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Candle Lighting Times: Thank you to everyone who made Purim such fun. Especially to: • Sol Gartenhaus for arranging the Megillah Reading th 661 North 7 St. • Sol Gartenhaus and Becky Lafayette, IN 47901 Lillianfeld for making Havdalah 765-742-2113 www.soalafayette.org • Elana Salzman and everyone else who read various chapters April, 2014 • Jo Gartenhaus and Harriet Nissan, 5774 Diamond who provided the refreshments Service Schedule: ------ Congratulations Egalitarian Friday Night Services begin at 8:00 p.m. and are followed by an Maggie Robb, the first woman to Oneg. be elected chief judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals was recently named a Traditional Saturday morning services 2014 Torchbearer by the Indiana begin at 10:00 a.m. and are followed by Commission for Women. a Kiddush. Kristin Garvey, Executive Director Please note: for the Indiana Commission for Women, A number of Yeshiva students will be in had this to say about Maggie and the town the weekend of April 5. There will other honorees: “These women have be a mechitza and it is especially become true beacons of light and their important to have a minyan. stories of courage, perseverance and ------ compassion create a lasting legacy of inspiration for us all.” Candle Lighting Times: ------ April 4, 7:57 p.m. April 11, 8:04 p.m. April 14, Erev Passover, 8:07 April 15, 2nd Night of Passover, light after 9:08 p.m. April 18, 8:11 p.m. April 25, 8:19 p.m. 1 Yahrzeits April Calendar Though my loved one is beyond my Holocaust Remembrance Conference, sight, I do not despair for I sense my April 6, 7 and 8. beloved in my heart as a living presence. Sisterhood Board Meeting, Monday, Sustained by words of faith, comforted by precious memories, we kindle the April 7, 1:30 pm at the home of Sonya light in remembrance. ”The human spirit Garfinkel is the light of Adonai.” (Proverbs 20:27) First Seder Tuesday, April 15 Hillel Kaplan, Bessie Bosco , Kay Savitz - Nisan 1 Nisan 2 Brownstein, April 1 April 2 Nisan 5 Passover April 5 April 16 -22 Tillie Schaffner Morris L. William Zaban, Garfinkel, Pickus, Nisan 8 Nisan 5 Nisan 6 April 8 Shul Board Meeting April 5 April 6 Thursday, April 24 Samuel Rostov, Morris L. Matus Fishelson, Nisan 9 Rubinstein, Nisan 15 April 9 Nisan 12 April 15 Carry-In Dinner April 12 Sunday, April 27, 6:00 pm Kusiel Daniel Rae Goldberg, Marvin Schreiber , Chair, Heather Moskowitz Gordon, Nisan 16 Nisan 16 Nisan 15 April 16 April 16 April 15 Yom Hashoah Henia Ben-Ami, Allen Rose Winski, Monday, April 28 Nisan 17 Stinebaugh, Nisan 18 April 17 Nisan 18 April 18 April 18 Lillian Kaplan, Oscar Winski , Lee Cohen , Nisan 23 Nisan 23 Nisan 24 ------ April 23 April 23 April 24 Sidney Berger, Bella Wolf , Anna Goodman, Jewish Studies Nisan 25 Goldstein Nisan 25 April 25 Nisan 25 April 25 April 25 Noon Lecture and Discussion Series George Albert N. George Salzman, Horwich, Mazor, Nisan 28 Wednesday, April 9 ~ Stewart Center, Nisan 28 Nisan 28 April 28 April 28 April 28 Room 318 ~ 12:30 Rachel Lew David Fischbach, Goldberg, Deena Linett, Professor Emerita, Nisan 29 Nisan 30 April 29 April 30 Department of English, Montclair State University. "Seder," a Fiction: Reading by Professor Deena Linett 2 firm provides a nurse, a social worker and a rabbi each of whom visits the patient and the family. Boruch says he loves his work. Such a position does not Letter from Jerusalem: exist here in Israel. There are chaplains Family News: who visit patients in the hospital, but not at home. By the way, I met a woman I have just returned from a week and hospital chaplain on Shabbos at Ronit's a half visit to Milwaukee, having happily home. Only orthodox male rabbis are achieved my goal of spending quality hospital or even army chaplains in Israel. time with my daughter and her family. Another position that Boruch holds is Viewing my American experiences rabbi of a Shul in Oconomowoc, through the prism of my Israeli eyes, I Wisconsin, some distance from his noted a few items: For example, the Milwaukee home. For the last five years several airports which we frequented Boruch has spent a Shabbos, leading had wall to wall carpeting and sound services, giving sermons, counseling, proof ceiling tiles, making the areas quiet one weekend a month in a Reform and pleasant. My Israeli terminal is vast, Shul. I think there is a Reform camp in modern and state of the art, but as my Oconomowok. I met one of Boruch's daughter Shira remarked....”wall to wall congregants who said, "He is an carpeting is for Americans.” In one US orthodox rabbi and we have a Reform airport there was a group of rocking Temple, but we love him." I should add chairs