Kol K .I. April 2021 learn. inspire. grow. together. Nisan / Iyar 5781

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In the Land of —A One-Woman Show Important Information An on-demand broadcast event dramatizing 6 diverse Israeli women Knesset Israel has This past March, our wider Jewish community was invited to participate in a discussion reopened synagogue services of the book, In the Land of Israel by Amos Oz, which has been highly acclaimed in Israel and the United States. The discussion was led by Rabbi Liz Hirsch of Temple Anshe to in-person participation. Amunim. We hope you had a chance to participate. Livestreaming of services will continue. In conjunction with that event, Knesset Israel's irrepressible Programming Director, > HOW TO ATTEND services in person Myrna Hammerling, had the idea of pairing the book discussion with a follow-up the- and HOW TO ZOOM and LIVESTREAM atrical event - written and performed by the Israeli actor TAMIR. appear on PAGE 4. The show is an adaptation of Oz's book, in which he portrays his country through con- • versations with various characters. From these conversations, TAMIR, now a resident of New Lebanon, New York, has recreated a stunning and sensitive portrayal of these sub- COVID guidelines can change on jects. She portrays the Israel of the early 1980’s through six diverse women: a Zionist short notice, as can K.I.'s scheduling. farmer, a religious zealot, a Catholic nun, an Israeli right-wing extremist, a Palestinian Find up-to-date information at: Arab, and a Romanian immigrant. She has changed the names of the women to pro- tect their privacy—but all of their stories are real. knessetisrael.org click on TAMIR will take the viewers on a journey through Israel’s human landscape as she trans- KI Shabbat Central forms from one character to another right in front of us. These characters present an (at bottom of home page) unusually wide spectrum of political views and raise questions of universal human Updates are made every Thursday. concern. More importantly, they examine Jewish identity and the essence of life in Israel. This is not a manicured presentation of Israel, but rather an examination of the KI E-NEWS emails are sent fundamental issues of identity and the complex challenges of living in Israel at that time. on Thursdays and as needed continued on page 7 to keep you informed! The 5781 Rabbinical Assemby Passover Guide can be found at bit.ly/3kFa54m It can be downloaded and/or printed from this link. In This Issue Member Mitzvahs & Mazel Tovs

A One-Woman Show...... 1 & 7 From the Rabbi...... 3 Birthdays April Calendar...... 4 & 5 yom huledet n From the President...... 6 Barbara Ende...... April 1 n Leora Cook-Dubin...... April 15 n Updates...... 8 & 9 Loretta Prives...... April 1 n Elizabeth Bikofsky...... April 16 n Hamantashen Heroes...... 10 Mason Rosenthal...... April 1 n David Grossman-Ponemon...... April 16 n Spotlight On: Alan Model...... 12 Arlene Schiff...... April 2 n Peter Simkin...... April 17 n Bad-Ass Women of Passover...... 14 Asher Cook-Dubin...... April 2 n Laura Rosenthal...... April 17 n Advertisers...... 16 David Albert...... April 3 n Gary Schiff...... April 17 n Yahrzeits, Funds & Endowments,....17-19 Edward Sporn...... April 4 n Myla Blum...... April 18 n Member Matzo Covers...... Back Cover Tanya Mazurenko...... April 5 n Alla Zernitskaya...... April 18 n Allen Kopfstein...... April 6 n Alice Davenport...... April 18 n K.I. Staff Richard Charkow...... April 9 n Marty Bloom...... April 19 n OFFICE PHONE 413-445-4872 Richard Sutter...... April 9 n Ryan Robbins...... April 22 n Philip Coleman...... April 9 n RABBI DAVID WEINER Ext. 10 Elisa Snowise...... April 23 n [email protected] Jeffrey Siegel...... April 12 n Aviva Skoblow...... April 23 n DIANA MACFARLANE Ext. 10 Larry Promisel...... April 13 n Dale Charkow...... April 24 Office Manager n Kyneret Albert...... April 13 n Fran Wolk...... April 26 [email protected] n Susan Albert...... April 13 n Bruce Schreiber...... April 26 ED ROBINSON n [email protected] Ruth Rosenthal...... April 14 n Andrew Lederman...... April 26 n MYRNA HAMMERLING Ext. 16 Susan Frisch Lehrer...... April 14 n Lawrence Rosenthal...... April 28 n Director of Adult Education Brenda Leeper...... April 14 n Peter Wasserman...... April 29 and Programming n Sharon Siegel...... April 15 [email protected] CHRIS GOETZE Ext. 20 Facilities Director/Head Custodian [email protected] Blessed are you, Eternal our God, Ruler JUDITH WEINER Ext. 15 Director of Families Together, and of the universe, for giving us life, for sustaining us, Hebrew School Administrator and for enabling us to reach this season. [email protected] ELISA SNOWISE Barukh ata Adonai, Eloheinu Mel ekh ha-olam, shehecheyanu, v'kiymanu, B’Nai Mitzvah Teacher /Coordinator v'higiyanu lazman hazeh. [email protected] LIZ DEMARCO, Web Administrator, Anniversaries [email protected] mazel tov! Judith & Sydney Levine...... April 3 Ellis & Joanna Fribush...... April 10 KNESSET ISRAEL 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield, MA 01201 Leonard & Alice Schiller...... April 4 Gary & Arlene Schiff...... April 12 413-445-4872 Ed & Lisa Udel...... April 5 Ira & Phyllis Lieberman..... April 22 413-496-9378 (fax) knessetisrael.org Bernard & Beth Abramson....April 6 Leonard & Elaine Lipton.... April 30

