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: for an elderly relative *l] Trouble accessing the Federation's website? with equally important Paste our address responsibilities at home? (www.jewishchattanooga.com) into the web address box. You should get right to our homepagel . Social Services Director Amy Boulware presents practical tips to make the aging process a little easier on you and your loved ones. IN THIS ISSUE Sunday, April 25 at noon Federation News Page 3 Condolences...... Page 13 $7.007person for workshop and a Federation Programs Pages 4-6 Community Voices Pages 12-14 delicious lunch (of sandwiches, of course). Social Services Page 7 Congregation News ...Pages 15-17 Aleph Bet Pages 8-9 Hadassah News Page 18 , Newcomers Page 10 Bulletin Board ....Page 19 RSVP using the form at Congregational School Page 11 Community Calendar ..Page 20 www.jewishchattanooga.com or contact Ann Treadwell at 493-0270, ext 13; [email protected]. FEDERATION NEWS My Midlife Crisis by Robert Snetman Federation Board Chair [email protected]
Recently while traveling for business, I Perhaps morbid, perhaps "glass half empty," but a realization nonetheless : overheard two college-aged women in a that I couldn't deny. Armed with this insight, I couldn't help but think about downtown Kansas City coffee shop preparing the legacy I would leave my children, their children, your children, or for 2 , th for an exam. Sitting Indian-style across from that matter, the world. So it was on or about the 40 anniversary of my the other, one girl said to her friend, "Midlife being that I embarked on leading and living a more enriched life. -—'*-.„*:-, crisis. Define midlife crisis." Her friend paused, took a deep breath, and with a deadpan expression, clinically replied, "Well, a midlife crisis for a man is when .../ couldn H help hut think about the legacy I would he becomes self absorbed and often acts out his behavior by buying extravagant leave my children, their children, your children, or toys, such as sports cars." Boy, was she good! for that matter, the world. It was at that very moment my world stood still and I heard nothing that followed. After processing her definition, I found myself silently laughing and no doubt smiling. Once again, my sense of timing couldn't have been better. Thanks to a compilation of life's experiences and our current Despite my height, I might as well have been invisible. Whether they realized it economic environment, more and more of us (if not all of us) have a deeper or not, their living, breathing, midlife crisis "poster child" was within earshot - sense and appreciation of what is truly important. Beyond the staples two feet away! of food, clothing and shelter, everything else is a luxury. Our abilities While some would argue by (her) definition that I've been experiencing to actively engage our fellow man with acts of love and compassion are a midlife crisis for years because of my pursuit and enjoyment of luxury centra] to our being. My midlife crisis challenged me to be a better father, automobiles, I think my midlife crisis began when I turned 40 and by (my) husband and community leader. The "crisis" is not recognizing the need definition is so much deeper. Surprised? and intentionally electing not to be engaged for the greater good of the My "crisis" wasn't as I had envisioned it nor will it likely provide for a community. riveting read. But I hope the brief candor of my present day journey provides Daunted by the fact a midlife crisis can occur at any age, if you're insight into who I am, where I intend to go and inspires or motivates each of you statistically past due and haven't had yours, recognize the need is real, the to reflect on your abilities to lead and live a more purpose driven life. timing urgent and it's never too late to make a difference in the lives of those When I turned 40,1 realized that statistically my life was half over. you love or those who live in our community. A New View of Hope by Michael Dzik Federation Executive Director [email protected]
"Hope is not a plan". As I sit in New- Sure hope is a feeling, an emotion. But, hope is not simply Orleans at a Federation conference - these enough. There is planning, there is action, there is reaction, and there are the words that kicked off our institute is work - the blood, sweat and tears that can turn any hope into reality. for Jewish Federation executives. Our opening speaker was one of the most It takes the collective Jewish community to turn hope into a successful incredible and dynamic people I have ever heard. His name? Scott Cowan, the reality. president of Tulane University. It's been almost 10 years since this community came together A couple of moments in Cowan's remarks really resonated with me. to fulfill a dream - or one could say a hope—to have a central Think about it for a moment:" Hope is not a plan." Coming from a person in Jewish entity, a Jewish Cultural Center, where our community could a city that was nearly destroyed only four and a half years ago, it is quite an congregate, hold meetings, and be together as one united and strong amazing statement. community. There were many men and women who worked hard to turn this dream (hope) into a reality. Similarly, there were many ...hope is not simply enough. There is planning, there is people who had a vision for what the community could be and what action, there is reaction, and there is work - the blood, the community could do; and with hard work, dedicated volunteers sweat and tears that can turn any hope into reality. and staff, and a commitment to nothing less than excellence, we are achieving many of these goals as well. People for years have used the term "hope" for so many reasons and I have many hopes and dreams. I also recognize that hope alone in so many ways.. ."I hope I do well on this test," "I hope everything turns out will not achieve them. I urge you to get involved - in the Federation, okay," "I hope we win the game," and from the Federation office, "I hope the your congregation, Hadassah, the community Religious School, and the campaign is successful." It is amazing the number of times that I have casually many other Jewish opportunities in our community. Don't be afraid to used the term "hope" without any additional thought. speak up and make a difference. Don't be afraid to get involved in the There's nothing wrong with hope-—neither the word nor the concept— Jewish community. but Cowan's talk gave me a new perspective. Hope is not tangible. We use it People are not remembered for what they did for themselves. as we use the word "potential," as in "This person sure does have a great deal of People are remembered for what they did for others and for their potential." In most cases, the words "potential" or "hope" describe exactly what communities. you don't have.
