March 2016 Adar I-II 5776 Volume 63 • Number 2 The Alvin and Lois Lapidus Center for Healing and Spirituality

By Rabbi Dana Saroken we be doing at Beth El to attract and enrich By now, you may have heard about the lives of our members and the Jewish The Alvin and Lois Lapidus Center for community of Baltimore? I began having Purim Healing and Spirituality. Maybe you’ve conversations with people about their heard about the event that we held on notions of religion and religious practices. On Sunday March 20, we will have “Compassion Fatigue: Taking Care I met with many individuals who shared a Purim celebration in our Hebrew of Ourselves While We Take Care of that they considered themselves to be School and Preschool. Beginning at Others.” Or maybe you heard about our “spiritual” but not necessarily “religious.” 9:30 a.m., a classic Purim spiel will program on Mindful Eating called “Am I A close friend and I began to explore be enacted for our Hebrew school Really Hungry? And What Am I Hungry these claims and thought about how the students by clergy and staff. This For?” Perhaps you’ve heard about our majority of Jews who consider themselves will be followed by an hour and a Mussar Yoga classes (Yoga with a Jewish to be “spiritual” foster their sense of half of fun filled Purim activities, Twist) spirituality. including a dance party, games, where we We found a mitzvah project opportunity, a incorporate “We tried to figure out what inspires that many puppet show, moon bounce, and different people, what they’re yearning for and Jews more. (especially virtues (such what we could provide to help them On Wednesday, March 23, we as humility, those foster their sense of spiritual growth.” under 65) will hold a congregational Purim kindness, celebration. Join us at 7:00 p.m. gratitude, seem to be filling their spiritual needs outside of for a Megillah reading interspersed etc) into each yoga session, or maybe with Purim-oriented skits by the you’ve heard about our 20 minute the synagogue and outside of the Jewish community in general. well-known touring company, The meditation programs that can quiet Bible Players. Stay for the Star Wars down our busy minds at the start or end From there, we began to hold more themed after-party and dress as your of the day. Chances are you may have conversations with people. We tried favorite Star Wars character. even attended some of these programs. to figure out what inspires them, what Drinks and snacks will be served. Our Center is just in the process of they’re yearning for and what we could At 8:45 p.m., we will begin Purim “launching.” Hundreds of people have provide to help them foster their sense Bingo! already joined us. Thankfully, we’ve of spiritual growth. We also wanted received rave reviews for our programs them to cultivate a sense of mindfulness Celebrate Purim at Beth El and join and endeavors. (to quiet down the noise and clutter in the fun. And may the Force be with you! Here is a small part of our history. More and multi-tasking that have become so than two years ago, as we set out to create much a part of the way we live), to feel Thursday morning, March 24, is a vision for our Generations Campaign, deeply connected to one another, and Purim. Morning Minyan will begin I began to think about the future of the to strengthen their relationship with at 7:45 a.m., followed by a (nearly) synagogue. What were we doing that was Judaism, God and themselves. full Megillah reading at 8:30 a.m. compelling to people and what else could After the reading, please stay with Continued on page 19 us for a celebratory breakfast.

In This Issue: Page 11 Blood Drive Page 12 Scholar in Residence Weekend Page 20 Ambassador Dennis Ross The Beth El Family

Adrienne Trost on the loss of her Robyn and Jonathan Parks on the Bar beloved husband, Joseph Trost. Mitzvah of their son, Aidan Bradley In Memoriam Donald Wilson on the loss of his Parks; grandparents are Martin Parks, Estelle Balachow beloved mother, Estelle C. Wilson Natalie Shrager and Carol Weis. Sara Ann Berger McMillan. Stephani and Mark Renbaum on the Ramona “Mona” Berman Phyllis Zwagil on the loss of her Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Sarah Richard Glenn Davis beloved mother, Saundra Cohen. Grace Renbaum; grandparents are Theodore DeBois Tsipi and Michael Renbaum and Judy Harvey David Gold and Richard Schlossberg. Tamar Kellner Our Heartiest Mazel Tov to: Marcia Roseman and Richard Hanauer Mark M. Levine on the birth of their granddaughter, Dr. Myles and Rosemarie Brager on Shara Elise Roseman; great- Jack Markowitz the engagement of their son, Jason to Sol Oidick grandparents are Bunny and Mishel Jenna Levenson. Roseman. Stephen H. Schapiro Debbie and Victor Ciufo on the Bat Joseph Trost Nicole and Jeffrey Schwartz on the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Hailey Mitzvah of their daughter, Samantha We mourn the passing of our members and Allison Ciufo; grandparents are extend sincere condolences to their families. Elizabeth Schwartz; grandparents are Vittoria Ciufo, Bea and Andrew Doris Schwartz, Bonita Stinchcomb Gold and Evelyn and Robert Price. and Norman Stinchcomb. Our Deepest Sympathy to: Wendy and Marc Elover on the Dr. Robert and Shelley Shemer and B’not Mitzvah of their daughters, Jane and Robert Zweig on the Kenneth Baum on the loss of his Julie Elizabeth Elover and Shannon marriage of their children, Brooke beloved brother, Jerome Baum. Morgan Elover; grandparents are Shemer and Ethan Zweig. The Family of the beloved Ramona Sigmar “Siggy” Elover and Sylvia Barri and Jason Spitzer on the Bar “Mona” Berman. Kellman Mitzvah of their son, Landon Berlin Frona Brown on the loss of her beloved Jamie and Josh Forman on the Bat Spitzer; grandparents are Eileen and sister, Elinor Reamer Gumnit. Mitzvah of their daughter, Alyssa Steven Berlin, Kathy and Richard Michele Cohen on the loss of her Jordin Forman; grandparents are Spitzer and Nanette and William Weir. beloved father, Henry Mann. Paula and Louis Berger, Charlotte The Family of Richard Glenn Davis. Forman and Chuck Tamres and A Speedy Recovery to: Geoffrey L. Forman on the loss of his Victor Forman. beloved mother, Ruth Z. Forman. Renee and Michael Gerber on the Bat Mitchel Penn Stella Vodenos Gold on the loss of Mitzvah of their daughter, Ashleigh her beloved husband, Harvey David Janelle Gerber; grandparents are Milestone Anniversaries: Gold. Stephen and Elaine Friedman, Zelda Laurie and Martin Engelhardt on their 15th June Jacobs on the loss of her beloved Gerber and Kalman and Sue Katz. Susan and Howard Goldberg on their 15th Shari and Steven Hawtof father, Theodore DeBois. on the Bat Maria and Edward Lichter on their 15th Dr. Myron “Mike” Kellner on the loss Mitzvah of their daughter, Abigail Rosemarie and Myles Brager on their 20th of his beloved wife, Tamar Kellner. Faye Hawtof; grandparents are Dr. Erika and Howard Douglas on their 20th Marcia Markowitz on the loss of her Steven and Lori Glubo and Carol Rachel and Daniel Hoch on their 20th beloved husband, Jack Markowitz. Hawtof. Debbi and Michael Stern on their 20th Dr. Richard and Phyllis Kline Clara Klein and Norman Shillman on on the Stacy and Lee Caplan on their 25th the loss of their beloved mother and birth of their granddaughter, Noa Marianne and Michael Fingerhood on sister, Sara Ann Berger. Violet Kline. their 25th Dr. Richard and Monica Levine Marsha Levine on the loss of her on Marsha and Eugene Modell on their 25th beloved husband, Mark M. Levine. the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Nina and Kenneth Venick on their 25th Evelyn I. Oidick on the loss of her Kate Emma Levine; grandparents Randi and Ron Goldberg on their 30th beloved husband, Sol Oidick. are Saul and Frances Bernstein and Sheryl and Barry Preiss on their 30th Lois Schapiro and Marni Hyatt on the Alan and Barbara Levine. Ronnie and Bert Glaser on their 40th Joseph and Jennifer Millman loss of their beloved husband and on the Linda and David Levine on their 40th father, Stephen H. Schapiro. Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Jessica Barbara and Barry Fried on their 45th Dr. Larry Snyder on the loss of his Rose Millman; grandparents are Lois and Jerry Herling on their 60th beloved sister, Charlotte Levine. Rona and Michael Balenson and Arlyn and Gerald Cohen on their 65th Barbara Steinhardt on the loss of her Ellen and Thomas Mendelsohn. Phyllis and Raymond Ely on their 65th beloved mother, Estelle Balachow. Edith and Ernest Lowenstein on their 70th

2 The Voice of Beth El Congregation Schedule of Services Friday, March 4 Bar & Bat Mitzvah Morning Service 8:00 a.m. Evening Service 6:00 p.m. Bat Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah Candle lighting 5:45 p.m. Jessica Rose Millman, Hailey Alison Ciufo, daughter of Jennifer daughter of Debbie and Saturday, March 5 and Joseph Millman, Victor Ciufo, will be Parsha of the Week - Vayakhel will be called to the called to the Torah as a Morning Service 10:00 a.m. Torah as a Bat Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah on Evening Service 5:45 p.m. on March 5, 2016. March 26, 2016. Thursday, March 10 Bat Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah Rosh Chodesh Adar II - Day 1 Samantha Elizabeth Sarah Grace Renbaum, Morning Service 7:45 a.m. Schwartz, daughter daughter of Stephani Evening Service 7:30 p.m. of Jeff and Nicole and Mark Renbaum, Schwartz, will be will be called to the Friday, March 11 called to the Torah Torah as a Bat Mitzvah Rosh Chodesh Adar II - Day 2 as a Bat Mitzvah on on March 26, 2016. Morning Service 7:45 a.m. March 5, 2016. Evening Service 6:00 p.m. Candle lighting 5:50 p.m. Bat Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah Kate Emma Levine, Abigail Faye Hawtof, Saturday, March 12 daughter of Dr. daughter of Shari and Parsha of the Week - Pekude Richard and Monica Steven Hawtof, will be Morning Service 10:00 a.m. Levine, will be called called to the Torah as Evening Service 6:00 p.m. to the Torah as a a Bat Mitzvah during Bat Mitzvah during Havdalah services on Friday, March 18 Havdalah services on March 26, 2016. Morning Service 8:00 a.m. March 5, 2016. Evening Service 6:00 p.m. Bat Mitzvah Candle lighting 6:57 p.m. Bat Mitzvah Ashleigh Janelle Alyssa Jordin Forman, Gerber, daughter of Saturday, March 19 daughter of Jamie and Renee and Michael Parsha of the Week - Vayikra Josh Forman, will be Gerber, will be called Morning Service 10:00 a.m. called to the Torah as to the Torah as a Evening Service 7:00 p.m. a Bat Mitzvah during Bat Mitzvah on Havdalah services on April 2, 2016. Wednesday, March 23 March 12, 2016. Erev Purim Morning Service 8:00 a.m. Bat Mitzvah Bar Mitzvah Landon Berlin Spitzer, Megillah Reading 7:00 p.m. Julie Elizabeth Elover, Evening Service 7:30 p.m. daughter of Wendy son of Barri and Jason Spitzer, will be and Marc Elover, will Thursday, March 24 - Purim be called to the Torah called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on Morning Service 7:45 a.m. as a Bat Mitzvah on Evening Service 7:30 p.m. March 19, 2016. April 2, 2016. Friday, March 25 Bat Mitzvah Bar Mitzvah Morning Service 8:00 a.m. Shannon Morgan Aidan Bradley Parks, Evening Service 6:00 p.m. Elover, daughter of son of Robyn and Candle lighting 7:04 p.m. Wendy and Marc Jonathan Parks, will be Elover, will be called called to the Torah as Saturday, March 26 to the Torah as a a Bar Mitzvah during Parsha of the Week - Tzav Bat Mitzvah on Havdalah services on Morning Service 10:00 a.m. March 19, 2016. April 2, 2016. Evening Service 7:15 p.m.

