December 2020
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12 In This Issue: • Havda-Latke Hanukkah Celebration Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg • Adopt-A-Family Cantor Andrea S. Raizen Bulletin Staff • Membership Directory President Michael Freed Vice President Matthew Arnovitz VOLUME 17, NUMBER 5 December 2020 KISLEV— TEVET 5781 Layout Vice President Tara Feiner Ann Rismiller Vice President Beverly Louis Articles Coordinator Vice President Andrew Schwartz Elaine Arnovitz Treasurer Scott Liberman Annie Potter BETH ABRAHAM @HOME: Secretary Marlene Pinsky Ann Rismiller Photography LET THE GAMES BEGIN! Men’s Club President Irwin Dumtschin Elaine Arnovitz Sisterhood President Irene Fishbein Saturday, January 9, 2021 Dennis Day Chevra Kadisha President Ted Cooper Staff Writers 7:00-8:30 pm on Zoom Rabbi Emeritus Samuel B. Press, D.D. Matt Arnovitz Cantor Emeritus Jerome B. Kopmar, D. Mus. Mike Freed Rabbi Joshua Ginsberg Cantor Andrea Raizen Allan Spetter Join your Beth Abraham family for a fun-filled evening you don’t want to miss! The printing of this publication is funded by private donations Looking for something to do on a cold January Saturday night? We’ll play our own version of LIVESTREAM LINK the TV game shows Family Feud and The Newlywed Game, and you can sign up to be a The link for all livestreamed services through StreamSpot is: contestant! Or, simply watch and enjoy as your friends compete. We’ll also have an interac- https://venue.streamspot.com/72a802ed tive game for all those who attend and some “door” prizes. To add to the fun, everyone who attends will receive a party box with snacks, goodies and surprises. There are two ticket options: Times for Shabbat Candle Lighting & Services Online service links can be found at www.bethabrahamdayton.org, • $36 ticket per person includes a party box of light snacks and goodies Facebook, or in your weekly News& Notes email • $72 ticket per person includes a party box of premium snacks, goodies and swag Friday, December 4 Candle Lighting 5:00 pm Party boxes will be available locally to be picked up or we will Kabba-Locked-In Shabbat (Zoom) 5:00 pm deliver to those unable to pick them up. Candle Lighting 4:54 pm Saturday, December 26 Morning Service (livestream) 9:30 – 11:30 am Saturday, December 5 Havdalah 6:04 pm Opportunities are also available to provide additional support to Morning Service (livestream) 9:30 – 11:30 am Virtual Havdalah (Zoom) 6:05 pm Beth Abraham by being a sponsor: Havdalah 5:56 pm Virtual Havdalah (Zoom) 6:00 pm DAILY MINYAN (Zoom) Monday through Thursday – 5:30 pm • $1000 Event Sponsor Friday, December 11 • $500 Game Sponsor Kabba-locked-In Shabbat (Zoom) 5:00 pm Candle Lighting 4:54 pm • $250 Party Box Sponsor Our Emcee, Alex Katz Saturday, December 12 Missing Rabbi’s Sermons? All sponsors will receive two premium boxes and recognition for their contribution. 3rd Day of Hanukkah Morning Service (livestream) 9:30 – 11:30 am We know many congregants enjoy hearing Rabbi’s reflec- In this year of everything “different,” we’ve decided not to have a traditional donor event, but Havdalah 6:00 pm tions and weekly divrei Torah (sermons). Now that we are Virtual Havdalah/Havda-Latke to have a “different” event to honor all our wonderful congregants while having some much- celebration (Zoom) 6:00 pm streaming services, you can watch on Saturday mornings to needed fun. It’s our way of celebrating our Beth Abraham family while raising some money hear Rabbi speak. If you aren’t able to make the service, for the synagogue, as well. Friday, December 18 not to worry! Our services that are streamed are archived Kabba-Locked-In Shabbat (Zoom) 5:00 pm for 30 days, so you can still tune in later. Just go to our Candle Lighting 4:56 pm StreamSpot link (found on our home webpage or in the You should have already received an invitation, so all you need to do is return your response weekly News & Notes email), look at the right hand side of card by Dec. 18th or go online and purchase your ticket. Saturday, December 19 the page and you will see our “archives” where you can Morning Service (livestream) 9:30 – 11:30 am find all our services for the past month. Enjoy! What could be better than sharing laughter, the camaraderie of our friends and some original Havdalah 5:59 pm Virtual Havdalah (Zoom) 6:00 pm BAS shtick. Join your Beth Abraham family for a fun-filled evening and let the games begin!! Friday, December 25 Kabba-locked-In Shabbat (Zoom) 5:00 pm 2 7 The Cantor’s Corner Cantor Andrea Raizen 2 11 7 BUILDING COMMITTEE - UPDATE ON 2020 is rapidly coming to an end. None words of Hillel: too soon for most of us. Who could “If I am not for myself, who will be for