MARCH 2013 Volume XXI Number 9

MARCH 2013 Volume XXI Number 9
SERVICES SCHEDULE
Friday, March 1
3rd & 4th Grades
Rhythm & Jews Family Erev
Shabbat Service 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 2
Shabbat Service and Torah
Discussion 10:00 a.m.
Parashat Ki Tisa
Exodus 30:11-34:35
Friday, March 8
Erev Shabbat Service 7:30 p.m.
Honoring the Women of Sinai
Saturday, March 9
Shabbat Service and Torah
Discussion 10:00 a.m.
Parashat Vayak’heil-Pekudei
Exodus 35:1-40:38
Friday, March 15
Erev Shabbat Service 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 16
Shabbat Service and Torah
Discussion 10:00 a.m.
Parashat Vayikra
Leviticus 1:1-5:26
TEMPLE OFFICE HOURS
Monday and Thursday ............................................... 8:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday ............................................ 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Friday ........................................................................... 8:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
The office will be closed Tuesday, March 26.
JUST A REMINDER: please contact the temple office (924-1802) with
Information if you
 hear of a congregant who is ill, or in the hospital.
 have a death to report.
 have a Yahrzeit that you would like read, or changed, advise the office
no later than the Wednesday prior to the Friday.
Please do not call the Rabbi or Chazzan. The office will gather all the information and contact everyone who needs to be notified.
TABLET DEADLINE
Articles and pictures for the APRIL issue of the TABLET are due no later
than March 5th. Text must be in Microsoft Word format (.doc); photos, in
JPEG format – high resolution, at least 300dpi, clear, not blurry!! and e-mailed
only as an attachment to [email protected]
The Tablet always moving forward!
Friday, March 22
Erev Shabbat Service 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 23
Shabbat Service and Torah
Discussion 10:00 a.m.
Parashat Tzav
Leviticus 6:1-8:36
Hope you enjoy our first color issue published under
Messner Publications in Winter Haven, Florida.
When you see me at the temple, please let me know what
you think of these changes.
Monday, March 25
Passover Seder 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 26
Pesach Day 1 Service 10:00 am
Friday, March 29
Erev Shabbat Service 6:00 p.m.
Honoring New Members
Mickie Kaye, editor
Daylight Saving Time begins at
2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in
March - 3/10/13.
Saturday, March 30
Shabbat Service and Torah
Discussion 10:00 a.m.
Parashat Shabbat Chol
Hamoed Pesach
Exodus 33:12-34:26
Monday, April 1
Yizkor Service 10:00 a.m.
Friday, April 5
Rhythm & Jews Family
Erev Shabbat Service 6:00 p.m.
Honoring our Sinai Teachers
Saturday, April 6
Shabbat Service and Torah
Discussion 10:00 a.m.
Parashat Sh’mini 2
Leviticus 9:1-11:47
2013 DATES TO REMEMBER!
Mark your calendar to reserve these dates
Dates subject to change. Please keep timely with the weekly
Sinai News Now and monthly Tablet.
Saturday, March 2 - Temple Sinai Gala Event
Thursday, March 7 - WoS Mah Jongg, Mah Jongg &
More
Friday, March 8 - WoS Shabbat Service
Monday, March 25 - Congregational First Night Passover Seder
Sunday, March 31- Dinner & Movie with the Rabbi
Friday, April 19 - Erev Shabbat Service/Congregational Dinner
Sunday, April 21 - Dinner & Movie with the Rabbi
Saturday, April 27 - Sinai Swinging Sock Hop
Sunday, May 12 - SMC Celebrates Mothers
sunday, May 19 - Annual Congregational Meeting & Luncheon
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IN MY OPINION
The Book of Exodus tells us of Moses’
decision to lead the people in a round about
way to avoid confrontation. Early in the trek
through the wilderness, they are attacked by
Amalek, who would become the archetype
enemy of the Jews through the ages. For 40
years they avoid confrontation until the
people are strong enough to encounter the
hostile forces that wait for them in the land.
The lesson drawn from this could be that the entire
world is hostile and that our choice is either to fight against
the outside world or to avoid engaging it altogether. But
failure to engage our neighbors, far from strengthening us,
leaves us vulnerable to outside forces. Isolation engenders
ignorance and an inability to survive and flourish in a
shrinking world.
In contrast, as Reform Jews, we have been proponents
of engagement. Far from denying that we are part of a
larger world, we have sought to immerse ourselves in it as
active participants, not as isolated bystanders.
For a number of years, I have had the opportunity to
accompany the young men and women in our 10th grade to
Washington, DC where they participate in the L’Taken
program, a seminar created by the Religious Action Center
of the Reform Movement. Over a long weekend, the
participants study and learn about the issues confronting us
today both as Jews and as Americans. They also meet
hundreds of other students from Reform congregations
throughout the nation and engage with them on causes that
will affect them for the rest of their lives. On Monday
morning, we traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with and lobby
the staff of our two Senators and Representative on causes
they have studied.
For us to be relevant as a religious community, we must
confront the world. Our members, far from isolating
themselves from their neighbors, live lives of engagement,
successful in all realms of secular life. If Judaism does not
inform us with regard to the decisions we make in our lives
every day, the beliefs we hold, and our vision of the kind of
society in which we want to live, we have to wonder how
relevant Judaism will be to the next generation. For that
reason, I have found the L’Taken program nothing less than
inspiring.
I offer my deepest thanks to the RAC staff for the good
work that they do, and to our students this year as in the
past, for having taken the time out of their busy lives to
study how best to engage the world in which we live.
On Super Bowl Sunday at Temple Sinai, 145 members and
guests were treated to a fascinating presentation by Dr.
Gershon Baskin who spoke on the negotiations between
Israel and Hamas that led to the release of Gilead Schalit.
For more than five years, Baskin had been involved in
efforts to obtain Shalit's release, despite never being asked
to do so by the Israeli government. A great many diplomats
and intelligence officials from Egypt, Germany, France,
Turkey and other countries tried for more than five years to
broker an agreement between Israel and Hamas for Shalit's
release. Dr. Baskin was the lead initiator and the person
responsible for the secret back channel negotiations
between Israel and Hamas that successfully led to the
release of the abducted Israeli soldier in October 2012.
The program was co-chaired by Jack Braverman and Janet
Tolbert. Following the presentation, many members took
advantage of a Super Bowl themed dinner prepared by
volunteer chef Michael Lauberblat.
The Mishkan Tefilah prayer books, with beautiful
bookplates designed by Skip Dyrda, are for sale for $36 in
Honor Of or In Memory Of a loved one.
Thanks and kudos to Michael Lauberblat, Faye Lipkins,
Alyson Zildjian, Barbara Brown, Janet Gross, Helen
Margolis, Dottie Schmidt and all the "table setters," for
their hard work in making the Chanukah Dinner
a smashing success!
Betty Perlmutter, VP Ritual
BIMAH HONORS
Celebrating a special event?
Why not commemorate this event with a Bimah Honor at
one of our Erev Shabbat Services. If interested, please
contact Betty Perlmutter at 926-4749 or email her at
[email protected].
Rabbi Geoff Huntting
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MISCELLANEOUS
want to implement; but unless we get more help, these
won’t happen. Over the next several months, I will be
reaching out to our younger members for their support. The
future success of our Food Festival is in younger arms and
legs.
2013-2014 WOMEN OF SINAI
NOMINEES FOR OFFICE
The following slate of officers for the Women of Sinai is
presented for approval for the year 2013-2014. As per the
WOS By-Laws, additional nominations will be taken from
the floor at the April General Meeting. If you plan to make
a nomination from the floor, please first ask the person you
nominate if she will accept the position.
