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Founded in 1866 Publication No. 8180 • Vol. 95 • Issue No. 2

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CHESED WEEK February 7-14 Details on page 3

27501 Fairmount Boulevard • Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124 • TEL: 216-831-6555 • FAX: 216-831-4599 • EMAIL: [email protected] • WEBSITE: www.bnaijeshurun.org Tirades 2021 ~ Adar 5781 Shalom Congregants, Synagogue to be Converted As we look to the ahead, the synagogue leadership The Board approved renting the synagogue building to is eagerly preparing to welcome you back to the building Amazon since we’re not using it. They’re going to convert when it’s safe to do so. On top of health precautions, we everything except the Family Restroom to a warehouse for know that you’ve gotten used to attending services and locally delivered products. When you order your essentials programs from your homes this past year, so we’ll be making the following additions to the shul to ease your transition from Amazon Prime, rest assured they’re coming blessedly back to spending time here: from Moskowitz Sanctuary. Food products will be stored in Rosenthal and jewelry, appropriately, will be in Gottlieb. • Each seat will come with a square frame that can be By the way, they do plan to change the door codes at the clipped onto a yarmulke or doily to suggest a Zoom entrances, so don’t try your password anymore! box surrounding the wearer’s head. If you wish to “turn off the camera”, the frame will have a retractable cover as well. Shushan Purim is Renamed • We have replaced most of the old sanctuary seats with a huge array of seating options ranging from comfy ‘Unboxing Day’ couches to rolling desk chairs to hard-wood kitchen In a move sponsored by the Recycling Council of Great chairs. Wherever you’ve been seated for services the Britain, there has been a campaign to change the name of past year, we’ve got an option that should replicate it the celebration of the day after Purim from Shushan Purim perfectly, or we guarantee your money back! to Unboxing Day. Since many mishloach manot come in • Every room now has an antechamber where paid paper and cardboard containers, it is hoped that this name actors and sisterhood volunteers will perform change will promote recycling and make people aware embarrassing conversations to simulate the Zoom of their obligation to the environment. “And besides,” Kris background chatter we know you all just couldn’t get Kringle, the council chairman states from his headquarters enough of. On some weeks, we’ll bring in a dog to in Beit Lechem, “ has had enough attention bark as well. for the last 2,000 years, we have to now repackage our message.” • We’ve created a giant magnifying glass for the table, so people with honors will be visible up close and personal to the whole congregation as they Meditations for perform them and for an additional 5 to 150 seconds (determined randomly) afterward. Finding Inner Strength • All siddurim now have a large “raise hand” light on the I am a rock front that you can flash obnoxiously to get an usher’s I am an island attention if you ever need help. A rock feels no pain • We have hired the clergy an “executive assistant for An island never cries muting.” Anytime they feel that a congregant is being too loud, this person will find the noisy individual and Good thing I can still order Oreos on Instacart pop a piece of Bar Mitzvah candy into their mouth, muting them. But don’t get ideas; if one continues to require muting, the quality of the food given to them Office Phone will decrease until it’s several--old leftovers Confusion Resolved from Murray and Tova’s cooking class. If you called the synagogue office recently and were We hope you find these accommodations helpful and look told you had the wrong number, worry no longer! When forward to putting them into practice when the time is people used voice command to tell their phones to “Call right! In the meantime, stay safe and well, and remember, if B’nai Jeshurun,” the phone called Ben A. Yashuren, a North you thought the clergy were dancing up a storm on Simhat Olmsted lawyer. “I couldn’t figure out why so many people Torah, brace yourselves for Purim! Note to self: also add wanted to know about virtual tours or something guardrails around the bima for safety… called a stream,” said Mr. Yashuren. Fortunately, Warmest wishes, and, as always, praying for precipitation after a lengthy discussion with Apple and Samsung, the through Pesach, issue will be fixed in their latest updates. Yashuren added that two of his neighbors, Shari Tikva and Farrah Mount- Gena Cohen, President Temple, have been experiencing similar issues.

Thanks to our Tirades contributors: Russell Cohen, Jerry Brodsky, Murray Berkowitz and Aaron Dobres.

2 February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 [email protected] Chesed Week CHESED WEEK - FEBRUARY 7-14 www.bnaijeshurun.org/chesed-week SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7 ~ KICK OFF AT 11:00 AM Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria, Chesed Chair Rachel Schwarz, and our CHESED Committee will describe each project and answer your questions. https://zoom.us/j/95440028162

