 Koleinu

Vol. 18 , Issue 3 January  February 2020 Tevet  Shevat  Adar 5780

MLK Day Weekend

See all the projects at cbisacramento.org/mitzvah. Sign up by emailing [email protected]! Projects for all abilities! Religious School will participate with their classes. Bagel breakfast begins at 8:30 am in the Social Hall. Kickoff led by Rabbi Alfi and Cantor Steinberg!

Purim Carnival

Sunday, March 8, noon

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the Purim Dinner, Union for Reform Judaism, will give a drash: “Faithfully Pursuing Justice.” We will also Megillah Reading honor the recent installation of our own Jennifer Kaufman as Chair of the Board of & Purimspiel

Trustees, Union for Reform Judaism. This special service is part of our 170th Monday, March 9, 5:00pm anniversary celebrations. Please see page 16 for more 170th events.

Worship SERVICES AND TORAH STUDY FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 7:30 pm Shabbat Service

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 7:30 pm Shabbat Service 9:00 am Torah Study 10:30 am Mini Minyan SATURDAY, JANUARY 4 10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service 9:00 am Torah Study Bar Mitzvah of Morrison Pereira 10:30 am Mini Minyan 10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 7:30 pm Shabbat Shirah Service FRIDAY, JANUARY 10 6:00 pm Tot Shabbat Service with 3rd grade SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 participation in the service 9:00 am Torah Study 6:30 pm Second Shabbes Dinner 10:30 am Kavanah Shabbat Morning Service 7:30 pm Shabbat Service with 6th grade participation in the service FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 6:00 pm Tot Shabbat Service with Pre-K and SATURDAY, JANUARY 11 Kindergarten participation in the service 9:00 am Torah Study 6:30 pm Second Shabbes Dinner 10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service 7:30 pm New Member Shabbat Service Bat Mitzvah of Miriam Zerbo SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 9:00 am Torah Study 7:30 pm Social Justice Shabbat Service 10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service with Rabbi Rick Jacobs FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 7:00 pm Shabbat Meditation 9:00 am Torah Study 7:30 pm Shabbat Service 10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service Bar Mitzvah of Ben Pellman SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 9:00 am Torah Study FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service 7:00 pm Shabbat Meditation Bar Mitzvah of Aaron Grijnsztein 7:30 pm Shabbat Service FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 7:30 pm Shabbat Service 9:00 am Torah Study 10:30 am Shabbat Morning Service SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 Bat Mitzvah of Vida Wisham 9:00 am Torah Study 10:30 am Kavanah Shabbat Morning Service In This Issue of the Koleinu...

170th Anniversary ……………..…14-16 Education ……………….…….….9-11 Brotherhood…………….…...... 6 Mourning Our Losses……….……18 Calendars ……………………..…..22-23 President’s Message……….…....4 CBI Bulletin Board…………...... 17-18 Social Action ……………….…….12-13 Community Bulletin Board……….20-21 Women of B’nai Israel…….……..6-8 Donations…………………………..19 Worship …………………………...2-3

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Our B’nai Mitzvah

MAZEL TOV TO OUR B’NAI MITZVAH STUDENTS All are invited to attend Shabbat Morning Services.

Miriam Zerbo, January 11

Hi, my name is Miriam Zerbo. I’m 13 years old and in the 7th grade at Cal Middle School. I’m on the Beastie Bears, Sacramento ’s Juniors team, and my Derby name is “JINX.” Come out and see us play sometime! I also run cross country and track. I have an older brother, Noah, and a younger birth sister, Aubrey. I have two cats, Ivy and Domino. My hobbies are art, fashion, and the video game Roblox. I also enjoy bike riding, and I ride to Cal every day. For my mitzvah project, I am supporting Rebuilding Together, an organization that helps older people live safely in their homes by installing grab bars, handrails, and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. I made thank you bags for volunteers who worked at Rebuilding Together’s annual Rebuild Day in April. I hope to see you all at my bat mitzvah on January 11.

Ben Pellman, January 18

Hi, my name is Ben Pellman. I am a 7th grader at Sutter Middle School. I enjoy playing soccer, listening to music, playing video games, and hanging out with my friends. I have two sisters, one older and one younger, and a dog. For my mitzvah project I will be spending my time at the American River Parkway over the spring, volunteering to pick up trash. I would love to see you at my bar mitzvah. All are welcome to join us.

Vida Wisham, January 25

Hi, my name is Vida Wisham and I am in the 7th grade at Leonardo da Vinci K-8 School here in Sacramento. My bat mitzvah is on January 25, and I have been studying hard to get ready since last spring. In my free time, I enjoy playing soccer, reading, drawing, and hanging out with friends. At school I play clarinet and trumpet in the LdV band, and I just started participating with our Mathletes team. My Torah portion is Va’eira from Exodus and it describes Moses asking the Pharaoh to let the Jews leave Egypt. This made me think a lot about how people all over the world are currently trying to leave countries where they are persecuted, and I wanted to plan a mitzvah project that would help these refugees. So, for my mitzvah project I am collecting new and gently used water bottles for the refugee children who attend Camp Nefesh here at B’nai Israel. That way each camper will have their own water bottle to use at camp and they won’t need to use plastic one-use bottles or paper cups. I hope you’ll join my family at my bat mitzvah on January 25. (B’nai mitzvah students continued on next page) 3

Worship

MAZEL TOV TO OUR B’NAI MITZVAH STUDENTS All are invited to attend Shabbat Morning Services.

Morrison Pereira, February 1

Hello, my name is Morrison Pereira and I am in the 7th grade at the California Montessori Project in Elk Grove. In my free time I like reading, playing video games, and hanging out with my friends. For my mitzvah project I donated money and food to Wind Youth Services. They are an organization that deals with youth homelessness in Sacramento, and they provide help and services for young people ages 12 to 24. They provide free food, housing, and access to much-needed resources like counseling, medical, laundry, and other needed support. They are dedicated to helping homeless youth – regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, and ethnicity – find housing and get the services they need. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at my bar mitzvah on February 1!

