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January 2014 – Vol. 40, NO. 04 • telephone: 603-883-8184 • e-mail: [email protected] • www.tbanashua.org

Shabbat in January •Family Service •Celebrate our Sixth and Seventh Grade Classes and Their Learning •Sisterhood •Shabbat Yachad (Together) Synaplex •Lunch and Learn with the Raymond Street Klezmer Band See inside for details … January 2014 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 29 Tevet 1 Shevat 2 Shevat 3 Shevat New Year's Day CL: 4:08 Bo 10:30-noon : 5:11 Office Closed Family Service 7PM Jr. Cong. & Shabbat Shlaymah

1 2 3 4 4 Shevat 5 Shevat 6 Shevat 7 Shevat 8 Shevat 9 Shevat 10 Shevat CL: 4:15 Shabbat Shirah/Beshallach Havdalah: 5:18 Gan Katan EXEC 6:30PM Torah Study 10:30-noon RSVP due for Tu B'Shevat Seder

Men's Club Breakfast Sisterhood B.O.D. ZAYIN SHABBAT

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 11 Shevat 12 Shevat 13 Shevat 14 Shevat 15 Shevat 16 Shevat 17 Shevat Tu B'Shevat CL: 4:23 Yitro Havdalah: 5:26 Gan Katan Riitual Committee Avodah Shebalev 9:30AM Tu B'Shevat Seder Torah Study 10:30-noon 6:30PM Sisterhood Shabbat & Daytime Activity Group 12:30 Luncheon BABKA 8:00PM School Committee

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 Shevat 19 Shevat 20 Shevat 21 Shevat 22 Shevat 23 Shevat 24 Shevat Martin Luther King Day CL: 4:32 Mishpatim Havdalah: 5:38 Avodah Shebalev 9:30AM Lifelong Learning Comm Torah Study 10:30-noon No Heb. High School Klezmer Shabbat Yachad B.O.D. 8:00 PM No School

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26 27 28 29 30 31 January 2014 Vol. 40 NO. 04 Temple Beth Abraham Sh’vat/Adar I 5774 Shabbat All Day Until sometime And it wasn’t until sixth grade that traditional rabbinic name for Shabbat: in the middle of on a regular basis I had the experience Me-ayn Olam Haba – “a taste of the elementary school, of the end of Shabbat. The rabbi who World to Come.” I didn’t know that came that year to run our Hebrew Rather than describe it, I invite you Shabbat was on Sat- School, which was a partnership to live it for a day with us on Saturday, urday. We always among several synagogues, invited a February 7-8. It will begin with a spe- had Shabbat dinner Rabbi Spira-Savett group of students to study Torah with cial Shabbat dinner at the synagogue, on Friday nights at home. My fam- him starting mid-Saturday afternoon. and there will be plans all the way ily’s main congregation was a small We would schmooze a lot, study, and through Havdalah on Saturday eve- group of families who met every other finish up with Havdalah, the special ning. But that’s just the skeleton.”. week for Friday night services in one ceremony to conclude Shabbat and We’ll be here to have a Shabbat of another’s homes. start the new week. leisure, to spend your afternoon in It wasn’t until I was in about fifth grade Shabbat as a day has its own flavor the atmosphere of Shabbat in any of that my parents became interested and rhythm. It’s built on rituals and a number of different ways, including again in Saturday morning services, the “don’ts” of not working as speci- just sitting and reading or taking a and we started attending regularly. fied in Jewish law. A day of Shabbat winter walk with friends, old and new. That’s when I began to understand in community is even more than We’ll begin the morning with our that Shabbat wasn’t just on Friday, but that. Ask anyone who has been to Shabbat morning alternatives, for Saturday too. Jewish summer camp. I don’t know adults and children, and then eat lunch how to describe it, other than with a (Continued on the following page …) To Trope or Not to Trope It is important to Torah and what would they say to learning a text by hear the Torah sung someone who has not tried it yet. rote are signifi- by someone who Their comments were as numerous cant. No mat- loves it. I know what as the amount of times they have ter how many it feels like to listen both read Torah. Try and be as perfect times a portion is to the Torah being President as can be for the congregation and learned and read, read, but I don’t Lisa Bonneau yourself. Study hard, it feels so good that same “aha!” know what it feels like to do the when you are done and can see what moment, and “I just completed a actual chanting. I have heard that you accomplished. You feel like an commandment” feeling will never, to read from its pages is to enter important part of the community as I have been told, get old. into a conversation with G-d. I have and you will always have something Next time you are in shul and lis- had the honor of standing next to to connect you back to your roots. tening to the Torah, let the melody the Torah and looking on as the yad Both my children and I love the fact of the verses elevate you and think (ceremonial Torah pointer) gently that our synagogue strives to involve about the spiritual effect on those glides over the beautiful words. I so many teens and young adults and listening to it. enjoy listening to members of our gives them an opportunity to read congregation young and old. I beam especially on Yom Kippur. Not a current reader but interested when I hear my own children chant in becoming one? Contact Rabbi As with any new skill it will take Jon or Stan Juda. a Torah portion. time and practice to become profi- I asked my children what they cient, but the benefits of learning think of when they are about to read trope as a system as opposed to B’yedidut (In Friendship), Lisa Shabbat All Day continued … together. Through the afternoon, there (we’ll have chaperones for the kids Egyptian Shabbat will be opportunities to sing, study when they don’t want to participate Torah, sit and play board games or in the adult happenings). Dinner card games, have some quiet time, February 7-8 will be our in-shul re- Friday, February 7 let your children have fun and hang treat, if you will. We’ve done something Were you at October’s Persian dinner? out. Toward sunset, there is a special like this pretty much once a year, and About 75 people attended this event light meal called , the of course my aim is to get you hooked and its safe to say that it was enjoyed “third meal.” It’s a mystical tradition, on Shabbat. If you’re skeptical, if by all. All the food, with rare exception, with special melodies of yearning and you’ve never experienced a traditional was prepared right in the Beth Abra- reaching for the messianic future. We’ll Shabbat, all the more reason to stretch ham kitchen by some very enthusiastic finish together with Havdalah. and to come. volunteers. A fun-to-work-with team assembled and prepared quite a feast Shabbat in the synagogue together is If you have any questions, or would of hummus, baba ghanoush, home a zone of freedom – from cellphones like to volunteer to help organize baked pita, soup, salad, chicken with and electronics, from writing and meals or any leisure activities, please crispy spaghetti and a few other treats. business. If you haven’t experienced a let me know. day like that, you’ll find it unbelievably Our next Jewish cultural food adven- L’shalom, refreshing and liberating. For children, ture will take us exploring traditional I promise there will be no boredom Rabbi Jon Jewish food of Egypt. While the menu is not quite set at bulletin publication In Case of a Storm you can be assured some tasty offerings. We won’t be going quite as far back as The next time there is a power out- the synagogue. Use your judgment the days of Joseph! age in our area, the synagogue may as far as your own safe travel. If we be able to be of special service in a have to cancel our services or relocate What better way to celebrate Shabbat number of ways. them, we will post that information together than to join in a meal, sing a few songs, schmooze a bit and relax • If you have no one who checks on the synagogue homepage and the after a long week. “From 6:00-6:30 on you regularly and you would like voicemail if we can. PM we will have a family service someone from the congregation to • We may use an automated phone with singing and storytelling. After call you or stop by to make sure you call if there is information about dinner at 8:00 PM there will be a are all right, please contact the office services or other important activi- regular Shabbat service. and let us know now ahead of time. ties. If you do not wish to receive This Ritual Committee-sponsored • If the synagogue has power and such a call let us know and we can event requires reservations as all in- heat during a widespread outage, remove your number from that list. gredients need to be purchased and the building will be open during If the power is out we would include all food will be prepared in our own weekdays office hours and perhaps cellphones, but if do not want your Beth Abraham kitchen. Reservations Sundays as well for people to drop cellphone to receive such a call let must be made by Friday January 31, in, stay warm, recharge phones, us know. 2014. Information will be posted on etc. If anyone is willing to be on the website and will be available from a contact list to help monitor the the office. Cost will be approximately building or organize any activities, $14.00 per adult, $7.00 per child with please volunteer to the office. a family maximum of $45 . • We hold both weekday and Shabbat services unless it is danger- ous to travel or the power is out in Community