SUNDAY~HILLCREST HOSPITAL Bake NUT FREE cookies and put 4-5 cookies in Ziploc bags that will be provided to nursing stations as "Grab-n-Go" snack bags. These can be frozen until you drop-off at the synagogue on Sunday. MONDAY~PROVIDENCE HOUSE Reserve a no-sew blanket kit (while supplies last) at: https://cutt.ly/Signupgenius-no-sew-blankets and then join Margie Cohen for a demo at 5 pm. https://zoom.us/j/99663865285 TUESDAY~KOSHER FOOD PANTRY & JFSA Drop off unexpired peanut butter, canned salmon and tuna in the bins outside the synagogue from 7 am - 6:30 pm. Join the Sisterhood Lunch & Learn at 12:30 pm where the Director of KFP will speak (see page 7). We are also collecting Giant Eagle gift cards for JFSA for that can be mailed to or dropped off at the synagogue. WEDNESDAY~WALLS OF LOVE Create a scarf for this locally-founded nationwide project to help the homeless. All levels are welcome. Zehava Galun will lead this project on Zoom at 7 pm. See our Chesed website for supplies needed. https://zoom.us/j/94961050791 THURSDAY~ST. HERMAN'S HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY Prepare vegetarian lasagna in a disposable pan or join Murray & Tova for their Chesed Edition Cooking class at 7 pm, where Tova will share her lasagna recipe. Carl Cook, Director of St. Herman's, will also join us to share a few words about the shelter and mission. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86468670994 FRIDAY~MENORAH PARK Print out and decorate one of our PDF Shabbat cards, found on our Chesed website, or create your own. Call fellow members to wish them a "Shabbat Shalom." SATURDAY~CHESED & MEN'S CLUB SHABBAT We will honor our front line workers and first responders. Please share names by emailing [email protected]. We will also highlight our Men's Club, who will host a Virtual Comedy Benefit (see page 9).

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14 ~ DROP-OFF DAY B'NAI JESHURUN ~ 10:00 AM - NOON Collection bins will be outside. Support our mitzvah work! Donate to the Joel Schwarz Memorial Chesed Fund. www.bnaijeshurun.org February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 3 Beineinu - Between Us It is hard to believe that we have been living with the pandemic for a full year. The Candle Lighting Coronavirus first hit our community days February 5...... 5:29 pm before last Purim. Twelve months later, our lives February 12...... 5:38 pm have been transformed in every conceivable February 19...... 5:47 pm way by this invisible threat. Yet now at last February 26...... 5:55 pm we can begin to glimpse the coming end of the pandemic thanks to new Covid vaccines. Torah Portions It is appropriate that the beginning of this pandemic and the February 6...... Yitro beginning of its end are both framed by the festival of Purim. February 13...... Mishpatim/Shabbat Shekalim The name of the holiday means “lots.” Haman draws lots to February 20...... Terumah/Shabbat Zachor determine on which date his decree will order the Persians February 27...... Tetzaveh to massacre the Jews. Lots depend purely on chance. So, too, almost every significant turning point in the story of Esther occurs by happenstance. One lesson of the Book of Esther is Daily Service Schedule that our lives are often turned upside down in ways we cannot Live stream our services at expect. www.bnaijeshurun.org/streaming or Zoom in via phone at (929) 205-6099 (Meeting IDs: Weekday One thing, however, is not a matter of luck. We get to choose mornings 413 413 630; Evenings 200 230 834; how we respond to the events in our lives. When Esther is Sunday mornings 298 657 543) or computer at: hesitant to go to the King, her uncle Mordecai tells her: “Who knows whether it is for a moment just like this that you arose https://cutt.ly/bjcSundayMorningMinyan8am to power?” When we face challenges, we can respond in one https://cutt.ly/bjcMorningMinyanM-F715am of two ways. We can respond with compassion, courage, and wisdom, seeking the welfare of all, or we can abdicate https://cutt.ly/bjcWeekdayAfternoonMinyan6pm responsibility, allowing the chance nature of the moment to serve as our rationalization for inaction. Esther rises to the Friday evening service: moment and because she does, our people were saved. https://cutt.ly/FriNt So, too, it is for us. We are all fatigued by a year of Covid Meeting ID # 962 5683 8863 precautions. We are worn down and feel like we are no Shabbat morning service: longer in control of our lives. But we are in control. We get https://cutt.ly/bjcShabbatAndFestivals9am to choose how we respond. I am proud of this congregation Meeting ID #750 690 071 for its choices. Over the past year we have responded to the pandemic with grace, compassion, faith and courage. We have Shabbat afternoon service: reached out to each other and collectively we have reached https://cutt.ly/Saturday-Festival-Day-6-pm upward to God. Meeting ID #932 5191 4283 At the end of the Purim story, we read that the Jews went Service Times: “from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning to a good day.” Mondays - Fridays: 7:15 am, 6:00 pm So may it be for us, that we see an end to this pandemic once Saturdays: 9:00 am, 6:00 pm and for all, and that our days are filled once again with “light, Sundays: 8:00 am, 6:00 pm joy and all that is precious.” Afternoon minyan on Thursday, February 25 Naomi joins me in wishing you a Hag Purim Sameach! will be at the beginning of the Megillah reading at 6:45 pm; there will be no 6:00 pm service. Rabbi Stephen Weiss The morning minyan on Purim, Friday, February 26, will begin at 7:00 am.

