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BULLETIN OF JUNE 2012 BETH EL CONGREGATION AKRON, OHIO SIVAN • TAMMUZ 5772 Page 2 BULLETIN OF BETH EL CONGREGATION Thank You To… Beth El Congregation 464 S. Hawkins Ave. Akron, OH 44320 www.bethelakron.com Office: (330) 864-2105 [email protected] Fax: (330) 864-9398 Affiliated with The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism The Jewish Theological Seminary of America Stephen Grundfast Rabbi [email protected] Stephen J. Stein Hazzan [email protected] Erin Katz Director of Synagogue Education [email protected] Barbara Good Administrator [email protected] Andrea Steinberger President [email protected] Martin Oppenheimer Chairman of the Board Dr. Harvey Sterns Second Vice President Richard Friedman Third Vice President Michael Rabe Treasurer Patricia Crane Secretary Laurel Gress Baalat Koreh Leonard Rose Editor This bulletin is published 12 times per year by Bulletin of Beth El Congregation (USPS 052-100) Vol. LXVI No. 10 The Bulletin is published by Beth El Congregation 464 S. Hawkins Ave., Akron, Ohio 44320 Periodicals postage paid at Akron, Ohio. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Bulletin of Beth El Congregation, 464 S. Hawkins Ave., Akron, Ohio 44320. …Hope Winer and family for sponsoring the Kiddush on April 14 in memory of Harvey Winer. …Florence Marcus and Jeffrey Marcus for sponsoring the Bimah flowers on April 14 in memory of beloved mother, Theresia Lowy. …Sidney and Andrea Steinberger and family for sponsoring the Bimah flowers on April 21 in memory of Inge Steinberger. …Lois and Burt Nobil for sponsoring the Bimah flowers on April 28 in honor of their 55th wedding anniversary. …Becca and Aaron Moskovitz for sponsoring the Kiddush on April 28 in honor of the naming of their daughter, Talia Marie. …Joy Epstein and family for sponsoring the Bimah flowers on May 5 in memory of Lillian Clayman. …Debbie and Steve Newman for sponsoring the Bimah flowers on May 5 in memory of Lois Shifrin. …Joy Epstein and family for sponsoring the Kiddush on May 5 in loving memory of Bart Epstein. …Marilyn Mirman for sponsoring the Kiddush on May 12 in memory of parents, Oscar and Ethel Mirman. …Kelly, Michael and Abby Weissfeld for sponsoring the Bimah flowers on May 19 in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son and brother, Edward. …Kelly and Michael Weissfeld for sponsoring the Kiddush on May 19 in honor of the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Edward. Anniversaries JUNE 2 8 8 8 15 17 18 YEARS Alvin and Gail Schlossberg ....... 55 Philip and Betty Gertz ................ 65 Stanley and Mary Ann Minster .. 65 Aaron and Sandra Moskowitz .... 60 Dr. Joel and Arlene Miller ......... 40 Alan and Patsy Siff .................... 50 Jerry and Marilyn Apple ............ 40 SCHEDULE OF SERVICES JUNE 2012 SIVAN • TAMMUZ 5772 Sunday – 8:30 AM Weekdays – 7:30 AM Friday Evening – 6:15 PM Saturday Morning – 9:15 AM Please note: • Evening services, other than Friday evenings, will be held only by request and special arrangement. Please call the office one week in advance to make arrangements. • Services on Friday evening, June 15 will be held at Chambrel of Montrose at 6:15 PM. Candle Lighting Havdalah June 1........... 8:45 PM June 8........... 8:39 PM June 15......... 8:43 PM June 22......... 8:44 PM June 29......... 8:45 PM June 2 ........... 9:38 PM June 9 ........... 9:43 PM June 16 ......... 9:46 PM June 23 ......... 9:48 PM June 30 ......... 9:48 PM Remember Beth El in your will. For information, please contact Arlene Rossen, Endowment Chair 330 867-1842 More Synagogue News? If you would like to receive periodic mailings featuring Beth El information posted on our Internet site, please contact Barbara Good in the synagogue office, 330864-2105. BULLETIN OF BETH EL CONGREGATION Eugene Sokol Irving Spector Morris Stambor Arthur Winer YAHRZEITS 0 2-8 June Mollie Brotsky Zelda Cohen Edward G. Foster Sam Freedman Robert Garner Burda Groden Giles Israel Gloth David Hoffman Harry Horn Ernest Klein Sam Kodish Elizabeth Krosner Sol Levinson Abe Liberman Isaac Liberman Joseph Marks Nate Mervis Esther Miller Irving Narotsky Gerald Pryweller James M. Robinson Myrna Scheinbart Freda Senser Harry Shapiro