and American, what experiences with my family. Almost every Satur- are your hopes for day, all five of us would pile into the family station the next 70 years wagon and find ourselves headed to a new place to of Israel? I hope that the well established strong explore. Our parents’ goal was to educate us about relationship between Israel and the United States every inch of Israel. continues to thrive. I hope that every one of my students has the opportunity to enjoy the beauty What is something you wish would be differ- that Israel has to offer. ent? I vividly remember the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. That was a time of What does Israel mean to you? While grow- great hope and optimism. It sounds trite, but I ing up in Israel and later serving in the army, I wish for peace. I hope Israel can find its way to learned the value of family and friends, but most exist in a peaceful world that embraces diversity. of all a healthy dose of chutzpah.

2018 Start-up Nation 70th Anniversary of the September 7, 2009 birth of the State of The book, “Start Up Nation” chronicles Israel’s groundbreaking Israel. Former Israeli success in the high tech. The bestseller examined how the tiny nation Prime Minister Ehud surrounded by enemies produced more start-ups than larger peaceful Barak come to nations. Authors come to Temple Beth El that November. Temple Beth El.

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16 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org Israel, HaZamir and Lincoln Center! On Sunday, March 18, 400 Jewish teens from all over the United States and Israel came together as one voice in a concert in Lincoln Center, as HaZamir: International Jewish Teen Choir. HaZamir serves as a youth movement, with 31 chapters throughout the U.S. and 7 in Israel. The teens learn the same music all year, and come together for a Shabbaton and concert in the most prestigious venues in the world, such as Carnegie Hall or the Metropolitan Opera. HaZamir embraces Jewish teens from all backgrounds, Lee and from Reform to Orthodox, Conservative to unaffiliated. This year, Beth El members Jake Goldberg, Gabby Lusskin and Izzy Rotter Rachel Ramos performed with HaZamir Boca Raton chapter, directed by our Cantorial Soloist, Michelle Auslander Cohen, Izzy, Lee, Laurie and Lavi Rotter moved and generously underwritten by Margie and Maurice Plough. from Jerusalem three years ago. Izzy Through music and friendship, HaZamir gives these teens is a property manager and Lee works a strong connection to Israel. This year, HaZamir had the for the Jewish Federation of South honor of hosting Michael Bitton, the mayor of Yerucham, Palm Beach County. Their daughter Israel. In his words, “It Laurie is in third grade and Lavi is in is the responsibility of Kindergarten. They both attend Del both the US and Israel Prado Elementary School. to ensure each other’s survival. The challenges What is the thing you love most are great and what kept about Israel? The food. the previous generation connected is not What is something you wish would necessarily the same as be different?More unity. what will keep future generations connected. As an Israeli American, what are It takes deeply your hopes for the next 70 years of meaningful connections Israel? Peace and prosperity. and similar interests and What does Israel mean to you? this is what HaZamir is about; it is innovation and relevance Family and home. for the future generations of our people”. For information about your teen auditioning for next year’s HaZamir group, please contact Michelle Auslander Cohen [email protected].

TOP Jake Goldberg and Gabby Lusskin BOTTOM Margie and Maurice Plough, Jr. with Cantorial Soloist Michelle Auslander Cohen

May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 17 COMMUNITY EXPERIENCESADU INITIALT TIVE

Designed to connect adults in their Family 40s and 50s Purim Cruise Adult SPRING BREAK 2019 Experiences Join us for a Family Purim Cruise from A TASTE OF WYNWOOD & LITTLE HAVANA Monday, March 18-Friday, March 22, 2019! Family fun, Purim Spiel at Sea, kids Private Food Tour for Temple Beth El Saturday, June 16, 2018 and teen activities and all your favorite 5:30pm Departure from Temple Beth El Schaefer Family people for five days on theMariner of Campus — Return 11:00pm the Seas! Sign up early to receive a $85 per person including round trip transportation from $150 state room credit. Temple Beth El Contact Heather Erez, Director of RSVP at tbeboca.org/adult-experiences or call Aileen Youth Education & Engagement at Spilka at 561-391-8900 [email protected] or 561-391-8900 to learn more. LITTLE HAVANA Begin with a historical tour of Little Havana, while marking the end of Shabbat with Havdalah. Highlights include: • A stop at a local cigar shop/coffee bar with a cigar rolling demo • Learn how to make Pre-Natal Seminar a mojito presented by the Breastfeeding and enjoy a Center sampling of Boca Raton • Visit Futurama Tuesday, June 12, 2018 Art Gallery with an 7:00 pm overview of the current Beck Family Campus artists exhibited while FREE and open to the public, enjoying authentic geared towards parents in the Cuban finger foods & a latter half of pregnancy glass of sangria Having a baby is the most wonderful thing that can happen to new parents. WYNWOOD Yet, taking care a newborn, baby’s The evening continues with art, dinner and dessert in feeding issues or finding other new Wynwood. Arrive at Wynwood Walls and receive an overview parents for support can be stressful. of the Wynwood district. Follow your guide by foot where you The Breastfeeding Center of Boca will see various forms of street art & graffiti to a Beer Garten Raton, in partnership with Temple Beth for samplings of beer and non-pork items. Enjoy dessert from El, will present a pre-natal seminar, a local food truck set up in a special tented area during the touching on issues of baby care, Wynwood art walk and free time to explore the art walk. feeding, CPR, and post-natal support. Please RSVP at tbeboca.org/adult-education

