The Kibbitzer APRIL 2016

Temple Am Shalom -11— 5776 Mentor, Ohio

CONGREGATIONAL APRIL 29 at 6pm details pg 2 Inside this issue: Fundraising/Activities Meeting 2 Rock and Roll Day May 15 details pg 3 Rock Hall Tour info 2 Condolences / Healing Prayers 2 A WORD FROM RENÉE Congregational Seder info 2 participated, donated items and spent time volunteering for/or at the event. It Toronto Show Tour information 3 would not have happened had we not had Counting the Omer 3/5 ello, my friends, so many of you participating in the Portions for April 4 H Welcome to spring! I am so planning, execution and follow-through : Leviticus 12:1-13:59 4/5 looking forward to the beauty of this with this event. Our approximate monies The Mystery of Birth and Rebirth season, including the budding of the raised totaled $500.00, to be placed in our trees, the chirping of the birds and kitchen/basement reno fund. and the 5 renewal of fresh air and spring Here’s another chance to participate in a Donations / Birthday & Anniversary 6 breezes. There’s so much to enjoy! temple function if you missed the last one. Take advantage of all of it! On Friday, April 29, we will be having our Fundraising—how we’re doing 6 congregational Seder at 6:00pm at the So much has been happening over the Yahrzeit List 6 last month. On the sad side, I officiated Newel Creek Development on 615 and 84 at two funerals within our temple (same place we held Chanukah). It’s on Calendar 7 family. We share our condolences with Norton Parkway, the light between Rt 84 Betsy Harris and family with the and I-90 off Rte 615. The party room will Did you know? passing of her husband, Harley be on your right side of the road. Please The biblical calendar originally start- Harris, as well as to Martha Lannoch contact the temple to make your ed with spring and ? See reservation, and let me know what you with the passing of her husband, Rick. the Torah portion on pg 4 for more We pray for your continued healing plan to bring to share. We are having a information. and hope you will keep their memories meat meal, so we are asking for sides and within your hearts. God Bless you all. desserts to enhance our meal. Temple will provide the and chicken, although Within that same week, we also Andy Kenen has challenged anyone to a SISTERHOOD— experienced our very first brisket cook-off. The cost of the meal will Meeting for breakfast Bowling Fundraising event. It was quite be: Adults - $15.00 and children under 13- SUNDAY, APRIL 3 a success, with approximately 35 $9. This includes the cost of renting the 10:00 am people in attendance, a 50/50 raffle party room since our basement is still in at Manhattan Deli, Mentor. and basket raffle. Everyone enjoyed disarray. Please RSVP to Renee @ the pizza, drinks, Hamantaschen and Let’s schmooz. bowling. Thanks to all who Leadership, continues on page 2 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Services Hebrew School Fundraising/Activity Mtg Saturday APRIL 2 APRIL 6, 13 & 20 3:30- 5:00pm WED APRIL 13 7:00pm at the temple See page 3 for details 10:00am service No Hebrew School on April 27th Friday, APRIL 15 Men’s Fellowship Group Youth Group 8:00am Sunday, APRIL 17, Mentor Family SUNDAY APRIL 10 6:30pm tot Shabbat—7:30pm adult service Leadership Seminar—12 noon Friday, APRIL 29 6:00pm Restaurant. Contact Lee Hawthorne at (440) 725-6852 or at [email protected] SATURDAY APRIL 23 Congregational Seder Shabbat Trip to Erie: 7:00am Temple. Sunday School Sisterhood Details TBA APRIL 3, 10, 17 9:15-11:30am 10:00am SUNDAY, APRIL 3 at Plan Ahead Manhattan Deli, Mentor Contact Rita Rose No Sunday school on APRIL 24th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Tour at (440) 867-2268 or [email protected] Preschool May 15 Details page 3 Board Meeting Toronto Show Tour APRIL 3, 17 10:45-11:45am 7:30pm Wed APRIL 6 October 4 & 5 (Tues & Wed) Congregants, involved! Details page 3 Page 2 THE KIBBITZER

