Jammin in Jammies January 24, JCC Social Hall
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Jammin in Jammies January 24, JCC Social Hall
January 2015 Tevet - Shevat 5775 Vol. 85, No. 5 Jammin in Jammies January 24, JCC Social Hall Enjoy a fun evening of Havdalah and a concert for preschoolers and siblings, mommies, daddies, bubbies, zadies, papas, nanas and all other grandparents! This is a community event, so please invite your friends! Join us for a wonderful evening of great music by Julie Geller followed by a night time snack. Bring a blanket to cuddle on. The cost is $10 per family to join us. This also provides a chance to win a giant teddy bear! Additional raffle tickets are available for $1 at the door. Donations can be made on the Beth Shalom Website or in our school office. This year, our goal is to raise $10,000 to help expand and enhance the school’s existing programs. Please donate to support our preschool! Julie Geller is saving the world one song at a time with original, uplifting and positive songs in English and Hebrew. She has been releasing one new music video a month for a year and-a-half, and her music has been featured in the Jewish Week, J W Magazine, The Intermountain Jewish News, and many other publications. Julie has released five CDs and performs around the country for both adult and family audiences. She is a graduate of Harvard University and New England Conservatory of Music and she studied at Bar Ilan University and Midreshet Lindenbaum in Israel. Beth Shalom Welcomes Visiting Scholar Rabbi Amy Eilberg (For Schedule, see page 2) Milisa Flekier and Berenice Haberman are co-chairs The annual Kaplan Scholar-in-Residence weekend in for the weekend. Each year Women’s League for Conconjunction with Sisterhood Shabbat will be held Februservative Judaism marks its anniversary on the Shabbat ary 6 and 7. Our visiting Scholar is Rabbi Amy Eilberg, closest to the date in 1918 on which Mathilde Schechter, the first woman ordained as a Conservative rabbi by the wife of JTS Chancellor, Solomon Schecter, Jewish Theological Seminary of America. She currently teaches at United Theologifounded our organization. The weekend will include Friday evening services, a Shabcal Seminary of the Twin Cities and directs interfaith dialogue programs for the Jay bat dinner prepared by Sisterhood members and Shabbat morning services in which Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning in St. Sisterhood members and young women Paul, MN. In her new book, From Enemy will participate. The weekend will conclude to Friend: Jewish Wisdom and the Pursuit of Saturday evening with Minchah/Seudah Peace, published by Orbis Books in March Sh’lishit/Ma’ariv and Havdalah. The week2014, Rabbi Eilberg Table of Contents end activities are subsidized by the Abe and blends ancient Jewish saRabbi............................... p.2 cred texts on peacebuildCatherine Kaplan Fund and Beth Shalom Kaplan Schedule............. p.2 Sisterhood. Invitations and details have ing, real-life descriptions Sisterhood....................... p.4 of conflict engagement—interpersonal, been mailed. The cost for the Friday night Shabbat dinner B'nei Mitzvah & Anns..... p.6 interreligious, intra-communal, and will be $12 per person. Reservations are due January 16th. Cemetery Information..... p.7 international—and contemporary con- If you would like to help with dinner preparations, please Calendar........................p.11 flict theory. contact Milisa at [email protected]. www.bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 January 2015 From the Rabbi’s Study In Praise of Inconvenience One might think that we should try to make Jewish living as convenient as possible. After all, so much of Jewish living bumps up against many current trends in popular culture. Shabbat candle-lighting is fixed according to sunset, and is rarely convenient. Finding kosher food is a difficulty. Services for some of our most meaningful and joyful holidays are often at the most inconvenient times – weekdays, late nights, early mornings, etc. This seems to fly in the face of a world where Starbucks has a shop on every corner, and Amazon can deliver whatever we want in 24 hours and we We Need You can shop for anything in the world from our computer. However, the most convenient things in life rarely make memories. Think about how sleep-deprived we were when the Royals were in the playoffs from all the late-night games. Recall adolescent adventures of waiting in line for tickets, or driving hours for concerts. Try to remember when you sought out those hard to find museums or restaurants unique to a special city. For