May 2015 - Congregation B`nai Israel

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MAY 2015 / VOLUME 15 ISSUE 4
Temple Chronicle
C O N G R E G AT I O N
FROM THE RABBI'S STUDY
RABBI BARRY BLOCK
Dear Friends:
At its February meeting, the Board of
Trustees of Congregation B’nai Israel
adopted a Non-Discrimination Policy:
“WHEREAS Jewish people have historically been among the victims of
hateful discrimination; and
WHEREAS the great Rabbi Hillel taught, “What is hateful to you, do not do
to any person;” and
WHEREAS combatting discrimination is a cherished heritage of
Congregation B’nai Israel; therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that Congregation B’nai Israel does not discriminate on
the basis of real or perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, age (if 18 years
or older), gender, gender identity, gender expression, familial status, marital
status, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, disability veteran
status, cultural background, or political affiliation. In a synagogue, certain
privileges, responsibilities, and positions are reserved for Jews. Congregation
B’nai Israel does not otherwise discriminate on the basis of religion; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, outside of religious institutions,
Congregation B’nai Israel opposes discrimination on the basis of real
or perceived race, ethnicity, national origin, age (if 18 years or older),
gender, gender identity, gender expression, familial status, marital status,
socioeconomic background, religion, sexual orientation, disability, veteran
status, cultural background or political affiliation.”
This policy wasn’t adopted because of any propensity of our Temple to
discriminate. To the contrary, the policy was adopted to facilitate and
strengthen our congregation’s ability to speak out against discrimination in
our society.
Reform Judaism, exemplified by our congregation’s former rabbis and
members, played a leading role in the Civil Rights Movement. Having been
the targets of hateful discrimination in the past, Jews have remained at the
forefront of struggles against present-day discrimination.
Today, the most common targets of discrimination are immigrants, gay
men, lesbians, and transgendered folks. Worse, with respect to the LGBT
community, those who wish to discriminate have too often misused religions
liberty as an excuse to discriminate. In our minds, to do that is a desecration
of the Divine Name, suggesting that G-d wants us to discriminate immorally
on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
...continued on next page
Temple B'nai Israel Newsletter, Volume 15, Issue 4,
November 2014, published monthly by Temple B'nai Israel
3700 Rodney Parham, Little Rock, AR 72212
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ISRAEL
Worship
at a Glance
Friday, May 1
Mishkan T’filah Service led by Jealene Cohen, Dale Cohen,
Richard Estelita, Rebecca Glover, and Rabbi Block
Music: David Bauman, Steve Bauman, Jana Cohen,
Richard Estelita, and Russ Webb-Parish
Sermon: “Benefits of Hebrew Literacy”
Candles: Jealene Cohen and Rebecca Glover
Kiddush: Dale Cohen and Richard Estelita
Reader: Glenn Block
Oneg Sponsor: In Honor of the lives of Irene
and Peter Klikna
By: Gina and Charles Kokes
Saturday, May 2
Abbreviated Torah Study, led by Rabbi Block, at 9:30 a.m.
Shabbat Service for the B’nai Mitzvah of Jealene Cohen,
Dale Cohen, Richard Estelita, and Rebecca Glover,
with Rabbi Block officiating, at 10:30 a.m.
Music: David Bauman, Steve Bauman, Jana Cohen,
Richard Estelita, and Russ Webb-Parish
Friday, May 8
Mishkan T’filah Service led by
Spencer Nodelman and Rabbi Block
Music: David Bauman, Jana Cohen, Charlie Friedman,
and Russ Webb-Parish
Sermon: “Who May Lead God’s Holy Congregation?”
Candles & Kiddush: Melanie, Jeff, Spencer, and
Dylan Nodelman
Readers: Fran Braunfeld and Rochelle Nodelmam
Oneg Sponsor: In Honor of the Bar Mitzvah of
Spencer Nodelman by his Family and Friends
Saturday, May 9
Abbreviated Torah Study, led by Rabbi Block, at 9:30 a.m.
