Ruach 6800 35Th Ave NE Congregation Beth Shalom Seattle, WA 98115 206.524.0075

Ruach 6800 35th Ave NE Congregation Beth Shalom Seattle, WA 98115 206.524.0075

May 2019 • Nissan-Iyar 5779 Volume 51, Issue 9 Message from Rabbi Rose

One of my middle school teachers used to joke about that we count as we would count the days waiting for a bedikat chametz, saying she hoped that searching for bread- loved one to arrive, ticking off each day in anticipation of crumbs with a feather, candle, and spoon would never be being in such intimate proximity to the Divine. Slightly later anyone’s first exposure to Judaism. Yet for all of the Kabbalistic traditions frame counting the omer as a period of weirdness of that pre-Passover ritual, performed just a few self-improvement, with particular areas of focus for each weeks ago, I think that counting the omer, which started day. I imagine that I am not alone in finding these just two days later, may actually be this season’s most interpretations to be more inspiring for my own counting of cryptic Jewish practice. the omer in 2019. I am not particularly attuned to the agricultural cycles of the land of Israel, whereas counting The source for counting the omer comes from the Torah. from our annual reenactment of leaving Egypt until our According to Leviticus, we are to count from the day of the celebration of the gift of Torah resonates with me, as does “sheaf of elevation offering” and fifty subsequent days. The the idea of using these weeks as an opportunity to improve rabbis set that sheaf waving on the second day of Passover, our own behavior. and thus the fiftieth day is the holiday of Shavuot (this year, the omer is counted from the evening of April 20 through But more than I find inspiration in any particular June 8). But the Torah does not mention either Passover or interpretation of counting the omer, I am moved by the Shavuot in conjunction with this counting; the count begins ways that this ritual has been framed and reframed over the with a ritual that initiates the new grain harvest and allows course of our history. Generations of Jews have taken a for its use, and ends with another offering of new grain. ritual whose original underpinnings no longer resonated and invested it with new life and new meaning. And that After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, when reinvention continues; in the modern state of Israel, more these offerings could no longer be brought, this counting emphasis has been placed on connection to the land ritual became layered with new significance. Marking the (Shavuot is celebrated there as the festival of first fruits far grain harvest no longer resonated, but the counting was not more than as the festival of receiving the Torah), reviving discarded (after all, the Torah does command it quite some of the original meaning behind this period of explicitly). Instead, the rabbinic commentators focused on counting. the holidays at each end of the counting, Passover and Shavuot, and their themes. While counting is a less strange practice than hunting for crumbs, it might be harder for most of us to explain to the In the medieval period, the Sefer HaChinuch explains that casual onlooker, especially when we read the Torah’s receiving the Torah on Shavuot was the main point of the version of this agricultural ritual. But as we count the omer Exodus from Egypt, and thus it is appropriate for us to count this year, I hope that you find your own meaningful from Passover to Shavuot as an expression of yearning and desire to reach that moment of revelation. Rambam writes (Continued on page 2)

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Did you notice the new silver letters on our Sifrei Torah? Check out the article on page 6. Updates 1-8 SHAVUOT 9 Shomrei Atid 10-11 Service Animals 12 Annual Meeting / Rain Garden 13 Youth Updates / B’nai Mitzvah 14 Adult Education 15

Anniversaries and Birthdays 16 Events in Members Lives 17 Contributions 18-20 Service Schedules / Yasher Koach / Calendar 20-22 Tzedakah Form 23 Updates

(Continued from page 1) interpretation of this ancient ritual, even if it has nothing to do with sheaves of grain (or everything to do with sheaves of grain, if you’re more agriculturally-minded than I am). Yet even more than that, I hope that we take the unfolding of the multiple meanings ascribed to sefirat ha’omer as a reminder and a challenge to bring our commitment and our creativity to the ever-evolving ancient tradition that is Jewish life. Happy counting!

Hebrew Word of the Month

The CBS Israel Committee presents the Hebrew Word of the Month. Each month, a modern Hebrew word or expression will be presented, along with an English transliteration, and a translation or description. This is an easy and simple way to broaden our linguistic horizons. - ( סונוב ) - So far, the Committee has presented only one word at a time. This month, there is a bonus two words that are somewhat related. Here are the Hebrew Words of the Month:

החיש Transliteration: Sichah

הזוח Transliteration: Chozeh Translation: Sichah means conversation, and chozeh means agreement, or a visionary person. There have been many earnest conversations lately in Jerusalem, regarding the political parties that will be included in a governing coalition, as well as which leaders of those parties will receive the honor of heading a ministry of the government. If all goes well, the coalition agreement will lead to a stable government. Three cheers for parliamentary politics!

Fun fact: Chozeh is related to the word Chazon, meaning vision. Also, in Israel, Theodor Herzl is known as Chozeh Hamedina (Visionary of the state).

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How serious are we, at our Seder tables, year after year, agriculture, not the least of them the abuse of antibiotics when we say “dayyenu”? to increase meat production at the cost of future generations who will die from infections that will no longer Firstly, the story line doesn't support such a sentiment. respond to antibiotics. It is incompatible with many aspects Throughout the Exodus and forty years of wandering of our economic system. My first teacher of Talmud told us through the desert the Israelites do nothing but complain. the story of his brother-in-law's investment in a shopping No water, no food, the manna tastes the same day after mall in Israel. When the majority of investors changed the day, the promised land is populated by giants - and the policies of the mall and allowed stores to be open on conclusion is always “Why on earth did you bring us here? Shabbat he asked his rabbi what he should do. His rabbi Can we go back to Egypt now, please?” Not once do the advised him to sell his share of the mall, but to take people say “Thank you for all your help, we’ll take it from enough time so it wouldn't be a fire sale. here.” The Talmud, too, when it discusses how to perform In spite of this, at the seder at my house we continue to mitzvot, maintains a very strong sense of “enough”. After sing "dayyenu" with conviction, and we mean it. I do it establishes rules for saying the Amidah (standing, facing believe that it nurtures a sense of the being aware of just Jerusalem, with feet closed, in a proper state of mind) it how blessed we have been in so many instances in our launches into a discussion of "what if's": what if your lives. circumstances don't allow you to meet these requirements? Secondly, human nature doesn’t support such a sentiment. It looks at cases like "what if you travel with a caravan and I wonder whether it’s because our DNA is that of hunters they won't stop to give you time to say your prayers". The and gatherers, and it would simply be irrational to stop Talmud gives all kinds of leniencies, and in the end it gathering while there is anything left to gather. And we see concludes "if you can't control the circumstances, just how humans drive athletic activities to ever higher levels of direct your heart to heaven, that's enough." absurdity because we need to outdo each other. Why stop As a congregation we will soon be faced with our own at a marathon, let’s do an ultramarathon. Better yet, one version of "dayyenu": How big or small an extension to our per day for ten days in a row. In Alaska. In the winter. building is enough? We don't want to lock ourselves into a But if you ever imagine what it might be like to count your building that we'll outgrow in a few years, and we don't couple billion dollars (or, if that’s what you’re doing on the want to burden ourselves with a huge building and the side while reading the Ruach, Yasher Koach), don’t you mortgage that comes with it if we don't need that space. think that the thought of what to do with all that money One possible answer to this conundrum is to take a flexible will cross your mind eventually? At some point you’ll have approach. That could mean that we build in stages, with so much money that you can’t spend it anymore. So, what one building on the first two lots and a second building a good does that fifth, and sixth, and twentieth billion do decade later on the next two lots. It could mean that we you? It does not improve your lifestyle. It does not build big and rent out the space that we don't need (yet). improve your financial security. It’s just a bigger number. There might be other flexible or modular solutions that At that point, would you be wise enough to say “dayyenu”? people more informed than myself can point out. In any Or, as psychologists who studied billionaires claim, would case though it will fall to the congregation to say you still continue to chase after ever more money because "dayyenu." the pleasure is not in possessing a billion but in acquiring the next one? Very fondly,

Enoughness, it seems to me, is a very important thought in Jewish ethics. There is a limit to how much profit we can squeeze out of our fellow humans, or even out of our field, of which we can’t harvest the corners, and which we must let lay fallow once every seven years. That is a philosophy Norbert Sorg which is incompatible with many practices of modern

"The Detention Lottery" Wednesday, 5/8 from 7:00pm at Temple Beth Am “The Detention Lottery” is an immersive dramatization of what goes on in a detention center’s immigration court, written by Seattle area immigration attorney Margaret O’Donnell and performed by eight other local immigration attorneys. The performance is appropriate for junior high schoolers and older. We hope you can join us for this educational opportunity. Light refreshments will be available at 6:30, and the program will begin at 7:00. There is no charge, but donations will be collected to benefit the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) Fair Fight Bond Fund. https://fairfightbondfund.org/ Our Immigration and Sanctuary group is co-sponsoring this production Registration here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-detention-lottery-an-immersive-theater-experience-tickets-58555789944

