July - Congregation Beth Shalom

July 2013
Tammuz-Av
5773
Vol. 83, No. 11
KCUSY Service Day Reaps Fresh Produce
Aleck Bratt, Sophie Shapiro, Moriah Abrams, Joel Gutovitz and Grant
Sander contributed to J-Serve at the community garden behind B'nai
Jehudah.
Tisha B'Av
Schedule:
Monday, July 15
8:05 pm Candle lighting
8:15 pm Minchah
The Community Tisha B’Av service will be held
Monday, July 15, 8:15 pm, in Goldsmith Hall at CBS.
Minchah and Ma’ariv will be followed by Community
Rabbinic Teachings and the reading of Eikhah, The Book
of Lamentations. The service is sponsored by the Rabbinic Association of Kansas City.
Kansas City Kosher Barbeque August 18
About the Hazzan
Below is an excerpt from a congregational email by
Rabbi William Gershon of Congregation Shearith Israel,
Dallas, Texas, who attended the recent ordination ceremony at
Jewish Theological Seminary.
“Each student was called forward
to the Beit Din (a rabbinical court
of three rabbis) to be presented by
a mentor. Some were presented
by rabbis they had worked with in
internships during their rabbinical
school years, some were presented by
the Dean of the School, some were
presented by a rabbi they had grown
up with, and some by their fathers
who are rabbis. For me there were
two moving moments that surpassed all others. The first
was the ordination of a cantor, Tahl Ben-Yehuda, whose
great-grandfather was Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the founder
of the Modern Hebrew Language. Tahl was presented
by her father, Rabbi Eliezer Ben-Yehuda. As her father
spoke to her in Hebrew with words graced by warmth and
love, there was not a dry eye in the audience. We were all
witnessing a unique moment in Jewish history and in the
continuity of the Jewish people.”
Barbeque Champs
The Second Annual Kansas City Kosher BBQ
Competition and Festival will take place Sunday, August
18, rain or shine, from noon to 4:00 pm in the parking lot
of Temple B'nai Jehudah. There is no charge for the event,
although food is available for purchase.
Table of Contents
Rabbi.......................p. 2
Exec. Director..........p.3
Sisterhood...............p. 4
RFECEC/PRS..........p. 5
Summer...................p. 6
Recipe................... p. 10
Calendar............... p. 11
The BBQ contest, which is
sponsored by the Vaad Hakashruth
of Kansas City, last year attracted
teams and guests from across the
country. Visit www.kckosherbbq.com
or call 913-235-6077 for more
information.
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The Queens of Q are pictured L to R: John Goldberg, Rita Cortés, Carla
Grant and Marla Brockman accepting the 1st place brisket award and
3rd place ribs award at the 2012 contest.
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From the Rabbi’s Study
Welcome to Hazzan Tahl Ben-Yehuda
passion for Jewish spirituality and
musical talent. We feel blessed to
make the match with Hazzan Tahl.
We know that we will all grow from
her talents and inspiration, and we
hope that this will be a place where
Our
Pas
sion
It gives me such pleasure to
welcome Hazzan Tahl Ben-Yehuda,
and her daughters Eliana and Sarah,
into our congregational family.
Though she officially begins work on
July 1st, her arrival is the culmination
of years of planning.
Over a year before I was hired,
you, the congregants, embarked on
a strategic planning initiative that
helped identify the core values of
Congregation Beth Shalom. Those
core values were Community, Education and Spirituality.
Hiring Hazzan Tahl BenYehuda as our Director of Congregational Learning is the latest step in this
strategic plan.
When we were crafting this
job description, we didn’t know if
it was possible to find just the right
combination of educational vision,
Jewish Adult
Education
Opportunities
Fall Hebrew Classes—
Sign up at Johnson County
Community College
Fall Semester.
Parashat Hashavua Class—
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The Hazzan will be
providing vision for
our Polsky Religious
School. We will be
working toward
opportunities for
families of all ages to come together to
celebrate Jewish moments together.
The skills she will bring to our
synagogue are the most important
ingredients to Hazzan Tahl’s success.
The passion, energy and voices we all
bring to shul will add to her success.
Please add your voice in welcoming
Hazzan Tahl and her family.
Shalom,
bring
to Shul
will add
to her
success.
she can spread her wings and find
spiritual and professional fulfillment.
We will be working in partnership to continue building a vibrant
spiritual community here at CBS.
Rabbi David M. Glickman
[email protected]
913-647-7294
Back to Shul Picnic
August 11 at 11:30 am
Kick off the fall season
Sunday, August 11 as we join Rabbi
David Glickman, Hazzan Tahl BenYehuda and their families at our
“Back to Shul” picnic! The event
begins at 11:30 a.m.
A bounce house that will
include a water feature (wear swimsuits!) will be wet and wild at 11:30
am to entertain the youth! Hot
dogs, hamburgers and sides will be
served at 12 pm. $10 per person.
Please see the link on our
website for further details.
Reservations are due Monday,
August 5.
The Men’s Club is
cooking for this event and
encourages congregants to join
our festivities. If you are interested in helping with the event,
please let Stefanie know.
For more information,
contact Stefanie Williams at
[email protected] or
913-647-7269.
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Execut i vel y Speak ing
A story for you, Egypt, 1250 BCE
The meeting of the
Children of Israel is
called to order. There
will be no D’var
Torah because it has not
yet been written. The
regular business will be dispensed with
in favor of a special presentation from
Moses, who is new to our community.
“Thank you. The Lord, the
God of your fathers, has remembered
you, and will bring you out of Egypt
into the land flowing with milk and
honey. I have come to you, the elders
of Israel to ask for your support as I go
before Pharaoh.”
