SPRING 2014 2 West 70th Street New York, NY 10023
2014 is the year of Congregation Shearith Israel’s 360th anniversary. As well, this year marks the 60th anniversary of our commemorative synagogue plates commissioned by the Sisterhood in 1954 to celebrate Shearith Israel’s 300th anniversary. Pictured is the First Mill Street plate. 1. Of Faith and Food From Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. OF FAITH AND FOOD Soloveichik Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik
2. Greeting from our Parnas Several months ago, I was blessed with a foie gras foam, peeled grapes and a rubble of Louis M. Solomon with the opportunity to lecture at crumbled gingerbread.” The restaurant’s version of the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Sephardic dish Adafina features a braised ox cheek, and 4. Announcements the Spanish and Portuguese another visiting journalist savored a “flanken” served 8. Dinners & Lectures Synagogue in London. As part as “hay-smoked short ribs with celeriac purée and of my trip, I visited Bevis Marks, pomegranate jus.” the first synagogue established 11. Judaic Education I first toured the synagogue and then had lunch; as the by Sephardic Jews upon their return to England. The two buildings are adjacent to one another, one leaves
13. Sponsorship Opportunities CONTENTS small but stunning sanctuary—in many ways so like the very old synagogue and almost immediately enters our own—is located in what was the original city of a very modern establishment. I could not help noting 14. Culture & Enrichment London. It stands, however, not on one of London’s that these two institutions—sanctuary and eatery, taken central streets but rather in an alley, as it was built in 18. Women at Shearith Israel in tandem—bridge Jewish history in England, in a 1701, when Jews were forbidden from constructing time from when Jews were shunned to a moment when houses of worship in the public eye. The synagogue 19. Youth Programming Jewish cuisine receives rave reviews in European papers. itself has been relatively unchanged since it was first The one constant that binds both experiences, and that 22. Returning to Portugal built, and is still lit with candles every Friday evening pervades in both a centuries-old sanctuary and chic for services. To enter the centuries-old edifice is to be From Rabbi Shalom Morris restaurant, is the loyalty to our faith, and the application transported back in time, and to recall an age when Jews of our laws to every aspect of our lives. Indeed, it is only 24. Services were not welcome in the public square. because of the love and dedication of those Jews who 31. Staff Within the very same alley, a new gourmet restaurant clung to their law and their liturgy centuries ago that has recently opened under the auspices of Bevis Marks. kosher-keeping Jews exist in England to patronize a Named 1701, for the date that the synagogue was first gourmet restaurant today. constructed, the menu features a range of traditional Writing in an age of Emancipation, Rabbi Samson Jewish cuisine from every demographic. The diner is Raphael Hirsch warned that for the Jewish encounter informed from the outset that dishes include foods with modernity to be a success, Jews must take their that are “Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi, Judeo-Arab, “intimacy with God from the ghetto into the court, from Persian Jewish, Yemenite Jewish, Indian Jewish, and the hovels into the mansions, from the heder into the Latin-American Jewish.” One can order “pescado frito” salon, from the corner shop into the office,” bringing an Iberian fried fish, an Afghani duck dish known into the new civic life “the old allegiance to God, the as “paulu kabuli,” and what the menu terms “Jewish old sanctity of the Torah.” This inspiring journey can Pictured on the cover is Shearith Israel’s Penicillin,” referring, of course, to chicken soup. One be re-experienced in several steps between two Jewish “Omer Board,” which dates back to the Mill visitor to the restaurant gibed that one can experience, establishments in England, from our sister synagogue Street Synagogue of 1730. Beginning the in the variety of offerings, “the diaspora shrunk to the across the pond to the extremely fine restaurant next second night of Passover, the “Omer” is size of a menu.” counted each night for a period of seven door. As I sat in a London alley savoring the best borscht weeks, concluding with the Shavuot festival. At the same time, this is no standard Kiddush fare; every I had ever tasted, I pondered the statement in the The Board includes the headings H (for dish is presented with a modern twist, with such an Psalms: “Taste and see that God is good.” In Bevis Marks Homer i.e. Omer; or Hoy, today); S (for impressive effect that 1701 has become the first kosher Synagogue’s restaurant, the truth of these words was on Semana, week); and D (for Dia, day). eatery in Britain to earn a mention in the Michelin the tip of my tongue. restaurant guide. One reviewer ordered chopped liver only to experience “as an airy-textured mousse holding crisp shards of chicken skin, and fancily accessorised 1 GREETINGS FROM OUR PARNAS Louis M. Solomon, Parnas
Adapted from our new Parnas’s and professional leadership that we are blessed commitment. In a neighborhood where it is Preserving the uniquely warm and inclusive inaugural message sent at the stroke to have. We need to make certain that we becoming increasingly challenging to afford to nature of our community. In a large city of midnight on 31 December 2013, 1 continue to be deserving of them. Rabbi raise a Jewish family, we must ensure that they with many competing demands and other January 2014, 28-29 Tebet 5744 Soloveichik, our Distinguished Rabbinic Fellow are welcomed, nurtured, and educated. They are attractive synagogues, Shearith Israel is and Rabbi Hidary, and our entire spiritual and our future. Rabbi Hidary teaches over a dozen of needs to remain a haven to those who cherish administrative staff will continue to our teenagers every Shabbat afternoon. This must the history, dignity, elegance, and tradition Dear Congregants and Friends: make our Remnant of Israel a Kehilat Kodesh, continue, grow, and flourish. of the past; the comradeship, nonjudgmental or Holy Congregation. We will continue to tolerance, hospitality, and active Jewish Together with our Seganim Michael Katz and Putting our Congregation on a fiscally secure experience brilliant sermons, lectures, and classes, vitality of the present; and the commitment Michael Lustig, it is my great privilege and footing that will ensure our financial health into as well as programs and activities that will and dedication to the future expressed in the delight to serve this holy and wholly extraordinary the future irrespective of inevitable economic enrich every demographic and tradition within core values depicted on our Congregational congregation. It is with profound gratitude that I tides. Up until now, we’ve managed, not our community, whose very strength derives from logo (now in its fourth century of use)—the thank my predecessor, David Nathan, for his many shabbily by any means. But sometimes it feels its diversity. Their efforts on our behalf are enduring pillars of Emet (truth), Tzedakah enormous contributions to our Congregational like we are collectively relying on the generosity outstanding and plentiful, but we need to ensure (charity), and Mishpat (justice). These will Kehillah, most recently during his eleven years as of the occasional “guardian angel.” As Rabbi that our children, our elders, those with strong ensure the bright future of American Jewry. Segan and six years as Parnas. Soloveichik taught us recently at his beautiful Judaic backgrounds, and those less advanced are all When the bonds of common cause are strong— Friday Night Lights talk, such providence It is for this reason that I am delighted that he and drawn in and nourished on a sustainable basis. among longstanding members along with our watches over our children. I don’t think it should Becky have agreed to be honored at our upcoming more recent, most welcomed members—we We are all trustees in the care and preservation of our be counted on as the primary means of caring for Annual Gala in the Spring. I encourage you all to can accomplish all this and more. participate in this wonderful event in celebration history and traditions. Our stewardship must chiefly our spiritual home. protect our glorious minhag as preserved through the If you don’t know me yet, please introduce of the Nathans and our congregation’s 360th Growing our membership to a level that can be diurnal practice of our communal ritual, our minyan, yourself. When I am not practicing law, I anniversary. fully supported by our facility and personnel. We and our commitment to educate our youth, clergy, can often be found, as can my wife Beth and have pews to fill (not too full), a choir in the loft It is with an equally profound feeling of both and newcomers, with important emphasis on the three