Temple Emanu-El Bulletin

Volume 87, No. 5 February 2015

WORSHIP SERVICES SUNDAY — THURSDAY Looking Forward 5:30 PM • Marvin & Elisabeth Cassell Community House and Honoring the Past: (One East 65th Street) The Bernard Museum of Judaica FRIDAY EVENING and the Stettenheim Library Fifth Avenue Sanctuary Organ Recital—5:45 PM By Temple Librarian Elizabeth F. Stabler Service Begins—6 PM and Museum Interim Curator Warren Klein

SATURDAY MORNING DO YOU KNOW THAT Temple Emanu-El’s library has almost 20,000 items? Sixth Floor Lounge Do you know that our museum has more than 800 objects in its collection? (One East 65th Street) We invite you to come explore these treasures of literature, history and art that Torah Study—9:15 AM are part of our Emanu-El heritage. Look into the future with us as the museum plans Fifth Avenue Sanctuary ground-breaking exhibitions and the library works with the Religious School to bring Organ Recital—10:15 AM technology into the classroom. Service Begins—10:30 AM On April 1, the Herbert K. Scott Warren, and Eileen Bernard Organist/Choir Director Museum of Judaica will Dr. Andrew Henderson, open the exhibition Visualizing Associate Organist the Bible: Works by David Daniel Beckwith, Assistant Organist Wander . This exhibition explores themes of Jewish myth Services may be heard live or by and history through the works podcast through the Temple website of New York-based artist David Detail from Jonah , 2001 at www.emanuelnyc.org. Follow the Wander and will feature illustrations in David Wander “Listen to the Broadcast of Services” book format of biblical narratives and Jewish link from the Home Page. sacred texts, including Esther, Ruth, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Jonah, David, Judith and the Golem of Prague. A hearing loop is installed in This exhibit is the museum’s first venture working with a living artist, presenting us the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary with many exciting opportunities such as lectures, curatorial tours and a class held in and the Beth-El Chapel; the museum through the Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center. switch aid to T-coil. Headsets or neck loops also are available. (continued on page 8) Worship & Spirituality

All Who Come to Us in Peace Are Welcomed With Love... WEEKLY TORAH PORTION SABBATH SERVICES AT TEMPLE EMANU -E L are held Friday evenings at 6 PM (EST /EDT ) Yitro and Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM in the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary (Fifth Avenue at (Exodus 18:1-20:23) 65th Street), unless noted otherwise. An organ recital precedes Friday evening services, Read Saturday, February 7 starting at 5:45 PM , and Saturday morning services, starting at 10:15 AM . Jethro advises Moses to delegate An Oneg Shabbat follows all Friday evening services. On Saturdays at 9:15 AM , responsibility; Israelites reach worshipers are invited to join us for our Weekly Torah Study. Enter at the Marvin Mount Sinai; Israelites purify and Elisabeth Cassell Community House, One East 65th Street. themselves in preparation for the Ten Commandments; God gives On Friday, February 20, in an effort to further the Ten Commandments. interfaith dialogue, we are pleased to welcome to services as our special guest His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Mishpatim Dolan, Archbishop of New York . Cardinal Dolan was (Exodus 21:1-24:18) named Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI on Read Saturday, February 14 February 23, 2009, and installed on April 15, 2009. Laws concerning slaves, violence, property, restitution, society, religion, On Friday, February 27, our Friday evening worship universal justice, Sabbatical years, will be followed by a community Sabbath dinner sponsored Sabbath and annual festivals; by the Women’s Auxiliary . The charge for dinner is God promises military victory; $45 for Women’s Auxiliary and Men’s Club members, Israelites promise to follow covenant; $55 for all other Temple members and guests. Moses ascends Mount Sinai to get Pay online at www.emanuelnyc.org/wa-dinner. the tablets of the law. All are welcome! (Guest speaker to be announced.)

T’rumah Also on February 27 is our monthly Shir Chadash service, where the liturgy is (Exodus 25:1-27:19) interspersed with Chasidic tales and other teachings. The music, led by a vocalist and Read Saturday, February 21 supported by instrumentalists, is less formal and more participatory. All are welcome! Israelites bring gifts to build the (Shir Chadash services are held in the Lowenstein Sanctuary, 10 East 66th.) Tabernacle; God gives directions for building the Ark, table, lamp-stand, the Tabernacle itself, framework, curtain and altar for burnt offerings. Community

T’tzaveh (Exodus 27:20-30:10) Read Saturday, February 28 The Meaning of Tzedakah Laws of the eternal light; how to make the priestly vestments, breastplate and TEMPLE EMANU -E L’S 2014-2015 Philanthropic Fund is off to a strong start, with more ephod; how to ordain the priests; how than $1.017 million raised from 978 individuals as of December 2014 (the most since to make the daily sacrificial offerings; 2008-2009). The Philanthropic Committee reviews and approves all subventions made, how to build/use the altar of incense.

