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Volume 93, No. 7 • January 2021 • Tevet/Shevat 5781 The CEEBJ Rabbi Dudley Weinberg Memorial Scholar-in-Residence Weekend Featuring Dr. Gary P. Zola, Scholar-in-Residence The American Jewish Experience, February 19-21, 2021 Dr. Gary P. Zola will be joining us as our Scholar- meaning of the American Jewish experience in- Residence for a weekend of exciting presenta - itself. tions, all offered through Zoom and on all of our platforms. Rabbi Gary P. Zola, Ph.D. is the On Saturday, February 20, join CEEBJ’s Shabbat Executive Director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Morning Study Minyan beginning with the serv - Center of the American Jewish Archives, and he is ice at 9:00 am. Dr. Zola will be our guest teacher the Edward M. Ackerman Family Distinguished as we continue to study Song of Songs. He will Professor of the American Jewish Experience and offer What an American Hebraist Can Teach Us Reform Jewish History of the Hebrew Union About Song of Songs: Reflections on Gershon College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Rosenzweig (1861-1914). Ohio. Following the Shabbat Morning Study Minyan, Dr. Zola’s formal presentation will be, Fascinating At our Kabbalat Shabbat Eve service on Friday, Dr. Gary P. Zola, Ph.D. February 19, at 7:00 pm (note special start time), Dr. Documents from the American Jewish Zola’s topic will be Profiles in American Jewish Courage. The Archives beginning at 11:15 am. The Jacob Rader Marcus unfolding legacy of any North American congregation, organiza - Center of the American Jewish Archives (AJA) is the world’s tion, or association, offers the opportunity to reflect on the largest catalogued collection of documentary evidence on the meaning of historical milestones and significant anniversaries. history of North American Jewry. It is an archive composed of more than 20 million individual records. Dr. Zola will show us Dr. Zola will illustrate how the American Jewish past invariably a few of the AJA’s most fascinating and historically significant shapes our contemporary circumstances. He will focus on the documents and explain why. biographies of three little known but genuinely fascinating American Jews. These “case studies” constitute genuine exam - Finallay, on Sunday, February 21, at 12:30 pm Dr. Zola will dis - ples of American Jewish courage. Dr. Zola will transform these cuss American Exceptionalism: Past, Present and Future. As biographies into an inspiring lesson that sheds light not only he offers a deeper examination of the historical significance of on the significance of local Jewish history but also on the lofty the American Jewish experience.

Hanukkah Happening, December 10 Hanukkah Middle Eastern Dinner & Drive-Thru and Hanukkiyah Lighting We had over 100 Trier, Gary Kavalar folks drive through and Linda Gale on our first night of Sampson for their Hanukkah. help in packing Everyone received bags, frying latkes a holiday bag with and distributing all candles, gelt and a the goodies. dreidel (compliments of Women of Thanks to Susan Cosden for the Special thanks to our staff Michael Emanu-El), latkes with applesauce and Hanukkah playlist that was playing Saldana and Bob Spangenberg for creat - sour cream and sufganiot. Over 70 fami - throughout the event. Thank you to ing our candles. And thanks to clergy and lies ordered meals from Falafel Guys - the Becca, Chris, Adelyne and Ian O’Connor, staff Rabbi Berkson, Cantor Barash, dinners were delicious. Romemu bags, Cindy Rasansky, Beth Rapaport, Sherry Andrew Appel, Tiffani Zahradnick, Ardyth Hanukkah Family Fun Program materials Malmon, Jody Lansing, Linda Bader, Majewski, Tony Quartana and Cheryl and PJ Library bags were also distributed. Nancy Sandler, Edie Pump, Jean Otto for their support and assistance. Many stayed for our outdoor candle Lauterbach, Jen Winterfield, Tamar Kelber, lighting followed by Hanukkah songs. Andrea Goetzinger, Lois Brazner, Carol Reenie Kavalar what awaited when I returned back home From Rabbi as 2019 became 2020. And so many have From Rabbi Marc lost so much loss during these many Jessica months of the pandemic. Now, as I pre - Barolsky Berkson pare to undertake the second part of my sabbatical, we read of Joseph near the end Looking Back, Eighteen months ago, of Bereshit, near the end of Genesis. No Looking Ahead nearing the end of matter how many times he was put into VaYikra, the end of the the darkness of one pit after another, Remember when we book of Leviticus, I took Joseph could find light. And the days of used to hug people we God’s command to Moses to talk to the Hanukkah now ended also offered light in love when we saw them after some time children of Israel and tell them about the the midst of the darkness around us. May had gone by? Remember when we saw shemita and the yovel as my springboard we continue to see flashes of light and people, in person? As we all know, connect - to talk about sabbatical. Both shemita and hope as the days grow longer and as more ing is hard in our Covid-19 world. At the yovel are tied in to the notion of Shabbat, of us receive the vaccine. And we when same time though, we have gained so much. of the Sabbath, and of that magic number come back together again, may we find of seven. Torah teaches us of this, our most light all around us. Whether we wanted to be or not, most of important day, the only special day men - us are more technologically proficient than tioned right at the beginning, in the story of You will be in good hands in my absence. we were nine months ago. Some may be creation, and the only special day men - Our Cantor and our Executive Director and attending more classes, social activities, and tioned in