February 2015 - Central Reform Congregation

February 2015 | vol. xxix no. 6
Transcending and transforming:
CRC as part of the change we seek
Services
Friday
Evenings
February 6
Tu B’shevat Seder
Kabbalat Shabbat/
Birthday Blessings
7:30 pm
February 13
Kabbalat/Social
7:30 pm
Responsibility Shabbat
February 20
Kabbalat Shabbat
7:30 pm
February 27
7:30 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat/
Welcome Blessing of Rabbi
Deana
Saturdays
February 7
10:00 am
Bat mitzvah of Joey Elsbernd
Yitro
At a recent program showcasing the number
of women rabbis in St Louis, the last question
asked was something about being a feminist.
“Militant,” I answered. “As long as there are
young women being trafficked here and girls
being shot and kidnapped around the world for
wanting to go to school, I commit to seeing the
world through a feminist lens that works for
equal rights and a leveled playing field for all
women and girls.” We have a long way to go.
The following were my opening remarks:
In 1972 Betty Friedan looked straight at
me and said. “and I suppose you will be a
rabbi!” “Not me!” I replied defiantly, “a
token in a patriarchal profession? Never!”
And God laughed. Or maybe it was Sarah
who laughed, again.
I come from a long line of Sarahs.
I was my grandmother Sarika’s favorite.
February 14
Once she was dying in a N.Y. hospital when
I was in rabbinical school at HUC. The
nurses called and I rushed across town to
be there to say the final prayers. I wanted
to hold her as she went from this world to
the next.
February 21
When I got there she was sitting up in bed
bright eyed with red ribbons tied to her hair.
“Susika, get me a rabbi! I had a miracle!”
February 28
“I am a rabbi, Nona,” I said, and she
laughed.
Mishpatim
5:00 pm
Bar Mitzvah of Reed Garland
Mishpatim
10:00 am
Bat mitzvah of Sophie Cohen
T’rumah
4:30 pm
Bat mitzvah of Sarah Nicole
Freedman
T’rumah
10:00 am
Bat mitzvah of Lily Brown
T’tzaveh
10:00 am
Spiritual Enrichment Weekend
central reform congregation
5020 waterman blvd.
st. louis, mo 63108
(314) 361-3919
[email protected]
www.centralreform.org
The miracle was that my grandfather had
come to her from the next world and told
her he wasn’t ready for her and to get better. She did and ten years later she lived to
hold my daughter, Sarika, her namesake, in
her arms and like Sarah did so long ago my
Nona Sarika laughed and said like the first
Sarah, “I have a child at 90!” When she
died the family wanted a ‘real rabbi.’ But
even the orthodox, Sephardic, ‘real’ rabbi
could feel our bond and after my eulogy,
when it was time for kaddish, he nodded
to me, and I led her people in our ancient
prayer of holy chutzpah that says that in
the face of death we choose life. I felt the
paradigm shift that day and I felt God’s
sweet smile.
When I finally found my way to rabbinical
school it was to deepen in my own spiritual
program so that I would have the tools to
change the world. My rabbi growing up in
N.Y. was a man named Michael Robinson.
He was one of the rabbis challenged by Dr.
King in the early sixties to show up. He was
arrested in St. Augustine for integrating a
lunch counter and marched in Selma for
economic and racial justice. His life was
dedicated to justice, by speaking up and
showing up and changing the paradigm
using everything he had; his privilege, his
Torah, and the Jewish story he carried in
his bones. I knew that I wanted to do that
too, though I never imagined that it would
ever be as a rabbi. “Not me!” And God
laughed.
It has been almost 40 years since I began
this journey and I wouldn’t change any
of it. I met my basherte the first day of
rabbinical school in Jerusalem and
together we have 3 adult children (and
a daughter-in-law) who take our breath
away and know that they come first.
I am part of a congregation that
created a work place that shares a feminist
egalitarian vision that supports me as a
working mother, and that values complete
inclusivity, radical hospitality, and the
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Mazel Tov
qq Jordan Mirly on her bat mitzvah
qq Emma Petite on her bat mitzvah
qq Hien-haw Liow on his adult bar mitzvah
qq Bob and Colleen Millstone who will
receive the Meyer and Marcella Kranzberg
Visionary Award at the “Celebrate
Broadway, A Salute to Mirowitz” Gala on
April 26th
qq Denise Lieberman on receiving the MLK
Human and Civil Rights Award from the
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists
Sincere Condolences
qq Jerry Dobson on the death of his wife
and our member, Carolyn Goss
qq Ruth Zarren and Nathan Koch on the
death of their father and grandfather,
Bennett Zarren
qq Beverly and Philip Barron on the death
of their cousin, Aida Cohen Novack
qq Mem Movshin on the death of her
mother, Nancy Movshin
qq Vicky Zimmerman on the death of her
mother, Jamoule Totah
qq Stuart Epstein on the death of his cousin,
Gary Ronald Epstein
Welcome New Members
qq Randy and Debbie Myers
qq Roz Sherman Voellinger
qq Arnold Kaplan
rabbi susan’s remarks
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possibility of the awakening of compassion in everything, absolutely everything,
that we do. As a woman and as a rabbi I have had the opportunity to build
relationships with so many of you over these past 34 years and together we have
bent the arc toward justice for women, for the gay lesbian and transgender
community, and for our black and brown sisters and brothers both Jewish and
non-Jewish alike. We have shared the joy of Shabbat with music and dance and
learning to renew our souls and keep hope alive as we dive into the Torah text week
after week balancing the mystery with the meaning. Together we bring the voices
of my silent sisters in the texts and in the white fire to life.