2 n KOL K.I. • APRIL 2021 • NISAN / IYAR 5781 From the Rabbi Reflections on the Journey to Freedom Leaving enslavement; re-emerging from COVID-19

Every year, the familiar rituals of Passover provide us enslavement in Mitzrayim, began to with a fresh opportunity to check in with the mean- sense the light of freedom, as the dawn ing of the central story of the Jewish people. Part of precedes a sunrise. Although we are not the power of ritual lies in its ability to sustain multiple yet sure of all the impacts of vaccination meanings, to evoke several ideas simultaneously. As we because science depends on data, which clean our homes of hametz, assemble around the Seder takes time to gather, these shots are al- table, drink four cups of wine, hear the four questions, ready reducing risks and making a fuller eat matza and maror and sing Eliyahu Hanavi, especially life more possible. What does it mean to after this very strange year, it is difficult not to become hold both sets of emotions, night and reflective. This year I find myself pondering the question dawn, in mind at the same time? of the so-called simple child: What is this? I ask the ques- tion without judgment. After thirteen months of ups Rabbi David Weiner The parallel between Exodus and our and downs, fears and distancing, spikes and recoveries, present moment also has limitations. illness and losses, masks, and vaccinations, what is this ritual that we return to each The Torah and the holiday celebrate a year? How should we perform it? What does it mean? liberation that occurred in an instant, for which Seder is an anniversary dinner. On this night, enslaved Israelites stayed There will be no one moment this year when we up at a long meal of roast lamb; before cross the Red Sea, leaving our oppressor to drown morning, they were free, marching to- wards the wilderness and the Promised in the depths. The process will take time Land. On the other hand, any liberation and require a lot of patience from COVID-19 is happening gradually. There will be no one moment this year when we cross the Red Sea, leaving our I am writing this article in late February, just hours after the governor’s announce- oppressor to drown in the depths. The ment that the state is moving towards Phase IV of its reopening. I recognize that our process will take time and require a lot losses along the way have been tremendous and that we have a long way to go. I am of patience. Even though it will not be reminded of a midrash that suggests that 20% of the Israelites never made it out of instantaneous, I hope it will not take Mitzrayim. Our sages interpret a difficult word, vachamushim, which comes from the forty years. There may have been mo- Hebrew word for the number five,hamesh , to mean only four out of five—and some ments this year that, for you, exemplified interpret it to mean only one in five—meaning that just one in five made the journey restriction or relief. These moments may from slavery to freedom. The number five this year echoes the five hundred thousand be worth talking about at Seder—a way Americans who have died in the pandemic, an astounding loss. On the other hand, I also feel a visceral connection with our ancestors who, after the deep darkness of continued on page 3

KOL K.I. PUBLICATION NOTES IN-PERSON SERVICES RESUME Editor: Susan Miller • Proofreader: Ellen Rosenblatt • Guest Editor: Wendy Griswold Photo Editor / Production: Nan Bookless • Printed by Aldam Press Knesset Israel has reopened synagogue mazel tov! services to in-person participation. We welcome submissions. Publication will be at the discretion of the editorial staff, Livestreaming of these services will and may be subject to editing for clarity, facts, and length. continue. Should things change, we will keep you informed through email updates. Submit articles & photographs VIA EMAIL to: Susan Miller at [email protected] See page 4 for HOW TO attend services in person, and HOW TO ZOOM and LIVESTREAM.

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Zoom & Livstream Cheat Sheet Because COVID guidelines change often, for Services, Classes, and Programming K.I.'s scheduling can also change on very short notice. For up-to-date information go to: Knesset Israel makes every effort to keep ZOOM numbers consistent. For the most reliable updates go to knessetisrael.org and click on KI Shabbat Central knessetisrael.org and click on KI ShabbatCentral. (at bottom of home page) Updates are made every Thursday for the following week. WELCOME BACK! HOW TO ATTEND SERVICES IN PERSON IN THE K.I.

If you have not attended services in person since the fall (or spring) of 2020, but would like to now, please get in touch with Diana to let her know you will be attending.