18 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org E BE PL TH M E E L THE JEWS OF BRAZIL T FROM THE 1500’S TO TODAY SENI R CIRCLE with Dr. Sandra Lilienthal, followed by Brazilian pastries and coffee Sunday, June 3, 2018 • 1:00pm M I P Schaefer Family Campus D- U 60’S AND No RSVP/No fee On-going social, educational and experiential programs for the senior Unlike many of the other South American countries, population of Temple Beth El the Brazilian Jewish community did not experience anti-Semitism. We will learn about the original Jewish communities of the northern part of the country WOMEN OF WIT to today’s communities in the south, looking at the different waves of Jewish immigration. What is Sunday, May 6, 2018 happening today - are Jews still welcome? Do they 1:00pm feel safe? What does the future look like? Schaefer Family Campus Hosted by Sisterhood. Dr. Sandra Lilienthal received her Master’s degree in Jewish Free to Temple Beth El members over 65. Studies and her Doctorate in Jewish Education from Gratz College. She is part of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Spend the afternoon laughing at this show exploring the Learning faculty, an adjunct professor at Gratz College and is a lives of playwright Wendy Wasserstein and writers Nora frequent speaker at Jewish education conferences, synagogues Ephron and Erma Bombeck. Dessert and conversation and other Jewish organizations. Sandra has great enthusiasm for with the performers will follow. RSVP at tbeboca.org/ teaching Judaism as a living religion, and infusing true passion for it among those who study with her. She is a 2015 winner of senior-circle or to Aileen Spilka at [email protected] the Covenant Award for Excellence. or 561-391-8900.

Meet the chefs and enjoy the culinary delights of the best restaurants in Tel Aviv. Explore street food vendors, markets, CULINARY wineries, cheesemakers, farms and ancient olive presses throughout the Israeli countryside. Learn about Israeli history, TOUR culture and spirituality through the richness of its many tastes and abundant treasures. See the Israel the way you’ve never OF ISRAEL seen it before. with Rabbi Levin For information and early booking details, contact Elinor Josephson, Director of Engagement and Programming at EVERY MEAL [email protected] or 561-391-8900 TELLS A STORY October 27-November 7, 2018

But it’s the atmosphere that made me fall in love with eating ARE YOU Israeli-style. The best restaurants aren’t hushed culinary A temples but festive rooms full of people having fun.”* FOODIE? “

*Forbes Magazine, January 12, 2017, “Why Israel just Might have the World’s Best Restaurant Scene.”

May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 19 EARLY LEARNING CENTER Selecting a Summer Camp BY CINDY KORSHIN BETH EL EARLY LEARNING CENTER DIRECTOR [email protected]

Selecting the right summer camp for your means learning from child is not an easy decision. There are mistakes. Children many variables that might influence you should always be including where your child’s friends might treated with respect be going, convenience and reputation. and ideally learn a more desirable way of behaving without a What hours do you need? Some camps punitive approach. offer flexible schedules but your child may be moved from group to group with How large or small is the camp? For some various counselors. Will your child be children, a large camp may be overwhelming. All able to adapt? of our activities involve walking from one area to another, but are easily navigated by young children. What are the staffing ratios? Some campuses are massive and children lose The Beth El Early Learning interest in participating in an activity by the time Center maintains the same they reach their destination. Remember not all teacher/student ratios year children tolerate the Florida hot sun very well and round. your child’s temperament will play a role in their willingness to be outdoors. How experienced are the counselors? Experienced What types of activities are planned? While counselors, with years of some facilities and campuses look impressive, education and training the actual activities being planned should be age are better equipped to mitigate behavioral appropriate. Remember, you are paying for the challenges. Adult supervision by experienced program, not the facility. teachers such as those at the Beth El Early Learning Center are trained to handle What about the transitions from camp challenging behaviors, utilizing problem solving to school? Many of our students make the techniques and mitigating small problems before transition from camp to school with minimal they escalate. apprehension because they are so comfortable with our staff and the warmth they feel the How does the camp handle discipline? Is minute they enter the building. the policy in alignment with your personal This year we are again offering the Bridge to values? At the Beth El Early Learning Center, we Kindergarten, designed to reinforce and refine believe children should be able to learn through the skills learned during the Pre-K year. This is a experimentation and exploration, which also great option for our Pre-K students. Students will participate in all themed activities including IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER wild animal shows, Friday, May 4 Ice Cream Social Shabbat/Volunteer Recognition at BFC dance parties, soccer, Week of May 7-11 Staff Appreciation Week Kidokinetics, Hip-Hop, Friday, May 11 Mother’s Day Celebrations Olympic day, Water Day Wednesday, May 16 Parenthood Meeting/Graduation Set-up at Schaefer Family Campus and much, much more! Thursday, May 17 Pre-K Graduation/Last Day of School, Early Learning Center Children must be 5 years Monday, May 21 Mini Camp begins old to participate and Monday, May 28 Memorial Day - Camp and School Closed have completed Pre-K. If you are interested please Monday, June 4 Session One Camp Begins contact Cindy Korshin at Monday, June 25 Session 2 Camp begins [email protected] Friday, June 29 Splish Splash Tot Shabbat or Ronni Graf at [email protected].