Max Silverstein David Sapp Helen Schneier Bessie Senser Anna Shecht Louis Sherman Louis Shifrin Rose Sinder Bertha Stein Esther Wish Sarah Zwelling June 9-15 Myer Caplan Lillian Chapman Helen Davidson Ann Joan Freedman Sophie T. Friedlander Erin Geller Lee Greenlick Judith Ann Helfgott Phyllis Jacobson Nathan Kropko Hyman Lerner Paul Leventhal Gustave L. Levinson Alex Levitt Isaac Lipson Bela Lowy Rose Luck Mary Marks William Neiman Frank Nelson Paula Cohen Padove Sylvia Rosenthal June 16-22 Harry Auerbach Katie Backer Louis Berenson Fannie Berloff Samuel Budzanover Rose Cohen Goldie Cohn Carl M. Fertel Sally Finkel Betty Fitterman Sarah Foster Ida Gergel Susan Glauberman Morris Kaufman Rosa Kobotsnick Sybil Kriger June 23-27 Shirley Borodkin Norwin Brovitz Manuel Cohen Louis Gergis Rifka Gertz Paul Greenlick Esther Kates Jerry Kodish Mary Kodish Ruby Kodish Robert Kranitz Jennie Krupp Dave Lowy Milton Luck Sadie Ekus Manes Minnie Mirman Ruth L. Mulfelder Bernard Penner Rose Pinsky Max Robinson Jack Rubens Dr. Leo Rubin Morris Sacks Eugene Treiber Cathy Wakser Samuel Wakser Mendel Weintraub Katie Wolfand June30-July 6 Rebecca Albert Samuel C. Bershon Barnet Beyer Miriam Edith Davis Nancy Davis Mollie Dorman June 2012 Sivan 5772 Sunday Sanford Levenson Harold Levin Helen Levin Alex Marks Hyman Milkman Annie Miller Marlene Miller Ben Nemeroff Irving Osherow Fannie Prizant Sol Regal Leo Romisher Eleanore Rudick Libby Schneir Ben Slavin Milton Slavin Esther Weiss Morris Zudick Page 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Tammuz 5772 Thursday Friday 1 Let Us Know Rabbi Grundfast and Cantor Stein are eager to visit congregants in the hospital, but can't go if they don't know. If you or someone you know is in the hospital or sick at home and would appreciate a pastoral visit, please let us know. 3 13 Sivan Minyan 8:30 AM 10 20 Sivan Minyan 8:30 AM 17 27 Sivan Minyan 8:30 AM 24 4 Tammuz Minyan 8:30 AM 4 14 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM 11 21 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM 18 28 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM 25 5 Tammuz Minyan 7:30 AM 5 15 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM 12 22 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM Minyan 7:15 PM Board of Trustees 7:30 PM 19 29 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM 26 6 Tammuz Minyan 7:30 AM 6 16 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM 13 23 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM 20 30 Sivan 7 17 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM 14 24 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM 21 1 Tammuz Minyan 7:30 AM Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh 7 Tammuz Minyan 7:30 AM 11 Sivan Saturday 2 28 8 Tammuz Minyan 7:30 AM 8 18 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM Kabbalat Shabat 6:15 PM 15 25 Sivan Minyan 7:30 AM Kabbalat Shabbat at Chambrel 6:15 PM 22 2 Tammuz Minyan 7:30 AM Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 PM 29 9 Tammuz Minyan 7:30 AM Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 PM 12 Sivan Naso Minyan 7:30 AM Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 PM Minyan 7:30 AM 27 Max Samuel Eckber Harold Garson Tillie Guren Bernard Heller Anna Kalish Max Keane Herschel Kriger Florence Lessing Samuel Leubitz Miriam Levenson Melvin Lichtman Leah Lieberman Louis Medvin Milton Pren Zelda Rosenthal Dina Savage Isadore Schlossberg Rose Sholiton Sol Slavin Samuel Tucker John Waits Evelyn Weinberger Sara Weinstein Helen Yeszin Services 9:15 AM Confirmation 9 19 Sivan Beha’alotcha Services 9:15 AM 16 26 Sivan Shelach Services 9:15 AM 23 3 Tammuz Korach Services 9:15 AM 30 10 Tammuz Chukat Services 9:15 AM Page 4 BULLETIN OF BETH EL CONGREGATION The Beth El Building, a Steel Drum Band, NPR, JCC… Beth El Building News Updates by Bonnie Cohen A heartwarming story aired on NPR recently featuring students from Summit Academy who perform in a steel drum band. (Summit Academy is the charter school that will be moving into the Beth El building). Students expressed how the band helped them improve their schoolwork and overcome past experiences of being bullied in other schools. Hearing the teachers and students talk about