Welcome to Beth Shalom! Great to have you with us. Please join us during Kiddush after services. B’ruchim Habaim (Welcome!) Shavuon A Beth Shalom Weekly 6800 35th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98115 "Jews who long have drifted from the faith of their fathers...are stirred in their inmost parts 206.524.0075 when the old, familiar, Passover sounds chance to fall upon their ears.” ~ Heinrich Heine
14-21 Nissan 5778 March 30-April 6, 2018 Board Members & Staff President Erev Pesach First Night Seder Michael Madwed Candlelighting on Friday, March 30th is at 7:19pm Past President Andrew Cohen There are no Kabbalat Shabbat services
President-Elect Norbert Sorg
Vice-President Jennifer Cohen Shabbat Services in the Sanctuary at 9:30am
Treasurer Pesach Day 1 Scott Cohen
School Committee Chair Exodus 12:21-51 Joshua Newman Maftir: Numbers 28:16-25 Secretary Rochelle Roseman Haftarah: Joshua 5:2-6:1
Members at Large: Guest Darshan: Amram Migdal Erin Benzikry Carolyn Bernhard Craig Chosiad Marc Cohen There is no Kiddush lunch during Passover Joani Diskin Saran Keith Eaton Debra Gussin Beth Hartell Dov Pinker Shabbat Babysitting from 9:30am in Rm 4/5 Scott Starr David Tarshes Aharon tenBroek
Rabbi Jill Borodin No Shabbat Morning Prozdor this week or next Senior Rabbi Rabbi Paula Rose Assistant Rabbi
Carol Benedick Executive Director Kids Kehilla with Brianna Sayres for ages 6-11 from 10:45 in Room 6 Leah Lemchen Early Chldhood Ctr Director
Rachel Wachtel Education & Youth Director Torah and Tots for ages 2-5 from 11:30am in Room 1 Sarah Harel Program Director
Shira Orzech B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator Pesach Day 2
Marjie Cogan Communications Coordinator Sunday, April 1 - Services from 9:30am
Louis Friedkin Leviticus 22:26-23:44 Comptroller
Emma Shusterman Maftir: Numbers 28:16 - 28:25 Bookkeeper
Haftarah: II Kings 23:1-9; 23:21-25 Heidi Piel Lifecycle Coordinator Guest Darshan: Rabbi Ethan Tucker
Lauren Fellows Front Office Coordinator
Tamara Fernandez There is no Kiddush lunch during Passover ECC Assistant
Jaime Carillo No Sunday morning minyan Religious School Asst
Tal Bronstain Shinshinit
Carlos DelCid The Early Childhood Center is Closed during Passover Building Maintenance The CBS Offices will be closed this Friday, April 6th Luis Martinez for Yom Tov Services and Yizkor Maekele Gebremeskel Custodian No Friday morning minyan Rimma Lobas Service Assistant
Susan Monas Francie Ringold Weekday Minyanim in the Beit Midrash Rosh Kitchen Monday - Friday: 7:00AM • Monday Evening: 7:30 PM • Sunday Morning: 9:30-10:15 AM
To honor the sanctity of Shabbat and High Holidays, we do not permit smoking, photography, writing, use of beepers, cell phones or other wireless equipment. When congregants are standing in prayer please do not disturb their concentration by moving around the shul.
