CHAG PESACH SAMEACH

GATEWAYS
CONGREGATION SHAAREY TIKVAH  BEACHWOOD  OHIO  SINCE 1940
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CHAG PESACH SAMEACH
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OUR LEADERSHIP
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CLERGY
PRESIDENT
EXEC. COMMITTEE
President
Rick Kodish
Executive Vice President
Jeff Epstein
Vice President
Karen Mintzer
Vice President
Alyson Fieldman
Secretary
Peter Shulman
Cantor
Gary Paller
President
Rick Kodish
cantorgary@
shaareytikvah.org
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erickodish@
gmail.com
Executive Director
Martha Sivertson
Office Manager
Roz Stone
Face to Face Director
Louise Freilich
martha@
shaareytikvah.org
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roz@
shaareytikvah.org
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face2face@
shaareytikvah.org
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Rabbi
Eddie Sukol
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shaareytikvah.org
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STAFF
Assistant Secretary
Josh Gordon
Treasurer
Jeff Cohen
Assistant Treasurer
Ethan Karp
BOARD MEMBERS
Ted Einhorn
Michael Goldberg
Harold Greenberg
Ellen Greenfield
Ed Kneitel
Martin Kohn
Adam Levin
Rene Rawraway
Jessi Shapiro
Steve Wertheim
PAST PRESIDENTS
Howard Bochnek
Amy Einhorn
Marvin Engelberg
Sharon Fagin
David Hutt
Roberta Kaplan
David Leavitt
Stuart Sharpe
Leslie Sobel
REPRESENTATIVES
Men’s Club
Richard Friedman
Sisterhood
Shirley Edelman
Maintenance Manager
Frank George
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Our front cover: Passover begins on Friday evening, April 22,
2016. Wishing our CST family a chag Pesach kasher v’sameach.
Gateways is a monthly publication of: Congregation Shaarey Tikvah
26811 Fairmount Boulevard Beachwood, Ohio 44122
216.765.8300 Fax: 216.765.0149 www.shaareytikvah.org
Congregation Shaarey Tikvah is an egalitarian Conservative
congregation whose members are passionate about Judaism. By
combining meaningful and joyful worship, serious Jewish learning,
social action and compelling Shabbat and holiday experiences, we
create a vibrant spiritual community.
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BOARD MEMBER FOCUS
For the past almost 7 years I’ve directed the Program in Medical
Humanities of the Center for Ethics, Humanities and Spiritual Care,
Cleveland Clinic, while serving as associate professor of medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, CWRU. I’ve worked in
the field of medical humanities for 35 years and as an educator since
1972.
About 25 years ago I began to write poetry—and God mysteriously
showed up in my work. Since then, much of my work has been an
expression of my Jewish identity, including poems about family,
God’s presence in my life, and, more recently, my service—as occasional poet—to our
kehillah. Other than our Bulletin, my poetry has appeared in both print and electronic
journals, including Pulse, Exquisite Corpse, Ad Libitum/Annals of Internal Medicine and
ZEEK: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture.
Marcia (Silver) and I will be celebrating our 30th anniversary this month and are very
fortunate to be part of a wonderful large family in Cleveland including our daughter Elana
and her husband Russell, and their children Mason and Kayla Spieth; daughter Erin, her
husband Steve, and their children Noah, Sadie and Maya Zelin—and someday soon we
hope in Cleveland, our sons David (currently in NYC) and Sam (currently in Toronto).
SENIOR CAFÉ—where the wise come for wisdom!
Once a month -Wednesdays 1:30 – 3:00 pm
Join friends and peers in our free midday coffee klatch for conversation and
a changing selection of light, breezy activities and speakers on topics of interest.
Contact: Judy Friedman
Shirley Hoffman
(216) 534-5039
(440) 781-1788
April 20 - The Lighter Side of Seder Disasters!
Bring your stories for a delightful
Interactive Discussion with Jeff Kaplan
Transportation available
Next date: May 18
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A LESSON FROM RABBI EDDIE SUKOL
Let Us Go To Our Vineyard, For It Is In Bloom
“You have brought me to the banquet hall and your banner of love is spread over me. Refresh me with sweet
apples, for I am overcome with love. Your left hand is under my head and your right hand embraces me. Your
fruit tastes sweet in my mouth.”
These verses, from the second chapter of Shir HaShirim, The Song of Songs, are part of the beautiful love
poem included in the Books of the Writings (Ketuvim), the third section of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh).
Song of Songs’ obvious eroticism should not be seen as simply romantic, and certainly not salacious or
prurient in any way. Song of Songs provides us with a description of love at its most sublime. It gives voice to
feelings of attraction and intimacy in their most intense expression. It describes the love of two people who are
fully and truly united, love at its finest in which the merging of two souls is worthy of Divine blessing.
Songs of Songs is traditionally read on the Festival of Pesach. Our rabbinic ancestors assigned it to this
holiday because they saw a link between the love of two people in this poem and the love between God and
the Jewish people.