the transformational effects of the band was very moving. It’s wonderful to know that our beloved building will be filled with music and children’s voices after we leave. Even more comforting, was the idea that the building will be a safe and nurturing place for children to grow and learn. Since Beth El held its congregational vote March 25th, many people have asked what items will be moved to the JCC. Those questions are a daily challenge for the dedicated staff, officers and volunteers who are helping make all the arrangements for the move. With decisions being made every day, it’s difficult to keep everyone informed, so here are some details about the most recent developments in the design process. The architectural firm of Braun and Steidl was hired to finalize plans and interview general contractors for the project. At the same time, the interior designer is integrating all the beautiful and meaningful artwork that Beth El cherishes. We are making every effort to reuse, refurbish, and recreate the items to fit beautifully into our new space. Some things will have to be stored during the construction period and great care will be taken to properly store and renovate our valuable artifacts. We have allocated space in our new building design for the following items: the stained glass windows, the Tree of Life, the original memorial plaques, the needlepoint ark and four needlepoint panels, the bimah furniture, the Don Drumm sculpture and the stained glass front doors. Obviously, there won’t be room for everything, but we’re trying to honor all those who came before us while we strive to make our space a spiritual and beautiful environment. A video documentary is being created as a tribute to Beth El Congregation’s 66-year history. The documentary will be shown at the JCC on July 15th, the day we are planning to march our Torahs and install the new officers. Additionally, all of the tribute plaques and pictures will be included in a searchable database. When I attended a design meeting recently at the JCC, I was greeted by familiar faces of staff members and several Beth El members attending classes. It was the first time, I began to feel comfortable and “at home” walking through the doors that will soon be the new home of our congregation. I met with the interior designer (who helped renovate our sanctuary 15 years ago) and his reassuring words made my day, “It’s going to look fantastic,” he said. “People will be amazed.” Then, after hearing the story about the Summit Academy students, I was optimistic that things are falling into place. Especially the last line of the NPR interview about The Summit Academy steel drum band giving a concert at the JCC… It’s bashert! I hope everyone will begin to feel more comfortable with the move as it gets closer. We have a great opportunity to recreate and energize our congregation and it’s going to look fantastic! Please call the office at 330864-2105 and put your name on a list to volunteer. Don’t miss the chance to help write the next chapter of Beth El history. BULLETIN OF BETH EL CONGREGATION Please join us for a trip to the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage on Sunday, August 5, where we will view its next special exhibition: A Blessing to One By Erin Katz Another: Pope John II and the Jewish People. More than a mere historical exhibit, A Blessing to One Another, is an interactive experience that allows visitors to follow in John Paul II’s footsteps from his childhood to his role as head of the world’s largest church. The exhibit is divided into four major sections, reflecting the four periods in the pope’s life. This stunning experience follows John Paul II’s life from child to leader of the world’s largest church, focusing on his relationship with the Jewish people begun as a boy. Visitors will experience the world he knew in Wadowice, Poland, life in Warsaw during the war years, and the sweeping changes of the Second Vatican Council and emulate his historic visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem by inserting prayers into a 20-foot long wall replica. His personal artifacts and hundreds of images, interviews and historical footage make history come alive. Tickets prices are: Adults ................. $8 