May 2020, Volume No. 5 Iyar - Sivan 5780
B E T H E L C O N G R E G A T I O N
A Taste of Tikkun Leil Shavuot Thursday, May 28 | 5:45 pm Mincha 6:00pm Megillat Ruth Study with Rabbi Stein Kokin 7:00 pm Ma’ariv Shavuot Services with Candle Lighting SERVICES Shavuot - Day 1 Friday, May 29 Aharei Mot - K’doshim 9:30 am Sha harit with Cantor Angress Saturday, May 2 10:45 am Torah Study & prayers for healing with 9:30 am Sha harit with Cantor Angress Rabbi Stein Kokin 10:30 am Torah Study & prayers for healing with Streaming at: tinyurl.com/radpf3y Rabbi Stein Kokin 5:45 pm Kabbalat Shabbat & Ma’ariv Streaming at: tinyurl.com/radpf3y Live-Stream on YouTube ONLY: tinyurl.com/radpf3y Beth El 7:44 pm Havdalah NOTE: NO Zoom since it is still Yom Tov 1 Services 8:00 pm Havdalah Service & Omer Counting with Rabbi Stein Kokin Shavuot - Day 2 (zoom.us/j/948321834 or tinyurl.com/radpf3y) Saturday, May 30 Anniversary Shabbat Emor 9:30 am Sha harit with Cantor Angress Saturday, May 9 10:45 am Torah Study & prayers for healing with Birthday Shabbat Rabbi Stein Kokin 9:30 am Sha harit with Cantor Angress Streaming at: tinyurl.com/radpf3y 10:30 am Torah Study & prayers for healing with (Yizkor on Thursday, May 28 at 8:00 am) Rabbi Stein Kokin 8:03 pm Havdalah Streaming at: tinyurl.com/radpf3y 8:15 pm Havdalah Ceremony with Rabbi Stein Kokin 7:49 pm Havdalah (zoom.us/j/948321834 or tinyurl.com/radpf3y) 8:00 pm Havdalah Service & Omer Counting with Rabbi Stein Kokin Kabbalat Shabbat every Friday at (zoom.us/j/948321834 or tinyurl.com/radpf3y) 5:45 pm Please note: Kabbalat Shabbat on B’Har - B’ Hukkotai Shavuot, May 29 will be on YouTube live- Saturday, May 16 stream ONLY. 9:30 am Sha harit with Cantor Angress 10:30 am Torah Study & prayers for healing with Candlelighting times: Rabbi Stein Kokin Streaming at: tinyurl.com/radpf3y F r i d a y , M a y 1 | 6 : 5 4 p m 7:54 pm Havdalah 8:00 pm Havdalah Service & Omer Counting Friday, May 8 | 6:59 pm with Rabbi Stein Kokin Friday, May 15 | 7:04 pm (zoom.us/j/948321834 or tinyurl.com/radpf3y) Friday, May 22 | 7:09 pm B’midbar Thursday, May 28 | 7:13 pm Shabbat Ma har Hodesh - Friday, May 29 | 7:14 pm M’varkhim Ha Hodesh Saturday, May 23 9:30 am Sha harit with Cantor Angress HOW TO PARTICIPATE: 10:30 am Torah Study & prayers for healing with Rabbi Stein Kokin Shabbat morning services Streaming at: tinyurl.com/radpf3y S a t u r d a y s | 9 : 3 0 a m 7:59 pm Havdalah Streaming at YouTube: tinyurl.com/radpf3y 8:00 pm Havdalah Service & Omer Counting with Rabbi Stein Kokin Daily Minyan and Kabbalat Shabbat (zoom.us/j/948321834 or tinyurl.com/radpf3y) 7:15 am and 5:45 pm (Sunday morning 8:15) Yizkor Call in: (669) 900-6833 Thursday, May 28 Then put in the Meeting ID: 948 321 834 8:00 am (following 7:15 am Daily Minyan) https://zoom.us/j/948321834 ZOOM on your computer, tablet, or cellphone at the Call in: (669) 900-6833 following link: https://zoom.us/j/948321834 A Taste of Tikkun Leil Shavuot Thursday, May 28 5:45 pm Mincha Counting the Omer with Rabbi Stein 6:00 pm Megillat Ruth Study with Rabbi Stein Kokin - A Mindful Practice Kokin 8:00 pm daily (except Fridays) until Shavuot 7:00 pm Ma’ariv Shavuot Services with Candle Join via Daily Minyan Zoom link or stream through Lighting YouTube at: tinyurl.com/radpf3y https://zoom.us/j/948321834 Call in: (669) 900- 6833
