June 2016 - Springfield Jewish Federation

June 2016
Iyar/Sivan
5776
Issue No. 159
Shalom Springfield
The Newsletter of the Jewish Federation of Springfield, Illinois
Available online at www.shalomspringfield.org
3rd Annual JEWISH FILM SERIES
AWARD WINNING FILMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Four Thursdays in June 2016 at 7:00 pm
Theatre Room at Capital City Bar & Grill (3149 S. Dirksen Parkway)
TICKETS: $7 Per Film OR $25 series pass ($5 per film with Student ID)
Contact 787-7223 ext.18 or [email protected] to purchase series passes
Thursday, JUNE 2
The Green Prince (2014)
Thursday, JUNE 9
Dough (2015)
German , Documentary, 101 minutes
Directed by Nadav Schirman
English subtitles
UK, Comedy/Drama, 94 minutes
Directed by John Goldschmidt
Set against the chaotic background of
Middle East events, The Green Prince
retraces the details of an unprecedented
partnership between sworn enemies. It
recounts the true story of the son of a
Hamas leader who became one of Israel’s
prized informants and the Shin Bet agent
who risked his career to protect him.
Given the code name Green Prince,
Mosab Hassan Yousef spied on the
Hamas elite for over a decade, risking
exposure and certain death while
grappling with the perception that he had
betrayed his own people.
 2014 Best Documentary,
Sundance Film Festival
 2015 Audience Award,
Moscow Film Festival
 2015 Producers Guild Award
Widowed and down on his luck, Nat
Dayan is desperate to save his bakery in
London’s East End. With a dwindling
clientele and other pressures, Nat
reluctantly enlists the help of teenage
Ayyash who sells marijuana on the side
to help his struggling immigrant mother
make ends meet. When he accidentally
drops his stash in the mixing dough, the
challah starts flying off the shelves and
2016 Audience Awards at:
an unlikely friendship forms between
the old Jewish baker and his young  Green Mountain Film Festival
Muslim apprentice.
Dough is a  Hartford Jewish Film Festival
warmhearted and gently humorous
 New Hampshire Jewish Film
story about overcoming prejudice and
Festival
finding redemption in unexpected
places.
Thursday, JUNE 16
Above and Beyond (2014)
Thursday, JUNE 23
Run Boy Run (2013)
USA, Documentary, 87 minutes
Directed by Roberta Grossman
German/Polish, Drama, 102 minutes
Directed by Pepe Danquart
English subtitles
In 1948, three years after the liberation of
Nazi death camps, a group of Jewish
American pilots answered a call for help.
In secret and at great personal risk, they
smuggled planes out of the US, trained
be hi n d t h e I r o n C ur t a i n i n
Czechoslovakia and flew for Israel in its
War of Independence. This ragtag band
of brothers not only turned the tide of the
war; they also embarked on personal
journeys of discovery and renewed
Jewish pride. Above and Beyond is their
story.
Series
Sponsors:
 Common Sense Seal
 More than 22 Audience and
Best Documentary Awards,
including Denver, Miami,
Washington DC, Chicago and
Hong Kong
After his father admonishes him to hide
his Jewish identity, but never forget he
is a Jew, 8-year-old Srulik escapes the
Warsaw Ghetto and becomes Jurek, an
orphan on the run in the Polish
countryside in Summer 1942. With the
danger of capture ever present, he must
fight starvation, punishing winters and
widespread anti-Semitism as he
desperately searches for refuge. Based
on a true story and told through the
eyes of a child, Run Boy Run recounts
one boy’s extraordinary struggle to
survive.
 Audience Award, East Bay
and Philadelphia Jewish Film
Festivals
 Best Feature, Rockland
International Film Festival
REMARKS ON BECOMING PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF SPRINGFIELD
May 22, 2016
First, I must congratulate and thank Anne Morgan for her two years of excellent
leadership. She truly will be a difficult act to follow. Fortunately, I will have a reliable and
conscientious Board of Directors to help me every step of the way.
