June/July 2018 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5778

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Free and open to the community Sheldon Low is a prominent voice in contemporary . He performs in more than 100 concerts, services, and workshops each year. His music Life’s has become the soundtrack of the lives of hundreds of thousands of children around the globe. Soundtrack Pharaoh’s Daughter led by Basya Schechter, performs Sunday, June 3, 2018 • 7 pm swirling Hasidic chants, Mizrachi B’nai Jeshurun Congregation and Sephardi folk rock. Her spiritual sound has been cultivated 27501 Fairmount Blvd, Cleveland, o h 4 4 1 2 4 by her Hasidic music background and trips throughout the , Africa, and the Mediterranean.

This concert has been generously underwritten by The Daniel and Ethel Hamburger Music Fund, Harold and Sandra Levine, Trustees.

Cantor SheLDon Low Pharaoh’S Daughter aaron Shifman For more information call 216.831.6555 • www.bnaijeshurun.org

27501 Fairmount Boulevard • Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124 • TEL: 216-831-6555 • FAX: 216-831-4599 • EMAIL: [email protected] • WEBSITE: www.bnaijeshurun.org Beineinu - Between Us In June, we will honor Kenny & Amanda Kurland at our annual Tribute Dinner. Kenny & Amanda endear Candle Lighting themselves to all they meet with their warmth and June 1...... 8:35 pm caring, and their passion for the synagogue, Jewish June 8...... 8:40 pm community and Israel. I hope you will join us as we June 15...... 8:43 pm honor them. It promises to be a very special evening. June 22...... 8:45 pm June 29...... 8:46 pm As I write this, two embassies (US and Guatemala) have returned July 6...... 8:44 pm to . Why do I say returned? There were 16 embassies – of July 13...... 8:41 pm countries in Africa, Latin America and Europe – that were in Jerusalem July 20...... 8:36 pm from the 1950s until 1980. Most remained there until after the Yom July 27...... 8:30 pm Kippur War; the Dutch and Colombian Embassies were in Jerusalem until 1980. Torah Portions What happened to them? They were victims of the Arab Boycott. The June 2...... Beha’alotecha call by Arab countries to remove embassies from Jerusalem was a June 9...... Shelach Lecha deliberate attempt to delegitimize Israel by denying recognition and June 16...... Korach access to Israel’s capital and its governing institutions. June 23...... Chukat Israel is the only country in the world whose capital is not recognized. June 30...... Balak Can you imagine the US or the UN dictating where the capital of Saudi July 7...... Pinchas Arabia should be? Or Germany or France? Brazil or Venezuela? In the July 14...... Matot-Masei entire world, only Israel has suffered this unique form of denigration. July 21...... Devarim/ Chazon Moving the US embassy to Jerusalem rights this historic wrong and July 28...... Vaetchanan/Shabbat Nachamu sets the record straight for the world. Daily Service Schedule In moving its embassy, the US opened the door for other nations to follow. Guatemala was first. Paraguay has announced it is moving its Mondays - Thursdays embassy. Honduras, Togo, Cameroon, Rwanda, the Czech Republic, 7:00 am, 7:30 am, 6:00 pm Romania and Slovakia have all indicated the possibility of making Fridays the move. Well over a dozen countries are talking to Israel about 7:00 am, 7:30 am, 7:00 pm moving their embassies. On the day before the US Embassy opened, Saturdays Israel invited the ambassadors of 83 countries to come to a reception 9:00 am, 6:00 pm honoring its opening. Ambassadors of 40 nations attended that reception. Sundays & Independence Day 8:00 am, 6:00 pm The momentum will only grow. Many nations are beginning to recognize the absurdity of denying reality. For this reason, the See below for Tisha B’Av service schedule. opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem is a watershed moment in Israel’s history, a dramatic step up in the world’s recognition of the Jewish State. And that is something to celebrate. Rabbi Stephen Weiss Tisha B’Av - Fast of the Ninth Day of Av Saturday, July 21 6:00 pm No minyan service Kosher Cuisine & Creative 7:45 pm Mincha Decor at its Finest! 8:15 pm Seudah Shlisheet/Seudah Mafseket (meal before fast) 8:54 pm Fast begins – Tisha B’Av study session 9:30 pm Ma’ariv, Havdallah, Reading of Lamentations 9:43 pm Shabbat ends CONTACT OUR EVENT PLANNERS FOR YOUR NEXT EVENT AT B’NAI JESHURUN OR LOCATION OF YOUR CHOICE! Sunday, July 22 440.449.0700 • [email protected] 8:00 am Combined minyans – no tallit or tefillin EXECUTIVECATERERS.COM 6:00 pm Mincha – with tallit and tefillin 6111 LANDERHAVEN DRIVE | CLEVELAND, OH 44124 9:26 pm Fast ends