2 3 and they all died in one period of time because Dear Chaverim, they did not treat each other with respect. And the The time period between Passover world was desolate of Torah until Rabbi Akiva and Shavuot is marked in many came to our Rabbis in the South and taught his traditional circles as a time period Torah to them. This second group of disciples of mourning. Joyous celebrations consisted of Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Yehuda, Rabbi like weddings are halted at least Yosei, Rabbi Shimon, and Rabbi Elazar ben until Lag BaOmer. Some people Shamua. And these are the very ones who upheld A. Nitzan Stein Kokin enact mourning customs like not the study of Torah at that time. Although Rabbi Rabbi shaving. The Midrashim tell us that Akiva’s earlier students did not survive, his later these customs came about to re - disciples were able to transmit the Torah to future member the tragic loss of 24,000 students of one of generations.” [bYevamot 62b, translation courtesy the greatest teachers of all times: Rabbi Akiva. Accord - of www.sefaria.org]. ing to one of the opinions in the Babylonian Talmud (Tractate Yevamot 62b), a plague killed them all: The G’mara says that Rabbi Akiva’s first students died be - cause they did not respect or honor each other. They did “It is taught that all of them died in the period not care for each other deeply enough. It doesn’t give us from Passover until Shavuot. Rav Hama bar any detail as to what exactly occurred. In light of COVID- Abba said, and some say it was Rabbi Hiyya 19, we certainly understand how important it is to honor bar Avin: They all died a cruel death. What is each and every person's space and safety. We as a society it that is called a cruel death? Rav Nahman need to pull back and shut down in order to reduce to the said: Croup [the Hebrew word refers to “chok- extent possible the further spread of the disease. ing” or “trouble breathing”]. After a month here in Arizona, in other places much I could not help but share this story as we live through longer, we are tired, we are impatient, we are lonely and the COVID-19 pandemic, in which so many have died anxious to get out. Some of us have been hit hard by the from being unable to breathe. It seems to speak di - economic implications of the closures. We want it to be rectly to our current reality. So I’d like to take you on done. To return to normal. But what would happen if we a journey inside this story and its serious, yet encour - put such self-interested thoughts first? Honoring and car - aging, message of hope and resilience. ing for the lives of others means continuing to hold back. The attempt to save as many lives as possible now by shut - The story of Rabbi Akiva and his students is offered ting down the world will cost us tremendously. In one way as an interpretation of a verse from the book of Ko - or another, the world will be “desolate” - just as R. Akiva’s helet: life’s work was initially “wasted.” He had built his student body for 24 years (!), each member of which should have “In the morning sow your seed, and in the carried down the fruit of his hands to the next generations. evening do not withhold your hand; for you do A whole world of (Torah) ingenuity and excellence were not know which shall prosper, whether this or gone! that, or whether they both alike shall be good.” (Ecclesiastes 11:6). And yet - Rabbi Akiva had the courage to continue, to start again and rebuild amidst this wasteland. We are not done. According to the plain meaning of the verse, the au - We will rebuild. We must - but most importantly - we must thor gives advice to a farmer to keep planting crops, rebuild with honor, respect, and care for each other - to since one never knows how the first harvest might turn truly achieve a better, safer, healthier society. out. One cannot become complacent or fatalistic, one has to keep cultivating the land. We have to keep going; our work is not done.