The Shofar April 2010
- FEDERATION PROGRAMS trong oices by Ann Treadwell Programs/Development Director [email protected]
In my father's eyes, his children came of age when we turned double digits. programs that reinforce Jewish identity as well as our roles in our families. Yom On the night of my tenth birthday he took me to the Rainbow Room, the HaShoah is Sunday, April 11*. In addition to our community ritual, a special fabulous restaurant on top of Radio City Music Hall in New York City. program is being planned by community members. ApriLlS begins a five- Outside those tall windows, it appeared to be raining upside down. I sat in week program that helps us deal with the grief from the loss of a loved one. On my red Scottish plaid dress and white gloves and sipped my first cocktail, Sunday, April 25th, we have put together a lunch program called Sandwiched. a Shirley Temple. After a small appetizer we went to Molty McGee's This lunch-and-learn is for family members who are caregivers for their elders restaurant, and on its white linen tablecloth, there was a fine feast of my and/or their children, favorite foods. The evening was capped off by a small green and white Share with me your growing up stories and artifacts. Join me as we cake that had a golden key embedded in the icing. The key, a charm for my share our mutual and different sense of identity. bracelet, was a token of my new freedom. Having turned ten, I was allowed to leave the neighborhood, ride buses and subways, and visit the library and museums all by myself. To my father, coming of age was not spiritual or a So many ways to RSVP, there's no preparation to be "given away" in marriage. To my father, coming of age was about freedom. reason not to! Growing up Jewish takes many different forms. Perhaps your growing up was a spiritual path leading to confirmation or Bar/Bat Mitzvah. By phone: Call 493-0270, ext. 13. Leave a message and (if you Maybe your growing up included a special time with a grandparent or request one), get a phone confirmation. parent, or an unusual family ritual. In any case, I am curating a Growing Up Jewish exhibit, which will open in June and be on display through July. I am specifically looking for photographs, tallitot, handmade gifts and camp Online: Complete the RSVP form at treasures, Torah portions, or anything that is representative of growing up www.j ewi shchattanooga.com Jewish. As with the wedding exhibit last year, 1 need to begin looking and collecting items now. Because of space and display constraints, I will need Email: [email protected] to be selective. Please contact me if you have an item or items that might be appropriate for the exhibit. Our individual experiences of growing up are just part of what Payment: Mail a check (payable to JFGC) to: P.O. Box 8947, creates our personal identity. The life cycle is full of opportunities to shape Chattanooga TN 37414 or pay by credit card (Amex, Visa, or and mold who we are—and who we aren't. In April there are several MC) in person or by phone.
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Maestro Bob Bernhardt to Meet-the-artists recep tion for Form and Space: Host Sponsor Event for Third Works by Austin Center and Lawrence Mathis is on Annual Jewish Film Series April 22 at 5:30 p.m. Sponsor event on May 12; film titles to be Details, frontpage announced in the May Shofar and ait www.jewislichattanooga.com <•. • '•-..- . . , - • The annual Jewish Film Series at the Jewish Cultural Center begins next month. The four films in the series will screen on Wednesdays Ballet Dancer by Austin Center May 26, June 2, June 9, and June 16 at 7:00 p.m. The four films selected for the series will be announced in the May issue of The Shofar, at www.jewishchattanooga.com, and by mail. The Film Series will be Men's Night with Russ Huesman chaired by Sanford Winer again this year. March 9, Jewish Cultural Center In conjunction with the series, Maestro Robert Bernhardt will present a program featuring music from Jewish-themed movies. The event, scheduled for Wednesday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m., will be a special program for sponsors of the Jewish. Film Series. Individuals and businesses are invited to sponsor the series at the following levels: * Cast Level $36 (four single-admission tickets) * Director's Circle $54 (four single-admission tickets plus two tickets to the Bernhardt special program on May 12) * Producer's Circle $72 (eight single-admission tickets plus two tickets to the Bernhardt special program, on May 12) If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Ann Treadwell: 493-0270, ext. 13; [email protected]. illiillllllii
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Community Events Well Being Yom HaShoah Observance Chai Steppers: A Monthly Lunch Sunday, April 11, 2:00 p.m. Gathering for Older Adults See front page for details Tuesday, April 20 at Noon Monthly Intergenerational Lunch See facing for details Wednesday, April 14 at 11:30 a.m.. Middle Eastern (Belly) Dancing A gathering (on the second Wednesday of each month) of adults of all ages Jillanna Babb-Cheshul of Merry Bellies teaches this drop-in, one-hour and Aleph Bet students for activities followed by lunch. class Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Pay as you go at $5/class. Cost: $7.00 Contact Ann Treadwell: 493-0270, ext 13; [email protected] RSVP 493-0270, ext. 13; [email protected] Form and Space Exhibit Opening Sandwiched? A Program for Caregivers Thurs. April 22,5:30 p.m. (Exhibit runs April 19-June 3) Sunday, April 25 at Noon See front page for details See front page for details Exhibit hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mondays through Alzheimer's Support Group Thursdays and from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Fridays. Tuesday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. This support group for caregivers meets in the conference room of the Jewish Cultural Center on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 2:00 p.m. Expand Your Mind Please RSVP to Amy Boulware, 893-9241; [email protected] Launch Thursday, April 8, Noon , &> w