Shabbat Service for the Bar Mitzvah of Spencer Nodelman,
son of Melanie and Jeffrey Nodelman, with
Rabbi Block officiating, at 10:30 a.m.
Music: David Bauman, Jana Cohen, Charlie Friedman,
and Russ Webb-Parish
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Rabbi / Worship
FROM THE RABBI'S STUDY continued...
As the Arkansas legislative session drew to a close, I was pleased to join
the Episcopal Bishop of Arkansas, the Presbytery of Arkansas, leaders
of the Methodist Church, and others, speaking out against a so-called
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (HB 1228), that would have
enabled individuals, private business, and even large corporations
to discriminate under the guise of religious freedom. Thankfully,
Governor Hutchinson stepped into the breach, successfully insisting
that a more appropriate Religious Freedom Restoration Act be
adopted instead. Still, without anti-discrimination laws, the potential
remains that even the better law could be abused.
Most people aren’t aware that, in most U.S. states, including Arkansas,
a person can be fired, not hired, or refused promotion for no reason
other than being gay, lesbian, or transgendered.
On Passover, we celebrated our freedom. We proclaimed that nobody
is free until all are free. At this juncture in American life, our religious
values require that we advocate for non-discrimination, bringing
to LGBT Americans and others the freedom that we have come to
cherish as American Jews.
We may all be proud that Congregation B’nai Israel is part of that
sacred struggle.
Faithfully,
Rabbi Barry Block
Please join us for Shabbat Dinner and
a panel discussion on Friday, May 29
“Looking Forward to Our Temple’s Sesquicentennial
and How You Can Be Involved”
Panel members are Dick Williams, Marianne Tettlebaum, Jack
Grundfest, David Bauman, Rabbi Block, and Bobby Roberts.
This promises to be a wonderful discussion.
Suggested donation for dinner $12 with reservations, $15 without.
Call Liz in the Temple office to reserve.
Congratulations High School Graduates!
Daniela Berlinski
THE TEMPLE CHRONICLE
VOLUME 15 ISSUE 4
MAY 2015
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WORSHIP AT A GLANCE continued...
Friday, May 15
Mishkan T’filah Service, led by Rabbi Block
Music: Steve Bauman
Special Guest Sermon by Dr. Alan Morinis,
Dean and Founder, the Mussar Institute
Candles: Lucy Towbin
Kiddush: Rachel & Jonathan Dranoff
Reader: Bev Wittenberg
Oneg Sponsors:
In celebration of Iris Oliva’s 70th Birthday
By: Robert Oliva
In Honor of the Naming of Steven Dranoff
By: His grandparents, Fillis and John Stober
The Scholar-in-Residence weekend with Alan Morinis is made
possible by a generous grant from Rabbi Block’s Discretionary Fund.
Saturday, May 16
Torah Study, led by Rabbi Block, at 9:30 a.m.
Shabbat Services, led by Rabbi Block, at 11:00 a.m.
Friday, May 22
Union Prayer Book – Sinai Edition Service for Armed Forces
Shabbat, led by Rabbi Block and Men’s Club
Music: Jeffrey Neuhauser and Russ Webb-Parish
Sermon: Jerry Sherman will speak about his decision
to enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces in World War II.
Oneg Sponsor: In Honor of the Naming of Steven Dranoff
Saturday, May 23
Shabbat Services, led by Rabbi Block, 11:00 a.m.
Friday, May 29
Abbreviated Union Prayer Book – Sinai Edition Service, led by Rabbi
Block, followed by Shabbat Dinner and Panel Discussion: “Looking
Forward to Our Temple’s Sesquicentennial and How You Can Be
Involved.” See announcement on this page for more information.