President
VP Administration
VP Hospitality
Thanks again for the outstanding support of my committee
and volunteers.
Mark Margolis, Chairman
Patty Schreiber
Micki Sherin Evans
Sherry Linhart, Betty Perlmutter, &
Karen Reynolds
Joanne Trachtenberg
Sara Benesch
Diane Hart
Ronnie Kahn
Sandy Livon
Dottie Schmidt
Judy Rogovin
Janet Moses
Mazel Tov!
VP Membership
VP Mitzvah
VP Programs
VP Judaica Shop
VP Special Events
Treasurer
Financial Secretary
Recording Secretary
Nominating Committee
From General Membership:
Diane Block, Betty Cahall, Jane Glusman
From WOS Board:
Diane Hart, Sandy Livon, Janet Moses
Respectfully submitted,
Joanne Trachtenberg - Chair of Nominating Committee
Sara Benesch
Jane Glusman
Sherry Linhart
Marilyn Shapo
Karen Witte
A SUCCESSFUL FOOD FESTIVAL AND
A CALL TO YOUNG ARMS AND LEGS
Now I can talk about the Food Festival after it happened
and after our committee had a post mortem meeting. By
any measurement, the 1/13/13 (the shift from a December
to a January Food Festival worked very well) Food Festival
was an overwhelming success.
However, this wonderful success comes with a warning.
My outstanding team is getting older. It’s not easy standing
up for 2 hours and serving corn beef sandwiches, etc. We
need an influx of younger people and more volunteers. We
recognize and support our obligation to serve the needs of
the younger members, the Gan and Religious School;
however, this support has to be somewhat of a 2 way street.
There are a number of new Food Festival initiatives we
Long time members Isabelle and Herb Horowitz
celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary here at
Temple Sinai by sponsoring an Erev Shabbat
Wine and Cheese Reception
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CHAZZAN’S NOTES
serve you well inside and out of temple for years to come.
The risk is in knowing that the learning curve is different
for everyone and that making a mistake does not make you
a fool, it makes you a hero for everyone else.
Please, email me at [email protected] or call me at
924-1802 and let me know what you think.
WHAT SHOULD I LEARN
NOW?
The title of this article asks the one
question that I believe is the best all purpose
question anyone at our temple could ask.
There is so much to learn and all of the resources are here. The problem we often face
is that with so much from which to pick, sometimes one
might not even know what the world of possibility for study
might be.
As clergy and also as an expert in music, the selection
of educational offerings is a bit easier for me since most
people approach me to learn about all things musical. That
not withstanding, I must share with you that even within the
disciplines with which I am most familiar, there too is a bit
of apprehension when it comes to study.
This year I have had a wonderful experience and response to my History of the Music of the Synagogue
class. I think that the very interactive nature of the class and
the ample turnout has been a result of the fact that this
group of students has been eager to ask questions and share
their personal musical experiences. The warmth and desire
to learn seems to be more compelling for this group than
any potential moments of awkwardness that often accompanies the coverage of new material. This is the exception, not
the rule.
Because of the apprehension that often occurs with new
material, I want to get your opinion on the subject of course
material. Usually, I alternate the teaching of a music or
Prayer Book Hebrew Class with the teaching of a class in
Cantillation. Cantillation is the art of chanting the torah. I
have already told a few students that I plan to teach this
class next year. However, I think I will teach it concurrently
with the music history class I am now teaching. But before I
commit to teaching a full class in cantillation, I want to
share a few thoughts with you.
Teaching cantillation can be done as a one on one tutorial or it can be done in a classroom setting. If I had some
sense that there was a group of you out there who were interested in learning cantillation while helping to create the
kind of warm and inviting climate for learning that my history students have done, I think there would be reason
enough to have a full cantillation class.
I mention this because cantillation involves chanting
Hebrew and developing a new skill. At first we all make
mistakes in learning to use this skill but one cannot be
afraid of making mistakes. As a class, we must create an
environment in which making mistakes is okay. It is the
only way to learn.
I simply would like to know how many of you are eager
and willing to take a big enough risk to learn a skill that will
L’Shalom,
Chazzan Cliff Abramson

Sing-A-Long
During the Passover Seder, we sing many songs. Some of
them are thanks to God for saving our people in Egypt.
When Israel was in Egypt’s land,
Let My people go!
Oppressed so hard they could not stand,
Let my people go!
Refrain:
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt’s land;
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
No more shall they in bondage toil,
Let my people go!
Let them come out with Egypt’s spoil,
Let my people go!
Refrain
Thus saith the Lord, bold Moses said,
Let my people go!
If not, I’ll smite your first born dead,
Let my people go!
Refrain
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BOARD BRIEFS - JANUARY 9, 2013
Chazzan Abramson: Led the BOT in the opening prayer.
Financial Secretary, Karen Harris: Membership stands at 449
units at the end of December. We continue to run somewhat
ahead of last year in dues collections and Religious School is
slightly ahead of last year with $24K collected which is 73% of
budget and 71% of billed. Questionnaires and brief letters have
been sent to all members on abatement.
Co-President, Harvey Sussman: Requested that when
volunteers agree to take on a project, they understand their
commitment and follow through with their commitment and
finish the project/task.
Minutes of the December 12, 2012 BOT meeting were approved.
Vice President, Programming, Mike Benesch: Plans are in
place for a speaker series with the first speaker Dr. Gershon
Baskin scheduled for February 3. There are two new education
offerings in January (The Hebrew Bible and a Women’s Rosh
Chodesh Study group) as well as the continuation of programs
including the Food Drive, BackPack Kids, Troop Holiday
Packages and Dinner and Movie with the Rabbi. Mitzvah Day
will be rescheduled to later in the year. We are planning a temple
religious retreat for October 25-27 at a hotel in the Tampa area.
Treasurer, Gary Kravitz : We are in the middle of our budget
cycle. We hope to have all meetings with department heads
completed by February 1.
Vice President, Administration, Michael Juceam: A committee
to study ways to increase electronic storage capacity has been
formed.
Vice President, Caring, Elana Margolis: Last month 13 get
well cards, 15 Chanukah cards, 5 kudos cards and 5 sympathy
cards were sent out. The Shiva Project committee will meet later
this month. Senior Connections is working well but we still need
a few additional members to step up and volunteer to make visits
to members.
Vice President, Membership, Marc Rosen: A New Member
Shabbat Service is planned for Friday March 29th. Participated in
Selby Gardens Festival of Lights on Tuesday December 18 th
representing Temple Sinai. A review committee is scheduled to
meet this month to discuss the current Category 1 & 2 fee
structure for younger families.
Vice President, Youth Education, Sunny Brownrout:
 Gan - The National Accreditation Commission for Early
Care and Education Programs in the Association for Early
Learning Leaders awarded the Gan accreditation. VPK
Providers receive a Readiness Rate calculation based on
students who have substantially completed two standardized
tests. The Gan at Temple Sinai’s 2011-12 Program received
the highest possible Readiness Rate of 100!
 Religious School - A Holocaust survivor addressed the 7th
grade class about his experiences…and the class was riveted.
Gift members and their hosts attended a Pizza in the Park
with the clergy. The Religious School had great involvement
in the congregational Chanukah Service and dinner. There
are four children in the Lakewood Ranch Hebrew School.
 Youth Group – 17 SAFETY teens attended the NFTY-STR
Winter Regional Convention in Orlando. 3 SAFETY teens
will attend the NFTY National Convention in Los Angeles in
February with the help of scholarship funds provided by
Rabbi Huntting and the Youth Group Restricted Fund.