Very close behind Anne is my need to thank our professional staff. Most of you are
aware of the changes we have undergone in just the last six months. But not everyone realizes
how smoothly this transition has gone, and continues to go. The leadership of Nancy Sage, our
executive director, and Linda Morrison, our program director, has made a potentially scary
scenario into a relatively seamless one. The one constant and rock in our office has been Wendy
Evans-Terry. Truly, she has been and continues to be the glue that holds our office together.
There will be time to outline for you what my vision for our community will be during the tenure of my presidency.
For right now, let me just touch upon my overriding goal: To get more and more members of our community involved with
our Federation through whatever avenue is of interest.
If your participation in our Jewish communal life is spurred by participating in or assisting with our programming
for seniors in our community – we want you and we need you. If your interest lies in social services, as represented by the
successful Mobile Food Pantry we have sponsored, through the auspices of our Jewish Community Relations Council, for
two consecutive years – we want you and we need you. If your interests are inspired by one of the many educational
programs we sponsor – we want you and we need you. If it’s because of our annual film festival or another social activity –
we want you and we need you. If your interest is in aiding impoverished Jewish communities around the world – we want
you and we need you. If an affinity for Israel is your interest – we want you and we need you. If your interest lies in helping
create an interpretive dance to memorialize victims of the Holocaust – we want you and we need you. This is not an
exhaustive list by any means. My point is there are many ways to participate in Federation, and I can assure you we will be
an inclusive and welcoming group.
It is also very important to me that we encourage those who are spouses or partners of a Jewish member of the
community to participate in Federation. We want you, and we need you. We want to know your expectations, and we want
you to know that you are an important part of our community.
Before I close I probably need to answer an obvious question: What inspires me? The easy answer, as well as true
answer, is all of the above. But allow me to add one more reason onto my incomplete list. I can best explain it through a
brief, personal anecdote.
Several years ago, after my aunt passed away, I was going through boxes of old photographs and other items. I
came across the papers from HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) that were issued to bring my grandmother from
Eastern Europe to the United States. Jewish people, none of whom knew her of course, enabled a young, widowed mother
of three young children to escape the pogroms of Russia to begin a life of freedom. A few years ago, in 2012, Barbara and I
were in Israel visiting our daughter, Raya. One day, Barbara and I hired a driver and went to visit Hadassah’s Neurim
Village. (Those of you who were on our community’s mission to Israel a few years ago also visited Neurim.) If you are not
aware, Neurim is a home for disadvantaged youth coming from unstable home lives. These young people live and are
educated in a stable environment, and are prepared for higher education or taught a trade. That afternoon we spoke with a
teenage boy who had come from Azerbaijan. He had no father, and his mother was not able to care for him as well as she
would have liked. The Jewish Agency, which is a part of our Federation system and made up of people who did not know
this young man, brought him from Azerbaijan to Israel to try to give him a better life. Almost one hundred years separated
my grandmother from this teenage boy. But WE are the thread that connects the two of them, and many thousands, in
between. So, let me ask you a question: What other people throughout the history of civilization can say this? We always
have been, and will continue to be, responsible for one another. This is what keeps me involved.
I hope I will be worthy of the honor of leading our organization. With help from each of you, I will try.
Barry Seidman, President
The Cardozo Society of the
Jewish Federation of Springfield, Illinois
Invites you to a very special presentation
John Q. Barrett
Professor of Law
St. John’s University
The Rule of Law at Nuremberg
and Lessons for Today
Monday, June 27, 2016
SANGAMON CLUB
227 east adams, springfield
5:30 p.m. Reception
6:00 P.M. Presentation
Professor Barrett, Professor of Law at St. John’s University, is a noted scholar on U. S. Supreme Court Justice and Nuremberg
prosecutor Robert H. Jackson and the Nuremberg Trials. He has been Counselor to the Inspector General, U.S. Department of
Justice, and Associate Counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh (Iran/Contra). He lectures around the
world, with recent presentations at the Nuremberg’s Palace of Justice, the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City,
Canada’s National Judicial Institute and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in Washington D.C. He also addresses
synagogue audiences and Yom HaShoah commemoration services. He is working on a biography of the late Justice Jackson. that
will include the first inside account of Justice Jackson’s service as chief prosecutor at Nuremberg, Germany, during 1945-1946.