BULLETIN PUBLISHED MONTHLY Community News Assistance for ELEVEN TIMES A YEAR Best Wishes to: VOL. 40, NO. 04 • The udreyA & Barry Steinberg Seniors BY TEMPLE BETH ABRAHAM family on Jared’s Bar Mitzvah 4 RAYMOND STREET They took care of us when NASHUA, NH 03064-2317 • Naomi & Bob Steinberg on the we were young. When we (603) 883-8184 birth of grandson, Evan Jonah needed them, they made FAX (603) 594-8983 Abelowitz Religious School 883-9844 time for us. TBA website: http://www.tbanashua.org/ • Debbie & Marty Rothberg on They need our help now. Rabbi...... Jonathan Spira-Savett the engagement of son, Stuart to President ...... Lisa Bonneau Can we make time for Executive Vice-President.....Michael Harris Jennifer Walton them? Vice-President...... Bill Barry Please help us to give our seniors Vice-President...... Gary Friedman Welcome New Members Vice-President...... Anita Hazard • Heather Winer (Nashua) the support that they need. It can be Secretary...... Alan Green • James Stewart (Nashua) as little as providing an occasional Treasurer...... Mike Rosenblum Assistant Treasurer...... Barry Sack Condolences to: ride, picking up items at a store, or Office Manager/ • Wendy Kolopsky on the loss of calling to say hello. Tell me what Bookkeeper & Editor...... Judy Goldstein Assistant Secretary & her beloved mother, Leonora time you have available and what Assoc. Ed...... Diane Toth Kovler you would like to do and I will try Director of Education & Programming...... Heidi Lovitz • Beth Watterson on the loss of her to match you to a senior, who will School Secretary...... Jill Schuman beloved mother, Harriet Kimmel be so appreciative. I guarantee that BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jane Goodman...... Karen Herman you will get back so much more than David Green ...... Ken Wilner To all those people in our com- you give and it is a wonderful way to Harris Greenstone...... Eitan Zeira Barry Heller...... Becky Green - Sisterhood munity who are ill we wish you pass our values on to our children. Affiliated with United Synagogue of a complete & speedy recovery. Also, if you know of a senior, or Conservative a person who is ill, who needs our help, please call, or email with their DAYTIME name so I can get in touch with them. If you have questions, want to ACTIVITY GROUP volunteer, or have the name of a Please Join Us For The Daytime Activity Group is senior who needs support, you can the new kid on the block. We are a Two Very Special contact me at [email protected], friendly, collaborative bunch, still or (603) 860 4163. Shabbatot! small in number, who enjoy trying things both familiar and new. BABKA On January 10 & 11, 2014 The December 10 get together, The Zayin (Seventh grade) Class playing board games such as Rummy BOOK NOTES will lead services, share their teach- Royal and Rummikub, was post- Join Temple ing on the Torah portion and cel- poned until January 14 at 12:30. Beth Abraham’s ebrate learning together as a class. Book Club on On February 1, 2014 We could have programs such as Wednesday eve- Kitah Vav (Sixth Grade) will lead films, speakers, easy art projects, a ning, January 15, their first Shabbat morning service bit of tai chi, etc. We would like to 2014 for a discus- as a class and share some of the know what you wish to share, and sion of The Wise things they have learned about the welcome you every second Tuesday Men of Helm and key prayers in the service. of the month. Their Merry Tales. Oneg Shabbat and lun- For more information, please call The February selection is The cheon sponsored by the class families Marilyn Greenspan, 429-1675. Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. will be held after services. Watch for information about our February date. Services and Community January Service Tuesday, Simcha Club Schedule Children whose birthdays occur in January 14 & 28 the month of January will be hon- Services are held every Friday eve- ored at the Family Service on Friday, ning at 8:00 PM (unless otherwise 9:30 - 10:45 AM January 3, 2014 at 7 PM. A special noted and every Saturday at 9:30 AM. Avodah Shebalev – birthday dessert will be served to the SPECIAL EVENT SERVICES Devotion of the children at the Oneg Shabbat. We January 3 ask the parents (or grandparents) to Family Service 7 PM Heart send a donation of $9.00 per child to Morning Prayer Circle Led January 4 help defray the cost of refreshments. by Laura Hegfield Please make checks payable to TBA Jr. Congregation & Drawn from the wealth of wisdom Shabbat Shlaymah Sisterhood and send or drop them and inspiration found in Birchot off at the Temple office (mark the January 10 & 11 Hashachar, the preliminary morning envelope “Simcha Club”). Be sure to Zayin Class Shabbat prayers and Psukei D’zimra, the Songs include the names and birth dates of January 18 of Praise section of our traditional your children. Donations are always prayers and psalms that follow through Sisterhood Shabbat & lunch welcome and will be acknowledged to the Shema, the series will be an op- in the next bulletin. January 25 portunity to connect as a kehillah ke- Shabbat Yachad dosha, holy community, to learn about We will be celebrating the birth- our own habits of body, mind, heart days of Julie Berke, Ana Ellis, Jacob Oneg, Kiddush & Flower and soul, to devote ourselves to avodah Fain, Jonah Fain, Elana Finkelstein, Sponsors Kaden Garnick, Avi Goldman, January 17 & 18 shebalev, service, or devotion of the heart in relation to Hashem, and this Noah Goldman, Michael Green- Sisterhood in Honor of Sister- miraculous world we live in and tend. blatt, Elzashira Grossman, Leela hood Shabbat Spira-Savett and Jared Steinberg January 10 & 11 Oneg & at services on the 3rd. Hope to see Kiddush you there. Zayin Class parents & Religious School