Vice President, Ritual, Betty Perlmutter: December 14th
Chanukah party/dinner was a huge success with 261 attendees.
Sue Huntting is working on the program for the Purim Service
with dinner to follow on February 24 th. Feb 1st is the next
Rhythm & Jews Erev Shabbat Service.
Women of Sinai President, Patty Schreiber: The Artisans and
Artists exhibit continues. The Dick Hyman concert was held on
Sunday January 6 with over 200 people in attendance.
Simchagrams for 2013 are being prepared.
Men’s Club President, Bill Gregory: Membership is 130. The
SMC has agreed to underwrite the Gala in the amount of $3,000.
SMC’s 2013/2014 calendar will include 8 breakfasts (including
Mother’s Day), a baseball outing, 1 or 2 “off campus” events and
2 or 3 on-campus events.
Old Business:
 Rental Guidelines: Jason Collier and Dan Dannheisser were
thanked for their help in developing guidelines for use in
contracting for the rental of Temple Sinai facilities.
Vice President, Development, Sandy Mehlenbacher: Plans for
the January 13 Food Festival continue. We still need additional
volunteers. There will be a total of 36 vendors (18 Health and 18
others) at the Food Festival. Special thanks to Michael Juceam,
Michael Lauberblat, Florey Miller and Chairperson Mark
Margolis. The Annual Appeal has $127,889 in pledges and
donations. A Directory Workshop was held on January 9. Plans
continue to move forward for our “Black and White Masquerade
Ball” to be held on March 2, 2013.
New Business:
 Branding: A presentation on Temple Sinai “Branding” was
made by Cindy Guttmann. Discussed the need for guidelines
for use of the Temple Sinai logo and tag line on all
documents.
 Security: Temple outer doors will be locked from 8:00 AM to
4:00 PM and congregants need to be aware of the need for
this increase in security.
Vice President, Facilities, Gene Evans: There continues to be a
high level of usage of our facilities including 4 outside rentals.
This month the Inter-City Bridge Club will begin holding their
bridge events on Tuesday afternoons in the Social Hall. Requests
for audio facilities (sound) should be made whenever a facilities
usage request form is submitted.
The next meeting of the Board of Trustees will be on February
13, 2013 at 7:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Marvin Rosen, Secretary
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FROM THE CO-PRESIDENTS
Beneficence is defined as the
quality or state of being beneficent.
It is also defined as benefaction, a
benefit conferred such as a
charitable donation. Thus being a
creator, a builder, a contributor to life - all these constitute
beneficence. Greedy people take and generous people give.
In life we learn that giving is infinitely more satisfying than
taking. As human beings, one of our greatest needs is to be
accepted and appreciated. We strive to honor the life force
in each person. Regardless of the circumstance, we can be
civil, calm and thoughtful in our actions.
FYI from JFCS
Jewish Family and Children Services of Sarasota
Manatee County working in conjunction with Sarasota
Manatee Jewish Federation and Gulf Coast Jewish Family
and Children Service is pleased to announce new and
expanded services for area Holocaust Survivors.
Through our case management program, we can assist
you in identifying resources both within the Jewish
Community and additional areas as well. Current services
include the popular Friendly Visitor Programs, Emergency
Assistance Applications, Insurance Issues Resolutions,
Claims Conference Applications and Appeals. We can also
assist you in identifying other resources within JFCS or the
Sarasota/Manatee communities.
In addition, monthly social and group gatherings are in
the works for the new year. Events will be held in Sarasota
and South Sarasota County locations.
Jan Alston, Jewish Financial Assistance
366-2224
[email protected]
IGNITE!
For Yourself
 Approach each day with honesty and gratitude.
 Invest time in nurturing your talents.
 Attempt to grow by making time in your schedule for
self-maintenance.
For Your Family
 Use your energy to build up the confidence of others.
 Help others to be independent.
At Work
 Help identify solutions as well as identifying problems.
 React to conflict carefully without bringing emotions
into a professional situation.
 Be valuable as a team member by being available and
dependable.
HONOR AND REMEMBER
Sponsoring a Welcome Reception or an Oneg -- Why not
celebrate an occasion of your own, or honor someone with a
sponsored Welcome Reception or an Oneg. The cost to
sponsor is $200. To reserve your date, please call Tina at the
temple office at 924-1802
At Our Congregation
 Dedicate time and energy to create positive
experiences.
 Work to empower and enable both clergy and fellow
congregants to do their best work.
 Be sensitive when voicing criticism and offering
constructive suggestions.
Memorial Plaques -- What a beautiful way to honor your
loved ones who have passed away. In the tradition of our
forefathers, they will be honored annually on each Yahrzeit.
The cost per plaque is $360. For more information, contact
Bob Applebaum at 539-2177 or email him at
[email protected].
Tree of Life -- What a wonderful way to mark a special event
for friends and family. The illuminated Tree of Life is on the
wall just outside the Sanctuary. A Dove ($300) or a Leaf
($150) on our Tree of Life will make any event even more
special. For more information, contact Mark Zildjian at
[email protected].
The Gala Committee
thanks TJ Miller for
his time & creativity
in designing our
special invitations.
for the Black &
White Masquerade
Ball.
Well done!
About the cover this month:
Wishing you all a Happy Passover!
Mickie Kaye, editor
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TIKKUN OLAM
Mothers Helping Mothers
Tikkun olam translates from Hebrew
as helping others, bettering the
community, and "healing the world".
All are ancient themes in Judaism. In
Temple Sinai, community service has
most commonly been done through Social Action and
Mitzvah Day with planned activities such as feeding the
needy, visiting the elderly and cleaning up a street. But in
the past few years, there has been an explosion among
American Reform Jewry to do more than just treat a
symptom through Social Action events. Through Social
Responsibility, and ultimately Social Justice, we want to
cure the illness.
We postponed Mitzvah Day this year in part because
the usual agencies with which we dealt did not present work
activities of substance. We have now embarked upon a new
tikkun olam plan modeled after Betty Liner’s very
successful BackPack Kids program. We are developing
ongoing relationships with agencies where throughout the
year we can have an impact on our community, thus
moving up to the level of Social Responsibility on our way
to Social Justice. We will develop a relationship with ten
agencies with which we will work, perhaps with a staged
project every three months culminating in a significant
annual event similar to our past Mitzvah Days.
MHM provides free clothing to needy families. Temple
Sinai is supporting MHM on an on-going basis. There are
four ways for you to help:
1. Donate gently worn clothing (infant, child, adolescent,
adult) into the MHM containers in the atrium and Gan
lobby. Tina will have donation receipts.
2. Volunteer time to help sort the clothing
3. Volunteer time to assist recipients make their
selections.
4. Hold babies while parents shop.
If you have any questions or are interested in volunteering,
please contact Rae Ellen Levene at [email protected]
Donation Request for Military Care
Packages: Care packages will be sent
to our deployed American Jewish
ser vi ce men and women for
Passover.
Mixed nuts, individual
packs of coffee, tea, or lemonade,
candies, cookies, magazines, books,
CDs & DVDs. We would also greatly appreciate monetary
donations to Temple Sinai’s Rosenstein Social Action
Fund. If any dentists, doctors or other professionals have
any extra samples like toothpaste or hand sanitizer, perhaps
you can donate them or any old magazines that you no
longer need. This is not just a contribution to an
organization; this is truly a person-to-person gift to
individuals. Donations should be delivered on or prior
to Friday, March 1 and placed in the designated bins in
the temple office.