RSVP no later than June 20 to 217.787-7223 Ext. 18
or [email protected]
The Cardozo Society aims to strengthen relationships among attorneys, judges and law students through leadership
and education, while working together to enhance the quality of Jewish life in Springfield and beyond.
JUNE 2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
10:30 am TBS S’Hd
Old & New Bds.
7:30 pm Fed.
Bd. Mtg.
5
TBS Board Retreat
12
T/4 pm TBS Exec
Bd Mtg
Confirmation
Shavuot
19
Father’s Day
26
11 am TI Century
Brunch
6
6:15 pm Hadassah
Book Club
13
9 am TI Yizkor
Shavuot
Office Closed
20
Summer Begins
27
Cardozo/
Community
Event—John
Q. Barrett
7
10 am Chaverim
Shavuot Party
14
8
12 pm Presidents’
Mtg @ Fed
15
7:30 pm SBJE Bd
Mtg
28
7:15 pm TBS Bd
Mtg
7:30 pm Fed Exec
Bd Mtg
9
7 pm Film Series
@ Capitol City
Bar & Grill
16
7 pm Film Series
@ Capitol City
Bar & Grill
1pm TI S’Hd
Book Club
Flag Day
21
7 pm Film Series
@ Capitol City
Bar & Grill
22
7 pm Hadassah
Bd Mtg
7:30 pm TI Bd Mtg
29
23
7 pm Film Series
@ Capitol City
Bar & Grill
5:30 pm TBS Family
Shabbat
6 pm TI Service
10
5:30 pm TBS
Shabbat &
Dinner
6 pm TI Shabbat
17
5:30 pm TBS
Shabbat
6 pm TI Shabbat
24
5:30 pm TBS
Shabbat
6 pm TI Shabbat
30
9:30 am Knosh &
Knowledge
JEWISH FEDERATION OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
1045 Outer Park Drive, Suite 320
Springfield, IL 62704
Phone: 787-7223
Fax: 787-7470
www.shalomspringfield.org
Email: [email protected]
9 am TI Service
10 am TBS Service
Pasman Bar
Mitzvah @ TI
11
9 am TI Service
18
9 am TI Service
25
9 am TI Service
The Jewish Federation’s
Education and Culture Committee presents:
“IT STARTED IN SIGHET”
Creating a photographic record of synagogues
around the world
LOUIS DAVIDSON
Architect-Photographer-Historian
SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2016
10:30 am
Temple B’rith Sholom
Bagels, cream cheese, fruit and coffee
$3.00 donation
RSVP by Tuesday, July 5 to 787-7223 ext. 18 or
sjf@shalomspringfield.
The Jewish Community
Relations Council
presents:
ELLIOT CHODOFF
Political and military analyst specializing in the
Middle East conflict and the global war
on terrorism.
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016
5:45 pm Light Refreshments
6 pm Program
Federation Office
(American Red Cross Building,
First Floor, Room 120)
From the Springfield Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC)
As the Jewish community worldwide becomes smaller and more polarized with Israel becoming more
isolated and American society becoming more fractured, the building of relationships and providing of factual
information to both our own constituency and opinion leaders becomes even more important. Given today’s
world, the work of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) has taken on a more crucial role.