of the many wondrous children of our assisting us in what could be a fully participatory privilege and delight that I greet each of you, my women and girls of our Congregation. Congregation, Tess, Joseph, and Lia, wandering Singing Synagogue, and an administrative and fellow Shearith Israelites, here in writing. It is about our gorgeous synagogue, being inspired We are 360 years old. In five years, our professional infrastructure that can serve many my sincere desire to achieve with each of you an by sermons, lectures, classes, communal prayer Congregation will be 365 years old—we will more members without compromise. Unless we ongoing, respectful, but fearless exchange of ideas and song that truly have no equal. I together celebrate a full year of years of Jews sharing—or, scale to that level, too few of the rest of us are left —a dialogue in its truest sense—where each of you with Michael and Michael want to know and as Rabbi Soloveichik puts it, shaping the most to support a costly infrastructure. The cost is not will feel comfortable talking with me as well as learn from each of you. Together we can of fundamental, eternal, and majestic tenets of solely monetary. Our Congregation has a message with the other officers and trustees in the spirit of make our Congregation the very best it can be. making our Congregation the very best it can be. It the American Epoch. Yet our extensive archival that is authentic and critically important for others is in this spirit that I have initiated Parnas Office materials and beautiful, sacred objects cannot within and without the Jewish world to hear and With best wishes for an inspiring spring and Hours, and I am pleased that already I have enjoyed languish in storage. We cannot rely solely on see in successful action. We all benefit from the bright future, several valuable sessions. museums and historical societies to exhibit our vibrancy that comes from successful community history in piecemeal. We need a new community building and active participation by all of us. There are many things I would like us to consider in house to secure our physical but more importantly Remaining a deeply caring community. As light of the extraordinary achievements for which our spiritual and intellectual future. And we will modeled by our predecessors, we must look after David and the Board deserve our abiding thanks for build it. Every one of us needs to help make this our own and care for individuals and groups in accomplishing. What follows are personal thoughts: project a reality and a success. need beyond the confines of our membership rolls. Providing the resources and support (not Addressing our youth and young families in This involves many quiet acts of hands-on hesed as just monetary) for the world-class rabbinic particular. They deserve a separate, dedicated well as charitable giving at every level. 2 3 CONGRATULATIONS IN APPRECIATION Those who donated to the Rabbis’ Discretionary Fund in response to the recent devastation wrought We wish mazal tob to: Thank you to: by the typhoon in the Philippines. These funds were sent to the JDC in support of their relief efforts on Yair and Julia Cohen on the birth of a grandson, Oliver Louise Arias for donating a rare antique Megillah behalf of the congregation. Elijah, born to Ben and Daniella Cohen. Scroll and other Judaica in memory of her late husband Robert Arias. The sponsors and contributors of the Installation Robert and Ellen Kapito on the marriage of their Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik on November 24, 2013: daughter Kayla to Elias Lebovitz. Aline Cohen for sponsoring a Learners’ Service in honor of Sammy’s birthday. Gabriel Lang on becoming a bar mitzvah. Gabriel is the SPONSORS son of Leslie Cohen and Jeffrey Lang. Benson and Florie Jerusalmi for donating twenty Norman Benzaquen, Gillian and Simon Salama- new Tanakhs to our library. Caro, Isaac and Diana Corre, Jack and Karen Alyse Neumark Rozenberg on being inducted in NCSY’s Daar, Laurence and Rebecca Grafstein, Simon Ben Zakkai Honor Society at its annual dinner. The Roberts Family for sponsoring the spring and Eva Haberman, Benson and Florie Jerusalmi, semester of Bet Midrash in memory of Dr. N. Jared Ninyo becoming a bar mitzvah. Jared is the son of Monroe and Judith Milstein Philanthropic Fund, Craig Roberts. Liz and Jak Ninyo. Family Solomon, Oliver and Liz Stanton, and Linda and Morris Shamah for sponsoring Bet Dina and Jonathan Leader. Joel and Judy Schreiber on the birth of a great grandson Midrash (December 9) in memory of Linda’s born to Mully and Miriam Fein. CONTRIBUTORS mother Milo Dweck. Isaac Schildkraut on becoming a bar mitzvah. Isaac is the Raanan and Nicole Agus, Anonymous, Roy and Karen Simon for sponsoring our first son of Ivy and Marvin Schildkraut. Bengualid Goldstein Family, Dr. Joel and Emma
ANNOUNCEMENTS Intimate Shabbat Dinner with Rabbi Hidary. Blass, Avram Blumenthal, Albert and Daisy Amit Toledo on becoming a bat mitzvah. Amit is the Our Shakespeare and Shiur Dinner sponsors: Braverman Mrs. Irma Lopes Cardozo, Earl and daughter of Limor and Moshe Toledo. Josh Eisen, Eva G. and Simon Haberman, Ellen Deborah Smith and Yosef Blum, The Center Boaz and Ilana Vega on the birth of their son, Uriel and Rob Kapito, Bobbie Sue Daitch and David for Jewish Living at Cornell University, Joshua Yehuda. Landau, Brian and Chava Maccaba, Rev. Philip Crane, Anne and Natalio Fridman, Laury, L. and Andrea Raab Sherman, Karen & Roy Reuben and Matea Frieber, Sidney and Judith Daniel and Katherine Vieyra on the birth of their Simon, Family Solomon, and Melinda and Ealan Gerson, The Goldberg and Aaron Families, Eric first grandchild, Maya Isabelle born to Rebecca and Wingate. and Yonina Gomberg, Leonard Groopman and Joel Frisch. Yasmine Ergas, Shlomo Gewirtz, Evelyn and The sponsors of A Man for All Seasons viewing The participants of our new Teen Minyan: Jacob Aufzien, Manny Gross, Seth Haberman and Jennifer and discussion: The Javitt Family and Family Jacob Bengualid, Tova Bengualid Goldstein, Yitzhak Ash, Raquel and Steven Herz, Michael Katz, Solomon. Thank you also to Rabbi Soloveichik Bengualid Goldstein, Sam Freilich, Alexander Haberman, Lawrence and Ruth Kobrin, Neal and Maud for sponsoring and hand-procuring the food and Akiva Haberman, Jack Jerusalmi, Amital Kaplan, Noam Kozodoy, Philippe and Danielle Lahmani, refreshments. Kaplan, Noah Lang, Jesse Lipshutz, Raffi Lipshutz, Sam Jeffrey Lang and Leslie Cohen, David and Neumark, Meiri Ovadiah, Harlan Reiss,and Barukh The sponsors of our pre-Tu B’Shebat dinner: Marcia Lavipour, Rabbi Mark Licht, Jeffrey Rohde. Chava Maccaba, Rev. Philip and Andrea Sherman and Cindy Geller Liebmann, Clive and Shira and Family, Karen and Roy Simon, and Family Lipshitz, Aliza and Steven Major, Mr. and Mrs. Our bulletin goes to print Solomon. Theodore and Ruth Mirvis, David and Becky one month in advance of Nathan, Neumark Family, Peter and Naomi delivery. Please accept our Those who donated coats to the Shearith Israel Neustadter, Suzy and Larry Present, Gail Propp, apologies for any errors or League coat drive for NY Cares, especially to Rita omissions. Rodin who chaired the event. — continued — 4 5 Raquel Corre and Darryl Pure, Guy Ted and Valerie Schweitzer in honor of IN MEMORIAM — continued — — continued and Barbara Reiss, Ira Kalfus and their daughter Claire’s bat mitzvah. Elisheva Rothstein, James and Mary We mourn the loss of our members: The Family Solomon in honor of Rabbi Ellen Rudolph, Uzi and Iris Sasson, Abraham Levy. Ivy and Marvin Schildkraut, Jonah Leslie Coch (née Franco). Condolences to Schein and Carla Salomon Schein, The Trustees, Clergy and Staff in honor of her daughters Emily and Charlotte Coch Robert Schpoont, Bernard and David and Becky Nathan. and her sisters Corinne ‘Coco’ Kopelman Leana Schwartz, Eleanor Schwartz, and Josette Yorinks. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Turiel Alexander and Muriel Seligson, Irwin and Ruth Shapiro, Judith and Isaac Claudio and Mira Valencia in honor of CONDOLENCES Sherman, Rev. Philip L. and Andrea their son Daniel David becoming a bar Raab Sherman, Roy and Karen mitzvah. We extend sincere condolences to: Simon, Gilles and Lina Sion, Myron CONTRIBUTORS Oded and Nissim Aboodi on the passing and Barbara Smith, Marvin and Aviva of their brother Ezra Aboodi. Sussman, Ralph Sutton, Ron and Esther Altaras Meyers and the Altaras Adele Tauber, Stan and Madelene Family Heather Leigh Bulow on the passing of her father Phillip Shanstrom. Towne, Steven Valenstein, Melinda Esme and Roger Berg in honor of their and Ealan Wingate, and Dr. David son Louis Alexandre and his family, Shana David Dangoor on the passing of his and Rita Woldenberg. and Amalia Mathilde. mother Ruth Dangoor (née Lehr). Esme and Roger Berg in honor of Louis Susie Dellal on the passing of her father