Our progress and team so far:
Tikkun Olam Chairperson
Open: Mike Benesch acting
Mitzvah Day:
Jim Wolfson, co-chair George Bardos, co-chair
Shelley Markus, advisor
BackPack Program
Betty Liner
General Contractors ( lead on minor rehab projects)
Bill Witte: Habitat For Humanity
Family Services
Rae Ellen Levene (Mothers Helping Mothers)
Natalie Tate – Care Packages for Jewish Troops Overseas
WoS sponsor Chanukah packages
Community Services
Marilyn and Bruce Bloch: weekly All Faiths Food Bank
Jean Danoff: Annual Mayor’s Feed The Hungry Program
George Bardos: Save Our Seabirds
Adopt-A-Road: Youth Groups, Andrea Eiffert, consultant
If you are interested in joining our Tikkun Olam team in a
responsible position as chair of an agency or if you would
like to nominate an agency, please contact me at
[email protected].
Troops stationed in Kuwait thanking us for the packages and
cards sent for Chanukah
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GOINGS ON AT THE GAN
TU B’SHEVAT CELEBRATION
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
March 4-8
Dr. Seuss Week
March 7
Seder Survival Workshop 7pm
Last year, the children of The Gan planted a tree sapling
just outside our playground to celebrate Tu B’Shevat. We
watched it grow as the children grew throughout the
year. For this year’s holiday of the trees, we sat next to our
tree and listened to stories about our beautiful planet and
the plant life on it. Next, the boys and girls decorated pots
and planted parsley seeds to care for and watch grow just in
time to use at Passover!
March 11-15 SCHOOL CLOSED – Spring Break
March 22
Passover Seder Activities
March 26
SCHOOL CLOSED – Passover (Day1)
March 27-29 12:00 Dismissal/No lunch served
Shoshanim sharing
their planting
ONGOING
Temple Tots for Infants: 3 – 11 months
Thursdays 9:30 – 10:15am NO FEE
BRING YOUR HERO TO SHABBAT AND
STAY FOR LUNCH
Daddies, Grandparents and Aunties…oh my!
In
conjunction with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the
children of The Gan learned about making a difference in
someone’s life and being an everyday hero! The children
brought a special person in their lives to our daytime
Shabbat celebration where we said our blessings, sang
songs, heard some poetry, and danced that Shabbat
feeling!! Afterward, everyone marched back to their
classrooms to share lunch time together. It was a very
special day!
Tom and Jackson Mitchell
Parparim class planting
parsley
Alexander Nir showing a
job well done
Alayna Cassell and Grandma
IS PASSOVER CAUSING YOU
ANXIETY???
Whether you were raised in a Jewish family or not, hosting
a seder can be overwhelming and stressful. Discover how to
make Passover meaningful for your family at the FREE
Seder Survival Workshop on Thursday, March 7 from 7-9
pm. Facilitated by Sue Huntting and Laura Freedman, the
workshop will include wine tasting and matzah ball
making! It is open to the entire community so bring your
friends! Read more about this on page 14 of this issue.
Cassandra and Eli
Winters
Reserve a spot by contacting Sue or Laura at 926-9462.
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BECAUSE WE CARE
TEMPLE SINAI GENERAL FUND
In Honor of:
Rabbi Huntting: Irene and Robert
Fritsch
Ted Bleecker’s 95th birthday: Ida and
Bill Kittner
Robin and Michael Strauss’
anniversary: Betty and Donald Cahall
Ellen and Henry Mason’s
grandchildren: Betty and Donald Cahall
In Appreciation of:
Rhonda Zemil for her help: Jeff Earl
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
In Honor of:
My mother Muriel Siegel’s 90 th
birthday: Joni Steinberg
Rabbi Huntting: Beverly and Alan
Fendrick
The birth of Catherine Elizabeth Gold,
granddaughter of Nancy and David
Gold: Karen and Bill Witte
Ruth and Richard Goldman’s new
home: Jean and Jerry Danoff
In Appreciation of:
My Aliyah: Helene Dollinger
Rabbi Huntting: Joni Steinberg
Helen Margolis for all her help: Ruth
Goldman
Joe Margolis for attaching the
Mezzuzah in our new home: Ruth and
Richard Goldman
Jeanne Kaufman, wife of Ken Kaufman: Nesbit, Dorothy and Guy Provenjano,
Margery Kornswiet
Eve and Ed Pokornicky, Judy and Zvi
Rogovin, Harriet and Marc Rosen,
T H E P I CK ME UP R ID E S Marvin Rosen, Barbara and Joe
PROGRAM FUND:
Sander, Helene Schechter and Ari
Shapiro, Marilyn and Ron Shapo,
In Honor of:
Rose and Nathan Sokoloff’s 75 th Maggie and Mark Sharff, Patty and
wedding anniversary: Elana and Mark Allan Schreiber, Diane and Norman
Silverstein, Myna and Jeff Stoltz,
Mark Margolis
Ruth and Richard Goldman’s new Joanne and Alan Trachtenberg, Nancy
and William VeShancey
home: Elana and Mark Margolis
Naomi Ozrowitz, mother of Sherry
In Appreciation of:
Thomas: Elana and Mark Margolis,
Ellen and Henry Mason: Elana and Marilyn and Ron Shapo
Mark Margolis
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL FUND:
YOUTH FUND:
In Honor of:
Bonnie Sussman’s special birthday:
Diane and Norman Silverstein
The birth of Catherine Elizabeth Gold,
granddaughter of Nancy and David
Gold: Marilyn and Ron Shapo
In Honor of:
Joe and Helen Margolis, Jack and
Dorothy Nesbit, Bob and Joan Ravin,
Zvi and Judy Rogovin, my good friends
in the Temple Sinai bowling league:
Julian Koss
In Appreciation of:
ROBERT L. BASEMAN FUND FOR
Dr. Steven Fineman: Elana and Mark T H E E N H A N C E M E N T A N D
Margolis
PROMOTION OF TEMPLE SINAl:
Speedy Recovery of:
In Honor of:
Lee David: Diane and Norman Sharon Linder and Doug Popp’s new
Silverstein
home: Elana and Mark Margolis
In Memory of:
Jeanne Kaufman, wife of Ken Kaufman:
Adele and Larry Abramovitz, Jean
Andriesse, Tina Baran, Gwen Baseman,
Speedy Recovery of:
Barbara Hoch: Helene Dollinger, Jean Roberta Berson, Eileen and Terry
and Jerry Danoff
Blumenstein, Kay and Walter Breyer,
Janet and George Cohen, Karen and
CHAZZAN’S DISCRETIONARY Stewart Cohen, Micki and Gene Evans,
Jane and Marvin Glusman, Marion
FUND
Goldsmith, Nancy and David Gold,
In Appreciation of:
Havurah Tovah: Doris and Ron Benice,
Chazzan Abramson: Ken Kaufman
Elyse and Marv Diamond, Judy and Jim
In Memory of:
Feldman, Janet and Louis Gross, Betty
My wife Jeanne: Ken Kaufman
and Stan Liner, Myrna and Jack
Shapiro, Nancy Horowitz, Mickie and
Jerry Kaye, Ruth and Harold Kornman,
THE GAN FUND:
Sylvia and Bob Kupferman, Laurie
Speedy Recovery of:
Lachowitzer and Bruce Walonick,
Diane Block: Elana and Mark Margolis Barbara and Kenneth Larson, Delores
Lustig, Elana and Mark Margolis,
In Memory of:
My mother, June M. Stern: Richard Sandy and Earl Mehlenbacher, Marlene
and Calvin Miller, Dorothy and Jack
Stern
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MAZEL TOV TO:
Elaine Mintz on the birth of her great
grandson Samuel Frederick Mintz who
was born on December 5, 2012. Sam’s
proud parents are Margie and Daniel
Mintz, and his proud grandparents are
Judith and Robert Mintz.
