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Temple Office: (516) 487-0900 RABBI TARA FELDMAN CHARLENE LEVY www.tbegreatneck.org Senior Rabbi Administrative Assistant [email protected] [email protected] IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER Ext 118 Ext 110 JOY ALLEN NANCY FREED RABBI ELLE MUHLBAUM Administrative Assistant to the Administrative Assistant Assistant Rabbi Religious School Early Childhood Education Center [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ext. 121 Ext 126 ext. 129 JOY S. PALEVSKY RACHEL BARNEHAMA AMANDA GREENAWALT Office Manager Hebrewtime & Facetime Coordinator Director of Congregational Engagement [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ext 115 Ext 124 Ext 108 VICKI PERLER STUART BOTWINICK CANTOR LISA HEST Director, Early Childhood Education Center Executive Director Cantor Emerita [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ext 129 Ext 107 Ext 116 DAFNA WEINTRAUB RABBI JEROME K. DAVIDSON, D.D. CARI HORN Assistant to the Clergy Rabbi Emeritus Controller [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ext 116 Ext 116 Ext 119 RABBI MEIR FELDMAN CANTOR VLADIMIR LAPIN Senior Rabbi [email protected] [email protected] Ext. 104 Ext 120

Pictured below: Artwork created by our Sisterhood and found in the SOCO Lounge

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SMALL GROUPS ARE GROWING

SMALL GROUP LEADER TRAINING IT’S ALL ABOUT CONNECTION BY Excitement is building around the emerging Developing meaningful relationships is the core RABBI TARA Small Groups initiative here at Beth-El. of Jewish life and Jewish community. At Temple Over the course of the fall and winter, a Beth-El, we envision building what Ron Wolfson FELDMAN cohort of some 25 upcoming leaders is calls “a relational model” in which congregants being trained to facilitate Small Groups with open their homes for learning, laughing, and Purpose (SGWP). Leaders are exploring sharing with each other in an intimate and the philosophy and vision behind Small trusting environment. We, who participate, will Groups as well as the “how to”— the ideas develop stronger connections to others within Every member of a and strategies which will enable Small our TBE family and a renewed sense of purpose Groups to flourish. Role playing provides and meaning in our own lives. Small Group takes an experiential element essential to our training process. Starting in March, SGWP WHO CAN GET INVOLVED? an active role and will officially launch with groups continually SGWP is intended to be an engaging, fun and is integral to the forming starting this spring and beyond. soul-nourishing opportunity for all synagogue members. We encourage you to participate group’s identity. Small WHAT DO SMALL GROUPS DO? as Small Groups groups begin to form. Some Small Groups are comprised of roughly Small Groups will be affinity-based (parenting Groups contribute to ten members who meet outside of the groups, groups which share a professional synagogue on a monthly basis. Facilitated by interest or hobby, interfaith or blended family the vitality of the TBE one or two leaders, Small Groups engage in groups). Other groups will be intergenerational “Five Mitzvahs:” groups, men’s groups, women’s groups and more. community at large. 1. Socializing Leaders of new groups will be reaching out to 2. Learning enlist participation in the next few months. Our 3. Taking a moment for spiritual ultimate goal is to have every congregant actively reflection engaged in a Small Group of their choice. 4. Caring for one another as needs arise Would you like to become a part of a newly- in the group forming Small Group? Would you like to start 5. Doing acts of Tikkun Olam (social your own Small Group? Do you have other action). questions? Please, feel free to reach to Rabbi Tara Every member of a Small Group takes Feldman or any member of our Small Groups an active role and is integral to the group’s Vision Team: Judi Linden, Sepi Kohanim and identity. Small Groups contribute to the Jordana Levine. vitality of the TBE community at large.

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PANIM EL PANIM FACE TO FACE

a reminder of their new covenantal people. United in slavery and eventually relationship with God. Moses had in exodus, it is this communal project received the blueprint for the mishkan, that cements the community’s identity the tabernacle, and this served as the as God’s people. By creating a place for instructions for how to bring God into God to dwell among them, the Israelites the Israelite community. Though Moses put themselves in close relationship himself could speak with God panim el with God. In building together in panim, face to face, Moses initially fails community, they become close to each to gather the community and engage other as well. with them. The Israelites need a sacred The Israelites are told to bring space, a symbol of God’s nearness. offerings heartfully. It is written, kol Finally, Moses assembles them as n’div libo—each one whose heart gives BY RABBI a community and puts them to work willingly, or leaps to participate, brings ELLE MUHLBAUM on a new project. This time, instead of their offerings forward. They are the bringing their gold to the molding of an ones who have the spaciousness within idol, they bring it to the building of the themselves to recognize God’s presence, love being immersed in a mishkan. This time, instead of making and they are able to contribute to the Jewish community. Engaging something unwanted by God, they will creation of a formal sacred space for with people in the sacred and construct the sacred tabernacle. When the community to experience God’s mundane moments of their lives, Moses was on the mountain with God, presence. Those who participate most Iparticipating in Jewish journeys from he was an ineffective leader. His top- fully in the contributions to the mishkan Genesis through Deuteronomy and down approach was simply not working. are those whose hearts are moved, beyond, and simply coming together Moses realizes that he needs to whose hearts lift them up. The Israelites’ and living Jewishly together…each piece reignite the community. I think the hearts, their essence, are at the center of of being part of a Jewish community mishkan’s purpose was to bring the the building of the mishkan. is so meaningful and rewarding. A community together. Moses forgot that This is the place where God and the community is such a sacred thing to be God told him “v’asu li mikdash—You people are together, in relationship. a part of! (plural), make me a sanctuary,” that It’s as if those who are n’div libo have This March, we’ll read from Parashat the entire community is commanded their heartstrings tugged—they can’t Vayakhel-Pekudei. There, Moses returns to make a mishkan. The community restrain themselves. Here they are, to the people from Mount Sinai after is what transforms the mishkan, the at Sinai, getting ready to design an the Israelites’ transgression of building dwelling place, into the mikdash, the intricate structure. They aren’t trained the Golden Calf. Moses is furious at holy place. as apprentices to gifted artists. This is a the Israelites for their impatience and Medieval commentator Nachmanides group of former slaves, newly redeemed, lack of faith in him, and, importantly, teaches us that the importance of the living in the wilderness. They build from in God. Their project of building this mishkan is not just that it, in and of within. I envision a group of regular idol demonstrates a limitation of the itself, is a critical structure. He teaches Israelites whose heartstrings are tugged community. The Israelites wouldn’t sit that through the building of the to serve God. They cry out, their spirits around and wait at the base of Mount mishkan, humans get to participate in move them, and it’s like they’ll explode Sinai for Moses to be the only one in enacting revelation here on earth by if they don’t just try it, something, relationship with God. The Israelites creating God’s dwelling place among the need something tangible to serve as Continued on page 6

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GOD IS IN THE DETAILS

any years ago, in a small So, what’s the purpose of these laws? shtetl in Europe, a man Well, the short answer is that in Judaism came to shul for a morning details matter. It’s not enough to have prayer service. This good intentions alone, actions are Mparticular morning was a wet one as a ultimately more important. storm had passed the night before. As Throughout the year, as members of the man began to pray he glanced out this sacred TBE community, we have of the window and saw that a horse opportunities to learn and be inspired carriage was stuck in the mud with a in incredible ways. From our powerful family inside. The man quickly rushed MLK Shabbat to our meaningful Yom out of the synagogue to help. He ran Kippur services, from weekly Torah outside while still wearing a kippah, his study to our joyous Simchat Torah tallit, and his tefilin. He jumped into celebration. Those moments, our BY CANTOR the mud and began to help the family. moments, are sacred. But those are not VLADIMIR LAPIN As this was happening an onlooker our only sacred moments. Often the standing nearby stared disapprovingly, sacred appears in the messiness of life, in and said to the man, “Look what you the common, everyday moments. and Mishpatim, I was reminded of have done?! You have desecrated the Examining the details of the laws are one of my most cherished childhood holy talit and tefilin by stooping into parallel to us discovering the sacred in memories. I learned how to ride a bike the mud.” But the shul’s rabbi, the great our daily activities. Living Jewishly is when I was eight years old in Belarus, Maggid of Mezeritch, who also came not just about the big things; it’s about a few months before my family began outside to help the carriage said, “How grappling in the real world. It’s about our immigration to the United States. wonderful. He has demonstrated to the sitting in traffic, it’s about that long walk During our transit process, which world that even fixing a wheel can be a home in the rain, it’s about trying to lasted roughly four months, we spent sacred task.” figure out what to have for dinner, it’s some time living in Italy. My parents One of the Torah portions that about the hours spent doing homework, saved every penny, yet, they still tried we read in this season, Mishpatim, or helping kids with the homework, it’s their hardest to give my sister and me represents a major change in the about grocery shopping and washing the a normal life. My father was intent on narrative that the Torah has presented dishes. The mundane can be just as holy, finding me a bike so that I wouldn’t to us up until this point. Suddenly, after as sacred, as the extraordinary. forget how to ride. One day, he came following an epic narrative, the Torah Small details are at the foundation of back to our apartment with a blue and changes its focus on laws, giving us more the Jewish soul. Whatever we do, in the grey bicycle frame and metal wheels. than 50 different ones, in amazing detail. sublime and in the mundane dimensions He found it in the garbage near our In Mishpatim we have laws related to: of our life, we need to bring our whole apartment—it had no rubber tires, no murder, kidnapping, slavery, personal self into the experience, to be present, pedals and a half-broken seat. injury, property damage, returning lost and to pay attention. Only then can we He said that I could use it to “pretend- property, helping the poor, and even hold onto the moments of insight and ride” in the courtyard. I remember alleviating the suffering of animals. clarity translating them into concrete how the sparks of light flew whenever I After the spiritual high of Mount daily life. These details are the building rode – the bike had no rubber wheels, Sinai, all the details of daily life blocks for full human beings. but I made the most of it. (Our Italian intervene. Basically, the Torah goes right In thinking about the details of life into the details. Continued on page 6