The Voice of Beth El Congregation 3 Rabbi’s Reflection The Ouroboros of the Synagogue By Rabbi Steven Schwartz The Ouroboros is a mythic snake, vast in proportion, the synagogue. And more and more, sustaining its life force by eating its own tail. Commonly the families feel free to create a custom great snake is understood as a symbol of continual renewal, Bar/Bat Mitzvah experience for regeneration, and the endless cycle of life. But I’ve always their child outside of the shul walls, felt the symbolism of the Ouroboros has a darker side, for in just for family and friends, without feeding itself, it consumes itself, thereby diminishing what it is clergy, and entirely outside of the and the amount of time and energy it has left. synagogue community. Lately I have been wondering if an Ouroboros has quietly In the near future it seems as if these grown larger and larger in the synagogue community over the trends will continue. The Bar/Bat last fifty years. For decades now the Bar and Bat Mitzvah has Mitzvah experience will not nourish in many ways been the bread and butter of synagogue life, and sustain the synagogue as it the driving force behind so much of what we do. New (and has in the past. The challenge for the synagogue community often young) members join synagogues because they want to will be to adjust. Can Hebrew school be reimagined? Can have a Bar or Bat Mitzvah for their child. Parents enroll their the Bar/Bat Mitzvah ritual, fundamentally a way to mark a children in Hebrew school so they can properly be prepared young person’s coming of age, be redesigned so that it remains for the ‘big day.’ And the Bar and Bat Mitzvah structure is Jewish, but may not be what it has been for as long as most of an important foundation of synagogue income (membership us remember - a public reading of scripture by a child? These dues, Hebrew school and tutoring fees, post event meals, are the pressing questions that synagogues are facing. etc). As the structure evolved over time, it became a kind of In a sense the challenge is this: how do you turn a large ocean Ouroboros - self feeding and self-sustaining. liner? The answer is not easy. But if talented, committed, It wasn’t long before a significant slice of the synagogue’s caring, imaginative people work together, there is a chance. time, effort, and energy was directed towards the bar and One thing we are learning - the time to start trying has bat mitzvah experience. The ritual itself grew in importance, arrived. becoming something that is larger than life. Commonly today, families understand Bar/Bat Mitzvah as a final destination, instead of a stopping point along the way in a Jewish education. The shul, in turn, focused on it more and more as way of connecting with families and Daily Schedule of Services engaging them in synagogue life. As the ritual grew in importance in the eyes of families, the synagogue put more and more effort into training the students, Morning Evening focused the service on the Bar/Bat Mitzvah ritual, and relied more and more on the celebration Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. Monday-Thursday 6:15 p.m.* attendees to bolster service attendance. Before our Rosh Chodesh 7:45 a.m. Friday 6:00 p.m. very eyes the Ouroboros grew and grew. Shabbat 10:00 a.m. Saturday Sundown** But what happens when it simply can’t sustain Sunday & Sunday & itself anymore? In today’s Jewish world, Hebrew Legal Holidays 9:15 a.m. Legal Holidays 5:30 p.m. School takes a back seat to sports leagues. Jews are less interested in general in religious life and ritual *Services Monday through Thursday will return to 7:30 p.m. on March 14. behavior, both of which serve as traditional pillars of **Check website or call 410-580-2727.

4 The Voice of Beth El Congregation Generations Campaign

Roslyn and Leonard Stoler “Our hearts went out, when Rabbi Schwartz described the Generations Campaign. We love him.”

Roz and Len Stoler were the first generation in their community’s younger generation. Roz fondly recalled her family to join Beth El. Like many other Beth El “Sisterhood days,” when she was Secretary, a member of members whose families had no prior history with the the committee for decorations, and took part in several congregation, the newly-married Stolers looked at several plays. Roz said, “With all this, I made many friends at synagogues in the area in their search for the right Beth El.” congregation. Len said when they visited Beth El, they Both Roz and Len have eagerly embraced the knew immediately that they “found their home.” Generations Campaign. They have supported it with a Now nearly 55 years, two children, and ten very generous gift because “very simply, we want to help grandchildren later, they proudly affirm that they made Beth El exist and survive. We want the congregation to the right decision. “Beth El has always been here for us,” be there for future generations beyond ours.” The Stolers said the couple in unison. The synagogue and its clergy noted that Rabbi Saroken is already attracting young have been involved in all Stoler family and extended people to join the synagogue. family occasions, both joyful and sad. They believe the new Alvin and Lois Lapidus Center for The Stolers treasure their close relationships with our Healing and Spirituality shows much promise to capture clergy and their families through the years. Beginning the interest of individuals who are searching for new with Rabbi Agus and Cantor Hammerman, continuing ways to embrace their Judaism. with Rabbi Loeb and Cantor King, and now with Rabbis Len, owner of the Len Stoler Automotive Group, and Schwartz and Saroken. Roz have served in leadership positions and supported Leonard reminisced that he and Rabbi Agus started the numerous organizations in Baltimore. We are very first youth program at Beth El and laughingly described fortunate that more than 50 years ago, they selected their sometime differing views on what a youth program Beth El as their synagogue and still maintain a strong should be. They did agree that it was important to get commitment to the Beth El mission. young people involved in Jewish life at an impressionable age. Len’s Beth El youth center experience kindled an interest that included much work on behalf of our

If you would like to donate to the Generations Campaign, please contact Ailene Sher at [email protected] or 410-580-5159.

The Voice of Beth El Congregation 5 Affiliates Beth El Sisterhood Slate of Officers for 2016-2017 Beth El Sisterhood is delighted to announce the officers for 2016-2017 who will be formally installed along with the new board members at the closing general meeting and luncheon on Monday, May 23, 2016. Co-Presidents Barbara Levenson and Co-Treasurer Robin Kleiman Ilene Merenbloom Comptroller Bette Dahne Vice Presidents Dale Kahn, Phyllis Kline, Budget Coordinator Glenda Chernoff and Tammy Schnydman Financial Secretaries (A-G) Nancy Medin Recording Secretary Harriet Weiner (H-O) Marlene Morrison Corresponding Secretary Nanci Seff (P-Z) Ellie Spind Treasurer Alice Kuryk Parliamentarian Judy Schwartz

Sisterhood Sisterhood Luncheon Meeting New Member Event Monday, March 7, at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Featuring: Felicia Graber, Holocaust Survivor Featuring: Dr. Joanne Block Rief Born in 1940, five months after the For the 2015-2016 season, we welcomed Nazis invaded her native Poland, Felicia 46 new members and 48 courtesy Graber has never thought of herself as members. a Holocaust survivor, but now she is a leader within that community. Amazing The next Sisterhood New Member Journey: Metamorphosis of a Hidden Child Event is scheduled for Tuesday, March is a tale of parallel odysseys: one, from 8, from 7:00-8:30 p.m. featuring surviving Nazi occupation, to living Dr. Joanne Block Rief, a general and a rich, full life in America; the other, cosmetic dentist in Owings Mills. a compelling coming-of-age story of a She will explain the wide array of shy Polish child who transforms herself techniques and procedures available into a successful, well-rounded woman. If there is such a genre to enhance your smile. She will discuss everything from as a feminist Holocaust memoir, Amazing Journey is its finest whitening and reshaping teeth, to veneers, Invisalign, and example. implant dentistry. Come learn what the latest technology in dentistry can offer you. If you are NOT a subscription holder, send a $20 check made out to: We will have appetizers and dessert in the Kolker Room. Beth El Sisterhood - Luncheons RSVP to Robin Kleiman at 410-653-0113 or Shelley Mazer Attn: Marcia Boonshaft or Esther Harris at 410-727-5335. Snow date will be Tuesday, March 15. 8101 Park Heights Avenue Baltimore, MD 21208 We regret that we are unable to seat walk-ins for the luncheon; however, all are welcome to attend the program Sisterhood Shabbat which begins at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. A Havdalah service will be led by the women of Beth El Sisterhood followed by a melavah malka with wine and desserts. If you would like further information or would like to participate, please contact Frida Fraiman at 419-363-6464 or [email protected] or Merle Intner at 410-484-7913 or [email protected].