2 June/July 2018 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5778 [email protected] President’s Message From the Rabbi I need your help! As your new president of Every week, I receive calls from our B’nai Jeshurun Congregation, my primary own congregants who cannot afford goal is to increase the engagement of to feed their families. Hunger is not our members, and that begins with you. an issue only in the inner-city, for the My predecessors have already set the homeless or farmers far away from us. groundwork for this, as we have a wonderful Members of our synagogue, living on community who truly support each other in our streets, sitting in our row at shul times of need and who enjoy each other’s company. Let’s every Shabbat, are faced daily with the choice of paying build on that. for prescriptions or making necessary repairs to their homes or putting food on their tables. I would like to see us strengthen the bonds of our community by increasing involvement with each other, whether at social The Greater Cleveland Food Bank says the need events, religious services or activities we enjoy together. is everywhere and it is not going away. Even as Some examples include participating in tikkun olam and unemployment numbers decrease, the number of food social action initiatives, playing mahj, cheering for the Cavs bank recipients has increased, most especially in the on our big screen, celebrating holidays and life cycle events, suburbs. In Cuyahoga County alone, one in five is living attending Sisterhood Lunch & Learn sessions, being part of with food insecurity; our Jewish community has the the Better Booze Club, preparing meals, taking part in daily exact same rate. minyan and Shabbat services, and of course, sharing meals In the Torah, manna fell from heaven and sustained the together, at both the synagogue and each other’s homes. Israelites during their 40 years in the desert. Today, we (All of us like to schmooze over food!) are charged to be G-d’s partners and share our bounty. To provide some context, I am a native New Yorker who We are obligated as Jews to care for our neighbors, married a Clevelander and has now spent more than half of “V’ahavta l’reicha kamocha - love your neighbor as my life here. As a New Yorker, I still have a hard time believing yourself.” (Lev. 19) We are commanded to leave the this. However, Cleveland has proven to be an ideal place corners of our fields and the gleanings of our harvest to raise our family, and our engagement at B’nai Jeshurun for the poor and the stranger. This commandment is a has played a key role in our lives. Over the years, we have clear expression of our collective responsibility for each benefited from terrific family programs, an outstanding other. We are not to judge those who are poor, nor religious school, wonderful clergy and a fabulous social should we assume to know the circumstances of their network, including our chavurah, which is in its 14th year and lives. No one deserves to be hungry. still going strong. I join MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger in calling So, come and join us more often in ways that are meaningful for the protection of the Supplemental Nutrition to you. Please share ideas regarding activities you would Assistance Program (SNAP, also known as food stamps) enjoy through B’nai Jeshurun, whether inside or outside in the Farm Bill. As Jews, our primary mission is to the building, religious or social, educational or social care for the most vulnerable. I ask you to support our action-oriented. You can reach out to me directly at local Jewish and secular communal agencies fighting [email protected] or contact any of our clergy, hunger including JFSA, Cleveland Chesed Center, officers or staff. There’s lots to be done and lots wecan Kosher Food Pantry and the Greater Cleveland Food accomplish together. Help us get started by you and your Bank both by volunteering and donating. If you have friends getting involved. excess food from a simcha or shiva, we can help find needy recipients including the men’s shelter at St. Gena Cohen Herman’s House of Hospitality. May we all join together to rid our world of hunger and do our part to help feed our neighbors and world. 152nd Annual Meeting Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria