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Social Action Committee, contact: Gail Coskey “I believe in process. I believe in four seasons. I believe One of the more successful ventures to help homeless that winter's tough, but spring's coming. I believe that families is Mary’s Place. The SAC helps support MP there's a growing season. And I think that you realize that through cash donations and the collection of needed items in life, you grow. You get better.” - Steve Southerland such as diapers and clothing during the year. Though officially Spring started in March, we know in You can help save lives by donating blood at one of the Seattle it might not feel like it until late April or May. CBS Blood Drives throughout the year. Yasher Koach to There are many ways to grow and ‘get better’. The SAC those who donated on April 14th. Remember, one pint of tries to offer a variety of ways you can grow your social blood can help up to three patients. It is easy to register consciousness and, hopefully, become a better person in with Bloodworks and sign up online to donate, but walk-ins the process. How can you get involved? are always welcome. You can help feed the hungry and food insecure by If you are interested in politics and policy, you can get volunteering with Teen Feed any month there is a 5th involved with the Faith Action Network through CBS’s Monday. Yasher Koach to those who volunteered with TF membership with FAN. FAN tries to advocate for socially April 29th, and those who will volunteer at the next TF on responsible legislation at the local and state levels. July 29th. Contact Joan Lite Miller ([email protected]) to learn about volunteer If you are interested in issues around gun safety and opportunities. responsibility, the SAC has done phone banking and You can also volunteer with the Lake City Meals program, doorbelling for initiatives related to gun safety. a partnership between CBS and Temple Beth Am, that Yasher koach to those who were able to attend the Alliance provides meals on the 3rd Sunday of the month. for Gun Responsibility Luncheon on April 30th.

Contact Julie Klein ([email protected]) to get Being socially responsible also means taking care of our involved with LCM. earth. CBS and SAC members have an opportunity to put Even if volunteering is not feasible, just donating food to these values into action thought the AAA Environmental our several CBS food drives or donating directly to a food group. Contact Deirdre Gabbay for more information bank is helping others. Yasher Koach to those who about their activities. donated to our Passover Food Drive and our Chametz Food Drive before Pesach. These are some of the ‘official’ ways you can get involved with social action, but anything you do to help the lives of You can help make the lives of immigrants and refugees others is doing a mitzvah. And, as always, thank you for easier by joining or volunteering with the several CBS your donations to the SAC that helps fund these and other groups that are involved in these efforts. Look through worthy activities. the Ruach for information about what these groups are doing and who to contact about getting involved. The next SAC meeting will be Tuesday, May 7th at 7:00pm at CBS, which will also include letter writing to politians. We know that affordable housing has been a serious issue All are welcome. in Seattle and surrounding areas for a number of years now. Your donations to the SAC at Purim and throughout If you would like more information about these or other the year helps to support agencies dealing with this SAC activities, or have an idea for a Social Action Program problem, such as Jewish Family Service and Sand Point or event, contact Gail Coskey or Deirdre Gabbay: Housing. [email protected].

How to Help Our Immigration & Sanctuary Efforts this Month · Take Action: Sign RAICES petition to DHS demanding that DHS stop holding babies and toddlers in detention. In the last several months RAICES has had 12 clients held in detention with their babies under three years old. Other organizations know of at least nine babies under one year old being held in a Texas detention center. Visit https://www.raicestexas.org/action/ice-must-stop-incarcerating-babies/ to sign this important petition.

· Provide Needed Items: Send grocery store gift cards and international calling cards as well as other items to those recently released from detention in Tacoma: https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/ wishlist/3I8USLANJDKNQ/ref=cm_wl_huc_view.

· Give a Monetary Donation: Donate to the Seattle World School Fund, https://www.swsfund.org/, to support immigrant and refugee middle and high school students attending Seattle Public Schools.

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Mishloach Manot Toddah Rabah We want to extend a huge thank you to the donors of our community-wide Mishloach Manot project. Your participation made the first year of this project a success!

A big thank you to our wonderful volunteers: ¨ Rebecca Polyakovsky for coming up with the vision for the beautiful gift packages and making it happen ¨ Patti Kieval, Rochelle Wynne, Gloria Goldstein, Linda Berg, Liz Caldera, Nancy Coomer, Susan Monas, Debbie Gordon, Marsha Malkin, David Cobey, Elia Cobey, Janet Zepel, Karen McGonigle, Debora Rifkin, Marjie Cogan, Laurie Cogan, Rabbi Rose, Miriam Hymowitz, Carolyn Bernhard, and Carol Starin for packing the gift packages ¨ Andrew Cohen for helping distribute the baskets on Erev Purim ¨ Debora Rifkin, Joe Goldberg, Jody and Haim Mizrahi, Lauren Kurland, Michele Yanow, Deirdre Gabbay, Robert Isgur and Gail Coskey for delivering baskets.

Ruth Abers Wendy Friedman & Becky Blixt Lynn Katz David & Susan Adler Jodie Futornick Sandra Kibort & Shelly Crocker Nance & Steve Adler Michael & Deirdre Gabbay Patti Kieval Michael & Laurie Almoslino Cindy Garbell Sheryl Kipnis & Stephen King Kathy Andeway Nava Gazitt Amanda & Jordan Klaiman Albert & Arlene Azose Michelle & Jonathan Geller Julie & Glen Kohl Mihal Bat-Or Neeloufar Gharavi & Greg Touchton Chuck Kolb & Beth Hartwick Jacquie Bayley Douglas & Debra Glazer Margot Kravette Dorothy Becker Ari Gleicher & Elizabeth Katcoff Leslie Krivo-Kaufman & Israel Gese- Laurie Becker & Paul Berkelhammer Stacy & Tatyana Globerman lowitz Shirah & Chauncey Bell Ben & Rochelle Goffe Robin Kroll Broch Bender Joseph & Venessa Goldberg Jay Krulewitch & Robin Moss Mark & Judith Benjamin Ellen Goldblatt Sarah Kutner David Bennett & Beth Huppin Robert Golden & Nona Phillips Craig & Deborah Lawson Aviad & Erin Benzikry Harry Goldman & Jettie Person Heidi Leyton & Scott Starr Herschel & Linda Berg Nancy & Kim Goldov Tamar Libicki & Sergey Feldman Daniel & Carolyn Bernhard Claire Gonder & Joe Ginsburg Bob & Lisa Low Lana Blank & Ayal Chen-Zion Deborah Gordon Lis Lutz & Rachel Glauberman Joseph Blumenzweig & Jennifer Fisch Karen Gorrin Karen MacKenzie & Benson Margulies Allan & Judy Borodin Allen & Carol Gown Michael & Karin Madwed Jill Borodin & Cary Atlas Solomon & Michelle Graf Lyle & Julie Margulies Richard Brodsky Linda-Jo Greenberg Daniel Markowitz & Deborah Sopher Michelle Brot & Douglas Ramsay Sarah Greenberg & Neal Capapas Betsy Maurer & Andrew Schulman Paige Chapel & Rhiannon Lombard Caitlin & Dan Grigg Karen & Dee McGonigle Craig Chosiad & Aliza Pressman Jordan & Debra Gussin Marilyn Meyer & Stuart Lester Richard Cody Beth & Nigel Hartell Lucas Michels & Jessica Taback Marjie Cogan Jay & Chana Heath Joel Migdal & Peggy Brill Andrew Cohen & James Packman David Heller & Andrea Darvas Heller Haim & Jody Mizrahi Marc Cohen & Karey Kessler Kayla Higgins Danielle & Paul Nacamuli Scott Cohen & Lauren Kurland Cindy Hirsch & David Kowalsky Neil Nathanson & Stephanie Allen Kevin & Gail Coskey Edith Horn David & Krisna Nidorf Ruth Dick Robert Hovden & Ronald DeChene Philip Nurick & Liora Minkin David Dintenfass & Laurie Blauner Adrienne Howell Edna Oberman Matthew & Erica Doctor Mitchell Hymowitz Joe Orzech & Carol Benedick Oded & Noa Dvoskin Mark Igra & Nancy Simon Mick Ostroff Keith Eaton & Danielle Schneider Robert & Deborah Isgur Martha Panitch Ted & Kellan Eisenhardt Emanuel Jacobowitz & Jennifer Dia- Annette Peizer & Don Ivanov Marc & Maria Erlitz mond Pamela Pernick Galit & Sol Ezekiel Howard & Talya Jeffries Heidi Piel Fern Feldman Martin & Karma Joseph Gerald Pollack & Emily Freedman Gus Feliu & Jeff Harder Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon & Sharona Rebecca & Dmitry Polyakovsky Nancy Fisher-Allison & Tony Allison Gordon Glenda Rader Joel Freedman & Rebecca Cory Emily & Alexa Kapor-Mater Ariel & Dana Raigrodski Miryam Frieder & Don Doering Yonah Karp & Harold Bobroff (Continued on page 6)