As a liberal Jew I will admit that I often take the wiggle room built into the tradition
if it serves the people. Especially if it will bring healing and restore hope. I’ll never
forget when I used to bring groups of women to the mikvah for different life cycle
events and we would immerse together. I remember once Mrs. Pearl z’l called Rabbi
Rivkin z’l to ask what to do with me and he said, “Rabbi Talve brings women to the
mikvah. Don’t tell me the details!”
When my mother died, my three sisters and I did her tahara ourselves. It was what
she wanted and as a rabbi my sisters trusted me and it helped us so much.
And for all the holy opportunities I have had out there on the street as a rabbi, I am
so grateful that I have a place in this moment in history. Dr. King said, “ I am a
man,” today we say “I am Mike Brown,” and “Je Suis Charlie.” This is pure Torah;
love the stranger so that there will be no more stranger. Until all are free, no one is
free. Torah demands that we change the paradigm to change the world.
I have learned that the most important moments I have had as a rabbi are the
stories no one will ever know. These are the times that you have invited me into
your homes and hearts. The richest part of this work that I had no idea about is
this: In rabbinical school I was told that I would never have friends in the
congregation and that I should stay detached. As a woman, though I’m not sure it
is just as a woman, I could not survive that way. My heart breaks with every family.
I do know what is about me and what is not, but when you invite me in, I feel your
pain and your joy and I fall in love with every family that lets me be a part of their
lives and together we use this brilliant tradition to guide us through the most
tender of times.
So I stand here today with wonderful women serving this community. With Andrea
from Shaare Emeth whose bat mitzvah I was at so many years ago, with Maharat
Rori from Bais Abraham, and with our Deana who is my daughter’s age and like
my daughters will do so much better than me because these women are no longer
tokens in a patriarchal profession. They have changed the paradigm and are
changing the world and will continue to awaken compassion and with that holy
chutzpah of Jewish women who did their part in the midbar, they, too, will bring us
closer to the promised land.
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scholar in residence weekend 3
Celebrate Rabbi Deana’s Welcome Blessing and Join us for
an Amazing Weekend of Learning
Please join us for a very special spiritual enrichment weekend honoring Rabbi
Deana and featuring Divrei Torah by Rabbi Doctor Rachel Adler. The schedule of
events is as follows:
Friday, February 27, 7:30 pm - Kabbalat Shabbat Service and
Welcome Blessing for Rabbi Deana Sussman
Seeking Gender Justice in an Increasingly Complex World - We are taught
that there are two genders. Ancient Judaism thought there were four,
possibly five. However you count, some people today are not adequately described
as male or female. How can we understand? How can we help to make gender
justice in an increasingly complex world?
Special Oneg to follow service.
Saturday, February 28, 10:00 am - Shabbat Services
When Men Light Shabbat Candles and Women Wrap Teffilin: Building Inclusive Rituals
Are we headed for a world where everyone is exactly alike? Or can ritual help us
make sacred occasions for diverse people and frame their joys, fears, and griefs in
ways appropriate to the people they are?
Saturday, February 28, 6:30 pm - Havdalah/Dinner at a Private Home
Dinner and Dialogue: Using our Tradition to Heal our Community - The first
recorded lament for a destroyed city was written about 2,000 BCE for the Sumerian
city of Ur, probably by a priestess of the city’s goddess Ningal. The biblical book of
Lamentations belongs to this tradition. Laments are ubiquitous in cultures around
the globe and to this very day. There are funeral laments for individuals, laments on
sickness and despair, laments on fallen cities. What makes lament such a long-lived
human genre? What good does lament do us? I will argue that lament, which is so
hard to do and so hard to hear, is the first step in reconstructing a broken universe.
* $36 per person – Space Limited – RSVP’s Required*
Sunday, March 1, 10:30 am - Sunday Brunch at CRC
Your Mother, Your Rabbi, Your Congressperson, Your CEO: Why We Still Need Feminism
More Than Ever - What is feminism, really? How has feminism shaped our past as
Jews and as Americans? What symptoms show that here and world wide, the task
feminism set out to accomplish is still unfinished?
** This program is free of charge, but RSVP’s are encouraged. To RSVP email [email protected] or call 314-361-1564, ext. 100 **
Who is Rachel Adler?
Rabbi Rachel Adler, Ph.D is a close
mentor and friend to Rabbi Deana.
Rabbi Deana had the opportunity
to study with Professor Adler, who
also served as her thesis advisor,
throughout rabbinical school. She is
thrilled to welcome her to the CRC
community!
Rabbi Adler, is the David Ellenson
Professor of Modern Jewish Thought
and Feminist Studies at Hebrew
Union College of Los Angeles. She
was one of the first theologians to
integrate feminist perspectives and
concerns into the interpretation
of Jewish texts and the renewal of
Jewish law and ethics. Her
essay “The Jew Who Wasn’t There,”
first published in 1971, is generally
considered the first piece of Jewish
feminist theology.
