Congregation Adath Jeshurun  Louisville, Kentucky www.adathjeshurun.com  APRIL 2019

Rabbi Gershom Sizomu is the first native- born black rabbi in Sub-Saharan , the chief Rabbi of and the first Jewish member of the Ugandan Parliament. He is the leader of the Jewish Community, a 100-year-old community of about 2,000 Jews who live among their Christian and Muslim neighbors in scattered villages in Eastern Uganda. Rabbi Sizomu grew up during the devastating reign of Idi Amin, who outlawed .

Rabbi Sizomu attended the five-year Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. As an ordained rabbi with a greater understanding of rabbinic Judaism, he returned to Uganda to continue to bring safety and security to his community. He and his wife, Tziporah have five children.

Rabbi Sizomu will be sharing the story of his very unique personal journey, as well as the history of the 100-year-old Rabbi Gershom Sizomu Abayudaya community.

• 502.458.5359 • [email protected]? • www.adathjeshurun.com

CONGREGATION ADATH JESHURUN APRIL CELEBRATION SHABBAT

2401 Woodbourne Avenue Louisville, KY 40205 Celebrate your birthday or anniversary at AJ on Saturday, April 6th. All those Synagogue Office Phone...... 502.458.5359 celebrating birthdays and anniversaries Finance Office Phone...... 502.649.8135 during April are invited to participate in a Synagogue Office Fax ...... 502.451.5634 group aliyah during morning worship services beginning at Preschool Office Phone ...... 502.451.3434 9:30 a.m. Cemetery Caretaker, Jody Bowling ...... 502.639.1301 Website ...... www.adathjeshurun.com --- April Milestone Anniversaries --- Facebook ...... www.facebook.com/adathjeshurun Email...... [email protected]  Linda & Stuart Goldberg April 7 56 years  Jackie & Bill Rubin April 14 40 years

Officers Anniversaries are listed for first and every five years after that. President ...... William Esakov Additionally, all anniversaries exceeding 50 years are listed. If your Vice President ...... Liam Felsen “Milestone Anniversary” is not listed, please call the synagogue office Vice President ...... Felissa Goldstein at 458-5359 and provide them with your anniversary date. We look forward to celebrating with you! Vice President ...... Jerry Wolff Secretary ...... Craig Friedman Treasurer ...... Cybil Flora Assistant Treasurer ...... Joel Lerner AJ LOVES NEW BABIES!

Cemetery Warden ...... Bruce Blue Assistant Cemetery Warden ...... Stephen J. Evans

Robert B. Slosberg l Rabbi  Sylvia Kozlove on the birth of her great-grandson, Jacob [email protected] l ext. 111 Rubin. : David A. Lipp l Cantor  Paula & Michael Cohn on the birth of their grandson, Miles [email protected] l ext. 114 Irving Gonzales. Robin Silverman l Synagogue Administrator  Steve Samuel & Lori Wheless on the birth of grandson, Carter [email protected] l ext. 106 Samuel, son of Claire & Josh Samuel.  Lottie Samuel on the birth of great-grandson, Carter Samuel. Holly Southwick l Financial Administrator [email protected] l ext. 104

Deborah Slosberg l Adult Education Coordinator MAZAL TOV AJ MEMBERS  [email protected] l ext. 115 Sara Gambrell I Preschool Director Mazal tov to Carol Seifer & Sandy Abrams on [email protected] I ext. 117 their recent marriage! Molly Evancho l Facility & Event Manager [email protected] l ext. 113 Barbara Embry l Administrative Assistant IN MEMORIAM [email protected] l ext. 105 The Congregation extends our condolences to the Belinda Lasch I Administrative Assistant [email protected] I ext. 102 family and friends of Harriet Dicter, Samuel Gross, and Myra Klein. Lily Pope l Communications Coordinator [email protected] l ext. 112

Tina Benningfield l Food Service Coordinator [email protected] l ext. 116

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SHORT & SWEET FAMILY SERVICES AJ PRAGMATIC SPIRITUALITY

AJ’s Short & Sweet Family Service is for Join us from 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. in the AJ Benovitz Library for children in grades K - 7, friends, Pragmatic Spirituality on the dates listed below: parents and grandparents. The service th is informal and includes a story.  April 14 - “Mirror Neurons - The Neurobiology of Empathy and How We Inspire One Another” Students will join the main service following Short & Sweet and will help lead the closing prayers. All  April 28th - “Silence & Laughter - The Glue of Friendship” services take place in the Slosberg Event Center from Pragmatic Spirituality is an open 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. The last two services for the discussion group that meets twice a th school year will take place on: April 13 and month. We welcome you to attend and May 18th. participate or listen quietly. The seed of the discussions is a brief inspiration by a spiritual thinker who AJ PRESCHOOL NEWS encourages inner dialogue and listening to one’s “inner teacher.” Woven throughout are examples of the Jewish Enrollment is now open for AJ perspective on attention to the soul. We address how we find Preschool’s 2019 Summer Camp, purpose and meaning, how we navigate practical challenges in which runs from June 3rd through th our daily lives, and how we mitigate stressors in this modern July 26 . Children six-weeks old time. The group is facilitated by Courtney Snyder, MD (Holistic through age five may enroll. Camp opens as early as 7:30 Psychiatrist) and Marty Snyder (Business & Leadership a.m. and runs as late as 6:00 p.m. each day. Children may be Advisor.) For additional information, please contact enrolled for as few as two weeks, or as many as eight weeks. Dr. Courtney Snyder at: [email protected]. AJ members receive a tuition discount! Mark your calendar for these upcoming sessions: This year, there will be four two-week sessions, each with a May 5th & May 19th fun theme including: Under the Sea, Pirate Adventure, Nature, and Camping. This hugely-popular program fills up quickly, so don’t wait! Registration closes on April 19th. ADATH JESHURUN ANNUAL MEETING