Now Rabbi Akiva has a very peculiar way of under - standing this verse. He reads it as referring to spiritual, or some might say educational procreation:
“Rabbi Akiva says that the verse should be un- derstood as follows: If one studied Torah in his youth, he should study more Torah in his old age; if he had students in his youth, he should have additional students in his old age … They said by way of example that Rabbi Akiva had twelve thousand pairs of students, 4 Dear Friends, quarantine. With everything going on, where can we find hope? If we As we continue to navigate our Jewish look at this passage from Akdamut , the answer is very spiritual lives amid the current pan - clear. We can look to God, our Judaism, and ourselves demic of COVID-19, we here at Beth for hope. Our people have been under darker clouds in El are continuously working on pro - the past. We survived slavery and persecution in Egypt. viding as much for you as possible. We evaded eradication in Persia. And we absolutely sur - Between our virtual Zoom minyanim, vived perhaps the worst atrocity in our history, the Holo - Jonathan Angress livestreaming of Shabbat and Festival caust. And if we are to believe that history always repeats Cantor services, and the multiple online itself, then we can be sure we will survive and persevere learning opportunities we have to through this current pandemic. God’s might will manifest offer, Beth El is doing as much as we can to keep the itself soon and when that time comes, we will know that lines of communication open and thriving. the light will shine upon us and penetrate the darkness. As great as our online presence is, nothing can compare Remember, the light can only be seen if there is a little bit with in-person human interaction. People need and of darkness. crave the company of other people and Beth El has al - From my family to yours, we wish you to stay safe, healthy, ways prided itself as being not only a religious and cul - and most importantly, hopeful. We will get through this tural center, but a social one as well. Whether it be our and once we do, my family looks forward to embracing regular Mahj Meetups, Blanket Boosters, Preschool, you with a handshake and a hug. Talmud Torah, or saying hello to your friends at serv - ices, we have always had the door open for social inter - Cantor Jonathan Angress action. In a few weeks, we will be observing and celebrating the festival of Shavuot. Unlike the previous festivals of Sukkot and Passover, Shavuot is a two-day festival (one day in Israel). On Shavuot, we celebrate the giving and receiving of the Torah. And as such, the service con - tains pieces of liturgy which are specific only to Shavuot. Traditionally, we recite a liturgical poem entitled Ak - damut on Shavuot. This happens at the beginning of the Torah service when we prepare to remove the Torah scrolls from the ark. This year, the Shavuot serv - ice will most likely look and feel a little different than in years past. Due to COVID-19, we may not be able to read from our Torah scrolls on Shavuot. But even so, this does not mean that the text of Akdamut does not apply. Akdamut serves as an Aramaic preamble to the reading of the Ten Commandments. As such, the poem out - lines the Jewish people’s praise of God, who prioritizes our praise above those of His angels. In the middle sec - tion of the poem, it refers to other nations’ attempt to sway the Israelites towards idolatry. It then provides our reply to such attempts by saying, “In the hour of our de - liverance, when the light divine will shine upon us, while darkness covers your mocking multitudes, God will manifest His glorious might.” The message of this section of Akdamut can not be more relevant today than ever. In this age of COVID- ECHO (USPS 4360) is published for congregants of Beth El Congregation 19, many of us feel that we are under a cover of dark - monthly throughout the year, with the exception of combined issues in ness. We are required to stay at home and only leave if June/July and August/September by Beth El Congregation, 1118 W Glen - it is absolutely necessary. We must wear masks and dale Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021. Periodicals postage paid at: Phoenix Main Post Office, 4949 E VanBuren, Phoenix, AZ 85026. 