Professor
Adler’s
academic
credentials include a Ph.D. in
Religion and Social Ethics from the
University of Southern California
with a conjoint certificate in Judaica from Hebrew Union College,
an M.A. in English Literature from
Northwestern University, and a
Masters degree in Social Work from
the University of Minnesota. She
was ordained as a rabbi by Hebrew
Union College in Spring 2012.
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I get up everyday and thank God that I
became a rabbi and that I am a woman
and together with God and Sarah and
my grandmothers and my mother and
all the women and men upon whose
shoulders I stand, we smile and we
laugh because we know from the Torah
when God tells us her name, “ehyeh
asher ehyeh”, “I will be what I will be”
-there is hope in this moment that we
will go from “je suis ,” “I am.” to what
we can become. For we are becoming.
We are not done. We are becoming.
Please join us as we welcome Rabbi Rachel
Adler, Rabbi Deana’s teacher, who will be
our scholar in residence for our Spiritual
Enrichment Weekend February 27 - March
1. Rabbi Adler is a true feminist scholar
who will help us move into the next
paradigm of a more inclusive community
and a more healing path for all.
February University Series
with Rabbi Susan - Judaism’s
Big Ideas for Everyday Living
Tuesdays in February, 7:00 pm
What does it mean when we say that
we are “One,” or that we are “In the
Image of God.” Where do halacha,
(Jewish law) and teshuvah and tikkun
olam fit into our lives as progressive
Jews?
Join Rabbi Susan in an exploration of
the ideas that continue to shape us as a
people and challenge us to know who
we are that we can better determine
where we are going as individuals, as a
community and as part of the human
family.
Materials will be distributed in class.
education and more
Maggie’s Corner...
Fridays, 1:45-3:00-ish pm
adults were able to make a Jewish
connection as they made their way
through the Myseum. We would love to
have a large CRC contingent there this
year as well.
We will continue reading the Book of
Joshua, primarily in English, with
Hebrew explanations. As usual, there
will be a lot of discussion, that will
surely take us down many roads!
Tickets are $4.00 per person/maximum
$16.00 per family. To register and for
more information, please go to http://
www.cajestl.org/f-famevents.php.
We hope to see all of you there!
Friday Tanakh Study
In Rabbi Rami Shapiro’s book, he asks,
“Do the Hebrew prophets matter.” If
you answer, “yes,” it places you in direct
conversation with them. It allows the
prophets to speak directly to you about
your life right here, right now.
The Books of Joshua and Judges tell us of
the fulfillment of Adonai’s Promise
made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
that their descendants would have possession of the Land. Joshua is the continued story of the fulfillment of the
Covenant between Adonai and the
Israelites.
If you’re thinking about joining our
study and journey…this is a great time!
No need to RSVP…you are always
welcome. If you have any questions,
please contact Maggie Duwe at
[email protected].
My Jewish Myseum
Sunday, February 8, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Myseum, 283 Lamp and Lantern
Village, 63017
Come join the community for an
afternoon of interactive fun for families
with pre-school up to 5th grade children
(siblings welcome). Last year, Over 300
joined us at the Myseum to learn about
science with a Jewish twist. Each activity
included a Jewish aspect. Children and
A Message from Essie
Education at CRC is for everyone. Learn
with peers about Hebrew, history, Jewish
rituals, grief, social action, healthcare in
Missouri, and more. If you and a couple
of your friends are interested in a class
not currently offered, let us know and we
will help create that class that’s right for
you!
At the end of last school year, we put out
a survey to the CRC Religious School
parents and guardians. Over the next
couple of months, we will report some of
those survey results and ways your
feedback helps us.
CRC has about 214 households with
children in the Religious School. 35% of
our
Religious
School
households
responded to our survey. There were 13
questions regarding satisfaction with
curriculum,
communication,
and
community.
As we continue to communicate our
growth, plans and learnings to you, we
need your help to be a provider of the
best Jewish education for our children.
Together we can touch our future in a
positive way, with purpose and on
purpose!
Peace and keep on learning,
Essie
tikkun olam
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February Social Responsibility Shabbat
Friday, February 13 , 7:30 pm
We know that we are beginning to sound like a broken record, but there is a palpable sense of urgency by our coalition partners
regarding Medicaid expansion. Eligibility for Medicaid is so low in Missouri that there are hundreds of thousands of people who
don’t qualify. They are in the Coverage Gap—too rich for Medicaid, but too poor for the Marketplace—with no way to get
affordable insurance. Expanding Medicaid will help nearly 300,000 uninsured Missourians gain access to healthcare and save
700 lives every year. Expansion will also create jobs and bring Missouri taxpayer money BACK to Missouri. Failing to fully
expand Medicaid would be catastrophic for Missouri.
For our February Social Responsibility Shabbat, we will hear from an amazing member of our coalition. Sarah Lewis is
Metropolitan Congregation United’s (MCU) Regional Health Organizer for St. Charles County organizing a grassroots movement
close the coverage gap and expand Medicaid in 2015. Sarah grew up in Los Angeles where both her parents are physicians at a
large public hospital, serving mostly undocumented and uninsured patients. She attended UC Berkeley for her undergrad, then
moved to St. Louis in 2013 to do the Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs through FOCUS St. Louis. She has worked with the Missouri
Foundation for Health, St. Louis Regional Health Commission, Missouri Health Care for All, and St. Louis Effort for AIDS during
her time in St. Louis and never tires of talking about health care issues.
