ה י ב ר ו א י נ ס ט י ט ו ת ד ׳ ר י ב ר ד ל ~ Hebrew Institute of Riverdale THE BAYIT BULLETIN February 10, 2012 18 Shevat, 5772 Hebrew Institute of Riverdale Wishing Mazal Tov to: 3700 Henry Hudson Parkway Joan & Arnie Stark on the birth of a grandson to parents Lauren & David Boim. To big brother Isaac, Bronx, NY 10463 grandparents Judie & Eddie Boim and great-grandmother Vicki Matalon. www.thebayit.org Susan & Bob Zeif on the birth of twin grandchildren Noah Samson and Adina Yonit, born to Staci & Doron. To siblings Kira and Maya, grandparents Keri & Len Gershuny, great-grandmother Nelly Ekstein and to the E-mail: [email protected] entire family. Phone: 718-796-4730 Wishing Condolences to: Fax: 718-884-3206 Marion Fishman on the passing of her father Harry Kirsch. Shiva will be observed until Wed. Shacharit at Rav : [email protected] the Kirsch home, 86 Terrace Ave., West Orange, NJ. Shacharit Fri., Mon. - Wed. 7:00am, Sun. 8:00am. Min- Rabba : [email protected] cha/Maariv Sun. - Tues. 5:15pm. Rav Steven Exler: [email protected] Welcome to New Members: Rachel & Aaron Lerner. Kiddush

Kiddush is sponsored by Joan & Arnie Stark in This Shabbat @ The Bayit honor of the birth of their grandson. FRIDAY NIGHT CHILDREN’S SERVICE with Menachem Menchel: All children are welcome

To sponsor a Kiddush, please contact to partake in a 25 minute Shabbat program including tefillah, activity and kiddush with snack! Right hand side of Social Hall, immediately following Lecha Dodi. Arielle Berger - [email protected]. TEFILLAT ESTHER: Will take place this Shabbat, 9:00am in the Lower Level Beit Midrash. This Week SPECIAL TALK WITH DR. HANNAH KEHAT AFTER MUSSAF: “Receiving the Shabbat Parshat by Women”. Dr. Kehat is the Founder and Executive Director of Kolech: The Religious • Candle Lighting: 5:06pm Women’s Forum. She has a Ph.D. in Jewish Philosophy from Hebrew University, and has received many awards for her work on religion and feminism. • Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:10pm • Tefillat Shalom Bayit: 6:50am BETWEEN MINCHA AND MAARIV - Shiur with Professor Zvi Zohar: “Women, Torah, Mitzvot and Rabbinic Authority - a subversive reading of Eshet Hayyil by • Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am hakham Yisrael Ya’akov elGhazi, ’s chief c. 1750”. Dr. Zohar is Chauncy • Sephardic Tefillah: 8:30am (2nd FL BM) Stillman Professor of Sephardic Law and Ethics at Bar Ilan University, and a Senior Research Fellow at the in Jerusalem. • Tefillat Esther: 9:00am (LL BM) THIS SAT. NIGHT - SPECIAL YOUTH EVENT: All 1st-5th graders are • Sof Zman Kriat Shema: 9:33am invited to the Bnei Akiva Riverdale kickoff event at HIR! Join your friends as we play • Parsha Shiur: 4:10pm MINUTE TO WIN IT! Raffles, Prizes, Snacks and Fun! Admission is FREE! 7:00pm - 8:30pm. • Mincha: 4:55pm Next Shabbat @ The Bayit • Shabbat Ends/Maariv: 6:10pm SHABBAT MEVARCHIM TEFILLAH: We’re continuing our spirited tefillah next Shabbat at Weekday Times 9:00am in the LL BM. Help ensuring a minyan, it will be greatly appreciated. Healthy kiddush will follow. Contributions of healthy, unopened, acceptably kosher certified snacks welcome! • Shacharit LEARNING SERVICE: Learning Service will take place next Shabbat, Feb. 18, from 9:30am - Sun: 8:30am 11:00am in Room 3-1 with Rabbi Moshe Edelman. Upcoming dates are Mar. 10 and Apr. 29.

