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Temple Israel
Bulletin
Volume 13, No. 5 • March/April 2014 • Adar I/Adar II/Nisan 5774
Celebrate PURIM 2014 / 5774 with the TI Community
Saturday, March 15, Erev Purim
Purim Family Fun (ages 0-13), 5:00 p.m.
with musician Wayne Potash & the Music Fun Band
Celebrate Purim with a musical Purim Story, a Megillah chanting, acts of loving kindness,
Mishloach Manot, and a chance to laugh at your Fab Four Clergy. Light refreshments served.
“May Your Gates Be
Open Always”
Isaiah 60:11
Inside:
The Caring Community Comes Together
See “The Caring Community Needs Your Help” on page 4.
Adults Only (21+), 7:00 p.m.
th e BeaTles invade Purim
Join us for Purim 5774, when the Beatles will invade
Purim, direct from Chopped Liverpool! This year the TI
community marks the Long and Winding Road from 50
years ago when The Beatles first invaded the United States
of Shushan. We promise it won’t be a Hard Day’s Night,
so Don’t Bring Me Down: Come Together, Help spread the word, and Love Me Do. We’ll
be dancing, singing, & ridiculing!
President’s Message
2
Notes from the Clergy
3
Caring Community
4
Adult Education
5
TILLI
5
Education
6
Teen Education
8
Imagine All the People! Kookookachoo! !
Library
10
* Drink Tickets Available for Purchase
FJECC
11
Riverway
12
Social Justice
13
Development
13
Brotherhood
14
Beacon Academy
14
Development
14
Life Cycles and
Contributions
17
Calendar
24
BYO Beatles Costume or character from their song
(e.g., Eleanor Rigby, Rocky Raccoon, Sgt. Pepper, Lucy, etc.)
“Thou shalt party so hard you can’t tell the difference between Obladee and Oblada”
- Talmud, Masechet McCartney
Sunday, March 16
Purim Extravaganza & Carnival
11:15 a.m.
All are invited to play games, jump on rides, and enjoy hamantaschen.
All proceeds benefit RYFTI.
Rudolph H. and Sara G. Wyner Lecture
Lee Rotenberg, Founding Director of ArtSetters
March 28
The Carl Steinbaum Continuing Education Program
An Interfaith Conversation about Christian Connections to Israel
April 26 (See page 5)
President’s Message
The Torah Scroll from Blatna
In early February, Rabbi Friedman and Rabbi Zecher traveled with 28 Temple Israel members and our
Czech Torah scroll to Prague and London to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the restoration
of Czech scrolls saved from destruction during World War II. Since TI’s b’nai mitzvah chant from our
Czech Torah, we wrote them the following letter to explain the history and significance of the scroll.
More information on the Czech scrolls can be found in our trip blog at tisrael.org, on the website
memorialscrollstrust.org and in Out of the Midst of the Fire by Philippa Bernard, which can be found in the library.
February 2014
Dear B’nai Mitzvah:
When you chant your Torah portion, you will be reading from a very special Torah scroll. This Torah was transcribed
in 1840 and used by a small Jewish community living in the village of Blatna in what is now the Czech Republic.
In 1942, the Jews of Blatna were deported from their town to a concentration camp and, like many Nazi-occupied
Jewish communities, Blatna’s Jewish community was brutally destroyed.
What is miraculous is that our scroll, like hundreds of other Czech scrolls, survived. Courageous leaders from the
Czech Jewish Museum in Prague somehow convinced the Nazis to permit them to collect and store Jewish ritual
and cultural treasures from the city and regions beyond. The Michele Synagogue, in the suburbs of Prague, became
the warehouse for the Torah scrolls and there they stayed until 1964. Then Jews from the Westminster Synagogue
in London purchased 1,564 Czech scrolls and set about restoring as many as possible. Since so many of the Jewish
communities in the Czech Republic and that region had been decimated, the Westminster Synagogue and its
Memorial Scrolls Trust distributed scrolls to synagogues around the world. In 1975, Temple Israel was fortunate to
receive our Blatna scroll on permanent loan.
In February 2014, Rabbi Ronne Friedman and Rabbi Elaine Zecher led us, a group of Temple Israel members with the
Blatna Torah in tow, on a trip to the Czech Republic and London to commemorate the Czech scrolls on the fiftieth
anniversary of their restoration. During the first part of our trip we visited Terezin, the site of the concentration camp
where 26 Jews from Blatna were transported on November 26, 1942, and where we said Kaddish in memory of them
and others imprisoned there. Our Temple Israel family will cherish forever the Jewish community from Blatna. Their
names appear on the back of this page so you can know them, too.
In London, we participated in the Czech Memorial Scrolls Commemorative Service at the Westminster Synagogue.
Over fifty Torahs, including ours, were carried lovingly and proudly in procession through the hall. Together we sang,
prayed and celebrated the Judaism that continues to flourish with these rescued scrolls.
The letter accompanying the Blatna scroll to Temple Israel states: “This Scroll is of emotional and sentimental
consideration and is used in Synagogues for religious and educational purposes.” When you chant from the Torah
you fulfill the dream for a living Judaism that challenges us, gathers us together and makes us whole.
Mazel tov!
Rabbi Ronne Friedman
Rabbi Elaine Zecher
Helene Bailen
Susan Ebert
Ron Ebert
Michele Fishel
Christine Keegan
Cameron Kerry
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Russell Kushner
Isabel Kushner
Carol Michael
Alan Morse
Cecily Morse
Fran Putnoi
Don Putnoi
Dean Richlin
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Pam Richlin
Ellen Rovner
Harriet Steinberg
Richard Steinberg
William Stone
Steven Targum
Carol Targum
Rona Troderman-King
Jeane Ungerleider
Kathy Weinman
Barry Weisman
Mark Yesley
Marlene Yesley
Michael Zimman
Notes From the Clergy
With questions or to RSVP, please contact Sue Misselbeck at 617-566-3960 x 117
or [email protected] unless otherwise noted.
The 477 Initiative’s Boomer Potluck Dinners
Fridays, March 7 and April 4
7:00 p.m. (after Qabbalat Shabbat services)
$5 per person donation requested
The 477 Initiative is a program aimed at “Boomers” who are
empty-nesters, soon-to-be-empty nesters, single or married
without children. We had a fabulous Pot Luck Dinner on
January 31. We had over 70 people who came and enjoyed a
delightful evening. Come and share a meal with other Temple
Israel members, be with friends and make new ones. Relax
and enjoy being part of our community. Everyone is asked
to bring a “dish” to be share with others. Salads, side dishes,
main course and desserts are requested.
The Pew Report and What It Projects for Our
Jewish Community
Featuring Rabbi Jonah Pesner
March 23, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at Temple Israel
Will our grandchildren be Jewish? For many of us, the key
findings of the Pew Report focus on this question. As Senior
Vice President of URJ, Rabbi Pesner works with congregations
across the country to keep post-bnai mitzvah teens engaged in
Jewish life and his national view and perspective will inform
our own. Please come to the lecture and to ask questions/or
indicate your concerns.
Tradition in the Kitchen!
March 30, 10:00 a.m. to noon at Temple Israel
$10 materials fee; Limited to 20 participants
Just in time for the Seder, you can learn to make gefilte fish.
TI Board members Sarah Kianovsky and Susan Ridker will
share family recipes and their own annual tradition of making
gefilte fish for Passover. This is a hands-on cooking and
eating adventure. Bring your apron. Pre-registration required.
The 6th Annual Women’s Passover Seder
Sunday, April 20 at 5:30 p.m.
Through ritual, song, and conversation we will retell
the story of Passover using an original Haggadah,
created by the women of Temple Israel, over a potluck
Seder meal. We will explore the past and present from a
women’s perspective. This is a beautiful event and a great
opportunity for Temple Israel women to make connections
and to find community. Rabbi Elaine Zecher will lead the
Seder.
To register, send your $15 contribution to Laurena
Rosenberg at Temple Israel and contact Karen Roberts at
617-375-6014 to advise your potluck dish.
The Matzah Brei Wars Are Back, And the
Competition Promises to be Fierce!
Tuesday, April 15 starting at 8:30 a.m.
The 2012 and 2013 Matzah Brei-Off allowed our clergy to
show their culinary dexterity and produced some amazing
results. Rabbi Zecher’s matzah brei was the sweetest, some
voted Rabbi Morrison’s version the most savory, and others
said Cantor Einhorn’s was the most ridiculous! However,
most agreed, that Rabbi Friedman’s matzah brei, “had to be
tasted to be believed!” Who will come out on top in 2014?
A family event, come and watch as things get heated up in
the Temple Israel kitchen! New recipes from far and wide will
be prepared for the group and the voting will begin for the
best recipe!
Followed by a Matzah Brei Breakfast, Study and Festival
Service for adults. Children under age 7 will head downstairs
with a parent/guardian to enjoy holiday-themed crafts, music,
movement and stories and a special worship experience. It
will be a morning you and your young ones will not want to
miss. Please RSVP.
Yizkor: A Time For Remembering
Sunday, April 20, 5:00 p.m.
This special service was created for individuals and families
in the Congregation and their loved ones who see themselves
as mourners. The service includes a full, traditional Yizkor as
well as music, and a chance to share memories and thoughts
in the company of a community of mourners.
Passover Festival Services
Monday, April 21
Celebrate Passover at our Special Festival Service. Program
for Younger Children (under age 7 with a parent/guardian).
Following the program both groups will meet for a festive Oneg.
A Shabbat of Remembrance and Empowerment:
Commemorating the 100th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide
Friday, April 11, 5:45 p.m.
Dr. Dikran M. Kaligian has taught history at
Clark University, Worcester State University,
and Regis and Wheaton colleges. He is
past chairperson of the Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA) Eastern Region
and Managing Editor of the Armenian Review.
He received his Ph.D. in history from Boston College in 2003.
He is the author of Armenian Organization and Ideology under
Ottoman Rule, 1908-1914, as well as many articles.
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Caring Community
With questions or to RSVP, please contact Sue Misselbeck at 617-566-3960 x 117 or [email protected]
If you have questions, concerns, or wish to volunteer, please contact co-chairs
Tanya Goldwyn (617-244-4331 or [email protected]) or Chris Keegan (617-469-1839 or [email protected])
The Caring Community Needs Your Help
So much of Purim is devoted to organized hilarity and
feasting, that many do not realize that Purim is also a holiday
devoted to acts of compassion and generosity. In the Book
of Esther, after Haman’s fate has been sealed and Jewish
deliverance is secure, Mordechai sends this message to the
Jews of Persia: henceforth, the 14th and 15th of Adar were to
be celebrated “as days of feasting and merrymaking, and as
an occasion for sending gifts to one another and presents to
the poor.” (Esther 9:22)
Throughout Jewish history, two of the most significant of all
Purim customs have derived from Mordechai’s injunction.