Seniors (60+) ..... $6 Students (12+) ... $6 Children (5+) ...... $4 Members ......... Free Please RSVP by July 8. Tour begins at 11 AM and will last approximately 75 minutes. Afterwards, please feel free to tour the permanent exhibits. We’ll meet up at the Maltz Museum, located at 2929 Richmond Road Beachwood, OH 44122 If you can provide a ride or need a ride, please let Erin Katz know (cell: 330.414.2827; email: [email protected]). Page 5 A Walk Towards the Future, A Nod to the Past The future of Beth El Congregation begins July 15 with a symbolic march from the synagogue’s current building to its new home at the Shaw Jewish Community Center (JCC). This historic event will include the marching of Beth El’s Torah scrolls to the new location, under the escort of Akron patrol officers with musical accompaniment. It will start with a parade of participants meeting under a vintage chuppah in the Beth El parking lot at 9 a.m. July 15. The day will continue with the installation of officers and the Beth El board of trustees at the congregation’s central location at the JCC, after one last morning minyan is held at the current building. This significant date will include affixing mezzuzot and the viewing of a historic documentary – created for the occasion - on Beth El’s long, impressive history. The march to the Akron Jewish Campus offers a sense of renewal for the Beth El community, a move back to the future for a congregation that began before 1918 on South Balch Street - in the Anshe Emeth site that later become the first Akron Jewish Center. With the congregation physically marching the 1.3 mile route to 750 White Pond Drive and led by its old and new generations of leaders, a spirit of rebirth is under way. Beth El Congregation has been in its current location at 464 S. Hawkins Ave. since its dedication in Dec. 1951. Now, in the spirit of L’Dor V’Dor – “from generation to generation” – a return to the center of Jewish life at the Akron JCC site will begin on July 15. Invitations will be mailed in June, and the community is invited to help inaugurate the next chapter in our Jewish community: the opening of a modern, egalitarian Conservative synagogue that we call home. The newly elected officers are: Andrea Steinberger ............................ President Martin Oppenheimer ... Chairman of the Board Dr. Harvey Sterns ........ Second Vice President Richard Friedman ........... Third Vice President Michael Rabe .................................... Treasurer Trish Crane ........................................Secretary Page 6 BULLETIN OF BETH EL CONGREGATION President’s Column The Power of Synergy Andrea Steinberger Walk through the doors of our synagogue any day this month and you will find a flurry of activities related to our upcoming move to 750 White Pond. Legions of volunteers, along with our staff, have been working together planning, emailing, packing, and sorting to try to get everything in order for this historic move. Each portion of this transition has required untold hours spent imagining where things will go and how it will be once we turn the keys over to Summit Academy in August. How will we continue when the beautiful building we leave behind is no longer a part of our identity? The answer to this question lies with each of you reading this message. What is a kehilla, or synagogue community? Beautiful as our sanctuary may be, we know it is not the seats, the tapestries, or the finish on the walls that are the essence of our practice of Judaism. The joy we take from the community is subtly different for each of us. I relish the daily opportunity to daven in a language that is both modern and ancient. Many of us enjoy the shared experience of coming together at the end of the week to take time to reflect and enjoy our families and take stock of all the blessings in our lives. Beth El Congregation Date: _____________ Minimum ($6) Chai ($18) Double Chai ($36) Triple Chai ($54) I am enclosing $__________ Contributions to Funds ______ In Memory of ______ For Recovery of ______ In Honor of ______ In Appreciation ______ Other Here at Beth El, we are blessed with many members who are driven to join hands with others to work together to right some of the wrongs in our environment and