For more information, please email the AJ Preschool Office The AJ Annual Meeting will be held on at [email protected] or call 451-3434. Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 7:00

p.m. for electing and installing officers AJ BOOK CLUB of the Congregation and conducting • Sunday, May 19, 2019 other such business as may be • 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. appropriately brought before the • AJ Roth Family Board Room Congregation at that time. • Facilitated by Dr. Ted Shlechter

Pursuant to Article XIV of the Adath Jeshurun bylaws, any

Millard Salter’s Last Day member of the Congregation wishing to submit a

By Jacob M. Appel candidate to be nominated as a member of the Board of

Trustees, shall do so in writing, at least 21 days prior to “The Best Novel of 2017 That You Never Heard Of,” is how the date of the Annual Meeting. Please submit, by mail, Alexander Aciman of Tablet Magazine describes ‘Millard any name for nomination to Dr. Armand Rothschild, Salter’s Last Day.’ “Appel [takes on] the difficult task of Chairman of the Nominating Committee, by Thursday, writing a compelling story about death that is neither tragic May 2, 2019. No nominations are permitted from the nor outright comic. … Beyond that, there’s a strange, wise floor during the Annual Meeting. Following the meeting, charm to it all. You really don’t ever think a book on suicide enjoy a dessert reception. could ever be life-affirming, but this one is…”

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c:\users\ljhuber3\desktop\april 2019\word\annual meeting 2019.docx GET READY FOR PASSOVER

The first Seder takes place this year on the evening of Friday, April 19th. The AJ website has complete instructions on getting your home ready for Passover. The guidelines may be found at: www.adathjeshurun.com/passover. SELL YOUR CHAMETZ ▪ AJ MEMBERS: $30 per adult  $15 per child ages 6 - 12 “Chametz” refers to any food product made ▪ GUESTS: $60 per adult  $30 per child ages 6 - 12 from wheat, barley, rye, oats or spelt, which ▪ ALL CHILDREN: $5 per child ages 0 - 5

has come in contact with water and has been { Kentucky Sales Tax of 6% is additional } allowed to ferment and rise. Since it is prohibited to possess chametz on Passover, any chametz left un-disposed must be sold to a non-Jewish person. All such chametz, as well as all chametz utensils that were not thoroughly cleaned, should be stored away. The storage area should be locked or taped shut for the duration of the holiday. Since there are many legal intricacies involved in this sale, a rabbi acts as the agent both to sell the chametz to the non-Jewish person on the morning before Passover, and to buy it back the evening after Passover ends. AJ is grateful to the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence for subsidizing the seders! The form below must be received in the AJ office prior to 10:00 a.m. on April 19, 2019. You may also complete this form This year, AJ is delighted to offer TWO FIRST-NIGHT CATERED KOSHER SEDERS! Rabbi Slosberg will be leading a online at: www.adathjeshurun.com/chametz. family seder in the Erskine Auditorium with music by Cantor Lipp. Rabbi Diane Tracht will be leading a seder Delegation of Power to Sell Chametz especially for young adults in the Slosberg Event Center. A

Haggadah will be provided for each participant to use. Kid- I the undersigned, fully empower and permit Rabbi friendly chicken will be served, and sitter service is Robert Slosberg to act in my place and stead, and on my available. behalf to sell all chametz possessed by me, knowingly or unknowingly as defined by Jewish Law. Rabbi Robert IMPORTANT: Reservations are processed in the order they B. Slosberg also has the full power and right to act as are received. Space is limited to the first 330 paid he deems fit and proper in accordance with all the reservations, accepted on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED details of the Bill of Sale used in the transaction to sell basis through FRIDAY, APRIL 12TH, or until room capacity is all my chametz, as provided herein. Please enter your reached. Reservations received after April 12th, or after personal information below. Use the address in which room capacity is reached, will be placed on a waiting list the chametz is located. and filled only if others cancel. If you are unable to afford the cost of the seder, please contact Rabbi Slosberg well Name ______before the deadline at [email protected] or call 458-5359. Address______City______Register online at www.adathjeshurun.com/seder. All reservation forms must include the names of every person State ______ZIP Code ______attending the seder. Forms received without the names of participants will not be processed. Questions? Contact Return to: Adath Jeshurun, 2401 Woodbourne Avenue Molly Evancho at: [email protected] or call Louisville, KY 40205, or scan to [email protected] 458-5359.

4 NEW KABBALAH 1 CLASS BEGINS IN APRIL AT AJ!

Course Description: Clarity. Knowledge. Personal Transformation. No matter

what you’re looking to ‘find more’ of, Kabbalah 1 is the first step in th your lifelong journey of true fulfillment. This course will shift your Sunday, May 5

perception of reality, to understand the true nature of  12:30 – 1:00 p.m. the universe and your role in it, while bridging the Enjoy Pizza! divide between science and spirituality. The word Kabbalah means “receiving.” It describes a spiritual  1:00 – 3:00 p.m. practice, a set of tools available to everyone, Prepare Brown Bags regardless of religion or belief system. These tools will empower you to receive a life full of joy, clarity  Meet in AJ’s Charles & Jean K. Erskine Auditorium 

and lifelong fulfillment. Dr. Elliott Rosengarten will teach this new Brown Bag Blessings is AJ’s popular program to help feed Kabbalah 1 course in the Benovitz Library at AJ. the homeless. Join AJ members and friends of all ages to

