November - Congregation Beth Shalom

November 2014
Cheshvan - Kislev
5775
Vol. 85, No. 3
Congregation Beth Shalom Education Offerings
"Where Jewish education is neglected, the whole content of Judaism is reduced to
merely an awareness of anti-Semitism. Judaism ceases then to be a civilization, and
becomes a complex."
- Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan
Learning in Leawood
Bereshit I: The first 20 Generations
Wednesday Evenings, 7:30-9:00 pm,
at a home in Leawood beginning
November 5th.
Rabbi Glickman will be teaching
this 10 session class in collaboration with Melton@HBHA. The
curriculum is an in-depth text study written by scholars
from Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The stories take us
from the universal tales of the creation of the world to the
beginnings of the Jewish people. The themes of family and
faith, honor and dishonor, passion and power provide a
rich exploration of our people and ourselves. No Hebrew
knowledge necessary. Space is limited, and there are limited scholarships available. To register, please contact Rabbi
Doug Alpert at [email protected]. Cost: $190.
Downtown Talmud Jam
Rabbi Glickman will be teaching an
engaging and interactive Talmud class (no
Hebrew required) once a month at a location near downtown Kansas City. Class
begins on Wednesday, November 12, and
the first class will be held at the offices of
Lathrop and Gage. Many professionals
come to learn on their lunch break.
A Kosher lunch
Table of Contents
will be provided. This year Rabbi
Rabbi............................... p.2
Glickman will be teaching the pasYouth & Informal Ed....... p.2
sages of the Talmud that every literate
PRS & RFECEC............... p.5 Jew should know. Dates and location
Bat Mitzvah & Anns........ p.6 will be sent out via email. To register,
Celebrating October........ p.7 please contact Natasha Olinetchouk
Calendar........................p.11 at [email protected].
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Parashat Hashavua
Parashat Hashavua is an
ongoing, monthly program
that takes place on every third
Shabbat of the month, 9:0010:00 am, in the Conference
Room. The goal of this program is to engage its participants in a stimulating discussion of the weekly Torah Portion in a friendly atmosphere,
where the difference of opinions is respected and questions
are encouraged. No prior experience is required, and everybody is welcome to join. The next session will take place
on November 15, to discuss Parashat Chayei Sara from the
Book of Genesis.
Peltzman: Fall-Winter 2014-2015
iEngage – Engaging Israel:
Foundations for a New Relationship
Thursdays from 10:00 am to 11:30 am beginning October
30
This fall, we are excited to offer a course from the
Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem titled “iEngageEngaging Israel: Foundations for a New Relationship”.
This course will have video lectures, a course packet and facilitation by Rabbi Glickman. This will
be a more in-depth and engaging
look at Israel than you’ve seen.
This semester will be ten sessions.
Thanks to generous underwriting, the highly subsidized cost is
$36 for members of Congregation
Beth Shalom or Congregation
Beth Shalom Sisterhood. To register, please contact Milisa Flekier at
[email protected].
November 2014
From the Rabbi’s Study
The Difference between 1933 and Now
I try not to focus my
Jewish identity or vision
on reacting to anti-Semitism. Rather, I usually
think that the greatest
weapon against antiSemitism is not anti-anti-Semitism,
but Pro-Semitism (Jewishly positive
education and engagement).
However, it is impossible to
ignore the rise of anti-Semitism both
in Europe and in America. A couple of
the most obvious examples are the violence in Paris this summer, the vocally
anti-Semitic protests in Germany, and
the anti-Semitic graffiti on campuses
over the past High Holidays. Additionally, if you scratch beneath the
surface of the Boycott, Divestment
and Sanctions Movement, you will see
a cacophony of anti-Semitic tropes.
It is easy to see the rise of European anti-Semitism, in particular,
as déjà vu. However, there are two
fundamentally different realities that
exist today that did not in 1933. I
spoke about both of them on the High
Holidays. The first is the fundamental
importance of the State of Israel, and
the second is the unprecedented positive relationships that exist in America
between the Jewish community and
our neighbors.
Over four hundred Jews from
Paris made Aliyah to Israel this summer. It is impossible to minimize the
importance of the role the State of Israel plays as being a safe haven to any
Jew from any nation. Also, we have
seen officials in every community both
in America and abroad loudly condemn and counter any anti-Semitic
acts that occur.
These two differences represent a
marked difference between the world
now and the world seventy years ago.
However, we must remain vigilant
against anti-Semitism, because we
are the world’s guard for this unique
hatred.
Rabbi David M. Glickman
[email protected]
Youth & Informal Education
Stefanie Williams, Director | [email protected] | 913-647-7292
Kinnus 2014
"In my younger and more vulnerable years,
my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since:" (Paraphrasing
from The Great Gatsby)
Kinnus 2014 will be the swankiest, biggest,
and most outrageous Kinnus in all of USY. Join us
in the beautiful Twin Cities for the grandest Gatsby convention of the year. Get ready for a weekend
filled with glitz, glamour, action and adventure.
With over 250 teens from all over EMTZA region,
this will surely be a weekend to remember.
Mr. Gatsby’s skilled convention architects
Jacob Barry, Hannah Gilfix, and Meital Gewirtz
have crafted a marvelous weekend, so sign up now!
Join USY for EMTZA’s largest convention of
the year: Kinnus 2014! Kinnus 2014 will be held
November 27-30 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Contact
[email protected] with any questions!