ANNOUNCEMENTS Our kiddush sponsors and contributors: Alexandre Berg’s receiving his PhD Jack Ehrman. SPONSORS from Georgetown University and their Rabbi Albert Gabbai upon the passing of Mrs. Yvonne Cohen and Family in granddaughter Amalia’s first birthday. his brother Henri Gabbai. memory of her husband, Abraham Faith Fogelman “Barry” Cohen. Matthew Kaplan on the passing of his mother Leah Kaplan. Alvin Deutsch in memory of Amelia Klein. NEW MEMBERS Susan Pinke Tam on the passing of her father Elliot Mitchell Pinke. The Haberman Family in honor of the We welcome the following birthday and Bar Mitzvah anniversary individuals to the Shearith Israel Lina Sion on the passing of her father of Simon Haberman. family: Zeki Ajami. Hon. Judith Kaye in honor of Ivan and Francesca Berkowitz the Women’s Service and her Stuart Ellman and Cynthia Trop granddaughter Shirin. Daniel and Matide Ferguson Ahron Herring Ronen Korin Adam Hofmann Liliane Marks in memory of her Edward Kerson and Ellen Odonner husband Neville Marks and in honor David and Debbie Sable of her granddaughter Madeleine Rose Joel and Judith Schreiber daughter of Timothy and Melissa. Marshall and Judith Siegel David and Robyn Stonehill David and Becky Nathan Ealan and Melinda Wingate 6 PESAH HAGGADAH Torah Vodaath. From 1981-2000, he served as at the extraordinary, and unique, life story and Monday, April 14 | Tuesday, April 15 the Rabbi of The Jewish Center in New York worldview of its rabbinic source, and the chapters 8:30 pm City, moving the congregation from 180 to over of Abot are joined together in a structure that 600 members over the course of his tenure. He actually tells the story of the transmission of the Join us as we celebrate Pesah with a community also presently serves as a member of the faculty Oral Law. We will see how studying the history Haggadah (Spanish-Portuguese Seder) on each of the first of The Wexner Foundation and The Wexner of the rabbinic figures cited lend an entirely new two nights of Pesah. The first night will be led by Rabbi Heritage Foundation. understanding to these statements, and how Abot Shalom Morris and Hazzan Rabbi Ira Rohde, and the represents the diverse response of the rabbis to an second night by Rabbi Richard Hidary. The spirited and age of crisis and transition that was, in many ways, interactive Haggadah is accompanied by explanations of SHABBAT LECTURES not unlike our own. our traditions and melodies. Co-sponsored by JICNY. Friday Night Lights: The Making and Register at shearithisrael.org/haggadah. Shabbat Hagadol Derasha: Meaning of Shabbat Hillel’s Sandwich, A Culinary and Rabbi Meir Soloveichik Theological Analysis ONGOING GUEST LECTURE SERIES Our Friday evening services are enhanced with a Rabbi Meir Soloveichik Check our website and emails for updates. brief talk by Rabbi Soloveichik. These 20-minute Shabbat, April 5 following morning services shiurim will reflect on the nature of Shabbat, Jews often proudly proclaim that Hillel, and The Future of the Soul in America: Religion, the the beauty and depth of its prayers, and how the Humanities, Technology not the fourth Earl of Sandwich, first combined larger worldview it embodies has sustained Israel bread and other ingredients. The patriarch’s Leon Wieseltier throughout the ages. Each talk can be attended classic combination of matzah and marror was Wednesday, March 12 individually, and will build on each other in a way created long before England existed and has been that will provide added continuity and depth for served as part of the Pesach meal to this day. Few, Leon Wieseltier has been the literary editor of the New regular attendees. Republic since 1983. Mr. Wieseltier was born in Brooklyn however, of the Jews who ingest Hillel’s culinary in 1952. He has attended Yeshiva of Flatbush, Columbia We are told by the Talmud that each Jew is creation actually ponder its symbolic significance. DINNERS & LECTURES DINNERS University, Oxford University, and Harvard University. His accompanied home from synagogue by angels on In a shiur that merges the theological and books include Nuclear War, Nuclear Peace (1983), Against Shabbat eve; and the meaning, perhaps, is that we culinary, we will examine how Hillel’s recipe tells Identity (1996) and Kaddish (1998)—part-memoir, part- are meant to bring the ethereal experience of the us so much about himself, his worldview, and the cultural history, in which Mr. Wieseltier traces the history Shabbat service back to our own homes. Our goal Jewish celebration of Pesach over the centuries. of the Jewish prayer for the dead after losing his father. at Shearith Israel, with an unparalleled setting and Rabbi and chef Gil Marks has written that food He also translates Modern Hebrew poetry into English. service, is to help create this bridge through both “is a part of and a window to who a community In June 2013, he received the Dan David Prize for his tefillah and Torah: to greet the Sabbath Queen is, how that community came to be, how it exists “outstanding contribution to humanity” in the field of in God’s home, and then thereby to make the at a particular moment in time, and what it values Ideas, Public Intellectuals and Contemporary Philosophers. Sabbath Queen at home in ours. in the present and hopes for in the future. To know a community is to know its food.” A proper (Topic to be Announced) The Misunderstood Masterpiece: A New understanding of Hillel’s sandwich will teach us Approach to Pirkei Abot how true that is. Following the derasha, Layaliza Rabbi J.J. Schacter Soloveichik delivers a talk. Shabbat, May 3 Rabbi Meir Soloveichik Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter is Professor of Jewish History Shabbatot one hour before Minhah Hillel would wrap Matza and Marror and and Jewish Thought and Senior Scholar at the Center eat it together. —The Haggadah for the Jewish Future at Yeshiva University. Dr. Schacter Pirkei Abot is often understood as a mere series Tell me what you eat and I’ll tell you what holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages from Harvard of unrelated ethical adages. In fact, each brief and you are. —Jean Brillat-Savarin University and received rabbinic ordination from Mesivta much-cited maxim in Pirkei Abot actually hints — continued — 8 9 The Enigma of Elijah: A Pre- SHABBAT DINNERS Mix and Match Dinners at Private Shabbat Dinner with Simpson’s Writer — continued — — continued Pesach Shiur Homes Mike Reiss: The Simpsons and Other Intimate Shabbat Dinners in the Jewish Families Layaliza Soloveichik Elias Room Friday Evening, March 7 Shabbat, April 12 A special opportunity for our full Friday, May 16 A special opportunity for our full members Each year, on the Shabbat preceding members Mike Reiss has won four Emmys and a Pesach, Shabbat Ha-Gadol, we read Begin the evening with services at Shearith Peabody Award during his 25 years writing of the prophetic prediction that the Our rabbis want to get to know our Israel and then enjoy Shabbat dinner for “The Simpsons.” He discusses Jewish arrival of Elijah the Prophet will herald members around the Shabbat table. with friends, new and old. Members themes, Jewish characters, Jewish writers the redemption, with trumpets and Over the course of the year, the rabbis welcome each other in their homes for and actors that have been a part of the fanfare, a sort of religious version of of Shearith Israel will host occasional dinner, conversation and connection. show. You don’t have to love the Simpsons, “Shock and Awe.” Yet equally famous Shabbat dinners for small groups of These intimate dinners enable us to further or have even seen it (you’ve never seen The is the Tanakh’s description of Elijah members. These intimate gatherings, integrate our beautifully diverse community Simpsons?) to enjoy this funny, fast-paced talk. encountering the Almighty in a kol set in our atmospheric Elias Room, in and strengthen our connections with one demama dakka, the faintest hint of the company of friends, old and new, another. For full members only. Visit our Full Learners’ Service a whisper. The transcendental versus will allow us to enjoy the beauty of website to register. the pedestrian; the sublime versus the Shabbat, delicious food, the fascinating 9:45 am in the Little Synagogue Shabbatot, March 8 and May 17 banal. What does Elijah teach us about life stories of our diverse members and Shabbaton with S&P Sister Torah insights by our rabbis. our relationship with God and with Congregation Mikveh Israel On these occasions our Learners’ Service the world? At this time, we are limiting this Shabbat, May 4 is expanded to include an abridged opportunity to full members only at Torah service as well as Musaf and the a highly subsidized rate of $18 per Join the Shearith Israel rabbis and Rabbi concluding service. We join afterwards attendee. Visit shearithisrael.org/ Gabbai of Mikveh Israel for a Shabbaton in for a social kiddush luncheon in the Elias shabbatinelias to indicate your interest Philadelphia. Visit our website for details. Room accompanied by explanations of
DINNERS & LECTURES DINNERS and availability in the upcoming the customs, rituals, songs and prayers of dinners on Friday, March 21 or Friday, Shabbat meals. $20 per person. May 2.