Aaron Grijnsztein, February 22

Hello, my name is Aaron Grijnsztein and I am a 7th grader at Merryhill Midtown School. When I am not at school or spending time with my family, you can find me on the court. For my mitzvah project, I volunteered with the Fly Brave Foundation, helping local teens with disabilities complete a fitness program, and I also volunteered with the Special Olympics Basketball program. My family and I will be participating in the Special Olympics Polar Plunge at the Sac State Aquatics Center on February 8. BRRRR!! I hope to see you at my Bar Mitzvah on February 22!

Kavanah Shabbat Services on February 8 and 29

Come join us for Kavanah Shabbat services on Saturday mornings, February 8 and 29, at 10:30 am in the Harry M. Tonkin Memorial Chapel at Congregation B’nai Israel. Kavanah Shabbat is a contemplative and joyous Shabbat service designed to help you explore a deep- er relationship with the Divine. Kavanah Shabbat blends traditional communal prayer and chanting of the weekly Torah parsha with song, Jewish chants, silent prayer, and moments of meditation and reflection. Services are led by rabbinical student Deni Deutsch Marshall, with guitar player and singer Elizabeth Landsberg, accompanied by Miriam Joffe-Block, Ariel Knaff, Sandy Lee, and Steve Marshall. Kavanah Shabbat services draw on teachings from Torah, Talmud, Mussar, and Jewish meditation and mysticism to fully express Jewish spirituality on Shabbat morning. Mark your calendar for the remaining Kavanah Shabbat services scheduled for Hebrew year 5780: March 21, April 11, May 2, June 20, and July 18. Kavanah Shabbat services are open to the entire community. For more information, contact the Congregation B’nai Israel office at 916-446-4861, or Deni Marshall at 916-803-5699 or [email protected].

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President’s Message

received, and the rest from SAFE funds. Our goal is Celebrations and Security always to have an inviting campus, but with a focus on safety as well. We will provide plenty of The celebration of our 170th advance notice before we begin using the new anniversary is contributing to a fence. Even after we begin using it, we will make very special year at B’nai Israel. I adjustments as we learn how to best utilize this was overjoyed to participate in the new security feature. It will make our campus much special Shabbat service on Friday evening, easier to monitor as we continue to refine our November 15, as we kicked off our Gala weekend. safety efforts. Rabbi Alfi, Rabbi Emeritus Frazin, Cantor Finally, we greatly appreciate the Gifts of th Steinberg, Luann Higgs (our choir director), and Tzedakah that we have received in this 170 year. the CBI choir did an incredible job of helping us Please consider giving if you have not already done embrace our history. It was so delightful that so. Todah rabah! Rabbi Frazin’s entire family joined him for our Gala Greg Hubbs, President weekend! The Q&A period with both rabbis was so much fun! Then when our past presidents and current president surrounded the congregation with our Torahs, I got chills. The celebration continued the following evening with a wonderful Gala Banquet, attended by over 200 people. Mayor Darrell Steinberg was our emcee, and Estelle Opper, Jacob Dean, and Rabbi Alfi provided the perspectives of three generations of B’nai Israel members. It was very heartwarming to hear what B’nai Israel means to them and to share some of their wonderful memories. Our Social Hall was decorated elegantly for that very special evening, with Gold Rush-like Rabbi Emeritus Lester Frazin and Rabbi Mona Alfi at the chairs and fabulous lighting. The Todd Morgan Gold Rush Shabbat service on Friday, November 15 Band provided delightful music as well. The evening also gave me a highly informative opportunity to explore our newly remodeled Heritage Hall, which highlights our history. If you have not had a chance to immerse yourself there for some quiet reflection, I urge you to do so. A huge thank you to everyone involved with making the Gala weekend a huge success. Even though I don’t have space to name you all, please know we are grateful for all of your efforts. On another topic, most congregants have likely seen that our southern fence is at or near completion (scheduled to be completed by mid-December). This project has taken about two Part of the Gala Planning Committee, left to right: Dorothy years to come to fruition. About 90% of it is paid Landsberg, Greg Hubbs, Nancy Bernheimer, Davita Levin- for by the state and local grants that we have Robinson, Warren Anapolsky, Robin Appelbaum, Pat Macht, Doris Pittell Morris

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Brotherhood Women of B’nai Israel

FROM THE BROTHERHOOD PRESIDENT Josh Mastronarde Brotherhood online signup and renewal: cbisacramento.org/form/brotherhood19-20

Brotherhood News By the time you read this, many of us will be eating the last of the leftover Chanukah latkes out of the fridge as we prepare to or have just celebrated the beginning of 2020. While the secular new year is not as significant to our Jewish traditions as other holidays, I find it a time to take a deep breath and enjoy the wintry silence between the bustle of the fall holidays and the still- months-away Purim and Pesach. That’s not to say Tu B’shevat isn’t worth a peaceful walk in the woods, of course! Brotherhood rounded out 2019 by catering three b’nai mitzvot in November and December. We also prepared and served the oneg for a special Shabbat with Rabbi Emeritus Lester Frazin in conjunction with the CBI 170th anniversary celebration, and continued such regular activities as Achim and our First Friday shots. Coming up in January and February, we will be: • Catering several more b’nai mitzvah luncheons • Organizing a ski trip – stay tuned for details • Continuing scintillating discussions at Achim, getting together at more fun Boyz’ Night Out venues, and slipping into the kitchen for a shot after First Friday Shabbat services. We are continuing to gather those interested in golf; please contact Michael Aran at [email protected] to be added to that list! And if you haven’t joined or renewed your membership yet, please do so today at https://www.cbisacramento.org/form/brotherhood19-20!

