M2100 Westmoreland Street. ,Falls Church, V,irginia2O43: .: 703/532-22I 7 January 2000 Number I Schedule of January Coming In February.... Shabbat Services Shabbat Shemot December 31/January 1 Exodus 1:1-6:1 Shabbat Evening Service 0 6:30 pm Shabbat Vaera - January 7/8 Exodus 6:2-9:35 Family Shabbat with SATURDAY Guest Storyteller 4th Grade sings FEBRUARI 7:30 pm Shabbat Parallel Morning Minyan 5TH 10:15 am TWO ENIQUE Morning Service - 10:30 am Bat Mitzvah of Alida Frey EVENTS WITH Shabbat Bo - January 14/15 Exodus 10:1-13:16 JEWISH ARTIST Federation Shabbat Service 8:15 pm Morning Service - 10:30 am Bat Mitzvah of Robbie Rogart BONNY HASENG Shabbat Shira January 21-22 10:15 AM 8 PM Exodus 13:17-17:16 Shabbal MornIng/lunch & Learn llaulalah Program Tot Shabbat - 6:30 pm The Eyes of Leah: A Kabbalistic Journey to Wasting Time With Harry Davidowitz: Shabbat Evening Service-8:15 pm Funded by the Loeb Cultural Fund Morning Service - 10:30 am the Inner Beauty of Torah Bnot Mitzvah of Share Shabbat with Donny at the Take the musical journey of a Alissa Kur & Caroline Berson Parallel Morning Minyan and lifetime through the eyes of this Shabbat Yitro learn about Kabbalah. Discover awesome performer, in his one- January 28-29 the inner meaning of Torah man show for congregants and Exodus 18:1-20:23 passages. Experience the gift of guests ages 13 and over. We will be Brotherhood Shabbat Service - our mystical teachings through whisked away on a roller coaster 8:15 pm music, stories and Torah com- ride through a musical journey of a Morning Service - 10:30 am Bar Mitzvah of Daniel Direnfeld mentary. Following Services, Jewish soul. Donny weaves his bring a vegetarian or dairy dish intimate story around the songs of Torah Study to share and enjoy lunch and an Shabbat including original songs in 01 Saturdays, library - 9:00 am opportunity to study Kabbalah Hebrew, Yiddish, English and with this incredible artist. Ladino. No Torah Study January 1 TRS Brotherhood will host a Mediterannean-style dinner prior to the evening performance. Look for details in a future mailing. jjPI!:ilJI 1znhrjiziiw___ •1jj, Some of you may know of my involvement in the national leadership of the . Cantorate. I am Secretary of the American Conference of Cantors - an officer now, after having served on the ACC board for four years. It has been an honor and privilege to be in the forefront of our movements cantorial leadership. Not only do I attend conferences and meetings working on behalf of the ACC and the UAHC, but I represent our Temple. In June of 2001, our national ACC convention will held here in the DC area. I feel fortunate to have been ap- pointed co-chair of this convention, which will bring to our area 350 cantors, music directors, choir directors, organists, etc. Youll hear more about this event as it gets closer. In my position as an officer of the ACC, I also need to respond to areas of-concern for the Cantorate as a whole. A recent article published in Moment magazine - mostly about the chang- ing role of rabbis - also featured a side-bar article on cantors. The article, although correct in its general notion that synagogue music has changed over the years, did little to promote the Cantorate; rather, it suggested that cantors today are not trained adequately to meet the needs of congregations that want to "hold hands and sway" to the music. It claimed our Cantorial School is turning out "dysfunctional cantors." I must say that I feel very positively about the way our congregation has embraced me and the cantorial leadership that I have brought to TRS. We are singing together and praying to spiritual music together. Through my High Holy Day sermons you have learned the importance of being open to new and old music of our Jewish heritage. You have embraced both the participatory • music and the beautiful choral music. It is too bad that the author of this article has not experienced a worship service at Temple Rodef Shalom. I think if she had, she might have reported that our Cantorial School is indeed training cantors who are meeting the diverse needs of congregations. Id encourage you to read the article in the December issue of Moment and respond with your thoughts to the editors and/or me. Temple Emanuel of Baltimore to Come to TRS Koleinu, Cantor Shochet and Rabbi Schwartzman are gearing up for what will be two wonderful Shabbat services featuring the combined teams of TRS and Temple Emanuel of Baltimore. Cantor Shochet is returning to his home congregation in Baltimore to participate in a service featuring the combined choirs of Koleinu and Temple Emanuel on Friday, January 28. Rabbi Schwartzman will also participate and deliver the sermon at that Shabbat service. On Friday, February 11, the Temple Emanuel choir, along with its student cantor, will join Koleinu and our clergy at TRS. At that time, we welcome Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl (Cantor Shochets childhood rabbi and classmate of Rabbi Berkowits) who will deliver the sermon for our congregation. This is a wonderful time to join Koleinu and learn new music for these two services. Rehearsals are Tuesday nights in January 0/4, 11, 18 and 25). All are welcome! OOPS!! TABLE OF CONTENTS The date for Circus Millennia was incorrect in the December Bulletin. It is SATURDAY, Bnai Mitzvah............................................20 JANUARY 8, at the Thomas Jefferson School Brotherhood .............................................10 Theatre in ARLINGTON (NOT at the Calendar ..................................................31 Thomas Jefferson Science & Tech High Cantors Message .......................................2 Caring Committee .................................... 