Are you interested in joining us for Medicaid expansion lobby days and actions? If so, or if you have any further questions,
please contact Jennifer Bernstein at (314) 361-1564, ext. 117 or jenniferb@centralreformorg.
West Lake/Bridgeton
Landfill Community Meeting
Thursday, February 19, 6:30 pm at 3449 Hollenburg Dr, Bridgeton, 63044
Many who attended January’s Social
Responsibility Shabbat service have
expressed interest in getting more
involved in the West Lake Landfill issue.
Here is your chance to learn more and
get involved! This is a monthly meeting
hosted by the community activists to
raise awareness and educate the public
about the issue. If you are interested in
attending, please contact Jennifer
Bernstein at (314) 361-1564, ext. 117 or
[email protected].
No More Trash Talking at
CRC - We are Moving Toward
100% Recycling!
According to the EPA, the national
recycling rate is just 30%. Increasing
materials recycling in the US to even just
60% could save the equivalent of 315
million barrels of oil per year. Recycling
is a great way individuals can make a
difference, both locally and globally.
And at CRC, we are working on an
initiative to aim for 100% recycling, as
well as a composting program. Very few
items are really trash, so a majority of
our receptacles at CRC will soon be for
recycling or composting. Keep a look out
in the upcoming weeks for signage
around the building and more
information. Let’s all do our part to help
the environment! If you want to help
with this initiative, please contact
Wendy Bell at (314) 361-1564, ext. 104 or
[email protected].
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Purim Megillah Reading - The February’s Triple Chai Plus
“Downton Rebbe”
with Rabbi Randy
Wednesday, March 4, 7:00 pm in the
CRC Sanctuary
Sunday, February 1, 10:30 am - 12:30
pm, CRC Multipurpose Room
The only thing you know for sure about
Purim night at CRC is that one way or
another, you’ll hear the topsy-turvey
story of intrigue and valor in the Book of
Esther. Other than that, all bets are off!
Feel free to dress in costume, cheer and
jeer, and marvel at how much more
Join us as we walk the path with Rabbi
Randy (so to speak). Rabbi Randy will
discuss the personal journey that led
him to the rabbinate, and to CRC.
He will also reflect on his years at
CRC, and experiences he has had in
working along with our neighboring
congregations in the struggle for social
justice.
He will then lead us in
a discussion of how CRC, in the
aftermath of Ferguson, might play an
active and meaningful role in helping to
inspire and influence the broader St.
Louis community.
dignified it all sounds PBS style!
Black Rep Theater
Performance of “Anne &
Emmett”
Monday, February 16, 7:00 pm at CRC
This is not to be missed! Anne &Emmett is
an imaginary conversation between
Anne Frank & Emmett Till, both victims
of racial intolerance and hatred. Frank
is the 13-year-old Jewish girl whose diary
provided a gripping perspective of the
Holocaust. Till is the 14-year-old AfricanAmerican b
oy whose brutal murder in
Mississippi sparked the American Civil
Rights Movement.
The one-act play opens with the two
teenagers meeting in Memory, a place
that isolates t hem from the cruelty they
experienced during their lifetime.
The beyond-the-grave encounter draws
the startling similarities between the
two youths’ harrowing experiences and
the atrocities against them
The play is free of charge, but donations
are appreciated. For more information,
please contact Marcy Brodsky at marcy.
[email protected].
Please RSVP to Claire Hyman, at
[email protected] or Anita
Wilson, [email protected] or (314)
878-3502. Those attending are asked to
please bring one dish to share for the
brunch: A-L please bring a salad or side
dish, M-Z an entrée.
CRC Book Drive to Benefit
Underserved Youth
Monday, February 2 - Sunday,
February 15
Please bring your new and gently used
books appropriate for children in grades
PreK-5 to CRC! The drive will benefit the
children and parents enrolled in
Succeeding with Reading at Carver
Elementary School and Clay Elementary
School in St. Louis Public Schools. We are
also collecting books for the residents of
North Sarah, a mixed income
development in the Ville neighborhood
of North St. Louis. We are looking for
books for children ages 0-18.
Succeeding with Reading was developed
by CRC member, Josh Goldman. The
program is an evidence-based literacy
initiative that aims to inspire a love of
reading and build language skills in
low-income students that struggle with
literacy through whole group and small
group instruction. This program is one
of a number of initiatives by Urban
Strategies to promote comprehensive
community change. For the last 10 years,
the program has been successful in
inspiring a love of reading and
improving literacy achievement. It has
since grown into a national model. For
more information, please contact
Jennifer Bernstein at (314) 361-1564, ext.
117 or [email protected].
Tu B’shevat Seder/Service
Friday, February 6, 7:30 pm
Tu B’shevat is the new year for the trees
and the full moon time in mid-winter
where we anticipate the re-blooming of
spring. We celebrate the trees and
nature with a seder of fruits and juice
and mystical passages that remind us of
our connection to the earth and our
responsibility to the environment. We
will merge the seder with our Friday
night
service,
meeting
in
the
multi-purpose room to sing, rejoice,
renew and taste the blessings of nature
as underground the trees refructify!