Ruth Lus Ilberg and Ernest Ilberg on the
birth of their great grandson Leo Joseph
Tagliaferro, and the birth of their great
granddaughter
Paige
Kathryn
Castellana.
Nancy and David Gold on the birth of
their granddaughter Catherine Elizabeth
Gold who was born on January 3, 2013.
Catherine’s proud parents are Renee
and Roger Gold.
If you wish to have a Mazel Tov published
in the TABLET, please call the temple office
with your information.
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
From the K-2 Tu Bish’vat
Family Fun Day
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
1
Rhythm & Jews Shabbat service
with 3rd & 4th graders participating
3
Religious School/Midrasha
Rabbi Shmooze
5
LWR Hebrew School
6
SRQ Hebrew School
K-2 students show off their pinecone feeders
10-17 Spring Break – No School
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LWR Hebrew School
20
SRQ Hebrew School
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Religious School/Midrasha
26/27 Passover – NO SCHOOL
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Religious School/Midrasha
5th and 6th graders relax after leading their Shabbat Service
K-2 parents
act out the
story of
“Hony and the
Carob Tree”
Susan & Scott
Horowitz at
the seder
5th and 6th graders
show off their Duck Tape-decorated tallitot
Adam Bates
carefully adds
white grape
juice into the
dark juice
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JEWISH FOOD FESTS
Temple Sinai 5th Annual Food Fest Volunteers
Below: Our members were everywhere at Federation’s
“We Love Israel Day”.
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YOUTH GROUPS
46 high school students from Sarasota,
Bradenton and Tampa Bay Temple Youth
Groups attended the 4th Annual SAFETY
Limo Hunt and Shul-in January 19-20.
BackPack Kids Program
Temple Sinai’s participation in the
BackPack Kids Program to provide
nutritional support to needy children who are
either homeless or from low-income families
is two pronged: through donations to provide for the
packing of healthy kid-friendly groceries as well as
Nutrition and Education information sheets provided twice
a month. One week may stress “10 Tips to Help You Eat
Whole Grains”, another, “Kid Friendly Fruits &
Vegetables”. The sheets are provided in both English and
Spanish and there is always a special children’s sheet with a
word search or matching game on the same subject.
The highlight of the event was the “Clue”
themed three hour scavenger hunt which
brought five limos full of teens all over
Sarasota. On a quest for such photos as: a
participant “looking for clues” through a magnifying glass,
creation of a candlestick, rope or wrench sand sculpture at
the beach, or someone at St. Armand’s who was “dressed to
kill”, teams worked together to solve all the clues. The
event would not have been complete without Havdalah at
the beach, a program entitled “Things You Didn’t Have a
Clue About Judaism,” road clean up on the way to Bee
Ridge Park and lots of time for socializing and fun!
Our congregants and volunteers are doing a wonderful job
helping to fight hunger for 48 needy students of the Oak
Park School which is a special facility designed to
accommodate the most physically, intellectually and
emotionally challenged students in Sarasota County. The
cost for us to sponsor one child for a half school year is
$43.00. Checks should be made out to the All Faiths Food
Bank and forwarded to Betty Liner, 4455 Atwood Cay
Circle, Sarasota 34233 for tracking purposes. Please do not
make checks out to Temple Sinai.
Please help us fill both the stomachs and minds of these
children.
Help strengthen the future of our own
community.
The Youth Groups wish the
congregation a
Happy Passover!
SAFETY Board Elections are scheduled for
Wednesday, March 6, from 5:30-7:30 PM.
HAVING A BAR OR BAT MITZVAH???
Come and support your fellow SAFETYites and cast your
vote! Pizza dinner, SAFETY slideshow, speeches and
elections! Free for SAFETY members.
The Judaica Shop at Temple Sinai can provide for
your needs!
We have a wide selection of Tallitot for that special
person.
Many styles of kipot that can be ordered for your family and guests. Many sources for invitations. Many
beautiful and unique gift items.
Come and talk with us about your plan and choices.
Hours by appointment
call Maxine Goodheim....................922-3615
16 SAFETY members will be boarding a bus for Pinecrest,
FL from March 15-17 for the NFTY-STR Spring Kallah.
This will be the last convention of the year for our seniors,
as we say a sad good-bye to: Amanda Russo, Haven Miller,
Rachel Freedman, Melanie Epstein, Richelle Leuchter and
Michelle Zemil. We wish you all well in college and your
amazing adventures ahead!
Andrea
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FYI
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PASSOVER
Temple Sinai partners with
Jewish Outreach Institute for a
Free Seder Survival Workshop
Thursday, March 7
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Hosting a Passover seder for the
first time is hard enough when you
have attended one your whole life.
For parents unfamiliar with the
tradition or who were not raised in
Jewish homes, the prospect is
daunting. The Jewish Outreach
Institute is an independent, national,
trans-denominational organization that serves unaffiliated
and intermarried families by developing local partnerships.
Their Mother’s Circle programs are specially designed to
support mothers without Jewish backgrounds raise Jewish
children.
Temple Sinai will be hosting this workshop; Kosher for
Passover wine tasting is included. Sue Huntting, Religious
School Director, and Laura Freedman, Director of Early
Childhood Education will co-facilitate.
Following a format developed by JOI, the workshop
participants will review the story of Passover, discover what
is traditional and what they want to include in a seder, ask
their own lingering Four Questions and learn what makes
food “kosher for Passover.” Making matzah balls and some
wine tasting will round out the evening.
Jewish Film Festival 2013
The Jewish Federation and
Temple Sinai present
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea
Monday, March 18, 7:00 - 9:00 P.M.
screening at Temple Sinai
Tickets can be purchased at
www.thejewishfederation.org
This marks the second time Temple Sinai has partnered
with the Jewish Outreach Institute. A number of years ago
they co-sponsored, along with JFCS, a very successful
Grandparent’s Circle group which explored the challenges
for Jewish grandparents when their grandchildren are being
raised in interfaith homes.
Tai is 17 years old; Naim is 20. She's Israeli; he's
Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem; he lives in Gaza.
A bottle thrown in the sea and a correspondence by email
nurture the slender hope that their relationship might give
them the strength to confront harsh reality, to grapple
with it, and thereby, ever so slightly, change it. Only 60
miles separate them but how many bombings, checkpoints, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand
between them?
For more information and to reserve a spot, please contact
Sue Huntting or Laura Freedman at 924-1802 or visit
www.TheMothersCircle.org.
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PASSOVER
RESERVE NOW FOR TEMPLE SINAI’S
FIRST NIGHT
CONGREGATIONAL SEDER
JEWISH HOLIDAYS
AROUND THE WORLD:
PASSOVER
by Sondra S. Ettlinger
Plan to join your Temple Sinai family for the first night
Passover Seder on Monday, March 25. Rabbi Huntting
and Chazzan Abramson will lead our Seder with members
of the congregation reading parts from the Haggadah and
singing traditional songs. Michael’s on East will cater the
full traditional meal in our social hall.
As we prepare for our Seder this year, it
might be fun to learn about some unusual
Passover practices found around the world.