10 11 The Book of Beliefs and Opinions: The Unity ages and levels. Topics include The Ten Masekhet Kiddushin and the Jewish of God Commandments, Rambam’s Guide of the Philosophy of Family Perplexed: Reasons for the Commandments, Sjimon den Hollander Rabbi Meir Soloveichik Stories of the Bavli, An Academic Approach 9:40 – 10:40 am Tuesdays at 8:00 pm to the Formation of the Talmud, Nefesh No class on March 16 and April 20 Hahayyim, Leadership, Crisis and This shiur combines both conceptual lomdut The Book of Beliefs and Opinions (Emunot V’Deot) Responsibility: A Critical Look at Nivi’im (analysis) and Jewish philosophy in the study was the first serious attempt to synthesize the Jewish Rishonim, and Thirteen Principles of Judaism. of the Talmudic tractate, which delineates tradition with philosophical teachings since Philo Light dinner served. the laws of Jewish marriage and family life. (about 900 years earlier). It was written by Sa’adiah Sources will include classical commentaries Visit shearithisrael.org/betmidrash to read Ga’on (882 - 942), the head of the Academy of Sura in as well as Family Redeemed, Rabbi Joseph more about our groups and teachers. Baghdad. This year the class will focus on the subject of Soloveitchik’s philosophical reflections on the unity of God. Light breakfast served. marriage and the raising of children. This class YL Monday Night Learning can be attended both by those with Talmudic Hebrew Classes In conjunction with the Jewish background, as well as by those with less International Connection of New York textual experience who have a deep interest Winter Session ends March 20 (JICNY) for those in their 20s and 30s. in what Jewish thought has to teach us about Spring session begins on May 4 $5 per person. what it means to be husband and wife, father No class on May 25 and mother. 10:00 am – 11:00 am Parasha Class: Steve Eisenberg at 7:00 pm Jewish Rhythms: The Jewish Day, Year, JUDAIC EDUCATION JUDAIC Hebrew courses are $75 and include a light breakfast. Sessions include 7 classes. Registration required. For and Lifecycle: Rabbi Shalom Morris at 7:15 WEDNESDAYS questions contact Rabbi Shalom Morris. pm Parashat Hashabua SUNDAYS Level I: Learn the Hebrew alphabet and the basics of Contemporary Jewish Law: Rabbi Shalom Esther Hidary Morris at 8:30 pm Psalms and Spirituality Hebrew reading. Wednesdays at 10:30 am Parasha Class for Spanish Speakers Level II: Improve reading fluency and begin to focus on : Rabbi Rabbi Richard Hidary Nissim Elnecave at 8:30 pm This class will explore the weekly parasha 8:40-9:40 am comprehension. through an examination of its literary elements and themes. Suitable for learners at This class looks into the book of Level III: Develop Hebrew vocabulary and reading all levels. Psalms and the world of spirituality comprehension skills. TUESDAYS that it can open for its readers. We will Jewish Time: The Festivals in Halakha Liturgy & Music of the S&P Home analyze various Mizmorim verse by and Jewish Thought verse making sure to understand the MONDAYS Zachary Edinger, Shamash A class for women Wednesdays following evening services vocabulary, grammar, syntax, poetic Bet Midrash devices, imagery, and use of parallelism, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik (6:30 pm) and references to other parts of the Spring session meets through May Tuesdays at 9:00 am in the Elias Room Bible. We will then step back and look 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Following Wednesday evening services, learn for the structure of the psalm, its key 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Drawing on Halakhic, literary, and to sing table songs, recite birkat hamazon themes, its main purpose or central philosophical texts, we will attempt to examine and habdalah (among other home rituals) message, and the ways in which its use The Bet Midrash program features high-level textual anew the holidays we are about to celebrate: and incorporate beautiful S&P traditional of poetic devices and structure come learning in small groups that encourage active participation Purim, Pesah, and Shabuot. melodies into your Shabbat home. together to create an integrated unity and involvement. Rabbi Hidary and other visiting faculty that has the power to inspire. lead discussion groups on a wide range of topics for all
12 13 KIDDUSH SPONSORS Philadelphia Flower Show Day Trip Sponsoring a kiddush is a beautiful way to pay tribute to A Sisterhood Event a loved one, celebrate a birthday, anniversary, graduation, Sunday, March 2 a personal accomplishment, or a ritual honor. It is also a 8:30 am - 4:30 pm great way to foster community—facilitating a time for fellow congregants to catch up with friends, meet new Join the Sisterhood for a day trip to the members and guests, and greet synagogue leaders. Philadelphia Flower Show and enjoy acres of gardens, thousands of artistic floral and Kiddush Sponsorship Opportunities: horticultural displays, more than 180 shops in the Marketplace, an aerial dance troupe, interactive Light cold kiddush: $400 exhibits, and a Make & Take workshop. Light warm kiddush: $1,000 Kiddush luncheon: $2,000 The New Shearith Israel Book Club Contributions at lower amounts are welcome in addition Re-reading the Classics: The Sublime and the to the sponsorship levels. Both sponsors and contributors Surreal led by Esther Hidary will be recognized as Kiddush Fund Contributors in the Shabbat Handout (print and electronic) and The Bulletin. March 5 8:00 pm To sponsor a kiddush, contact Alana Shultz at ashultz@ Acts 3, 4, and 5 of Hamlet shearithisrael.org or 212-873-0300 x209. April 2 8:00 pm EDUCATION SPONSORS The Short Stories of Jorge Luis Borges Help us strengthen educational initiatives at Shearith Israel by supporting a warm and inviting atmosphere May 7 to learn, debate, and grow together as a community. 8:00 pm Sponsor food and refreshments for a class or semester The Poetry of Edmond Jabes of Bet Midrash, Tuesday evening Talmud shiur, Hebrew courses, Learners’ Service, or Shabbat afternoon class. Our congregation, founded only one generation after the time of Shakespeare, recognizes the value Visit shearithisrael.org/sponsor a class to contribute to
CULTURE & ENRICHMENT CULTURE of the classics—both medieval and modern. This these important educational opportunities. book club provides an opportunity to revisit famous works like Hamlet, as well as more recent classics by Jorge Luis Borges and Edward Jabes. RABBIS’ DISCRETIONARY FUND The selected readings to prepare are relatively short, The Rabbis’ Discretionary Fund is a charitable arm of our allowing time and focus on a careful analysis of SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SPONSORSHIP congregation. These funds are never directed towards our these important texts and appreciate what they can operating or programming costs, but are rather distributed tell us about life, existence, and the meaning of it by our rabbi to members in need—with their dignity and all. RSVP at shearithisrael.org/bookclub. confidentiality preserved—and communities in crisis. Visit shearithisrael.org/discretionaryfund to donate. — continued — All contributions are fully tax deductible.