13 School in Fairfax.) See page 19 Donations.................................................24 Fundraising .................................................6 Library........................................................5 Living & Learning ......................................16 Membership .............................................11 Temples Listserv Religious School ..........................................4 Scrapbook................................................14 We have had many inquiries on how to con- Sisterhood..................................................8 nect to the Temples listserver. The listserver Social Action ..............................................9 currently has 110 members and is run by Youth.......................................................21 congregant Sam Simon. The listserver is a great interactive tool for congregants to have discus- sions on Jewish subjects and issues. To get onto the listserver you can do the following: Temple Rodef Shalom Bulletin www.TempleRodefShalom.org or http://www.uahc.org/congs/va/va005/ Send Sam Simon an e-mail message at E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] OR send an e-mail to the listserver at [email protected] and in the body AMY M SCHWARTZMAN, Senior Rabbi of the e-mail type "subscribe TRS-list" MARCUS L BURSTEIN Assistant Rabbi LASZLO BERKOWITS Rabbi Emeritus MICHAEL A. SHOCHET, Cantor TRS Nursery School is accepting applications Officers for the 2000-2001 school year. ELLEN BLALOCK President JONATHAN KOSARIN Vice President For more information GREGG SKALL Vice President call the Nursery School office at RICKI KANTER Vice President 532-2227 PETER ELINSKY Vice President CAL KLAUSNER Treasurer. NANCY KANE Assistant Treasurer MARSHALL BERMAN Financial Secretary ANN GUTKIN Recording Secretary Membership Committees CARL KALISH Corresponding Secretary Zip Code Coffee 16 Trustees If you live in zip code 22207 N. RICHARD FRIEDMAN W ED BECKWITH (North Arlington), join us for a Zip BETTY NAN OBERMAYER Code Coffee on January 9 at 7 pm at the home of Elisa and Steve Anders. Meet JUDY SEIFF, Administrator (532-2240) your neighbors who belong to the Temple. If DINA BURT, RJE, Religious School Principal (532-2207) KAREN SIMPSON, Nursery School Principal (532-2227) you can make it, RSVP to Julie White at 703/ FRANK ç0NLON, Choir Director 790-5476 as soon as possible. The IRS Bulletin is published 11 times a year on the 1st of each month except July/August when 1 issue is published 3 Re/i?j/ous School From the Educator... to pass on, why not use this family time to think of new traditions that you can start. No one ever Is Following the bright lights of Chanukah and said the tradition had to come before you... you the togetherness of all those visiting friends and could be the first! Its not an easy task - and not a relatives, I always find January to be a very solution that will come quickly ... but hey... its a dark month. The weather is dreary and cold: it long winter, right? is dark outside until later, and then again much too early. We miss the freedom of going outside Ldor vador... from generation to generation.... without all those extra layers. Yet, there can be May our traditions always shine through the something rewarding too about the gloomy darkness! outside... the warm inside. Soup, hot choco- late, old movies and library books. Arent these Dina Burt, RJE some of the things we treasure about winter? Principal Others have shared with me that in the after- math of the holidays, families re-discover Mark Your Calendar... themselves. It is a time for being together, for sharing, and enjoying each others company Tues., Jan. 4 - Haskalah resumes following without the commotion of holiday celebrations. Winter break Wed., Jan. 5 - Hebrew classes resume Connecting with family and sharing family following Winter break traditions are among the key concepts of our Fri., Jan. 7 - Family Shabbat Worship 7:30pm people. In Judaism, we use the term Ldor Grade 4 sings Vador... from generation to generation. It is a Sunday, January 23 - Family Day Grade I responsibility as part of the Jewish community to pass on the laws, customs, traditions, and TZEDAKAH TZEDAKAH TZEDAKAH S legends of our heritage. Perhaps a daunting task, though it doesnt really need to be. As part ARLINGTON WOMENS SHELTER of a synagogue community, you are already Tues., Jan.