Mishloach manot, sending presents of food to friends and
neighbors and Matanot l’evyonim, the distribution of food to
those who are in need, ensured the creation of a sub-structure
of enhanced personal relationship and concern for those in
need would forever after be incorporated into this day.
Come celebrate Purim and do an act of kindness at the same
time! Help prepare the food, celebrate, sing, imbibe and enjoy
yourself. Kindness, Compassion, Cooking and Celebrating are
all part of the evening!
We will be celebrating Purim on Saturday, March 15. The
Caring Community is again planning to deliver Shaloch
Manot packages to some of our congregants who are unable
to attend the festivities.
The gift packages will be filled with homemade
hamentaschen, as well as other sweets and fruits. The
hamentaschen will be baked earlier that day and we are
looking for help in this joyful activity. We need some helpers
in the kitchen. Carol Nesson has kindly volunteered to oversee
the baking.
Additionally, we need delivery volunteers (for the following
Sunday and Monday); we anticipate between 30-40 gift bags,
so we need many drivers.
Please join us in this meaningful effort. The baking will start
at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday March 15, in the kitchen at Temple
Israel. We promise that you will derive great satisfaction from
baking or delivering the gift bags, as will the recipients of
your delivery.
RSVP to Sue Misselbeck ([email protected]). We need these
responses for delivering so that we can ensure a smooth day!
“Deeds of Loving-Kindness Are Equal in Weight to All the Commandments” (Jerusalem Talmud Peah 1:1)
The Caring Community Continues Its Good Works
The Caring Community continues to actively reach out to
fellow congregants during times of sorrow and of joy. We
would like to extend a warm and appreciative “thank you”
to the most recent cycle of callers—Tanya Goldwyn, Rhoda
Trietsch, Dan Solomon, Stephen Wright, Joan Florsheim, Joan
Rachlin and Kathryn Madden—who so generously gave of their
time to contact other TI members.
We are now looking for a new group of callers who would
be willing to do this outreach as well. If you choose to do
this you will be properly trained to make these sensitive
calls effectively. YOU can become a participant in the Caring
Community by making calls, delivering a meal, offering a ride,
or just being “there” for someone who needs a helping hand.
The rewards of this kind of participation are as great for the
volunteer as for the grateful recipient.
The present members of the TI Caring Community help to
make Temple Israel a community that really cares about each
other. We are a large congregation so please remember that no
one person can do everything, but that each one of us can do
something.
Memorial Plaques: Honoring Your Loved Ones
A way to remember a loved one is to dedicate a memorial plaque in his or her memory. We have two areas where that can
be done. The Alice G. Winn Memorial Menorah is located along the rear wall of the Sanctuary. Those memorial plaques are
made from glass and, due to the cost and craftsmanship, are hung once a year during the summer. The Harry N. and Estelle S.
Gorin Memorial Alcove surrounds one of the entrance doors to the Sanctuary. Those plaques are made from bronze and can
be ordered and hung all year round. Once a plaque is ordered, Temple Israel will perpetually read the name of the deceased
during Shabbat services on Friday evening and Saturday morning of the anniversary of death. Family members will receive
notification of this date in advance of the yahrzeit. All names on plaques are included in the annual Yom Kippur Book of
Remembrance distributed to the Congregation on Yom Kippur.
A contribution of $650 to the Temple Israel Endowment Fund will secure a plaque in either the Alcove or on the
Menorah. Please email Sue Misselbeck ([email protected]) or call 617-566-3960 x117.
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Adult Education
With questions or to RSVP, please contact Sue Misselbeck at 617-566-3960 x 117
or [email protected] unless otherwise noted.
Israel and Us: Choices in Modern American Zionism, Winter – Spring 2014
As we enter the final months of our three-year project exploring our community’s relationship with Israel, please join us for
these compelling programs, two of which feature members of our Temple Israel community:
Lee Rotenberg, Founding Director of ArtSetters
Qabbalat Shabbat, March 28
Rudolph H. and Sara G. Wyner Lecture
Lee Rotenberg has called Tel Aviv
home for over three years. During
this period, she co-founded the
cultural ecommerce site Omanoot
(which means ‘art’ in Hebrew) and
later left to establish ArtSetters
(www.artsetters.com), her current
project. ArtSetters has built a community of creative leaders
in cities like Beirut, Istanbul, Casablanca, Athens, Paris, and
Hong Kong and enables Israeli talent to stand alongside
influencers in cities with often impenetrable creative circles.
According to Tel Aviv’s leading contemporary magazine
Telavivian, Lee stands amongst the five rising young creatives
in the city. Lee is the daughter of longtime TI members, Jon
and Bonnie Rotenberg.
An Interfaith Conversation about Christian
Connections to Israel
Saturday, April 26
11:00 a.m., followed by lunch
The Carl Steinbaum Continuing Education Program
Join Rabbis Friedman
and Morrison, and
Rev. Samuel Lloyd
(left) of Trinity
Church, Boston, and
Rev. Burns Stanfield
(right), current
president of GBIO
and Pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, South Boston,
to explore how Reverends Lloyd and Stanfield conceive of
their personal relationships with Israel and to gain greater
understanding of the “place” of Israel within their faith
communities.
Festive Oneg and Q & A follow the services.
TILLI
Registration Deadline for the Spring Semester - March 7th
If you have any questions regarding TILLI, please contact Esther Kosofsky, TILLI Coordinator at
[email protected] or Sue Misselbeck at [email protected]/617-566-3960 ext. 117.
Spring 2014 Semester Schedule
6 sessions, Thursdays: April 10, April 17, April 24, May 1, May 8, May 15
Coffee, Tea and Nosh
10:30 a.m.
Morning Study Groups
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Lunch & Learn Program
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Afternoon Study Groups
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Morning Study Groups
Afternoon Study Groups
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Men at Fiction with Helen Kolsky
• Fresh Understandings of Martin Buber’s The Way of
Man with Gabe Padawer
• Windows 7 Basic Computer Operations with Irving Gates
• You Look Mahvelous! The Billy Crystal Film Festival with Ann Abrams
• Israeli Short Stories: An Armchair Tour of Israel with Natalie Schatz
•The New Yorker Magazine with Donald Putnoi
•Writing Your Memoir with Ruth Klepper
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TILLI Continued...
...From previous page
Lunch & Learn
Thursday Afternoons, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Bring your own lunch. Beverages and snacks provided.
—All Speakers are members of Temple Israel—
April 10
Jewish Heritage Journey to the Baltics
with Linda Samuels, Billionaire Babies LLC Founder & CEO
April 17
The Humbling of Braggarts: David, Solomon, and Qorah in
Early Medieval Midrash with Rabbi Bernard Mehlman Upcoming TILLI Events and more—
Save these dates!
• Thursday, April 3 – TILLI Event Spring Kickoff
• Friday, March 28 – Wyner Lecture
Festive Oneg Reserved TILLI Tables
• Saturday, April 26 – The Carl Steinbaum
Program - Lunch following Torah Study
• May 2-4 – Brooklyn TILLI Trip
Watch your email for details
April 24
TILLI Table Conversations
Education
7th Grade Curriculum: An Integrated Exploration
The seventh grade
curriculum is an
integrated exploration
of Jewish text, Jewish
history, and Jewish
identity in different
ways throughout the
year. Through different
curricular foci, students explore issues of Jewish identity and
peoplehood, and provide for our seventh grade students ample
opportunity to explore their Judaism and to create community
at Temple Israel while considering the broader Jewish world.
The 7th grade history curriculum treats two very different,
but thematically related subjects: In our facing History and
Ourselves curriculum we look at group identity, the origins of
the Holocaust, and our responsibility to remember; through an
integrated text curriculum, we will explore our own identities
through the lens of Jewish Peoplehood to learn of the
connections between memory, history, mishpachah (family;
our obligation to one another), covenant (our connection to
other Jews), makom (place; specifically the land of Israel) and
language (Hebrew).
They then moved on to the topic of Jewish Peoplehood.
Students created maps of their lives featuring the buildings,
shops, establishments and institutions they frequent most
often. They looked at questions such as: “Where does Jewish
life fit in?” “What is ‘Jewish’ about these places?” During this
unit students explored many aspects of Jewish Peoplehood
from historical, practical, spiritual and emotional perspectives.
A unit on covenants followed. One story on which they
focused was Noah, exploring the covenant he had with God.
The students read the first section of the text in Hebrew
and were asked to write down any words they recognized.
They were also asked to write down any questions they had
regarding the text. As a group they worked through the
vocabulary and eventually translated some of the Hebrew to
English! It was very exciting to see the students enjoying the
challenge.
In addition to all these topics the students studied the Shabbat
Liturgy and have led the other grades in T’fillah several times.
Students also had the opportunity to learn with a member of
the clergy each Sunday. They have recently begun their unit
on the Holocaust.
We are very grateful to our 7th grade team of teachers who
have done an inspiring job keeping our students engaged and
motivated.
Continuing their work from 6th grade, our 7th grade students
explore of the Book of Bereishit (Genesis) with the clergy in
the fall and winter and learn different rabbinic midrashim
(intepretations of the Bible) and legends in the spring.
Below is a poem written by Corey Gelb-Bicknell, for one of the
7th grade led T’fillah sessions.
So far this year the students have discussed the concept
of Tzedakah. The students came up with a list of causes
about which they are passionate and entered into a debate
prioritizing where and how one should give their time and
money eventually choosing “worthy” organizations as a class.
I speak to You
To whom even the planets and stars themselves worship
and I speak to all of you
I remind you of home,
your base
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Torah Poem, by Corey Gelb-Bicknell
Education Continued...
I remind you of devastating tragedies
of burning fears
of fear of evil
Those things will chain you down
but I also remind you of holy prophets
of wonderful heroes
who hold you up
These guide you through the darkness
lead you
And keep you from getting lost
and swallowed alive
But what I speak is not easy to find
My light is hidden
for you must look
my true words are buried
I am a gift to you
a gift you shall find meaning within
through me you will learn the paths in these dark tunnels.
I am the Torah.
Tikkun Olam Day 5774
Sunday February 2 was spectacular! Our whole school did
small acts of chesed (compassion) to support local community
groups all the while “Tackling a Broken World.” It was a busy
day of study and action, connection and compassion. Our
post-game wrap up in Levi Auditorium with Al “Shelosha
D’varim” Michaels and Klezmer Collinsworth showcased our
great day.