Music: David Bauman and Charlie Friedman
Candles and Kiddush: Ann & Dick Williams
Oneg Sponsor: Sisterhood
Daughter of Silvana & Ariel Berlinski | 1 Melrose Cv., LR 72212
Lauren Grundfest
Daughter of Kathy & Jack Grundfest | 1 Broadview Dr., LR 72207
Aaron Hickling
Saturday, May 31
Shabbat Services, led by Rabbi Block, at 11:00 a.m.
Son of Lucy Towbin | 7305 Apache Rd., LR 72205
Son of Fred Hickling
Jonah Marion
Son of Meg & Michael Marion | 16 Waterbury Ct., LR 72223
Kyle Parham
Son of Carol & Greg Parham | 33 Shannon Dr., LR 72207
LINDA GORDON
Mother of Joel (and Lauren Bresnik) Gordon
President's Message
VOLUME 15 ISSUE 4
MAY 2015
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
THE WORLD OF YOUR DREAMS
MAY YOUR EYES SHINE WITH THE LIGHT OF TORAH AND MAY
THE WORLD YOU LIVE IN BE THE WORLD OF YOUR DREAMS.
- Debbie Friedman
Contrary to popular belief, Confirmation is alive and well at
Congregation B'nai Israel. This year's service will take place on Erev
Shavuot which happens to fall on Saturday night, May 23rd. I can tell
you that in the past, it has been a delight to spend an evening with
these young people, to listen to them read the Ten Commandments
from the Torah, and to hear them tell us something about themselves
and their relationship to their classmates and the Jewish community.
This got me thinking about how the role of Confirmation has changed
since I was in Confirmation class. In 1966, the year of my Confirmation
(yes, we had received the 10 Commandments by then), this service
was probably the third most attended service of the year (after Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur evening services). The sanctuary on
5th and Broadway was usually packed to overflowing on a Sunday
morning ( when else) with family, friends and fellow Congregants.
The Torah portion was usually read by one of the confirmands (since
there was usually only one who knew how). The reception afterwards
in the old Lasker Auditorium seemed bigger than most wedding
receptions (although everything looked bigger to me back then). And
talk about the presents (and thank-you notes).
So why have things changed so much? Based on a few references
and conversations with Rabbi, I learned that Confirmation in the
Jewish tradition first became popular among the Reform Jews of
Europe in the 19th century as an alternative to the Bar Mitzvah. The
reasons for this were several but included the lack of inclusion of
women at that time. Also it was felt that 13 was a bit too young to
be considered an adult and that more study was required beyond
just the full participation in the Shabbat service. Rather that a Jewish
adult needed to grasp the concept of being a covenant people, a
community of God. The service was chosen to coincide not only
with the traditional timing of the giving of the Law but also because
it occurs conveniently at the end of the academic year during a
festival which is largely lacking in other symbols and customs other
than blintzes and all night study sessions.
Of course the Bar and Bat Mitzvah service has been very much back
in favor in Reform Judaism for the past 40 years as witnessed by the
fact that most of our confirmands have been participants in our bar/
bat mitzvah program. Nevertheless, our current class of six are to be
commended for continuing their religious studies through eighth
grade (Holocaust and Israel), ninth grade (comparative religion) and
tenth grade (social justice and concepts of God).
For these reasons efforts have been made in recent years to return
Confirmation to its previous position of prominence on our
congregation's calendar with the involvement of the Temple Board
and Past Presidents. I'd like to strongly recommend that you attend
this year's Confirmation service to you and as a reward to these young
people and their years of study and to yourselves as well. If you think
they were good when they were 13, you should see them now.
In other boardroom news, coming soon to a meeting near you will
be the rollout of newly adopted Bar/Bat Mitzvah and Confirmation
policies. Nothing to be nervous about, just a restatement of policies
that are pretty much already in place. On May 15th, Mussar master Dr.
Alan Morinis will address the congregation from the Bimah on what
the Seasons of Mussar program that 25 of your fellow congregants have
been involved with these last 3 months could mean to you and your
approach to life. Our first adult B'nai Mitzvah class will be conducting
their service on Saturday morning, May 2nd followed a week later by
the bar mitzvah of Spencer Nodelman.