FROM THE WOMEN OF B’NAI ISRAEL PRESIDENT

Eve Panush

Friendship – The Gift that Keeps on Giving Typical resolutions for the secular New Year often include our pledge to lead a healthier lifestyle. We may vow to exercise more, eat healthier, and watch our diet. Often these resolutions are a result of the guilt we feel after indulging in too many holiday goodies (latkes and sufganiyot?). However, according to a recent article in the New York Times, researchers have found that one’s friendships may have an even bigger impact on one’s health. For example, a 10-year Australian study found that older people with a large circle of friends were less likely to die during the study period than those with fewer friends. Also, in 2006, a study of nearly 3,000 nurses with breast cancer found that the friendships in a woman's life offer a protective element when it comes to survival. Friendships make aging easier. Those regions of the world where people live far longer than average are often correlated with those people having friends and social networks. In other words, becoming active in a social group, such as Women of B’nai Israel, is good for your health! Joining and becoming active in organizations is fun and can be a step forward in meeting your New Year’s resolution to lead a healthier lifestyle! Recently, nearly 80 women gathered together at our annual Membership Appreciation Luncheon. The event not only celebrated the past by honoring 16 previous presidents of the Women of B’nai Israel 6 Continued on next page

Women of B’nai Israel

(see photo on p. 8), it also looked to the future as we listened to a speaker from Planned Parenthood talk about the threats to women’s reproductive rights and health services. As part of our commitment to social justice, this year on Mitzvah Day we will host a purse/jewelry/scarf swap sale (all items only $5!), with proceeds going to Planned Parenthood to help support its women’s health programs. Other activities that help foster strong relationships include our weekly mah jongg games and our bimonthly book discussion group. Participation in these sorts of pursuits can lead to lifelong friendships that not only make you feel good about helping our community, but can also help you personally! So this year, as one of your New Year’s resolutions, think about how you can achieve a healthier lifestyle – not by depriving yourself of a cookie during an oneg, but by becoming part of the Women of B’nai Israel!

Women of B’nai Israel Events “25 Million Stitches” is a community art installa- tion project that was created by regional Board Meetings: Mondays, January 13 and artist Jennifer Kim Sohn to help raise awareness February 10, 6:00 – 8:00 pm in the CBI Conference about the international refugee crisis. How can Room. All members are invited to attend. For week- making 25 million stitches help refugees? Sohn ly updates on Women of B'nai Israel activities, sign believes that stitching is a way for us to engage up at https://mailchi.mp/20f5a1a6afee/ with this global crisis instead of ignoring it. And weeklyemails. even though no single stitch can fully represent an individual, the act of stitching and the resulting Women’s March: Saturday, January 18, 9:30 am, work will help bring attention to the scale of the th Southside Park, 2115 6 Street. Allied in spirit with crisis. Volunteers are asked to join more than 1000 Woman's March Global, we march for compassion, participants from 41 states to hand stitch on fabric respect, and equity. Meet by the pool building in panels. When the panels are returned fully or Southside Park at 9:30 am for a Women’s Civil partially stitched, they will be assembled into an Rights rally and resource fair. We leave Southside installation, along with the first names of all the Park at 10:30 am, and rally on the west steps of the participants. The first full installation will be at the Capitol at 11:45 am. Verge Center for the Arts in Sacramento in 2020. For more information about the project, go to Mitzvah Day Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood: 25millionstitches.com. If you are interested in Sunday, January 19. The Women of B’nai Israel will stitching, please contact Arla Hesterman at be hosting a swap sale for Mitzvah Day on [email protected]. January 19. Bring your gently used purses, jewelry, and scarves to CBI (container in office foyer). All items will be sold for $5 each to benefit local Planned Parenthood educational programs.

Book Discussion Group: Wednesday, January 22, 7:00 pm in the Sosnick Library. We will be discuss- ing The Messenger by Daniel Silva.

“25 Million Stitches” – An Ongoing Project to Bring Awareness to the Refugee Crisis: Left to right: Arla Hesterman and Helen Nusbaum with panels of stitched fabric

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Women of B’nai Israel

Come See What’s New in Our Gift Shop Honoring Carole Kovnick We hope one of your New Year’s resolutions is to For more than 16 years, Carole Kovnick was visit the Jonas Goldman Judaica Gift Shop more co-manager of the Jonas Goldman Judaica often this year. In the next month new items will be Shop. Working alongside Jane Orkand, Carole arriving at the gift shop. We’ll have beautiful worked in the shop on a regular basis, assisting Passover/matzah plates and covers. There is a wide customers and interacting with students from assortment of beautiful jewelry from various Israeli Religious School. She particularly enjoyed designers. We also have Shabbat candlesticks; connecting with the students, especially when Havdalah sets; Kiddush cups; exquisite wool, silk, there was a snack transaction. Most likely there and organza tallitot and kippot from Israel; yahrzeit are many former students who will remember candles and holders; carved wooden boxes; Carole for improving their math skills! Carole not children’s games and puzzles; and cards for many only handled the shop’s financial matters, she occasions. (For your convenience, Shabbat and also accompanied Jane on periodic trips to Los yahrzeit candles are also available at the reception- Angeles to attend annual gift shows in search of ist’s desk when the gift shop is not open.) new and unique Judaica items for the shop. Think of Women of B’nai Israel’s gift shop In gratitude for her whenever you need a special gift. We can help you many years of dedica- set up a bar/bat mitzvah or wedding gift registry. tion to the gift shop, the We’re open on Tuesdays from 2:00 to 5:30 pm Woman of B’nai Israel and on Sundays (during Religious School) from 9:30 recently honored Carole a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Questions? or can’t come in during with a commemorative scheduled hours – call Jane Orkand at 916-365-5579. leaf on the Tree of Life located in the Social Hall.

Women of B’nai Israel past presidents who attended the Membership Appreciation Luncheon

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Youth and Family Education DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

Denise Crevin

Learning About Israel’s Diverse Narratives

I am grateful for the opportunity to have visited Israel in late November with two wonderful colleagues as part of a grant we received through the iCenter’s Master’s Concentration in Israel Education program that I completed last May. Our goal was to meet and engage with many diverse teens in Israel to bring stories of their daily life experiences back to our communi- ties. Our visit began with participating in a collaborative musical creation, singing “One Day” in English, Arabic, and Hebrew with Koolulam – a social-musical initiative aimed at strengthening the diverse fabric of society. (Check them out on YouTube!) After that, on our own and with the assistance of multilingual guides, we met teens from a variety of backgrounds; explored their personal narratives, cultures, and more; and built relationships for future interactions between them and our learners once back in our settings. After planning for months, and working to set up meetings with teens and organizations that work with teens to ensure that we could speak with those representing the diverse narratives of Israel, I am awed by the generosity of those with whom we connected. Those we met are a small sample of the population and have their own unique perspectives. But this snapshot in time is a great springboard for our students to begin to explore the diverse narratives of Israel. My colleagues and I are working to create a meaningful curriculum for our teens, and I’ll keep you updated on our progress. In the meantime, I’m happy to share photos and stories from the trip. Happy 2020!