14 15 The Esther Goldfarb Memorial Amsterdam: A History of the Annual Memorial Observance for — continued — — continued Blood Drive World’s Most Liberal City Revolutionary War Veterans A League Event Conversation and Book Signing with Lag La’Omer, Sunday, May 18 Sunday, March 9 Author Russell Shorto 10:30 am 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Thursday, April 3 Chatham Square Cemetery 7:00 pm Together with West End Synagogue, We honor our members who participated in the we are spearheading this important Author Russell Shorto and Rabbi Meir Revolutionary War with a ceremony and a Color hesed opportunity. Because of this Soloveichik discuss Mr. Shorto’s new Guard. The ceremony is attended by military winter’s weather, there is a serious book, Amsterdam: A History of the veterans, clergy and members of the community. shortage of blood. We urge all who World’s Most Liberal City, exploring Join us to place American flags at the graves of the can donate to participate. Each pint of how this fascinating city fostered a 22 veteran congregants. This cemetery, active from blood could save two lives. The New deeper meaning of liberalism, one that 1682-1828, is located at 55 St. James Place, opposite York Blood Center will set up their profoundly influenced America: political Chatham Square. This year our annual memorial collection at West End Synagogue, and economic freedom. Q&A and book takes on special significance because it coincides with located at Amsterdam Avenue at 69th signing to follow. This event is sponsored Lag La’Omer, one of the traditional days for visiting Street. To make an appointment, email by Shearith Israel, the Consul General the graves of our predecessors. Rita Rodin at [email protected] of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the and indicate the time slot you prefer. Anne Frank Center USA, and the New Annual Spring Gala Amsterdam History Center. Register at Sunday evening, May 18 Returning to Portugal shearithisrael.org/Amsterdam. Tuesday, March 26 This year, our congregation’s 360th anniversary, is a 7:00 pm in the Elias Room most fitting year to honor David and Becky Nathan. The Nathan’s have dedicated much of their lives in All of the original New World Jewish service of Shearith Israel and we look forward to communities (17th-19th Centuries) showing them our love and appreciation. were made up of Jews who had come from Portugal, where they had once A Special Concert Program in Honor of Yom lived at Marranos. Rabbi Morris Yerushalaim, Jerusalem Reunification Day recently visited Portugal to find out how these early settlers became so Hazzan Ira Rohde CULTURE & ENRICHMENT CULTURE pioneering, meet descendants of Tuesday, May 27 those Jews who remained behind, and 7:30 pm discover what physical evidence remains The “Song of Zion” has ever resonated in the Jewish of that enigmatic community. What heart, even on alien soil. In observance of Yom he encountered will shock you. This Yerushalaim, Rabbi Rohde presents his own musical presentation will include images arrangements in a concert program for those back coupled with commentary to bring this from their Memorial Day excursions. Save the date extraordinary phenomenon to light. and stay tuned for further details.
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16 17 Jewish Life in Brazil: Coming 360° ONGOING CULTURAL CLASSES Jewish Time: The Festivals in Halakha and — continued — — continued Spring 2014 AND LECTURES Jewish Thought Check our website and emails for Literary Lunch A class for women updates. Janet R. Kirchheimer Rabbi Meir Soloveichik Thursdays, March 20, April 10, May Tuesdays at 9:00 am in the Elias Room American Jewry began when 23 Jews 15, June 12 arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654 from Drawing on Halakhic, literary, and philosophical texts, 12:15 pm–1:45 pm Recife, Brazil. To mark this momentous we will attempt to examine anew the holidays we are anniversary Shearith Israel will host a Join our monthly gatherings where about to celebrate: Purim, Pesah, and Shabuot. multi-faceted program exploring Brazilian we read and discuss a variety of works Jewish life. We will be hosting a Brazilian (fiction, nonfiction, memoir, personal Women’s Morning Megillat Esther Reading Jewish Film Festival, a lecture about essay, poetry) from across the ages and Purim Day, Sunday, March 16 Jewish life in Brazil—past and present, around the world. Led by Shearith 8:30 am in the Small Synagogue Brazilian themed music, food, and Israel’s own poet and member, Janet much more. Supported by the Brazilian R. Kirchheimer, each literary lunch is Join us for the 24th year of the Women’s Megillat Consulate Culture Department. an independent session accompanied Esther Reading at Shearith Israel. To participate, by delicious food and stimulating contact Mrs. Lisa Rohde. Kiddush with Cachaca: conversation. Meets in the Elias Room. Jewish Roots and Revival in $10 per session. RSVP to Alana Shultz. Teen Girls’ Shir Hashirim Reading the Backlands of Brazil Film Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah, April 19 Screening Tai Chi On the morning of Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah, the In partnership with the Brazilian Lewis Paleias teen girls of our synagogue ages 12–18 read The Song of Film Festival Thursdays in the Levy auditorium Songs in the Main Sanctuary for the congregation after Spring 2014 11:00 am services. More information on page 20. Check our website and emails for updates. This age-old practice help increase Girls’ Megillat Ruth Reading balance, strength, circulation, A documentary film about the mindfulness and more. Tai Chi is First day of Shabuot controversial emergence of self- a wonderful form of exercise for all The girls of our synagogue, ages 6–12, recite Megillat professed marranos in Northeastern ages, especially seniors. Lewis offers Ruth for the congregation in the Main Sanctuary Brazil. Marrano was an Inquisition- individual attention and adapts the after services at 11:30 am. If your daughter would CULTURE & ENRICHMENT CULTURE era slur for Jews who were forced to class based on the group. $10 per class like to participate, please contact Mrs. Lisa Rohde. convert to Catholicism. Today in or $50 for 6 classes. Walk-ins and Brazil a growing movement seeking beginners are welcome. to reclaim and redeem the marrano identity, returning from the church to
the synagogue. Kiddush with Cachaca ISRAEL SHEARITH AT WOMEN follows their difficult path. Talk with the director Jeremy Siefer after the film.
18 19 NEW TEEN AND PRE-TEEN READINGS, SERVICES, AND Assigned Junior Congregation PROGRAMMING ACTIVITES Shabbatot, March 15, April 5, May 4, May 31 For the past several months, over a dozen Teen Girls’ Shir Hashirim Reading teens have met weekly at the home of Rabbi Junior Congregation is a lively, participatory service Richard and Esther Hidary for the new and Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah, April 19 for children ages 5-12. While prayer is always a part popular Shabbat afternoon shiur Parashat of youth groups, this more formal youth service Hashabua: The Parts They Skip in High On the morning of Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah, takes place on select weeks. Children learn Shearith School. the teen girls of our synagogue ages 12-18 read Israel’s melodies and have opportunities to lead The Song of Songs in the Main Sanctuary for the prayers, read Torah and perform mitzvot. Regular Teen boys also now have a further opportunity congregation after services. Shabbat groups still begin at 10:00 am and continue to develop and perfect their hazzanut skills after Junior Congregation. For more information This year, the girls will be doing the reading both with the addition of a teen-only service that and to have your child lead a part of the service in our Main Sanctuary and in Israel as part of met on February 8. Furthermore, our Shabbat contact Rabbi Shalom Morris. youth programming has also grown with the our congregational Pesah in Israel. To participate, please contact Yehudit Robinson at yehudit. addition of a weekly class for teens, Beyond Summer Weekday Toddler Program Parasha: Captivating Concepts, in which [email protected]. young people meet with different community Tuesdays and Wednesdays scholars following Junior Congregation. Biannual Teen Services June 17-August 19 9:30 am-11:30 am Shabbat, May 10 This spring, Shearith Israel’s teens will also be For children aged 16-33 months actively participating in hesed opportunities in Our teenage boys lead parts of the Shabbat Adult caregiver presence is required. our community and beyond. Each month, a morning service in the Main Sanctuary for the Shearith Israel’s popular Toddler Program is different teen will chair a service activity. entire congregation. Participants are trained and held two times a week. The program focuses prepared to recite and lead prayers according to on learning colors and shapes, creating arts Shearith Israel’s beautiful tradition and dignified and crafts, singing songs, and exploring Jewish standards. To participate, please contact Yehudit holidays and music. To enroll your child or learn Parashat Hashabua: The Parts They Robinson, [email protected]. Skip in High School more, contact Alana Shultz.