Those who participate in person are required to comply Adult Education Classes with synagogue policies and State laws, including health n TORAH PORTION OF THE WEEK self-checks, social distancing, masks, hand hygiene, and with Myrna Hammerling travel regulations. Every Tuesday in April...... 10:30 AM

It is helpful but not necessary for people to sign up at Study the Torah Portion of the Week through the lens of schol- padlet.com/knessetisrael/MakeAMinyan before they ars and commentaries. Myrna Hammerling continues her in- attend services in person. sightful approaches to seeking wisdom for our own day from these ancient stories and laws. Try it! You may really like it! HOW TO ZOOM ZOOM ID: 851-6320-8966

n 1. Go to Zoom.us at the announced time. n 2. Click “join a meeting” n BEYOND DISPUTE April 8, 15, 22, 29 (no class April 1); n 3. Enter the Zoom ID number contact KI office to join our email list to be alerted to n 4. If asked, give Zoom permission to use changes your camera and microphone. Thursday mornings...... 10:45 AM–NOON HOW TO LIVESTREAM ZOOM ID: 863-269-457 Option 1 n Download the Boxcast app on your Roku, n MUSSAR AppleTV or Kindle Fire TV with Rabbi Pamela Wax Sundays...... 9:30-11 AM n Open the app and search for the Knesset Israel channel. For registered participants only. The class is at capacity and is You may view current and past recordings. not accepting new students at this time. April 11, May 16, June 13, July 11, Aug. 8 Option 2 n Go to knessetisrael.org/livestream at the announced time. n You may need to press the “play” button The Rabbinical Assembly publishes that appears on screen. a guide to Passover observance, especially n On that page you will find suggestions ‘kosher for Passover’, that is precise and specific. for improving your experience. You may download it at bit.ly/3kFa54m n Watch and sing along. It can be downloaded and/or printed from that link.

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Passover & April Service Schedule Passover Ritual Times

n FRIDAY, MARCH 26 n THURSDAY, MARCH 25: “Search” for Hametz after dark Kabbalat Shabbat...... Livestream & IN PERSON...... 5:45 PM n FRIDAY, MARCH 26: Burn hametz before 10 AM, candle n SATURDAY, MARCH 27 lighting before sundown, by 6:53 PM., use egg matza for Shabbat Shaharit...... Livestream & IN PERSON...... 9:30 AM Hamotzi for shabbat meals n SUNDAY, MARCH 28 – FIRST DAY OF PESAH n SATURDAY, MARCH 27: Candle lighting at nightfall, Morning Shaharit...... Livestream & IN PERSON*.....9:30 AM 7:55 PM, then FIRST SEDER.

*NOTE: No service is scheduled for the first or second evenings of Passover n SUNDAY, MARCH 28: Candle lighting at nightfall 7:56 PM, or for Monday morning, March 29. then SECOND SEDER. n TUESDAY, MARCH 30 & THURSDAY, APRIL 1 n MONDAY, MARCH 29: Havdala no earlier than 7:57 PM. HOL HAMOED PESAH: Evening Davening...... ZOOM...... 7:00 PM n FRIDAY, APRIL 2: Candle lighting before sundown, 7:01 PM. n FRIDAY, APRIL 2 n SATURDAY, APRIL 3: Candle lighting at nightfall, 8:03 PM; may add yahrzeit candle Festival Maariv...... Livestream & IN PERSON...... 5:45 PM n SUNDAY, APRIL 4: Havdala not before 8:04 PM; hametz not n SATURDAY, APRIL 3 – SEVENTH DAY OF PESAH consumed before 9:04 PM. Shabbat & Festival Shaharit: ...... Livestream & IN PERSON...... 9:30 AM n SUNDAY, APRIL 4 – EIGHTH DAY OF PESAH Shabbat & Festival Shaharit: ...... Livestream & IN PERSON...... 9:30 AM Yizkor ...... Livestream & IN PERSON...... AFTER 10:15 AM

Candle Lighting

MARCH CANDLE LIGHTING: Friday, March 26, 2021...... 6:53 PM Saturday, March 27, 2021...... 7:55 PM For the rest of the month: Sunday, March 28, 2021...... 7:56 PM n TUESDAY & THURSDAY EVENING DAVENING APRIL CANDLE LIGHTING: Friday, April 2, 2021...... 7:01 PM ZOOM...... 7:00 PM Saturday, April 3, 2021...... 8:03 PM ZOOM ID # 934-910-554 Sunday, Apr 4, 2021...... 8:04 PM n FRIDAY EVENING SERVICES Friday, Apr 9, 2021...... 7:09 PM LIVESTREAM & IN PERSON ...... 5:45 PM Friday, Apr 16, 2021...... 7:17 PM Friday, Apr 23, 2021...... 7:25 PM n SHABBAT / SATURDAY MORNING SERVICES Friday, Apr 30, 2021...... 7:33 PM LIVESTREAM & IN PERSON...... 9:30-11:30 AM

