March 2015 Bulletin

Congregation Temple Israel
1140 W Governor St
Springfield, IL 62704
(217) 546-2841
(217) 726-9857 (fax)
[email protected]
www.templeisraelspringfield.org
Barry Marks, Rabbi
Sari Wancket, President
March 2015
Adar/Nisan 5775
Calendar of Events– March
Friday, March 6
Saturday, March 7
Friday, March 13
Saturday, March 14
Friday, March 20
Saturday, March 21
Friday, March 27
Saturday, March 28
Shabbat Eve Services……………...……….....6:00 pm
Musical Service featuring Barbara Seidman
Oneg Shabbat hosted by Lindy & Bill Seltzer
and Michael Stern
Shabbat Morning Services………………..…..9:00 am
Ki Tissa
Exodus 31:18—33:11
Shabbat Eve Services……………...……….....6:00 pm
Joint Temple Service at TI
We are hoping to have a group of women from Israel,
who are coming to Springfield as guests of the
International Visitors Bureau, offer a presentation on
“Changemakers: Women Promoting Peace and
Security”
Oneg Shabbat hosted by Hilary Frooman & John Lee,
and Suzanne Schriar & Loren Iglarsh
Shabbat Morning Services………………..…..9:00 am
Vayakhel-Pekudei
Exodus 37:17—39:21
Shabbat Eve Services……………...……….....5:30 pm
Joint Temple Service at TBS
Professor Gary Zola on “ Lincoln and the Jews”
Oneg Shabbat hosted by Nancy & Adam Porter
and John Morse
Shabbat Morning Services………………..…..9:00 am
Vayikra
Leviticus 3:1—4:26
Shabbat Eve Services….……….……..……. ..6:00 pm
Oneg Shabbat hosted by Rita & Jack Victor,
Barbara Wolfson and Henry Wolfson
Shabbat Morning Services…………....….…..9:00 am
Tzav
Leviticus 7:11—38
March
Candle
Lighting
Times
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27
5:38 pm
6:45 pm
6:52 pm
7:00 pm
Other Events
Wednesday, March 4
Megillah Reading and
Dinner…………………………6pm
(see flyer for details)
Tuesday, March 10
Sisterhood Book Group..…1:00pm
You Shall Know Our Names
Ezekiel Nieto Benzion
Temple Israel
Thursday, March 12
Adult Education Series .…7:00 pm
With Adam Porter
Saturday, March 14
Texas Hold’em Poker
Tournament…………....…6:45 pm
(see flyer for details)
Wednesday, March18
Board Meeting …….……...7:30pm
Mondays, March 2,16,23
Talmud Class…..………..12:00 pm
Sunday, March 29
Annual Meeting…….…...12:30 pm
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The Rabbi’s ReMarks
Around this time in late February, I am eager for the advent of spring and more than ready for winter
to come to an end. Alas, nature seems to have other ideas; the past week has brought us close to a foot of snow
and the most frigid temperatures of the season, and more cold and snow are in the forecast for the week ahead.
I find solace in the fact that on the snowiest day so far this year and with our parking lot totally inaccessible,
we still managed to have a minyan for Shabbat morning services. Special thanks go to our custodian Gina
Cihlar, who was out early on that Saturday morning to clear the sidewalks around our building. Great job,
Gina! We deeply appreciate your dedication and your hard work. Gina’s son Eric and a friend also managed to
clear our parking lot with a snow blower by late morning
I am looking forward to our Purim spiel, Megillah Mia, based on the music of the Swedish pop group
ABBA, which will be presented on Wednesday evening March 4th. Our choir puts a lot of effort into preparing for its annual musical presentation. The parodies of popular songs from various genres (in past years,
we’ve presented Motown, Beatles, Beach Boys and Broadway, to name just a few) are a musical Midrash that
embellishes and expands upon the Biblical narrative. The plots are imaginative and sometimes far-fetched (as
rabbinic Midrash is on occasion, as well) but always amusing and entertaining. Please join us a for a fun
evening.