Photos by Pete Copeland

www.bnaijeshurun.org June/July 2018 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5778 3 Education & Youth State of our Education As each school year comes to a close, I like Honoring Our Youth & Teachers to take the opportunity to reflect on our Saturday, June 9 • 9 am Youth & Learning Center, and I am proud to A group honor will be offered during the Shabbat report that energy is high and our students morning service to: are immersed in Jewish learning and living • B’nai Mitzvah tutors as much as ever. Whether making a shofar • National Bible Contest participants to use on Rosh Hashanah, creating our own olive press to • overnight campers or other Jewish make oil for our hanukiyot, watching the evening news live summer program attendees at NBC Studios and discussing how Jewish values can help • teachers in our school inform our decisions, or celebrating Shabbat together, our students are constantly engaged in Jewish activities. No RSVP necessary; please notify an usher when you arrive. This year, we began the work of bolstering opportunities for parents and families to join in the learning. We ran activities and programs for families on Shabbat centered around each holiday. We worked together to Youth Shabbaton gather materials and build our own sukkot, learned with rd th parents about the challenges of raising Jewish children Sixty 3 -5 grade students, counselors and lead in communities where many of their friends may be staff enjoyed our annual Youth Shabbaton, held at celebrating different holidays, and prepared our own fairy Camp Wise, April 27-29. We celebrated Shabbat with gardens in celebration of Tu B’Shevat. Many parents joined festive meals and prayers led by our students, played their teenage children on Yom Kippur for a powerful talk gaga and tetherball, enjoyed havdallah, roasted from Ricky Jackson, imprisoned for 42 years for a crime he marshmallows, made s’mores and learned about how did not commit, who spoke about how he has been able we can “get in the game” and be holy. to forgive those who had wronged him. Ultimately, regardless of where our students receive the bulk of their formal Jewish education, whether at our Bessie Hershey Religious School, one of our community’s excellent Jewish day schools or anywhere else, without question the most important place where our students learn and grow as Jews is in the home. We can provide great teachers and experiences, but we rely on you to share with your children how important this work is, to celebrate Shabbat and holidays with them, to join in the learning and the experiences with them. We know that with your help, together with everyone who is a part of our community, they will always feel connected to Jewish life. No matter where their lives take them, our partnership ensures that our children will always be inspired to seek out Jewish experiences and make Jewish tradition and community a priority in their lives. Thank you for partnering with us in this sacred work. We can all be Rabbi Josh Foster EVERYDAY BRACING YOUR SMILE for a Beautiful Future 20% Discount for B’nai Jeshurun Congregants HEROES 2018 SUMMER FUN FOR FAMILIES Our Family has Eric S. Lawrence, D.D.S. treated The Jewish Orthodontics and TMJ Disorder THE ACTIVITY CENTER OPENS JUNE 5 Community for over 200 years combined. 440-449-1550 “Let our family treat 5259 Mayfield Rd., Lyndhurst, Ohio 44124 you like family.” www.thesmilesmaker.com • [email protected] WWW.MALTZMUSEUM.ORG AFFORDABLE ORTHODONTICS

