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Volume 80 Issue 6 January 2020 Tevet/Shevat 5780 tbsmb.org SHOLOMFEST 2020 FEBruary 1 • 7:00 PM COME ONE COME ALL! TBSMB.ORG/SHOLOMFEST2020 #SUPPORTOURYOUTH See pages 16/17 for more information. HAKOL JANUARY 2020 Page 2 Page 3 Gayle Pomerantz Senior Rabbi Robert A. Davis Rabbi, D.Min. In This Issue Ethan Bair Rabbi Shabbat Schedule ............................. 2 Jewish Film Festival .......................... 14 Joanne Loiben Rabbi/Youth Rabbi Pomerantz ................................ 3 Rosh Pina ............................................... 15 Lisa V. Segal Cantor Sacred Connections Gary A. Glickstein Rabbi Emeritus Calendar Highlights .......................... 4-5 SholomFest 2020 ............................... 16 Steven Haas Cantor Emeritus School News ........................................ 6 Recent Deaths ..................................... 18 Rabbi Gayle Pomerantz Mark Baranek Director of Congregational Engagement Sisterhood ............................................. 7 Circle of Giving .................................... 19 Margie Zeskind Head of School jLAB ......................................................... 8 B’nei Mitzvah ........................................ 20 Barb Shimansky Director of School for Living Judaism Adult B’nei Mitzvah ............................ 9 Sacred Parenting ................................ 21 Katy Boyask Director of Advancement Parent Workshops .............................. 9 Tzedakah ............................................... 22 Jenny Lowhar Director of Marketing/Communications Event Photos ........................................ 10 Birthdays ................................................ 20 Dalia Katz Director of Supplemental Education Kavanah Retreat.................................. 11 Anniversaries ....................................... 21 “The stone the builders rejected has become the chief determines the leadership of Israel’s important national Greg Lawrence Director of Membership/Shalom Baby cornerstone (“Rosh Pina”).” Psalms 117:22 institutions and allocates financial and other resources to Adam Trautenberg Director of The Tribe Shir Chadash/MLK ............................. 13 Mitzvah Day .......................................... 26 Michael Svayg Director of Operations various organizations, including the Reform Movement and SHABBAT SCHEDULE This verse from the Psalms, included in our festival Hallel congregations like Rosh Pina. This is a critically important prayers, contains the name of the community with whom we election to grow and broaden the Reform Movement’s tbsmb.org/spiritual-life/shabbat OFFICERS are connecting in our new Domim (“Alike”) partnership pro- impact in Israel, opening the door for many Israelis who are Board of Trustees Shabbat is a taste of paradise. Talmud, Berachot 57a gram through the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism: disenfranchised or disenchanted with Orthodox Judaism to PRESIDENT Jeff Graff Shabbat Evening Services Rosh Pina (“Cornerstone”). The community of Rosh Pina find a meaningful spiritual alternative, as we have here. 1st VICE PRESIDENT Stevan Pardo 6:00 pm | Friday in northern Israel by the Galilee was founded in 1882, and VICE PRESIDENTS Our Shabbat evening service will embrace you. Fresh and familiar music will soon became a cornerstone of Jewish settlement. Though The last WZC elections of 2015, ARZA gained 56 out of the enable you to give voice to your own spirit. Special occasions in the lives of our Jose Benrey Marte Singerman Jewish ties to Rosh Pina are ancient, the Reform synagogue 145 seats, making us the largest Zionist organization in the Michael Levinson Myra Spindel congregants, Jewish teachings, sermons from our rabbis, and special music will of Rosh Pina is only eight years old. U.S. This win supported Reform congregations in Israel by Suzanne Meltzer Mike Weinberg enhance “Shabbat—our sanctuary in time.” Allan Pekor the allocation of four million dollars a year for five years. TREASURER Torah Study on Shabbat Morning Many American synagogues choose to partner with Israeli Through this representation, we are also able to promote Etan Mark 9:30 am | Saturday communities to deepen ties to Israel. We are choosing to the values of equality, pluralism and democracy, and work SECRETARY Start your Saturday with Torah study and a bagel with a shmear of cream cheese. partner with a fledgling Reform congregation somewhat off toward influencing matters of conversion, divorce and Vanessa Ressler Each Shabbat morning before our Shabbat Morning Minyan (10:30 am), you will the beaten track, to lend them our support and experience marriage in Israel, where Reform Rabbis currently have no BOARD OF TRUSTEES study Parashat HaShavua, the weekly Torah portion. The