Temple Beth Abraham 4 Raymond St., Nashua, NH 03064 Gan Katan 2013 – 2014 Introducing Young Children to Jewish Culture and Learning Parents and Students Participate Together ✡ Connect to New Families and Friends A Fun and Engaging Cooperative Jewish Education Program For Parents and Preschoolers (ages 3 & 4 years old) Classes Meet Two Times a Month from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Curriculum Includes – Music, Jewish Values, Holidays, Crafts, Games, Symbols Parent Education with Heidi Lovitz, Director of Education and Programming

Next Classes Meet on January 5 and 12, 2014

Tuition: $125 (first child) $100 (additional children) For more information and registration form please contact Heidi Lovitz at (603) 883-9844 or [email protected] Education and Programming So You Think it is Cold and Snowy Here? Roads closed, “no school” an- sociated with the holiday and learn As a family, come up with ways nouncements, thousands still with- about our connection to the land in a that you can help to conserve water out power, flights delayed, airports biblical and contemporary context. at home. shut down, drivers • Learn something unique about • Learn a new song! stranded, snowy the ecology of the land of Israel. • Use fair trade certified dried pictures on Face- • Read a Tu B’Shevat book or a dates, almonds, and walnuts at book…no, I am book about trees. your own Tu B’shvat seder. not referring to the • Plant some parsley indoors and • Go to the hazon.org website for recent snow that fell watch it grow. This connects great music about Tu B’Shevat. in New Hampshire, Director of our early spring holiday of Tu Scroll all the way down for I am describing the Education & Programming B’Shevat with our main spring one of my favorites, “Adamah scene in . Heidi N. Lovitz holiday of . v’Shamayim”, “The Earth and While we were gear- Israel faces many challenges when the Heavens”, and download ing up for our first snow of the season it comes to fresh water supply. From right to your mp3 player! during the middle of December, the JNF website: “Seven consecutive • Visit the g-dcast Channel on Jerusalem was digging out from a years of drought, coupled with an YouTube (used often in Kitah foot of snow. This unprecedented, increased demand from a rapidly Hai and Kitah Zayin) to view rare storm took Jerusalem by surprise growing population, have led to the the Tu B’Shevat video. and kept on for three days! overexploitation of Israel’s limited • Plant a tree in Israel by visiting As January begins although still natural water resources. Major water www.jnf.org. cold and snow covered in New bodies, including the Kinneret— For more information about Tu Hampshire, it is customary to turn Israel’s only freshwater lake—have B’Shevat or tree planting in Israel, our thoughts to the awakening of dwindled and lowered aquifers are contact Heidi Lovitz. spring in Israel; the almond trees threatened by contamination of the Heidi N. Lovitz blossoming and the birthday of water supply and long-term ecologi- [email protected] the trees. We don’t often think of cal damage.” (603) 883-9844 an abundance of snow there. Tu B’Shevat, the 15th day of the He- brew month of Shevat, embodies our dedication to the environment in Israel. This holiday has become closely associated with the Jewish National Fund since a popular way of celebrating the holiday is to plant trees in Israel. The JNF Mission Come see our states: JNF has been the caretaker newNew merchandiseLineProducts of AHAVA for the land of Israel since 1901, arriving daily working to not just plant trees, but ¥ unique gifts & handcrafted jewelry to preserve and develop all the land ¥ judaica ¥ baby gifts on behalf of the Jewish people. ¥ fine craft ¥ cards ¥ home accessories ¥ clothing and wearable art Families can celebrate Tu B’Shevat and much more É in a variety of fun ways! 221 main street nashua, nh 03060 Our synagogue Tu B’Shevat Seder 603-882-9500 will take place on Wednesday eve- www.beckonings.com ning, January 14. This is a lovely eileen beckhardt freedman way to sample a variety of treats as- Education and Programming

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Temple Beth Abraham Nashua, NH Tu B’Shevat Seder

January 15, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. Cost: $5.00 per person

The entire congregation is invited to beat the winter and celebrate the New Year of Trees with the traditional Tu B’Shevat Seder. During the seder, we join as a community, we eat special fruits and nuts, and we reflect on the importance of nature to ourselves and our tradition. The seder will be led by members of our community, Heidi Lovitz and Rabbi Jon.

If you have never joined us for this celebration… give it a try this year! Please RSVP to the synagogue office (603) 883-9844 or [email protected], return the form below or register and pay online by January 8, 2014

Questions or for more information – contact Heidi Lovitz, Director of Education and Programming [email protected] or (603)883-8184

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Sisterhood rabbijon.net It is forbidden to live in a city that Sisterhood activities, making strong • Podcasts – audio pre- does not have a garden or greenery. – and lasting friendships. There are sentations on Jewish Mishnah, Kiddushin 4:12 social functions planned like Movie prayer, the Israel-Pal- Luckily for us we all live in New Night on Saturday, February 1. Stay Hampshire where there are abun- toasty with us watching a movie, estinian conflict, and dant gardens. Where greenery and with popcorn and pizza. middot (developing foliage flourish. Many of us during There is also Sisterhood Shabbat our ethical qualities) the spring and summer months of on January 17th, because it is also the year have personal gardens in our important to warm the soul. Come yards with flowers and vegetables. participate with the women of our • Information, news, and If you do not have a green thumb community either leading a prayer perspective on Israel yourself there are quite a few farm from the bima (front of the sanc- stands close by. tuary) or supporting those on the • Teachings about the bima raising your voice in song in Though it is winter here, in Israel weekly it will soon be the time of year for the pews. Temple Beth Abraham celebrating the planting of new Sisterhood is like a tree with many and the prayerbook crops, fruits, nuts and trees. We branches that spread out over us as will join Jews around the world to we celebrate Torah, Tzedukah (Giv- • Text of sermons from ing) and companionship. celebrate Tu B’Shevat in January. High Holy Days and As we watch the snow outside our Shabbatot window we will drink four glasses Rabbi Shimon said in the Zohar, of wine at a Tu B’Shevat seder. We “The shade spread over us by these will drink the wine mixing red and trees is so pleasant! We must crown • Melodies and more white to represent the four seasons this place with words of Torah.” of the year. Zohar, 2:127a This winter is also a wonderful time Merle Carrus to come out and warm up with fun

Sisterhood Movie Night Are you tired of the cold, winter is that the movie must have a Jewish If you are emailing us, please put weather? connection, or Jewish content. We the word “movie” in the subject line. will review all movie suggestions that Sisterhood has the answer to your are received by Jan 6. Thank you for winter doldrums. Join us on Febru- Thank ou,y ary 1 at 7:00 PM, to see a movie, helping us to make this a really special Carol and Carol followed by a lively discussion evening. and scrumptious refreshments and Email, or call us with movie sugges- drinks. The cost for the program will tions and/or questions: be $10 per person. Complimentary, Carol Kaplan cakaplan@hotmail. on site baby-sitting will be provided. com, or call at (603) 860 4163 Men, spouses and friends are invited to join us. Carol Mann Cohen carolmannco- [email protected], or call at (603) We want you to help us pick the best 216 2849 movie to show. Let us know what you want to see. Our only requirement Education and Programming A Klezmer Shabbat Yachad Featuring The Raymond Street Klezmer Band January 25, 2014

Services and Learning for all ages Beginning at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush Luncheon, Lively Music and Dancing ! Services in the Sanctuary Grades 3-6 meet in the Chapel Grades Gan – Bet meet in the School Babysitting available for Pre-K Children Adult Learning – Probing the Prayer Service with Noreen Leibson Meditation Led by Laura Hegfield Everyone joins together in the Sanctuary at 11:45 for the conclusion of services Enjoy a wonderful Kiddush Lunch Stay to learn about the rich history and culture of this joyous music

Meet the Band!