4 June/July 2018 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5778 [email protected] Upcoming Events Tee it up at B’nai Jeshurun’s Canine Shabbat Friday, June 8 • 5:30 pm 7th Annual Golf Outing This year, we will kick off Monday, July 23 the evening with a “pack (Rain Date - Monday, July 30) walk” led by Keith Vaquera- Punderson State Park Golf Course Little, certified dog trainer at Sirius Strides. A “pack   walk” is an informative way  8:30 am - Arrive;  9:00 am - Scramble Start to socialize with your dog  and enjoy the company of dogs and dog people who  1:00 pm - Lunch, Awards & Raffle  $40 by July 6; $50 after July 6 will respect your space while walking together.    Includes kosher boxed lunch by Kantina, 18 holes of golf & Then, enjoy a picnic dinner with awards followed  cart, contests & prizes; cash bar available. Register online: by Shabbat services featuring our “barking blessing”   bnaijeshurun.org/golfouting2018 or contact Shani Kadis and oneg. $10/adult; $5/child ages 2-12 (under 2         to learn more.   years free). Dinner by reservation only; RSVP by June  Food • Fun • Friends • raffles • Prizes 1 (bnaijeshurun.org/canineshabbat2018 or through the synagogue office). Contact Shani Kadis or Sue Nash (440-759-3042) for more information. We are accepting donations for the Geauga Dog Shabbat Rocks! Warden’s Office (memo: Medical Fund). You may Fridays, June 15 and July 20 • also bring dog treats and/or beef hot dogs to help 7 pm give medicine. We will collect all of the donations at Bring your families to this the event. wonderful evening, with a live band playing some of today’s most FIDF Ohio Chapter Ride upbeat Jewish music. You will Sunday, June 24 • 8 am find yourself tapping your toes, clapping your hands and dancing to these contemporary The Friends of the Israel Defense melodies. Multiple musical genres are woven through Forces (FIDF) ride will honor and the service, highlighting text from each of the Psalms, benefit Israel’s brave soldiers; it which creates an energizing and engaging service. A starts and ends at BJC. There is special prayer book offers Hebrew, transliteration and a 10-mile family ride as well as English to make this service user friendly. Listen to and 25, 50 and 75 mile route options. download tracks from our website. Services will be held Contact Diane Jenks (800-888- in the Linden Family Courtyard, weather permitting. 2027 or [email protected]) to learn more. Register and pay at fidf.org/ This season has been generously underwritten by The events/fidf-ride-ohio-chapter. Jan & Ron Moskowitz Family, Phyllis & Sidney Reisman and Jocelyn & Peter Saltz. Thank you to our June oneg sponsor, Jocelyn & Peter Saltz and our July oneg sponsor, Men’s Club. Last date of the season: August 17 440.442.0777 wwwww.miklusflorist.com

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www.bnaijeshurun.org June/July 2018 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5778 5 From Our Affiliates Hazak Happenings ATID is open to all Jewish young adults Hazak is B’nai Jeshurun’s senior adult group. in their 20s & 30s. RSVP for these events To join, or for further information, please contact through our Facebook page or contact Membership Chairperson Adelle Gloger Shani Kadis. (216-292-2665) or President Sandra Lieber (440-565-5677). Shabbat Rocks! Hazak Shabbat & Beach Party Dinner June 2 Friday, June 15 • 7 pm Hazak members will participate in the Shabbat Atid will join Shabbat morning service. A luncheon with guest speaker Steve Rocks! and then enjoy Wolotsky will follow. Hazak members $10; guests a free beach-themed $12. Chairpersons, Ruth Dobres (440-449-5126) and Shabbat dinner. Sonya Shultz (216-382-5522). Wild About Shabbat Friday, June 15 • 5:45 pm Hanging with the Kitsises On the playground, weather permitting July 15 • 12 - 3 pm Join us for some WILD fun! Jungle Join newlyweds Kelly & Viktor Kitsis for an afternoon Terry is bringing his animals for a with friends and fun! Enjoy a dairy potluck lunch and special show filled with fun facts then walk to the Tremont Festival to immerse yourself and lots of chances to interact. in summer smells and sounds. Once registered, you will Enjoy a BBQ dinner and stay for receive their address. Shabbat Rocks! $10/adult; $6/child ages 2 – 12 (under 2 years