2 ADDITIONAL SERVICES Please take note of the following and one of the organizations supported is services to be held this month... Homes for the Homeless , where the mission is to provide homeless families with Shabbat Kodesh Family the opportunities and support necessary to Dinner and Worship Service move out of a shelter and live independently. Friday, February 6 • Dinner at 6 PM , Service at 7 PM Temple Emanu-El, through the Tikkun All are welcome at this inspirational Olam Committee , invites families and uplifting prayer service. This supported by Homes for the Homeless to month, we honor our Religious its annual Thanksgiving Dinner and hosts School faculty. Dinner precedes an annual picnic for the families. This year, the Philanthropic Fund donated the service. Charge for dinner is $10,000 to support Homes for the Homeless’ Milk From the Heart Program , $40 for reservations made by which will provide fresh milk for seven months to 176 families living in two of its February 2, $60 after February 2: shelters in the Upper and Lower Bronx. emanuelnyc.org/familydinner.

To make your secure donation to the Philanthropic Fund, log on to www.emanuelnyc.org/philanthropic. Young Families: Tot Shabbat Saturday, February 7 • 10 AM Tot Shabbat is a special Sabbath Visioning Shabbat With service geared specifically for our youngest Temple members (preschool Rabbi Larry Hoffman and Nursery School students) and their families. RSVP to (212) 744- ALL TEMPLE MEMBERS are invited on 1400, ext. 242. Friday, March 6, when we once again welcome Dr. Larry Hoffman, who will speak at the 6 PM service in the Saviv Shabbat and Oneg Fifth Avenue Sanctuary and during Friday, February 13 • Doors open a dinner, after the Oneg Shabbat, about at 7 PM , Service begins at 7:30 PM “The Legacy of Classical Reform Join with other young professionals Judaism and the Promise of the to celebrate Shabbat and wind down 21st Century.” This special evening from the week. Wine and a little will be a continuation of the visioning nosh will be served at 7 PM , so come process (begun with our Templewide event Photo by Nomi Ellison early! Saviv is for Temple members in December), an opportunity to learn about trends and nonmembers in their 20s and 30s. in Reform Judaism, and a chance to share ideas about our future.

Please note: The March 6 Shabbat Kodesh Family Worship Service will be held Baby Shabbat at 6 PM in the Lowenstein Sanctuary so that families who attend this service may Note: Our February 20 session participate in the dinner. While parents are engaging in Rabbi Hoffman’s teachings and unfortunately has been canceled. conversation, their children can engage in a special kid-friendly activity. Instead, please join us on Friday, April 24. Families with children 22 The charge for dinner is $18 per adult and $36 per family, which includes months or younger may be interested up to two adults. RSVP online at www.emanuelnyc.org/visioningdinner, in joining our new session of or call (212) 744-1400, ext. 222. (Please provide your contact information Mommy and Me, which is just and the number of people in your party with your reservation.) beginning. Call Rabbi Amy Ehrlich at (212) 744-1400 ext. 206.

3 BOOK DISCUSSIONS Attendance is free and open to all Temple members. From Princeton to Pitching Men’s Club Book Group to Purim...How One Ballplayer Wednesday, February 4 • 8:30 AM • The Innocents by Francesca Segal Came to Choose Judaism Wednesday, March 4 • 8:30 AM • The Merchant of Venice Sunday, February 8 • 10 AM • One East 65th Street by William Shakespeare THE MEN ’S CLUB CORDIALLY INVITES all Temple members Stettenheim Literary Circle and their guests to brunch with former Major League 1 PM to 2:30 PM * / 6:30 PM to 8 PM pitcher Bob Tufts , one of only six major league Wednesday, February 11 players to convert to Judaism during their playing careers. • Mary Coin by Marisa Silver Rabbi Joshua Davidson will interview Mr. Tufts Wednesday, March 11 about his path to “becoming American through • The Invention of Wings baseball and Judaism.” by Sue Monk Kidd * Co-sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary Mr. Tufts received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton University in 1977. His first career upon graduation was as a professional baseball player—a 12th round draft pick of the . He appeared in the major leagues as a relief pitcher with the Giants in 1981 and the in 1982 and 1983. Upon retirement from baseball, he attended and received an MBA in finance. He has more than 20 years of experience working on Wall Street. Mr. Tufts is currently an adjunct professor at , where he teaches sports marketing, principles of management, new-venture planning and entrepreneurship.

