July/August 2019 Sivan/Tammuz/Av 5779 Kulanu Shabbat in the Park Join us for a fun Shabbat in beautiful Holliday Park surrounded by nature. Holliday Park 6363 Spring Mill Rd. July 12 at 6:15pm JULY and AUGUST EVENTS SCHEDULE JULY AUGUST Monday, July 1 Sunday, July 14 Monday, August 5 Thursday, August 15 6:30pm - Lilith Salon 5:00pm - LAF Tribute to Benny 6:30pm - Lilith Salon 6:00pm - IHC Board Meeting Goodman concert Thursday, July 4 Thursday, August 8 Friday, August 16 Offices closed for Wednesday, July 17 5:30pm - Executive 1:00pm - LAF Picnic with Silver Independence Day 9:30am - Torah Talk Committee Meeting Linings 7:30pm - Choir Rehearsal Wednesday, July 10 Tuesday, August 13 Wednesday, August 21 9:30am - Torah Talk Thursday, July 18 12:00pm - Jewish Book Club 6:00pm - IndyChai Spiritual 6:30pm - Sisterhood Board 6:00pm - IHC Board Meeting Chevruta Meeting Wednesday, August 14 7:30pm - Choir Rehearsal Wednesday, July 24 9:30am - Torah Talk Friday, August 23 9:30am - Torah Talk 11:30am - LAF Dine Around 10:00am - LAF Slow Mass Thursday, July 11 7:30pm - Choir Rehearsal 6:30pm - Sisterhood Board 5:30pm - Executive Meeting Committee Meeting Friday, July 26 7:30pm - IndyChai Jewish Movie Night The events listed here are only those already scheduled by this issue’s print deadline. For the most up-to-date listings, check the calendar at www.ihcindy.org, read your weekly update and check Facebook. If you have an event that you would like to be added to the calendar, please email [email protected]. JULY and AUGUST WORSHIP SCHEDULE SHABBAT -Korach: Num. 16:1-18:32 SHABBAT - Pinchas: Num. 25:10-30:1 SHABBAT - Vaetchanan: Deu. 3:23-7:11 Friday, July 5 Friday, July 26 Friday, August 16 5:30pm - Remembrance Service 5:30pm - Remembrance Service 5:30pm - Remembrance Service 6:15pm - Traditional Shabbat 6:15pm - Traditional Shabbat 6:15pm - Nefesh Shabbat Saturday, July 6 Saturday, July 27 Saturday, August 17 8:30am - Shabbat Morning Warmup 8:30am - Shabbat Morning Warmup 8:30am - Shabbat Morning Warmup 9:00am - Tanakh Study 9:00am - Tanakh Study 9:00am - Tanakh Study 10:30am - Shabbat Worship 10:30am - Shabbat Worship 10:30am - Shabbat Worship Bar Mitzvah of Ryan Silien Bat Mitzvah of Rachel Mintz SHABBAT - Matot-Masei: Num. 30:2-36:13 SHABBAT - Chukat: Num. 19:1-22:1 Friday, August 2 SHABBAT - Eikev: Deu. 7:12-11:25 Friday, July 12 5:30pm - Remembrance Service Friday, August 23 5:30pm - Remembrance Service 6:15pm - Traditional Shabbat 5:30pm - Remembrance Service 5:45pm - Early Oneg Shabbat Saturday, August 3 6:15pm - Traditional Shabbat 6:15pm - Traditional Shabbat 8:30am - Shabbat Morning Warmup Saturday, August 24 6:15pm - Shabbat in the Park 9:00am - Tanakh Study 8:30am - Shabbat Morning Warmup Saturday, July 13 10:30am - Shabbat Worship 9:00am - Tanakh Study 8:30am - Shabbat Morning Warmup Bar Mitzvah of Maxwell Nefouse 10:30am - Shabbat Worship 9:00am - Tanakh Study Bat Mitzvah of Sela Larman 10:30am - Shabbat Worship SHABBAT - Devarim: Deu. 1:1-3:22 Friday, August 9 SHABBAT - Re’eh: Deu. 11:26-16:17 SHABBAT - Balak: Num. 22:2-25:9 5:30pm - Remembrance Service Friday, August 30 Friday, July 19 5:45pm - Early Oneg Shabbat 5:30pm - Remembrance Service 5:30pm - Remembrance Service 6:15pm - Traditional Shabbat 6:15pm - Traditional Shabbat 6:15pm - Nefesh Shabbat Saturday, August 10 Saturday, August 31 Saturday, July 20 8:30am - Shabbat Morning Warmup 8:30am - Shabbat Morning Warmup 8:30am - Shabbat Morning Warmup 9:00am - Tanakh Study 9:00am - Tanakh Study 9:00am - Tanakh Study 10:30am - Shabbat Worship 10:30am - Shabbat Worship 10:30am - Shabbat Worship Bat Mitzvah of Maya Johnson 2 IHC KULANU JULY/AUGUST 2019 Tell & Kvell Mazel Tov: Debbi Kasper on the naming of her grandchildren: DeAnna Joanne Kasper (Meria Yochanna bat Melech) and Brian Ray Kasper (Barzilai Adin bar Melech), children of Derek and Tanna Kasper; and Olivia Elizabeth Wagner (Oshri Elisheva bat Shira), daughter of Shannon and Ryan Wagner. Rabbi Scott Fox and Dori Chandler on the birth of their child. Our hearts go out to the following members who are in mourning: Dee (Ron) Bloom, daughter of Leonard “Lenny” Newman (d. May 20, 2019). Rachel (Steve) Gallagher, daughter of Harriet Greenwald; and Matthew, Aaron and Emily Gallagher, grandchildren of Harriet Greenwald (d. April 24, 2019). Lynn Giles, wife of Franklin “Frank” Giles II (d. April 21, 2019). IHC Community remembering Rosemary Kaplan (d. May 15, 2019). IHC Community remembering Marilyn Peachin (d. April 26, 2019). Fran Reed, wife of Richard “Dick” Reed (d. April 8, 2019). Cantor Janice Roger, mentee of Judith Karzen (d. April 