aseret ha-dibrot, in the Ten our Director of Lifelong Learning will con - entertainment events virtually than we ever Utterances, in the Ten Commandments. tinue to be with all of us in these months to could in person. Many of us have a new Shabbat is mentioned first in the listing of come, sharing professional leadership once appreciation, or an enhanced apprecia - our festive days to remind us that, even on more with Rabbi Jessica Barolsky. Rabbi tion, for nature: a place to be alone when festivals, Shabbat comes first. For Shabbat Barolsky and her entire family so much a we need a break from the constant togeth - reminds us that whatever it is we may do, part of our congregation and our thanks erness of home; a place to be with others we are defined by who we are, by being once more to Michael and Yael and Noah more safely, when we need a change from children of the Eternal One. That was one for sharing her with us. Our wonderful the constant aloneness of home. We have of our gifts to the world. staff—M’Johno Foster, Ardyth Majewski, new ways of connecting with far away Tiffani Zahradnick, Rick Fox, Bob family and friends, even if we have lived far Yet more. For shemita is the sabbatical year Spangenberg, Cheryl Otto, Debbie from them for many years already. We and the yovel, the Jubilee year. Just as we Schuette, Michael Saldona, and Paula Fine- have a deep appreciation for what we rest on the seventh day, so the land rests -will ably carry on and Toni Quartana, who have: our hobbies, our bodies, our sources every seventh (or shemitah) year. Then, just many of you know really makes possible of entertainment. Our homes are, hopeful - as we count seven weeks of seven days what I do, will continue to make everything ly, a space of comfort and safety, and we between Pesach and Shavuot preparing to possible for Rabbi Barolsky and Cantor appreciate that more as we draw further receive Torah, so do we count seven times Barash. And our amazing volunteers, who within them. seven years ending then on the fiftieth year- have helped carry us through these months -the yovel. These notions of people at rest of pandemic, will continue to give so much So many of our blessings in Judaism are and the land at rest are very understand - of themselves for all of us. prayers of gratitude, and this strange time able when we come to see that, just like us, has reminded us to be so grateful for the land truly belongs not to other human Finally, know how much Jewish life and what we have, for who we have around beings but to God; that, in fact, whatever learning will continue. My colleague and us, physically, emotionally, and techno - we think we own we do not own; that we friend, Rabbi Gary Zola, will be with us as logically. As we look to the new secular hold it all in a trust for its true owner, for our Rabbi Dudley Weinberg Scholar-in- year, let’s remember that as we think God. The verses are all about restoration Residence the weekend of February 19, 20, about what we want to change about and justice. and 21. A gifted scholar and speaker and ourselves, as we consider how the year rabbi, Dr. Zola will be looking at our ahead can be better than the year that is Even the word “sabbatical” reflects its ori - American Jewish experience—and the story ending, we should also reflect on all the gins in the Sabbath. You kindly allowed which has long informed it. You can find things we want to continue. May we me the first part of my sabbatical the sec - out more about the weekend on the front continue to appreciate the people we ond half of 2019. Little did any of us know cover of Ha-Kol. love: the ones who make us crazy in our own houses, the ones far away who we haven’t seen for too many months, the ones we see only through a screen or a mask. May we continue to appreciate the world around us: the cold, refreshing SAVE THE DATE air, the ever-changing trees, the animals Thursday, February 25 out our windows that make us laugh, the sun that makes us feel warm. Purim Spiel and Megillah Reading, 6:30 pm Continued on page 3 www.ceebj.org 2 Follow CEEBJ on Facebook From Our January Worship Schedule President All services are online- streaming on our website, on Facebook Live, YouTube, and through Zoom. Shalom, congregants and friends. Friday, January 1 Friday, January 22 With vaccinations Kabbalat Shabbat Service/ Kabbalat Shabbat Service/ against Covid 19 begin - Early Shabbat Worship 6:15 pm Early Shabbat Worship 6:15 pm ning, and modestly improving infection numbers in our area, Saturday, January 2 Saturday, January 23 we can finally begin imagining life without Shabbat Morning Study Minyan 9:00 am Shabbat Morning Study Minyan 9:00 am the specter of the pandemic. Of course, Torah Portion: Vayehi, Torah Portion: Bo, Exodus 10:1-13:16 uncertainty persists, and it is impossible to Genesis 47:28-50:26 Prophetic Reading: Jeremiah 46:13-28 know exactly when we will be able to Prophetic Reading: I Kings 2:1-2:12 resume our pre-pandemic lifestyles. Friday, January 29 Kabbalat Shabbat Service/ Friday, January 8 We realize that life after Covid will not Early Shabbat Worship Kabbalat Shabbat Service/ mirror life before it. Rather, we anticipate Shabbat Shirah 6:15 pm Early Shabbat Worship 6:15 pm a ‘new normal,’ including vestiges of our Birthday blessings for all those celebrat - caution and fear, and the new technolo - ing birthdays in the month of January. Saturday, January 9 gies that have allowed us to connect vir - The Adult Choir will sing. tually. And we will carry within us the Shabbat Morning Study Minyan 9:00 am impact of having lived through it all. Torah Portion: Shemot, Exodus 1:1-6:1 Saturday, January 30 Prophetic Reading: Isaiah 27:6-28:13; Shabbat Morning Study Minyan 9:00 am At CEEBJ we