things in life that are the same, convenience and cost are most important. For the aspects of life that are filled with meaning, unique, special – and memory making – the inconvenience actually adds to the experience. This is why I encourage families to stay up late with their kids for Jewish experiences. When bedtime gets pushed aside for Purim or a Passover Seder, when you get to go into school late because you were at Sukkot services, when you take time to find that unique holiday food – you tell your children that whatever you are engaged in is REALLY important. So, instead of avoiding Jewish inconvenience – embrace it. After all, is there anything meaningful or important in life that’s easy and convenient? Rabbi David M. Glickman [email protected] Morning Minyan Jeff Blackman reading mitzvah 613 of Sefer ha-Chinuch at morning minyan with Hazzan Ben-Yehuda leading the service on Wednesday, November 26. 19 minyannaires enjoyed a celebratory seudah after minyan. Kaplan Weekend Schedule Friday, February 6 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service 7:00 pm Shabbat Dinner 8:15 pm Address by Rabbi Amy Eilberg "From Enemy to Friend: Jewish Wisdom and the Pursuit of Peace" Saturday, February 7 9:30 am Shabbat Services Sermon Rabbi Eilberg "Seek Peace and Pursue it: Relating to the Enemy and Paths to Healing" 12:00 pm Kiddush Luncheon 5:30 pm Minchah/Ma’ariv Services. Seudah Shlishit and Havdalah "Transforming arguments to be for the sake of heaven - how we talk to each other as Jews" 2 January 2015 www.bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 Execut i vel y Speak ing Why the Minyan Is So Important Can we imagine our congregation without daily minyan? When we read that question, do we react with discomfort or apathy? When a congregation grows to a certain size, it prioritizes at least having its own rabbi, cemetery, and daily minyan. We’ve recruited our favorite rabbi and extended his contract. We’re endowing our cemetery. And, we’re in a challenging period maintaining our daily minyan. But, we are stepping up to meet this challenge. There are prayers we can say alone each morning on arising; praising God and thanking God for renewing our life. Why is a minyan so important every day? We cannot read the Torah Monday and Thursday mornings without a minyan. Of course, congregants can hear the Torah read on Shabbat. We cannot say the Mourner’s Kaddish without a minyan. After the death of a loved one, it is our culture to observe the period of mourning through participation in daily minyan. Having experienced this myself, I came to realize the powerful effect this had on my period of mourning. I now understand how Jewish practices assist in restoring to health deeply mourning family members. Jewish mourning takes a community, a minyan. As happens in cycles, several regular members of minyan have recently finished their period of mourning, and while they come periodically to support others, they no longer come regularly. We have begun to frequently miss having daily minyan. Mourners cannot say Kaddish for their loved ones. If we put ourselves in their shoes, we can imagine how we would feel if we were deep in mourning and could not say Kaddish. Fortunately and lovingly, four of our kehillot, our sacred communities, have been asked to step up to join in resolving this crisis. Our Sisterhood, Men’s Club, Library Minyan and Board of Directors have accepted responsibility for at least two volunteers one day each week to join the kehilla of daily morning minyan. To all the members of these congregational communities, thank you. Norman Kahn, Jr. President [email protected] Youth & Informal Education Stefanie Williams, Director | [email protected] | 913-647-7292 KCUSY at Kinnus Gabrielle Abrams, Kayla Goldenberg, Abby Flekier, Julia Paul USY Winter Shabbaton The annual winter Shabbaton will be held January 23 – 25 at our very own CBS. USYers will be leading services throughout the entire weekend and will be participating in the congregational Chinese Shabbat Dinner. This year’s theme will be the Wizard of Emtza. Though details are still being worked out, preliminary FR: Josh Hurst, Joe Porter, Elie Simon, Haidee Clauer. BR: Adena Goldberg, Sydney Cohen, Jacob Flekier, Moriah Abrams, Leah Sosland, Sophie Shapiro, Sophie Levine, Josh Eisemann, Farrah Karty, Jacob Bell. Elana Goldenberg, Adena Goldberg Eli Kahn the journey than the destination. So stay tuned for more details as co-chairs plans revolve around comparison to Adena Goldberg and Sophie Shapiro, the Kansas City Royals and the fact along with their committee, construct that, though they did not win the final an