“Wait a minute, Moses. How
much will this cost? We don’t have
money in our treasury, slave salaries
being what they are. How do we know
that you won’t go over the budget?
Where will we raise the money for the
trip to Canaan - assuming we will get
out of Egypt?’’
“Have faith, my people. If we
are dedicated, if we have a wholehearted commitment, then the money will
be found.”
“Sorry Moses, we can’t run this
organization on pious hopes. We find
your budgeting procedures inadequate.
The Finance Committee has turned
down your project, and we agree. You
will just have to wait until we have a
budget surplus before you can take us
out of here.”
And so, Moses went back into
the desert and was never heard from
again.
It is my hope that when you
commit your membership to CBS, you
will do so knowing that this synagogue
will never turn down a request from a
present day Moses. We are going forward this year with a balanced budget.
Your dues commitment allows us to
provide the services that you expect
from a full service synagogue 365 days
a year and for this we wholeheartedly
say thank you.
Sisterhood
Book Club
Reminder
Sisterhood Book Club will
meet Wednesday, July 10 at 7:00
pm at Gayle Ranen’s home. Discuss
the adventures of art restorer and
Israeli spy in The Rembrandt Affair by
Daniel Silva. For further details or
to be added to the email list, contact
Rowena Turk at 913-649-7098 or at
[email protected].
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Executive Director
[email protected]
913-647-7293
Membership Renewals
Renew your membership in July and
take advantage of a 12-month payment
plan.
Choose the monthly plan that best suits your family.
11-month plan starts August 1.
10-month plan starts September 1.
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Sisterhood
Linda Lessner, President | [email protected]
Why Should I Join Sisterhood?
“Why should I join Sisterhood? I don’t have time! Really very
busy! OY! The aggravation I get from
my kids – all day I wait at home for a
call! See? I’m very busy!” Why? Because when you’re sad, they’ll make
you laugh; when you’re worried,
they’ll sit with you; when you’re ill,
Sisterhood will bring you food. They
will comfort you, uplift you, and get
you involved in helping others. You’ll
find lifelong friends. Sisterhood is
the backbone of the synagogue! They
aid the poor, educate and learn, form
book clubs, knit blankets, run our gift
shop, provide scholarships, FEED US
at programs (or we could faint from
hunger!) – We could go on and on.
And, you may even find someone who
will sit with you while you wait for
your children to call! There is a fall
membership event on October 13th –
brunch with a well-known artist! We
want new members, including young
people with creative ideas! Dues are
$36 (double chai)! We are the best
bargain in town! Come! We’ll get
to know each other, talk, eat and do
some good in the world together! To
join Sisterhood, contact Cathy Newman, 913-814-7404,
[email protected] or Elaine
Levine, 913-647-7293.
STEPPIN’ OUT
On August 25, come to Steppin’ Out to hear the refreshing clean
sound spanning a variety of genres
and eras of “Cool Breeze”, husband
and wife duo, Chuck Adkins and
Vicky Vaughn Adkins. All CBS and
Sisterhood members 60 and older are
welcome. The evening begins at 6:00
pm with dinner in Goldsmith Hall.
Chuck Adkins is an accomplished musician on piano, keyboards,
flute and trombone, and he has a
unique vocal style. He has performed
and recorded with various artists in
Nashville and also played in a house
band at the Marco Polo Hotel in
Miami Beach.
Vicky Vaughn Adkins is an accomplished singer who has performed
in various nightclubs and country
clubs. Her repertoire includes popular
songs of the day and music from the
past.
Chuck Adkins and Vicky Vaughn Adkins
Make your reservation with
your check, payable to Steppin’
Out. Please mail your check for $12
per person, along with your contact
information, to CBS, Attn: Steppin’
Out, 14200 Lamar, Overland Park,
KS 66223. Deadline for reservations
is August 16. For further information,
contact Linda Lessner, 913-897-0122
or [email protected].
Warm Up America
PrayerWorks
July 3
July 24
PUT A SMILE
ON SOMEONE'S FACE-
Send a sisterhood Book of
Remembrance card to honor a special
occasion or to acknowledge a loss of
a loved one. Cards may be purchased
for as little as $6 a card from Maxine
Grossman, Book of Remembrance
Chair. She will be happy to receive
your call, write your message and mail
the card for you. Six cards for $30
may be purchased at the Beth Shalom
Gift Shop. The monies received from
the cards help support our schools,
USY, and the Chesed and Lechem
committees. Maxine may be reached
at 913-338-2912 or email her at
[email protected].
Exec. Board Meeting July 30
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Rose Family Early Childhood Education Center
Judy Jacks Berman, Director | [email protected] | 913-647-7287
Summer Reading Activities with Your Kids
An enjoyable summer activity is reading with your kids! Remember to
read with them as many times a day as is possible. Some reading suggestions are:
1. Underline the words with your
finger as you read to your child.
7.Books that are songs work well
with younger children.
2. Stop the story and let your child
guess the ending or tell you in
their own words what will
happen in the story.
8.If you go on a vacation or fun
day trip, make a book about it
with your children dictating to
you their interpretation of the
adventure! Let them draw a
picture of the adventure.
3. Ask your child what is his/her
favorite picture in the book?
4. Ask for an alternative ending to
the story.
5. Inquire if your child recognizes
any letters or words in the story.
Can he/she pick out the first
letter of his name?
6.Is there an activity you can do
around this story?
9.You can never read too much to
your children! If they cannot sit
long enough it is O. K. Read to
them again later.
Enjoy helping your child
develop literacy skills now! You are
helping build a foundation for a love
of reading, and good readers are
successful in school!