Class Dates/Times: The class meets at 6:45 p.m. on the following perform a mitzvah as we prepare brown bag lunches to serve Wednesday evenings: April 3, 10, 17, 24 and May 1, 8, 15, 29. to Louisville’s homeless population. Activities include making sandwiches, packing lunch bags, decorating cards, Cost: The course costs $49, and the tuition will be passed along to the and enjoying fellowship! Kabbalah Centre International. If the cost of tuition prohibits you from participation, please contact Dr. Rosengarten. This event is FREE OF CHARGE. Please let us know if you’ll be attending, so that Additional information: we may provide enough pizza and Both an audio recording and a PowerPoint presentation will be refreshments for everyone. Sign up at: available if a class is missed. Please register for the class by emailing www.adathjeshurun.com/brownbagblessings. Dr. Rosengarten at [email protected] or call 553-2889. Donations of the items listed below are needed for this event and for future Brown Bag Blessing events:

• Small jars of bottled water (12 oz. or less) • Jars of peanut butter • Jars of jelly • Small bagged snacks

Louisville Melton will honor Rabbi Laura The Congregation thanks the Julius L. Kozlove Tikkun Olam Fund for generously sponsoring this Metzger for “Excellence in Melton Brown Bag Blessings event! If you’d like to sponsor a Teaching and Curriculum Development,” future Brown Bag Blessings event, or if you have questions, during the annual Celebration of please contact Cybil Flora at 794-1469. Learning/Graduation on Sunday, June 2nd at 11:00 a.m. at Adath Jeshurun.

We will also celebrate with the 2019 graduates of the Melton AJ CEMETERY INFORMATION Comprehensive Courses: Aleks Foster, Muriel Handmaker, Now is the time to purchase Susan Klempner, Jennifer Leibson, Larry Snyder, Karen gravesites in the AJ Cemetery. The Strauss, and Sarah Wall. current price of $3,125 per grave The Celebration of Learning and celebration lunch at noon (which includes perpetual care) is valid are open to the entire community, and are free of charge. So through June 30, 2019. Prices will that we have enough food and beverage for all, please make increase on July 1, 2019. For more information on purchasing your reservation no later than May 24th at gravesites, please contact Assistant Cemetery Warden, Steve www.adathjeshurun.com/meltoncelebration or by calling Evans at 310-2900 or [email protected]. Deborah Slosberg at 458-5359. 5

FEATURING CANTORS PERFORMING TOGETHER! Surround Yourself with the Electrifying Harmony of Thunderous Voices!

Generously supported by the Jewish Heritage Fund for Excellence and the Adolf & Sara van der Walde & Rosenbloum Charitable Fund. ▪ Adults: $21.20 each ▪ Students - 13 & above: $15.90 each HURRY! Seats won’t last long! Admissions are first-

▪ Children - 12 & below: $ 5.30 each come-first-served. Make your reservations today!

Admission includes 6% Kentucky Sales Tax as required by law.

Phone: 502.458.5359 Email: [email protected] Website: www.adathjeshurun.com www.adathjeshurun.com/CantorsConcert

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Sponsorships enable the synagogue to conduct the Cantors’ Gold $3.000.00 Concert. Sponsors’ names will be listed in the July Messenger, and Silver $1,800.00 sponsors are eligible to receive a tax-deduction as allowed by law. Benefactor $ 450.00 Angel $ 200.00 NEW TAX LAWS PROHIBIT SPONSORSHIPS FROM INCLUDING Patron $ 100.00 ADMISSIONS. (Only sponsorships may be paid using an IRA RMD Sponsor $ 50.00 distribution. By law, IRA distributions may not include other non- deductible charges, such as admissions.) Sponsorship levels are listed at right, and are very much appreciated! To become a sponsor, please visit: www.adathjeshurun.com/CantorsConcert .

AJ members and friends are invited to join potentially 200 cantors during the 72nd annual Cantors Assembly Convention at the Louisville Marriott Downtown. Registration is available for single days, or for the entire convention, giving you admission to sessions, afternoon recitals,? and evening concerts. Come early for Shacharit and stay late for world class entertainment! Local registration does not include meals, nor the Cantor’s Concert on Wednesday evening, May 22nd. Register online at: www.cantors.org/72nd-annual-cantors-assembly-convention-registration.

 SUNDAY, MAY 19TH Single Day Registration…………$50.00 Pastoral Tracks; Bluegrass with Jewish Sass Homefront Radio Includes admission to all sessions, and evening concert. Highlights Show with John Gage, Brigid Kaelin, and produced by Cantor Mike include: Excerpts from the new film by Erik Anjou “The Cantors Stein (concert); Jonathan Wolff, the Seinfeld Music Guy himself, Head”; Jerome Kopmar concert; and late-night entertainment by shares a late-night experience of music and narrative. Louisville Ladino and Klezmer bands Transito and Lost Tribe, as ND well as Story-Tellers Robert Sachs and Jonathan Lippman. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 Single Day Registration………$50.00 Includes admission to all sessions and afternoon recital. Evening  MONDAY, MAY 20TH Single Day Registration………….$65.00 concert is NOT included. Highlights include: Navigating the Includes admission to all sessions, afternoon recital, and evening Milken Archive, Finding Music; Small Choir Arrangements; Cantors concert. Highlights include: “My Snapshot of American Jewish Alisa Pomerantz-Boro and David Propis recital; Final sessions of Music”, a lecture by Professor Mark Kligman of UCLA; Cantor Jeff Education, New Music, and Pastoral Tracks, new Jewish Music in Weber & Friends Recital; 100 Years: Leonard Bernstein; Tracks in America Adult Education Curriculum. Education, New Music, or Pastoral Care; Dellheim Concert RD including students and mentors of the Jewish Theological THURSDAY, MAY 23 Single Day Registration………...$30.00 Seminary of America; Student Films from Maaleh School Includes admission to all sessions. Highlights include: Chazzano presented by Rabbi David Ariel-Joel. Coffee Session; Highlights from the Uganda Mission; Michael Fraade: Communal Responsibility & Environment.  TUESDAY, MAY 21ST Single Day Registration………..$65.00 TH RD Includes admission to all sessions, afternoon recital, and evening  SUNDAY, MAY 19 through THURSDAY, MAY 23 concert. Highlights include: Cantors Nate Lam & Marcus Feldman Full Convention Package Registration…………………$200.00 recital; Heschel & King Seder, a new musical play by Cantor Steven Includes admission to ALL sessions and evening concerts Sunday, Stoehr; Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers of Tree of Life Synagogue Monday, and Tuesday. The Wednesday evening concert tickets are award and remarks; 2nd sessions of Education, New Music, and sold separately at: www.adathjeshurun.com/CantorsConcert.