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Rabbi Muhlbaum continued from page 4 anything—after all, when is a better time to take a risk than when the service of God GET RICH is on the line? They let their hearts lift them up. In their new relationship with God, this WITH community of Israelites has to engage in action and obedience. It is a relationship of covenant and obligation. By working together, the Israelites create a labor of RITUAL love, of heart. There is an intimacy in the project; the Israelites grow closer to God Ever wonder how contemporary Jews as they create the mishkan, and they also grow closer to each other. They craft for enjoy prayers that are 2,000 years old? themselves a central focal point for their spirituality. The mishkan becomes a central Ever want to understand both the space for later rituals to develop and for ongoing revelation to occur. There, God is basics and the deep truths hidden in both immanent and transcendent. God can dwell within their mishkan, within their our prayers? Two suggestions: first, community, and still be infinite. watch Rabbi Meir’s Facebook videos Here at Temple Beth-El, we have the opportunity to come together and see each on mindfulness and prayer, twice other panim el panim, face to face, and engage in community together. What a each week. Its called “Monday & blessing we have before us! Just as with the Israelites, the community of Temple Thursday Mornings”. Beth-El is what transforms the mishkan, the dwelling place, into the mikdash, the Second, make March a month holy place. Come and be engaged! What pulls at your heartstrings? What sacred for morning minyan. At morning gifts do you have to share? If you find yourself n’div libo, with a giving heart, come minyan, we gather for a short service, put that feeling into action. Let us know how you want to be engaged, and let us twice each week, at 7:00 am. On empower you to help make this community not one of disparate people, but one of Thursday mornings we take out the people who are in holy relationship with each other. My prayer for all of us is that we Torah and read our weekly parashah. can find ways to bring the best parts of ourselves and be in service of others; I know On Tuesday mornings (not a Torah we can find a way to continue transforming our dwelling place into a sacred space. reading day), a group spends 10–15 Come, and together we can build something amazing. minutes learning an interesting topic from the parashah or the liturgy. The group finishes at around 7:45 am. The teaching always applies our learning Cantor Lapin continued from page 5 and Torah reading to some aspect of neighbors especially loved it.) One day daily life. It’s a great way to start your he brought home two rubber tires. It was day. really a holiday for me. Finally, a bike with rubber tires! Who wouldn’t be happy?! The week before we boarded the flight to come to America, he came back home with two pedals. I finally had a fully working bike. I remember that moment like it was yesterday…it was truly sacred. That entire last week in Italy was sacred. I don’t remember much about that immense and difficult journey…what has stayed with me all these years was that bike. Just like what the Maggid of Mezeritch saw in the man who helped fix the wheel in the mud…just like my father finding me the small details that make up a working bicycle, these ordinary actions were acts of genuine and sacred Judaism. Perhaps the renowned architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was onto something when he uttered, “God is in the details.”

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depending on where you live. Most of us light two candles for Shabbat, but ASK THE RABBI customs do vary. Let’s explore why! In the Torah, we find two versions of In this inaugural edition of Ask The Rabbi, Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum tackles the Decalogue. The 4th commandment is about Shabbat. In the first version, in some of your questions. Do you have something you’ve always wanted Exodus 20:8, it is written: “Remember [zachor] the sabbath day and keep to know about Judaism? Send Rabbi Muhlbaum your questions at it holy.” In the second version, in [email protected] for a chance to see your question answered Deuteronomy 5:12, it is written: “Observe [shamor] the sabbath day and in the next edition of the Shema! keep it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you.” From these, we know that we are WHY DO WE READ HEBREW comes from the Ancient Greek phrase commanded to both observe and RIGHT TO LEFT? boustrophedon, or “ox-turning”; one remember the Shabbath day. One This is a great mystery. I’ve long been writes a text in the same manner that an medieval Hebrew poet, Rabbi Shlomo a student of Hebrew, and I still haven’t ox turns when plowing a field. Anyway, Halevi Alkabetz, took the discrepancy in discovered an answer that I find this boustrophedon was used by writers the Torah text and included both shamor perfectly satisfying. of Proto-Canaanite (the parent language and zachor in his poem, L’cha Dodi. There are some convincing theories, of Hebrew and Arabic), and Proto- We sing this poem each Shabbat as we though. Many Semitic languages (like Canaanite was written right-to-left. welcome Shabbat in our community. Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic) are not The fact is, these early writers could Many people who light two Shabbat only read right-to-left; they share a have just adopted one direction and candles will trace the custom back to common history of using stone tablets gone with it. these two different words, shamor and as a writing medium. If you consider the Do you have another theory as to zachor, and their use in the 2 versions of logistics of using a chisel and hammer to why we read Hebrew from right to left? the Decalogue. engrave words into stone, a right-handed Write to Rabbi Muhlbaum Some people light not two, but seven person would likely hold the chisel in their ([email protected]) with candles each Shabbat! Seven is a favorite left hand, and the hammer in their right. your favorite explanations! number in religious symbolism, and it’s It would be easier, then, to start on the a way to bring even more light into the right side of a tablet and move leftward. WHY IS SHABBAT 25 HOURS? Shabbat. But, you might ask, what happens if the Who doesn’t love Shabbat? The Jewish Another custom is to start with two engraver is a lefty? (See, this is why it’s not day goes from sunset to sunset, which of candles, and then add one each time such a satisfying answer!) course is not an answer to the question. there is an addition to the family. So, a Another distinct possibility is that, One answer is that we can extend the family with three kids might light five as the Semitic languages developed, amount of time we observe a Holy Day candles each Shabbat. they could have been written in either or Shabbat by an hour to symbolically However many candles you light in direction, but that over time they demonstrate how sacred that time is to your home, I hope they bring you peace standardized into a right-to-left system. us. We hold on to a few extra minutes of and joy each Friday evening as you We know that generally Cuneiform Shabbat, or our Holy Days, to linger in welcome Shabbat. writing (an early type of writing system the sacred time a little while longer. How many candles do you light in that predates phonemic or syllabic your family? What guides that practice? systems) were usually written left-to- WHY DO WE LIGHT TWO Write to Rabbi Muhlbaum to let her right. However, one form of writing, the SHABBAT CANDLES? know! boustrophedon, had the writing direction I’m so happy to get to answer this alternate line-by-line. Can you imagine question. This is one of the beautiful how confusing that might have been to pieces of our tradition where minhag, read? The word boustrophedon itself custom, seems to have become law,

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INTRODUCING THE TEMPLE BETH-EL MASTER CLASSES LED BY OUR VERY OWN CONGREGANTS

AS YOU ARE NO DOUBT AWARE, TBE IS FAMILY HISTORY IN A BOX This presentation is an introduction to BLESSED TO HAVE CONGREGANTS WITH with Dorrit Title, [email protected] handwriting analysis as a method of WIDE-RANGING TALENTS, INTERESTS, Thursdays, March 16 & 23 interpreting and gaining insights into AND EXPERTISE, who are eager to share 7:30 pm personality, revealing what is in plain their knowledge. At the same time, Keep those memories by learning how to sight but we often fail to see. we’re a curious bunch that enjoys the create an assemblage of photos, letters, Pat is President of The American excitement of new learning experiences. and small items, in a box that evokes Society of Professional Graphologists. Why not put the two together? Come some family history. You don’t have to She is an executive coach, handwriting sample a taste of our wonderful paint or draw, all you need is glue and a analyst, certified forensic document resources and enjoy classes led by box (Michael’s has them) or your own. examiner, and a former faculty member fellow congregants that are interesting, You’ll love the result and share with your at The New School for Social Research thought-provoking, and just plain fun! In children and family something of the (New York University), where she taught the process we not only gain knowledge, past! Xerox copies are recommended accredited handwriting analysis and know-how, and friendships, we also of your documents. Bring box, scissors, handwriting identification courses. build our Temple community. With the Elmer’s glue and decorative paper for assistance of TBE member Sharon Ross, background. In 2 (or 3) sessions you will THE ORIGINS OF ANTI-SEMITISM we are pleased to announce these learn a fabulous art. with Norman Wheeler, spring offerings. Dorrit Title is an artist who works [email protected] Thursday, April 27 Please join us by registering for the in many media and exhibits in many 7:30 pm classes listed below. And stay tuned for galleries including the TBE Members more! Artist’s Salon. She teaches art in the The class will discuss the origins of Great Neck Adult Program anti-semitism as found in passages describing the trial and death of Jesus in INTRODUCTION TO the Gospels of Mark & Luke, which were HANDWRITING ANALYSIS written before the Great Jewish Revolt with Pat Siegel, [email protected] against Rome of 66-70 AD, compared Thursday, March 30 to how and why this story of the trial 7:30 pm and death of Jesus changed in the later How we express ourselves is evident in Gospels of Matthew & John which were how we move, the gestures we make, written after 70 AD. how we talk, and how we write. The pen Copies of readings and chronologies movements we use when we write or on this topic will be distributed for draw, the pressure on the page, and the discussion in this class. These Readings strokes we apply, as well as how we use were originally used in Mr. Wheeler’s space and create the letters we make, all Integration of Knowledge Senior Honors reflect how we think, feel and interact Course. with those around us. Movement Norman is a retired history teacher on the page tells us about how we who has studied and taught this topic maneuver in our world. It expresses our for 40 years in Great Neck South High individuality and reflects who we are. School.