our world. Whatever kehilla means to you, I hope you will agree that there is beauty in a shared tradition that we can experience both as individuals and collectively. There is no doubt we will face challenges as we adjust to our new surroundings, but along with change comes the creative, forward-looking energy it creates. It is inspiring to see how much we have already accomplished working together to build our new home. I hope you will attend the very special events on July 15 as we march our Torahs from South Hawkins to the JCC and install our new officers and Board of Trustees. We will celebrate our last 60 years with a wonderful video, thank Gary for his strong leadership over the past two years, and enjoy a lovely brunch together. It will be a memorable morning marking another milestone in Beth El's rich history. It will also be an opportunity to finish one chapter and begin a new one as we write this story together. I urge each of you to join with me in the mission of building this wonderful kehilla one person at a time. Together we can create a synergy that will have the power to change our world. REMO 2000 Choir Education Max M. Federhar Memorial Rabbi's Discretionary Marks & Goldfarb Youth Synagogue Alexander & Lillian Medoff Memorial Music Library Prayer Books ($40 minimum) Chumash (Torah Readings; $75 minimum) Shabbat Flowers ($36 minimum) Endowment Fund ($50 minimum) Eleanor & Jerry Lippman Bar/Bat Mitzvah Books Irving Botnick Education Hakoah Club Education Fund Scholarship Funds Lenore Gordon Scholarship Stephen Gross Scholarship Kloner Family Scholarship Simon Kopelson Memorial Scholarship Louis & Becky Lockshin Scholarship Lola Salzman Scholarship Rev. Phillip Salzman Scholarship Beth El Scholarship Weinberger Scholarship Office Use Card Sent _______ _______________________________________________ Donation for (name/occasion) ______________________________________________ Your name(s) as you wish them to appear in Bulletin _______________________________________________ Send card to ______________________________________________ Card is to be signed _______________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________ Your address ____________________________ ________ _________ City State Zip ___________________________ City _______ State ________ Zip Send your contributions to: Beth El Congregation • 464 S. Hawkins Ave. • Akron, OH 44320 BULLETIN OF BETH EL CONGREGATION Hazzan’s Column A question I have been asked several times during the past number of months is why the Cantors Assembly is choosing to convene in Germany this year. Certainly, the question is understandable and it is one that we wrestled with. Though more than 65 years have passed since the end of World War II, the wounds from the unparalleled atrocities of the Shoah remain very much with us. On the other hand, the Jewish community in Germany today is vibrant and growing. And Germany has been, and continues to be, one of Israel’s staunchest allies. For hazzanim, there is an additional important aspect. A rich legacy of synagogue music was born in Germany, one that remains very much a part of contemporary synagogue repertoire. Perhaps the bestknown composer from that era was Louis Lewandowski, who lived from 1821-1894. He and his four brothers accompanied their father as singers during services. After his mother’s death and because of extreme poverty, Louis moved, at the age of twelve, from a small German province to Berlin. There he became a singerel (singer) for Cantor Ascher Lion. With the aid of Alexander Mendelssohn (brother of the renowned composer Felix), Lewandowski received a thorough musical training. He was the first Jew to be admitted to the Berlin Academy of the Arts. In 1844 the Berlin Jewish Community invited him to organize a choir and serve as its director. Lewandowski is the first person in the history of the synagogue to hold the office Louis Lewandowski of Choirmaster. His artistic development took an extraordinary turn when Cantor Abraham Lichtenstein succeeded Cantor Lion and inspired Lewandowski to arrange synagogue song for four-part Page 7 choral singing. Later he became choir director at the New Synagogue in Berlin. During that period he published the volumes of music he had