CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM

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MARCH / APRIL 2015
ADAR / NISAN 5775
MARCH / APRIL 2015
ADAR / NISAN / IYYAR 5775
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FROM OUR RABBI
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FROM OUR CANTOR
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TIKKUN OLAM
From Conversation to
Conversion
It’s Here…
The Adult B’nai Mitzvah
Be
on the lookout for information
and opportunities to serve.
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10 - 20
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SISTERHOOD / MEN’S CLUB
Exciting programs ahead
waiting for you to explore!
IN OUR CONGREGATION
Second Fridays, Kraft Lectures,
Birthdays, Anniversaries,
B’nai Mitzvah, and more!
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CALENDAR
Take a look at what’s coming up
at CBS and in our community!
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THANK YOU FOR
ADVERTISING
PASSOVER GUIDE 2015
YOUR ONE STOP FOR IDEAS, ACTIVITIES, RECIPES, AND MORE
AVAILABLE ONLINE BEGINNING MARCH 15, 2015
Contracts to sell Hametz can be found on page 4 in this month’s Kol Shalom.
(Want a printed version? Call 302.654.4462 to request your copy.)
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FROM OUR RABBI
FROM CONVERSATION TO CONVERSION
Ralph Downard
PRESIDENT
Marla Cooper
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Edward Sobel
VP ADMINISTRATION
Karolin Lipman
VP MEMBERSHIP
Cindi Viviano
VP PR, MARKETING, AND
PROGRAMMING
Peter Hazen
TREASURER
Barney Kantar
SECRETARY
Anita Sobel
MEMBER-AT-LARGE
Diane Wolf
PAST PRESIDENT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brian Appelbaum
Steve Bernhardt
Seth Bloom
Carol Einhorn
David Fruchtman
Jodie Pezzner
Mara Raskin
Frances Ratner
David Rosengarten
Linda Sigman
Anita Sobel
Melissa Stanley
Hayim Weiss
——————————1801 Baynard Boulevard
Wilmington, DE 19802
302.654.4462
[email protected]
www.bethshalomwilmington.org
...On another occasion it happened that a
certain gentile came before Shammai and said
to him, “Make me a convert, on condition that
you teach me the whole Torah while I stand on
one foot.” Thereupon [Shammai] pushed him
away with the builder’s ruler that was in his
hand. He came before Hillel, and [Hillel]
converted him. Hillel said to him, “What is
hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That
is the whole Torah, while the rest is
commentary thereof; go and learn it.”
- Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Shabbat 31a
It should come as no surprise to you that in
the aggadah (story) recounted above,
Congregation Beth Shalom follows the
School of Hillel, not Shammai. We pride
ourselves in being welcoming to spiritual
seekers, interfaith families, the LGBTQ
community, as well as all newcomers who
defy labels.
While respecting interfaith families and the
reasons why one partner might not want to
choose, or may not be able to choose
Judaism as his/her home religion, like
Hillel in the story above, we want to make
the process of Conversion as welcoming
and attractive as possible. We want our
children, who according to the Pew Study
will very likely fall in love with someone
who is not Jewish, feel comfortable in
asking his/her life partner to choose
Judaism – if such a choice is possible. I
like to say to our teens in our Kehillah
program, “if someone not Jewish falls in
love with you, they fell in love with
EVERY part of you – including the part of
you that is Jewish. There is no harm in,
lovingly, asking them to join the religion
that made you so loveable to them.” Such
an approach is key to our survival as a
people, as we invite wonderful people who
are not of the Jewish faith to join our small,
but sacred community.
Toward that end, the four sponsoring rabbis
who host our community-wide
Introduction to Judaism program: Rabbi
Micah Becker-Klein (Reconstructionist) of
Temple Beth El , Rabbi Yair Robinson
(Reform) of Congregation Beth Emeth,
Rabbi Steven Saks (Orthodox) of Adas
Kodesch Shel Emeth, and I, are offering a
new rolling, ongoing admission to our
class, which runs from October through
May each year. Until recently, if a person
was interested in using our Delaware
introductory course as a bridge towards
conversion, we would ask the student to
wait until the following Fall to enroll. Like
Shammai in the story, this policy was
putting an unnecessary stumbling block up
before a potential proselyte. Now students
can come into the program when they wish,
and either make up missed classes with his/
her sponsoring rabbi OR wait until the
class resumes the following Fall and make
up the missed classes then.
Here is a list of the remaining classes and
locations for this year:
Basic Beliefs of Judaism
Congregation Beth Shalom
Thursdays, March 5, 12, and 19
Sacred Texts
Congregation Beth Emeth
Wednesdays, April 8, 15, 22
Holidays, Holy Days and Festivals
Temple Beth El
Thursdays, May 7, 14, 21
Graduation
Temple Beth El
Thursday, May 28
Applications, fee schedule, and complete
schedules can be obtained through phoning
our office - 302.654.4462 or by e-mailing
Pat Burns, [email protected]. ■
2015 CONTRACT FOR SELLING HAMETZ FOR PASSOVER
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NOW ALL THESE PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS:
That I, the undersigned, do hereby make and appoint Rabbi Michael S. Beals my true and lawful representative to act
in my place and stead, for me and in my name and in my behalf, to sell all hametz owned and possessed by me, knowingly
or unknowingly, as stated in the Torah and defined by the sages of Israel (e.g. hametz; hashash hametz - suspect hametz;
and all kinds of ta’arovet hametz - hametz mixtures); also, hametz that tends to harden and to adhere to the surface of pans,
pots, or other cooking or eating utensils of whatsoever nature, and to lease all places wherein the aforementioned hametz
owned or possessed by me may be found, especially in the premises located at the address(es) below. Rabbi Beals has the
full authority and power to sell said hametz and to lease said place or places wherein said hametz may be found, upon such
terms and conditions as discretion dictates. Rabbi Beals has the full power and authority to assign or appoint a substitute or
substitutes to act in my behalf with all the same powers and authority that I have invested in the Rabbi, and I do hereby
ratify and confirm all that Rabbi Beals or a rabbinic substitute lawfully does or causes to be done by virtue of these presents.
And to this I hereby affix my signature on this ______ day of ________ in the year 2015.
Signature: ________________________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________________
City: ___________________________________ State: ____________ Zipcode: _____________
This contract must be returned in person to Rabbi Beals at Congregation Beth Shalom no later than
Friday, April 3, 2015 at 10:00am.
Suggested contribution for Ma’ot Hittim (food for the needy): $_______________
Please make checks payable to Congregation Beth Shalom. Write Ma’ot Hittim in the memo line.
FROM OUR CANTOR
IT’S HERE… ADULT B’NAI MITZVAH!
Are you an adult who has not had a Bar or Bat Mitzvah?
Are you interested in studying History, Hebrew, Jewish
liturgy, and Trope? Then an adult B'nai Mitzvah may be for
you!
Some of my best childhood memories involve my mother’s
journey to adult B’nai Mitzvah. At that time in my life I
was very active in my home synagogue, attending Hebrew
School and singing in the synagogue’s youth chorale. I
knew that in a few short years, my sister and I would have a
B'not Mitzvah; however, when I heard my mother talking
about having a Bat Mitzvah as an adult, I didn't understand.
It was at that point that I learned that when a boy turns
thirteen and a girl turns twelve, they automatically become
a Bar or Bat Mitzvah - literally "a son or daughter of the
commandment."
In Judaism we mark this special coming of age with a
ceremony we think of as the B'nai Mitzvah, usually
consisting of a service where the teen leads a mix of
prayers, chants Torah and/or Haftarah, and the Aliyah
blessing over the Torah. Nowadays, many families throw
extravagant celebrations following the B'nai Mitzvah
service.
My mother was one of the many Jews who, for any number
of reasons, did not have the opportunity to mark this
moment in time in a significant way. For my mother, it was
not even an option, because at the time, women did not
have Bat Mitzvahs. It was simply unheard of, especially in
her Sephardic community.
As an adult, my mother became involved with synagogue
life and decided that she wanted to learn more Hebrew and
eventually work toward the goal of Bat Mitzvah. Before
she knew it, she was set up with a Bat Mitzvah study
partner, or chevruta, and they began studying regularly. I
have the fondest memories of my mother and her chevruta
meeting every week at our house over pizza and laughing
for hours as they would try to sing some of the more
complicated tropes. The process was a special one that
involved friendships and joy and learning. The studying
process lasted over a year and culminated with a special
service and ceremony on Passover. My mother, her
chavruta, and several other adult students had a special
B'nai Mitzvah ceremony. The ceremony was a joyous one
filled with celebration and happy tears. My mother not only
now chants Torah at her home synagogue every month, she
chants Haftarah, serves as a Gabbai and now also tutors
both teen and adult B'nai Mitzvah students.