BISY News By Heidi Grijnsztein, Communications Vice President These past few months have included such wonderful BISY events. In November, we had a movie night that was open to all Sacramento area temple youth groups (TYGs), at which we watched the Bee Movie. Through an entertaining and informative demonstration by the BISY board, we learned about why honey bees and bumblebees are dying at an alarming rate and what we can do to remedy the situation. December was packed with a multitude of events both near and far. The month began with a trip to Temple Isaiah in Lafayette for NFTY-CWR’s Fallinter, where several BISYites enjoyed an educational and meaningful weekend focused on social justice and tikkun olam. Next came our second Junior Youth Group (JYG) event of the year, where we went to Rockin’ Jump and strengthened our sense of community through an intense game of trampoline dodgeball. A few weeks later was BISY’s annual Chanukah Shul-in. We started the evening by attending Shabbat services, before heading to the library to continue the fun. We played games like speed friending (a game in which we get to know each other through a series of unique questions) and Jewish Apples to Apples, and we even had a dreidel spinning competition! A high- light of the night was the smashing of the bee piñata, and then we wrapped up with a song session and friendship bracelets. Regarding future events, we ask that you save the following dates: • Saturday, January 11: BISY is going roller skating! • Saturday, February 1 – Sunday, February 2: Kesher Shul-in (8th – 12th grades) • Saturday, February 15: BISY’s Social Action Day (more details to follow) • Friday, February 28: JYG event (more details to follow).

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Adult Education

January February Aleph Bet Class ▪ Lisa Brodkey and Jennifer Kaufman Achim: A Discussion Group for Men ▪ Dr. Glenn Ham- Sundays, January 12, 19, 26, and February 2, 10:15 am – mel and the Brotherhood 12:00 noon for 3 sessions, 1:00 – 2:30 pm on January Sunday, February 2, 7:00 – 8:30 pm, Chapel 19, Conference Room This class is an introduction “You Shall Not Suffer a Sorceress to Live": Magical to reading Hebrew for begin- Practices in Judaism ▪ Dr. Susan Aguilar and Jason Lindo ners, designed for anyone who Saturdays, February 8 and March 7, 7:00 – 8:30 pm, wants to "crack the code" of Chapel the Hebrew alphabet. It can Did you grow up being warned also serve as a prerequisite for to avoid the ayin hara (the evil eye)? the Beginning Hebrew class starting on February 11 Do you spit three times when hear- (details below). ing bad news? Do you always close Fee: $25 for members, $30 for nonmembers. Ad- books that have been left open or vance registration required at cbisacramento.org/ bring salt to a new home? These are form/alefbet. Attendance capped at 15, and we will just a few of the traditional Jewish establish a waiting list once the cap is reached. customs that have their roots in magical beliefs and practices. The Achim: A Discussion Group for Torah is quite explicit: magic is forbidden; a woman Men ▪ Dr. Glenn Hammel and the who practices magic is to be killed (Exodus 22:18). Brotherhood Closer study, however, reveals that belief in magic and Sunday, January 12, 7:00 – 8:30 the use of magical practices have pervaded much of pm, Chapel Jewish life throughout history. How does the Talmud Achim is the Hebrew word for reconcile this contradiction? How and why was “brothers,” and this group is a forbidden magic often a matter of gender? What folk forum for education, facilitated traditions persisted in spite of rabbinic teachings? discussion, contemplation, and Dr. Susan Aguilar and Jason Lindo will offer a two- camaraderie, led by Dr. Glenn part presentation on magic and magical practices in Hammel, Ph.D. and Rebbitzen. Jewish culture from antiquity until the modern era.

st Religious Ethics in the 21 Century ▪ Rabbi Mona Alfi Beginning Hebrew ▪ Rabbi Matt Rosenberg Tuesdays, January 14 and 28, noon – 1:00 pm, Library Tuesdays, February 11, 18, and 25; March 3, 17, 24, and 31; Rabbi Alfi tackles some of the toughest issues of April 7, 14, and 21 (10 sessions), 6:45 – 8:00 pm, Room 16 Jewish ethics as applied to modern life. We discuss Tracing the development of Hebrew as a language, politics, economics, Israel, Jewish communal rela- the class will begin translating some Torah and learning tions, and many other issues. To request or suggest a Hebrew grammar and vocabulary, move into the rab- topic, please e-mail Rabbi Alfi with ideas. Drop-ins and binic Hebrew of our siddur, and conclude with modern newcomers are welcome! Bring a brown bag lunch. Hebrew phrases and vocabulary that can be helpful for (Note: no Religious Ethics in February.) travel to Israel. Prerequisite: the Aleph Bet Class that

Rabbi Alfi’s Book Group ▪ Becoming Eve by Abby begins in January (details above) or basic knowledge of Chava Stein the Hebrew alphabet. Thursday, January 30, 10:00 am – noon, Library Rabbi Matt Rosenberg is currently an independent Rabbi Alfi invites you to join her book group! The rabbi in the Sacramento area and adjunct faculty at Cali- group meets four times a year and is open to every- fornia State University, Sacramento. one. Attendees are welcome (but not required) to Fee: $75 for members, $100 for nonmembers. Ad- bring a nosh to share. At the next book group meet- vance registration required by February 7 at ing on Thursday, January 30, the book to be discussed cbisacramento.org/form/bheb. Attendance capped at is Becoming Eve by Abby Chava Stein. 12, and we will establish a waiting list once the cap is For planning purposes, we ask that attendees reached. RSVP at cbisacramento.org/form/rbc. 10

Israel Committee

Shift in US Policy Regarding Israeli West Bank Settlements

By Dan Rabovsky, Israel Committee Co-chair

On November 18, Secretary of State Pompeo stated, “The establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank is not per se inconsistent with international law.” This reverses the longstanding US position that the settlements are inconsistent with international law prohibiting the transfer of civilian populations into occupied territory absent a peace agreement. Secretary Pompeo did caution that the US wasn’t expressing any view on the legality of any specific settlements and that the US shift did not address or prejudge the ultimate status of the West Bank, which, he said, is for the Israelis and the Palestinians to negotiate. The US shift is unlikely to have much, if any, direct practical effect, and most nations continue to view the settlements as illegal. However, the shift was widely seen as an effort to bolster Prime Minister Netanyahu’s position with settler and pro-annexation elements of his right-wing bloc as Israel faces the prospect of a third election with the Prime Minister now under criminal indictment. Many of the Democratic presidential candidates criticized the policy shift, and a letter signed by 106 members of Congress expressed strong disagreement with it. The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) urged the administration to reverse the shift, which the URJ said “would place serious and critical obstacles to a viable two-state solution, damaging the prospect of renewing the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and causing a long-term threat to Israel’s status as a

Jewish and democratic state.”