In consideration of other members, please minimize the use of scented body products. Thank you. ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING PROGRAMS
YOUTH EVENTS CBS Young Professionals: Post-Passover Board Passover Teen Event Games Tuesday, 4/3 from 6:30-8:30pm Sunday, 4/8 from 4:00pm at Mox Boarding House in Join Rabbi Paula and Jeremy Rose in their home for a Ballard, 5105 Leary Ave NW Seattle special Passover teen event! We’ll enjoy matza pizza and Come hang out and decompress after Passover with fun watch the Prince of Egypt. Please RSVP online so that we boarding games at Mox! Hope to see you there! know how many people to plan for! https://bethshalomseattle.org/calendar/prince-of-egypt/ Remembering Our Roots: Yom HaShoah Remembrance Program Kadima (6th-8th grade) Cooking With Tal – Dessert Thursday, 4/12 from 10am-Noon in the Beit Midrash Special and Chametz Fest with Rabbi Rose Sunday, 4/8 from Noon - 2:00pm in the CBS Kitchen Explore how family narratives are woven together to form Kadima (6th-8th grade) is making krembo with Tal! personal identity, how the Holocaust and Post-War There is a cost of $8 per person for this event. Space is immigration affected our stories, and discover the limited to 8 participants, so please RSVP below to reserve connections that bind us all. your spot! We will have lunch too! We’ll build upon by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s https://bethshalomseattle.org/calendar/kadima-cooking- commentary on family roots the documentary series dessert/ Finding Your Roots, highlighting the connection between
Graduation Shabbat + Youth Minyan Bernie Sanders and Larry David. Learn about sources of Saturday, 4/28 our own “identity factors” and discuss influences of family Never seen before at CBS- it's Graduation Shabbat and upbringing, community values, genetic inheritance, and Youth Minyan on the same day! Our graduates will lead individual choice. This event is part of #NWIsraelFest. services, read Torah, and be honored by the CBS commu- nity. Then they will join together with all our post b'nai The Book of Ruth - An Exploration through different mitzvah teens for a special Youth Minyan musaf and deli- creative lenses with Rabbi Borodin cious lunch. Questions? Get in touch with Rachel Wachtel, The rabbis say there are 70 faces of Torah. In this class CBS Education and Youth Director. we will have a chance to prepare for Shavuot through studying the story of Ruth (which is read on Shavuot) The Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle at Beth Shalom with multiple forms of creative and artistic expression as Wednesday, 4/4 is CANCELLED! lenses for studying the text. No background in any of the The next date is Wednesday, 5/2 from 6:30-9:00pm art forms is needed. We will primarily study the artistic expressions of others on these books and have some op- Our 50th Anniversary Culminating Event portunity for trying the forms ourselves. Two sections will Sunday, 5/6, Noon - To celebrate Beth be offered – evenings or day class. Classes will cover the Shalom’s Past, Present, & Future biblical text, rabbinic and contemporary midrashim, music and poetry, visual art, and movement. · Special Conversation with our Founders Wednesdays, 7:30-8:45pm: April 18, 25, · Enjoy the delicious Food Fair May 2, 9, 23 · Create special tiles for our community art project Thursdays, 12:30- 1:45pm: April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17 · Music presented by Sababa (Ben Gown/Joel N Register Online Today! https://bethshalomseattle.org/ The Next 35 Years of Social Change in Israel, Mickey calendar/50th-anniversary-culminating-event/ Gitzin in Conversation with Rabbi Borodin Make donations for: Monday, 4/30 from 7:30pm in the Sanctuary Food Fair Cost $18 per person/$36 per family ~ With Mickey Gitzin, New Israel Fund’s Executive Director in includes: Lunch, Beverage, & Dessert Israel. As a liberal, openly gay son of Russian immigrants, Mural Art Project Tile Cost $18 ~ Includes supplies newly appointed NIF Executive Director in Israel, Mickey Email Sarah Harel at Gitzin recognizes both the great leaps forward that Israel [email protected] for more info. has made in advancing equality for all its citizens and the challenges that remain. Mickey holds a Master’s in Public SAVE THE DATE Policy from University College-London, for which he Congregation Beth Shalom’s received a Chevening Scholarship from the British Foreign Office and the British Council. Annual Meeting Wednesday, 5/16, 7:00-8:00pm Followed by a special presentation at 8:00pm by Professor Milestones Joel Migdal. We need your help. Our bylaws require a quorum of 15% Y Mazel Tov to Danielle & Paul Nacamuli, on being this of the membership (67 family units) to approve the 2015- years’s SJCS honorees 16 budget and elect the new board members and officers. Y Mazel Tov to Lauren Widelitz Cutler & Jeremy Cutler, on the birth of their first child, Henry Tybee Widelitz Cutler, born on Thursday, March 29 SAVE THE DATE Y Mazel Tov to the Early Childhood Center on their Congregation Beth Shalom article in the Seattle Times - lots of photos: https:// www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/preparing-for- Family Camp passover/ JUNE 8-10, 2018 Early bird pricing only available until April 15th. Toddah Rabah Info and registration: https://bethshalomseattle.org/calendar/cbs-family Y To Natasha & Rob Greyber, Caitlyn Grigg, and -camp-2018/ KaraAnne Grodin, for prepping food and supplies for the Religious School Model Seder UPCOMING PROGRAMS
Join in the Celebration of Learn to Smoke (Fish that is) - NEW! Beth Shalom’s 50th Anniversary Sunday, April 15, 10:30am-1:30pm Hosts: Carol and Mark Slosberg The Pleasure of Your Company: Follow the full process of creating delectable smoked sable Sign up for a dinner, wine tasting, (black cod) with a recipe that rivals the best New York dessert buffet, fascinating talk! appetizing stores. From salting and curing to the smoking You will have a lovely experience and finishing process, we will use the best TV cooking show gimmicks to condense a 3-day process into 3 and support Beth Shalom hours. Along the way, enjoy bagels and home-smoked at the same time. sable dairy breakfast with all the fixings.