This success story has never left me, as it completely
transformed my mother’s Judaism and Jewish involvement.
I believe that witnessing my mother's powerful journey
helped to shape my Judaism. In addition, it has inspired me
to give our adult learners at CBS this same opportunity my
mother had. Over the last year, I have received a handful of
requests to start an Adult B'nai Mitzvah course, and I could
not be more excited at the thought. If for whatever reason,
you did not have a B'nai Mitzvah, I highly recommend you
join our upcoming class starting this March.
Below please find the schedule for our Spring Classes
(Dates/Times for Fall 2015 onward will be determined:)
Sunday, March 22
11:00-12:15pm - Orientation
Sunday, April 19
11:00-12:15pm - History of B’nai Mitzvah
Sunday, May 3
11:00-12:15pm - Bible
Sunday, May 31
11:00-12:15pm - Liturgy
-------------------------Summer Break
-------------------------October - December
Hebrew
January - June 2016
Prayer Book Skills and Trope
Sunday, June 12
Adult B’nei Mitzvah Service and Ceremony ■
A LETTER FROM SAM
SAM NUSSBAUM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM
Dear Valued Congregants and Friends:
My wife Chaviva and I are extremely grateful and appreciative that the Search Committee and
Board of Directors of Congregation Beth Shalom have selected me to be your next Executive
Director. We are thrilled and excited to start our new life together in Delaware and to join so
many wonderful fellow Delawareans living the terrific life that Delaware has to offer. It has been
apparent to us from the start that Delaware is a special place and that CBS is a special Jewish
community of people, unlike anything we have ever experienced. We feel very fortunate to be
part of the CBS family – people and families who care about Judaism, who live a comfortable and
meaningful Jewish life, and who care about each other.
CBS is blessed with a superlative clergy team in Rabbi Michael and Cantor Elisa. Together, they
demonstrate and provide our congregants every day with the best in Jewish religious life: Rabbi
Michael with his teaching, guidance, and leadership, and Cantor Elisa with her melodious voice,
engaging services, and Hebrew School stewardship. We could not have better individuals to
represent CBS both internally and in the greater community. My greatest hope is that I fit in well
with this incredible team, and that together, we make CBS the best it can be.
As I’m sure you know, the CBS Executive Board and Board of Directors led by Ralph Downard,
is a can-do collection of individuals from different careers and perspectives, who join together as
one on behalf of CBS both today and in the years to come. And the many other groups such as:
the Minyanaires, led by Sam Swinger, the Sisterhood co-led by Jodie Pezzner and Elaine
Schmerling , the Men’s Club led by David Fruchtman, the Board Committees, the Gift Shop led
by Joyce Kaufmann and Francis Klein, Chesed co-coordinated by Elaine Schmerling, Debbie
Grossman, and Claire Kantar, the Membership Committee, led by Karolin Lipman, the Kitchen
Klub led by Janet Bailis, and the many other groups and individuals who devote their precious
time and energy to make CBS the warm, welcoming, and wonderful place that it is. Each of these
leaders would welcome your participation. You will find all their contact information in your
Membership Directories. I encourage you to reach out to them if you haven’t already.
I look forward to meeting each and every one of you. I look forward to learning about you and
your families, to hearing about the history and tradition of this great synagogue, and to partnering
with everyone on behalf of our congregation.
As we look to the future there will be many
new dreams and accomplishments for our
synagogue, and I sincerely hope that I can join
you in making our dreams come true.
Thank you for being so welcoming to us!
Sincerely,
Chaviva and Sam Nussbaum ■
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TIKKUN OLAM
EMMANUEL DINING ROOM
HANOVER FOOD PANTRY
Thank you to February helpers: Lori Barbanel, Claire
Kantar and Esther Schmerling, and to bakers Faith
Silver, Bethany Kutz, Karen Moss, CBS Sisterhood, and
a big todah rabbah (thank you) to the CBS Sisterhood who
is covering CBS's Emmanuel Dining Hall’s meals this year.
During our February Day of Service we served a delicious
chicken dinner for over 130 individuals.
Just an early warning that Pesach begins on Friday, April
3rd, with the first Seder. Perhaps you are ridding your
household of chometz—then this would be a good time to
cull out some items (canned or boxed) to contribute to the
CBS Food Drive.
We are in need of bakers, and ONE MORE HELPER for
the two remaining days this year: Sunday, March 8 and
Tuesday, April 7. Let me know if you are interested!
Thank you!
Elaine Schmerling, 302.475.3708
[email protected] ■
The food stuffs you contribute can join others’ donations to
feed the unfortunate families who come to the Hanover
Church Food Pantry for sustenance.
Please put your cans of tuna, corn, beans, peas, carrots, etc.
and your peanut butter and boxes of rice, crackers, pasta,
and cereal in the bins that have been provided in front of
the administrative offices. Here is your chance to do a
mitzvah and keep some child from being hungry.
Thank you!
Marlene Ornston ■
WATCH YOUR E-MAIL! FAMILY PROMISE COMING IN APRIL! APRIL 26 - MAY 3!
BASKING IN THE GLOW OF HANUKKAH
Submitted By Faith Silver
So you think you had a special Hanukkah – surrounded by family, lighting candles, eating latkes, and listening to the
laughter of young children as they played dreidel and opened presents. Members of our congregation were able to recreate
that experience with families in the Family Promise network as we shared the sixth night of Hanukkah with these families
housed at Peninsula McCabe Church during the last week of December. We served a traditional brisket dinner to the 14
family members experiencing temporary homelessness along with 16 volunteers from other interfaith congregations in the
Ninth Ward. Thanks to the efforts of our Men’s Club we dined on scrumptious latkes and polished the meal off with
delicious sufganiyot (jelly donuts) provided by our Sisterhood. With a menorah on each table, we lit the Hanukkah candles
and retold the significance of the burning lights. Our highlight for the evening was Cantor Elisa’s beautiful voice which
was accompanied by Shari Walter on guitar, teaching our guests the joy of singing simple Hanukkah songs. After dinner,
we cleared the tables and entered into a high stakes game of dreidel, every individual vying for their share of M&M’s. The
family members also experienced the concept of Hanukkah “gelt” as we gave each family member a Target gift card.
That same evening there was an additional set of lit candles as we presented one young family member with a birthday cake
and a robot toy in honor of his fourth birthday. It was the huge smile on that young boy’s face and the glow of delight from
his mother that warmed our hearts and sealed our memories.
Family Promise is a major initiative for our Tikkun Olam Program at CBS. For four separate weeks a year, CBS with five
other faith-based congregations, support families experiencing homelessness by setting up sleeping accommodations at
Peninsula McCabe United Methodist Church, preparing meals, assisting with transportation, planning and participating in
family activities, and providing warm and caring fellowship by interacting with the families. Along with the staff of Family
Promise of Northern New Castle County which is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization, we help move families along a path to
their own independent sustainable living. Our next Family Promise Week is April 26- May 3.
If you want to join the fun and do a mitzvah: contact Faith Silver, 302-764-5408. ■
SISTERHOOD
Sisterhood has been busy supporting and leading synagogue activites. In early February we baked hamantashen, under the
leadership of Master Baker Susan Ebner who has helped lead this effort for a decade! Todah Rabah to her and other
helpers who helped us bake almost 800 hamantashen for CBS’s Purim activities (including the Mishloach Manot) this year.
Helpers include: Janet Bailis, Suzanne Burcat, Stacey Friedland, Wayne Geller, Shelley Mand, Karen Schultz and Howard
Weissman.
We purchased needed supplies for CBS including clear storage containers, new tablecloths, a large kitchen wall calendar,
and string backpacks for Hebrew school students.
We cooked family-friendly Shabbaton luncheons for about 100 people both in Jan and Feb. Thanks to cooking helpers
Stacey Friedland, Sharon Rosengarten, Eva Weissman, Renee Felder; Janet Bailis, Ester Balick and the Kitchen Klub for
baking delicious desserts! Thanks to Rachel Rodriguez for helping in the kitchen and Men’s Club helpers Hayim Weiss,
Michael Stanley, and Dan Berkowitz (and his children), Vered Becker (and her girls), Rebecca Downard, and others.