(Leadership, Continued from page 1) Calling All Holy 216-392-5739 or call the temple. Rock and Rollers Speaking of the basement project, we have begun the electrical work, thanks to Jan and Abbie Echle. Moving Temple Am Shalom is planning a trip to forward, our next plan is to drywall, starting with the kitchen. Funds continue to come in towards the cost of renovation. The Rock and Roll Hall of Thanks to everyone for your support. You are one awesome group of people, who believe in our commitment to Fame & Museum maintaining a Jewish presence in Lake County. Words on cannot express how overwhelmed and overjoyed I am, each time someone makes a gesture to support this temple Sunday May 15 project. I am amazed! Kudos to the YOUTH GROUP AND Elise Aitken for another We would spend about three hours touring the successful Purim carnival. The kids had a wonderful time and museum and then go to lunch the adults truly appreciated all of your hard work and dedication to Temple Am Shalom. The school year will be ending the first week in May. It seems Car pools would be arranged for the trip. In order to qualify as if this year flew by, since so much has been happening for group rates we must have at least 20 people. We are around the temple. Stay tuned for future events and updates checking to see if you would be interested in this social in next month’s Kibbitzer. event.

B’ahava (with love) This is not a commitment to purchase tickets. Renée ¤

Please contact Andy Kenen [email protected] or call the temple and let us know if you would join the tour.

JOIN US AT THE FAMILY SEDER Condolences FRIDAY, APRIL 29—6:00pm Condolences to Daniel Baskind and family on Newel Creek Party Center the recent passing of Annis Baskind Norton Parkway (at the light just before the I-90 ramps as Condolences are extended to Jan and Abbie you head south on Rt. 615) Echle and their family on the death of Abbie’s Adults—$15.00 Children 5-13 — $9.00 mother, Betty Stein, on January 28 and her (Price includes the cost of renting the party room) father, Alvin Stein, on February 19. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share (no dairy, please) Condolences to Betsy Harris and her family on Call Renee @216-392-5736 or call the temple if you will be the death of long-time member Harley Harris attending and what you will bring. on March 7, who will be sorely missed by his Join the Andy Kenen Brisket challenge! Temple Am Shalom family as well Condolences to Martha Lannoch and her family on the sudden death of her husband, Healing Prayers Rick Lannoch on March 3. Jim Daniel Baskind Steve Blau Condolences to Ron and Rita Rose on the Arlene Everly Jack Glass Richard Hughes death of Ron’s beloved uncle, Nate Epstein, on Ida Selko Marc Steindler March 9th. Condolences to John and Elinor Schuster and FUNDRAISING/ACTIVITIES MEETING their family on the death of John’s mother Elaine Schuster on March 12 WEDNESDAY APRIL 13 7:00PM at the temple We need your ideas and your help I’m not sure what happened here, but there are a lot of broken hearts these days. We need to raise funds to finish the basement renovation— install new walls and floors and install a new kitchen. Page 3