CBI Israel Study Tour and Visit to Holon: Watch for meeting announcements and other activities to plan our study tour of Israel led by Rabbi Alfi. This tour – which will take place in January or February of 2021 – will not be a typical tourist visit, but rather an opportunity to experience and understand Israel as it is today, and to learn firsthand about the opportunities and obstacles on the road to the future. We will also visit CBI’s sister Reform congregation (Kehillat Kodesh v’Hol) in Holon to see and support religious pluralism in action in this diverse middle-class city south of Tel Aviv. If you might be interested in participating, please fill out (without obligation) the brief questionnaire: cbisacramento.org/form/tripsurvey. Sample itineraries of similar congregational study tours are also available at the link. If you have questions, contact Dan Rabovsky

([email protected]).

Rabbi Galit Cohen-Kedem Returns to CBI February 8 – 9: Our good friend Rabbi Galit Cohen-Kedem from Kehillat Kodesh v’Hol will visit us again during the weekend of February 8 – 9. She will take part in our Tu B’Shevat celebration during Religious School, and will also tell us about the importance of the World Zionist Congress elections (see below) to the Reform movement in Israel and to her congregation in particular. We also hope to have a session with her to plan for our Israel study tour next year.

Give the Reform Movement a Strong Voice in Israel – Participate in the World Zionist Congress 2020 Election: Your vote is your only democratic opportunity as an American Jew to influence Israeli society to support equality, pluralism, and tolerance. Vote Reform and maintain a strong Reform pres- ence in Israel. Online voting will take place from January 21 through March 11, and we will need to engage every single Reform Jew to vote for the Reform slate! Watch for more information. If you have questions, contact Jeff Rabinovitz ([email protected]). To learn more about the election visit www.ARZA.org, and to get involved at CBI go to cbisacramento.org/Israel.

To participate in the Israel Committee, please contact one of the co-chairs: Dan Rabovsky ([email protected]) or Jeff Rabinovitz ([email protected]). 11

Social Action

FOCUS ON RACIAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE Contacts: Co-chairs Alan Saunders and Judy Heiman at [email protected] Mitzvah Day and MLK March: January 19-20 For Mitzvah Day, our committee will host a poster-making session for the following day’s annual March for the Dream, honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. Last year’s session was a great success! • Join us Sunday, January 19, to make posters, whether or not you plan to march. Mitzvah Day bagel breakfast begins at 8:30 am, poster session at 9:30 am. • Join us Monday, January 20, for the march. Meet our group at 9:00 am in front of the College Bookstore at Sacramento City College for the start of the march. Plan ahead for parking – it’s a big event! Shuttle buses will return people to City College after the march ends downtown.

CBI Congregants at last year’s March for the Dream

Civil Rights Then and Now: CBI Civil Rights Tour of the South in May From May 7 to May 10, members and friends of the congregation will travel with Rabbi Alfi to study civil rights history and learn strategies to advance racial justice here at home. We still have a few spaces available – please contact [email protected] if you’d like to register. See our website (cbisacramento.org/civilrightstour) for more information, including the detailed, day-by-day itinerary for the tour. We have several upcoming pre-trip events. All CBI members are welcome to attend, whether or not they plan to participate in the tour. Additional details and links on the tour website: • Tuesday, January 14: Film and discussion of Ava DuVernay’s award-winning documentary 13th with Rabbi Alfi and the Confirmation Class. Social Hall, 6:00 to 9:00 pm. Potluck supper. • Sunday, February 2: Guest speaker Rev. Alice Baber-Banks, Pastor of Christian Fellowship Ministry Church. Social Hall, 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Refreshments. • Read ahead in January and February for our last book discussion on Sunday, March 15: The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity by Eric L. Goldstein. Library, 4:00 to 5:30 pm. Refreshments.

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SUSTAINABLE LIVING COMMITTEE The Sustainable Living Committee (SLC) is dedicated to envi- ronmental conservation and preservation, and to encouraging sustainable practices in daily life through education and ongoing projects such as American River Parkway Stewardship, the Gan Organic Community Garden, recycling, and landscaping improvements on the CBI campus. These efforts are grounded in Jewish teachings and values, in the spirit of tikkun olam – repairing the world. New committee members and volunteers are always welcome. Please get in touch if you have any questions or would like more information. SLC Calendar: January and February • Sunday, January 19: Mitzvah Day: American River Parkway Cleanup, 10:00am B’nai Beautification Crew (BBC) Campus Beautification, 10:00am • Monday, January 27: Committee Meeting, 7:00pm • Thursday, February 13: American River Parkway Cleanup, 10:00am SLC Contacts • SLC Co-Chairs: Terri Gaines, [email protected], and Judy Painter, [email protected] • American River Parkway Stewardship: Todd Mendell, [email protected], 916-684-6734 • The BBC: Marty Solov, [email protected], 916-346-6492 • Gan Organic Community Garden: Judy Painter, [email protected], and Sue Rosenberg, [email protected]

IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE Introducing Miriam Joffe-Block, New Co-Chair: Miriam Joffe-Block is joining Maryann Rabovsky to help facilitate CBI's work in the area of Immigration and Refugee Assistance. Miriam has been a CBI member since 2017, and you can find her assisting with Kavanah Shabbat services on select Saturday mornings. Miriam stepped up as a volunteer activist for immigrant rights in Sacramento as the current administration began rolling out their dehumanizing policies. She has sponsored an asylum seeker from Guatemala; pushed for CalPERS to divest from for-profit immigrant detention; and has supported NorCal Resist, Jewish Action NorCal, and the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) in their advocacy Miriam Joffe-Block and actions on behalf of immigrants and those seeking refuge in our community. Miriam is very proud that CBI is a Sanctuary Synagogue and looks forward to working with this committee.