The charge for this event is $30 for Men’s Club and Women’s Auxiliary MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT! members, $35 for all other Temple members and guests. Voting in the World Zionist Congress elections continues through April 30 . Voting is open to all American Jews who will be 18 or older in 2015. Rescue in the Philippines: Registration fees are modest: $5 for those ages 17 to 29 Refuge From the Holocaust and $10 for those 30 and older. Thursday, March 5 • 6 PM to 8:30 PM More information can be found at (Reception and Film Screening) • https://www.reformjews4israel.org/. Consulate General of the Republic of the For those who do not have online Philippines, Kalayaan Hall, Philippine Center, access, Temple Emanu-El will make 556 Fifth Avenue (between 45th and 46th streets) online voting possible on site, as well as provide paper ballots for those “R ESCUE IN THE PHILIPPINES ,” narrated by Liev Schreiber, who find them more convenient. is a one-hour documentary of the previously untold story of how the five Frieder brothers, Cincinnati businessmen Temple members interested in manufacturing two-for-a-nickel cigars in pre-WWII helping with our voting efforts Manila, helped 1,200 Jews to escape the Nazis and should call Rabbi Amy Ehrlich at immigrate to the Philippines. They were aided in this (212) 744-1400, ext. 206.

4 venture by Manuel Quezon, the charismatic first president of the Philippines; Paul McNutt, US High Commissioner and former governor of Indiana; and an ambitious Army colonel named Dwight D. Eisenhower.

This program has been organized by the Women’s Auxiliary in cooperation with the Consulate General of the Republic of the Philippines. Charge is $60 for Women’s Auxiliary and Men’s Club members, $70 for all other Temple members and guests. Payments must be received by March 2. Reservation forms may be downloaded from the Temple website: www.emanuelnyc.org/calendar.php. EMANU-EL EATS QUESTIONS? Call (212) 744-1400, ext. 235. Winter is upon us, and your Emanu-El Eats Committee has a prize-winning, festive, cold-weather Reaching Out Through Saviv recipe for you to enjoy with your family and friends. From Life Trustee SAVIV IS A JEWISH COMMUNITY for young professionals in their 20s and 30s Jeanne R. Theodore , this recipe is a who seek to explore authentic, progressive Jewish tradition and practice in an open, winner from a contest The Miami inviting atmosphere. Saviv is sponsored generously by Temple Emanu-El, but it is Herald held in 1942 for recipes using not membership-based. Becoming a part of the Saviv community is as simple as the fewest amount of ration points. joining our email list. Jeanne, incidentally, is a two-time recipe prize winner. Both of her Rabbinic Intern Carlie Daniels has been meeting winning recipes appear in our for coffee with the adult children of Temple Emanu-El forthcoming cookbook. Enjoy! members—those who have attended Saviv events and those who have yet to participate. Our clergy team likewise Sweet Potato Tropicana is committed to outreach to people in their 20s and 30s who Serves 6 live in and are not affiliated with Emanu-El, as well as those who have grown up at Emanu-El and either 6 large sweet potatoes, boiled until returned to or remained in New York after college. Carlie looks tender, peeled and mashed forward to continuing these conversations throughout the year! If you are interested 3 ripe bananas, mashed in speaking with Carlie, then please email [email protected]. 1 20-ounce can crushed pineapple, drained The Saviv community meets for regular musical Shabbat and holiday worship, enriching 2 cups fresh orange juice, cultural events and fun holiday celebrations. Log on to saviv.org to view a plus grated zest from oranges complete calendar of upcoming events, and please email your contact Light rum, to taste (optional) information to [email protected] to be added to our mailing list. Salt, to taste

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a two-quart casserole. Emanu-El Cares... 2. In a large mixing bowl, combine THROUGH GOOD TIMES AND BAD , the Temple Emanu-El clergy very much want to mashed potatoes, bananas, crushed know about the important events happening in the lives of our Emanu-El community— pineapple, orange juice and zest, the welcoming of a new child or grandchild, a graduation from school, the illness or and rum, if using. Season with salt death of a loved one. A simple phone call or the click of an email is all it takes to keep to taste. in touch when you need us. Call (212) 744-1400, or complete our online intake 3. Transfer mixture to prepared dish form: www.emanuelnyc.org/emanuelcares. and bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.

5 KIDS BOUTIQUE In a new venture, Temple Emanu-El Volunteering will be collecting gently used children’s clothing and shoes, baby gear (strollers, highchairs, baby carriers), baby toys and children’s books for Project Prom families living at homeless and domestic-violence shelters. Donations TEMPLE EMANU -E L’S TIKKUN OLAM COMMITTEE is pleased to announce that may be dropped off at the Temple. Project Prom will return to Emanu-El this spring! In partnership with Gala Gear , PLEASE, items must be clean more than 300 girls wil be outfitted for their senior prom. (Set up is Sunday, April 19; and in good condition. dress give-away days are April 20 through April 24.)