composed for Cantor and choir, covering the entire yearly liturgical cycle. So, what pieces of Lewandowski are familiar to most worshippers? Two come quickly to mind. The first is his setting of Tsadik Katamar (excerpted from Psalm 92), which is sung in congregations throughout the world on Friday evenings, including our own. You are also well acquainted with his setting of Psalm 150 (Hallelujah) sung by virtually every synagogue choir on Rosh Hashanah. Many of our own congregants have told me how they eagerly wait for the point in the service when the choir presents this piece. Without question, it is one of the most stirring compositions of synagogue music ever to be composed. I look forward to being joined later this month on the Cantors Assembly’s mission by five members from Beth El. Undoubtedly we will have much to share with you upon our return. I would like to acknowledge the scholarship of Cantor Macy Nulman from which I drew some of the historical information about Louis Lewandowski for this column. Observing a Yahrzeit anytime soon? If you plan to attend an evening Minyan and want to make sure someone is there to open the synagogue and/or lead the service, please call at least one week in advance. We will always do our best to have someone lead the service. However, we ask that you invite some friends to join you to ensure that we have the required minyan. Page 8 BULLETIN OF BETH EL CONGREGATION It’s Exactly Like Moving Your Home! BULLETIN OF BETH EL CONGREGATION Beth El’s Knitzvah Group Goes “Dayenu!” It would have been sufficient for our Knitzvah Group to donate over 30 blankets to The Battered Women’s Shelter, Access, and newborn babies at the Barberton Hospital! And, it would have been sufficient to donate 38 shawls and lap blankets to nursing homes in our area. And, it would have been sufficient to add two long distance volunteers to our group: Mary Beth Waits from DC, and Faye Gerber from Boca Raton. But now our Knitzvah group is “going global!” Our first global connection is founding member Lea Schuldiner’s daughter, Ruth, who is studying at Oxford. She made some beautiful squares for our blanket projects. Our second global connection is Carole Lepillear, and her mom, visiting from France. Carole’s mom came to help while she recovered from foot surgery and together they made enough squares to create a Page 9 Global! beautiful afghan. Kate Waits, our “teacher extraordinaire,” went to Carole’s house to teach her how to put all the squares together. She did an excellent job! Carole commented that it was wonderful to have a project to work on with her mom. She said that she welcomed the idea of helping out while she was recovering and said it was very therapeutic for her! “Going global”… Dayenu … that would have been sufficient. But helping others and feeling like it’s therapeutic … that’s inspirational! Join us for our next meeting on June 17 at 9:30 at Beth El. We are grateful for the generous financial assistance of the Jewish Women’s Endowment Fund. For more information, contact: Marsha Friedman - [email protected] Bonnie Cohen - [email protected] Kate Waits - [email protected] Lea Schuldiner [email protected] Page 10 BULLETIN OF BETH EL CONGREGATION Contributions ALEXANDER & LILLIAN MEDOFF MUSIC FUND In Memory of Michael Cohen from Mr. and Mrs. Emory Geller Harold Miller from Mr. and Mrs. Emory Geller, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Herst Harvey Winer from Sid and Shirley Zetzer For Recovery of Susana Alfonso from Libby Portnoy Laurel Gress from Mr. and Mrs. Emory Geller BETH EL HAKOAH CLUB EDUCATION FUND In Memory of Harold Miller from Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Herst KIDDUSH FUND In Honor of Marriage of Rob and Emily Richman from David Sokol KNITZVAH FUND SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory of Harold Miller from Jack and Hillary Crystal Sam Schneiderman from Ted and Rolinda Schneiderman For Recovery of Susana Alfonso from Dr. and Mrs. John Saks LENORE GORDON SCHOLARSHIP FUND CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND In Memory of For Recovery of Leila Winer from Lillian Katz LOLA SALZMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND Harold Miller from Hope Winer CHOIR FUND In