In the end, here’s our final score:
Our Kindergarten families packed 105 non-perishable goodie
bags for distribution at the Haley House soup kitchen.
Our 1st Grade families created almost 40 activity books and
bags of games for patients at Boston Children’s Hospital.
To be distributed via Cradles to Crayons, our 2nd Grade
families donated clothing for 9 Outfit Packs for kids from ages
5-10 years old. Each Outfit Pack will provide a week’s worth
of clothing for a child. They also assembled 8 no-sew fleece
blankets to be given to toddlers.
Our 3rd Grade families baked Challot and then delivered
them, along with cards and notes, to 14 Temple Israel elder
members as well as their homebound neighbors.
Our 4th Grade families learned from Judy Patkin of the Action
for Post-Soviet Jewry about their Adopt-a-Bubbe program
and then assembled 200 soup-in-a-bag (Minestrone and
Noodle) packages for elderly residents of Dnepropetrovsk,
Ukraine. The Dnepropetrovsk Kehillah Project was launched
by Boston’s JCRC in 1992 as part of a national effort to link
American Jewish communities with Jewish communities in
the Former Soviet Union.
Our 5th Grade families prepared for their participation in
the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Mother’s Day Walk
for Peace on May 11, 2014. This annual walk is a fundraiser
for their healing, trainings, and educational programming
promoting peace and unity. Students drew on what they
have been learning in the classroom about the Prophetic call
to justice, and finding their our own prophetic voices to be
displayed on posters as they walk.
Rabbi Zecher and Rabbi Soffer will be leading our fifth
graders on the walk. Any Temple members interested in more
information, or participating in the walk, should contact
Rabbi Zecher at [email protected].
Our 6th Grade families framed their day with Rabbi Soffer and
considered Bikkur Cholim (mitzvah of visiting the sick) as not
just bringing food or cards, but as engaging with dignity to
meet the needs of the sick person. Students created numerous
animated greeting cards to be shared with patients at Boston
Children’s Hospital by the staff Chaplains. A small group
walked over to Yawkey Family Inn to pack snack bags
for the families staying there while their children are in the
hospital. In addition, as these 6th grade students are in the
midst of monthly Social Justice in Action projects, they spent
some time organizing their teams as well as updated each
other on their progress and creating structures for support.
Our 7th Grade students are currently wrapping up their
various Social Justice in Action projects and had the
opportunity share successes, challenges and their stories
of making change. They then did exercises imagining
themselves as Board members of philanthropic foundations
as well as participated in an introduction to community
organizing which focused on making change through building
relationships.
In addition, everybody was invited to bring a used children’s
book to support our 7th grade Social Justice group’s Reach
Out and Read work at the Boston Medical Center. These
medical providers promote early literacy and school readiness
in pediatric exam rooms. We collected over 5 dozen books.
Families brought in Kosher peanut butter and raisins for
JF&CS Family Table, helping to provide food to over 150
needy Jewish households in the Boston area. It is Temple
Israel’s monthly goal of providing 40 boxes of raisins and 40
jars of peanut butter to Family Table.
Thank you so much to everyone who came out and
participated. Go team!
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Education Continued...
Second Annual Love,
Judaism and Chocolate
Event: March 1
for 3rd and 4th graders
One Voice Movement
Sunday, March 30, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
This is an organization of young Israelis and Palestinians who are
committed to achieving a just, negotiated, ‘Two State Solution’ for both
groups. Many of its members moved to this position as a consequence
of the suffering and losses within their own communities. They present
at schools, youth groups, and organizations in their own communities as
a means of building support. The afternoon will be moderated by Rabbi
Morrison and Howard Wishnie.
At this event, students learn
about Jewish values through text
study and a variety of hands on
chocolate-y activities!
RSVP to Sue Misselbeck at 617-566-3960 x117 or [email protected].
Stay tuned for pictures online.
Teen Education
(1) The TIKKUN Teen Advocates with Rabbi Soffer in front of the State House; (2) TIKKUN Advocates (L-R) Juliana Kaplan,
Ella Bunnell, Aaron Sege, Gabe Hodgkin, Sam Friedman, Jacob Sanditen, and Michaela Schwartz with MA State Rep Frank Smizik;
(3) TIKKUN Advocate Mariel Ehrlich (center) with her State Rep Jeffrey Sanchez and Public Health Committee Analyst Sarah Sabshon
TIKKUN Brings Teen Advocates to Beacon Hill
On Monday, January 13, after having spent the day in
preparation at TI on Sunday, eight TI juniors and seniors
(pictured and named above) visited the MA State House
for lobby meetings with their own State Senators and
Representatives. They toured the State House, and then met
with legislative aides of Rep. Coppinger and of Sens. ChangDiaz and Creem, and directly with Reps Sanchez and Smizik.
They lobbied for an increase in the minimum wage, not to
be tied to cuts in unemployment insurance, and for stronger
gun control as a means to combat gun violence. On Friday,
January 31, Teen Ed Director Mike Fishbein and three of the
eight participants, Mariel Ehrlich, Gabe Hodgkin, and Aaron
Sege, gave a d’var Torah at Qabbalat Shabbat services. Mr.
Sege, who is also a senior Co-President of RYFTI, closed with
these words:
“Two years ago, Gabe and I attended the L’Taken seminar
in DC, and Mariel is part of the group headed there in one
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week. I loved going on L’Taken. It got me very excited about
getting involved in politics. With TIKKUN, we took the basic
format of L’Taken and pushed it to the next level, with a more
detailed back-and-forth. The experience of meeting with
power-brokers was very satisfying. It was great to be able to
have a conversation with the legislators and staffers and to
press them a bit with questions. I felt like I was able both to
speak my mind and to have an impact on them. They took us
seriously and treated us with respect. TIKKUN showed us that
state politics are really compelling. In Massachusetts, a policy
can be more creative and more energetic than it can be on the
national level, and we can have a much bigger impact on it.
Celia, our teacher, said that civic groups are the ‘special sauce
of American democracy,’ and that hit home for me. I think
that our tight-knit teen community at TI, coupled with a set
of values and traditions that transcend one historical moment
or problem, give us the strength to make a difference at the
State House, which we now call, ‘Our House.’”
Teen Education Continued...
moment of interaction between our Elementary and Teen Ed
communities, it’s also RYFTI’s only fundraiser of the year.
Please join us, and thank you for supporting RYFTI!
Beacon Academy and Monday Night School
(1) Our L’Taken delegation, looking at the MLK Memorial.
(2) TI Teens at work in the office of Senator Elizabeth Warren
RYFTI Teens Travel to DC for L’Taken Social
Justice Seminar
Seventeen TI 9th, 10th, and 11th graders participated in the
Religious Action Center’s L’Taken Social Justice Seminar,
Friday, February 7-10. They were accompanied by Rabbi Matt
Soffer, Mike Fishbein, and Riverway Project lay leader Jessie
Weiser. The seminar was the largest-ever L’Taken, comprising
over 420 Reform Jewish teens from across the country. Our
teens had a phenomenal weekend and participated at a high
level in the seminar’s programs. They learned about Judaism’s
deep roots in social justice, and about the Reform Movement’s
current legislative advocacy on a wide range of issues. On
Monday, our teens met with staffers in the offices of Senators
Warren and Markey, and of Representative Kennedy. In
groups of three and four, our students lobbied their legislators
on immigration reform, gun violence, reproduction rights,
and comprehensive sexuality education. They also read a
statement of support for Israel, asking for the advancement of
a two-state solution and for the prevention of a nuclear Iran.
8th Grade NYC Trip, March 7-9
Twenty-one Temple Israel 8th graders will participate in
our annual trip to New York City, where they will bond as a
group as they explore the history and themes that shaped the
American Jewish identity. Look for details and photos from
this trip in the next edition of the Bulletin!
RYFTI Purim Shul-in & RYFTI
Purim Carnival and Raffle
Saturday March 15-Sunday, March 16
All TI 8-12th graders are invited to this year’s Purim Shulin, Saturday, March 15 to Sunday, March 16. Enjoy a great
evening with friends, and work with them to set up the
annual Purim Carnival for our Religious School students.
Stay overnight at TI, and then on Sunday, help run the Purim
Carnival – it’s two hours of playing games with younger kids,
and it’s really a lot of fun! Sunday’s events also include the
annual RYFTI raffle, which this year will feature the skills and
crafts of our TI teens! The Purim Carnival is not only a great
On Monday, January
13th, teens from Beacon
Academy joined Monday
Night School for dinner,
social time, and a
combined program with
Temple Israel’s eighth and
ninth graders. We had
great discussions in groups
large and small, focused on the tension between connection
and disconnection that social technology has brought into
our lives. Temple Israel’s annual Martin Luther King Shabbat
Tzedek service was held that Friday, on January 18th, and
two students from each school, Renaldo Payne and Katherine
Barahona of Beacon Academy and Ilana Epstein and Michael
Marget of MNS, led the congregation in responsive readings.
NFTY-NE Spring Conclavette
March 21-23 in Belmont, MA
Registration is now open for NFTY-NE’s Spring Conclavette,
hosted by BEFTY (of Beth El Temple Center in Belmont, MA).
For the first time ever, this event is open to 8th graders!
Visit http://www.nfty.org/ne/events/springconclavette/ for
information and to register.
RYFTI Event: Saturday, April 5th – Watch the
“TI Teen Ed News” ebulletin for details!
Funds available for first-time Jewish camping!
If your child has never attended a Jewish overnight camp
for a stretch of three weeks or more, he or she is eligible for
a $1000 incentive grant towards camp tuition from TI and
CJP’s Jewish Educational Overnight Camping Initiative.
For more information, please contact Irina Preys in the
Education Office at 617-566-3960 x121 or [email protected].
Youth Dates to Remember
•March 7-9 - 8th Grade trip to NYC
•March 15-16 - RYFTI Purim Shul-In and the RYFTI-led
Purim Carnival & Raffle (grades 8-12)
•March 21-23 - NFTY-NE Spring Conclavette (grades 9-12)
•April 5 - RYFTI Event – Details TBA
•April 26-27 - NFTY-NE Senior Kallah
•May 9-11 - RYFTI’s Clergy Weekend
March/April 2014
Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center
For information about any Library programs or about establishing a bookshelf in honor or in memory of a
loved one, please contact Ann Abrams, Librarian, at [email protected].
Collector’s Corner
for Kids!