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(Continued from page 5) Shachar & Batya Shamay David Streeter & Hillary Cohen Michael & Amee Sherer Daniel & Linda Strickman Kobi Reiter & David Montero Rita Shtull Dina Tanners Noam Rinat Meira Shupack David Tarshes & Deborah Kerdeman Paula & Jeremy Rose Emma Shusterman & Alexander Marianne Tatom Rochelle Roseman & Sonny Putter Daskal John Vornbrock & Paula Glazer Vorn- Marc Rosenshein & Judy Soferman Robert Snyder & Karen Friedman brock Elisabeth Rosenthal Jonathan Solovy & Stacey Fisher Rachel Wachtel Ilene Ruvinsky & Jeff Ross Norbert Sorg & Kevin Gallagher Deborah Wahl Ulla Rychter Stan Sorscher & Judith Arms Martin Wahl Allen & Lori Safer Brad & Ellen Spear Jay Wang & Nancy Current Alison Sands & Alan Rodan Robert & Kathleen Spitzer Perry & Michelle Weinberg Tal Saraf & Irene Basloe Saraf Linda Sprague Samuel Wineburg & Susan Monas Matthew Saunders & Amanda Taylor Carol Starin Jeremy & Alys Wylen Carl & Brianna Sayres Diana Steeble & Karin Johnson Rochelle Wynne Ron & Diana Schneeweiss Ilene Stein Stanley & Nancy Zeitz Martin Schnitzer & Marsha Malkin Orly Steinberg Barry & Janet Zepel Johanna Schorr & Randy Gainer Amy Stephson & Brian Rapalee Gail Zucker Kim Schulze Denise Sterchi & Michael Blum Richard Zwetchkenbaum Harris Schwartzreich & Julia Jay Doris Stiefel Howard & Sarah Shalinsky Mark & Sheryl Stiefel

Torah Sequence Letters make their debut on letters. I drew up an example of what they might look April 6th, the first of Nissan 5779 like. Once approved by Linda-Jo, Ron, and Robert, I made a mock up in brass which I showed around and This all started with Linda-Jo Greenberg, Ron Dechene got approval from Rabbi Borodin to create. and Robert Hovden. I loved my concept, but it lacked finesse. I have the Linda-Jo writes, “I love going to Shabbat services when I skills to create it but not to design it. So I asked Joan travel. Rome, Madrid, Florence, Sevilla… they all have Lite Miller, a long-time member and lettering and familiar elements and unfamiliar practices. This past Ketubot artist, to design the three letters. She gladly fall I went to shul in London (where I also know the did so in honor of her mother Paula Lite. native language) with Robert Hovden and Ron DeChene (so we could compare observations). Concurrently, Carol Starin, another member and past Robert was given the honor of carrying the Torah in the president, and I have been working on creating several processional and we exchanged a look of excited other Judaic art projects for CBS, making use as sterling recognition when we both saw the silver aleph hanging silver provided by her father’s silver spoon collection and on the Torah with the other decorations. We knew my mother’s jewelry. (More on this in a future article – exactly that it was to mark the order of Torahs on a two I promise). I told her what I was doing, and she wanted or three Torah day. At Beth Shalom we mark the Torahs to help and suggested I should use some of the silver for with an index card in front of them in the ark. However the letters, and so, indirectly, Carol Starin helped me to once the Torah has been picked up, it is possible to lose underwrite this endeavor in memory of Lawrence Oseran track of which one went with which card. (a member of CBS).

You may not know that Robert is the one who rolls our I then went about acquiring the rest of the necessary Torahs at Beth Shalom, setting things up so that the sterling sheets and chains needed and went about scroll is open to the right location for reading. Some- fabricating and texturing the three letters. I did this times that is straightforward – just a few columns to the lovingly, and in honor of my mother (and current next parsha – and sometimes it is more complex due to member) Diane Spinrad. holidays and special readings. If we wind up with the wrong Torah on the table, we have to roll to the right And there you have it. place while everyone waits. The rabbis fill the time, but Three friends present a no one likes the delay. And it is too bad to have lost the great idea, and three benefit of Robert’s work. As a stage manager by friends designed, funded profession and the chair of the Religious Practices and created three letters in Committee I am sensitive to the timing of services. honor of three parents. So when we got back from vacation, knowing that L’ Dor vaDor.” Andrew Cohen works with silver and makes jewelry, we all told him about what we saw.

At that point the story moves to Andrew’s jewelry bench.

Andrew says, “I have been making jewelry for many years as well as Mezutot and other Judaica and I was immediately captivated by the idea of creating these

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Farvos Yiddish? Farvos nisht? (Why Yiddish? Why not?)

Congregation Beth Shalom has long had a Hebrew -language adult-ed program encompassing not only siddur Hebrew but also modern Hebrew conversation. Yiddish is a historical link to many Jews' family history, as well as a beautiful language with a rich trove of songs and literature. Nu, why not offer Yiddish classes at CBS?

Last fall the Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, MA) initiated a Yiddish Pedagogy Fellowship program in conjunction with beta-testing their new Yiddish textbook, In Eynem ("As One"). My acceptance into the program required me to have an agreement with a sponsoring institution to teach meeting of the year, the students proposed forming a a year-long Yiddish class, and CBS enthusiastically new Yiddish club to meet over the summer for Yiddish agreed! As part of the program, I traveled to Amherst movies, poems, and conversation. Yiddish lebt! (Yiddish for three weekend workshops on Yiddish pedagogy, and is alive!) the Center and the other Fellows have continued to share teaching tips and resources. The new textbook My partner in Yiddishkayt, Harvey (Khavke) Niebulski, uses the communicative approach to learning, which and I are continuing to explore Yiddish learning means students begin speaking in the language opportunities for a more general audience, including a immediately, either repeating dialogues after the Yiddish Tish (table) at Kiddush, a song session at the teacher or conversing together. The teacher guide Northwest Folklife Festival, and some overnight learning includes colorful artwork to project and discuss, at Shavuos. I will be teaching Yiddish at CBS again this historical sources, as well as interviews with native fall, both beginning (an-heybers, who will start with Yiddish speakers. Students engage with each other and the alef-beys) and intermediate (mitl-lerners). For the material through playing matching games with more information on Yiddish activities at CBS and picture cards and doing physical activities like Shimon throughout Seattle, please contact Mirl at zogt ("Simon says"). [email protected]. A sheynem dank!

Teaching Yiddish at CBS this year has been an honor and a privilege. The inaugural cohort of Yiddish learners had motivations ranging from wanting to translate family documents, to wanting to learn a language that was kept secret from them as children, to wanting to compose original songs and poetry, to hearing from a friend that it was fun and they should try it out. A year- long adult-ed class is a big commitment, but about a dozen students persevered. In the process a close, multi -generational cohort of learners coalesced, with in-jokes involving things like herring (zayer geshmak oder nisht?) and a perpetually missing white-board eraser (a meker, not to be confused with a marker, which is a feder, rather than a feter, or uncle). At our final

Are you shopping at Amazon.com? Instead, start your amazon.com shopping trip by going to smile.amazon.com. You’ll have the option to donate .5% of your purchase to Congregation Beth Shalom (make sure you choose Seattle’s Congregation Beth Shalom). You can make all your usual purchases, and without spending extra, and you’ll be helping the shul.

7 Updates Shir Chadash: Shabbat Hosting Challenge Kabbalat Shabbat with New Melodies This year, we’re challenging our community to get to Shabbat, 5/24 from 6:00pm in the Beit Midrash know each other better and enhance the joy of Shabbat by hosting each other for Shabbat meals. If you host or Join us as we welcome Shabbat with soulful song, attend a Shabbat meal with other CBS folks, please let us introducing new melodies and harmony on the 4th Friday know, either online (https://bethshalomseattle.org/ night of the month. shabbat-hosting-challenge/) or by filling out a form in the For more details, please contact Rabbi Rose lobby. ([email protected]). Each week, our kindergarten religious school class will add pom-poms to the bucket display in the lobby: light blue if you hosted a meal, and dark blue if you attended a meal. We hope that you’ll participate and share your experiences with us, so that the entire community can share in the joy of watching the bucket fill up. Questions? Please contact Rabbi Rose

([email protected]).

Our First Sephardic Kabbalat Shabbat Friday, 5/10 from 6pm in the Beit Midrash Congregation Beth Shalom is excited to host an Egalitarian Sephardic Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday, May 10th at 6pm. The Shabbat service will feature prayers sung in Sephardic niggun (tune), and be followed by a traditional sephardic meal and shabbat songs. All are welcome to partake in this unique Kabbalat Shabbat opportunity.

Cost is $25 per adult, $10 for children under 15. Children under 5 are free. Please contact Rabbi Borodin for financial assistance.

Save the date! Another Egalitarian Sephardic Kabbalat Shabbat is planned for Friday, June 14th. We encourage everyone to attend either or both evenings. To register, please visit our website or call the front office. Dinner registrations must be made in advance. Registration closes on Monday, May 6. https://bethshalomseattle.org/calendar/ sephardic-kabbalat-shabbat-at-cbs/

Young Family Tefillah and Lunch

5/4 from 11:30am-12:30pm Join Rabbi Rose for a fun service geared towards families with children ages 0-5, followed by a light lunch. For questions or to be added to our Young Families email list, please contact [email protected].

Board Games in the Social Hall Saturday, 5/11 from 1:15pm - Last one for this school year

Stick around after lunch to play games at Beth Shalom! Game players of all ages are invited; we'll have some games on hand, but bring your favorite, too! Beth Shalom will provide a special sweet treat.