free); $32/family cap (all members of one household). RSVP on our website or to Julie Sukert. Tree of Life Red Cross Blood Drive Tuesday, July 3 • 9 am – 2 pm Save a life; give blood. No registration required. Yasher Koach Sponsored by Men’s Club. • James Grant for 25 years and Kim Cole for 5 years of dedicated service to the synagogue. • Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria was Cole & Grant ESTIy Sundays, July 15 and August 19 • 9:30 am accepted into the Rabbis U Without Borders program. Sort and pack food that will go to Jewish families in need. Everyone volunteering should be over the age of 7. T • Bari Epstein graduated O

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6 June/July 2018 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5778 [email protected] Tree of Life Maz al Tov to In Memoriam • Olivia & Dan Potash on the adoption We note with sorrow the passing of of a son, Omri. Grandparents are KAREN FEINGOLD Bonnie & Howard Potash. Sister of Sharon Rosenberg Potash Diamond • Carmie & Todd Stein and Gertrude *HARVEY GOODMAN Stein on the birth of a granddaughter and great- Brother of Alma Perla granddaughter, Madeline Nava Diamond. Uncle of Bernard Perla • Holly & Alan Levine and Rae Levine on the birth of AVI HADAD a grandson and great-grandson, Noah Max Kotz. Father of Guy Greller • Joni & Steve Wasserman on the birth of a grandson, Kotz Paul Elias Lux. CARLOS PEREZ Grandfather of Linda Malka • Gayl & Alan Berger on the wedding of their son, Lee, to Meghan Piro. ANN PLATT • Joni & Alan Lichtin on the wedding of their son, Mother of Ivan Platt Jared, to Erica Reichstein. Grandmother of Helen Wolf Friedman & • Bonnie & Howard Potash on the engagement of Hoffman *ALBERT REET their son, Aaron, to Elizabeth Robins. * B’nai Jeshurun member • Amy & Steve Hoffman on the engagement of their daughter, Jessica, to Phillip Friedman. We extend our deepest condolences to all the members of their families. • Susan & David Rapkin and Gloria Kurland on the engagement of their son and grandson, Evan, to Rapkin & Myers Alexa Myers. Happy June Milestone Anniversary to: Marilyn & Herb Bell 65 Years Happy June Milestone Birthday to: Norma & Al Geller 65 Years Anne Berk Michael Feig Eric Rosenblatt Susannah & Avery Cohen 60 Years Ronna Bernstein Erin Gabay Natalie Rothenberg Bunny & Ron Moskowitz 60 Years Morris Boardman Michelle Golan Florence Schreibman Sylvia & Ron Abrams 55 Years Simon Caplan Marvin Harris Shawn Simon Sophie & Morris Brick 55 Years Stephen Dahar Debbie Isaak-Shapiro Lillian Ullman Mady & Richard Kaiser 50 Years Joseph Drew Robert Kimmelfield Rhonda Wachs Susan & Sheldon Karp 50 Years Paul Eisenberg Arnold Kohn Karen Yahr Adrienne & Mel Wasserman 50 Years Howard Epstein Nata Mendlovic Rebecca Zomber Debra & Peter Guren 45 Years Gerald Erenberg Shelley & Mark Scher 45 Years Happy July Milestone Birthday to: Lynn & Harold Wasserman 45 Years Shirley Adelstein Lillian Kaufman Beth Rosenberg Nadia & Marc Groedel 40 Years Barbara Barnholtz Maryo Kohen Debra Rubenstein Wendi & Bobby Shapiro 40 Years Sophie Bykhovsky Rachelle Korland Morley Schwebel Joni & Alan Lichtin 35 Years Marvin Chernin Melinda Mersack Diane Shedroff Randy & Robert Stern 35 Years William Faren Melissa Myers SeAnna Steinberg Denise & Lee Farkas 30 Years Diane Friedman Jeffrey Nash Joanne Umansky Zehava & Steve Galun 30 Years David Grischkan Randi Nathenson Debra Wiznitzer Kathy & Alvie Markowitz 30 Years Morton J. Gross Jacob Orville Tami & Joel Siegal 30 Years Spencer Israel Marlene Ricanati Marlene & Cliff Sobol 30 Years Julie & Gary Berman 25 Years Happy July Milestone Anniversary to: Abbey & Michael Guggenheim 25 Years Elise Braverman-Plotkin & Cheryl & Sandy Wikas 45 Years Rabbi Shalom Plotkin 20 Years Carol & David Willen 45 Years Kim Cole & Jeff Brown 10 Years Marcia & Edgar Blecher 40 Years Kate & Natan Milgrom 10 Years Linda Schoenberg & Bill Jones 40 Years Anne & Matt Brower 5 Years Helene & Robin Shorr 40 Years Ashley & Joel Gabelman 5 Years Linda & Eric Glassman 35 Years Melissa & Richard Lipnick 5 Years Margaret & Bob Kimmelfield 30 Years Na’ama & Aaron Wolkoff 5 Years Anna Rosenfeld & Aleksandr Rovner 20 Years Nicole & Ari Newman 10 