Polsky Religious School (PRS)
Patti Kroll, Coordinator of Education | [email protected]
Preparations for the School Year
While many of our PRS students
are enjoying their summer vacations at
Barney Goodman or Herzl or Ramah,
the 2013-14 school year is already
beginning for our religious school staff.
In the school office, Patti Kroll and
Amy Jacobson are busy taking book
and school supply inventories, going
over staffing needs, classroom numbers
and collecting applications and health
forms. Teachers are busy planning
their upcoming year’s curriculum.
This month we will highlight the
kitah gimel (3rd grade) level so that our
congregants know what is happening
in their school. In addition to teaching
students to decode Hebrew letters and
vowel sounds and learn to blend these
sounds into words, kitah gimel will
learn to write Hebrew in cursive. Our
end-of-year goal is to associate new
Hebrew words with their application in
our prayer-based program.
Other areas of study include tefillot (prayer)—our method of talking to
God; Torah—God’s method of talking
to us, and Jewish holidays—how we
take those
conversations and
physically
insert them
into our personal lives.
Included in
all of our
learning is
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conversation based on questions that
are asked in class throughout the year.
Here are some questions to ask your
child(ren) over the summer, leading up
to Rosh Hashanah and the rest of the
High Holy Days:
What do you know about God?
What do you wonder about God?
If you could ask God one question
and know it would be answered, what
would it be?
If you have a child or grandchild
entering kitah gimel in September and
have a question or two, please feel free
to call me in the Ritual Office. Have a
great summer.
Jill Goldstein, Ritual Office and
PRS teacher
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C elebrating L ife C ycle E vents
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Submit your B’nei Mitzvah announcements to be published.
KCUSY Celebrates at T-Bones
Game June 4
B-F, Lainie
Kaseff, Adena
Goldberg,
Gabby Cabell,
Ben Simon
and Jonah
Pellegrino
watched the
game.
L-R, Miriam Adler, Jonah Pellegrino,
Leah Sosland, and Emma Shapiro
enjoyed the baseball festivities.
Mazal Tov to our Bat Mitzvah
Sarah Rochelle Unterhalter
August 3 / 27 Av
Sarah’s parents are Janet
and Bryan Unterhalter and her
grandparents are Michael and
Tiby Unterhalter (Houston) and
Theodore and Helen Fineman
(Florida). Her sister is Mandy.
Sarah attends Leawood Middle
School and enjoys volleyball, art
and baking. For her Bat Mitzvah project she volunteered at the Jewish Family Services Food Pantry.
Relatives and friends are invited to worship
with the family and attend the Kiddush luncheon
following services.
Middle: Daniel Goldberg
embraces camper Rafael
at Herzl Camp in Wisconsin.
Jake Sosland
plays at camp.
Mira Buchbinder
explores during camp.
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C elebrating L ife C ycle E vents
July Anniversaries
July Anniversaries will be honored during services on Shabbat
morning, July 20. August Anniversaries will be honored on August
17. To sponsor a Kiddush, contact Norman, 913-647-7283.
DayYears
1 Kevin & Debra Jones
6
1 Allan & Nancy Reichman
40
2 Seymour & Marsha Krinsky
15
2 Jeffrey & Wendy Sitzmann
24
3 Peter & Sarah Beren
19
3 Daniel & Jeannie Hodes
8
3 Uriel & Marlene Seiden
58
4 Ariel & Robyn Axelrod
7
4 Matthew & Karen Davis
14
6 Ronald & Denise Coppaken
39
6 Nikolay & Svetlana Danilov
39
6 Morris & Helen Rogozenski
67
8 Michael & Rebecca Braverman
29
8 Stanley & Norine Rosenblum
34
9 Randal & Meg Adler
24
9 James & Fern Badzin
41
9 Henry & Clarice Epstein
46
9 Edward & Magda Haber
53
9 Steven & Susan Hammer
46
9 Jeffrey & Mindy Rosenberg
19
10 Jonathan & Shira Hurst-Sneh
2
11 Rita Cortés & Mary McLean
5
11 Robert & Elissa Goodman
37
12 Edward & Cheryl Alexander
32
13 Arthur & Donna Malcy
10
15 Bernard & Barbara Birnbaum
62
15 Stuart & Sharon Pase
40
19 Ben & Debra Rubin
54
24 David & Lynne Bock
30
26 Samuel & Maurine Agron
60
26 Morris & Linda Zwillenberg
49
27 Michael & Barbara M. Katz
38
28 Jeffrey & Melissa Goldenberg
17
28 Robert & Jean Zeldin
44
30 Ronald & Harryette Cooperman
35
30 Arthur & Kathryn Stoup
65
31 Jonathan & Ellen Chilton
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Ecclesiastes 3:1
Mazal Tov to...
Submit your Mazal Tov to be published
Michael Abrams and Alana Muller on being profiled in
the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, The Guide to Jewish Life.
Helen Rae Cerier, upon her grandson Michael Cerier's
marriage May 25, to Lauren Osdoby in St. Louis.
Eileen Cohen on the recent Bar Mitzvah of her grandson,
Jake Cohen.
Bob and Bette Grossman upon the engagement of their
daughter, Abbey Grossman to Rudy Rosen. Rudy’s parents are Larry and Sari Rosen. Grandparents are Maxine
Grossman, Jean Brown, Shirley and Lois Libby Juster.
Harold and Janet Price on the Bat Mitzvah of their
granddaughter, Nina Gale.
Sagi Rudnick on his upcoming Bar Mitzvah in Israel. His
parents are Rabbi Jonathan and Marcelle Rudnick. His
grandparents are Seymour and Esther Rudnick.
Sheila Sonnenschein on being chosen convenor of the
Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council.
Welcome to New Member
Jennifer Moran
We want to say...