I have been honored to serve these past 2 years as your JCRC chair and it has been a privilege to work
with this talented board. My personal thanks to board members: Pat Chesley, Mary Beth Cohen, Rabbi Datz,
Mark Deluhery, Les Eastep, Gary Kessler, Cary Israel, ,Jordan Litvak, Ralph Loewenstein, Rabbi
Marks, Caleb Melamed, Saul Morse, Steve Rambach, Scott Sabin, Betsy Salus, Gloria Schwartz, Barbara
Seidman, Lindy Seltzer, Bob Silverman, and Stephen Stone. Thanks as well to our committee chairs: Lisa
Stone and Karen Westbrook. And to our Executive Director, Nancy Sage, for all her assistance and Linda
Morrison, program director, many thanks Together we have strengthened our community and I know under the
chairmanship of incoming chair, Betsy Salus, we will continue to build for the future.
Natalie Silverman, Chair
JCRC Mitzvah Mobile Food Pantry
Sixty-six members of the Jewish community and friends reached out to 140 families, providing food for as many as 500 adults and
children in their households on Saturday, May 14, 2016. Walking down double lines past 12,000
lbs. of food, volunteers pushed carts for our clients as they shopped for bags of onions, apples,
French toast sticks, cantaloupes, seedless watermelons, potatoes and fresh lettuce and spinach
donated by genH from their free Canady Street garden.
Special thanks to Jordan Litvak, our consummate organizer of the volunteers and to Gary
Kessler, who tenaciously pursued the donation of a flatbed truck and a forklift and to JCRC
for initiating this project. To our volunteer steering committee: Lisa and Steve Stone, Eydee
Schultz, Jordan Litvak, Natalie and Bob Silverman, Ed and Sonia Gerson, Ralph
Loewenstein, Mary Beth Cohen and Nancy Sage, Kol Hakavod.
Thanks, as well, to the Jewish Federation of Springfield for being the lead sponsor and all
of the Jewish organizations for underwriting this project. To our corporate sponsors:
Bank of Springfield, Siciliano, McQuinn, HyVee, Schnucks, Springfield Clinic, and the
genH community garden.
Most important of all were the stories we heard: “We’re 8 in our house. I’m caring for my
grandchildren, and another one is coming this week because my daughter won’t give up
crack. I don’t have anything to give them, so thank you so much.” “Normally I’m treated
like cattle, this is the first time I’ve been treated like a real human being.” Heard from a
volunteer: “I had so much fun today; thanks for including me and for donating leftovers to St.
Patrick’s School.” Note: the small amount of food left over went to St. Pat’s, the Breadline
and Ronald McDonald House.
It was another excellent effort at putting our Jewish values into action. Thanks everybody.
Lisa Stone, Chair
Shalom Springfield is generously underwritten with support from the following community partners:
Bank of Springfield, www.bankofspringfield.com (217) 529-5555
Bisch and Sons Funeral Home, www.bischandsonfuneralhome.com, (217) 544-5424
Rita Victor, Broker, Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, (217) 726-3101
Feuer-Brozgold Legacy Fund
75TH ANNUAL MEETING
Nearly eighty people attended the 75th Annual Meeting chaired by David Radwine and Gloria Schwartz. President Anne
Morgan conducted the meeting and thanked outgoing Jewish Community Relations Council Chair Natalie Silverman for
her exceptional leadership, Mark Wancket for his success as campaign chair, and Carol Loewenstein for her service on the
Board. Howard Chodash expressed appreciation from the community to Anne Morgan for her outstanding leadership and
stewardship over the past two years. Members accepted the nominating committee report, elected Kayla Worker to the
Board, and re-elected Howard Chodash, Arden Lang, and Betsy Salus. The Board members present chose as their
officers Barry Seidman, President; Pat Chesley, First Vice President; Jay Mogerman, Second Vice President; Arden
Lang, Secretary, and Fred Benson, Treasurer
Thanks to David Radwine and Gloria Schwartz for organizing a wonderful brunch, Bob Barewin, Susan Nightingale,
and Julie Seidman for helping, Chef Higgins of Maldaners for his care in catering, and to David Brodsky for designing
and printing certificates. Our gratitude to DCDS in Motion competitive youth dance team for their poignant performance
of Yeladim Yeshaynim, (Sleeping Children) dedicated to the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
Mark & Sari Wancket
Yetta Marantz
& Julie Seidman
Frances Feuer
Alex Potylchansky, Galena
Meklina & Boris Brodsky
Sharon Starr & Bob Roth
Sharon & Mark Snyder
Grady & Kathi Holley
Susan Nightingale
& Eva Muller
Betty & Ralph Hurwitz
Barbara & Barry Seidman,
Saul Morse & Anne Morgan
Cary Israel & Betsy Salus
Bob & Natalie Silverman
Anne Morgan, Nancy Sage,
& Gloria Schwartz
Blair Miller, Alexis Miller
Elliot & Pamela Cohen
Evelyn & Rick
Griminger
A Joint Letter from Rabbi Datz and Rabbi Marks
Reprinted from Temple B’rith Sholom and Temple Israel Bulletins
Our springtime festivals of Passover and Shavuot commemorate our people’s ancient past. Exodus and
Sinai are the Jewish people’s foundational narrative, imparting spiritual and moral values that continue to influence
Jewish life.