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November 2014
Upcoming Events
Wednesdays, November 5, 12, 19
KCUSY Wednesday Night Programs
Friday, November 21
KCUSY Kabbalat Shabbat at Village
Shalom
Thursday, November 20
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Community Wide Screening
Monday, November 24
KCUSY Pre-Kinnus Turkey Dinner
November 27-30
KCUSY Kinnus in Minnesota
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Execut i vel y Speak ing
Our Strategic Plan Creates a Kehillah
Like many organizations, CBS has a strategic
plan. Unlike many organizations, however, our
strategic plan is actually
governing our actions and
programs and drives our budget.
Members of our congregation want
meaningful experiences of prayer and
spirituality, congregational learning,
and a sense of community - fulfilling
these three goals is our strategic plan.
I’ve become energized by how
many opportunities we have created
for ourselves to connect with our shul,
how many “doorways” we have into
our sacred community, our kehillah,
Congregation Beth Shalom.
Some congregants engage in
prayer and spirituality at Kabbalat
Shabbat services on Friday nights,
while many come to the main sanctu-
ary service on Shabbat morning, and
others choose the Library Minyan.
Tot Shabbat comes together once a
month, as does a new community
of families of Tot Shabbat “graduates” called Shabbat Kids Club. Every
morning and evening we have a
minyan at Village Shalom during the
week. The White Theater was filled
with worshippers on Rosh HaShanah,
and so was the Social Hall – two different approaches to our most sacred
experiences.
We offer multiple opportunities for congregational learning, many
of which are targeted to specific age
groups. Dozens of families participate
in Beth Shalom’s Rose Family Early
Childhood Education program, as
well as the Polsky Religious School,
and USY. Downtown Talmud Jam is
a regular community, as is the Rabbi’s
Sisterhood Peltzman class for adult
education, and Shabbat Minchah “Locavort” meets each week to learn with
Rabbi Glickman.
Sisterhood is our oldest community, while Boy Scout Troop 61
is our second oldest. Men’s Club is
active and fun again. Steppin’ Out is
for congregants of a certain age, and
Kiddush Corps includes all ages. And
more - these are how we create a sense
of community for ourselves.
As we transition into 5775, let’s
reflect on what we value. Where do
we experience meaningful prayer and
spirituality? Where do we benefit from
Jewish learning? In which community
of our kehillah, do we participate?
Which doorway brings us into our
sacred community, the kehillah we are
proud to call Beth Shalom?
President
[email protected]
Gift Shop Annual Customer Appreciation Sale
From November 16
The Sisterhood Gift Shop will
be holding its annual customer appreciation sale from November 16 to
December 7. Most items are marked
down 25% with a special bonus of
items $250 and over being marked
Until December 7
down 35%. Exclusions include parchments, Tallitot under $250 and ritual
candles.
Need that special Hanukkah
Gift Shop volunteer Elaine Singer holding a gift? Come see us first. We have that
gift for you.
Rosenthal Dreidel.
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Sisterhood
Beverly Newman, President | [email protected] |
Torah Fund
Please join
Sisterhood on Shabbat
morning, November
15, when we celebrate
the 72nd year of Torah
Fund, Women’s league
for Conservative Judaism’s campaign
which supports our four institutions
of higher learning. Several long-time
and significant donors, as well as
newer donors, will have aliyot and
other honors. We will have the opportunity to hear more about how Torah
Fund has impacted the education of
our Rebbitzin, Annie Glickman.
Contributions to Sisterhood’s
annual Torah Fund Campaign have
been used for the egalitarian synagogue at JTS in New York, residence
halls at American Jewish University
in Los Angeles, the rebuilding of the
JTS Library which was heavily damaged by fire, subsidies for rabbinic and
cantorial students studying in Israel,
and scholarships for students in all
programs. For more information or
to make a donation, please contact
Gloria Sher, gloriasher1205@gmail.
com or 913-499-8260.
Coming in January
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November 2014
Banishing Bullying Behavior
Sisterhood Book Club Meets
Wednesday, December 10
Book Club will meet
Wednesday, December 10
at 1:30 pm, at Sue Vile's
home.(Note: afternoon
time because of winter.)
The book to be
Current and student teachers
discussed is "I Am Forbidden" by
are shown participating in a two-day
Anouk Markovits. Her first novel in
summer graduate level course at the
English focuses on two Hasidic sisters:
University of St. Mary. Developed and
one who leaves the Satmar Sect, and
led by Sisterhood Banishing Bullying
one who stays, turning away from
Behavior trainers, this course focused
modernity. For further details or to
on “teaching the teachers”. That is one
be added to the e-mail list, contact
of the continuing goals of the BBB
Rowena Turk at 913-649-7098 or at
project for the coming year.
[email protected].
To create new venues, volunteers are needed to call from home.
New presenters are continually being
Bams for Mams, November 18
trained. To volunteer, contact Carol
Yarmo at 913-642-1199 or carolyar
Sisterhood invites everyone
[email protected].
to participate in its 5th annual
Bams for Mams Game Day
on Tuesday, November
Join Us at the Movies
18. Did you know that
Wednesday, December 24
Sisterhood
What are you doing on Christbegan
mas Eve? How about attending a
first run movie at sisterhood's second its annual
Bams for Mams game
annual "A Nite at the Movies"? The
place to be is at the Palazzo 16 Theatre day in 2010 under the
leadership of Cathy
in Overland Park. Join us with your
Newman and Stephanie Kavanafamily and friends for an entertainugh? A delicious brunch for $10
begins the day at 10:30 am, and game
time is at 11:00 am in Goldsmith
Hall. Grab your Mah Jongg group and
play for the cure. Single players are
ing and enjoyable evening in our own welcome.