Starting February 1, we will be MINI-MITZVAH DAY collecting donations of new or gently used: Sunday, February 22 • 12 PM • • Prom-style dresses (long and cocktail), Blumenthal Hall (10 East 66th) suitable for spring weather Volunteers are needed to lend a • Accessories (evening bags, helping hand as we prepare mishloach costume jewelry) manot for seniors. RSVP to • Dress shoes (pumps) [email protected]. • New cosmetics Donations may be left in either the 65th Street or 66th Street lobby. NURSERY SCHOOL SUMMER CAMP QUESTIONS or interested in volunteering? Contact the Tikkun Olam Looking for a great first camp Committee at [email protected] or (212) 744-1400, ext. 452. experience for your preschooler? Temple Emanu-El’s Nursery School Summer Camp provides activities tailored to the child not yet ready for a full day of camp, with groups led Early Childhood by our Nursery School teachers. A typical day includes an art project, music and movement, free play in the MUSICAL OPPOSITES classroom, and lots of outdoor play. Musicians from the Juilliard School Campers bring their own lunches. once again visited Temple Emanu-El’s Nursery School to demonstrate how Summer Camp 2015 will run composers and choreographers use from June 8 through July 23. musical opposites to express a wide Children must be 2 years, range of moods and emotions. 9 months old by June 30, 2015. The first concert, which focused on forte and piano (loud and soft), If you wish to enroll your child, included minuets by Mozart, then please call (212) 744-1400, “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi and ext. 230, or send an email to “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson. [email protected], and we The second concert introduced the will email an application to you. concepts of allegro and adagio (fast Spaces are limited, and enrollment is and slow), accompanied by piano, on a first-come, first-served basis. percussion and tap dancing.

6 THE TEMPLE EMANU-EL

WINTER / SPRING 2015 February 4, 7:00 PM February 11, 7:00 PM Ari Shavit Timeless Join the award-winning author as he discusses Dan Rather talks to Lucinda Franks and current issues facing Israel. In partnership with AIPAC. former Manhattan district attorney Robert $18 / Reception & a signed book $75 Morgenthau. In partnership with The Jewish Week. $25 Includes a copy of the book

February 12, 7:00 PM February 22, 10:30 AM March 9, 7:30 PM A Night of Israeli Cinema Russ & Daughters Jeffrey Goldberg Explore Israeli cinema as the director of Connect with NYC’s immigrant history when Get the inside story behind the diplomatic Jerusalem’s Ma’aleh School of Film screens Mark Russ Federman shares anecdotes relationship between America, Israel and three shorts examining contemporary Israeli about his family’s 100-year-old establishment. Palestine. $36 / Reception & reserved struggles. $18 Breakfast by Russ & Daughters. $36 seating $150

March 18, 7:00 PM March 19, 7:00 PM March 23, 7:00 PM Judy Klitsner Bar Mitzvah: A History The Song of Songs International Bible scholar Judy Klitsner Rabbi Michael Hilton discusses how the Prominent scholar and theologian Michael reveals the interwoven truths within the core bar mitzvah grew from an obscure ritual to a Fishbane interprets the meanings behind stories of Genesis. $25 modern rite of passage. In partnership with the Song of Songs.In partnership with the the Jewish Publication Society. Free Jewish Publication Society. Free

March 29, 10:00 AM March 31, 7:00 PM April 11, 9:00 PM A Fire Burns in Kotsk Rebuilding Jewish Life in Havdalah Germany Delve into the rich history of Eastern Usher out Passover with a memorable Europe’s lost Hasidic dynasties through With Dr. W. Michael Blumenthal, former U.S. havdalah ceremony with a guest appearance the colorful Yiddish stories of rural Treasury Secretary and founding director of by popular Israeli musician Idan Raichel. shtetl life. Free the Jewish Museum Berlin. Free Includes cocktail reception. $45 April 13, 7:00 PM April 14, 7:00 PM April 16, 6:30 PM Our Class – A Play Reading Enchantress Holocaust Remembrance Day Engage in Q&A with the playwright of this Maggie Anton, award-winning author of award-winning Polish play following a staged Rashi’s Daughters, talks about her new With Joseph Berger, Stephanie Butnick, reading by a cast of Broadway actors. $35 book. Free Thane Rosenbaum, Amichai Lau-Lavie and Menachem Z. Rosensaft. Free

April 19, 10:30 AM April 27, 7:00 PM May 6, 7:00 PM Torah As Art The Chutzpah Imperative Making David into Goliath Learn how artist David Wander uses the How does chutzpah shape our world and Hear author Joshua Muravchik explain his Bible teachings of Dr. David Kraemer to drive Jewish self-empowerment? With Rabbi theory of why the world has turned against create visual interpretations of classic Edward Feinstein. Free Israel. Free stories. Free