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WHAT IS JEWISH MEDITATION? with Gayle Monaster [email protected] MEDITATION Thursday, May 4 7:30 pm WITH RABBI TARA

“Meditation” is now a mainstream term Shimon, would say: All my life I have been raised among the wise, and I have and concept. But do Jews meditate? found nothing better for the body than silence. Pirke Avot 1:17 What is Jewish meditation? This class Jewish tradition honors our human need for silence. Yet, in the rush of life, will engage both outer and inner creating space and time for intentional stillness can be a challenge. For this learning experiences. We hope you will reason, a group of Beth El members gather weekly in the private and beautiful leave with a clearer understanding of rabbinic study behind the Rudin Chapel. A poem or inspirational teaching is Jewish meditation and maybe even a shared followed by a chime and 20 minutes of silence. Each takes his or her own new practice. journey, inspired by the presence of others in the room doing the same. Gayle has been learning, studying, When asked why she meditates, Rabbi Tara Feldman responded, “In order and practicing meditation for over 40 to be more present for each moment and each interaction, in order to feel years. A school psychologist, she’s taught centered—no matter what is going on around me—and in order to have a greater meditation strategies to parents and capacity for joy.” students as a way to resolve conflict, Join us on Tuesdays from 5:30–6:00 pm, no RSVP required. All are welcome, build relationships, and increase peace especially those new to meditation. Mark your calendars: Thursday, May 4th in their lives. 7:30 pm TBE member, Gayle Monaster, will be teaching a class on the art of meditation. TBE’S NEW WRITING CLUB with Sandie Antar, [email protected] Thursday, May 11 7:30 pm For three years a small group of TBE women have been meeting once a month to write about our personal stories, family experiences and reactions to wide-ranging topics and ideas. Now a new group of men and women writers is being formed who will also have the fun of supporting each other, laughing, WISE AGING sharing fascinating experiences, and learning from what we write about ourselves. Wise Aging Groups, a small group experience based on a curriculum developed Absolutely no formal writing experience by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality are being facilitated around the country. A needed—just a notebook, pen, or laptop, Wise Aging Group is scheduled to begin this spring at Temple Beth El. This three and a leap of confidence. Meeting one session introduction to Wise Aging will provide an opportunity for baby boomers evening a month, you’ll write 10 to 15 and others to explore the next road on life’s journey. minute stories on various topics. The “Old age is not a defeat, but a victory, not a punishment but a privilege. The new group will begin with five people test of a people is how it behaves toward the old . . . man’s potential for change signing up, with its first meeting will be and growth is much greater than we are willing to admit and old age (can) be on March 2nd at 7:30 pm at the Temple. regarded not as the age of stagnation but as the age of opportunities for inner growth.– Abraham Joshua Heschel

April 25, May 23, June 20 3:00-4:30 pm Facilitators: Judi Linden, Gayle Monaster

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JEWISH YOGA SCHOOL

YOGA AND HAVDALAH **NEW** Shabbat, 4:30–5:30 pm YOGA FOR ATHLETES SPRING March 4 SESSION with Ellen Mauer Savor the last hours of Shabbat together with a gentle yoga practice; we will A well-balanced vigorous “vinyasa” practice restorative yoga poses to flow class which links movement and relax our body and mind. We will close breath. Particular attention will be together with Havdalah to usher in the paid to “tight” areas, creating length, new week. strength and balance in the body. FREE and open to all. Bring a yoga mat, Bring a yoga mat, towel and water towel and water bottle. bottle.

AWAKEN YOGA 2017 Ellen Maurer is a 200 hour Registered WINTER/SPRING SESSION Yoga Teacher; she received her certification from the Long Island Sharon Epstein & Tara Feldman Yoga School. An attorney by trade and Sharon Epstein has incorporated yoga marathon runner and skier, she found into her life for over 30 years. She is an just the right balance in yoga. experienced 500 hour registered Yoga MEET ANDY teacher and a Yoga Alliance Continuing **NEW** AARON, NEW Education Provider. Sharon believes INTRO TO YOGA SERIES that yoga can be transformative for with Pia Shlomo YOGA STUDENT everybody & soul, at any age! Her passion to create a Jewish Yoga Learn basic hatha yoga poses along We interviewed one of our newest program began when she collaborated with proper alignment. Strengthen, regular participants at the Jewish with Rabbi Tara Feldman in 2011. They tone, stretch your whole body! Yoga School in our Featured Student teach yoga classes that incorporate Develop clarity, bring focus and calm of the month column to find out what Jewish teachings, wisdom and to your mind. Become comfortable and keeps Andy Aaron interested in our inspiration. confident with your body in various programs: Awaken with yoga poses that poses and receive the extra “TLC” that strengthen, stretch and balance beginning students require! Bring a Q What brings you to Yoga at the your body and mind. Be inspired yoga mat, towel and water bottle. Jewish Yoga School? with Jewish teachings as they relate A It sounded interesting and I Pia Shlomo is an experienced 200 hour to yoga practices. Learn postures, thought the spiritual and physical Registered Yoga Teacher; she received breathing exercises, Hebrew chant enjoyment would be beneficial. and meditation. Suitable for all levels. her certification from Integral Yoga Institute, NYC. You may find inspiration (Participants should be able to transition Q How do you find the classes? in her “Mindfulness Matters” column from sitting on the floor to standing) A They are challenging but extremely published in the Great Neck Record. Bring a yoga mat, towel and water fulfilling. bottle. Q What do you take away from the experience? A I feel great, physically and mentally after each session.

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THE JEWISH COOKING SCHOOL @ TEMPLE BETH-EL OF GREAT NECK

After much success with the many cooking demonstrations “I’ve taken two classes with Jennifer Klainberg’s Jewish Cooking offered to members of Sisterhood and Women’s Network, we School, had a great time at both sessions, and plan to sign up are pleased to announce that The Jewish Cooking School for more classes in the future. Jenny combines the expertise of is now open. Classes range from Basic Knife Skills to more a professional chef with a real gift for teaching. She doesn’t just advanced technique classes and cuisine fundamentals. demonstrate how a dish is made. Under Jenny’s patient guidance, Classes are taught by professional chef, caterer, health coach you have the fun and satisfaction of doing the dish yourself. I and congregant, Jennifer Klainberg who has put together an particularly enjoyed her session on developing better knife skills.” array of recipes and offerings sure to please even the most Calvin Greenbaum novice of cooks. Get together for a Lunch ‘N Learn, where in the time it would take to order take out, you get a seminar “I was so inspired by your wonderful Jewish Cooking School: AND lunch on a variety of topics. Are you having difficulty Soups & Stews. I have already made the Beef Stew and Spicy with your knives? Take a Knife Skills class. Tortilla Soup and received rave reviews. I look forward to many more classes in the near future. I must state, I love really NEXT CLASS: good, healthy food, but not into complicated cooking. Jennifer ▪▪ Tuesday, February 14: Lunch and Learn you made it fun and easy. Additionally, I would strongly urge anyone who likes to cook fresh quality food or just enjoys eating Please see page 21 for a complete class schedule. Jennifer’s professional cooking with a glass of wine come join us! What a great opportunity to have a hands on experience without flying to Paris.” Ellen Meyerson

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MEET OUR RESIDENT SOCIAL WORKER BARBARA GOLDSTEIN

A few words about myself: Before joining the staff as a Partners in Caring (PIC) social worker at the Sid Jacobson JCC, I worked for many years at the Shira Ruskay Center of the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services in CELEBRATE A SIMCHA New York. There, I counseled people facing life threatening illness and facilitated bereavement A wedding, Bat/Bar Mitzvah, bris or other life-cycle event is a support groups. Earlier in my career I worked for several special occasion that we love to celebrate at our synagogue. years as the school social worker at the Solomon Schechter We are pleased to share our panel of exclusive caterers for Middle School on Long Island. As a young woman I lived Temple Beth-El of Great Neck. They welcome your call. and worked in Israel where I taught English. As a PIC social worker, I am available to provide Bagel Boss of Roslyn GNC – Great Neck Caterers information and referral to community resources and Kosher Dairy only Kosher and Kosher-style supportive counseling through the wide variety of programs (516) 626-5599 (917) 533-6133 and services offered by the Sid Jacobson JCC to the more Debbie Adam than 20 member synagogues. These include support groups for bereavement, marital divorce/separation and caregiving Lederman Caterers Shiraz Caterers groups, individual counseling and referral to legal and Glatt Kosher Glatt Kosher financial services. Do you or a Temple member you know (516) 466-2222 (516) 487-6666 need support or counseling? Call or email to learn more at Moshe or Laura Benny (516) 484-1545 ext. 196 or [email protected] Have other questions about having an event at Temple Beth-El of Great Neck? Please contact the temple office at (516) 487-0900.

IN MEMORIAM MEMBERS ART SALON Rabbi Martin J. Zion z”l, former SUNDAY RECEPTION Assistant Rabbi of Temple Beth El of MARCH 12, 2017 AT 1:00 PM Great Neck, died at 96 on January 5th in Florida. His tenure here ended in The Elsie K. Rudin Judaica Museum will host an artists’ 1952 when he then went to Davenport, reception on Sunday afternoon, March 12 from 1:00–3:00 pm Iowa. He then became Senior Rabbi at after the Purim Carnival in the Museum Gallery. Please come Temple Israel of New York City and meet some of the artists and find out more about their (1963–1991). He leaves behind his wife, daughter, works of art. Light refreshments will be served. grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. May his memory be for a blessing and his name treasured by Temple Beth-El of Great Neck.

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CONGREGATIONAL TRIP TO ISRAEL

Where will you be next December break? Join Rabbis Meir and Tara in Israel. Come to the one place on earth where we Jews are called to use our power to create a loving, just, artistic, creative, fair, generous, visionary society. We will learn about ancient sites and ground-breaking new dreams. We will meet Israelis who transform our worry into wonder, our angst into admiration SHABBAT@HOME MARCH 17, 2017 and our heartache into hope. December 20, 2017 until January 1, 2018. Grandparents, parents Having launched many wonderful Shabbat@Home and children are all most welcome. It will be a experiences over the past year, we are now poised to take Shabbat@Home to a new level. great experience. Be in touch with Rabbi Meir On Friday evening, March 17, we encourage Beth-El at [email protected] or dweintraub@ members to invite friends, old and new, into your homes for Shabbat dinner. tbegreatneck.org. Reach out to one another! Push beyond your usual social circle and invite someone who you’d like to get to know better to your table. Share the load by preparing a dish to bring to your host home. As in the past, booklets with blessings and teaching will be available through the main office. Our clergy is always available to provide guidance and support for Shabbat hosts. While we hope that much of the congregation will spend a relaxed and social evening outside the walls of Temple Beth-El, Friday evening services will be held as usual at 7:00 pm, followed by a potluck dinner, open to all.