All the food and wine will be Guest: 10 adults Location: Seward Park contributed by the hosts.
Your reservation is a CBS contribution of $18 or $36 Israeli Brunch - SOLD OUT! Sunday, April 22, 10am to Noon dollars per person. Hosts: Judith and Mark Benjamin With a $100 per person contribution, you will be- Featuring Joel Migdal and Peggy Brill who will talk about come a “Pleasure Of Your Company Patron.” “Israel’s Changing Social Landscape”
Guests: 18 adults Register by contacting Lauren Fellows at 206-524-0075 or Location: Greenlake neighborhood [email protected]. You may also Dairy register on our website: https://bethshalomseattle.org/ about/mission-history/cbs-50/ The "klezmer" of your company: Explore the "groyse velt" of Yiddish song Sunday, 4/22, 2-5 pm Try Some Wine? Hosts: Harvey Niebulski and Marianne Tatom Now is your chance to buy kosher Location: Broadview wine, supervised by Rabbi Borodin Dairy desserts with tea and coffee. and Rabbi Rose. 18 guests
We will have wine available to sell at the 50th Anniversary Culminating SAVE THE DATE: Shavuot 5778: Back to the Future Event on May 6th at Beth Shalom. Saturday, May 19, 7:00pm We are accepting pre-orders through April 25th. You must make the payment when you pick up the wine on All night learning, unrolling of the Torah, dawn minyan, May 6th. and lots of cheesecake! https://bethshalomseattle.org/50th-aniv-wins-pre-order/ In celebration of Beth Shalom’s 50th anniversary, we’ve Or you can use the form on page 12 of the April Ruach. done a lot of reflecting on the past. For Shavuot this year, join us for a night of learning and imagining on the theme of the Jewish future.
Make a Donation for a Tribute in the 50th The Future of Conservative Judaism and Anniversary Memory Book for the event in May Jewish Community Honor a family member, a rabbi, or your connection to Hear from several generations, including our teens, Congregation Beth Shalom college students and millenials of Jewish leaders about Please email a copy of your text or camera ready art to their hopes, dreams, concerns, and visions of what use for your tribute to: Conservative Jewish life might look like in 50 [email protected]. years. What is on the horizon, and how should our past Or send to Tributes at Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave NE, inform our future? Seattle, WA 98115 Full page: _____ $500 / Half page: ____ $250 Situations the Rabbis Could Never Have Imagined: Quarter page: ____ $125 The Next 50 Years of Technology through a Jewish Lens.
Celebrate Israel at 70 – #NWIsraelFest Sunday, 4/22, 2:00-6:00pm at Magnuson Park, Hanger 30 An exciting party to mark the State of Israel’s 70th birthday! Fun activities for all ages. Featuring live music, food, and plenty of fun, “Celebrate Israel at 70” will cap another exciting #NWIsraelFest. $10 Adults/$8 Kids - Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ celebrate-israel-70-tickets-43758383503
Join us for the Third Annual #NWIsraelFest – A Celebration of all things Israel: April 8-22
Shomrei Atid For more information on joining Shomrei Atid and Legacy giving, please contact Carol Benedick ([email protected]), or call 206-524-0075 ext 2502. Please remember Congregation Beth Shalom with a gift in your will, trust, retirement account or life insurance policy.