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4 February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 [email protected] President’s Message From the Rabbi Throughout my two plus years as B’nai A Prayer for Jeshurun’s president, I have been so proud of Receiving the Covid Vaccine the many examples of leadership exhibited (adapted from a prayer by by our congregants, staff and clergy. In the Rabbi Susan Elkodski) fall of 2018, after the shootings at the Tree Master of Healing, I am about to of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, security be given a vaccine to protect me became our top priority. Our Security against the novel Coronavirus which Committee jumped into action to ensure the safety of has claimed so many lives this year. our staff, clergy and congregants. A few months later, Jim Hartnett, the head of Security at Cleveland Federation, I am ever grateful: stood on our bima and said we were the gold standard in For those whom you have endowed with the security in the community. knowledge and ability to create vaccines and In January of 2020, we implemented a change in our medications that can protect us against or slow the synagogue management system. At the time, we did not progress of devastating diseases; fully appreciate the importance of having a cloud-based For my doctors and practitioners who care for me, system that allowed remote access for everyone. Our body, mind and spirit; staff managed this transition seamlessly, just before the pandemic kicked in. As the pandemic hit, our clergy and For the miraculous work of the researchers, essential staff kept the synagogue running at the highest possible supply chain and the one who is administering this level given that everyone was remote. We immediately protective injection to me this day. pivoted to virtual services, programs and learning, utilizing I know this vaccine may have side effects and I the streaming we had already installed and adapting pray for the strength and grace to handle any that I quickly to Zoom. experience. Help my mind to be calm and to trust in I was especially proud with how we handled the High this medication and its healing capabilities. Holiday services, surveying our members and trying I am mindful that this first dose is a new beginning to meet their needs while prioritizing safety. So many and that I must still be careful and wear my mask members, staff and, of course, clergy stepped up to help, and PPE equipment. serving as members on the High Holiday and Pandemic Procedure Task Forces, helping as Zoom moderators and May this vaccination bring me healing. Gabbais, calling other congregants who live alone, planning May I be granted peace of mind in the knowledge additional programming and so much more. that I am sheltered beneath Your wings. Most recently, I was impressed by our community’s May those suffering find healing and may we all response to the Mahar campaign, our biggest annual only know health, safety and peace. AMEN fundraiser, including the Eight Days of Giving. While we know that many are suffering financially, those who were Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melekh HaOlam She- able stepped up to fill the gaps. Yasher Koach to Lorna he-che-yanu Ve’kee-ye-manu Ve-Hee-gee-yanu Laz- Siegal, our Development Professional, who managed the man Ha-Zeh. campaign, which exceeded budget for the second year in a Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, Ruler of the Universe, row. Those dollars are even more important this year, when who has kept us alive, sustained us and enabled us dues are down. Remember, it’s still not too late to make to reach this moment. AMEN. your Mahar pledge for the ’20-’21 fiscal year. Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria Gena Cohen

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Registration for both of these programs to follow on our website and Mishpachot Facebook page.

6 February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 [email protected] From Our Affiliates Men’s Club/Chesed Shabbat & 22nd Annual Sheila Radman Balk Virtual Cholent Showcase Saturday, February 13 Men’s Club will lead the 9 am service as we honor our first responders and essential/frontline workers. Know someone who should be honored? Contact Shani Kadis. Following services, stay online to enjoy a showcase of superbly cooked cholents prepared by our wonderful chefs. Entrants follow their own recipes and we’ll just have to savor the smell and taste via our own digital device from home! If you are interested in showing off your cholent, contact Richard Berkowitz ([email protected] or 216-245-6403) prior to the event. No cost. Little planning. Just enjoy this online event!

Men’s Club Happy Hour Tuesdays • 5 pm Tune in via Zoom for an entertaining and enlightening time. Be prepared to enjoy an hour of interesting programming, humor, as well as outstanding guest presentations. https://zoom.us/j/98877472739. If you’re interested in leading a discussion or have ideas for a future topic, please contact Mitch Lauer ([email protected]). Happy Hour Special Evening Edition: The Kosher Capones Tuesday, March 9 • 7 pm (no 5 pm program) Joe Kraus will lead a discussion about his book, The Kosher Capones: A History of Chicago’s Jewish Gangsters. Sponsored by Men’s Club & Sisterhood. https://zoom.us/j/98877472739.

Sisterhood Lunch & Learn Book Discussion Cleveland Kosher Food Pantry Wednesday, February 17 • 7:30 pm Tuesday, February 9 • 12:30 pm We will discuss And in the Vienna Devorah Alevsky, Director Woods the Trees Remain: The of the KFP, will speak to Heartbreaking True Story of a Family us about the history of Torn Apart by War by Elisabeth the KFP, how the pandemic has impacted them and Asbrink. All are invited to participate how their dedicated volunteers are on the front line at https://zoom.us/j/91870271592. assuring that seniors and low income families receive If you have questions, contact Fay Blumenthal the meals they need. Questions? Contact Harriet Mann ([email protected]). (216-978-0451 or [email protected]). March’s book is On Division by Goldie Goldbloom. https://zoom.us/j/99694986840.