The! Raymond Street Klezmer Band plays the music of the Jewish culture often enjoyed at celebrations, social gatherings, and weddings. Since the Middle Ages, Jewish musicians, known as klezmorim, traveled at first all over Europe and now worldwide. The music they play is a blend of many musical influences of Eastern Europe and circus music.

Don’t Miss It! Bring Your Family and Friends

For more information contact Heidi Lovitz, Director of Education and Programming Temple Beth Abraham 4 Raymond St, Nashua, NH 03064 ! (603)-883-9844 • [email protected] Community

Sponsor a Lunch and Learn What a wonderful way to spend a Shabbat afternoon

If you are celebrating a simcha, remembering a loved one or just want to be part of sustaining this program, consider being a Sponsor. Join with a friend or a group of friends and lend your support! Presented by Sponsorship is $180 for a light Kiddush luncheon for the congregation or $360 for a more elaborate lunch.

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Education and Programming

Education and Programming Beginning: Adult Bar and Bat Mitzvah Class! First Class: Sunday, February 2 at 9:45 AM If you’ve never celebrated a Bar/Bat Mitzvah… If you did, but it was 13 or 26 or 39 or 52 years ago… If you’re simply interested in a year-long immersion in Judaism… The Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class is for you. • Learn about the core ideas of Jewish ethics, thought, and prayer • Develop skills to read Torah, lead part of services, progress in Hebrew • Take on the rhythms of Jewish living …toward a community celebration in winter 2015

If you’re on the fence or are interested in learning more, contact Rabbi Jon this month.

Torah Study with Rabbi Jon – Kings and Prophets Thursdays from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM We are studying the biblical books of Kings, following the successors of David and Solomon and the early prophets. Join us any week or every week. Rabbi Jon’s Tish Every Saturday Morning at 9:00 AM (except January 11) Singing and Torah discussion before services

Lunch, Learn, Sing and Dance: Klezmer Music With the Raymond Street Klezmer Band Saturday, January 25 after services

BABKA – Beth Abraham Book Klub Association Wednesday evening, January 15, 2014 for a discussion of The Wise Men of Helm and Their Merry Tales.

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cousin, but when there a question of The Laws of Is Justice Linked whether he will need this cord blood Gravity is set with Mercy? for his own children sometime in the on Long Is- The Laws of Gravity by Liz Rosen- future, the tension rises between the land, where berg is a great book group discussion cousins and the individual members the author type of book. of each family take sides. Liz Rosenberg This is a story that will stimulate The case is taken to court and Judge was born and a conversation about ethics, legal Solomon Richter agrees to try this raised. She has rights and family loyalty. case as his last case before retirement. written more than 30 prize- Ari Wiesenthal and his beautiful Rosenberg introduces us to the judge winning books for adults and young cousin Nicole Greene were very and his family. readers. For the past 20 years she has close as children. There are memories Judge Richter refers to this case been a book review columnist at the of family get togethers where one as the “blood case” and so we are Boston Globe, and she is a 2014 Ful- cousin saves the other cousin from looking at how families are made bright Fellow in Belfast, Ireland. Liz near disaster. They promise to always up of blood relations and the many is a professor at the State University be there for each other. Now as other ties that bind us together. We of New York at Binghamton, where adults, Ari has married Nicole’s best examine family, justice and mercy. she won the Chancellor’s Award for friend, Mimi and their families and Are they linked? Are we our brother’s Excellence in Teaching. Her first their children are quite intertwined. keeper? How important are family husband was the late novelist John Ari has made a name for himself bonds? Are we bound just to blood Gardner, author of “Grendel” and and quite a good living for his family relatives, or can friends become as “On Becoming A Novelist.” Today, in real estate and they live in a fancy close and important. Also as we step Liz splits her time between upstate house in Glen Cove, Long Island. into Judge Richter home we see the New York and Florida. Nicole is married to Jay, a high issues around that he is personally school teacher and soccer coach, coming to terms with. Can adopted Book Review by living more modestly in neighbor- children become as close and impor- ing Huntington. Though there is tant in our lives as blood relations? Merle Carrus slight tension over the difference in This story sets up very interest- lifestyles, that is overlooked as Nicole ing ethical questions that do have and Mimi are the tightest of friends precedents set in the law books and and their children Julian and Daisy also would be fascinating to research are the closest of cousins. from a Jewish focal lens. As modern Ari is also quite concerned about medicine becomes more adept at the welfare of his children and when saving lives it raises more and more they are born he saves their cord ethical dilemmas. blood, a new technique that collects As the judge deliberates this case, the stem cells that, thanks to ad- the reader will react passionately, vances in technology, can be stored taking sides and either agreeing or and later used to treat a variety of disagreeing with the outcome of the diseases. When Nicole is diagnosed judge’s decision. Rosenberg writes with leukemia and lymphoma and this story so realistically that the the standard treatments are slowing reader is drawn in and should have down the intensity of the disease, Ari a box of kleenex ready as the judge remembers his promise to help his delivers his verdict. Education and Programming Library News Ellie Schwartz, TBA Library Chair