6 The Voice of Beth El Congregation Sisterhood continued Affiliates Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations of Maryland Biblio Biblio, our Sisterhood’s book discussion group, meets Maryland Day of Advocacy monthly on Wednesdays at noon in the Kolker Room. All Beth El members and the community are cordially in Annapolis invited to participate. There is no fee for attending. Our Thursday, March 10, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. reviewers are outstanding, interesting, knowledgeable and thoroughly conversant with the subject matter. They Visit Maryland legislators and the Jewish Chapel at the Naval are free to choose timely fiction or non-fiction. You may Academy. The charge for the trip is $20.00 which includes the bus choose to participate in a lively discussion that follows. and lunch. The bus will leave at 8:00 a.m. and return at 3:30 p.m. Please bring a dairy lunch. Beth El supplies tea and For more information or to make a reservation, contact Honey coffee. Each month a volunteer hostess provides dessert. Litman at 410-486-8116. On Wednesday, March 23, our well-esteemed reviewer Jane Krosin will discuss The Marriage of Rabbis’ Book Reviews and Opposites by Alice Hoffman. This novel is based on the life of the Petite Luncheons renowned Impressionist painter Rabbi Steven Schwartz will review Ally by Camille Pissarro. It is the story of Michael Oren on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, his parents’ unlikely romance and in the Myers Auditorium at 12:00 p.m. marriage, deeply concerned with the development of an artist and his Michael B. Oren’s memoir of his time as Israel’s work, and the familial experiences ambassador to the United States provides a that shape an artist’s vision. This story is grounded in frank and fascinating look inside the special history by taking real-life figures as protagonists. Staying relationship between America and its closest close to the known facts about the artist Camille Pissarro ally in the Middle East. and his parents, Hoffman forcefully imagines their This book review will be preceded by a petite interior lives and surrounds them with a full-bodied luncheon at the cost of $12.00. Put your check supporting cast of characters. in an envelope marked Sisterhood Book Review, mail it to Beth On Wednesday, April 13, Rabbi El Sisterhood, 8101 Park Heights Avenue, 21208, or leave it at the Faith Cantor will review Son of reception desk. The deadline for reservations is March 6. Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef. Mosab Hassan Yousef (the son of Hamas founder) reveals the truth “Knitzvah” Project about how the Hamas terror group Winter is here in full force. Think of family and friends who would aims to kill civilians and uses benefit from one of our beautiful afghans. The afghans can be Palestinian children as human delivered, with a card from Sisterhood, shields. Since he was a small boy, to homes or hospitals. You can also Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an participate by either knitting or inside view of the deadly terrorist crocheting 10 x 10 inch squares that group Hamas. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, will be made into an afghan. We can the founding member of Hamas and its most popular use any leftover yarns you have. leader, young Mosab assisted his father for years in his Please contact Rhona Sober at political activities while being groomed to assume his 410-653-2782 or [email protected] for more information. legacy, politics, status and power. But everything changed when Mosab turned away from terror and violence and instead embraced the teachings of another famous Middle East leader. In Son of Hamas, Mosab Yousef, now called “Joseph,” reveals new information about the world’s most dangerous terrorist organization and unveils the truth about his own role, his agonizing separation from family and homeland, the dangerous decision to make his newfound faith public, and his belief that the Biblical mandate to “love your enemies” is the only way to peace in the Middle East. The Voice of Beth El Congregation 7 Affiliates Sisterhood continued Upcoming Sisterhood Trips to Washington D.C. Afternoon of Games All the Way at the Arena Stage Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Bring your friends, partners, card games Sunday, April 10, 2016, 10:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and Mah Jongg sets for a fun afternoon of games! If you are playing Bridge, we will provide you with a quiet space. We are serving lunch, sweets and munchies, along with coffee and tea. Send check for $20/person by Monday, It’s not personal, it’s politics in this 2014 Tony Award- March 28, to Beth El Sisterhood (c/o winning drama. President Lyndon Baines Johnson had Suzanne Horowitz or Ruth Hurwitz); 8101 Park a way about him. He could massage a victory with one Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21208. hand and sell you down the river with the other, but brokering a deal is like playing with dynamite. With Afternoon of Games Reservation Form the country still reeling from President Kennedy’s Name(s):______assassination and a rising tide of bitterness over civil ______rights, it will take more than politicking to hold America together — it will take red, white and blue-blooded Game You Will Be Playing:______leadership. Go All the Way with LBJ, Martin Luther # Needed to complete Game______King, Jr., J. Edgar Hoover and more in this “beautifully Do You Want to Join a Game? ______built dramatic piece” (Variety) where the line between compromise and compromising your principles is as If yes, what Game? ______sharp as a knife. Phone: ______If you wish to be put on the wait list for this trip, please Cell: ______contact Linda Mondell at 410-486-2542 or [email protected] or Ellen Wiesenberger at Email: [email protected]. Partners’ Names: ______National Geographic Museum and George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum Beth El Thursday, June 9, 2016, 8:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Judaica Shop On this trip you will visit the National Geographic Museum in the morning, have lunch in a private room If you glance at the Beth El Sisterhood gift shop windows, your next at Bertucci’s, and following lunch, tour the George step will be to walk in to get a closer look at the beautiful items on Washington University Museum and Textile Museum. display. Our buyers have been to the famed New York Gift Show The cost of the trip is $105 per person. with the Beth El Congregation in mind. There are wonderful If you have any questions or wish to be put on the wait offerings for Passover such as Kiddush cups of every size and design, list for this trip, call Robin Kleinman at 410-653-0113 Miriam cups to adorn your table as well as beautiful serving dishes or Marlene Siegel at 410-484-1844. and containers. Matzah plates and covers are yours for the asking. In addition, we have a variety of unique gifts for both adults and children, and as always, the magnificent tallit for those anticipating B’nai Mitzvah. A variety of unusual jewelry is on display for your pleasure and chances are that you will find something for yourself as well as the gift for which you are looking. Stop in early so you can have first choice of the amazing things that fill our shelves.

8 The Voice of Beth El Congregation Sisterhood continued Affiliates News from the Agus Library Unique Boutique Do you get annoyed when you can’t find a parking space at the Sunday, May 15, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pikesville Library? You can avoid this problem by coming to the Monday, May 16*, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Agus Library. There is ample parking and over 2,800 books from which to make your selections. Please contact Marlene Siegel at (Sip and Shop) 410-484-1844 or Barbara Berkowitz 410-296-8424 if the scheduled Tuesday, May 17, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. hours do not work for you. *To celebrate our 12th year, we are offering an evening In The Voice last month, a number of new books were listed. One opening on Monday with wine and crudités for your sipping that may interest you is Joshua: A Brooklyn Tale by Andrew Kane. and noshing pleasure. It reviews the lives of three people—Joshua, a young black man Many of your favorite vendors will be returning, who moved to Crown Heights to escape the crime and despair of including the following: Barbara Brodie Designs, DG Bedford-Stuyvesant; Paul, who left his life of privilege on Long Designs, Essentials by Iris, Faye Mendelsohn Cosmetics, Island to study Judaism with the Hasidic Lubavitch movement; Flower Farm, Fringe Boutique, Glam Girl, Ibhana and Rebecca Weissman, the daughter of a respected rabbi who is Creations, Kids Stop, La Cigale-French provincial torn between her aspiration to become a doctor and her obligation tablecloths, Lena Long Jewelry, Laurie Harlow; Sababa- to obey the insular restrictions of her religion. The novel depicts Israeli Jewelry, Shea Marne Accessories, Sock Drawer loneliness, reflects on the values of a community that acknowledges and More, Sparkle ‘Bloom, Swirl, The Fashnique, and that it takes a village to raise a mob, exposes the effects of personal The Jewelry Lady. We have invited many new vendors to demons, and shows how the characters are drawn into community participate in this well-known and popular event. tension that eventually explodes into the 1991 Crown Heights riots. Look for your coupon in Smart Shopper and Valpak The characters are well developed and there is a flowing story line. coming to your home in April for a chance to win $100. As you read the novel, you will find yourself questioning your own Lunch and snacks catered by Pearl will be available at views and values. the Boutique Café. In addition, the Flower Booth will be Agus Library Hours with us for your spring gardening needs. Monday: 9:00-11:00 a.m. Wednesday: 9:15-11:00 a.m. We are presently recruiting high-quality vendors. If 1:30-2:30 p.m. Thursday: 10:00-11:00 a.m. you know of anyone with upscale merchandise who Tuesday: 9:00-11:00 a.m. 3:15-4:15 p.m. is interested in purchasing a booth, please have them contact Sonia Obstler at 410-653-2381 or [email protected] or Helen Bronstein at Joint Sisterhood Dinner 410-653-5028 or [email protected]. Monday, April 11, 2016 at Beth Israel We are also soliciting volunteers to work at the show and to help with publicity for the three-day event. If you Registration - 6:00 p.m. | Cost - $36.00/person are interested in participating, please contact Ilene “Savvy Steps”: A Professional Ballroom Dance Performance by Merenbloom at 410-486-6822 or StudioDNA, featuring John Dawson [email protected]. 3706 Crondall Lane, Owings Mills, MD 21117 Reservation Form Deadline March 30, 2016. Reservations are necessary. Name ______Phone ______E-mail ______If possible, I would like to sit with: Name ______Name ______Name ______My dietary special requests are: (Please check, if applicable)  Vegetarian  Allergies: ______Please make checks payable to Beth El Sisterhood and write “Joint Sisterhood” in the memo line. Send checks to Beth El, Attn: Sharon Dorenfeld at 8101 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, MD 21208.