A minimum donation of $15 to
private theater with popcorn and soft the
Susan
G. Komen Breast Cancer
drinks. You might get lucky and win a
fabulous door prize. The proceeds will Foundation gets you into the game.
For more information contact Cobenefit Sisterhood’s synagogue, community service and education projects. chairs Dini Freed (913) 469-0021 or
Judy Weinstein (913) 431-3331.
Watch for more exciting details.
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Polsky Religious School (PRS)
Hazzan Tahl Ben-Yehuda, Director of Congregational Learning | [email protected]
Curriculum Update
Shalom! Now that
the holidays are a distant
memory, we are hard at
work at PRS. The Etgar
Curriculum is being used in third and
fourth grades and in fifth and sixth
grades to look carefully at the Hebrew
calendar and at our sacred texts. In the
seventh grades, students are pursuing
their studies of the life cycle and the
Holocaust and values within both.
In all grades, third through seventh,
students continue to work on their
Hebrew reading skills and have begun
to work on their davening (prayerleading) skills.
I want to dedicate a few lines
to a crisis in our community and ask
your help to remedy this crisis. The
Food Pantry at the JCC is short tens
of thousands of pounds of food for
this time of year. They desperately
need canned goods; soups, tuna, fruits
and vegetables. There is also a need
for boxed macaroni, peanut butter,
boxes of rice and cereal. Please consider sending food with your child to
Hebrew School and at the end of each
week, we will bring what we have collected to the JCC. Thank you so much
for your generosity.
"Friday Night Lights"
Join us for a family Shabbat
November 2, 9, 16
program, Friday Night Lights, three
- Program with Israel Shaliach, Grades 8-10.
times this year: November 21, JanuNovember 5, 12, 19
ary 30 and April 24. The evening will
- Program with Israel Shaliach, Grades 5-7.
begin at 6 pm with a family-friendly
November 9
Shabbat service led by Rabbi Glick- During Sunday school, the first 5th grade
man and Hazzan Ben-Yehuda. A
Torah program for children AND PARENTS. delicious dinner and dessert catered by
November 19
Cathy Levin will follow. "Friday Night
- School Committee Meeting.
Lights" on November 21 will be
hosted by the PreK students. Parents,
November 23
siblings, grandparents, and special
- Israel Program Culminating Event,
people are all invited to join. For more
Grades 5-7 & 8-10.
information, contact Mindi Squire in
- Confirmation Class Parent Meeting.
the RFECE office at 913-647-7285 or
November 26-30
[email protected].
Mark Your Calendars:
- No Classes, Thanksgiving Break.
Shabbat Kids' Club and Tot Shabbat Reminder
Please remember that Shabbat Kids' Club and Tot Shabbat will be held on December 6. Tot Shabbat begins at
11:00 am in the lower library reading area. Shabbat Kids Club begins
at 10:45 am in Room 114. For more
information, contact Shira Zigler at
[email protected] for Shabbat
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Kids Club or Baree Nottberg at
tot shab
[email protected] for Tot Shabbat.
club
kids
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Rose Family Early Childhood Education Center
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Ben Simon built great benches
Troop 61 Gives Back Generously! and a storage unit outside the Youth
Eli Kahn just built the most
Lounge and Jacob Flekier added
amazing loft for storage in the Prepicnic tables to the area. Many, many
school bike shed. The loft was built
people are truly enjoying the benchs
for his Eagle Scout project. Troop 61
and picnic tables on nice days.
Scouts and parents helped make the
It is so wonderful that the Scouts
loft a reality. We have needed this
are learning about community service
extra storage since we moved into this and commitment. There are other
building. This will truly benefit the
examples of the Scout’s Eagle Projects
preschool!
all around our congregation.
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Bottom: Eli Kahn
Left to Right on Top: Asa Abrahamson, Noah
Kahn, Jonah Kahn, Josh Hurst, Amit Israeli and
Jacob Melookaran.
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C elebrating L ife C ycle E vents
November Anniversaries
November Anniversaries will be honored on November 15. To sponsor a
Kiddush, contact Jill Goldstein, 913-647-7286.
Submit your Mazal Tov to be published
Halle Hurst
November 22 / 29 Cheshvan
Halle's parents are Richard and Lisa Hurst.
Her grandparents are Morton and Shirley
Hurst, and Dolores Kessler. Halle has two
siblings, Joshua and Jillian Hurst. She attends Prairie Star Middle School and plays
soccer, basketball, and golf. Halle also enjoys
hanging out with her friends and reading.
For Halle's Mitzvah Project, she is volunteering at
Great Plains SPCA. Family and friends are invited to worship with the Hursts and attend the Kiddush luncheon
following services.
Mazal Tov to...
Judy Sherry who has been honored as the recipient of the
2014 AARP Andrus Award for Community Service.
Josh Hurst, son of Rick and Lisa Hurst and member of
Troop 61, upon attaining the Rank of Eagle Scout.
