KehilathjeshurunBulletin Volume XLIX, No. 5 February 19, 1982 26 Shevat 5742 "Jor the ileiuteh People tlfere mm iCtgljt, (HafctteoB, Sop an& Wtmat"(Esther 8:16) PURIM EVENING AND COME AND JOIN US — EVENING AND MORNING THE CHILDREN YOU ARE INVITED TO OUR All of us share in the joy of Purim, but PURIM SERVICE perhaps those who enjoy it most are our MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 8 children. In order to maximize their simcha and ours, we make special preparations for Mincha at 5:30 P.M. them and arrange proper supervision as Maariv in the Main Synagogue at 6:00 P.M. follows: Megillah Reading will follow. Please bring all children from Nursery through Grade 6 to the Synagogue at 5:30 P.M. on Monday afternoon. The younger children (Nursery through First Grade) are to gather in the Etra Chapel on the lobby level. Older children (Second through Sixth Grades) will meet in the Gymnasium. Youth leaders will br¬ ing the children to special sections reserved for them in the Main Synagogue and also provide them with the appropriate noisemakers and Purim sweets. Parents are asked to join the regular service in the Main Synagogue until its conclusion, at which time they may pick up their children at the locations listed above. As has been our custom for many years, students of Ramaz will read the Megillah and conduct the service on Monday evening. Purim Morning On Purim morning, Tbesday, March 9, we Photo credit: M. Dahan will read the Megillah twice. The firs* reading Matthew Cohen, Guri Roshwalb, Moshe Schanfeld, Joshua Newman, Eli Kavon, Kenneth Rochlin, Steven will be done by Mr. Rosenberg—a unique Major, Joshua Henkin, Mare Saroff, Joshua Rochlin, Jeffrey Shoulson, Ariel Blum, Steven Gurewitsch, treat— Steven Tan/., Steven Brown. as part of the regular morning service Not in picture: Peter Miller, Bert Rosen, Leonard Silverman. which will begin that day at 7:00 A.M. Follow¬ Special Morning Reading ing the service, the congregation will be the guests of our Vice President, Joseph Lorch for Tuesday, March 9 at 10:30 a Purim breakfast with the traditional holiday in the Social Hall fare. (details in the adjoining article) (continued on page two) Congregation SUNDAY SUPPER THREE RAMAZ SENIORS Kehilath Jeshurun LECTURES WIN HONORS IN welcomes the children and parents FEBRUARY 28 — of the WESTING HOUSE Rabbi Haskel Lookstein Fourth Grade of Ramaz NATIONAL SCIENCE MARCH 14 — who will he our guests at TALENT SEARCH Blu Greenberg services and luncheon See Page 3 See Page 3 this Shahbal, February 20. Page Two KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN RABBI BIELER TO GIVE THE ISRAEL EXPERIENCE' TO MEGILLAH CLASS HIGHLIGHT POST-MEGILLAH EVENING We are happy to announce that Rabbi Jack Bieler will a THE give pre-Purim class on the ISRAEL EXPERIENCE, an in¬ Megillah on Shabbat afternoon, March 6. The geniously creative multi-media production presentation will PURIM MORNING begin at 4:30 PM and will be featuring an elaborate assembly of Israeli ar¬ held in the Etra (Continued Chapel. from pg. 1) tists, film-makers, photographers, singers, The Purim shiur is the third in a series dancers and musicians of five 10:30 A.M. Reading for Men, portraying Israel as an pre-Yom Tov classes. The entire congrega¬ Women and Children enchanting experience, will be shown Monday tional family and community is invited to evening, March 8 after the reading of the participate. Megillah and an interlude for refreshments The second reading will be for The women, production is a panoramic presentation children — and anyone else who would like to shown on three screens utilizing ten projectors join — at 10:30 A.M. on Tuesday. Ramaz working students will simultaneously. The program con¬ WHEN again read the Megillah. sists BAD THINGS HAPPEN We of films, slides, sound effects, music and especially urge women to attend this reading narration. These combine TO GOOD in a creation of an PEOPLE and, if they are blessed with children, to bring audio-visual effect of the viewer them actually being Announcing a Sermon and a along. Everyone will enjoy it. Response on there, in Israel, taking part in the celebration. Shabbat Parah, March 13 It focuses on the highlights of the dramatic Following the reading of the Megillah, a Rabbi Harold Kushner published recently history of Israel, as well as the celebration of light collation of Hamanashen, milk and cof¬ an excellent volume entitled holidays, festivals and folk lore of Israel When Bad Things fee will be served. to¬ This religious and social ex¬ Happen to Good People. It is a day. Included in the ISRAEL EXPERIENCE psychological perience also a provides fine opportunity to ex¬ are and theological study of eight dance groups, some of Israel's fore¬ grief, mourning and change Mishlo'ach Manot. most reactions to crisis. It is an extremely helpful singers, the Hassidic Festival Choir, the book