REFUAH SHLEMAH CONDOLENCES
The Refuah Shlemah list is for the seriously ill and names need to be re-submitted monthly. ì David Pressman, for his father, Paul Pressman, z”l, who Each entry is dated. The listing expires one month from passed away, Sunday, March 25 (9 Nissan) in Nashville, TN the listing date. The funeral and shiva will be in Nashville To renew names on the list call Marjie at 206-524-0075. If there is a Seattle memorial, we make an announcement Thank you for understanding our policy to make room for names in the future. ì Loryn Paxton, for her father, Earl Hazan, z”l, who passed If your loved one’s name is not listed, you may announce them during the away on Sunday, February 25 (10 Adar), in Green Bay, prayer for the sick, after the reading of the Torah. Wisconsin, and for her cousin, Robert Hazan, z”l, who passed CBS Members away Wednesday, March 28 (12 Nissan) on the East Coast. ì Yehudit bat Adell v’Yizchak ì Tzvi Dov ben Fagela v’Yakov MEMBERS OBSERVING YAHRZEITS ì Even Mordechai ben Natalie Hannah
ì David ben Miriam v’Yakov haKohen ì Joel Migdal, for his former wife, Marcy Migdal, z”l, and for his mother- ì Devora Hannah bat Sara v’Shlomo (Doris Stiefel) in-law, Reba Alexander, z”l ì Hanoch ben Miriam Zelda v’Balin Chunah ì Tamar Azous, for her mother, Marcy Migdal, z”l, and for her grand- ì Shoshana bat Miryam v'Shmuel (Shoshi Bilavsky) mother, Reba Alexander, z”l ì Esther Rachel bat David (Emily Freedman) ì Susan Aylesworth, for her grandmother, Helen Page, z”l ì David Adler ì Sheryl Kipnis, for her grandmother, Fanny Kipnis, z”l, and for her ì Chaya Esther bat Sheina Leiba v’Mordechai step-sister, Ramona Lerner, z”l ì Shlomo Menachem ben Sarah (Solomon Michaels) ì Paul Nacamuli, for his father, John Evans, z”l ì D'vora Bat Elke v'Chaim (Dorothy Becker) ì Judith Arms, for her father, Richard Arms, z”l ì Meira bat Esther Yenta v'Asher (Meira Shupack) ì Julie Kohl, for her mother, Joan Abrahamson, z”l ì Sara bat Leah v’Nachman ì Sergey Feldman, for his grandfather, Aron Feldman, z”l ì Bezalel ben Miriam v’Avraham (Eugene Huppin) ì Karen Friedman, for her grandfather, David Stern, z”l ì Leah Rachel bat Sarah (Lynette Brodsky) ì Ellen Spear, for her grandmother, Dorothy Berman, z”l ì Chaya bat Sarah Atarah (Chaya Appelbaum) ì Mark Nagel, for his father, Abram Nagel, z”l ì Eleazar Aharon ben Miriam ì Michael Blum, for his grandfather, Joseph Kraslow, z”l ì Aviella Bara bat Shlomo v'Nechama Raisel (Susan Aylesworth) ì Judy Rosenfeld, for her father, Benjamin Rosenfeld, z”l, and for her ì Orli bat Sofia friend, Millie Katz, z”l ì David Henached shel Goldja (Elric Wolfsbruder McCurdy) ì Joani Diskin Saran, for her former husband, Harold Diskin, z”l ì Chizkiyahu Yitzchok Yehoshuah ben Rachel v’Eliezer ì Kim Isaac Brooks, for her sister, Susan Haas, z”l ì Ita bat Taube (Inna Lacker) ì Stan Sorscher, for his father, Samuel Sorscher, z”l
Relatives of Members ì Harry Goldman, for his father, A. Leon Goldman, z”l ì Ira Weiner, cousin of Kayla Weiner (re-listed 3/2) ì Ulla Rychter, for her sister, Beatrice Vicens, z”l ì Joan Siewart, aunt of Carrie Horwitch (re-listed 3/2) ì Doris Stiefel, for her father, Richard Pintus, z”l ì Janice Portney, cousin of Linda Portnoy (re-listed 3/2) ì Mark Stiefel, for his grandfather, Richard Pintus, z”l ì Reuven ben Yetta (Reuben Feldman), father of Rhona Feldman (re-listed 3/2) ì Jeff Ross, for his grandfather, Sam Ross, z”l ì Yakov David Ben Shaindel (Jeffrey David Pachter), brother of Mihal Bat-Or ì David Miller, for his brother-in-law, Jeffrey Finkelstein, z”l (re-listed 3/2) ì Peta Mehlman, for her father, Morris Karabus, z”l ì Jay Richards, step-father of Shelly