We partnered with the Kraft Family Foundation for the Shabbat Koleinu dinner and Oneg. The Sisterhood also sponsored
the Oneg for MLK Shabbat.
We led services, read Torah and celebrated together at Sisterhood Shabbat on February 21. Thank you Jessica Imber for all
your hard work!
We assembled Mishloach Manot bags for all members of CBS – if you haven’t picked yours up yet, remember to stop by
CBS! Thank YOU for your participation in Happy Purim – we will donate these profits to CBS at the Annual Meeting.
Lest we forget those in need: we are helping community neighbors by funding CBS’s costs for our Emmanuel Dining Hall
days, fresh produce for the Hanover Food Closet, and supporting CBS’s Family Promise efforts.
And finally…we CELEBRATED at the Purim Masquerade Ball! Thanks to Beth Ledger for appetizers, Lisa Kletter, Karen
Schultz, and Meredith Weiss for decorations, and the Kitchen Klub for making desserts. Extended thanks to our
Programming Committee for planning this event: Lisa Kletter and Jodie Pezzner. Thank you to those who donated to our
silent auction fundraiser and to those who bid! Money raised from baskets donated by the religious school families will be
used to upgrade our equipment needs such as computers. If you missed the event but would like to donate to help our
school, please send checks to the office made out to CBS Sisterhood and write “school fundraiser” in memo line.
Let the celebration continue: Plan to attend the March 14 Shabbaton luncheon and Women’s Seder on March 29 at
3:00pm (see page 4 for details). Join us in supporting community at CBS, and stay tuned for more exciting events and new
partnerships!
If you would like to be part of the sisterhood board for next year or serve on a committee, please submit your name to
Elaine Schmerling or Jodie Pezzner.
Sincerely,
Elaine Schmerling and Jodie
Pezzner, Co-Presidents
In the photos:
Shelly Mand & Karen Schultz (top),
Stacey Friedland & Wayne Geller (right),
Stacey Friedland, Suzanne Burcat, and
Susan Ebner (bottom)
Todah Rabbah!
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M E N’S C L U B
MEN'S CLUB ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP BREAKFAST
SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 10:00AM
CBS SOCIAL HALL
MEN'S CLUB SHABBAT
SATURDAY, APRIL 18,
9:30AM
Schmooze with old friends, and new ones you haven't met
yet! Enjoy a complimentary Jewish soul food breakfast.
Learn more about men's club upcoming events. Guest
speaker, Ed Okonowicz, a renowned author and storyteller,
will speak about "So you think you know all about
Delaware." Anyone can attend. Admission is FREE for
Men's Club Members renewing their 2015 Membership,
$10 for all others. Order now!
The Men of the Men's Club will
give the clergy a break and lead the
entire service and sponsor the
kiddush lunch (prepared by the
Sisterhood).
So you think you know all about Delaware - whether a
native or transplant, Delawareans are proud to be known as
residents of the First State. But what do they really know
about Delaware? This presentation (which includes a
multiple choice quiz) challenges natives and newcomers to
show their stuff about Blue Hen History, politics,
geography, and more. Why does Delaware have a round
top? How did the C & D Canal help save the Union? And
what's the story with all those chickens, and pumpkins, and
scrapple, and pirates . . . And lots MORE… Find out at the
Breakfast!
BREWS WITH JEWS™
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 7:30PM
STONEY'S ON 202
Join the guys of the Men's Club at
Stoney's for some cold beers, munchies
and some laughs. What better way to
enjoy a winter evening! Bring your
friends and join in the fun. Men's Club
membership or Jewish affiliation not
required.
PHILADELPHIA SOUL GAME
SUNDAY APRIL 12TH, 4:00PM
Join the Men's Club for exciting Arena League Football action.
This is a great event for the entire family. Lower level seats.
Tickets only $20 and $25. Contact David Fruchtman for details or
order your tickets on the Men’s Club Webpage!
If you are interested in participating
in the service with an English or
Hebrew part, please contact Ethan
Solomon, [email protected] or Josh Sachs,
[email protected].
GO APE TREETOP ZIPLINE ADVENTURE
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2:00PM
LUMS POND STATE PARK .
(Plan to arrive 15 - 20 minutes prior to our start time 1:45pm) It is an outdoor experience that provides you 2-3
hours of outdoor fun and exercise. The result is
spectacular. The course allows you to explore the park
from an otherwise unobtainable vantage point while
navigating through the treetops using zip lines, obstacles
and tarzan swings. This is going to be fun!! Order on the
Men’s Club Webpage!
CONCESSION STAND FUNDRAISER
BLUE ROCKS/FRAWLEY STADIUM
SUNDAY, JUNE 7
25 volunteers, aged 16 and up, are needed for this fun
fundraiser manning both concession stands at Frawley
Stadium. No concession stand experience or Men's Club
membership necessary. If interested in helping out, sign up:
http://bit.ly/1vNytVN. Contact David Fruchtman,
[email protected], for details. ■
Submitted by David Fruchtman, President
LODGE LANE IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO SHARE THEIR TALENTS WITH THE RESIDENTS
If you have an interesting hobby, collection, talent or have traveled to interesting destinations, why don’t you visit and share
your experiences with the residents at Lodge Lane?
Please contact Beth Poole, Activity Director at [email protected] if you are interested in volunteering your interests.
S E C O N D F R I D AY S
FROM BRAS AND GIRDLES TO THE APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM
Second Friday, March 13, 8:00pm
Submitted By Marv Cytron
”Go for it!” was the response to Larry Ornston and his
team’s proposal to management to develop and bid on the
astronaut’s space suits for America’s trip to the moon: The
Apollo Space Program. Here was the Platex Company, in
Dover, DE. a successful manufacturer and marketing
organization of ladies undergarments, going against many
of the well-established aero-space
companies to develop and bid on
this 1969 venture. Join us, as our
guest darshan, Larry Ornston,
shares this interesting chapter of
Delaware History.
(Photo: Larry Ornston)
Coming in April!
THE NAYSAYERS EXPLAIN THE 10 PLAGUES
Second Friday, April 10, 8:00pm
The Ten Plagues! One of the key elements of the recitation
during the Seders we will be celebrating next month. The
drops of wine recall each plague brought against Pharaoh
and his people, the “Plague Kits” distributed to the
youngsters as they join in. But the doubters, the naysayers,
have “scientific reasons” how these incidents took place.
From Freud to Pharaoh’s Viceroy in the recent film,
“Exodus, God and Kings,” all try to debunk the power of
God as he frees our ancestors from slavery. Join us as
Rabbi Beals has a bit of fun with the naysayers. ■
K R A F T E D U C AT I O N A L F O U N D AT I O N S P E A K E R S E R I E S
FUNNY, YOU DON’T LOO K JEWISH! “JEWS OF CHINA AND THE HAGADDAH”
SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 7:00PM
Submitted by Marv Cytron
The punch line of the old joke about an American businessman who finds himself in China on Rosh Hashanah! Asking
directions to a synagogue he is astonished that every worshiper is Chinese. Prayer books in Hebrew and Chinese, all the
familiar rituals, prayers and sermon led by a Chinese rabbi! After services he is greeted by the assembled worshipers, all
are amazed that he is Jewish. Hence, they exclaim “ funny you don’t look Jewish!” The joke is perhaps, more
fact than fiction!
The Rabbi Jacob Kraft Educational Foundation of Congregation Beth Shalom welcomes Professor David
Stern, Professor of Classical Hebrew Literature, University of Pennsylvania, as he takes us on a journey to the
ancient Jewish community of Kaifeng, China. For over six hundred years, 11th to18th centuries, this community
worshiped in the traditional manner, wrote their own prayer books, Torahs, and most notably, a Hagaddah.
David Stern is the Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of Classical Hebrew Literature at the University of
Pennsylvania where he served for many years as Director of the Jewish Studies Program. Educated at Columbia College
(BA 1972 and Harvard University (Ph.D. 1980), Stern was a Junior Fellow in Harvard's Society of Fellows, and has taught
at Princeton University, The University of Judaism in Los Angeles, the Hebrew University, and the University of
Washington. Dr. Stern's fields of specialization are classical Jewish literature and religion. He has written widely on the
Midrash (the Biblical commentaries of the Rabbis).