The Voice of Beth El Congregation 9 Affiliates & Committees Social Action Committee Beth El On February 3, Rabbi George Wielchowski visited our Beth El members who reside at North Oaks. Many of them knew of the Rabbi’s new affiliation with Beth El, but had not had a Seniors chance to meet and spend time with him. It was a warm and engaging afternoon enjoyed by all. The residents hope it is the March & April Meetings first of many opportunities for this connection. The Beth El Seniors will be holding their next meeting on Social Action will continue with their support of the Sunday, March 13, 2016, in the Offit Auditorium, at 6:30 p.m. Baltimore Hunger Project. As many of you may know, this Entertainment for this dinner will be Cantor Thom King. project ensures that children in the city and county receive The Beth El Seniors will be holding their April meeting on food on the weekends. If you are interested in participating, Sunday, April 10, 2016, in the Offit Auditorium, at 6:30 p.m. please contact Ellen Budish at 443-857-7499 (ebudish@verizon. Entertainment for this dinner will be Earl Rosenberg. net) for information on specific foods accepted. Reservations and payments for the evening are due no later We continue our efforts to call on our members during their than March 28, 2016. Shiva period. We phone our members after Sheloshim to see The cost for each dinner is $21.00 for members and $24.00 how they are coping and offer any assistance. We also try to for guests. Please advise us if you would like a sugar-free dessert phone any member who may be ill or homebound. If you know and with whom you wish to be seated. The seating committee of anyone in need of these services, please let the shul know will do its best to accommodate your seating wishes. Please try or you may call Jeanette Davis at 410-484-2960 (jeajekdavis@ to get your reservations in on time. Mark envelope Ruthye. hotmail.com). Come join us and bring some friends along with you. We offer We are still in need of drivers to help get members to medical an entertaining, inexpensive evening, dinner, entertainment appointments on weekday mornings. Anyone willing to give an and friendly company. Who could ask for anything more? It’s hour or so to drive should contact Paul Sheitel at even cheaper than Restaurant Week. Join us and we won’t 443-604-3178. ([email protected]). be strangers anymore. For further information, call Ruthye Our plans for Purim are to once again distribute Mishloach Steinberg at 410-655-8242 or Maxine Kontoff at Manot baskets to those members who are homebound. 410-486-1653. In April, we will be collecting Kosher for Passover non- perishable food items which we will distribute to families in Membership need. This will help assure a meaningful holiday for these Beth El Seniors is always welcoming new members 50 years members. For more information on Social Action, please of age or older to join our active organization. Dues are still contact Jeanette Davis at [email protected] or Ellen only $15.00 per person per year, plus monthly dinner and Budish at [email protected]. enjoyable entertainment at the ridiculously low cost of $21.00 per member. Where else can you get such a deal? Call Ruthye Steinberg at 410-655-8242 for a membership Delivering Donuts for the application. Holidays Dr. Paul Sheitel, Mark Rome, Hulaine Zolet and Robert Torah Maintenance Cards Slatkin delivered donuts and sodas to 19 police and fire A project of the Beth El Seniors is to support the care and departments in the Northwest corridor on Christmas Eve. repair of our synagogue’s Torahs and Megillot. A kosher, usable The Social Action Committee wanted to thank these public Torah must be written by hand with a pen and special ink servants for their service to the community and wish them a by a learned scribe. Every letter must be perfectly formed happy holiday. and every word must be correctly spelled. The ink cannot This was the Social Action Committee’s 15th year of making be chipped off even a little bit. The parchment on which the these deliveries. Donuts were donated by our generous Torah is written must be flawless. The slightest tear or smudge member Michael Klein of Klein’s ShopRite Supermarkets and will render the Torah unfit for use. The Beth El Torahs are sodas by Coca-Cola Enterprises. regularly inspected and repaired. This is a costly process. It is a mitzvah to contribute to a process that keeps our sacred scrolls preserved for future generations. Torah Maintenance Cards may be purchased at the Beth El front office or call Dorothy Fineblum at 410-653-2631. These all-purpose cards are six for $10.00 or $2.00 each.

10 The Voice of Beth El Congregation Israel Affairs Committees Committee Men’s Club Brunch to Shabbat Speaker Series Kick Off Baseball Season Join our rabbis for Beth El’s Post-Kiddush Speaker Series on “How Are you ready to shout O-R-I-O-L-E-S? Israel Impacts My Life as an American Rabbi.” The rabbis will lead a discussion on how Israel affects their lives as American Jews and The Men’s Club will host its Spring Brunch on Sunday, as clergy of a leading synagogue. March 27, 2016, from 9:30-11:00 a.m. at Beth El. All discussions will be held at 12:45 p.m. immediately following the To kick off the 2016 baseball season, we will have noted Kiddush. Dates are as follows: baseball author Peter Ephross as our guest speaker. Ephross’s book, Jewish Major Leaguers in Their Own Words, Saturday, March 19: Rabbi Steven Schwartz is a seminal work, as he has collected the oral histories Saturday, April 9: Rabbi Faith Cantor of 23 players from Bob Berman in 1918 to Adam Saturday, May 7: Rabbi Dana Saroken Greenberg, in 2005. You will listen to Ephross recount Saturday, May 21: Rabbi George Wielechowski stories from major stars like Hank Greenberg and Al We hope you will join us for any or all of these informative Rosen. He will also give us a great history of lesser discussions. For more information, please contact Jane Zweig at known Jewish themes in professional baseball, such as [email protected]. anti-Semitism and the American Jewish response to World War II. Ephross has spoken throughout the country, and we are lucky to have him speak to us. He will also have copies of Empty Nesters & his book available to purchase, as well as sign. If you have not recently attended a Men’s Club event, Baby Boomers this is the one you will want to attend. Enjoy our healthy Group Men’s Club brunch, which will include all of your brunch favorites, as well as healthy options. Upcoming Events: As always, fees are only $10 for Men’s Club members and Saturday, April 9 - Bingo, potluck dinner, Havdalah at 6:30 p.m. $15 for non-members. You can save your $5 by becoming at Palisades of Towson for $15/person. Submit checks to Yvonne. a member of the Men’s Club on or before the brunch. Please email Debbie Shore at [email protected] to let her Please RSVP to Harry Siegel at [email protected]. know what you are bringing. RSVPs are due by Friday, April 1. Sunday, May 22 - Rabbi’s discussion and reception. More information to follow. Paint Night at Painted If you have any questions or would like to join the group, please Palette email Fraeda Lewis at [email protected]. Join us on Thursday, April 7, at 7:00 p.m. at the Painted Palette (5708 Newbury St. 21209) for a fun night of painting with your Beth El Blood Drive friends! On Wednesday, March 30, 2016, we are having our Wine and light refreshments will be Semi-Annual Blood Drive. The dedicated volunteers provided. will begin their phone calls around the 15th of March to schedule appointment times for your donation. Cost: $35/person in advance. Limited to 50 people. Payment will As you know, the need for blood at our area hospitals is never not be accepted at the door. RSVP ending.The Chesapeake-Potomac area Red Cross has come to to Alyssa at [email protected] rely on Beth El for a substantial number of pints. They have even or 410-484-0411 by Monday, March 28. Your payment recognized and honored us at a special luncheon for the number of is your reservation. For any questions, contact Ellen pints we collect and the smooth efficiency of our drive. Budish at [email protected] or 443-857-7499. We have reached into the 90’s for the number of pints collected at Parking is limited. Carpooling is suggested. a drive. Lets try and hit the 100-pint total on our March 30 drive! You can set up an appointment by calling Sonya or Jerry Goodman Sponsored by the Events Committee. at 410-602-8766 or [email protected].

The Voice of Beth El Congregation 11 Adult Education The Development of the Agus Academy Spring Session Jewish Mystical Tradition Close Encounters of an Unusual Kind Join Rabbi Etan Mintz on Tuesdays, March 1, 8, 15, Join the Beth El Rabbis on Mondays from 7:00-8:15 p.m. for close from 7:30 - 8:45 p.m. in the Agus Library as we explore reading of biblical texts and midrash about some of the most well- the development of the Jewish mystical tradition. This known and some of the lesser known characters in Tanakh. Rabbi is a text based course that will trace the origins of Faith Cantor will begin the Spring Session in the Agus Library with Kabbalah, medieval and early modern Jewish piety, Stories from Shoftim - Book of Judges and the adventures of settling the Sabbateanism, early Chasidic writings, and neo-Chasidut. Promised Land on Mondays, March 7, 14, and 21. Specific thinkers of this period will be discussed. There is no charge for this series. Rabbi Steven Schwartz presents The Avot - Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and how their stories influence the entire Tanakh on Mondays, March 28, April 4, 11. There is no charge for Agus Academy 1stWednesdays programs. @BethEl Herbert Greenberg, former BSO Concert Master, will be featured on Jewish Choices: How Do Wednesday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Offit Auditorium. There is no charge for Jewish Texts Influence How this program. We Treat Our Bodies On Wednesdays, March 9, 16, and 30, from 7:00 - 8:15 p.m. in the Agus Library, join Rabbi Cantor in exploring case studies about Scholar in Residence body weight, diet choices, tattoos, and high-risk behaviors. We will use texts from the Torah, Rabbinic Literature, and contemporary Weekend sources to discover how Judaism can inform our modern lives. “How Do We Deal With Sorrow We will compare American culture and Jewish values as they In Life And Move Forward?” interconnect every day. There is no charge for this program. Rabbi Charles Sherman will join us as Scholar in Residence on March 4-6, 2016. Rabbi Sherman Sweet Singers of Israel wrote The Broken and The Whole, a Join Cantor Thom King, Beth El Hazzan on Thursdays, March compelling novel about his son Eyal 10, 17, 31 (please note change of original start date) from 7:00- who suffered a stroke at age four. 8:15 p.m. in the Agus Library for this mini-series. Moishe Miller… The book shares his family’s journey Pinchas Perelmuth… Reuben Ticker… Belle Silverman… Roberta and will prove to be inspirational, Peterman... George Burnstein. These are not exactly names that informational, and rewarding. There make one think immediately of the Metropolitan Opera, right? is a Shabbat dinner planned in Well, change those names, as they did to Robert Merrill, Jan Peerce, honor of Rabbi Sherman following Richard Tucker, Beverly Sills, Roberta Peters, and George London the Friday evening service. The Shabbat dinner is $36/ and you have a collection of the biggest stars of the worldwide opera adult; $9/children under 12. Reservations are due to stage during the mid-twentieth century. We will explore the careers Ellen Marks at [email protected] or 410-580-5166. and personal lives, along with other famous Jewish opera stars, Rabbi Sherman will join us on Saturday morning at 9:00 through recordings, films, and personal recollections, as we discover a.m. for “Lessons from a Life of Faith,” as well as Shabbat the impact that these mostly first-generation Americans had on the morning services. At 12:45 p.m., Rabbi Sherman will musical life of the day. There is no charge for this program. speak on his book, The Broken and the Whole. On Sunday, March 6, Rabbi Sherman will speak to students on “Choosing Goodness.: A light breakfast will be served.

Please register for all programs, regardless of fee, to Ellen Marks at [email protected] or 410-580-5166.