How Sweet It Is Tuesday, February 23 • 7 pm Now is the time to bring out your favorite sweet confection and share it with your sisters. It can be anything that satisfies your sweet tooth. Be creative! Share your recipe, even prepare it, and let’s spend some sweet time together. Please email your recipes to Cathy Randall. Questions? Contact Cathy (216-408-1926 or [email protected]). https://zoom.us/j/96134915374.

www.bnaijeshurun.org February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 7 Weingold Online Learning Free Jewish Virtual Learning for Adults is just a click or a phone call away! Stay connected with BJC! Zoom in via computer or phone in at (929) 205-6099, the Meeting ID is the number at the end of each link. Please check our website frequently for updates. We look forward to seeing you in class! These classes are brought to you through the generosity of the Weingold Family. What’s NU? with Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria Mishnah: The New Scripture Mondays • 10 am with Rabbi Alan Lettofsky Topical text study and discussion on the most relevant Jewish Wednesdays • 10:30 am topics of the day. Most Jewish institutions and values, while based on the https://zoom.us/j/97066069527. Bible, were created by the ancient rabbis. The Mishnah and its expansion into the full Talmud are the core texts for our Staying Fit with Linda Schoenberg Jewish foundations. NEW! Mondays • 11 am https://zoom.us/j/408458674. Join certified Silver Sneakers instructor Linda Schoenberg for her 60-minute total body work out for seniors. Please have a Kosher Fitness with Rabbi Michael Ungar sturdy chair, light weights and a squishy ball handy. Sponsored Wednesdays • 1 pm by Na’amat USA. It’s back and better than ever! Join Certified Personal Trainer https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85880852411. (and Rabbi!) Michael Ungar for a weekly 45-50 minute workout - appropriate for all levels; no need for special Parshat HaShavua with Prof. Doron Kalir, CSU equipment since we will use objects you already have at Mondays • noon home! Discuss the weekly Torah portion from a liberal viewpoint. In https://zoom.us/j/98278241024. particular, we will examine implications of the text for today’s community and the meaning of emunah (faith) in the 21st Ethical & Ritual Issues Through the Lens of century. Conservative Jewish Law https://zoom.us/j/213131426. with Rabbi Stephen Weiss The Mystical Secrets of God, the Soul and the Thursdays • noon (no class February 25) Universe - Part 2 of Neffesh Ha-Chayyim Through the study of responsa (Jewish law papers) from the with Rabbi Stephen Weiss Law Committee of the Rabbinical Assembly, we will explore Mondays • 8 pm what Jewish tradition has to say about the most pressing and significant issues of our day. Class is always lively, filled No prior knowledge of Kabbalah or of Neffesh Ha-Chayyim is with text study and discussion. necessary. Learn how we can achieve spiritual union with God https://zoom.us/j/388326341. and draw Divine light and energy into our souls and our world. https://zoom.us/j/95702368445. The How & Why of Jewish Rituals with Cantor Aaron Shifman Bible Study with Susan Wyner Thursdays • 8 pm (no class February 25) Tuesdays • 10:30 am (no class February 16) We will discuss baby namings, marriage, divorce, hospitality, Join in for a close reading of the Torah as we make our way visiting the sick, death and mourning. through our most central text. We are currently studying https://zoom.us/j/524068297. the . https://zoom.us/j/864643841. Starbucks, Bread & Torah Coffee Talk with the Clergy with rotating teachers Tuesdays • 2 pm Saturdays • 9 am All are welcome to join us for a weekly check-in and Gain fresh insights into the Torah, and study with great conversation with the clergy who will rotate weeks. teachers! https://zoom.us/j/979212512. https://zoom.us/j/94801989217.

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www.bnaijeshurun.org February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 9 Upcoming Events Red Sea Spies: The True Story of An Historical Introduction Mossad’s Fake Diving Resort to the Laws of Purim by Raffi Berg Fridays, through February 19 • noon with special guest Dani Limor Rabbi Noah Bickart will help us Monday, February 1 • 1 pm trace the ways the laws of Purim have developed from the text of the What began with one cryptic message Megillah through Modern Codes. pleading for help turned into the secret We will study the way that the evacuation of thousands of Ethiopian performance of these commandments Jews and the spiriting of them to translates the values of the holiday Israel. This page-turner tells the true into the living reality of the Jewish (and broader) story that inspired the recent Netflix community. drama, The Red Sea Diving Resort. Raffi https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88311615204. Berg is the Middle East editor of the BBC News website. Dani Limor, the Mossad commander of the operation on which the book is based, will join the discussion.