20 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org There’s a new place Tot Shabbat at Beck Family Campus VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION in West Boca AND ICE CREAM SOCIAL TOT SHABBAT for children’s Friday, May 4, 2018 6:00pm Pizza Dinner birthday parties 6:30pm Tot Shabbat Join us for our last Tot Shabbat TEMPLE BETH EL of the school year! We would BECK FAMILY CAMPUS like to honor all of our wonderful OUTDOOR RECREATION AREA Parenthood volunteers and Kulanu Chavurot participants Splash pad with a special blessing. Stay for a Air-conditoned party room delicious oneg after the service complete with wine and Basketball court ice cream dessert bar. Playground SPLISH SPLASH TOT SHABBAT Covered pavilion with picnic tables Friday, June 29, 2018 6:00pm Pizza Dinner Designed for toddler- 7 year olds 6:30pm Tot Shabbat Wear your bathing suit to this Tot Shabbat to celebrate summer! After the service we will go to the Big Backyard for Splash Pad and water slide fun. Wear your water shoes and come ready to get For more information or to tour the wet!! Children who aren’t potty-trained recreation area, contact Julie Guzy at [email protected] or 561-391-8900. must wear swim diapers. Beck Family Campus, No charge for dinner, but please RSVP at 9800 Yamato Road tbeboca.org/early-learning-center

GRADUATION 2018 The Pre-Kindergarten Graduating Class of 2018 Cordially invites you to their Graduation Gala Thursday, May 17, 2018 3 Sivan, 5778 at 6:00 PM ELC families Temple Beth El • Merle E. Singer Sanctuary receive 4 tickets to Dinner Reception and DJ following the ceremony. the dinner reception. Limited additional tickets are available at $5/person. Graduates and children under 5 are free.

The ceremony will be live-streamed at tbeboca.org/live-streaming-video

May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 21 RELIGIOUS SCHOOL We are in it for the long haul

BY HEATHER EREZ DIRECTOR OF YOUTH EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT [email protected]

For sale: A comprehensive Jewish education package for children grades K-12 in a safe and secure environment with passionate and knowledgeable faculty. Includes developmentally FOR SALE appropriate Judaic and Hebrew classes, A comprehensive nosh, retreats, free or highly subsidized Jewish education package for children grades youth group events, two consecration K-12 in a safe and ceremonies, a B’nai Mitzvah celebration, secure environment confirmation, and graduation. with passionate and As a busy mom of two, the less I have knowledgeable faculty. to navigate, the better. I want to sign up for something and know everything is included. I don’t like hidden costs or having eliminated repetition so that to bring a credit card wherever I go. students could take a deeper When I speak to preschool parents dive into each subject. about religious school, I’m not just talking kindergarten. I am talking about the entire Tuition Structure synagogue community that includes a Jewish Most noticeably for parents education package for their child that lasts of religious school students, there is a new until college. We are in it for the long haul. tuition structure. What was previously known as a Bat/Bar Mitzvah fee is now integrated Streamlining into our tuition. Families will no longer We are streamlining our program so that receive an additional $1800 bill in the 6th Register for 2018-2019 families can make the best use of their or 7th grade. This year, to catch up and get religious school at time. For instance, instead of adding everyone on the same rate moving forward, another night of Hebrew school for tuition will look higher than normal for the B’nai Mitzvah Chanting Class, 4th-7th grade. If a family has paid anything tbeboca.org/religious-school we integrated it into our Sunday toward their Bat/Bar Mitzvah fee in the past, morning program at the Beck Family their account will be credited that amount in Campus. We have refined our curriculum and this year’s tuition.

Eden and Noam, Heather’s kids Community and Belonging We are working on multiple ways to increase fluidity between formal and informal education at temple; to create community and the feeling of belonging for our students so they want to come to religious school to have fun while learning. In the coming months we will be reaching out to parents and students for input on what aspects of Jewish life most speak to you and your child, and how we can best play a role that is meaningful and relevant. I look forward to the continued partnership and encourage you to check out our FAQ page in the Religious School section of the website to learn more about the transitions we are making.