Please bring something chocolate, the
sweetest gift of the trees, for our postseder/service oneg.
purim carnival
CRC Purim
Carnival!
Sunday, March 1
1:00 - 3:00 pm
(2:15 Megillah Skit)
Enjoy the story of Purim as told by Rabbi
Randy and our CRC 7th Graders!
Play Games! Win Prizes! Make Crafts! Eat Hamentaschen!
Plus:
Take photos in a Purim-themed photo booth
Enjoy jumping in a castle bounce house
Costumes are encouraged
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tributes
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tributes
TO MAKE A TRIBUTE TO A CRC FUND
ONLINE, PLEASE GO TO
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ON THE DONATE/TRIBUTE LINK ON THE
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General Fund
CAROL FAINTICH
IN HONOR OF BARB GOLDMAN’S MILESTONE BIRTHDAY
JULIE FRANK HUNDMAN
IN HONOR OF ESSIE MITCHELL AND JEN BERNSTEIN, AND THE SHELTER ANIMALS
MARCI M. EISEN
IN HONOR OF NANCY WEIGLEY
RICHARD AND DONNA SHATZ
IN MEMORY OF ANNA NAVARRO’S MOTHER
LISA SCHLESINGER AND CHARLIE
ALLEN
IN HONOR OF MIRIAM RASKIN’S BIRTHDAY
AND WITH GRATITUDE TO RABBI SUSAN, RABBI RANDY, AND RABBI DEANA
MAGGIE’S FRIDAY CLASS
IN HONOR OF MAGGIE DUWE AND HER
PATIENT AND WONDERFUL TEACHING
DAVID NEWMAN AND MARK WINER
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THEIR DEAR DAD, MEL NEWMAN
SUSAN MERRICK
SHEILA GREENBAUM AND GARY M.
WASSERMAN
ROBERT GARFIELD
JEFFREY BUSBEE
DONALD AND ANN KORNBLET
BOB AND SANDY JOHNSON
LAURA AND PAUL MILLER
LISA ROSS
WANDA IBSEN
ROGER GOLDMAN AND STEPHANIE
RIVEN
RICHARD AND LINDA SHER
BARBARA REED
ALY ABRAMS
MARY AND KENNETH SHAPIRO
JEFF AND ANNE LOWELL
DEBRA SABEL
LEONARD J. FRANKEL
CHERYL GRIFFIN
JEFFREY CARTER
HKW ARCHITECTS
ROBIN THEBEAU
AUDREY FLEISSIG
ELIOT ROSENBLOOM
LARRY AND MARLENE LEWIS
BRIAN VETRUBA
DAVID ROTHENBERG
IN MEMORY OF CAROLYN GOSS
Rabbis’ Tribute Fund
VIVIAN EVELOFF
IN HONOR OF LISA HUXLEY
IN MEMORY OF CAMILLE GREENWALD’S MOTHER
IN MEMORY OF FRED EPSTEIN
IN MEMORY OF LINDA SKRAINKA
IN MEMORY OF STEVE COBURN
ILENE OSHEROW
EDIE AND HARVEY BROWN
WITH THANKS TO RABBI RANDY FOR LEADING OUR BAR MITZVAH CLASS
KASSI CORLEY
WITH THANKS TO RABBI DEANA FOR HER HELP
AND WITH THANKS TO RABBI SUSAN FOR HER WONDERFUL SUPPORT
AMIE NEEDHAM AND JACQULYN NOLAN
WITH THANKS TO RABBI SUSAN FOR HER KIND AND LOVING GUIDANCE IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO OUR MARRIAGE
IN HONOR OF RON MEYER’S IMPORTANT BIRTHDAY
SHARON AND BOB HOLLANDER
IN HONOR OF THE BIRTH OF ILA RAE ORNSTEIN
THE GOODFRIEND FAMILY
BILL AND MARGARET KAUFMAN
WITH THANKS TO RABBI SUSAN
ANONYMOUS
LORENE ROWLAND
IN HONOR OF MICHELLE MILLS
IN HONOR OF PAUL WAGMAN
KIM ROSENFIELD
RON AND PAULA MEYER
IN MEMORY OF PETER EINSTEIN
IN MEMORY OF AIDA NOVACK
AMY CARMEN
SARAH PALERMO
TO HELP BRING PEACE AND JUSTICE TO OUR BLACK SISTERS AND BROTHERS IN ST. LOUIS
SHEILA GREENBAUM AND GARY M.