have had reason to be proud 29:22-23 Torah Portion: Be’shalah, of how we have adapted to the challenges, Havdalah Together 6:30 pm Exodus 13:17-17:16 maintaining our programming and our 7th Grade B’nai Mitzvah Program 7:00 pm Prophetic Reading: Judges 4:4-5:31 connections to one another with creativity Shabbat Afternoon Service 4:30 pm and hard work. In many cases, participation Friday, January 15 Max Doran Lakric will be called to the in services, events, and other programming Kabbalat Shabbat Service/ Torah as a Bar Mitzvah. actually increased, due to the access and Early Shabbat Worship 6:15 pm flexibility offered by Zoom and other tech - Friday, February 5 nologies. Congregants for whom travel is a Saturday, January 16 Kabbalat Shabbat Service/ physical or scheduling burden found Shabbat Morning Study Minyan 9:00 am Early Shabbat Worship 6:15 pm themselves more able to join in. Others Torah Reading: Va’era, Exodus 6:2-9:35 overcame their hesitations around comput - Prophetic Reading: Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 Saturday, February 6 ers, at least enough to ‘log on’ or ‘Zoom in.’ Shabbat Afternoon Service 4:30 pm Shabbat Morning Study Minyan 9:00 am Shira Safer will be called to the Torah Portion: Yitro, Exodus 18:1-20:23 So, as we emerge from our varying Prophetic Reading: Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6 degrees of isolation, and find ourselves Torah as a Bat Mitzvah. closing the distance between one anoth - er, rather than maintaining it, we will need to consider how the ‘new normal’ pres - Rabbi Barolsky, ents our congregation with both opportu - continued from page 2 nities and challenges going forward. May we continue to appreciate our Intergenerational On the one hand, we may find the reali - homes; may they be havens of warmth Tu B’Shevat Celebration ties of synagogue life and membership and safety and peace. Sunday, January 24 have permanently shifted, as well as the May the year 2021 be a better year for us perception of its value. On the other, we all, a year of connecting in ways that are Open to all CEEBJ members. may find ourselves able to reach and new and in ways that, hopefully soon, connect more broadly, both within our Please join us for return to the familiar. existing community, and outside of it Yom Yarok (Green Day): *** No, Not a Rock Concert, We will not sit on our hands, waiting for I am so excited to be back at CEEBJ as Rather an Intergenerational things to go back to the way they were. Let Sabbatical Rabbi for these next six months. Tu B’Shevat Celebration. us commit to facing the challenges and tak - I can’t wait to connect in any way we safely ing advantage of the opportunities. Together, can; please email me at [email protected] For more information let’s make the ‘new normal’ a more or give me a call, and I look forward to please see page 5. engaged, and more connected ‘normal.’ talking, reflecting, praying, studying, Michael Grinker being together. www.ceebj.org 3 Follow CEEBJ on Facebook into our physical abilities and strengths. ticipate in Havdalah Together followed by Director of • Mental and emotional strength – There MovingTraditions family education pro - Lifelong are elements of mental health and wellness gram entitled, “Fitting In & Standing Out: Learning that are undoubtedly out of our control – How Will I Navigate the Teen Years?” (For our bodies may become chemically imbal - more information on this event, please see This month Lifelong anced or the pressures of daily life may page 5). On Sunday, January 17, at noon, Learning at CEEBJ weigh heavily on our human spirit. But we we will have a virtual field trip for adults to begins a new middah have the power to gain habits and skills that visit the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee to (Jewish value), that will help us build resiliency and grit that give us see the Luba Lukova: Designing Justice be our focus through the ability to face the normal (and not so exhibit led by Ellie Gettinger. (To learn February 27. Our third middah for 5781 is normal) challenges that daily life (and pan - more, please see page 6). Then on Tuesday, g’vurah, often translated as “strength” or demics) can throw our way. In the biblical January 19, at 7:00 pm will be our next vir - “power.” This word might be familiar as it book of the prophet Zechariah, God says, tual tiyul to Israel entitled, “Yad Vashem: A has the same root as the title word of the “Not by might nor by power, but by My Memorial and Name of the Courageous second prayer in the Amidah (the core of Spirit.” As creatures created in God’s image, Israeli Leaders.” This tour will be of Har our prayer service), the g’vurot. Those who we have the strength of our spirit to perse - Herzl, Israel’s national cemetery. (To learn feel the power of g’vurah recognize that vere and keep working for a better, brighter more, please see page 6). Our last g’vurah the actions of individuals working alone, day for ourselves and for others. event of the month will take place on Sunday, January 24 when we will host Yom and the community working together, can The value of G’vurah is clearly founded in make a positive difference. Yarok (Green Day): An Intergenerational the third principle of working with people Celebration of Tu B’Shevat. (For more infor - As the developers of the La’bri-ut: To our who have faced trauma – self and com - mation on this event, please see page 5). health and wellness curriculum wrote: munal efficacy . Self-efficacy is an individ - ual’s belief that their actions will have a pos - To learn more about g’vurah, please visit This module explores two complementary itive impact. Communal-efficacy refers to our online learning page of the ceebj.org aspects of the