Jews living in Afghanistan created the tradition of gently
whipping themselves with scallions as a symbol of the
Egyptian slave drivers whose whips were used against the
Israelites. However, today there is only one Jew named
Zebulon Simentov left in Afghanistan to carry on this
tradition. All of the other Afghan Jews have died or relocated; the largest number of them now live in Queens,
New York.
Children and grandchildren (age 13 or less) of members will be admitted free. In addition, “children” over
13 who are enrolled in our Religious School will also be
free; a donor has underwritten their meals.
Use the reservation form on the back cover of this issue of
the Tablet to make your reservation. We’ll honor your
seating preferences or we will make sure you are seated at
a table with friendly members.
Hasidic Jews living in Góra Kalwaria, Poland, reenact the
crossing of the Red Sea in their living rooms. On the
seventh day of Passover, each Jewish family pours water on
the floor of their homes. Then they hike up their coats and
say the name of the towns in the region they would pass
while making their symbolic crossing.
In Cochin, India, Pesach preparations began immediately
after Chanukah! The locals believe that if a Jewish woman
were to make even the slightest mistake in Passover
preparation during the 100 days before the actual Seder, the
lives of her husband and her children would be endangered.
To ensure purity, the Jews of Cochin kept special rooms in
which all Passover utensils, thoroughly scrubbed, were
stored. Houses would be scraped and repainted immediately
after Purim. Wells would be drained and scrubbed, lest
they be polluted.
In the British territory of Gibraltar, the tiny island off the
coast of Spain, Jews actually mix the dust of bricks into
their charoset dish, a symbol of the mortar used to hold
together the brick walls the Jews built in Egypt.
For Temple Sinai members who cannot drive and
in need of a ride to services or
a Temple Sinai Event
The Jewish community in Ethiopia underwent an exodus of
their own in 1985, when Operation Moses and Joshua took
almost 8,000 Jews from Sudan to a safe-haven in Israel. In
commemoration of Passover and their own past, some
Ethiopian Jews break all of their dishes and make new ones
to symbolize a complete break from the past and a new
start.
To make arrangements for free transportation by taxi
to Temple Sinai events,
contact Doris Benice at 927-8765.
While many of us have family traditions which make each
of our Seders unique, we are bound together by the spirit of
the holiday, no matter how we choose to celebrate it.
Funding for this program is made possible by contributions to the
“Pick-Me-Up-Rides” Fund, a Temple Sinai restricted fund.
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WOMEN OF SINAI
WOS BOOK CLUB
BLOOM FAMILY
MITZVAH FUND
The Women of Sinai will meet at the temple
in Room 2 at 1 PM on Thursday, March 21 to
discuss “River Midnight” by Lilian Nattel.
Betty Liner will lead the discussion. For information,
contact Ronni Freed at 487-7793 or [email protected].
If you would like to honor someone, wish them a speedy
recovery, offer condolences or thank them, please consider
making a donation to the WOS Mitzvah Fund. You can
obtain cards for a minimum of $5.50 each and the card
will be sent immediately. If you wish to send the card
yourself, you may obtain packs of 5 for $25. Contact Cecile Alexander, 4500 Legacy Court, Sarasota, FL 34241,
contact her at 926-7799 or [email protected].
11TH ANNUAL MAH JONGG
MAH JONGG & MORE
This annual event will be held March 7th.
WOS SHABBAT
The Bintel Brief
The Women of Sinai will lead the Friday Shabbat Service
on March 8 and also sponsor the Oneg. Please come and
support us.
We enjoyed the February 7th luncheon program, "The
Bintel Brief”, a reading of letters sent by new immigrants
to the editors of “The Forward”, requesting advice and
opinion. The problems and questions about their new life
ranged from trivial to tragic. The editors' advice showed
great caring and common sense as well as insight
to immigrant life in the early twentieth century. The presentation was enhanced by the music which
had some of us nostalgically singing along.
APRIL LUNCHEON
Mark your calendar for our next luncheon on April 4 at
noon. Our speaker will be Benita Stambler, Curator of
Ringling Museum of Art, Oriental Studies. We will also
elect our 2013-2014 Board. Please attend.
JUDAICA/GIFT SHOP
MARCH IS MYSTERY MONTH
Try to find the “red tag” items, scattered throughout the
shop. All have been reduced up to 50% off their regular
price. These “mystery” items are in addition to our 50% off
table, which also includes some bargain items at just $.50!.
Our Artists and Artisans being featured in March are:
Carole Gorin, Gail Shaivitz and Karen Witte.
Collecting
for Hippy
March hours are as follows:
Tuesdays: except March 26 11:00 1:00
Wednesdays:
10:30-1:30
Fridays: 1st, 15th, 29th
5:00-5:45
PROCEEDS FROM THE GIFT SHOP SUPPORT TEMPLE SINAI
The Women of Sinai wish everyone a
HAPPY PASSOVER!
“Miriam”
The Bintel Brief
by Bracha Lavee
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SMC Working Together!
Be associated with Excellence.
Join the Sinai Men’s Club!!
SMC'S 4TH BREAKFAST MEETING
Sinai Men's Club invites all new temple members to join;
first year membership dues are optionally free. Membership
is open to any male member of the temple who has attained
the age of 18.
Learn about unusual Israeli places and events!
Professor Norman Mohl will present results of over 30 visits to Israel, including two 6 month sabbaticals as a visiting
professor at Tel Aviv University.
SPECIAL RATE:
$18 Total Dues for remainder of this year!! Or, $50 Total
for the rest of this year and next!! Make checks payable to
“Sinai Men’s Club” and mail to: Temple Sinai, 4631 S.
Lockwood Ridge Rd., Sarasota, FL 34231.
Just $6 for members and $10 for non-members. Send your
check payable to: Sinai Men’s Club to Alan Trachtenberg,
4934 Cedar Oak Way, Sarasota, Fl 34233
For more SMC information, please contact: Mike Benesch,
Membership chair at [email protected] or
941-925-1516.
THURSDAY, MARCH 14th at 12:30 –
Sunday, March 17th at 9:00 AM
SCHMOOZE NEWS
Shore Diner (4 Stars),
465 John Ringling Blvd, St. Armands Circle
Tree of Life
Creative cooking. Wonderful ambience.
Great Conversation
Honoring those that give the very
best of themselves
To hold a seat, contact Richard Goldman at [email protected] or call him at (H) 941-552-794 or
(C) 610-812-8630
Newly purchased LEAF:
David Freund: In Honor of your
Birthday from Clifford Pierce
BOWLING
Leaf $150 Doves $300
To Get on A Roll
Contact: Julie Koss
941-923-9280; [email protected]
We thank everyone who purchased a
Stone for setting a rock solid foundation.
We are sold out.
Contact: Mark Zildjian at [email protected]
Men for Mothers’ Day
BASEBALL THURSDAY, MARCH 7
1:05 PM
Special Breakfast
Sunday, May 12th, 2013
Orioles vs Blue Jays at Ed Smith Stadium
It’s a great moment to tell her once
again just how loved and special she
is to you. Women Free; men $10.
More info is to come.
Get your Tickets Early!.
Limited reserved Grandstand Seating:
Section 207
rows 10-14 – First Base Side
Hold this date!
$20 is Paid in advance. Game Day ticket
pickup is near the Ticket Window between
12:00 & 12:45
Jerry Danoff, Chair
Happy
Quickly send your check payable to Sinai Men’s Club to
Allan Trachtenberg at 4934 Cedar Oak Way,
Sarasota, Fl 34233.
