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Dancing Our Way to Freedom by Rabbi Rebecca Richman Volume 28, Issue No. 4 Adar 5781 / March 2021 Dancing Our Way tO FreeDOm by Rabbi Rebecca Richman At the end of this month, we The Torah does not record any speech from the Israelites as they will begin our celebration cross. Moses’ outstretched arm and the Israelites’ ongoing of Passover. Our Passover march between the sea walls is the only choreography noted in preparations, the seder itself, and this moment of crossing. So, in the unwritten spaces, we the rituals we hold throughout imagine what the Israelites uttered and how they marched. Passover commemorate not only the Israelites’ departure For the past six months, I have been holding steady to a teaching from Egypt, but also their determination to dance their way from Rabbi Steven Nathan. In writing about the Israelites’ through the unknown. In our time, as we face our own abyss of crossing, he writes, “I wonder if they needed to sing while unknown, we have much to learn from the echoes of our crossing the Sea: not knowing if they would make it to the other ancestors’ hopeful song. side, but reaching for the strength within them to praise God while still not certain of what God had in store for them. Perhaps In parashat B’shalah, the Israelites come to face the Sea of their fear and their hope were too much to express in mere Reeds (also known as the Red Sea). The pillar of cloud that had words, and so they burst forth in song—perhaps first tenuously, led the way shifted to guard them from behind. We can imagine but eventually reaching a crescendo as they approached the a row of encounter: the sea before the Israelites, the Israelites other side, then bursting forth as a full-blown “Hallelujah between the sea and the pillar of cloud, the cloud guarding the chorus” once they were on dry land.” Shirat HaYam is not Israelites from the Egyptians, and the Egyptian army in fury called the song after the sea; it is the song of the sea. racing toward the Israelites. If they are to survive, the Israelites Imagining the Israelites singing and dancing their way through will have to enter the water. Miraculously, the waters split as perhaps the biggest moment of fear and unknown, we draw Moses lifts his arm over the sea, and then the Israelites enter the strength from their embodied hope. channel that will rebirth them onto dry, safe land. The suspense returns to us each time we read the story. Ultimately, the Israelites do not begin their long journey of wandering through the great wilderness until they have danced. In our liturgy, we recall the moments after crossing the sea with Their exuberant movements at the sea fuel their long, long road the words of Shirat HaYam, the Song of the Sea. Mi kamocha ahead. From our ancestors, we learn to pause to dance. Even in ne’dar bakodesh, nora tehilot oseh feleh. Who is like You, the midst of the unknown, even when we are unsure of where majestic in holiness, Awesome in splendor, working wonders? we are headed, let us remember to move our bodies in song (Exodus 15:11). But what were the Israelites saying, how were and with free motion in this season, energizing us for the they moving, as they crossed the sea? What are we to do with journey ahead. our voices and our bodies as we cross through the grand unknown? MAZAL TOV! in memOriam in ceLebratiOn OF... (June 8, 2020 – August 2, 2020) suzanne Leaf, sister of Tamar Jacobson ellen & bernard Kolodner, on their grandson, Holden Kolodner, richard Vernick, long-time member of GJC becoming Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, January 9th at Temple Micah in Washington, DC naomi Druckman, long-time member of GJC Diane ajl & neil Kitrosser, on the birth of their granddaughter, Ruby, to their son Jeffrey Ajl Kitrosser & Lauren Berger eileen mae Lehrer Hirsch, mother of Mitchell Hirsch and grandmother of Josh cynthia Kravitz entin, on the birth of her Great-Niece Yona Yehudit Smiley Kravitz, daughter of Yael Smiley and Gabe Kravitz rose grife schiller, mother of Karen Schiller Kripke, toby barkan, son of Amy Schrager and Craig Barkan, grandmother of Joe and Ben, and great-grandmother of on becoming Bar Mitzvah Jordan and Leo rabbi Judd Levingston, for being awarded an honorary D. Div. michael masch, husband of Rachel Falkove, father of Sol and (Doctor of Divinity) from the Jewish Theological Seminary Ezra, and grandfather of Avinoam and Shaya together with his fellow 1993 JTS classmates in recognition of 25+ years of service to the Jewish community gert Jacobsohn, husband of Myra Jacobsohn, father of Hannah, Judah barnett, son of Wendy Schwartz and Benjamin