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CARNIVA RIMH T CRUN APROGRAMMING • hoVsteAd L PURT OUR MIDNIG by jtc PTO BENEFI Sunday, March 12 10 AM to 1 PM Includes: Unlimited Games & Bounce House Special Children’s Entertainment • Costume Contest A Beary Awesome Purim Tail Special interactive performance will end our carnival! Lunch Available for Purchase Popcorn • Cotton Candy • Prizes Gluten Free Food and Kosher Food will be available Come in Costume!

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Saturday, March 11, 2017 Be Our Guest!

Temple Beth-El of Great Neck Celebrates Purim! with Shayna Punim and The Beast 5:45 PM FACEtime (Grades 4, 5, 6) 6:00 PM Megillah Reading 7:00 PM Purim Shpiel & Reception

JTC MIDNIGHT RUN SATURDAY, APRIL 1

Donate These Much Needed Items Men’s Clothing, Men’s Jackets & Vests, Shoes, Belts, Scarves, Gloves, Hats, Pillows, Rain Boots, Umbrellas, Ponchos/ Rain Coats, Backpacks, Duffle Bags, New Bath Towels, Blankets

▪▪ All donations are important and time sensitive. ▪▪ Please no children’s clothing. ▪▪ Keep in mind the individuals receiving these items while sorting donations. ▪▪ If you have clothing you are looking to donate and it is unfit for the homeless it can be deposited to Big Brothers Big Sisters or the Lupus Foundation. ▪▪ All clothing should be cleaned and in good condition.

Thank you for supporting the efforts of your youth community!

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BROTHERHOOD BY STEVEN HOPE, PRESIDENT

As 2017 begins, Brotherhood would like to report a very active last year, Brotherhood members help our Clergy lead the December 2016, and let the congregation know of some of service and explain the Passover rituals to our interfaith guests. our upcoming programs. On December 4, we had a very nice Temple members are welcome but must be accompanied turnout to hear Rabbi Emeritus Jerome K. Davidson, D.D. by one or more non-Jewish guests. We will also begin our speak in our ongoing series of bagel breakfast lectures. Then on Passover Wine Sale with a presentation on March 11. December 8th, our monthly Brotherhood meeting featured a Along with Passover, March means college basketball highly informative and lively presentation by Allan Freedman tournament time, and Brotherhood will host its annual March of the National Jewish Sport Hall of Fame. As with every year, Madness Bracket Challenge game for all Temple members and many Brotherhood members volunteered on Christmas Day their friends. As always, winners will receive gift cards. This at both North Shore Hospital and the Parker Jewish Institute. has proven to be a successful fundraiser for Brotherhood, so Thanks to Jon Yedvab and Gloria and Jerry Landsberg, please participate and good luck! respectively, for organizing those wonderful events, and to Rabbi We are very excited about our slate of upcoming programs Muhlbaum and Cantor Lapin for their energetic participation! for Brotherhood and the TBE community. On the down side, we had to cancel (twice!) our Family Game Please visit our calendar in the back of this issue program Night due to scheduling conflicts and Mother Nature. This was a and meeting dates. big hit last year, and our next one is scheduled for March 4. Coming Soon: The annual Brotherhood/St. Aloysius Easter Looking ahead, Passover is right around the corner. On Luncheon and our Plant & Flower Sale! March 30, we will host our annual Brotherhood Men’s Seder, and on April 6, our annual Saul Kessler Interfaith Seder. Like

CLUB CHAI PASSOVER BY PAUL & CAROLYN KNEPFER WINE SALE

Club Chai ended the year with a really great Chanukah Party Support the Brotherhood and TBE and buy your holiday wines at Ayhan’s Restaurant in Great Neck. We actually were a little with us! oversubscribed. The temple is able to purchase items in bulk and at a Now as we look ahead to this year, we are working really discount and pass along a 10-20% discount off the in-store hard to complete a list of events. At the top of the list is price. Plus, your wine can be delivered to your door! The Sunday, April 23 when our beloved Rabbi Jerome K. Davidson Passover Wine Sale begins on March 11, 2017 with a wine returns again to present a book review that you will love. Our tasting at the TBE Purim celebration. schedule should be a breakfast at 9:30 with Rabbi Davidson at Questions? Need more information? 10:00. As the details are worked out we will keep you posted. Contact Martin at [email protected] or Thea Zuckerman is hard at work planning some day trips 917-254-2377 that should be really good. Please join with us as we wish the best and speedy recoveries to Lee Susswein, Ruth Ellis, Ruth and Mickey Tamarin. As usual, there will be no board meeting in February so the next meeting will be on Thursday, March 16 at 7:30 pm

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THE MEANING OF SISTERHOOD BY INA KUPFERBERG AND JUDI ROSENZWEIG

The dictionary definition of Sisterhood most apparent to our TBE community your calendars and watch your e-mails is “an association, society or community each year at our Women’s Retreat. We for more detailed information about the of women linked by a common interest, join together at the home of a TBE program, fees and registration. religion, or trade.” The modern Urban member for a day of connecting with On another note, one of the most Dictionary defines Sisterhood as a women in our congregation and beyond. enjoyable programs that Sisterhood “bond” between women. “They always We learn, we pray, we sing, we create, coordinates are our book discussions tell the truth, honor each other, and love and we eat! Most important, however, with Sandy Lubert. On Thursday, March each other like sisters.” Our community are the moments we share. We catch 2, Sandy, a librarian and avid reader, will of women at Temple Beth-El certainly up with old friends and we make new expertly guide us in a discussion of “A incorporates these definitions, creating a friendships. In the relaxed and beautiful Tale of Love and Darkness” by Amos Oz. space where we can spend time together setting of a special home, we find time to Oz, the prominent Israeli writer, creates as women, learning, sharing our hopes open our hearts and share our stories... a masterful double memoir, the story of and concerns and speaking out for what whether from our past or our present. We his youth and of Israel’s birth and early we believe. share our challenges and our blessings. years. As the title suggests, these parallel Through the years, Sisterhood as As experiences of the past can become stories are suffused by the light of love an organization has evolved in many valuable guideposts for the future, the and shadowed by the pain of personal ways. The traditional role of Sisterhoods challenges of today may be shared by and national darkness. in the Reform movement was to another who can become a source of Sisterhood programs are open to all provide service to congregational life, mutual support. On a broader level, TBE women and we welcome you to religious school and community. Over women connecting with women creates bring friends as well. time, Sisterhoods broadened their strength, wisdom and a shared mission to Your membership contribution of focus to include developing a strong, protect the values that we cherish, in our $50 to Sisterhood helps us to enrich collective voice for issues important TBE community and beyond. our programming as well as to support to Reform Jewish women, both In building our connections, we TBE’s ongoing programs. This year, there within the congregation and beyond learn about ourselves, our religion, will be a reduced retreat registration to humanitarian issues. While the our community and we share a lot of fee for Sisterhood members as a thanks Reform movement dropped the name laughter! We always leave the day with for your support. Please send your “Sisterhood” to become “Women of smiles and a few new friends.This year, membership contribution to TBE and Reform Judaism,” reflecting the shift our retreat will be on Sunday, March note “Sisterhood Dues.” from traditional women’s service to a 26 at the home of Jerry Tilles, from As we move forward into 2017 and broader mission, our community at TBE 10 am–4 pm. The retreat is open to all beyond, we are always interested in your chose to return to the name “Sisterhood” women of TBE, we invite you to bring ideas and comments. To connect with us because we believe it reflects our friends as well. The theme for the day or to RSVP for our events, please e-mail connection to one another. will be “Empowering Women- Raising us at [email protected]. The meaning of Sisterhood becomes Our Collective Voices.” Please mark

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WHY THEY COME HOME

“I’m home! Are you at the Temple?” That’s one of our favorite texts to receive from TBE College aged students coming home on break. While they enjoy their own beds and the comforts of home, they immediately seek out the comforts and familiar faces in their Jewish home of Temple Beth-El. Over the winter and spring breaks many teens stopped by to volunteer their time in the Religious School, participate in a Midnight Run, and catch up over lunch. We asked them why they were so compelled to visit in their short time home and the answers would make anyone proud!

