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The the the the the the The the Volume 31, Number 7 March 2012 TEMPLE BETH ABRAHAM Adar / Nisan 5772 Volume 35, Number 4 • December 2015 • Kislev/Tevet 5776 Every Day Miracles TBA Schools Auction page 1 Six Word Memoirs page 5 The Courtyard Project Update page 11 Menorah Selfies page 13 R R R R R R R R i i i i i i i i Pu M DIRECTORY SERVICES SCHEDULE GENERAL INFORMATION: All phone numbers use (510) prefix unless otherwise noted. Services, Location, Time Monday & Thursday Mailing Address 336 Euclid Ave. Oakland, CA 94610 Morning Minyan, Chapel, 8:00 a.m. Hours M-Th: 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Fr: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. On Holidays, start time is 9:00 a.m. Office Phone 832-0936 Friday Evening Office Fax 832-4930 (Kabbalat Shabbat), Chapel, 6:15 p.m. E-Mail [email protected] Shabbat Morning, Sanctuary, 9:30 a.m. Gan Avraham 763-7528 Bet Sefer 663-1683 Candle Lighting (Friday) STAFF December 4, 4:49 p.m. December 11, 4:50 p.m. Rabbi (x 213) Mark Bloom Richard Kaplan, December 18, 4:52 p.m. Cantor [email protected] December 25, 4:56 p.m. Gabbai Marshall Langfeld Executive Director (x 214) Rayna Arnold Torah Portions (Saturday) Office Manager (x 210) Virginia Tiger December 5, Vayeshev Bet Sefer Director Susan Simon 663-1683 December 12, Miketz Gan Avraham Director Jill Rosenthal & Marta Molina December 19, Vayigash Bookkeeper (x 215) Kevin Blattel December 26, Vayechi Facilities Manager (x 211) Joe Lewis Kindergym/ Dawn Margolin 547-7726 Toddler Program TEMPLE BETH ABRAHAM Volunteers (x 229) Herman & Agnes Pencovic OFFICERS OF THE BOARD is proud to support the Conservative Movement by affiliating with The United President Mark Fickes 652-8545 Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Vice President Eric Friedman 984-2575 Vice President Alice Hale 336-3044 Vice President Laura Wildmann 601-9571 Vice President Etta Heber 530-8320 Advertising Policy: Anyone may sponsor an issue Secretary JB Leibovitch 653-7133 of The Omer and receive a dedication for their Treasurer Susan Shub 852-2500 business or loved one. Contact us for details. We COMMITTEES & ORGANIZATIONS: If you would like to con- do not accept outside or paid advertising. tact the committee chairs, please contact the synagogue The Omer is published on paper that is 30% office for phone numbers and e-mail addresses. post-consumer fibers. Adult Education Aaron Paul The Omer (USPS 020299) is published monthly Chesed Warren Gould except July and August by Congregation Beth Development Leon Bloomfield & Flo Raskin Abraham, 336 Euclid Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610. Dues Evaluation Susan Shub Periodicals Postage Paid at Oakland, CA. Endowment Fund Charles Bernstein Finance Susan Shub POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Gan Avraham Parents Toni Mason Omer, c/o Temple Beth Abraham, 336 Euclid Gan Avraham School Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610-3232. Gary Bernstein Committee © 2015. Temple Beth Abraham. House Stephen Shub The Omer is published by Temple Beth Abraham, Israel Affairs JB Leibovitch a non-profit, located at 336 Euclid Avenue, Membership Ulli Rotzscher Oakland, CA 94610; telephone (510) 832-0936. It Men’s Club Jereme Albin is published monthly except for the months of July Omer Lisa Fernandez/Rachel Dornhelm and August for a total of ten issues per annum. It Personnel Laura Wildmann is sent as a requester publication and there is no Public Relations Lisa Fernandez paid distribution. Ritual Eric Friedman Schools Alice Hale Social Action Marc Bruner To view The Omer in color, Torah Fund Anne Levine visit www.tbaoakland.org. Women of TBA Molli Rothman & Jessica Sterling Youth open i WHAT’S HAPPENING Oakland Ruach Hadassah Presents: Celebrate 80’s Prom Night at TBA! Humor as a Survival Mechanism for the Jewish People A talk given by Rabbi Shelley Waldenberg, Rabbi Emeritus at Temple Isaiah Monday, December 14 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The Baum Center 341 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland FREE. RSVP: Judy at [email protected] TBA BOOK CLUB Temple Beth Abraham’s Monday, December 7 at 7:00 p.m. Schools Auction The fictional book is January 30th Second Person Singular 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. by Sayed Kashua. At the home of Bonnie Burt Dig deep into that closet and slip on the taffeta prom dress or powder blue tuxedo, it is going to be a great night to cut loose! RSVP to Fifi Goodfellow, [email protected], by Tuesday, Nov. 24. To volunteer or for more information contact Angela Engel at [email protected] La’atid