Women of Reform Judaism
and Library’s Book Group
Our book group meets the First Tuesday of every month, from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
We read and discuss fiction and non-fictional works that have a Jewish theme. All
temple members and their friends are welcome to come and bring a bag lunch.
Coffee, tea and yummy desserts will be provided.
If you are a child, or, you know a
child who has a collection that
s/he’d like to exhibit for a month
please contact Ann Abrams.
Resources for Purim and Passover!
A taste of the librarian’s favorite books, films and websites for Purim and Passover.
Purim:
Passover
For kids:
The Purim Superhero, by Elisabeth Kushner
Nate wants to dress as an alien for Purim, but his friend wants
him to wear a superhero costume like the other boys, so Nate
seeks guidance from his Daddy and Abba, who advise that
being yourself makes you stronger. Grades PreK–3.
For kids
Izzy the Whiz and Passover McClean, by Yael Mermelstein.
Amateur inventor Izzy creates a machine that miraculously
cleans the entire house of hametz just in time for Passover.
Includes author’s note about Passover and hametz. Grades
Pre-K–2.
For adults:
If you’d like to delve into the Book of Esther, try
For Everyone
A Great Way to Spice Up Your Seder!
Esther: A Commentary, by Jon Levenson.
The book of Esther has been preserved in ancient texts
that diverge greatly from each other; as a result, Jews and
Protestants usually read a version which is shorter than that
of most Catholic or Orthodox Bibles.
Jon Levenson capably guides readers through both versions,
demonstrating their coherence and their differences.
For your consideration, Directed by Christopher Guest, with
Catherine O’Hara, Ed Begley, Jr., Eugene Levy, Harry Shearer,
Fred Willard, Jane Lynch and more.
If you want to watch a fun movie in the mockumentary
style of many of Guest’s films, give this one a look! It’s
about an indie movie called “Home for Purim,” a somewhat
inane drama about a dysfunctional Jewish family living in
the South during World War II. But while the film is still
in production, a reporter for an online entertainment site
drops the word—based on a brief visit to the set—that one of
the ensemble cast performers may be an Oscar contender. It
goes on to chronicle how the Oscar buzz affects the director,
additional cast members, writers, an agent, a publicist, and
the hosts from an Hollywood entertainment-type television
program. PG-13.
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Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights? The Four
Questions Around the World, by Ilana Kurshan.
Gives the text of the four questions in twenty-three languages
and includes a brief history of the Jewish people in those
countries where the languages are spoken.
Plus we have dozens of haggadot, from every point of view!
Websites for All Holidays
Union of Reform Judaism - www.urj.org
My Jewish Learning - www.myjewishlearning.com
Music
In addition, here are two particularly noteworthy additions to
our music collection:
1) Israeli Singer/Songwriter, David Broza has a wonderful
new album, East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem. - “…‘East
Jerusalem/West Jerusalem’ is a collection of songs that
unites Israelis and Palestinians on songs that convey a
message of peace, love and understanding.” Excerpted
from the Chicago Sun Times.
2)Singing Our Way Through: Songs for the World’s Bravest
Kids, by Boston area singer/songwriter Alastair Moock
& Friends. - These songs provide a combination of
empathy and humor, offering strength to any families
facing an uncertain future…”
- All Things Considered, NPR
Collector’s Corner: an exhibit of collections from the children
Frances Jacobson Early Childhood Center
For information on – or to RSVP for – any FJECC program listed here, please contact
Lisa Scott at 617-556-3960 x148 or [email protected] unless otherwise noted.
Left to Right: (1) Blue Room student with her stuffed animal buddy; (2) Purple Room students enjoying the wintery weather;
(3) Rabbi Friedman welcomes the Green Room; (4) Red Room students prepare flags for their classroom Olympics
Toddler and Preschool Openings for
September 2014
FJECC Havdalah Event
Do you have / know a child who will be between 1 year and
9 months and 5 years of age by the end of August? Please
contact Lisa (see above). She is also available to show you
around the school.
The FJECC Community will gather together to celebrate a
lovely ritual. We will begin with singing led by our beloved
music teacher, Wayne Potash. Rabbi Zecher will be on hand
to lead the adults in a study session followed by the beautiful
Havdalah ceremony. Dinner will also be served. Our students
will be involved in the mitzvah of Tikkum Olam by collecting
donations of young children’s clothing for the nonprofit
organization, Room to Grow. We look forward to a wonderful
time celebrating Havdalah as a community!
Open House for Prospective Parents
(Adults Only)
March 11, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Please join us and visit the preschool to learn about our
program and community. Helen Cohen, our Director, and Lisa
Scott, our Assistant Director, along with other members of our
staff will be on hand to answer your questions and provide
information. Share this information with anyone you know
who may have children between the ages of 1.9 and 5. Please
RSVP to Lisa. We look forward to sharing information about
our center and hope to hear from you!
Apply for September 2015 Toddler and
Preschool Programs
Begins May 1*, 8:00 a.m.
The FJECC Preschool at Temple Israel continues to be a
popular program in the Boston area, especially since we were
honored as one of “The Hub’s Top Preschools” by Boston
Magazine! Although we give preference to TI members, it is
to your advantage to apply early, as there are no guaranteed
spaces. If your child will be 1 year and 9 months years old by
September 1st of 2015, s/he is eligible for our 2015-16 school
year program. We do not accept any 2015-16 applications
before May 1, 2014.
*Applications from Temple Members may be mailed to the
preschool office starting April 25. These applications will
be held sealed in their envelopes and will be considered
“received” on Thursday, May 1. You may want to consider
a return receipt or certified mail to ensure delivery, as the
delivery of this application by mail is solely the responsibility
of the applicant.
March 1, 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Purim is Almost Here!
Do you have your costumes and groggers ready? We have
been busy preparing for Purim by dramatizing the story of
Haman, Queen Esther, Mordechai and the other characters
in the story. Yummy hammentashen will be prepared and
devoured by our young chefs. All the various symbols
associated with this joyous holiday will be created by our
students, and we will hold a festive celebration with the
reading of our very own unique Megillah developed by none
other than the FJECC scribes!
Passover
Passover is a time of learning and celebration for our
children. They learn about the Jewish people becoming slaves
in Egypt and how difficult their lives were under the rule of
Pharoah. Through the telling of the story from the Torah, the
children feel great sympathy for the Jewish people and begin
to value the idea of being free to make choices for oneself.
During the weeks before Passover, the children actively
prepare for the holiday and the classroom seders. They
learn about thoroughly cleaning for the holiday and about
the burning of the chametz (the remaining crumbs of
leavened food). The children will even be part of a special
chametz burning ceremony! As a culmination of all their
learning, the children will actively participate in their own
March/April 2014
F.J.E.C.C. Continued...
seders, including the making of charoset. The older children
(Green and Blue Rooms) will participate with their parents
in an exciting interactive seder where they will have the
opportunity to “walk through” the order of the seder together.
Preschool Calendar
March
APRIL
Saturday, MaR 1
Tuesday, Mar 11
Wednesday, Mar 5
Mar 11-13
FJECC Havdalah Event
4:00-6:00 p.m.
3-Day Toddler Parent
Breakfast – 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Thursday, Mar 6
2-Day Toddler Parent
Breakfast – 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Open House for Prospective
Parents – 7-9 p.m.
Purim Celebrations
Wednesday, Mar 19
No School - Staff Development Day
Apr 7-9
Classroom Seders with our
Younger Students (no parent
involvement)
Friday, Apr 11
Chametz Burning
Apr 14-21
No School - Passover Break
Wednesday, Apr 9
Green Room Seder – Parents
Invited
Tuesday, Apr 22
School Resumes
Thursday, April 10
Blue Room Seder – Parents
Invited
Riverway Project
Riverway Winter Birthright
by Danielle Nykerk
On December 15, 2013 the Riverway Project ventured to
Israel on Birthright, a not-for-profit educational organization
that sponsors free ten-day heritage trips to Israel for Jewish
young adults aged 18-26. On the Riverway Birthright trip we
had 40 east coast participants, ten of whom were from the
Massachusetts area.
Riverway’s trip provider was the Union for Reform Judaism.
They worked hard to ensure that our Riverway participants
were guaranteed spots on the trip, as well as to provide
numerous resources and preparation opportunities to our trip
staff.
Upon our arrival in Israel, jet lagged and delusional, we
set off for Tel Aviv to Independence Hall and to a beautiful
outlook in Jaffa. The next ten days were filled with non-stop
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site seeing and adventures. We traveled to the desert to swim
in the dead sea, have a Bedouin tent experience, and woke up
before sunrise to hike Masada. We then went all the way to
the north and picked up our mifgash, our Israel participants,
that consisted of four soldiers and four students. The mifgash
quickly became part of our bus kehillah (community). Then
we made our way to the Golan for a hike and excavations.
Our bus then went to the mystical city of Tzfat and to
Jerusalem for a much needed Shabbat.
During Shabbat, services where co-led by an HUC Rabbinical
student as well as the Shabbat committee. These participants
helped led service, prepare an oneg and Saturday afternoon
activities of Krav Maga and a Shabbat walk with our tour
guide, Eitan Julius. The Israeli participants prepared Israel
trivia, and I led a text study on the weekly parasha. In the
final days we visited Yad V’shem (the Holocaust memorial
museum) and the Kotel (Western Wall) where we bid farewell
Riverway Project Continued...
to our mifgash. Our final night we celebrated with an evening
out in Tel Aviv.
Overall, this Birthright experience was overflowing with
opportunities to strengthen participants Jewish identity, build
understanding of the land and people of Israel, and reinforce
Jewish solidarity worldwide. Here are a few comments from
participants.
“My trip to Israel was empowering as a new Jew. It allowed
me to connect with the people, culture, and history. It
answered a lot of questions and created even more. I will never
forget the experience and the people I shared it with.”
-Eric Villhauer
“Words cannot begin to describe how it felt to finally
experience Israel. I loved waking and going on an adventure
every day, and seeing the landscape as we traversed our
homeland.”
-Aden Michaud
Birthright was a great experience! My time in Israel provided
me with a safe and exciting environment to explore and
celebrate my Judaism. I was able to connect with other Jewish
young adults from all over the world through meaningful
conversations and our shared history. My positive experience
abroad has motivated me to embrace my own Jewish identity
and become more involved with the young adult programs at
TI. I’m looking forward to my next visit to The Holy Land...the
hummus is just better there!