Hebrew value, g’vurah: the positive outcomes that can result from website. As with our other middot (Jewish • Physical strength & power – We elevate people working together. Within this con - values), the online learning page includes a our actions on behalf of others when, as text, g’vurah is more than physical or emo - Spotify playlist created for our congregation beings created in God’s image, we inten - tional strength. It is also more than the idea on this middah. As Tu B’Shevat approaches, tionally act as God’s partners. In the G’vurot of human courage, for the element of effi - you will begin to find resources on the blessing, we praise God for supporting cacy comes into play – we tap into our online learning page for this holiday as well. those who have fallen, for healing the sick g’vurah for good, not for bad or evil. (Yes, a Spotify playlist will be included.) and for freeing the captive. As God’s part - ners, this blessing helps us remember that In addition to our Romemu learners explor - Together, may we recognize that we WE have the responsibility to reach out and ing this middah during their yachad time have the g’vurah – physical and emo - help a child who has fallen on the play - on Sundays and at home with their activity tional power and strength – to help bet - ground or an adult who has fallen on hard kits, challenges, and family schmoozes; the ter ourselves, help each other grow, and times, that WE could offer chicken soup Lifelong Learning department is offering the to make a difference in our community. and comfort to someone in bed with the following opportunities this month for flu, and that WE need to stand up and adults and families on the subject of g’vu - L’Shalom, protest on behalf of those who are denied rah: On Saturday, January 9, at 6:30 pm, our Susan Cosden, RJE basic human rights. G’vurah means tapping seventh graders and their parents will par -

Women’s Torah Study Tuesdays, Food for Our Soul: Parashat HaShavua January 5, 12, 19, and 26, 10:00 am (the Weekly Torah Portion) in Our Lives, Thursdays, January 7, 14, 21 and 28 Join us for an in-depth discussion of 12:30 – 1:30 pm Torah from women’s perspectives. Dr. Sherry Blumberg, a contributor to Taught by Susan Cosden, RJE. The Torah: A Woman’s Commentary , Brown Bag Lunch Encouraged (Nourish your body as you nour - will lead us through this text and the ish your soul.) Please join Susan Cosden for an hour of study - poetry, feminist readings and traditional ing the weekly Torah portion and how it applies to our lives commentary it holds. Dr. Sherry today. The portions we will cover in January are Sh’mot, Va’eira, This course is perfect for anyone who identi - Blumberg Bo, and B’shalach . Through Torah we will examine moral con - fies as female, whether new to Torah study or flicts and ethical lessons. We will explore a variety of different a more experienced scholar. God concepts and what each one implores us to do, being created in God’s image. By wrestling together, we will each Register online at ceebj.org or call (414) 228-7545. make personal meaning and find insights in our sacred text. www.ceebj.org 4 Follow CEEBJ on Facebook MovingTraditions Intergenerational Our synagogue is partnering with MovingTraditions’ mission is to embolden Tu B’Shevat Celebration MovingTraditions ( www.movingtraditions.org ) teens by fostering self-discovery, challeng - to pioneer a new and exciting approach to ing sexism, and inspiring a commitment Sunday, January 24, b’nai mitzvah that connects Jewish to Jewish life and learning. Working with 9:30 - 11:00 am on Zoom wisdom to the interpersonal and social ele - communal partners across the country, Please join us for Yom Yarok (Green Day). ments of this coming-of-age ritual. MovingTraditions’ educational programs Open to all CEEBJ members Rosh Hodesh, Shevet, and Tzelem have Starting in December we began adding impacted the lives of more than 21,000 teens. On Sunday, January 24, please join Susan MovingTraditions’ family education and pre- Cosden, Cantor Barash, Rabbi Barolsky, and teen sessions to our b’nai mitzvah prepara - On Saturday, January 9, our seventh graders the Romemu staff, for Susan’s favorite holi - tion. Through games, activities and discus - and their parents will attend their first ses - day of the year, Tu B’Shevat. Not familiar with sion, the MovingTraditions’ sessions—created sion. At 6:30 pm we will gather for Havdalah Tu B’Shevat? It is the 15th day of the month of by rabbis, Jewish educators, and social work - Together and then continue with our pro - Shevat and the birthday of the trees. It is ers—will help parents and pre-teens explore gram entitled, Fitting In & Standing Out: How the Jewish environmental day/earth what it means to celebrate during a pan - Will I Navigate the Teen Years? The other day/ arbor day. Some of you might remember demic, to be the center of attention during a two dates for seventh grade will be March 6, this day as the day when you purchased trees life cycle ritual, to navigate expectations from at 10:30 am when we will have a Shabbat in Israel. Some of you might remember this friends and family, to find Jewish meaning in morning service and a program entitled, day as the day you had a seder in your class - the ceremony, as well as exploring other How to Connect When You’re Never Apart; room that didn’t involve matzah but rather social-emotional challenges and joys associ - and April 10, at 6:15 pm when we will involved fruits, nuts (before we knew of nut ated with being called to the Torah as b’nai have a program entitled, You Just Don’t allergies) and something that looked like mitzvah. To accompany the family sessions, Understand: How Do Parents and Teens Talk chocolate but didn’t taste like