We recall and celebrate our more recent past as well, as we reflect on the history and on the religious and
communal life of Springfield Jewry. We have reason to be proud of what we as a small community have built and
maintained here. Our Jewish Federation is marking its 75th anniversary this year. Temple B’rith Sholom has a
history in Springfield that goes back more than 150 years, and Temple Israel traces its roots to the B’nai Abraham
congregation, established 120 years ago. Federation has enabled us to participate in the wider currents of modern
Jewish history by supporting the well-being and security of Israel and by doing good for Jews in need or danger,
wherever they may be. Our Temples have provided us with the opportunity for congregational worship and
celebration on Shabbat and holidays, for marking life-cycle events, for the study of Torah and Tradition, and for
translating the ideals of tzedakah and gemilut chasadim into practice.
The concern for continuity and survival, however, demands that we focus not only on celebrating our past
but, now more than ever, on planning for our future. We have both been privileged to serve in our pulpits for
many years, but neither of us envisions himself in an active full-time role ten years hence. New rabbinic leadership
will involve a significant transition for the Jewish community. The membership rolls of our synagogues have been
dwindling, and our members by and large represent an aging population. The survival of an active Jewish
community serving the religious and communal needs of local Jewry will require unity, coordination,
collaboration, the pooling of our resources, and ultimately, a congregational merger.
Discussions regarding collaboration and joint activities as well as the possibility of a merger have been
conducted intermittently over the past decade, but the results have fallen short of their intended purpose.
Circumstances, however, are different now, and we believe that our congregants understand the urgency of our
situation. Far better to act now, when our congregations are both in a period of relative strength than to wait until
one or both collapse.
We are aware of the heightened emotions that surround the discussion of congregational collaboration and
merger, but we believe that the long-term interests of the entire community require that we set aside partisanship,
suspicion and rancor and that we undertake an open, reasoned and realistic consideration of the future prospects
for Jewish communal life in Springfield. With good will and with trust, it is possible to honor the unique legacies
of both congregations and to accommodate the religious needs of a diverse membership within the framework of
a united community.
We are pleased that the boards of both Temples have recently appointed a joint committee, consisting of
three representatives from each congregation, to initiate discussions of this topic. We are grateful to outgoing
congregational presidents, Bob Roth and Sari Wancket, and to outgoing Federation president Anne Morgan,
during whose terms of office the joint committee was established, and we have confidence in the members who
are serving on the committee. Both of us are pleased to lend our support and our endorsement to the ongoing
discussions and to what they are attempting to accomplish. It is our hope that the legacy of our people’s past and
of the past history of Springfield Jewry will live on into the future.
Rabbi Michael Datz
Temple B’rith Sholom
Rabbi Barry Marks
Temple Israel
CONGRATULATIONS
2016 CAROL MARKS
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
Join with your Federation
Chaverim to celebrate
Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks.