What better example of God’s love can there be than our liberation from slavery and suffering? The
covenantal relationship that we have with God is reminiscent of the marital bond. It obligates partners to one
another in every way imaginable. It requires trust, honesty, and fidelity. While it can be challenging and
sometimes difficult, it is also capable of providing life’s greatest joys. True love is enlivening and enlightening
and possesses the possibility of creation itself. Song of Songs embodies the fullness, the totality of intimate
relationships. It gives us a model of relationship worthy of emulation and aspiration.
Song of Songs is also read on Pesach because, like the holiday, it takes place at the start of the spring
season. “The winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The flowers now appear on the earth and the time of
singing has arrived. The voice of the dove is heard, the fig tree is in bloom, and the blossoming vines are
fragrant. Arise, my love, my fair one. Come away with me.”
Spring is a season of hope, of optimism, of potential. Nature itself reawakens in its annual cycle. Spring is a
time of looking forward, of dreaming, of anticipation of what is yet to be.
May that be the spirit in which we celebrate Pesach and read Song of Songs this year. Despite the hardships
that we may need to overcome, the challenges that we have to face, may this Pesach be a time of personal
liberation from our troubles. May it be a true festival of freedom, a holiday in which our souls are liberated so
that we may achieve our greatest potential.
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Document of Authorization for the Sale of Hametz
Shtar Harsha’ah
We the undersigned grant all authority, by means of signature, whether transmitted by fax, email or other
means to Rabbi Edward J. Sukol that he be appointed and authorized by us to sell all of our hametz, of all
kinds, whether it is pure, an admixture, or merely an item that might have hametz contained therein. We
also authorize him in the sale of any partial ownership of hametz that we may share with any non-Jew,
whether such hametz is found in our house, attic, basement or places outside of our house, on the sea or on
the land; so too may he sell any hametz over which we do not have ownership but do have authority. We
grant him full power according to the laws of the Torah and the laws of this country or any country in
which we have any of the sorts of ownership or authority mentioned above. Rabbi Sukol is also granted
full authority to sell any animals of ours that are nourished and feed on hametz in any and all locales
where they are found. Furthermore, he may sell this hametz in any manner he wishes and to any one he
wishes, with as many agents as he appoints. Even if no money is transferred at the point of sale, we will
accept the sale as fully binding in all its particulars; nor will we ever make any claim against that sale’s
legal validity.
Rabbi Sukol is authorized by us to rent all of the places in which our hametz or our animals are found, and
to rent access and full rights of passage and foot traffic to those places to the purchaser of said hametz
who may seize there any vessels and moveable property connected with the hametz.
In addition, Rabbi Sukol and any of his assignees are also authorized to sell any hametz that may come
into our possession until the 14th of Nisan, the very hour until which it is permitted to buy and sell hametz
and items and things in which such impermissible fermentation/leavening might occur. In a year when
Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat, the date of sale will occur just before Shabbat enters on the 13 th of Nisan.
Should such fermentation/leavening occur from the moment of signing this contract, or even during Passover, we distance ourselves from any sort of ownership of it, and relinquish any rights to it. The nonJewish buyer has full rights to such hametz as to any other ownerless property.
Authority is in Rabbi Sukol’s hands to actuate this sale using whatever instruments he deems effective
according to Torah law and according to governmental law; we will consider this sale as binding as if
carried out by the highest and most influential religious or secular court.
Our signature below, in whatever manner it is transmitted to Rabbi Sukol, indicates our full and unconditional acceptance of all of the terms outlined above.
Name____________________________________ Date __________________________
Signature ____________________________________
(please print)
Address One ______________________________________________
Address Two ______________________________________________
Enclosed is a donation in the amount of $_______________ for a contribution to the Men’s Club
Passover Fund, to assist in charitable work on behalf of the synagogue and its members, and in the
community.
Please return this form to the synagogue by Friday, April 22nd, at 9 am. If you would like a
separate hard or digital copy of this form, please contact [email protected].
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A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT RICK KODISH
One of my favorite lines in comedy comes from Groucho Marx: In his book “The Groucho Letters,” published in
1967, he tells the story of his interaction with the Friars Club. Marx joined but decided after a few weeks that it
was not for him. He sent a telegram to the organization famously saying that he had decided that he “did not
want to be a member of any club that would have him as a member.” Think about it……
I lead this month’s President Column with this anecdote because I have been thinking about membership and
what it means here at Congregation Shaarey Tikvah. We are a relatively small shul with a big heart. In the
Cleveland Jewish community synagogue marketplace (and I use the “m” word reluctantly), we occupy a unique
niche. We are intimate enough that we can really know one another. There are two other large and wonderful
Conservative shuls in town, but if economy of scale is not for you then perhaps CST is the right fit. And if you
are reading this column, you are probably already a member and have come to that conclusion for yourself.
There is a lot of discussion about the future of the synagogue in the 21st century, along with questions about
post-denominational Judaism and a variety of other compelling questions for speculation, more discussion and
action. I don’t think these are issues that we can settle here in our little corner of the Jewish world, and would
even go so far as to say that they might pose a risk of distraction. With baseball right around the corner, I will
toss out another of my favorite expressions: “Keep your eye on the ball.”