Amanda Greenawalt & Rabbis Feldman

“TBE showed me that my Jewish identity is something that is always present, regardless of where I am or what I am doing. At TBE, I learned the importance of love, acceptance, and compassion. TBE prepared me to meet not only other Jewish people, but people from all backgrounds. TBE taught me that my thirst for knowledge and curiosity about the world is tied to my Judaism. I question everything and strive for justice as my ancestors did before me. At TBE I learned invaluable skills that have helped me form personal relationships and political views as well as perform academically.” Ally Hand Junior; Barnard College

“Throughout the first eighteen years of my life, Temple Beth-El has taught me the importance of community, whether that be family, friendship, or Judaism. Upon arriving at college, I was able to find comfort in another Jewish community, through which I met many of my best friends. This ability to connect with Jews from all over has allowed me to thrive in an unfamiliar environment, and for that I am extremely grateful. When I return home, I think it’s important to maintain my strong ties with the Temple and its constituents, in the hopes of preserving this special and unique identity.” Jamie Doppelt Sophomore; Syracuse

“Graduating from Hebrew High helped me become more active in Jewish life on campus since I was used to having a religious group as an extracurricular activity. It is important to stay connected to TBE after graduation since there will always be people here who care about you and will help you if you ever needed it.” Craig Friedland Sophomore; SUNY Oswego

“TBE has prepared me for Jewish life on campus by showing me how a Jewish community can be fun, supportive, and help make a difference in a broader way through community service. It was important for me to visit while home because I wanted to give back to a community that gave so much to me.” Rachel Hand Junior; Dartmouth College

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L’DOR V’DOR FROM SHORE TO SHORE BY RABBI TARA FELDMAN

We are grateful for the ties that bind us together as a congregational family despite the passage of time and the miles that may separate us. January 7th presented us with a special opportunity—the chance to honor Ava Edstein, granddaughter Toby Frankel who, along with his wife Beverly, joined Temple Beth-El in 1976. Ava will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah this coming May at her home congregation, Emanuel Synagogue, in Sydney Australia, but wanted to share this milestone with her Poppa, Toby, a little closer to his home here in Great Neck. Ava’s mother, Serena, grew up here at Temple Beth-El and herself became a Bat Mitzvah in 1981 (in May, Ava will read from the same Torah portion as her mother did!). After becoming a Bat Mitzvah, Serena went on to be confirmed and like Beth-El, celebrates diversity and inclusion. Some to participate in Senior Seminar with Rabbi Davidson. While interesting differences for children coming of age in Australia: Serena is raising a family in Sydney, her connection to her Ava attends an all-girls public school (not uncommon in Jewish roots remains strong. Australia) and must wear a uniform to school. Ava loves her When asked about similarities between Reform Jewish life dog Cleo and playing the flute. Watching fireworks on the in Sydney and in Great Neck, Ava pointed out that we use beach—just minutes from her front door—is another favorite the same siddur—Mishkan Tefillah (although the prayers do pastime. Without a doubt, Ava and her family added much sound better in an Australian accent). Emanuel Synagogue, sparkle to our first Shabbat of 2017.

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LIFE CYCLES AT TBE

WE CONGRATULATE THE FOLLOWING ▪▪ Randi & Larry Melzer on the marriage of ▪▪ Felisa & Julius Myer on the passing of her B’NEI MITZVAH AND THEIR FAMILIES their daughter Janna Melzer to Charles father Stuart Cantor ▪▪ Ethan Kane and his parents Sara & Sutera III ▪▪ Hannah & David Rabinowitz on the Max Kane ▪▪ Rebecca & Jon Mostel on the marriage passing of his father Murray Rabinowitz ▪▪ Harrison Weinberg and his parents of their son Benjamin Mostel to Dr. Laura ▪▪ Arnold Rosenfeld on the passing of his Raquel & Steven Weinberg Melnick wife Lorraine Rosenfeld ▪▪ Phoebe Smith and her parents Melinda & ▪▪ Arlene & Michael Nevens on the birth ▪▪ Wendy & Donald Schneidman on the Craig Smith of their great-grandson Eliyahu Yona passing of her father Jay Stevens ▪▪ Jacob Policar and his parents Lisa & Warshaw ▪▪ Raine Silverstein on the passing of her Maurice Policar ▪▪ Vicki & Arthur Perler on the marriage of husband Stanley Silverstein ▪▪ Zachary Levine and his parents Jordana their son Elie Perler to Lauren Schachter ▪▪ Fern Weiss on the passing of her uncle & Stan Levine ▪▪ Bennett & Bonnie Rechler on the birth of Ralph Sobel ▪▪ Sophie Mirro and her parents Elizabeth & their grandson Ashton Fenn Rechler ▪▪ Allen & Barbara Wexler on the passing of Justin Mirro ▪▪ Beverley Rechler on the birth of her his father Mary Wexler ▪▪ Jessica Hope and her parents Shari & great-grandson Ashton Fenn Rechler ▪▪ Arlene Wolfe on the passing of her Steven Hope ▪▪ Hannah & David Rabinowitz on the husband Stanley Wolfe ▪▪ Sophia Wotman and her parents Rebecca birth of their great nephew Ashton Fenn & Daniel Wotman Rechler IN MEMORIAM ▪▪ Jolie Lenga and her parents Paige and ▪▪ Lori Beth & David Schwartz on the The Sympathy of the Congregation is Kirk Lenga marriage of their niece Jessie Beth extended to the families and friends of our ▪▪ Jack Lenga and his parents Paige & Kirk Peters to Jonathan Francis Sabino members who have passed away: Lenga ▪▪ Edward Soufer on the marriage of his ▪▪ Marjorie Chaplin ▪▪ Riley Boshnack and his parents Amy & nephew Adam Daniels to Michelle ▪▪ Kal Ellis Jared Boshnack Khezeri ▪▪ Ilse Feldheim ▪▪ Jack Kareff and his parents Linda & Scott ▪▪ Leslie & David Wollin on the birth of their ▪▪ Richard Feldman Kareff grandson Ethan Brody Wollin ▪▪ Lorraine Rosenfeld ▪▪ Todd Grauer & Jessie Ascencio on their ▪▪ Stanley Silverstein WE EXTEND CONGRATULATIONS TO: engagement ▪▪ Stanley Wolfe ▪▪ Joy & Josef Allen on the birth of their daughter Violet Mae Allen WE WELCOME NEW MEMBERS ▪▪ Richard & Ellie Brook on the birth of their ▪▪ Todd Grauer & Jessie Ascencio grandson Carson Jason Barry ▪▪ Leslie & Franklin Abrams on the birth of WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE their great niece Gemma Clair Greenberg CONDOLENCES TO: ▪▪ Maxine Argiz on the birth of her grandson ▪▪ Karen Brand on the passing of her Asher Louis Argiz husband Oscar Brand ▪▪ Affy & Abe Daniels on the marriage of ▪▪ Jacqueline & Randall Chaplin on the their son Adam Daniels to Michelle Khezri passing of his mother Marjorie Chaplin ▪▪ Nadine & Scott Goldstien on the birth ▪▪ Ruth Ellis on the passing of her husband of their granddaughter Gemma Clair Kal Ellis Greenberg ▪▪ Susan Feldman on the passing of her ▪▪ Shari & David Isacowitz' daughter Ann's husband Richard Feldman marriage to William Scarvie III ▪▪ Joyce Delson-Frydel on the passing of ▪▪ Lilian & Ronald Krowne on the birth her father Andre Frydel of their grandson Hudson Mitchell ▪▪ Lisa Kaplan & Cary Hirshon on the Greenberg passing of his mother Sondra Hirshon ▪▪ Judi & Jay Linden on the birth of their ▪▪ Sandra & Timothy Hott on the passing of granddaughter Charlotte Madison Linden his mother Jacqueline Rose Hott ▪▪ Sara & Peter Korshad on the passing of her mother Mouness Khorshad ▪▪ Wendy and Lawrence Kramer on the passing of her sister Diane Karlan Tate

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and complex human issues,” but RELIGIOUS 9:15am FEBRUARY new possibilities quietly unfold Torah Study if we can embrace differences SCHOOL 10:30am ADULT ED of opinion, on even the most Congregational Shabbat Service: polarizing subjects, with Friday, February 3 Ethan Kane becomes a Bar Tuesdays enthusiasm. 5:45pm Mitzvah 5:30 – 6:00pm K – 3 FACETIME SILENT MEDITATION SHABBAT, February 10 – 11 BROTHERHOOD Friday & Saturday, with Rabbi Tara B’shalach, Exodus 13:17 – 17:16 February 10 – 11 SHABBAT EVE Sunday, February 12 Thursday, February 2 4:00pm 7:00pm 9:00am 7:30pm 6TH GRADE RETREAT MEN’S DISCUSSION GROUP – Erev Shabbat Service THE MODERN HEBREW POEM Glen Cove Mansion SHABBAT MORNING MEN 55+ with Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum The 6th grade retreat is designed 9:15am Join Rabbi Muhlbaum for an Thursday, February 16 for our students and one or Torah Study exploration of some wonderful 7:30pm more of their family members. 10:30am Hebrew poetry! We’ll read BROTHERHOOD DINNER The focus of the retreat is on Congregational Shabbat Service: selections from Rachel the Poet, MEETING community bonding, Bar/ Harrison Weinberg becomes a Yehuda Amichai, Zelda, Chaim Bat Mitzvah preparation for Bar Mitzvah Nachman Bialik, and more! No both students and parents, JEWISH SHABBAT, February 17 – 18 Hebrew reading required—come informational sessions on Yitro, Exodus 18:1 – 20 – 23 curious. COOKING Mitzvah projects, fun games and activities with your family, SHABBAT EVE Thursday, February 9 SCHOOL and a special experience at 7:00pm Erev Shabbat Service 7:30pm Monday, February 6 the Holocaust Memorial and SHABBAT MORNING THE BLESSING OF RAIN: 11:30am OR 7:00pm Tolerance Center of Nassau 9:15am WATER AND NATURE IN MEATLESS MONDAY County. Torah Study JEWISH TRADITION $45 TBE members February, 20 – 24 10:30am Cantor Vladimir Lapin $55 non-members WINTER RECESS— Congregational Shabbat Service Water plays a central role in RELIGIOUS SCHOOL CLOSED Tuesday February 14 Jewish tradition, both literally SHABBAT, February 24 – 25 12 – 1:30pm and metaphorically. The ancient Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 LUNCH ‘N LEARN Israelite agricultural system TBE EVENTS Shabbat Eve $35 TBE members was dependent on rains coming 7:00pm Saturday, February 4 in their proper times and in $45 non-members 7:00pm Erev Shabbat Service proper amounts. Throughout SHABBAT MORNING Tuesday February 28 TBE HONORS SHARON & our liturgy, we are continually 9:15am HOWARD ROTH AND LORI presented with the notion that 11:30am OR 7:00pm PURIM FEAST BETH & DAVID SCHWARTZ Torah Study rain is a blessing that reflects our 10:30am societal balance and harmony. $55 TBE members $65 non-members Saturday, February 4 Congregational Shabbat Service We will explore the role of water 8:00pm in nature through Jewish liturgy, TBE COMEDY NIGHT texts, music and poetry. JEWISH YOGA Saturday, February 11 MARCH Thursday, February 16 SCHOOL 5:30pm 7:30pm Tuesdays, February 7, 14, 28 ADULT ONLY MIDNIGHT RUN “ON BEING” ADULT ED 9:30 – 10:45AM Rabbi Tara Feldman AWAKEN YOGA WORSHIP Tuesdays “On Being” continues with $200 or $25 drop in fee 5:30 – 6:00pm Rabbi Tara Feldman. We will TBE Members $170 or SHABBAT, February 3 – 4 SILENT MEDITATION explore the realm of civil $20 drop in fee Bo, Exodus 10:1 – 13:16 with Rabbi Tara discourse through Krista SHABBAT EVE Tippett’s interview with Frances Thursdays, February 2, 9, 16, 23 5:45pm Thursdays, March 9 & 16 Kissling: Listening Beyond Life FOUR WEEK INTRO TO YOGA K – 3 FACETime 7:30pm and Choice. In Tippett’s words, SERIES 7:00pm FAMILY HISTORY IN A BOX we have “impoverished our $80 / $68 TBE Members Erev Shabbat Service with Dorrit Title collective approach to intimate SHABBAT MORNING [email protected]