Memory of Abe Kodish from Idelle Kodish Mollye Cohen from Idelle Kodish Bertha Iczkovitz from Helen Tucker, Kevin Tucker Nathan Jacobson from Ted and Rolinda Schneiderman Harold Miller from Phil and Livia Kades David Welsh from Eileen Schneir Sadie Welsh from Eileen Schneir For Recovery of Laurel Gress from Edith Aberte EDUCATION FUND In Memory of Lola Salzman from Joe and Myrna Salzman LOUIS & BECKY LOCKSHIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory of Michael Cohen from Linda and Michael Osherow MARKS AND GOLDFARB YOUTH FUND In Memory of Michael Cohen from Marcine Goldfarb Harold Miller from Marcine Goldfarb For Recovery of Laurel Gress from Marcine Goldfarb PRAYER BOOK FUND In Memory of Hyman Finkelstein from Burt and Lois Nobil David Katz from Carl Lieberman Eugene Meyer from Arnold Bleiman For Recovery of Faith Springer from Linda and Michael Jacobs Laurel Gress from Carl Lieberman In Honor of Special birthday of Judge Ted Schneiderman from Burt and Lois Nobil Special birthday of Betty Gertz from Linda and Michael Jacobs Birthday of Harvey Groden from Carl Lieberman Birthday of Gabriel Miller from Carl Lieberman ENDOWMENT FUND In Memory of Celia Newman from Herb and Dianne Newman Sophie Rubin from Herb and Dianne Newman Prayer books have been inscribed: In Memory of Jerome Stan, Esther Stan Greenblatt and Morris Greenblatt from Robin and David Levy, Shelley and Joel Paikin and family RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND In Memory of Stan Bober from JoEllen and Joe Kodish Irwin E. Cohn from JoEllen and Joe Kodish Daniel Goldstein from Gustave Goldstein Rachel Hexter from Esther and Larry Hexter Nate Jacobson from JoEllen and Joe Kodish Abe Klausner from David Klausner Elsie Kodish from JoEllen and Joe Kodish Sam Marks from Leona Pollock Martin Polsky from Leona Pollock Morris Zetzer from Sid and Shirley Zetzer For Recovery of Susana Alfonso from JoEllen and Joe Kodish Laurel Gress from JoEllen and Joe Kodish Karen Sandel from JoEllen and Joe Kodish REVEREND PHILLIP SALZMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory of Harold Cohen from Walter and Louise Cohen Anna Heisler from Charlotte Heisler Louis Krasnoff from Karen Sandel Julia Liberman from the Nusbaum Family Rose Recht from Charlotte Heisler Joseph Weiss from Herb Weiss For Recovery of Laurel Gress from Herb Weiss In Appreciation To all who called, emailed, sent cards and made contributions during my recent surgery, my most sincere thank you from Karen Sandel. SIMON KOPELSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND In Memory of Mary Jane Baron from Ethel Kopelson Isaac Joseph Harary from Sarah Harary Ash and family Zelda May from Freda Stile Harold Miller from Ethel Kopelson and family Esther Slavin from Marilyn and Dan Slavin For Recovery of Richard Slavin from Gloria Slavin In Honor of 90th birthday of Rose Schwartz from Ethel Kopelson STEPHEN M. GROSS MEMORIAL FUND In Memory of Michael Cohen from Victor Gross Harold Miller from Victor Gross For Recovery of Laurel Gress from Victor Gross SYNAGOGUE FUND In Memory of Stan Bober from Sid and Shirley Zetzer, Evelyne and Marvin Manes Michael Cohen from Dr. and Mrs. Robert Stone Amy Dworkin from Greta and Hal Foster Donald Fuchs from Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richman Elnora Glickstein from Susan Schneir and Alex Amyot Ruth Gottlieb from Sheila and Marty Gottlieb Nathan Jacobson from Ziona Kaplan- Weber and Bernard Matlaw, Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richman BULLETIN OF BETH EL CONGREGATION SYNAGOGUE FUND CONTINUED Harold Miller from Dr. and Mrs. Robert Stone, Sid and Shirley Zetzer, Maxine Gertz, Michael and Linda Jacobs, Sally Eichner, Edithe Aberte, Joy Epstein and family, Lore and Mark Singerman, Edith L. Zwiebel, Marty and Sherry Hellman, Marilyn Mirman, Rivie Zimmerman Saul Senser from Alex Senser Pearl Steinberger from Sidney and Andrea Steinberger For Recovery of Susana Alfonso from Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richman Eric Cohen from Bonnie and Randy Cohen Laurel Gress from Dr. and Mrs. Robert Stone, Libby Portnoy, Marty and Sherry Hellman, Maxine Gertz, Sandra Levenson, Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richman, Gabriel and Sherrie