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Last week (remember I'm writing this in March), school was canceled again the idea of escaping into a make believe world if only for two hours. She liked at .11:30 a.m. because of snow, and my girls, Amanda and Hannah, called and their simplicity: good triumphs oyer evil, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, asked if they could come to the Cultural Center and have lunch with me. Of good things often come in unexpected packages, and kiss a few toads, and you course, I said I would love to have lunch with them. will find your prince (yes, Dad, you were her prince). She loved fairy tales, the By the time they got here the snow was letting up and it looked as happily-ever-after thing. if we would have little or no accumulation. Jacob, Ann TreadwelPs son was So the girls and I went to see the movie, an unexpected afternoon already here because his school had been canceled the night before, and we put together when they should have been in school. We were three often people the kids to work. in the theater. I guess most kids who wanted to see the movie probably had Shayna Howard needed help stuffing envelopes for her Spring Fling already convinced their parents to take them. As we sat there watching the event, and here were three unexpected pairs of hands. The kids set up an movie, Amanda leaned over and grabbed my hand. Not because she was . assembly line, and off they went. I'm sure Shayna was thrilled. Michael Dzik scared of the voodoo plot line, but because she and I were thinking the same ordered pizza for the kids, and they were set. After they finished the task at thing. Gabby, my mom, would have loved this movie. She would have been hand, my girls asked if I would go to the movies with them. Believe it or not there with us. She would have said it was back to the old Disney. Then I the teenagers wanted to see Disney's Princess and the Frog. It was at the looked at Hannah, who had tears streaming down her face. She was thinking cheapie theater, which is always a bonus. what we were. My girls and I are addicted to Disney movies, and normally we would We sat in the theater long after the movie had finished. We sat through have seen the movie the first day it played. That is, if our life had been normal all of the credits. In that moment it wasn't just the three of us. It was the four the last six months. Because, normally, we would have seen it with my mother. of us. We miss her. We miss her zest for life, her childlike excitement, her She loved every Disney movie ever made, even the terrible ones. There is not desire for a happily ever after. We miss her voice telling us that she loves us. a kid's movie I can think of that my mom didn't go with us to see. She liked We miss her!
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Lee University Presents The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Adam and Lynne Barkeloo The Last Night of Ballyhoo, the 1997 Tony Award Winner for Adam and Lynne Barkeloo moved to Best Play, is set in Atlanta in 1939. Gone With the Wind is Chattanooga from Atlanta. Adam, a native about to have its world premiere while Hitler is invading Poland. of Columbus, Ohio, lived most of his life But the subject of interest to Atlanta's elite is Ballyhoo, in South Florida. He was a resident of the Jewish social event of the season. Los Angeles and Lynne, who was born in France, was living in San Francisco when This comedy by Alfred Uhry, the-Pulitzer Prize winning the couple met in Las Vegas through a author of Driving Miss Daisy, focuses on the Freitag family's mutual friend. struggle for identity in a changing world. Adam trades equities, options, and futures for Opus Trading Fund in Atlanta. April 9-10 and 16-17 at 7:00 p.m. He graduated with a BS in finance April 11 and 18 at 2:00 p.m. from Otterbein in Westerville, Ohio. In Dixon Center Auditorium addition to France and California, Lynne has lived in Louisiana and Texas. She The Last Night of Ballyhoo is produced by the Lee University earned an MIS degree from North Texas University and works from Theatre Program. Tickets can be purchased beginning home as a salesperson for Aspect Software. April 6th at the box office or by calling 423-614-8343. Adam and Lynn, both athletic, enjoy road and mountain biking, running, and spending time with their three-year-old son. Jack, a student Tickets are $10 ($5 for non-Lee students at Aleph Bet Children's Center. (561-706-7508; [email protected]) and $7 for seniors.) Group rates of 10 or more are $5/ticket. Newcomer Nosh March 21, Jewish Cultural Center If you are interested in going as a group to the April 18th matinee, please contact •HL. Ann Treadwell: 493-0270, ext. 13 or [email protected]
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10 The Shofar April 2010 CONGREGATIONAL SCHOOL Congregational Religious School Update by Ronni Charyn, Director
