PASSOVER ISSUE KehilathjeshurunBulletin Q Vol. LIV, No. 4 April 3, 1987 4 Nisan. 3747 RABBI ISAAC TRAININ TO KEYNOTE RABBI LOOKSTEIN TO DELIVER ANNUAL SYNAGOGUE SHABBATON SHABBAT HAGADOL APRIL 10-11,1987 DISCOURSE The fourteenth Annual Synagogue Shab- Rabbi Haskel Lookstein will deliver his baton will be held this year on Friday even¬ discourse for Shabbat HaGadol on Saturday ing, April 10, and Saturday, April 11, 1987. afternoon, April 11, in the Main Synagogue. The theme will be JEWISH RESPON¬ The subject of the discourse will be "IN¬ SIBILITY TO THE HUNGRY AND THE FERTILITY: CONTEMPORARY HALA- HOMELESS: PROBLEMS AND SOLU¬ CHIC RESPONSES TO AN AGE OLD DI¬ TIONS. One ofthe most exciting advantages LEMMA." It will be an exploration of ar¬ of the timing of this weekend which is on tificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, Shabbat HaGadol, the Sabbath before Pass¬ surrogate motherhood and adoption. over, is that by our serving Friday dinner and The discourse will be held following min¬ Saturday lunch, it means a Shabbat of no cha which begins at 6:40 P.M. cooking for you! The keynote speaker on Friday evening will be Rabbi Isaac Trainin whose topic will PASSOVER be: DO WE REALLY TAKE CARE OF LAWS AND CUSTOMS OUR OWN? THE REAL MEANING OF ple whose organizations are regularly work¬ Rabbi Dale Polakoffwill offer his fifth an¬ TZEDAKAH. ing to aid the homeless and the hungry. nual lecture on Passover laws and customs Rabbi Trainin has been in Jewish com¬ Another KJ member, Sari Scheinberg will on Saturday afternoon, April 11. Shabbat munal work for 42 years. He is the former be representing Project Dorot. Project Dorot HaGadol, at 5:40 PM. Director of Religious Affairs for United Ser¬ serves the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The lecture will be presented in the Etra vice for New Americans, a former Ad¬ Misha G. Avramoff, Executive Director Chapel and will be part of the congregation's ministrative Assistant to Dr. Samuel Belkin of Project Ezra and another long time Jewish Annual Synagogue Shabbaton weekend. at Yeshiva University, and was the founder communal executive, will be representing and director of the Department of Religious Project Ezra. The members of Project Ezra Affairs at Federation from 1952 until his were recently guests again this year of the RABBI JACK BIELER retirement in 1986. Rabbi Trainin was also KJ Sisterhood for its March meeting. Pro¬ TO the founder of the Metropolitan Council on ject Ezra is also one of the recipient agen¬ CONDUCT Jewish Poverty and served as its first presi¬ cies of our synagogue lobby food collection PASSOVER LECTURE dent. He is the author of six volumes deal¬ effort. Rabbi Jack Bieler will give the fourth ing with his forty years of service to the Finally, from our sister synagogue on the discourse in his pre-yom-tov series on Satur¬ Jewish West Side, the community of New York. He serves Spanish and Portuguese day afternoon, April 4. on the boards as advisor to several (Shearith Israel) public Synagogue will be Rita The pre-Pesach shiur will be held one hour service Rodin, who is co-chairman of their Social agencies. Rabbi Trainin is a member before Mincha at 5:15 PM in the Etra Chapel. of Kehilath Jeshurun. Action Committee and who co-presides over Another KJ member is our respondent that their Winter Shelter Program. The Spanish evening, Ruth Shapiro, who will be repre¬ and Portuguese Synagogue is one of the few senting the Joint Passover Association. Her synagogues who conducts such a program topic will be: THE ROLE THE JOINT in the City of New York. PASSOVER ASSOCIATION PLAYS IN Saturday Afternoon No Cooking For You HELPING EVERY NEEDY JEW IN NEW The Shabbaton will conclude with two Dinner will be served Friday evening to YORK CELEBRATE PASSOVER IN HIS presentations Saturday afternoon. The first those who have previously made reserva¬ OWN HOME WITH DIGNITY. The will a be presentation on the Passover laws tions. As we go to press, a small number of Association is also headed by another KJ and customs delivered by Rabbi Dale Pola- reservations remain available. It is $35.00 member, Ruth Kobrin. koff. Between mincha and maariv Rabbi for dinner and lunch (two meals) for adults Saturday Morning Haskel Lookstein will present his annual and $20.00 for children for the two meals. Prior to lunch on Saturday morning, we Shabbat HaGadol drasha described The deadline for reservations, space permit¬ will have a panel presentation by three peo¬ elsewhere in this Bulletin. ting, is this Monday, April 6. Page Two KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND SECOND GENERATION KJ CALENDAR PARTICIPANTS INVITED TO YOM HASHOAH Sunday, April 5 10:00 AM CANDLE LIGHTING CEREMONY YESHIVA UNIVERSITY BRUNCH HONORING RABBI BARBARA ARFA GABRIELLA MAJOR MOSHE ROSENBERG Mother-Auschwitz; Father-Matthausen Concentration camps in Vienna Wednesday, April 8 7:00 PM CAROLYN ARFA DEBBIE MAJOR & EUGENE MAJOR KASHER-IN Daughter of Barbara Arfa Children of Dr. and Mrs. William Major Friday-Saturday, April 10-U DR. RICHARD BORN ROCHELLE MAJOR ANNUAL SYNAGOGUE SHABBATON Mother-in hiding, Father-Warsaw Ghetto Mother-Auschwitz; Saturday, April 11 