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AN INVITATION The following article is excerpted from Ten Minutes of Torah — Delv- To Temple Members & their Guests ing Into T’Filah from urj.org on February 23, 2012. Rabbi Richard Sarason, (at the time of this writing), is Professor of Literature and ALL INCLUSIVE—One cost—ADULTS ONLY Thought and the Associate Editor of the Hebrew Union College Annu- TORONTO SHOW TOUR al. He was ordained at HUC-JIR. OCTOBER 4TH AND 5TH, 2016 (Passports or passcards needed) Counting the Omer By Rabbi Richard Sarason HIGHLIGHTS (5) Attractions: Traditionally, most of the special liturgical rituals (such as reading the Torah on and Festivals as well as the briefer readings on Mondays and Thursdays; [the exception (1) Cirque du Soleil: “LUZIA” World premiere to this rule is the (brief) Shabbat afternoon ]; (2) Robert Michaels in concert—Internationally Ac- reading special Megillot-, Ruth, and Ecclesias- claimed Artist tes—on the Festivals; reciting Hallel on Festivals and (3) Matilda the Musical—Front Orchestra seats (First New Moons; handling the lulav on ; and blowing the 4 rows from the stage!) on ), as well as those mitzvot fulfilled (4) Niagara-on-the-lake: Revisit the 1890’s in the on special occasions (such as ), (5) Niagara Falls—Tour and Stop at Horseshoe Falls take place in the morning. In part, this is because people tend to be more attentive earlier in the day; this is why the morning service is the main service every day, while the FIVE (5) GREAT MEALS evening service traditionally was purposely kept brief so that people could get home before dark, eat their evening meal, (1) Breakfast at Manhattan Deli, 8900 Mentor Ave., and go to bed. (Remember that these liturgical practices and Mentor preferences were instituted long before the electrification of both homes and public places!) So, too, the rabbis of the Tal- (2) Dinner at Tucker’s Marketplace, Burlington, Ontario mud thought that these important activities should take place (3) Full Breakfast—Hilton Garden Inn, Brampton, Ont. in broad daylight—when everyone can see them—rather (4) Dinner at Mandarin—Niagara Square Mall than in darkness or by artificial light. The one significant ex- ception to this rule is the during the (5) Full Buffet Lunch—Frankie Tomattos seven weeks between the second day of Pesach and Shavu- (6) ot: this always takes place as soon as the new day begins— TOUR ALSO PROVIDES: in the evening service, right after the Amidah/T’filah (in the WATER, SODA & BOXED LUNCH AT ANGOLA traditional liturgy, after the Shalem/Full Kaddish with which the Amidah concludes). (Recall that in the Jewish cal- Deluxe Anderson Motor Coach—Leaves from Temple Am Shalom endar, the new day begins not at midnight but at sunset, based on the imagery of the creation story at the beginning Parking available at Am Shalom—7599 Center Street, Mentor, OH Deluxe Hotel Accommodations— of the Torah: Vay’hi erev vay’hi boker, yom echad, “There Hilton Garden Inn, Brampton, Ontario was evening and there was morning; one day” [Gen. 1:5, etc] Let’s back up now and discuss this custom, its origin, and its * * * import. All Inclusive Cost: $415 p.p. Dbl Occ — $475 Sngl Occ $175 Refundable Deposit per person due now before , the time of the wheat harvest in the land of is April 11, 2016 the only agricultural festival whose calendrical date is not fixed in the Torah. (It is also the only agricultural festival that $240 Balance due by August 1, 2015 does not begin at the full moon.) Instead, in the manner of a (Single Balance $300) farmer’s almanac, it is calculated according to a rule of thumb: the wheat harvest comes due seven full weeks after Method of Payment: the start of the barley harvest, which begins during Pesach. Make checks payable to Temple Am Shalom/Toronto, So the are commanded to count seven complete weeks from the day when they bring to the priest their offer- c/o ing to God of the first sheaf (heb., omer) of the barley harvest Ron Rose, 5636 Primavera Dr., Mentor, OH 44060-9106 (Lev. 23:9-21). Please enclose your e-mail or phone number. [According to Lev. 23:15 the counting is to begin mimochorat Trip is limited to 56 passengers. hashabbat miyom havi’achem et ‘omer hat’nufah, “on the This trip is a fundraising activity of Temple Am Shalom. day after the , from the day on which you bring the Please contact Ron Rose at 440-867-2268 or sheaf of elevation offering.” Early rabbinic literature (Mishnah e-mail at [email protected] Menachot 10:3; Babylonian Menachot 65a-b) testi- fies to divergent understandings of this directive during the late Second Commonwealth period —does “on the day after the Sabbath” mean the day after the first day of Pesach, i.e., the festival day on which there is to be a cessation— (Omer Continued on page 5) Page 4 THE KIBBITZER