Mon/Thurs: 6:40, 8:00am FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY KIDDUSH: The February birthday kiddush will take place on Tue/Wed/Fri: 6:45, 8:00am Shabbat, Feb. 18. If you would like to make a donation to the kiddush fund in honor of a February birthday, please fill out the form at http://tinyurl.com/HIRbirthday. • Mincha/Maariv all week: 5:15pm BETWEEN MINCHA AND MAARIV - Tora Flora talk with Dr. Jon Greenberg: Next Week “Freud: Anatomy is destiny. Greenberg: Botany is theology!” Shabbat Parshat Jon Greenberg received his Ph.D. in agronomy at Cornell University and conducted research at USDA and University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Greenberg teaches at the Heschel Shabbat Shekalim School in New York. Visit TorahFlora.org to read some of Dr. Greenberg’s essays on • Candle Lighting: 5:14pm Biblical and Talmudic botany, or e-mail him at [email protected] to receive e-mail announcements of his speaking events, botanical garden Torah tours, and publications. • Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 5:15pm • Shacharit - Main Tefillah: 8:30am FILM NIGHT - “Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace” - 7:30pm: Emmy Award winning Director Harry Hunkele will introduce the film and facilitate a discussion. This is the true story of the • Mincha: 5:00pm 1979 Camp David Peace Accord and Treaty between Egypt and Israel. It is a tale of secret missions, • Shabbat Ends/Maariv: 6:19pm internal power struggles and diplomatic brinkmanship by a cast of characters never before revealed - until now. Channel Productions crisscrosses the globe in search of the true story behind one of the most difficult diplomatic achievements of the 20th Century.

NEW WEBSITE: Our new website is rolling out! Project Matanot L’evyonim will be our first program to take advantage of the new platform. Each member will receive a unique link to login to the system. Please use your preferred e-mail address to send a message to [email protected] to ensure that we have your correct info. THE BAYIT BULLETIN

This Week’s Classes @ the Bayit Happenings @ the Bayit Daf Yomi with Rabbi Dov Linzer meets in Room 3-4. ABRAHAM & SARAH’S TENT: Join us for Friday night dinner in the main lobby. To sponsor future tents contact James Lapin at [email protected]. 7:30am Sun.-Fri., and Shabbat after Mincha. ISRAEL ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING: The IAC will meet on Tues., Feb. 14 PLEASE NOTE: Rav Avi’s classes will not take place this week. 8:00pm in the Main Lobby. Agenda includes: supporting a Mar. 18 event at Lincoln They will resume in March. Park , the upcoming presentation from Eli (see below), and action Rabba Sara’s Tuesday shiur will not meet this week. regarding the partisan textbook, Arab World Studies used to educate high schoolers about the Middle East. Please e-mail [email protected] to RSVP or post Shabbat questions. 8:10am - Midrash Hashavua with Rav Steven (Main Sanctuary) After Mussaf - Special Talk with Dr. Hannah Kehat (Main Sanctuary) MAYOR OF ELI @ THE BAYIT - Sat. night, Feb. 25, 8:00pm: Eliana Passentin, 4:10pm - Parsha Shiur with Rabbinic Intern Ruth Balinsky Friedman (Main Spokeswoman for the Town of Eli will speak on “The History of Shilo - From Yehoshua Bin Nun to Mark Twain.” Koby Elraz, Mayor of the Town of Eli and Sanctuary) Reserve officer in the Golani Brigade will speak about “Political and Military Strategy After Mincha - Shiur with Professor Zvi Zohar (Main Sanctuary) of the State of Israel.” Coordinated by the Israel Action Committee. After Mincha - Parshat Hashavua with Beth Aharon (2nd Fl. Beit Midrash) HEALTHY BODIES EVENT - Feb. 26: Want to learn more about what we put into Monday our bodies and how to take care of them? Partake in informative sessions with local

6:30pm - Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Level I (Lobby)* experts, tween yoga, and prepare healthy snacks with nutritionist Nava Billet. Sun., 7:15pm - Hebrew Reading Crash Course, Level II (Lobby)* Feb. 26, 9:30am - 12:00pm - Lower Level. Child care available.