Years www.bnaijeshurun.org June/July 2018 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5778 7 Received as of April 15, 2018 DonationsTribute and memorial donations received between March 15 through April 15, 2018 total $9,313. To better manage administrative expenses, it is requested that contributions be at least $10 or more each. Thank you for helping us reduce the synagogue’s cost, which increases the actual value of your gifts. ABRAHAM FAMILY EVELYN BARMEN ONEG BETH AM ENRICHMENT TEMPLE BUILDING AND COURTYARD FUND SHABBAT HOSPITALITY FUND DEVELOPMENT FUND In Honor of: FUND In Honor of: By: Marvin Chernin. Milestone Birthday of In Memory of: Milestone Anniversary of In Honor of: Harry Abraham by Jeffrey Leona Berkowitz by Jerry Fay & Ed Blumenthal by Birth of Jack Lawrence & Jacqui Shafer, William & Debbie Isaak-Shapiro. Sonya Shultz. Levin by Ronald & Gina Proper, Gabe & Nicki Adler, Silver. Michael & Hana BERGER FAMILY HIGH BLUESTONE-ROSE FAMILY In Memory of: Loewenstein, Renee HOLY DAY PRAYERBOOK EDUCATION FUND Marlene Easterbrook by Lieberman and Jeffrey & FUND In Honor of: Morton Weisberg…Melvin Meryl Goldberg…Milestone In Honor of: Our Milestone Silver by Charlotte Silver… Birthdays of Jeffrey Upcoming Marriage of Lee Anniversary by Richard & Mollye Wakser by David Goldberg and Lena Hirsh; Berger & Meghan Piro by Natalie Bluestone. Wakser…Roy Bernstein Milestone Anniversary of Alan & Gayl Berger. In Memory of: by Rosalind Bernstein… Meryl & Jeff Goldberg; William Sherr, Gertrude Seymour Cohen by engagement of David EUNICE AND ERNEST Sherr, Louis Fisher, Belle Charlotte Colman… Shafer & Jamie Levine by BENCHELL ENDOWMENT Gossett, Edna Schwartz, Sheldon Rose by Jeffrey & Jacqui Shafer. FUND Dora Bluestone, Donald Bernard Rose…Sidney In Memory of: In Honor of: Yale and Morris Bluestone Arlen by Janis DeVito… Judy Rosenberg and Milestone Birthdays of by Richard & Natalie Eunice Leizman by Jerry Lilyan Torch by Jeffrey & Barry Feldman, Bonnie Bluestone. Zahler and Milton Katz… Jacqui Shafer. Huston, David Wakser, Arnold Sulman by Martin Jeff Morris, Jeffrey Zimon, B’NAI JESHURUN & Susan Mandel…Harry ABRAHAM-GRUENSPAN Richard Kaiser and Ron ENDOWMENT FUND Berkowitz by Jay Ross & HIGH HOLY DAY CHOIR Moskowitz by Eunice In Honor of: Susan Warshay…Franklyn SCHOLARSHIP FUND Benchell…Milestone Shirley Bain by Ken, Seth Weissman and Beatrice In Honor of: Anniversary of Michael & and Lauren Bain…B’nai Weissman by Gabe & Nicki Milestone Birthday of Gloria Gruhin by Eunice Jeshurun by Dale & Karen Adler…Barbara Joyce Harry Abraham by Charles Benchell…Milestone Nash. Gilden by Arlene Temsey. & Linda Gruenspan. Birthday of Eunice In Memory of: Benchell by Marty & Carole Sonny Bain by Ken, Seth CANTOR’S MUSIC FUND JULIUS ABRAMS MINYAN Blake. and Lauren Bain. In Honor of: FUND In Memory of: Ark Opening by Halle In Memory of: Herbert Agin and BOHNEN SCHAFFER Lewis…Cantor Shifman Charles Goodstein by Bob Marlene Schaffer by GARDEN FOUNDATION by David & Gloria Kahan, & Judy Goodstein… Sarah Eunice Benchell… Wally In Honor of: William Leizman, Linda Levin by Cheryl Rubin… Krohngold’s father by Milestone Anniversary of Siegan, Allan & Elise Armin Jacob by David Marvin Harris & Lynn Michael & Hedy Milgrom Goldner and Steven Potter & Karen Yahr… Jerome Benchell-Harris. and Rachel Schwarz’s & Ellen Kowit-Potter… Siegan by Kenny & Yael graduation from Marcus Milestone Birthdays of Cohen…Marlene Schaffer BEVA BERKOWITZ USY Leadership Program by Bill Harry Abraham, Connie by Abraham Kay. FUND Jones & Linda Schoenberg. Altose, Malcolm Brahms, In Memory of: Murray Altose and Ethel ALIYAH FUND Leona Berkowitz by FRANCES BRUH Linden by Marty & Carole In Honor of: Gabe & Nicki Adler, Steve MEMORIAL FOUNDATION Blake… Ed Bailys by Aliyah by Harry & Roz & Debbe Skutch, Michael In Memory of: Helene Siegel… Aliyah by Abraham and Gabe & Nicki & Hana Loewenstein, Ben Annette Lusher by Ronald Malcolm & Evelyn Brahms. Adler…Dan Umansky Altose & Stacy Humr and & Gayle Routman. In Memory of: by Bill Jones & Linda Dean & Faith Eisenberg… Jerome Siegan by Irving & Schoenberg. Lilyan Torch by Murray & Ileen Rosner. In Memory of: Mary Berkowitz. Sol Kailes by Larelda Gruber.