therefore contact with blood could be both defiling and revital- APRIL Torah Portion izing. Childbirth rendered women impure, and therefore they needed to separate and then purify themselves in order to re- The following article is excerpted from Ten Minutes of Torah — Re- join both the interpersonal spheres and the communal ones. form Voices of Torah from urj.org on April 2, 2011. Rabbi We look back at these verses in chapter 12 of Leviticus, and Kelman , (at the time of this writing), is the dean of He- are bewildered. We can dismiss this series of rituals as primi- brew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. tive and sexist, but closer examination brings our ancestors closer to us. The sheer power of the mystery of birth and—no D’VAR TORAH less important, the survival of the mother in the process—was Tazria: Leviticus 12:1-13:59 nothing short of a miracle. Therefore, she needed time to sep- arate herself and then purify herself to fully return to her family The Mystery of Birth and Rebirth and community. Naamah Kelman To this day we are mystified by creation and birth and Tazria falls in sync with the fourth of our five pre-Purim death. Our tradition celebrates the birth of the nation of Is- through pre-Passover special Shabbatot, when we include rael each Passover, and the birth of the world each Rosh special readings for Torah and haftahah. (See haftarot for HaShanah. On this Shabbat, we are reminded that while special days in The Torah: A Modern Commentary, rev. Ed. Ed. each new month brings the hope of renewal, this particular W. Gunther Plaut (New York: URJ Press, 2005) p. 1,436-97). On month is so special that our special Sabbath is designated Shabbot HaChodesh, the from Ezekiel prepares as Shabbat HaChodesh. The additional Torah portion tradi- us for the important new month, the month when we cel- tionally added is the description from Exodus 12:1-20 about ebrate our Exodus from Egypt. The reason this is a “double that very first . Our ancient Rabbis discussed whammy” is because it also includes the particular Rosh Cho- whether the entire Torah should have begun with this special desh, “new month,” that is also the first month of the bibli- Rosh Chodesh. Exodus 12 describes the festival of Pesach, cal calendar; it is the month associated with aviv, the first “mitzvah” we are commanded to observe as a people! “spring”, which was later called Nisan. Later still in our Medieval Commentator Rashi brings this question, originated history, this first month in the biblical calendar was re- by earlier Rabbis of the Talmudic period in his comment on placed by the seventh month, , when that became the very first verse of Genesis. The question is a powerful the “official” New Year in the Jewish calendar. According one. Where does our story really begin, with Creation or with to the later Rabbinic traditions, Tishrei is the first month Exodus? The answer is more controversial than the question, of the New Year and Nisan is the eighth month (see Leviti- especially when we read it today: it is that we begin with Crea- cus 23:4-44 and Numbers 28:1-29:39 for the biblical order of the tion, and since God created the whole universe than God can holy days). give the Land of Israel to the Children of Israel. The welcoming of the new month is another recurring What is so startling about this commentary, no matter what chorus in our lives. Our Jewish calendar revolves around a one’s politics, is that second century Rabbis, and later, number of inner cycles. The original cycle is agricultural. Rashi in the eleventh century, wanted to reaffirm our claim The next interconnecting cycle includes historic events to the Land of Israel. Paradoxically, both the story of Crea- that move us from creation to redemption, destruction, tion and to some extent, the story of Exodus, tell our tradi- and renewal. The month of the holiday of Passover sits on tion’s most universal stories. God created the earth and her the agricultural foundation of spring when the Land of Israel is bounty for all. The story of an enslaved people being liberated most green, lush, and covered with radiant and colorful flow- has been adopted by human liberation movements, most re- ers. In addition, this first biblical month announces the birth of cently the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. the nation of Israel: it is the month we became a nation. Twelve months a year, we get our chance to renew; and on Momentous events, whether they be personal, communal, this particular Shabbat, we have the “renewal of renewal.” In or national, can be filled with mystery, wonder, loss, and addition, the weeks leading up to Passover revolve around renewal. Parashat Tazria focuses on personal defilements the inner cycle of the five special Sabbaths. Jewish time is a and impurities. Much of this could be explained easily by never-ending spiral of interconnecting events, phases, sea- scientific insight and knowledge, and therefore easily dis- sons and stories. missed by us modern folk. Today’s science combats the im- Another foundational cycle of the year is our parashat purities of the past. The mysteries of birth have been so ad- hashavuah () cycle. This week’s vanced by science in the twentieth century. The 2010 Nobel portion, Tazria, opens with the mystery of birth. Just as the Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Robert Ed- forces of nature and agriculture were thought to determine life wards for one of the great medical advances of our age: in and death in ancient times, so too was the force of childbirth. vitro fertilization. When introducing the prize winner the Nobel For our ancient forbears, blood represented life itself and Committee said that this development was, “Like a miracle, this method has enabled many involuntarily childless couples to have babies.” (see http://nobelprize.org/) Since 1978 more Torah Portions for APRIL than four million babies have been born using this break- through “miraculous scientific” method. APRIL 2 — Leviticus 9:1 - 11:47 As spring is upon us in full bloom, let us look at the won- APRIL 9 — Tazria Leviticus 12:1 - 13:59 ders of Creation as we prepare to celebrate the joys of lib- APRIL15 — Leviticus 14:1 - 15:33 eration. And remember, this invites us to APRIL 22 — Passover celebrate this month, and every new month, as the bless- APRIL 29 — Passover ing and mystery of birth and rebirth. ¤ Page 5

