Volume 79 Issue 3 VolumeNovember 79 Issue 2019 4 November5780 2019 Tishreitbsmb.org Cheshvan 5780 tbsmb.org See page 17 for details. HAKOL NOVEMBER 2019 Page 2 Gayle Pomerantz Senior Rabbi Robert A. Davis Rabbi, D.Min. In This Issue Ethan Bair Rabbi Shabbat Schedule ............................. 2 New Members ..................................... 14 Joanne Loiben Rabbi/Youth Rabbi Pomerantz ................................ 3 Fatherland Screening ....................... 14 Gary A. Glickstein Rabbi Emeritus Lisa V. Segal Cantor Calendar Highlights .......................... 4-5 Circle of Giving .................................... 15 Steven Haas Cantor Emeritus School News ........................................ 6 Sacred Parenting ................................ 16 Tracy Kramer Executive Director Sisterhood ............................................. 7 B’nei Mitzvah ........................................ 17 Mark Baranek Director of Congregational Engagement jLAB ......................................................... 8 Shir Chadash ........................................ 17 Margie Zeskind Head of School Adult B’nei Mitzvah ............................ 9 The Tribe ................................................ 17 Barb Shimansky Director of School for Living Judaism Sunset Havdalah ................................ 10 Tzedakah ............................................... 18 Katy Boyask Director of Advancement Pet Shabbat .......................................... 10 Recent Deaths ..................................... 19 Jenny Lowhar Director of Marketing/Communications Dalia Katz Director of Supplemental Education Golf Thank You .................................... 11 Birthdays ................................................ 20 Greg Lawrence Director of Membership/Shalom Baby SholomFest 2020 ............................... 12 Anniversaries ....................................... 21 Adam Trautenberg Director of The Tribe Michael Svayg Director of Operations SHABBAT SCHEDULE OFFICERS tbsmb.org/spiritual-life/shabbat Board of Trustees Shabbat is a taste of paradise. Talmud, Berachot 57a PRESIDENT Jeff Graff Shabbat Evening Services 1st VICE PRESIDENT Stevan Pardo 6:00 pm | Friday VICE PRESIDENTS Our Shabbat evening service will embrace you. Fresh and familiar music will enable you to give voice to your own spirit. Special occasions in the lives of our Jose Benrey Marte Singerman Michael Levinson Myra Spindel congregants, Jewish teachings, sermons from our rabbis, and special music will Suzanne Meltzer Mike Weinberg enhance “Shabbat—our sanctuary in time.” Allan Pekor TREASURER Torah Study on Shabbat Morning Etan Mark 9:30 am | Saturday SECRETARY Start your Saturday with Torah study and a bagel with a shmear of cream cheese. Vanessa Ressler Each Shabbat morning before our Shabbat Morning Minyan (10:30 am), you will BOARD OF TRUSTEES study Parashat HaShavua, the weekly Torah portion. The rabbis will lead a Cyndy Albert Allison Greenfield discussion of ancient commentaries and teachings and reveal the Torah’s Nikki Baron Terry Jove modern and relevant lessons. Julie Basner Bobbi Ossip Michael Berman Michael Pardo Eric Broad Denis Russ Tot Shabbat John Bussel Jonathan Sepsenwol 10:00 am | Saturday Bart Chepenik Robin Straus Furlong Join us Saturday morning at 10:00 am for a wonderful young family Shabbat expe- Lisa Cicero Rachel Unger Heidi Cooper Andrea Wagner rience. This interactive program is geared for families with children up to the age of Glenn Dryfoos Carrie Wiesenfeld five years old. Prayer, music, stories, movement, activities, snacks and much more Barbara Gelber Cheryl Zuckerman Judith Greene will be featured. Following Tot Shabbat, families stay and enjoy time together in our beautiful playground. This is a great way for you to celebrate Shabbat with other PAST PRESIDENTS families with young children. tbsmb.school/programs/family *Alfred B. Rosenstein *Harold B. Vinik *Dr. Max Ellis *Neal O. Amdur *Morris Berrick *Marvin Stonberg Shabbat Morning Minyan *Harry A. Cornblum *Helen Kotler 10:30 am | Saturday *Louis J. Krensky Michael Dribin *Shepard Broad Charles A. Citrin Join us Saturday mornings at 10:30 am in our beautiful chapel or sanctuary. *Leon J. Ell Andrew R. Hirschl Our clergy and members of our congregation help to lead the prayers and read the *Ralph Spero Nancy Ratzan *John Serbin Robert Hertzberg Torah. Kiddush lunch follows. *Judge Harry Shelley Niceley Groff Arthur Greenberg Ronald Albert, Jr. jLAB Family Shabbat *James Albert Peter Russin *Louis Snetman Marjorie Baron Each Saturday morning, jLAB students in grades K-5 and their parents (and other *Jack Fink Jack Karson significant grown-ups) gather together in the chapel from 9:30-10:00 am for a lively *Eli Katzin Karen Rivo Shabbat morning