“Mazal Tov” to you!
Call the synagogue office, or go online, and tell us about your
engagements, weddings, births and other major life cycle events.
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Baruch Dayan HaEmet
Of Blessed Memory
We express condolences to our Beth Shalom Members, their Families and Friends.
Annette Rapaport, z”l, May 30 / 22 Sivan
Stanley Bernard Rubel, z”l, June 2 / 24 Sivan
Pauline Rubin, z”l, June 8 / 30 Sivan
Praised is the True Judge
July Unveilings
July 14, 2013
10:30 am
Eleanor Levine
July 28, 2013
11:00 am
Ben Penner
at Mount Carmel
Yahrtzeits
23 Tammuz-July 1
Sidney Bender
Elaine R. Brown
Elizabeth Ginsberg
Al Jacobs
Frieda Kanter
Louis Katz
Ethel G. Pack
Tillie Pelzerman
Sam Schwartz
Heda Segal
Jake Shabason
Philip Spector
Dorothy R. Stoup
Isadore Stoup
Anna Tempofsky
Abe Trillin
24 Tammuz-July 2
Jennie Cohn
Lewis David
Fingersh
Joseph Kaufman
Fannie Mae
Sosland Marder
Sidney Pakula
Louis J. Pelofsky
25 Tammuz-July 3
Clementine
Blumenthal
Esther Fox
Bushman
Bessie Cheifetz
Fayge Malkeh
Cinnamon
Michael Lynn
Goodman
Sadie Hoffman
Lina Neustein
Jennie Okonowsky
William P. Orlove
Anna Passman
Diana P. Silverman
Samuel Taylor
Adele Walker
Joseph Zwillenberg
26 Tammuz-July 4
Abe Bess
Susan René
Birnbaum
Joe Bormaster
David M.
Chambers
Fredle Epstein
Morris A. Kanter
Isadore Morris
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Join us for morning or evening minyan to say Kaddish for your loved one. See service schedule, page 11.
Marion Rosen
Aaron Turock
Elias Wolarsky
27 Tammuz-July 5
Rebecca Block
Dobeh Gurtovnick
Mary Cohen Jedel
Samuel N.
Josephson
Milo Minkin
Morris Morgan
David Overbeck
Lena Peltzie Present
Leopold
Shopmaker
Sarah Wengrover
28 Tammuz-July 6
Fanny Alexander
Lipman Goldman
Molly Goodman
Frank Kaple
Helen Lefkowitz
Mildred Mardiks
Seymour Nathan
Salvay
Bennett H. Walzer
Samuel Weinberg
29 Tammuz-July 7
Isidore Bernstein
Louis Y. Chernikoff
Morris A.
Friedman
Milton M. Gordon
Earl Jacobson
Pearl Mann
William Marcuwitz
Herman Millman
Bessie Rothberg
Max Rubin
David Smolinsky
Rosa Solomon
Cyrus Spungen
Herbert J. Winer
Lillian Yeddis
Gerald Yukon
1 Av-July 8
Dorothy R. Botwin
Jacob J. Greenstein
Gittel Hadas
Betty Benjamin
Heymann
Birdie Josephson
Retha D. Lisman
Gertrude Pasmanik
July 2013
Jacob Selichonok
Minnie Werby
2 Av-July 9
Morris Boolkin
Simon Choikhit
Helen Cohn
Luba Dean
Leon Gelphman
Dorothy Dunn
Glober
Dora Hellman
Edward C.
Lefkovits
Sarah Moskowitz
Benjamin Schoen
Harold Waxman
3 Av-July 10
Saul Brams
Sidney B. Devins
Sammy Devins
Rebecca Eisen
Isadore H.
Fleschman
Aileen Forman
Minnie L.
Garfinkle
Harry Ginsberg
Rose Keen
Isie Krockover
Abraham Rogers
Meyer Rosenberg
Bernard Seiden
4 Av-July 11
Sadie Bell
Ann Goller Elick
Phillip Feingold
Bernard Greenberg
Fannie Lerner
Edith Mendy
Bronia
Roslawowski
Harry Turock
5 Av-July 12
Rahel Bloomgarten
Don Herbert
Finestone
Sadie Gumowitz
Rachel Turk
Hurwitz
David Kanter
Freda Lipsitz
Carl Minkin
Jacob Poizner
Phillip Samuelson
Charles Schoen
6 Av-July 13
Morris L. Bigus
Anna Cohen
Samuel E. Dunn
Rose Gastman
Samuel A. Katz
Leo J. Levinson
Bela Lipszyc
Anna Naron
Sam Rosga
Morris Schoen
Abraham Vinick
Sarah R. Weinstein
Sarah Wolfberg
7 Av-July 14
Barry L. Aronson
Joseph E.
Chambers
Samuel Kaufman
Gussie Kaufman
Lynn Kisluk
Betty Ann
Koralchik
Reltz Lenet
Morris J. Levin
Anna Dora
Peltzman
Sam Samberg
Jacob Siegelbaum
Dora Walker
8 Av-July 15
Fannie Eisen
Barney Gershon
Naomi Goldstein
Nathan Keen
Morris Rapschutz
Abraham Robinson
Sarah Rocher
Fannie Shapiro
9 Av-July 16
Alvin Arenson
Betty Birman
Allan Birman
Bessie Bordman
Mary Chernikoff
Mordecai Crosner
Rosa Crosner
Barbara Enslein
Rebecca Rachel
Furman
Bessie Goldberg
Jennie Himmel
Anna Hoffman
Henshen Keller
David Leibtag
Siegfried Loeffler
Emma Loeffler
William Peltzman
Mitchel Rose
Anna Tempofsky
Pauline Yaskolka
10 Av-July 17
Melvin Ellis Beyer
Sarah Golding
Neil F. Miller
Jennie Millman
Mendel Oshry
Clara Rothblatt
Esther Shapiro
11 Av-July 18
Alfred Aron
Morris Balot
Ida Baron
Barney Cinnamon
Abraham Cohen
Sophia Cohn
Rae Dloogoff
Jacob Goldstein
Ida Z. Joseph
Richard L.