May 9, 6:00 PM May 12, 7:00 PM May 14, 7:00 PM 25 Questions for a Jews & Genes Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg Jewish Mother Rabbi Elliot Dorff and Dr. Laurie Zoloth Explore the rich psychoanalytic layers behind Bring in Mother’s Day with wine tasting and discuss the release of Jews and Genes: Joseph’s dreams with Torah scholar and an award-winning show. Havdalah led by The Genetic Future in Contemporary Jewish author Dr. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg. $30 mother & daughter Helen Saltzman & Rabbi Thought with Dr. Arthur Caplan. Free Amy Ehrlich. $45

May 19, 7:00 PM May 20, 7:00 PM May 28, 7:00 PM Exodus: What Really Happened? Keeping Faith in Rabbis Arthur Green Discover the truth behind the most pivotal Hear how today’s rabbis adapt to the Enhance your connection to God with event in Jewish history with Dr. Richard Millennial Generation. With Rabbis Joy Levitt, author Arthur Green’s accessible approach Friedman and Rabbi David S. Sperling. Joshua M. Davidson, David Ellenson and to modern Jewish mysticism. In partnership Moderated by Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson. $30 Hayim Herring. $20 with the Jewish Publication Society and Jewish Lights Publishing. Free The Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center is creating new Jewish Experiences…

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• The Transcendence and Immanence of God: The Theologies of Hermann Cohen, Martin Buber and Franz Rosenzweig Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson • Man, Miracle and Menace – The Truth about Elijah Dr. Diane M. Sharon • Israel’s Collective Changing Identity Dr. Fred Lazin • Jews for Exegesis: Interpreting the Biblical Text Rabbi Molly Karp • The Golden Age of Yiddish Cinema: 1936–1940 Dr. Eric Goldman • Anti-Semitism Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Mark Weitzman • Introduction to Judaism Rabbi Janet Roberts • Second Chances, New Chapters, Bold Choices: Reading the Book of Ruth Dr. Diane M. Sharon • A Land of Milk and Honey? Environment, Sustainability and Peace in Israel Dr. Shahar Sadeh • The Triumphant Right, the Emerging Left and the Soft Middle: Three Trends that Define American JewryAndrew Silow-Carroll • Maimonides/Nachmanides Martin Kaufman • Classical Hebrew Rabbi David M. Posner • Judaism’s Great Debates Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz • Artists’ Beit Midrash Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses and Tobi Kahn • Testing, Testing, This Is Just a Test Dr. Diane M. Sharon • Malamud’s Magic and Mystery Rediscovered Diane Cole • Freedom and Responsibility in Jewish Philosophy Dr. Daniel Rynhold • Six Nights at the Museum: Visualizing the Bible, Works by David Wander Rotating Faculty • The Dead Sea Scrolls: Answers and Puzzles Dr. Mark W. Weisstuch • Eyewitness to Jewish History Rabbi Alvin Kass • Early Morning Talmud Rabbi Ysoscher Katz • Witches, Wives, Victims and Mothers Dr. Diane M. Sharon • Yiddish for Dummies Yitzchak Schwartz • Lens on Israel: A Society through Cinema Dr. Eric Goldman

To register, visit www.EmanuelSkirballNYC.org or call 212.507.9580

The Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center | One East 65th Street, NYC 10065 | 212.507.9580 MIDNIGHT RUN Religious School On Friday, February 6, all students in grades 9 through 12 are invited to participate in our annual Midnight Run, a volunteer program dedicated Mitzvah Corps Reflections to finding common ground between the housed and the homeless. TEMPLE EMANU -E L’S SEVENTH GRADE We also need help in collecting warm MITZVAH CORPS PROGRAM provides students coats, pants, sweaters, sweatshirts, with the opportunity to learn about and hats, gloves, shoes, backpacks, and perform mitzvot —adult Jewish responsibilities. new socks and underwear. Items may In their first unit, Provide the Poor With be dropped off to either Temple a Home , the Sunday students, partnering entrance until February 6. with the Tikkun Olam Committee , For more information, call Missy hosted families from Homes for the Bell at (212) 744-1400, ext. 329. Homeless for a picnic at Emanu-El. (« See pages 2 and 3.) Wednesday students helped the children with art projects “I felt inspired and empowered HOW DO PARENTS DESCRIBE to make their surroundings feel more like because we were doing a mitzvah.” THE RELIGIOUS SCHOOL? home. Featured here are some of the students’ As part of its annual survey, the favorite pictures from these activities and captions Department of Lifelong Learning asks describing how they felt about the work they were doing. Religious School parents to describe the school in five words. Answers Following each Action Session, students participate from the most recent survey are in a Reflection Session, where they think about the featured in the following graphic project they did and how they can continue to help representation. Words displayed in people in need. As part of their reflection, students larger type appeared most frequently. write a Reform responsa —a text that provides (For example, “warm” was one of guidance about how Reform Jews should respond the most cited words.) Log on to an issue, such as homelessness. Following is a to the Temple website to see responsa written by Natalie Baer at the end of a larger version of the graphic: her first Mitzvah Corps unit: www.emanuelnyc.org/school. Providing the poor with a home is an adult Jewish responsibility because we are obligated to help people in need. We need to help people who are less fortunate than we are, and you have to be willing to give up something “It felt really good to help if it means helping people in need. “People who live in everyone who was there. wretched huts are like nomads wandering through the I loved playing with all of the desert, for they cannot feel confident they will live another little kids.” day. Said one Rabbi: living in a wretched hut is like living in your own grave.” (Eruvin 55b) This quote from the SAVE THESE DATES! Talmud teaches me that we are obligated to help the Congregational Purim Shpiel homeless find confidence and dignity. Sunday, March 1 • 11 AM Purim Carnival In addition to writing responsum , students also have the opportunity to create social- Sunday, March 1 • 12 PM justice posters similar to those seen in the recent Bernard Museum exhibition “Justify Shabbat Kodesh Family Worship Your Existence.” To see the student posters or to read more responsum , Friday, March 6 • 6 PM * log on to www.emanuelnyc.org/mitzvahcorps . * Note special start time; learn more on page 3.