Miller, Bonnie and Randy Cohen Arlene Rossen from Libby Portnoy, Rosalie Crigger, Bonnie and Randy Cohen Karen Sandel from Arlene and Dick Rossen Rick Slavin from Bonnie and Randy Cohen Ronni Sterns from Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richman K'riat HaTorah May Steve Botnick Janet Helfgott-Emmer Rabbi Stephen Grundfast Dr. Martin Hellman Danielle Gurion Cantor Stephen Stein Eddie Weissfeld Reading the Torah Now, more than ever, you are on the Membership Committee In Honor of Bar Mitzvah of David, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kamenir from Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richman Marc Merklin becoming managing partner of Brouse McDowell from Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richman Birth of grandson, Joshua, to Andrea and Mitch Ehrenberg from Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Richman Marriage of Rebecca Carter from Greta and Hal Foster, Bonnie and Randy Cohen Page 11 If you know of someone – a new neighbor or an unaffiliated friend or relative – who would like information about Beth El Membership, let us know. Call the office, (330) 864-2105, or Membership Chairperson Andrea Minster, (330) 864-8496. Beth El Offices Move to Jewish Center on June 21 As a prelude to Beth El Congregation’s historic move to the Shaw JCC in mid-July, the synagogue offices are planning to shift to the new Jewish Campus location June 21. The good news for Beth El congregants: The new warm and inviting offices – located at the Shaw JCC at 750 White Pond Drive -will provide the same ease of access as at the Hawkins Ave. address. Both the telephone system and the Beth El website will remain the same. Visitors will be quickly ushered to offices for the Rabbi, Cantor, and staff from the main entrance of the Jewish Campus building, and signage inside the building will direct people to the Beth El location. A transition team led by Marty Oppenheimer and including Steve Botnick, Alice Schneider, and Randy and Bonnie Cohen has worked with the JCC, under Todd Rockoff, and Jewish Family Service (JFS) staff to coordinate a smooth relocation. Beth El offices will be located in some of the existing space occupied by JFS in the back hallway near the main entrance, as the JFS staff is consolidating to a nearby area. A corner office will be reserved for Rabbi Grundfast, with Cantor Stein, Erin Katz, and Barbara Good moving to nearby offices along a corridor at the campus. Another room will be dedicated for administrative work, and the site’s plentiful meeting rooms also will be used as needed. The move is expected be extremely efficient and cost-effective and does not require the shipping of much heavy furniture or supplies. For instance, the Rabbi’s five-foot-high bookcase will be shrink- wrapped and sent to the Jewish Campus along with his books, and office records will be boxed and transported. Storage closets will be built in the back hallway, and plans are in place to move the two glass bookcases in the library, the black benches in the lobby and some of the lobby artwork to the Jewish Campus location. For more information on the office move, contact Andrea Steinberger or Marty Oppenheimer at [email protected]. BETH EL CONGREGATION 464 SOUTH HAWKINS AVENUE AKRON, OHIO 44320 This Month’s Special Features PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AKRON, OHIO Page Building Beth El’s Future Together.............................................................. 1 The Beth El Building, a Steel Drum Band, NPR, JCC… .............................. 4 Education Program Notes ........................................................................... 5 A Walk Towards the Future, A Nod to the Past ........................................... 5 President’s Column ..................................................................................... 6 Hazzan’s Column ........................................................................................ 7 It’s Exactly Like Moving Your Home! ........................................................... 8 Beth El’s Knitzvah Group Goes Global! ...................................................... 9 Beth El Offices Move to Jewish Center on June 21................................... 11