impactful weekend for the atgame, the way they played as a team tendees. Since visiting USYers stay in was admirable and inspiring. They congregants’ homes, please contact epitomized the old adage that with so Stef if you would like to host any of many things in life, it is more about our guests. www.bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 January 2015 3 Sisterhood Beverly Newman, President | [email protected] | Makeup! Color! Skincare! Glamour! Makeup, skincare, color, glamour--these are topics we will cover when you join Sisterhood on January 20 at 11:30 am in Goldsmith Hall. Dr. David Kaplan, and local cosmetologist David Fisher, will give us the "scoop". Goldsmith Hall Dr. Kaplan is Board Certified in Dermatology and Internal Medicine. He will share the latest techniques and without cosmetic surgery. Mr. Fisher, an expert in the makeup industry, will trends in enhancing our appearance teach us some tips on how to more effectively apply our makeup. A fun and delicious lunch will precede the program. Cost is $12 for Sisterhood members and $14 for guests. Please bring all your unused makeup samples for the ladies at Safehome, a residential facility for survivors of Domestic Violence. Invitations have been mailed, for more information, contact Phyllis Abrams at [email protected]. Wounded Warriors and Warm Up America! Join Forces The Wounded Warrior project is a military veterans’ charity organization empowering injured veterans and their families. Carol Yarmo, Community Service Vice-President displays the Wounded Warrior plaque that was recently sent to thank the participants of Warm Up America! project sponsored by our sisterhood. Nine beautiful handmade quilts were presented as door prizes at the Grand Opening of the local Wounded Warrior Office which serves young men and women (in their 20's and 30's) from the surrounding area who were wounded in the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The WUA goal was to show how much we thank and appreciate what the warriors and their families have done for all Americans. Our WUA project has donated over 75 afghans to various organizations over a six year period. We welcome new participants who wish to join us to knit or crochet rectangles. We meet the first Wednesday of every month from 10 am to 12 pm at CBS. For more information, contact Carol at 913-642-1199 or [email protected]. SH Book Club Meets Feb. 11 SH Book Club will meet Wednesday, February 11, 1:30 pm at Arlene Shalinsky's home. The book to be discussed is The Innocents by Francesca Segal. "Adam and Rachel are getting married at last. Childhood sweethearts whose lives and families have been intertwined for years; theirs is set to be the wedding of the year. But then Rachel's cousin Ellie makes an unexpected return to the family fold. As the longawaited wedding approaches, Adam is torn between duty and temptation, security and freedom, and must make a choice that will break either one heart, or many." For further details about the Sisterhood Book Club or to be added to the e-mail list, contact Rowena Turk at 913-649-7098 or at [email protected]. SH Executive Calendar Coordinator Needed Do you want a great volunteer position? Sisterhood needs an Executive Calendar Coordinator. You need to be computer literate and able to oversee the calendar campaign. Interested? Contact Linda Lessner at [email protected] or at 913-897-0122. 4 January 2015 Sisterhood Calendar Jan. 7 Warm Up America! Jan. 15, 22, 29 Peltzman Classes Jan. 20 Lipstick and Lunch Jan. 21 Ronald McDonald Family Room Jan. 28 PrayerWorks www.bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 Polsky Religious School (PRS) Hazzan Tahl Ben-Yehuda, Director of Congregational Learning | [email protected] Do A Mitzvah In the depth of winter, how do we brighten our days? When we wake up in the dark and return home in the dark, what do we do to keep our spirits high and our faces bright? When memories of winter break fade and spring vacation seems so far away, what can we do to give ourselves something to look forward to? We can commit ourselves to doing something kind for others! We can spend half a day in pursuit of mitzvot, of doing something that not only are we commanded to do, but something that will make us feel amazing while we are doing it because it will help others. On Sunday, January 18, you are invited to spend the morning, together with our CBS community of families, making cookies and treats and decorating bags in which we will put these treats. We will learn about the mitzvah of feeding others, and we will then deliver boxes of these bags of goodies to the Ronald McDonald House, food