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of hearing a D'var Torah by my rabbi, We'll See You on April 11! Bill Tepper of Mizpah Congregation, on "Taking Hebrew Seriously," an article written by Michael Wex for The Forward, America2s oldest and one of its School will reconvene on April 11 after our Passover break. Come meet Emily foremost Jewish newspapers. Andes, our ISJL (Institute of Southern Jewish Life) Fellow, who will be with us I was so elated that Rabbi Tepper would take time from his usual for the weekend of April 11. sermons to discuss this very serious matter, that I sat spellbound. As the article states, "In America, too few Jews appreciate how essential Hebrew is to the Purim at survival of our Jewish community. Hebrew literacy rates are frightfully low'. The 2007 National Survey of American Jews found that only 28% claim to the CJCRS understand a simple Hebrew sentence." Wex also notes that "only one-third of those who attended after-school Hebrew education can read the language and of those who have only attended Sunday school, only 18%." Learning a language can be difficult for some, especially for those past the age of three, when tuning your ear to a foreign, language comes easily. Children have opportunities to practice a language on the playground, through media, and in the classroom. Language acquisition is a hard go, requiring steady commitment and a relinquishment of ego. Our students go to school five days a-week, and most study a foreign language. Whether that language is Spanish or French, which can actually be used on the streets, or in their respective countries, or it's Latin, which helps with English language comprehension, students have seven hours a week of instruction, repetition, homework, and class work. ^si^^iii^iiPSBijiijiljiilj^^jj^^^^ That is not what our Jewish students get in their respective synagogues. They are lucky, if they have two hours per week of Hebrew instruction. As Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic writes, "The American Jewish community is the first great community in the history of our people that believes that it can receive, develop, and perpetuate the Jewish tradition not in a Jewish language. Without Hebrew, the Jewish tradition will not disappear entirely in America, but most of it will certainly disappear." Norma Cate, who heads the foreign language department at East Ridge High School, suggests that in order to be successful in teaching a foreign language, teachers need to be mindful of the five Cs: Communication, Culture, Connection, Communities and Comparisons. Using Hebrew as much as possible unites Jews together as am ehad, one people. Hebrew is best described as a heritage language because there are so many customs and rituals associated with it. There are a multitude of rituals, 2r^*t5*tt»; f"-"V prayers, and traditions based on the Torah that unite Jews as a people and as a religion. It is quite powerful when a student or perhaps your own children are able to open a siddur anywhere in the world and be part of a living Jewish experience. When my son Jesse was in Prague and my son Micah in Panama City, they were able to follow and understand the ideas and concepts that link Jews together. Those connections allow students to build on what they know and to learn even more. Community enables students to share their knowledge with others both within and beyond the school setting. MMlilalilll •ft*- One says, "Shabbat Shalom," not "Good Sabbath" or "Peaceful iilli Sabbath," It seems that "Shabbat Shalom" just says it all. It is amazing that knowing two, three or four Hebrew words can make a difference in how we illll think about the Hebrew language. And Jewish life. •I L shalom, I 'hitraot v 'kol tuv! MBMBF If Celebrating Two Successful Fundraisers In the photos below, third grade students enjoy a brunch at Rhonda Seeber's home as a reward for having collected the most money for the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Blue Box fundraiser. The CJCRS also thanks Ben Hillner and Jackie Rosenfeld for having the highest sales in the annual Passover candy sale. Todah ra bah to Rhonda for hosting the brunch and to Jennifer Dzik who chaired the candy fundraiser! .. •• 'i a
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The Chattanooga Jewish Congregational Religious Bv the Numbers School (CJCRS) Seeks a Part-Time School Administrator Seeking a dynamic individual to implement the day-to-day operations of the Congregational Religious School that serves •3^3 I ^\ Mizpah Congregation, B'nai Zion Congregation, and Beth Sholom Congregation. The administrator reports directly to the CJCRS The number of individual board and works in conjunction with the Education Committee. Varied responsibilities include staffing, budgeting, teacher training, social service clients programming, and student registration. served in 2009 and the Qualified applicant will be a strong communicator with knowledge number of "touches" of Jewish life and culture who can hire, manage, and inspire teachers while meeting administrative and fiscaljo b requirements. they received. Must be computer literate, comfortable working with people of all ages and abilities, and willing to work a flexible schedule and on Monica Gefter, M.D., FACP Sundays. Board Certified in Internal Medicine Send resume to: Special interest: Prevention, Hypertension, Diabetes, Email: [email protected] Cholesterol Fax: (423) 894-8902 25 years of experience Mail: ACADEMIC INTERNAL MEDICINE School Administrator Erlanger Physician Office Building - Suite 60IB c/o B'nai Zion Congregation 979 E. 3rd St 114 McBrien Road Tel: 778-8179 New patients are very welcome Chattanooga, TN 37411