The community is invited to join us on Sunday evening, March 22, 2015, 7:00pm to explore with Dr. Stern the fascinating
history of this ancient community in his lecture: “Jews of China and the Hagaddah.” A reception follows his talk, and
there is no charge to attend.
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SYNAGOGUE PROGRAMMING
“HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED?”
SHABBAT TRADITIONS
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 6:30PM
We continue our series; “Have You Ever Wondered?” A study and discussion on the laws, history and traditions of
Judaism! We often observe these precepts, observe and celebrate holidays, etc., but perhaps, we are not quite sure of their
reasons or history. For March we will explore some of the traditions of Shabbat: Examples:
 Why do we light at least two candles as we welcome Shabbat?
 What does “challah is taken” mean on packages of matzo or challah?
 We bless our daughters with the familiar names of the matriarchs (Sarah, Rebecca, Rachael
and Leah), and our sons with Ephraim and Manasseh, why not Isaac, Joseph, Moses. Or
Aaron?
MAY 1948 REVISITED
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 6:30PM
This week in Israel, and throughout the Jewish world, we observe Israel Remembrance Day and
celebrate Israel Independence Day. Have you ever wondered what is the historical background of
the United States support for Israel?
Join us as Rabbi Beals takes us on a journey of historical episodes leading up to May 14, 1948,
when President Harry Truman recognized the State of Israel eleven minutes after the Declaration
of Israel’s creation. “A Few Coins and the Establishment of the State of Israel.”
(Photo: Head and Shoulder Portrait of
Join Rabbi Michael and Cantor Elisa for a nosh at 6:00pm, service at 6:30pm.
Have something you have wondered about? Contact Rabbi Michael or Cantor Elisa. ■
Harry S.Truman by Hessler Studio
Courtesy: Truman Library)
POSTPONED TO THE FALL
MAZEL TOV
In our January/February issue of the Kol Shalom, we
shared with you a special series of educational programs to
help us all take pride in our collective Jewish legacy. This
program was slated to begin in February and end shortly
after Passover. Unfortunately, due to several other
programs slated for this Spring, we had to postpone these
educational offerings until the Fall, beginning sometime
shortly after the High Holy Days. We will share more
details later this Summer and during the High Holy Days to
help you get ready for this exciting program! ■
To Elaine Schmerling for receiving the 2014
Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Award for her
CANDLE LIGHTING TIMES
MARCH 2015 - APRIL 2015
3/6
3/13
3/20
3/27
5:41pm
6:49pm
6:56pm
7:03pm
4/3
4/10
4/17
4/24
7:10pm (Pesach)
7:17pm (Pesach)
7:24pm
7:31pm
DON’T FORGET TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
passion and commitment to improving the environment,
especially in the Ardens.
To Rabbi Michael Beals for being recognized with the
Albert Einstein Academy’s 2015 Community Builder
Award and to HaMorah Osnat David for being
recognized with the inaugural Ner Tamid Excellence in
Teaching Award at the AEA Gala.
To Jordon N. Rosen, CPA, AEP on being elected the
2015 President of the National Association of Estate
Planners & Councils by his estate planning community
peers.
To Ellisha Caplan, on receiving the 2015 Arnold Cohen
Excellence in Teaching Award at the 2015 Teacher
Appreciation Shabbat held on Friday, February 6.
Got a mazel to share? Send it to
[email protected].
SYNAGOGUE PROGRAMMING
The CBS Book Club, open to all members of the CBS community,
meets every 4 to 6 weeks to discuss a book. Do you like to read and to
learn more about Judaism or Jewish history? Do you like to share your
thoughts about a book you've read? Looking for a way to spend some
time with friends? Join CBS Book Club on selected Sundays at 10am,
after Morning Minyan.
March 29, 2015 (NEW DATE)
Charlotte and Lionel:
A Rothschild Love Story
by Stanley Weintraub
April 19, 2015
The Winemaker
by Noah Gordon
In preparation for next year, please send your
book recommendations for the 2015-2016 line-up
to Lori Barbanel [email protected].■
TODAH RABAH
A heart-felt TODAH RABAH to Marla and Ross Cooper for opening their home for our New Member Brunch, held on
Sunday, February 15. Despite the frigid, snowy and sometimes windy conditions, our new members received a warm
welcome from members of our synagogue community. Among those attending the brunch was our new Executive Director
Sam Nussbaum and his wife Chaviva. Welcome New Members! ■
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I N O U R C O N G R E G AT I O N
BAR MITZVAH: ADAM KERZNER
Adam Michael Kerzner will be called to the Torah for his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, March 21, 2015. Adam is
a student at The Pilot School in North Wilmington. He enjoys sports, including soccer, basketball, and lacrosse.
His hobbies and special interests include constructing Marble Runs and puzzles. For his Bar Mitzvah project,
Adam volunteered his time as a “buddy” with TOPS (The Outreach Program for Soccer), for young athletes
with disabilities, and organized a food drive for the Jewish Family Service Food Bank. Adam's proud parents are Roger
and Michelle, and Noah is his younger brother. Mazel Tov!
BAT MITZVAH: MEREDITH HAINES
Meredith Haines will become a Bat Mitzvah on March 28, 2015. She is a seventh grade distinguished honor roll
student at PS duPont Middle School and a member of the National Junior Honor Society. She plays flute in the
school band and plays softball for school and for a travel softball league. She also swims year round for two
swim teams. This past summer, she broke multiple swim club records and recently received a Delaware
writing award.
For her Mitzvah Project, Meredith volunteered at the Jewish Community Cemetery where she cleaned the grounds, raked
leaves, planted flowers and displayed flags for Jewish War Veterans. She also entertained children of homeless families and
prepared meals for them through Family Promise.
She is the daughter of Kara and Brad Haines and sister of Graham and Noah. Her grandparents are Myrna Rubenstein (z"l)
and Harvey Rubenstein of Wilmington, and Beverly and Stephen Haines of Severn, MD. Mazel Tov!
K R A F T E D U C AT I O N A L F O U N D AT I O N L E C T U R E S E R I E S
A NAZI’S SON SPEAKS OUT
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 7:00PM
Submitted by Marv Cytron
The Rabbi Jacob Kraft Educational Foundation of Congregation Beth Shalom welcomes Dr. Bernd Wollschlaeger, to our
community on Sunday April 26. Dr. Wollschalaeger will share his experience of being the son of a proud Nazi.
Bernd Wollachlaeger born in 1958 in the small German town of Bamberg, is the son of a former Nazi tank commander and
member of one of the elite units of the Wehrmacht, the Germany army. Hitler personally awarded
the Knight’s Cross to his father.
Bernd loved his parents and admired his father, but growing up he needed to know all about what
his father refused to discuss with him - what the Nazis did to Europe, Germany and the Jews, and
what was his role?
When Palestinian terrorists murdered Israel’s Olympic athletes in 1972, the German press noted
that again Jews had been killed in Germany. The fourteen year-old Bernd wanted to know
(Photo: A West German commander of
an M48 tank, in 1960, U.S. Army
what that meant. However, he could not get a straight answer from his parents. What he
Heritage Education Center [USAHEC])
learned about the Third Reich at school horrified him. When he asked his father about these
crimes his father told him; “Your teachers were all communists and liars and that the Holocaust never actually existed.”
This encounter with his father set young Bernd on an exceptional journey of self-search and a developing love of Judaism,
and Israel. Join us Sunday evening, April 26 at 7:00pm as Dr. Wollschlaeger shares his remarkable story and his
message of peace and acceptance. A reception follows his talk and there is no charge to attend. ■
I N O U R C O N G R E G AT I O N
WHAT’S A SALON?
“What’s a Salon?,” writes Susan Moseley, in her recent
article for her home church, Westminster Presbyterian. She
answers, “I thought a salon was a place where one went to
have her hair ‘done’ or to get a pedicure. Only recently did
I learn that salon originally referred to an important place
for the exchange of ideas.”
joint Salon between our two communities, on Monday,
March 30, 6:15 to 8:30pm, at their home in Surrey Park.
Our topic will be “The Role Religion Plays in Our
Lives.” Ideally we hope to keep the numbers of
participants both balanced and relatively intimate, as well
as in keeping with the size limitations of each host’s home.
If you are interested in attending please RSVP to
[email protected] by Monday, March 23.