22 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org Sisterhood compiles and SEND UNIONGRAMS presents each student to Members of the 2018 Confirmation Class! $36 for the whole class with his or her own book of best wishes. Your name as you wish it to appear These messages are a wonderful, convenient Phone # Email way to acknowledge this simcha. Proceeds from Uniongrams benefit the Message WRJ Y.E.S Fund (Youth, Purchase Uniongrams online at www.tbebocaorg/sisterhood or send Education and Special a check for $36 payable to Temple Beth El to 333 SW 4th Avenue, Projects.) Boca Raton, FL 33432, Attn: Sisterhood Uniongrams

May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 23 Fostering Relationships Youth Engagement through shared Jewish Experiences

CLUB CHAVERIM (GRADES 4-5) FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL JR. BOFTY (GRADES 6-8) SENIORS! important AND BOFTY (GRADES 9-12) High School Senior Dinner – Club Med – Grades 4-12 Class of 2018 religious Saturday, May 5, 2018 Tuesday May 15, 2018 8:00am – 6:30PM 6:00pm-8:00pm $60 per person $35 per person school The Melting Pot Boca Raton BOFTY Banquet – Grades 8-12 dates AMANDA CHARSON Monday, May 21, 2018 High School Senior Shabbat Assistant Director of 6:00-8:00PM Service – honoring the Class Youth Education and rd Engagement 3 Grade Shabbat Service, $35 per person of 2018 (grades K-6) Dinner, and Consecration Maggiano’s of Boca Raton Friday May 18, 2018 [email protected] Friday, May 11, 2018 6:00pm BOFTY Dinner Schaefer Family Campus Please contact Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Jwolfberg@ Dinner, 5:45pm tbeboca.org to RSVP and Rehearsal at 6:30pm participate Service at 7:30pm No Religious School Sunday, May 13, 2018, Mother’s Day JULES WOLFBERG Confirmation Dinner and Assistant Director of Shabbat Service Honoring our Youth Education and Engagement Senior Class of 2018 (grades 7-12) Friday, May 18, 2018 [email protected] Schaefer Family Campus Service at 6:00 pm Dinner at 7:30pm Confirmation Rehearsal Saturday, May 19, 2018 Schaefer Family Campus 1:00pm- 9:00pm Confirmation Service and Reception Sunday, May 20, 2018 Schaefer Family Campus Service, 1:30pm Reception immediately following service Last Day of Religious School Celebration Sunday, May 20, 2018

Schaefer Family Campus TOP L’taken students Beck Family Campus visit Washington D.C. ABOVE outside U.S. Rep. 9:30am-12:00pm, Ted Deutch’s office at the Rayburn House Office Parents Invited Building LEFT 8th grade to join at 11:30am! retreat Parents are invited to visit their children’s classrooms and enjoy some cheesecake in celebration of Shavuot.

24 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org B’Nai Mitzvah

Evan Goldman Son of Joy and Jason Goldman 5/5/2018 9:00AM Mollie Weinstein Daughter of Alison and Jeffery Weinstein 5/5/2018 5:30 PM Amanda & Bradley Shapiro Children of Elizabeth and Steven Shapiro 5/12/2018 9:00AM Reese Marcus Mollie Weinstein Amanda Shapiro Bradley Shapiro Daughter of Robyn and Andy Marcus 5/12/2018 11:30AM Emma Forstot Daughter of Stacy and Jason Forstot 5/26/2018 9:00AM Evan Goldman Annie Mintz Daughter of Chris and Stephen Mintz 5/26/2018 11:30AM Lyndsey Roth Daughter of Sandy and Larry Roth 5/26/2018 6:00PM Jesse Malnik Son of Nancy and Al Malnik 5/31/2018 10:30AM Reese Marcus Emma Forstot Zachary Bennett Zachary Bennett Son of Andrea and Todd Bennett 6/2/2018 9:00AM

CELEBRATING IN ISRAEL Benjamin Zapson Son of Jill and Dan Zapson 7/19/2018 Jacob Rispler Son of Jill and Greg Rispler 6/14/2018 Nate Levy Son of Rebecca Elman and Andrew Levy 6/7/2018 Benjamin Zapson Jacob Rispler Nate Levy

May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 25 SISTERHOOD UPDATE A SHOW WITH A It is hard to believe that SWEET ENDING upcoming we have come to the end Sisterhood’s last event of events of another Sisterhood the year Please look for Sisterhood Sunday, May 6, 2018 weekly newsletters year, which was chock-full 1:00pm and Temple Beth El of programs, discussions Schaefer Family campus emails for further details and events of all kinds. $18/members and registration info! There just isn’t enough $22/non-members time! Free to Temple Beth El members over 65 General Meeting & Lord & Taylor Night Out Come see “Women of “Women of Wit” BY AIMEE LEVIN was a lively night of beauty Wit,” a show exploring Schaefer Family Campus AND JILL WEINER and fashion tips, light bites the lives of playwright Sunday, May 6, 2018 SISTERHOOD CO-PRESIDENTS Wendy Wasserstein and [email protected] and sips, lots of shopping, www.tbeboca.org/sisterhood writers Nora Ephron and raffles, and all for a great Erma Bombeck. Dessert Board Meeting cause. Beck Family Campus and conversation with the On March 27th, 150+ women gathered at Temple Beth performers will follow. Thursday, May 10, 2018 El for the annual Women’s Seder. A delicious dinner was Brooke Lukes, Lois followed by an interactive Seder, as we celebrated an Solomon, chairs. Watch Confirmation your sisterhood emails for Sunday, May 20, 2018 inspirational evening for women. Spiritual seeker, Amy details. Schafer Family Campus Grossblatt Pessah, and past Temple Beth El president, Patty Beck inspired everyone, speaking about the search for Lilith Salon spirituality and equality. The Women’s Seder is a tradition that reminds us each year of the Monday, June 4, 2018 strength of women, what it means to be Jewish women, and how being a Jewish woman Home of Jan Lev comes with such honor and responsibility. Sisterhood also had a fun, Israeli-themed evening event for the first time, and everyone So much more to come seemed to want the tradition to continue. See you this summer! As we wind down another busy year, we are so grateful for our many wonderful Sisterhood members, potential new members and guests who have attended our programs, onegs, brunches, discussions and who have volunteered time and time again. We hope to see you at Sisterhood’s upcoming events. Be on the lookout for summer