For more information, contact Cindy Preston at the Cantors Assembly: [email protected] or 330-864-8533 ext. 200.

7 AJ is grateful for the following contributions! FUND TYPE PURPOSE DONOR LEVEL Dedication of Siddur Lev Shalem Honor 90th Birthday of Elaine Bornstein Jeanie Lowry Double Chai Abe & Ruth Rosenstein Cemetery Memory Harriet Dicter Shirley & Bert Geer Beautification Fund Ageless Wisdom Honor Belinda Setters Jon & Laura Klein Double Chai AJ Energyhelp Honor 90th Birthday of Elaine Bornstein Sharon Kaplin Chai Yahrzeit Zachary Roter Laura & Jon Klein Double Chai AJ Preschool Memory Alvin Greenfield Carol B. Klein Yahrzeit Grandmother, Marian Weisberg Robyn Slen Chai AJ Tribute Fund General Donation Michael Fraade Double Chai Honor 90th Birthday of Elaine Bornstein Frances Winchell Memory Judy Margulis Jeff Fox Chai Yai Yai Memory Arnold Levitz Dr. Stanley J. Goldberg Double Chai Memory Judy Margulis Mr. & Mrs. Henry Altman, Jr.; Marsha Kreitman Chai Memory Arnold Levitz Erwin Sherman & Terrie Sherman Chai Memory Alvin Kommor Gerald Marx Chai Memory Myra Lois Klein Shellie Branson & Ralph Green; Phyllis & David Leibson Chai Memory Sonia Saag Sonia Hess & Barbara Hess Chai Memory Judy Margulis Dr. Max & Harriett Behr; Raema Green; Sherre & Lawrence Fox Yahrzeit Brother, Melvin J. Goldberg Murrell A. Goldberg Chai Yahrzeit Mother, Rose Sherman Erwin Sherman Chai Yahrzeit Mother, Rose W. Cohen Marty Cohen Chai Yahrzeit Brother, Phil Kaplin Lawrence Kaplin Chai Yahrzeit Mother, Ethel Churney Goldberg Murrell Goldberg Chai Yahrzeit Father, Phil Levitch Irwin Levitch Arnold Jay Levin Simcha Fund Honor 90th Birthday of Elaine Bornstein Arnie Levin & Don Powell Honor Marriage of Carol Seifer & Sandy Abrams Arnie Levin & Don Powell Yahrzeit Mother, Marian Weisberg Alan Weisberg Chai Yahrzeit Aunt, Sara Hyman Alan Weisberg Chai Betty Hanover Carney Mahzor Fund Honor 95th Birthday of Betty Younger David Carney Chai Honor Birth of Jacob Gary Rubin, Grandson of Steve & Sharon Rubin David Carney Chai Memory Alvin Kommor Marilyn Carney Chai Yahrzeit Mother, Betty Carney Marilyn Carney Double Chai Yahrzeit Brother, Robert Carney David Carney Double Chai Cantor's Discretionary Fund Honor Cantor David Lipp Cantor Sharon Hordes Double Chai Honor 90th Birthday of Elaine Bornstein Eileen S. Churney; Martha Frockt; Margie & Bob Kohn Chai Honor 40th Wedding Anniversary of Helane & David Cooper Lillian Levy Chai Honor 90th Birthday of Elaine Bornstein Lillian Levy Chai Honor 25th Wedding Anniversary of Deborah & Brian Goldberg Lillian Levy Chai Honor Speedy Recovery of David Cooper Mona & Jay Brodsky Honor 90th Birthday of Elaine Bornstein Mona & Jay Brodsky Memory Judy Margulis Debbie Marcus & Rex Moskovitz; Paul, Herlene, Brad & Triple Chai Matt Margulis Memory Harriet Dicter Lynn Rosenthal Chai Memory Arnold Levitz Jeff Slyn; Barbara & Myron Pass Memory Myra Lois Klein Mona & Jay Brodsky Yahrzeit Mother, Dorothy Bleicher Larry Kirschenbaum Double Chai Yahrzeit Husband, John Eichenberger Dr. Susan Eichenberger Double Chai Yahrzeit Father, Jules Abrams Dr. Susan Eichenberger Double Chai Yahrzeit Mother, Dorothy Dashoff Gil Shifrin Double Chai Yahrzeit Father, Arnold Fox David Fox Chai Yahrzeit Mother-in-law, Dora Williams Bernard Hyman Chai Yahrzeit Brother, David Snow Steven Snow Chai Yahrzeit Husband, David Snow Wendy Snow Chai Yahrzeit Grandmother, Rose Lives Frockt Madolyn Frockt Yahrzeit Father, Joseph Silverman Beth Branson Cari E. Kleinman For The Children Honor Marriage of Channing & Jonathan Klein Sharon & Michael Kleinman Chai Fund Honor Birth of Sadee June Karr, Granddaughter of Kathy & Matt Karr Sharon & Michael Kleinman Chai Memory Alvin Greenfield Jill & Ed Ginsburg and Sheri & Jerry Solzman Chai Memory Myra Lois Klein Sheri & Jerry Solzman Cemetery Communal Flower Garden General Donation Joe & Toni Ernst Triple Chai General Donation Nancy Balf Chai