Westminster Presbyterian leaders, in the hope of building
on our Peace Drums cooperation to create stronger bonds
between our two houses of worship, is inviting our
congregants to join their congregants in an ongoing Salon
program. Salons are open to a small group of self-selected
congregants, to create a safe space to explore interesting
ideas, in members’ homes, over wine and cheese, with no
agenda. The purpose of these gatherings is intellectual and
spiritual growth, as well as creating new bridges between
our two communities. Being both good listeners and
speakers, with a desire to learn from others are essential
pre-requisites for participation.
Please note there is another, ongoing opportunity for
theological conversations with diverse groups. Our
congregants, along with members of Hanover Presbyterian
Church, Congregation Beth Emeth, and other Delaware
spiritual seekers, have been participating for several years
in Theology on Tap. It traditionally meets every six
weeks on a Tuesday of the month, starting at 7:30pm, at
Ulysses Gastronomic Pub, at the corner of Marsh and
Silverside Roads. The next meeting is slated for Tuesday,
March 17, at 7:30pm. If you are interested, I invite you to
check in with Matthia McCracken in our CBS Front Office
for more details and confirmation of date and time.
We are blessed that our congregants, Rick and Elly
Alexander, have offered to open their home for this first
Rabbi Michael Beals
SYNAGOGUE GOVERNANCE
DUES ARE DUE
As a member of Congregation Beth Shalom, you benefit in so many ways. Whether it's Sisterhood and Men's club
activities, our Hebrew School and b'nai mitzvah preparation, social programming, high holy day and religious services, or
support from our clergy in times of need, CBS is here for you and your family. None of this could exist without your
support and we thank you for choosing to be part of the CBS family. Please remember that unless you are on a monthly
payment plan, your CBS membership dues must be paid by March 15, 2015.
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NOMINATING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE APPOINTED
In keeping with our synagogue by-laws, Congregation Beth Shalom President, Ralph Downard has appointed the 2015
Nominating Committee. Members are Regina Alonzo, Ellisha Caplan, David Fruchtman, Judy Lewis, Michael Sigman, and
Diane Wolf, Past President, who will serve as Chair.
The by-laws state that the committee should consist of five to eight members, including both Board of Directors and nonBoard of Directors members. Their duties include the nomination of a slate of Executive Officers and Board of Directors,
and the distribution of the slate in advance of the annual meeting. Another responsibility is to solicit suggestions from the
membership.
If you have suggestions for the committee, please email Diane Wolf at [email protected] or call
302.478.4705. ■
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B I RT H D AY S A N D A N N I V E R S A R I E S
MARCH
March 2
Elly Alexander
Rachel Mussaf
March 21
Alexander Montag
Eli Sigman
Darren Wiley
March 3
Bradley Haines
Tina Heiman
March 22
Edward Richman
Sandra Rotholz
March 4
Ivy Harlev
March 23
Meredith Rosenthal
March 7
Renee Covin
Meredith Friedland
March 25
Miriam Edell
Roberta Markovitz
March 8
Christopher Alonzo
Ethan Fruchtman
Michael Glazier
Cindy Goldstein
March 26
Dennis Schnee
March 9
Stacey Friedland
Henry Heiman
March 11
Pamela Appelbaum
Michael Beals
Mace Bloom
Matthew Greenlee
March 12
Alan Bleier
Ann Klein
Myrna Ryder
Esther Schaffer
Carter Steffen
March 27
Evan Brodsky
Phyllis Fink
Sydney Lewis
Robert Moldwin
March 28
Grace Cherrin
Lorraine Cohen
Evan Crain
Arlene Davis
Howard Goldstein
Debbie Grossman
March 29
Joy Bloom
Ronna Hochman
Michael Kletter
Barbara Longwill
March 13
Arlene Ledger
March 30
Barney Kantar
March 14
David Burcat
Justin Burcat
Norma Pressman
Mara Raskin
March 31
Lolo Heitlinger
Zach Platsis
Karen Schultz
Barbara Stargatt
March 16
Robin Richman
March 17
Arielle Beals
March 18
Stanley Levy
Andrew Rosen
Howard Slaff
APRIL
April 1
Molly Ballard
Sandye Turnauer
April 2
Stuart Felzer
April 3
Rose Kron
Faith Silver
April 4
Tom Felder
Meryl Gardner
April 5
Brian Andrus
Shara Bubes
Linda Levine
Nancy Lustig
Felicia Tannenbaum
April 6
Eric Wexler
April 7
Jason Stiebel
April 8
Jeff Ledger
Elias Mamberg
April 9
Lynda Kaufman
Julia Schwartz
April 10
Esther Entel
Michael Schwartz
April 12
Regina Alonzo
Zachary Glazier
Mark Goldman
Maxwell Rosenthal
Barry Schnoll
April 13
Terry Moore
Thomas Weiler
April 14
Jason Barnes
Elizabeth Blumberg
Jordan Cohen
Alan Fink
April 15
Diane Berger
Helen Goldberg
Jerome Grossman
Janet Kaufman
Martin Lessner
April 16
Samuel Blumberg
Robert Hronsky
Peter Popper
Arlene Wilson
April 18
Ethan Hronsky
Mindye Hughes
Marilyn Levinson
April 19
Kathy Bloom
Joel Citron
April 20
Paul Silver
April 21
Richard Derman
Joshua Sachs
April 23
Jerome Nachlis
Judith Zucker
April 24
Martin Glick
Laura Rubin
Melissa Schwartzman
April 25
Susan Rosen
April 26
Rick Alexander
Robert Davis
Christian Giffin
Harriet Harowitz
April 27
Gary Harad
Ruth Hochheiser
David Ross
April 28
Diane Wolf
April 29
Emily Katz
April 30
Helen Schutzman
Hayim Weiss
ANNIVERSARIES
Karen Morris & Alan Levenson - 3/6
Laurie & Peter Hazen - 3/16
Bethany & Jason Kutz - 3/18
Elaine & Mark Mendelson - 3/19
Ester & Leslie Balick - 3/23
Ellen & Garth Koniver - 3/26
Ellen & Mel Pell - 3/26
Merle & Ronald Cohen - 3/29
Bryna & Jay Rappaport - 3/29
Andrea & Richard A. Levine - 3/30
Carol & Sidney Balick - 4/1
Kara & Bradley Haines - 4/1
Helen & Norman Schutzman - 4/1
Suzanne & Peter Burcat - 4/5
Anna & David Goldman - 4/6
Maris & Michael Laurence - 4/7
Pamela & Roy Finkelman - 4/8
Estelle & Martin Glick - 4/8
Marlene & Mitchell Greenberg - 4/10
Momilani & Stanley Budner - 4/13
Jessica & Andrew Rosen - 4/18
Janet & Abraham Bailis - 4/20
Joyce & Charles Kaufmann - 4/29
M AY T H E I R M E M O R I E S B E A B L E S S I N G
10 Adar (3/1/2015)
Etta Broder
Arnold Cohen
Eleanor Diznoff
Mae Lipshutz
Max Siegel
11 Adar (3/2/2015)
Beatrice Cohen
William Fost
Yefem Golod
Edmond Jacobs
Max Lesnoy
Meyer Segall
Harry Sobel
Harry Young
12 Adar (3/3/2015)
Gerry Berman
Louis Caney
Mindy Curley
Bessie Handelman
Evelyn Langerman
Dorothy Meritz
George Rosenberg