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CONDOLENCES Megan Rohn to Become a Bat Mitzvah April 24 at 9:45 a.m., B'nai Zion Congregation ...to Richard Waxier and family on the loss of Richard's mother, Carolyn Waxier, on March 4 in Florida. Megan Elizabeth Rohn, the daughter of Pamela Lowy and ...to Federation Programs/Development Director Ann Treadwell and her stepdaughter of Sam Lowy, will be husband, William McKee, on the loss of William's mother, Mildred Ellen called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah McKee Coon, on March 20 in St. Louis. on Saturday, April 24 at 9:45 a.m. at B'nai Zion Synagogue. She is the granddaughter of Mary Rita Monroe and the late Daniel Monroe Our heartfelt sympathies are extended to the bereaved. of Harrison, N.Y. An eighth grade honor Submit mazel tovs and condolences to Rachel student at Girls Preparatory School (GPS), Megan enjoys science and Schulson: 493-0270, ext. 12 math. She represented GPS for [email protected] the past two years at a city-wide science competition at UTC, and she also swims for GPS. Megan is passionate about art and enjoys both her fine arts classes at school and creating pieces at home. She also enjoys cooking, shopping, and traveling. She has been "blue skies is one of the best throughout Europe, and this summer she is going to Italy.' boutiques in town., . Megan's Jewish education began at Temple Beth El in Dalton. She has Southern been active with B'nai Zion for the past two years. Living Magazine Yom HaShoah Observance April 11 "dpen.7 days a week 30 frailer avenue 423 266.8010 Details, front page
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April 2010 The Shofar 13 COMMUNITY VOICES in Their Last Semester
The high school seniors profiled below are the last in a series in which we introduced seniors to the community. Check the May Shofar for Judy's Personalized Gifts photos of all those who were featured over the past few months. Invitations for all events, including Bar/Bat Mitzvahs plus napkins, notepads, notecards, photo books, puzzle stools & coat racks, laptrays, toy car carriers, Rebecca Privett banks, and more...or bring an item to be personalized. Rebecca Catherine Privett is a senior at Notre Call for an appointment: 423-667-1580 Dame High School. She is a daughter of Jan and Michael Hanan and a granddaughter of Victor Judy Kleinstub (World Sales) Hanan and the late Helen Hanan of Chattanooga [email protected] and James and Lovella Smith of Chickamauga, Ga. Mention this ad and receive a discount Her sister, Rachel Privett, is 26. Rebecca is a member of three Notre Dame clubs: the Environmental Club, STARS (Students Taking a Right Stand), and Young Democrats. Reopened under new ownership She is also involved with community service and has volunteered at Alexian Village on Signal Mountain, Northside Neighborhood House, Lifecare Red Bank, and the American Heart Association. For the past three years, Rebecca has been a cheerleader for Notre Dame's basketball team and managed its football team. She was on the school's tennis team for two years. A member of B'nai Zion Congregation, Rebecca is active with United Synagogue Youth (USY) and the community teen group, Jew Crew. She attended Camp Ramah Darom for seven summers. Rebecca is considering a major in nursing or in clinical psychology when EST. 1984 she begins college this fall. Located in the Southern Saddlery Building Melanie Goldberg 3069 South Broad Street, Suite 1 Melanie Rose Goldberg is a senior at Girls (2 doors down from Tanner Hill Gallery) 634-0677 Preparatory School (GPS). She is the daughter of ^ijjlpjp,. Y Tuesday - Friday 10-6 — appointment recommended Faith and Robert Goldberg of Council Fire, Ga. ig}|||t:i^^^Mi2i Come visit us at our new location MMffll^B^BiiMli 1 ^iwiM^m% Her grandparents are Joy and Bob Gendreau of .£M Kissimmee, Fla., June Goldberg of Philadelphia, 12i2Y5i^^^2;||j|; n and Albert and Mar Goldberg of Atlantic City, i: ft™™™ ROBERT BACKER, ABR, CRRS tasftilillii- *•- ii|s-*' N.J. She has two brothers, Phillip, 23, and Bmilllj Affiliate Broker, Licensed in TN and GA |«»lil^^^^^fci;i;; MI -4ft Joshua, 20. Full Time Realtor since 1997; Consistent A member of National Honor Society producer in the top 5% of local Area Realtors and National Beta Club, Melanie loves math and enjoys physics. She is active with GPS's Junior (423) 313-1637 DIRECT Engineering Technical Society (JETS) and is a (423) 894-6762 BUS., (423) 892-4020 FAX member of the school's community service club, [email protected] » - ^™Y~» Key Club, and its Girl Scout troop. As a member •sill PRYOR REALTY, INC. of the yearbook staff, she is editing the senior Each Office is Independently 2125 Hickory Valley Road pages this year. She plays Ultimate Frisbee for Owned and Chattanooga, TN 37421 GPS and outside of school. Melanie also enjoys travel and, as an ambassador for Operated People to People, spent three weeks last summer in France, Italy, and Greece. Melanie became a Bat Mitzvah at Temple Beth. El in Dalton, Ga. A member of Jew Crew, she attended Camp Ramah Darom for three summers and has traveled to Israel. Are you kvetching, "Oy, these tchotchkes!"? Don't deny! Melanie plans to study engineering when she begins college this fall. At press time she is deciding between the University of Florida at Coral Gables, Are you overwhelmed by piles of papers and chazzerai? where she has been offered the Dickinson Scholarship, the College of Charleston, and High Point University. Can't hide the clutter from your mishpucha?