Jacob Flekier, son of Steve and Milisa Flekier and member of Troop 61, upon attaining the Rank of Eagle Scout.
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A wonderful and significant way
to commemorate a simchah, honor a friend
or relative or memorialize a loved one is to
sponsor a Kiddush Luncheon. Contact Martha
Hoffman, 913-647-7283, or email mhoffman@
bethshalomkc.org to sponsor a Kiddush.
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Randy & Dini Freed 11
Gary & Patti Friedman 29
Daniel & Lindsey Osman 7
Leo & Johanna Stein 57
Lee & Beth Albee 14
Seth & Rachel Katz 3
Eric & Lisa Ginsburg 9
Herbert & Barbara Simon 48
Peter & Joan Cabell 22
Gustave & Elinor Eisemann 60
Kevin & Sheryl Jordan 27
Larry & Beverly Mallin 62
Stanton & Sharon Rosenthal 29
Adam & Kim Matsil 19
Nathan & Ashley Ross 3
Vincent & Marcy Pellegrino 22
Stuart & Tensy-Marcos Bodker 29
Mark & Julye Rose 18
Joshua & Jane Sosland 24
Leibert & Miriam Birnbaum 58
Shelton & Nancy Gallas 52
Brian & Karen Cole 20
Doug McNay & Dawn Gale 7
Jeremy & Hilary Singer 9
Jeffrey & Cathy Alpert 38
Yoni & Gina Cohen 10
Rodney & Gerre Minkin 55
Albert & Cecille Silverman 57
Lori & Bruce Hertzfield 10
Robert & Carol Yarmo 47
Jeff & Rhonda Fromm 26
William & Joyce Shapiro 19
Howard & Cherice Gerson 31
Bernard & Judy Rosenberg 48
Steven & Lisa Ruben 26
Ron & Kathryn Zack 21
Steve & Milisa Flekier 21
Aaron & Jessica Kroll 6
Bennett & Bambi Zinman 16
Benny & Stephanie Cohen 23
Lee & Esther Pearlmutter 23
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Beth Shalom Celebrating October
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Baruch Dayan HaEmet
Praised is the True Judge
Of Blessed Memory
We express condolences to our Beth Shalom Members, their Families and Friends.
Betty Rose Caplan, z"l, September 22 - 27 Elul
Barbara Bresel, z"l, October 7 - 13 Tishrei
Yahrtzeits
Join us for morning or evening minyan to say Kaddish for your loved one. See service schedule, page 11.
Betty Wolfberg
Taxman
Anna Webber
Nov. 10 - 17 Cheshvan Betty Yaskolka
Esther Byers
Nov. 15 - 22 Cheshvan
Ben Denowitz
Charles Marks
Ida F. Dolginoff
Herbert Plotsky
Gale Grossman
Nathan E. Rappaport
Morris Rosenblum
Nov. 6 - 13 Cheshvan Lillian Reich
Reuben Spivak
Israel Sandhaus
Nathan Chernikoff
Joseph Talbot
Jack B. Schultz
Pearl H. Cohen
Charles Traxler
Asher Stern
Edna Coleman
Pearl Dulsky
Nov. 11 - 18 Cheshvan Nov. 16 - 23 Cheshvan
William Friedberg
Leonard Bettinger
Sol Baum
Lewis Goldberg
Max Copaken
Taubie Becker
Nov. 2 - 9 Cheshvan Mary Karosen
Dora Fine
Bernard Fasbinder
Nate Karpin
Libby Feld
Sam Jaben
Abraham Flekier
Harry Katzeff
Rebecca Fingersh
Hyman Levine
Mary Goldblatt
William Klein
Fannie Gilgus
Alexander Meltzer
George Moss
Bert Markowitz
Stanley Kalender
Mary Moskowitz
Esther L. Satz
Monia Raffelock
Jennie Levinson
Lajos Springer
Esther R. Singmon
Betty Raskin
Freda Partnoy
Leona Libby Soltz
Nov.
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Cheshvan
Israel Winitz
Nov. 3 - 10 Cheshvan Bernard Siegler
Jacob Barabechik
Nathan Koffman
Nov. 7 - 14 Cheshvan Ike Birnbaum
Nov. 17 - 24 Cheshvan
Sophie Levikow
Hyman Benjamin
Arthur Bock
Jennie Feingold
Lillian Mallon
Meyer Bernstein
Tillie Hudson
David Gereht
Hannah Michelson
Lucille Ellis
Pearl Kasoi
David A. Katz
Harry L. Rosenberg
Joseph Fried
Ben Kern
Ben S. Lerner
Sylvia Rubin
Max A. Lettas
Reuben Wechsler
Anna Levitch
Hyman Joseph Saver Oscar Litwin
Nov. 13 - 20 Cheshvan Dollie L. Mann
Abraham Schlein
Dina Beth Salle
Zahava Morgan
Leon
Baum
Rose Nelkin
Nov. 4 - 11 Cheshvan Jack Silverman
Anna H. Bornstein
Maynard Taxman
Simon Jacob Ozar
Joseph Berman
Magda Fried
Gustave Rapaport
Martin Cohen
Nov. 8 - 15 Cheshvan Steven Friedheim
I. Edward Zalin
Morris Ellis
Jean Marie Brockman Phyllis Pack
Alisa Beth Fein
Esther Laya Clayman Ellis Tonkey
Nov. 18 - 25 Cheshvan
Julius Nathan
Thelma Cookie
Sylvia Viner
Baruch Benjamin
Friedman
Dockman
Nov. 14 - 21 Cheshvan Charline Cooper
Henriette Ginsburg
Libby Ellis
Sima Laya Galler
Evelyn
Alexander
Lewis W. Goldberg
Fannie Bertha Kaplan
Abraham Gellens
Theresa Marshock
Sarah D. Kulakofsky Linda Greene
Esther Clara Gilgus
Birnbaum
Keith Eliot Pack
Edwin Levine
Sophia Goldstein
Sam Brown
Julius Peltzman
Abraham Mann
Heinrich Joseph
Esther
Daniels
Esther Rapaport
Aaron Kars
Nov. 9 - 16 Cheshvan Ellen Ginden
Ben Richman
Gertrude Kisluk
Margaret Gersh
Anna
Levin
Fannie B. Rittmaster
Esther Lerner
A. Morris Ginsberg
Rose Lofman
Gabriel Salzenstein
Boris Levitch
Dorothy Wengrover
Norman
R.