This program is free and sponsored by the Brenda Breishit Bara: Zimm Oscar Memorial Lecture Fund at BJC and is part of the Mandel JCC Cleveland Jewish Book Lessons for a Creative Life Festival: Next Chapter. Learn more and get tickets at Wednesdays, February 3, 10 and 17 • noon https://mandeljcc.org/cleveland-jewish-book-festival/ Jenny Kaplan from Omanoot book-festival/. Studio will bring together art and texts from Genesis to inspire us to embody our creative spirits. Join us to Virtual Inclusion explore new ways of looking at creation in our lives. Shabbat https://zoom.us/j/95534590771. Friday, February 19 • 6:30 pm Rabbi Foster and Heidi Solomon* will lead this 30-minute service where we will use a special, colorful siddur Purim Art Studio with shortened prayers. Everyone is Wednesdays, February 17 & 24 • 5 pm encouraged to participate, at their Want to tap into your creative mode? own level; there are parts in Hebrew Marjorie Falk will teach us about art and in English. This service allows and artists from various cultures that everyone to enjoy the warmth of Shabbat. Open to the have used disguise and beautification entire community, the service is geared toward those to create. We will be guided in making who are mentally and physically other-abled (and their our own Purim art project. No families). https://zoom.us/j/6954312474. experience necessary. A materials list will be provided for you to create from home. Download the siddur at https://cutt.ly/inclusionsiddur. Session 1: Mask making Contact Gerry Erenberg ([email protected]) for Session 2: Whole body costumes further information. https://zoom.us/j/96935066842. *Heidi Solomon is the coordinator of the Horvitz YouthAbility program of the JFSA of Cleveland. YouthAbility empowers exceptional youth through These classes are brought to you through the volunteerism and social engagement. She has played an generosity of the Weingold Family. important role in ensuring the success of our Inclusion Shabbat program.