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How helping us get through the tough do we celebrate holidays? Director times imposed by the pandemic. As we move into the new fiscal Our Rabbi Stein Kokin leads us during our minyans year, we aim to bring you all of the membership priv - many days during the week, in her beautiful yard. She ileges you are used to while remaining fiscally respon - teaches us the meanings behind our prayers, she sings sible. beautiful melodies and she challenges us to show our gratitude. She continues to touch our souls with her Please note that we are cutting down on mailing phys - smiles and her spirituality. Our Cantor Angress and Rit - ical letters so that most of our official communications ual VP Ben Cooper lead the other services often showing with the membership will be through email. This will us their love of the prayers and their humorous sides. allow us to save money on postage and to get you the They all help us to carry on when much of life has come information at a faster rate than you would receive via to a standstill. physical mail. Our echo newsletter will continue to be sent via email and physical mail to everyone. Normally, we would be celebrating several holidays in May. That has yet to be determined. If we do celebrate, If you do not currently receive our emails, please head it may have to be on Facebook, YouTube, or Zoom. We to our website: www.bethelphoenix.com, scroll down have Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, and Shavuot. and enter your email address into the “Subscribe” box at the bottom of the page. You can also call us at (602) I found a Mother’s Day poem called What Mother 944-3359 or email me at: Means by Karl Fuchs. I’d like to share it with you: [email protected] to update your con - tact information. Mother is such a simple word, If you absolutely do not receive email and wish to re - But to me there’s meaning seldom heard. main on a physical mailing list for all of your Beth El For everything I am today, communications, please let us know, and we will con - My Mother’s love showed me the way. tinue to send you physical communications. I’ll love my mother all my days. In addition to end-of-fiscal-year tasks, we are also For enriching my life in so many ways. working on planning and creating programs for the She set me straight and then set me free, coming programming year. We have a lot to look for - And that’s what the word, ”Mother” means to me. ward to including Rabbi Stein Kokin’s Installation, hol - iday celebrations, and new educational programs. All Thanks for being a wonderful Mother, Mom! of these will be scheduled and developed during the summer and will be communicated through our Enjoy the beauty of nature that May brings us! Honor weekly email, website, and echo publications. our Mothers! Honor our soldiers! Make some blintzes for Shavuot! Let’s look forward to getting together very Summer is coming, and hopefully with it, an easing of soon! our physical distancing and a renewed sense of togeth - erness. Joan Sitver President BEWL Looking forward to seeing you in person soon, public health permitting,
Alicia Moskowitz
6 Our minyans, our Shabbat services, our PreSchool and Talmud Torah lessons, our adult education classes, our meetings, and many other important as - Shalom pects of Beth El are perhaps even stronger because we must try a bit harder. We thank you for leaping to into the 21st century to make Beth El endure as a warm, welcoming, richly blessed synagogue. It is All, truly a miracle that we are all very close together, Linda Barzilai Kim Mertens even though we are very far apart. Last night, we all Co-President Co-President did the “Minyan Wave” to say good-bye to each other. May we continue to reach out to each other KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH LA-ZEH in new and different ways, and may we always be re - ALL ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE ONE FOR AN - minded that we are together because we are Beth El OTHER. Congregation. Thank you for the opportunity to be your presidents, and to see, from the inside out, how This short, familiar statement has been repeated many, remarkable are our black letters and white spaces. many times. But in this unprecedented time of medical, It has been a privilege to help continue Beth El’s emotional, mental, and economic crisis, it has never been journey, with its congregants, and the spaces be - more true. Beth El strives to create a community that sup - tween each congregant, that help to define Beth El ports each other in every way possible. We have been thrust Congregation so uniquely and lovingly. into a virtual set of connections, but it has only strengthened the bonds of our caring and sharing congregants. We are also trying our best to meet the needs of those without com - MANY THANKS puter access by sending letters and making calls. Our goal is TO OUR GOLDEN GIVERS - to reach our shared destiny together, no matter what at - tempts to set us apart from each other physically. LIFE MEMBERS Herb & Patti Dreiseszun, Bryan Hill & Leah David Ben Gurion said, “Courage is... the knowledge of how Pallin-Hill, Sheldon & Ronda Kottle, Bruce (of to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what blessed memory) & Risa