On Friday, May 29th we will have an abbreviated Shabbat service
followed by dinner and a panel discussion on the evolving plans for
the congregation's 150th anniversary celebration throughout calendar
year 2016. So if you would like to be involved in the planning and/or
participation in this auspicious event, please come on down on that
evening. And in some really exciting news, preparations are underway
for the formation of our congregation's first trip to Israel in a long
time, departing on September 11, 2016 for 10 days. I'd love to see a
full compliment of y'all making the trip with us as part of the 150th
anniversary celebration. Details to follow.
Please share our joy when we are called
to the Torah as B’nai Mitzvah
Jealene Cohen
Dale Cohen
Rebecca Glover
Richard Estelita
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Altar Flowers
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In memory of Marge Bogumil
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Friday, May 8, 2015
In Honor of the Bar Mitzvah of Spencer Nodelman
By: His Family
Friday, May 15, 2015
In Honor of the Naming of Steven Dranoff
Sisterhood
In memory of Henry Myar Franklin
By: His daughters, Joyce Franklin and Jane Goff
If you would like to sponsor the flowers and/or oneg for an upcoming
Shabbat, please call Laura Joseph or the Temple office.
Laura Joseph can be reached at 501-664-5442 or [email protected].
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Memorial Day Service
A Special Request from Brett Gastman
Sponsored by Jewish War Veterans Post #436
will be held on Friday, May 22nd at 10:00 a.m. at Oakland Cemetery
Do you have used sports equipment that you are no longer using, and
is collecting dust in your garage? I will gladly take it off your hands!
I am collecting items to be donated to the Boys and Girls Club for
my mitzvah project. I need helmets, hats, gloves, bats, baseball mitts,
knee pads, clothing, belts, etc., really anything sports related!
Rabbi Winnick will lead kaddish and flags will be available for
family members to place on graves of their loved one.
Let’s honor David Bauman,
our volunteer music director and board president, as he makes his
Off-Off Broadway debut in The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre’s
summer production of Fiddler on the Roof at UCA in Conway.
Although Fiddler will be performed 8 times between June 10
and June 27, we in the Temple community would like to fill the
auditorium for the Sunday, June 21, 7:30 PM performance, so make
your reservations early by contacting the AST box office at 1-866810-0012 or online at arkshakes.com. Seats on a bus are available
(at no cost) for those who would find the trip to Conway too
challenging; you can save a seat on the bus simply by contacting the
Temple office at 225-9700.
Don’t fiddle around! Insure that June 21st will be a wonderful
celebration of both old tradition and new traditions by reserving
your place in UCA’s Reynolds Performance Hall for Fiddler on the
Roof. Not only will we honor David on the occasion of his debut,
we will also see two other musical members of the congregation—
violinist Charlie Friedman as the Fiddler and Maddie Bogoslavsky
as Grandmother Tzeitel.
Archives Thursdays at the Temple
Volunteers Chris Barrier, Brian Rosenthal, Phillip Spivey, Gina
Kokes and Phil Axelroth have been working in the Temple archives
Sunday mornings during religious school this year. Much has been
accomplished. Thanks so much to all of them. After Religious School
is over for the year in late May, Archives Thursdays will begin, 9:00
- noon, each Thursday morning. If your schedule permits, stop in on
one or two Thursdays or spend the summer Thursdays helping out!
There are boxes full of history which need sorting, filing and labeling.
The collections vary from women's organizations to Rabbi's papers
to religious school, Temple Youth, Temple business, cemetery, and
the list goes on! Let the Temple office know you are coming so we
have a project ready for you.
Bring your donated items to Religious School and place them in the
box by the front door, which is marked with a neon green sign for
your convenience!
Thank you,
Brett Gastman
6th Grade Religious School Student
A Special Request from Daniel McGrath
Hello, my name is Daniel McGrath, 6th Grade Religious School
Student here at Temple B'nai Israel.