WASSERMAN
WITH A HEALING PRAYER FOR SUSAN SPIEGEL
RAYMOND SLAVIN
IN MEMORY OF DR. CHERYL SISLER
GLORIA J. SIRKIN
IN HONOR OF MYRRAH GILL’S CONVERSION
JOY STERNECK
IN HONOR OF BARB AND MEL GOLDMAN’S SPECIAL BIRTHDAYS
SUSAN SPIEGEL AND STEWART
HALPERIN
IN MEMORY OF STUART EPSTEIN’S
COUSIN, GARY RONALD EPSTEIN
JO AND JIM GIMPEL
IN HONOR OF THEIR DAUGHTER, HILLARY GIMPEL
JENNIFER BERNSTEIN
IN HONOR OF JULIA FRANK HUNDMAN’S KINDNESS AND REPRESENTING THE
HUMANE SOCIETY AT THE MIROWITZ MLK EVENT
WITH THANKS TO RABBI RANDY FOR MAKING OUR LIFE EVENTS SO SPECIAL
JILL EVANS PETZALL
TO HONOR RABBI SUSAN’S GLORIOUS SPIRIT AND HER FRESH AIR OF CONNECTION WHEN THAT DEEP HEALING BREATH IS SO HARD TO FIND
RICH IKEN
IN HONOR OF JOE AND JULIE IKEN WHOSE LIVES DEMONSTRATE RABBI TALVE’S DEFINITION OF
TRUE HOLINESS
JOSEPH GOODMAN
IN HONOR OF SEVDA MALKOC GOODMAN
THOMAS J. GERSHMAN
WITH THANKS TO RABBI RANDY
DIANE PRYWELLER AND FAMILY
IN MEMORY OF MEL NEWMAN
ELAINE TEPPERMAN
IN MEMORY OF GRACE LEBAWICH
JULIE GREENSPOON
IN MEMORY OF BEN GREENSPOON
MARK AND LISA PRATZEL
WITH THANKS TO RABBI RANDY FOR HIS
GUIDANCE AND BLESSING FOR OUR SON JACK
THE NEWMAN FAMILY
WITH GRATITUDE TO RABBI RANDY
yahrzeits
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*ALEXANDER PERMUTT
Son of Sally Barker
GARY POSCOVER
Cousin of Sharon Hollander
JOYCE ANN ROBERTS
Mother of Michael Roberts and
Paul Roberts
yahrzeits
February 1 12 Shevat
CHARLES E. DAVENPORT
Father of Michael Davenport
IDA FRIEDMAN
Grandmother of Eric Friedman
EDWARD KNIZE, JR.
Father of Patricia Denlow
CECILE POTICHA
Mother of Shirley Poticha
SAMUEL TEPER
Father of Patti Teper
ESTHER WOLF
Grandmother of Marcia L. Miller
February 2
13 Shevat
EVA LAMBERG
Grandmother of Shirley Poticha
GENE PATTIZ
Father of Denise Bogard
February 3
14 Shevat
JACK BLAZER
Grandfather of Gail Wechsler
IRENE LEDERMAN
Dear Friend of Ginny and Ronald Weil
MORRIS LENGA
Father of Margie Kahn
RUTH DIAMOND LEVINSON
Aunt of Julia Frank-Hundman
February 4 15 Shevat
HARRY BRANDT
Father of David Brandt
Brother of Joanna Temperato
ALBERT CARPEY
Brother of Dorothy Mayer
BENJAMIN FRAUENGLAS
Brother of Bobby Frauenglas
MAX GREENBERG
Uncle of Steven Engelhardt
MILDRED LOOMSTEIN
Remembered by Lois Loomstein
BERNARD SIRKIN
Father of Nancy Weigley
February 5
JULIUS ROSENTHAL
Father of Shera Kafka
JEROME J. SCHORSCH
Father of Linda Cohen
February 6
17 Shevat
SAMUEL FRANK
Father of Mark Frank
HAROLD “PAT” GOLDBERG
Father of Jonathan Goldberg
BESSIE KESTEN
Remembered by Elaine Lapofsky
Kesten
DOROTHY LANG
Mother of Fran Lang
NORMA C. LAPOFSKY
Mother of Elaine Lapofsky Kesten
GARY PEGG
Uncle of Carrie J. Pegg
*DARWIN PORTMAN
Husband of Carol Portman
Father of Bob Portman
IRVING WEIL
Grandfather of Sheila Michaels
16 Shevat
SOLOMON FEINBERG
Father of Bernie Feinberg
*SOLON GERSHMAN
Husband of Bettie Gershman
Father of Jeff Gershman and Diane
Levine
LESTER HANDELMAN
Grandfather of Karen Handelman
BEVERLY HOLTZMAN
Mother of Ellen Langston
SOL KLADERMAN
Father of Karen Phon
WILLIAM KLEIN
Father of Jacob Klein
ELAINE ROTH LEVITT
Aunt of Hannah Roth
GERTRUDE PACHECO
Friend of Michael Getty and
Brian Vetruba
February 7 18 Shevat
SONIA GAFFNEY
Mother of Lisa Orden Zarin
I. JACK GRODSKY
Brother in law of Gloria Grodsky
RICK GRODSKY
Husband of Gloria Grodsky
LILLIAN WEINSTEIN
Grandmother of Amy Fleisher
February 8
19 Shevat
ERA GREIMAN
Mother of Gerald Greiman
*MARILYN TALVE
Mother of Rabbi Susan Talve
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February 9
20 Shevat
SAUL “CHICK” BROWN
Father of Susan Piontek
*ANN HUSCH
Our member
*CAROL TELDON
Our member
February 10 21 Shevat
BEATRICE K. SCHWARTZ
Friend of Lois Miller
ADOLF SPIEGEL
Grandfather of Miriam Raskin
and Susan Spiegel
February 11 22 Shevat
JOHN WATERS FRENCH
Remembered by Sheila Michaels
SHIRLEY DUNIE GOLDBERG
Mother of Harriet Blickenstaff
GOLDA GOLDSTEIN
Grandmother of Linda Cohen
JANIS GOLLUB
Mother of Judy Dubin
PEGGY HELLMAN
Aunt of Ben Sentruia, Jr.