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Passover
FUN-RAISING
The 2nd Annual
Swinging Sinai
Sock Hop
WOMEN OF SINAI
4TH ANNUAL BUS TRIP
Saturday April 27
6:30 PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013 @ 7:00 AM
Dance to the original 50’s and
60’s records of almost
world-famous
DJ Raoul Weinstein
Continental breakfast in the
Temple Sinai kitchen
The bus departs at 7:30 promptly for
the Edison-Ford Estates in
Ft. Myers including a docent led tour.
Light supper, snacks, beer, wine
and soda
Lunch & shopping on your own will
follow in Naples on 5th Ave.
Prizes for best outfits
and
dance contest
Following lunch, a visit to
The Holocaust Museum of
Southwest Florida will include a
docent tour.
You could be the Queen
of the Hop
Members $25; Guests $28
We’ll stop at Fishermans Wharf
in Punta Gorda for an ice cream on the
way home.
------------------------------------Swinging Sinai Sock Hop!
Arrive home approximately 7:30 – 8:00
Please make checks payable to Temple Sinai and mail to:
Eve Pokornicky, 5579 Lucia Place, Sarasota, FL 34238
941-926-2871
Cost: $50.00….Make checks payable to
WOS….Deadline: March 12th
Name(s) __________________________________
Phone # _______________________
____ Members at $25
____Guests at $28
Total enclosed ___________
Name(s) _____________________________
Phone: ___________________
Email: ________________________
Reservations and payment accepted through
April 19th
All seating reserved.
Please list any seating preferences.
Send Check to: Maxine Goodheim,
3606 Naranja Way, Sarasota, FL 34232
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ADULT PROGRAMMING
Temple Sinai provides numerous opportunities for adult
study and growth through: scholarly lectures; formal and
informal study and discussion groups; religion and music
classes; Hebrew classes, and other unique learning opportunities. Please register with the office in case there are
changes or cancellations.
Rosh Chodesh Women’s Group
A Rosh Chodesh study group series was launched on January 11. The format of each meeting consists of: an opening
prayer/poem; an introduction about the meaning of that
particular month; a program/speaker/discussion; closing
reflections about the meeting; and refreshments and/or optional lunch at a restaurant. Our next meeting will be in
April. If you are interested in becoming an active participant of this group, please contact Sara Benesch, at 9251516, or e-mail her at [email protected]. Temple
Sinai members only. No fees. Small donations for refreshments accepted.
Rabbi Huntting
Tuesday, March 5, 10:30 a.m: Rabbi Huntting continues
his monthly study series concerning the history and establishment of the modern state of Israel. There is no charge
for these workshops.
tions, happiness becomes possible. For more information,
call Reb Ari at 966-7778 or email him at
[email protected].
Rabbi Mahrer
“An Overview of the Hebrew Bible: Where History &
Theology Intersect”. This workshop is on Thursdays at
10:00 a.m. and continues for 7 consecutive weeks in Room
2. There is no charge for temple members; the cost for nonmembers is $18 for the series of workshops. To register
for the classes, or if you have questions, please contact
Rabbi Larry at [email protected].
Chefs Zildjian
“The Taste of the Jewish Year”: Cooking with Chef's Alyson & Mark Zildjian. Flyers with details on all the cooking
workshops are in the temple office and on the membership
table in the sanctuary foyer. For additional information and
to register contact Alyson at 363-1709.
Check the Tablet, Sinai News and Shabbat handout
for updated information.
VP Programming, Mike Benesch:
925-1516 or [email protected]
Join Rabbi Huntting on Wednesdays for Torah Talk at
9:30 a.m. in Room 2. for exploring, analyzing and discussing the Torah. Through dynamic give and take the Rabbi
invites diverse perspectives and opinions.
Wednesdays, the Rabbi’s Brown Bag Discussions at
12:00 p.m. in Social Hall A review local, national and
world events. Participants vigorously debate current events
and are challenged to understand events in their broader
context.
Chazzan Abramson
On Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. Chazzan Abramson facilitates a 'History of the Music Synagogue'. This series of
workshops introduces students to the origins and history
behind the musical settings and musical practices of our
liturgical texts. Discussions of music for Shabbat, High
Holidays and three festival texts will be covered during the
weekly classes. There is no charge for these workshops.
Please call the temple office to register.
**** Save the Date *****
First Annual Havurot Members
Picnic and Sunset Beach Stroll
Saturday, June 22, 2013 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Turtle Beach Picnic Pavilion
(covered, accessible, and adjacent rest room )
Reb Shapiro
The Spirit of Peace Meditation Center, under the direction of Reb Ari Shapiro, will be offering meditation sessions the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays of the month at 7:00
p.m. A donation of $5 per session is requested. Through
meditation, we learn to stay present and awake in each moment; mindfulness brings insight which liberates us from
anger and craving; and when we become free of our afflictions, happiness becomes possible. For more information, 19
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the new Temple Sinai Facebook
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MEMBERSHIP
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
THOUGHTS
If you are a member of Temple Sinai and looking
for more Jewish and/or social involvement, or if
you want to make new friends (or maybe both)
read on.
If there are words that describe Temple Sinai,
they are loyal, dependable, knowledgeable,
thoughtful and conscientious.
When I moved to Sarasota in 1992 and thought about
joining a temple, Temple Sinai was still on Bee Ridge
Road. I did not join Temple Sinai then because I felt that
the temple needed its own building. I joined in February,
1993 when Temple Sinai recruited Rabbi Geoff Huntting to
the campus on Kenilworth. In 1999, Temple Sinai decided
to build its own building and we did. The temple group
known as "Benny the Builders" put their minds, talents and
money on the course to build the present building on
Proctor Road. In 2006, my mother, also a member of
Temple Sinai, and I along with The Jazz Club of Sarasota,
got the "The Seeds of Sun" to perform. Two years later,
my mother and I got Peri Smilow to perform here also.
The reasons for joining a Havurah are up to you. At Temple
Sinai many groups of new friends, “Havurot”, have been
formed to meet the various needs of many of our members.
Each Havurah is typically composed of 12 to 16 couples
and/or individuals who get together about once a month to
learn, socialize and enjoy life and living.. Each Havurot
participant, or one person of a couple who join, must be a
member of Temple Sinai because joining a Havurah is one
of the benefits of membership. A Havurah is an excellent
way to get together with other Temple Sinai members with
similar interests. It is also a good way to welcome new
members by providing a small, non-intimidating social
group for them to join.
Here’s what some members of Temple Sinai’s Havurot are
saying about the program:
There are several other items of interest to me. They are
musical events, restaurants and local history (Jewish and
Non-Jewish.) Also I am known for getting things done the
first time. I am considered a history buff and enjoy any of
the great cultural events in the area especially those at Van
Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
“Some of us do not have family in the area and the Havurah
has filled that gap. I feel like the members of my Havurah
are my Temple Sinai family.”
My areas of interests coincide with those individuals who
have Asperger Syndrome, a disorder which is on the
Autism Spectrum.
What are people saying about the
Havurot Program?
“It has been just a wonderful experience with wonderful
people - both fun and heartwarming.”
“The members of my Havurah are there for each other for
both religious and secular occasions.”
I would like to thank our many friends in the
congregation for all their help, donations, and prayers
during Jeanne’s and my recent illnesses. The love and
caring shown by our Temple Sinai family has been a
great help during this difficult time. I’m sure Jeanne
appreciated it; I know I did.
“Belonging to a Havurah has enriched my life with close
friends I might never have known.”
“Our Havurah is a group of people who have become not
just friends, but family, who support each other through all
life’s events.”