8 June/July 2018 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5778 [email protected] GENA AND ETHAN COHEN JACK JACOBSON AND MILDRED ROSE AND RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY YOUNG FAMILY FUND BELLE WINOGRAD GEORGE MANDEL FUNDS In Honor of: MEMORIAL LIBRARY EDUCATION FUND In Honor of: Gena Cohen becoming FUND In Honor of: Rabbi Rudin-Luria by Joan President of B’nai Jeshurun In Honor of: Milestone Anniversary of Leizman, William Leizman, by Avery & Susannah Milestone Birthday of Fay & Ed Blumenthal by Linda Siegan, Allan & Elise Cohen. Raphael Simon by Marty & Millie Mandel. Goldner and Steven Potter Carole Blake. & Ellen Kowit-Potter… DOBRES-BERKOWITZ In Memory of: BERNARD MARGOLIS Mishaberach for Edie ISRAEL PROGRAMMING Arnold Sulman, Henrietta FAMILY FUND Piccus by Renee Davis… FUND Price, Herman Weiss, In Memory of: Rabbi Weiss by Linda In Memory of: Marlene Schaffer and Bernie Margolis by Chicky Siegan, Steven Potter & Richard Schneider by Bob Antonette Miller by B’nai Margolis. Ellen Kowit-Potter, The & Sandy Berkowitz. Jeshurun Fellowship. Family of Antonette Miller. MAZON HUNGER FUND In Memory of: FRANK AND IDA JODY AND LAURA In Honor of: Helen Kritzer by Keith & FRIEDMAN FUND FOR KATZNER FAMILY FUND Milestone Birthday of Marilyn Jacobs…Jeffrey SPECIAL NEEDS In Honor of: Harry Abraham by Harry & Milstein by Gary & Beth- In Memory of: Bat Mitzvah of Meredith Caren Lever. Ann Milstein…Michael Ida Friedman by Carole Ginsberg by Jody & Laura In Memory of: Shepard by Lois Shepard… Langus. Katzner. Jerome Siegan by Jim & Arnold Sulman by Leonard Pat Shohet, Renee Fleischer, Caminer…David Gold, GINSBERG FAMILY SAM AND DOROTHY Joel & Nancy Kay, Bob & Max Weinberg, Harry UNITED SYNAGOGUE KOHN FOUNDATION Sandy Berkowitz, Einbund and Geraldine YOUTH (USY) FUND In Memory of: Sandra Tucker, Joan Gold by Lewis Einbund… In Honor of: Jerome Kohn by Elaine Morgenstern & Robert Esther Chaim by Alan & Bat Mitzvah of Meredith Kohn. Valente, Shelly Polster, Gail Moskowitz…Jack Ginsberg by Dick & Alix Ruth Goodman, Avery & Kowit by Flo Chelm… Greenblatt and Aaron & SANFORD AND GLORIA Susannah Cohen, Michael Rachel Blake by Marty & Andrea Canowitz. KURLAND EARLY & Hana Loewenstein, Carole Blake…Ruth Farber CHILDHOOD FUND Renee Lieberman, Morgan by Ron & Bobbi Koplow… HAAS FAMILY EDUCATION In Memory of: Schreiber, Chris Kelly, Steven Leslie Gardner FUND Arnold Sulman and Rosh Chodesh Group, Bill by Jeffrey & Elizabeth In Memory of: Charles Klass by Kenny & Jones & Linda Schoenberg Gardner… Joseph Frankel Marlene Schaffer by Alan Amanda Kurland. and Barbara Goldberg… by St. Vicent Charity & Karen Rosenberg. Sylvia Weinberg by Davida Operating Room and SANFORD AND SHIRLEY Weinberg. Robert & Rita Tremlin… MITCHELL B. HERMAN KUTASH FAMILY FUND Paul Jacobs by Keith & EDUCATION FUND In Memory of: MINYAN BREAKFASTS Marilyn Jacobs. In Honor of: Thelma Botkin by Randy & In Memory of: Milestone Birthday of Harry Paula Botkin. Mordechai Frankel by LILLIAN AND HARVEY Abraham; Bat Mitzvah of Halina Podlipsky…Hugo PHILIP ROSENSTEIN Meredith Ginsberg by Joel LICHTIN FAMILY MUSIC Schaffer by Dani & Ines BOOK FUND & Cindy Herman. FUND Ades…Joanne Osher In Memory of: In Memory of: In Honor of: Caminer by Leonard Mollie Shapiro by Paul & Herman Weiss and Milestone Birthday of Caminer…Herman Weiss Helen Wolf. Marlene Schaffer by Joel & Robert Prevette by Alan & by Barry & Vicki