12 The Voice of Beth El Congregation Adult Education SundayMornings 92Y Live @BethEl U.S. Foreign Policy and the The Events of Today’s 2016 Election Changing, Challenging, Controversial Tuesday, March 22, at 8:00 p.m. World Four of America’s most distinguished foreign policy experts (Walter Russell Mead, Gideon Rose, David J. Do you ever turn on the TV, read a newspaper, or check the news Rothkopf, and Bret Stephens) explore crucial issues that online only to wonder about how you can or should talk to your our next president must face. This program is generously children about the challenging world in which we live? Join Rabbi endowed by Robert and Florence Chertkof. There is no Saroken on Sunday, March 13, for a candid discussion about how charge for this program. to talk to kids about current events and difficult issues in our community and the world at large. Light breakfast will begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by Rabbi Saroken’s discussion at 10:00 a.m. in the Kolker Room. There is no charge for this program. Evening Book Club for Men and Women Tuesday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. Themes in Qur’anic Theology Jill Eisen, Director of Outreach Dr. Homayra Ziad will be at Beth El in the Agus Library on and Assistant Principal, Beth El Tuesdays, March 15 and 22, from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. to introduce Schools, will lead a discussion on participants to key themes in Qur’anic theology on God and human The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro. stewardship. Topics may include monotheism, worship, the figure Coffee and snacks will be of Abraham, and the question of sin and forgiveness. There is no provided. For more information, charge for this program. contact Denise Franz at RSVP to Ellen Marks at [email protected] or [email protected]. 410-580-5166.

Learn to Use an iPad! Karen Delaney, Beth El Librarian and trained iPad facilitator will February 1stWednesday meet with this group on Tuesdays, March 29, April 5, 12, 19, at 10:15 - 11:30 a.m. in the Eddie Schuster Library. This class will Photos prove to you that using an iPad can improve your life. With an iPad, you can read a novel or the news, send emails to friends and family, Todd Twining use FaceTime to connect with children and grandchildren, shop at February 3, 2016 your favorite stores, pay bills, watch a movie, take photos, and video special events. You don’t own an iPad? No problem...there will be an iPad for each participant to use at every class at no additional charge. The charge for this class is $36 for Beth El members and $45 for non-members. Registration is required for this class. RSVP to Ellen Marks at [email protected] or 410-580-5166.

The Voice of Beth El Congregation 13 School News Hebrew School in Hunt Valley By Jill D. Eisen Melissa West loves the convenience of a Neighborhood School and how much her daughters enjoy going to class! Yes, we said it - the students of the Hebrew School in Hunt Valley love going to class. They have over a 95% attendance rate, and they love their teacher Jillian Book Manko. “Emma, age 8, and Sophie, age 7, absolutely LOVE their current teacher, Morah Jill,” West said. “They have always enjoyed their other teachers as well. They are kind, caring and really want the girls to have a great Jewish experience.” The Hunt Valley location started in 2012 in Heidi Berman’s law office, Kinney Law, on York and Shawan Road. The class is a one-room school house that meets in the conference room with students ranging in age from 7 - 12. Most of the families who participate in this location are interfaith. The curriculum is designed to create excitement about Judaism and confidence in the students’ Jewish identity. The students are learning to read Hebrew, speak a little Modern Hebrew, discuss Jewish thoughts, values, and history. They also practice Jewish holidays, mitzvot and rituals. The students learn by doing; i.e., each week they take turns leading the Shabbat rituals complete with challah and grape juice. “It is really nice as a parent to be able to drop both girls off at the same time and the teacher can adapt the class to the different age groups,” West said. “They are learning their letters and are starting to really feel comfortable explaining holidays and traditions to others. Emma and Sophie enjoy Morah Jill’s creative classroom activities that make participation and learning easy and fun.” Sophie West, age 7 Emma West, age 8 Ben Berman, age 10 Please contact Jill Eisen at 410-484-4543 or [email protected] for more information, arrange a class visit, or an application. Enrollment has begun for the 2016-2017 school year. We also have locations in Roland Park, Shabbat Services Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School, Beth El @ Federal Hill, Howard County, and Carroll County. for Children M&M Shabbat Enjoy a spirited, engaging and participatory Shabbat service T’filah Team and Mitzvah for kids up to 5 years of age and their families. 5:15 p.m. in the Gorn Chapel Monsters Take Assisted Living Friday, March 4 Facilities by Storm IPPE Shabbat On December 13, 26 T’filah Teamsters and Mitzvah Monsters IPPE Shabbat is led by Rabbi Faith Cantor, Morah Becky and the T’filah Team and Mitzvah Monsters. Join us for songs, presented Hanukkah programs for the residents of Tudor Heights stories, and a wonderful family Shabbat experience. and Weinberg Park. Their beautiful singing was augmented with 10:15 a.m. in the Schuster Library rhythm instruments, choreography and harmonies, making quite a Saturday, March 5 positive impression on everyone present. Then, to the delight of the elderly Tot Shabbat Join Morah Becky for an interactive service filled with residents, the children distributed more song, prayer, puppets and Torah stories for kids up to than 125 Hanukkah presents they had 5 years old and their families. purchased and cards they had made. It 11:15 a.m. in the Kreitzer Memorial Room was a wonderful afternoon full of song Saturdays, March 5 (honoring four year-olds) and and smiles. March 19 (honoring infants/toddlers) Kol ha kavod to the T’filah Team, to Torah Sparks the Mitzvah Monsters and to their Learn to lead the Shabbat morning prayers through games, stories generous families for sharing their time and more. Children of all ages are invited to attend. and talents, and spreading the light of 11:00 a.m. in the Gorn Chapel Hanukkah to seniors in our community. Saturday, March 12

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THE ADLER-LEV SCHOLARSHIP FUND THE DANIEL W. CAPLAN & THE SHELDON & SARALYNN GLASS IN HONOR OF: NORMA F. CAPLAN PRE-SCHOOL ENDOWED SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP The special birthday of Dr. Richard Schlossberg by Richie and Susie MEDIA RESOURCE FUND FUND Walker, Jack and Marcia Greenberg, Robert and Eva Slatkin IN MEMORY OF: IN MEMORY OF: THE ADULT CHOIR FUND Stephen Rosenberg by Richard and Elizabeth Caplan Richard Schwab by Dr. Sheldon and Saralyn Glass IN MEMORY OF: IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Richard Schwab by Barry and Lisa Stoler, the Beth El Adult Choir Fund, David Kopelman by Richard and Elizabeth Caplan Jack Bloom by Dr. Sheldon and Saralyn Glass Ed and Sonia Obstler, Janet Penn, Hulane Zolet, Keith and Denise Franz, THE MELVIN & NAOMI CHERNOFF THE GREEN FAMILY Robert and Eva Slatkin, Esther Layton, Alan and Harriet Weiner, Dr. Richard and Phyllis Kline, Robin Kleiman, Dorothy, Jeff and Ira Rainess, MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND RELIGIOUS SERVICES FUND June Sacks, Dr. Bert and Ronnie Glaser IN HONOR OF: IN APPRECIATION OF: IN HONOR OF: The birth of Jonathan Levi Meyers by Alan and Harriet Weiner Benjy and Barbara Green for your kindness by Ileane Smith The birthday of Dr. Bert Glaser by Dr. Richard and Phyllis Kline THE LOUIS & ESTHER DOPKIN THE CANTOR SAUL & AILEEN The birthday of Richard Lessans by Dr. Richard and Phyllis Kline MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND HAMMERMAN MUSIC FUND The birth of Noa Violet Kline by the Beth El Choir Fund The special anniversary of Dr. Richard and Phyllis Kline by Dr. Bert and IN MEMORY OF: A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Ronnie Glaser, Doris Kline and Family, the Beth El Adult Choir, Michael Richard Schwab by Michael Dopkin Barbara Goldman by Judy Pachino Dopkin THE SYLVAN DORENFELD IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: IN APPRECIATION OF: MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Rose Schwartz by Marilyn Abrahams and Family Norman Abrahams by Marilyn Abrahams and Family Cantor Thom King for a spectacular “Light a Candle with Handel” by Dr. A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Joseph and Linda Napora Manny Steinberg by George and Joyce Goodman THE HARK - UHLFELDER FAMILY FUND A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: June Sacks by the Beth El Adult Choir Samuel Hendler by Manny and Ruthye Steinberg Milton Uhlfelder by David and Joan Uhlfelder THE RABBI JACOB & MIRIAM AGUS Rebecca Hendler by Manny and Ruthye Steinberg Joseph Rabinowitz by David and Joan Uhlfelder SCHOLARSHIP FUND THE IRVIN EPSTEIN THE ROSE P. KATZ SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF: Blanche Fisher Schwartz by Judy Schwartz IN MEMORY OF: Mona Berman by Burt and Renee King Selma Handleman by Jerry and Linda Mondell Tamar Kellner by Asher and Allison Rubin THE MINNIE & MAX KRIEGER THE SUSAN & SPENCER ALLEN THE JACOBO & SARA FRAIMAN SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND TEEN TRAVEL TO ISRAEL FUND FUND FOR ADULT JEWISH EDUCATION IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: IN HONOR OF: Hyman Needelman by Lillian Miller IN APPRECIATION OF: The special birthday of Albert Auslander by Irene Snyder Anna Needelman by Lillian Miller Tania and Israel Lapciuc by Keith and Denise Franz The birth of a great granddaughter to Irene Snyder by Manny and Ruthye THE ADAM KRONTHAL Steinberg THE LEONARD & FRONA FRIEDMAN SPECIAL NEEDS FUND IN MEMORY OF: MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Dr. Larry Becker by John and Natalie Spector IN MEMORY OF: IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: Herbert Kronthal by Randi Kronthal Sacco THE BETH EL ART FUND Blanche Reicher by Elliot and Susan Dackman Royal Pollokoff by Elliot and Susan Dackman IN MEMORY OF: IN MEMORY OF: IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: Adam Kronthal by Randi Kronthal Sacco, Alan and Jennie Kronthal Mark Levine by Charles and Gail Yumkas Ethel and Morris Kelman by Randi Kronthal Sacco Leonard Friedman by Elliot and Susan Dackman IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: Ida Mazy by Randi Kronthal Sacco Willard Smullian by Ranny Smullian THE FRUMAN FAMILY GARDEN IN HONOR OF: Jeanette Miller by Ranny Smullian BEAUTIFICATION ENDOWMENT FUND The special anniversary of Dr. Stephen and Susan Cohen by Dr. Beryl THE DAVID BAER YOUTH FUND IN MEMORY OF: Rosenstein and Dr. Frona Brown IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: Helen Goldberg by Dennis and Jane Herman, Arnold and Joyce Fruman THE M. HENRY & ELIZABETH KUNTZ Louis Baer by Linda Baer Sylvia Baum by Dennis and Jane Herman MEMORIAL FUND Ann Klatsky by Arnold and Joyce Fruman THE SANDRA & MALCOLM BERMAN Sandra Kalinsky by Arnold and Joyce Fruman A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND Henry Mann by Stanley Scherr and Bill Magruder Herbert Siegel by Hugo and Elaine Kuntz IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: IN HONOR OF: THE SUSAN FINE LANGSAM Rose Kriegel by Marsha Levine The Bar Mitzvah of Justin Ingerman by Arnold and Joyce Fruman MEMORIAL FUND Anne Fleishman by Marsha Levine IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: IN MEMORY OF: Leonard Fruman by Illan and Gail Silberman Richard Schwab by Shelly Langsam Melvin Levy by Shelly Langsam