Among the goals of the Havurot Program are:
(1)To provide a way for members to create a small community of friends within the larger context of our congregation.; 2) To strengthen a member’s identification with and
awareness of the Jewish community; (3) To provide members with a strong and meaningful commitment to participate in Temple Sinai activities; and (4) To provide an atmosphere that reflects personal warmth and an extended
family feeling.
Thank you.
Ken Kaufman
KNOW AND BE KNOWN
To purchase a magnetic name tag, please
contact
Maxine Goodheim at 922-3615.
The cost is $10.
Join a Havurah by calling Mike Benesch at 9251516, or Herb Krasow at 744-1330 or by emailing
either of them at [email protected]
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MEMBERSHIP
our always popular wine and cheese event sponsored by the
Membership Committee and your Board of Trustees.
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
This is a great opportunity to meet and greet our newest
congregants and show them how glad we are to have them
as a vital part of our ever growing congregation and Temple
Sinai family.
Marc Rosen, VP Membership
Please invite our new members to join you at services and
special events.
Show them that Sinai cares and Sinai stays in touch.
Rothschild, Ellen and Sidney
Ellen: [email protected]
Cell: 609-876-3753
Sid: [email protected]
Cell: 267-738-8713
7533 Pesaro Drive
Sarasota, FL 34238
Ellen and Sid have attended services and have chosen
to join our Temple Sinai family.
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The Talmud teaches that
God came to visit
Abraham in his time of
recovery, and therefore
we too are obligated to
visit the sick in their time of need (Genesis 18). From this,
we learn the mitzvah of caring for and visiting the
sick, bikur cholim.
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY UPDATES
Help is needed -- please consider a monthly or bi-monthly
visit to our sick members as well as members in assisted
living or nursing homes. Contact Elana Margolis at 9660252 or [email protected]
Please inform the temple office if there is a correction or
change in your address, telephone number or e-mail address in
the directory so that the updates may be published in the next
TABLET.
Be sure to bring your Membership Directory up-to-date!
Purim gifts have been sent to our college connections; our
seniors also received a mishloach manor coordinated by our
youth group students, SOSTY.
Phone changes:
Delores Lustig
Cell: 703-626-0904
Address changes:
Ruth and Richard Goldman
1188 N. Tamiami Trail Unit 603
Sarasota, FL 34236
552-9794
Elana Margolis
Vice President of Caring
Adam Orenstein
4601 Tri Par Drive
Sarasota, FL 34234
Cell: 447-1214
Applause
Contributions. No, not the money kind. They do that too.
As you know, Temple Sinai is a very active place. From
worship, to adult learning, to educating children, to all
kinds of events, to individual support, and to all the unseen
yet vital work that goes on behind the scenes.
Ms. Sharon Linder
Mr. Doug Popp
6609 Pebble Beach Way
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202
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Our Sinai Men’s Club members are a major force that
account for the smile on your face, the warmth that is
palpable, and the reality of the kinsmanship here.
Everything they do is marked with excellence and
everything they do is for you.
MEET THE CLASS OF
2012-2013
2012-2013 has been a very successful year so
far for new temple memberships with over 42
family units having joined our congregation.
We are delighted to have a diverse mix of new congregants
ranging from young Gan and religious school families,
newly relocated and long time permanent residence as well
as several who escape the harsh winters and call Sarasota
their second home.
Nothing in this world is more deeply satisfying as
contributing to others. The members of our Men’s Club
know this very well. Temple Sinai applauds their
leadership.
Join the Sinai Men’s Club and be touched by its goodness.
Please join us for Erev Shabbat Services on Friday, March
29th, as we officially welcome them as new members to
Temple Sinai. Services start at 6:00 pm preceded at 5:15 by
Howard Katz, Recognition Chair
[email protected]
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WE REMEMBER
Ethel Altman for husband Marvin
Altman
Jean Andriesse for husband Everett
"Andy" Andriesse
Helen Bahm for husband Harold Bahm
Helen Bahm for father-in-law Jacob
Bahm
Sara Benesch for father Sol Levinson
Ted Bleecker for brother Paul O.
Bleecker
Diane Block for cousin Shirley
Sjnofsky
Diane Block for sister Adele Gabrielle
Diane Block for mother Ethel
Friedman Slodzina
Richard Bloom for brother Arthur
Bloom
Sylvia Bloom for father David
Lafkowitz
Betty Cahall for mother Freda Lee
Burstyn
Phil Chaiken for brother Bruce Alan
Chaiken
Dori Davis for father Abraham Rice
Leonard Drexler for mother Esther
Drexler Riger
Rochelle Frank for husband Sherman
Frank
Shirley Gilbert for grandmother Mary
Donnenfeld
Marvin Glusman for father Bernard
Glusman
Lisa Greenberg for father Gil King
Louis Gross for mother Minna Gross
Louis Gross for brother Ronald Gross
Sylvia Harmatz for husband William
M. Harmatz
Herbert Horowitz for father Joseph
Horowitz
Ruth Lus Ilberg for father Julius
Berman
Ruth Lus Ilberg for mother Klara
Berman
Ronnie Kahn for father Milton
Dryshpel
Dolores Karpf for husband Robert J.
Karpf
Dolores Karpf for brother-in-law
Buddy Karpf
Mickie Kaye for father Jacob Kliegman
Gary Kravitz for father Allen Kravitz
Laurie Lachowitzer for father Benedict
Lachowitzer
Herbert Lauber for mother Adele
Lauber
David Lieberman for mother Bessie
Lieberman
Delores Lustig for mother Esther
Goldberg
Delores Lustig for son Scott M. Lustig
Peggy Miller for father Edwin B.
Miller
Elaine Mintz for first husband Milton
Prensky
Elaine Mintz for father Julius Katsh
Sharon Pines for brother-in-law
Marshall Pines
Etta and Howard Raiken for son Scott
Farrell Raiken
Frances Ringlestein for father -in-law
Sol Ringlestein
Barbara Rosen for mother Frances
Miller
Nancy Roucher for father Milton
Hochman
Alan Silverglat for father Lou
Silverglat
Arthur Simmons for mother Kitty
Simmons
Arthur Simmons for father Lionel
Simmons
Helen Spindler for mother Sylvia
Grossman
Harvey Sussman for mother Evelyn
Sussman
Yvonne Weinsberg for father Ernesto
Glogauer
Rabbi Edgar Weinsberg for step-father
Gerhard Singer
Yvonne Weinsberg for step-father
Erwin Losch
Richard Weissfeld for mother-in-law
Charlotte Loewensberg
Sheila Wollheim for aunt Rose Hoffing
Our Condolences
to the family and friends of those who
have recently passed away:
Ken Kaufman, on the death of his wife,
Jeanne Kaufman who died on January
13, 2013.
Betty Cahall, on the death of her aunt,
Jean Morris who died on January 16,
2013.
Sherry and Jerry Thomas, on the death
of her mother and his mother-in-law
who died on January 17, 2013.
SINAI MEMORIAL
GARDEN
Our newly expanded cemetery,
surrounded by the tranquility of trees and
shrubbery, is located in Palms Memorial
Park, bordering Fruitville and Honore
Avenues.
Sinai Garden provides traditional grave
sites with either flat or raised headstones
in a quiet setting, which encourages,
peace, solace and meditation. Smaller
sites for ceremonial urns are also
available.
A congregational cemetery is another
aspect of our common support and
shared concern for every member of
Sinai. By making arrangements now,
you will spare members of your family
the stress and anxiety of making such an
important decision on their own.
When you are ready to discuss your
needs or would like to visit Sinai
Garden, we invite you to make an
appointment by calling the chairperson,
Don Gersman at 922-1192 or email him
at [email protected].
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Sarasota, FL 34231
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