Josephson
Louis Kiansky
Esther Lesser
Meyer Peltzman
Sarah Scrinopskie
Ethel Seider
Charlotte Margolin
Shafton
Philip Wang
12 Av-July 19
Toby Chemel
Ida Frank
Dorothy Glass
Dora Gold
Nathan S.
Goldberg
Serena Hammer
Anna Horowitz
Samuel Isaak
Phillip Katz
Hyman J. Levi
Hyman Rosen
Ben Solomon
13 Av-July 20
Rebecca Barash
Bessie Brenner
Samuel J. Brown
Sigmund Dollman
Rose Gould
Jack Kahn
Harry Levy
Jennie Marks
Isaac Sackin
Harris Segelbohm
Samuel Spector
Ruth Unger
Evelyn Yodler
14 Av-July 21
Norma Bush
Abraham Dorfman
Rebecca Rachel
Greenstein
Abe J. Kaplan
Minnie Rafiel
Kreine Shankman
Henry Sosland
15 Av-July 22
Robert Ruby
Bernstein
Sarah Toby Alport
Freshman
Samuel L.
Greenberg
Rose Hyman
Benjamin Katz
Frieda Shanberg
David Steinberg
Sadie Tonopolsky
16 Av-July 23
Annette Glaser
Sigmund Gundle
Freida Mendell
Abraham Sidley
Benjamin
Silverman
Roni Smith
Louis J. Weintraub
17 Av-July 24
Rebecca Berman
Ethel Hudson
Cohn
Abe Eisen
Louis Hyman
Forman
Jacob Jagoda
Bess Merser
Lena Morris
Rubin Moskovitz
Joel Polsky
Lewis Leo Sofnas
Sarah Wang
18 Av-July 25
Daniel Aranoff
Pola Baum
Marie Bell
Aaron Bloustine
Hyman Brand
Sylvia Bromberg
Benjamin Gastman
Kathleen C.
Gelphman
Peltzman
Lillie Lefkovits
Gladys Litwin
Normand
Sidney Osur
Jacob J. Taxman
Sarah Waxenberg
Alex A. Wedlansky
Aaron Ziman
19 Av-July 26
Samuel Baum
Joshua Cinnamon
Maurice Meyer
Dubinsky
Ruth Milgram
Krigel Eisberg
Meyer Gordon
Anna Halle
Jack Kay
Rachel Levinson
Ruthye Nowick
Sarah I. Rose
20 Av-July 27
Bernadine
Benjamin
Donna Jean Cohen
Frank Manuel
Coleman
Esther Pauline
Dubinsky
Esther Duni
Bess Ginsberg
Essie Goodman
Max Hecht
Joseph Klein
Sam Lustig
Simon Navran
Sam Pasmanik
Sarah M. Schere
Abe Schuman
Goldy Siegel
21 Av-July 28
Pesyl Brand
I.J. Cohen
Mollie Dashiell
Jack Denowitz
Anna Bluma
Godock
Edith Goldstein
Reuben Kantor
Jacob Levinson
Sarah Siegel
22 Av-July 29
Charles Bass
Louis Donovitz
Robert H. Fichman
Maurice Loeffler
Jacob Max
Esther Millstein
Clara OmmermanGilgus
Harriet Schoket
Samuel Sukon
Rosa Witschner
23 Av-July 30
Richard Biederman
Sherman Cohen
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Herbert
Gruenebaum
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Siegler
In Memory of
Rose Karbank
Yosef Winer
Ed & Cheryl
Roman & Svetlana
Alexander
Sorkin
Anna Katz
Judith Parelman
Benjamin
Rifka Kraus
Ryweck
Torah Fund Mary Dagerman
Hershel Kraus
In Honor of
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Anne Bratt's 85th
Leon Kusnetzky
BD
Melvin & Sibby
Janet Salle's BD
Cosner
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In Memory of
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Judge Sidney
Sosland
Goldstein
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Joan March
Nisenkier
Beth Shalom Danielle & Sam
Chesed
Levine
Committee Melvin Raskin
Sandi Raskin
Fund
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In Memory of
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Altman
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Mildred
Sarah Noah
Rosenbaum
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Stanley Rubel
Ede Bratt
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Beth Shalom Sosland
General Fund Ella Rubin
In Honor of
Melvyn & Frances
Marvin & Carol
Beiman
Goldstein's 50th
Florence Schuman
ANN
Linda Mottaz
Marvin & Adelle
Ann Schwartz
Goldstein
Judith Parelman
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75th BD
Lilly Segelstein
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Leo Shalinsky
Inge Silverman's
Chuck & Barbara
Speedy Recovery
Gorodetzky
Sarah Small
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Carol Yarmo
Alexander
Receiving the
Solomon & Marion
Leadership Award
Batnitzky
Berenice & Roger
Melvyn & Frances
Haberman
Beiman
In Memory of
Ron & Harryette
Jacob David
Cooperman
Beiman
Jerry & Barbara
Melvyn & Frances
Cosner
Beiman
Arthur & Diane
Byron Cohen
Federman
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Gallas
Flacks
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Goldwasser
Sosland
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Haberman
Klopper
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Gold
Goller
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Ranen
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Siegler
Helen Jacobs
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Silberg
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Jacobson
Singer
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Sarah Small
Jacobson
Mildred Silverman
David & Lynne
Bock
Bessie Sokolov