8:00pm - Advanced Hebrew Ulpan (Lobby)* SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA: On Fri. night, Mar. 2 help a 8:00pm - Advanced Talmud with Rabbi Jeff Fox (at David Mann’s home. neighbor turn Fri. night into Shabbat, and bring them to the Bayit for E-mail [email protected] to attend.) a delicious dinner and Shabbat experience. $15 per person, $45 for

families. RSVP to Aaron Braun at [email protected]. Tuesday 10:00am - The Unique and The Sublime: Biblical Characters THE BAYIT’S CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI POETRY GROUP - Wed., with Rabba Sara (not meeting this week) Mar. 14, 7:00pm: Under the guidance of poet and translator Atara Fobar. Poems will be read in Hebrew with English translation and discussion. All Wednesday are invited! Please note: this class is now on Wednesday evenings at 7:00pm (not 7:30pm - Intermediate Hebrew Ulpan (Lobby)* Tuesdays) and is relocating to the 3rd FL, Room 3-3. Upcoming dates: 4/4, 5/2, 6/6.

Thursday WELCOMING TO OUR BAYIT: If you would like friends or family welcomed on Shabbat morning, you can now enter their names in this link: 10:00am - Book of Joshua with Rav Steven (Lower Level Beit Midrash) http://tinyurl.com/bayit-shabbat-welcome. Please continue to make our Bayit 7:30pm - Biblical Hebrew and Siddur Study (Lobby)* welcoming by introducing yourself to at least one new person every Shabbat and by Friday inviting new families to join you for a Shabbat meal. Not every "new" face is new to Riverdale, but if they are new to you, that’s what counts. 7:20am - Tractate Moed Katan with Rav Steven (Lower Level Lobby) MEET THE BAYIT PRESIDENT: Do you have an issue or idea you’d like to share * All Hebrew classes are taught by our experienced teacher Sara Kinberg. For more info. with Bayit president, David Schwartz? David is holding “office hours” on Sunday on the Hebrew program and for guidance about placement, please contact Sara at mornings at the Bayit. To schedule an appointment, please contact Shuli at 718-548-2461. Payment made directly to the teacher. [email protected] or 718-796-4730 x102.

UPCOMING SHABBAT SPEAKERS HIR CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)

Mark your calendars for these terrific presentations! Interested in making healthier and fresher 2/25 Rivka Haut: part of our “Va-ani Tefillati: Personal Perspectives on Prayer” series (after Mincha) food choices this summer?

3/3 Rachel Kirschbaum - Middle School Judaics Faculty, Ramaz Join HIR CSA and receive your fruit, vegetables and/or eggs School (after Mincha) directly from local farms for 22 weeks this coming summer.

3/10 Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt: part of our “Va-ani Tefillati: Each CSA member can sign up for a weekly or every-other-week Personal Perspectives on Prayer” series (after Mincha) share of seasonal produce that is organically grown and freshly picked.