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Shavuot The Holiday of Revelation and First Fruits (June 8-10)

Saturday, June 8:00pm Join us for an interactive Shavuot Seder celebrating the different themes of Shavuot. Never heard of a Shavuot seder? There is a reason. A team of Beth Shalom folks are creating this special Shavuot seder to add a new twist and ways to deepen our experience of Shavuot.

This Shavuot Seder will be followed by Maariv, special presentation by Prof Devin Naar on Sefardic customs for Shavuot, Cheesecake sampling, all night learning, late night Yiddish singing, late night cooking, and a dawn service, as well as our 9:30am service. The seder is for all ages and will be followed by kids and teens programming.

This year’s all night tikkun will feature Hadar’s Project Zug curriculum from Rabbi Aviva Richman’s course Food Tour of the Talmud - exploring aspects of food by studying passages on food found across the six Orders of the Talmud. How can the act of eating become a practice of gratitude? Who should receive food as charity, and how much? What rights do field-workers have? We are excited for this to be the beginning of a year long partnership with Project Zug and their rich educational material - look for many more opportunities to learn with Project Zug throughout the year.

Shavuot Day 1 - Sunday, June 9th Dawn Festival Service and 9:30am Festival Service with kids programming 12:45 Potluck picnic at View Ridge Park 1:30pm Kickball in the park with Shira Rosen

Shavuot Day 2 – Monday, June 10th Festival Morning Service and Yizkor from 9:30am Kiddush Lunch Shavuot Board Game Extravaganza and special shavuot snacks

More details to follow in the June/July Ruach

9 Congregation Beth Shalom

As my parents planted for me before I was born, so do I plant for those who come after me. ~ Talmud

Shomrei Atid, Guardians of the Future, are Beth Shalom members like you who want to ensure that our exceptional community endures long into the future. Shomrei Atid are members who formalize their commitment to Beth Shalom through legacy giving and connect with each other in a common cause: to safeguard the long term vitality and stability of our congregation so that Shomrei Atid Beth Shalom will be here to support our community and instill our values into the Guardians of the Future many generations to come.

Join Shomrei Atid with a legacy gift or bequest and “plant trees” for the generations that follow us!

For more information on joining Shomrei Atid and Legacy giving, please contact Carol Benedick, 206.524.0075 ext 2502 [email protected]

10 Shomrei Atid

Why We Joined Shomrei Atid By Lauren Kurland and Scott Cohen Writing a will is a powerful, values-clarifying experience. For us, it meant not only thinking carefully about how we would like our children supported after we are gone, but also how we want our values to live on in organizations that we support.

Putting Congregation Beth Shalom in our will was an obvious choice as the community epitomizes so many values we cherish: hachnasat orchim (welcoming the stranger), gmilut hasadim (acts of lovingkindness), talmud Torah (the study of Torah), and hiddur mitzvah (doing mitzvot in the most beautiful, loving way possible). We have encountered many synagogue communities but none as robust and unique as Beth Shalom, and we hope that our small part helps it continue to thrive and serve as a Jewish home in Seattle for generations to come.

Shomrei Atid Guardians of the Future

Shomrei Atid Members

Anonymous (10) Sharon Greenberg Joe Orzech & Carol Benedick Jacquie Bayley Janet Heineck Rochelle Roseman Jerry, z”l, & Dorothy Becker Werner, z”l, & Edith Horn Corey Salka & Lisa Orlick-Salka Mark & Judith Benjamin Mitchell Hymowitz Joani Diskin-Saran Karen Binder Mark Igra & Nancy Simon Ron & Diana Schneeweiss Rabbi Borodin & Cary Atlas Debra Jeffs-Grad Kathleen & Rob Spitzer Andrew Cohen Patti Kieval Amy Stephson & Brian Rapalee Jennifer Cohen Julie & Mitch Klein Ernest, z”l, & Doris Stiefel Jill Cohen, z”l Margot Kravette Mark & Sheryl Stiefel Scott Cohen & Lauren Kurland Karin & Michael Madwed Dave Tarshes & Debby Kerdeman Shelly Crocker & Sandy Kibort Marilyn Meyer Marianne Tatom Harry Goldman & Jettie Person Joel Migdal Kayla Weiner Lynn Gottlieb Isaac Morgensztern Sam Wineburg & Susan Monas Carol & Allen Gown Susan Morgensztern George, z”l & Barbara Grashin Neil Nathanson & Stephanie Allen

For more information on joining Shomrei Atid and Legacy giving, please contact Carol Benedick, 206.524.0075 ext 2502 [email protected]

11 Updates

Service Animals

Congregation Beth Shalom is committed to making sure that all of our congregants feel welcome, safe and supported in our synagogue. We recognize the importance of trained service animals and are happy to allow them to accompany their humans to Beth Shalom services and other events (as long as the service animals are clean and well-behaved). We cannot accommodate pets or emotional support animals at the synagogue. While we appreciate the important role that these animals also provide, we also understand that other members have allergies or are uncomfortable with animals. We’ve carefully reviewed the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and our state regulations and incorporated feedback from congregants to try to achieve the best balance of respecting the needs of everyone in our community. We will begin posting signage that service animals are welcome and other animals are not allowed at Beth Shalom.

FAQS: Are synagogues required to allow service animals? Religious organizations are exempt from ADA requirements. Nevertheless, we want to ensure that congregants with visible and hidden disabilities feel supported at CBS.

Are service animals trained? Service animals are extensively trained to perform tasks or do work for the benefit of a person with a disability. In addition to basic obedience and public access training, service animals provide at least three skills related to a specific disability. For example, dogs can be trained to give a signal when they sense an impending seizure allowing the person time to get to safe place.

How should a service animal behave? You can expect service animals to behave differently than most pets. They should not run around, bark, whine, make a mess, or go after food, people, or other animals. Mostly, a service animal will sit or walk quietly beside their handler. According to the ADA, organizations are allowed to prohibit a service animal that is aggressively barking, is not housebroken, or is not effectively controlled by its handler.

How should people behave around a service animal? It's helpful to remember that service animals are working. The best way to support a person with a service animal is to refrain from distracting them from their job. Please don't pet or talk to service dogs without asking first.

What is the difference between service animals and emotional support animals? While emotional support animals may provide a sense of safety, companionship and comfort to their humans, they do not have any special training requirements and are not required to perform tasks for their handler.

What about people with allergies or a fear of animals? Some service animals are trained to shake before they enter a building in order to keep dander (allergens) outside. Some handlers are trained to be aware of those around them including asking whether people seated nearby have allergies or a fear of animals. If they don’t ask you and you are allergic or afraid of animals, please let the person with the service animal know. Ideally both of your needs can be accommodated.

We hope this provides useful guidance for members, but please feel free to contact Carol Benedick ([email protected]) if you have any questions on our policy.

The Seattle Limbe Sewing Circle at Assumption Church Tuesday, 5/14 from 6-9pm at 6220 32nd Ave NE, Seattle A light dinner provided

Help Girls Stay in School!

We are a multi-cultural, multi-faith community with a two-part goal: to create feminine hygiene kits (using a Days For Girls template) for girls in Cameroon, Africa and to build cross-cultural community here in Seattle.

Any questions, email the Beth Shalom office and we'll put you in touch with Wendy Katz, our project organizer.

12 Updates Join us at Congregation Beth Shalom’s Annual Meeting & Nosh Sunday, May 19, 2019 from 10:30 AM—12:00 PM

Volunteers of the Year - The backstage Purim Heroes: Daniel Markowitz, Joe Blumenzweig, Rebecca Polyakovsky, and Carl & Brianna Sayres

Vote on new members of the Board of Directors

Approve the 2019-20 budget

Stay for a light brunch and still have time to enjoy spring in Seattle!

We need your help. Our bylaws require a quorum of 15% of the membership (69 family units!) to approve the 2019-20 budget and elect the new board members and officers. Make your voice heard in the community!

13 Youth Updates - Idkunim La’yeladim

Education and Youth Director, Rachel Wachtel

This year has flown by! Our Religious School and Prozdor year to come. classes, Teen Learning, and Shabbat programming Are you considering sending your child to Jewish summer including Kids Kehilla and Torah and Tots, are coming to camp this summer or is your high schooler considering a close before the end of this month and we are off to Camp gap year program or a trip to Israel? Feel free to reach out Solomon Schechter for another fun filled CBS Family Camp to us- we’d love to talk with you about different options and weekend (you can still sign up to join us!). As programs are help you find the right fit! winding down, we are asking students, as well as teachers, to reflect back on the 2018-2019 school year and think I look forward to sharing more about the upcoming year about the progress they have made. Teachers will look back during the summer months. We are excited to share one to goals they set earlier this year and celebrate the new addition to our program. In August, CBS, in progress they and their students have made. Students and partnership with the Jewish Federation, SJCC, and SJCS, participants have a lot to be proud of, too; maybe they will will welcome not one, but TWO shinshinim (shinshinim are win an attendance award from Kids Kehilla, complete a 18 year olds from Israel who come and work in our Hebrew assessment to see how far they have come with community for a year) to our community! We look forward their Hebrew reading, or think back to a favorite unit, to introducing you to Abaye and Mor, our 2019-2020 project, or activity. Our Prozdor students showed off their Shinshinim, and sharing more information about their roles accomplishments at our Celebration of Learning in April- we at CBS for the upcoming school year. invite you to check out an exhibit of their Kids4Peace Rachel Wachtel inspired artwork in the Beit Midrash table. Religious School CBS Education and Youth Director classes will participate in a culminating activity in their [email protected] classrooms (maybe a jeopardy game, writing a letter to the incoming students, or creating a time capsule) and then come together to watch a photo slideshow of our year Graduation Shabbat—5/11 together. We are also working to give students moving up We hope you will join us! This is a chance from one program to the next, like Religious School or for our graduating seniors to share some- Jewish day school to Prozdor, or Prozdor to Teen Learning, thing with the community, receive an Aliyah and mishberah, receive some special a taste of how next year will look. This will help them know gifts, and provide an opportunity for the what to expect and ease any of their anxieties about the community to celebrate their graduation!