SAUL LEWIS NYMARK
Father of Niki Nymark
JOSEPH TAUB
Father of Felice Joyce
JERRY WEISMAN
Father of Doug Weisman
February 12 23 Shevat
VIVIAN BECKER
Mother of Jon Becker
JOHN M. THOMPSON
Stepfather of Michel Waks
Remembered by Ruth Waks
FLORINE WEISS
Mother of Debbie Solom
February 13 24 Shevat
DOROTHY BOGARD
Mother of Robert Bogard
*FRAYNE BOGNER
Wife of Stuart Bogner
HAROLD FRIEDMAN
Father of Andrea Friedman
GUSTAV GAERTNER
Grandfather of Spruce Fraser
WILLIAM KESSEN
Father of Anne Lowell
ABRAHAM LAPOFSKY
Grandfather of Elaine Lapofsky Kesten
ESTHER MEDOL
Mother of Claire Hyman
Grandmother of Carolyn Hyman
LILLIAN MENTZ
Aunt of Susan Schlichter
*NEIL SANDBERG
Husband of Ellie Jacobs
DEBORAH STONE
Sister of Julianne Stone
EDWARD “PETE” WIRTHLIN
Father of Susan Wirthlin Mass
February 15 26 Shevat
SARAH GILLERMAN CHERVITZ
Mother of Nancy Brown
ANDREW ENGSTER
Son of Karen Margo
BARBARA GRANT LAWRENCE
Mother of Madge Treeger
DOROTHY “DOT” NEUSTADT
Mother of Nancy Goldstein
DR. ELMER WAGMAN
Father of Paul Wagman
SYLVIA ZANDER
Aunt of Howard Nathanson
February 16 27 Shevat
MARY BRANDT
Mother of David Brandt
HARRIET DARDICK
Mother of JoEllen Lewis
*DAVID GREBLER
Husband of Debbie Grebler
Father of Joshua, Joel, and Sarina
Grebler
BERNIE MAYER
Husband of Dorothy Mayer
DAVID PORTMAN
Remembered by Carol Portman
JOHN UHLIG
Grandfather of Kristin Soifer
FAUSTINO VITA
Father of Orietta Kohn
February 17 28 Shevat
SYLVIA CHERVITZ
Mother of Paula Meyer
CLARA CITERMAN
Mother of Harvey Citerman
BERNICE GINTILAS
Grandmother of Natalie DiNicola
SYLVIA HIRSCHFIELD
Aunt of Robert Hollander
KENNETH HYMAN
Husband of Fran Hyman
BETTY RENARD
Mother of Gary Rennard
February 18 29 Shevat
SUSANNAH ELLEN BIBER
Sister of Deborah Wafer
February 19 30 Shevat
ESTHER ADELSTEIN
Mother of David Adelstein
Grandmother of Cheryl Adelstein
HYMAN BINOWITZ
Father of Shirley Soule
ESTELLE RASKIN
Mother of Larry Raskin
JOSEPH MARSH SCAMMON
Father of Connie Joseph
SEYMOUR WEINTRAUB
Father of Fran Weintraub
yahrzeits
February 20 1 Adar
EBBA FAGERSTROM
Grandmother of Ron Fagerstrom
LESTER (BUD) HOLTZMAN
Father of Ellen Langston
LOUIS BERNARD MARGOLIS
Father of Susan Balk
MONTE B. NISSENHOLTZ
Father of David Nissenholtz
February 21 2 Adar
MICHAEL KRAFT
Father of Stephen Kraft
ARTHUR RADE
Brother in law of Jack Oglander and
Amy Wartman
JEROME (JERRY) SCISSORS
Father of Carla Scissors-Cohen
RICHARD M. WEISS
Father of Richard Weiss
February 22 3 Adar
HERBERT DAVISON
Father of Daniel Davison
*MARGARET (MAGGIE) MACKLE
*Our member
February 23 4 Adar
ANNIE CAPLAN
Grandmother of Leslie Caplan
GRACE FINKEL
Mother of Michael Finkel
February 24 5 Adar
SHIRLEY FISHBONE
Mother of Robert Fishbone
WILLIAM GREENBERG
Uncle of Steven Engelhardt
BEVERLY KRAUS
Sister of Rosalie Franklin
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JO ANNE PAPIN
Sister of Linda Thomson
GLORIA STERLING
Mother of Abbie Frank
February 25 6 Adar
KERRY HELLMAN
Son of Elliot and Jody Gellman
JEREMIAH GUTMAN
Friend of Gail Wechsler
LISA HEYMAN
Sister of Ruth Heyman
*DORA EMILY MAGRATH
Daughter of Linda Holtzman
BERNARD ROTH
Father of Hannah Roth
STANLEY ZEID
Father of Leonard Zeid
BENJAMIN ROSEN
Father of Edward Rosen
February 28 9 Adar
BARBARA BLANK
Sister of Ira Blank
GAIL BOPP
Aunt of Jessica Brod
MORRIS CARPEY
Father of Dorothy Mayer
HAROLD FELDMAN
Father of Kathleen Sitzer
RANDY OSHEROFF
Brother of Nicole Osheroff-Bollinger
MICK PATTON