I am delighted that Barbara Seidman has been on hand for the first Shabbat evenings in January and
February to lead a Shabbat Shirah (Sabbath of Song) and that she will be with us as well on March 6th. Her
music adds a wonderful ru’ach (spirit) to our Shabbat worship as well as a sense of freshness that comes from
learning new songs as well as different settings for the familiar words of the liturgy.
March will be a busy month in our local Jewish community with our Texas Hold’em fund raiser on
Saturday evening the 14th, our annual congregational meeting on Sunday afternoon, the 29th, and two joint
Shabbat eve services (at TI on the 13th and TBS on the 20th). Our B’rit Yisrael joint Religious School program
will be focusing on Purim and Passover during March and on the celebration of Israel’s independence during
sessions in April. Our students seem to enjoy the project based learning curriculum we are using to cope with
the challenge of a small student body spread out over eight grades.
We do a lot for a small Jewish community, and while we might be shivering because of the cold, we do
maintain a sense of warmth, closeness and intimacy that might well be the envy of larger Jewish communities.
Thanks to all who make this possible by leadership, by volunteering, and by participation.
Rabbi Barry A. Marks
Daylight Savings Time
Please remember to set your
clocks an hour forward on
Sunday, March 8.
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President Message
As I mentioned last month, March is filled with TI activities. As a member of the choir, I always look
forward to our megillah presentation on March 4. We all work very hard to present this show and we appreciate singing in front of a large crowd. This is a good opportunity to invite people from outside of the Jewish
community to experience an unusual service. Inviting non-members to our poker tournament on March 14 is
essential to the success of the event. Our annual meeting on March 29 provides the opportunity to hear about
all of the great things that we have accomplished over the last twelve months.
I am pleased to announce that we will soon be improving our building’s overall accessibility. Plans are
underway to convert the women’s restroom on the main floor into a unisex handicapped accessible restroom.
The men’s restroom will also become unisex. This project will be started when funding is secured. Our current budget does not have sufficient funds for this project. We are asking for donations. Money can be sent to
the temple office. Please designate the contribution for the “restroom accessibility project”. The overall
budget for this project has not yet been finalized but the estimated cost is $3000. There will also be an as yet
undetermined cost for floor replacement.
I am looking forward to the arrival of spring next month. Pesach is a holiday where we get together
with family and friends and celebrate renewal and warmer weather.
Sari Wancket
To Temple Families
The Board is planning to initiate a “Mazel Tov Squad”
With Rabbi Marks’ blessing we are planning to add a small celebration to our Friday night services, starting once a
month. We are asking our members to email us to let us know of special simchas like birthdays, anniversaries, the birth
of children to our families, or other special events that Rabbi can announce from the Bima. The congregation along with
some choir members will sing a song of celebration to salute these special events in the lives of our members. We would
hope that you would join us at that service
The Board is planning to add a new musical element to our Friday night services. We are asking that all interested
members who play a musical instrument to contact Rabbi or Ozma to take part in the services which we hope will be a
once a month event.
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Yahrzeits– March
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Jeanette Schwartz
Julius Schwartz
Ralph G. Simpson
Samuel B. Smith
Sophia D. Weiner
Fannie Greenberg
Rebecca G. Erenske