Harriett Charno
Hal Fogel
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Gershon
Joseph Smuckler &
Marcia Karbank
William &
Charlotte Kessler
Harold & Natalie
Klopper
Patricia McPherson
Blue Valley North
High School Staff
Dick & Nita
Silverstein
Dr Robert
Tonkens
Ross & Candace
Tonkens
Ruth Unger
Rowena Turk
Muriel Wildman
Danielle & Sam
Levine
Beth Shalom
Lechem Fund
In Honor of
Marvin & Carol
Goldstein's 50th
ANN
Neil & Blanche
Sosland's 55th
ANN
Dolores Sosnow
In Memory of
Bernard Eveloff
Ken & Sandi
Lerner
Jennie Himmel
Marcia Eveloff
Rebecca Kaufman
George Kew
Leibert Kaufman
Leon Kusnetzky
Gary & Patti
Friedman
Sadye Lerner
Ken & Sandi
Lerner
Henry Lowenthal
Betty Sender
Norbert Sender
Evelyn Lowenthal
Pauline Rubin
Judy Krug
Leo Shalinsky
Herb & Barbara
Simon
Bessie Sokolov
Hope & Marshall
Talbot
Beth Shalom
Library Fund
In Memory of
Leon Kusnetzky
Gerald Rosenblum
Leo Shalinsky
Brita Horowitz
Gerald Rosenblum
Beverly
& Harvey
Bodker
Endowment
Fund
In Honor of
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Bodker's 23rd
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Todd Clauer &
Mirra Klausner's
18th ANN
Gary & Debby
Cortés 50th ANN
Tiberius & Carla
Klausner's 50th
ANN
Neil & Blanche
Sosland's 55th
ANN
Herb & Alice
Stein's 50th ANN
Harvey Bodker
In Memory of
Sama Bodker
Ira Friedson
Betsy Bodker
Fred & Cindy
Bodker
Leo Shalinsky
Fred & Cindy
Bodker
Cemetery
Maintenance
Fund
In Memory of
Harold Berkowitz
Marian Berkowitz
Max Fox
Gerry Goldberg
Leon Kusnetzky
Mitch & Lisa
Hamburg
Ruth Lerner
Mike & Sharon
Milens
Eisemann
Family Fund
In Honor of
Abbie Rieber's Bat
Mitzvah
Gus & Elinor
Eisemann
In Memory of
Leon Kusnetzky
Gus & Elinor
Eisemann
Contributions through
June 17, 2013 are listed below.
Thank you for thinking of us.
Kate Medov
Morton & Harriet
Mann
Bess Sokolov
Marian Berkowitz
Maxine Grossman
George B
& Marian
Durbin Prayer
Book Fund
In Honor of
Marvin & Carol
Goldstein's 50th
ANN
Bev Newman's
Installation as SH
President
Blanche & Neil
Sosland's 55th
ANN
Stan & Marlene
Katz
In Memory of
Herb Rope
Stan & Marlene
Katz
Hanan
Wedlan
Family Fund
In Memory of
Leo Shalinsky
Mitch & Lisa
Hamburg
In Memory of
Stuart Gold
Natalie Hamburg
Muriel Wildman
Peter & Bev
Newman
Joel Polsky
USY Fund
In Memory of
Ben Endelman
Larry & Ellen
Polsky
Judaica & Art
Fund
In Honor of
Steve Sherry's 75th
BD
Bob & Aletha
Simon
In Memory of
Byron Cohen
Bob & Aletha
Simon
Kaiser
Family Bar/
Bat Mitzvah
Tutoring Fund
In Honor of
Bill Kaiser
David Gale & Gina
Kaiser
Karbank Fund
In Memory of
Harry &
Karbank
Anita Daniels Rose
Karbank &
Camp Ramah Marcia
Joseph Smuckler
Scholarship
Kiddush Fund
Fund
In Memory of
Harry Daniels
Anita Daniels
Helen Rae &
Sydney Cerier
Teacher
Development
Fund
In Memory of
Norman Kaplan
Helen Rae Cerier
In Honor of
Marla Brockman's
BD
Rhea Salasche &
Harold Kaseff
In Memory of
Nettie Covitz
Randy & Joan
Covitz
Bessie Sokolov
Rhea Salasche &
Harold Kaseff
Leon &
Florence &
I & R Polsky
Miriam
Meyer Kaplan Special Events
Cohen Torah
Sukkot
Fund
Repair Fund
Festival Fund In Memory of
In Memory of
Norman Kaplan
Meyer A. Kaplan
Leo Shalinsky
Florie Kaplan
Frank
Schlozman
Scholarship
Fund
In Memory of
Rose Alisky
Irene Malyn
Michael & Wendy
Malyn
Gale &
Maxine
Grossman
Religious
School Fund
In Memory of
Charles Bass
Marty Bass
Maxine Grossman
In Memory of
Pearl Gilgus
Larry & Beverly
Mallin
Marcus Brand
Scholarship
Fund
In Honor of
Carl Puritz BD
Jordan Brand &
Stephen Huley
In Memory of
Leon Kusnetzky
Milton & Marilyn
Ozar
Prayer Book
Fund
In Memory of
Reda Noah
Sarah Noah
Betty Shenker
Morris Shenker
Helen Steinzeig
Howard & Sharon
Noah
Mildred
Rosenbaum
Leo Shalinsky
Berenice & Roger
Haberman
Hannah Seigal
Dennis & Leann
Bova
Rose S Levine
& Doris L
Flam Arts &
Education
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In Honor of
Barbara Katz's
Speedy Recovery
Judith Bell
In Memory of
Natalie Hamburg
Paul Lerner & Rosie
Lerner
Kathleen
Gelphman
Peltzman
Leona Molotsky
Leo Shalinsky
Mickey & Marge
Adler
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Rabbi
Glickman's
Discretionary
Fund
Sarah's Family
In Memory of
Fund
Rose Karbank
Marcia Karbank &
Joseph Smuckler
Fannie Mae Marder
Henry & Betty
Marder
Freida Mendell
Larry & Phyllis
Kalender
Leo Shalinsky
Ron & Susie
Goldsmith
Stephen Karol
Romotsky,
Price, Cortés
Genetic
Testing Fund
In Honor of
Harold Price's BD
Gary & Debby
Cortés
In Honor of
Zakaria Abdullahi's
Bar Mitzvah
Judith Bell
Eddie & Rickie
Haith's 55th ANN
Neil & Blanche
Sosland's 55th
ANN
Marvin & Carol
Goldstein
Carol Yarmo
Stan & Marlene
Katz