available. I almost fell asleep in that this situation would never occur in one. Israel. Contrasting an aspect of Ronit’s A third job that Boruch holds is his life style with the analogous situation in rank of lieutenant, working as a chaplain Israel, I noted that Ronit spends a good in the US Navy and Marine Corp. This part of her day chauffeuring her son to position involved a major time and from high school and transporting commmitment of basic training and now, the other children to various other for the past year, Boruch travels one appointments. Here in Israel, children, weekend a month to counsel and lead often from the age of six take public nondenominational services for the busses alone to school or other midshipmen. destinations. My so-in-law, Boruch has several Hareidi Atzeret (Mass demonstration): jobs. He works for a large firm, partially supported by the government where his Recently, there was a gathering of over title is Home Hospice Rabbi. He visits 600,000 men, women and children over Jewish families in which the terminally ill the age of nine, storming the heavens, patient has chosen to die at home. The as they said, praying, saying psalms,, 3 special prayers of "slichot", "tachanun" will be inducted. The Hareidim have imploring G-d to influence the Knesset several options, as I understand. Many not to draft yeshivah students. Many will emigrate, many will go to prison and streets were cordoned off, including the some will join the already extant small major highways to Jerusalem, precluding Hareidi unit. entrance to the Holy City. People came Well, we'll see what transpires.It is from all over the country. Egged true that there is a major schism in provided 2,000 buses to ferry Israeli society caused by this law. participants to the "atzeret". Loud Questions are now being raised about speakers were available throughout the the almost twenty percent Arab area to ensure a reverent atmosphere. population that has not been drafted. The praying was all coordinated with hundreds of thousands of people Borrowed Words: uttering the prayers simultaneously. I learned that this occasion Hebrew conversation is sprinkled with provided a very, very rare opportunity to borrowed words from many languages, I chant a special blessing. Although a Jew think especially with Arabic should say one hundred blessings a expressions. day. ( I learned that tradition attributes Two of the many borrowings from this statement to King David., from my Yiddish come to mind. A "smartut" is a daughter Shira.My grandson in law, rag. I use the word "shmatte" for a rag Rabbi Yehoshua added that there was a or for shabby clothes. I think these two plague during King David's reign during words are quite similar. which 100 children died daily. He But, a more genuine borrowing instituted this prayer to halt the deaths). comes from my friend, Chaim There are some unsusual opportunities Weissmann: to snack or the Yiddish to include blessings, such as the one for "to nosh" is conjugated in Hebrew as "L thunder and lightning. At this occasion, nosh naysh". He "noshes" "Hu m'nash the unusual chance arose to say naysh" etc. "Boruch Atah H' Elokenu Melech HaOlom Chachom aRazim," meaning, Blessed art though oh L-rd our G-d who With warm regards, in His wisdom knows every man's Cyrelle secrets. (translated by my son Rabbi Rashi). My grandson, Simcha added his own thought: G-d knows each individual's face. The bill drafting Yeshivah students into the army was passed. What I think will happen is, that the l8 year olds, about 5,000 of them will first receive the draft notices, and then gradually others 4 Friday, May 9, 7:30 pm Indianapolis Jewish University High School Six Days in June Film Festival Saturday, May 10, 12:00 noon GREAT JEWISH FILMS Christian Theological Seminary WITH GREAT JEWISH STORIES Trembling Before G-D From Hasidic Jews confronting their Saturday, May 10, 7:00 pm homosexuality (Trembling Before G-D) Light of the World Church to four overweight Israeli men who find Live and Become Sumo wrestling their way to be appreciated and honored (A Matter of For more information, and to Size) – nine Jewish movies in the very purchase tickets, go to first Indianapolis Jewish Film Festival for www.Indianapolisjewishfilmfestival.com you to view, review, consider and enjoy. The Lineup: Saturday, May 3, 7:00 pm Is there Jewish Life in Poland? YES Central Indianapolis Public Library David Before arriving in Krakow, JDC Entwine Global Jewish Service Corps Sunday, May 4, 7:00 pm Fellow Justin Kadis said he thought Central Indianapolis Public Library there was a lack of Jewish life in The Band’s Visit (Gala Event) Poland.
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