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THE DR. HARRY & ZELDA LEVIN THE MORNING MINYAN FUND Ted DeBois by Dr. Stephen and Susan Cohen, Sylvia Marcus, Stuart and Andrea Fribush, Stuart and Rochelle Duboff, Neil Mendelson and June FACULTY DEVELOPMENT FUND IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: Bell, Joan and Lauren Johnson IN MEMORY OF: Arvin Goldscher by Izzy Goldscher Erwin Sagenkahn by Fred and Phyllis London Rebecca Luwisher by Esther Luwisher Daniel Goldscher by Izzy Goldscher Shirley Sless by Robert and June Jacobs Rudolph Silberberg by Izzy Goldscher THE HARRY LICHTER CHESED FUND Charlotte Levine by Dr. Ed and Ann Mishner Samuel Goldscher by Izzy Goldscher Judy Meyerowitz by Fred and Phyllis London IN MEMORY OF: Sarah Wolf by Izzy Goldscher Mark Levine by Esther Layton The mother of Yelena Gelsen by Alan and Bev Gersh IN MEMORY OF: Erin Levitas by Esther Layton Erwin Juan Sagenkahn by Alan and Bev Gersh George Sack by Emelie Schwab Tamar Kellner by Robert and Eva Slatkin, Dr. Marc and Nancy Gertner George Sack by Alan and Bev Gersh Richard Schwab by Ray and Dale Kahn IN HONOR OF: IN APPRECIATION OF: Jerome Baum by Sidney and Eunice Friedman, Ray and Dale Kahn, The marriage of Ethan Zweig to Brooke Shemer by Frank and Merle Stephen and Aliza Gottesman for being so thoughtful by Bobbie Lichter Hulane Zolet, Julya Hoffman Setren A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: IN HONOR OF: The naming of our granddaughter, Sylvia Kitt by Frank and Merle Setren Marty Kurland by Bobbie Lichter The special birthday of Stanley Silverman by Sidney and Ellen Cohen The marriage of Stephanie Block and Walter Weinstein by Guy and Lucy Halie Paige Goldberg by Susan Isaacson Attia, Stuart and Adrienne Joffe, Giora and Yvette Segev IN HONOR OF: The Bat Mitzvah of Rachel Elise Cherry by Sidney and Eunice Friedman, The special birthday of Ted Lerner by Alan and Bev Gersh A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Jay and Ellen Marks, Hulane Zolet, Vickie Meyer, Burt and Renee King Howard Rovner by Morris and Charlotte Straitman Hulane Zolet for a Happy Hanukkah by Bobbie Lichter The B’nai Mitzvah of Abby Berkowitz and Phillip Hutzler by Sidney and Robert Kontoff by Stephen and Aliza Gottesman The marriage of the granddaughter of Marty and Arlene Kurland by Eunice Friedman Bobbie Lichter THE MITZVAH FUND The Bar Mitzvah of Ethan Gordon by Dr. Marc and Nancy Gertner The marriage of Michael and Nora Leiken by Stuart and Sheryl Title IN HONOR OF: The special birthday of Stanley Silverman by David and Sandy Gordon IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: The special birthday of Sheila Rosenfeld by Judy Pachino, Frank and The special anniversary of Frances and Malcolm Mahr by Jerry and Lois Harry Lichter by Bobbie Lichter and Family Nancy Shuster Herling THE JOSEPH LIPAVSKY The special birthday of Jeffrey Litman by Saul and Joan Gurney The special anniversary of Edith and Louis Bluefeld by Jerry and Lois Herling SCHOLARSHIP FUND Marc and Leslie Katz by Adrian and Annette Morchower The special birthday of Gail Yumkas by Bob Hankin and Linda Himmelrich The birth of a granddaughter, Olivia Slone to Richard and Karen Feldman IN MEMORY OF: My Aliyah by Helene Lutz by Dr. Robert and Shelley Shemer Estelle C. Wilson McMillan by the Wilson Family The special birthday of Gail Yumkas by Sidney and Eunice Friedman IN MEMORY OF: IN HONOR OF: The naming of our granddaughters, Saylour Amulet Kurman and Dalia Helen Goldberg by Barry and Lisa Stoler Gefent Tsameret by Howard and Roz Kurman The special birthday of Stanley Silverman by Carolyn Silverman IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: The Bar Mitzvah of Justin Ingerman by Michael and Linda Klassel A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Harvey Lee Gordon by Randy and Helene Lutz IN APPRECIATION TO: Lynn Yankellow by Stanley and Carolyn Silverman Amy Gordon by Randy and Helene Lutz Rabbi Steven Schwartz for kindness shown on the loss of our father, THE H. ALLAN LIPSITZ THE MORTON OFFIT Ronnie Feldman by Michael and Barbara Feldman ENDOWED ADULT EDUCATION FUND ENDOWED MEMORIAL FUND Rabbi Steven Schwartz for his help shown to my family by Harriet Siegel Rabbi Steven Schwartz for his kindness shown on the death of our father, IN HONOR OF: IN MEMORY OF: Peter Scher by Wayne and Amy Seidman and Barbara Scher Allan Lipsitz by Gail Lipsitz Erin Levitas by Shirley Offit Beth El Congregation by Jonathan and Debra Waranch The special birthday of Dorothy Fineblum by Dr. Ed and Barbara Berkowitz THE PRAYER BOOK FUND Rabbi Steven Schwartz for his kindness extended to our family on the IN MEMORY OF: death of our father, Ted DeBois by Robert and June Jacobs Jerome Baum by Alvin and Rosalie Book IN MEMORY OF: Jean Weinstein by Larry Weinstein A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: THE RABBI MARK G. LOEB Sylvia Baum by Susan Baum and Steven Baum Howard Rovner by Edner Hendler and Family MEMORIAL FUND Melvin Berman by Ray and Dale Kahn Helene Levi by Sidney and Eunice Friedman IN MEMORY OF: Murray Spear by Bernie and Sandy Meizlish IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: Helene Elinor Segal by Stan and Sara Herbst Tamar Kellner by Ron and Margie Rubin and Michael and Melissa Roth Morris Gerson by Arthur Gerson Evelyn Strett by Stan and Sara Herbst IN APPRECIATION TO: Lawrence Kolman by Madge Kolman Tamar Kellner by Jeff and Honey Littman Misheberach for Josh Eikov and Brian Cosgrove by Fran Crystal Benjamin Chamish by Rita Shemer Edith Shemer by Rita Shemer IN HONOR OF: IN HONOR OF: Kate Schwartz by Dr. Mayer and Alice Schwartz The special anniversary of Ted and Ruth Denick by John, Robin, Julia and The special birthday of Dr. Richard Schlossberg by Jack and Marcia Rubin Pasarew by Alan and Marcia Pasarew Laura Denick Greenberg, Dr. Marvin “Jack” Feldman and Lynn Ginsburg and Family Rebecca Pasarew by Alan and Marcia Pasarew THE HERMAN LUBCHER The marriage of Walter and Stephanie Weinstein by Sandy Levin Morris Pasarew by Alan and Marcia Pasarew SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: THE SELTZER GOLD Alvin Mondell by Gerry and Linda Mondell IN HONOR OF: Iris Rombro by Judge Richard and Iris Rombro PRE-SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND The 80th anniversary of the Bar Mitzvah of Herbert Barton by Dr. Kenneth Sam Snyder by Harry and Faye Adler IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: and Judith Margolis Syd (Sadie) Cutler by Stuart and Phyllis Cutler Jeanette Seltzer by Harvey and Stella Gold THE MAX MENDELSOHN THE ROBBINS FAMILY FOUNDATION Doris Gold by Harvey and Stella Gold ENDOWMENT MIKVAH FUND IN MEMORY OF: THE RICKY SIEGEL IN APPRECIATION OF: Erwin Sagenkahn by Jerry and Terry Zimlin MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Rabbi Dana Saroken for kindness shown on the loss of our father, Ronnie THE EDDY SCHUSTER MEMORIAL IN MEMORY OF: Feldman by Michael and Barbara Feldman LIBRARY FUND Ronnie Feldman by Paul, Sherri, Tyler, Erin and Victor Weinblatt IN HONOR OF: Jerome Baum by Burt and Renee King The special birthday of Barbara Mendelsohn by Janet Penn, Sheila IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: Erin Levitas by Sherry Siegel Weinblatt and Family Florence F. Feigelson by David and Teri Feigelson Goldstein, Sheila Rosenfeld A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Rabbi Dana Saroken and Rafi Rone and family on their new home by Dr. THE RABBI STEVEN SCHWARTZ Howard Rovner by Burt and Renee King Arnold and Beverly Feldman TRIBUTE FUND THE SISTERHOOD PAST PRESIDENTS THE DAISY MILLER IN MEMORY OF: MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Helen Goldberg by Dr. Charles and Dara Schnee, Fred and Phyllis London, Michael Rubenstein and Hedy From, Ivan and Sheila Goldberg, IN HONOR OF: IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: The special birthday of Nancy Gertner by Ailene Sher Lily Arenson by Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Seidman Sidney and Eunice Friedman, Howard and Rina Janet Morris Arenson by Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Seidman Richard Schwab by Sidney and Eunice Friedman, Dr. Marc and Nancy IN MEMORY OF: Daisy Miller by Sidney and Rebecca Seidman Gertner, Fred and Phyllis London Richard Schwab by Rene and Yvonne Daniel, Jeff and Honey Litman Ruth Morrison by Theodore DeBois, Michael Rubenstein and Hedy From Ronnie Feldman by Bob and June Jacobs, Ivan and Sheila Goldberg, George Sack by Sidney Weiman, Judge and Mrs. Albert Alpert, Bluma Jed, Paul and Wilma Alpert, Jeff Bakely and Gail Bober Martin Finkelstein by Stanley and Linda Nachimson Melvin Berman by Craig and Michele Berman