KOL K.I. • APRIL 2021 • NISAN / IYAR 5781 n 5 From the President As We Re-emerge Notices & Updates Look to the future with faith and optimism Mazel Tov! Your community wants to share in your good news. Send KOL K.I. editor, As I was preparing for our Zoom Seder last year, I was fo- Susan Miller, the details about any happy cused on the experience of observing Pesach in the midst news we can celebrate with you! Email: of a plague we knew so little about. It certainly colored the [email protected]. High resolution experience for me. photographs welcome. In contrast, this year (while we certainly are not out of the woods with this pandemic), I am drawn to the concepts of Prayers for Healing. Submit prayer re- renewal, freedom and redemption. As I write this article, the quest to Diana by email at office@knes CDC just released guidelines allowing families to gather in setisrael.org, before 11:00 a.m. Friday small groups, sans masks…if all have been vaccinated! This mornings. follows a Shabbat at K.I. where we had a minyan assembled for Friday night, Saturday morning, and Sunday morning. Richard Simons Bima Flower Fund. Remember a loved one, honor a special occasion, a friend, How wonderful it was to see people (even with their masks) and to hear news without or a family member with a donation. Call having to say, “I can’t hear you. You’re muted.” Naomi Schwartz at 413-841-0006 While Pesach is centered around the Seder, we will have opportunities for in person worship and fellowship during the holiday. We hope, as more and more people re- For the time being, please do not call ceive the vaccination, they might feel more comfortable coming to shul. We continue the K.I. officeand leave messages. They to be guided by our medical consultant in establishing protocols to keep everyone in will not be retrieved in a timely manner. attendance safe and healthy. If you’re not there yet—don’t worry—we will still main- Instead, email [email protected] tain the live stream option. as this is currently the best way to com- municate with Diana. Pesach marks the birth of the Jewish people in freedom. Jews were released from bondage without any knowledge of what life in freedom would be like. It required Submit a musing! Kol K.I. would love extreme faith on their part to believe that their renewal, or rebirth, would bring bless- to publish an article by you. Send us a ings. To be sure, freedom does not mean freedom from death, disease, misfortune, or story, your musings on a Jewish expe- sadness. It does, however hold promise, growth, and unexpected wonders. Our an- rience or subject, thoughts about your cestors demonstrated faith and optimism as they began to form a civilization guided experiences during these crazy times. by The Law. Musings by adults, teens, and children will be considered. May this Pesach inspire hope, optimism, and renewal for the days and months ahead.

I hope to see you soon. The K.I. Shabbat Central website is live. Visit knessetisrael.com and click on "KI Marcie and I wish all of you a kosher and joyous Pesach! Shabbat Central" at the bottom of the home page. You will find candle light- ing times, updated information about accessing services, prayer and yahrzeit Knesset Israel Statement of Purpose lists, Torah readings, links to Divrei Torah, Welcome. e-Siddur download, and more. Think of it We are here to nourish mind, heart, and soul. as a Shabbat Announcement Book opti- We are here to inspire through word and deed. mized for the web. We are here to accompany each other on life’s journey. We are here to celebrate in community. In compliance with United Synagogue We are here to bring life to the wisdom standards, it is requested that you re- and values of Torah. frain from conducting synagogue busi- We are here to transform our world. ness via e-mail, text, and/or phone calls on Shabbat. Thank you.

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In the Land of Israel From the Rabbi continued from page 1 continued from page 3

Theater on demand to think differently about the Ten Plagues or to bring Dayenu up to date. What took Because of the ongoing COVID restrictions, the performance is being recorded in the joy out of your cup this year? What steps K.I. sanctuary and professionally edited for broadcast. It will be available on demand forward have been most meaningful? for 2-3 months. We do not have an exact date for the upload, but the plan is for late For what and for whom are you grateful? April. A Zoom chat for discussion of various aspects of the production and book will also be scheduled. Watch for the exact dates in our weekly E-News. On the other hand, the gradual nature of national and global recovery from the Once it is uploaded, people will be able to view the presentation from several sources: pandemic—its triumphs and its short- 1) On a special page on the K.I. website: knessetisrael.org/amosozplay comings—might help us broaden our 2) On K.I.'s TV channel (Roku/Kindle Fire TV/Apple TV, Boxcast App)— understanding of what liberation from search through the feed to find it. This source is highly recommended, as you can oppression looks like. The Jewish sto- watch on a larger screen ry of the Exodus from Egypt suggests 3) On K.I.'s Livestream page—search through the feed to find it— knessetisrael.org/livestream How do we embrace the Viewing is free of charge, unlimited, and open to our larger Jewish community. Passover story and its call, yet still make room for This is all possible due to a generous grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and sponsorships by Knesset Israel, the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Hevreh other voices, other truths? of Southern Berkshire, and Temple Anshe Amunim.

a rapid process that does not always translate well to the lived experience of African Americans, for example, or to that of other marginalized groups around the world. The Torah makes the journey sound relatively simple and straightfor- ward, from Egypt through the wilder- ness towards the Promised Land, from slavery to freedom. How do we respond, however, when that break with the past does not happen, when things improve Rivka – Israeli pioneer in Rochel-Leah – Sister Celestine – French the Moshav Bat-Shlomo but oppression lingers and festers? What Orthodox Jewess from Catholic nun in Jerusalem are our responsibilities? How do we em- Meah Shearim, Jerusalem brace the Passover story and its call, yet still make room for other voices, other truths?