Shavuot marks the conclusion of the
Counting of Omer and commemorates
the day God gave the Torah
to the
People of Israel.
BARBARA RABIN
HIAS
The Hebrew Immigration Aid
Society or HIAS is the American
Jewish community’s international
migration agency. HIAS assists Jews whose lives
and freedom are at risk, through rescue, relocation,
family reunification, and resettlement. Since its
inception in 1881 in response to the exodus of
Jewish emigrants from Imperial Russia, HIAS has
helped resettle nearly 4.5 million people. Our
Federation worked with HIAS when members of
our community from the former Soviet Union were
resettled in Springfield. Your annual contribution to the
Jewish Federation of Springfield helps support HIAS.
Tuesday, June 7
10—11 am
$2.00 per person
The Jewish Federation office 1045 Outer
Park Drive, Suite 320
There is an elevator and ample parking rear parking lot has a ramp entrance.
Please let me know if you need a ride!
RSVP by June 3 to Linda Morrison
787-7223 ext. 18
or [email protected].
The Jewish Federation of Springfield Presents:
KNOSH & KNOWLEDGE
Translations featuring the
work of artists David
Brodsky, Jed Leber, and
Corrin
Smithson
McWhirter continues to be
on display at the Prairie Art Alliance Gallery in the
Hoogland through June 16.
In this exhibition, each artist uses their artistic medium to
translate internal narratives into a conversation with the
viewer. David Brodsky captures photographic moments
which shed light on truth, emotion, and humanity in his
search for the soul of things.
Prairie Art Alliance Gallery in the Hoogland is operated by
the Springfield Art Association, 420 S. 6th St., Springfield,
IL 62701, and is open Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m., Thursday - Saturday, 10:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Extended hours through intermission of all LRS Theatre
shows. For more information, call (217) 544-2787 or visit
www.prairieart.org.
“Navigating Change in the Newspaper Industry”
Angie Muhs
Executive Editor, The State Journal Register
Wednesday, June 29
9:30 a.m.
The State Journal Register
One Copley Plaza
Springfield, IL
RSVP to Linda by Friday, June 24 at 787-7223 ext. 18
or [email protected]
SAGE NOTES
The Jewish Federation of Springfield may be considered a “small Federation,” but our strength over the past
75 years has been due to our dedication to protecting and enhancing the well-being of Jews in Israel and throughout
the world, and to serving the interests and needs of our own local Jewish community. Our priorities and activities
remain true to our mission, and your generosity makes it all possible. We are grateful.
I’ve had the privilege of serving as executive director for the past five months. I applied for the position
because I believe so strongly in this organization, its ability to make a difference in people’s lives, and the importance
of Israel to the Jewish people, and I care deeply about our community and our future. The more I learn about how
our Federation functions and what we achieve, the more I understand why the Jewish Federation of Springfield has earned the
reputation of being one of the most active, vibrant, and relevant small federations.
During this year of change, we have accomplished much. Our Federation gave a $3,200 grant to B’rit Ysrael religious school,
scholarships to Jewish camps, and for the first time, to the Maccabi Games. We sponsored a Jewish Film Festival, featured speakers,
reshaped Chaverim, delivered holiday baskets as part of home visits, offered monthly programs for active retirees, raised funds and had
fun at the Chai Tea and at the annual Gala Winetasting Event, hosted by Ted and Pam LeBlang.
This year has also been a year when we recognized and set out to meet the challenges we face as a community that is becoming
smaller. It is a credit to our community that the Jewish Federation of Springfield was selected by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation to
participate in their LIFE & LEGACYTM program. LIFE & LEGACYTM is a two year program that assists communities, through
partnerships with Jewish Federations, to promote after lifetime giving to benefit local synagogues and organizations. The Federation,
Temple B’rith Sholom, and Temple Israel are committed to working together to secure a Jewish future in Springfield.