BROTHERHOOD UPDATE

We are coming to the end of our year for Brotherhood upcoming and we are extremely proud of our accomplishments. events We have set a record for fundraising with the amazing success of this year’s Brotherhood Golf Tournament Mother’s Day Brunch and our 2nd Annual Bike Ride in Memory of Steve Sunday, May 13, 2018 Brown z”l. The money we raise funds numerous 11:00 am to 2:00 pm charities and Temple Beth El activities. Alan and Schaefer Family Campus I offer our sincerest gratitude to all members and non-members who have come out and participated in Brotherhood events and donated time, sweat, tears and BY ANDREW H. ZWICK Brotherhood Business AND ALAN S. KLASFELD money to the cause. Networking in June BROTHERHOOD CO-PRESIDENTS This is also the last song and dance for the current Special Guest Speaker [email protected] www.tbeboca.org/brotherhood Brotherhood Board. For the last three years Alan Alan Veingrad, AIPAC and I, as well as Marc Jaro, Louie Datz, Seth Robert National Fellows Manager and Justin Jacobs have strived to build Brotherhood as an organization that represents and former Super Bowl in the most positive way the spirit of Temple Beth El. It has been an honor and a XXVII winner with the privilege to serve. This summer a new Brotherhood Board will be named, and we are Dallas Cowboys still looking for new faces and fresh ideas to contribute to the future of Brotherhood. Uncle Tai’s, Boca Center If any Brotherhood member is interested in taking a more active role in leadership we can assure them that it is time well spent with the best group of guys. We have found our time as Co-Presidents to be the best we have had at Temple Beth El, and we highly encourage anyone interested to share in this experience by offering your time and intelligence to the cause. For those interested in learning more about brotherhood or participating in our events or leadership please contact us at [email protected].

26 THE CHRONICLE | tbeboca.org AROUND TEMPLE BETH EL

SECOND NIGHT SEDER Acting out the story of Passover makes the Seder so much fun. Thanks to our special guests, Moses, Pharoah and God.

PASSOVER AT THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER Our babies enjoyed being baby Moses in a basket!

FAMILY HAVDALAH The Big Backyard at the Beck Family Campus is a spectacular place for Havdalah, which includes songs, games and s’mores.

POP UP RELIGIOUS SCHO0L Instead of regular classes the first Sunday in April, we “popped up” Religious School in Morikami Park.

May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 27 SFC-Schaefer Family Campus BFC-Beck Family Campus MAY 2014 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) Lag Ba’Omer 6:00 PM-Volunteer and Chavurot Shabbat 8:00 AM-BOFTY/Jr. BOFTY/Club Chaverim 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 7:00 PM-Summer 2018 Israel Trip Dinner Club Med (OOT) 7:00 PM-Confirmation Class (BFC) Orientation 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 6:00 PM-ELC-Tot Shabbat Pizza Dinner 9:00 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Evan Goldman (BFC) 7:00 PM-Shir Shalom - Adult Choir 7:00 PM-Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class 4:30 PM-BBM Chanting Class Spring (SFC 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study & BFC) 6:30 PM-Tot Shabbat Service Recognizing 5:30 PM-Bat Mitzvah of Mollie Weinstein Volunteers (BFC) 7:00 PM-Leadership Council Meeting Shabbat Evening Service 7:30 PM-RAC Committee Meeting 7:30 PM-

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 9:30 AM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 5:45 PM-3rd Grade Shabbat Dinner 9:00 AM-B’nai Mitzvah of Amanda and 1:00 PM-Sisterhood General Meeting and 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 7:00 PM-Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class 4:30 PM-BBM Chanting Class Spring (SFC 7:30 PM-Kabbalat Shabbat Service Bradley Shapiro Tea and Show 6:30 PM-Derech Torah/Sababa High / & BFC) 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service and 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study 1:00 PM-Senior Circle Confirmation Class Dinner (BFC) 6:30 PM-Brotherhood Committee Meeting consecration honoring the 3rd graders 11:30 AM-Bat Mitzvah of Reese Marcus 7:00 PM-Derech Torah/Sababa High (BFC) (BFC) 7:00 PM-Shir Shalon - Adult Choir 7:00 PM-Sisterhood Board Meeting (BFC) 7:00 PM-Confirmation Class 7:00 PM-Civil Discourse Committee Meeting