Visit our synagogue libraries for (from the publisher) Call Number: Nathan Blows Out the Hanukkah wonderful resources, thoughtful and FIC BO Candles by Tami Lehman-Wilzig. entertaining titles. Below please find Unorthodox: The Scandalous 2011. A boy finds a way to include a list of our latest acquisitions. Rejection of My Hasidic Roots his autistic brother in the family’s For more information, to volunteer by Deborah Feldman. 2012. The Hanukkah celebration. Location: in our libraries or suggest new books, Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism is Children’s fiction please contact Ellie Schwartz at ellie. as mysterious as it is intriguing to Speak Up, Tommy! (Kar-Ben [email protected] outsiders. In this arresting memoir, Favorites) by Jacqueline Dembar Greene. 2012. A boy who has moved New Books at the Deborah Feldman reveals what life is recently to the U.S. from Israel is Synagogue Library like trapped within a religious tradi- Becoming Frum: How Newcom- tion that values silence and suffering teased because of his difficulty in ers Learn the Language and Culture over individual freedoms. (from the speaking English. When a police of Orthodox Judaism (Jewish Cul- publisher) Call Number: 619 FE officer and his new police dog visit the school, the dog does not tures of the World) by Sarah Bunin New Books at the Religious respond to the police officer’s com- Benor. 2012. Becoming Frum explains School Library how…newcomers learn Orthodox The Blessing Cup: A Companion mands. Tommy speaks to the dog language and culture through their to The Keeping Quilt by Patricia in Hebrew and the dog obeys him. interactions with community veter- Polacco. 2013. A single china cup We learn that the dog was trained ans and other newcomers. Some take from a tea set left behind when Jews in Israel as a bomb-sniffing canine. on as much as they can as quickly as were forced to leave Russia helps hold Location: Children’s fiction they can, going beyond the norms a family together through generations The Yellow Star: The Legend of of those raised in the community. of living in America, reminding them King Christian X of Denmark by Others maintain aspects of their of the most important things in life. Carmen Agra Deedy 2000. When pre-Orthodox selves, yielding unique (from the Publisher) (Kirkus starred the Nazi occupiers threaten the combinations, like Matisyahu’s reg- review) Location: Children’s fiction Jews of Denmark, King Christian gae music or Hebrew words and sing- The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco. X sews a yellow star onto his own song intonation used with American 2009. A girl in France learns that clothing, defying Hitler’s orders and slang, as in “mamish (really) keepin’ her aunt has been hiding Jews in her empowering all Danes to proclaim it real.” (from the publisher) Call basement during the Nazi occupa- solidarity with their Jewish friends Number: 600 BE tions and becomes friends with a and neighbors. This well-told legend I Am Forbidden: A Novel by Anouk Jewish girl. (School Library Journal is coupled with handsome oil paint- Markovits. 2012. A family is torn and Kirkus starred reviews) Location: ings that echo and extend the tale’s apart by fierce belief and private long- Holocaust, Young Adult narrative strength and precise set- ting. An author’s note separates fact ing in this unprecedented journey Emanuel and the Hanukkah deep inside the most insular Hasidic from fiction. (Horn Book Review) Rescue by Heidi Smith Hyde. 2012. Location: Holocaust, Young Adult sect, the Satmar. (from the publisher) In eighteenth-century New Bed- Call Number: FIC MA ford, Massachusetts, nine-year-old The People of Forever Are Not Emanuel’s Portuguese immigrant Afraid: A Novel by Shani Boianjiu. father still feels the need to hide his 2012. Yael, Avishag, and Lea, who Jewish faith. Tired of secretly light- grew up together in a small Israeli ing Hanukkah candles and feeling village, are conscripted into the army ashamed, Emanuel decides to stow where they will struggle to sustain away on a whaling ship and become their friendship and learn that a single a strong, brave whaler. (Horn Book moment can change everything. review) Location: Hanukkah Opinions & Education and Programming Something to Think About As you read this in order. Wills, Trusts, Power of At- business. Learn about your options. column, I will be torney, Health Care Proxy, Advance Decide what is best for you. Make packing for our bi- Directive (Living Will), and a HIPPA sure your documents are in order. I ennial trip to New form have been updated as necessary hope no one will have use for them Zealand. We leave and signed. The last one is new to us. any time soon. mid-January and will Elaine Brody It allows the people you name to get As always…it is something to think return in early April. information on your status from your about. My next few columns will be sent doctor or hospital. This adds nothing L’hitraot, from the sunny south. to the excitement of the upcoming Elaine trip, but offers great peace of mind. There is a great deal to do in ad- Jewish Ritual, Reality and Response dition to packing when preparing Most of us don’t want to talk about at the End of Life A Guide to Caring for an extended holiday: buy gifts health or end of life issues. Our chil- for Jewish Patients and Their Families for friends we will visit, forward the dren certainly don’t want to hear it. Prepared by Rabbi Mark A. 