it. (It was MovingTraditions has developed a special to Each Other? followed by Havdalah carob.) It is a holiday when we celebrate the six-part podcast series for parents, titled Together. various kinds of fruits from trees and all the “@13” that you can find on itunes or Spotify. other gifts trees give us. It is one of the many On December 19, the sixth grade had their “Pre-teens today are confronted with holidays that connects us to the land of Israel. first session entitled, B’nai Mitzvah: Why am I tremendous academic and social pressures doing this? The other two dates for sixth at an earlier age, magnified by the prism of This year on Sunday, January 24, at the spe - grade will be February 27 at 10:30 am when social media,” says Deborah Meyer, cial time of 9:30 – 11:00 am, we invite all of we will have a Shabbat morning service and MovingTraditions’ Founder and CEO. “Our our Romemu learners, all of their parents, a program entitled, Today You Are An Adult: new program for 6th and 7th graders and all of their grandparents, and all CEEBJ What Does It Mean to Become a Teen? and their families lays a critical foundation for members, to join us to explore the con - April 17 at 6:15 pm when we will have a healthy family communication as children nection between Tu B’Shevat and our cur - program entitled, Repairing the World: enter the teen years. We’re very excited to rent lifelong learning middah (value) – What’s a Mitzvah? ending with Havdalah partner with over 70 synagogues across the g’vurah (courage). We encourage everyone Together. country with this b’nai mitzvah program.” to wear yarok (green) for Yom Yarok. Highlights in Romemu Our second through seventh grade learners in games) but we will also briefly discuss some Devorah the Prophet, and Miriam. This chug Romemu will begin their third eidah (unit) of relevant digital (phone and video) games for will allow students a better visual understanding both yachad (their age level core learning group) those who are interested. Each week we will of these stories by designing costumes that help and chugim (electives) on January 10. Each eidah focus on a new game, learning about the sym - reflect these significant figures. Additionally, all of these learners get to pick one chug (elec - bolism and strategy behind it, how the game through costume design, we will be consider - tive) to take. Here are the choices for this eidah: has been culturally passed down to us today, ing how these famous figures of the Tanach Israeli Cooking, Taught by Rachel Macagon. and of course playing together. might look if they were alive today. One of my hobbies is Israeli cooking and I I Heart Israel, Taught by Jennifer Saber. Explore Jewish Folktales and Other Jewish Stories, love cooking with kids. We are going to cre - the land and people of Israel with the Taught by Jessica Plotkin. Ideally, I want to ate yummy recipes, kid friendly, and in the Partnership 2Gether School Twinning Program. recreate my own cozy memories of listening same time we can learn new Hebrew words. Through this pen pal program with students in to Jewish stories in my synagogue or school I will make sure to send the list of the ingre - the Har Nof School in Tiberias, Israel, we will library, using the tools we have available with dients by the Thursday before. Come and get to know kids our own age and the Sovev zoom. Feel free to have your breakfast, doo - explore Israel with me I'm my Kitchen. Kinneret region of Israel through arts and crafts, dle, or cuddle up with a pet/stuffed Jewish Games ,Taught by Adina Cosden. on-line technology, music, Hebrew, and fun. animal/parent/sibling, while you listen to the Games have long been a part of Jewish culture Designing the Tanach, Taught by Ilana Lupkin. stories and enjoy the pictures. – from the dreidel we spin on Hanukkah dat - Course Description: In this chug, we will be Introduction to Filmmaking, Taught by ing back to ancient times, to modern games looking at the Tanach through a theatrical Anastasia Esther. This course will teach the like Rummikub invented by Romanian-born design perspective, this eidah through costume basics of film composition, editing, screenplay, Israeli game designer Ephraim Hertzano. In this design. The course will start by teaching the and creative development. Students will be chug we will explore different traditions of basic principles of theatrical design, which we equipped with free software for all compo - games and play in Jewish culture. We will focus will use to explore the text surrounding specific nents of the class and will work on a final film mainly on analog games (i.e., board, tile, cad figures within the Tanach, such as Mordechai, project related to Jewish stories. www.ceebj.org 5 Follow CEEBJ on Facebook Virtual Field Trip to the Women of Temple Milwaukee Jewish Emanu-El Brotherhood Museum, Sunday, January 17, From Our From Our 12:00 pm President President Cost: $10 per Zoom square. This new year comes I am writing this article in Pre-Registration Requested. with many things that Ogden, Utah. I went to may spark hope. After my daughter’s home in We will have a virtual field trip for adults much turmoil in 2020, we now look for - Knoxville, Tennessee for Thanksgiving and to to visit the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee ward to the Covid-19 vaccination, which help them move to Ogden. Sunday after to see the Luba Lukova: Designing Justice has already started to be distributed, a Thanksgiving, we started a five day Road Trip exhibit led by Ellie Gettinger. change in our president, and the possibility with my 1 year old grandson to Ogden. It of being with loved ones in the near future. was a “slow” five days including feedings Virtual Field Trips to