-Jonathan Marcus
Social Justice at TI
Equality and Inclusion Meet-and-Greet and Planning Session
March 27, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
The Ohel Tzedek Equality and Inclusion Strategy team invites
congregation and in cooperation with other congregations,
you to their gathering, which will be part Meet-and-Greet
and with affinity Jewish organizations, to organize and
and part planning session regarding upcoming events and
educate about LGBTQ issues, specifically those impacting
ongoing discussions. This is a diverse, dynamic, and dedicated
LGBTQ Jews.
group of TI members who foster ongoing congregational
If you have any questions or would like to attend, please
conversations about LGBTQ Jews and the larger LGBTQ
RSVP to Danielle Nykerk at [email protected].
community. In its current form, it works diligently inside the
Reflecting on MLK Shabbat Tzedek
“Tzedek, Tzedek, Tirdof- Justice, Justice you shall pursue” Deuteronomy 16:2
Each year, during MLK Shabbat Tzedek, Temple Israel’s
“We have to be able to take each other as brothers and
Shabbat of Justice, the synagogue opens its doors to the
sisters,” Webb said in his sermon. “We have to learn to forgive
community to honor and remember the life and legacy of Rev.
each other, and we have to learn to not believe the things we
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr with our prayers, our voices, and
are told about each other before we sit and face each other,
our actions.
and get to know each other, and hug each other, and love
each other, and cry together, and share together.”
On January 17, the pews were filled with over six hundred
people from across the Temple Israel and Greater Boston
The service was accompanied by the beautiful performances
Interfaith community to celebrate the living value of social
of the Boston Children’s Choir, the Temple Israel Youth Choir,
justice. Guest speaker Imam William Suhaib Webb, religious
and the TI Band. After service there was a delicious oneg and
leader of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center
Israeli dancing.
(ISBCC), spoke on the importance of fellowship and collective
responsibility.
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Brotherhood
(An Affiliate of MRJ)
For more information about Brotherhood contact
Bob Ricles, Brotherhood President at 617-524-0080 or [email protected].
Vice-President Bob Golosov, and President Bob Ricles, are
members of MRJ’s Executive Council (EC) and attended the
annual meeting in New Jersey January 17-19. Celebrating
90 years of history, MRJ is undertaking a transformative
repositioning of its mission and of itself.
For the last several months, with the assistance of our
consultant, Rabbi David Wolfman, we have been reaching
out to our affiliates and the Reform Jewish community, in
general, seeking input to determine how we may become
more effective, both structurally and programmatically, to
advance our mission to engage and connect with all of the
men of Reform Judaism. We have also looked inward to
evaluate our own effectiveness. In order to meet the present
and future needs of adult men, we are reviewing (and where
applicable proposing changes) our governance structure,
staffing, finances and programmatic priorities. We recognize
that we must celebrate and perpetuate the best of the past,
including the Congregational Interfaith Mini-Grant program
made possible by funds of the Jewish Chautauqua Society, the
Reform on Campus programs offered in partnership with the
Union of Reform Judaism and the Men’s Seder. But we also
must change that which needs changing to remain relevant
and effective going forward, as difficult as it may be.
As always we eagerly seek your involvement, input and
suggestions for Brotherhood activities.
And finally, do not forget to visit the MRJ website at www.menrj.org.
Beacon Academy
The January 27 edition of The Conway Daily Sun featured a story by Tim Scott:
“Kids These Days”, which was a spotlight on the sportsmanship and good nature
of one of our alumni, Angel Escalante (pictured right). Please visit the following
link for the full article about a real winner.
http://conwaydailysun.com/index.php/sports/college/111101-kids-these-days
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Starring Mind-reader Eric Dittelman, as seen on NBC’s America’s Got Talent
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your Temple Israel community! You can give online, or drop off a gift at the Temple Israel office.
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Roberta Steinberg and Avishai Shafrir
Lea and Joshua Steirman
Susanna Stern and Felipe Pait
Ellen Beth and Detlev Suderow
Myra Tattenbaum
Nancy and Tony Tauber
Jeanne Traxler and Robert Goisman
Rhoda and David Trietsch
Barbara and William M Trilling
Rona Troderman-King
Joanne Tuck and Stuart Freedman
Karen Victor and Robert Sege
Rhoada Wald
Helene and Sidney Wartel
Rhoda and Milton Weinstein
Ruth Weisberg
Beverly Weiss
Helene Weitzenkorn
Tara and Kevin West
Rachel and Michael Wexler
Marilyn and Michael Winer
Marlene and Mark Yesley
Valerie Zimber and James Waldroop
Jane Zolot-Gassko and Joseph Zolot
As of February 14, 2014
Life Cycles
We Congratulate
Ellie and Judah Axe on
the birth of their daughter,
Maren Audrey
Patience and Richard
Berkman on the birth of
their grandson, Edan Shalom
Marcus Berkman
Jill Dorsey and Shavit
Bredmehl on their marriage
Todd Finard on being
named Chair of the Board of
Directors at Hebrew Senior
Life
Vicki Gabriner and
Rochelle Ruthchild on the
birth of their granddaughter,
Henrietta Bea Ruthchild
Michael and Nancy Brim
Kurtz on the birth of their
son, Daniel Leonard
March
B’nai Mitzvahs
Leah Glazer, daughter of
Daniel Glazer and Jamie Class,
on March 8
William Sneider, son of
Arthur and Rebecca Sneider,
on March 15
Jonah Salomon Tauber,
son of Tony and Nancy
Tauber, on March 22
Alexa Lauren Ribatt,
daughter of Gregg and Polly
Ribatt, on March 29
April
B’nai Mitzvahs
Eve Alexandra Post
Hyatt, daughter of Joshua and
Cynthia Post Hyatt, on April 5
Isabella Zoe Nygren,
daughter of Anthony and Diana
Cheren Nygren, on April 12
Grace Ilana Celeste
Finkel, daughter of Alisa
Finkel, on April 26
March Birthdays
Holly Adorno
Janet Levine Barros
Alissa Caron
Carlos Cevallos
Allan Couris
David Davidson
Andrew Dean
Marc Diller
Samantha Facciolo
Fira Gassko
Jackie Gelb
Steven Goldstein
Jane Haas
Anne Herzberg
Harold Kotler
Carol Kur
Meryl LeBoff
Thomas Lee
Merna Lipsitt
John Loewenstein
Syrul Lurie
Carol Marks
Pamela McCuen
Lisa Rechtschaffen
Amy Reichbach
Pamela Richlin
Susan Richman
Stephen Richmond
Jeanne Rintell
Jane Rocamora
Aaron Rosenberg
Scott Rothenberg
Judith Sanditen
Robert Schaye
Miriam Smulow
Jean Stern
Tamara Vapnik
April Birthdays
Jennifer Aft
Rae Backer
Angela Blossom
Richard Dana
David Feinberg
Adele Goldstein
Max Greenbaum
Caroline Greene
Susan Hellerstein
Robert Jaffe
Mark Karlsberg
Sharon Kleefield
Pam Kohlberg
Sam Levine
Richard Lewis
Peter Lurie
Catherine Milch Malamut
Kenneth Mandl
Joseph Matzkin
Marian Milbauer
Judith Murad
Jorge Plutzky
Joan Rachlin
Rhiannon Roberts
Susan Roberts
David Rosen
Steven Samuels
Anlee Schaye
S.Lawrence Schlager
Evan Schwartz
Suzanne Schwartz
Kate Siegel
Ellen Sigman
Leslie Richmond Simmons
Robert Smith
Jeremy Solomons
Frank Tipton
Susan Ramler Toochin
Phyllis Toures
Jennifer Weber
David Weinstein
Jessica Wetstone
March Anniversaries
10 years
Nicole and Edwin Ellis
15 years
Effie Chan and Daniel
Rabinovitz
Remi and Michael Dansinger
30 years
Barbara and Jonathan Lee
Stacey Sperling and Robert
Soiffer
60 years
Barbara and Marshall Sloane
March/April 2014
April Anniversaries
10 years
Rebecca and Michael Fishbein
15 years
Wendy and Charles Pierce
20 years
Susan and Michael Altman
Judith and Stephen Kaufman
Alexa Halberg and Reid Benov
65 years
Ida and Elya Shif
Recent Deaths
Victor Ackerman, father
of Myra Ackerman and
grandfather of Eva
Minna Zell Belfor, mother
of Ellen Steinbaum
Jeanette Deutsch, mother
of Debbie Betesh
Rhoda Frankl, mother of
Beth Frankl and Catherine
Sarkis and grandmother of
Sari and Zeke Frankl and
Spencer and Olivia Sarkis
Elmer Hoffman, father
of Richard Hoffman and
grandfather of Stella and Ruby
Stephen Kardon, husband
of Ellen Kaplan Kardon
Seymour Kushner,
brother of Russell Kushner
William A. Maxwell,
father of Marc Maxwell
Sam Small, father of
Seymour Small
Irene Trooskin, aunt of
Rhoda Trietsch
Life Cycles Continued..