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You Say “Shabbos” and I Say “Shabbat” If you’re like me, you think about learning more Hebrew. I learn a word here and there, but it’s not con- sistent. And there are some words used around TBA that I’m still not sure what they mean. I can read and speak the Hebrew prayers, but I have little understanding of what I’m saying. And don’t even ask about conversing in Hebrew, even though Ruth Harris tried to teach modern Hebrew to my adult B’nai Mitzvah class several years ago. There are many things you can learn on the Internet. Hebrew is one of them. We’ll take a look at learning more Hebrew using the Internet and why you say “Shabbos” and I say “Shabbat”. There are two versions of Hebrew: biblical; classical, used in the and prayers; and modern, spoken in Israel today. Most of the Hebrew learning on the Internet is fo- cused on modern Hebrew. Online trope and prayer studies, of course, use classical Hebrew. There are two pronunciations – Sephardic, used in Israel for modern Hebrew, and Ashkenazic. One of our favorite sites, My Jewish Learning, offers some historical information on the Hebrew language, as well as basic alphabet and vowel information. Be sure to check out the article on Sephardic and Ashke- nazic Hebrew. Then let me know if you figured out why you say “shabbos” and I say “shabbat”. Go to the Nefesh B’Nefesh site, specifically itsUlpan and Hebrew Learning Resources Online page. This page is very comprehensive, covering ulpan in and outside Israel, podcasts, software for learning Hebrew, sites to help you learn the alphabet and basics, sites for building vocabulary, and more. Another comprehensive site is Best Hebrew Sites. Scroll about a third to halfway down this long page – it is chock full of links to learning sites, podcasts, audio tutorials, and more. This site is run by a former Hebrew language teacher. Also look at Learn Hebrew Pod, where you can find free lessons on vocabulary, gram- mar, and reading skills. This site takes advantage of technology, offering interactivity, video, and more. Scroll about halfway down the page to determine what level you are. Scroll further and you can sign up for a newsletter. Note that additional lessons require site membership for a fee (scroll to the bottom and click on Pricing & Signup on the left). Learn Hebrew Phrases with Audio has “…54 topics with 1,211 Hebrew phrases and sentences. In addition to the online audio flash, the site includes 152 printable study sheets” according to Jacob Richman, site owner. Lesson items are in Hebrew, transliteration, and English. For quick lists of words and phrases, head over to The Jewish Federations of North America’s list of Hebrew Phrases. Also look at Omniglot, which has a page of Useful Hebrew Phrases showing the Hebrew spelling and transliteration. So take some time and figure out what’s the best way to pick up some Hebrew knowledge. Whether you’re a beginner or advanced, there is something for everyone! Community We Gratefully Acknowledge • Do you stay late at night at the temple? Your Contributions • Are you here alone? General Fund • Are you the last one Donors In Honor of to leave? Lisa Bonneau & family Jonathan Shamash • Offer to stay with the member lock- Lisa Bonneau & family Sisterhood Shabbat Lisa Bonneau & family Heather Winer ing the temple Carol Kaplan Stan Juda • Always lock the doors with a BUD- Ronni Karlsberg High Holiday Honor Barbara & Gerald Klain Temple Beth Abraham DY! Joy & Carlos Mainemer Stan Juda • Keep one another safe and secure! Joy & Carlos Mainemer High Holiday Honor Stephanie & Mike Rosenblum Aliyah Stephanie & Mike Rosenblum Sara Brest Stephanie & Mike Rosenblum Lisa Bonneau Stephanie & Mike Rosenblum Becky Green Donors In Memory of Lisa Bonneau & family Harriet Kimmel Lisa Bonneau & family Leonora Kovler Lisa Bonneau & family Phyllis Sack Cohen Darlene & Charles Drutman Frances Lewis Darlene & Charles Drutman Florence Eisman Mara & Gary Friedman Harriet Kimmel Marlene & Jason Gallant Frances Lewis Marlene & Jason Gallant Florence Eisman Becky & Alan Green Leonora Kovlar Shirley Lelchuk Harriet Kimmel Colleen Lillstrang Marilyn McGinty Stephanie & Mike Rosenblum Florence Eisman Sharon & Jeff Weiss Harriet Kimmel Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund Jessica & Daniel Palmer In Appreciation Donor In Memory of Judith Palmer Michael Palmer  Pastor Family Memorial Fund  Donors In Memory of  Tina DeMexa & Michael Solon Bernard Pastor Temple Bulletin Fund   Donor In Memory of  Shirley Lelchuk Jules Lelchuk   Community