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 No Religious School 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) ELC EC Last Day of School-Noon 6:00 PM-Confirmation and High School Erev Shavuot 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 7:00 PM-Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class Dismissal/CC Open-in Session (BFC) Senior Shabbat Service Mother’s Day 6:30 PM-Confirmation Class 7:00 PM-ELC Parenthood Meeting/ 7:30 PM-Confirmation Shabbat Dinner and 9:30 AM-BBM Family Day SFC High School Senior Service 7:00 PM-Journey Through Judaism Graduation Set Up (SFC) 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study 11:00 AM-Brotherhood: Mother’s Day 7:30 PM-Men’s Study Group (OOT) 4:30 PM-BBM Chanting Class Spring (SFC 1:30 PM-Confirmation Rehearsal and Group Brunch & BFC) Photo/Headshot 6:00 PM-ELC Pre K Graduation (SFC) 8:00 PM-Shavuot Traveling Torah

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Shavuot ELC Mini-Camp Begins 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 5:30 PM-Annual Meeting & Dinner (SFC) 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service 9:00 AM-Bat Mitzvah of Emma Forstot 8:00 PM-Finance Committee Meeting (BFC) Honoring First Responders 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study 9:30 AM-Last Day of Religious School/ 6:00 PM-8:00 PM- BOFTY Banquet 11:30 AM-Bat Mitzvah of Annie Mintz Shavuot Experience (SFC & BFC) (Maggiano’s) 6:00 PM-Bat Mitzvah of Lyndsey Roth 10:30 AM-Shavuot Festival service with 7:00 PM-Engagement and Membership Yizkor Committee Meeting (OOT) 1:30 PM-Confirmation Service 4:30 PM-Confirmation Reception

27 28 29 30 31 Memorial Day - School & Offices Closed 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 7:00 PM-Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class 10:30 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Jesse Malnik 7:30 PM-Social Action Committee Meeting 6:00 PM-Ehud Barak Benefactor Reception 7:00 PM-Ehud Barak “Good Evening Mr. Prime Minister” SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) Lag Ba’Omer 6:00 PM-Volunteer and Chavurot Shabbat 8:00 AM-BOFTY/Jr. BOFTY/Club Chaverim 4:30 PM-Religious School (BFC) 7:00 PM-Summer 2018 Israel Trip Dinner Club Med (OOT) 7:00 PM-Confirmation Class (BFC) Orientation 4:30 PM-Religious School (SFC & BFC) 6:00 PM-ELC-Tot Shabbat Pizza Dinner 9:00 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Evan Goldman (BFC) 7:00 PM-Shir Shalom - Adult Choir 7:00 PM-Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class 4:30 PM-BBM Chanting Class Spring (SFC 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study & BFC) 6:30 PM-Tot Shabbat Service Recognizing 5:30 PM-Bat Mitzvah of Mollie Weinstein Volunteers (BFC) 7:00 PM-Leadership Council Meeting Shabbat Evening Service 7:30 PM-RAC Committee Meeting 7:30 PM-