B’nai Mitzvah Mazel Tov!

14 ADULT EDUCATION

Spring Classes

Creative Interpretation: How the Ceramics Class: Making Havdalah Sets Rabbis Radically Change the Join us for a class on making Havdalah sets with Meaning of the Torah in Traditional ceramic artist Jacquie Hill! RSVP today, limited spots Ways with Rabbi Rose available. The first class will be taught by Rabbi Jill Tuesday nights at 7pm, April 30- May Borodin at Beth Shalom and will cover the history of 21 (No class May 7), 3 sessions Havdalah sets and some of the art history connected to How does the Talmud infer that the it. After this exploration and study, the class will head Torah’s clear assertion of “an eye for over to the Red Crow Studio to create their own an eye” really means that the injured is personal Havdalah sets, inspired by the past, but owed monetary compensation? connected to the present. Jacquie Hill will teach the Midrash, the process of rabbinic interpretation of the ceramic piece of this class. The first two classes Torah, is often used to come to such thoroughly radical students will have ample time to build and construct conclusions. Why do the rabbis stretch the Torah’s their pieces, and then skip a week before coming back meaning in this way? What are the boundaries of this to glaze their Havdalah sets. creativity? How can we treat the Torah as divine and Time: Wednesday afternoons, 3:30pm-5:30pm sacred while twisting its words? Together we’ll explore Dates: May 8-June 5 (No class May 29) these questions, both in the historical context of early Cost: $125, including all supplies rabbinic Judaism, and as they can serve as guides in our Sign up here: https://redcrowstudio.coursestorm.com/ own wrestling with Torah. category/havdalah-sets

Yom HaShoah Learner’s Minyan Shabbat After Lunch Learning 5/4 from 1:15pm in the Beit Midrash Learner’s Minyan takes place on Saturdays, 10:30- CBS Member, Francine Cohen will share her moving story 11:30am, in the Beit Midrash or CBS Annex. No charge. of a life changing experience in Jewish Amsterdam. May 18 June 15 Ein Keloheinu and Aleinu Kaddish and Adon Olam

Exploring Prayer Through Text and Art Sunday, 5/5 from 10:30am-Noon in the Beit Midrash David Moss created an incredible booklet for Birkat Hamazon (grace after the meal) where the letters came alive as graphic figures and conveyed the meaning of the prayer.

Join Rabbi Borodin for an exploration of the priestly blessing and seeing how we can create a piece where the letters of this prayer also come alive and tell the meaning of the blessing. Perfect for use in blessing your children on Friday night or many other occasions. This will be a hands on experience with some learning of the text and some creating through art (paper, marker, collage). Open to both those with artistic experience and those with no artistic experience or confidence. Feel free to bring any favorite pens and markers with you.

Presented by Israeli American Council, hosted by CBS

The Honey and the Sting: The Incredible Story of the State of Israel through the life story and creation of Naomi Shemer Thursday, 5/23 from 7:30pm

Since the days of King David, the Jewish people never had an artist like Naomi Shemer whose music was sung by so many and had such a vast and dramatic effect and influence on the Jewish and Israeli narrative.

Over 1,000 songs were written and composed by Shemer. Many of which tell the story of the State of Israel—from its birth through today, in happy times and sad. Her work is still very much ‘alive' and cherished by all.

Naomi Shemer belongs to everyone, in the Jewish State and across the world.

Roy Rimshon, a self-confessed Naomi Shemer enthusiast, brings light and life to Shemer’s story. From her childhood in Kibbutz Kinneret through adolescence, from her musical education and early songs to becoming a living legend, Shemer’s life is a colorful narrative. Rimshon’s lectures combine well-known songs, videos and rare pictures, unfolding the life and work of this most influential and loved artist of the State of Israel.

15 ANNIVERSARIES and BIRTHDAYS Mazel Tov to All

Anniversaries Marc Erlitz Sophie Levin Joel & Kate Altus Samuel Fein Michael Madwed Harold Bobroff & Yonah Karp Doron Feuer Daniel Markowitz Ted & Kellan Eisenhardt David Finkel Steve Marx Betsy Gilbert & Flora A. Ostrow Joel Freedman Talya McCurdy David Grossman & Cezanne Garcia Michael Freedman David McDonald Barry Kahn & Mindy Cohen Jaime Friedman Ira Mehlman David Landsman & Sarah Fort Sydney Friedman-Blixt Lucas Michels Dhaval Parmar & David Fulton Jody Mizrahi Gwyneth Cunningham Parmar Jodie Futornick Susan Morgensztern Bruce & Laurie Pritchard Deirdre Gabbay Zev Newman Jonathan Rosen & Shira Kaufman Jonathan Geller Danielle Nurick Allen & Lori Safer Alexandra Gilburd Daniel Pearl Craig Saran & Joani Diskin Saran Jacob Glickman Sam Perlin Matthew Saunders & Amanda Taylor Aaron Goldberg Jettie Person Shachar & Batya Shamay Isaac Goldberg Heidi Piel Mark & Sheryl Stiefel Barbara Goldoftas Gerald Pollack John Vornbrock & Maayan Gordon Douglas Ramsay Paula Glazer Vornbrock Linda-Jo Greenberg David Ringold Steve Greene Francie Ringold Birthdays Cherie Hershman Daniel Robbins Susan Adler Liam Hogan Marc Rosenshein Maxine Alloway Eugene Huppin Hazel Samnick Naima Antolin Gerry Huppin Martin Schnitzer Dora Aprin Sophie Isaac Jeremy Schroeter Mayah Benzikry Rina Isaac Edward Sider Aviva Bienn Robert Isgur Michael Soung Matan Bilavsky Ken Jacobsen Shira Stern Lana Blank Dylan Jeffries Sivan Tratt Laurie Blauner Barry Kahn Shoshana Wineburg Noa Blume David Kahn Judah Wynne Nadav Brumer Emily Kapor-Mater Rochelle Wynne Nadine Cadesky-Zimmerman Karey Kessler Michael Zieve Jack Cameron Eileen Klein Michel Chriqui Andrea Kravette For security purposes, your Hillary Cohen Robin Kroll anniversary dates and birth Bella Cooperman Alan Kunovsky dates are not included. Isaac Cordes Craig Lawson Ronit Dalmat Heather Lemchen Carmela Doctor Dahlia Levin

BEIT SHALOM CEMETERY

Purchasing cemetery space during life - rather than waiting for an emergency - is a gift to yourself and your family.

For more information contact, Debra Jeffs-Grad (206) 522-6136 or [email protected]