I am currently studying and preparing for my Bar Mitzvah. As part
of that process, my Mitzvah Project is to support the Tikva Odessa
Children's Home in the Ukraine. It is a Jewish Orphanage that houses
and educates at-risk children, along with children who were orphaned
due to war. They offer both regular and Jewish education. I plan to
help put one of the kids through Tikva's Bar/Bat Mitzvah program.
Aside from a financial contribution, during my hockey travels, with
the help of my team, I have been collecting unused/unopened hotel
toiletries. Every night you stay in a hotel, the housekeepers will
replenish the toiletries in your room. I ask that when you travel,
every day that you are in a hotel, please collect these items for me.
Maybe bring an extra baggie along with you to collect them in. There
is a collection box in the Temple foyer where you can deliver the
toiletries. When I am finished collecting, I will ship everything to the
Tikva organization to be delivered directly to the children.
Thank you for your help.
Daniel McGrath
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Announcements
For those New to Mussar Mussar Intensive with Dr. Alan Morinis
Wonder why there's so much buzz and excitement
about Mussar at Congregation B'nai Israel?
Come find out on Sunday morning, May 17, 9:15 a.m. to noon,
when Dr. Morinis will lead a Mussar Intensive workshop for new
students, those who did not participate in Seasons of Mussar I. There
is no charge for this introductory opportunity to engage with Jewish
ethical teachings that are more than 1100 years old and very much
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better human beings. Come learn what Mussar is all about and about
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Examine Varying Versions of the
10 Commandments at Late Night
Shavuot Study Session
Did you know that Jews, Catholics and Protestants all have different
listings of the 10 Commandments?
What would your list of “10” be if you read the 10 Commandments
Section of the Torah and tried to make your own list?
Did you know that the two recitations of the 10 Commandments in
the Torah, in Exodus and Deuteronomy, are not identical?
Join Rabbi Block to explore these and more questions about the
10 Commandments on Saturday night, May 23, 9:00 to 11:00 p.m.,
at Tikkun Layl Shavuot, the traditional late night study session for
Shavuot, when we celebrate God’s gift of Torah. We will nourish the
soul with study and the body with delicious dairy treats.
ATTENTION
Congregation B’nai Israel Members:
Your Temple Community Needs You!
Please join us for the
FIRST ANNUAL TEMPLE SIP AND SIGN
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Are you an organizer, a planner, a decorator, a leader, a cook,
a driver, a builder, a researcher, a worker bee? Wherever your
interest or talent lies, we have a place for you at Temple.
Enjoy appetizers and sip your favorite beverage while you
peruse the many opportunities to get involved. Everyone is
encouraged to attend and sign up for events and activities
planned during the 2015-2016 fiscal year.
SEE YOU THERE!
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MAY 2015
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Please join us as our son Spencer
is called to the Torah for his Bar Mitzvah
on May 9, 2015 at 10:30 A.M
Melanie and Jeff Nodelman
YAHRZEITS: MAY 2015
MAY 1
Edward S. Baer
Sarah Lefkowitz Brandt
Dennis Braunfeld
Sidney M. Brooks
Esther Dreyfus
Charles A. Ehrman
Eph Epstein
Barbara Whitebloom Goodman
Abe Herstein
Greg E. Kempner
Peter Klikna
Lucille Hiller Levine
Nathan Luber
Edward Narkinsky
Doris Heilbrun Pfeifer
Julia F. Schott
Walter Lewy Scott
Sam J. Storthz, Sr.