Mallin, Samuel Pallin, ought not to be feared.” In these challenging times, we look Sheldon & Maddy Roth, Paul & Maryjane to each other for the courage to persevere, though the task Sandler, Leon & Evelyn Zeitzer, is great. We are not allowed to be physically together with Dan & Lynda Ziskin our friends, congregants, and sometimes even family. This tremendous loss can be overcome by the knowledge that GIBBORIM Beth El cares for one another and will continue to be the Anonymous, Rich & Sue Cohen, nucleus of our religious community. Ben & Leslie Cooper, Louis & Barbara Goldstein, Arnold (of blessed memory) & The Torah scroll is composed of black letters written with Barbara Serbin white spaces in between them. Most of the time, we focus on the black letters, for they point our way in the world. SHOMRIM However, in this coronavirus period of life, it’s time to ex - Barry & Jody Aarons, Mathis & Barbara Becker, amine the white spaces between the letters. Without them, Lewis & Barbara Brown, Ed & Cynthia DuBrow, there could be no Torah study. This is our lesson for the Ellen Goot, Terry & Rochelle Kelman, Marvin current upside-down rules of life today. Siegel & Eileen Bloom, Leon Smith (of blessed memory) & Joyce Cohen Smith (of blessed We are like the black letters, each with a purpose and a love memory), Sara Ziskin of life. These letters formulate the way we look at our lives and the way we communicate our thoughts and feelings. But CHAVERIM now, during COVID-19, we are attached not by the black Anonymous, Eli & Linda Barzilai, letters, but by the white spaces - our virtual connections to Barry & Melanie Becker, each other and to the world. Even though we cannot touch Greg & Susan Harris, John & Kim Mertens, each other, we can pray together, give tzedakah together, Gary & Lisa Serbin, Denton Simmons, learn together, sing together, gather together, have Seder to - Morton & Joan Sitver, Paul & Gail Ulan, gether, keep our children connected to Beth El and to each The Witenstein Family, John & Deborah Wolfe other, and love each other together. MALACHIM We have so many people to thank for making this possible. Sheldon & Maddy Roth Led by our remarkable Rabbi and Cantor, we have found a way to use the white spaces to create something beautiful. If you would like to see your name among our strongest financial supporters, please contact Alicia Moskowitz 7 Talmud Torah News Dear Parents,
This has been an unusual way to conclude our school year and one that has certainly been a learning ex - Nanci Siegel Manson perience for all of us. GIFT SHOP NEWS Education & Youth Director With the “arrival” of the worst pan - demic one can recall, our staff has Always available are Shabbat candles and candlesticks, worked diligently to overcome the challenges it has pre - Kiddush cups, Havdalah candles, memorial candles sented to them as teachers and took on the additional and holders, new tallit sets and Kippot for ladies and challenge of learning the “ways” of virtual learning. I’d gentlemen. like to publically thank our computer specialist and on - line instructor, Ben Ulan, for his time, patience, and Reasons to shop at Beth El Gift Shop: dedication to the staff and students while executing the 1. Supports YOUR Beth El move to Zoom virtual learning in our Talmud Torah. 2. No sales tax 3. Convenient Your coworkers and I could not have done this without 4. Custom orders offered for all Judaica your constant “hand holding” and reassurance and for this we thank you. And to all our classroom teachers, No walk-in sales at this time. Please call the office at thank you for the countless hours you’ve put into con - (602) 944 -3359 to make an appointment. tinuing your students Hebrew and Judaic learning through virtual learning which often included arts and crafts projects, music and songs, prayers, stories, and links to many YouTube videos, and other learning op - portunities for your students and families to enjoy to - gether.
To our parents, this couldn’t have been easy for you as I know that many of your are now working from home and have since taken on a “second” job as your child’s secular teacher. Thank you for continuing to commit to your child’s Talmud Torah hours and ensuring they were online and prepared for their studies. I’ve enjoyed seeing the kids faces on Sunday mornings during Rabbi and Cantor’s screen time and yours as well. Thank you for setting the foundation of the importance of a Jewish Education.
Please watch for further emails to include some sum - mer fun virtual Judaic and holiday activities for the fam - ily. Shavuot is coming late in May so while you are enjoying the holiday of milk and honey, why not enjoy some virtual study and a piece of cheesecake!
Until next time, stay safe, sanitized, and secure in your homes.