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THE MORTON SPIND Edward Reicher by Ilene Penn Abraham W. Sommers by Sharon R. Krieger and Paul Day and Julie and Oscar Simons by Harold Simons Henry Caldarazzo CONFIRMATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND Sidney Miller by Harry and Phyllis Blum Charles Raksin by Sibyl Gordon IN HONOR OF: Leon Manekin by Stuart and Phyllis Cutler Marceline Karsh Buchman by Helene Buchman The Bar Mitzvah of Ethan Gordon by Chuck and Ilene Weiner, Ron and Albert Cutler by Stuart and Phyllis Cutler Henry Leon Buchman by Helene Buchman Bea Shapiro Bertram Walker by Irv and Leslie Walker Annette Bloom by Fred and Phyllis London THE MELVIN & ANITA STEINBERG Abraham Erkes by Shirley Erkes Reuben Pintzuk by Michael and Lisa Pintzuk Dora Willen by Beverly Willen Harry Cohen by Estelle Cohen COLLEGE OUTREACH PROGRAM FUND Victor Cohen by Austin Cohen Anne Blank by Dr. Lee Richmond IN MEMORY OF: Stanley Rudich by Craig and Michele Berman Alexander Blank by Dr. Lee Richmond Ronnie Feldman by Mickey and Anita Steinberg Tillie Sweren by Herbert Sweren Esther and Sidney Rosen by Robert and Ellen Rosen and Family Richard Schwab by Mickey and Anita Steinberg Stanley Rosen by Dr. and Mrs. Ronald Greenwald Bernard Strumwater by Harvey and Iris Milhauser Jerome Baum by Mickey and Anita Steinberg Lara Gaybis by Fern Swerdlin Morris Fineblum by Dorothy Fineblum Estelle Wilson McMillan by Mickey and Anita Steinberg Gertrude Miller by Fern Swerdlin IN HONOR OF: Martin Melzer by Mickey and Anita Steinberg Albert Musk by Fern Swerdlin My Aliyah in memory of Gilda Lerner by Irving Lerner Erin Levitas by Mickey and Anita Steinberg Mel Schweitzer by Ginny Schweitzer Marc Hess by Howard and Lynne Saperstein IN HONOR OF: Irene Kolman by David Kolman Ruth Highstein by Herb and Michele Better Lawrence Kolman by David Kolman The birth of a granddaughter, Layla Helena, to Mr. and Mrs. Martin Potash Rose Volk by Dina Volk and Family Sadie Smith Jacobs by Saul Jacobs by Mickey and Anita Steinberg Samuel Shuman by Marvin and Jackie Shuman Dr. Moses Lichtenberg by Eddie Lichtenberg The special birthday of Albert Auslander by Melvin and Anita Steinberg Harold Weisblatt by Denise and Jerrold Thrope Zelda Schrum by Norman Schrum THE STEINHARDT-BALACHOW Sidney Chalew by Ralene Chalew Mildred Sacks Cohen by Harriet Rosoff Lillian Morstein by Jay Morstein FAMILY YOUTH FUND Jerome Fineblum by Dorothy Fineblum Edward Holmes by Jeanne Berger and Family Anne Garshman Goldberg by Mark Chodak and Carole Gould IN MEMORY OF: Maureeen Joselson by Tracy Joselson THE YOUTH EDUCATION FUND Henry Mann by Jeff and Diane Lieberman Pearl Browdy by Donna Goldman IN MEMORY OF: THE DENNIS & RONA WEINER Sidney Miller by Richard and Joan Lessans Helen Goldberg by Keith and Denise Franz SOCIAL WELFARE FUND Dr. Albert Grant by Samuel and Suzanne Grant George Sack by Leslie Glickman, Ann Kurlander Mark Cohen by Carol Rosenfeld Richard Schwab by Barry and Ruth Hurwitz, Dr. Ed and Ann Mishner, IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: Leon Weiner by Thelma Weiner Alfred Wolfe by Rona Weiner Leonard Reisman by Rica Reisman A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Frances Weiner by Rona Weiner Norman Abrahams by Marilyn Abrahams Gil Abramson by Ira and Debbie Levinson THE ELLIOT & SUSAN WEINSTEIN Henry Brown by Nina Hess IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: SCHOLARSHIP FUND Pamela Becker by Nina Hess Rose D. Abrams by Norman and Joy Shillman Earl Shuman by Marvin and Jackie Shuman Clara Shillman by Norman and Joy Shillman IN MEMORY OF: Jodi Robin Fribush by Susan Fribush THE AL ZLOTOWITZ CHAPEL Anna Katz by Elliot and Susan Weinstein Norma Appelbaum by Dr. Howard and Marlene Appelbaum Dr. Larry Becker by Elliot and Susan Weinstein Rose Kassap by Sigmund and Barbara Kassap MAINTENANCE FUND Erin Levitas by Elliot and Susan Weinstein Richard Kronman by Alice Kronman IN MEMORY OF: THE DR. MICHAEL WEINTRAUB Fredy Levy by Leon Levy Mark Levine by Myron and Ellen Asher MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Philmore Baron by Naomi Baron IN HONOR OF: Gertrude Garshman by Carole Gould and Mark Chodak The special birthdays of Jonathan and Debbie Waranch by Myron and IN MEMORY OF: Amy Gordon by Arlene Gordon Ellen Asher Helen Goldberg by Steve and Susie Weintraub Jessica Friedman by Arlene Gordon The special birthday of Al Auslander by Betty Zlotowitz Erin Michele Levitas by Steve and Susie Weintraub Joseph Jaslow by Evelyn Morrison A SPEEDY RECOVERY TO: Ethel Weiss by Sidney and Rosalie Chernick SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS Stephanie Levine by Steve and Susie Weintraub Myrna and David Blumberg by Michael Blumberg IN HONOR OF: Jerome Perlow by Royce Perlow IN HONOR OF: The special anniversary of Ira and Debbie Levinson by Bill and Sydell David Perlow by Royce Perlow Oberfelder The birth of a granddaughter to Bobby and Patricia Schulman by Steve Phyllis Brenner by Daniel Sagel and Susie Weintraub The special birthday of Barbara Mendelsohn by Arnold and Elke Nathan Klein by Mark and Audrey Lifcovich Neuburger THE YAHRZEIT FUND Louis Lifcovich by Mark and Audrey Lifcovich IN MEMORY OF: IN OBSERVANCE OF THE YAHRZEIT OF: Gissie Holcomb by Marsye Kaplan Sidney Wolf by Marsye Kaplan Debra Ann Goodwich by Arlene Goodwich Rose Rosenfield by Burton and Linda Halpert George Sack by Doris Cheung Harry Schwartz by Stuart and Phyllis Cutler Lewis Garshman by Carole Gould Henry Katz by Anna Schlein Ted DeBois by Kathy, Leigh and Susan Mules, Patrick Cameron Anna Sugar by Stuart and Phyllis Cutler Tamar Kellner by Dr. Charles and Dara Schnee William Modell by Gene and Marsha Modell Alvin Stark by Phyllis Gold Rose Reiser Greenberg by Estelle Greenberg Kabik and Robert Kabik Libby Smulovitz by Stanley Scherr IN APPRECIATION TO: Morton Nettler by Mae Nettler Emanuel Massing by Marjorie Massing Steve Silverman by North Oaks for his long time volunteering and for his Louis Shemer by Robert and Shelley Shemer Morton Benesch by Bernice Seidman time and dedication Samuel Lichtenstein by Paul Lichtenstein Frances Goldman by Phyllis Scalettar

A Note of Thank You Many thanks to Cantor Thom King, Dale Kahn, Judy Pachino, Yvonne Epstein and the entire concert committee for the magnificent event on Sunday, December 6, 2015. To all who participated in presenting the amazing Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus in loving memory of Cantor Saul Z. Hammerman, I express my heartfelt appreciation. The afternoon unfolded an outstanding level of professionalism. At the conclusion, Rabbi Steven Schwartz lit the first Hanukkah candle whereby incorporating the spiritual concept of a memorial concert and an afternoon of beautiful music. The meaningful and dramatic event was a successful beginning to the celebration of Hanukkah. With sincere appreciation, Aileen G. Hammerman