Celebrates Hanukkah Sunday, December 6 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. La’atid is a youth group for kids in grades 4-7. RSVP or questions to: Susan at [email protected] See PAGES 6 & 7 for Events for See PAGE 9 for Women of TBA & Men’s Club Adult Education Events 1 FROM THE RABBI That Was a Miracle Too By Rabbi Bloom When I hear the word miracle I think in two different directions (and languages). I hear mira- cle, and neis gadol haya sham, a great miracle happened there (the phrase represented by the dreidel) runs through my head. So do several sets of song lyrics, all of the somewhat cheesy variety: Barry Manilow’s “It’s a miracle, miracle, a true blue spectacle,” Jefferson Starship’s “If only you believed like I believe baby in miracles,” and, most prominently Fiddler on the Roof’s “wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles.” In the Fiddler song, several miracles are listed: When Moses softened Pharaoh’s heart, When God made the waters of the Red Sea Part, When David slew Goliath, yes, When God gave us manna in the wilderness.” And, of course, the most miraculous one of all to Mottel the Tailor is that God gave him the wife of his dreams, Tzeitel. But where are the miracles of today, I am often asked. We remember God’s miracles of parting the red sea and the Chanukah oil, but why don’t we get to witness such miracles? Maybe our standard of miracle is too high. Maybe we are not quite appreciating the many miracles that have occurred in our lives. With that in mind, here is a short modern list of miracles to appreciate. When the Jewish people returned to the land of Israel, that was a miracle. When people like Helen Fixler, Misia Nudler, Adele Mendelsohn-Keinon, and Hennie Hecht survived the Shoa and are still with us to tell their tales, that is a miracle too. When some of us found our bashert, our soul mates, that was a miracle. When healthy children have been born to us and are growing up before our very eyes, that is a miracle too. When someone helped us when we were lost, either physically or spiritually, that was a miracle. When we are able to make enough money to pay our rent or mortgage and put food on our tables, that is a miracle too. When we simply wake up every morning renewed in body and soul, that is a miracle. And so we say on Chanukah and should really think about much more often; “Baruch Ata Hashem she’asa nisim lavoteinu bayamim hahem bazman hazeh. Blessed are You, O God, that did miracles for our ancestors in those days and in our times as well.” And let us say: Amen. Mazel Tov to the entire Bloom family on the bar mitzvah of Jonah Bloom. 2 FROM THE PRESIDENT Ilya Okh – The Miracle of Surviving the Start of World War II By Mark Fickes Last month, I was not able to write my monthly column for the Omer. Because I liked the theme of learning from others, I decided to dedicate this month’s column to what I recently learned from long-time TBA Member, Ilya Okh, about how he survived the early years of World War II. Ilya was born on May 1, 1928, in a small Jewish village located between Kiev and Odessa in the Ukraine. He lived in his village until he was 12 years old, when everything changed in his life. At age 12, Ilya became very ill and his sister took him to a children’s hospital about 120 miles from where he was raised. Ilya remained in this hospital for about three months. Around the time he was set to be discharged, World War Two had started. Germany had invaded Poland which borders the Ukraine. As a result, Russia mobilized its military forces to defend itself from the Germans. The hospital where Ilya stayed was inundated with injured soldiers. Doctors and nurses were busy treating soldiers and eventually, everyone was forced to evacuate. Fortunately for Ilya and the 19 children who were with him, a very brave nurse insisted that the children travel with the soldiers and medical personnel. As people were loaded into horse-drawn wagons, the nurse made sure there was enough room to transport the children as well. As they headed toward Russia, the children all had to grow up very fast. They were taught to get bandages and medicine and the nurses showed them how to treat injured soldiers. The military leaders explained that they could not be children any more. Along the way, Ilya and the others had to find food, help boil water and feed soldiers. He did this for several weeks while on the road. Eventually, Ilya and the others arrived in the former Ukrainian capital of Kharkiv. The soldiers were sent to hospitals and the 19 children were sent to a foster home where they helped care for blind children.
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