Nanci
Pictured above: Virtual learning at it’s best! Alexander wanted to share his seder plate with everyone. 8 Preschool News As we continue in these unprecedented times, I want to take the time to thank the synagogue and the Board of Direc - tors for the way they have continued to support and care about the Preschool and its staff. Joanie Charnow Preschool Director Throughout the last few months, the school has been closed. During this time our staff has been posting videos and Zooming with their students. It is important that we stay connected with our school family. We are also very lucky that every Friday Indoor PE on a rainy day morning our Cantor always takes the time from his busy schedule to do a special Preschool Shabbat with the children and families as well. We are eagerly planning to return to the preschool on June 1, 2020 for Camp Yad B’Yad. We have posted the camp information along with our preschool 2020-2021 registration forms on our website and will be happy to send a form out to you if you would like one — just let us know! Our theme for camp this summer is “Ready to Roll.” This theme has a double meaning for all of us, the first meaning is everyone is ready to roll out and get back to what our new normal is going to be. The second meaning is that through different media and activities we will be exploring Arizona from our school on a pretend train that the students will create. For Sleeping bunnies our first stop we will roll up the highway to Sedona and dis - cover Slide Rock, and the first Monday we will have a foam party. The teachers will create activities and have special guests to enhance learning about the places we will feature. Most of our preschool teachers continue to work in the sum - mer camp so they can create a curriculum of fun and learn - ing for all ages. We take time to learn about the summer campers and add what they are interested in as part of the curriculum.
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Purim with Cantor Angress Fun in the 2’s room 9 Beth El Announcements Yom Huledet Same’ach to Mazal Tov to our May our May Birthdays Anniversaries Date Date Years Married 1 GiGi Brzycki 4 Corey & Jerry Goldstein 5 3 Susan Finks 12 Carol & Paul Sacks 29 Paul Levine 13 Mai & Ethan Bindelglas 8 4 Charlene Abramsohn 15 Wendy & Wayne Laskin 43 Rochelle Battock 16 Christie & Harold Walzer 38 Elizabeth Gluck 17 Phyllis & Nick Fotinos 39 6 Sheldon Kottle Julie & Daniel Witenstein 33 Barry Lieberman 27 Barbara & Mathis Becker 33 Richard Stober Martha & Craig Rozen 41 7 Lorraine Shwer 28 Jody & Barry Aarons 14 Paul Ulan Bonnie & Allyn Kluger 42 8 Elaine Hirsch Jerilyn & Joseph Portnoy 54 9 Sarah Goldstein 10 Leslie Feldman 11 Peter Rez 15 Marvin Freeman Rebecca Karlin 16 Gilda Harris 17 Anita Dale Anniversary Shabbat is May 30 Loretta Goldberg Jeffrey Serbin 18 Alan Chaiken Bailey Tocco 20 Marina Mosheyev Laura Nicholson Marion Weinzweig 21 Lorin Abromovitz 23 Anton Akilov We Remember: Pearl Freeman Julie Witenstein Alfred Elliott Caplan, father of Beth El mem - Lynda Ziskin ber and Preschool teacher Jen Caplan. 25 Gary Abromovitz Louise Leverant Carol Cohn, mother-in-law of Sharon Cohn. David Segal Jerrold Weiss 26 Susan Weiner Dr. Frederick S. Mendelsohn, brother of Sue 27 Norman Mattisinko Mendelsohn Rosen. Deborah Wolfe 29 Brian Alpert Robert (Bobby) Schatz, brother of Edie Wade. Susan Cohen Elliott Gould Joyce Cohen Smith, mother of Susan Mallery, Sandor Shuch Michael Cohen (Lisa Goldberg), Mindy (Gary) 30 Carl Fuchs Greenberg, and Lisa (Robert) Dubnow and sis - Neil Goldstein ter of Doris DeGroot. Joan Rothfeld 31 Fereshteh Ghanooni Debbie Schwartz