Israel and diaper changes about every two - three for Adults: Tiyulim (trips) Other things that we may see soon in 2021 is hours. Thank goodness for “Rest Areas.” We talk and planning for the Olympic Games arrived safely in Ogden on Thursday and the with Shira and Susan which are scheduled to begin July 23, 2021. moving truck arrived on Friday. Since then Cost: $10 per Zoom square per trip date. One thing that I miss is actually going to the we are living around boxes, some open, Pre-Registration Requested movies for the first time in forever. And as some empty, some still sealed and half of the much as I like to cook, I look forward to eat - boxes are not in the right rooms. My grand - As part of our lifelong learning theme ing out. And for those who like music and son has adjusted well to the new home, and “Tikvah (Hope), Koach (Strength), and bands and Summerfest as well as celebrations loves playing with the packing paper. I will Ruach (Spirit and Resiliency),” our entire like this, we will be able to attend those again. be spending the first three days of Hanukkah congregation will be exploring five mid - A big one for me is baseball. I really missed with my daughter and family and then it’s dot (Jewish values). baseball games either in person or on TV, back to Milwaukee. football, and yes, like watching tennis. The rest of the middot and when we will I hope all of you enjoyed celebrating be learning about them are: Hanukkah and got all the gifts you want - n You will get a letter in the mail from the g’vurah (courage) January – February 27 ed. My best gift was the announcement n Women of Emanu-El. Please consider k’hillah (community) February 28 – April 17 by the FDA on approval of the first n joining or rejoining us so we can contin - hesed (loving kindness, tying into Covid-19 vaccine. hope) April 18 – May 23 ue to offer programming and support CEEBJ and Lifelong Learning. During the Brotherhood December meet - During each eidah (unit) we will have ing, we spent some time discussing calen - educational activities for youth, families, May the coming year fill your life with happi - dar events for 2021-2022. I am hopeful and adults on these subjects. One of the ness, good health and prosperity! Wishing that the Brotherhood will be able to do adult learning opportunities we will have you and your family a very Happy New Year more programs and events this summer for each middah (singular, Jewish value) is 2021. For someone with a smile so bright, and beyond. a virtual field trip to Israel with Israeli tour may you have sunny days and happy ideas in guide Shira Kleinman. your life. Wishing you an amazing year ahead. I hope you all had a safe & healthy New Year! On January 19 (6 Shevat, 5781) at 7:00 pm, Ruth Treisman, Robert Jacobs will be the third of our tiyulim (trips). [email protected] The theme for this trip is, Yad Vashem: A [email protected] Memorial and Name of the Courageous Israeli Leaders. We will walk through the lush green space of Har Herzl, Mount WE Meetings Summer Camp Herzl, Israel’s national cemetery. In Scholarship Applications Hebrew we call a cemetery a beit chaim, a First Thursday in each month house of life. A visit to this site will give us at 7:00 pm. Please join us! Summer camp scholarships are available for families with children through the the opportunity to pay homage to the life Our next meeting is January 7 and g’vurah (courage) of Israel’s historic 12th Grade. The Michael Fefferman leaders. We will explore the rich history of Summer Camp Fund awards scholar - leadership and military culture that are ships to all non-URJ accredited Jewish deeply rooted in Israeli society. Join us for WE Event Information summer camps like Camp Interlaken. what is going to be a special evening. The deadline for Fefferman Summer For more details on any WE event, Camp Fund applications is Monday, The final two trips will take place on go online at ceebj.org under March 1, 2021 . Please find the applica - Tuesday, March 9 and Tuesday, April 27, “Get Involved” or please contact tion online at ceebj.org or call the office both at 7:00 pm. Sara Cherny at (414) 217-9691. for assistance. www.ceebj.org 6 Follow CEEBJ on Facebook Social Action The Mezuzah in the Madonna’s Foot The December holidays provide us with Thanks to Sharon and Shira Grinker, Rich by Trudi Alexy the opportunity to spread some cheer to and Andrea Konz, Jon and Sara Sol our less fortunate neighbors. As has been Wertz, and Gary and Reenie Kavalar for As I read this book, our tradition for a number of years, we their ongoing volunteer hours at the I began two journeys, provided a holiday meal to the residents Jewish Community Pantry. one by foot over the at the Guest House and Meta House. The Pyrenees with the TIkkun Ha-Ir and Edot held a program in Guest House meal was catered by Jews of Germany, early December focusing on racial justice Memah’s Gourmet Delights with addi - Austria and other issues in Milwaukee. I was pleased to see tional fruit plates provided by the Salinsky Eastern European a number of our congregants as well as Fund and gifts of socks and hand warm - countries as they many from throughout the Jewish com - ers provided by CEEBJ Brotherhood. fled the Nazi per - munity, participate in this program. Edot Thank you to Nadine Zuckerman and secution after Midwest Regional Jewish Diversity Dan Wilkinson for organizing this event Kristallnacht to the safety of Collaborative, led by Shahanna and packing the gifts . Franco’s Spain. The second journey took McKinney Baldon, works to increase me back in time to the pre-Inquisition access to Jewish community life for On December 25, CEEBJ partnered with Spain and the evolution of the Crypto- Jewish People of Color (JOC’s) in the