Grandmother of Terri Grossman
HENRY VODA
Father of Marlene Eisenstein
February 26 7 Adar
RUTH HEXTER
Mother of Christopher Hexter
SYLVIA HYATT
Grandmother of Susan Kronemer
*MORRIS KARFELD
Father of Rita Gram
WALTER M. NEWMAN
Brother of George Newman
WIL SCHOOMER
Brother of Paul Schoomer
WOLF VESPER
Father of Ilene Osherow
Grandfather of Ruthellen Osherow
February 27 8 Adar
SARAH GORDON
Mother of Florine Zimmerman
JACK GRODSKY
Father in law of Gloria Grodsky
MARY BELMEL POLLACK
Grandmother of Sharon Pollack
LOUIS ROGGINS
Father of Bunny Shopper
*Our member
calendar: february 2015
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
1
2
3
4
10:00 7th Grade at
Ronald McDonald
House
11:00 Adult Beginning/
Intermediate
Hebrew
12:30 Mah Jong
4:00 Religious School
7:00
6:30 Devotion with
Rabbi Jim
10:00 Confirmation Class
12:30 Adult Intermediate
Hebrew
10:30 Triple Chai Brunch
4:00 7th Grade at
Ronald McDonald
House
2:00 Beginning Hebrew
8
9
10:00 9th Grade Class
11:00 Adult Beginning/
Intermediate
Hebrew
12:30 Adult Intermediate
Hebrew
University Series
Thursday
5
11
12:30 Mah Jong
4:00 Religious School
5:30 Tikkun Olam Steering
Committee Meeting
7:00
7
12:30 Continuing Adult
Beginning Hebrew
8:45
Tanakh Study
6:30 Adult Hebrew
12
10:00 Shabbat School/Rainbow
13
14
12:30 Continuing Adult
Beginning Hebrew
NO SHABBAT SCHOOL
Tanakh Study
7:30 Social Responsibility
Shabbat Service
2:00 Beginning Hebrew
5:00
8:45
16
17
18
3:00 Movie and
Discussion with
Rabbi Deana
11:00 Adult Beginning/
Intermediate
Hebrew
12:30 Mah Jong
4:00 Religious School
7:00
6:30 Beginning Hebrew
University Series
19
21
8:45 Torah Study
Tanakh Study
7:30
Shabbat Service
23
24
11:00 Adult Beginning/
Intermediate
Hebrew
12:30 Mah Jong
4:00 Religious School
10:00 7th Grade Class
7:00
6:30 Beginning Hebrew
25
University Series
26
12:30 Adult Intermediate
Hebrew
2:00 Beginning Hebrew
1
2
3
4
RACHEL ADLER
SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT
WEEKEND
11:00 Adult Beginning
Hebrew
12:30 Mah Jong
4:00 Religious School
7:00
6:30 Beginning Hebrew
1:00 Purim Carnival
2:00 Beginning Hebrew
10:00 Shabbat Service/Bat Mitzvah
of Lily Brown
27
28
RACHEL ADLER SPIRITUAL
ENRICHMENT WEEKEND
RACHEL ADLER SPIRITUAL
ENRICHMENT WEEKEND
12:30 Continuing Adult
Beginning Hebrew
8:45 Torah Study
1:45
Tanakh Study
10:00 Shabbat Service
6:30 Adult Hebrew
10:00 Shabbat School
7:30
10:30 Triple Chai Brunch
10:00 Shabbat School
5:00 8th Grade Program
22
12:30 Adult Beginning/
Intermediate
Hebrew
9:30 Family Service
12:30 Grief Support Group
7:00 Performance of
Anne & Emmett
10:00 Confirmation Class
Bat Mitzvah of Sarah Nicole
Freedman
12:30 Continuing Adult
Beginning Hebrew
6:30 Adult Hebrew
2:00 Beginning Hebrew
Torah Study
20
1:45
12:30 Adult Intermediate
Hebrew
Bar Mitzvah of Reed Garland
9:30 Family Service
10:00 Shabbat Service/Bat Mitzvah
of Sophie Cohen
4:30
15
Torah Study
9:30 Family Service
10:00 Shabbat Service/Bat Mitzvah
of Joey Elsbernd
7:30 Tu B’shevat Seder/
Shabbat Service/
Birthday Blessings
1:45
University Series
Saturday
6
1:45
6:30 Beginning Hebrew
10
Friday
University Series
7:00 Megillah Reading
5
9:30 Family Service
Shabbat Service /
Welcome Blessing
of Rabbi Deana
6
7
12:30 Continuing Adult
Beginning Hebrew
8:45 Torah Study
1:45
10:00 Shabbat Service
Tanakh Study
9:30 Family Service
6:30 Adult Hebrew
10:00 Shabbat School/Rainbow
7:30
12:30 Basic Judaism
Shabbat Service/
Birthday Blessings