March 2012 Bulletin
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Adar / Nisan 5772 March, 2012 COMMUNITY PASSOVER SEDER Saturday, April 7th - 6 p.m. at the Temple th Please go to Page 9 for seder reservation form / Deadline March 30 GET TO KNOW CONGREGANTS Karen Levy and Peter Lee have taught English in a Guatamalan orphanage, have taken weeklong bike trips in France and Ireland and love all kinds of music / Page 6 DATES OF NOTE March 11th Purim Carnival, during Religious School, 10 a.m. at the temple Members of Joe Dailey’s eighth-grade class were ready to eat at the Tu B’Shevat Seder. From left: aide Joe th March 18 Fassbender, Amanda Silverstein, Hannah Kneib, Cameron Thouati, Garrett Waite and Matt Raimond. Marketing meeting, 10 a.m. at the temple (Details, Page 10) March 24th SIGNS OF THE TIMES Havdalah and a Movie. 5:30 p.m. at the temple (Details, Page 2) No (at least for now) to concealed March 27th Sisterhood program, 6:30 p.m. at the temple carry signs; yes to civility pledge (Details, Page 7) April 7th Having concealed carry signs at the temple was Community Passover Seder, discussed again at the February Board of Trus- 6 p.m. at the temple tees meeting: Do we want a sign? The group voted to do nothing at this time and to re-visit the INDEX issue after exploring related legal concerns. Yahrzeits / Page 3 But the Board decided that signs will be made From Principal / Page 4 of the Milwaukee Jewish Community Civility School News / Pages 2,4,5,8 Pledge to be put up around the synagogue as a Mazel Tov / Page 7 reminder of what kind of atmosphere we would Board Update / Page 8 like in our building. Gift Shop / Page 10 Board member Hal Kacanek provided several Book Club / Page 10 video clips, including an NPR program about a Calendar / Page 11 Brooklyn school and using hurtful language. Mah Jongg / Page 11 (More Board news / Page 8) HOST AN ONEG: Do you have a special occasion coming up? Why not help celebrate it with the synagogue by sponsoring an Oneg following a Friday night service? If you want to sponsor an Oneg, contact Charlie Hoffkins at [email protected] or sign up on the sheet located on the door to the social hall. TEMPLE FUNDS Do you know a temple member who There are many ways to help the synagogue, among them donating is sick? Let Rabbi Adams know by to the various funds available at CEEW. The 13 funds are: General Fund: All donations not otherwise designated. calling (414) 416-9407. Mensch Fund: Some of our members are not able to afford fees to attend synagogue events. The fund is used to replenish the gen- Rabbi Adams is always available if you have a maer to eral fund to support those members in need. discuss. He requests you call his cell phone, Education Fund: Covers items not part of the normal Religious School budget. (414) 416‐9407, for all synagogue‐related business. Library Fund: Supports the library; for books or other supplies. This is the best way to reach him, and messages le on Torah Fund: To purchase a new Torah some day. the cell phone will get the fastest response. Prayer Book Fund: For purchasing more prayer books. Capital Fund: For any capital expenditures. They might be for building, furnishings, equipment, etc. AROUND THE SYNAGOGUE Rabbi’s Endowment Fund: The intent is to grow this fund so that the income will fund a significant portion of the Rabbi’s salary. BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Adrian Richfield is the new Board Ruth Adams Memorial Teacher Fund: Support the develop- secretary. The Board still is looking for a fourth trustee. ment of teachers’ skills that will benefit the synagogue. Evan Levy Goldblatt Memorial Youth, Camp and Israel RELIGIOUS SCHOOL: In an eighth-grade discussion of giving Fund: To help young people attend Jewish summer camps, Israel food to those in need, Amanda Silverstein connected her programs or youth activities, including conventions. thoughts to a passage from the Babylonian Talmud: “The Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund: The Rabbi can use this fund as Jewish nation is distinguished by three characteristics: they needed as long as it meets the charitable guidelines. are merciful, they are modest (alternatively, bashful) and they Cantor’s Discretionary Fund: The Cantor can use this fund as perform acts of loving-kindness.” Clearly, she said, we are needed as long as it meets the charitable guidelines. called upon to help those in need of food; placing food into our Reserve Fund: The board controls this fund. It is used to meet lobby bin is an act of loving-kindness. For the month of March, unexpected expenditures. teacher Joe Dailey and the eighth-graders would like to remind us of the nutritional value of Irish food; if you can boil it, it’s Irish. Think about corned beef, potatoes and just about Flowers for the bima every green vegetable there is. Flowers donated for the bima for Shabbat should be brought to the temple in time for Friday night services. FOOD DRIVE: Congregation Emanu-El of Waukesha is among the dropoff sites as non-perishable Passover foods will Delivery drivers may contact Deb Hacker to set up a time be collected March 11th through March 28th as part of the to open the doors if they plan to arrive before 7 p.m. on Fri- Jewish Community’s annual Passover Food Drive (Maos days: 262-853-1869. Chitim). Marked bins will be available for ease of drop-off. UPCOMING ADULT EDUCATION th On March 9 , Rabbi Havdalah and a Movie (Four Seasons Lodge) Adams will give a sermon titled, “Jewish When: Saturday, March 24th Where: Upper conference room at the temple Humor is a Serious Matter.” Time: 5:30 p.m. Havdalah, followed by nosh and movie Info / RSVP: Mardi Smirl, [email protected] Do you have a ques- tion for Rabbi Adams SYNOPSIS: “This is our revenge on Hitler. To live this long, this well, is a victory.” about our traditions, - Fran Laufer, a Bergen-Belsen survivor why we do certain things in a certain way, Haunted by the past but driven by an unquenchable passion for living, an aging group of etc.? Email your ques- Holocaust survivors gathers each summer at an idyllic hideaway in the Catskills, where they savor tions to: [email protected] tightly bonded friendships, find new love and celebrate their survival. Directed by New York Times journalist Andrew Jacobs, with the legendary Albert Maysles and Rabbi Adams will (Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens) contributing cinematography, Four Seasons Lodge (2008) is an answer in a future inspiring and surprisingly funny documentary that captures what may be the final season for a CEEW bulletin. remarkable tribe of survivors who have found that dancing, laughter and late-night revelry may be the best revenge. Page 2 CHECK YOUR EMAIL: Weekly emails contain valuable information about our synagogue and what’s going on. If you would like to include something that is of interest to oth- er congregants, please contact Mark Levy at [email protected] . RABBI Steven H. Adams THANK YOU: from the Hizmi family CANTOR Thank you to all those who brought food and gave of themselves to prepare our home for guests for Arlene Spanier the funeral dinner. No words can express how appreciative we were to come home and see every- thing set up so beautifully. We were so touched by all your efforts. RELIGIOUS Thank you to everyone who came to the funeral and the Shiva. SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Thank you for all the helping hands and the generous gifts of food brought every day. Phil Musickant Thank you for all the beautiful cards and kind thoughts and prayers. Thank you for your generous gifts of plants, flowers, food, donations and gift cards. HEBREW We have truly been lifted through our grief as a family by the generous outpouring of all the special COORDINATOR people from Congregation Emanu-El. Thank you very much. Marsha Fensin With our deepest gratitude, PRESIDENT - Sheanna, Michael, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Philip Schuman Aaron, Steven and Ethan Hizmi VICE PRESIDENT Rick Steinberg Yahrzeits: Adar / Nisan (March) TREASURER Don Melnikoff Arthur Cohen: March 11, Adar 17 Ben Lowell: March 16, Adar 22 Brother of Gail (Robert) Jones Father of Bill (Jan) Lowell SECRETARY Adrian Richfield Jerome Cohen: March 21, Adar 27 Jeanne Milstein: March 27, Nisan 4 PAST PRESIDENT Father of Ed (Carol Vandenberg) Cohen Dr. Michael Kotkin Beatrice Moore: March 12, Adar 18 TRUSTEES Leonard Edelstein: March 14, Adar 20 Mother of Alice Lambie Sara Schimmel Father of Jeff (Maggie) Edelstein Milton Kulakow Hal Kacanek Jeri Phillips: March 28, Nisan 5 (one position vacant) Cyd Wendy Fishman Lash: March 7, Adar 13 Cousin of Fran Brown Joseph Richfield: March 29, Nisan 6 PTO Ardis Gacek Father of Adrian Richfield Dorothy Frisch: March 27, Nisan 4 SISTERHOOD Richard Louis Rocamora: March 25, Nisan 2 President Alice Lambie Hannah S. Frisch: March 10, Adar 16 Father of Richard (Joan) Rocamora Board Liaison Karyn Youso Sol Gellman: March 3, Adar 9 Dorothy Rothman Schnoll: March 2, Adar 8 BULLETIN Grandfather of Bill (Jan) Lowell Wife of Ed (Gloria) Schnoll Editor Lee Fensin Evan Levy Goldblatt: March 15, Adar 21 Louis Schumacher: March 19, Adar 25 [email protected] Nephew of Rabbi Steve and Gail Adams Father of Susan (Henry) Reba; Reporter and Grandfather of Zelda (Terry) Krueger Photographer Idell S. Goldsberg: March 4, Adar 10 Marsha Fensin Layzer Shimelfarb: March 5, Adar 11 Quality Control Arlene Gruenberg: March 18, Adar 24 Father of Mera Shimelfarb Jan Lowell Sister-in-law of Sandra (Marvin) Small Mailing Nathan Sylvester: March 6, Adar 12 Janet Esquivel Harold Goldstein: March 29, Nisan 6 Father of Maxine Leon Father of Gail (Martin) Komisar This bulletin is available electronically Jackquie Hurwitz: March 16, Adar 22 in PDF format Aunt of Elaine (Jack) Goldberg Page 3 WEATHER CLOSINGS: Weather related (and other) closings at the synagogue will be posted on WTMJ-TV (Ch.