Congregation Shalom to provide a holi - Jews. As Jews flourished in Spain in the Midwest US region through growing day lunch for the women at Meta House. eleventh and twelfth centuries, the Jewish diversity work and centering JOC Gifts were donated by Nadine Inquisition effectively scattered the leadership. Stay tuned for information Zuckerman, Sandy Nankin and Reenie Sephardic Jews throughout Europe, about a collection of racial justice pro - Kavalar. Nadine and Dan also coordinat - Northern Africa and ultimately to Mexico, gramming the week of Martin Luther ed this effort. and South American. King’s birthday. Our Holiday Gifts for the Homeless pro - The author recounts her interviews with gram brought in an abundance of gifts for I welcome your input on projects, speak - the surviving members of families who the clients of the Milwaukee Rescue ers, activities. Please do not hesitate to escaped the Holocaust and found their Mission. And we provided $1000 to contact me with your ideas way to Spain with the assistance of Jewish Hunger Task Force to help them purchase Reenie Kavalar and non-Jewish activists and patriots. Her food for their pantries as this pandemic [email protected] personal search for her Jewish identity has stretched their resources significantly. (414) 659-9662 takes you on another journey, which leads to discovering how Crypto-Jews (also known as Anusim) still flourish in Max Doran Lakric who will secret in the Southwestern United States. All in the Family be called to the Torah as a Trudi provides the reader with an insider’s Congratulations to... Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, view of the historical, yet paradoxical January 30, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. relationship of Spain and the Jews span - Shira Safer , who will be He is the son of Ryan and ning five-hundred years. This book is a called to the Torah as a Bat Amanda Lakric, brother of must read for those who are interested in Mitzvah on January 16, 2021, Levi Lakric, and grandson of the history of Sephardic Judaism. at 4:30 pm. She is the Harry and Lori Lakric and Randy and Gail daughter of Alexa Safer and Kordus. He has two cats names Diggy and Cary Silverstein stepdaughter of Adam Lefco, sister of CC. Max is in the 7th grade at Whitefish Sylas Littrell and Steven Lefco, grand - Bay Middle School. He plays trumpet in daughter of Jeneene Safer and Shira’s the band and plays soccer and golf. He Needlers namesake, the late Ira Safer. She has a also enjoys skateboarding, video games, dog named Shmutz. Shira is a graduate and fishing. For Max’s Mitzvah project, he is of MJDS and current freshman at making sandwiches for the homeless. Shorewood High School, and a member of the Shorewood Mountain Biking Yakira and David LeeVan on the birth of Knitters Wanted! Team. She enjoys painting, making jewel - their two new grandchildren: Benjamin ry, rock climbing and general shenani - Gabriel, son of Sarah LeeVan and Asaf The Knitting Circle is in search of new knit - gans. Shira was the recipient of the Maman, and Aya Charlotte, daughter of Elyse ters. We are currently making hats and scarfs MJDS Rambam Award, chose Street LeeVan and Isaac Schwartz. for the homeless and others in need. If you Angels as donation recipient. For Shira’s don’t have needles or yarn, we have supplies Mitzvah project, she participated in over Linda Marcus who was one of the roasters for you This activity is a great project, espe - 40 hours of peaceful protests for the BLM at the Sixteenth Street Roast of Mike Gousha cially during this time of stay in place and movement and handed out water and on December 8. quarantine. If interested, please call Ann at snacks to marchers. 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Memorial Plaque Yahrzeits January 1 Jack Barnow Bernard Brachman Ella Shuser Kagen Ralph A. Schwartz January 29 Olga Heller Arnstein Norma Birnbaum George S. Braunfeld David Karger Benjamin Paul Selig Harry R. Ausman Abraham Erensky Israel S. Klein Max Stein Abram Berns In Memoriam Ruth Fox Michael L. Kritzik Hilda G. Stern Sarah R. Blecker Bertha Scheer Furman Gertrude Z. Krom Bessie Tureck Samuel H. We acknowledge with sorrow the passing of: Steven Goldschmidt Rose Yampol Kulakow Perry H. Urich Blumenfeld Joel Miller C. Ellis Goldstein Norma A. Langer Sellma Weil David V. Chapman Brother of Audrey Laufman and Patti Weigler Alfred H. Goodsitt Esther Lewis Leo H. Wendel Lucille Derzon Uncle of Debbie (Aaron) Bernstein Morris Manasse Louis M. Werbel Molly Cohen Drazner Great Uncle of Noah and Max Bernstein Ruth Gordon Charles Housman Ruth Mullen Wallace M. Elkon Husband of Linda Miller January 22 Father of Seth, Ethan and Eli Miller Lawrence S. Katz Irving Muskat Jennie Newman Frank Father-in-law of Pam and Jessica Joseph Laev Benjamin E. Nickoll William Baer Ruth Perchonok Norma K. Berns Grandfather of Cecily and Noah. Carrie A. Landau Max Pereles Freedman Herman Bortin Hyman J. Lewensohn Sarah S. Pickar Yetta Gennet Gilda Abramson Bessie Brodsky Mother of Marty (Lara) Abramson, Marc Abramson Isaac J. Litt Ella C. Rafalow Bernice M. Gordon Esther Shapiro Cohen and Michael (Sheila) Abramson Annie E. Mahler Morris Rashman Emanuel Green Jerry S. Cohn Grandmother of Derek, Rachel, Matthew, and Benjamin Lena J. Margoles Judith Sampson Frank Grossman Dora Dorf Sister of Lila (James) Mayer Esther P. Matras Edythe Schneider Adelheid Hauser Preceded in death by her husband, Samuel B. Alan I. Ettinger Frank D. Matras Rose Schneiderman Dorothy Heilbronner Abramson; her parents, Max and Sara Auerbach; Grace Fein Esther Newlander Gertrude J. Segal Dorothy B. Hindin and her sister, Eileen (Milton) Cohen Nathan W. Fredman Edward Newman Marie Huber Selig Hannah Housman Paul