For us in leadership at Shaarey Tikvah, membership is probably the most important ball. And with our
wonderful Membership Committee spearheaded by Dr. Josh Gordon, we are in great hands. The committee
has been hard at work and recently reported to the Board of Trustees about the terrific efforts it is undertaking.
Two primary goals are obvious but worth articulating here: 1) recruiting new members and 2) retaining current
members. To that end, I am pleased to let you know that we will be hosting a Membership Shabbat Dinner on
the evening of April 15. Many of you will be getting your kitchens ready for Pesach which begins exactly one
week later, so this is a perfect time to enjoy Shabbat dinner away from your own home. It also represents an
opportunity for all of us to be together and for CST to say thank you for your continued membership and
support. Perach and I look forward to seeing you there!!
We have been successful at recruiting new members, but in some ways that is the easy task. Retention is not
as sexy, but from a strategic perspective represents a more important goal. As I mentioned above, I don’t like
to think of synagogue membership as a marketplace phenomenon. That framework is reductionist and
attempts to put a monetary figure on an immeasurable commodity. At its worst, I believe that such a
perspective taints what can otherwise be a theologically meaningful act-becoming part of a kehilla kedoshah (a
holy community). Having said that, I am a realist and know that modern research in behavioral economics is
compelling. So to put aside my reservations, as synagogue President I am committed to being attentive to
return on investment that members get from belonging to our shul. And here is the bottom line: “this is a
community where we care for one another.” This care is manifest in so many ways. Please participate in it,
and you will get more out of it than you put into it. Be an ambassador for our community, help Josh and his
committee with recruitment and retention, and together we can disprove Groucho!! I am proud to have the
opportunity to lead this wonderful community, and appreciate all the hard work we are doing together to sustain
our vibrant kehilla.
L’hitraot,
Rick
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EVENTS IN THE NEW YEAR—
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
April 10—Interfaith Concert 2pm
April 13—A Very Special Seder 6pm
April 15—Membership Shabbat Dinner 6pm
May 5—Western Wind Concert 7:30pm
May 15—A Kosher Taste of Cleveland 6pm
May 21—B’nai Emunah/B’nai Torah
May 28—Shari Spiegel Bat Mitzvah
June 5—Annual Meeting 10am followed by
2nd Annual Josh Stone Game Day 1pm
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SERVICES STARTING AT 6:00 PM
The Membership Committee would like to invite you and prospective
CST members to an evening of prayer and community. Come take a
break from tax preparing and Pesach planning to share in peace of a
Shabbat dinner together. Sponsored by the membership committee.
Free of charge but RSVP necessary by April 8.
[email protected]
Thank you!
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A NOTE FROM CANTOR GARY
The Music of the Haggadah—An Overview
Kadeish Ur’chatz – A listing of the order of the seder. The melody most commonly used is of Babylonian
origin.
Hin’ni Muchan Um’zuman – Before each of the four cups of wine, we announce that we are ready to perform
the mitzvah of drinking the cup of wine. The melody most commonly used is of folk origin.
Kiddush – On the three festivals of Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot (Shalosh Regalim), we use a special melody
based on the Akdamut Milin, a ninety-verse Aramaic poem which at one time was chanted after the first verse
of the Torah reading on the first day of Shavuot. Akdamut Milin means “In introduction to the words” (the Ten
Commandments).
Ha Lachma – We tell the reason for eating Matzah and invite those who are needy to join us at the Seder. “Let
all who are hungry come and eat; let all who are in need come and celebrate Pesach.” An Israeli tune by Y.
Admon is often used. Ha Lachma can also be sung to the traditional tune for Shir Hamaalot. The older,
traditional mode for this song is very similar to the Torah cantillation for the High Holy Days.
Mah Nishtanah – The Four Questions begin with this phrase meaning “What is Different?” The melody most
often used today is an Israeli tune. The older, traditional chant for Mah Nishtanah is sung in the major Lernsteiger (learning mode).
Avadim Hayinu – “Once we were slaves; now we are free!” The text is found at the very end of Ha Lachma
and in the beginning of the paragraph just following Mah Nishtanah. The “traditional” melody is by S.
Postolsky.
Dayeinu – How good God has been to us! If God had only performed one of a multitude of marvelous
wonders, it would have been enough! This joyous folksong is a traditional favorite.
V’hi She-amedah – “And it is this that has sustained our fathers and us.” “This” refers to the covenant that God
made with Abraham. A popular Chassidic melody containing echoes of Hatikvah was composed by the
Moditzer Rabbi of Tel Aviv. The tune I am most familiar with is of folk origin.
Adir Bimluchah – An eight-stanza hymn based on the midrash that comments on the verse in Psalm 74:16,
“Lecha yom af lecha laila” (“Yours is the day, yours is the night”), meaning “The day praises You and the night
praises You; just as the day is ruled by you, so, too, is the night.”
Written in an alphabetical acrostic form and of unidentified authorship, the poem was originally sung in praise
of God during meals and had no connection with the Seder. It eventually found its way into early Ashkenazic
and Italian Haggadot of the 13th century. The stirring song repeats the refrain “Ki lo na-eh, ki lo ya-eh,” “For to
him Praise is proper, for to him praise is due.”