25, 2019). Cathi Rubenstein, wife of Cliff Rubenstein (d. May 21, 2019). Marla (Douglas) Rubenstein, daughter of Seymour “Sy” Schwartz (d. April 21, 2019). Andrew “Andy” (Julie Wechter-Smith) Smith, son of Thomas Jefferson “Jeff” Smith; Jordan and Justin Smith, grandsons of Thomas Jefferson “Jeff” Smith (d. April 20, 2019). Jeannie (Mark) Stein, niece of Richard “Dick” Fine; and Daniel (Christin) Stein, great-nephew of Richard “Dick” Fine (d. April 4, 2019). Debbie (Douglas) Waldman, sister-in-law of Mary Garman; and Jospeh and Joshua Waldman, nephews of Mary Garman (d. May 24, 2019). Mazel Tov Ryan Silien will be called to the Torah on July 6, 2019. He is the son of Dan and Rachel Silien. He is a rising eighth grader at Carmel Middle School. In his free time, he greatly enjoys playing the cello. He loves reading and is happily consumed by a great book for hours on end. Ryan also loves traveling and seeing the sights of the world while experiencing various cultures. Maxwell (Max) Lonnie Nefouse will be called to the Torah on Saturday, August 3, 2019. He is the oldest son of Tony and Mandy Nefouse and brother to Sam and Ari. Max will be a seventh grader at Zionsville Middle School this upcoming school year. Max enjoys playing hockey for Indiana Youth Hockey Association and has a love for reading. Maya Johnson will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, August 10, 2019. She is the daughter of Jennifer Katz and James Johnson, and is the sister of Hannah Johnson. Maya will attend the 10th grade at Riverside High School in Indianapolis this fall. Originally from New York City, Maya lived in Omaha, Nebraska for seven years prior to moving with her family to Indianapolis last summer. Maya has played violin for eight years, and recently began studying piano. She enjoys reading, drawing, history and science. In 2018, Maya was the winner of the Westside Middle School Geography Bee in Omaha. Rachel Barton Mintz will be called to the Torah on August 17, 2019. She is the daughter of Lindsey and Jason Mintz, the older sister of Maxine and Bernie, and the granddaughter of Adrienne and Michael Mintz and of Sandy and Doug Barton. Rachel will be in the seventh grade this Fall and is proud to have earned straight “A”s the past three years. She attended Westlane Middle School and is starting at Creekside Middle School in Carmel this Fall. She loves her summers at GUCI, which she’s been attending since Camp K’ton. Rachel enjoys singing and going to concerts, playing softball and spending time with friends and her dog, Ollie. Sela Elizabeth Larman will be called to the Torah on August 24, 2019. She attends Park Tudor School where she is a rising eighth grader. Sela is the daughter of Philip and Wendalon Larman and sister of Liviya Larman. She is an avid reader and also enjoys playing tennis and lacrosse or relaxing with friends. www.ihcindy.org 3 CLERGY CORNER Rabbi Brett Krichiver; [email protected] The Personal and the Profound It won’t come as a surprise to you that I have seen a lot of Bat Mitzvah ceremonies. Through seminary, at our congregations in Denver, Los Angeles and over nine years in Indianapolis, I estimate I have participated in as many as a thousand or more B’nai Mitzvah. A child seemingly grows two inches taller as they read from the ancient scroll. Parents share a moment of intimate pride and joy surrounded by a village of love. I have been moved every single time! And yet it may also not come as a surprise that none of those experiences prepared me in the slightest for my own daughter’s Bat Mitzvah celebration in June. Standing on our bimah with my own family, sharing in Sierra’s accomplishments with them and with many of you created a special moment I will never forget. Mostly I will never forget how nervous I felt. Normally the Rabbis and Cantor are fully in control, but the emotions of the day left me anything but “in control.” I am proud of Sierra every single day but was overwhelmed with pride on that day. I feel love (and express it) for her every single day but felt overwhelmed with love on that day. I feel extremely close to my daughter and my family, but we all felt overwhelmed with closeness on that day. It is cliché to say I felt unprepared. Our kids grow up so fast. I know, and yet it is true. What might we say to them as parents on the bimah that will help them understand all that we hope for them? I spent most of that morning replaying scenes in my head of standing with baby Sierra in the hospital, marveling over her newly washed shock of dark brown hair, her tiny, paper-thin toenails and large, powerful lungs.