YOUTH PROGRAMMING YOUTH Shabbatot one hour before minhah at the Lag La’Omer: Halakhic Tour of the home of Rabbi Hidary, 1 W 85th Street Central Park Zoo HEBREW SCHOOL Apartment 6A Sunday, May 18 Polonies Talmud Torah School (PTTS) This class is open to all high school students Explore the wonders of wildlife through a Jewish and will select texts and themes from the For students aged 3-16 years old lens with Rabbi Meir Soloveichik. A Sunday parasha that are often neglected in the outing for the young and young at heart. high school curriculum due to their being All ages meet on Sundays from deemed difficult, controversial, or for 10:00 am-12:00 pm Girls’ Megillat Ruth Reading whatever reason not pertinent for young Elementary school-aged children also meet on adults. We will find that often the most First day of Shabuot Connect with us on Facebook! Thursdays from 4:00-6:00 pm interesting and important lessons about our Like Be sure to us on Facebook for own Judaism are found in these perplexing The girls of our synagogue, ages 6-12, recite For more information and to enroll, visit updates and upcoming events: but profound parts of the parasha. Megillat Ruth for the congregation in the Main shearithisrael.org/hebrewschool. Mid-year www.facebook.com/shearithisrael.nyc Sanctuary after services at 11:30 am. If your enrollment is possible. Contact our Educational daughter would like to participate, please contact Director and Hebrew School Principal, Rabbi Mrs. Lisa Rohde at [email protected]. Shalom Morris to enroll. 20 21 RETURNING TO PORTUGAL Rabbi Shalom Morris, Educational Director
Unexpected is one word that I’d We know that when port cities like Amsterdam Today’s Portuguese share our disdain for the use to describe my recent trip and London became places where Conversos could Inquisition. Ultimately, it was the Portuguese to Portugal. I had a great time live without fear of the Portuguese Inquisition themselves that ended it, as they finally and would even recommend (established in the 1530s), many chose to recognized the corrosive effect it had upon their it to Jewish travelers, especially emigrate and return to open Judaism. However, society and intellectual creativity. Perhaps unfairly, those interested in seeing and not all of them left, and when the Inquisition they actually blame it all on the Spanish. understanding the crucible from was ended in the early 19th century those who There is a saying in Portuguese: ‘De Espanha, nem which our community was born. However, the remained finally assimilated into Portuguese bom vento nem bom casamento,’ which basically Portugal of today evokes a strange sensation. On the society. As a result of its history, many modern-day means ‘from Spain there never come good one hand, it is mostly bereft of Jews (though there are Portuguese people claim Jewish ancestry winds or good marriages.’ Winds are a small communities in Porto, Belmonte and Lisbon). (numerous people volunteered reference to poor weather that passes On the other hand, it is a country with a shockingly that personal information to from Spain into Portugal. The strong Jewish identity. That probably sounds ironic me), a phenomenon known reference to marriage is based and somewhat implausible, as so few Jews reside there. throughout the country. on King Manuel’s marriage to It is, however, true. Let me explain. Moreover, the Portuguese the Spanish crown. As a result Many of Spain’s Jews chose to relocate to Portugal seem to sincerely lament of that marriage, Portugal when they were expelled in 1492. Travel there did not the absence of Judaism eventually fell in succession require traversing a sea and Portugal’s language and in their country. They to Spain in 1580. It only culture are closely related to Spain’s. As a result, many feel as if Judaism is part regained its independence Jews settled along the Spanish Portuguese border, in of their identity, and yet it after fighting a difficult ‘war of C l o o towns like Guarda, Trancosa and Belmonte. There is unfamiliar. In fact, some m o restoration’ in 1640. m P la em o they lived in Jewish quarters, Judaria, many of which Portuguese have even returned o S ra de tiv id The Portuguese claim that had it not still exist today. to Judaism, such as the Jews of e co Dav in honoring Dr. been for that marriage, Portugal would Belmonte, who secretly maintained their Unfortunately, in 1496, King Manuel of Portugal have never converted its Jews and would separate identity throughout the centuries. changed his policy and forcibly converted all of his never have an inquisition. Instead, they believe domain’s Jews to Christianity. He wished to marry Our very own Dr. David de Sola Pool was they would still have a large and active Jewish the daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, to create involved in Converso returnee efforts in the early community today, and that Portugal be a more a strategic union with Spain, and Queen Isabella 20th century. He traveled to Portugal to show successful and vibrant nation. demanded that he first rid his country of Jews. his support for and to offer financial aid to their As you can imagine, the Portuguese, once a great However, Manuel believed that Jews were essential to efforts to reestablish and spread Judaism among world power, have a lot of conflicting feelings his growing maritime empire, which was built upon the population. about their past. Perhaps it is on account of science and trade. So instead of expelling the Jews, he Dr. Pool’s picture still hangs in Porto’s synagogue that that they are so welcoming, easy going, and converted them to Catholicism and forced them to and his name appears in many of the Portuguese particularly open about and interested in their remain. Crucifixes etched into the edifices of many language pamphlets about Judaism that were Jewish past and present. stone home are still apparent in Portugal, testimony printed at that time. that they were once the homes of Conversos.
22 23 SHABBAT SERVICES March 14th-15th Zakhor Saturday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm Candle Lighting...... 6:44 pm Saturday Evening Sunset...... 7:10 pm February 28th-March 1st Shekalim Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm Habdalah...... 7:45 pm Candle Lighting...... 5:28 pm Friday Evening Sunset...... 7:02 pm Shabbat Parah: In preparation for the eating of Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 5:30 pm Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am the Paschal lamb, proper steps were taken to be Friday Evening Sunset...... 5:46 pm Zemirot...... Adam Jackson ritually clean. Hence we add the reading from Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am Parashah...... Tsav-Zakhor Numbers 19, the law concerning the ashes of the SERVICES Zemirot...... Sjimon Den Hollander Leviticus 6:1-8:36 Red Heifer [Heb. “Parah Adumah”]. Parashah...... Pekude-Shekalim Deuteronomy 25:17-19 Exodus 38:21-end Haftarah...... Samuel L. Katz March 28th-29th HaHodesh Exodus 30:11-26 I Samuel 15:1-34 Candle Lighting*...... 6:59 pm Haftarah...... Steven A. Okin Class...... 5:45 pm II Kings 11:17-12:17 Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm Saturday Afternoon Minhah...... 6:45 pm Friday Evening Sunset...... 7:17 pm I Samuel 20:18 and 42 Saturday Evening Sunset...... 7:03 pm Parashah...... Pekude-Shekalim Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am Habdalah...... 7:37 pm Zemiroth...... Avery E. Neumark Class...... 4:15 pm Purim/Motzaei Shabbat Arbit...... 8:00 pm Saturday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 5:15 pm Parashah...... Tazria-Hahodesh Reading of Megilla...... 