March - April Yahrzeits
February 23 - March 1
(I Adar 23 - I Adar 29)
Arthur Addelson
Jack Allen
Alice Banks
Helen Bernat
Sarah B. Brown
Sarah Rebecca Cohen
Maurice Cooper
Jack Davis
Nanette Rosenberg Dreshfield
Josephine Wiener Endlar
Elinor Feldman
Cyrille R. Flax
Celia Zoken Friedland
Norma Lowe Fruitman
Esther Sophia Schwob Garber
Arthur N. Goding
Gladys F. Goldman
Lotty Goldstein
Minaerva Gordon
Nissie Grossman
Florence L. Gryzmish
Rose Hersey
Anna Davis Jacobs
Alexander Mundlak Juress
Simon Kaplan
Sydney Kaplan
Joseph Koster
Samuel Kurson
Stanley R. Levine
Elsie L. Levy
Noah Lewis
Merle I. Locke
Nettie Lowenstein
Jacob Missel
Sophie H. Nemzoff
Florence Olenberg
Abraham Palder
Esther Pinksohn
Adele S. Richmond
Dr. Benjamin Riseman
Sara R. Rodman
Dr. Eli C. Romberg
William W. Rosenblum
Louis S. Rothenberg
Isidor Salmansohn
Bertram Fogel Scheffreen
Harry G. Seligman
Alan J. Shapero
Beatrice Gutlon Sherman
Helen C. Shwartz
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Idel Solomovitz
David Soyer
Beatrice Goldberg Stein
Rose Tarlin
Milton Wayner
Ruth Weisman
Arthur Zanditon
Harold Edward Zauderer
March 2 - March 8
(I Adar 30 - II Adar 6)
Leah Canter Abrams
Louis Beckerman
Samuel J. Beckwith
Maxwell V. Blum
Edna Goodrich Brown
Moses Getchel Brudno
Lola Buchbinder
David B. Chase
Jacob Copellman
Sara Allen DeYoung
Benjamin A. Elfman
Henry David Ellis
Sylvia Engel
Lillian Greenwald Fanger
Eva Eyges Feffer
Melvin S. Fox
Leopold Frankfurter
Robert Goldfarb
Doris S. Gordon
Morton G. Greenfield
Reuben Hall
Henry Halpern
Jennie Katcoff
Herman Katz
Frank Kolton
Mildred H. Kozol
Lewis Franklin Lappin
Sadie Levine
Sally G. Lipson
Rebecca Litner
Carolyn Jayne Marcus
Fannie Needleman
Joseph Nissen
Mary Sonia Ross
Sara T. Rothenberg
Florence Sheer
Theresa A. Slater
Philip J. Sondheim
Sally Sholkin Stevens
Ferdinand Strauss III
Sophie L. Strauss
Bruce Swerling
Harry L. Tannenholz
Hilda Kleinfeld Thim
Benjamin Max Warburg
March/April 2014
Beatrice Goldman Warren
Lois I. Weinberg
Sydney H. White
March 9 - March 15
(II Adar 7 - II Adar 13)
Laurie Marian Auerbach
Irving Baker
Lena Bornstein
Llora Cohen Bortman
Maralyn Ann Bronstein
Fulton Irving Cahners
James A. Cahners
Norman L. Cahners
Hermine Cohen
William Dagilas
Wilma Fox Dangel
Elaine Roberts Dretler
Elisabeth Sarah Ebert
Philip Fanger
Joseph Fienman
Emma J. Finn
Leon William Freeman
Greta Fromholz
Herbert Fromm
Leni Steinberg Fromm
Emma Greenfield Goodman
Vivian Gerstein Green
Marion Tobin Greenwald
Bettine Greifer
Ethel Marder Grossman
Helen Grossman
Morris Homonoff
Sandra Cheryl Hurwitz
Augustus H. Kaufman
Matthew Joseph Koleman
Maxine Krulewich
Saul L. Lebow
Barbara Berman Levy
Theodore I. Libby
Fannie Barnett Linsky
Samuel Marder
Maxine Levin Marks
Justin James Michelson
Arnold Frank Miller
William Pastan
Abraham Charles Roberts
Gerry Roberts
Hyman J. Rosenberg
Helena Wyzanski Rosenburg
Louis H. Salvage
Sadie Rachesky Samet
Robert Sheinfeld
Gertrude Litner Snyder
Abraham Solomon
Ganya B. Spinrad
Stanley Stearns
Nathan Stein
Jacob Hecht Strauss
Carl Jerome Tishler
Gladys Myers Toomey
Allan Warsowe
Theresa Weiscopf
Augusta Wolfe
Jack I. Zalkind
Jennie D. Zofnass
March 16 - March 22
Archie Adam Abrams
Benjamin Altman
Dorothy Rubenstein Ashe
Celia Epstein Barron
George Cohen
Olga Corkin
Benjamin Ellis
Stephen E. Elmont
Minna Feldman
Nathan Fine
Abraham Lincoln Fishel
Henry Friedman
Esther Luftig Gluck
I. Obie Goverman
Esther M. Greenglass
Reuben B. Gryzmish
Jessie Guttentag
Harry Kamentsky
Isaac Kaplan
Sarah Eyges Kaplan
Sylvia D. Karofsky
Gladys O. King
Robert Klier
Jennie Smith Kot
Allen L. Lash
Benjamin Guild Leavitt
Gerald J. Lebow
Harry Julius Levy
Gertrude London
Ernest A. Lynton
Louis A. Madfis
Lillian Ruth Marder
Arline E. Mills
Florence Missel
William Bertram Morse
Earle M. Neyman
Steven H. Palder
Muriel Kohn Pokross
Dr. Padie Richlin
Laurence H. Richmond
Gladys N. Rosen
Joseph H. Rosenthal
Maurice Joseph Simon
Life Cycles Continued...
Lawrence S. Slater
Maurice D. Slovin
Alfred Stern
Ida B. Levy Stone
Dr. Aaron Thurman
Esther Wade
Sol Walter Weltman
Philip Wernick
Frances Bachrack Winberg
Bertha Winn
Madeline Komer Wise Levin
Lee Yallum
Maurice Young
March 23 - March 29
Jeanette G. Alpert
Charles Askowith
Jennie Loitman Barron
Aaron I. Bloomberg
Theresa D. Casson
Benjamin Nast Cofman
Charlotte Bornstein Feibelman
Barnett Fine
Bertha S. Fine
E.Phillip Finn
Maurice Forman
Rachel Freeman
Samuel Frumkin
Helen Gross Glazier
Vera F. Goding
Murray Goldshine
Sylvan A. Goodman
Gertrude Dana Gordon
Estelle B. Hite
Lee Hraba
Dr. George Kahn
Marjorie Low Karmel
Nathan Katz
Morrey M. Kaufman
Samuel Kohn
Deborah Koster
Robert L. Krakoff
Treva Krantz
Mildred Kharfen Lehman
Rosamond Levensohn
Sadye May Lurie
Maurice Mades
Rachel Goldberg Marcus
Leo Mayer
Lillian W. Pastan
Maud Gross Pincus
Earl Rappaport
Alan Mark Roberts, M.D.
Helene Godelph Rose
Sara W. Ross
Nathan Rotfort
Edwin Frederick Saltzberg
Melville Carl Shine
Sadie Solo
Rena White Stern
Albert W. Sudhalter
Janice E. Tarlin
William Weisberg
Hy Young
Bertram Zakon
March 30 - April 5
(II Adar 28 - Nisan 5)
Herman Abbott
Daniel Abramson
Doretta L. Barnet
Adelaide Blumenthal
Bengloff
Edward Bertman
Beatrice R. Biller
Samuel Bornstein
Daniel M. Braude
Pauline Brown
Phyllis Feinstein
Henrietta S. Finer
Leo Flax
Malka R. Friedman
Florence Gordon
David H. Greenberg
David Kane
Jeanne Kotler
Herbert C. Lee
Colman Levin
Bertha Alfred Lyman
Lewis J. Malamut
Ida W. Milton
Nettie Morris
J. Robert Morse
Jacob Naigles
Dr. H. Allan Novack
Abraham S. Novins
Isidore Rabinovitz
Michael Redstone
John Robbins
William J. Rose
Annie C. Rosen
Miriam Margolis Rosenburg
Harold Rotenberg
Sadie Mazur Roud
David Rutberg
Sarah B. Schatz
Edward Baylor Schilder
Sadye Rosenberg Sheinfeld
Gertrude T. Siegal
Annette Rosenberg Silbert
David M. Small
Lewis A. Steinberg
Benjamin Stern
Evelyn Stieber Bernstein
Ethel Segol Tuck
Hyman Benjamin Ullian
Erma Barron Wernick
Deeda Wharton
April 6 - April 12
(Nisan 6 - Nisan 12)
Miriam L. Barron
Harry Cohen
Naomi Lourie Cohen
Victoria J. Corri
Sophie Corwin
Rose Cupinsky
Harry Dangel,Jr.
Ada E. Ellis
Martha Finn
Walter J. Fishel
Lee A. Flaxer
A. Alfred Franks
Arthur C. Gilbert
Charles Glazer
Adele Godoff
Rose Goldstein
Esther Gruberger
Marion Guttentag
Joseph D. Halpern
Belle Rice Hecht
Edith Robbins Katz
Harris Kirsner
Maximillian Laven
Moses I Levenson
Seymour Lewis
Annette Platt Lourie
Nathan Marcus
Celia “Chickie” Masters
Gertrude C. Miller
Reginald Morse
Sally Silverman Richmond
Annie W. Robbins
Herbert S. Robbins
Max Samet
Barry A. Sandler
Gertude Saunders
Sadie Cohen Seligman
David Joshua Shikes
Julie Elizabeth Siegel
Louis Springer
Goldie Wartel
Joseph Gotland Weisberg
Abraham J. Wyzanski
Pearl Franks Young
April 13 - April 19
Harold David Ashe
Moritz and Selma Auerbach
Harry A. Bass
Jean Sholkin Berkowitz
Annie Berner
Daniel M. Braude
Leo Caroline
Jacob Charak
Eva Schreider Cole
Charles Corkin
Lucille Finn Cutler
Paul S. Darman
Charles Daum
George Ehrenfried
Pauline Goldstein Fine
H. Bertram Finer
David Freeman
Anna Gashin
Selma Leavitt Gerler
Bessie Nathanson Gesmer
Samuel Ginsburg
Charles Goldman
Norma Richmond Goldman
Magnus Greenman
Ida B. Helman
Michael Jacob Hoffman
Dora Kaplan
Ida Katz
Esther Kaufman
Morris John Lurie
Gertrude Marcus
Benjamin Allen Miller
Philip Okun
Phyllis Rome Olian
Doris Perlo de Zichlin
Julius Price
Leonard Kuhns Reichert
Sidney B. Rogal
Frederick Rosenbaum
Judge Philip Rubenstein
David D. Rubin
Samuel E. Seegel
Phineas Spinrad
David Josiah Swartz
Ellen Morse Tishman
Jennie E. Warsowe
Joseph Weinman
Sarah Brin Weisberg
Robert Wise
Gussie Wyner
Sylvia Young
Stanley S. Zelermyer
March/April 2014
Life Cycles Continued...
April 20 - April 26
Lorraine Brenner Altschuler
Eileen Baron
Leon Bayard
Abraham Becker
Esther S. Berman
Sophia H. Brown
William Brown
Selik J. Byer
Bernard C. Cohen
Beatrice H. Ehrenfried
Phillip F. Faneuil
Ely Feibelman
Irma Deitz Feldman
Sadie G. Flax
Carl C. Fritz
Bernard Gilbert
Richard Alan Giller
Louis Hodess
Leona Feldberg Karp
David Katcoff
Bessie Kimball
Mildred L. Kimball
Minnie Kirsner
Abraham Klopot
Evelyn Krosner
Samuel Kupinsky
Rose Lanes
Dorothy Levin
Edith Glaser Linden
Aida Klein Marglin
Joseph Isaac Mehlman
Lawrence Mezoff
Edward Mark Perkit
Berl Pfeffer
Leah Pfeffer
Elliott W. Porter
Richard E. Raphael
Ruth Ann Redstone
Sadie Riceman
Aaron Richmond
David Rosen
Minnie Horne Rosenberg
Morris Rottenberg
Goldie R. Saxe
Edward Schulman, M.D.