DOINA BRYSKIN Father-Russian Prison Camp Laws of Passover Lecture 5:40 PM Mother-Auschwitz & Buchenwald; RABBI MAYER MOSKOWITZ Shabbat HaGadol Drasha 6:40 PM Father-Labor camps TransNiestra in Ukraine Saturday, April 25 9:00 PM ELISA BRYSKIN & NOAH NUNBERG YOM HASHOAH MATTHEW BRYSKIN Both parents in Auschwitz Wednesday, April 29 8:00 PM Children of Doina Bryskin RALPH PERLBERGER ANNUAL MEETING FRED DISTENFELD Westerbork & Bergen-Belsen Saturday, May 2 Both parents in hiding JODY PERLBERGER & KESHER SINGLES OF KJ RITA DISTENFELD JILLIAN PERLBERGER SHABBAT LUNCHEON WITH Both parents in hiding Children of Ralph Perlberger LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE LEO FOX HERMAN RIEDERMAN AT KJ Mother-Auschwitz; Father-Labor camps Forced labor & hiding in Budapest Sunday, May 3 MARTINE FOX FRIEDA RIEDERMAN SOLIDARITY SUNDAY Mother-Siberia, Auschwitz & Bergen-Belsen FOR SOVIET JEWRY Father-Buchenwald & labor camps WILLIAM ROSNER Monday, May 4 7:15 AM ELSE DE GRAAF Mother-labor camps; YOM HAATZMAUT SERVICE Came in 1939, lost family mostly in Father-Partisan in Poland AND BREAKFAST Teresensdat & Bergen-Belsen HERMAN SMILOW Monday, May 4 7:30 PM PAULA HERBST Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dora labor YOM HAATZMAUT Daughter of Else de Graaf camp, Bergen-Belsen SERVICE AND PROGRAM BERNARD HERBST LILY SMILOW Saturday, May 9 Mother-killed in camp; Fatherto Palestine Auschwitz & Latvian Forest COUPLES CLUB SHABBATON ANN HORNBLASS DORIS WEISS Sunday, May 10 Mother-Auschwitz; Father-Auschwitz, Dachau, Mydanick FESTIVAL OF Father-Auschwitz & labor camps REBECCA WEISS & SARAH WEISS JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS EVELYN KATZ Daughters of Doris Weiss Sunday, May 17 Mother-Auschwitz; Father-Czech SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE Russian Army Wednesday, May 20 JUDY KLUGER SISTERHOOD SPRING LUNCHEON Mother-Auschwitz & Bergen Belsen; Wednesday, May 27 7:15 AM Father-in hiding in woods in Czech. YOM YERUSHALAYIM SERVICE AND BREAKFAST THANK YOU The Food Drive Committee thanks all the individuals who contributed canned fruit in the month of February and Kosher for Passover food in the months of March and April. The response has been overwhelm¬ ing. The shopping cart has been filled to overflowing. The Committee will be collec¬ ting Kosher for Passover food until April 10. So, there is still time to give. This food will be given to Project Ezra who in turn distri¬ butes it to needy individuals on the Lower East Side. After Passover, when we have feasted and celebrated our freedom, let us not forget the less fortunate. The food for the month ofMay will be CANNED VEGETABLES. Many individuals will now be able to celebrate Passover. Once again, thank you for your contributions of Passover food. KEHILATH JESHURUN BULLETIN Page Three ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBERT ABRAMS TO ADDRESS 115TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1987 KEHILATH JESHURUN TO HONOR RAMAZ FOUNDING FAMILIES ON THE OCCASION OF THE 50TH JUBILEE OF THE SCHOOL The 115th Annual Meeting of Congrega¬ tion Kehilath Jeshurun will be held this year YOM HASHOA - HOLOCAUST DAY on Wednesday evening, April 29, at 8:00 SATURDAY NIGHT, APRIL 25 o'clock, in the Kamber Auditorium. The SPECIAL COMMEMORATION TO FEATURE SLIDES OF AUSCHWITZ, meeting will highlight the celebration of the TREBLINKA, CRACOW, WARSAW AND ISTANBUL BY 50th anniversary of the Ramaz School which RABBI AND MRS. HASKEL LOOKSTEIN the congregation founded in 1937. RAMAZ LOWER SCHOOL CHORUS TO PRESENT SPECIAL PROGRAM The Annual Meeting will offer us an op¬ The observance of Yom Hashoa — necessary information. The program that portunity to welcome more than 60 new Holocaust Remembrance Day—continues to evening will also feature choral presentations families to our congregation. It will also be occupy an increasingly central place on the by the Ramaz Lower School Chorus under the instrument for the election of Officers calendar ofAmerican Jewry and particularly the direction ofJay Danzig. We will also have and Trustees of the congregation and here in the KJ/Ramaz community. This year special readings and prayers. This year, how¬ Trustees for Ramaz. Yom Hashoa falls on Sunday. We will ever, there will be a unique presentation of¬ fered The main focus of the meeting this year, therefore, have our commemorative pro¬ by Rabbi and Mrs. Haskel Lookstein, who however, will be on the celebration of the gram on Saturday night, at 9:00 o'clock, in recently returned from a UJA Rabbinic 50th anniversary of the founding of Ramaz the Main Synagogue. Cabinet Mission to Warsaw, Cracow, Ausch¬ School. In September 1937 it was Congrega¬ witz, Treblinka, Istanbul, Cairo and Israel. Candlelighting tion Kehilath Jeshurun that took the step to Ceremony for They will offer a brief slide presentation Holocaust Survivors, their Children create an educational institution on the Up¬ which will tell the story of the tragedies of and Grandchildren per East Side of Manhattan, an institution our people and the redemption ofthe Jewish which has turned out to be the premier The commemoration will begin with a national homeland.