3/17 Steven Fine - “ and in Byzantium and Islam: Age The produce is conveniently delivered to the HIR and available for of Transition” - A New Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art pick-up on Wednesday evenings. HIR CSA provides a delightful opportunity to eat better tasting food, help support CHAVAYA: Bayit Culture Enrichment Program Continues: the 2nd local agriculture and create community! Respond quickly; only semester of Chavaya will begin the week of Feb. 22. Featuring Israeli a few shares remain for this season. For more information Dancing, a Willy Wonka children’s performance, Hip Hop, Haftorah Trop, contact [email protected]. Mah Jongg, Tai Chi, Art, Chess, and Drama. Each six-week class costs $95. Registration is now open. To sign up online please go to TEEN TEFILLAH TRAINING WITH BA’AL www.thebayit.org. For questions, please contact Richard Langer at TEFILLAH DR. ELLI KRANZLER: This is a chance [email protected]. for you, our teens, to learn how to lead tefillah. Basic Featuring our new “try it before you buy skills and inspiration from our dear ba’al tefillah Dr. Elli it” registration option: Kranzler, in a safe and encouraging environment with Trial Class: $15 for first session only personal attention. This group will meet for four Full Semester: $95 for 6 sessions Pay by session: $25/class Shabbat afternoons between Mincha and Maariv: 2/18, 3/3, 3/17, 3/31. First meeting next Shabbat!

Calling all Shpiel inspired people! If you’d like to be involved in the Purim Program please contact Melissa Bulman at [email protected] or 718-543-0124 as soon as possible! All ages welcome! THE BAYIT BULLETIN

Calling all Riverdale kids! The Bayit is the place to be! Be a part of it! Registration required - now open. Please use the following link to register: http://tinyurl.com/3gzfgu9

This Week Shabbat Morning Groups: CHECK OUT OUR YOUTH DEPARTMENT NEWSLETTER 9:30am-11:45am TO STAY UP-TO-DATE ON ALL YOUTH D EPARTMENT NEWS & HAPPENINGS, AS WELL AS A SUMMARY OF THE • Room 3-4: NURSERY • Room 3-3: GRADES 1 & 2 PARASHA & ACCOMPANYING QUESTIONS! • Room 3-5: PRE-K • Room 3-2: GRADES 3 & 4 AND 5 & 6 • Room 3-6: KINDERGARTEN • Lower Level: Right Hand Social Hall: EVENTS TOT SHABBAT* *10:30am-11:30am [non-supervised open play space 9:30am-10:30am — parent must stay with child(ren)] This Saturday Night!

Riverdale Bnei Akiva Kickoff Event Sunday, March 4 @ The Bayit, 7:00pm - 8:30pm Pre-Purim Inclusion & Diversity Appreciation Day @ The Bayit All 1st-5th Graders Invited to play “MINUTE to WIN IT!” • Musical Tefillah for the whole Community Raffles, Prizes and Snacks • Mishloach Manot making and deliveries for homebound • Puppet show promoting understanding, awareness and Admission is FREE! appreciation of diverse abilities and disabilities

We are looking for sponsorship for this event. For more information, please contact Menachem POTS SOUP KITCHEN Calling all teens, join us on Sun., Feb. 26, from 11:45am - 4:15pm for our monthly staffing of a family soup kitchen. The following dates are: Mar. 25, Apr. 29, May 13 and Jun. 10. If interested, please contact Samantha Verrone at [email protected] or 917-885-4542. There are 4 spots available each month.

In honor of TU B’SHEVAT, all groups will be enjoying a special TU B’SHEVAT SEDER in room 3-1! Nursery, Pre-K, Kindergarten — 9:45-10:15am ************** 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th — 11:00-11:45am

Improv @ Groups! All children who would like to partake in an improv workshop with MELISSA BULMAN are invited to room 3-7 at 10am

Teen Tefillah We are still looking for a sponsor for this V’Shinantam! The next Teen Tefillah will be week’s youth groups snacks. meeting in a few weeks. Parent-child Torah study meets Thank you for your generosity. 45 minutes after Shabbat is over, in the 2nd floor Beit Medrash. SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE AND APPRECIATED Friday Night Join friends and family for Torah We invite families to sponsor snacks at a All children of the Bayit are and Pizza. This week there will Shabbat morning group this year. Party option available to welcome to join Menachem for a be extra parent-child learning special Shabbat tefillah, activity sponsor in honor of your child’s birthday. time because Menachem will not For more information please contact and Kiddush with snack. be leading a discussion. Gillian Steinberg at [email protected] or Menachem