8 AJ is grateful for the following contributions! FUND TYPE PURPOSE DONOR LEVEL DedicationCemetery Fund of Siddur Lev Shalem HonorMemory 90Fatherth Birthday of Andrea of Elaine Blieden Bornstein JeanieShirley Lowry& Bert Geer Double Chai AbeDorothy & Ruth & Henry Rosenstein Goldstein Cemetery Gemilut MemoryHonor HarrietSpecial BirthdayDicter of Steve Goldstein ShirleyDaisy & & Irv Bert Goldstein Geer Chai BeautificationHasadim Fund Fund AgelessDorothy WisdomLevy Memorial Retreat Honor BelindaBabynaming Setters of Mica Kemper, Great-Granddaughter of Judy Greenberg JonEileen & LauraS. Churney Klein DoubleChai Chai AJSpeaker Energyhelp Fund Honor 90thDiane Birthday Morgan of Elaine Bornstein SharonJudy & BillKaplin Levy Chai YahrzeitMemory ZacharyJoe Wolf Roter LauraJudy & & Bill Jon Levy Klein Double Chai AJ Preschool Memory Alvin KommorGreenfield CarolJudy & B. Bill Klein Levy YahrzeitMemory Grandmother,Judy Margulis Marian Weisberg RobynJudy & Slen Bill Levy Chai AJ Tribute Fund Memory GeneralSonia Saag Donation MichaelJudy & Bill Fraade Levy Double Chai HonorMemory 90thMyra Birthday Lois Klein of Elaine Bornstein FrancesJudy & Bill Winchell Levy Memory JudyHarriet Margulis Dicter JeffJudy Fox & Bill Levy Chai Yai Yai MemoryYahrzeit ArnoldMother -Levitzin-Law, Rose Greenberg Dr.Judy Stanley Greenberg J. Goldberg DoubleChai Chai MemoryYahrzeit JudySister, Margulis Phyllis Glazer Mr.Judy & & Mrs. Bill HenryLevy Altman, Jr.; Marsha Kreitman Chai Endowment Fund MemoryHonor ArnoldSpeedy LevitzRecovery of Daniel Esakov ErwinEvie & Sherman Bill Sabes & Terrie Sherman Chai MemoryHonor Alvin90th Birthday Kommor of Elaine Bornstein GeraldGerry & Marx Steve Evans Chai Harold & Frankye Klein Gordon MemoryHonor Myra75th Birthday Lois Klein of C. J. Pressma ShellieFrankye Branson & Harold & GordonRalph Green; Phyllis & David Leibson Chai Event Fund Memory SoniaMyra LoisSaag Klein SoniaArlene Hess & Harvey & Barbara Kaufman; Hess Frankye & Harold Gordon Chai Memory JudyHarriet Margulis Dicter Dr.Terry Max & Arnold& Harriett Belker Behr; Raema Green; Sherre & Julie Olson Shabbat Scholar Fund Memory Judy Margulis BobbieLawrence Rouben Fox Double Chai Yahrzeit Grandfather,Brother, Melvin Anton J. Goldberg Schneck, II Dr.Murrell Walter A. GoldbergOlson Chai Julius L. Kozlove Bikkur Holim Fund HonorYahrzeit BirthMother, of JacobRose ShermanRubin, Great -Grandson of Sylvia Kozlove BobbieErwin Sherman Rouben TripleChai Chai HonorYahrzeit BirthMother, of JacobRose W.Rubin, Cohen Great -Grandson of Sylvia Kozlove EileenMarty CohenS. Churney; David Carney Chai HonorYahrzeit BirthBrother, of Jacob Phil Kaplin Gary Rubin, Great-Grandson of Sylvia Kozlove GerryLawrence & Steve Kaplin Evans; Nancy Balf Chai MemoryYahrzeit Husband,Mother, Ethel George Churney Balf Goldberg NancyMurrell Balf Goldberg Chai Yahrzeit Mother,Father, Phil Esther Levitch Speckter Marx SylviaIrwin Levitch Kozlove Chai Arnold Jay Levin Simcha Fund YahrzeitHonor Father,90th Birthday Leon Marx of Elaine Bornstein SylviaArnie Levin Kozlove & Don Powell Chai Justin G. Mark Memorial Children's YahrzeitHonor Father,Marriage Sylvan of Carol Miller Seifer & Sandy Abrams ScottArnie & Levin Amanda & Don Miller Powell Chai Lounge Fund Yahrzeit Mother, Marian Weisberg Alan Weisberg Chai Kohn-Berman Anniversary Flower YahrzeitHonor Aunt,Bat Mitzvah Sara Hyman of daughter of Denise Kohn and Adam Blank AlanJudy WeisbergGreenberg Chai BettyFund Hanover Carney Mahzor Fund Honor 95th Birthday of Betty Younger David Carney Chai Mazon Honor Birth90th Birthdayof Jacob Garyof Max Rubin, Behr Grandson of Steve & Sharon Rubin DavidSandi &Carney Mark Weiss Chai Memory AlvinSamantha Kommor Wechsler MarilynDorothy CarneyGalatz & Tom Keefe Chai Melvin & Shellie Benovitz Library