banks and shelters in our area. The morning will begin with a community t’fillah (service), and then we’ll start cooking and baking. This Mitzvah Day is in honor of the memory of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who continues to inspire us to be aware of the suffering of others. I hope you will join us! Parent/Teacher/Student conferences are on Wednesday, January 21 for grades 3-7. Students are invited and encouraged to attend. There will be sign-up sheets for specific times at the synagogue at the school desk. Please speak to Jill for details. Mark Your Calendars Jan. 7 Jan. 18 Jan. 21 Winter break ends & classes resume No School - Mitzvah day No School - Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences Shabbat Kids' Club and Tot Shabbat Reminder club kids bat Shab bat tot shab "Friday Night Lights" Please remember that Shabbat Kids' Club and Tot Shabbat will be held on January 24. Both Tot Shabbat and Shabbat Kids' Club will begin at 11 am with a “pre service nosh”. Tot Shabbat will then meet in the lower library reading area, and Shabbat Kids Club will meet in Room 114. The two groups will come together for Ein Keloheinu and go upstairs to Goldsmith Hall for Adon Olam. For more information, contact Shira Zigler at [email protected] for Shabbat Kids' Club or Baree Nottberg at [email protected] for Tot Shabbat. Mira Buchbinder and Vivien Wishna practice making Shabbat! Join us for our second preschool family Shabbat program, Friday Night Lights, on January 30. The evening will begin at 6 pm with a family-friendly Shabbat service led by Rabbi Glickman and Hazzan Ben-Yehuda. A delicious dinner and dessert catered by Cathy Levin will follow. Parents, siblings, grandparents, and special people are all invited to join. For more information, contact Mindi Squire at 913-647-7285 or [email protected]. www.bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 January 2015 5 C elebrating L ife C ycle E vents January Anniversaries January Anniversaries will be honored on January 17. To sponsor a Kiddush, contact Jill Goldstein, 913-647-7286. Mirra Tamar Goldenberg January 10 / 19 Tevet Mirra's parents are Jeff and Missy Goldenberg. Her grandparents are Bob and Barbara Palan, Seymour and Marsha Krinsky and the late Thomas Goldenberg. Her sisters are Elana and Kayla Goldenberg. Mirra attends the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy and plays basketball and soccer. She also enjoys cross country, sewing, and going to JCC Ranch Camp. For Mirra's Mitzvah Project she is volunteering at HBHA's Summer Scholars program. Family and friends are invited to worship with the Goldenbergs and attend the Kiddush Luncheon following services. Sara Elisabeth (Elisa) Galapo January 17 / 26 Tevet Elisa's parents are Simon & Janet Galapo. Her grandparents are Lawrence and Margaret Goldstein and the late Maurice and Sarah Galapo. Her brother is Sammy Galapo. Elisa attends Leawood Middle School and enjoys dance and gymnastics. For Elisa's Mitzvah Project she is volunteering at Harvesters Community Food Network. Relatives and friends are invited to worship with the family and to attend the Kiddush following the service. 6 January 2015 Day 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 16 16 18 20 25 25 26 28 28 Jeffrey & Farrah Udell Jonathan & Denise Hankin Victor & Annie Wishna Bryan & Janet Unterhalter Scott & Susan Krigel Mark & Mara Lambert Thomas & Natalie Hoskins Gary & Marcy Rydell David & Amanda Palan Miles & Sally Ross Donald & Sharon Cohen Jimmy & Sonia Rosenbloom David & Sylvia Radasky William & Jodi Rosenthal Marvin & Evelyn Gibian Aaron Tarjan & Elizabeth Willen Andrew & Vicki Widman Jeffrey & Arlene Misler Jerry & Helene Ginden Alec & Emily Weisberg Robert & Barbara Palan Michael & Sharon Milens Submit your Mazal Tov to be published Years 3 9 5 21 38 7 8 30 9 37 59 32 43 32 66 11 13 46 50 7 47 48 Mazal Tov to... Karen Gerson who has been named Director of Special Projects at First Call. Natalie Bell, daughter of Brian and Sheri Bell, who received a grant from the Durwood Family Foundation to further her education at the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy. Dr. Barbara Kahn, who was instrumental in helping identify a new class of molecules that open an avenue for the treatment and prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. Dr Kahn is the daughter of Sybil Kahn and sister of Dr. Norman Kahn. Howard and Dion Lutzk upon the engagement of their daughter, Brittany to Benjamin Caruba. Brittany is the granddaughter of Dr. Edward and Rickie Haith. www.bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 Yahrtzeit Plaques