16 EVENTS IN MEMBERS LIVES

Refuah shlemah ì Yosef ben Yakov (Joseph Asher), uncle of Y to Shabbas Chef, Carol Benedick, and her CBS members Elizabeth Richmond helpers, Norbert Sorg, and Cathy Mitchell, for ì Akiva ben Sara v’Avraham (Chauncey ì Aharon ben Avram, father of Carrie preparing Kiddush lunch all in honor of Our Horwitch Bell) Amazing Shabbas Chefs! ì Aharon ben Leah Miriam Friends of Members Y to the Thursday Connection volunteers: ì Raisa bat Elka (Raisa Vilkevitch),friends ì Orly Malka leah bat Rivka Risle v’Yakov Susan Monas, Nancy Coomer, Janet Zepel, of Emma Shusterman, Marina Kiselev, Linda Berg, Susan Adler, Marsha Malkin for ì Casriel ben Shoshana (Joe Ginsberg) Svetlana Burke and Marina Nagel making cumin cookies for Kiddush; and for ì Chana Ruchel bat Simcha (Rochelle ì Daniel ben Shlomo, friend of the Orlick Debbie Gordon who went through eight boxes Salka family of donated books for us Roseman) ì John Lewis ben Julia, friend of Patti Kieval ì Yonaton Yoshua ben Esther Malka Purim Toddah Rabah v’Shmuel ì Avery Rosen, friend of Kayla Weiner ì Laura Isenberg, friend of Amy Stephson Y to Sophia Goldberg, Eliana Nagel, Edee ì Batsheva bat Sophia ì (Hava Bat Sheyndl) Eve Grossman Polyakovsky, Zoe Lemchen, Noam Rinat, ì Rachel bat Miriam (Rachel Jacobsen) Bukoski, friend of Dina Tanners Sunday Ozerim, Thursday Connection ì Rivka Sura bat Esther ì Matatiahu ben Israel v’Fagela (Matthew Volunteers, Mike Grodin, Rebecca Vasquez, Phelps), friend of CBS Isaac Kaplan, Elizabeth Wahl, Caitlin Grigg, ì Yosef Yisroel ben Rochel Leah v’Pinchas ì Etty bat Yenta (Melissa Tobenstein), and Joe Goldberg for helping us get ready for ha’Levi friend of Rabbi Borodin the carnival and running booths and activities ì Moshe ben Mordechai (Marty Schnitzer) ì Kitra bat Sarah (Kiki Adamovics), friend at our Purim Carnival! of Carolyn Cohen & Scott Cline ì Yehudit bat Adell v’Yizchak ì Tzvi Dov ben Fagela v’Yakov ì Avi Wigderson, friend of Rabbi Borodin Purim Toddah Rabah for Ima Mia ì Talma bat Yocheved, friend of Nava Gazitt (take a bow everyone!) ì Even Mordechai ben Natalie Hannah ì Yonatan ben Leah (Jeff Frank), friend of Y to the amazing AV team: The tireless, ì Hanoch ben Miriam Zelda v’Balin Chunah Mark Benjamin Daniel Markowitz and Joe Blumenzweig, and ì Shoshana bat Miryam v’Shmuel (Shoshi ì Bashah Malkeh bat Leah (Bonnie Rosen), their helpers: Joe Orzech, Mitch Hymowitz, Bilavsky) friend of Robin Moss & Jay Krulewitch Brad Spear, Dmitry Polykovsky, Jonah ì Mary Williams, friend of Louis Friedkin Kessler-Cohen, Kevin Coskey, Yonah Karp, ì Chaya Esther bat Sheina Leiba and Debbie Sopher v’Mordechai MILESTONES Y to our Choreographer: Rebecca Polyakovsky; ì Shlomo Menachem ben Sarah (Solomon SAY MAZEL TOV TO… Created and Directed by Carl Sayres; Michaels) Y Shira Kaufman & Jonathan Rosen, on the Produced by Brianna Caplan Sayres; ì Sara bat Leah v’Nachman birth of Ruby Halina Kaufman Rosen Properties: Michele Yanow and Cheryl ì Bezalel ben Miriam v’Avraham (Eugene Y Talya Gillman & Max Stiles and their families McDonald Huppin) on their chuppah - the video is fabulous! Y Featuring: Alison Sands, Beth Hartell, Bonnie Rochman, Brianna & Carl Sayres, Cheryl & ì Aviella Bara bat Shlomo v'Nechama Y Emily & Benjamin Cameron, on the birth of a David McDonald, Danielle Nacamuli, Deb Raisel (Susan Aylesworth) baby boy, Elliott Solomon Cameron Arnold, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Elizabeth Frasch, Orli bat Sofia ì TODDAH RABAH Gail Nicholson, Joe Orzech & Carol Benedick, Julie Shusterman, Karin & Michael Madwed, ì Eleazar Aharon ben Miriam v’Israel Y to Ariel Schneier & David Cobey, for Kim Schulze, Lauren Kurland, Lori Safer, Sponsoring Kiddush lunch, in honor of their ì David Henached Shel Goldja (Elric Martin Safer, Marianne Tatom, Martin Wahl, daughter’s baby naming Wolfsbruder McCurdy) Meira Shupack, Michele Yanow, Rabbi Rose, ì Chizkiyahu Yitzchok Yehoshuah ben Y to Shabbas Chefs, Rose Marie Bensadon and Rabbi Borodin, Rebecca Polyakovsky, Rich Reuben Yolan, for preparing Kddush lunch Rachel v’Eliezer Zwetchkenbaum, Stephen King, and Y to the Thursday Connection volunteers: Stephanie Robbins Relatives of Members Susan Monas, and Nancy Coomer, for baking Y Kids’ Chorus: Alex Sayres, Ariana Shalinsky, ì Ira Weiner, cousin of Kayla Weiner ginger cookies for a future Kiddush lunch ì Joan Siewart, aunt of Carrie Horwitch Aviv Pinker, Ayelet and Michael Yancey, Edee ì Janice Portney, cousin of Linda Portnoy Y to Rob Spitzer for his d’var Torah, in honor of Polyakovsky, Gabi Robbins, Hannah Kurland- ì Jay Richards, step-father of Shelly Crocker Shomrei Atid Cohen, Molly Krulewitch, Sophia Hartell, and Suzanna Shapiro ì Ezra Zimmerman, nephew of Nadine Y to Shabbas Chef, Cathy Mitchell, and her Cadesky-Zimmerman helpers, for preparing this week’s Kiddush ì Eliyahu ben Yeitchak David haLevi (Dr. lunch, in honor of Shomrei Atid Shabbat Elliot Perlin), father of Sam Perlin Y to the Thursday Connection volunteers: ì Mariam bat Yetta, mother of Gail Coskey A special thanks to all of our Debbie Gordon, for helping to mail out ì Bently Klein, brother-in-law of Michael de volunteers who generously devote everyone’s cards for Purim, and Susan Haan their time to the Shul consistently!! Monas, Liz Caldera, Janet Zepel, and Linda ì Aviva Sharon bat Joseph Samuel (Addy Berg, for baking spinach kugel Charkow-Ross), daughter of Jeff Ross

Buy Scrip/Gift Cards For CBS Come to the shul office and purchase gift cards for QFC/Fred Meyer, PCC, Safeway, Home Depot, & Starbucks. When you shop with these gift cards you provide a great benefit to the synagogue, and it costs you nothing extra! If you have any questions about the scrip program, please contact Kevin Coskey, [email protected], or the CBS office, 206-524-0075. · You can buy scrip online for Starbucks, Home Depot, Whole Foods and many other stores, including ITunes, Lands End, Barnes & Noble, and Bed, Bath & Beyond. · You can reload scrip online (not QFC), and Beth Shalom will still get a percentage of your purchase. · It’s easy to sign up for ShopWithScrip. Call the office for the Beth Shalom enrollment code.

17 CONTRIBUTIONS

50th Anniversary Camp Scholarship Fund Debby Kerdeman & Dave Tarshes Jacquie Bayley Sandie Zieve In memory of Guenter Mannhalt, John & Kelli Bernhard To Bob Low, in memory of Hans z"l Craig & Deborah Lawson Low, z"l To Bob Low, in memory of Hans

Anonymous Donations to cover CBS credit Low, z"l In honor of an aliyah, and the next card processing fees To Nance Adler, in memory of 50 years of Beth Shalom Shahaf Abileah Colleen Cashell, z"l Doris Stiefel Herschel & Linda Berg To Jeremy Alk & Cynthia Green- In honor of Beth Shalom's 50th Daniel & Carolyn Bernhard Alk, in honor of the birth of Ari Anniversary Michael Blum & Denise Sterchi Te'ev To Carol & Mark Slosberg, in honor Adult Education Fund Jennifer Cohen & Michael Spiro David Dintenfass & Laurie Blauner of the birth of Raphael Max Debby Kerdeman & Dave Tarshes To David Heller & Andrea Darvas, To Robert Hovden & Ron DeChene, Gus Feliu & Jeff Harder Wendy Friedman & Becky Blixt in honor of the birth of Talia Mei in honor of the birth of Emmett Doris Stiefel Alden Don Doering & Miryam Frieder Cindy Garbell In memory of Richard Pintus, z"l Annual Fundraiser Elliot Gertel Judy Soferman & Marc Rosenshein Michael & Laurie Almoslino Solomon & Michelle Graf In memory of Samuel Soferman, Joel & Kathryn Altus Cindy Hirsch & David Kowalsky z"l Lana Blank & Ayal Chen-Zion Adrienne Howell To David Cobey & Ariel Schneier, in Andrew Cohen & James Packman Martin Frasch & Elizabeth Krakow- honor of the baby naming of Elia Paige Chapel & Rhiannon Lombard Frasch Aviv Ayelet Cobey Marc Cohen & Karey Kessler Charles Libicki Karen McGonigle Marc Isaac & Suzie Dadoun Karen & Dee McGonigle To Carolyn Cohen, in memory of Michael De Haan & Carrie Horwitch Kobi Reiter & David Montero Helen Sherman Cohen, z"l Mark & Betsy Deutsch Matthew Saunders & Amanda Taylor To Bob Low, in memory of Hans David Frum & Liz Labadie Randy Gainer & Johanna Schorr Low, z"l David & Amy Fulton Kim Schulze Peter & Esther Damm Cindy Garbell Michael & Sarah Soung In memory of Guenter Mannhalt, Harry Goldman & Jettie Person Ilene Stein z"l Michael & KaraAnne Grodin An Tyrrell Rina & Jason Redrup Jordan & Debra Gussin Joseph & Emily Wakefield To Naomi Borodin and Family, in Janet Heineck Perry & Michelle Weinberg honor of Naomi becoming a Bat Mark Igra & Nancy Simon Peter & Jessica Whiteside Mitzvah Robert & Deborah Isgur Maria Zecha High Holiday Appeal Howard & Eileen Klein Double Chai Plus Chavurah Rose Marie Bensadon Jesse Kleinman Andrew Cohen & James Packman Julie & Glen Kohl Harold & Leslie Goldfarb Michael & KaraAnne Grodin Jennifer Cohen & Michael Spiro Craig & Deborah Lawson Kevin & Gail Coskey Betsy Maurer & Andrew Schulman Terry Steele-Kalet Brad & Ellen Spear Harold & Leslie Goldfarb Susan Morgensztern Joshua & Leslie Katz Elizabeth & Lorne Richmond Early Childhood Center Fund Jordan & Amanda Klaiman Craig Saran & Joani Diskin Saran Mike & KaraAnne Grodin Mitchel & Julie Klein Jeff Dossett & Jessica Shapiro Via Microsoft Matching Michelle Mentzer & Jim Neff John Vornbrock & General Fund Yehudit Paley & Heidi Pred Paula Glazer Vornbrock Yaakov Medrash & Riva Zeff Merrill & Frances Ringold Stanley & Nancy Zeitz Wimsey Cherrington Craig Saran & Joani Diskin Saran Carrie Horwitch & Michael DeHaan Jeanette Halford Herbert & Elaine Selipsky Don Doering & Miryam Frieder Lis Lutz & Rachel Glauberman Jeff Dossett & Jessica Shapiro In the spirit of Mishloach Manot Suzanne Cole Robert Snyder & Karen Friedman Atid Fund Aaron & Jennifer Bobb Daniel & Linda Strickman Andrew Cohen & James Packman Solomon Michaels Costello & John David Tarshes & Deborah Kerdeman Brad & Ellen Spear Costello Alberta Weinberg