Bertha Iglarsh
Evelyne L. Marks
Mary Baer Moses
Ben Wainer
Mary Kohn London
Reva Dorman
Sylvia Feldman
Mary Devera Cohen
Mary-Shields Porter
Abraham Gordon
Arnold Pell
Morton J. Oberman
Rose Seigel
Harry Gordon
Fannie Snyder
Julius Weiss
Rebecca Audice Roberts
David Rubin
Henry Ludwig
Lilly Klein
Philip Marks
Rebeca Singer
Rose Stern
Thelma Hornstein
Estelle Barnholtz
Eugene Clyman
Fay Fishman
Jeanette Oberman
Rosa Knopping
Sol Sanders
Anna Carl
Jane Manfield
John Julius Greenberg
Roger Alan Potish
Ben Goldstein
Charles Abraham
Charles Paris
Joseph Feuer
Rev. Manuel Bass
Bessie Gudder
Hannah Hacker
Ida Yaffe
Irving Rossoff
Ruth Hilch Blair
Simon Schwartz
Paul Ochman
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Anna S Barker
Fannie Davidovitch
John Cohn
Sabina Werner
Albert Victor
Harry Matlins
Morris Strum
Aida Rovin
Herman Tanner
Lloyd Sanders
Dr. Maurice London
David Epstein
Dorothy Kaiserman
Sol Weinberg
Vivian Clyman
Bloomie Stein
Edward Levin
John Pollack
C. Sidney Stone
Charles Faingold
Jacob Oberman
Mayme Vinik
Sam Nagorsky
Sara Grebler
Sisterhood Tributes
In Memory of
Irene Hamrick
Jerry & Annette Schwartz
Norman & Jackie Perlmutter
Get Well
Barry Weiss
Norman & Jackie Perlmutter
Ida Ruth Victor
Bette Kaiserman
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Tributes– March
GENERAL FUND
Yahrzeit Of:
Gustava Skovronsky by Gina & Ken Kaeser
Molly Linder by Owen Linder
Arnold Pell by Mor r ie Pell
Irwin Weiner by Monika Weiner -Robert
In Honor Of:
Pam LeBlang by J odi & J oe Wallace
Ida Ruth Victor by J odi & J oe Wallace
Rhoda Augustine by Bette Kaiser man
In Memory Of:
Carlos, Andrea & Jason Reynolds by Elaine & Gar y
Reynolds
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
Yahrzeit Of:
Joseph Isaac Cohn by Sar a Cohn Br own
Erma F. Cohn by Sar a Cohn Br own
Rose Pell by Car olyn & Mor r ie Pell
In Honor Of:
Autumn Rose Lipsky by Selma & Caleb Melamed
Ida Ruth Victor by Deb & Har r y Ber man
In Memory Of:
Deb Abelson by Car ol, J ay & J osh Kitter man and
Sari Kitterman Weil
Irene Pell Hamrick by Car olyn & Mor r ie Pell
Irene Pell Hamrick by J ulie Seidman
Irene Pell Hamrick by Douglas Hamr ick, Mar cia Br una &
Suzanne Eldridge
Irene Pell Hamrick by Zena Shae
CARE COMMITTEE FUND
In Memory Of:
Cece Stern by Michael Ster n
FAMILY FUND
In Honor Of:
Julie Seidman by Bar bar a & Bar r y Seidman
In Memory Of:
Deb Abelson by Bar bar a & Bar r y Seidman
FEUER BROZGOLD FUND
Yahrzeit Of:
Rose Pell by Flor ene Pell
Rose Pell by Fr an Feuer
Rose Pell by Flor ene Pell
MUSIC FUND
Yahrzeit Of:
Molly Weiss by Sandy & Bar r y Weiss
In Honor Of:
Jerry Jacobson by Sandy & Bar r y Weiss
Autumn Rose Lipsky by Sar i & Mar k Wancket
Joe & Jody Wallace by Sar i & Mar k Wancket
Community Events
The Jewish Federation of Springfield,Illinois
and Temple B’rith Sholom
Present
“He Was One of Us !“
American Jewry's Relationship with Abraham
Lincoln
with
Dr. Gary P. Zola
Gary P. Zola is the Executive
Director of The Jacob Rader Marcus
Center of the American Jewish
Archives (AJA) and Professor of the
American Jewish Experience at
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute
of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati.
In his academic capacity, Professor
Zola edits The Marcus Center's award
- winning biannual publication, The
American Jewish Archives Journal—
one of only two academic periodicals
focusing on the total historical
experience of American Jewry.
Friday, March 20, 2015
Temple B’rith Sholom (1004 S. 4th St.)
5:30 p.m.
Brief Kabbalat Shabat Worship Service
Dr. Zola’s presentation
Dinner/Dessert* and Question/Answer Session
*Dinner/dessert reservations, $18 per person, bring your own wine
RSVP to Temple B’rith Sholom at 525-1360
or [email protected]
by Tuesday, March 17 for attendance and reservations for dinner/dessert.
Condolences…
To Dan & Judy Weisman on the
passing of her sister, Margaret Lindsey
To Mary Saunders and Spencer White, on the passing of his sister, Darcy White
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