Have YOU Joined the PJ Library Yet? For Assistance, Please Contact: The PJ Library at HIR provides free Jewish children’s books and music to families in the Riverdale area. Menachem Menchel, Director

It’s easy to enroll! Go to www.pjlibrary.org/ny/HIR Sign up and Office - 718-796-4730 ext. 119 share news of this program with your friends and neighbors with Cell - 516-233-8285 young children! [email protected] For more info contact Shuli in the HIR office at 718-796-4730 x102. Stay tuned for special PJ events being planned for this year! THE BAYIT BULLETIN

Chesed Opportunities Beyond the Bayit CONCERT TO BENEFIT SHLOMIT BROCK: There will be a GAN MIRIAM OPEN HOUSE: Gan Miriam Early Learning Center will be hosting an women’s only benefit concert to raise money for Shlomit Brock at West open house for the new Gan Cochavim for 2 year old children at the Riverdale Jewish Side Institutional Synagogue, 120 W. 76th St. on Sat. night, Feb. 18 at Center, 3700 Independence Ave. On Mon., Feb. 13 at 7:00pm. If you have any 8:30pm. For more info. call 212-877-7652. questions prior to this event please contact us any time at 718-543-2553 or [email protected]. PACK IT UP FOR PURIM: The BJCC will be the Westchester/Bronx recipient for UJA NYC food pantry. In honor of Purim they will be “AHEAD OF TIME” FILM @ CSAIR: Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale will present a free screening of the award-winning documentary “Ahead of Time” on collecting canned goods and non perishable items. Donations can be Thurs., Feb. 16, 7:45pm at 475 W. 250th St. A discussion following the film will be lead dropped off directly at the pantry located at 2157 Holland Ave., Bronx, by Patti Kennar, the film’s Executive Producer. For additional info. please call NY 10467. For more info. call 718-828-1114. 718-543-8400 or visit www.csair.org.

HELP FIND A DONOR FOR A BONE MARROW COMMUNITY COOKING @ THE Y - Sun., Feb. 19, 10:30am - 1:30pm: Learn to cook TRANSPLANT: Dr. Howie Marton (father of Naomi Marton) has fresh, healthy food! Join Chef Danielle Rehfeld and be prepared to actively prep, cook recently been diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) a and taste recipes made from seasonal winter produce. Danielle Rehfeld is a NY based form of blood cancer. A bone marrow transplant is essential for his chef and writer and a Riverdale native who attended the Institute of Culinary Education survival. There are 13,000 previously collected potential donor samples and whose recipes and weekly food column, “What’s Cooking”, appear in the Riverdale that are waiting at the lab to be tested but due to lack of funding have Press. The Riverdale Y located at 5625 Arlington Ave. is under the supervision of the not been tested yet. Each test costs $54. Please consider sponsoring one Vaad of Riverdale. For info. contact Marilyn Raider at [email protected]. To register call 718-548-8200 x201. or more tests, or even part of a test. To contribute go to bit.ly/Help_Howard. VASHTI’S BANQUET: Women of all ages are invited to Vashti’s Banquet on Sun., Feb.

READ WITH JOE: Joe Pissarevsky, a vision impaired member of our 26 4:00pm - 7:00pm at the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale, 475 W. 250th St. The program includes Belly Dancing, Henna painting, crafts, beauty secrets, community, is looking for a volunteer to read to him one hour a week. If massage and dinner. Reserve by Feb. 17 online at CSAIR.org and click on Sisterhood you can help, please call him at 718-549-7823. event. For more info. call 718-543-8400.