t’filah experience. This is a great opportunity to learn the prayers *James S. Knopke *deceased *Milton Gaynor of our liturgy and connect with the words of our prayer service. All those with children in this age group are welcome to join us! For more information or to RSVP ADVISORY BOARD Harvey Chaplin Hillel Meyers contact Kimberly Hyde at [email protected]. Joel Friedland Irving Miller Gary Gerson Gerald Robins B’nei Mitzvah Service David Kenin Manuel Zaiac Donald Lefton Our b’nei mitzvah services are at 10:00 am and 4:30 pm. These services occur only Youth Education and Julie Basner and when a member of the Temple is celebrating the occasion of becoming bar mitzvah Engagement Committee Cheryl Zuckerman or bat mitzvah. Please see HaKOL or tbsmb.org for the current schedule. Sisterhood Co-Presidents Kim Haber and Phyllis Winston Brotherhood President Josh Laurence Oneg Shabbat BESHTY President Jordana Kinder Join us after Shabbat evening services to be with old friends, meet new friends, listen to music, enjoy coffee, and celebrate the joy of Shabbat. Founding Sr. Rabbi Leon Kronish Auxiliary Rabbi Harry Jolt Live Streaming Cantor Emeritus David Conviser Watch Friday night and Saturday morning Shabbat services on your computer at Executive Director Emeritus Dennis Rice Executive Director Emerita Alice Miller www.tbsmb.org/watch or on YouTube.com/user/tbsmbtube Page 3 Sacred Connections Rabbi Gayle Pomerantz A few summers ago, our then 15 year old child, Noah, Every night before I go to sleep went to the jungles of Guatemala to volunteer at a wildlife I say out loud sanctuary. Five days after he arrived, I got a call at night. Three things that I’m grateful for, “Noah is quite ill,” the organizer of his program told me. All the significant, insignificant “We’re taking him to the emergency room. But try not to Extraordinary, ordinary stuff of my life. worry.” “Don’t worry?!” I said. “I’m a Jewish mother, of It’s a small practice and humble, course I’m going to worry!” A few hours later there was And yet, I find I sleep better another call. “Noah has Dengue Fever”, we were told, Holding what lightens and softens my life “you might want to look it up on the CDC website.” After Ever so briefly at the end of the day. a lot more worrying, upheaval and travel, about 36 hours Sunlight, and blueberries, later, Noah arrived home. At that moment, seeing him Good dogs and wool socks, walk through customs at the Miami airport, a bit dishev- A fine rain, eled but all in one piece, I was flooded with relief and gratitude. He was going to be okay. A good friend, Fresh basil and wild phlox, There’s this curious phenomenon, that when everything My father’s good health, is going well and according to plan we get lulled into a My daughter’s new job, sense of complacency, and begin to take things for grant- The song that always makes me cry, ed. But then we get that frightening call, or diagnosis, Always at the same part, or near miss, and suddenly we have a sense of just how No matter how many times I hear it. lucky, just how blessed we truly are. Decent coffee at the airport, And your quiet breathing, Judaism tries to prod us into a daily and ongoing sense The stories you told me, of gratitude in our lives, through a value called “hakarat The frost patterns on the windows, hatov – literally, “recognizing the good.” Even the name, Judaism, comes from the name of Jacob’s son, Judah English horns and banjos, or Yehuda, whose name means thanksgiving. The first Wood Thrush and June bugs, prayer we’re instructed to say in the morning is “Modeh The smooth glassy calm of the morning pond, Ani” – Thank you, for the fact that I’m still breathing and An old coat, alive to greet another day. A new poem, My library card, Some people have grateful, positive dispositions – they And that my car keeps running live with the sense that they have far more than they Despite all the miles. deserve. They seem thankful practically all the time. Yet And after three things, others are natural kvetches, and have to work hard to cul- More often than not, tivate the ability to recognize the good in life. Let’s face I get on a roll and I just keep on going, it, most of us don’t say thank you nearly enough. I keep naming and listing, This month we celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving, Until I lie grinning, an opportunity for us to take stock of our many gifts and Blankets pulled up to my chin, blessings, from the farmers who plant our healthy food, Awash with wonder to the loving hands that care for our children and elderly At the sweetness of it all. parents, to our teachers, friends and family. I am deeply touched by the Quaker songwriter, Carrie May these words inspire each of us to find gratitude at Newcomer’s poem, Three Gratitudes. the end of