Parmet
Charles Saver
Sam Millstein
Hipsh
Alfred Parnes
Lillian Small
Leonard Orren
Ida Krug
Leo
Polterock
Bertha M. Waisblum
Irving
Marder
Abraham Abba Rubin Rose Rachel Pack
Harvey Gordon
Dorothy Rosenberg
Rebecca
Mokofsky
Esther Shapiro
Weiner
Ethel Shefrin
Bertha Perlman
Morris Stahl
Harry Winer
Nov. 1 - 8 Cheshvan
Esther Chickinsky
Becky Ladinsky Glass
Abraham M.
Goldenberg
Libe Gorman
Frank Katz Hoffman
Bernard Hudson
Oscar Jacobs
Morton Joseph
Julius Louis
Celia Rogovein
Morris Seelig
Sarah Silverstein
Anne Temple
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Nov. 5 - 12 Cheshvan
Jack Agron
Wesley J. Dolginoff
Ben Edelbaum
Anita Indin Gewertz
Samuel Intrater
Rose Kleban
Richard Levitt Krasne
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H. Paul Rosenberg
Albert Simon
Ida Vile
Maurice Shefrin
Anne Vinick
Betty Wishna
Max Gersh
Robert Reuben Graff
Bluma Greenberg
Nov. 19 - 26 Cheshvan Nathan Magazine
Ida B. Moskovitz
Harvey Aaron
Dora Pearl Moskowitz
Jane Ace
Doris Rosenberg
Emanuel Bornstein
Frances Rothschild
Max Cohen
Rosa Rubin
Abraham Hyman
Goldie Siegelbaum
Boris Kittess
Samuel Sosland
Simon Levikow
Max G. Milens
Nov. 24 - 2 Kislev
Pauline Samberg
Joe Baum
John Small
Abrom Copeland
Ben Zenitsky
Sarah Geister
Nov. 20 - 27 Cheshvan Bertha Grossman
Tillie Kay
Saralee Brams
Hermine Klein
Samuel Eagles
Herman Milgram
Mary Krasner
David Pelzerman
Jacob Lapin
I. Frank Rope
Myer Rich
Dora Rubin
Jacob Sarno
Marie Sanell
Ida Wayne
Zelma Shapiro
Nov. 21 - 28 Cheshvan Jessie Zinn
Sarah Adreme
Nov. 25 - 3 Kislev
Evelyn Cohen
Jeanette Blender
Abe Gordon
Chayim Eichenberg
Joseph Kupper
Samuel L. Glassman
Walter Loeb
William Handler
Hazel Manne
Stephen Mark
Edward A. Smith
Hertzfield
Jake Temposky
Rose Naster Zeligman Sadie Friedson Klein
Solomon Krigel
Nov. 22 - 29 Cheshvan Harry Rosenberg
Delores Rosenbloom Dorothy C. Shanberg
Benjamin
Sarah Gershman
Alan Berl Bratt
Shearer
Jennie Greenman
Nov.
26 - 4 Kislev
Jessie Styrka Hanick
Yetta
Baier
Nathan Levenson
Rebetzen Jennie
Eloise Shlensky
Burstein
Minkoff
Ruth Dennis
Dora Pilz
Casil Robert Goldberg
Mary S. Smith
Jacob Pelofsky
Bella Vile
Florence Peltzman
Sam Wedlan
Rose Silverberg
Morris Weiner
Lillian Zwern
Nov. 23 - 1 Kislev
Celia Abels
Rebecca Bloustine
Marie Friedson
Buelah Fleschman
Minnie Friedman
Samuel Gershon
Nathan Gilbert
Anna Hecht
Lena Junsberg
Isaac Katz
Daisy Markus
Morris Stein
Sol M. Yarowsky
Nov. 28 - 6 Kislev
Herbert Mayer Krigel
David Levitch
Morris Moss
Doris Kaufman Poder
Elias Reichman
Samuel S. Rogell
Oscar Rose
Eva Sokoloff
Sol Stolowy
Frank Wayne
Nov. 29 - 7 Kislev
Jerome Abrams
Edward Bell
Issac Blond
Israel A. Brenner
Morris A. Chernikoff
Abraham Gilgus
Maurice Gottlieb
Henry Harris
Rose Oliver
Louis Sudvarg
Phillip H. Taxman
Nov. 30 - 8 Kislev
Israel Berlau
Bernard Chortek
David S. Cooper
Harry Eisman
Rose Fried
Sadie Katz
Louis Lachs
Morris Lazarus
Hyman Minda
Benjamin Ryweck
Nov. 27 - 5 Kislev
Tillie Abramson
Helen Bretton
Arnold Cohen
Barnett Cohen
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Todah Rabbah!