I hope your Seders, even if they cannot be exactly as you would like them, are celebratory and restorative this year. Judith, Joseph, Ari, and Shira join me in wishing you a healthy, sweet, and joyous Passover.

Yasmin – Palestinian pharmacist Ze’eva – right-wing Bella – retired Rumanian and teacher from Nablus Israeli extremist immigrant in Ashdod

KOL K.I. • APRIL 2021 • NISAN / IYAR 5781 n 7 Updates

Help Alleve Local Food Insecurity You are needed to get food into the hands of people in need K.I.'s Social Justice committee has been working closely with South Congregational Church to assist others during the pandemic. The food delivery team has on more routes. We are bringing food to 55 families a week.

We have a constant, pressing need for more people who can drive ev- ery week and for people who can commit to helping out occasionally when extra hands are needed. Please pitch in if you can.

Deliveries are on Mondays at 11:30am. They take about an hour, and masks are required. For more information email Nancy Cook at splyn- [email protected].

Ahavath Sholem Cemetery Restoration Fund Raiser If you offer your compassion to the hungry Thank you for your generous donation to the Ahavath Sholem Congregation’s cemetery restoration and perpetual care fund. Your gift will provide for a comprehensive upgrade to and satisfy the famished restore the cemetery’s headstones and grounds to a respectful condition. These funds will also provide some cash flow for ongoing congregational and cemetery expenses. creature, then shall your light shine in darkness. Harris Aaronson Alice & Marty Jonas Dr. Stuart H. & Phyllis B. Sandrew – Isaiah 58:10 Michael Abkowitz Rhoda Kaminstein Norman Schwalbe Myla Blum William Katz. Beatrice Selig Nan Bookless Mark Lipton Marsha, Malka and Maxine Bookless Dr.Barbara Mandell Simcha (Simmi) Emergency Contacts Bobbi & Michael Cohn Dorothy Margolin Shulman PASTORAL CARE. Judy & Jeffrey Cook Judy & Jeffrey Moss Paul & Ellen Silverstein If you are in need of emergency pastoral care for Richard & Meryl Cooper Mildred & Steven Novick Yael Silverstein Wilson any reason, please contact Rabbi Weiner, 413-445- Barry & Barbara Susan Peled Galina Sirota 4872, ext. 10. Fleischman Ron and Shari Susan E. Staskin Diane & Andy Geller (Kline) Pierce FUNERALS. Don & Pheobe Barbara Philip Pomerantz Sugarman Knesset Israel’s funeral arrangements are handled Gershen-Swartz Beth & Joel Radskin Robert C. & with Flynn-Dagnoli Funeral Home. Please call 413- Daniel Goldstein Jeannie K. Tepper 663-6523 or 413-442-1733. You can also email David L & Dr. Janet [email protected]. Carol Goodman Rothestein Rabbi Shira & Rabbi Kaufman Harriet I. Samuels Donald A. Weber CARE COMMITTEE. I. Michael Goodman The Gilbert Rose Wendy Fenkel If you or another K.I. member you know is expe- Charitable Foundation riencing serious illness requiring support, please If you wish to contribute, make a check out to Ahavath Sholem and mail to contact the Care Committee by emailing Diana at Nan Bookless, 33 Livingston Avenue, Pittsfield, MA 01201. For a list of those [email protected]. We will be in touch with you. buried at Ahavath Sholom visit bit.ly/3j1UWYv

8 n KOL K.I. • APRIL 2021 • NISAN / IYAR 5781 Kol K.I. What's happening at Hebrew School Food, fun, and face-to-face —by Judith Weiner, K.I. Hebrew School Administrator

On February 21, twenty-two people and three dogs gath- ered on K.I.’s back lawn for a Purim costume parade, ha- mantashen, and hot choc- olate. The group also creat- ed a very creative retelling of the Purim story using a mad-lib to reinvent Purim.

Also in celebration of Purim, the K.I. Families Together group partnered with the Berkshire Jewish Film Fes- tival for the third time to showcase a movie to our families. This Hebrew School Update: year we chose Just Eat It; A Food Waste Story. While the film was offered to the We are excited that we have moved back to a hybrid model for Hebrew school. In-per- whole community, we selected clips for son learning has resumed for grades 4 and up, and for Junior Congregation. It is a plea- the Hebrew School and had a special sure to once again come to K.I. and see students learning face-to-face—with masks program in each class. and distancing, of course.