rabbis will lead a the excitement of creating a new congregation – in fact , discussion of ancient commentaries and teachings and reveal the Torah’s authority. We hope to far exceed 2015’s gains this year in Cyndy Albert Allison Greenfield their community currently meets in an old winery (which Nikki Baron Terry Jove modern and relevant lessons. order to grow our influence and strength in Israel. Julie Basner Bobbi Ossip must make Friday night kiddush most convenient!). Michael Berman Michael Pardo Eric Broad Denis Russ Tot Shabbat That’s where you come in. You can exert your influence all John Bussel Jonathan Sepsenwol 10:00 am | Saturday As many of you know, Progressive or Reform Judaism in the way from Miami Beach by voting in this election. The Bart Chepenik Robin Straus Furlong Join us Saturday morning at 10:00 am for a wonderful young family Shabbat expe- Israel is only now gaining some traction and receives a tiny Lisa Cicero Rachel Unger voting will take place from January 21 – March 11. Our goal Heidi Cooper Andrea Wagner rience. This interactive program is geared for families with children up to the age of fraction of the government support that Orthodox congre- is for every member of TBS who is 18 or older to vote. There Glenn Dryfoos Carrie Wiesenfeld five years old. Prayer, music, stories, movement, activities, snacks and much more gations do. We hope to enrich both our congregations Barbara Gelber Cheryl Zuckerman will be featured. Following Tot Shabbat, families stay and enjoy time together in our is a nominal fee associated with voting to cover administra- Judith Greene through creating shared experiences and learning about beautiful playground. This is a great way for you to celebrate Shabbat with other tive costs. We will have a link on our TBS website for you to PAST PRESIDENTS families with young children. tbsmb.school/programs/family each other. It is for this reason that we are looking forward to vote and there will be ample opportunities at Temple. Kudos *Alfred B. Rosenstein *Harold B. Vinik *Dr. Max Ellis *Neal O. Amdur giving a warm welcome to Rosh Pina’s Rabbi, Tlalit Shavit, at to Rachel Kipnis Curtis and Yael Steinhart for championing *Morris Berrick *Marvin Stonberg Shabbat Morning Minyan the end of this month (January 31/February 1). A few of our this opportunity. *Harry A. Cornblum *Helen Kotler 10:30 am | Saturday *Louis J. Krensky Michael Dribin temple members and our Educator, Barb Shimansky, have Join us Saturday mornings at 10:30 am in our beautiful chapel or sanctuary. *Shepard Broad Charles A. Citrin already visited the congregation in Israel, and our TBS Israel Temple Beth Sholom is committed to Israel and to promot- *Leon J. Ell Andrew R. Hirschl Our clergy and members of our congregation help to lead the prayers and read the *Ralph Spero Nancy Ratzan trip this summer will also include a stop in their beautiful city. ing our Jewish values of human dignity in Israel. This month *John Serbin Robert Hertzberg Torah. Kiddush lunch follows. *Judge Harry Shelley Niceley Groff presents two opportunities: learn more from Rabbi Shavit Arthur Greenberg Ronald Albert, Jr. jLAB Family Shabbat Please learn more about this special congregation and our about the experience of being a Reform Jew in Israel and *James Albert Peter Russin Each Saturday morning, jLAB students in grades K-5 and their parents (and other *Louis Snetman Marjorie Baron new partnership with Rosh Pina in this newsletter, which share your voice and your strength by voting in the WZO *Jack Fink Jack Karson significant grown-ups) gather together in the chapel from 9:30-10:00 am for a lively contains an article about their synagogue along with some *Eli Katzin Karen Rivo Shabbat morning t’filah experience. This is a great opportunity to learn the prayers elections. What a great way to begin 2020! *James S. Knopke *deceased beautiful photos. We are grateful to Richard and Susan Zinn of our liturgy and connect with the words of our prayer service. All those with *Milton Gaynor for their support of this initiative. children in this age group are welcome to join us! For more information or to RSVP ADVISORY BOARD contact Kimberly Hyde at [email protected]. Harvey Chaplin Hillel Meyers As we work to strengthen Israel and her Reform congrega- Joel Friedland Irving Miller Gary Gerson Gerald Robins B’nei Mitzvah Service tions, January is also the month in which the World Zionist David Kenin Manuel Zaiac Donald Lefton Our b’nei mitzvah services are at 10:00 am and 4:30 pm. These services occur only Congress elections commence. These elections present the Youth Education and Julie Basner and when a member of the Temple is celebrating the occasion of becoming bar mitzvah only democratic opportunity for American Jews to make an Rabbi Gayle Pomerantz Engagement