Do you know someone who needs any of the following? TABC’S 29TH ANNUAL DINNER: Torah Academy of Bergen County will hold its Would you like to volunteer for any of these committees? Annual Dinner on Sun., Feb. 26 at 6:00pm at Congregation Keter Torah, Teaneck, NJ. Honoring Rabbi Yosef Adler for 20 years of leadership, as well as Rabbi Josh Kahn, Shiva: We are looking for fill-in volunteers. Please contact Betsy Levy, Yaakov Lisker (‘97), Marcy Zecher and Rebecca Zirman. For information [email protected] and reservation please contact Ryan Hyman, Director of Community Relations, at

201-837-7696 x150 or at [email protected]. Home or Nursing Home Visits or Telephone Calls: Rivka Haut: 718-543-1072, [email protected] HANS MARUM IN A POSTHUMOUS EXHIBITION: The Riverdale Art Association celebrates the Artistry of Hans Marum z”l (father of our member Andrew Marum). This Ruth Licht: 718-796-3491, [email protected] exhibition of award-winning paintings and drawings from the artist’s estate will be on

Meals for New Mothers: display until Feb. 29 at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, 4450 Fieldston Road. Regular viewing hours: Mon. - Fri., 10:00am - 4:00pm. Reception: Sun. Aimee Baron: 718-432-0777, [email protected] Feb 19, 2:00pm - 3:30pm. For additional info. call 718-548-4445.

Hospitality and Welcome: [email protected] FREE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CPR COURSE: Offered by Riverdale