Available for Sale A perfect way to honor the memory of a departed loved one is with a yahrtzeit tablet. The person’s name is cast into the bronze tablet along with the Hebrew date of death. Each year, on the anniversary of the yahrtzeit, the rabbi will read your loved one’s name. All yahrtzeit tablets for each week are displayed in Goldsmith Hall. Each tablet is $360 and forms are available in the office. If you are interested in purchasing a tablet please contact Elaine Levine: [email protected] or Martha Hoffman: [email protected]. Cemetery Committee Reached Out to Congregants and Supporters of Mount Carmel. Keeping up the grounds and maintaining Mount Carmel for future generations are ongoing issues facing the Cemetery Committee, chaired by David Sosland. They meet throughout the year and work with the staff to improve many aspects of this sacred ground. There are also volunteer clean-up days chaired by Bruce Luchen and attended by congregants, non-congregants and members of Boy Scout Troop 61 which have helped to improve the cemetery. The committee recently sent out a mailing asking for monetary assistance. Your support of Mount Carmel preserves the past of Congregation Beth Shalom and helps insure its future. Mount Carmel Cemetery Has New Addition The staff at Mount Carmel now have a laptop for their business use. Both Jim Jones and Bob Pratt have email addresses too. If you have questions for them, you can email Jim at [email protected] or Bob at [email protected]. www.bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 January 2015 7 Baruch Dayan HaEmet Praised is the True Judge Of Blessed Memory We express condolences to our Beth Shalom Members, their Families and Friends. Cary Kalman Levine, z"l, November 17 - 24 Cheshvan Max Berenbom, z"l, November 27 - 5 Kislev Betty Wacknov Price, z"l, November 28 - 6 Kislev Yahrtzeits 10 Tevet - Jan. 1 Morris Abraham Cohen Simon Ginsburg Fannie Goodman William H. Greenberg Gazella Gulinson Eddie Jacobs Anna Klein Theodore Mack Rachel Mehrer Mesuse Max Pollock Sam R. Price Anna Rubin Ben Stocker Leah Kantor Weber 11 Tevet - Jan. 2 Meyer Eichenberg Louis Ellis Fanny Feingold Hannah Funk Louis Horovitz Jack Erik Jacobsen Bessie Puritz Kars Nathan Katz Samuel Katzman Pauline B Klein Celia Lieberman Sam Nelkin Ida Statland Mordecai Taxman 12 Tevet - Jan. 3 Alvin Capito Etta Kur Henny Meyerhoff Rose Ribakoff Bella A. Sarno 13 Tevet - Jan. 4 Nathan Block Isaac Chocron Sidney Feinberg Lillian Fox Arthur Funk Max Gordon Harry Jacobs Goldie Koden Isreal Kosovitz Dorothy Frances Fogel Levy Abe Rogell Rose Singer Sally Novorr Stolzoff Minnie G. Zalusky 14 Tevet - Jan. 5 Louis Barash William Copaken Elimelech Gordon Harry A. Horovitz Zissel Kamar Jules E. Kohn Fanny Krasne Irving Malashock Kate Meltzer Harold Riss Joseph S. Rittmaster 8 Arlene Ginsberg, z"l, November 30 - 8 Kislev Frances Jean Lerner, z"l, December 8 - 16 Kislev Eleanor Lutzk , z"l, December 11 - 19 Kislev Join us for morning or evening minyan to say Kaddish for your loved one. See service schedule, page 11. Cyd Sandelman Morris Schnider Sophia Walter Isaac Zale 15 Tevet - Jan. 6 Mamie H. Krigel Bessie Rogozenski Barney Stone 19 Tevet - Jan. 10 Harry Baier Frances Berger Sophia G Adelman Freda F. Block Jacob Bernstein Jacob Cohen Blanche Bloch Florence Denebeim Louis Bronstein Sidney I. Glaser Bessie Cohen Melvin N. Greenberg Simon Dubinsky Jeanette Francis Gidinsky Simon Kulvin Frank Levin Mary Greenstein Steve S Pack Clara Gumowitz Michael Rosenbloom Joseph Gutovitz Lena Sachs Smith Sam Hipsh David Spellman Frank Katz Max Klein 20 Tevet - Jan. 11 Abraham LaBow Albert K Ball Sarah Lesky Hayman Barewin Frances Levitch Sam Baum Samuel Lichtor Morris Brown Sol Morris Boris Galitzky Michael Rafiel Sarah Ginsberg Bessie Rubenstein Harry Gitterman Fannie P Schick Dorothy Gottlieb Livie Lee Halperin 16 Tevet - Jan. 7 Marvin Jerome Copeland Seymour Dean Traxler Morris Wolfson Herman L. Fabian Rahle Gelhaar 21 Tevet - Jan. 12 Ike Grossman Harriet Azorsky Edward Joseph Kanter Baila Kamar Baellow Elsa G Levin Kelman Louis Bovos Harry Levin Arvie Goldstein Rose Shapiro Levine Henry Hakan Minnie Levy Daniel M Hollub Jacob Pfeffer Earl Katz Israel Schlozman Isadore Marks Barney Stevens Esther Morris Shirley Moskovitz 17 Tevet - Jan. 8 Benjamin Portman Charles Berger Betty Lee Shenker Lena Bergman Rhonda DeLong 22 Tevet - Jan. 13 David S. Dolginow Paul Bayzman Milton Franks Max Benjamin Ely Freed Gustav Einhorn Rose Geller Jacob Grinpas Ada Gershon Arthur Harris Betty Helfand Sherry Kaplan Rose Hershon Isadore David Levine Emanuel Joffee Mildred Lipsey Samuel S. LaPort Badannah Silverman Harry