January 17 & 18 Pat Berger, grandmother of Jason Himmelstein During Friday evening and Saturday morning services, Neil Brody, brother of Bernard Brody Memorial prayers will be recited for the following: Edith Ellenson, mother of Sandra McCurdy Maurice Franks, father of Paul Franks January 3 & 4 Eva Freedman, mother-in-law of Yvonne Freedman John Fabian, father of Martin Fabian Harry Freedman, father-in-law of Yvonne Freedman Hannah Freedman, mother of David Freedman Helen Kraus, mother of Ann Fabian Lillian Furman, mother of Robin Golub David Landsman, father of Jeanette Chasin Elsie Ginsburg, mother of George Ginsburg Rae Levine, aunt of Mark Levine Benjamin Goldstein, father of Leon Goldstein Theodore Levine, father of Jeffrey Levine and Mark Levine Rudy Goldstein, brother of Leon Goldstein Paul L. Levine, Esq., cousin of Mark Levine Mildred Krulik, mother of Arthur Krulik Ruth Teague, mother of Sandie Leonard Esther Bernstein Levinsky, grandmother of Steven Zedeck Sandra Zedeck, mother of Steven Zedeck Helen Nagler, mother of Irene Nagler Ethel Fischer Harry Goldstein Mary Gould Jacob Nhaisi, father of Anita Hazard Samuel Kessler Esther Kohn Edith Rotberg Irving Pastor, brother-in-law of Selma Pastor Rose Weisman Jonas Schoenbach, father of Reina Brody Lillian Schwartz, grandmother of Gorelick & Wolff January 24 & 25 children Samuel Blumberg, father of Minette Klein Norbert Bruckman Annie Cohen Simon Delinsky Florence Brody, mother of Bernard Brody Evelyn Kesslen Israel Newman Harry Shapiro Bernice Gordon Cohen, mother of Cindy Burrows Abraham Sharpe Bessie Sidell Dorothy Goldberg, mother of Sandee Goldberg Samuel Harris, father of Jan Shapiro January 10 & 11 Frank Sack, father of Lynn Schenker Franklin Alberts, father of Nancy Keyslay Peter Schoen, cousin of Karl Schenker Milton Banner, brother of Stanley Banner Harry Waldman, father of Naomi Steinberg and Julius Blumberg, brother of Minette Klein Leonard Waldman David Brooks, uncle of Mark Ferman Chanah Weiner, mother of Ruth Harris Paul Dobin, father of Darryl Dobin Minnie Weisman, mother of Harold Weisman Howard Ehrlich, brother of Nancy Katz Rachel Berzets Morris Isaacson Jessie Kessler Morris Goldstein, father of Steven Goldstein Moshe Lachavitsky Janet Schuster Franklin Kessler, father of Marcia Weiss January 31 & February 1 Nancy Marcoux, mother of Nancy Ferman Lucille Matzkin, mother of Fern Getto Irene Brother, mother of Carole Gelman Nathan Mendelow, father of Marie Balcom Jim Hazard, father of Robert Hazard Marilyn Rich, mother of Sheryl Rich Kern Ann Herman Ostrow, mother of Jerry Herman Nathan Silverman, father of Marilyn Greenspan Morris Kozak, father of Diane Toth Anna Zevin, grandmother of Sam Brest Regina Little, mother of Henrietta Freedman Rose Canner Howard Gelber Celia Herson Jack Marsch, father of Susan Crupi Myron Kasok Isaac Krentzel Harry Lynch Maureen Sacks, mother of David Sacks Maurice Mordoh Archie Sudhalter Rachel Schiff, mother of Howard Schiff Dora Rothenberg Goldie Winograd Rose Silver, mother of Israel Silver Abraham Tubin, father of Barbara Garnick, and grandfather of Kevin & Darren Garnick Jennie Zavotsky, great-grandmother of Rabbi Jonathan Spira-Savett Max Garden Miriam Simon Jacob Wolfson Community Yahrzeit Donations