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Thursday, March 30 7:00pm 7:30pm CLUB CHAI RELIGIOUS Erev Shabbat Service INTRODUCTION TO Thursday, March 16 SCHOOL SHABBAT MORNING HANDWRITING ANALYSIS 7:30pm 9:15am Friday, March 3 with Pat Siegel BOARD MEETING Torah Study 5:45pm [email protected] 10:30am K – 3 FACETIME SHABBAT Congregational Shabbat Service: Thursday, March 30 JEWISH Phoebe Smith becomes a Bat Saturday, March 11 – 7:30pm COOKING Mitzvah FOLK DANCE Erev Purim with Rochelle Rosenbloom SCHOOL Shabbat, March 10 – 11 5:45pm T’tzaveh, Exod. 27:20 – 30:10 [email protected] Monday March 6 4TH – 6TH GRADE PURIM SHABBAT EVE 11:30am OR 7:00pm FACETIME 7:00pm SISTERHOOD KNIFE SKILLS Erev Shabbat Service Friday, March 17 $40 TBE members SHABBAT MORNING Thursday, March 2 6:00pm $50 non-members 9:15am 7:45pm SHABBAT@HOME Torah Study SISTERHOOD ROSH CHODESH Monday March 13 WITH FACETIME 4 – 6 GRADE, 10:30am BOOK DISCUSSION 12 – 1:30pm OFFSITE Congregational Shabbat Service: LUNCH ‘N LEARN A Tale of Love and Darkness by Jacob Policar becomes a Bar $40 TBE members Saturday, March 25 Amos Oz, RSVP for location Mitzvah $50 non-members 10:30am 6TH GRADE FACETIME Sunday, March 26 Saturday, Erev Purim, Monday March 27 SHABBAT SISTERHOOD RETREAT March 11 11:30am OR 7:00pm with Rabbi Tara 6:00pm DELICIOUSLY HEART HEALTHY Friday, March 31 Megillah Reading Service, $55 TBE members 5:45pm Wine, cheese and desserts are BROTHERHOOD $65 non-members K – 3 GRADE FACETIME SHABBAT served Saturday, March 4 7:00pm 7:30pm JEWISH YOGA Purim Shpiel FAMILY GAME NIGHT TBE EVENTS SCHOOL Shabbat, March 17 – 18 FREE EVENT Saturday, March 11 – Ki Tisa, Exod. 30:11 – 34:35 Brotherhood hosts its second Thursday, March 2 Erev Purim SHABBAT EVE annual Family Game Night. Last 10:00 – 11:15am 7:00pm 7:00pm year, families of all ages came, FOUR WEEK INTRO TO YOGA PURIM SHPIEL Erev Shabbat Service played board games, watched SERIES (CONTINUED) SHABBAT MORNING family-friendly movies, and $68 TBE Members or $80 Sunday, March 12 9:15am overall had a great time. We’re MEMBERS ART SALON Torah Study looking forward to getting even Saturday, March 4 RECEPTION 10:30am more folks this year! 4:30 – 5:50pm 1:00 – 3:00pm HAVDALLAH YOGA Congregational Shabbat Service: The Elsie K. Rudin Judaica Saturday, March 11 Free. Zachary Levine becomes a Bar Museum will host an artists’ Mitzvah PASSOVER WINE reception on Sunday afternoon, PRESENTATION Thursdays, March 2, 16, 30 6:30 – 7:45pm March 12 from 1:00 – 3:00pm Shabbat, March 24 – 25 (Details TBA) YOGA FOR ATHLETES after the Purim Carnival in the Va-yak’heil-P’kudei, Museum Gallery. Please come Exod. 35:1 – 40:38 Sunday, March 19 $200 or $25 drop in fee and meet some of the artists and SHABBAT EVE 8:30am TBE Members $170 or $20 find out more about their works 7:00pm MONTHLY MEETING drop-in fee of art. Light refreshments will Erev Shabbat Service: Milestone (BREAKFAST) Tuesdays, March 7, 14, 21 be served. Wedding Anniversaries Thursday, March 30 9:30 – 10:45am SHABBAT MORNING ANNUAL MEN’S SEDER AWAKEN YOGA WORSHIP 9:15pm $200 or $25 drop in fee Torah Study (Details TBA) TBE Members $170 or $20 Shabbat, March 3 – 4 10:30pm drop-in fee. T’rumah, Exod. 25:1 – 27:19 Congregational Shabbat Service SHABBAT EVE

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Shabbat, March 31 – April 1 7:00pm Va-yikra, Lev. 1:1 – 5:2 CLUB CHAI TBE EVENTS Erev Shabbat Service SHABBAT EVE Thursday, April 13 April 25, May 23, June 20 SHABBAT MORNING 7:00pm 7:30pm 3:00-4:30 pm 9:15am Erev Shabbat Service: Gratitude BOARD MEETING WISE AGING Torah Study 10:30am Shabbat for Caring Volunteers Facilitators: Judi Linden, SHABBAT MORNING Sunday, April 23 Congregational Shabbat Service Gayle Monaster 9:15am RABBI JEROME DAVIDSON, Shabbat, April 21 – 22 Torah Study SPEAKER Tuesday, April 11 Sh’mini, Lev. 9:1 – 11:47 10:30am 6:30pm SHABBAT EVE Congregational Shabbat Service: SECOND NIGHT JEWISH 7:00pm Sophie Mirro becomes a CONGREGATIONAL SEDER Bat Mitzvah COOKING Erev Shabbat Service: Friday Join your TBE family and friends Night Live Followed by Potluck SCHOOL for a Second Night Seder led by Dinner YOUTH our very own Rabbis Meir and SHABBAT MORNING Monday April 3 Tara Feldman. We’ll provide the 9:15am Sunday, March 12 11:30am OR 7:00pm wine, side dishes, seder plate, Torah Study 10:00am – 1:00pm PASSIONATE PASSOVER and dessert All you do is bring a 10:30am JTC PURIM CARNIVAL $65 TBE members main dish and matzo! Congregational Shabbat Service: $75 non-members $20 Adult – Kids FREE Sophia Wotman becomes a Bat Mitzvah Sunday, April 16 JEWISH YOGA 5:30pm 9:00am – 2:00pm APRIL Afternoon Shabbat Service: SCHOOL EASTER: NORTH SHORE AT Jolie and Jack Lenga become PARKER JEWISH ADULT ED Tuesdays, April 4, 25 B’nei Mitzvah Bring some Easter happiness AWAKEN YOGA Tuesdays to those in need at Parker Shabbat, April 28 – 29 9:30 – 10:45am 5:30 – 6:00pm Jewish. Bring patients down Tazria-M’tzora, Lev. 12:1 – 15:32 $200 or $25 drop in fee SILENT MEDITATION WITH for Mass, followed by lunch. SHABBAT EVE TBE Members $170 or $20 RABBI TARA Contact Gloria for more info. 7:00pm drop-in fee. [email protected] Erev Shabbat Service Thursday, April 27 Thursdays, April 6, 20, 27 (516) 466-2431 SHABBAT MORNING 7:30pm YOGA FOR ATHLETES 9:15am THE ORIGINS OF ANTI- 6:30 – 7:45pm Torah Study SEMITISM WORSHIP $200 or $25 drop in fee 10:30am with Norman Wheeler TBE Members $170 or $20 Shabbat, April 7 – 8 Congregational Shabbat Service: [email protected] drop-in fee Tzav, Lev. 6:1 – 8:36 Riley Boshnack becomes a SHABBAT EVE Bat Mitzvah BROTHERHOOD 7:00pm 5:30pm RELIGIOUS Erev Shabbat Service Afternoon Shabbat Service: Jack Sunday, April 2 SCHOOL SHABBAT MORNING Kareff becomes a Bar Mitzvah 8:30am 9:15am MONTHLY MEETING Friday, April 21 Torah Study YOUTH (BREAKFAST) 5:45pm 10:30am 4TH – 5TH GRADE FACETIME Congregational Shabbat Service: Saturday, April 1 Thursday, April 6 SHABBAT Jessica Hope becomes a 5:30pm 6:30pm Bat Mitzvah JTC: Midnight Run SAUL KESSLER INTERFAITH Saturday, April 22 SEDER 10:30am Monday, April 10 Free for non-Jewish guests; 6TH GRADE 6:00pm $28 for Temple members FACETIME – MITZVAH PROJECT EREV PESACH Temple Beth-El members Shabbat, April 14 – 15 welcome with non-Jewish guests Exodus 33:12 – 34 – 26 only SHABBAT EVE

TEMPLE BETH-EL SHEMA | SPRING 2017 23 TRIBUTE FUND DONATIONS November 11, 2016–January 6, 2017