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Beth Sholom News by Sid Wugalter
The First Basket - A Documentary Worth Seeing
Produced and directed by David Vyorst, The First Basket takes a comprehensive -Anti-Semitism and Jewish stereotypes in'the face of Jewish success in ; look at the early days of basketball and the profound influence that Jewish basketball from the 1920s through the early 1950s; players, mostly sons of Eastern European immigrants, had on what is now considered the world's second most popular sport after soccer. As narrator -The declining presence of Jews in professional basketball from the early Peter Riegert asks at the start of the film, "Who knew?" The First Basket is 1950s onwards and the CCNY point shaving scandals of 1951, both against the now available on DVD. The following description is excerpted from www. backdrop of 1950s America, the globalization of basketball, and its immense thefirstbasket.com: popularity in Israel. On November 1,1946, in the opening game of the fledgling Basketball Association of America (BAA), Ossie Schectman scored the opening basket for the New York Knickerbockers against the Toronto Huskies. Schectman and his teammates Sonny Hertzberg, Stan Stutz, Hank Rosenstein, Ralph Kaplowitz, Beth Sholom Jake Weber, and Leo "Ace" Gottlieb went on to win the opening game 68 - 66 Celebrates and finish the season with a 33 27 record. In 1949, the BAA became the Purim National Basketball Association (NBA), and Sehectman's shot is considered the first basket in the NBA. In fact, several of the BAA and NBA teams had evolved out of the semi-pro teams, settlement houses, playgrounds, schoolyard and community center leagues, and college teams that sprung from the Jewish inner-city neighborhoods of the early 20th century. While the era of. Jewish professional basketball players has passed, the story of these sports pioneers illustrates how the American 20th Century was shaped by the experiences of many immigrant groups. The First Basket follows these Jewish basketball experiences, from, ash : •'* : titl cans placed on the stoops of brownstones, to the bright lights of Madison Square Garden. &±--
The First Basket is about: -Basketball as a reflection of the inner city: The documentary examines the •••1 ••••-• ..j** i inner-city social factors that led urban Jewish youths to basketball, and their notable success in basketball from the 1920s through the early 1950s;
-The role of basketball as a middle ground for second-generation eastern If European immigrants as they established their own American identities, and the corresponding conflicts between old world tradition and American culture;
Reencounter, Reaffirm, and Reunite by Rabbi Shaul Perlstein Here is an amazing story (reprinted from Chabad.org) of how we found a cousin nobody knew about for 60 years at the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries:
They were as different as the places they came from: Istanbul, Turkey to "Maybe you are related to someone," Vorovitch's uncle told her. Naperville, Illinois. But they were family, coming together to welcome their Vorovitch began researching her family tree and learned that her great- long-lost cousin in a Brooklyn, N.Y., ballroom. grandmother's brothers, who were thought to have died during World. War II, For Ella Vorovitch, who met about 30 newly-discovered family members had survived andimmigrated to the United. States. There, they fathered families Thursday night, it was a dream come true. She walked across the dais at the who today run Chabad Houses in Turkey, Morocco, China, Florida, Tennessee. International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries to share Connecticut and New York. her story as part of a talk appropriately entitled "Reencounter, Reaffirm and Standing behind of a podium at the Oholei Torah ballroom in Brooklyn Reunite." Heights, Vorovitch posed a question to the some 2,500 women who had It all began a month earlier in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, where gathered for their 22nd annual conference. Vorovitch's great uncle had been observing the anniversary of his father's "Can all my cousins please stand up so I can get to know you?" she passing at the local Chabad House. When the rabbi asked for his Hebrew name asked. so that he could be called up to the Torah, he answered with the distinctly One by one, the women stood to greet their newfound relative. Chasidic name of Dovber. Mendel. Vorovitch spent the weekend with her extended family, catching up The rabbi quizzed the man about the story behind his name, and the two on lost time and exchanging stories about her ancestors. She's planning for the discovered that the mother's maiden name was Duchtnan, the name of a well- next reunion to include her great-uncle and her mother from Lithuania. known Lubavitch family with cousins serving as emissaries across the globe. "It was unbelievable to think that, after 60 years, she discovered a The uncle called his niece, who was bom in Lithuania and now calls whole side of the family she thought was gone," said Nechama Duchtnan, co- Toronto home, serving as an emissary in the city's Richmond Hill, neighborhood director of Chabad of Roosevelt Island in New York and as editor of the Russian edition of Exodus Magazine, a publication of the Duchman's husband's great-grandfather was the brother of Vorovitch's Jewish Russian Community Center of Toronto. great-grandmother. Vorovitch, who made her first contact with a Chabad House when she "It blew my mind," she continued, "even though I'm only an 'in-law.' lived in Hartford, Conn., was unaware that she had many living relatives at all, "This really provides perspective into reaching out to every Jew," let alone that her ancestry included Lubavitch roots. added Duehman. "We are all really one family."
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BZ Service Times Minyan - Tuesdays & Fridays - 6:00 p.m. Shabbat - Saturdays - 9:45 a.m. (unless otherwise noted) Services are open to all. Babysitting available on Shabbat mornings! Visitors are welcome.