Barnett, Jamie, Diane and Alice, and grandfather of Joshua, Rebecca, Zev, on becoming Bar Mitzvah Jonathan, Rachel and Elana colin & Phillip solis, children of Matthew and Yoel Solis, baila round shargel, sister of Betty Ann Fellner on becoming B’nei Mitzvah sadie Wade, daughter of Martha Millison and Steven Wade, on becoming Bat Mitzvah HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Louie asher, on welcoming two grandchildren: daughter to WeLcOme neW members! Jacob and Kendra, Mirabelle Sawyer (Mira Shifra) born on July 22, Lindsay & Ben Johnson 2020 and son to Aviva and Daniel, Gabriel Jose (Gabriel Shalom) and their children, Simone & Ziggy born on January 13, 2021 Mark & Elizabeth Vieyra and their children, Rachel & Charlotte Josh & Leah Altman and their children Julian & Asher GJC WeLcOmeS returning member Jane Century Rabbi Jacob Staub HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH member Memories by Eve Pinkenson Many years ago, back in the second half of the 1980s, a group We met for a few years; we shared joys and sorrows and of GJC women got together and formed a “Women’s Group.” dreams. We celebrated simchas with each other; we We started out studying together, but soon found ourselves supported each other through life events. just chatting and talking about life in general and our own lives in particular. We met in our respective homes, enjoyed each One wonderful memory remains regarding Chanukah. One others’ company, and formed bonds, some of which remain year, we gathered at Nan Daniels’s home, and each woman today. It was a little late for the “Women’s Movement,” but we brought her own menorah. We arranged the menorot on Nan’s listened to each other, cared about each other, and lent kitchen table and after much ado getting all set up, we sang support. As I recall, the group included: Marcy Bacine, Nan the brachot together. It was a lovely and beautiful moment. Daniels, Marlene Hilkowitz, Nancy Krantz, Bea Riseman (z”l) , All those women’s voices! It must have been about mid- Diane Rinaldi, Rebecca Tobias (z”l) and me. I apologize if I’ve holiday, for there were plenty of candles in each menorah. forgotten someone… The sight of all those candles, all that light shining back at us, all those dear women friends, all that love. A GJC memory I will never forget. 2 www.facebook.com/germantownjewishcentre/ tHe PresiDent’s cOLumn by Dan Livney Dear Community, our members who are Jews of Color, and of all of us within our community. The final meeting with the Executive Committee was I have run out of ways to say, a few weeks ago, and we expect to hear from Calico with a report “these are strange times we are in the next month or so. We will be pleased to share that with all living in,” and making a joke of you. I think the experience has been a useful one, one I feel whose punchline is “who was I have learned a lot from even just this far. that masked man?” seems like it would invite groans of “too soon.” At a time when many may be feeling disconnected from their However strange these times community, David Mosenkis and I, as representatives of the lay may be, Germantown Jewish leadership, along with Rabbi Zeff and the Mazkirut of both Center is still here, and its business Minyan Masorti and Dorshei Derekh, have embarked on a series is steaming ahead. In today’s of meetings to speak about connection. In this case, the column, I want to update you on connection between the minyanim and the larger community. It some of the goings-on. is a source of pride that GJC has been able to do something that is relatively rare: to allow three minyanim to thrive under one roof. First of all, our High Holiday Appeal was a stunning success this Of course, this year, the “one roof,” is the part we do not have. year, led by the admirable efforts of Barb Menin, along with While the meeting of the minyanim is supposed to happen a whole host of solicitors. I remember my trepidation at making annually, regardless of particular circumstances, this year it has those calls when I first started serving on the Executive added meaning. We are striving to grapple with the question of Committee. But I realized that as much as the calls included what connects us, and what differentiates us, as well. When we a request for funds, it was also a good time to check in with people were at one point or another all in the same building (and we all I hadn’t heard from in some time, or to have a conversation with look forward to doing so again one day soon!), being a member of someone I hadn’t yet met. In either case, I’ve come to see the a minyan was only one point of possible connection.
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