YahrzeitHonor Mother,Speedy RecoveryBetty Carney of Bonnie Cohen MarilynElaine Bornstein Carney Double Chai Fund YahrzeitHonor Brother,Belated BirthdayRobert Carney Wishes for Judie Sherman DavidElaine CarneyBornstein Double Chai Cantor's Discretionary Fund HonorMemory CantorLibby Frank David Lipp CantorMona & Sharon Frank SchramkoHordes DoubleChai Chai HonorMemory 90thJudy BirthdayMargulis of Elaine Bornstein EileenEvie & S.Chuck Churney; Topcik; Martha Eleanor Frockt; Schwartz Margie & Bob Kohn Chai HonorYahrzeit 40thFather Wedding-in-law, AnniversarySam Churney of Helane & David Cooper LillianEileen S.Levy Churney Chai Miriam Blue & Phyllis Adams Honor 90thSpeedy Birthday Recovery of Elaine of Christine Bornstein Cosby LillianBruce BlueLevy ChaiTriple Chai Kitchen Fund HonorMemory 25thMarsha Wedding Leavell Anniversary of Deborah & Brian Goldberg LillianBruce BlueLevy ChaiTriple Chai Music Fund Honor Speedy25th Wedding Recovery Anniversary of David Cooper of Rabbi Laura Metzger & Cantor David Lipp MonaElaine & Bornstein; Jay Brodsky Lilian Kittower Chai HonorMemory 90thAlvin Birthday Kommor of Elaine Bornstein MonaSandee & MillerJay Brodsky & Family Chai Yai Yai Memory JudyIrving Margulis Schuster DebbieLon Schuster Marcus & Rex Moskovitz; Paul, Herlene, Brad & TripleChai Yai Chai Yai Memory Judy Margulis MattRoz Schneider Margulis Chai MemoryYahrzeit HarrietFather, MaxDicter Facktor LynnPat & RosenthalRon Facktor Chai MemoryYahrzeit ArnoldFather, LevitzMaurice Davis JeffSue DavisSlyn; Barbara LaSalle & Myron Pass MemoryYahrzeit MyraFather, Lois Gilbert Klein Kanter MonaCarol Goldberg& Jay Brodsky Yahrzeit Mother,Brother, DorothyFred Benjamin Bleicher LarryClara SmallKirschenbaum Double Chai Phyllis & Michael Shaikun Tikkun YahrzeitMemory Husband,Myra Lois JohnKlein Eichenberger Dr.Phyllis Susan & MichaelEichenberger Shaikun DoubleChai Chai Olam Fund Yahrzeit Father,Mother, Jules Ida Cohen Abrams Dr.Phyllis Susan & MichaelEichenberger Shaikun DoubleChai Chai Yahrzeit Mother, DorothyCleo Shaikun Dashoff GilPhyllis Shifrin & Michael Shaikun DoubleChai Chai Rabbi Robert B. Slosberg Minyan YahrzeitHonor Father,Dr. Mark Arnold Newstadt, Fox Minyanaire of the Year DavidRalph GreenFox & Shellie Branson ChaiTriple Chai Fund YahrzeitHonor Mother60th Wedding-in-law, Anniversary Dora Williams of Gerry & Steve Evans BernardBobbie Rouben Hyman ChaiDouble Chai YahrzeitHonor Brother,Muriel Handmaker David Snow StevenSharon Snow& Stephen Berger Chai YahrzeitHonor Husband,90th Birthday David of SnowElaine Bornstein WendySherry &Snow Buddy Kaufman Chai Yahrzeit Grandmother,Mother, Ethel SolowRose Lives Frockt MadolynJudge Judy Frockt Boggs Triple Chai Yahrzeit Father,Brother, Joseph Aaron SilvermanRabb BethJoseph Branson Rabb Double Chai Cari E. Kleinman For The Children HonorYahrzeit MarriageMother, Eleanor of Channing Nemirow & Jonathan Klein Sharon &Berger Michael Kleinman Chai Fund HonorYahrzeit BirthFather, of AlbertSadee BergerJune Karr, Granddaughter of Kathy & Matt Karr SharonStephen & Berger Michael Kleinman Chai MemoryYahrzeit AlvinFather, Greenfield Isaac Livshits JillNaum & Ed Livitz Ginsburg and Sheri & Jerry Solzman Chai MemoryYahrzeit MyraFather, Lois Maurice Klein Davis SheriSue Davis & Jerry LaSalle Solzman Cemetery Communal Flower Garden Yahrzeit GeneralFather, Alan Donation Slyn JoeJeff &Slyn Toni Ernst Triple Chai Rabbi Simcha Kling Education Fund Yahrzeit GeneralMother-in Donation-law, Tillie Churney NancyEileen BalfS. Churney Chai Rabbi's Discretionary Fund Honor Rabbi Slosberg, for officiating at the Marriage of Ally Levine & Joshua Laura & Joel Levine Chai Yai Yai Sachs Honor Speedy Recovery of Madolyn Frockt Lillian Levy Memory Judy Margulis Paul, Herlene, Brad & Matt Margulis Triple Chai