MAY 8
Julius Abrams
Marjorie L. Baer
Velma Block
Isabel F. Cohen
Meyer "Mike" Davis
Paul Diamant
Louis Frankenstein
Lou B. Hoffman
Rose B. Kory
Emily S. Lasker
Clara L. Lewis
Julius Louchheim
Manuel D. Pollock
Marti Shlenker
Irving J. Spitzberg
Josie Wasserman
A. Allen Weintraub
MAY 15
Forrest Abrams
Sam Backal
Sadee Alexander Bauman
Carrie Ottenheimer Berger
Bena Schwartz Biondo
Gilbert J. Blass
Philip Cohn
Jane Stern Dreeben
Rose Weil Dungan
Flora Caro Ehrenberg
Anna Smulian Froug
Isaac Kronberg
Joseph L. Loebner
Curtis E. (Gene) Loftin
Samuel Raymond Lyons
Agnes Lafont Meyers
Alan E. Pollock
Louis Rubel
Jony Schneider
Ray S. Scholem
Jennie S. Spitzberg
Lois Gottlieb Stern
Rebecca Levy Vogel
Henry Zwirn
MAY 22
Sabina Loewenberg Block
Wolf Hersch Brandt
Joyce S. Ehrenberg
Edward David Elias
Rosa Kaufman
Charlotte Kempner
Irvin Levy
Hulda Phillips
Samuel Ringelhaupt
Joyce Ritirato
Irene Pareira Sanders
Lynton Scharff
Joel Schlosberg
Percy L. Scholem
William Samuel Shanklin
Henry Spear
MAY 29
Dorathy Block
Linnie H. Bott
Charles Cone
Ray Fendler
Henry Myar Franklin
Charlotte Kempner Goodman
Melissa Estelle Gruner
Olive Stern Hart
Marvin Krochock
Kenneth Joseph Mirloff
Harriet Stern Smoler
Phyllis Alexander Storthz
Henriette Thalheimer
Richard Thurow
Hattie Kuehn Weisman
Announcements
VOLUME 15 ISSUE 4
MAY 2015
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Course information for Introduction to Jewish Languages
This summer for the first time the UA will offer a new course,
Introduction to Jewish Languages, JWST 3103. The course will
meet M-F, 11:00-12:30 , May 26 - June 26. Students will learn to
read the Hebrew alphabet and gain a basic knowledge of languages
written in that alphabet--Hebrew (ancient and modern), Aramaic,
and Yiddish. The goal of the course is for students to gain a
knowledge of these Jewish languages comparable to the knowledge
that an educated speaker of English has of such phrases as savoirfaire, hasta la vista, and quid pro quo in French, Spanish, and Latin.
The course will be taught by Jacob Adler, Associate Professor of
Philosophy. It is cross-listed as WLLC 398V-011 and WLLC 575V011. No prerequisites.
For more information please contact Dr. Adler at [email protected] or
479-200-1397 (text or phone).
A Studies Minor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has
recently received final approval from the Arkansas Department
of Higher Education. Students will be able to enroll in the minor
beginning in August, 2015, though courses that count towards the
minor are already being taught. This summer, Introduction to Jewish
Languages will be offered during the first Summer Session (May 26June 26).
Faculty teaching courses for the minor are drawn from departments
of World Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, History, English
and others. The Jewish Studies faculty are pleased to have the minor
approved as the culmination of years of preparatory work.
For more information, contact Dr. Jennifer Hoyer ([email protected]
or 479-575-2951) or Rabbi Dr. Jacob Adler([email protected]
or 479-200-1397).
Requirements: Students who minor in Jewish Studies will be
required to take JWST 2003 Introduction to Judaism, a 3-credit hour
interdisciplinary course that introduces students to central religious,
cultural, historical, and political questions and ideas in Judaism
and secular Jewish culture. Students must also take an additional
12 credit hours (4 courses) from among the courses listed below, or
other courses approved by the director of Jewish Studies on the basis
of their content and the student’s completion of an appropriate Jewish
Studies project for the class. Student Semester Credit Hours (SSCH)
for each class will count toward the instructor’s home department.