C-//l C# I C Mrfcl 1 * t>*# « by VickiCathcart Q BZ Learning Opportunities Shabbat: The Simple Way! A Shabbat Workshop Beit Sefer - and Wl YmMh Thursday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m. Ever feel like you spend more time preparing Shabbat dinner than actually enjoying it? Want to find new ways to add rituals to your celebration? ie I he flowers are miin< i > un is si about she lust few we* Come and learn a few preparation, shortcuts for your Shabbat table. We'll ce ot M* ji . ' of Hebrew also review some Shabbat traditions to bring back to your home. Join us at HJU. t 1 in l"l 'I !- .nil' 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 15th to get some ideas that can simplify your Beit Sefer Ivri Meeting Dates - ^pni 14 2Land 2! Shabbat celebration. Cost is $5 (dinner included). This class is open to the Junior Congregation - April 1 7 at 10:00 a.m. community. IJSY Event April 25 . New B'nai Zion Downtown Luneh and Learn Second Friday of the BeitScj- - • audi ••-• h month; April 9th from 12-1:00 p.m. at Country Life Vegetarian restaurant - pack the Misiilmti.li Manot 809 Market Street /'rnject boxes. Thanks r<> Join us for a chance to schmooze and leam together. We will < veryone who participated in discuss potential topics at our first meeting. Don't work downtown? Join us this wonderful fundraiser! anyway! Country Life is a 100% vegetarian restaurant. Since they are hosting us for no fee, we ask that attendees purchase lunch at the restaurant. Please no outside food/drink. Lunch is $4.99 per pound from the buffet.
RSVP required for both classes to ensure that there are enough I or more information about Hebrew school or upcoming youth events, materials for all participants. please contact Jason Cathcart: S94-S4011 \I03 or B/edyouthto comcast.nel Please Contact Jason Cathcart to reserve your spot: 894-8900 x 103 or BZedYouth(3).comcast.net. BZ Special Events and Services C hattanooga welcomes the National and Sunday, April 4 at 9:00 a.m.-BLT, Bagel, Lox and Tefilin. Join us for this wonderful monthly minyan. Free and open to the. entire community. Regional Presidents of M omen \ League on Tuesday, ipril 2 ~! Tuesday, April 6 at 9:45 a.m.-Eighth Day Passover Services including Yizkor.
Saturday, April 17 at 9:45 a.m.-Please join us as we celebrate Sisterhood/ Men's Club Shabbat. Kiddush luncheon to follow.
Saturday, April 24 at 9:45 a.m. - Celebration of Megan Rohn becoming a bat mitzvah.
Friday, April 30 at 6:00 p.m. - Shabbat Mishpachah honoring our Beit Sefer Ivri Students and High School graduates
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BZ sure knows how to celebrate Purim from Megillah reading to Vashti's Banquet A Contact Information wonderful time was had by all! 114 McBrien Road Chattanooga, TN 37411 Telephone: (423) 894-8900 Fax: (423) 894-8902 Email:' [email protected]. www.bnaizioncongregation.com 16 The Shofar April 2010 CONGREGATION NEWS
by Richard Zachary How to Contact Mizpah Beyond the Matzah Balls Phone: (423) 267-9771 by Rabbi Bill S. Tepper Fax:(423)267-9773 As this article goes to press, a sturdy army of chefs is preparing to descend Email: [email protected] upon our Mizpah kitchen and social hall to undertake preparations for the Website: .www.mizpahcongregation.org upcoming congregational seder. Tables and chairs will be arranged, our Mizpah bulletin is now available on the Mizpah website; please best linen, cutlery and tableware will be set out and, of course, the stove see the link on the homepage. will be humming. By the time you, our Chattanooga Jewish community, have read these words, we will have ushered in our great "season of liberation" - the Festival of Passover - in warm, reflective and joyous style. Purim at Mizpah But it's vital to remember that'Passover involves more than just socializing with our friends, consuming a fabulous meal, singing songs and taking delight in toy frogs. The Passover seder requires us to consider our lives beyond the matzah balls; as valued and contributing members of both the Jewish and larger communities. As a seder, meaning order, the occasion is not about the order of eating, but more importantly, the order of re-telling and re-living. As our guiding text, the haggadah, allows us the opportunity to reflect upon the nature of our extraordinary journey from servitude towards freedom. At the same time, Passover compels us to consider the nature of freedom in our own time and the future. True freedom, after all, implies ensuring freedom for all - from political, social, economic, ethnic or religious marginalisition. Rabbi Yadan says: One text [of Psalm 18:51] reads migdal (tower), and another text says magdil (one increases). This is to indicate that redemption comes to the nation of Israel not all at once, but by degrees. (From: Israel Passover Haggadah, Arranged and Edited by Rabbi Menahem M. Kasher, New York, NY: American Biblical Encyclopedia Society, Second Edition, 1955, p. 289.) The journey from servitude to freedom is a perpetual one. On Erev Passover, as we revel in the company of friends and family, re-tell and re live the eternal story contained in the haggadah and, yes, enjoy the matzah, balls, may we take equal, if not additional pride in our ongoing quest for :Ii» 4 freedom. tip *"'' Chag Sameach. . ,,