Shirley Lelchuk for husband, Jules Lelchuk Mitchell Wolper for parents, Rose & Morris Wolper Karl Schenker for uncles, Felix Schenker & 85 Ernst Katzenstein & grandfather, Rudolf Leitner Fern Getto for father, Harry Matzkin Don Gorelick for mother, Bea Gorelick Carol Gorelick for sister-in-law, Randi Thibeault Jerome Seligman for brother, Richard Seligman Randy Cohen for father, Jordan Cohen & Celebrate a Simcha grandfather, Morris Wigrizer Purchase a Leaf on our Tree of Life Leila Kupper for father, Charles Winograd • Bar and Bat Mitzvahs • Births • Graduations • Weddings • Daniel Grossman for grandmother, Jane Grossman Anniversaries • Honors Marilyn Rosen for father, Harry Rosen • Special Birthdays • Best Wishes & Congratulations Enrique Sernik for father, Guillermo Sernik The cost to purchase a leaf is $225. Myra Krulik for mother, Rose Cohen Leaves may be inscribed in English, Hebrew or both. David Deifik for father, Max Deifik For more information, or to purchase a leaf, please Robert Treitel for grandfather, Emil Treitel call 883-8184 or [email protected] Zahava Salomon for brother, Nachem Salomon Ronnie Goldstein for father, Harold Hurwitz Laura Horowitz for father-in-law, Sam Horowitz Mark Berger for mother, Edith Berger Robert Weisman for sister, Bessie Weisman & father, Joseph Weisman David Kosofsky for father, Jerry Kosofsky Mark Levine for grandfather, Morris Levine David Holt for father, Mitchell Holt Yvonne Dunetz for mother, Ruth Ametller Alan Slawsby for father, Archie Slawsby Susan Schiff for father, Louis Fischman Jan Shapiro for father, Samuel Harris Rich Shapiro for aunt, Tillie Shapiro Betsy Franks for parents, Dorothy & Rosario Grasso Paul Franks for parents, Dorothy & Maurice Franks & brother, David Franks Judith Berger for mother, Mae Soroken Leonard Shapiro for mother, Hannah Shapiro Jan Silver for grandmother, Bertha Rudnick Dottie Silber for mother, Sophie Andler Ronni Karlsberg for mother, Ruth Baker