Marshall & Sylvia
LaVine
In Memory of
Stuart Gold
J.D. Mooney
Leo Shalinsky
Marvin & Carol
Goldstein
Bob & Aletha
Simon
Rose Evelyn
Sporn
Primary
Fund Sylvan Siegler
In Memory of
Craig Citron
Scholarship
Joe & Anzie Cohen In Memory of
Larry & Ellen
Edith Berkus
Leon & Miriam
Fund for
Polsky
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Cohen
Jewish
Jacob H &
Arnie & Ruth
Rose
Camping
Rose Levine Cohen
Family Early In Memory of
Teacher
Leo Shalinsky
Childhood Norman Kaplan
Development Larry Cohen
Education Leo Shalinsky
Fund
Amalie Siegler
Louis & Edith
Center
In Honor of
Merna Siegler
Pinsky
In Honor of
Gary & Debby
Ella Jerwick
Walter &
Cortés 50th ANN In Memory of
Samantha Jerwick
Anita Loeb
Charlotte Kessler's Leon Kusnetzky
Jack Jerwick
Dick & Charlotte
Scholarship
BD
Fran Winstock
Brockman
Bill Kessler's BD
Fund
In Memory of
Peter & Bev
Newman
Bev Newman's
Installation as SH
President
Marvin & Adelle
Goldstein
Berenice & Roger
Haberman
Evelyn Lowenthal
Louis Pinsky
Dick & Charlotte
Brockman
Edith Pinsky
Estelle Pinsky
Mallin
Childhood
Enrichment
Fund
Ben Endelman
Randy & Joan
Covitz
Ben Endelman
Frank & Sondra
Friedman
In Memory of
Abe Boresow
Judy Friedlander
Abe Boresow
Leo Shalinsky
Anita Loeb
July 2013
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Shabbat in a Pot--Chicken and Rice
Ingredients:
1 chicken cut into 6 pieces
1 ½ cups uncooked rice
1 tablespoon of onion soup mix
½-1 tablespoon freshly ground pepper
2 tablespoons dried spice mix of garlic & herb or chicken seasoning
2 tablespoons paprika
Water - about ¼ cup less water than the directions on the rice
package require for cooking 1 ½ cups rice
Preparation:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray a shallow baking pan with the cooking spray.
3. Place the uncooked rice in the pan and add the onion soup
mix. Mix together and spread out the rice to cover the bottom
of the pan.
4. Place the chicken, skin side up, on top of the rice.
5. Sprinkle the chicken with the pepper, dried spice mix and
paprika, in that order.
6. Add the water to the pan.
7. Cover tightly with aluminum foil so that the pan is tightly
sealed.
8. Place the chicken in the hot oven and cook for about 1 hour
and 15 minutes. Check the chicken regularly to make sure
that the rice isn't dry. If the rice is dry add some more water a
tablespoon at a time.
9. Remove the foil for the last fifteen minutes of cooking in order
to brown the chicken.
TIP: Make sure the chicken and rice are tightly covered so the steam stays
in the pot and keeps the chicken moist.
Happy
4th
of July
Editorial Comments
July is a month of new beginnings. Both the
congregation and sisterhood begin a new financial year.
New congregation, USY and sisterhood officers begin
their administrations. As you vacation or just “kick
back” and relax over the summer, think about your
commitment to our congregation and to our children.
Not every commitment means giving more money to
CBS. Commitment can also mean volunteering your
time to help make our congregation be the best it can
be. Think what a great example you can set for your
children, grandchildren, friends and family by giving
some of your time to our congregation.
Comments by Bev Newman, Scroll Editor
Community-wide Course:
“Judaism for Conversion Candidates”
Begins in Fall
The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City
will offer a community-wide course, “Judaism for Conversion Candidates” beginning in August. Rabbis from
the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox movements will
teach classes. Students will need to secure a congregational
rabbinic sponsor by November 1 and meet the conversion
requirements developed by their rabbinic sponsor.
The course covers Jewish holidays, home celebrations, life cycle observances, rituals and prayer, Torah,
Judaism’s view of God, and our religion’s movements. Each
class will include a 30-minute Hebrew component. Students will take part in Shabbat and Havdalah experiences,
holiday celebrations and observances.
Classes will be Thursdays from 7:00-9:00 pm with
10
July 2013
the location rotating among the congregations. An orientation session is August 8, 7:30-8:30 pm at the Jewish Community Campus. The fee for the course is $250 per person
including course textbooks. For additional information or
to register for this course, visit kcrabbis.org or contact Annette Fish, Rabbinical Association Administrator/Program
Director, at [email protected] or 913-327-4622. Aaron
Nielsenshultz is the course coordinator and Rabbi Mark
Levin is the Rabbinic coordinator.