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Oy, If They Could See Us Now!! By Patricia Macht Our congregational ancestors would probably have been kvelling if they could have witnessed the November weekend when members and special guests celebrated our 170th anniversary with prayer, song, and a festive Gala evening. The weekend began with a special Shabbat service on Friday, November 15. Honored guest Rabbi Emeritus Lester Frazin, who served CBI from 1974 to 1995, came with his family from Chicago, recounting stories that showcased the strength, community spirit, and openness that continue to run deep in our congregation. He expressed the hope “that each individual will take a spark of the Cantor Julie Steinberg and Rabbi Mona [Shabbat candle] flame and implant it in somebody’s heart and soul Alfi getting into the Gold Rush spirit during and being, so that each and every person touched by that spark will the special Shabbat service be better and more human and more loving.” Cantor Julie Steinberg and the B’nai Israel choir filled the Sanctuary with wondrous music, including an adaptation of a Gold Rush song. On Saturday, November 16, the celebration continued with a Gala Banquet organized by the 170th Anniversary Committee, co-chaired by Marc Koenigsberg and Dorothy Landsberg, and by the Banquet Subcommittee, chaired by Doris Pittell Morris. The festivities were emceed by Mayor Darrell Steinberg and included remarks from three generations of B’nai Israel members. Estelle Opper, whose family has belonged to B’nai Israel for 85 years, shared what CBI has meant to her family. “Greetings from an early pioneer,” she chuckled. CBI “felt like home: warm and inviting, full of many, many hardworking, dedicated men and women who gave a lot of their time, effort, and money to our temple.” For her husband and family, “the temple was a place of stability, a place to Estelle Opper, a self-proclaimed “early unwind from the chaotic events of the world. Nowadays the temple pioneer,” gives a heartfelt tribute to CBI at has had to become an even stronger community as the world has the Gala Banquet. gotten more out of control.” She added that our temple community “does give meaning and purpose in my life; maybe it helped me live to 90 years and still maturing.” High school student Jacob Dean, a fifth-generation CBI member, revealed how profoundly the congregation “has influenced who I am today.” Rabbi Alfi helped him “discover the fascinating depth of Jewish thought, and Cantor Steinberg’s lessons showed me that chanting Torah and particularly Haftarah could be surprisingly fun.” The freewheeling discussions in Confirmation class also left their mark: “We could go from hotly debating the correct response to the hypothetical rise of an American dictatorship to reading Jewish ghost stories in the dark.” When he leaves for college next year, he commented, “the lessons I have learned here will continue to help Jacob Dean, a fifth-generation member, me navigate life with a solid ethical framework and a sense that I shared how CBI has impacted his life.

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always have a loving community to fall back on.” Rabbi Mona Alfi also spoke to CBI’s importance. “While in many ways we are different than what our founders created, in the most important ways we are the same,” she noted, adding that we share “their pioneering spirit, their sense of responsibil- ity for one another, their concern for the larger world. These values have all shaped who we are as a congregation.” She described the path that led her to CBI. After her parents died, her grandparents introduced her and her siblings to synagogue life. “While the prayers moved me and I actually liked going to He- brew school, something was missing.” For a quarter century, she searched for a place that could be the “perfect merger of the joy Greg Hubbs leads the Gala dinner guests of my childhood holidays combined with the depth and gravitas in the motzi. that I experience in synagogue, with music that made my heart happy and a place I could feel home.” She found such a place at Camp Swig and later in Israel, but hadn’t found it at a synagogue. Then, she continued, “I came to B’nai Israel and, much to my surprise, I found what I had been looking for my entire life, … a community that was truly founded on the three pillars of Torah – study, avodah – worship, and g’milut chasadim – acts of loving kindness.” It was a place that felt like the large extended family of her childhood, where everyone was welcomed, where lifelong learning was possible, and where she knew she could learn from and learn with others. What we have here,” she concluded, “is more precious than gold.”

Rabbi Alfi’s Blessing Upon the Congregation in Honor of the 170th Anniversary (Friday, November 15): May the one who blessed our ancestors – Abraham, Isaac, Anne and Hal Eisenberg enjoy some time and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah – bless this sacred community. on the dance floor. May we be like Moses Hyman, creating community in places where there wasn’t one. May we be like Sophie Price, caring for our community’s children by providing them with an education. May we be like Helen Meret and work on behalf of the most vulnerable in our society. May we be like Leonard Friedman and have the courage to speak words of truth and justice. May we be like Sy Opper and lend a hand to those who are in need of help. And may we be like Betty Reuben and live every day as a life filled meaning. May we never take for granted the blessing of community. May we never forget that each and every one of us is needed and cherished here. Leslie Oberst (Executive Director) and Brie And may we continue to live by the values of Torah – study, Bajar (VP of Education) show their appreciation. avodah – worship, and g’milut chasadim – acts of loving kindness.

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Join us for a reunion for all CBI Confirmation classes! Details: cbisacramento.org/form/ccbrunch

Come celebrate Shabbat Shirah – we rejoice in our miraculous crossing of the sea as we escaped slavery and took our first steps toward freedom! Join us as we walk through Sacramento’s This year’s Shabbat Shirah will feature the history at the Home of Peace Cemetery. As we music of our beloved Chazzan Carl K. Naluai, Jr. – visit their graves, learn about the Jewish pioneers both familiar melodies and some you may not have who settled Sacramento, as well as the many heard before – sung by the B’nai Israel Choir. interesting members of B’nai Israel who have For more information, contact the spanned the past 170 years. Congregation B’nai Israel office at 916-446-4861, or The tour will include a booklet with a map of Judy Emick-Leatherwood at 916-424-1071 or the cemetery, historical text, and photos, as well [email protected]. as a small bag of stones that you can lay on the headstones of the people we visit. Additional tour details to follow.

“Why We Are Here: Jews and the Early Days of Sacramento”

An author, historian, and documentary film producer, Dr. Kahn specializes in the history of Jews in California, including the early days of Congregation B’nai Israel.