Each grade level used the clips to dis- Our grades 4 and 5 have started a new chapter in their education by beginning to cuss issues about how food is wasted learn Torah trope. We look forward to their first Torah readings in Junior Congregation throughout the system of production later this year. and distribution. Conversations around what we can do at home and locally were lively and insightful in all grades. The message of Passover remains as powerful as ever. Freedom is won not on the battlefield but in the classroom and the home. Teach your children the history of freedom if you want them never to lose it. — Rabbi Shimon Raichik​

KOL K.I. • APRIL 2021 • NISAN / IYAR 5781 n 9 Hamantashen Heroes Hamantashen Project Beats the Odds A report on this year's pandemic baking challenge

Challenges. ing). We ran into challenges ordering the usual supplies, and we asked just a handful of volunteers who were in the lower risk groups (and who felt safe baking indoors) to COVID-19 could not stop our awesome join us. hamantashen team from baking and packing those delicious Purim treats this Because we didn't do mailing this year, some people chose to buy extra cookies and year. mail them on their own to friends and family.

However, we needed to abide by the The Team. many mandated health precautions: masking, washing hands, sanitizing, and There are so many volunteers who helped, both locally and from a distance, and we physically distancing from each other. wanted to acknowledge them: We rolled dough, cut circles, filled the PLANNING: Susan Gordon, Cindy Helitzer, Ed Helitzer, Rabbi Weiner, cookies, and formed the triangles in the Diana MacFarlane, Chris Goetz, Susan Frisch Lehrer (coordination of the social hall on two six-foot tables placed Federation Purim hamantashen bags), and Marc Snowise. end-to-end with volunteers six feet apart. One person in the kitchen moni- OFFICE TASKS: Updating and printing the congregation order forms, letters, labels, tored the ovens. mailing—Diana MacFarlane and the K.I. mailing volunteers.

Packing tables were separated by six FORMS / LETTERS: Collating order forms, creating spreadsheets of orders, and the feet, and we had to stay six feet from letters to the K.I. congregation members—Cindy Tatalovich (done on line and each other unless we were part of a fam- remotely from California). ily group. DOUGH MAKING: Chris Goetz and Susan Gordon. One of the saddest parts was not being able to hug each other or take group BAKING VOLUNTEERS: Kayla Bellmore, Robert Ferrin, Susan Gordon, Lisa Green, pictures. The camaraderie was still there, Cindy Helitzer, Michael Helitzer, Kate Hill Tapia, Brenda Landes, Dave Pill, but it was difficult to hear people talking Nina Shelomentseva, Joe Weiner, Parker Wright, and Bill Wright. through their masks while standing six feet apart. And the number of volunteers ORDER PACKING: Amy Abramovich, Stu Masters, Arlene Schiff, and was smaller than usual, to accommodate Marcie Greenfield Simons. COVID precautions and the volunteers’ PACKING CONGREGATION BAGS AND COORDINATING DISTRIBUTION: comfort levels. Chris Goetz and Ken Conlow.

Planning. Susan Gordon and I consid- The Numbers. ered how we would complete the many parts of this project if we had to stop at We made hamantashen for the Federation's "Joe’s Project,"* as well as for Temple An- any time due to a rise in COVID cases in she Amunim, the Federation senior lunch program, the K.I. Hebrew School, and, of the community. I admit that we were a course, for our congregants. little concerned, but since the commu- nity transmission numbers were going All told, we baked a total of 4,790 hamantashen cookies with this scaled-down project. down in January we were hopeful that So far, this effort has raised more than $10,000 for Knesset Israel. we would get everything done. Many thanks to our dedicated volunteers who were flexible with last-minute change We decided to go with the 2 most pop- of baking dates. We would say this project was a sweet success! ular flavors (sorry, you prune and pop- —submitted by Cindy Helitzer and Susan Gordon py lovers, but there is always next year) and not to offer mail orders this year (to *Jewish Federation of the Berkshires “Joe’s Project”; Joe Madison, of blessed memory, be- reduce the number of hours volunteers gan his project years ago. His desire was to provide and deliver mishloach manot bags to would need to be inside the K.I. build- homebound Jewish seniors in Berkshire County and southern Vermont.

10 n KOL K.I. • APRIL 2021 • NISAN / IYAR 5781 KOL K.I. • APRIL 2021 • NISAN / IYAR 5781 n 11 Spotlight On Alan Model Images born from the joy of discovery—by Phil Coleman

Hello, Dear Readers: This month’s guest is a charming and very talented K.I. member, Alan Model. We are blessed with some fine photographers at K.I., Alan being one. Check out my interview!

Welcome Alan, it’s great to have you as my guest this month. It was a lot of fun in- terviewing your wife Alice (Dec/Jan. 2020-21of KOL K.I.), and now it’s your turn! Tell me about some of your background and education in photography. Where did you study and did you have a mentor?

Alan: My artistic background is visual, in photography. Although I have loved taking pictures since I was a child, I did not have any aspirations to be considered a photog- rapher until, at the age of 40, I took my first course—an Intermediate photography workshop with Marc Kaszmarek at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. Alan Model

What are some of the themes or concepts that call you to photography? Some of Each image I take is a new experience, an your subjects are very interesting compositions in black and white—a bit of noir act of discovery. Nothing is prearranged. here, some funny juxtaposition there, and set in unusual places. Are these just On occasion, when friends ask me where shots that happened in that moment, or are some set pieces that have some ar- I took a particular image, they are sur- rangement to them? prised to learn they were with me when I took the picture! Alan: My greatest joy as a photographer is the act of discovery. The elements of an- ticipation, recognition, and concentration are essential to me. I venture out with my I can see from your bio that you have camera exploring the environment with no preconceived notions as to what subjects exhibited very widely, including here will interest me. My images suggest things worth considering that might have been in the Berkshires. Tell us some of your overlooked. People in unobserved commonplace experiences are of interest to me. highlights.