Adir Hu – “Mighty is He” This hymn has become the signature song of Pesach. The poem is in the form of an
alphabetical acrostic, and its writer is anonymous. It dates from the 6 th or 7th centuries, but did not appear in a
printed Haggadah until the 15th century. Its eight stanzas enumerate the qualities of God and implore Him to
rebuild the Temple speedily, in our days, with the repeated refrain “Bimheirah, bimheirah, b’yameinu b’karov.
Eil b’nei, Eil b’nei, b’nei veit’cha b’karov” (“Speedily, speedily in our days immediately. O God build, O God
build, build your Temple immediately”). In addition to the traditional folk melody, Sh’lomo Carlbach’s rendition
gives the poem his own unique, Chassidic, contemporary spin.
Echad Mi Yodeia – “Who Knows One” This children’s favorite has appeared in Haggadot since the 15 th
century. The author of the text is unknown. It was originally sung as a Shabbat and Festival table song. Its
inclusion in the Haggadah may have been an effort to keep children awake during the seder! The song is a
numerical countdown of thirteen principles of Judaism, thirteen being the thirteen attributes of God. In different
versions, some of the numbers represent different things. For example, 9 is either months of pregnancy or the
number of festivals; 8 is either days of circumcision or lights of Chanukah; 6 is either sections of the Mishnah
Con’t. on page 9
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or days of creation. I think the alternate answers were created to shield small children from concepts meant for
more mature audiences. There is a range of Echad Mi Yodeia melodies, from the old Yemenite folksong we
baby-boomers learned in our youth, to the Debbie Friedman tune, to a classical arrangement by Maurice
Ravel. There is even a cute version based on the British folksong “Green Grow the Rushes.”
Chad Gadya – According to tradition, this is an Aramaic allegorical allusion to nations attempting to destroy the
Jewish people. The traditional melody is of folk origin. There is also a very energetic Israeli version by an unknown composer who used the distinctive pronunciation of the Aramaic words for rhythmic impetus.
Karev Yom – The day of redemption is coming; a folk tune.
Chasal Siddur Pesach – The proclamation ending the Seder, calling for the return to Zion and the perpetuation
of the Seder ritual in the future. I have sung this to the traditional Shabbat tune for Yigdal. There is also a
more elaborate folksong arrangement by Emanuel Pugatchov.
L’shanah Haba-ah – NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM! The version I have always sung is by Cantor Moshe Nathanson; there are many others. For the past few years on Yom Kippur we have used an adaptation of a
Shlomo Carlebach niggun.
CHAG KASHER V’SAMEI-ACH! I hope your Pesach seders are full of family, friends, food, and plenty of singing!!!!
Cantor Gary
Songs of Peace:
An Interfaith Concert
Congregation Shaarey Tikvah
Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 2pm
Featuring the following participants:
Cantor Beth Friedman-Romell of Knesseth Israel Temple in Wooster
Cantor Laura Lindauer of Suburban Temple Kol Ami in Beachwood
Cantor Aaron Shifman of B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in Beachwood
Judy Fesko and the Trinity Lutheran Church Choir
David Williams and the Holy Spirit Church Choir
and our own Cantor Gary Paller!
Free and open to the community
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FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MARTHA SIVERTSON
If you read my March Gateways article you now know that I welcome change. Though the word “disruption”
may suggest or imply horrible things, I like to think of it as a chance to have yet another hopeful and learning
experience.
I was having lunch with an old friend the other day when he told me about some well-to-do friends of his who
had purchased a totally respectable house in a totally respectable neighborhood only to tear down the entire
house to build a new one on the same lot. My immediate reaction was “what a waste!” Ecology aside, are those
people so egotistical that nothing short of their own design would do for their family? Are they so wealthy that
replacing ceramic tiles with marble is, pinkie up, the only acceptable way to display their teacups? Thinking on
it these past few days, however, I’ve come to think
that maybe there is something in this story
applicable to life at CST.
The very nature of building is complicated. It’s
even more difficult if you inherit a building project
from someone else. Assuming you know what you
are doing from the very start, you sometimes can’t
find the right materials - the best bricks, mortar,
wood, nails or screws for the job. That takes time –
time you may or not have – so you make a few
substitutions here and there knowing full well that
someday, hopefully, in the not so distant future,
you will find exactly what you need and replace the
just usable materials with what you really wanted
from the start. When done, you step back, admire
your work and receive accolades from your
friends, family, colleagues. Has completing this
“building” made you happy forever?
Probably not forever because, as time goes on, you realize that, had you started from bare ground, you would
have used a different style brick, a heavier weight of steel or a variety of colors to tell a totally new story. You
wouldn’t be building on old, you’d be building on new in creating your idea of the best, most comfortable, most
reliable home for your family.