13 Adar (3/4/2015)
Samuel Clayman
Harry Ehrlich
Miriam Ungar Greibach
Herman Klassman
Edwyna Klastorin
Betty Rosenberg
Jacob Silvers
14 Adar (3/5/2015)
Harry Bloom
Samuel Blumberg
Herman Cohen
Anna Finger
Bettye Herman
Sabrina Mendelsohn
Oscar Morris
Albert Sklar
15 Adar (3/6/2015)
Daniel Ehrenfeld
Millie Eisenman
Miriam Gibstein
Joseph Hendler
Sara Krasick
Michael Montag
Mollie Taylor
16 Adar (3/7/2015)
Esther Freedman
Fannie Goldman
Avrom Green
Manya Rabinowitz
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Morris Shore
Rose Young
17 Adar (3/8/2015)
Bessie Brooks
Doris Dobkin
Allan Goldberg
Maurice Goldfinger
Ethel Silverman
Sherman Westrich
Tanya Zallea
18 Adar (3/9/2015)
Eleanor E. Barsha
Marshall Feinsilber
Rebecca A. Fost
Irvin Glick
Gloria Gross
Edith Jacobson
James Rosenbaum
Louis Samuels
Leo Schick
Dorothy Maxine
Schnoll
Leonard Strick
Joseph Weiner
19 Adar (3/10/2015)
Ann Berkman
Benjamin Braverman
Marjorie Havel
Amos Hollett
Evelyn Stoltz
20 Adar (3/11/2015)
Charles Bellak
Benjamin Blume
Sarah Drowos
Miriam Liebman
Mary Rothstein
Charles Twer
21 Adar (3/12/2015)
James K. Cohen
Cecilia Haberman
Jacob Kraft
Saul Kron
Jeanette Mason
Jacob Mussaf
Louis Rosenblatt
Nettie Tomases
22 Adar (3/13/2015)
Elizabeth Adler
Robert Beitman
Sonia Epstein
Bernard Katz
Dorothy Kaufman
Dora Lieberman
Bernard Sachs
23 Adar (3/14/2015)
Lillian Cobin
Molly A. Cohen
Rose Dorph
Roslyn Epstein
Deborah Stargatt
Feldman
Lionel Felzer
Hanna Greenbaum
Lilli Heitlinger
Edes Livingston
Mae Miller
Max Rosenbaum
Arnold Shriber
24 Adar (3/15/2015)
Anna Dektor
David Finkelstein
Harry Goldberg
Edna Greenberg
Rosie Levin
Margaret Malloy
Ethel Reiver
Moshe Alexander Rubin
Hugo Weil
Mollie Zimmerman
25 Adar (3/16/2015)
Robert Eisenman
Joaquin Farnos
Helen Havet
Kenneth Isaacs
Anthony Sholl
Freda Singer
Benjamin Yarowsky
26 Adar (3/17/2015)
Barney Ash
Rose Berkover
Ethel Budovitch
Morris Lipschitz
27 Adar (3/18/2015)
Jennie Brodsky
Esther Hyman
Hattie Kutz
James L. Reding
Leah Schectman
Rebecca Weiner
28 Adar (3/19/2015)
Frank Chaiken
Seymour Cohen
Abraham Haberman
William Leeds
Sarah Lewis
Samuel Longwill
Harry Nathan
Tobias Polonsky
Isadore Rosen
Harry Rudnick
Nathan Sklar
29 Adar (3/20/2015)
Emma Harad
Rose Hendler
Ari Norman
Diane Plaut
Cantor Andrew Salzer
1 Nisan (3/21/2015)
Harry Fischer
Belle Gardner
Mildred Goldstein
Kathryn S. Le Boritz
Lillian Sobel
Sydney Stargatt
Morris Tucker
2 Nisan (3/22/2015)
Harry Goldman
Sandra Kay
Dorothy Klein
David Rossman
3 Nisan (3/23/2015)
Jennie Zelda Katz
Doris Morris
Laura Zahn
4 Nisan (3/24/2015)
Sylvia Feingold Corner
Maurice Gabes
Herman Handloff
5 Nisan (3/25/2015)
Minnie Aerenson
Harry Goldberg
Annabelle Herring
Mildred Jacobson
Susan Spiller Moien
6 Nisan (3/26/2015)
Hannah Bank
William Bank
Jules Held
Abraham Simon
7 Nisan (3/27/2015)
Bobbie Epstein
Manny Klein
Sylvia Knopf Levitt
Melvin Ratner
8 Nisan (3/28/2015)
Fannie Leah Faber
David Paikin
Fanny Rich
Bernard Rudlin
9 Nisan (3/29/2015)
Saul Bricklin
M. Max Bycer
Benedict Lebovitz
Abraham Stutz
Harry Turkin
10 Nisan (3/30/2015)
Beatrice Bailis
Irvin Berlin
Max Davis
Sarah Haber
Beatrice Kessler
Herbert Kletter
Yehudith Kronfeld
Kenneth A. Levine
Bella Panar
Morris Zackowitz
11 Nisan (3/31/2015)
Ann Davis
Sidney Ornston
Barney Rich
Harry Weinstein
12 Nisan (4/1/2015)
Jennie Levy
Albert Podell
Morris Sloan
13 Nisan (4/2/2015)
Morris Davis
Kiva Kronfeld
David Bernard Miller
Wilma Rudnick
14 Nisan (4/3/2015)
Samuel Balick
Manuel Caney
Irving Gilbert
Bessie Hochman
Aaron Levitt
Berthold Levy
Isadore Skolnick
Sadye Swerling
Leon Wapner
15 Nisan (4/4/2015)
Samuel Fishman
Thelma Hochman
Louis Levinson
Roslyn Levinson
16 Nisan (4/5/2015)
James Cohen
Ida Geller
Edward Lipman
Edward G. Lipman
Mae Schier
Isador Schutzman
17 Nisan (4/6/2015)
Bessie Caney
Mary Furtzaig
Diane Brodsky Klein
Rae Sloan
Z I K H R O N A M L ’V R A K H A H
18 Nisan (4/7/2015)
Miriam Ferber
Tena Finkelstein
Leonard Korr
Abraham Levy
Milton Roffman
Richard Silverman
Rasha Sklut
19 Nisan (4/8/2015)
Reba Barkan
Dora Dukart
Morris Greenwald
Mary Jacobson
Mary Lebowitz
David Sklut
Karl Weiner
Louise Yalisove
Fannie Zallea
20 Nisan (4/9/2015)
Joseph Barkan
Betty Finklestein
Louis Greenberg
Arnold Nachlis
21 Nisan (4/10/2015)
Jack Alan Davis
Ethel Meiner
Katherine Miller
22 Nisan (4/11/2015)
Ida Antiles
Sidney Brodsky
Hyman Greenbaum
Marvin Grossman
Rose Lieberman
23 Nisan (4/12/2015)
Jacob Noah Leibowitz
Claire Willey
24 Nisan (4/13/2015)
Louis Alper
Morris Arsht
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Robert Alex Baron
Solomon Cohen
Samuel Gorenstein
Joseph Graboyes
Julius Seidenstat
Jack Weinstein
25 Nisan (4/14/2015)
Tillie Berlin
Alexander Epstein
Herman H. Furtzaig
Lawrence L. Lobel
26 Nisan (4/15/2015)
Jacob Baylin
Leon "Mike" Bloom
Ann Director
Jack Gold
Steven Matter
27 Nisan (4/16/2015)
Benjamin D. Cohen
Rosa Freedman
Genya Byer Kagan
Ronald Levine
Sonya Byer Paretzki
Isadore Salzer
Wilma Salzer
Elizabeth Weiss
Zoltan Weiss
28 Nisan (4/17/2015)
Isabella Greengold
Celia Katz
Joseph Miller
29 Nisan (4/18/2015)
Jennie Balick
Gloria Brown
R. B. Downard
Lee Kruger
Louis Miller
30 Nisan (4/19/2015)
Terry Frank
Bernard Siegel
1 Iyar (4/20/2015)
Harry Cherrin
Harry Hirsch
Charlotte Karel
Leslie L. Kaye
Faga Albert Orgiefsky
2 Iyar (4/20/2015)
Leonard Rubin
Matthew Bucholtz
Ida Levy
3 Iyar (4/22/2015)
Nettie Brodsky
Myrtil Hanau
Oscar Koralek
Estee Lauder
Nathan Levine
Stanley Mittin
Max Podolsky
Leslie R. Stone
Dorothy Zutz
4 Iyar (4/23/2015)
Emil Greibach
Rose Harwitz
Alicia Bea Keil
Sarah Kraushar
Melvin Morris
Rose Pudifin
Ida Seidenstat
Solomon Denenberg
Isadore Dorph
Roslyn Dressler
David Katz
Rose Reiser
5 Iyar (4/24/2015)
Lillian Kramer
Cheri Moon
9 Iyar (4/28/2015)
Samuel Berkowitz
Irving A. Bonett
Jack Brodsky
Fannie Fogel
Anna Gerber
Milton Lemberger
Harry Schaffer
6 Iyar (4/25/2015)
Niles Andrus
Hyman Bucholtz
Rheva Cook
Minnie Jacobs
Edward Kishner
Diana S. Kramer
Fannie Lipman
Paul Popper
7 Iyar (4/26/2015)
Rose Fischer
Joseph Handler
Harry Zutz
8 Iyar (4/27/2015)
Ralph Berkman
10 Iyar (4/29/2015)
Eileen Berger
Frieda Degnan
Rae Dolinger
Rose Klassman
11 Iyar (4/30/2015)
Sylvia Cherrin
Edwin J. Levy
Morris Stern
WITH OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHES
To Ruthie Blume and her family, on the passing of her husband, Alan.