9 AJ is grateful for the following contributions! FUND TYPE PURPOSE DONOR LEVEL Rabbi'sDedication Discretionary of Siddur Lev Fund Shalem MemoryHonor Judy90th B Margulisirthday of Elaine Bornstein Eddie,Jeanie Laura,Lowry Sarah, and Max Freeman Double Chai Abe & Ruth Rosenstein Cemetery Memory MyraHarriet Lois Dicter Klein EvalynShirley && PhilBert Grossman Geer Chai Beautification Fund Memory Harriet Dicter Elaine & Ron Berman Chai Ageless Wisdom MemoryHonor MyraBelinda Lois Setters Klein MiriamJon & Laura Ostroff Klein Double Chai AJ Energyhelp YahrzeitHonor Mother,90th Birthday Ethel Solowof Elaine Bornstein JudgeSharon Judy Kaplin Boggs Chai Yai Yai Yahrzeit Mother,Zachary ThelmaRoter Abrams Dr.Laura Susan & Jon Eichenberger Klein Double Chai AJ Preschool YahrzeitMemory Aunt,Alvin GreenfieldSara Hyman RonaldCarol B. Weisberg Klein Chai Yahrzeit Grandfather,Grandmother, E. Marian Gerald Weisberg Tasch LizzieRobyn CohenSlen Chai AJ Tribute Fund Yahrzeit Brother,General DonationRichard Schucart LindaMichael Blue Fraade ChaiDouble Chai YahrzeitHonor Mother,90th Birthday Florence of Elaine Morguelan Bornstein RobinFrances Simon Winchell Robin Silverman Renovation Fund YahrzeitMemory Uncle,Judy Margulis Jacob "Red" Gershune ArnoldJeff Fox Zegart DoubleChai Yai Chai Yai Rothschild Educational Assistance Memory BeverlyArnold Levitz Glickman Orth DorothyDr. Stanley Galatz J. Goldberg & Tom Keefe Double Chai Fund Memory Judy Margulis Mr. & Mrs. Henry Altman, Jr.; Marsha Kreitman Chai Sally Younger & Peter Pearlman HonorMemory 95thArnold Birthday Levitz of Betty Younger NancyErwin ShermanBalf & Cindy & Terrie Balf; ShermanMartha Frockt; Shirley Kozlove; Chai Chesed Fund Memory Alvin Kommor GeraldElaine Bornstein Marx Chai MemoryHonor Myra90th Birthday Lois Klein of Elaine Bornstein ShellieBetty Younger Branson & Ralph Green; Phyllis & David Leibson Chai MemoryYahrzeit SoniaFather Saag-in-law, Jacob Younger SoniaBetty YoungerHess & Barbara Hess Chai MemoryYahrzeit JudyHusband, Margulis Alvin Younger Dr.Betty Max Younger & Harriett Behr; Raema Green; Sherre & Stephen J. & Gerry Evans Family Yahrzeit Mother, Sylvia Stoler LawrenceGerry Evans Fox Chai Misheberakh Fund Yahrzeit Grandmother,Brother, Melvin Sylvia J. Goldberg Stoler CraigMurrell Friedman A. Goldberg Chai Yahrzeit Father,Mother, Norman Rose Sherman Evans SteveErwin EvansSherman Chai Stuart A. Handmaker L'Dor Vador HonorYahrzeit 75thMother, Birthday Rose W.of Dr.Cohen Kim Jonason MurielMarty CohenHandmaker Chai Fund Yahrzeit Brother, Phil Kaplin Lawrence Kaplin Chai Yandell & Ruth O'Koon B'nai YahrzeitHonor Mother,Speedy RecoveryEthel Churney of David Goldberg Cooper MurrellSarah & GoldbergChuck O'Koon Chai Mitzvah Chumash Fund YahrzeitHonor Father,Speedy PhilRecovery Levitch of Madolyn Frockt IrwinSarah Levitch& Chuck O'Koon Chai Arnold Jay Levin Simcha Fund Honor 90th75th Birthday of ElaineMark Weiss Bornstein ArnieSarah Levin& Chuck & Don O'Koon Powell Chai HonorMemory MarriageMyra Lois ofKlein Carol Seifer & Sandy Abrams ArnieSarah Levin& Chuck & Don O'Koon Powell Chai Youth Activities General Fund Yahrzeit Mother,Sister, Florence Marian WeisbergKatz AlanEvie SabesWeisberg Chai Yahrzeit Aunt,Father, Sara Benjamin Hyman Bellman AlanEvie SabesWeisberg Chai Betty Hanover Carney Mahzor Fund Honor 95th Birthday of Betty Younger David Carney Chai Honor Birth of Jacob Gary Rubin, Grandson of Steve & Sharon Rubin David Carney Chai Memory Alvin Kommor Marilyn Carney Chai Yahrzeit Mother, Betty Carney Marilyn Carney Double Chai Yahrzeit~ MAKEBrother, RobertPASS CarneyOVER MEANINGFUL THISDavid Carney YEAR ~ Double Chai Cantor's Discretionary Fund Honor Cantor David Lipp Cantor Sharon Hordes Double Chai Honor 90th Birthday of Elaine Bornstein Eileen S. Churney; Martha Frockt; Margie & Bob Kohn Chai Honor 40th Wedding Anniversary of Helane & David Cooper Lillian Levy Chai Honor 90th Birthday of Elaine Bornstein Lillian Levy Chai Passover is abundant withHonor social 25thjustice Wedding themes Anniversary including of Deborah hu & Briannger, Goldberg homelessness, andLillian oppression Levy . The holiday also servesChai as a Honor Speedy Recovery of David Cooper Mona & Jay Brodsky painful reminder that JewsHonor were regarded90th Birthday asof Elaine strangers Bornstein in the land of Egypt, and spentMona &40 Jay long Brodsky years in the wilderness without a place to call home. TheseMemory components Judy Margulis of the Passover story remind us about the currentDebbie Marcus plight & Rex of Moskovitz;refugees, Paul, and Herlene, that Brad many & Triplein! our Chai community are homeless and hungry. Below are some ways to incorporate social justiceMatt Margulis themes into your Passover observance: Memory Harriet Dicter Lynn Rosenthal Chai Memory Arnold Levitz Jeff Slyn; Barbara & Myron Pass • Donate Your ChametzMemory : TheMyra pre Lois -KleinPassover ritual of removing chametz (leavenedMona & Jay produc Brodskyts) from our homes provid es an opportunity to feedYahrzeit the homeless. Mother, ThisDorothy Passover, Bleicher donate your chametz to the JFCSLarry Food Kirschenbaum Pantry to help those who are hungryDouble Chai. Yahrzeit Husband, John Eichenberger Dr. Susan Eichenberger Double Chai • Donate to MazonYahrzeit – A JewishFather, JulesResponse Abrams to Hunger: This organization Dr.w orksSusan Eichenbergerto end hunger for people of all faiths.Double Chai Send a check to AJ Yahrzeitwith “ MazonMother,” on Dorothy the notation Dashoff line, and we’ll forward the fundsGil Shifrinto Mazon. You can also donate throughDouble the Chai Yahrzeit Father, Arnold Fox David Fox Chai AJ website at: www.adathjeshurun.com/donateYahrzeit Mother-in-law, Dora Williams . Bernard Hyman Chai