• 6:30 pm The Birth of a Community: How Jews Came to Northern California Jews from all over the world made the difficult voyage to San Francisco, attracted by the gold fields and business opportunities. How did they survive in the lawless West? What became of their Jewish culture? This portion of the program features a

documentary film and discussion.

• 7:45 pm Short break for delicious desserts and wine

• 8:00 pm The Birth of a Congregation: Stories From Our Earliest Days As part of our 170th anniversary celebration, we’ll learn more about the Jews who gathered to form Congregation B’nai Israel. Who were they? What were their hopes and dreams when they settled here? SAVE THE DATES! 16

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Library Snippets Adult Fiction: By Twila Morris, Library Committee • The Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God & Other We can’t resist getting into the spirit of the Gold Rush. The Sosnick Library has dozens of Stories, Etgar Keret books about the history of the Jewish community • A Bend in the Stars, Rachel Barenbaum in the west, including such titles as Jewish Voices of the Rush, And Prairie Dogs Young Adult: Weren’t Kosher, and Jewish Women of The • Understanding Buddy, Marc Kornblatt American West. Our DVD collection ranges from Hollywood hits like Blazing Saddles and The Frisco Juvenile Biography: Kid to regional features – Song of a Jewish Cow- • Gal Gadot: Soldier, Model, Wonder Woman, boy and Birth of a Community: Jews and the Gold Jill Sherman Rush – and ultimately to CBI’s history – Ruby • Jackie’s Gift, Sharon Robinson Steinberg Torah Dedication, Rabbi Lester Frazin • Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini, 20th Anniversary Celebration, and the 150th Sid Fleischman Anniversary DVD. Juvenile Fiction: • A Growing Suspicion: A Rebecca Mystery, Jacqueline Greene • Mini Adventures in Jerusalem, Sheldon Lewis (plus two sequels) • The Eighth Menorah, Lauren L. Wohl • The Flying Latke, Arthur Yorinks • Yosef’s Dream, Sylvia Rouss • King David & Akavish the Spider, Sylvia Rouss • Mitzvah the Mutt, Sylvia Rouss • Light the Menorah, Jannie Ho

Juvenile Nonfiction:

• Come, Let Us Welcome Shabbat (Shabbat & Prayer), Looking for something more current? We Judyth Groner have some terrific new acquisitions: • The Story of Esther: A Purim Tale, Eric A. Kimmel Adult Nonfiction: • The Story of Passover, David A. Adler • His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg, Louise Borden • Ottolenghi Simple: A Cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi • Outsider in the White House, Senator Bernie Sanders • Women Rabbis: Exploration and Celebration, Gary P. Zola • Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David, Lawrence Wright • Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, Barbara Brown Taylor • Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra- Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman, Abby Chava Stein 17

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Carol Kaplan Mazel Tov! beloved stepsister of Melanie Mages-Canale and Ed Canale

…to Ruthann Ziegler on the marriage of her daughter, Rachel Miller-Ziegler, to Matthew Kay Kleinman Higgins on October 26 in Charlottesville, VA. The beloved cousin of Davita Levin-Robinson, couple lives in Washington, DC. and of Seth, Eliana, and Isaac Robinson

... to the many congregants who contributed to David Pasternak this year's High Holy Days food drive. With your help, B'nai Israel donated 4,237 pounds (2.2 tons) of beloved brother of Marlene Anapolsky; food to the Central Downtown Food Basket. brother-in-law of Louis Anapolsky; uncle of Adam Anapolsky …to the congregants who participated in Run to and Amber Erdmann; Feed the Hungry on Thanksgiving Day. Posing for a and great uncle of Evan, Abby, team photo (partial group, left to right): Jason and Austin Erdmann Weiner, Emmett Weiner, Vicki Weiner, Kevin Fine, Adira Weiner, Fran Levy, and Nessa Weiner. Catrina Rubenstein Ward loved and cherished by her parents, Jodie and Sean Rubenstein Ward

Ruth Estelle Hart Wotton beloved mother of Kate Gillespie

We Welcome Our New Members! Jacob and Hannah Alexander Peter and Christina Beilenson From the Koleinu staff: Please help us celebrate our congregants’ achievements and special occasions! Susannah Cohen Engagements, weddings, births, honors and awards, Scott and Emily Hirsch significant achievements– we want to know about Rebecca Ingerman them and acknowledge them in this column. If you Abigail and Kimberly Maurer know of something that you think deserves a “mazel tov,” please send the information to Wendy Melemed [email protected]. We will include your submissions Naomi Rice at the staff’s discretion and as space permits. Ronald and Shelley Serin Steve Sperber Rae Vanderwerf

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We Thank Our Contributors

Rabbi Alfi’s Discretionary Fund Gail Brosnan and Tina Gustavson for the yahrzeits of Warren Anapolsky and Bargara Binder Mitzi and William Hornick Cantor Regina Heit Illene Carroll for the yahrzeits of Lillian Carroll Carla and Brad Kliman thank you to Rabbi Alfi for Brittain, Cherie Lifton, Bernie Marks, Lee Moreiss, guidance through Rowan’s Bar Mitzvah and Matt Samoville Lindsay and Stephen Lederer thank you, Rabbi Alfi, for Sandra and Alan Kreeger in memory of Emily’s baby naming Gary Ziegenfuss Howard Nevins in memory of his father, David Nevins Bonnie Penix in memory of Gary Ziegenfuss Roxanne and Phil Stanger wishing a speedy recovery to Roxanne and Phil Stanger in honor of Greg Hubbs Rachel Dunbar assuming the CBI presidency and in honor of Hal Karen & Donald Taranto Eisenberg’s birthday