Levine Sidney Simon Marie Millstein Sarah Smith Harold Nicholas Rita Joyce Tilzer Selma Reingenheim Bessie Turock Harry Yukon 18 Tevet - Jan. 9 Micah Teva Bratt Harry Byers Anna Feld Nathan Haith Seena Hana Kaufman Charlotte Kline January 2015 23 Tevet - Jan. 14 Martin Brenner Morris H. Dunn Bertha Dworkowitz Bessie Ellis Helen Feingold Anna Grossman Thelma House Rose H. Jacobson Daniel Markel Solomon Rubinfire Rachel Ella Schere Irving Schoenwald Rebecca Schreiber Mollie Schwartz 24 Tevet - Jan. 15 Roy Bisman Robert Blond Felicia Sue Kisluk Ella Cohen Lieberman Rose Millstein Leonard Rifas Fannie Rothschild Mary Schlafer Taxman 25 Tevet - Jan. 16 Sam Barash Gustave Eisemann Gilbert Katz Manuel Levine Julia Liebershon Archie Louis Reuben Peltzman Milton Silverman Phillip Solomon Fannie Spector Rose Stolowy Phillip Wider 26 Tevet - Jan. 17 Gussie Bell Cohen Yetta Czarlinsky David Diamant Sanford Krug Samene Lesser Otto Sherry Stanley M. Siegel Ben H Simons Stephen Wayne Lena Wienshienk Shlomo Yeshiahu 27 Tevet - Jan. 18 Donald Alpert Minnie Bayzman Benjamin Finkle Thomas Alan Goldenberg Jennie Gordon Herbert Greenberg Helen Kaufman Victor Lerner Louis Yudkofsky 28 Tevet - Jan. 19 Diana Altshuler Sam Berman Tavia Blender Ida Bloom David Brockman Karl Eisemann Jean Burstein Glazer Abraham Jacob Granoff David Hadas Herbert Hakan Rose Josephson Daniel Katzman Clara Kraft Jacob Rabenowitz Joseph Ruback Anna Saver Mushi Selichonok Jerry Taube Samuel Wallman 29 Tevet - Jan. 20 Julius Behrman Joseph Biederman Pauline Blonsky Leo Eveloff Margaret Goldman William Goodman Stephen J Greenstein Ruth Hyman Raydelle Josephson Wolf Kort Israel Levin Isaac Lieberman Sherman Rozenblit Sarah Smith Isadore Paul Stolov Richard Wasserman Anna Wolberg 1 Shevat - Jan. 21 Joseph Greenblot Essak Levitch David Luke Sophia Matzdorff Abraham Osep Abe Oshry Nat Pfefer Lee Diment Seelig Rose Seiffer Marion Stolov Henry Walker 2 Shevat - Jan. 22 Herman Asotsky Bruce Bovos Della Fox Paul J. Frischer Rebecca Katz Rose Shapiro Kurtz Helen Lieberman Norman Yarmo 3 Shevat - Jan. 23 Jennie Abend Morris Berman Marvin Brown Samuel Ray Burnstein Beila Gitel Dorfman Gladys Eisman Barney M. Friedson Bertha Gershon Dora Jennie Gerson Isaac Gilgus Harry Katz Ksell Kusnetzky Edmund Oelsner Zelda Penner Morris Rolsky Anna Rose Rosenblum Milton Shapiro Harry Sheskin Libbie Wallman Lois Katz Weiner 4 Shevat - Jan. 24 Samuel Blond Ida Cohen Martin Finkelstein Martha Forrest Lillian Elizabeth Gelb Nathan Golding Kalman Grollman Esther Hoffman Isaac Maier Isenberg Rose Kahn Michael H. 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Donald & Harriet Sebert Dr. David Ellis Memorial Breakfast Club Fund In Memory of Dr. David Ellis Rita Goldman Eisemann Family Fund In Memory of Judy Wasserman Gus & Elinor Eisemann Harry Puritz Scholarship Fund In Memory of Harry Puritz Carl Puritz & Cynthia Ellis Milton Swartz Hazzan BenYehuda's Discretionary Fund Eugene & Shirley Novorr Tots for Torah In Appreciation of Fund In Memory of David Ginsberg Shirley Novorr Sylvia Levinson Mort & Shirley Hurst Gale & Maxine Grossman Religious School In Memory of Dr. Max Berenbom Louis Grossman Maxine Grossman Harriet Mann Morton Mann George & Esther Nowick Scholarship Fund In Memory of Steven Jay Hammer Shelly & Stevie Pessin Hazzan Ben-Yehuda Randy & Elyse Block Shelley Fishbach & Sharon Goldstein In Memory of Dora Deutch Mike Katzman In Memory of Jackie Adelman Friedman Fred Polsky Rabbi Gershon Hadas Hedva Glickenhaus Hanan Wedlan Louis & Anna Romotsky, Grossman Price, Cortés Nursery School Genetic Testing Fund In Memory of Louis Grossman Norman & Charlene Meltzer Mallin Childhood Enrichment Fund In Memory of Lillian Gilgus Larry & Beverly Mallin Marcia Eveloff Lechem Fund In Honor of David Feingold's BD Kurt & Stephanie Kavanaugh In Memory of Marcia Eveloff Sherri & Steve Boresow Fannie Mendell Alan & Tina Chapman Helen Rae & Sydney Marcus Brand Cerier Teacher Scholarship Development Fund Fund In Memory of In Memory of Harold Hecht Helen Rae Cerier Sarah Ozar Milton & Marilyn Ozar In Honor of Gary Cortés' BD Harold & Janet Price In Memory of Carlos F. Cortés Florence Cortés Sylvia Romotsky Gary & Debby Cortés Rose Family Early Childhood Education Center In Memory of Max Berenbom Joseph & Cynthia Gensheimer Rose S Levine & Doris L Flam Arts & Education Fund In Memory of Noah Adler Mickey & Marjorie Adler Max Berenbom May Shapiro Tibor & Carla Klausner Ruby Fleider Choir & Music Fund Karbank Family Meyer J Pachter Fund Video Library In Memory of In Memory of Charlotte Wallk Judy Wasserman Joseph Smuckler & Marcia Karbank Gershon Hadas Kiddush Fund In