Ann &
Isadore Gale
Scholarship
Fund
In Honor of
Marshall Gale's BD
Mimi Zimmerman
Benjamin
Ryweck Torah
Fund
In Honor of
Rabbi Alan Cohen's
BD
Janet & Alan Salle's
25th Wedding ANN
Joan March
In Memory of
Alex Bratt
Joan March
General Fund
In Appreciation of
Congregation Beth
Shalom Staff
David Slusky
In Honor of
Bernard Birnbaum's
90th BD
Toba Horowitz
Seymour & Felicia
Weiner
Harvey Bodker,
Chatan Torah
Berenice Haberman,
Kallat Berashit
Arnold & Joan Kort
Justin & Jen's
Wedding
Alan & Sharon
Lightston
Milton Mann's 85th
BD
Gregg & Julie
Goodman
Amy Shapiro
Receiving Young
Leadership Award
Jimmy & Sunni
Rosenbloom
Sheldon Wishna's
80th BD
Bradley & Elizabeth
Appelbaum
In Memory of
Emil Barsky
Dolores Miller
Gary Bitner
Shirley Bitner
Saul Bitner
Linda Sugerman
Irwin Block
Blossom Block
David Bodker
Stanley Bodker
Benjamin Brand
Stan & Marjorie Brand
Barbara Bresel
Clarence & Alice
Winer
Jeanette Capito
Byron Capito
Joseph Carr
Carol Kusnetzky
Ida Carr
Shirley Passman
Sharon Cohen
Yoni & Gina Cohen
Joan Finestone
Linda Finestone
Judy Friedlander
Estelle Berman
Maxine Friedman
Kathy Hollub
Dr. Bela Gondos
Dave & Judy Jacobs
Geraldine Gross
Joe Gross
Dorothy Harding
Richard & Barbara
Atlas
Herb & Bonnie
Buchbinder
Sam Devinki & Mary
Stahl
Steve & Karen Pack
Louis Jacobs
Sidney & Rose Carr
David Kantor
Robert Peltzman
Mary Kasten
Edith Rubin
Ida Katzman
Sharon Brodzky
Melvin Krashin
Elliott & Kathy
Hollub
Herman Landman
Jerome & Sandra
Bernstein
Sonia LaVine
Marshall & Sylvia
LaVine
Max Levine
Sam & Danielle
Levine
Mary Malcy
Art Malcy
Shirley Mandelbaum
Mark & Ellie
Mandelbaum
Dr. Ruben Mitz
Rochelle Mitz
Sanford Molos
Marlene Molos
Marilyn Oliver
Phyllis Arenson
Dora Kaplan Pakula
Lawrence & Sheila
Pakula
Edith Pinsky
John Goldberg &
Marla Brockman
Jean A. Price
Bob & Susan Flappan
Lou Sandler
Bettye Balkin
Jack Shear
Marshall & Sylvia
LaVine
Issac Zale
Susan Zale
Lechem Fund
Contributions through
October 20, 2014 are listed below.
Thank you for thinking of us.
David & Fran Kovel's Hanan Wedlan
ANN
Family Fund
Harvey Bodker
In Memory of
In Memory of
Reva Kaufman
Sadie Klein
Mitch & Lisa
Hamburg
Betsy Bodker
Cemetery
Maintenance
Fund
In Appreciation of
Mike & Renana
Abrams
Eileen Kershenbaum
In Memory of
Isador & Bessie Block
Irwin Mushkin
N. Joseph Price
Jacob & Jeanette
Price
Bruce Siess
Adele Price Mushkin
Eisemann
Family Fund
In Honor of
Bernard Birnbaum's
90th BD
Gus & Elinor
Eisemann
In Memory of
Ronald Chapman
Eleanor &
Alan & Tina Chapman
Joseph Kopin
Nancy & Steve
Kargman
Endowment
Alice Fox
Fund
John Goldberg &
In Memory of
Marla Brockman
Mickey Goldstein
Meyer Krug
Barbara Goldstein
Noreen Greenberg
Library Fund
In Honor of
Marriage of Stan
& Marlene Katz's
Grandson
Sue Stonefield
In Memory of
Ruben Mitz
Mel & Elaine Glazer
Gale & Maxine
Grossman
Religious
School
In Honor of
Marlene Katz's 80th
BD
David & Lynne Bock
In Memory of
Ida Bass
Marty Bass
Beverly &
Harvey Bodker
Endowment
Maxine Grossman
Fund
In Honor of
George &
Harvey Bodker,
Esther Nowick
Chatan Torah
Scholarship
Betsy Bodker
Fund
David Gale & Gina
Kaiser
Harold Kaseff's &
Rhea Salasche's
ANN
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In Memory of
Esther Nowick
George Nowick
Manuel Nowick
Hazzan
Ben-Yehuda's
Discretionary
Fund
In Memory of
Jacob Szneler
Marvin Szneler
Mallin
Childhood
Enrichment
Fund
In Memory of
Juda Gilgus
Morris Rosenberg
Larry & Beverly
Mallin
Joe Mallin
Jeff & Sharon Mallin
Men's Club
In Memory of
Isidor Cohen
Jacob H & Rose Charles Levine
Levine Teacher Sanford & Ida Levine
Development
Fund
In Memory of
Carl Newman
Elise Newman
Peter & Bev Newman
Kaiser Family