7 ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOG A new electronic version of the Stettenheim Library ’s catalog LOOKING FORWARD (continued from page 1) now is available for use by Temple members from home or on a mobile Coming up in the second week of February will be our second annual Nursery School device. Browse through the library’s exhibition . Jill Bernstein’s class will have the opportunity to present student artwork holdings to find books, music and they created based on artists they have learned about in school. The exhibition will take DVDs. Newest acquisitions can be place in the second gallery of the museum. Stay tuned for photos from the opening! found on the catalog homepage. Log on to www.emanuelnyc. The museum was established formally in 1997 under the direction of Reva Godlove org/library_online. Kirschberg through the generosity of Herbert and Eileen Bernard . However, the collection dates to 1929 through donations from Henry Toch and in 1945 with the In order to borrow bequest o f Judge Irving Lehman ’s collection. Museum donations over this past year library materials, have included many important objects that fill important gaps in our collection. Temple members first must obtain a Our recently renovated permanent library card. Applications are available gallery features such treasures as at the library. A login and password our 14th century Figdor-Lehman then can be assigned for online access Chanukah Lamp and a 20th to e-books or to reserve a book century Moroccan Jewish for pickup at the library. wedding costume from Tetuan.

Log on to the Temple website LITERARY TREASURES (emanuelnyc.org/museum) FROM RUSSIAN to view collection highlights, ÉMIGRÉ WRITERS as well as past exhibitions. This past year has seen publication And, Interim Curator Warren of at least half a dozen novels by Klein is available for personal Russian-Jewish authors who now live tours of our permanent gallery in North America. It is an explosion of or special exhibits. literary creativity, which we invite you to sample from the collection of the Stettenheim Library. ENDOWED IN MEMORY of a young man who died in 1910, the Ivan M. Stettenheim Library has had several incarnations. During the 19th century, the Religious School The UnAmericans had a library collection donated in memory of children. In 2000, the library opened in by Molly Antopol its present location, having been renovated handsomely and prepared for the digital This collection of age under the aegis of Dr. Ronald B. Sobel . The current collection concentrates on stories traces the material by or about Jews and Judaism and serves the needs of toddlers through adults. experiences of Temple members and those taking semester-long classes at the Temple Emanu-El protagonists from a Skirball Center may register for library membership. range of cultures, including a blacklisted Hollywood actor Patrons looking for a popular new novel or nonfiction work of Jewish interest are who struggles to connect with his son and likely to find it available for borrowing. High school students are especially happy when a dissenting gallery worker who begins they can find for a paper those volumes their school library doesn’t have. One member smuggling and curating underground art. is researching the beginning of Reform Judaism in the United States and is delighted by the material he can find in the stacks and in the Rare Books section. And, the (continued) Klau Reading Room is a gracious, inviting space where members can relax with a book or take advantage of WiFi.

