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Congregation B’nai Shalom Bulletin בני שלום March 2013/5773 Published Monthly Volume 29 No. 7 Pesach Women’s Seder March 25 – April 1 Sunday, March 17 at 5 PM in the Social Hall Pesach begins the night of Monday, March 25. Rabbis Gurevitz, Krieger, and soloist Sharon Brown The office will be closed March 26 and Goldstein will lead us in April 1, the first and last days of Pesach. this spiritual and highly participatory seder. Yizkor on April 1 at 7:15 AM. All women are welcome to attend, and to bring their See the Rabbi’s Article about friends, mothers, sisters, and daughters grade 5 and older. sharing a Passover meal. A pot-luck (vegetarian, dairy, Pesach-style) dinner will be served. See the Rabbi-Educator’s page RSVP to Janice Hirshon at [email protected] by about the Haggadah fundraiser. March 13. (More information on page 8) Souper Sunday Game Night On Sunday, March 10, 5–8 PM Sponsored by the Membership Committee Bring your best nut-free, dairy or vegetarian homemade soup to share, and be eligible for a People’s Choice award. Rolls, beverages, and desserts will be provided. Soup is encouraged but not required. We want you there! After dinner, we will break out the board games. Bring your favorite — Monopoly, Candyland, Rummikub, Apples to Apples, Euro-style strategy games, and who knows what else!? Open to all ages. RSVP to Marsha Beals at [email protected]. If you are bringing a soup, please bring your recipe, or e-mail with your RSVP. Congregation B’nai Shalom Annual Cinema Coffeehouse and Concert B’nai Shalom Singer/songwriter Noah Aronson Saturday, March 9 4:00 – 9:00 PM Saturday night, March 23 Prince of Egypt Doors open at 7 PM, concert at 7:30 PM and Everything is Illuminated Online – Adults: $15, Under 18/over 65: $5, Family maximum: $30 http://www.cbnaishalom.org/news/NoahAronson.php An afternoon family movie and an evening film At the door – Adults: $20, Under 18/over 65: $5, Family maximum: $40 intended for adults. Both events include dinner. RSVP Visit http://www.noaharonson.com/ to learn about Noah and his music to Barbara Govendo at Sponsored by the B’nai Shalom Music Committee [email protected]. See page 11 for details. Page 2 Congregation B’nai Shalom Worship Schedule Rabbis and Staff Friday, March 1 Saturday, March 16 MAIN OFFICE 6:00 pm PK–2 Grade Dinner Vayikra .... .... .... .... .... Leviticus 1:1 - 5:26 508-366-7191 FAX: 870-0608 7:00 pm Shabbat Service 8:00 am Torah Study and Tefilah http://www.cbnaishalom.org Shabbat Rishon 10:15 am Shabbat Morning Service – Usually Mon–Fri 9AM – 5PM, but please call first Saturday, March 2 David Kasof and Jamie Rosen Ki Tisa.. .... .... .... .... .... Exodus 30:11 - 34:35 will be called to the Torah as Rabbi: Rachel Gurevitz B’nai Mitzvah 8:00 am Torah Study and Tefilah Ext. 201 [email protected] Friday, March 22 10:15 am Shabbat Morning Service – Rabbi–Educator: Joe Eiduson Kaila Goldstein will be called 7:30 pm Simply Shabbat Ext. 204 [email protected] to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah Saturday, March 23 Friday, March 8 Tzav .... .... .... .... .... .... Leviticus 6:1 - 8:36 Administrator: Abby Mayou 7:30 pm Shabbat Service – Inspiring 8:00 am Torah Study and Tefilah Ext. 202 [email protected] stories from our community – 10:15 am Shabbat Morning Service – celebrating the impact of our Abigail Golderg will be called Jewish Life Educator: Ellyn Shriber, RJE Jewish Federation to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah Ext. 209 [email protected] Saturday, March 9 Friday, March 29 Cantorial Soloist: Sharon Brown Goldstein Vayakhel-Pekudei.. .. .. Exodus 35:1 - 40:38 7:30 pm Ritual Lab Shabbat – Song 8:00 am Torah Study and Tefilah of Songs & the celebration of Ext. 203 [email protected] 10:15 am Shabbat Morning Service – springtime Noah and Max Weinberg will Cantorial Soloist: Lisa Marcus Jones Saturday, March 30 [email protected] be called to the Torah as Chol HaMo-eid Pesach .... Exodus 33:12-34:26 B’nai Mitzvah 8:00 am Torah Study and Tefilah Secretaries: Friday, March 15 10:15 am Tot Shabbat Kair Tucker 7:30 pm Torah Service Shabbat Ext. 200 [email protected] Torah Study and Tefilah Every Saturday at 8:00– 9:30 am in the Library. Marsha Beals Readings are in English. Includes an abbreviated morning service. Ext. 205 [email protected] Bookkeepeer: Kevin Murphy Torah Service Schedule Ext. 208 [email protected] Our third Friday night Shabbat Service of the month will contain a Torah reading. Youth Educator: Debbi Morin Ritual Lab [email protected] Our last Friday night Shabbat of the month will often bring the opportunity to explore a seasonal theme or something new in