SFC-Schaefer Family Campus BFC-Beck Family Campus JUNEMAY 2014 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 7:15 PM-Shabbat Club 9:00 AM-Bar Mitzvah of Zachary Bennet 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1:00 PM-Senior Circle: Jews of Brazil ELC Camp Session One Begins 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 7:00 PM-Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class 6:30 PM-Brotherhood Committee Meeting 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service 6/09 - 6/22-Israel Trip (OOT) 5:30 PM-Facilities and Technology 7:30 PM-RAC Committee Meeting 7:00 PM-Lilith Salon (OOT) Committee Meeting 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 6/10 - 6/17-Family Promise Host Week 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 6:00 PM-Mausoleum Committee Meeting 6:00 PM-Shabbat at 6 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study (OOT) 7:00 PM-Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class 5:30 PM-Adult Experiences: Taste of Little Havana and Wynwood Foodie Tour (OOT)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Father’s Day 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 7:00 PM-Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class 7:30 PM-Shabbat Evening Service 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 12:00 PM-Lunch & Learn 7:00 PM-Adult B’nai Mitzvah Class 6:30 PM-Tot Shabbat: Splish Splash 9:30 AM-Shabbat Morning Torah Study Shabbat (BFC) 7:00 PM-Shabbat Evening Service Our Congregation Mourns Gifts Gifts from 01/19/2018 – 03/14/2018 Emil Acks, father of Dina and Aaron Rosenblatt, Adam Klein, brother of Camy and Ian grandfather of Josh and Jesse Rosenblatt Klein, uncle of Madison Klein 50TH ANNIVERSARY YOUTH Steven Baer, father of Melissa and Jeff Baer, Janet Kline*, beloved member TRAVEL TO ISRAEL FUND grandfather of Spencer and Zachary Baer Natalie Klebanoff William “Bill” Leibstone, grandfather Scott Beigel*, son of Linda and Michael of Alexis and Evan Heffner Schulman, grandson of Shirley Peters BENJAMIN & PEARL Edward Nachlas*, father of Fran and BAKER MAUSOLEUM Phillip Bernstein, father of Mollie and Marc Nathan Nachlas, grandfather of Alex and PERPETUAL CARE FUND Kallen, grandfather of Jacob Kallen Aline Nachlas, Hannah Speer, Courtney Pearl H. Baker Nachlas and Jacob Nachlas Amnon Elias, grandfather of Karni and Corey Betsy Hershman Levin, great grandfather of Zachary and Ryan Levin Len Pedvis*, husband of Carole Pedvis, father of Natalie and Isaias Sudit, grandfather of Jake Sudit GENERAL FUND Ada Epting Derr, stepmother of Rita and Richard Phyllis & Stanley Scher Diamond, step grandmother of Sarah Diamond Charlotte Podrid, grandmother of Lauren and Alan Gross, great grandmother Lynn & Marty Shapiro Arlene Felzer, mother of Michelle and of Stella and Hailey Gross Barbara & Robert Yaspan Michael Tannenbaum, grandmother of Ella and Jacob Tannenbaum Miriam “Mimi” Sadler, beloved member RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY Martin Feuerman, father of Marni David Shore*husband of Sandra Shore FUND and Michael Feuerman, grandfather Marianne Bobick of Jamie and Mandy Feuerman Beverly Steinberg, mother of Rona and Dale & Edward Filhaber Sandy Steinberg, grandmother of Jessie Barry Gordon, father of Felicia and Eric Gordon, Steinberg and Alison Steinberg Judy & Mike Kornitsky grandfather of Alec and Emily Gordon Roslyn Littman Joy Stevens, mother of Laurie and Haynes Stevens, Barbara Slobin Robert Gosselin, father of Merav and grandmother of Skyler, Chelsea, Hannah, Lane Jonathan Gosselin, grandfather of and Jake Stevens and Jordan and Russell Pollack Karen & Henry Somers Jordyn and Olyvia Gosselin Gerald Weinberger Bill Teltser, son of Bernice “Cis” Teltser Barbara & Melvyn Weiss Eunice Katzin, grandmother of Michelle and Jason Alperstein, great grandmother Melvyn “Mel” Weiss*, husband of Barbara Weiss of Arianna and Brielle Alperstein SIDNEY & ANNABETTA *Laid to Rest in the Temple Beth El Mausoleum KAUFMAN & FAMILY Sidney Kaufman*, beloved member EDUCATION FUND Lois & Lou Fingerman

STEVE BROWN ENDOWMENT FUND Brotherhood of Temple Beth El Mazel Tov To Holly Fortunato Amanda and Dan Avila on the birth of grandson, Samuel Joseph Hertz Leslie Mishner their daughter, Katalyna Grace Avila Jackie and Louis Robinson on the birth of their Pam Nadler Jennifer and Ryan Beck on the birth of granddaughter, Chaya Mushka Robinson Janet Sussberg their daughter, Lacee Juliette Beck Maralee Wicks Carolyn and Ben Rubenstein-Spoont on the Patty and Louis Beck on the birth of their birth of their daughter, Eva Rubenstein-Spoont granddaughter, Lacee Juliette Beck TZEDAKAH FUND Cynthia and Jeffrey Silverman on the birth of David & Barbara Kirsh Lauren and Larry Dearman on the birth of their grandson, Jacob Nathaniel Edwards their daughter, Mia Jordan Dearman Laurie Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein on the birth Liz and Gary Edelson on the birth of of their granddaughter, Eva Rubenstein-Spoont their son, Cade Zander Edelson Tami and Rabbi Weisman on the birth of Giving Tree Barbara Harper on the birth of her their niece, Chaya Mushka Robinson grandson, Thomas Kai Kislevitz Michelle and Nelson Villanueva on their marriage Debi and Herb Jackman on the birth of Gifts from 1/19/2018 to 03/14/2018 their grandson, Ezra Richie Tucker Myna and Norman Ricken on the marriage of their daughter Michelle Vavala to Nelson Villanueva GIVING TREE FUND Denise and Seth Madnick on the birth of Judy and Mike Blackman their daughter, Chloe Nelle Madnick Judi and Craig Donoff, on the birth of their granddaughter Sadie Rae Nemiroff Lisajane and Kevin Romer Helene and Rick Paul on the birth of their Suellen and Mark Winer