Shaarey Tikvah has been a combination of both old and new. New people – congregants, clergy and staff, alike
- bring new ideas and, with any luck, solutions to old problems. Another way to look at us today, though, is to
see it as a chance to RE-build on somewhat bare ground. We don’t have to knock everything down literally. We
just need to step back and, as WKYC has adopted, SEE THE POSSIBLE!
Martha
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TORAH MANTLE DEDICATION
Please join us on Shabbat morning, April 23
(Pesach Day 1), when we dedicate the 2nd & 3rd Torah
mantles for our Beit Tefillah being donated by
Roz Stone & Nancy Kutler (Roz’s sister) and their families
in loving memory of their parents,
Gus and Hannah Rath.
Milestone Anniversaries for
April:
George and Anna Benedikt 30
Martin Kohn & Marcia Silver 30
Milestone Birthdays for April:
Ellen Vendeland
Joyce Wiesenthal
Natalie Barr
Roz Stone
Leanne Leavitt
Pauline Leber
Mark Fixler
Josh Gordon
MAZAL TOV
…to Wendy Rapport on the birth of a
granddaughter, Isla Sage (Yehudit Ruth)
Wilson. Parents are Kate (Rapport) and Pat
Wilson.
… to Phil and Donna Soroky on the
engagement of their son Max to Dana Paris.
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NEWS FROM FACE TO FACE DIRECTOR LOUISE FREILICH
Please Move Up!
A Holocaust Education
Program at
Congregation Shaarey Tikvah
At a recent Face to Face session, I observed an interesting phenomenon.
When a group of students from one of our schools finished with museum and
snack time and returned to the sanctuary to hear the Holocaust survivor
speaker, they left the first four rows empty in the center right section. At Face to Face, we always leave the
first row empty on purpose because starting seating with the second row makes more sense, especially if the
Holocaust survivor speaker is speaking at the floor level rather than from the bimah. However, the 2 nd, 3rd and
4th rows were supposed to have been filled as they had been during the earlier portion of the program. As I
was surveying the section and getting ready to say “Please move up”, one of the teachers took care of it for me
and told her students to fill in the rows closer to the front. Problem solved!
The interesting thing about the first number of rows not attracting sitters is that at Shabbat services at CST
those exact rows in the center right section of the sanctuary are most often left empty these days. I know that
people get used to their regular seats, but those rows of empty seats do not help to create a feeling of
community for our congregation. So how’s this idea? Pretend that the last 3 rows in all of the sections of the
sanctuary don’t exist, and please move up. Join Shirley Edelman in the 2 nd row or Maxine Margolis and Leslie
Sobel in the fifth. Or bring some friends and have your choice of any seat in the 3 rd or 4th row. Hopefully
someday-soon, we can solve our seating problem as easily as the students and teachers at Face to Face
solved theirs.
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage is currently hosting an interesting Holocaust exhibit which is worth your
time. Operation Finale: The Capture & Trial of Adolf Eichmann opened February 19 and runs through June 12.
Because of its graphic nature, this exhibit is designed for high school students and adults and is not
appropriate for middle school students and younger. There are many interesting events going on at the
museum and elsewhere in the community in conjunction with this powerful exhibit.
By now, you should have received your Face to Face Friends letter. We need your support. Please respond
soon. An additional flyer appears on page 13 for your convenience.
Please come visit us.
UPCOMING FACE TO FACE SESSIONS
Visit Date
4/5/2016
School
City
Speaker
Avon Lake High School
Avon Lake
Leo Silberman
4/7/2016
Berkshire High School
Burton
Susan Kollin Wiegand
5/3/2016
Green High School
Uniontown
Leo Silberman
5/5/2016
Hershey Montessori School
Huntsburg
Valerie Weitz
St Vincent dePaul
Elementary
St. Francis Xavier School
Akron
5/19/2016
West Geauga Middle School
Chesterland
Stanley Bernath
5/24/2016
St. Gabriel School
Mentor
Roman Frayman
5/26/2016
St. Raphael School
Bay Village
Stanley Bernath
Medina
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At Home with Leona Green
Everyone has a favorite Jewish holiday; mine is Passover. Starting with dream-like childhood memories of past
Seders, through the ensuing Seders in my own home, to writing my third book, The New Traditional Egalitarian
Passover Haggadah, Passover has nourished my soul.
Important dates to remember in April are:
Apr 9 - 1st of Nisan - Rosh Chodesh
Apr 16 - 8th of Nisan - Shabbat Hagadol - the Great Shabbat (the Shabbat before Passover)
Apr 21 - 13th of Nisan - Search for Chametz (unleavened bread) in the evening
Apr 22 - 14th of Nisan - Shabbat, Friday evening - Fast of the First Born, Erev Passover, First Seder
Apr 23 - 15th of Nisan - Passover First Day, Saturday Evening, Second Seder.
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SISTERHOOD NEWS
Shalom.
It is hard to believe that spring is around the corner and Passover cleaning is about to begin!! Sisterhood would
like to wish all of you a joyous, meaningful Passover and spirited Seders.
Sisterhood's short story night was a great success once again. Nina Rosner and Lois Novikoff did a wonderful
job choosing another interesting story that lead to some interesting discussion. Thank you to all of the men and
women who participated in this lovely evening. A special thank you to Laurie and Aaron Billowitz for opening
their beautiful home once again and to Lois and Nina for their hard work.
