THE MARCH 2020 PENINSULA TEMPLE BULLETIN SHOLOM MISHLOACH MANOT PURIM BASKET FUNDRAISER IS BACK Support PTS with this awesome fundraiser! Check the link sent to your email with the subject line, “Purim at Peninsula Temple Sholom.” There are instructions on sending greetings to your fellow congregants, BEATLES PURIM college students, and to family and friends around the country. Contact Monday, March 9 Betsy Rosen, [email protected], for questions on how to login. Come hear the Megillah reading, see our hilarious Purim New this year! Instead of selecting specific gift recipients, you can Shpiel, and play at our fantastic Purim carnival! also become a Mishloach Manot Program Sponsor. As a sponsor, your Purim greeting will go to the entire congregation and we will deliver 4:00-5:30 pm: Carnival Games a special mishloach manot basket to you. Check home.sholom.org for 5:30-6:00 pm: Prize room open sponsorship opportunities. 5:30 pm: Social Hall opens for dinner FUNDRAISERSign up to assemble and deliver mishloach CLOSEDmanot on home.sholom.org. 6:00 pm: Shpiel begins $20 / Individual wristband to carnival + pizza dinner $75 / Family package of wristbands to carnival + pizza TZEDAKAH BOX FRIDAYS dinner for 6 Supporting Our Values $10 / Shpiel + pizza dinner ( No Carnival ) Let’s create the world we want together. Drop dollar bills Purchase wristbands on home.sholom.org or the change from your pocket in our PTS Tzedakah Box before Shabbat. March’s charity of choice is Beit T’Shuvah, a residential special shabbat with addiction treatment center that saves lives through comprehensive programs of Jewish spirituality, Women of the Wall’s psychotherapy, and the 12-steps in a caring setting. ANAT HOFFMAN Friday, March 6 Beit T’Shuvah Weekend 6:30pm: Kabbalat Shabbat With Freedom Song Performance Service: Anat’s D’var Torah, From the Back of the Bus to the Top Friday, March 13, 6:30 pm – of the Agenda Rabbi Mark Borovitz Saturday, March 7 Will Speak During Shabbat Worship 9am-10am: Torah Study with Anat Hoffman & Torah Study 10:30am-12:30pm: Zehoot program with Anat for students and parents Sunday, March 15, 4-6 pm – Freedom Song Performance Anat Hoffman is an Israeli activist and serves as Executive Director of the URJ’s Israel Religious Freedom Song is an acclaimed musical play built on the premise of your Action Center (IRAC). She is the director and “estranged, drug-addicted sister showing up at Passover Seder—what could go wrong?” founding member Women of the Wall. Email Rabbi Delson, [email protected] with questions. Email Rabbi Plotnik with questions at [email protected]. Rabbi Mark’s visit is sponsored by an anonymous donor and the Freedom Song Performance is generously funded by the Cantor Barry Reich Tribute Fund. Youth Happenings at PTS march RSVP on home.sholom.org by clicking on the calendar event. B’nai mitzvah For more information, email Madeleine Steckley at [email protected] or see your Youth Ed E-newsletter. MARCH 7 PARTY Murder Mystery Dinner Parashat T’zaveh Friday, March 6, 7-9 pm Keli’i Chavinson 6th - 8th graders, can you solve this Purim murder son of Ginger Roehrig & Drew Chavinson mystery? Join Madeleine for dinner and help her solve the Purim-themed murder case! $10/person. MARCH 14 Parashat Ki Tisa Purim Pi(e) Day Saturday, March 14, 1-3 pm Robert Gilbert 3rd-5th graders, come celebrate Purim with Madaleine son of Erica Tukeman & Jeff Gilbert and enjoy all types of pi(e). $10/person. MARCH 21 Peninsula Multifaith Coalition Parashat Vayak’heil/P’kudei Come hear choirs, cantors, Nora Zimmerman Multifaith chants, and songs from different faith organizations daughter of Loi & Bill Zimmerman across the Peninsula. Learn Songfest more by emailing Cantor MARCH 28 Sunday, March 1, 3 pm at PTS Fox, [email protected]. Parashat Vayikra Alexandra Podkaminer ONE BAY, ONE BOOK: Monday, March 2, 3 pm daughter of Erica Carmel & Eugene Podkaminer On Division, by Goldie Goldbloom Join Rabbi Delson and the PTS Book Club for a conversation on this highly regarded novel about life in the Chassidic community of Williamsburg, NY. The discussion is open to all. One Bay, One Book is a part of a larger Bay Area program sponsored by Jewish LearningWorks. Learn more and RSVP Pet Havdalah to Rabbi Delson, [email protected]. Saturday, April 18, 5:30-7:30 pm An evening of pet-friendly play time, human The Joys & Oys of Raising Little Kids schmoozing, a light potluck dinner, and havdalah. Wednesday, March 11 All portable and well-socialized animals on 7 - 8:30 pm leashes or in cages are welcome. Space is limited. Each month we discuss a different aspect of parenting using the wisdom of Judaism as well RSVP by April 9 to Cantor Fox for as our lived experience. Everyone is welcome. location and more information: RSVP to Rabbi Delson, [email protected]. [email protected] MARCH YAHRZEITS Mar 1-7 Jeanne Reich Ariel Wexler-Fixler Lillian Osborne Rose Nelson Heinz Jacob Tom