Dr. George Schwartz
Dr. Herbert R. Sleeper
Bernice K. Snyder
Harry I. Solar
Max Starr
Barnard A. Stein
Connie Green Stroyman
Charles Wartel
Mark R. Werman
Alice Winn
Maurice Wit
Contributions
Clergy Discretionary Fund
In loving memory of Irving Gashin on his
yahrzeit
From The Gashin Family
In loving honor of the 65th anniversary of
Bob and Sally Wyner
From Wendy and Rick Levine, Micah and Caroline Bonaviri, Brian, Amanda and Zoey Bonaviri
In memory of my beloved wife, Merle
Levy Sleeper, on her yahrzeit
From Edward Sleeper
In memory of Michael Brown, brother-inlaw of Carole and David Decter
From Sue Misselbeck
A Donation
From An Anonymous Donor
In appreciation of Rabbi Zecher for
officiating at the Bar Mitzvah of our son, Max
From Cathy and Michael Malamut
In loving memory of my father, Wallace
Krulewich, on his yahrzeit
From Lenny and Helen Krulewich
In appreciation of Cantor Einhorn for
officiating at the Bar Mitzvah of our son,
Max
From Cathy and Michael Malamut
In appreciation of Rabbi Morrison
In appreciation of the clergy for their
support during the Dan’s hospitalization
this past summer
From Michael and Beth Davis
In appreciation of Rabbi Morrison for
the beautiful naming ceremony of our
daughter, Eleanor
From Whitney Espich and John Picker
In loving memory of Ida Helen Wunsch on
her yahrzeit
From Evelyn Robinson
With deep appreciation to Cantor Einhorn
and Rabbi Zecher for officiating at Anna’s
Bat Mitzvah and supporting us throughout
the process
From Mindee Berman and Dan Solomon
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In memory of my beloved mother, Helen
Davis Giller, on the anniversary of her
10th yahrzeit
From Phyllis Giller
In loving memory of Dr. Ronald Gashin on
his yahrzeit
From The Gashin Family
A donation
March/April 2014
In appreciation of Rabbi Friedman
From Patie Berkman
In appreciation of Rabbi Friedman and
Rabbi Zecher for naming our grandson,
David Barnet Curhan
From Joan and Ronald Curhan
In loving memory of my mother, Rebecca
Brickner, on her yahrzeit
From Joy Rabinowitz
In appreciation of the clergy
From Helen Bresky
In appreciation of Rabbi Soffer for
officiating at the funeral of Morris Klubock,
beloved husband and father
From Elaine, Andrew and David Klubock
In memory of Sam Small, father of
Seymour Small
From Sue Misselbeck
In honor of the clergy on the occasion of
the Bat Mitzvah of our daughter, Sammi
From Cindy and A.J. Janower
In appreciation and in honor of our clergy
From Don and Sandy Perrin
In memory of Steve Kardon, husband of
Ellen Kaplan Kardon
From Sue Misselbeck
From Tom Grossman
Contributions Continued...
In appreciation of and gratitude for Rabbi
Morrison’s intellect, wit and patience;
and for Cantor Einhorn’s beautiful voice,
calming presence and generous spirit in
their guidance of our son, Caleb, as he
became a Bar Mitzvah
From Mara Krechevsky and Steve Lipsitt
In appreciation of the clergy
From Robert and Laura Peabody
In loving memory of my father, Dr. Arnold
M. Baskin, on his yahrzeit
From Nancy Baskin, Jorge Plutzky
and Family
In honor of Sue Misselbeck for all she does
for the congregation both in front of and
behind the curtain. This congregation is so
blessed to have her in our lives
From An Appreciative Congregant
From Mark Ferriero
From Pelly Chang
From James and Beth Holzman
From Marjorie Baraban
From Guzman Dental Partners of Boston
From Rona Troderman-King
From Dexter and Virginia Dodge
From Dr. and Mrs. Elliott Maser
From Michael and Betsy Short
From Linda and Henry Okun
From Michael and Nina Paul
From Helene and David Bailen
From Katherine Short and Peter Cole
From Ruth Chacker and Family
From Doctors and Staff of North Shore Endodontic Associates and Brookline Endodontic Associates
From Jon and Bonnie Rotenberg
From Maureen and James Zaccaria
From The Ottinger Family
In honor of Sue Misselbeck for her care
and feeding of the Caring Committee
From Joan Rachlin
In memory of William Maxwell, father of
Marc Maxwell
From Sue Misselbeck
From Arthur Segel
From Don and Sandy Perrin
In honor of Laurena Rosenberg for her
care and feeding of the Women’s Study
Group
From Joan Rachlin
A donation
In honor of and with gratitude for Kathy
Weinman’s service as Temple Israel’s
President
From Joan Rachlin
In memory of Minna Zell Belfor, mother of
Ellen Steinbaum
From Sharyn Katz
In memory of Naomi Banks, wife of Peter
Banks
From Steven and Alberta Richmond
In appreciation of Rabbi Friedman and Sue
Misselbeck for the guidance and kindness
during the illness and death of our brother,
Seymour Kushner
From Russell and Isabel Kushner
In memory of Rhoda Frankl, beloved
mother of Beth Frankl and Catherine
Sarkis
From Fran and Don Putnoi
From Sue Misselbeck
From Dan Romanow and
Andrew Zelermyer
In memory of my beloved brother, Peter
James Kaplan, on his yahrzeit
From Ellen Kaplan Kardon
With immense gratitude to Rabbi Elaine
Zecher and Rabbi Jeremy Morrison for
officiating so beautifully at the funeral of
our beloved mother and Bubbie, Rhoda
Frankl
From The Frankl and Saris Families
John G. Coyne Book Shelf
In loving memory of our father and
grandfather, John G. Coyne, on his yahrzeit
From The Bierbrier Family
Carole Diamond
Education Fund
FJECC
In memory of Marilyn Weinstein
Zelermyer
From Paul and Tandee Newman
Rita May Toddler Room
FJECC
Congratulations to Karen and Joe Driscoll
on the birth of Colt Driscoll Harrison
William and Hudson Patrick Colton
From Rhona and Paul D’Onofrio
Jesse Friedman Riverway
Fund
In honor of Sam Starobin’s 90th birthday
and in honor of Rabbi Friedman and his
wonderful way of making people feel
comfortable
From Ellen Zellner
In honor of Sam Starobin’s 90th birthday
From Lenny Krulewich
From Christine Keegan
From Helene and David Bailen
In loving memory of our parents, Frances
Weiss Rubenstein and John Bendix
Rubernstein, on their yahrzeits
From Nina and Frank Morse
Louis and Sadie Gale Fund
In loving memory of Sadie Gale on her
yahrzeit
From Morton and Rae Backer
James D. Glunts Bookshelf
In memory of my beloved mother, Sarah
Landerman Glunts, on her yahrzeit
From Shirley Libby
In memory of my beloved wife, Carole
Diamond, on her yahrzeit
From Wayne Diamond
March/April 2014
I. Obie Goverman
Bookshelf
In loving memory of Mae C. Dolby on her
yahrzeit
From George Goverman
Rabbi Bernard H. Mehlman
Legacy Fund
In loving memory of Paul Fisher on his
yahrzeit
From Lori Jacobson
In memory of Sam Small, father of
Seymour Small
In memory of my beloved sister, Trudy
Friedman, on her yahrzeit
From Hank Friedman
Pulpit Decoration Fund
In loving memory of Charles W. Beller on
his yahrzeit
From Dr. and Mrs. Seymour Zimbler
Marilyn and Mike
Grossman Caring
Community Fund
The Riverway Project
In loving memory of Keren Holtz on her
yahrzeit
From Peggy Morrison
In honor of the birth of Maren Audrey
Axe, daughter of Ellie and Judah Axe
From Bethie Miller and Matthew Spiegelman
Morey and Helen Hirsch
Bookshelf
In loving memory of Lillian Helen Brody
on her yahrzeit
From Beverly Brody Barisono
Karol Music Fund
With deep appreciation to Cantor Einhorn
and Rabbi Zecher for officiating at Anna’s
Bat Mitzvah and supporting us throughout
the process
From Mindee Berman and Dan Solomon
In memory of Marjorie Gunner, mother of
Holly Gunner
From Ina and Sam Starobin
Newell and Eleanor Kurson
Transportation Fund
In loving memory of my mother, Eleanor
Kurson, on her yahrzeit
From Nancy and Richard Lubin
In loving memory of Paul Fisher on his
yahrzeit
From Rita Fisher
In loving memory of Anna D. Koss and
Daveeda Susan Koss on their yahrzeits
From Harvey and Geraldine Levine
In loving memory of Edith Cohen on her
yahrzeit
From Joseph and Judith Leader
In honor of Arielle Rosenberg’s
participation at the Rosh Hashanah Service
From Sandra Levine Purkert
Abraham D. Shain
Bookshelf
In loving memory of our mothers, Frances
L. De Jur and Lillian S. Feinberg, on their
yahrzeits
From Steven and Jacqueline Feinberg
In loving memory of my husband, Al Shain,
on his yahrzeit
From Elaine Shain
In loving memory of Dr. Harry Freeman
on his yahrzeit
From Marvin and Joanne Grossman
Carl Steinbaum
Continuing Education Fund
In memory of Minna Zell Belfor, mother of
Ellen Steinbaum
From Jean and David Sloan
From Lenny and Shari Steinbaum
In loving memory of Allan Tarshish on his
yahrzeit
From Marilyn Winer
In memory of my beloved parents, Morris
Schultz and Lillian Leondar Schultz, on
their yahrzeits
From Sylvia Masterman
Dr. Arnold L. Segel
Library Fund
Temple Fund
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In loving memory of Ilse Moser, Arthur
Moser and Robert Moser, on their
yahrzeits
From Paul and Annette Moser-Hodess
March/April 2014
In memory of Helen and Morris Shamus
on their yahrzeits
From Barry Shamus
In loving memory of Katherine Louise
Cahners on her yahrzeit
From Walter Cahners
In memory of my beloved husband,
Robert Shapiro, on his yahrzeit
From Valya Shapiro
In loving memory of my mother, Mary A.