The Jewish Community Relations Council led by Natalie Silverman, created a forum to discuss the Iran Agreement, brought
to our attention issues related to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), kept Israel in the forefront, joined in partnership with Great
Rivers Presbytery, sponsored a candidates forum, and will again work to combat hunger in Springfield through the JCRC Mitzvah
Mobile Food Pantry.
Mark Wancket has been an exemplary and tireless campaign chair whose achievements include initiating a matching campaign
gift increase program that contributed to the success of the 2016 campaign. A special thanks to Campaign Cabinet Advisory Committee,
Nancy Chesley and Cary Israel, and to Jack and Rita Victor for so graciously hosting the Pacesetters event.
Every day, I am thankful that I am not alone, nor could I succeed without the help, talent, support and dedication of so many. I
am indebted to President Anne Morgan for her wise advice, counsel, and direction. Federation committees kept an amazing pace and
produced a variety of programs that ranged from educational to entertaining. Our Legacy Board chaired by Jerry Jennings led the way
long before LIFE & LEGACY in securing after life gifts and special endowments. We are grateful that the Linda and Les Eastep
Financial Needs Assistance Fund and Sam & Peggy Klein Fund have been established. The Board of Directors and Executive
Board are true guardians of the Federation and this community; their stewardship and dedication are behind every action we take.
The Federation office ran seamlessly due to Wendy Evans-Terry, office manager, who goes above and beyond the
expectations of her position. Her knowledge of all things Federation, skills as a publisher, and willingness to help and offer guidance in
all areas contributed greatly to ensuring a transition as smooth as possible. As always, Sari Miller Wancket responds with compassion
and understanding when someone in our community is in need of social services. My predecessor, Josephine Gon, and Rachel
Hinkle, former program director, left plans in place and tools to use so that we were able to continue the work of our Federation and
serve our community. In August 2015, Linda Morrision became Federation’s program director. Linda adds enthusiasm, warmth, and
insight to each program and committee meeting that she plans and coordinates.
As this year comes to a close and as we begin to honor and celebrate the 75 year history of our truly remarkable organization, I
want to emphasize that our achievements are all made possible by you, and that what we do as a Federation is all about Community & Commitment.
- Nancy Sage, Executive Director
THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO PLEDGED TO THE 2016 CAMPAIGN.
These names were not included in last month’s list:
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Daniels
Ms. Pat Halperin
Family of Mark Sage
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Zook
TEMPLE B’RITH SHOLOM
& TEMPLE ISRAEL CRUISE NEWS!!
JANUARY 22-29, 2017
Dr. Brad Schwartz, on receiving the SIU Teaching
Excellence Award, an honor bestowed upon a
tenured or tenure-track faculty member. He will
receive the permanent title of Distinguished
Teacher..
Emily Hammel, on earning her Master's in
Statistics: Analytics Concentration from the
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Stephen Stone, on being the principal
investigator on a new SIU clinical trial study at
Simmons Cancer Institute for patients with Stage
II or III melanoma.
Libby Morse, on her graduation from University of
Illinois.
Isaak Daniels, son of Marc and Adrienne Daniels,
on receiving his Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry
from Kansas University.
Genie Melamed, on being an intern for
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky this summer in
Washington, D.C.
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Fax: 217-787-7470
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.shalomspringfield.org
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Gloria Schwartz Fund
Hexter Fund
In Honor of:
In Memory of:
Barry Seidman, on becoming president of the Federation
and on the opening of the new Barney’s store location,
from Cary & Mary Lang.
Margaret Ann Kish, from the Westbrook Family.
Neal J. Feldman Fund
In Memory of:
Joni A. Wolfson Campership Fund
In Honor of:
Nolan Lipsky, from Howard & Beryl Feldman.
Barry Seidman, on becoming president of the Federation
and on the opening of the new Barney’s store location,
from Pat & Nancy Chesley.
Lenore Loeb Fund
In Honor of:
Tanya Reeves, for helping to bring history alive, from
Harvey Chimoff.
Condolences to the family of
Bernice Israel, mother of Cary Israel.
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