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The Stettenheim Literary Circle , facilitated by Temple Librarian Elizabeth The Betrayers by [Liza] Stabler , is now in its sixth successful year and has added an afternoon session, David Bezmozgis co-sponsored with the Women’s Auxiliary . Liza also serves as a liaison to the Men’s A day in the life of Club Reading Group . (Book discussion groups are open to all Temple members.) Baruch Kotler, a Soviet The youngest members of the Temple family can be seen in the library on weekday Jewish dissident who mornings as Nursery School classes come for storytime. Religious School students visit finds himself a the library on Sunday mornings and weekday afternoons for library enrichment sessions. disgraced Israeli politician... In 24 hours he must face A group of very capable volunteers currently help the reckoning, both with those who have with many of the various aspects of running a library. betrayed him and those whom he has Our expert cataloguer, Miriam Reines , already a betrayed, including a teenaged daughter, computer guru, learned how to catalog on the job. a son facing his own moral dilemma in We have Maureen Rosenkrantz to thank for the Israeli army, and those who once preparing new items for the shelves. Fran Hess gets campaigned to secure his freedom. her Monday exercise shelving books and checking in new periodicals. Bunny Barb and Tamie Goldstine A Replacement Life by Boris Fishman cover books most splendidly, and Deborah Weiss The author’s literary debut features the helps keep the library’s budgeting system running story of a failed journalist asked to do the smoothly. Our newest volunteer, Laura Presant , unthinkable: forge Holocaust-restitution helps keep the Children’s Room running. claims for old Russian Jews in Brooklyn. Many others have volunteered their services in the Yevgeny Gelman, grandfather of Slava past or temporarily, and we are most grateful. There is Gelman, “didn’t suffer in the exact way” always a place for a volunteer. he needs to have suffered to qualify for the restitution the German government We look forward to seeing you at both the library and the museum! ❏ has been paying. Slava steps in to help.

Mannequin Girl Emanu-El Reads by Ellen Litman Growing up in TEMPLE EMANU -E L’S ANNUAL congregation-wide read-along Soviet Russia, is now taking place. We are discussing Simon Schama ’s first Kat Knopman volume of The Story of the Jews, which offers his personal worships her journey into Jewish history and personal insights into our parents, Jewish wonderful heritage. Discussion sessions, facilitated by intellectuals who Temple Librarian Liza Stabler , will be held on teach literature at a Moscow school, run the following dates: a drama club and dabble in political radicalism. When Kat is diagnosed with Tuesday, February 3 • 12:30 PM * rapidly progressing scoliosis, the trajectory (Sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary) of her life changes. Kat embarks on a * Includes a light lunch for a charge of $10 per person. quest to prove that she can be as RSVP to (212) 744-1400, ext. 235 or [email protected]. exceptional as her parents despite her physical limitations, her Jewishness and Tuesday, February 10 • 11 AM her suspicion that her beloved parents (Sponsored by Club 65) are in fact flawed. Participation is free...with the best coffee in town and freshly baked corn muffins! Only requirements: Be a member of the congregation and over 65. See more at emanuelnyc.org/ StettenheimLibrary.

9 Life-Cycle Events

FROM BIRTH TO DEATH, the act of consciously marking the major milestones in one’s life is an important element of both personal and religious development. Similarly important CLERGY are the rituals associated with these life-cycle events. Joshua M. Davidson, Senior Rabbi Amy B. Ehrlich, Associate Rabbi The following students of our Religious School will become B’NEI MITZVAH: Benjamin J. Zeidman, Assistant Rabbi Lori A. Corrsin, Cantor Emeritus Saturday, February 7 Dr. Ronald B. Sobel, Senior Rabbi Emeritus • Benjamin Elliot Goodman, son of Kate and Adam Goodman Dr. David M. Posner, Senior Rabbi Emeritus Alexis Pinsky, Rabbinic Intern Saturday, February 21 Carlie Daniels, Rabbinic Intern • Joey Demarest, son of Jackie Demarest Richard Newman, Cantorial Intern Saturday, February 28 OFFICERS • Robyn Nicole Landes, daughter of Andrea and Jeffrey Landes John H. Streicker, President Susan S. Danoff, Vice President Marne Obernauer Jr., Vice President Robert A. Calinoff, Secretary PULPIT FLOWERS at worship services Stephen T. Shapiro, Treasurer have been donated by the following congregants:

STAFF For the Sabbath of February 6 and 7 Cara L. Glickman, Vice President, • Barry, Patricia and Elizabeth Berkule in loving memory of Lloyd I. Berkule Finance and Administration • Mrs. B. E. Brandes in loving memory of Bernard E. Brandes Mark H. Heutlinger, Administrator • Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Brownstein in loving memory of Robyn W. Cimbol, Senior Director, Sol Brownstein and Benjamin Silverman Development and Philanthropy • Edward Fleur in memory of his father, Leo Yale Fleur Sherry Nehmer, Assistant Administrator • Edward Fleur in loving memory of his sister, Joette Stephanie Fleur Christine Manomat, Membership • Mrs. A. Coleman Poll in loving memory of her brother, Jacques G. Coleman Jr. Saul Kaiserman, Director, Lifelong Learning For the Sabbath of February 13 and 14 Rachel Brumberg, Associate Director, • Mary K. and Rabbi Howard I. Bogot in loving memory of Maxine Livingston Elbaum Lifelong Learning Dr. Gady Levy, Executive Director, For the Sabbath of February 20 and 21 Temple Emanu-El Skirball Center • Bettijane and Steven Eisenpreis in loving memory of Alfred Eisenpreis, Ellen Davis, Director, Nursery School and Carol Hess Long and Clinton Mayer Long Elizabeth F. Stabler, Temple Librarian, Ivan M. Stettenheim Library For the Sabbath of February 27 and 28 Warren Klein, Interim Curator, • Rosalind Pretzfelder in loving memory of George Pretzfelder Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum of Judaica Charles S. Salomon The Cemeteries of Congregation Emanu-El Charles S. Salomon, Funeral Director The Universal Funeral Chapel Salem Fields and Beth-El Kathryn M. Roberts, 1076 Madison Avenue A limited number of above-ground crypts are Bulletin Editor/Webmaster (212) 753-5300 available in our community mausoleum. Our service is available in the For information, please call Cara Glickman Temple, home or our Chapel. at the Temple Office, (212) 744-1400.

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February 1 • Sunday, 11:15 AM February 8 • Sunday, 11 AM - 2 PM February 2 • Monday, 5:30 PM Stitch’n Time February 4 • Wednesday, 5:30 PM One East 65th Street Talking to Your Child About God Full program descriptions are (Parent Education with Rabbi Davidson) February 10 • Tuesday, 11 AM available on the Temple website: 10 East 66th Street Emanu-El Reads Book Discussion www.emanuelnyc.org/calendar.php. (Club 65: A Group for Seniors) February 3 • Tuesday, 12:30 PM One East 65th Street February 27 • Friday, 6 PM Emanu-El Reads Book Discussion Shir Chadash (“A New Song”) (Women’s Auxiliary) February 11 • Wednesday, Lowenstein Sanctuary One East 65th Street 1 PM - 2:30 PM ; 6:30 PM - 8 PM (10 East 66th Street) Stettenheim Literary Circle February 4 • Wednesday, 8:30 AM One East 65th Street February 27 • Friday, 7:15 PM Men’s Club Book Group Community Sabbath Dinner One East 65th Street February 13 • Friday, 7 PM /7:30 PM (Sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary) Saviv Shabbat and Oneg One East 65th Street February 6 • Friday, 5:45 PM (Doors open at 7 PM ; service at 7:30 PM ) Senior Youth Group: Midnight Run One East 65th Street One East 65th Street SKIRBALL IN FEBRUARY: February 15 - February 18 • February 6 • Friday, 6 PM /7 PM Sunday - Wednesday February 4 • Wednesday, 7 PM Family Dinner (6 PM ) and Shabbat Religious School closed My Promised Land by Ari Shavit Kodesh Family Worship Service (7 PM ) for Presidents Week Break (FREE for Temple members) One East 65th Street/Beth-El Chapel February 20 • Friday, 9:15 AM February 11 • Wednesday, 7 PM February 7 • Saturday, 10 AM Baby Shabbat Timeless: Love, Morgenthau and Me Young Families: Tot Shabbat This event has been canceled. by Lucinda Franks One East 65th Street (Dan Rather in discussion with February 20 • Friday, 6 PM Lucinda Franks and Robert Morgenthau; February 8 • Sunday, 10 AM Guest Sermon by His Eminence, $25, includes a copy of the book) From Princeton to Pitching to Purim: Timothy Cardinal Dolan How One Ballplayer Came Fifth Avenue Sanctuary February 12 • Thursday, 7 PM to Choose Judaism A Night of Israeli Cinema Ma’aleh School (Men’s Club Brunch) February 22 • Sunday, 9:30 AM ($10 for Temple members) One East 65th Street February 23 • Monday, 4 PM The Story of Prayer February 22 • Sunday, 10:30 AM February 8 • Sunday, 11 AM (Fourth Grade Family Program) For the Love of Shmear: February 11 • Wednesday, 5 PM 10 East 66th Street Russ & Daughters Sixth Grade Parent ($25 for Temple members) Bar/Bat Mitzvah Meeting February 22 • Sunday, 12 PM One East 65th Street Mini-Mitzvah Day Visit EmanuelSkirballNYC.com 10 East 66th Street (Blumenthal Hall) or call (212) 507-9580.

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Join us on a journey of celebration and remembrance led by women for women...

Temple Emanu-El Women’s Seder March 29, 2015 • 6 PM

Women of the Temple are invited to come together to celebrate the courage and heroism of women throughout history. Let us think more broadly about the “Four Daughters” who played key roles in the saving and liberation of the Jewish People.

The beauty of this evening will exceed all expectations!

Charge: $75 per person Questions? Email [email protected].

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