Alan: My photographs have been in jur- ied exhibits in universities, libraries, arts centers, and other public institutions in New York and Massachusetts, including Lyndhurst, the Pelham Arts Center, the Westchester Arts Council Gallery, and the Castle Gallery (Westchester Biennial 2008). I was featured in solo exhibits at the Atrium Gallery of Simons Rock College and the Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Har- rison, Somers, and Stockbridge (Mass.) libraries. Two summers ago, one of my images was juried into an annual exhibit at the Sohn Gallery in Lenox. In addition, I am a member, former president, and treasurer of The Ground Glass, Inc. with which I have been exhibiting annually in Westchester County, New York since the late 1970s. For many years I served as a member of the acquisition committee of Half-time, taken at a Mamaroneck High School football game where the Models' son and the International Center of Photography in New York City. daughter performed in the Marching Band . ©Alan Model

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The Dog Show, one of twelve taken by twelve photographers selected by Laurie Moffatt, the Director of the Norman Rockwell Museum, to be in the Sohn Gallery’s 2020 annual exhibit. ©Alan Model

It’s been a great honor to have my photographs published in hibits with the Ground Glass Association and the Rye Arts Cen- the New York Times, Gannett Westchester newspapers, Spotlight ter in New York. Since I am essentially a street photographer, I Magazine, Westchester Illustrated, Westchester Art News and do most of my work in metropolitan areas in NYC or overseas. The Soundview News. Additionally, my career has allowed me With the pandemic, I have basically curtailed taking any pic- to serve in the Westchester, N.Y. community as photographer tures. for the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Summer Musical Theatre, the Westchester Symphony Orchestra, the Larchmont- Mamaroneck What role does Knesset Israel synagogue play for you and Al- LIFE Center, Inc., Friends of the Reservoir, Inc., and the Village of ice? Larchmont's summer concerts. Here in the Berkshires it’s been a Alan: Our usual time in Stockbridge has been from mid-June privilege to serve as a photographer for the Tanglewood Music through Labor Day. This past year we stayed on until mid-Octo- Center, and the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. ber. Attending virtual services has been a new experience. Since I can see that music, dance, and theater are some of your we joined K.I., we have attended High Holy Day Services each passions behind the lens. Here in the Berkshires we are bless- year. Our daughter Debbie and her young twin daughters Lily ed (in normal years!) with an abundance of these activities. and Caitlin have also been participants. They are heading off to Hopefully we’ll be coming out of COVID by this summer. college next fall. When we’ve been able to get to Massachusetts What will you be up to this year as far as exhibiting or getting in other seasons, we have attended events and services at K.I., out there with your camera? and helped bake the hamantashen!

Alan: During the pandemic I have been exhibiting in virtual ex- Phil: Thank you so much Alan, this was really great!

Pesach without children is like a cantor without a song, like an actor without any lines, or a storyteller without an audience. —Joe Bobker

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The Badass Biblical Women of Passover by Rishe Groner, reprinted from alma.com

“In the merit of the righteous 2. Sacred seduction for the sake women Israel were redeemed of a nation from Egypt, and in their merit the future generations will be re- Since baby-killing was all the rage deemed.” in Egypt, it was logical that the Israelite breeding class might for- That line is from the Talmud, but it go sex for a bit so the fruit of their couldn’t be more relevant today. loins wouldn’t be slaughtered. The future is female, states the Enter a motif that comes up often rallying cry, and there’s nowhere in Jewish scripture and takes all that’s been more evident than in of our feminist-tinged-lenses to the last 100 years, as female ac- read it for the empowering piece tivists have been the champions it can be: sacred seduction. Far of social change from the suffrag- from being seen as baby-making ettes to #MeToo, #TimesUp, and machines, the ladies who took the Women’s March. That’s just the it into their own hands to se- movement side, though—underly- duce their partners for the sake ing it all there are thousands, if not of continuing the Hebrew tribal millions, of women just like you and tradition were lauded for genera- me out there fighting for change in tions. From Tamar to Esther, Jew- our personal lives, our schools, our ish heroines who’ve used their workplaces, our homes, our com- womanly wiles to make the Jew- munities, our societies. ish babies who save our nation should be applauded for their Luckily we have some great role strength, strategy, vulnerability, models to follow. A couple thou- and smarts—beyond their conju- sand years ago, our Israelite ances- gal and gestational abilities. tors were fighting for social change Miriam’s Song by John Edward Poynter in the midst of Egyptian exile… And (The Bible and Its Story, 1910) 3. Yocheved, the resourceful while Moses might be considered Jewish mom the main character of Passover, it was a host of best female supporting actors that got us over the finish line. “Behind every great man, there’s a powerful woman” is what used to Feeling down on yourself today? Wondering how you can ever make a difference? Unsure you lie on my bubbe, the rabbi’s wife’s, can even handle your uncle’s uncomfortable comments at Passover seder, let alone change fridge. There’s no more powerful the world? Buckle up for some inspiration from your Israelite ancestral matriarchs, and carry patriarch than Moses, redeemer of that warrior goddess power forward! the Israelites from Egypt, so obvi- ously his mama would have to be 1. The midwives didn’t stand down pretty special. Yocheved was not only the first of the Children of Isra- Midwives hold all the power in society, as anyone who’s ever binge watched Call the Midwife el born in Egypt, she was the mag- knows. In Egypt, the Israelite community was growing—swarming, in fact. And as any good ic key to getting them out again, fascist dictatorship knows, when the immigrants start to multiply, it’s time to get scared — this time by defying Egyptian au- what if they rise up against us? Pharaoh and his advisors were sure it was time to curb the thorities and hiding her newborn Hebrew’s enthusiasm and asked the Israelite midwives Shifra and Pua for help with some acci- son in a pimped-out basket she dental post-birth good old-fashioned infanticide. They weren’t having it, made some excuses slipped into the Nile river, cuing to Pharaoh, and were rewarded instead with everlasting “houses,” aka big name descendants. ’s brilliant “River Lulla-