Ross, on her yahrzeit
From Rochelle Gordon
In loving memory of Janet Kaplan on her
yahrzeit
From Josephine Schneider and Family
In loving memory of Anita Marcus
Golosov on her yahrzeit
From Robert Golosov
In loving memory of Seymour Stadfeld on
his yahrzeit
From Shirley Brown
In memory of my beloved mother, Anna
Alpert Gans, on her yahrzeit
From Susan Krinsky
In loving memory of Earl W. Franklin on
his yahrzeit
From Sylvia Franklin
In loving memory of Samuel J. Katz on his
yahrzeit
From Barbara Wasserman
In loving memory of Simeon Gordon on
his yahrzeit
From Shirley Romney
In loving memory of Harry Sagensky on
his yahrzeit
From Robert Sage
In memory of Seymour Kushner, brother
of Russ Kushner
From Rona Troderman-King
TILLI – Gale Raphael Fund
In loving memory of my husband, Harold
Brown, on his yahrzeit
From Shirley Brown
In loving memory of my father, Samuel
Cohen, on his yahrzeit
From Sallyann Wekstein
In loving memory of my beautiful
husband, Walter Wekstein, on his yahrzeit
From Sallyann Wekstein
In loving memory of Joseph Schlager on
his yahrzeit
From S. Lawrence Schlager
In loving memory of our parents,
Janet and Leonard Kaplan, and our
grandparents, Anne and Jacob Kaplan on
their yahrzeits
From Celia and Richard Kaplan
In loving memory of Hannah Zauderer on
her yahrzeit
From Adele and Howard Israel
In loving memory of Nathan Gordon on
his yahrzeit
From Rhoda and Louis Scovell
In loving memory of Martin Mendelson
on his yahrzeit
From Mr. and Mrs. William Mendelson
In loving memory of John Sherman on his
yahrzeit
From Lauri and Alan Slawsby
In loving memory of my husband, Dr.
Judah Folkman, on his yahrzeit
From Paula Folkman
In loving memory of Dora Rosenman on
her yahrzeit
From Boris Guralnik
From Perla Guralnik
In loving memory of Sylvia Israel on her
yahrzeit
From Adele and Howard Israel
In loving memory of Minna B. Miller on
her yahrzeit
From the Honorable Herbert Abrams and Joan Miller Abrams
In loving memory of Mark Brodsky on his
yahrzeit
From Nina Brodsky
In loving memory of our daughter, Laura
Dayle Marglin, on her yahrzeit
From Nancy and Joseph Marglin
In memory of Irving S. Ludensky, brother
of Hinda Sherman Marcus
From Nancy Raphael
Wyner Museum Fund
In loving memory of George Wyner on
his yahrzeit
From Justin and Genevieve Wyner
Youth Fund
In loving memory of Peter Belfer on his
yahrzeit
From Myron and Sandra Belfer
In loving memory of our mother, Norma
Lowe Fruitman, on her yahrzeit
From Nancy and Joseph Marglin
In loving memory of my father, Samuel J.
Katz, on his yahrzeit
From Joan and Joseph Garb
In loving memory of my husband, Arthur
C. Stern Jr., on his yahrzeit
From Beth Stern
In loving memory of Arnold Jacob Tuck
and Paul Mark Tuck, on their yahrzeits
From Richard, Jerome and Donald Tuck
In loving memory of Sayde and Albert
Grossman and Rosanne and Harry
Freeman on their yahrzeits
From Julie Grossman
March/April 2014
Please help us update your
information. If you have
changes in address,
phone number or email,
call or email Jamie Darsa at
617-566-3960 x132 or
[email protected].
MARCH 2014 (adar i/adar II)
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
I Adar 29
9:00 AM Early
Service & Torah Study
Visit www.tisrael.org/calendar
for updated information
10:15 AM Shabbat
Morning Service
3:00 PM FJECC
Havdallah Event
2
I Adar 30 3
8:45 AM
Religious School
9
II Adar 1 4
II Adar 2 5
5:45 PM
Monday Night
School Dinner
12:00 PM
WRJ/Library Book
Group
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
4:00 PM
Religious School
6:30 PM Monday
Night School
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
II Adar 3 6
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
II Adar 4 7
II Adar 5 8
II Adar 6
8:45 AM
Modern Midrash
9:30 AM
Shabbat Sing
9:00 AM Early
4:00 PM
Religious School
5:45 PM
Qabbalat Shabbat
10:00 AM
Thank Goodness
It’s Shabbat!
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
7:00 PM
Intro to Judaism
7:30 PM
Boomer Potluck
10:15 AM Shabbat
Morning Service - Leah
Glazer Bat Mitzvah
II Adar 7 10 II Adar 8 11 II Adar 9 12 II Adar 10 13 II Adar 11 14 II Adar 12 15 II Adar 13
8:45 AM
Religious School
1st Grade Parent
Learning/Family Ed
11:00 AM
FYC Expectant
Mom’s Brunch
5:45 PM
Monday Night
School Dinner
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
6:30 PM
Monday Night
School
4:00 PM
Religious School
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
10:00 AM
Baby & Me
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
10:30 AM
TILLI Film Series
7:00 PM
FJECC Open House
4:00 PM
Religious School
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
7:00 PM
Intro to Judaism
9:30 AM
Shabbat Sing
5:00 PM FYC Tot
Rock Shabbat
5:45 PM
Qabbalat Shabbat
7:00 PM
RWP Soul Food
Friday
8:45 AM Walking
through the Door
9:00 AM Early
10:15 AM
Shabbat Morning
Service - William
Sneider Bar Mitzvah
5:00 PM Purim
Celebration (Families)
7:00 PM Purim
Celebration (Adults)
16 II Adar 14 17 II Adar 15 18 II Adar 16 19 II Adar 17 20 II Adar 18 21 II Adar 19 22 II Adar 20
8:45 AM
Religious School
11:00 AM
Religious School
Purim Celebration
5:45 PM
Monday Night
School Dinner
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
6:30 PM Monday
Night School
4:00 PM
Religious School
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
4:00 PM
Religious School
9:30 AM
FJECC Shabbat Sing
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
5:45 PM
Qabbalat Shabbat
7:30 PM
RWP Café
7:00 PM
Intro to Judaism
7:00 PM Interfaith
Journeys Dinner
9:00 AM Torah Study
10:00 AM Thank
Goodness It’s Shabbat!
10:15 AM
Shabbat Morning
Service - Jonah
Tauber Bar Mitzvah
23 II Adar 21 24 II Adar 22 25 II Adar 23 26 II Adar 24 27 II Adar 25 28 II Adar 26 29 II Adar 27
8:45 AM
Religious School
5:45 PM Monday
Night School Dinner
4:00 PM
Religious School
5th Grade Parent
Learning/Family Ed
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
4:00 AM
Pew Report
6:30 PM Monday
Night School
4:00 PM
Religious School
9:30 AM
FJECC Shabbat Sing
9:00 AM
Torah Study
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
5:00 PM FYC PreShabbat Dinner
7:00 PM
Intro to Judaism
5:45 PM
Qabbalat Shabbat
Wyner Lecture
10:15 AM
Shabbat Morning
Service - Alexa
Lauren Ribatt Bat
Mitzvah
Equality/Inclusion
Meet & Greet
30 II Adar 28 31 II Adar 29
8:45 AM
Religious School
5:45 PM Monday
Night School Dinner
3rd Grade Parent
Learning/Family Ed
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
10:00 AM
Tradition in the
Kitchen
6:30 PM Monday
Night School
2:00 PM One Voice
Two State Task Force
24
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
March/April 2014
APRIL 2014 (ADAR II/nisan)
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
Nisan 1 2
12:00 PM
WRJ/Library Book
Group
Thursday
Nisan 2 3
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
4:00 PM
Religious School
Nisan 3 4
Nisan 6 7
8:45 AM
Religious School
Nisan 7 8
9:30 AM
Shabbat Sing
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
5:45 PM
Qabbalat Shabbat
7:30 PM
Boomer Potluck
Nisan 8 9
5:45 PM Monday
Night School Dinner
4:00 PM
Religious School
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
Saturday
Nisan 4 5
4:00 PM
Religious School
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
6
Friday
Nisan 5
9:00 AM
Early Morning
Service & Torah
Study
10:15 AM
Shabbat Morning
Service - Eve Hyatt
Bat Mitzvah
Nisan 9 10 Nisan 10 11 Nisan 11 12 Nisan 12
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
6:30 PM Monday
Night School
10:30 AM
TILLI
9:30 AM
FJECC Shabbat Sing
4:00 PM
Religious School
5:45 PM
Qabbalat Shabbat
Remberance &
Empowerment
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
7:00 PM RWP
Soul Food Friday
9:00 AM Early
Morning Service &
Torah Study
10:00 AM
Thank Goodness It’s
Shabbat!
10:15 AM Shabbat
Morning Service Isabella Nygren Bat
Mitzvah
13 Nisan 13 14 Nisan 14 15 Nisan 15 16 Nisan 16 17 Nisan 17 18 Nisan 18 19 Nisan 19
8:45 AM
Religious School
1st Night of
Pesach
1st Day of
Passover
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
10:00 AM
TILLI
Offices Close at
2:00 PM
Building Closed
Exept for Services
4:00 PM
Religious School
No Religious
School
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
8:30 AM
Matzah Brei Wars
7:00 PM
Intro to Judaism
5:45 PM
Qabbalat Shabbat
8:45 AM Walking
Through the Door
9:00 AM Early
Morning Service &
Torah Study
20 Nisan 20 21 Nisan 21 22 Nisan 22 23 Nisan 23 24 Nisan 24 25 Nisan 25 26 Nisan 26
No Religious
School
5:00 PM
Yizkor
5:30 PM
Women’s Seder
7th Day Pesach
10:00 AM
Pesach Services
Patriots Day
Offices Closed
No Religious
School
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
No Religious
School
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
10:30 AM
TILLI
7:30 PM
RWP Café
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
6:45 PM
Yours, Mine and
Ours
5:00 PM
FYC Pre-Shabbat
Dinner
5:45 PM
Qabbalat Shabbat
9:00 AM
Early Morning
Service & Torah
Study
10:00 AM
Thank Goodness It’s
Shabbat!
10:15 AM
Shabbat Morning
Service - Grace
Finkel Bat Mitzvah
11:00 AM
Steinbaum Lecture
27 Nisan 27 28 Nisan 28 29 Nisan 29 30 Nisan 30
No Religious
School
5:45 PM Monday
Night School Dinner
4:00 PM
Religious School
9:30 AM
FYC Bursting with
Joy
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
6:15 PM
Weekday Minyan
6:30 PM Monday
Night School
March/April 2014
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March/April 2014
March/April 2014
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