Long… Cindy Herman. Joni Lichtin. Sheldon Braverman by SARAH ROSENSTEIN In Memory of: Rabbi Shalom Plotkin & BOOK FUND ISRAEL SCHOLARSHIP Arnold Sulman and Elise Braverman-Plotkin… In Memory of: FUND Harriet Roth by Alan & Joni Beverly Galun and Sheila Burd Goldberg by In Memory of: Lichtin. Carmella Zamoschic Paul & Helen Wolf. Jerry Siegan by Richard & by the Zelwin & Galun Mady Kaiser. Families. www.bnaijeshurun.org June/July 2018 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5778 9 RABBI RUDOLPH M. SCHER FAMILY FUND Schaffer by Jay & Robbie B’NAI JESHURUN EARLY ROSENTHAL MEMORIAL In Honor of: Schonfeld…Rita Epstein CHILDHOOD PROGRAM FUND Good Health for Mark by Dean & Faith Eisenberg. In Memory of: In Honor of: Scher and Shelley Scher’s Marlene Schaffer by Mark Gena Cohen becoming leadership as President of SILVER/ROTHMAN STAFF Silverman, Jay Ross & Susan President of B’nai Jeshurun B’nai Jeshurun by Avery & APPRECIATION FUND Warshay, Robert & Ronna by Avery & Susannah Susannah Cohen. In Memory of: Zelwin, Dale & Karen Nash, Cohen. Sheldon Braverman by Bob & JoAnn Glick, Alan JOEL SCHWARZ Bernice Rothman. & Janet Sear, Joyce Turley, JONATHAN ROTH TORAH MEMORIAL CHESED FUND Randy & Paula Botkin, FUND In Honor of: KAREN AND LEONARD Gary & Harriet Mann, Bob In Honor of: Ileen Tepper by David & STEIGER FUND & Wendy Altmire, Larry Engagement of Alice Roth’s Gloria Kahan. In Memory of: Candow, Vic & Sue Amster, grandson, Chaim Roth In Memory of: Jerome Siegan and Lilyan Russell & Elli Winter, Mark to Rebecca Hess by Leah Edith & Emanuel Wieder Torch by Len & Karen & Laura Ann Templar, Eric & Terkel. by Carolyn Lodish… Steiger. Joyce Wald, David & Susan Sally Schwarz by Berzon, Carly Sear, Richard BESSIE HERSHEY Rachel Schwarz…Leona ZIMON FAMILY Ernst. RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND Berkowitz by Rabbi Alan EDUCATIONAL FUND In Memory of: & Jean Lettofsky, Ruth In Memory of: Shelley Weisman by Jed Dobres, Jay & Robbie Marlene Schaffer and Max Weisman. Schonfeld…Marlene Goldweber by Jeffrey & Jill Zimon.

TIDINGS Thank you to our Vol 92, No. 5 • June/July 2018 April kiddush, oneg & bima flower sponsors: Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5778 April 1: The kiddush was partially sponsored by Hedy & Michael Milgrom in honor (ISSN 2327-2341) of Hedy’s milestone birthday. The flowers were sponsored by Rosalyn & Ed Kowit is published monthly except and Flo Chelm in memory of their father, Jack Kowit. January and July by April 14: The kiddush and congregational luncheon were sponsored by Mary & B’nai Jeshurun Congregation 27501 Fairmount Blvd., Murray Berkowitz, Phyllis & Ken Bravo and Michele & Howard Sands in celebration Pepper Pike, OH 44124 of the life of their mother, Leona “Mama Lee” Berkowitz. Periodicals postage April 20-21: The oneg was co-sponsored by Lynda Silverberg and Charlotte at Cleveland, OH. Kurland in honor of the Mincha Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Ryan Silverberg, and by Phyllis & Sidney Reisman in honor of Shabbat Rocks! The kiddush was POSTMASTER: sponsored by Bob Cohen and Sue & Jeff Nash in honor of all our volunteers. The Send address changes to: flowers were sponsored by Charlotte Kurland and Lynda Silverberg in honor of the TIDINGS Mincha Bar Mitzvah of their grandson, Ryan Silverberg. 27501 Fairmount Blvd. Pepper Pike, OH 44124

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