CONSTRUCTION have imagined what a year this would me? If I am only for myself, what am I? Matt Arnovitz be? But amidst all the chaos and If not now, when?” uncertainty of what The unit of Sukkat Shalom connected to The PACE program project is moving right each day had in this quote in meaningful ways, as along as we work toward completing the store, I do believe follows: transition to our own building systems. All lighting many of us are able has been switched to LED throughout the to admit that there If I am not for myself, who will be for building and the high efficiency boilers and chiller were occasional me? – We want to empower are on site and almost ready to connect. The gas glimmers of hope children with the tools to take care service is complete and ready to go. The week of and things that of themselves in a world that is Thanksgiving, the new electrical transformer was happened that even fraught with uncertainty, with fear delivered. The last part is waiting on Dayton brought a smile to and with illness. CHAI SOCIETY Power & Light to do the connection work; the cable is in and extends from the building to Workers bringing a new boiler into the building. our faces. As many If I am only for myself, what am I? – MIKE FREED of you know, the We want to empower children to STEVEN & LINDA HORENSTEIN Schantz. religious school that is under my look beyond themselves, to TERRY & MARLENE PINSKY supervision is a small, yet vital part of consider their ability to provide ALLAN* & BRENDA RINZLER In December, we anticipate finishing all our Beth Abraham community. Over safety, healing and wholeness for NORM & MARY RITA WEISSMAN connections and switching the electrical service the past 13 years ours numbers have others by joining together in a from the campus to our direct connection. When ranged from 6-21 students. When the network of support and caring. RABBI’S MINYAN this happens, the building will be without power pandemic struck, we had only 6 If not now, when? – We want to for one day. Our hope is the project will be BRUCE & DEBBIE FELDMAN students as we migrated to an online empower children to take action DAVID & SUSAN JOFFE completed by the end of the year. As the project platform. Our GOAL! (Go Out And toward creating sukkat shalom for EDWARD & MARCIA KRESS concludes, landscaping will be installed around Learn!) Program changed to Go In and themselves and for others. MICHAEL & ELLEN LEFFAK the chiller and we are evaluating what to do Learn, but we didn’t change the ALLEN LEVIN DONALD & CAROLE MARGER aesthetically around the transformer at the acronym. We finished the school year We have been so pleased with the ANDREW & PAMELA SCHWARTZ chapel entrance. as best we could and began to imagine participation of our students and New equipment under construction what things would look like in the Fall. support of the parents in this program so far. Activity bags are provided for Luckily, over the summer, the Jewish the younger students that contain CANTOR’S CHOIR Education Center of Cleveland got follow-up activities to each of the five LARRY & CINDY BURICK right to work and created a curriculum, lessons and older students are presented JOEL & ANGELA FRYDMAN not only to fit the virtual world of with a challenge each week. Every DAVID & JOAN MARCUS Jewish education, but one that would learner comes to the screen the next JIM & CAROL NATHANSON address five caregiving principles that week with their project and presents it FRIEND OF THE CONGREGATION Life and Legacy support recovery and resiliency for to the entire group. We have had Help Assure Beth Abraham’s Future communities that experience trauma, excellent attendance for our weekly PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE like the pandemic. The program is built classes that last for 75 minutes and on Jewish values that can stand alone include Havdalah, morning prayers and MATT & ELAINE ARNOVITZ Our participation in the Life and Legacy program allows us the opportunity to yet complement those caregiving Torah study, in addition to this new BILL & MELINDA DONER give back to Beth Abraham Synagogue and the Dayton Jewish community. DOUGLAS & BETHANY EINSTEIN principles. The program is called, curriculum. I am also able to meet with We both have been lifelong members of Beth Abraham; in fact Terry's great- many of our students for one-on-one, DENEAL & ESTHER FELDMAN “LaBri’ut: To Our Health & Wellness.” GARY & IRENE FISHBEIN grandfather was one of the founding members of the synagogue over 125 I decided to sign us up as one of about virtual Hebrew sessions during the LYNN FOSTER 240 schools across the country, serving week. So despite the challenges we MICHAEL & ROCHELLE GOLDSTEIN years ago.