Archuleta Annette Louise Morris Wise Alvin Pensler Raye Rich Mollie Karp Isaac Baron Schwartz Mar 15-21 Beatrice Rabbino Saul Ross Lila Kaufmann Robert Shaw Rosa Sacharin Barbara Salwen Edith Kohn Anna Beinacher Mary Bloom Marge Bergson Goldye Stern Margaret Schechter Harry Slatt Sylvia Helene Diana Trynis Max Broomfield Naum Shumakh Dr. Thomas Soss Kupperberg Pearl Boxerman Leonard Carmel Jerome Cohn Toby Witz Evelyn Silverman Hugo Spangenthal Alma Lesser T.J. Collins Rose Slubin Ralph Steinberger Ysabel Liebman Doris Engel Mar 8-14 Annette Dobbs Harry Fanburg Sylvia Sosnick Myndlya Teper David Monasch Sr. Hilda Adams Claire Franklin Martin Wank Jean Weisberg Vera Nigel Allen Feder Baruch Bader Rosalie Gevertz Lydia Fomil Louis Weisberg Joan Wolin Richard Oser Moshe Emergui Louis Glassman Evelyn Zelinsky Hyman Rapoport Laurie Fox Marlene Fishtrom Israel Goldanski Mar 22-28 Ruth Zandan Gold Mar 29-Apr 4 Nathan Remen Saydah Bennie Goldstein Robert Baron Evelyn Rose Jack Goldman Aline Fox Babette Mayer Harband Joseph Bartfeld Amy Ackerman Lawrence Goldstein Leon Roth William Hoffman Bernard Jacobson Alexander Feltsman Philip Bodovitz Albert Rothschild Stanley Grinstein David Kelly Phil Karp Sam Filer Israel Brotman Harold Katz Judie Ruzek Sue Kuschner Faye Kaufman Celia Fischel Gerald Burke Andre Salama George Kleinmaier Lawrence Mankoff Sarra Kuplevatskaya June Fore Albert Dollinger Pauline Kline Sanford Simon Eugene Monosson Damon Lewis Michelle Glaser Sid Dover Dar-es Spooner Marvin Koss Herbert Ososke Ida Lipnack John Hladky Howard Elkus Rita Mankoff Dola Staudenmeyer Abraham Morris Jerrold Macktinger Walter Jellin Mike Epstein Cyril Tukeman Enid Matteson Rosenthal Morris Molbogat Rose Jubas Sonia Gelman Jay Oliff William Wasserman Leo Tarlin Frankie Monasch Riva Lukner Ester Gulandam Arthur Weissman Ben Philan Tsilya Vityagaylovskaya Rebecca Ojena Lillian Mintz Sophie Hollander 2nd Night Passover Seders Annual Open to all! Thursday, April 9 Sholom PTS is hosting two 2nd night Passover seders. Tickets will not be sold at the door. RSVP at home.sholom.org by April 3. Women Shabbat Service 5-7 pm, Family Seder 7 pm, Later Seder For children from preschool - 2nd Community Seder for all ages. Led FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 6:30 PM graders and their families. Led by by Rabbi Dan Feder and Cantor Gather to bring in Shabbat and honor Rabbi Lisa Delson, Rabbi Molly Alexandra Fox. Limited to 40 this year’s Sholom Women, “Woman of Plotnik, and Allison Steckley. guests. $65/adult; $35/child under Valor” award winner, Lois Fried. Special $40/adult; $15/child under 12 12. oneg sponsored by Sholom Women following the service. benefit pts while you shop with Caring for OUR COMMUNITY Volunteer to be a Two-Week Caring Community Coordinator You can offer peer-to-peer support by making Give to PTS with each purchase you make on smile.Amazon.com calls, writing cards, and visiting members by selecting Peninsula Temple Sholom as your charity of choice. of our community. Contact Bev Rochelle, Please go to smile.Amazon.com and bookmark it for all future [email protected] or Rabbi Delson, shopping on Amazon. [email protected]. Camperships & Israel Scholarships Social Justice Team Meeting Jewish Community Federation applications close Monday, March 30, 7 - 8:30 pm Monday, March 2! PTS application due March 15. Go to home.sholom.org and apply! Continuing our work on creating the world we want and coming closer to defining our congregational-wide Pet Havdalah campaign. Join us for this exciting and engaging action at Saturday, April 18, 5:30-7:30 pm PTS. RSVP to Rabbi Delson, [email protected] by March 27. CONTRIBUTIONS We gratefully acknowledge the following contributions made January 1 through 31. High Holy Day Appeal Christopher Lee in memory of Bruce Irvine Herman Garbowit Preschool Kenneth & Stacey Fishtrom Landscaping Hans Friedeberg Jesse Zimmer & Jana Michelle & Keith in memory of Horowitz in memory of Daniel & Melinda Rubin Tandowsky William Mauskopf Alexa Paige Goldman Christopher Lee Fishtrom Friedeberg Nancy Hutchinson Sidney Koss Eric Mauskopf Israel Scholarship Gary & Susan Fishtrom William Joseph Elliott Horovitz Richard & Diane Koss Zena Fish in honor of Financial Freedom Dennis & Janice Jim & Randi Hutchinson Lynn Hurst Leon Fish Berkowitz Bernard Feder Sonya & Stephen Hurst Alexa Goldman in memory of Selma Shenson Eunice Kenner Lloyd Anderson Josephine Meredith Emanuel Kuby Barbara Shenson Bill Gerson Dorothy Anderson Joel & Monette Sybil Kuby in memory of Rabbis’ Discretionary Dan Gerson Marcos Emergui Meredith Elmer M. Zucker Jeff Savitz General Elias & Sharron Anna Wolfe Todd & Linda Zucker in memory of Lori Goldman Reddy & Fred Bernstein Emergui Claire Aires Stan Fetterman Sandy Sarkon Dave Reddy Todd Rich Trevor Leopold Isaac Aires Wendie Fetterman Fran Tompakov Minnie Beckerman in honor of Eric & Sharon Fomil Henry Weil Allan G.