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Tutoring Fund
In Honor of
Art Federman
Reading the Entire
Torah
Debbie SoslandEdelman Reading
the Entire Torah
Mark & Ellie
Mandelbaum
In Memory of
Bill Kaiser
Mark & Ellie
Mandelbaum
Ken & Sheila
Sonnenschein
Louis & Edith
Pinsky Fund
In Memory of
Edith Pinsky
Dick & Charlotte
Brockman
Estelle Pinsky
Deborah Stone
Loving
Grandparents
Fund
In Honor of
Rod Minkin's BD
Carole Rosen
Polsky Religious
School Fund
In Memory of
Sarah Bisman
Judy Bisman Haven
Rabbi
Glickman's
Discretionary
Fund
In Honor of
Harvey Bodker,
Chatan Torah
Henry & Betty Jo
Marder
Rod & Gerre Minkin
Marshall Gale's BD
Jerry & Sandra Fogel
In Memory of
Dorothy Harding
Ron & Susie
Goldsmith
Max Kaufman
Dorothy Kaufman
Rose S Levine
& Doris L
Flam Arts &
Education Fund
In Honor of
Harvey Bodker,
Chatan Torah
Berenice Haberman,
Kallat Berashit
Tibor & Carla
Klausner
In Memory of
Hermann Klausner
Toma Klausner
Tibor & Carla
Klausner
Rube Nisson
Pulpit Flowers
Fund
In Memory of
Sam & Edna
Ginsberg
Brenda Sherman
Sidney
Ginsburg
Endowment
Fund
In Honor of
Birth of Reuben
Waxman
Janey Goodman
Tot Shabbat
In Honor of
Lee Albee's Bar
Mitzvah
Sanford & Ida Levine
Walter &
Reuben
Anita Loeb
Brenner Chapel
Scholarship
Maintenance
Fund
Fund
In Memory of
In Memory of
Joe Brenner
Bessie Brenner
Judy Friedlander
Judy Winas
Dolores Sosnow
Rose Family
Early Childhood
Education
Center
In Honor of
Marshall Gale's 70th
BD
Steve & Judy
Weinberg
Rod Minkin
Steve & Lisa Ruben
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Editorial Comments
Beth Shalom Calendar 2014-2015/ 5775 Correction
The Beth Shalom building at 95th
and Wornall was demolished a number of
weeks ago. I am still hearing laments and
comments about how much better the past
was. Recently, I was skimming the Beth
Shalom Diamond Book celebrating our
75th anniversary, and I learned that life at Beth Shalom
has not always been smooth or wonderful. In the past we
have had major problems and overcome them through
the efforts of both our congregants and clergy. Our
congregation is wherever we come together to worship,
to learn, to socialize, to meet. The past is the past. The
future is ours to embrace and make whatever we want it
to be.
We sincerely apologize to the following people for errors in their listing in the Beth Shalom Calendar:
Men's Club Calendar
November 1: Couples Dinner
December 14: Chiefs Watch
Party
January 6: Dinner and Poker
January 24: Missouri Mavericks
Game
March 3: Sweet 16 Watch Party
For more information
about these activites, contact
[email protected].
Troop 61
Page 21: Marcia Karbank and Joe Smuckler - Their granddaughter is Penelope Rose Nerman (not Kroll), and she is
the daughter of Gregory and Ashley Nerman.
Page 63: Peter Newman’ s correct email address is:
[email protected]
Please contact the Sisterhood president if there are any errors in any other listings at [email protected].
Potato Kugel by Karen Berger
Line a bowl with cheesecloth. Peel, chop and process 4
Idaho potatoes (or grate) the potatoes and place in cheesecloth. Squeeze the water out of the potatoes. Discard water.
Add:
3 Eggs
¼ C Matzah meal or Panko Bread
Crumbs
½ t Baking powder
1T Chicken soup mix
¼ C Oil
Pepper
Salt (at end because it turns the potatoes brown)
Bake in an 8 inch or brownie size glass dish at 350 degrees
for 1 hour or until brown around edges. Enjoy!
Yale Winston of Troop 61, recently completed his Eagle Project at Kehilath Israel Synagogue by sprucing
up their playground. Pictured are some of those that helped Yale. Anyone interested in Troop 61, sponsored by
Congregation Beth Shalom, may contact us at [email protected].