Funding for this program is generously provided
by The Jewish Heritage Foundation of Greater Kansas City.
If you know of anyone interested in attending these classes,
please inform them.
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Congregational-Wide Events - See each department for their activities
Sunday
Monday
Scroll Deadline
Volunteer Fair
Congregational
Meeting
23 Tammuz
7
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
Thursday
Shacharit 8 am
Offices
Closed
4
Friday
5
Saturday
6
Hazzan Ben-Yehuda's
first Shabbat at CBS
9:29
8:29
8
24 Tammuz
9
25 Tammuz
10
26 Tammuz
11
27 Tammuz
Shabbat
Shalom
12
28 Tammuz
29 Tammuz
1 Av
14
7 Av
21
Erev
Tisha
B'Av
Services 8:15
Goldsmith Hall
8 Av
15
2 Av
Tisha B'Av
16
3 Av
17
4 Av
18
5 Av
19
9:27
6 Av
Anniversary
Shabbat
22
9 Av
23
10 Av
PrayerWorks
24
11 Av
25
12 Av
26
13 Av
28
15 Av
29
16 Av
30
17 Av
31
18 Av
19 Av
Shabbat
Shalom
20 Av
22 Av
23 Av
27
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
Shabbat
Shalom
24 Av
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
9:11
8:11
21 Av
20
9:18
8:18
14 Av
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
9:23
8:23
Shabbat
Shalom
13
Birthday Shabbat
8:27
Shabbat
Shalom
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
Candle Lighting Blessing
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Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha'olam, asher kiddeshanu b'mitzvotav vetzivanu lehadlik ner shel Shabbat.
July Service Schedule
Weekdays
Village Shalom
Minchah:
Sunday-Thursday
6 pm
Shacharit:
Monday-Friday
7 am
4th of July - Shacharit 8 am
Shabbat CBS
Kabbalat Shabbat: Friday
Main Service: Saturday
Library Minyan: Saturday
Minchah: July 6
Minchah:
July 13
Minchah:
July 20
Minchah:
July 27
Shacharit: Sunday
6:00 pm
9:30 am
9:30 am
8:29 pm
8:27 pm
8:23 pm
8:18 pm
8:30 am
Shabbat Services and Sunday morning Shacharit will be held at CBS,
14200 Lamar. Weekday Minyan will be held at Appleman Synagogue,
Village Shalom, 5500 W. 123rd St.
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Congregation Beth Shalom
14200 Lamar • Overland Park, KS 66223
www.bethshalomkc.org
Office: 913-647-7279 • Fax: 913-647-7277
Back to Shul Picnic
August 11
Steppin' Out
August 25
Back to Shul
Picnic
Sunday, August 11
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Mt. Carmel
Cemetery Hours:
Scroll Deadline:
August 1 for September
September 3 for October
Sisterhood
Looking Ahead:
Gift Shop Hours:
Congregation Beth Shalom, an egalitarian Conservative synagogue,
is a welcoming community of individuals from diverse backgrounds,
strengthening connections with God, Torah and the Jewish people
through communal commitment to prayer, study and acts of loving kindness.
Office
Hours:
David M. Glickman, Senior Rabbi
Alan L. Cohen, Rabbi Emeritus
Hazzan Ben-Yehuda,
Director of Congregational Learning
Elaine Levine, Executive Director
Patti Kroll, Coordinator, PRS
Judy Jacks Berman, Director, RFEC
Michael Abrams, President
Bev Newman, Scroll Editor
Martha Hoffman, Scroll Design
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Monday - Thursday
8:30 am-5 pm
Friday
8:30 am-3 pm
Closed on Federal Holidays
Monday, Wednesday 8 am-4 pm
Tuesday,Thursday
Closed
Saturday
Closed
Friday & Sunday
8 am-4 pm
National Holidays 9 am-4 pm
Exceptions: Thanksgiving,
New Year’s Day & Christmas Day
Jewish Holidays
Closed
Phone: 816-361-4495
Hours:
913-647-7298
Sunday
10 am-noon
Mon., Tues.,Thurs.:
10 am-2:30 pm
Wed.
10 am-6 pm
Friday
10 am-noon
Make Note of our Staff & Clergy Phone Extensions and Emails
Clergy & Staff Name
Phone
Email
Role
Hazzan Ben-Yehuda............913-647-7296............hazzantby@bethshalomkc.org............Director, Cong. Learning
Judy Jacks Berman...............913-647-7287............jjb@bethshalomkc.org........................RFECEC Director
Bob Copeland.....................913-647-7288............bcopeland@bethshalomkc.org............Facilities Manager
Pam Fite..............................913-647-7271............pfite@bethshalomkc.org.....................Accounting Systems Manager
Rabbi David Glickman.......913-647-7281............dglickman@bethshalomkc.org...........Senior Rabbi
Jill Goldstein.......................913-647-7281............jgoldstein@bethshalomkc.org.............Ritual Coordinator
Martha Hoffman.................913-647-7282............mhoffman@bethshalomkc.org...........IT Manager
Amy Jacobson.....................913-647-7286............ajacobson@bethshalomkc.org............PRS Administrative Assistant
Patti Kroll...........................913-647-7290............pkroll@bethshalomkc.org..................PRS Coordinator
Elaine Levine.......................913-647-7293............elevine@bethshalomkc.org.................Executive Director
Norman Levitan..................913-647-7283............nlevitan@bethshalomkc.org...............Membership Services Manager
Deah Rubin........................913-647-7285............drubin@bethshalomkc.org.................RFEC Administrative Assistant
Stef Williams.......................913-647-7269............swilliams@bethshalomkc.org..............Dir. Informal Education/Youth