10 February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 [email protected] Tree of Life In Memoriam Maz al Tov to We note with sorrow the passing of • Katie & Rabbi Josh Foster on the *DORA BORNFELD adoption of a son, Ezra Judah Foster. Foster Kohen MARTIN COHEN Father of Rifka Claypool and Rachel Heiser • Maryo & Elif Kohen on the birth of Brother of JoAnn Eisenberg a son, Theo Kohen. MERLE ETTINGER • Janet & Lee Shapiro on the birth of Father of Brian Ettinger a grandson, Rory Vincent Shapiro. Shapiro IOSIF KATSMAN • Judy & Larry Klein on the birth Silverman Father of Slava Katsman of a granddaughter, Noa Riley CHARLOTTE REITER Silverman. Sister of Rosalyn Platt • Marcia & Alec Berezin on the MARILYN SALON birth of a granddaughter, Eilah Lux Berezin-Koteen. Mother of Joel Salon Berezin-Koteen Tramer HOWARD SCHILLER • Meryl & Jeffrey Goldberg on the Father of Rick Schiller birth of a granddaughter, Naomi Liana Goldberg. ZEO SILVA Grandfather of Marcelle Glueck • Jennifer & Neil Tramer on the CAROLE SHERMER SIMON birth of a grandson, Philip Richard H. Kutash Sister of Judi Wolf Tramer. C. Kutash MICHAEL WOOLF • Sanford Kutash on the birth of two Brother of Judith Lauer great-grandsons, Carson H. Kutash and Harvey F. Kutash. *ROBERT ZELVY Husband of Sandra Zelvy • Carolyn Cole on her marriage to Father of Andrea Fenton T. Grant Lewis. Carolyn’s parents Lewis Stempkowski & * B’nai Jeshurun member are Ellen & Robert Cole. Goldberg • Meryl & Jeffrey Goldberg on the engagement We extend our deepest condolences to all the members of their families. of their son, Jack, to Jacqueline (Jackie) Stempkowski. Happy Milestone Anniversary to: • Julie & Steve Deutch on the engagement of their Pamela & Matthew Goss 55 Years daughter, Carly, to Michael Glantz. Mara & Mitchell Marder 40 Years Glantz & Deutch Karen & Dale Levy 30 Years Marla & Howard Wolf 15 Years Allison & Jason Wuliger 15 Years Happy Milestone Birthday to: Yasher Koach Nancy Berk Nancy Oleinick • Ollie Cooperwood on five years of Edgar Blecher Cathy Randall dedicated service to the synagogue. Marilyn Brickman Bernice Rothman • Raanan Shalom won Indie Shorts Belai Damtew Gerald Rothschild Mag’s Best Screenplay of the Year Joan Delahay Rowena Rubin Award for his film,Call the Shot. He is Carlos Garcia Jeffrey Schloss the son of Diane & Murray Dronzek. Cooperwood Shalom Julian Gelwasser Jonathan Shaper Mathilda Kolt David Singer If you have an achievement or mazal tov to share, please contact Diane Toby Macknin Norman Weissman Dronzek. We are happy to share your good news! Milestone listings recognize Jodi Marton Sandra Witt birthdays at five-year intervals beginning with age 25, and every year after Lois Novikoff 90. Anniversaries are recognized at five-year intervals. www.bnaijeshurun.org February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 11 Donor Profile: Bernice Rothman Jerry Silver and I joined BJC in 1956 to be A highlight of the year 1995 was the musical produced married by Rabbi Rudolph M. Rosenthal. by Charlie Gruenspan, “Shul Daze,” where I played my role At that time, there was a Young People’s as secretary on roller skates. You can view the program at Congregation and we became active. I https://cutt.ly/shuldaze. I would love to see that or other served on its Board and was co-editor of parodies showcased. Under Cantor Meisels, we produced the YPC newsletter. I applied for a part-time a musical a year, which brought a lot of camaraderie for job at the shul in 1975, after my youngest child started members of all ages. school. I was secretary to the Assistant Rabbi, Herbert I was always a member of Sisterhood, holding several Schwartz, and also worked in the school office. When positions. Following my retirement in 1996, I became Co- Rabbi Rosenthal retired, I became the full-time secretary President for three years. As Sisterhood President, I was to Rabbi Schwartz and did whatever else was needed. a member of the Board and I also became a member “on This was in the old building on Mayfield Road. When we my own” after that. moved to Pepper Pike in 1980, the carpeting had not yet been laid, so we were allowed to wear slacks and tennis My 70th birthday present to myself was to be part of the shoes, which was unheard of at that time. B’nai Mitzvah class taught by Cantor Shifman, something that was not available to me as a youngster. Those were the days before computers! Rabbis dictated Three years ago, I was able to create the Silver/Rothman letters and sermons, yahrzeit notices were handwritten, Staff Appreciation Fund. As an employee for so many and we were busy! Rabbi Stanley Schachter began his years, I wanted to have a Fund specifically for our tenure in 1987. Shortly after, computers were purchased employees, one that would assist in their growth as well and we were mentored by computer guru and Assistant as provide money for holiday festivities. Rabbi David Seed and we learned a whole new way of working. Memorial Plaques & The Gift of Giving Book of Remembrance Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” A beautiful way to honor the memory of a loved At B’nai Jeshurun, we are making a concerted one is with a memorial plaque or listing. Plaques effort to broaden the discussion about the many are displayed on the Memorial Wall at the rear of meaningful ways each of us can support our the David J. & Ruth A. Moskowitz Sanctuary. During future. From sponsoring a synagogue program to establishing an the week of yahrzeit, your loved one’s name is also endowment fund or estate plan, every donation helps strengthen highlighted in the center section of the Wall. The our synagogue as we grow our vibrant community today and Wall is an adjustable, alphabetic memorial. The secure a legacy for our children and our children’s children. If you Golden Book of Remembrance is on permanent would like to explore the many meaningful giving opportunities for display in the case outside Nickman Chapel. you and your family, please contact me. There is no better feeling Orders are accepted at any time, but dedications than making a lasting contribution to a community that provides are made only at Yizkor Pesach and . so much meaning to so many of our lives. The deadline for dedications in time for Pesach Lorna Siegal this year is Wednesday, March 10. The price of a memorial plaque is $600 and a listing is $200. Contact Diane Dronzek to place an order or to learn more. 