JWST 3103 Introduction to Jewish Languages
JWST 4013 Contemporary Jewish Thought
JWST 4003 Modern Jewish Thought
ENGL 3843 Topics in Modern American Literature and Culture:
Jewish-American Writing
MRST 3013 Special Topics in Medieval Studies: Representations of
Jews in Medieval English Literature
GERM 4013 Germany and the Holocaust
GERM 470V Special Topics: German-Jewish Writers
HIST 4143 European Intellectual History
HIST 3473 Modern Palestine/Israel
HIST 3043 Modern Middle East
HIST 4493 Religion in America
GREK 2003 Plato/Greek New Testament
GREK 4093 Biblical and Patristic Greek
HUMN 425V Colloquium: The Land of Israel in Jewish Thought
HUMN 425V Colloquium: Jewish-Christian Relations
HUMN 425V Colloquium: Intensive Biblical Hebrew
Other courses with significant Jewish Studies-related content or project
(for example Religious Studies courses, Middle East Studies courses, or
appropriate literature or cinema courses), subject to approval by the
chair of the Jewish Studies program, will also be considered.
MAZEL TOV
to Emma Figarsky, daughter of Joy and Ed Figarsky, who was
elected Social Action Vice-President of NFTY’s Southern Region for
2015-16.
to Sade Storthz, daughter of Dr. Suzanne Klimberg and Sam
Storthz, III, who created an egg for this year’s Eggshibition, an event
that auctions artistically designed eggs to benefit Youth Home.
to Daniel Block, son of Rabbi Barry and Dr. Toni Dollinger Block,
who won two individual figure skating gold medals at the Pigtail
Classic, hosted by the Ozark Figure Skating Club in Bentonville,
Arkansas.
to Anna Moses, M.Ed., who was awarded the UAMS College of
Medicine Staff Excellence Award this year in the area of education for
‘her outstanding educational accomplishments and leadership.'
to Janice Thurow, on the birth of her great-grandson, Jacob Ryan
Rollins, born to Paige and Joseph Rollins, in Springdale.
to Rickie and David Lockwood, as they celebrate the adoption of
their grandson, Benjamin Fox Vukmirovik, son of Rebecca and
Dushko Vukmirovik.
ATTENTION ALL
TEMPLE MEMBERS
In order to close the Temple's fiscal year on
Friday, May 29th, We need your help!
REMEMBER TO SUBMIT ANY PAYMENTS FOR DUES,
PLEDGES, RELIGIOUS SCHOOL TUITION, AND
OTHER INVOICES BILLED TO YOUR ACCOUNT.
ADDITIONALLY, ANY REQUESTS FOR EXPENSE
REIMBURSEMENT SHOULD ALSO BE SUBMITTED
TO THE TEMPLE OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
All items must be received in the Temple office no
later than Monday, May 11th for processing.
We appreciate your help with this matter.
Temple Funds
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Announcements
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THE RABBI'S
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THE BAUMAN MUSIC FUND
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Scholar-in-Residence
Dr. Alan Morinis,
Dean, The Mussar Institute
SAVE THE DATE!
Sunday, May 3rd
Flower arranging with About Vase
Sisterhood invites you to join them for a flower arranging
demonstration with instruction by Dale Wallace of About Vase.
The cost is $15 for Non-Sisterhood Members - but you can join
and become a Sisterhood Member that day (pay the $36 Sisterhood
Dues for 2015-2016)! There is no charge for Sisterhood Members.
Everyone will take their arrangements home with them. RSVP to
Marilyn Sorrells at [email protected] to reserve your materials.
Program planning meeting will be held Tuesday, May 12th @ 6:15
in the Library. Please join us with your ideas! Light snacks will be
provided.
Sisterhood will lead the Heschel Shabbat on June 5. Everyone is
encouraged to attend.
Please contact Muriel Lederman, [email protected], if you
are interested in assisting in the preparation of the fall Sisterhood
Shabbat.
Bonnie Jacobson, Manager of Sisterhood Judaica Shop,
“wholeheartedly thanks our 15 dedicated volunteers at our Jewish
Food Festival booth on April 26th. Your enthusiastic assistance
contributed to our success and the positive experience of our
customers at this year’s Festival. We’re so grateful for all your help
and hope it was a fun experience for you!”