Thank you to Ellen Greenfield and her kitchen volunteers for baking our hamentashen for Purim this year.
These volunteers work hard to bring us those delicious hamentashen every year.
Please mark your calendars for:
Sunday night, April 3rd, 7:30-9:30pm
Sisterhood's Women's Night Out will be hosted by Ilyssa Gordon at her beautiful home in Beachwood. See the
flyer on page 19 for more details. Come and join us!! Thank you in advance to Ilyssa for opening her home to
the women of CST.
We are a small shul and many of our women are active in many of the other events planned by our staff and
auxiliaries. The Senior cafe is still going strong. Kyla's Women's Study Group is beginning a new session. The
social action projects of the Mitzvah corps are going strong. There are even many opportunities to pray!!
A gentle reminder, please think of our Sisterhood Gift Shop for your future gift buying. We will happily open by
appointment. Please call Sheryl Golden, 216-214-4638, to make an appointment.
May we continue to go from strength to strength,
Roberta Kaplan and Ruth Hatchuel
Sisterhood Co-Presidents
Gift Shop Sale! 50% off on all Passover items through April 22.
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MEN’S CLUB MOMENTS
On Purim, the Men’s Club began distributing bags containing yellow Yom Hashoah candles.
Along with the memorial candle we have included a meditation, letter and a stamped
envelope for you to mail a donation to help underwrite the cost of this project. Funds
received over and above our program cost will go directly to support a variety of programs,
including our own Holocaust education program, Face to Face. These bags will also be
available in the Shaarey Tikvah office. The candles are to be lit on the evening of May 4,
the beginning of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day.
Congregation Shaarey Tikvah
Men’s Club
PASSOVER FUND
Donations are now being accepted for the Men’s Club PASSOVER FUND.
This fund supports CST congregants and Jewish families in the Cleveland area
that are in need of Passover foods and holiday items.
Donations will be accepted up to Friday, April 15, 2016.
Please make your donation out to CST Men’s Club Passover Fund.
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Congregation Shaarey Tikvah Men’s Club is welcoming you to join us for the
“Second Annual Josh Stone Day at the Ballpark”. We are promoting this
event with the net proceeds to go to the maintenance of the “Josh Stone
PlayStation” to honor his memory as a son, brother, teacher and friend.
Game:
Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Indians
Date: Sunday, June 5th 2016
Time: Game begins at 1:05pm
Tickets must be purchased through the CST Men’s Club at $30 each. This
includes a raffle ticket towards merchandise and memorabilia. The GAME ticket gets you
one raffle entry. Additional raffle tickets will be available at $5 each.
Seats will be located down the 1st base side lower box seating,
Sections 129 & 130.
Tickets must be purchased no later than Thursday, May 12th
Make payment to:
CST Men’s Club Attn.: Josh Stone Game Day
Contact: Roz Stone at 216.765.8300 x 100 or [email protected]
or Joe Rettman at 216.857.4222 or [email protected]
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Sisterhood Women’s Night Out
Sunday April 3rd
7:30 - 9:30 pm
It’s time to get together again with
Shaarey Tikvah women of all ages
Bring a friend or relative with you and socialize
with us at the home of Ilyssa Gordon,
2645 Deborah Drive, Beachwood
Prospective members are welcome!
Cost is $9.00 per person
OR
Bring a parve or dairy appetizer or dessert
Please RSVP by March 29 to:
Arlene Lombardy (440) 248-3350 [email protected]
OR
Roberta Kaplan (216) 765-8328 [email protected]
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Rebecca, Jacob, Isaac and Matthew Kirstein recently moved here from
Chicago. Jacob and Matthew attend the Mandel JDS.