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12 February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 [email protected] Received as of December 15, 2020 DonationsTribute and memorial donations received between November 14, 2020 through December 15, 2020 total $4,235. To better manage administrative expenses, it is requested that contributions be at least $10 or more each. Thank you for helping us reduce the synagogue’s cost, which increases the actual value of your gifts. ABRAHAM FAMILY BLUESTONE-ROSE FAMILY DOBRES-BERKOWITZ BESSIE HERSHEY COURTYARD FUND EDUCATION FUND ISRAEL PROGRAMMING RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND In Honor of: In Memory of: FUND In Memory of: B’not Mitzvah of Ella Rose Richard Bluestone by In Honor of: Rosalyn Goldweber by Tucker and Sandy & Tim Natalie Bluestone Milestone birthdays of Susan Warshay & Jay Ross Wuliger’s granddaughter, Robbie & Jay Schonfeld by Arden and Engagement TEMPLE BUILDING AND Sandy & Bob Berkowitz… JACK JACOBSON AND of Austin Oberfeld to DEVELOPMENT FUND Yossi Berkowitz by Dahlia BELLE WINOGRAD Lily Wolf by Roz & Harry In Memory of: & Lawrence Harris MEMORIAL LIBRARY Abraham Regina Greenwald by FUND Louise Gips…Rosalyn B’NAI JESHURUN In Memory of: ABRAHAM-GRUENSPAN Goldweber by Debby ENDOWMENT FUND Esther Gardner by HIGH HOLY DAY CHOIR & Bob Jacob…Leonard In Honor of: Sheldon Gardner…Sam SCHOLARSHIP FUND Gold by Bertha Gold… 50th anniversary of Sousan Rose, Rosalyn Goldweber In Honor of: Irving Berman by Helen Aminfard & Bijan Simhai and Herb Feldman by Milestone anniversary of Berman…Herb Feldman by Elyse & Jeff Bernstein B’nai Jeshurun Fellowship Rose & Arthur Gelbart by by Susan Warshay & Jay Committee Linda & Charles Gruenspan Ross and Rachel & Yaacov ERENBERG FAMILY Taxer…Rosalind Tolen by PASTORAL CARE FUND SAM AND DOROTHY JULIUS ABRAMS MINYAN Rachel & Yaacov Taxer… In Memory of: KOHN FOUNDATION FUND Irwin Sokol by Marcia Allen Erenberg by Shu & In Memory of: In Honor of: Sokol-Anderson & Frank Gerry Erenberg Dorothy Kohn and Sandra Birthday of Malcolm Anderson…Boaz Kahana Kohn Lertzman by Elaine Brahms by Ronna & Robert by Betsy Greene & Nelson FRANK AND IDA Kohn Zelwin…Birthday wishes Pole FRIEDMAN FUND FOR sent to Henrik Sperling SPECIAL NEEDS ALBIE AND HARRY by Anna Pearl & Henrik CANTOR’S MUSIC FUND In Memory of: KUMIN SCHOLARSHIP Sperling In Honor of: Frank Friedman by Carole FOUNDATION In Memory of: Cantor Aaron Shifman Langus In Memory of: Audrey Richter and by Marilyn Brickman… Donald Kumin by Shirley Minnie Cohen by Linda & Elliot Fillip Feig by Joseph HARRY AND LOUISE GIPS Fant Robert Weiner…Minnie Feig…Recovery of Barry HOLOCAUST EDUCATION Cohen by Susan Warshay & Feldman by Helayne & FUND LICHTIN FAMILY MUSIC Jay Ross…Mollie Rubin by Richard Loeb…Bar Mitzvah In Memory of: FUND Cheryl Rubin of Matthew Harris by John & Marjorie Dressler In Honor of: Dahlia & Lawrence Harris by Gail & David Kaplin Birth of Michael John ALIYAH FUND In Memory of: Palumbo, Jr. by Joni & Alan In Honor of: Agnes Barna by Debbie RABBI MICHAEL AND Lichtin Aliyah by Joyce Rothschild & David Grischkan… SHEILA HECHT LIMMUD & Dan Mansoor Charlotte Maeroff FUND LINDEN FAMILY by Adrienne & Mel In Memory of: CEREMONIAL BEVA BERKOWITZ USY Wasserman…Leland Rabbi Michael Hecht by COURTYARD FUND FUND Freedman by Judy & Marc Ayala Hecht and Alisa & In Memory of: In Memory of: Freedman Jeffrey Kigner Audrey Ann Richter, Herbert Feldman, Sam Herb Feldman and Mark Rose and Esther Shudmak HARRIET AND PAUL MITCHELL B. HERMAN Brickman by Barbara & by Mary & Murray DENNIS CHILDREN’S EDUCATION FUND Michael Linden Berkowitz LIBRARY FUND In Memory of: In Honor of: Roz Tolen by Phyllis Milestone birthday of Rafi Blau and Mary & Murray Simon by Marilyn & Stuart Berkowitz…Adele Levine Greenwald by Debbie & Steve Kaufman www.bnaijeshurun.org February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 13 MICHAEL & DEBBIE ANCLAIRE & LEONARD JOEL SCHWARZ VIDEO STREAMING MARKS FAMILY FUND FOR OSCAR BUILDING MEMORIAL CHESED FUND In Memory of: SYNAGOGUE PRIORITIES MAINTENANCE FUND In Honor of: Norman Millstein by In Honor of: In Memory of: Rachel Schwarz by Sharon Michelle & Michael Adler Birthday of Michael Marks Leonard Oscar by Dana & Schmelzer and Judy by Cookie & Bob Weitzner Howard Darvin Shafron IDA AND SAM ZELWIN In Memory of: FAMILY FUND MAZON HUNGER FUND RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY Samuel Klein by Marilyn In Memory of: In Memory of: FUNDS & Allan Klein…Karen Joel Sloan and Herb Minnie Cohen by Linda In Honor Of: Erenberg, Ronna Leubitz Feldman by Ronna & Siegan Bris of Holden Feuer by and Boaz Kahana by Jean Robert Zelwin Sherry & Ira Feuer…Birth of & Rabbi Alan Lettofsky MOSKOWITZ Elliot Fillip Feig by Lauren ZIMON FAMILY ENDOWMENT FUND FOR & Michael Feig and Joseph KAREN AND LEONARD EDUCATIONAL FUND OPERATIONS Feig…Anniversary of Ben STEIGER FUND In Memory of: In Honor of: & Stacy Altose by Connie In Memory of: Minnie Cohen, Rosalyn Laurie & Ira Davis’s Simhat & Murray Altose…Rabbi Rosalyn Goldweber by Goldweber and Herb Torah honor by Lynn Hal Rudin-Luria by Marilyn Karen & Len Steiger Feldman by Jill & Jeffrey Shesser & Gary Falk Brickman…Bar Mitzvah of Zimon In Memory of: Matthew Harris by Dahlia LOIS AND HARRY Jackson Kost, Daniel & Lawrence Harris TEITELMAN FAMILY FUND In Memory Of Makoroff and Minnie In Memory of: In Memory of: Marilyn cohen Cohen by Ron & Jan Ray Webb by Alice Slicker Eileen Katz and Minnie By: Marilyn Herman Moskowitz Families Bigley…Cecilia Roth by Cohen by Paula & Randy Leah Terkel …Rosalie Botkin…Will Dubick by TIDINGS Mellman Stone by Nancy Ellen & Jack Wohl Vol 95, No. 2 Stone Levin February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 (ISSN 2327-2341) Thank you 2020 High Holy Day Aliyah Fund Donors is published monthly by This list of donors includes any donors we missed in the January Tidings as well as B’nai Jeshurun Congregation additional donors who donated after the January Tidings went to print. 27501 Fairmount Blvd. Thank you for your support: Pepper Pike, OH 44124 Periodicals postage at Dr. David Ashpis & Dr. Rebekah Dorman Jeremy & Sandra Rosenthal Cleveland, OH. 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14 February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 [email protected] February 2021 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 10:00 am What’s NU? 10:30 am Bible 10:30 am Mishnah: 12:00 pm Ethics 10:30 am Kinder 9:00 am Service; Study The New Scripture Lunch & Learn Shabbat Dotan Dana Bar 11:00 am Staying Fit Mitzvah with Linda 2:00 pm Clergy 12:00 pm Lessons 8:00 pm How & 12:00 pm Laws of 12:00 pm Parshat Coffee for a Creative Life Why of Jewish Purim 9:00 am Starbucks, HaShavua Rituals Bread & Torah 5:00 pm Men’s Club 1:00 pm Kosher 6:00 pm Service; 1:00 pm Red Sea Happy Hour Fitness Birthday Shabbat; Diving Resort Talk Zamir Choir 8:00 pm Neffesh 7:30 pm Board of Ha-Chayyim Trustees Meeting