in three assisting people to meet some of the Join day march to Jerusalem and a summa¬ with us, then, in celebrating Purim this difficult challenges of life. tion of Israel's story by Abba Eban. year — evening and morning. We look for¬ Tickets, at a cost of Although the book is a very prac¬ ward to $3.00 per person, may worthy rejoicing with you and we tical of hope that be obtained piece counselling literature, it also this season of the through the Synagogue office. year will usher in a period of Our raises serious post Megillah programs in recent theological problems on the good fortune for Israel and all of world years Jewry. have been sold out general subject of the theodicy (why do the prior to Purim night and we therefore righteous suffer?). Some of the responses of urge you to order your tickets for the Rabbi Israel Kushner to the questions that he raises Experience at this time. Use the coupon below. are interesting but also very disturbing. They touch on fundamental matters of belief UOJCA TO although couched, for the most part, in psy¬ HONOR chological and counselling terms. RABBI HASKEL LOOKSTEIN Because of the usefulness of this book and THE ISRAEL EXPERIENCE its AT ANNUAL DINNER serious religious implications, Rabbi Haskel A Lookstein will devote MULTI-MEDIA the sermon period on SUNDAY, MAY 2, AT Shabbat Parah to a PRODUCTION reaction to a book which NEW he YORK HILTON very much recommends be read and be Monday Evening understood. Inasmuch as this discussion March 8 should We are not be purely a monologue, the period very pleased to announce that the Union of After the Megillah between Mincha and Ma'ariv on Orthodox Jewish March 13 will Congregations of and refreshments be set America will honor aside for an open discussion of the Rabbi Haskel Lookstein at book $3.00 and the Rabbi's its Annual Dinner which will be per person (adults and response to it. In order to held Sunday, children) leave May 2, enough time for the discussion, we will (Solidarity Sunday) at the New York Refreshments available to include daven Mincha Hilton at 6:00 o'clock. on March 13 at 5:00 PM. pizza, falafel, hamantaschen, ice cream The Kushner book and soda. may be obtained in the Rabbi Lookstein Judaica will receive the National Shop in our synagogue lobby open Rabbinic Leadership Award which has been Monday, Wednesday and from Thursday bestowed upon some Noon to 5 of the leading members PM, Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 of the PM rabbinate throughout the country and Sunday afternoons from Noon to in the 3 past. Last PM. year's recipient was our good ISRAEL EXPERIENCE friend, Rabbi Israel Miller. PURIM NIGHT We are proud of the designation of our Rabbi RESERVATION FORM for this honor and we invite the participation of all the CASSETTE OF members of the Congregation in the Please send us OU _____ tickets THE MEGILLAH Dinner this year in order to demonstrate at $3.00 per RECORDED our person. regard for him as well as our support of BY MR. ROSENBERG the activities of the UOJCA, the official con¬ Total amount enclosed $ Mr. Israel D. gregational body of Orthodox Judaism in this Rosenberg's cassette recording NAME of country. Megillah Esther is available this year in the Judadica Shop. The tape has received wide ADDRESS Reservations may be made for the dinner at distribution across the United States. a cost of $125 The per plate. Please notify the recording is an excellent addition to HOME PHONE one's Synagogue Office if you would like to come so personal also makes a library and good that we can arrange for members of our com¬ BUSINESS PHONE gift during the Purim season. munity to be seated together. KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page Three THREE RAMAZ SENIORS RABBI HASKEL LOOKSTEIN AND BLU GREENBERG TO WIN HONORS IN PRESENT SUPPER LECTURES WESTING HOUSE FEBRUARY 28 AND MARCH 14 TALENT SEARCH FEB. 28 - "THE POWER AND CHALLENGE OF THE SPOKEN WORD: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE LIFE OF THE CHAFETZ CHAIM" Rabbi Lookstein We are proud to announce that three seniors from the Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein Upper MAR. 14 - "THE CHANGING STATUS OF WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL JUDAISM" School of Ramaz are among 300 of the finest Blu Greenberg students of science throughout the country who have earned honors in the 1982 Westing- One of the oldest programs found on the house Science Talent Search. Synagogue calendar will give us the opportunity to hear two important topics discussed over Peter Miller, the son of our members Mr. the next few weeks. The SUNDAY SUPPER and Mrs. Samuel Miller, was cited for his LECTURES offer our community an oppor¬ original research on "Gene Transfer in tunity to join together to socialize over dinner Bacillus Alcalophius." Many of us know Peter and then participate in the lecture program.