the form of a ritual lab. We’ll provide some new WAFTY Advisor: Jeremy Levine opportunities for involvement. Let the Rabbi Gurevitz know what you would like to try. [email protected] Our Board and Committee Chairs President: Gordon Manning Steven Heims Inclusion: Karen Weiner [email protected] Janice Hirshon Information Technology: Steven Goldstein Past-President: Paul Silverman Nioma Lazarine Library: Open [email protected] Carolyn Mitchell Membership: Steven Goldstein VP Finance & Admin: Mark Rosen Kathy Rosenblum Music: Karen Rothman [email protected] Steve Sager Nominating/Governance: Paul Silverman VP Education: Allen Rosenfeld Wendy Starr Personnel: Alisa Stone [email protected] Jim Wilner Ritual: Open VP Cong. Affairs: Wendy Wilsker Steve Winer School & Youth: Cheryl Kasof [email protected] Social Action: Jeff Govendo VP Membership:Steven Goldstein Committee Chairs: Transition Steering: Heidi Swanick [email protected] Adult Education: Barbara Govendo Yad b’Yad: Anita Backer and Janice Treasurer: Ed Sherr Building: Open Hirshon [email protected] Bylaws: Open Secretary: Eileen Samberg Communications: Dave Cayem Affiliate Groups: [email protected] Early Childhood: Shari Bedar Sisterhood: Janice Hirshon & Cheryl Kasof and Marcia Hoffman Brotherhood: Jim Wilner & Adam Winter Directors: Development: Rob Blumberg & Rob Gesher: Mindy Hall Amysue Chase Sternburg Empty Nesters: Bruce Lopatin Debbie Bresnick Finance: Open March 2013 Page 3 From the Rabbi’s Study — In Every Generation… s we sit down at our Seder to make for a really engaging [email protected] so that I can tables this year, on March 25 Seder experience for all ages. On help facilitate those connections. Aand 26, we repeat, as we do March 3 at 10:45 am, I’ll be facilitat- The Haggadah every year, the words that remind ing a workshop for parents, provid- tells us that we us that it is important for us to ing some user-friendly tools and have to find a way remember the exodus from Egypt tips for a great Seder that is child- to make the expe- as if we, ourselves, experienced friendly, with some extra take-home rience of gaining it. If we engage in the ritual of the resources. I’d also like to invite fami- freedom from Passover Seder as more than just lies at the workshop to share if they slavery come another family meal, we find a whole would like to hold a Seder night with alive for each and toolbox laid out in the manual we another family or two, so that we can every generation. call the Haggadah to help us to do help to connect you with each other. This is not only to ensure that we this. There are tastes, there are words We don’t all have extended families don’t forget our heritage and our and stories, there are questions and close by, so why not join together story; it is also because some of the (sometimes) there are answers (but with a family with kids of similar ages early generations of Rabbis who it is the search that is more impor- from your congregational family? crafted this ritual understood that tant than the answers themselves). Every year at B’nai Shalom, we the way Jews related to this story in There are songs, and, if we choose, ask for members who are able to one generation or in one era would there is storytelling through acting, host some extra people at their be different from the ways that it reminiscing, the young asking the Seder to let us know, and those worked for Jews of another time. old, and the old asking the young. looking for a Seder to join to be There are many creative ways in touch so that we can help con- …continued on page 5 to use the Haggadah as a manual nect you all. Please e-mail me at From the President — Tomorrow’s Synagogue Today ne of the transitions the book Tomorrow’s Synagogue congregational that our Board has been Today, by Hayim Herring. This book life that may Ogoing through this year is challenges us to take a fresh look at also be subject a change in the focus of our meet- how we think about our synagogue to change. A ings. For much of our congregation’s community and its fundamental Look in the history, the Board has been focused structure. Mirror told us primarily on operations. While As an example, last month that being a these issues are important for the we studied the chapter entitled, “connector” maintenance of our building and the “Remixing the Rabbinate.” Our dis- — engaging with people, and smooth running of our office, they cussion focused on the following: facilitating ways of congregants are not necessarily the most inspir- As we continue to explore and connecting with each other ing topics nor the best use of our imagine what our congrega- — were the most central desires Board members’ valuable time.