The Voice of Beth El Congregation 17 Contributions & Endowments Beth El Annual Appeal Contributions BENEFACTORS Dr. Phillip and Susan Weiner Shepard and Donna Brown Joseph and Rachel Monroe $16,000 AND UP Dr. Neil and Stephanie Friedman Ronnie Buerger Suzanne Offit Dr. Ira Gottlieb Barbara Cohen Drs. Gabriel and Vera Pinter Dr. Avraham Cohen Rene and Yvonne Daniel Matthew and Rachel Cohen Selma Pustin Alan and Jill Cohen Robin Cohen Harold and Gilda Resnick PATRONS Edward and Sonia Obstler Rudolph and Genia Cohen Sheryl Rief $10,000 TO $15,999 Robert and Ellen Samet Larry and Shelley Collins Steven and Zivah Ring Myles and Cheryl Lichtenberg Frances Crystal Jonathan and Ilene Rosenberg Anonymous Dr. Mark and Joyce Fraiman Dr. Michael and Rachel Dabbah Arnold and Joyce Rottman Dr. Wayne and Karen Barber Robert and Margery Daniels Howard and Naomi Rovner SUSTAINERS David and Lisa Kuntz Robert and Tena Deckelbaum Jodean Rubin $4,000 to $9,999 Jason and Dr. Tina Steinhardt Gregory and Donna Eisenstadt Bernard and Vicki Salamon Marc and Judith Lipchin B. Robert and Robert Fellerman Victor Schenk Harold and Susan Hackerman Jonas and Renee Cohen Robert and Jayne Fero Dr. Adam and Susan Scherr Charles and Elizabeth Jacobs Henrietta Pasarew Fredric and Judith Finkelstein Dr. Barry and Cyndie Schlossberg Gilda Lessans Douglas and Ray Fisher Judith Schwartz PROVIDERS Sheldon and Beverly Forchheimer Marian Scurnick $2,000 to $3,999 CONTRIBUTORS Dr. Joshua and Jamie Forman Marvin and Jackie Shuman Dr. Moises and Frida Fraiman Steven Silber Paul and Barbara Cooper $300 to $499 Dr. Robert and Sharon Freedman Rita Silverman Dr. Marc and Nancy Gertner Anonymous Donald Friedman Barbara Smelkinson Thomas and Dr. Shari Kohn Dr. Howard and Marlene Applebaum Carolyn Gelblum Alan and Amie Smith Dr. Steven and Melissa Kravet Herbert and Michele Better Stanley and Eileen Ginsburg Fredric and Regina Smith Dr. Sheldon Lerman and Carol Macht Shirley Bond David and Glenda Goldberg Elliot and Jocelyn Steelman Gerald and Arlyn Cohen Kenneth and Robin Goldberg Edward and Halaine Steinberg Elliot and Susan Dackman SUPPORTERS Isadore Goldscher Bruce and Lisa Supovitz Robert and Margery Daniels $1,000 to $1,999 Kenneth and Sheri Goldscher David and Barbara Supovitz Steven and Jayne Engorn Dr. Andrew Barnstein and Marci Gordon Herbert and Sheila Sweren Anonymous Dr. Steven and Danielle Epstein Cyrile Goren Dr. David and Dori Vitberg Drs. Steven and Maya Brooks Marvin and Sandy Glass Alan and Shari Grabush Dr. Jeffrey Wallace and Dr. Faith Esterson Dr. Stephen and Susan Cohen Jason and Allyson Gordon Lawrence and Michele Greenberg Rita Wolf Daniel and Jephta Drachman Robert Hankin Frederick and Esther Harris Loretta Zimmerman Dr. Marvin Feldman Burton and Linda Halpert Carol Hawtof Betty Zlotowitz Judith Frankle Herbert and Sondra Kasoff Melvyn and Nancy Highstein May Frieman Dr. Myron and Tamar* Kellner Ira and Susan Himmel Dr. Bert and Ronnie Glaser Sharon Krieger ASSOCIATES Marilyn Holzman Burton and Myra Gold David and Alice Kuryk UNDER $100 Stanley and Deborah Holzman Mark and Saralee Greenberg Herbert Weiner and Linda Lunnen Henry and Suzanne Horowitz Robert Barbash Peter and Deanna Hirsch Lloyd and Debbie Lurie David and Wendy Berman Joseph and Lynne Koff James and Ellen Marmer Dr. Bruce and Andrea Hyatt Adam and Jana Block Arnold and Sue Kohn Stephen and Terry Needel Dr. Robert and Arlene Jacobson Robert and Eileen Caplan Jonathan and Judith Kolker Harriet Overbeck Robert and Estelle Kabik Roslyn Caplan Myron and Sandra Kreitzer Dr. Richard and Judith Schlossberg Dr. Jeffrey and Orlee Kahn Sybil Coblenzer Stephen and Abby Lazinsky Marilyn Shapiro Alan and Marsha Kaplan Rory and Robin Dechowitz Lois Macht Harry and Gayle Siegel Gary and Marsye Kaplan Beth Fisher Stanley Scherr Michael and Jill Snyder Mildred Kaplan Susan Fribush Irwin and Marlene Schwartz John and Natalie Spector Stacy and Nancy Karten Kenneth and Ilene Schwartz Barry and Sheila Steelman Ira and Vivian Kasoff Arnold and Iris Hubert Robert and Jacqueline Smelkinson Dr. Gerald and Nancy Title Albert and Roslyn Katz Richard Katz and Sharon Caplan Lee and Gloryann Snyder Alan and Harriet Weiner Marcia Katz Harry and Barbara Kellman Dr. Edward and Deborah Weiner Stephen and Terry Katz Miriam Levy Jules and Froma Willen Dr. Felix and Sharon Kaufman Florence Sandler GUARANTORS Glenda Schlaifer $100 to $299 Thomas and Andrea Klein SPONSORS Alan and Joy Kobin Stanford and Sylvia Schneider $500 to $999 Alice Adler Elaine Kronsberg Sheldon and Rita Shemer Joel and Jill Alperstein Gerald Lean and Selma Rozga-Lean Dr. Bruce and Deena Sindler Harold and Arlyn Simons Hiroshi and Lesley Amano Karen Lent Bernard and Carol Smullian Marshall and Sharon Paul Edith Austerlitz Jamie Leon and Ilene Robinson-Leon Julian and Rhona Sober Sara Fran Richman Christina Azoulay Paul and Gloria Levin Annette Sussman Janet Penn Kenneth and Anita Baum Mark and Audrey Lifcovich Jonas and Ann Brodie Carole Becker Jennifer Lynch We would like Stephen and Diane Ehudin Richard and Jennifer Berman Brian and Caren Meritt to thank the following Kenneth and Andrea Kraus Miriam Black Theodore and Ilene Meyers staff and clergy: Stephen and Regina Goldberg Dr. Franklin and Ruth Blatt Harvey and Iris Milhiser Dr. Howard and Patricia Hauptman Carol Bloom Dr. Samuel and Marcella Miller Richard and Sandi Block Dr. Arnold and Beverly Feldman Joshua and Dr. Sharon Bord Royce Minkove Cantor Thom and Shazy King *deceased This gift is tax deductible to the extent provided by law. These contributions were made between December 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015. 18 The Voice of Beth El Congregation The Alvin and Lois Lapidus Center for Healing and Spirituality continued from page 1

A handful of great people started envisioning. Kathy Shapiro, relationships). For those who want to “rejuvenate their souls,” Susie Mann, Diana Terrill, Margie Daniel, Ailene Sher, Rabbi we are planning trips, retreats, and other fun and meaningful George Wielechowski, Rachel Siegal, and I brainstormed activities that what the Center might be and tried out some experimental can add joy, introspective and rejuvenating friendship, and programs. We hosted Reflective growth to our Nature Walks, Cooking Class lives. Dinner Parties and iPhone Perhaps I can Photography Classes where we share with learned to see the world and you just one relationships through a different of countless lens. emails that we We were thrilled when people arrived and the classes had have received waiting lists. Soon enough, Alvin and Lois Lapidus stepped after running Compassion Fatigue Seminar forward to support the Generations Campaign by making an one of our January 14, 2016 incredible gift to build a space for The Alvin and Lois Lapidus programs. Center for Healing and Spirituality. Soon after that, others The email began to invest in our endeavor. read: “I love what you and your committee are putting together. It’s Fast forward many months and here is where we are. The what Baltimore is lacking. I predict that the [Lapidus] Center will contractors are doing demo on our soon-to-be space (imagine be the hottest thing in Judaism before long, and may just increase a space somewhere between membership at Beth El. Those who a living room and a spa – it’s aren’t attached to a synagogue are going to be beautiful!). We are looking for a reason to join, and an “I love what you and your committee are approach like this fits the bill. This imagining ourselves to be a putting together. It’s what Baltimore is “Spiritual Start Up, Powered brings Judaism to the heart and soul by Judaism.” We are aspiring lacking.” of everyday life, as opposed to us just to transform Jewish life in feeling “obligated” to go to Temple Baltimore through innovative because we are “supposed to.” experiences in mindfulness, healing and rejuvenation. For Please God, these predictions will soon be our reality. Most “mindfulness,” think yoga, meditation, drumming circles, and importantly, we hope you’ll come join us and bring a friend! artful meditation. For “healing,” we will have support groups And if “soulful practices” don’t feel comfortable to you – come and programs that will help people reach their fullest potential anyway…. We think you’ll love it! and find support through life’s trickier areas (aging, loss, grief,

Mindful Retreat with Dr. Healing Service Rabbi James Jacobson- Saturday, March 19, at 9:00 a.m. Maisels Kreitzer Memorial Room Every month, Rabbi Saroken leads a healing service for people Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. who are looking for a safe and supportive place and a group of Will be held at Beth El. $50/person. people with whom to pray, sing out to God and reflect on life. Light lunch and snacks included. Using Jewish wisdom, conversation and compassion, Dr. Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels, participants will find themselves strengthened through the founder of Or HaLev Center for Jewish encounter. Spirituality and Meditation, will lead us for this half-day retreat in a supportive environment and immersive practice that enables rapid growth and the discovery of new possibilities for your life and well- being. The retreat will include some time For more information on The Alvin & Lois Lapidus in social silence. Center for Healing and Spirituality, contact Rachel Siegal at [email protected]. RSVP to [email protected].

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An Evening with Ambassador Dennis Ross Sunday, April 3, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. Ambassador Dennis Ross, a renowned U.S. Middle East Diplomat and author of Doomed to Succeed: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama, will speak on “An Insider’s Briefing on the U.S.-Israel Relationship and Current U.S. Policy in the Middle East” at Beth El Congregation. 5:45 p.m.—Private reception with Ambassador Ross. Includes hors d’oeuvres, book signing, premiere seating for the presentation, and dessert reception. Dietary laws observed. Tickets are $60 per person. The book will be on sale for $30. Space is limited to the first 75. 7:00 p.m.—Ambassador Ross presentation and discussion. Includes a dessert reception and book signing. Tickets are $20 per person in advance and $25 at the door. Dietary laws observed. RSVP to Lori Downing by Monday, March 21, at [email protected] or 410-484-0411. Sponsored by the Beth El Israel Affairs and Events Committees, Jewish National Fund, Israel Bonds, Chizuk Amuno Congregation, Baltimore Zionist District, Beth T’filoh Congregation and the Rabbi Mark G. Loeb Center for Lifelong Learning.

Senior Rabbi...... Steven P. Schwartz Associate Rabbi...... Dana Saroken Rabbi-Educator...... Faith Cantor Cantor...... Thom D. King Rabbi for Engagement...... George Wielechowski Rabbi Jacob B. Agus, z”l (1911-1986) Executive Director...... Gilbert Kleiner, F.S.A. Founding Rabbi Director of Education...... Eyal Bor, Ph.D. Ritual Director...... Ben Kreshtool Rabbi Mark G. Loeb, z”l (1944-2009) Director of Development...... Ailene Sher Cantor Saul Z. Hammerman, z”l (1926-2008) Event Coordinator...... Lori Downing Communications Coordinator...... Alyssa Geller Beth El, a progressive and inclusive congregation President...... Michael S. Rubenstein affiliated with the Conservative Movement, fulfills the Sisterhood Presidents...... Bobbie Selnick spiritual, educational, and social needs of its members and Barbara Levenson by nurturing religious practices and tradition, Jewish Beth El Seniors Presidents...... Ellen Budish values and Tikkun Olam. and Maxine Kontoff Men’s Club President...... Harry Siegel Please Recycle

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