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Birthday Shabbat is May 9 10 Thank you for the following Beth El Contributions: General Fund Tzedekah Fund Yahrzeit Fund In appreciation of Risa Mallin In memory of Aziz Ghanooni In memory of Florence Aarons and the Chesed Committee Dean & Fay Behboodi Barry & Jody Aarons THANK YOU ALL Lisa & Gary Serbin In memory of William Fihn In memory of Joseph FOR YOUR In honor of the birth of the Diana Fihn Abramsohn CONTINUED Zaslow’s new grandson In memory of Sarah Cohen Charlene Abramsohn Charlotte Adelman Reba & Allen Rothman In memory of Florence Allen SUPPORT In memory of Joyce Cohen In memory of Sol Zlochower Max & Froma Allen OF BETH EL - Patti & Herb Dreiseszun Benjamin Zlochower In memory of Sheila Charlip Carolyn & Morry Kaplan ESPECIALLY IN Herman Charlip THESE In memory of Alex Moed In memory of Minnie Fineberg Ed Moed CHALLENGING In memory of Harriett Bochner Talmud Torah Fund Marvin Fineberg Elias Setton In honor of Michael In memory of Aziz Ghanooni TIMES! In memory of Rose Wise Zilversmit’s Bar Mitzvah Fereshteh Ghanooni Stanford & Edie Stoneman Charlotte Adelman In memory of Rose Gordon In memory of Millie Auerbach Nanci Siegel Manson Shirley Grossman Susan Katz & In memory of Elliott Green Howard Weinstein Rona & Lawrence Green In memory of Tillie Shiff Kiddush Fund Rona & Lawrence Green In honor of their April In memory of Irving I. Krantz Music Fund birthdays Charleen Holt In honor of the marriage of Barry Frankel In memory of Irwin Kaplan Michael & Sarah Serbin Charleen Holt Selma & Jerome Targovnik Charlotte Adelman Barbara Holzman In memory of Tillie Kahn Selma Targovnik Daniel Kahn Gail Ulan In memory of Laura Konick Rabbi Louis & Rebecca Elliott Konick In memory of Martin Lipson Barish Talmud Torah Marie & Jim Krombholz Scholarship Fund Jeffrey Todd Zendle In memory of Morris Liebling In memory of Alfred Elliott Fund Miriam & Joe Gelb Caplan In memory of Faye Zendle In memory of Mollie Gerber Audrey Wolff & The Zendle Family Sandy & Jerry Levy Steve Winkelman In memory of Myron Minkoff Howard Minkoff In memory of Josephine Merrin-Cohen Darmstudter Rabbi Stein Kokin’s Israel Scholarship Fund Gail Gordon & Ron Ober Discretionary Fund In memory of Joyce Cohen In memory of D’vorre Ober A thoughtful contribution Smith Gail Gordon & Ron Ober Lisa & Gary Serbin Charlotte Adelman In memory of Leonard The Book Club Ladies Pearlberg Cynthia & Ed DuBrow Cliff Pearlberg Cantor Angress’ Julie Ficke In memory of Molly Siegel Discretionary Fund Fran & Larry Frazin Marvin Siegel Thank you to Rabbi Stein Jennifer Tyson & In memory of Ralph Webner Kokin & Cantor Angress for the Judy Goldman Gerald Webner phone calls on my birthday Neal & Sue Kurn In memory of Earl S. Wolfe Charlotte Adelman Mary Massad John & Debbie Wolfe In honor of Daniel Rosen & Maria Mayer In memory of Anna Zack Evie’s engagement Valerie Richter Gerald Zack Charlotte Adelman Sue & David Rosen In memory of Louis Mittelmark Ruth Silon Esther Zlochower Etta & Arnold Silver Trees For Israel Rob & Sherri Silver In honor of the birth of Jerrold & Elaine Weiss Michael David Saks Rachel Zemer Norman & Anne Zaslow In memory of Fayma Conroy In memory of Robert Schatz Steve & Elaine Casselman Steve & Marti Nathan
This page reflects donations received from 3/24/20 - 4/20/20. Donations received after 4/20 will be reflected in the June/July 2020 echo. 11 Pictured above: Beth El Social Action Committee prepares bags of Kosher for Passover kits to go to families in need through Ezras Cholim (Arizona's Kosher Food Bank).