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Chesed Week Chesed Week Chesed Week Chesed Week Chesed Week Rosh Hodesh Adar; Rosh Hodesh Adar; Chesed Week Chesed Week 11:00 am Chesed 10:00 am What’s NU? 10:30 am Bible 10:30 am Mishnah: 12:00 pm Ethics 9:00 am Service; Week Intro Study The New Scripture Lunch & Learn 10:30 am Kinder Men’s Club Shabbat 11:00 am Staying Fit Shabbat with Linda 12:30 pm 12:00 pm Lessons 7:00 pm Cooking 12:00 pm Virtual Sisterhood Lunch for a Creative Life with Murray & Tova; 12:00 pm Laws of Cholent Showcase 12:00 pm Parshat & Learn Guest Speaker Carl Purim HaShavua 1:00 pm Kosher Cook 9:00 am Starbucks, Bread & Torah 5:00 pm No-Sew 2:00 pm Clergy Fitness 6:00 pm Service 8:00 pm How & Blankets Demo Coffee 7:00 pm Men’s Why of Jewish 7:00 pm Walls of Club Comedy Rituals 8:00 pm Neffesh 5:00 pm Men’s Club Love Scarf Knitting Extravaganza Ha-Chayyim Happy Hour

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 10:00 am - Noon Presidents’ Day 2:00 pm Clergy 10:30 am Mishnah: 12:00 pm Ethics 10:30 am Kinder 9:00 am Service Chesed Week Coffee The New Scripture Lunch & Learn Shabbat Drop-off 10:00 am What’s NU? 9:00 am Starbucks, 12:00 pm Lessons 12:00 pm Laws of 5:00 pm Men’s Club 8:00 pm How & Bread & Torah for a Creative Life 11:00 am Staying Fit Happy Hour Why of Jewish Purim with Linda 1:00 pm Kosher Rituals 6:00 pm Service; Fitness Anniversary 12:00 pm Parshat Shabbat HaShavua 5:00 pm Purim Art Studio 6:30 pm Inclusion 8:00 pm Neffesh Shabbat Ha-Chayyim 7:30 pm Sisterhood Book 7:00 pm ATID Group Masquerade Shabbat Dinner 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 10:30 am Family 10:00 am What’s NU? 10:30 am Bible 10:30 am Mishnah: Erev Purim; Purim 9:00 am Service Hamantashen Bake Study The New Scripture 11:00 am Staying Fit 7:00 am Minyan 9:00 am Starbucks, with Linda 6:30 pm Family 2:00 pm Clergy 1:00 pm Kosher Bread & Torah Coffee Megillah Reading 12:00 pm Parshat Fitness 10:30 am Kinder w/the Bible Players HaShavua 5:00 pm Men’s Club Shabbat 5:00 pm Purim Art 7:00 pm Purim Happy Hour 6:45 pm Traditional Studio Megillah Reading 6:00 pm Service Mixology with Pam 7:00 pm Sisterhood 8:00 pm Neffesh Program Simon8:00 pm Improv Roofing Ha-Chayyim Commercial, Industrial, and Metal Roofing B’NAI JESHURUN’S PREFERRED ROOFER 28 Shushan Purim Mike Mills Vice President of Regional Accounts 11:00 am Purim 412-670-2245 • [email protected] Puppet Fun www.bnaijeshurun.org February 2021 Shevat/Adar 5781 15 Periodicals Postage Paid DATED MATERIAL Please Deliver Promptly PHONE: 216-831-6555 FAX: 216-831-4599 EMAIL: [email protected] www.bnaijeshurun.org

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