Honor of Scholarship Betty Brand's Speedy Fund In Honor of Family Fund Maynard Small's 80th In Memory of BD Nancy Abrams Charles Berlau D.D. Abrams Dave & Jean Jerome Abrams Brockman Eleanor Abrams Scholarship Natalie Hamburg Fund Reva Kaufman Sam Wedlan In Memory of D.D. Wedlan Goldie Siegelbaum www.bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 Hanan Wedlan Mitch & Lisa Hamburg Elizabeth Wedlan Susan Wedlan D.D. Wedlan Recovery Howard & Dion Lutzk 30th Wedding ANN Marvin & Carol Goldstein In Memory of Louis E. Goldstein Morris Porin Marvin & Carol Goldstein Rose Silverberg Brett Weiner Harold Kaseff & Rhea Salasche Al Singer Neal & Elaine Singer Dave Fleider Lawrence Fleider In Memory of Sara Kahn Regina Pachter & Family Rabbi Glickman's Discretionary Fund In Appreciation of Rabbi David Glickman Randy & Elyse Block In Honor of Gavi Glickman's Bar Mitzvah David Slusky In Memory of Sam Ginsberg Brenda Sherman Ruth Litvien Max Mendell Larry & Phyllis Kalender Rose Szneler Arthur & Diane Federman Sanford Dunn Merit Scholarship Fund For Study In Memory of Rabbi Kalman Levine Daniel & Susie Dunn Patsy Shanberg Walter & Anita Loeb Scholarship Fund In Memory of Walter M. Loeb Anita Loeb January 2015 9 Steppin' Out on February 15 Sunday, February 15, is the next Steppin' Out program for CBS and all Sisterhood members, singles and couples. (As always, your friends are welcome to attend.) The evening begins at 6 pm with dinner in Goldsmith Hall followed by entertainment from the antique pop duo, Victor & Penny. "With a fiery ukulele, a red-hot jazz guitar and tight vocal harmonies, Victor & Penny put the swing, the jump, the stomp and the roll in prohibition-era jazz and clever original tunes." In addition to appearing in numerous venues in the metro area, during the last two years, the duo has traveled more than 80,000 miles throughout 28 states appearing in festivals, clubs, and private engagements. Deadline for reservations is February 6. Your check made payable to Steppin' Out is your reservation. Please mail your check for $12 per person, along with your contact information, to CBS, Attn.: Steppin' Out, 14200 Lamar, Overland Park, KS 66223. For further information, contact Linda Lessner, [email protected] or 913-897-0122. Pop Overs (Serves 4) Ingredients: 4 eggs 2 cups of milk 2 cups of flour 1 tsp salt Directions: 1. Beat eggs slightly, add milk, flour and salt. 2. Beat the batter until smooth, but do not over beat. 3. Grease muffin tins and fill 1/2 to 3/4 full. 4. Bake at 450 degrees for 25 minutes. Watch them pop!!! Serve with butter or margarine and jelly. Lechem Committee The Lechem Committee serves a hot lunch monthly to the hungry at Wilhelmina Gill Multi-Service Center, 645 Nebraska Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Volunteers are needed to help cook turkey or ground beef in their homes before each serving date as well as volunteers to help serve lunch. 2015 serving dates are: Thursday, January 29 Tuesday, March 31 Sunday, May 31 Friday, July 31 Monday, August 31 Thursday, December 31 For more information or to volunteer, contact Cindy Daniels at 913-451-5852. Editorial Comments The month of January begins with the secular New Year. We jokingly make resolutions such as: we are going to lose 20 pounds, we are going to work out every day or we are going to eat a more healthy diet. But on a serious note, do we make any resolutions concerning our observance of Judaism? Have we come to weekday minyan lately? Do we come to Friday evening Kabbalat Shabbat services? What about Shabbat morning services? Have we made plans to attend the Sisterhood Shabbat/Kaplan weekend, February 6 & 7 where we will be treated to the wisdom of Rabbi Amy Eilberg? Do we take advantage of all our synagogue has to offer? Maybe we need to rethink this resolution business and give it some serious consideration. 10 January 2015 www.bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 January 2015 Tevet & Shevat 5775 Congregational-Wide Events - See each department for their activities Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday New Year's Day 1 ycaqTcy Friday Saturday 2 3 Offices Closed 5:50 4:50 4 RFECEC School Resumes 5 6 PRS Classes Resume Troop 61 Eagle Court of Honor 13 Tevet 11 14 Tevet 12 7 Warm Up America! 