We will be celebrating monthly birthdays
on the following dates:
April 16
May 7
June 25
July 9
August 20
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DONATIONS as of March 18, 2016
GENERAL FUND
In memory of:
SAM LEBER: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan, Polina
Galperin, Deborah
Swisshelm, Browner
Family, Stuart Sharpe,
Leanne Leavitt, Laurie &
Aaron Billowitz, Nancy &
Martin Chalifour, Ilse
Walder, Joanne & Alan
Frey, Ruth Hatchuel,
Zehava & Warren Sklar,
Suburban Women’s
Investment Club
BERNARD BARON:
Roberta & Gary Kaplan,
Laurie & Aaron Billowitz
LOUIS COLEMAN: Stuart
Sharpe, Kyla & Mitchell
Schneider, Leanne Leavitt
ROBERT MITTMAN:
Larry Mittman
In honor of:
RABBI SEARCH
COMMITTEE: Ruth
Hatchuel, Harriet & Steve
Friedman
ARTHUR KAPLAN’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
HALLIE BRAVO’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
PEARL LEWIS’
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
LORA COVER’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
GRANDDAUGHTER TO
LOUISE AND JOEL
FREILICH: Jack & Judy
Elder
BENJAMIN SHAPIRO’S
CONSECRATION: Susan
& Bob Shapiro
WENDY RAPPORT’S
GRAND DAUGHTER:
Roberta & Gary Kaplan,
Ruth Hatchuel
RICHARD FRIEDMAN’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
SUSAN TANNENBAUM’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
LEAH SPECTOR’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
RACHEL BROWNER’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
LIZ OBERFELD’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
PAULA LEVY’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
LAURIE BILLOWITZ’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
KARLA ANHALT’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
RACHEL PARKIN’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
LESLIE SOBEL’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
RICHARD BELKIND’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
AMY EINHORN’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
MINDY TUMARKIN’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
SUE LOCKSHINE’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
JUSTIN LAPPEN’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
MITCHELL
SCHNEIDER’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
ELISE BRAVERMANPLOTKIN’S BIRTHDAY:
Roberta & Gary Kaplan
AMY LIPSON’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
DAVID CAMERON’S:
Roberta & Gary Kaplan
NANCY LEVIN’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
MARTHA SIVERTSON’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
Speedy recovery of:
ROZ STONE: Leanne
Leavitt
CHENCHINSKY SEGEL
FUND
In memory of:
ELLEN DEUTSCH:
Marion Gruen, Mollie
Chenchinsky
CHOIR FUND
In memory of:
LARRY MITTMAN’S
FATHER: Larry Mittman
FACE TO FACE FUND
In memory of:
SAM LEBER: Alice & Bob
Schubach, Annette
Szabo, Judy Friedman
BERNARD BARRON:
Judy Friedman
ROSE MANDEL: Shirley
& Ned Hoffman
LOUIS COLEMAN:
Shirley & Ned Hoffman,
Louise & Joel Freilich
LUCILLE KAMMEN:
Louise & Joel Freilich
In honor of:
BIRTH OF LARRY AND
ROBIN COLLINS NEW
GRANDCHILD: Annette
Szabo
BIRTH OF RITA SHTULL
GREAT GRANDCHILD:
Annette Szabo
JOEL FREILICH
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
Speedy recovery of:
ROZ STONE: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan, Annette
Szabo
GRUEN ENTRANCE
GARDEN FUND
In memory of:
SAM LEBER: Diane
Loveman, Marion Gruen
STANLEE FRIED: Marion
Gruen
In honor of:
WENDY RAPPORT’S
NEW
GRANDDAUGHTER:
Marion Gruen
JEFF EPSTEIN’S
PROMOTION TO
DIRECTOR OF
MIDTOWN CLEVELAND:
Marion Gruen
MARTHA SIVERTSON’S
BIRTHDAY: Marion Gruen
MAX SOROKY’S
ENGAGEMENT: Marion
Gruen
Speedy recovery of:
DANA LEAVITT: Marion
Gruen
HENRY MARGOLIS
FUND
In memory of:
SAM LEBER: Maxine
Margolis
DOROTHY SOLOMON:
Maxine Margolis
Speedy recovery of:
ROZ STONE: Maxine
Margolis
LEAVITT FUND
Speedy recovery of:
DANA LEAVITT: Leona
Green, Roberta & Gary
Kaplan, Diane Loveman
In honor of:
DAVID LEAVITT’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
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DONATIONS con’t. from page 21
MATANAH FUND
In memory of:
SAM LEBER: Leona
Green
ELLEN DEUTSCH: Leona
Green, Donald & Sharlet
Berman
SISTERHOOD
In memory of:
LOUIS COLEMAN: Ruth
Hatchuel
ELLEN DEUTSCH: Ruth
Hatchuel
In honor of:
TOBY ROSENBERG’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