To Ira Horden and his family on the passing of his mother,
Leatrice Leapman.
To Ralph Milner and his family on the passing of his mother,
Beatrice Milner.
To Al Kessler and his family on the passing of his wife, Josephine.
To the Cohen Family, on the passing of past CBS Rabbi,
Kenneth S. Cohen.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Congregation Beth Shalom raises funds to support synagogue activities, programs and projects. To make a donation to any
of our existing funds, please email or call our synagogue accountant, Marlene Greenberg, at 302.654.4462. The minimum
contribution to send a tribute card is $12. To establish a new fund or learn more about contributory opportunities, please call
our synagogue President, Ralph Downard. We appreciate your generosity.
AL BERLIN MINYAN FUND
For Tzedakah:
Anonymous
In honor of:
The Minyan Leaders
Elaine Schmerling & Warren Butt
In memory of:
Norman Alper
Ruth Forman & Herb Keller
Elva Levine
B. C. Benjamin
Ruth Siegel
Estelle Berg
Ruth Forman & Family
Sheila Bernstein
Sandi, Ethan, Jacob &
Adam Solomon
Byron Butt
Claire & Barney Kantar
Anita & Edward Sobel
Fannie Cohen
Donna M. Cohen
Nathan L. Cohen
Arlene Wilson
Sidney Cohen
Donna M. Cohen
Minnie Cutler
Nancy Laiken Swartz
Leon Fruchtman
The Fruchtman Family
Albert Glick
Estelle, Martin, Matthew, Holly &
Naiomi Glick
Debbie, Rich, Zack & Ben Newman
Chaya Laya Goldberg
Barbara & Samuel Swinger
Benjamin Haber
Lena Haber
Harry Hirschfield
Barbara Stargatt
Eleanor Isaacs
Ellin & Leonard Dwares
Estelle & Martin Glick
Nathan Katz
Daniel & Richard Katz
Josephine Kessler
Joseph Laiken
Nancy Laiken Swartz
Leatrice Leapman
Stuart Schwartz
Fran & Bob Freedman
Morris Swinger
BRIAN DOMBCHIK FUND
In honor of:
Joyce & Charlie Kaufmann’s
Grandson, Dovi Edward
Rhoda & Steven Dombchik
Celina & Ronald Riebman’s
Anniversary
In memory of:
Brian Dombchik
Rhoda, Steven, Gregory, Jeffrey,
Dawn,Michael & Megann
Dombchik
Gila & Joel Lipman
Henrietta Dombchik
Louis Dombchik
Rhoda, Steven, Gregory, Jeffrey,
Dawn,Michael & Megann
Dombchik
Josephine Kessler
Martin Lubaroff
Sandra Lubaroff & Family
Ida Preven
Sandra Lubaroff & Family
CANTOR ANDREW SALZER
MUSIC ENDOWMENT FUND
In honor of:
Micah Harlev’s Bar Mitzvah
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Levine
Twin Cantors’ Concert
Merle & Ronald Cohen
CANTOR’S
DISCRETIONARY FUND
In appreciation:
Mildred & Herman Cohen
Maris Grove Interfaith Committee
In honor of:
Twin Cantors’ Concert
Nancy & Jay Blumberg
Faye Goldstein & Family
Frank Levy
In memory of:
Harriet R. Bleier
Alan Bleier
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
In memory of:
J. Jacob Baylson
Eddi Chaikin & Family
Phyllis Baylson
Esther Long Chaikin
H. Herman Chaikin
James Chaikin
Lydia S. Keil
Harriet & Alfred Remsen
Harry Remsen
Rose Remsen
Bertha Sutton
The Mand Family
Isaac Sutton
The Mand Family
CAPITAL MAINTENANCE
In memory of:
Morris Berger
Diane & Philip Berger
Edgar Rothshild
The Rothschild Family
Steven Rothschild
Nora Schick
CONGREGATION FUND
Mazel Tov:
Celina Riebman – on Her Special
Birthday
Barbara & Donald Goldberg
Speedy Recovery:
Larry Ornston
Barbara & Charlie Keil
In honor of:
Brian Gold’s Engagement to Julia
Marilyn & Samuel Weiner
Shelley & Howard Kristol’s
Wedding Anniversary
Phyllis & Alan Fink
Nancy & Steve Lustig
Meryl Weinreb
For Tzedakah:
Marcia L. Hill
In memory of:
Steven Alexander
The Alexander Family
Frances B. Berkover
Wendy & Michael Berkover
Franklin S. Berkover
Wendy & Michael Berkover
Allan Blume
Beverly & Meredith Cloud
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Dudley
Ellen & Gordon Freireich
Les, Sally, Erin &
Hannah Greenberg
Lois & Clifford Johnson
The Koss & Nathanson Families
Norman Levine
Barbara & Andy Miller
Marcy & Joel Mirmelstein
Harriet & Marvin Sachs
Deborah, Howard, Nathan &
Eva Stromwasser
Sarah Ashley Burns
Fran & Halle Burns
Byron Butt
The CBS Sisterhood
Jodie & Ashley Pezzner
Faith & Paul Silver
Seymour Cohen
Debbie & Robert Berman
Shirley Cohen
Merle & Ronald Cohen
Sarah L. & Lawrence G. Silver
Ida Edell
Miriam & Steven Edell
19 | KOL SHALOM
Nathan Edell
Miriam & Steven Edell
Robert Einhorn
Carol Einhorn
Nathalie Einhorn
Rae Fink
Hinda & Jack Fink
Vera Gitlovitz
Merle, Ron & Valerie Cohen
Doris Gold
Marlene & Gary Gold, Brian &
Steven
Mollie Gore
Arlene Ledger
Norman W. Grant
Suzanne, Stuart, Niki, Jake &
Sam Grant
Bernard G. Greenberg
Ruth Greenberg
Sylvia C. Greenhouse
Keith S. Chesler
Searles Aaron Grossman
Sherry & Scott Grossman
Betty Holob
Adeline, Gary, Marissa &
Alyson Holob
Dennis Kazinoff
Phyllis Kazinoff & Family
Josephine Kessler
Florence Budovitch
Rhonda & David Cohen
The Finnegan Family
Marlene & Gary Gold
Hersh Kozlov
Roz & Howard Kurman &
Mike, Jaime, Max, Jill, Idan & Lev
Eleanor Matas
Celina & Ronald Riebman
Harriet & Marvin Sachs
Paul J. Smith
Jerry Sokolow
Jeffrey W. Spear
Marilyn & Samuel Weiner
and Rose Kron
Louis Klastorin
The Rappaport & Fieldman
Families
Israel Kurfirst
Judith & Howard Zucker
Leatrice Leapman
Nan & Hal Pezzner
Ruth Waxman Lescaud
Lillian Waxman Balick
Davida Levitt
Linda & Michael Sigman
Harriet Lipschultz
Dina & Alan Lipschultz
Lionel Lipschultz
Dina & Alan Lipschultz
Louis Mass
Phyllis & Alan Fink
Bertha Meyer
Ellen & Robert Meyer
Charles Meyer
Ellen & Robert Meyer
Morris Milner
Sharon & Ralph Milner
Nina Roffman
Beverly & Meredith Cloud
Eugene W. Rogosin
Andrea Levine & Emily Rogosin
Myer Rubenstein
Debbie, Alvin, Norman &
Hal Rubenstein
Reba Rubenstein
Debbie, Alvin, Norman &
Hal Rubenstein
Bernard Schaffer
Esther Schaffer & Family
Herbert Sherr
Nancy Sherr & Family
Ruth Silver
Faith & Paul Silver
Tillie Silverstein
Faith Silver
Zachary Stein
Anita & Herman Stein
Fannie Waxman
Mary Weil
Shirley Stark & Family
Celia Weissman
Marian Weissman
Howard Weissman
GLADYS ARIFF KITCHEN KLUB
In memory of:
Byron Butt
Celina & Ronald Riebman
HARRIET KAUFMAN FUND
In memory of:
Nattilie Godwin
Lynda & Larry Kaufman
Emelyn Louise Ruggerio
Ida Schreibstein
HEBREW SCHOOL FUND
In appreciation of a special blessing:
Ann Zion
In memory of:
Martin Balick
MEN’S CLUB
In memory of:
JONATHAN MORRIS FUND
In memory of:
Jacob Kellem
Annette Kellem & Family
Ida Preven
Sheila Gardner
Erwin Schmerliing
Elaine Schmerling
Herbert Sperber
Sharon & Jordon Rosen
Katie Tobin
Annette Kellem & Family
Rose Wagner
Lillian Kessler & Family
Martin Yalisove
Barbara E. Yalisove & Family
Abraham Morris
Irving Morris
ENDOWMENT FUND
In memory of:
KRAFT EDUCATIONAL
FOUNDATION
In memory of:
Abba Backman
Lillian P. Kessler
Benjamin Backman
Lillian P. Kessler
Allan Blume
Ellen & Scott Levithan
Dicey Sklut
Josephine Kessler
Barbara B. Keil
Marilyn & Gene Miller
Dicey Sklut
Leatrice Leapman
Barbara & Robert Cohen
George Weiner
Bess Lobel & Daughters
Jacob Weiner
Bess Lobel
Louis Entel
Esther & Leonard Entel & Family
Mark Feigen
Esther & Leonard Entel
Josephine Kessler
Farah Jimenez & David Hyman
Anna Sherman
Arlene & Robert Davis
Mendel Sherman
Arlene & Robert Davis
Bertha Wirosloff
Claire Wirosloff & Family
Albert Glick
Phyllis & Joseph Glick
Ida C. Goldman
Beth Goldman
Benjamin Goldstein
Ann & Larry Klein & Family
Judith Harowitz
Harriet & Jay Harowitz
Eleanor Isaacs
Phyllis & Joseph Glick
Paul Zucker
Judy & Howard Zucker
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
In honor of:
Hillary Jacobs & Eric Rosen’s
Marriage
Sandye & Jerry Turnauer
In appreciation:
Nathalie Einhorn
Jane & Steven Goldberg
In memory of:
LEWIS-GREENBAUM FUND
In memory of:
Walter Greenbaum
Judith, Jeffery & Lisa Lewis
Elaine S. Sherman
Howard Marks
S C H O L A R S H I P S AVA I L A B L E
FINGER-GORDON TRUST NOW
ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
The Anna E. Finger-Ruth F. Gordon Memorial Trust is now
accepting applications for grants for 2015.