Educator’s Discretionaray Fund Len Maintenance Fund Vida and Gordon Adelman in memory of Kimberley Roxanne and Phil Stanger in memory of Sam and Adelman Bobbie Len Maxine Boshes in honor of Ethan Huggins’ birthday Playground Fund Adult Education Enrichment Fund Illene Carroll in memory of Catrina Rubenstein Ward Jonathan and Terri Cristy in memory of Gary Ziegenfuss Price Campership Fund Camp Nefesh Illene Carroll in memory of Catrina Rubenstein Ward Barbara Colton in honor of Luca McGinnis Hannah Hartman Jonathan and Terri Cristy in honor of Avery Acosta’s bat mitzvah Social Action Fund Nora Makarczyk Eleanor and Jerry Mitchell in honor of Jane Esther Gaines in memory of Catrina Rubenstein Ward and Orkand’s dedication to Touch of Shabbat and in Jacob Mesrahi memory of Trina Rubenstein Ward Eileen and Howard Sarasohn Eileen and Howard Sarasohn mazel to the Acosta Gretchen Steinberg and Blackman families on the b’not mitzvahs of Avery Acosta and Tatum Blackman Caring Community Fund Vida and Gordon Adelman in honor of Carol Moon Sosnick Library Fund Goldberg’s Presidency of the California League of Bonnie Penix for the yahrzeit of Bill Penix Women Voters Jonathan and Terri Cristy in memory of Catrina Rubenstein Ward Tikkun Olam Fund Eleanor and Jerry Mitchell in honor of Betty Reuben’s Vida and Gordon Adelman in memory of Lyle dedication to Touch of Shabbat Hardy Bonnie Penix in memory of Catrina Rubenstein Ward Maryann and Dan Rabovksy Weinberg Godparent Fund Roxanne and Phil Stanger in honor of Betty Reuben Doris PIttell Morris in honor of her aliyah at the Yom and Jane Orkand Kippur service and Carole Weinberg’s big birthday, and in memory of Bud Morris, Sally Goldstein, and Carl Naluai, Jr. Music Fund Marlene and Mel Chernev Vida and Gordon Adelman in memory of Carol Adelman Deborah and Dave Gordon Women Feed the Hungry Fund Roxanne and Phil Stanger in memory of Eva Mendelson Bonnie Penix in honor of Betty Reuben and Jane Orkand General/Yahrzeit Fund Willie Recht and Peter Colussy in honor of Vida and Gordon Adelman in memory of Matt Adelman Nancy Bernheimer Donations as of December 1, 2019. 19

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Community Bulletin Board Jewish Genealogical Society of Sacramento Sunday, January 12, 10:00 am to noon “Holocaust Recollections and Reflections” – Alexander Groth Alexander Groth, a survivor of World War II in Poland and former inmate of the Warsaw Ghetto, will discuss his reflections on life in the Warsaw Ghetto from 1940 to 1942. Dr. Groth will include references to how Jewish geneal- ogy contributed to his family history, the challenges of survival, and some controversies of historical interpretation in recent times. Dr. Groth is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at UC Davis, and earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including Democracies Against Hitler, Holocaust Voices, and Accomplices: Churchill, Roosevelt, and the Holocaust. He is also a contributing member of the editorial board of the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, published in Jerusalem.

Sunday, February 16, 10:00 am “The History of the Geography of New York City” – Steve Morse New York City has undergone numerous changes in its geographical boundaries over the years. An understand- ing of these boundaries is important in order to know what archive to search when looking for vital records. Steve Morse will discuss the changes to New York City's geography and will describe the difference between New York City and the City of New York. He will also talk about the origin of the counties and their changing boundaries, along with the early geographies of Brooklyn and Queens. Steve will also discuss the consolidation of 1898 that created the City of New York and defined the five boroughs. Steve Morse is the creator of the One-Step Website (www.stevemorse.org), for which he has received both the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Outstanding Contribution Award from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, among many other awards. In his other life, Morse is a computer professional with a doctorate in electrical engineering. He is best known as the architect of the Intel 8086 (the granddaddy of today's Pentium processor), which sparked the PC revolution nearly 40 years ago.

All are welcome to attend the January 12 and February 16 meetings at the Einstein Center, 1935 Wright Street, Sacramento. For more information, contact the Jewish Genealogical Society of Sacramento at https:// www.jewishgen.org/jgs-sacramento.

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SUN CBI Calendar CBI 23 Koleinu - Our Voice Phone 916.446.4861 Congregation ’B nai Israel www.cbisacramento.org NON-PROFIT ORG 3600 Riverside Boulevard Rabbi Mona Alfi, Senior Rabbi, [email protected] Rabbi Lester A. Frazin, Rabbi Emeritus Sacramento, CA 95818 U.S. POSTAGE Cantor Julie Steinberg, [email protected] Leslie Oberst, Executive Director, [email protected] PAID PERMIT Denise Crevin, Director of Education, [email protected] - - - - No. 311 President, Gregg Hubbs, [email protected] Past-President, Bina Lefkovitz, [email protected] VP Finance, Bendan Blue, [email protected] VP Administration, Richard Deutsch, [email protected] VP Education, Brie Bajar, [email protected] VP Facilities, Stan Wallin, [email protected] Time Dated Material VP Membership, Davita Levin-Robinson, [email protected] Chief Financial Officer, Joel Schwartz, [email protected] Or deliver to current resident Secretary, Annie Morgan, [email protected] Timothy Zeff, General Counsel, [email protected] - - - - - Koleinu Staff Editor: Terri Cristy, [email protected] Layout & Design: Abbie Blackman, [email protected]

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January and February Second Shabbes Dinners Fridays, January 10 and February 14 6:00pm Tot Shabbat Service | 6:30pm Dinner | 7:30pm Shabbat Service January Menu February Menu Orange chicken (Sherine Frazin, originally for Fajitas with grilled chicken, peppers, turkey breasts, p. 64)* and onions My Mother’s Kugel (Marion Leff, p. 47)* Refried beans Roasted vegetables Mexican quiche with green chiles Spinach salad with sliced mushrooms and and cheese (Gloria Schoen, p. 58)* cherry tomatoes Caesar salad

Chips/salsa For the children: Mac & cheese Baby carrots with ranch dressing For the children: Cheese quesadillas Baby carrots with ranch dressing

*Recipes from the Treasured Traditions cookbook, compiled and published by the B’nai Israel th Sisterhood (now Women of B’nai Israel) in 1999 to celebrate CBI’s 150 anniversary.

th We are using these recipes as part of our 170 anniversary celebration.

Adults $16; children’s meals are complimentary for ages 12 & under. RSVP to the office at 916-446-4861 or online at www.cbisacramento.org/upcoming Please mail your payment to Congregation B’nai Israel, 3600 Riverside Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95818 24