Yahrzeit Brother, David Snow Steven Snow Chai • Add Four AdditionalYahrzeit QuestionsHusband, Davidto your Snow Seder: Wendy Snow Chai 1. “Why on this nightYahrzeit are someGrandmother, people Rose still Lives enslaved Frockt today?” Madolyn Frockt 2. “Why on this nightYahrzeit do so manyFather, Joseph remain Silverman hungry in the world?” Beth Branson Cari E. Kleinman For The Children Honor Marriage of Channing & Jonathan Klein Sharon & Michael Kleinman Chai Fund 3. “How can we eradicateHonor hungerBirth of Sadeeand Junehomelessness Karr, Granddaughter tonight of Kathy and & Matt every Karr night?”Sharon & Michael Kleinman Chai 4. "Why is this nightMemory no differentAlvin Greenfield from other nights? Because on this nightJill, & millions Ed Ginsburg ofand Sheri & Jerry Solzman Chai human beings Memoryaround theMyra world Lois Kleinstill remain enslaved, just as they do on allSheri other & Jerry nights. Solzman Cemetery Communal Flower Garden General Donation Joe & Toni Ernst Triple Chai As a celebration of our freedom,General Donation we remember those who remain enslaved."Nancy Balf Chai

10 Adath Jeshurun Calendar – April 2019 (5779) Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 25th of Adar II 26th of Adar II 27th of Adar II 28th of Adar II 29th of Adar II 1st of Nisan Parashat Tazria Rosh Chodesh Nisan 9:30a Melton Shabbat HaChodesh

Celebration

Shabbat 6:45p 7:51p 6:30p Melton Kabbalah 1 Class Candle lighting 8:35p Havdalah 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2nd of Nisan 3rd of Nisan 4th of Nisan 5th of Nisan 6th of Nisan 7th of Nisan 8th of Nisan Parashat Metzora 6:30p Guest from LBSY Uganda speaks at Shabbat HaGadol

AJ: Rabbi Gershom 9:30a Melton 11:00a Short Sizomu 6:30p Melton & Sweet Foundations for Family Service Jewish Family 6:45p 7:58p Living 6:30p Melton Kabbalah 1 Class Candle lighting 8:42p Havdalah 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9th of Nisan 10th of Nisan 11th of Nisan 12th of Nisan 13th of Nisan 14th of Nisan 15th of Nisan Ta’anit Bechorot Pesach I LBSY LBSY Erev Pesach 7:15a Service for 9:30a Shabbat & 10:00a Pragmatic the Firstborn Pesach Service Spirituality 12:00p Shul Office Closes 6:30p AJ Community Seders 6:45p 7:00p Board of 8:04p Kabbalah 1 Class Trustees Meeting Candle lighting 8:48p Havdalah 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16th of 17th of 18th of 19th of 20th of 21st of Nisan 22nd of Nisan Nisan Nisan Nisan Nisan Nisan Pesach VII Pesach VIII Pesach II Pesach III (CH”M) Pesach IV (CH”M) Pesach V (CH”M) Pesach VI (CH”M) 6th day of the Omer 7th day of the Omer 1st day of the 2nd day of the 3rd day of the 4th day of 5th day of the 9:30a Omer Omer Omer the Omer Omer Pesach Service 9:30a Shabbat & at Keneseth Israel Pesach Service & 9:30a Pesach Service Shul Office Closed Yizkor 6:45p 8:10p 8:11p 8:49p Havdalah Kabbalah 1 Class Candle lighting Candle lighting 8:55p Havdalah 28 29 30 23rd of Nisan 24th of Nisan 25th of Nisan 8th day of the 9th day of the 10th day of the Omer Omer Omer

10:00a Pragmatic Spirituality

6:30p Melton

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Any day by appointment – Call to schedule:

 AJ Gift Shop (ext. 10) ………….……...458-5359  Barbara Goldberg……………………..426-4986  Sue Levitch .………….…….…………425-9842

! 11 Congregation Non-Profit Adath Jeshurun Organization 2401 Woodbourne Avenue U.S. Postage Louisville, KY 40205 PAID Louisville KY Phone (502) 458-5359 Permit No. 528 Fax (502) 451-5634 www.adathjeshurun.com www.facebook.com/adathjeshurun Messenger  April 2019 Issue No. 277 Published Monthly

This year, AJ and KI are sharing some of our Pesach services. In the schedule below, services being held at! KI are listed in green. Sitter Service at AJ is available by advance reservation by contacting Barb Embry at 458-5359 or [email protected].

SERVICE SCHEDULE DATE TIME LOCATION Service for the First-Born Friday, April 19th 7:15 a.m. AJ Breakfast Sponsored in Loving Memory of Phyllis & Stuart Grossman  Eve of Passover Friday, April 19th 5:45 p.m. AJ AJ Congregational Passover Seders: For those with Reservations Friday, April 19th 6:30 p.m. AJ 1st Day of Passover Saturday, April 20th 9:30 a.m. AJ 1st Day of Passover Saturday, April 20th 5:45 p.m. AJ 2nd Day of Passover Sunday, April 21st 9:30 a.m. AJ 2nd Day of Passover Sunday, April 21st 5:45 p.m. KI 7th Day of Passover: No Morning Service at AJ on April 26th! Friday, April 26th 9:30 a.m. KI 7th Day of Passover Friday, April 26th 5:45 p.m. AJ 8th Day of Passover: Yizkor for our Departed Loved Ones Saturday, April 27th 9:30 a.m. AJ 8th Day of Passover Saturday, April 27th 5:45 p.m. AJ

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