LOIS NOVIKOFF’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
ALETTA SINOFF’S
BIRTHDAY: Roberta &
Gary Kaplan
JOSH STONE FUND
In memory of:
JOSH STONE: Laurie &
Aaron Billowitz
LUCILLE KAMMEN:
Leona Green
LOUIS COLEMAN: Leona
Green, Cheri & Neal
Shapero, Laurie & Aaron
Billowitz
ELLEN DEUTSCH: Roz &
Peter Stone, Marion
Gruen
SAM LEBER: Roz and
Peter Stone
BERNARD BARRON: Roz
& Peter Stone
Speedy recovery of:
ROZ STONE: Deborah
Swisshelm, Alice & Bob
Schubach, Diane
Loveman, David & Sandy
Cameron, Leona Green,
Marion Gruen, Laurie &
Aaron Billowitz, Ruth
Hatchuel
ANNETTE SZABO: David
& Sandy Cameron
DANA LEAVITT: Roz &
Peter Stone
YONI YARES: Roz &
Peter Stone
In honor of:
REBECCA STONE’S
ENGAGEMENT: Marion
Gruen, David & Sandy
Cameron, Laurie & Aaron
Billowitz
MAX SOROKY’S
ENGAGEMENT: David &
Sandy Cameron
JACKIE CHERNIN
MILESTONE BIRTHDAY:
Cheri & Neal Shapero
ROBERTA AND GARY
KAPLAN’S
GRANDCHILD:
Cheri & Neal Shapero
ISLA SAGE RAPPORT:
Roz & Peter Stone
JEFF EPSTEIN’S
PROMOTION: Ruth
Hatchuel
MERRIANNE LEFF’S
GRANDSON: Leona
Green
In appreciation of:
SEARCH COMMITTEE:
David & Sandy Cameron
SHTULL FUND
In memory of:
ELLEN DEUTSCH: Rita
Shtull
SAM LEBER: Donald &
Sharlet Berman
YAHRZEIT DONATIONS
SALLY GREENBERG:
Leonard & Barbara
Greenberg
JENNIE GENDEL: Joyce
Wiesenthal
RUDY MICHEL: David &
Lisa Michel, Loni Pinns
HANNAH BERG: Doris &
Pete Copeland
JOSEPH HOROWITZ:
Sam Horowitz
MURRAY OKRENT:
Michael & Joyce Okrent
NANDL ROSSKAMM:
Anita Ross
ERNEST MAIER: Sue &
Howard Maier
SIDNEY JOSHUA
ELIASOV: Marion Fish
LEO DECKER: Ilse
Walder
BARBARA SHARPE:
Stuart Sharpe
PHYLLIS SHARPE: Stuart
Sharpe
JEANETTE LEAVITT:
Leanne Leavitt
NAOMI
SCHOTTENSTEIN: Joyce
Wiesenthal
FLORENCE SPIEGEL:
Marilyn & Harvey Peters
DORA EDELMAN:
Florence Marsh
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YAHRZEITS
April 2—8
April 9—15
April 16—22
April 23—29
Lypa Davidson
Beth Goldberg
Max Lederman
Alfred Meyer
Bessie Rodin
Nandl Rosskamm
Elsa Wolffheim
Yale Bossel
Jacob Leonard Cohen
Samuel Edelman
Sidney Eliasov
Edith Freilich
Lillian Gold
Jerome Goldstein
Eva Greenberg
George Grossman
Anna Immerman
Earl Kaplan
Harriet Karsh
Mildred Keyser
Alfred Kinstlinger
Carl Lehman
Max Levine
Max Levy
Alvin Lewis
Harry Liberman
Herbert Loveman
Ernest Maier
Fritz Mayerfield
Rudy Michel
Hirsch Neumann
Elsa Porjes
Bertha Reiner
Barbara Rosenberg
Flora Rosenthal
Elaine Schneider
Naomi Schottenstein
Helen Silverman
Michael Tannenbaum
Herman Tisch
Sara Axel
Sylvia Benis
Richard Braiman
Frances Daniel
Felice Engelberg
Nathan Estrin
Shirley F. Hand
Colman Isadore Kirchner
Gertrude Kleiner
Irmgard Kornblum
Anna Krutowsky
Queenie Kunstler
Yale Mandel
Morris Manheim
Leo Margolis
Dorothy Rabiner
Joseph Reiner
Florence Sachs
Meta Schnerb
Dorothy Solomon
Willie Tisch
Al Turoff
Hannah Winick
Lina Wissbrun
Max Wissbrun
Phillip Zinner
Sophie Zychick
Mark Aron
Marcia Corekin
Gerald Goldberg
David Herstig
Paul Jacobs
Edgar Joseph
Dr. Nachman Kacen
Abraham Katzman
Bert Keller
Margot Kern
Frank Leff
Barry Levin
Bernard David Levy
Lt. Vlaadimir Loevsky
Abraham Pacanowski
Helena Pacanowski
Meyer Perelman
Ada Polster
Isaac Rosen
Betty Sandel
Sophie Seldner
Jeanette Silbiger
Shirley Wolman
OUR CONDOLENCES TO:
...Pauline Leber on the loss of her husband,
Sam Leber
...Marcia Wyman on the loss of her father,
Dr. Bernard Barron
...Connie Waxman on the loss of her mother,
Lois Sigworth Conaway
...Shirley Eppler on the loss of her companion,
Sherwin Goodman
Congregation Shaarey Tikvah
26811 Fairmount Boulevard
Beachwood, Ohio 44122
NON-PROFIT ORG.
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PERMIT NO. 2978
Return service requested
APRIL 2016 (see details on the website)
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SHABBAT
1
2
9am Services
10:00am Ed Prog
3
9am Services
7:30 pm Women’s
Night Out
4
5
9:30am F2F
6
7
9:30am F2F
8
6pm Services *
9
9am Services *
10am Ed Prog
10
9am Services
2pm Interfaith
Concert
11
12
13
A Very Special
Seder
14
9:30am F2F
15
6pm Services
Membership
Shabbat Dinner
16
9am Services *
Teen Shabbat
10:00am Ed Prog
Birthday Shabbat
17
9am Services
18
19
20
21
22
6pm Services *
23
Pesach Day 1
9am Services *
10:30am Ed Prog
24
Pesach Day 2
9am Services
10:30am Ed Prog
25
26
27
28
29
Pesach Day 7
9am Services
10:30am Ed
Prog
6pm Services
30
Pesach Day 8
9am Services
10:30am Ed Prog
* Rabbi Sukol officiating