Ongoing Events at Mizpah Adult Bat Mitzvah Class - Tuesdays at 7:00pm W MSK Discussion Group - Wednesdays at Noon Pre-Service Oneg ~~ Friday at 5:45pm Kabbalat/Eyev Shabbat Sendee 6:15pm Shabbat Morning Torah. Study and Breakfast at 9:30am ; Shabbat Morning Service - ! 1:00am
Special April Events at Mizpah Friday April 9th - 6:1.5pm Kabbalat/Erev Shabbat Service with our "Second Friday" Dinner to follow
Friday April 16™ 5:30pm Monthly Tot Shabbat Service at Mizpah for young ones: Music, Stories, Kiddush, HaMotzi with Pizza Dinner to follow
Tuesday April 13* - 5:30pm Monthly Social Action Committee Meeting and Dinner
Wednesday April 28th - 4:15pm Graduation and Final Mizpah Academy Classes for 2009-2010
Wednesday April 28* - 6:00pm Mizpah Board Meeting
April 2010 The Shofar 17 HADASSAH N EWS
Southern Regioa Spring Conference - Hadassah Donor Brunch March 14, Monique Berke's Home Y§§|||jji|j Left: Tracy McCarley, Fern Shire, and Monique Gefter. Right: Barbara Bohn, Tracy McCarley, Judy Sachsman, and Rhonda Seeber. lit*!*!* ITftf Barbara Snyder; guest speaker, Joyce Rabin; April Levine from IS Hadassah's Southeast 'lift Area Development Center; Dana Waxier, Southern Region President; and New member Monique Berke, event Marian Kern chair and host. with Dana Waxier 18 The Shofar April 2010 FEDERATION BULLETIN BOARD 77?e Shofar Shofar Policies Published ten times a year by the Jewish Community Federation of Greater Chattanooga and Procedures Robert Snetman, Board Chair Article/Advertising Deadline Michael Dzik, Executive Director The deadline for Shofar articles, announcements, photos and B. Rachel Schulson, Editor advertising is the 8th of the preceding month. The Shofar is mailed at no charge to members of the Jewish Please submit your article via e-mail. 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April 2010 The Shofar 19 COMMUNITY CALENDAR April 2010 Nisan/lyar 5770 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday No First BZ Exec Friday Dinner Committee Mtg MIZP 6:30pm, BZ Candlelighting 7:45 Havdallah 8:42 Program 10 Committee Mtg BLT Federation Office Federation Office Mideast Dance May Shofar 9:00am, BZ Closed for Passover Closed for Passover 10:30am, JCC Deadline 10:30am, JCC BZ Lunch and Learn Adult Bar/Bat Launch NoRS Noon, Country Life Mitzvah Class Golden Agers Noon, JCC 7:00pm, MIZP 11:30am, JCC Second Friday 6:15pm, MIZP Candlelighting 7:46 Candlelighting 8:43 Havdallah 8:44 Candlelighting 7:50 Havdallah 8:48 13 14 15 16 11 RS 17 Mideast Dance 9:30am, MIZP • Women's Night Grief Support 10:30am, JCC Group Sisterhood/Men's Conversion Class 5:30pm, JCC 2:00pm, JCC Club Shabbat and 1:00pm, MIZP Intergenerational Luncheon Lunch/Activity Federation Board Yom HaShoah Adult Bar/Bat Tot Shabbat 9:45am, BZ 11:30am, JCC Meeting Observance Mitzvah Class 5:30pm, MIZP 7:00pm, MIZP 6:45pm, JCC 4:00pm, JCC Candlelighting 7:56 Havdallah 8:54 18 19 20 21 22 Grief Support 23 24 RS Mideast Dance Group Form and Space 9:30am, MIZP Chai Steppers 10:30am, JCC 2:00pm, JCC Megan Rohn Exhibit Opens (runs Bat Mitzvah Noon, JCC Form and Space Jew Crew through June 3) No Golden Agers 9:45am, BZ 12:15pm Exhibit Reception Adult Bar/Bat 5:30pm, JCC Conversion Class Mitzvah Class BZ Adult Ed 1:00pm, MIZP 7:00pm, MIZP 7:00pm, BZ Candlelighting 8:02 Havdallah 9:00- 25 RS 26 27 28 29 30 Mte 9:30am, MIZP Alzheimer's Group Sandwiched: 2:00pm, JCC Program NAMI 5:30pm, JCC Foreign Policy Golden Agers Grief Support Noon, JCC Supper Club JLI 7:00pm, CBS 11:30am, JCC Group Conversion Class 6:00pm, JCC 2:00pm, JCC Shabbat Mishpachah 1:00pm, MIZP Adult Bar/Bat Mizpah Bd Mtg Mitzvah Class 6:00pm, BZ Lecture Series #11 6:00pm, MIZP 7:00pm, MIZP 2:00pm, CBS Candlelighting 8:07 Havdallah 9:01 Key Federation Dates Yom HaShoah Observance Calendar Abbreviation Key Sunday, April 11 BZ B'nai Zion Synagogue CBS Congregation Beth Sholom CRC Community Relations Committee Women's Night JCC Jewish Cultural Center Tuesday, April 13 JLI Jewish Learning Institute MIZP Mizpah Congregation Form and Space Exhibit Opening Reception CJCRS Congregational Religious School NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness Thursday, April 22 BLT Bagels, Lox, and Tefillin Please seepage 19 Sandwiched for Shofar policies and procedures. Sunday, April 25 This issue was mailed on or before March 31. Foreign Policy Supper Club Please contact your mail carrier or local postmaster Monday, April 26 if you did not receive rt promptly.