15 Tevet 13 16 Tevet Learning In Leawood Downtown Talmud Jam 14 10 Tevet Sarah Peltzman Adult Ed. Class Hebrew High Resumes 17 Tevet SH Board Mtg. 20 Tevet 18 21 Tevet Martin Luther King Day Kehillah Mitzvah Day No Preschool, Offices Closed No PRS 27 Tevet KCUSY Winter Shabbaton 25 19 28 Tevet 26 22 Tevet 11:30 am to 2:00 pm 29 Tevet No PRS 6 Shevat 7 Shevat 21 27 Mitzvah of 9 Bat Mirra Goldenberg10 Birthday Shabbat 18 Tevet Sarah Peltzman Adult Ed. Class School Committee Mtg. 2 Shevat 1 Shevat PrayerWorks 28 10 am to 12 pm RFECEC - The Experts Speak: Your Child's Transition to Kdgt. From 7-8 pm at the JCC 22 19 Tevet Shabbat Shalom Parashat Hashavua Class 23 Congregational Chinese Shabbat Dinner 5:12 29 Sarah Peltzman Adult Ed. Class Learning In 8 Shevat Leawood 9 Shevat 25 Tevet KCUSY Winter Shabbaton 3 Shevat Havdalah Shavuah Tov! Mitzvah of 16 Bat 17 Sara Galapo 5:04 24 Tevet 5:57 4:57 Shabbat Shalom Sarah Peltzman Adult Ed. Class No PRS, Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences SH Lipstick & Lunch PRS Classes Resume 5 Shevat 20 23 Tevet Learning In Leawood 15 Havdalah Shavuah Tov! 12 Tevet Confirmation Pictures in Goldsmith Hall 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm 9:45 am to 12:00 pm Learning In Leawood 8 11 Tevet Shabbat Shalom Shabbat Shalom 30 Anniversary Shabbat 26 Tevet KCUSY Winter Shabbaton 6:04 Havdalah Shavuah Tov! 24 Jammin in Jammies Shabbat Kids' Club & Tot Shabbat 6:12 4 Shevat Havdalah Shavuah Tov! 11 Shevat Havdalah Shavuah Tov! 31 Friday Night Lights 6:20 5:20 10 Shevat Shabbat Shalom Candle Lighting Blessing /,¨C©J k¤J r¯b eh¦k§s©v§k Ub²U¦m±u uh¨,I§m¦n§C Ub¨J§S¦e r¤J£t o¨kIg¨v Q¤k¤n Ubh¥eO¡t wv v¨T©t QUr¨C Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha'olam, asher kiddeshanu b'mitzvotav vetzivanu lehadlik ner shel Shabbat. January Service Schedule Weekdays Minchah: Sunday-Thursday 6 pm Shacharit: Monday-Friday 7 am Please Note: Services on 1/1 & 1/19 will be at 8 am at Village Shalom. Shabbat CBS Kabbalat Shabbat: Friday Main Service: Saturday Library Minyan: Saturday Minchah: Jan. 3 Minchah: Jan. 10 Minchah: Jan. 17 Minchah: Jan. 24 Minchah: Jan. 31 Shacharit: Sunday 6 pm 9:30 am 9:30 am 4:50 pm 4:57 pm 5:04 pm 5:12 pm 5:20 pm 8:00 am Shabbat Services and Sunday morning Shacharit will be held at CBS, 14200 Lamar. Weekday Minyan will be held at Appleman Synagogue, Villiage Shalom, 5500 W. 123rd St. www.bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 January 2015 11 Congregation Beth Shalom 14200 Lamar • Overland Park, KS 66223 www.bethshalomkc.org Office: 913-647-7279 • Fax: 913-647-7277 David M. Glickman, Senior Rabbi Hazzan Tahl Ben-Yehuda, Director of Congregational Learning Elaine Levine, Executive Director Alan L. Cohen, Rabbi Emeritus Judy Jacks Berman, Director, RFEC Norman Kahn, Jr. MD President Bev Newman, Scroll Editor Dahlia Berger, Scroll Design Congregation Beth Shalom, an egalitarian Conservative synagogue, is a welcoming community of individuals from diverse backgrounds, strengthening connections with God, Torah and the Jewish people through communal commitment to prayer, study and acts of loving kindness. Mt. Carmel Cemetery Hours: Looking Ahead: Scroll Deadline: January 5 for February Gift Shop Hours: Kehilath K-12 Grade Tu B'Shevat Seder February 1 Sisterhood Sisterhood Shabbat/Kaplan Weekend February 6 & 7 Monday - Thursday 8:30 am-5 pm Friday 8:30 am-3 pm Closed on Federal Holidays Monday, Wednesday 8 am-4 pm Tuesday,Thursday Closed Saturday Closed Friday & Sunday 8 am-4 pm National Holidays 9 am-4 pm Exceptions: Thanksgiving, New Year’s Day & Christmas Day Jewish Holidays Closed Phone: 816-361-4495 Sunday: 9:30 am - Noon (PRS Days) Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 10 am - 2 pm Wednesday: 10 am - 2 pm, 4:30 -6 pm (PRS Days) Friday: 10 am - noon 913-647-7298 Banishing Bullying Behavior 2015 Board Nominations Beth Shalom’s nominating committee will soon meet to select a slate of officers for 2015-16, eight board members to serve three year terms, 2015-18 and to fill any board vacancies that may exist. In accordance with the Beth Shalom Bylaws, the Nominating Committee is being Office Hours: The Congregation Beth Shalom Scroll (USPS531-420) is published monthly by Congregation Beth Shalom, 14200 Lamar Ave., Overland Park, KS 66223. Annual Subscription $24.00. Periodical Postage Paid in Shawnee Mission, KS. DATED MATERIAL POSTMASTER: Send address changes to CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM SCROLL, 14200 Lamar, Overland Park, KS 66223. Scroll Deadline: The 1st of the previous month. Submit articles to the Administrative office before the deadline. chaired by Immediate Past President, Michael Abrams. Recommendations for officer and board positions may be sent to him by email at [email protected] or c/o Beth Shalom, 14200 Lamar, Overland Park, KS 66223. The election will be held at the congregation’s annual meeting and installation. www.bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7279 January 2015 12