8:15 pm Leviticus 12:1-13:59 Saturday Evening Sunset...... 5:47 pm Shabbat Zakhor/Mi Khamokha, is the Shabbat Habdalah...... 6:19 pm Exodus 12:1-20 preceding Purim. Judah HaLevy’s poem, “Mi Haftarah...... Gabriel David Lang Shabbat Shekalim: During Temple times the call Khamokha” is read at 9:05 am. Then Deut for the payment of the poll tax of half a shekel by Bar Mitzvah...... Gabriel David Lang 25:17-19, which begins with the word “Zakhor.” Ezekiel 45:18-46:15 every adult Jew was announced on the first day of Remember [Amalek], is added to the regular the twelfth month (Adar). As a reminder of this Class...... 5:45 pm Parashah reading, because Haman was thought to Saturday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm duty, the passage from Exodus 30:11-16 is read on be a spiritual descendant of the tribe of Amalek, Rosh Hodesh or the Sabbath preceding. Saturday Evening Sunset...... 7:18 pm the first presumed “annihilators” of the Israelites. Habdalah...... 7:53 pm The Megillah will be read on Saturday evening at Shabbat Hahodesh derives its name from the special March 7th-8th 8:15 pm, following the 8:00 pm service. reading of the Torah, Exodus 12:1-20. This is the Candle Lighting...... 5:36 pm “portion about the month” referring to the special Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 5:45 pm March 21st-22nd Parah consecration of Nisan, the month of Passover. Friday Evening Sunset...... 5:54 pm Candle Lighting...... 6:51 pm Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm April 4th-5th Zemirot...... Raif Melhado Friday Evening Sunset...... 7:09 pm Candle Lighting*...... 7:06 pm Parashah...... Vayikra Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am Leviticus 1:1-5:26 Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm Zemiroth...... Jack Daar Friday Evening Sunset...... 7:24 pm Haftarah...... Joseph A. Solomon Parashah...... Shemini-Parah Class...... 4:30 pm Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am Leviticus 9:1-11:47 Zemirot...... Joseph A. Solomon Saturday Eveining Minhah/Arbit...... 5:30 pm Numbers 19:1-22 Saturday Evening Sunset...... 5:55 pm Parashah...... Metzora Haftarah...... Jared Judah Ninyo Leviticus 14:1-15:33 Habdalah...... 6:28 pm Ezekiel 36:16-36 D.S.T. begins. Saturday night/Sunday Morning Haftarah...... Samuel M. Freilich Bar Mitzvah...... Jared Judah Ninyo II Kings 7:3-20 Mar. 8th-9th. Set clock back one hour. Class...... 5:45 pm — continued — 24 *Those praying with the congregation should light before services. 25 — continued — — continued Class...... 6:00 pm Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am May 23rd-24th MINOR HOLIDAY SERVICES Saturday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 7:00 pm Zemiroth...... Jack Daar 1897, 70th St. Consecration Anniversary AND EVENTS Saturday Evening Sunset...... 7:25 pm Parashah...... Emor Candle Lighting*...... 7:55 pm Rosh Hodesh II Adar: Two-Day Habdalah...... 8:01 pm Leviticus 21:1-24:23 Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm Saturday Evening March 1st through Sunday & Haftarah...... Daniel J. Suckewer Friday Evening Sunset...... 8:13 pm Monday, March 2nd & 3rd
SERVICES April 11th-12th HaGadol Ezekiel 44:15-31 Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am 1817, 2nd Mill St. Consecration Anniversary Class...... 6:30 pm Zemiroth...... Sjimon Den Hollander Candle Lighting*...... 7:13 pm Saturday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 7:30 pm Parashah...... Bemidbar Purim Services and Events Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm Saturday Evening Sunset...... 7:54 pm Numbers 1:1-4:20 Sisterhood Mishloah Manot Project Friday Evening Sunset...... 7:31 pm Habdalah...... 8:34 pm Haftarah...... Moshe Toledo Once again the Sisterhood is offering you the Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am Hosea 2:1-22 opportunity to give Mishloah Manot to members Zemiroth...... Zachary S. Edinger May 9th-10th Teen-Led Service Bat Mitzvah...... Amit Toledo of our congregation. Your friends will receive a Parashah...... Ahare Moth Candle Lighting*...... 7:42 pm Class...... 6:45 pm package. It is a wonderful opportunity to send Leviticus 16:1-18:30 Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm Saturday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 7:45 pm special Purim gifts and to reach out to friends in Haftarah...... Rabbi Meir Y. Soloveichik Friday Evening Sunset...... 8:00 pm Saturday Evening Sunset...... 8:14 pm our community. Your participation also helps raise Malachi 3:4-24 Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am Habdalah...... 8:55 pm money for the Sisterhood, for use in our many Class...... 6:00 pm Zemirot...... Joseph A. Solomon projects. Visit our website for details. Saturday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 7:00 pm Parashah...... Behar May 30th-31st Fast of Esther, Thursday, March 13th Saturday Evening Sunset...... 7:32 pm Leviticus 25:1-26:2 Candle Lighting*...... 8:01 pm Fast Begins...... 5:50 am Habdalah...... 8:10 pm Haftarah Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm Morning Service...... 7:15 am Jeremiah 32:6-27 Friday Evening Sunset...... 8:19 pm Evening Service...... 6:15 pm April 25th-26th Class...... 6:30 pm Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am Sunset...... 7:01 pm Candle Lighting*...... 7:28 pm Saturday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 7:30 pm Zemiroth...... Adam Jackson End of Fast...... 7:22 pm Saturday Evening Sunset...... 8:01 pm Parashah...... Naso Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm Eve of Purim, Saturday, March 15th Friday Evening Sunset...... 7:46 pm Habdalah...... 8:41 pm Numbers 4:21-7:89 Haftarah...... Roberto Salama Shabbat Zakhor Sat. Minhah...... 6:45 pm Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am Sunset...... 7:03 pm Zemiroth...... Adam Jackson May 16th-17th Judges 13:2-25 Class...... 7:00 pm End of Shabbat...... 7:37 pm Parashah...... Kedoshim Candle Lighting*...... 7:48 pm Motzaei Shabbat Arbit...... 8:00 pm Leviticus 19:1-20:27 Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm Saturday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 8:00 pm Saturday Evening Sunset...... 8:20 pm Reading of Megillah...... 8:15 pm Haftarah...... Jacob Aufzien Friday Evening Sunset...... 8:06 pm Late Megillah Reading...... 9:45 pm Ezekiel 20:2-20 Shabbat Morning Services...... 8:15 am Habdalah...... 9:02 pm Class...... 6:15 pm Zemiroth...... Raif Melhado Purim Day, Sunday, March 16th Saturday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 7:15 pm Parashah...... Behukkothai Morning Service...... 8:00 am Saturday Evening Sunset...... 7:47 pm Leviticus 26:3-end Reading of Megilla...... 8:30 am Habdalah...... 8:26 pm Haftarah...... Isaac Gershom Schildkraut Womens Morning Megillah Reading ��������� 8:30 am Bar Mitzvah...... Isaac Gershom Schildkraut in the Small Synagogue. Join us for the 24th year of the Women’s Megillah Reading at Shearith May 2nd-3rd Jeremiah 16:19-17:14 Israel. To participate, contact Mrs. Lisa Rohde. Candle Lighting*...... 7:35 pm Class...... 6:45 pm Friday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 6:45 pm Saturday Evening Minhah/Arbit...... 7:45 pm Friday Evening Sunset...... 7:53 pm Saturday Evening Sunset...... 8:07 pm Habdalah...... 8:48 pm — continued — 26 27 — continued — — continued Late Megillah Reading...... 11:00 am Lag La’Omer Building upon the success of last year’s communal Second Day of Pesah Purim Day Minhah/Arbit...... 6:30 pm 1897, 70th St. Building Consecration Haggadah (Seder), we are offering a Haggadah on Eve of the Second Day, Tuesday, April 15th End of Purim Day...... 7:26 pm Anniversary both nights and making them available to all of our Evening Services (Minhah & Arbit)...... 7:15 pm Purim Shushan, Monday, March 17th Saturday Evening, May 17th congregants. This year, the first Haggadah will be Tuesday Evening Sunset...... 7:35 pm & Sunday, May 18th led by Rabbi Shalom Morris along with Hazzan Candle Lighting...... after 8:00 pm The Fast of Esthercommemorates the day