L to R, Row 1: Mike Franke, Seth Franke, Ryan Hakim, Daniel Ginsburg and Aidan Nelson
Row 2: Susan Winston, Lois Winston, Steven Kohn, Chuck Gasser, Yale Winston, Bruce Winston, David Franke, Jacob Ginsburg and Jacob Melookaran
Row 3: Mike Ginsburg and Brian Bell
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Congregational-Wide Events - See each department for their activities
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Seudah Shlishit
In Honor of Bernard
Birnbaum's 90 BD
1
Shabbat Kids' Club
& Tot Shabat
7:39
2
3
4
Daylight
Savings Ends
5
8 Cheshvan
6
Warm Up
America
Mitzvah of
7 Bat
8
Hannah Cole
Sarah Peltzman
Adult Ed. Class
Birthday
Shabbat
5:53
4:53
9 Cheshvan
10 Cheshvan
9
10
11 Cheshvan
11
Consecration
Parents Meeting
at 9:30 am
12 Cheshvan
12
13 Cheshvan
SH Board
Meeting
17 Cheshvan
16
17
18 Cheshvan
18
19 Cheshvan
19
14 Cheshvan
20 Cheshvan
SH Bams for Mams
20
Sarah Peltzman
Adult Ed. Class
11 am to 3 pm
Confirmation
Class Meeting
at 12:15 pm
1 Kislev
8 Kislev
24 Cheshvan
23
24
25 Cheshvan
KCUSY Pre-Kinnus
Dinner
30
26
3 Kislev
27 Cheshvan
Thanksgiving
27
PrayerWorks
Offices Closed,
No Hebrew High
No PRS
or RFECEC
KCUSY Kinnus
in Minnesota
until Nov. 30
10 am to 12 pm
6 pm to 8 pm
No PRS 2 Kislev
25
26 Cheshvan
4 Kislev
14
5 Kislev
15 Cheshvan
Anniversary
Shabbat
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
15
SH Torah Fund
Shabbat
21 Cheshvan
RFECEC
Parent Teacher
Conferences
4:47
Parashat
Hashavua
Class
21
22 Cheshvan
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
Bat Mitzvah
of Halle Hurst
22
29 Cheshvan
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
7 Kislev
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
Shabbat
Shalom
Friday Night Lights
6 pm to 7:30 pm
23 Cheshvan
Shabbat
Shalom
Sarah Peltzman
Adult Ed. Class
SH Book Club
16 Cheshvan
13
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
28 Cheshvan
5:42
4:42
Shabbat
Shalom
28
5:47
29
Offices Closed
5:39
4:39
6 Kislev
Shabbat
Shalom
Candle Lighting Blessing
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Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha'olam, asher kiddeshanu b'mitzvotav vetzivanu lehadlik ner shel Shabbat.
November Service Schedule
Weekdays
Minchah:
Sunday-Thursday
6 pm
Shacharit:
Monday-Friday
7 am
Please Note:
Services on 11/27
will be at 8 am at
Village Shalom.
Shabbat CBS
Kabbalat Shabbat: Friday
Main Service: Saturday
Library Minyan: Saturday
Minchah: Nov. 1
Minchah:
Nov. 8
Minchah:
Nov. 15
Minchah:
Nov. 22
Minchah:
Nov. 29
Shacharit: Sunday
6 pm
9:30 am
9:30 am
6:00 pm
4:53 pm
4:47 pm
4:42 pm
4:39 pm
8:00 am
Shabbat Services and Sunday morning Shacharit will
be held at CBS, 14200 Lamar. Weekday Minyan will be
held at Appleman Synagogue, Villiage Shalom, 5500
W. 123rd St.
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Happy
Tha
nksgiving
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Congregation Beth Shalom
14200 Lamar • Overland Park, KS 66223
www.bethshalomkc.org
Office: 913-647-7279 • Fax: 913-647-7277
David M. Glickman, Senior Rabbi
Hazzan Tahl Ben-Yehuda,
Director of Congregational Learning
Elaine Levine, Executive Director
Alan L. Cohen, Rabbi Emeritus
Judy Jacks Berman, Director, RFEC
Norman Kahn, Jr. MD President
Bev Newman, Scroll Editor
Dahlia Berger, Scroll Design
RFECEC Winter Break
December 22 - January 5
Sisterhood Winter Program
December 16
PRS Winter Break
December 21 - January 7
Hanukkah
December 16 - 23
SH "Nite at the Movies"
December 24
Hebrew High School Winter Break
December 18 - January 8
Offices Closed
December 25
Adam Arenson & Traci Klein
Jared & Lauren Levy
Michael Oshiver
Albert & Cecile Silverman
Lauren Tennyson
Gene Wolowski
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SH Book Club
Postponed
October Sisterhood Book Club
postponed until November 12, at
Merna Siegler's home.
Sisterhood
Scroll Deadline:
November 3 for December
Gift Shop Hours:
Looking Ahead:
Mt. Carmel
Cemetery 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:
The Congregation Beth Shalom
Scroll (USPS531-420) is
published monthly by
Congregation Beth Shalom,
14200 Lamar Ave., Overland
Park, KS 66223. Annual
Subscription $24.00. Periodical
Postage Paid in Shawnee Mission,
KS. DATED MATERIAL
POSTMASTER: Send address
changes to CONGREGATION
BETH SHALOM SCROLL,
14200 Lamar, Overland Park,
KS 66223. Scroll Deadline: The
1st of the previous month. Submit
articles to the Administrative office
before the deadline.
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
Sunday: 9:30 am - Noon (PRS Days)
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday:
10 am - 2 pm
Wednesday: 10 am - 2 pm,
4:30 -6 pm (PRS Days)
Friday: 10 am - noon
913-647-7298
Melvin Krashin
Melvin L. Krashin, 86, former
CBS Executive Director recently
passed away. He had lived in Henderson, NV for the past 17 years.
We extend our deepest sympathy to
his wife, Lois, daughter, Adrienne,
son, Jeffrey (Jayne) and granddaughter, Shaina.
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