▪▪ Elaine Springer in memory of ▪▪ Jane Cohen in memory of Ilse ▪▪ Zeckhauser Foundation in A HOUSE OF Kal Ellis Feldheim memory of Estelle Zeckhauser LEARNING ▪▪ Judi & Elliot Rosenzweig in ▪▪ Dorrit Title in memory of ▪▪ Margery & Stewart Chodosch in memory of Kal Ellis Howard Title memory of Lorraine Rosenfeld Beit Midrash ▪▪ Linda Diamond in memory of ▪▪ Fritzi & Jean Baer in memory of ▪▪ Jacalyn & Andrew Aaron in Kal Ellis Ilse Feldheim memory of Norma Aaron ADRIENNE & WILLIAM KAFENBAUM ▪ ▪ ▪ EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT FUND ▪ Elaine Springer in honor of The ▪ Barbara & Howard Herman in ▪ Rebecca & Jon Mostel in honor of Bat Mitzvah of Elizabeth Moshen honor of Debbie El Kashash the Office Staff of Temple Beth-El ▪▪ Wendy & Lawrence Kramer and ▪▪ Steven Koteen in honor of The Bat ▪▪ Karen Rubin, David and Eric ▪▪ Jeff Widell in memory of Sidney Family in memory of Sylvia Kramer Mitzvah of Elizabeth Moshen Leiberman in memory of Eleanor Widell ▪▪ Chris & Fred Knauer in memory Spiegel Rubin ▪▪ Beatrice Goldberg in memory BARBARA & MAURICE A. DEANE YOUTH of Kal Ellis ▪▪ Ilse Kagan in memory of Ilse of Annie Goldschmidt, Richard SCHOLARSHIP FUND ▪▪ Jean & Fritzi Baer in memory of Feldheim Discher, Ephraim Discher, and ▪▪ Sue Hanau Deutsch in memory of Kal Ellis ▪▪ The Kafenbaum Family in Herbert Goldberg Henry Weisl ▪▪ Cindy Gold and Rabbi Laurie memory of Charlotte Schneider ▪▪ Dena Surks & Ron Kosinski in ▪▪ Dorrit Title in memory of Kurt Gold in memory of Kal Ellis ▪▪ Judy & Aharon Cohen and memory Harriet Surks Bauer ▪▪ Club Chai in memory of Kal Ellis Family in memory of Ilse ▪▪ Dena Surks & Ron Kosinski in ▪▪ Barbara & Maurice A. Deane in ▪▪ Chris & Fred Knauer in memory Feldheim memory of Sylvan Surks memory of Joseph Dintenfass of Sidney Knauer ▪▪ Mitchell J. Weiss in memory of ▪▪ Ronald Litz in memory of ▪▪ Chris & Fred Knauer in memory Abraham Weiss Jeanette Litz BROTHERHOOD BIBLE BREAKFAST FUND of David Jick ▪▪ Suzanne Stone in memory of ▪▪ Bobbie Rosenzweig in memory of Raymond Stone Lynn Katz ▪▪ Ellen & Jack Permut in memory OUTREACH FUND ▪▪ Erika Brown in memory of ▪▪ Donna Ganzer in honor of The of Kal Ellis Robert S. Brown Bat Mitzvah of Elizabeth Moshen ▪▪ Ruth Shear in memory of Kal Ellis ▪▪ Gloria Fryer in memory of ▪ ▪ Jerome Fryer ▪ Suzanne Stone in memory of ▪ Marion Gerrick Cohen in HATTIE & ALBERT GRAUER LIBRARY FUND ▪▪ Gloria Fryer in memory of Chelsie Stone memory of Gertrude Harris Cohen ▪ ▪ Samuel Abrams ▪ Jane H. Willis in memory of Lynn ▪ Marion Gerrick Cohen in ▪▪ Rebecca Weiss-Horowitz in & William Halperin memory of Monroe Gerrick memory of Harrison Weiss- WALTER & CHARLOTTE SCHNEIDER ▪▪ Lee Susswein & Joe Monteforte in Horowitz CARING COMMUNITY FUND SISTERHOOD EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND memory of Kal Ellis ▪ ▪▪ Lee Susswein & Joe Monteforte in ▪▪ Carole Safenowitz in memory of ▪ Claire Rivers in memory of Judith JANE & H. RICHARD ROBERTS RELIGIOUS memory of Ilse Feldheim SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Milton Safenowitz Square ▪ ▪▪ Henry Asher & Diana Harmon ▪▪ Carole Safenowitz in memory of ▪ Karen Rubin, David and Eric ▪▪ Elaine Springer in memory of Ilse Asher in memory of Cantor Harry Safenowitz Leiberman in memory of Eleanor Feldheim Robert Harmon ▪▪ Fern & Mitchell Weiss in honor of Spiegel Rubin ▪▪ Club Chai in memory of Ilse ▪▪ Henry Asher & Diana Harmon Our 50th Wedding Anniversary Feldheim Asher in memory of Henry Asher ▪▪ Margery & Stewart Chodosch in IN TIMES OF NEED ▪▪ Ellen Meyerson in memory of Ilse ▪▪ Nina & Bill Koppelman in honor of Fern & Mitchell Weiss’ ▪▪ Florence Epstein in memory of Feldheim memory of Kal Ellis 50th Wedding Claire Lerner ▪▪ Carole & Howard Crosby in ▪▪ Nina & Bill Koppelman in ▪▪ Anniversary ▪▪ Susan & David Weiss- memory of Ilse Feldheim memory of Ilse Feldheim ▪▪ Elaine Springer in honor of the Horowitz in memory of Harrison ▪▪ Lois Spiegel in memory of Lillian ▪▪ Jack & Andy Aaron in honor of Bat Mitzvah of Ilana Cooke Weiss-Horowitz & Harry Finke Debbie El Kashash ▪▪ Elaine Springer in memory of ▪▪ Susan & David Weiss- ▪▪ Alice & Victor Fornari in honor Marjorie Chaplin Horowitz in memory of Ryan JEANNETTE L. & LEWIS S. HOLLINS EARLY of Debbie El Kashash ▪▪ Leslie Harf in memory of Sims CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FUND ▪▪ Nina & Bill Koppelman in honor Kenneth Harf ▪▪ Steven, Alissa, Isaac, and Darcy of Debbie El Kashash ▪▪ Lisa, Dov, & Aaron Weinstein in ▪▪ Dorrit Title in memory of Kal Slater in memory of Harrison ▪▪ Kathy & Chester Mayer in honor of the Marriage of Lauren Ellis Weiss-Horowitz memory of Ida Druxserman Schachter and Elie Perler ▪▪ Gary Greenfield and Family in ▪▪ Susan & Joel Cartun in memory ▪▪ Sharon & Michael Weinreb and memory of Joan Greenfield of Harrison Weiss-Horowitz Family in honor of the Marriage ▪▪ Michael Mayer in memory of of Matthew Weinreb and Emily Sylvia & Cyrus Mayer CARING FOR Guadagno EACH OTHER ▪▪ Nava Krieger and Family in A HOUSE OF memory of Ilse Feldheim GATHERING HERMAN & ROSE MANNEY ZARIN FAMILY G’milut Hasadim ▪▪ Daisy B. Schott in memory YOUTH ACTIVITIES FUND of Werner S. Schott, Elizabeth Beit Knesset ▪ BROTHERHOOD COMMUNITY & Baruch, and Hedwig Schott ▪ Wendy & Lawrence Kramer and INTERFAITH ACTIVITIES FUND ▪▪ Elaine Springer in memory of Ilse SYNAGOGUE AND GROUNDS FUND Family in memory of Sylvia Kramer ▪▪ David Redleaf in memory of Feldheim ▪▪ Phyllis & Jerry Rogovin in ▪▪ David Redleaf in memory of Sara Morris Redleaf ▪▪ Cindy Gold and Rabbi Laurie memory of Irving Sanders Redleaf ▪▪ Michael Ellman in memory of Gold in memory of Ilse Feldheim ▪▪ Serena & Bob Cummins in ▪▪ Shela Pearl in memory of Raye Kal Ellis memory of Julia Cummins Solomon