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And Miriam the Prophetess…took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed after her, singing. by” in the movie we should all be watching this week, Prince 6. Miriam and her tambourines of Egypt. (Her 5-year-old daughter, Miriam, followed the basket and watched its progress along the river, so props to her, too.) There’s no image of the Exodus I like better than the circles of Yocheved had the faith, the vision, and the strategy to save her Israelite women dancing on the edge of the Red Sea, having son—and in the process, saved a nation. crossed it on dry land. The Torah states, “And Miriam the Proph- etess, sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the 4. Pharaoh’s daughter, women followed after her, singing.” Miriam was a little girl of 5 Most Valuable Princess last we checked on her, and now she’s grown up to be a lead- er of women, dancing and singing in gratitude and praise after What do you do when your dad has a penchant for the blood The Most Epic Night Ever™. of Jewish babies, and you feel a tug of the heartstrings from the tiny foundling literally on your doorstep (or private-beach-step, But where did the ladies get these timbrels, tambourines, and in this case)? If you’re Batya, daughter of Pharaoh, you’re bring- drums from, when they were previously in a land hostile to their ing him home to your dad and showing off your new son, even traditions and celebrations? Well, that’s where our Rabbinic as you know he was only left to float down the river and arrive statement comes to show just how powerful the Israelite ladies at your swimming hole because of Dad’s decree (Miriam, Mo- were in the first place. Nobody spends the hours of drum-craft- ses’ big sister, was watching in the reeds and helped unravel the ing—slowly threading sinew across skin and wood frame— mystery, without giving away too much). Batya was a fearless without an intention to use the magical instrument. Miriam priestess princess who didn’t and her posse had a plan, and care what people said: She was that plan involved redemp- adopting this baby, and Moses tion. When they danced and would be her son, no matter embodied the joy of libera- what the Egyptian priests, as- tion, they also celebrated the trologers, and her dad the king faith they had, the knowledge said. Sometimes, it’s our com- that a world of freedom exist- passion that wins out over ev- ed just on the other end of the erything else, no damns given. dark, scary sea—and that it was possible if only they creat- 5. Tzipporah saves the day ed the tools to use on the oth- er side. Miriam is for many the If Moses had a powerful champion of the Exodus story, mama and a rockstar sister, and for me she’s beyond that: then what more does he need She’s the paradigm shifter, the but a badass wife—and with bringer of hope, the visionary. Tzipporah, Midianite priest- Because if we can truly visu- ess and racial-justice warrior, alize and believe the freedom it’s evident from the start. that’s waiting for us on the En route back to Egypt with other end, wouldn’t we do ev- his new wife and two kids in erything we can to make sure tow, Moses is accosted by an we’re properly equipped for Angel of God at a roadside motel, Illustration from the 1897 Bible Pictures and What They Teach Us the other side? all because in his I’m-running- away-from-being-Israelite-stage he’d overlooked circumcising The Passover story is told and retold every year at the Passover his son. While he was being swallowed by a boa constrictor and seder. This year, let’s not forget the ancient women who en- fighting for his life, Tzipporah steps in with a sharp flintstone and sured we’d be able to do so for years to come. a sharp sense of what to do: She slices off that foreskin, appeases God, and off we go to Egypt. So to those who say mohels (ritual Rishe Groner is a writer, strategist, marketer, and teacher. Her work has appeared in circumcisors) can’t be women, just a reminder. Lilith, Tablet, and The Wisdom Daily, and on www.thegene-sis.com. This article is re- printed from alma.com, a website that covers Jewish pop culture and news.

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