Building Fund Ruth Dick Robert & Deborah Isgur Claire Gonder & Joe Ginsburg Jill Cohen and Rik Katz Jesse Kleinman Hospitality Fund

Carol & Ed Kane Robert & Deborah Isgur

To Carolyn Cohen, in memory of Helen Sherman Cohen, z"l (Continued on page 17)

18 CONTRIBUTIONS

(Continued from page R16) Harry Goldman & Jettie Person Samuel Wineburg & Susan Monas Kim & Nancy Goldov Stanley & Nancy Zeitz Library Fund Ira Kantrowitz-Gordon & Barry & Janet Zepel Cindy Hirsch & David Kowalsky Sharona Gordon Gail Zucker To Nance Adler, in memory of Allen & Carol Gown Mitzvah Corps Fund Colleen Cashell, z"l Solomon & Michelle Graf Robert & Deborah Isgur Deborah Kerdeman & Dave Tarshes Neal Capapas & Sarah Greenberg To Marilyn Meyer, in honor of the Nigel & Beth Hartell Rabbi's Discretionary Fund birth of grandson, Theo David & Andrea Heller Robert & Deborah Isgur Cindy Hirsch & David Kowalsky Barbara Grashin Marcy Migdal Endowment Fund Edith Horn To Naomi Borodin and Family, in Debby Kerdeman & Dave Tarshes Adrienne Howell honor of Naomi becoming a Bat To Joel Migdal & Peggy Brill and Emanuel Jacobowitz Mitzvah Tamar & Paul Azous, in memory of Emily & Alexa Kapor-Mater Cindy Hirsch & David Kowalsky Mickey Glazer, z"l Lynn Katz To Naomi Borodin and Family, in To Carolyn Cohen, in memory of Sandra Kibort & Shelly Crocker honor of Naomi becoming a Bat Helen Sherman Cohen, z"l Patti Kieval Mitzvah To Joel Migdal & Peggy Brill and Jordan & Amanda Klaiman Deirdre Glynn-Levin & Robert Levin Tamar & Paul Azous, in memory of Scott Starr & Heidi Leyton In gratitude to Rabbi Borodin Marcy Migdal, z"l Robert & Lisa Low Emma Shusterman & Alex Daskal Robert & Deborah Isgur Benson Margulies & Karen MacKenzie To Naomi, Alexandra, Rabbi In memory of Shula Monroe, z"l Daniel Markowitz & Deborah Sopher Borodin and Cary, in honor of Mishloach Manot Betsy Maurer & Andrew Schulman Naomi becoming a Bat Mitzvah Jacquie Bayley Karen & Dee McGonigle Gregory & Bella Korshin Marc & Maria Erlitz Marilyn Meyer & Stuart Lester In memory of Michael Ganelin, z"l Mark Igra & Nancy Simon Lucas Michels & Jessica Taback Jackie Schulze Ruth Abers David Nidorf & Krisna Schumann In memory of Maurice Galperin, z"l David & Susan Adler Philip Nurick & Liora Minkin Jacquie Bayley Nance & Steve Adler Mick Ostroff To Bob Low, in memory of Hans Kathy Andeway Annette Peizer & Don Ivanov Low, z"l Albert & Arlene Azose Pamela Pernick To Carolyn Cohen, in memory of Paul Berkelhammer & Laurie Becker Gerald Pollack & Emily Freedman Helen Sherman Cohen, z"l Chauncey & Shirah Bell Dmitry & Rebecca Polyakovsky Karen McGonigle Broch Bender Ariel & Dana Raigrodski To Nance Adler, in memory of Herschel & Linda Berg Kobi Reiter & David Montero Colleen Cashell, z"l Daniel & Carolyn Bernhard Alan Rodan & Alison Sands Robert Hovden & Ron DeChene Lana Blank & Ayal Chen-Zion Rochelle Roseman & Sonny Putter To Nance Adler, in memory of Joseph Blumenzweig & Jennifer Fisch Ulla Rychter Colleen Cashell, z"l Michael Blum & Denise Sterchi Tal Saraf & Irene Basloe Saraf Scott Pollock Allan & Judy Borodin Matthew Saunders & Amanda Taylor To Bob Low, in memory of Hans Richard Cody Carl & Brianna Sayres Low, z"l Marjie Cogan Martin Schnitzer & Marsha Malkin Selig & Maureen Leyser Marc Cohen & Karey Kessler Randy Gainer & Johanna Schorr In memory of Alfred and Gertrude Kevin & Gail Coskey Kim Schulze Leyser, z"l Matthew & Erica Doctor Rita Shtull Religious School Scholarship Oded & Noa Dvoskin Meira Shupack Fund Jonathan & Michelle Geller Stan Sorscher & Judith Arms Jeff Dossett & Jessica Shapiro Sol & Galit Ezekiel Linda Sprague Pedro & Rebecca Vasquez Gus Feliu & Jeff Harder Carol Starin Matt Wynne & Joel Freedman & Rebecca Cory Ilene Stein Kathleen Dawson-Wynne Wendy Friedman & Becky Blixt Mihal Bat-Or Dhaval Parmar & Don Doering & Miryam Frieder David Streeter & Hillary Cohen Gwyneth Cunningham Parmar Nava Gazitt Daniel & Linda Strickman Israel Geselowitz & Dina Tanners Peter Shapiro & Diane Aboulafia Leslie Krivo-Kaufman Marianne Tatom In memory of Martha Shapiro, z"l Greg Touchton & Neeloufar Gharavi Deborah Wahl Douglas & Debra Glazer Martin Wahl Ellen Goldblatt Glenda Rader Robert Golden & Nona Phillips Perry & Michelle Weinberg (Continued on page 20)

19 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR MAY 2019 - NISSAN-IYAR 5779

Members of the Beth Shalom community lead worship services at CBS. If you have synagogue skills and wish to participate, call Heidi Piel, 206-524-0075. CBS DAILY MINYANS Please support the minyan by attending on a regular or even irregular basis one or more days a week. The minyan does not meet on Festival days. The minyan (Monday – Friday) starts at 7:00am on all American holidays except Thanksgiving, December 25th, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day when it will meet at 9:00am.