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May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 33 In Memory of Gifts from 01/19/2018 to 03/14/2018 JAN AND ALLEN LEV ENDOWMENT FUND in memory of AMY S. KLEIN SHAPIRO MEMORIAL Beverly Steinberg by Jan & Allen Lev EDUCATIONAL FUND Bill Teltser by Jan & Allen Lev in memory of Harold J. Cohen by Marilyn MYRA R. SCHWARTZ Anderson & Bernard Berger CANTORIAL MUSIC FUND in memory of BENJAMIN & PEARL Marvin Harris by Lucille Geller BAKER MAUSOLEUM Oro Perahia Hassid and Elsie PERPETUAL CARE FUND Weg by Lucille Geller in memory of Bella Sherr and Estelle Hassid Ruth Silverman, Oscar Hirsch, by Lucille Geller Randy Goer and Bernard Solomon by Pearl Baker PLOUGH FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND (JR.) GELFAND/ARPE YOUNG in memory of CHILDRENS INNOVATIVE EDUCATION FUND Ada Epting Derr by by Margie in memory of Plough & Maurice Plough, Jr. Janet Kline by Michael Gelfand Beverly Steinberg by Margie Plough & Maurice Plough, Jr. Susan Pachman by Michael Gelfand

RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY GENERAL FUND FUND in memory of in memory of Scott Beigel by Mitchell Chait Emil Acks by Dina & Aaron Scott Beigel, Alyssa Ahadeff and the Rosenblatt 15 other victims of the Marjory Nat Agruss by Betty A. Ginsburg Stoneman Douglas High School Ada Epting Derr by Kronish shooting by Temple Emanu El Funeral Services Ada Epting Derr by Elinor Josephson Arlene Felzer by Michelle & Stephen Distell by Sheilah Michael Tannenbaum & Bob Harrow REAL ESTATE IN Dr. Howard Finkel by Marie Janet Kline by Shirley Rivo & Mel Schwartz THE BERKSHIRES N. Edward Nachlas by Millie Mickey Kippel by Betty A. Ginsburg & Jonathan Caplan Janet Kline by Gail Smith Sandra Putesky & Jack Liebman by Sheila & Milton Gallant Bill Leibstone and to thank Rabbi by Ethel & Andy Muskat Levin and Rabbi Brockman Richard Siemens by Alexis & Evan Heffner STEVE ERENBURG by Jody & David Funt Sandra Putesky by Sheri Pasqual m 413 663 0457 by Joan & Stan Swartz Beverly Steinberg by Wendy by Judith & Robert Weiner & Steve Walin Benjamin Schuman by Bill Teltser by Ruth Berg Hynda Schuman David Schuman by Hynda Schuman GIVING TREE FUND Bill Teltser by Linda Weiss in memory of Leah Brashowitz and Irving RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND Bankofsky by Phyllis in memory of & Eddie Elman Laszlo Hensz by Shayna Weitz

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May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 35 In Honor of Exclusively for Temple Beth El The Hilton Boca Raton Suites offers discounted rates Gifts from 01/19/2018 to 03/14/2018 the recovery of to all members, affiliates, family & friends. Ralph Kushner by Aline Fisher 50TH ANNIVERSARY YOUTH TRAVEL TO ISRAEL FUND JAN AND ALLEN LEV to thank ENDOWMENT FUND Charles Cohen for his wisdom and in honor of generosity by Barbara Leventhal the birth of Jan and Allen Lev’s grandchild by BETTY & MELVIN Patty & Louis Beck

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May/June 2018 | THE CHRONICLE 37 TEMPLE OFFICERS Mark Sunshine President Barry Podolsky Immediate Past President South Florida Wendy Walin Executive VP Neal Slafsky VP at Large Real Estate Patty Beck* VP of Leadership Development and Governance Bruce Moldow VP of Finance Aline Fisher VP of Religious Activities SHELDON Tracey Grossman VP of Education Michael Frost VP of Development Gina Shugar VP of Membership & Engagement JAFFEE Allen Lev Secretary Jeffrey Katz VP of Facilities & Technology Shari Schwamm VP of Adult Experiences • World Class Service Ilyne Mendelson VP of Mausoleum • In-Depth Knowledge Mike Blackman VP of Social Action of the Market TRUSTEES • Experience Since 1976 Barbara Leventhal Mike Singer Lisa Glass LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Charles Abell Jennie Kreger Margie Plough Marc Applebaum* Alan Klasfeld Maurice Plough, Jr. Adam Bershad Jamie Kshonz Morris Robinson “It’s about following Mike Blackman Aimee Levin Debbi Rosenblum Danielle Butler Richard Levitt Dina Schwartz through on promises Herbert Gimelstob* Stephanie Lowen Rabbi Merle E. Singer Rikki Goldenberg Steve Manton Alan H. Weiner* and getting results.” Ken Gordon Ryan Marcus Jill Weiner Stanley Gray Marjorie Minor Marilyn Yentis Karyn Hoffman Mark Platt* Andrew Zwick Larry Hotz Lisa Zwick TEMPLE LEADERS OF BLESSED MEMORY James B. Baer* Ida Herst* Irving Rifkin 561-395-8244 Donald Berger Joseph Q. Kline Stanley Rose waterfrontandluxuryestates.com LANGREALTY Frances Cohen LTC Ben Lake Albert Schiff* Stanford Hermann Cis Rader Bernard H. Shulman*

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