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(Omer Continued from page 3) shabbat—from work, or does it mean the day after, literally, Maxwell House and the Haggadah the actual Sabbath day that comes after the first day of Pe- sach? The Rabbis ruled according to the first interpretation, The following article is excerpted from Ten Minutes of Torah— such that Shavuot always falls on the 6th day of . Oth- Throwback Thursday from urj.org on April 2, 2015. Dr. Fred Krome ers (including the later Karaites) advocated the second inter- is Associate Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati. pretation, such that Shavuot would always fall on the first day Maxwell House and the Haggadah of the week, a Sunday, seven weeks later.] By Dr. Frederic Krome After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, the omer, or offering of the first sheaf of the barley harvest, could It is perhaps fitting that in the United States, where Jews no longer be brought to the priest and offered to God on the have found unprecedented freedom. Passover is the one altar. But the counting of the seven complete weeks that be- holiday that a vast majority of American Jews celebrate. gan on the second day of Pesach and continued until the arri- The level of observance might vary, but the recognition of val of Shavuot on the fiftieth day (= Pentecost, in Greek; the significance of our ancient liberation from Egyptian “fiftieth [day]” was of course mandated by the Torah and con- bondage resonates strongly with our own Jewish identity. tinued as part of rabbinic synagogue ritual. This came to be The account of liberation from Egypt is supposed to be known as the “counting of the Omer” (S’firat HaOmer, even understood and experienced on a personal level, and that though the term omer originally refers to the offered sheaf, is one of the reasons why the Passover meal—the not to the counting). Seder—is such an appealing and effective tradition. As The 49-day period during which the Omer is counted is often with all the major holidays, American Jews have fused called the s’firah-period. The post-Talmudic Babylonian au- their ancient traditions with symbols rooted in the cultural thority Natronai Gaon (8th-CE) proclaims this as a period of milieu of North America. mourning, basing himself on a Talmudic tradition (b. Ye- Perhaps the most widely known symbol of Passover in the vamot 62b) that students of Rabbi Akiva all died during this United States is the Maxwell House Haggadah. For years period, on one account from a fatal plague. Some modern this popular paperback was distributed as a free gift at historians have speculated as to whether this Talmudic tradi- supermarkets nationwide. Yet few of us know its origins. tion conceals the memorialization of a difficult period during the Bar Kochba Rebellion against Rome in 225 CE. At all In the 1920s, a New York advertising genius named events, rabbinic tradition forbids weddings, shaving/ Joseph Jacobs pursued a program to have big companies haircutting, and the playing of musical instruments during this market more aggressively in the Jewish community. He period, with the exception of Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day of approached Maxwell House Coffee Company about the omer-counting. While kabbalistic interpretation in 16thc. advertising in the Jewish press. At this time the coffee Safed under the influence of Isaac Luria maintained these company was trying to expand its sales in cities such as restrictions, it also began to view the s’firah-period as one of New York, which had large Jewish populations. intense self-purification and spiritual preparation to receive Interestingly, many recent immigrants thought that coffee the Torah on Shavuot. (The all-night Leil Shavuot on beans, like other beans, were not kosher for Passover. the of Shavuot is one of their rituals innovations.) After consulting several rabbinic authorities, who informed The act of counting the Omer takes place after the Amidah him that coffee beans were technically berries and during the evening service. The congregation stands and re- therefore kosher for Passover, Jacobs began marketing cites a blessing (...v’tzivanu ‘al s’firt ha’omer,” ...who com- the coffee aggressively during the Passover season. So manded us concerning the counting of the Omer”), then pro- successful were coffee sales that the Maxwell House ceeds to count: Hayom x yamim ba’omer, “Today is the x day company began printing their Haggadah in 1931—a sign of of the Omer.” This is followed by a brief prayer that the Tem- the significance of the Jewish consumer. Thus a mainstay ple be restored. The kabbalistic followers of Isaac Luria in of American was born out of a fusion of two 16thc Safed added a kavanah at the outset before the bless- vital instincts. Jewish traditional observance and the desire ing, announcing one’s intention to fulfill the mitzvah, as well to succeed financially in the competitive world of American as the recitation of Psalm 67 and two prayers at the end, re- commerce. questing that the worshipper be cleansed of impurity during Many different Haggadot are used today by American this 49-day period of purification. One way that Jews tradi- Jews. Some are produced by rabbis and theologians, tionally “beautified the commandment” (hidur mitzvah) of under the various denominations such as the Central counting the Omer was to make specially illustrated Omer Conference of American Rabbis; some are written by calendars and Omer-counters. laypeople and represent a variety of ideologies: Black- Most North American Reform prayer books eliminated this Jewish relations, interfaith dialogue, and modern feminism. ritual entirely, as connected with the Temple worship and with All have one common feature: the reconciliation of Talmudic and kabbalistic penitential practices. In recent traditional Jewish practice with those features of the years, it has been re-embraced by many Reform congrega- modern American landscape we consider to be the best.. tions, and is reclaimed in its basic form, without most of the ¤ kabbalistic elaborations in Mishkan T’filah, (the new prayer book) particularly as a way of spiritual preparation for receiv- ing the Torah on Shavuot. ¤ Page 6