Young HIR: [email protected] Hatzalah Volunteer Ambulance Corps for the layperson (regardless of whether you have prior CPR or other medical training). This course will cover adult and child CPR skills, Social Worker @ The Bayit - Questions about an aging loved one, the Heimlich maneuver and use of an AED for adults, children and infants. The course financial pressures, concerns about children? Contact HIR social worker, will take place on Sun., Mar. 4 at 5:00pm in Riverdale Jewish Center, 3700 Anna Kirshblum for guidance, information, referrals and a sympathetic Independence Ave. For more info. please contact Charlie Wohlberg at 914-261-1557 or [email protected]. ear. There is no fee and all conversations are strictly confidential. Meet with her at HIR or in her office at the Beatman Center on SUMMER ISRAEL PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS: UJA-Federation of New York’s Israel 239th St. Anna can be reached at 718-601-9714 or at Experience Center provides both needs-based and merit scholarships. Scholarship [email protected]. (in partnership with UJA and JBFCS) details and eligibility requirements can be found here: http://www.ujafedny.org/teen- programs/. Please contact Rav Steven if you are interested in applying. Deadline is Wed., Mar. 7. HIR Gift Card Program: Plan for your shopping using gift cards! Cards available for Fairway, Skyview, Corner Cafe, Glatt Shop, Riverdale Kosher YCT’S 9TH ANNUAL TRIBUTE DINNER: This dinner will be held on Sun., Mar. 11, 5:00pm at the Roosevelt Hotel, 45 E. 45th St., . Honoring our own Market and many more. Email order to [email protected]. To see Madeline & Hillel Jaffe, Community Leadership Award. Gilda & Rabbi Marc Angel, listings, log on to www.shopwithscrip.com, create an account, use the HIR Rabbinic Leadership Award, and Vida & Dr. Oscar Lebwohl, Tikkun Olam Award. For non-profit code 58L43DE621333, and shop! Buy it for the Bayit!! more info. please contact Noya Lavie at [email protected] or call 212-666-0036. For questions call Shira Gordon - 718-549-4280. HATZALAH MISHLOACH MANOT CARDS: Purim is coming! Mishloach Manot Cards The HIR Scrip committee is looking for volunteers to sell gift cards at shul are available from Riverdale Hatzalah. Specialized cards are also available for all events. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Shira. occasions. Please contact Charlotte Hammerman at 718-548-0599 in the evenings. We now have a dedicated HIR Scrip Paypal link which will enable you to Support Hatzalah in its life-saving work. pay for your gift cards online with the credit card of your choice. RIVERDALE MIKVAH PURIM CARDS: Help support your Mikvah by purchasing Purim Https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s- cards. Cost: 1 card $5; 5 cards $20; and 10 cards $30. To purchase cards please xclick&hosted_button_id=SEGY6M6EXTDHW contact Rebecca Stein [email protected]. THE BAYIT The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale - The Bayit - is an open Orthodox Synagogue which serves the entire Jewish community. The Hebrew Institute is a synagogue that warmly embraces all Jews regardless of affiliation, commitment or background. It is affectionately known as the "Bayit", which is a home - a place of love and welcome. The HIR is known nationally for bringing spirituality into the synagogue, for activism, learning programs, and work on behalf of the elderly, the homebound, and the mentally and physically challenged. Thank you to our members who have paid dues for 2012. Your support is appreciated. Seth Aronson Orit Glas Morlie & Norman Levin Lorna & Mark Baker Shirley Glickman Rose Levine Harry & Judith Ballan Florence Glucksman Moshe Levison Shari Rosenfeld & Yoni Barnhard Ruth & Charles Gold Ruth Licht Aimee & Jonathan Baron Rhoda & Lee D. Goldberg Lidia Lidagoster-Villegas & Pablo Villegas Esther & Tzvi Bar-Shai Ann Rauch & Michael Goldblum Vivian Lieber Edith Baumann Leslie & Charles Goldfischer Sharon Rubin & Stephen Lief Jennifer Pepper & Jed Bergman Frieda Goldin Yocheved & Donald Liss Jacquelyn & Zachary Berman Daniella Kevelson & Ari Goldman Sarah Leah & Leib Littman Gaya & Lewis Bernstein Helena & Marvin Goldstein Sally Mendelsohn & David Lowenfeld Selma Berson Uri Gordon Shirley Finkelman Lowenstein Barbara & David Blumenthal