Crocker (re-listed** 3/2) ì Haim Mizrahi, for his father, Joseph Mizrahi, z”l ì Justine Benedick, mother of Carol Benedick (re-listed 3/2) ì Hilary Bernstein, for her father, Philip Cogen, z”l ì Ezra Zimmerman, nephew of Nadine Cadesky-Zimmerman (re-listed 3/2) ì Bob Cordes, for his father, Ron Cordes, z”l ì David ben Golda v'Yaakov, father of Rabbi Jodie Futornick (re-listed 3/2) ì Lyle Margulies, for his father, Isadore Margulies, z”l ì Rivka Gittle bat Zipora (Marta Kaplan), relative of Carolyn Cohen (**re-listed ì Kaila Sheckter, for her father, Joseph Scheckter, z”l 3/12) ì Sara Kupor, for her father-in-law, Max Kupor, z”l ì Yenta Hadassah bat Rachel, mother of Meira Shupack (re-listed 3/5) ì Miriam bat Aharon v'Chava (Mindi Horwitch), sister of Carrie Horwitch (listed 2/23) ì Shmuel Zevulun ben Shulamit (Sam Schlang), cousin of Ben Cerf (listed COMMUNITY NEWS 2/26)
Friends of Members CBS' advertising of an event does not imply that CBS endorses the content of the event. ì Raisa bat Elka (Raisa Vilkevitch), friends of Emma Shusterman, Marina Kiselev, Svetlana Burke and Marina Nagel (re-listed 3/2) Hillel UW Passover Lunches: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, April ì Chava Rafaela bat Shendel (Eve Grossman Bukowski), friend of Dina 3-5 from 11:00am to 1:30pm Tanners and others from Spokane (re-listed 3/2) Join us for the time-honored tradition of Passover Lunches at Hillel UW. ì Daniel ben Shlomo, friend of the Orlick Salka Family (re-listed 3/2) Feel the energy as the entire Jewish community comes together to enjoy Leah’s ì John Lewis ben Julia, friend of Patti Kieval (re-listed**3/2) four-course lunch including her famous homemade gefilte fish, matza ball soup, macaroons, and more! ì Rachel Nagorsky, friend of CBS, and the ECC (re-listed 3/2) $8 for students / $15 for seniors 65+ ì Avery Rosen, friend of Kayla Weiner (re-listed**3/2) $18 with a pre-paid reservation for Community members and Jconnectors or ì Moshe Ben Zipporah v’Avraham (Mal Sachs), friend of Rabbi Borodin (re- $20 at the door listed 3/12) Lunches will be at Hillel at the University of Washington. For information go to: https://www.hilleluw.org/passover/ or call 206-527- ì Kevin Kramer, friend of Carolyn Cohen & Scott Cline (re-listed** 3/2) 1997. Passover meals in Hillel UW’s facility are prepared by Leah’s Catering of ì Talia Rachel bat Esther (Rachel Zagursky), a friend of Rabbi Borodin Seattle under the supervision of the Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater Seattle. (listed 2/14) Shabbat Re-Vision Retreat ì Jeff Rommel, friend of Sharon Greenberg (listed** 3/4) April 13-15 ì Davi Gavriella MiBeit Reuven Pinchas v’Rachel, friend of Emily Kapor- Same challah, same candles, same songs at your Shabbat celebrations? Moishe Mater (listed 3/8) House invites young adults to a retreat to review and re-imagine Judaism's ì Batya Dina bat Elana Shifrah (listed 3/8) most sacred institution. Apply today, https://moishehouse.typeform.com/to/ SIkwxN registration closes when full. ì David Yehudah ben Shaina Devorah (listed 3/8) ì Gavriel ben Chana Sarah (listed 3/16) Israel Civil Discourse Sunday evening, 4/8 and Wednesday evenings, 4/11 & 4/18 at Herzl- ì Eltana bat Leah v’Itzchak (Peachy Levy), friend of the tenBroek family Ner Tamid, Mercer Island (listed 3/23) We live in an increasingly polarized society. Across America, friends and family ì Ruth Aisner, friend of Patti Kieval (listed 3/29) have stopped speaking with each other over political differences. In the Ameri- can Jewish community, Israel once galvanized and united us. In recent years, Israel has been a source of increasingly contentious debate among us.