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▪▪ Susan & David Weiss-Horowitz in ▪▪ Wendy & Jordan Ziegler in honor ▪▪ Beverly Heimberg and Eve memory of Harrison Weiss-Horowitz of Zachary Ziegler, on the occasion Heimberg in memory of Emanuel MUSIC AND ▪▪ Melinda & Michael Sims of his Bar Mitzvah Heimberg CULTURAL ▪▪ Dale & Martin Silver in honor of ▪▪ Ann Finkelstein in honor of the FUNDS SISTERHOOD ROSE WOLF FLORAL AND Zachary Ziegler, on the occasion of Marriage of Ben Mostel & Laura ONEG SHABBAT FUND his Bar Mitzvah Melnick Tarbut Beit Elohim ▪ ▪ ▪▪ Claire Cummins Cooke in honor ▪ Laurie Silver in honor of Zachary ▪ Ellen & Jack Permut in memory of Ilana Cooke, on the occasion of Ziegler, on the occasion of his Bar of Ilse Feldheim ELSIE K. RUDIN JUDAICA MUSEUM FUND ▪ her Bat Mitzvah Mitzvah ▪ Ann Finkelstein in memory of Ilse ▪▪ Linda Diamond in memory of ▪ ▪▪ Serena Cummins Cooke in honor ▪ Rebecca & Jon Mostel in honor of Feldheim Harry Mann ▪ of Ilana Cooke, on the occasion of the Marriage of Laura Melnick & ▪ Fran Pickman in memory of ▪▪ Melinda & Michael Sims in her Bat Mitzvah Ben Mostel Herman W. Shane memory of Sheldon Bloom ▪ ▪ ▪▪ Rebecca & Jon Mostel in memory ▪ Sandie Antar in memory of ▪ Ann Finkelstein in honor of the ▪▪ John & Herbert Hirsch-Leiman in of Sam Mostel Marjorie Chaplin Bat Mitzvah of Elizabeth Moshen memory of Ilse Feldheim ▪ ▪ ▪▪ Rebecca & Jon Mostel in memory ▪ Diana & Sol Zimmerman in ▪ Alice Ebenstein in memory of ▪▪ Sheila Hecht in memory of Bruce of Rose Mostel memory of Estera Zimmerman Abraham J. Briloff Weiner ▪ ▪ ▪▪ Ina & Mark Kupferberg in honor ▪ Estelle Jaffe in memory of Alfred ▪ Louise Feldman in memory of ▪▪ Sheila Hecht in memory of Bess of the Marriage of Laura Melnick E. Stein Harriet Feldman Weiner ▪ ▪ & Ben Mostel ▪ Judi & Elliot Rosenzweig in ▪ Rita Bleetstein in memory of ▪▪ Carole Aronson in memory of memory of Ilse Feldheim Leonard Bleetstein ROBERT S. BOAS MUSIC FUND ▪▪ Barbara & Howard Herman in ▪▪ Lee & Jill Corson in memory of Ruth Rogenstein ▪▪ Elaine Springer in honor of memory of Ilse Feldheim Harriette Corson ▪▪ Leslie & Ronald Barshop in Marsha Mayers’ Birthday ▪▪ Stuart Diamond in memory of ▪▪ Lee & Jill Corson in memory of memory of Mae Lieberman ▪▪ Nancy & Jerome Reisman in Barbara Diamond Robert Corson ▪▪ Alexandra & Matthew Moshen in memory of Jack J. Fischer ▪▪ Elaine Markowitz in memory of ▪▪ Eve & Beverly Heimberg in honor of the Bat Mitzvah of ▪▪ Sandy & Stuart Lubert in Harry Markowitz memory of David Pekarne Elizabeth Moshen memory of Kal Ellis ▪▪ Paul Berk in memory of Frances ▪▪ Chris & Fred Knauer in memory ▪▪ Dorrit Title in memory of Kal Berk MITZVAH OF THE MONTH FUND of Ilse Feldheim Ellis ▪▪ Carol & Robert Gilbert in ▪▪ Eileen Levy in memory of Ilse ▪▪ Elaine Springer in memory of ▪▪ Ethel S. Pomerantz in memory of memory of Barbara Gilbert Feldheim Gerard A. Ascher Ilse Feldheim ▪▪ Ina & Mark Kupferberg in ▪▪ Benny Ziegler in honor of TORAH BOOK FUND ▪▪ Ethel S. Pomerantz in memory of memory of Kenneth Kupferberg Zachary Ziegler, on the occasion of Kal Ellis ▪▪ Richard Kopelman in memory of ▪▪ Beverley Rechler in memory of his Bar Mitzvah ▪▪ Ethel S. Pomerantz in memory of Elaine Fialkov Yetta Rechler ▪▪ Jordana & Stan Levine in honor Marjorie Chaplin ▪▪ Elaine Gellis in memory of Leah ▪▪ Beverley Rechler in memory of Zachary Ziegler, on the occasion of ▪▪ Barbara & Howard Herman in Malmid Michael Rechler his Bar Mitzvah honor of Cantor Vladimir Lapin ▪▪ Lilian & Ronald Krowne in ▪▪ Sandy & Stuart Lubert in honor ▪▪ Wendy & Lawrence Kramer and ▪▪ Steven M. Walk in memory of memory of Freda Krowne of The Bat Mitzvah of Elizabeth Family in memory of Sylvia Kramer Eli Walk ▪▪ Cindy Gold and Rabbi Laurie Moshen ▪▪ Gayle & George Monaster in ▪▪ Jack Levins in memory of Beatrice Gold in honor of Deborah El ▪▪ Sandy & Stuart Lubert in memory of Mae Betty Squires Newman Kashash memory of Ilse Feldheim ▪▪ Martin Hoffert in memory of Sol ▪▪ Rebecca Weiss-Horowitz in ▪▪ Chris & Fred Knauer in memory ▪▪ Sandy & Stuart Lubert in Hoffert memory of Harrison Weiss- of Kathleen Henson memory of Mort Lubert ▪▪ Rose Grunther in memory of Horowitz ▪▪ Ina & Mark Kupferberg in ▪▪ REPAIRING OUR WORLD Anne Grunther Stone ▪▪ Susan Weiss-Horowitz in memory memory of Jack Plotsky ▪▪ Tikkun Olam ▪▪ Eileen & Steven Walk in honor of of Ryan Sims ▪▪ Serena & Bob Cummins in Our 50th Wedding Anniversary memory of Julia Cummins SISTERHOOD HELEN ZANER SERVICES FOR ▪▪ Elaine Springer in honor of the INVESTMENT FUND ▪▪ Elaine Springer in memory of THE BLIND FUND 50th Wedding Annivesary of ▪▪ Sandy & Stuart Lubert in Irene M. Springer ▪▪ Linda A. Snyder in memory of Eileen & Steven Walk ▪ ▪ memory of Stuart Cantor ▪ Chris & Fred Knauer in memory Dorothy Adlman ▪ Leonore Susswein in memory of of Kathleen Henson ▪▪ Joan Hahn in memory of Lewis B. Arthur Susswein ▪ RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND Schwartz ▪ Leonore Susswein in memory of ▪▪ Phyllis & Donald Sussman in ▪▪ Louis K. Feldman in memory of Mitchell Rosenson ▪ memory of Anna Sussman A HOUSE OF Minnie Koeppel ▪ Eileen Walk in memory of Lillian ▪▪ Ilana Cooke & Family in honor of ▪▪ Louise K. Feldman in memory of Hodes WORSHIP Rabbis Meir & Tara Feldman Grace Gold ▪▪ Ilana Cooke & Family in honor of Beit T’filah ▪▪ Ann Finkelstein in memory of JENNY SPIELMAN SOCIAL ACTION FUND Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum Ralph Sobel ▪▪ Melinda & Michael Sims in ▪▪ Marilyn Klainberg in honor of PRAYER BOOK FUND ▪▪ Linda A. Snyder in memory of memory of Ryan L. Sims Rabbi Meir Feldman ▪ David Adlman ▪ Richard H. 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TEMPLE BETH-EL SHEMA | SPRING 2017 25 TRIBUTE FUND DONATIONS November 11, 2016–January 6, 2017

▪▪ Glenda Artsis in memory of ▪▪ Donna Ganzer in memory of ▪▪ Dorrit Title in honor of Debbie El ▪▪ The Ziegler Family in honor of Mildred Storch Artsis Marjorie Chaplin Kashash Cantor Vladimir Lapin ▪▪ Elaine Springer in memory of ▪▪ Janet & Joel Epstein and ▪▪ Eileen & Arthur Hirsh and ▪▪ Alexandra & Matthew Moshen Gerard A. Ascher Family in memory of Marjorie Family in memory of Sol Goetz and Family in honor of Cantor ▪▪ Rebecca & Jon Mostel in honor of Chaplin ▪▪ Joan Hessekiel in memory of Julia Vladimir Lapin Rabbis Meir & Tara Feldman ▪▪ Linda Diamond in memory of Greenblat ▪▪ Iris Sutz in memory of Evelyn ▪▪ The Ziegler Family in honor of Marjorie Chaplin ▪▪ Linda Diamond in memory of Sutz Rabbi Tara Feldman ▪▪ Alexandra & Matthew Moshen Emma Mann ▪▪ Stewart Chodosch in memory of ▪▪ The Ziegler Family in honor of and Family in honor of Rabbi ▪▪ Sharon & Michael Weinreb and Bernice Chodosch Rabbi Meir Feldman Tara Feldman Family in honor of Rabbis Meir & ▪▪ Elaine Springer in honor of ▪▪ The Ziegler Family in honor of ▪▪ Alexandra & Matthew Moshen Tara Feldman Debbie El Kashash Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum and Family in honor of Rabbi ▪▪ Fran & Carl Harnick in memory ▪▪ Nancy & Jerry Reisman in ▪▪ The Morning Minyan Group in Meir Feldman of Berthe Feldman memory of William Reisman honor of The Interfaith ▪▪ Alexandra & Matthew Moshen ▪▪ Jeff Hessel in memory of Olivia ▪▪ Rosalie & Raymond Goodman in Forgiveness Forum and Family in honor of Rabbi Elle Messing Starman memory of Abraham Lempert ▪▪ Philip Bresnick in memory of Muhlbaum ▪▪ Elaine Springer in memory of the ▪▪ Sherry & Warren Goodman in Stanley Bresnick ▪▪ Lillian J. Hoffman in memory of Anniversary of Irene M. & Stanley honor of Debbie El Kashash ▪▪ Sonia Greenbaum in memory of Louis Jacobs E. Springer, z”l ▪▪ Susan & David Weiss- John Franklin Carter ▪▪ Robert Lewis in memory of ▪▪ Sheryl & Ed Ginsberg in memory Horowitz in memory of Harrison ▪▪ David Heckler Foundation in Phoebe Lewis of Hannah Ginsberg Weiss-Horowitz memory of Annabelle G. Heckler ▪▪ Patricia & Lawrence Siegel in ▪▪ Randi Lynn Zuller & Geoff in ▪▪ David Heckler Foundation in memory of Helen Minikes CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND honor of The Engagement of Josh ▪ memory of David G. Heckler ▪ Marjorie & Michael Kurcias in ▪▪ Ilana Cooke & Family in honor of Chaplin and Kristin McCall ▪ ▪ ▪ Anita, Jay, and Jesse Confino in honor of Rabbi Meir & Tara Cantor Vladimir Lapin ▪ Elaine Springer in honor of the memory of Samuel Confino Feldman ▪▪ Leslie & David Wollin in memory birthday of Karen Siegel ▪ ▪ ▪ Randi Zuller in memory of ▪ Eileen & Steven Walk in honor of of Cecile Socks Marjorie Chaplin Rabbi Tara Feldman ▪▪ Leslie & David Wollin in memory of Bernard Wollin

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