Abbie & Moshe Greenberg Elaine Machleder Beth & David Braunstein Larry Greenfield Wendy & Arnold Mandell Klara & Philip Brieff Jennifer & Brian Grosberg Joyce & Harvey Marcus Ruth & Howard Bromberg Judy Silver & Jerry Grosser Kevin Marks Sanford Bruckner William S. Grossman Niva & Mark Marmer Melissa & Paul Bulman Dasha & Vitaly Gutman Sharon & Jay Marson Shoshana Bulow Goldie & Josef Guttman Andrew Marum Illene Burack Raphael Haar Lara & Eldar Mayhouhas Helaine Newman & Victor Chmielnicki David Haas Emily Blum & Leon Metzger Nava & Adam Cohen Sidney Haber Abraham Mezrich Charlotte Cohen Beth & Ari Hait Randy Carrey & Erik Mintz Claire & Joseph Cohen Paula Sinclair & Charles Hall Brauna Doidge & Paul Nehme Sharon & Matthew Cohen Evelyn & Jim Hartman Robert I Ness Lynn & Stephen R. Cohen Rivka Haut Helene Bergman & Edward Neuburger & Michael Cooperman Annette & Mitchel Herstic Tamara & Zeev Neumeier Shira & Hayyim Danzig Rebecca & Bradley Hirschfield Jerilynn & John Noto Stacey & Michael Daube Sara & Tzvi Hirshaut Rochelle & Efrem Nulman Leah Davidson Annie & Ari Hoffnung Cecily & Eliezer Oberstein Gillian Steinberg & Mark Davis Nancy & Milton Honig Stephen Oppenheimer Gabriella de Beer Roberta & Bernard Horowitz Carole & Sy Oshinsky Rebecca de Beer Sherry & Robert House Carol & Howard Oxman Karen Stahl-Don & Philip Don Madeline & Hillel Jaffe Ilene & Zvi Paikin Chaim Dubin Amy Jennifer Jonas Valerie Altmann & Daniel Perla Susan & Jonathan Dzik Karen Jordan Miriam Pfifferling & Joe Pfifferling Moshe Edelman Barbara Jurist Andrea & Tal Plotkin Alisa & Adam Eilenberg Yonit & Thierry Kahane Moses Podolski Gloria & David Eiseman Sandy & Nathan Kahn Judith Kaplan & Lawrence Polsky Elyorah & Sarah Leah Ellison Victor Kamensky Barbara Gochberg & Steven Pretsfelder Sonia Erlich MJ & Barry Kanner Adele & Elliott Rabin Debbie & Robert Ezrapour David Kanowitz Lore Rasch Esther & David Federman Sharon & Michael Kaplowitz Murray Ring Rose Feigenbaum Anat & Giora Katz Karen Rotter-Rodney & Burton Rodney Rebecca Kobrin & Kevin Feinblum Nancy & Shimon Katz Alice Rosen Ann & Richard Feldman Judy Amiel Klein Sheryl & David Rosenberg Joseph Feldschuh Tilde Klein Sylvia Rosencranz Alvin Fensterheim Michelle & Jeffrey Kobrin Ahron & Kathy Rosenfeld Sally & Danny Frankel Beth & Peter Kolevzon Rebecca & Barry Rosenstein Lynn & David Frankel Amy Koplow Bertha Rosenstein Anat Sharbat & Ariel Freidenberg Victoria Chernyak & Stas Krasinski Rachel & Mitchel Rothschild Sheila & Leonard Freilich Stephanie Nussbaum & Michael Kress Esther Rubin Regina Ganger Bryna & Joshua Landes and Family Roslyn & Israel Rubin Bonnie & Isaac Geld Barbara Estrin & Berel Lang Susan & Murray Rudnick Barbara & Martin Gelman Shulamit Lerner Maya & George Rudoy Todd & Tamar Genger Devorah & Phil Levin Bertha Saltzman Abbie & Steven Samuels Leah & Joseph Sanders Melanie & Robert Santoriello Harriet & Joseph Sassoon Rivka & Samuel Schacher Jane Flechner & Ron Schechter Ellen Scheinbach Vicki & Jonathan Scheiner Sharon & Shiki Schlesinger Theodor Schneider Florence Schneider & Mitchell Schneider Wed., Mar. 7 - Purim Night Jean & Phillip Schneider Nancy Scholem Stay for Purim Dinner after Micky & Eric Schon Megillah Reading and enjoy Gail & Judah Schorr our Shpiel and Improv Show Gail & Jonathan Schorsch Blanche Schustack Susan Schutz Shani & David Schwartz Bat Sheva Marcus & Elliot Schwartz Suzanne Schwartz Gail Shafran Pearl Sussman & Bryant Shapiro Offer Shavit Shira Gordon & Phil Shaw Wed., Mar. 7 - Purim Night Avniel & Maya Shetreat-Klein Jeffrey Siedenberg 10:30pm - Texas Hold ‘Em Tehilla Siegel Charity Tournament

Sandra Molinas & Samuel Sigal Register online go to Natalia Hochbaum & Vladimir Sinayuk Frederique & Andrew Small www.thebayit.org Lisa Cohen & Bernard Smith Marilyn Sopher Bobbe Gaims-Spiegel & Robert Spiegel Joan & Arnold Stark Marvin Stiglitz Rhonda & William Stock Gabi & Gershon Strauchler Harriet & Marc Suvall Antonia Tamplin Thursday, March 8 - Purim Day Luba & David Teten Mierle & Jack Ukeles 11:00am - Michael Wachsman Jessie Wallerich Purim Carnival following our Norma Weinberg Annual Purim Parade Ellen & Alan Weiner Julie & Michael Weiss Charlotte Weiss Claire Weissbraun Anya & Chaim Wiebke Jolan Winkler Sharon Wolfe Edith & Ward Wolff Susan & Robert Zeif Esther Zimet