SERVICES Ira Rohde and the second Haggadah will be led by Begin the Second Haggadah when the Jews of Persia donned sackcloth and Memorial Day Legal Holiday Rabbi Richard Hidary. The spirited and interactive at home �����������������������������������������after 8:00 pm ashes, went without food, and prayed that they Haggadah is accompanied by explanations of our Synagogue Communal Haggadah be spared the massacre planned for them by Monday, May 26th Shahrit...... 8:00 am traditions and melodies. Co-sponsored by JICNY. begins...... 8:30 pm Haman. Men don tefillin at the 6:15 service on Second Day Morning, Wednesday, April 16th Thursday Evening. Minhah/Arbit...... 6:30 pm Pesah in Israel Our members visiting Israel over Pesah will Zemirot...... 8:15 am Purim commemorates the day when, through Shahrit...... 9:00 am Yom Yerushalaim be participating in a communal Rambam the intervention of Mordecai and Queen Esther, Jerusalem Reunification Day Seder at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem. Rabbi Conclusion of Second Day, the Jews of Persia narrowly escaped being victims Wednesday Evening, April 16th Tuesday Evening, May 27th Meir Soloveichik will lead congregants in this of Haman’s evil plot to exterminate them. Minhah & Arbit...... 7:15 pm & Wednesday, May 28th extraordinary opportunity, drawing on the Instead, “The Jews had light and gladness, joy unique Haggadah and rituals of the Rambam. Wednesday Evening Sunset...... 7:37 pm and honor.” Wednesday Evening Habdalah...... 8:01 pm Rosh Hodesh Sivan: One Day Purim Shushan, the day following Purim, Thursday Evening, May 29 Preparations Hol Hamoed Pesah was the actual day of celebration observed in Thursday & Friday Mornings, & Friday, May 30 Sunday Evening, April 13th Shushan, the capital of ancient Persia. April 17th & 18th...... 7:15 am Search for Leaven...... after sunset, 7:33 pm) DAILY SERVICES Thursday Evening, April 17th Rosh Hodesh Nisan: One Day Monday, April 14th Minhah & Arbit...... 6:30 pm Monday Evening, March 31st Mornings (Shahrit) Fast of First Born begins (Dawn)...... 4:53 am Sunday Morning, April 20th...... 8:00 am & Tuesday, April 1st Sunday...... 8:00 am Morning Service and Shabbat Hol Hamoed Pesah Monday-Friday...... 7:15 am siyyum for the First Born...... 7:15 am Eve of Shabbat, Friday Evening, April 18th Evenings (Minhah & Arbit) Stop eating hametz by...... 10:44 am Friday Evening Candle Lighting..before 7:21 pm Yom HaShoah (Observed) March 2nd-6th...... 5:45 pm Dispose of any remaining hametz by.... 11:50 am Holocaust Remembrance Day Friday Evening Minhah & Arbit...... 7:15 pm March 9th-June 2nd...... 6:30 pm Sunday Evening, April 27th First Day of Pesah Friday Evening Sunset...... 7:39 pm & Monday, April 28th Eve of the First Day, Monday, April 14th Saturday, April 19th (Actual Date is Sunday, April 27th) PESAH (PASSOVER) FESTIVAL Candle Lighting...... 7:16 pm Shabbat Morning Zemirot...... 8:15 am Monday Evening, April 14th-Tuesday, Evening Services (Minhah & Arbit)...... 7:15 pm Shabbat Morning Shahrit...... 9:00 am Rosh Hodesh Iyar: Two-Day April 22nd Monday Evening Sunset...... 7:34 pm Reading of Song of Songs...... 11:30 am Begin the First Haggadah at home..after 7:59 pm Tuesday Evening, April 29th, through This year, we are offering two ways to enjoy the Saturday Afternoon Class...... 6:15 pm Synagogue Communal Wednesday & Thursday, April 30th & May 1st Shearith Israel Pesah experience as a synagogue Saturday Evening Minhah & Arbit �������7:15 pm community in 2014. Haggadah begins...... 8:30 pm Saturday Evening Sunset...... 7:40 pm Saturday Evening Habdalah...... 8:18 pm Yom Ha`Atzma’ut (Observed) Pesah Haggadah First Day Morning, Tuesday, April 15th Israel IndependenceDay Monday, April 14 Zemirot...... 8:15 am Monday Evening, May 5th-Tuesday, May 6th Tuesday, April 15 Shahrit...... 9:00 am (Actual Date is Monday, May 5th) 8:30 pm Tikkun HaTal (Prayer for the Dew) inserted in Musaf ���������������������������������� 10:40 am — continued — 28 29 Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik Rabbi — continued — — continued Seventh Day of Pesah [email protected], 212-873-0300 x206 1730, First Mill Street Building Consecration STAFF Rabbi Dr. Richard Hidary Distinguished Rabbinic Fellow Anniversary [email protected], 212-873-0300 x239 Eve of the Seventh Day, Sunday Evening, April 20th Sunday Evening Candle Lighting...... 7:23 pm Rabbi Dr. Marc D. Angel Rabbi Emeritus Sunday Evening Services SERVICES [email protected], 212-873-0300 x205 (Minhah & Arbit)...... 7:30 pm Sunday Evening Sunset...... 7:41 pm Barbara Reiss Executive Director Seventh Day Morning, Monday, April 21st [email protected], 212-873-0300 x215 Zemirot...... 8:15 am Shahrit...... 9:05 am Rabbi Ira Rohde Hazzan (Featuring Reading of the Shirah, Song of [email protected], 212-873-0300 x217 Crossing the Red Sea) Reverend Philip L. Sherman Associate Hazzan Eighth (Final) Day of Pesah [email protected] Eve of the Eighth Day, Monday Evening, April 21st Monday Evening Services Leon Hyman Choirmaster (Minhah & Arbit)...... 7:30 pm Adam Hyman Associate Choirmaster Monday Evening Sunset...... 7:42 pm Monday Evening Rabbi Shalom Morris Educational Director Candle Lighting...... after 8:07 pm [email protected], 212-873-0300 x208 Eighth Day Morning, Tuesday, April 22nd Zemirot...... 8:15 am Alana Shultz Program Director Shahrit...... 9:00 am [email protected], 212-873-0300 x209 Conclusion of Eighth Day of Pesah, Zachary S. Edinger Shamash Tuesday Evening, April 22nd [email protected], 212-873-0300 x216 Tuesday Evening Minhah & Arbit...... 7:30 pm Tuesday Evening Sunset...... 7:43 pm Maria Caputo Office Manager Tuesday Evening Habdalah & [email protected], 212-873-0300 x230 Conclusion of Pesah...... 8:08 pm Do not consume hametz until ½ hour after Maia Kane Communications Associate Habdalah, 8:38 pm [email protected], 212-873-0300 x225 Diana Landau Executive Assistant [email protected], 212-873-0300 x221 John Quinones Facilities Manager [email protected], 212-873-0300 x223 Ruth Yasky Financial Associate [email protected], 212-873-0300 x228
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STAFF Louis M. Solomon, Parnas T: 212-873-0300 | F: 212-724-6165 Michael Katz, Segan [email protected] Michael P. Lustig, Segan www.shearithisrael.org David J. Nathan, Honorary Parnas Peter Neustadter, Honorary Parnas Lifecycle and Pastoral Matters Harriet Ainetchi Rabbi Meir Soloveichik 212-873-0300 x206 Dr. Victoria R. Bengualid Rabbi Richard Hidary 212-873-0300 x239 Norman S. Benzaquen Funeral Arrangements Esmé E. Berg Zachary S. Edinger 212-873-0300 x216 Karen Daar 917-584-3787 Seth Haberman Avery E. Neumark Hebrew School L. Gilles Sion Rabbi Shalom Morris 212-873-0300 x208 Oliver Stanton Toddler Program Ralph J. Sutton Alana Shultz 212-873-0300 x209 Joshua de Sola Mendes, Clerk Jeffrey Lang, Treasurer HONORARY TRUSTEES Edgar J. Nathan, 3rd z”l, Honorary Parnas Dr. Dennis B. Freilich, Honorary Parnas Alvin Deutsch, Honorary Parnas Dr. Edgar Altchek Paul J. Beispel Henri Bengualid Arthur A. Goldberg Eva G. Haberman Saul Laniado Stuart Marks Jonathan de Sola Mendes Edward Misrahi Jack Rudin Ronald P. Stanton Roy J. Zuckerberg
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