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A. Nitzan Stein Kokin Linda Barzilai Alana Berrett Rabbi Co-President David Goldfarb Ext. 108 [email protected] J. Preston Mayon [email protected] (602) 942-2587 Shelli Silver Scott Steingard Jonathan Angress Eileen Bloom Gail Ulan Cantor Financial VP Sara Zilversmit Ext. 124 [email protected] [email protected] (602) 997-1274
Alicia Moskowitz Ben Cooper Ritual VP Executive Director Immediate Past President: [email protected] Ext. 109 Barbara Becker [email protected] (602) 957-4543
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13 May 2020 7 Iyar 5780 - 8 Sivan 5780 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 7 IYAR 2 8 IYAR Acharei - Kedoshim 6:54pm Shabbat Ends: 7:44 7:15am Morning Service 9:30am Shabbat (Online only) Morning Service (Online 5:45pm Kabbalat only) Shabbat (Online only)
3 9 IYAR 4 10 IYAR 5 11 IYAR 6 12 IYAR 7 13 IYAR 8 14 IYAR 9 15 IYAR 8:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service Pesach Sheini Emor (Online only) (Online only) (Online only) (Online only) (Online only) Shabbat Ends: 7:49 9:00am-11:00am Talmud 5:45pm Evening Service 5:45pm Evening Service 4:00-6:00pm CSA Pick-up 5:45pm Evening Service 6:59pm Birthday Shabbat Torah (Online only) (Online only) (Online only) 4:15pm LAST DAY Talmud (Online only) 7:15am Morning Service 9:30am Shabbat 9:00am Annual Meeting Torah (Online only) (Online only) 6:30pm Intro to Judaism 5:45pm Evening Service (Online only) Morning Service (Online 12:30pm Chai Tea (Online (Online only) (Online only) 5:45pm Kabbalat only) only) 6:15pm Executive Board Shabbat (Online only) 5:45pm Evening Service meeting (Online only) (Online only) 6:30pm Social Action Committee mtg (Online) 10 16 IYAR 11 17 IYAR 12 18 IYAR 13 19 IYAR 14 20 IYAR 15 21 IYAR 16 22 IYAR 8:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service Lag BaOmer 7:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service Behar - Bechukosai (Online only) (Online only) 7:15am Morning Service (Online only) (Online only) 7:04pm Shabbat Ends: 7:54 5:45pm Evening Service 5:45pm Evening Service (Online only) 4:00-6:00pm CSA 5:45pm Evening Service 7:15am Morning Service 9:30am Shabbat (Online only) (Online only) 5:45pm Evening Service Pick-up (Online only) (Online only) Morning Service (Online (Online only) 5:45pm Evening Service 5:45pm Kabbalat only) 6:30pm Intro to Judaism (Online only) Shabbat (Online only) (Online only)
17 23 IYAR 18 24 IYAR 19 25 IYAR 20 26 IYAR 21 27 IYAR 22 28 IYAR 23 29 IYAR 8:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service Yom Yerushalayim Bamidbar (Online only) (Online only) (Online only) (Online only) (Online only) Shabbat Ends: 7:59 5:45pm Evening Service 5:45pm Evening Service 5:45pm Evening Service 4:00-6:00pm CSA 5:45pm Evening Service 7:09pm 9:30am Shabbat (Online only) (Online only) (Online only) Pick-up (Online only) 7:15am Morning Service Morning Service (Online 6:30pm Intro to Judaism 5:45pm Evening Service (Online only) only) (Online only) (Online only) 5:45pm Kabbalat 6:30pm Board Meeting Shabbat (Online only) (Online only)
24 1 SIVAN 25 2 SIVAN 26 3 SIVAN 27 4 SIVAN 28 5 SIVAN 29 6 SIVAN 30 7 SIVAN Rosh Chodesh Sivan Memorial Day 7:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service Shavuot - Day 1 Shavuot - Day 2 8:15am Morning Service 7:15am Morning Service (Online only) (Online only) 7:13pm Shabbat Ends: 8:03 (Online only) (Online only) 5:45pm Evening Service 4:00-6:00pm CSA OFFICE CLOSES @ 3PM 7:14pm Anniversary Shabbat 5:45pm Evening Service 5:45pm Evening Service (Online only) Pick-up 7:15am Morning Service OFFICE CLOSED 9:30am Shabbat (Online only) (Online only) 6:30pm Intro to Judaism 5:45pm Evening Service (Online only) 9:30am Shavuot Service Morning Service (Online OFFICE CLOSED (Online only) (Online only) 8:00am YIZKOR (Online only) only) 5:45pm Mincha 6:00pm Tikkun Leil Study 10:45am Torah Study 7:00pm Ma'ariv Shavuot and Prayers (Online Service with Candle only) Lighting 31 8 SIVAN 8:15am Morning Service (Online only) 5:45pm Evening Service (Online only)
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