The Trust is a charitable fund that provides grants each year to
individuals and institutions involved with the study of Judaism
and Jewish culture. For example, past awards have helped
children attend Jewish camps, participate in the March of the
Living and promote Holocaust education. The Trust has also
sponsored teachers’ attendance at Jewish education programs,
and awarded seed money to launch an innovative program to
allow children with special needs and their families to participate
in Shabbat services. Although financial need is afforded special
consideration, it is not a controlling factor in evaluating grant
requests. Grants are not limited by synagogue or branch of
Judaism.
The Trust was established in 1968 by Louis J. Finger and
Abraham J. Gordon in memory of Mr. Finger’s mother and sister
and Mr. Gordon’s mother-in-law and wife. Anna E. Finger
(1893-1967) and her daughter Ruth Finger Gordon (1922-1961)
were active members of Wilmington’s Jewish community and
involved in many Jewish cultural and educational causes. Anna
Finger and her husband, Aaron, were among the founding
members of Congregation Beth Shalom, and their children, Louis
and Ruth, were life-long Beth Shalom members. A teacher and
Gratz College graduate, Anna Finger taught in Beth Shalom’s
religious school and tutored Bar Mitzvah students for many
years.
Applications can be obtained by e-mailing David L. Finger,
[email protected]. The deadline for applications is
March 29, 2015. ■
SILVERMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
SUPPORTS SUMMER EXPERIENCES
The Sylvia & Isadore N. Silverman Scholarship Fund will be
awarding its 26th annual scholarship to a deserving youth for a
Jewish summer experience in camp or Israel. Applications may
be obtained at the Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth Synagogue office,
4412 Washington Street Ext., Wilmington, DE 19802
(302.762.2705), and should be returned to the synagogue office
by Monday, March 2, 2015.
The Fund was established in 1989 in honor of the Silvermans’
55th wedding anniversary, by their four daughters and many
friends. ■
Purim Program / Shpiel
Purim Megillah Reading
Introduction to Judaism - Basic Beliefs
Shabbat Service
Sulam for Emerging Leaders
General Board Mtg.
2nd Friday Service w/Larry Ornston
Hebrew School Upper Grade Shabbat Service
JFD Good Deeds Day
Shabbat Service
Bar Mitzvah - Adam Kerzner
Adult B'nei Mitzvah Orientation
Kraft Education Program w/David Stern
Executive Committee Meeting
Shabbat Service
Bat Mitzvah - Meredith Haines
Women's Seder
CBS Book Club
Erev Pesach - Turn in your Hametz Contracts by 10:00
Shabbat Service - Note Special Time
Pesach I
Shabbat & Passover Service
1st day of the Omer
Passover Service
Pesach III - Pesach VI (CH''M)
Pesach IV (CH''M)
Pesach VII & Passover Service
2nd Friday Service
Shabbat & Passover Service (Yizkor)
General Board Mtg.
Yom HaShoah
Shabbat Service
CBS Book Club
Adult B'nei Mitzvah Program
Sulam for Emerging Leaders
Yom HaZikaron
Yom HaAtzma'ut
Shabbat Service
Bat Mitzvah Julia Tomases
Family Promise Week
Kraft Program w/Bernd Wollschlager
Executive Committee Meeting
START DATE
START TIME
03/04/2015
6:30 PM
03/05/2015
7:30 AM
03/05/2015
7:30 PM
03/06/2015
6:30 PM
03/08/2015
12:45 PM
03/10/2015
7:30 PM
03/12/2015
7:30 PM
03/13/2015
8:00 PM
03/14/2015
9:30 AM
CBS
CALENDAR
March - April
2015
03/15/2015
03/19/2015
7:30 PM
03/20/2015
6:30 PM
03/21/2015
03/22/2015
11:00 AM
03/22/2015
7:00 PM
03/24/2015
7:30 PM
03/27/2015
6:30 PM
Adar - Nisan - Iyyar
5775
For a complete listing of all our
events, visit the CBS Website:
03/28/2015
03/29/2015
3:00 PM
03/29/2015
10:00 AM
04/03/2015
04/03/2015
5:30 PM
04/04/2015
04/04/2015
9:30 AM
04/05/2015
04/05/2015
9:00 AM
04/06 - 04/09 7:30 AM
04/07/2015
7:30 AM
04/10/2015
9:00 AM
04/10/2015
6:30 PM
04/11/2015
9:30 AM
04/14/2015
7:30 PM
04/16/2015
04/17/2015
6:30 PM
04/19/2015 10:00 AM
04/19/2015 11:00 AM
04/19/2015 12:45 PM
04/22/2015
04/23/2015
04/24/2015
6:30 PM
04/25/2015
9:30 AM
04/26 - 05/03
04/26/2015
7:00 PM
04/28/2015
7:30 PM
Recurring Events:
Torah Study
Thursdays
Saturdays
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
Girl Scouts
Thursdays
6:30 PM
Shabbat Morning Shabbat
Saturdays
9:30 AM
CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM
1801 Baynard Blvd • Wilmington, DE 19802
PHONE: (302) 654.4462 / FAX: (302) 543.7150
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NEXT KOL SHALOM DEADLINE IS
APRIL 10, 2015
NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
Wilmington, DE
Permit No. 77
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The Kol Shalom is the bimonthly
newsletter of Congregation Beth Shalom,
an egalitarian-Conservative congregation
affiliated with the United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism. To submit articles,
photos, and announcements, please e-mail:
[email protected] or mail them
to the address noted above.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RABBI
Rabbi Michael S. Beals
[email protected]
CANTOR / EDUCATION DIRECTOR
Cantor Elisa Abrams Casuto
[email protected]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Sam Nussbaum
[email protected]
PRESIDENT
Ralph Downard
[email protected]
The CBS Gift Shop Supports Israel
with shelves of Israeli-made Judaica and gift items. Yes, they are
more expensive, but we are helping out in our small way.
Open during Hebrew School Hours and by appointment.

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