Monday through Friday mornings: 7:00-7:45am (Beit Hamidrash). Sunday mornings: 9:30-10:15am (Beit Hamidrash) Monday Evening Minyan: 7:30-8:00pm (Beit Hamidrash)

YESHAR KOACH TO OUR SERVICE LEADERS TODDAH RABAH TO THOSE WHO MAKE OUR SHUL EXPERIENCE RICHER March 16, 2019 – April 15, 2019

Bimah Representatives: Nancy Simon, Matt Saunders, Debbie Gordon, Stacy Globerman, Linda-Jo Greenberg, Keith Eaton, Norbert Sorg, Deirdre Gabbay, Andrew Cohen, and Mike Grodin

Daveners (the prayer leaders): Rabbi Emily Kapor-Mater, Carl Sayres, Dov Pinker, Michael Madwed, Sharon Greenberg, Alexander Polyakovsky, Jason Kintzer, Linda-Jo Greenberg, Naomi Rubin, Alexa Kapor-Mater, and Danielle Nacamuli

Leyners (the Torah readers): Danielle Nacamuli, Michaela Yancey, Ruth Abers, Rabbi Emily Kapor-Mater, Jesse Kleinman, Nora Bobroff, Rabbi Jodie Futornick, and Rabbi Rose

Haftarah: Jason Kintzer, Allen Gown, David Pressman, Sharon Greenberg, Joel Migdal, and Isaiah Gabbay

Gabbai Rishon & Sheni (gabbai rishon calls the aliyot to the Torah and the sheni monitors and corrects the Torah reading): Nance Adler, Rochelle Wynne, Sharon Greenberg, Rabbi Emily Kapor-Mater, Marilyn Meyer, Michael Madwed, and Joel Migdal

Guest Darshanim (guests who deliver the sermon, the teaching, the d’var Torah): Israel Geselowitz and Haim Mizrachi

Greeters (open the doors and invite everyone into services): Kevin Coskey, Ted Stern, Ron Yancey, Sheryl Kipnis, Meira Shupack, Debbie Gordon, Stephen King, Steve Adler, Rich Zwetchkenbaum, Nava Gazitt, and Kim Schulze

Gabbayim/Ushers: Karen Binder, Carolyn Bernhard, Laurie Blauner, Jacquie Bayley, Alan Rodan, Alison Sands, Trudy Antolin, and Amy Stephson

Daily Minyan Shatzim & Leyners: Ellen Goldblatt, Kathy Andeway, Lori Safer, Robert Hovden, Nance Adler, Ellen Spear, Sharon Greenberg, Vanessa Edrich, Marianne Tatom, Rabbi Emily Kapor-Mater, Ruth Abers, Linda-Jo Greenberg, Nancy Geiger, Aaron Spiro and Jordan Spiro, Naomi Borodin and Alexandra Borodin, and Norbert Sorg

Kabbalat Shabbat Shatzim (service and prayer leaders): Alexa Kapor-Mater, Rabbi Emily Kapor-Mater, Daniel Markowitz, Marianne Tatom, and Michael Madwed

Kiddush Caterers & Sponsors (Caterers cater the Kiddush Lunch for the congregation and sponsors cover the cost of the Shabbas Chefs): Sponsored: David Cobey & Ariel Schneier Shabbas Chef: Jeremy Rose, Rachel Wachtel & the Young Professionals, Cathy Mitchell, Rose Marie Bensadon and Rubin Yolan, Carol Benedick with CBS Staff & Governing Board, Jodi & Haim Mitzrachi

CONTRIBUTIONS

(Continued from page 19) To Bob Low, in memory of Hans Youth Fund Low, z"l Robert & Deborah Isgur Social Action Fund Vanessa Edrich & Don Kronenberg Rochelle Roseman & Sonny Putter Robert & Deborah Isgur In memory of Emanuel and George To Naomi Borodin and Family, in Joanna & Lane Gerber Edrich, z"l honor of Naomi becoming a Bat To Naomi Borodin and Family, in Mitzvah Technology Fund honor of Naomi becoming a Bat Ima Mia cast Mitzvah

To Carolyn Cohen, in memory of

Helen Sherman Cohen, z"l

20 SERVICE SCHEDULE FOR MAY 2019 - NISSAN-IYAR 5779

CANDLE-LIGHTING AND THE WEEKLY KABBALAT SHABBAT MINYAN (Friday Evening Services): Beit Hamidrash

The regular Kabbalat Shabbat services last approximately one hour. The service is spirited with the beautiful melodies of Kabbalat Shabbat including L’cha Dodi and Yedid Nefesh. After services, participants return home for Shabbat dinner. Shabbat hospitality will be available. Children are welcomed and treasured. If you wish to help lead services, to offer home hospitality after services, or simply to participate on a regular basis, please contact Kim Schulze at [email protected].

Date Kabbalat Shabbat Candelighting Havdallah Special Events

May 3 6:00pm 8:06 pm 9:08 pm May 10 6:00pm 8:16 pm 9:17 pm May 17 6:00pm 8:25 pm 9:26 pm May 24 6:00pm 8:33 pm 9:34 pm Shir Chadash May 31 6:00pm 8:40 pm 9:41 pm

SHABBAT MORNING SERVICES: Main Sanctuary at 9:30am - 12:15pm

Shabbat Morning B’nai Mitzvah, Dates & Portion Concurrent Services Sermon Topics and Special Occasions May 4 9:30am—Babysitting Acharei Mot 10:00am—Prozdor Shabbat Machar Chodesh 10:00am—Cottage Minyan at the Annex 10:45am—Kids Kehilla Leviticus 16:1-34 Haftarah: I Samuel 20:18-42 11:30am—Young Family Tefillah & Lunch 12:30pm—Shabbat Shel Ivrit 1:15pm –Francine Cohen sharing her experience at the Jewish Museum in Amsterdam May 11 9:30am—Babysitting 10am—Prozdor Kedoshim Graduation Shabbat 10:45am—Kids Kehilla Leviticus 19:15-20:27 Haftarah: Amos 9:7-15 11:30am—Torah & Tots Kiddush lunch Sponsor: 12:30pm—Shabbat Shel Ivrit Robin Kroll, in honor of the 1:15pm—Women of the Wall Women of the Wall 1:15pm—Board Games in the Social Hall

May 18 9:30am—Babysitting Emor 10am—Prozdor Leviticus 23:23-24:23 10:30am—Learners Minyan Haftarah: Ezekiel 44:15-31 11:30am—Torah & Tots 12:30pm—Shabbat Shel Ivrit

May 25 9:30am—Babysitting Behar 10:45am—Kids Kehilla

Leviticus 25:1-28 11:30am—Torah & Tots Haftarah: Jeremiah 32:6-27 12:30pm—Shabbat Shel Ivrit

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- Saturday Women of the Wall the of Women

Full Kriah Cottage Cottage Kriah Full Prozdor Kehillah Kids tefillah family young Prozdor Kehillah Kids & Tots Torah Prozdor Minyan Learner's & Tots Torah & Tots Torah Shabbat Shel Ivrit Shel Shabbat Ivrit Shel Shabbat ------– Shabbat Babysitting Shabbat Services Shabbat Services Shabbat Babysitting Shabbat Babysitting Shabbat Services Shabbat Services Shabbat Babysitting Shabbat Board Games Board ------

- Graduation Shabbat Graduation Robin Kroll Kroll Robin

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Morning Morning Morning Morning Morning Morning Shabbas Chefs Shabbas bonfire Matanot

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Yom HaAtzmaut Yom 7:00 AM 7:00 Minyan AM 10:00 Connections AM 7:00 Minyan AM 10:00 Connections AM 7:00 Minyan AM 10:00 Connections PM 6:00 Training AM 7:00 Minyan AM 10:00 Connections PM 5:00 BaOmer Lag for AM 7:00 Minyan AM 10:00 Connections AM 10:00 Club

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Morning Morning Morning Morning Morning Morning Sewing Sisters Sisters Sewing Meeting AAA Meeting AAA

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7:00 AM 7:00 Minyan PM 6:00 church AMC at AM 7:00 Minyan PM 7:00 AM 7:00 Minyan AM 7:00 Minyan PM 7:00 AM 7:00 Minyan

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Morning Morning Morning Morning Morning Religious Religious TeenLearning Judaism Living Religious TeenLearning Judaism Living TeenLearning of evening Last Judaism Living up Day up - - - -

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AM 7:00 Minyan PM 4:30 Prozdor and School PM 6:30 PM 8:00 - AM 7:00 Minyan PM 4:30 Prozdor and School PM 6:30 PM 8:00 - AM 7:00 Minyan PM 4:30 Prozdor and PM 6:30 learning teen PM 8:00 Siyum AM 7:00 Minyan

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– CBS Rain Garden Rain CBS Sunday

- RS Breakfast RS Minyan Sunday School Religious School Religious Minyan Sunday Minyan Sunday School Religious Minyan Sunday USY picnic and and picnic USY 4th Chaverim Meals LakeCity ------Mother's Day Mother's

AM 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 9:30 ha'atzmaut Yom w/ program PM 2:00 (Offsite) hike PM 3:00 for Macabbiah graders Ha'atzmaut Yom AM 9:30 AM 9:30 AM 9:30 AM 9:30 party RS year of w/end 10:00am PM 12:30 Event PM 5:30 (Offsite) AM 9:30

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Yom Ha'Atzma'ut - Yom HaZikaron - Mother's Day Weekend

Celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut during Shabbat morning services (9:30am-12:15pm) with our shinshinit, Noam

After Lunch Learning: Women of the Wall Saturday, 5/11 from 1:15pm in the Beit Midrash Join us to hear from Lesley Sachs, Immediate Past Executive Director of Women of the Wall (WOW), Director of WOW’s Speakers Bureau, as she shares information about the organization’s efforts to ensure gender equality and religious pluralism in Israel. As a leading voice in Israel for women's rights and religious pluralism. WOW’s supporters come from a wide range of religious observance with a singular goal of empowering and encouraging freedom of religious expression and gender equality in Israel. WOW advocates for social and legal recognition of the right for women to wear prayer shawls, pray, and read from the Torah, collectively and aloud, at the Western Wall. While WOW’s visibility is advocating for freedom of women and girls to pray at Judaism's holiest site, the Kotel, the organization’s work encompasses a wider vision of inclusion for Jewish women and girls of all denominations in Israel to live and pray safely and as they choose.