R. Fine Ethel R. Goldenberg Maxon W. Polland Dorothy Yetta Spiro Richard Allen Kaimann Brother of Zelma (Fred) Schloss and Charles Bertha Gottschalk Simon Rafalow Jerome J. Werner Sara Bella Kesselman (Penny) Fine Anthony O. Haas David Resnick Harvey J. Klafter Father of Lori R. Mueller and the late Brad H. Fine January 15 Mildred Hettman Grandfather of Darren (Nicole) Fine, Kenneth Allen Saxe Rieselbach Isaac L. Kripke Mollie S. Hirschberg Mueller and Daniel Mueller Joshua Rubinstein Sara A. Adashek Esther Kurzban Anne L. Holland Great-grandfather of Zoey, Soren, Calen, Cruz and Samuel Sadek Bertha Birnbaum Leonard Lefstein Morey P. Horwitz Pierce Fine Hildegard Samenfeld Moritz Bloch Perry Lefstein Preceded in death by his wife Murium Margaret Joseph Ella Miller Schwade Bert C. Broude Edward Mahler Matilda Jung Jack Mahler Dollie Shanberge Selma Diwald Joseph Mandel Celia M. Kadwit Grandfather of Sarah (Ben) Suesskind, Rachel Renee Aziza Zarka Shaw Edith Ettinger Harold Joseph Rose Kaufman Merrin Demuro (Nick) and Zachary Merrin Barbara Shikora Nancy R. Frank Meldman (Andrea Vozar), David (Abbey) Weiss, and Eric Benn Kay Nathan Sondel Philip S. Freund David Allen Peltin (Allyson) Weiss Fannie Klafter Max Soref Paul P. Goodman Nathan Pereles Husband of Cecile S. Mahler Leo Julius Kohn Dorothy Sweed Rose Grodin Michael D. Peterman Father of Jan Mahler (David Merrin) and Judy M. William Grodin Rabbi Charles S. Levi Weiss (Marc Weiss) Louise Toll Joseph Polacheck Sophie E. Milgrim Brother of the late Maryanne (Herbert) Rusinoff Louis Abrahams Yaffe Rosa Heller Solomon Sandels Bertha Miller Ogens Great-grandfather of eight Leon Zarne Abe E. Kohn Curtiss E. Sanders Samuel E. Kohn Evelyn Peters Barry Neil Hersh Sam Zuckerman Adolph Schenker Brother of Sharon Hersh Rothstein Marvin L. Kohner Jean Kristal Rubin David D. Selby Uncle of Rick (Frederick) Rothstein and Jacquelynn January 8 Helen Kupper Franklin Pereles Henry G. Shellow Rothstein and her son, Ben Daly Belle Baer Annette D. Laikin Schwade Anna Silverman Good friends of Neal and Sue Zechman Earl Berman Harry Lefstein Nathan Schwartzenberg Edward Gordon Simons Roberta Ellen "Bobbie" Fefferman Roy R. Blumberg Gertrude Mandel Samuel Sisserman Albert Smith Wife of Michael Fefferman Harry Boruszak Helene E. Mann Emil Smith Ruth Schoenkerman Mother of Laura Fefferman and Adam (Deborah) Beatrice Klafter Cohen Edward F. Pereles Helene S. Sondel Stern Fefferman Roy O. Conen Jennie Plotkin Alvin A. Stein Isaac M. Strauss Grandmother of Abigail Fefferman Charlotte A. Eisenberg Paul D. Post Norm Stern Sister of Abbot (Barbara) Kaplan Ellen Fay Temkin Sophie M. Elbinger Masha Raskin Nat Stone Florence Karger Wolpert Preceded in death by her parents, Ralph William Blair (Bud) Huntly and Freda Gayle Kaplan, and her brother, Harvey Elaine Elkon Abraham M. Rice Mary M. Zembrosky Kaplan Celia Ellis Marshall Rosen Temkin Morris Zuckerman Audrey Feldstein Ross Lawrence N. Yolles May God, the Source of Peace, grant peace to all who Sam Gordon Philip Zuckerman mourn and comfort the bereaved among us. Amen. Bernard David Heifetz Bertha Rottman Fan C. Zarne www.ceebj.org 9 Follow CEEBJ on Facebook Rabbi Dudley Weinberg Library Through the Eyes of Children, February 28, When I learned that Ha-Kol editor, Cary The Mezuzah in the Madonna’s Foot by Silverstein, contributed a book review Trudie Alexy, the book Cary wrote about. 12:00 pm, on Zoom for this issue of Ha-Kol, I started thinking Sign on with Ha-Kol’s editor, Cary Silverstein, about the possibilities his article inspires. I encourage you to follow his example on February 28 at 12:00 o’clock as we Zoom Especially now, during this long, COVID and submit a review to Ha-Kol of any back in time to the chaos in Europe of the winter, many of us have the time to set - book you’ve read from our library. And late 1930s. We will accompany over ten tle in and read and the luxury to reflect not only are we interested in hearing thousand young Jewish children as they flee on the author’s words. from the adults in the congregation. the horrors of Nazi Europe and find safety in We’d love to have our young patrons the English countryside. These children from I also thought about the Rabbi Dudley contribute reviews too. The outstanding Germany, France, Austria and other occu - Weinberg Library– a rich source of children’s collection is a marvelous pied countries were saved from extermina - Judaic books available to all of us. You source of delightful, well-written chil - tion by the vision and efforts of a number of can connect to the on-line catalog dren’s and young adult books. private individuals, religious leaders, and through the CEEBJ website under the British government officials. Many of these heading “Learn” or you can find books So why not share your thoughts with us children would never see their families on the library cart located in the about what you’re reading? Send your again, and went on to win Nobel Prizes in vestibule of the west entrance to the reviews to me at [email protected] . Physics, and Chemistry. Others would make synagogue. Access to the cart is available The reviews should be no longer than their mark in business and philanthropy. Wednesdays through Fridays between 400 words and are subject to approval 10:00 am and 4:00 pm. To reserve a and editing by the Ha-Kol staff. One of the children of the Kindertransport book from the catalog contact Sandy was Milwaukee’s own Alfred Bader. Ruesink, Library Committee Paula Fine, Chairperson, at [email protected] . Librarian We invite you to join us and learn more FYI: Our library has a copy of [email protected] about this effort to save Jewish children prior to World War II.

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