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Thank you for your Donation Towards the kitchen fund Yahrzeits Peter Alscher Steve & Renee Blau –in memoriam Light Yahrzeit candles the evening before the date. Rick Eisenberg These names will be read during services in the month of APRIL: Jane Rosenberg Bowling Fundraiser - Thank you, participants! Name Date of Hebrew Date Yizkor In memory of Alvin & Betty Stein Death corresponds to: Date Obsrvd Steve & Renee Blau Phyllis Jean Lannoch 4/2 (Nisan 4, 5766 — Apr 12, 2016) Vincent & Carol Saggio Dorothy Rosenberg 4/5 (Adar-II 25, 5765 — Apr 4, 2016) In memory of Harley Harris Hattie Neibauer 4/8 (Nisan 10, 5766 — Apr 18, 2016) Gary & Hannah Fairbanks Eliz Wagner-Bezoski 4/8 (Nisan 3, 5749 — Apr 11, 2016) Barbara Goodman Arthur Sherman 4/10 (Nisan 1, 5765 — Apr 9, 2016) Frances Weinberg 4/11 (Nisan 9,5763 — Apr 17, 2016) Steve & Doreen Goodman Sarah Wolfe 4/12 (Nisan 14, 5766 — Apr 22, 2016) Barbara Gordon Ruth Alscher 4/13 (Nisan 13, 5767 — Apr 21, 2016) David & Maida Kahn Louise Clar 4/13 (Nisan 27, 5759 — May 5, 2016) James & Dolores Kleinman Max Stein 4/18 (Nisan 30, 5737 — May 8, 2016) David & Suzanne Mapes George Crosby 4/25 ( 4, 5764 — May 12, 2016) Michael Schwartz 4/29 (Iyar 7, 5734 — May 15, 2016) Peggy Mendelson/Peter Mendelson Family/Sarah Ritari

Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers Exact year, month and/or day not given Amy & Patrick Rheaume Jacqueline Axelrod Olive W. Hall In memory of Renit Waser-Manzon Gloria Franco Marvin Kauffeman Tamir G. Waser Florence Greenbaum Rebecca Levine Donations are most welcome. Thank you! Samuel Greenberg Beatrice Lieberman Sarah Greenberg Kate Siebert Possible other areas for donation: Operating Expenses (Utilities); Oneg Expenses If you are following the civil calendar, then you will light the Kitchen Fund candle the evening before the civil date; if you are following the Phase 1, 2, 3: DONE , then you will light the candle the evening be- Dig the Trench & Mold Removal fore the observed yizkor date.

Phase 4: Help us update our records. Any corrections and/or infor- Electrical Donated mation on the names listed would be appreciated. Drywall for kitchen & stairs $1,000 (Regarding the alphabetical names: Are you a relative or do you Repair walls/floors $10,000 Kitchen and classrooms know the relatives? Do you know the dates of death? Please tell us.) Phase 5: Can anyone claim Max Stein or know who he is related to? Kitchen Renovation $3,000 Cabinets & Floors

Goal for Phase 4 & 5 Phase 5 $3,000 $13,000.00

Phase 4 $10,000 Happy Happy $5,486 Birthdays

Kitchen $1,000 Mark Negin 4/1 Ronnie Abrams 4/19 &Stairs David Fischer 4/2 Steven Blau 4/20 Shayna Swerdlow 4/7 (20) Benjamin Magid 4/22 (16) Mark Obenour 4/11 Zoe Ann Werling 4/22 (13) Elise Aitken 4/13 Andrew Kenen 4/24 Kate Bezoski 4/14 (27) Sam Magid 4/25 Phase 4, to repair walls and floors in the kitchen and class- Ben Whitney 4/14 (20) Roberta Abbey 4/30 rooms. Discovery that the interior walls of the basement are Ben Weinberg 4/18 (31) Josh Vogel 4/30 concrete block. Renee got an astronomical price for drywall. However a quote just for kitchen & stair area came in low enough to start there. Anniversaries There are no anniversaries listed for April Phase 5, kitchen renovation. Page 7 APRIL 2016

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Please kibbitz with us by contributing to our Renée Blau, Spiritual Director & Cantorial Soloist newsletter! Elise Aitken, Asst. Spiritual Dir. & Cantorial Soloist Address your news, articles, suggestions or … correc- The Temple Board tions to Rita Rose at [email protected] (be sure to in- clude an identifying Subject line in your email); or send President Steven Blau mail to her at the temple (by the 21st of the month prior Vice President Jason Sobol to the issue you want your information to appear): Secretary Pene Obenour P.O. Box 1507, Mentor, Ohio 44061-1507. Acting Treasurer Ronald Rose Thank you! Youth Group Elise Aitken Education Director Renée Blau The Roses are ready to pass the torch Facilities Maintenance Jerry Kozack Is there anyone who would like to take over the Treasurer’s job? Members at Large: Thank you Jon Sweet who will take over the Kibbitzer. Lee Hawthorne, Erik Nehamkin, Rita Rose, Bob Sobol Plan Ahead: (Details Inside) APRIL 29 Congregational Seder MAY 15 Tour of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Check us out at www.amshalom.org AUGUST 1 Deadline for Toronto Show Tour

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