Many thanks go to Sharon Hendrix for coordinating the Miriam’s
Seder and to Trudy Jacobson, Doris Krain, Debbie Bently and
Madelon Scallet for preparing snacks for the showing of Karski’s
Message at the Weekend Theater. As always, we appreciate all the
assistance we get from Liz and Rebekah in our Temple Office.
Shalom,
Marilyn Sorrells
Sunday, May 31, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Facilitated by Rebekah Scallet and
Fiddler on the Roof cast members
Carrying on “Tradition” in Fiddler on the Roof
The director and members of the cast of Arkansas Shakespeare
Theatre’s Fiddler on the Roof will discuss the process of putting together
their 2015 production. They will comment on the significance this
50-year-old iconic musical still has today, as well as the resonance it
carries for Jews and people of all faiths. They will also provide a sneak
peek of the production.
Congregation B’nai Israel is pleased to welcome Dr. Alan Morinis,
Dean of The Mussar Institute, as our Scholar-in-Residence, May 1517, 2015.
On Friday evening, May 15, during Shabbat evening worship at 6:15
pm, Morinis will preach on “With Heart in Mind: Judaism as a Path
for Personal Change and Growth.”
Alan Morinis is a Rhodes Scholar, anthropologist, filmmaker, writer,
and student of spiritual traditions. He is an active interpreter of the
teachings and practices of the Mussar tradition and regularly gives
lectures and workshops.
Mussar, a Jewish tradition which dates back eleven centuries,
encourages each individual to engage in tikkun middot, repair of
the traits of one’s soul, to achieve holiness and inner peace. Tikkun
middot positions the practitioner to participate more fully in tikkun
olam, repairing the world.
Alan has written books and produced feature films, television
dramas and documentaries and has taught at several universities.
Although he took a deep journey into Hindu and Buddhist thought
and practice, the nearly-lost Jewish spiritual discipline of Mussar
became his passion, a journey recorded in the book Climbing Jacob’s
Ladder. His guide to Mussar practice, entitled Everyday Holiness:
The Jewish Spiritual Path of Mussar, has become an exceptional
resource, illuminating how true spiritual transformation can take
place in our lives one day at a time. He lives in Vancouver, British
Columbia.
Scholar-in-Residence Shabbaton
Following Shabbat services on May 15, those who have participated
in Seasons of Mussar I, led by Rabbi Block beginning in February,
will be invited to attend a Shabbat of learning and sharing with
Alan Morinis. Morinis designed Seasons of Mussar I, as he does all
programs of The Mussar Institute.
The Shabbaton will begin with Shabbat dinner, and continue with
sessions that will run throughout the day on Saturday, including
Shabbat morning worship. After a late afternoon break, the group
will gather again for Havdalah and refreshments with Dr. Morinis.
Spouses and partners are invited to the evening gathering.
The cost of the Shabbaton will be $100 per participant. If the cost
would prohibit your participation, please speak with Rabbi Block
about a scholarship.
The Lifelong Learning program of Congregation B’nai
Israel is supported in part by a generous grant from the
Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation.
Religious School Corner
Happy Mother’s Day!
Third Annual Mother’s Day Brunch, May 10 at 10:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Headed by Martin Ferguson, the Religious School’s Dads and
Grandfathers have fun while honoring and celebrating the wives
and mothers in their lives. Prepping, cooking and serving the always
delicious brunch has proven to be a great time for all. Religious
School Moms and grandmothers are invited to schmooze and dine
together. Guys, please contact Martin to be on the team! RSVP to Liz
in the office.
Sunday, May 19 – The last day of Religious School
What an outstanding year we’ve had in
Religious School. The teachers brought
their creative ideas and enthusiasm for
Jewish learning to the classrooms every
Sunday. Yes, it’s true that the foundation of
our instruction is the ISJL curriculum to
which we subscribe, but our teachers are
responsible for enlivening the lessons and
giving the curriculum life. They accomplish
this goal by engaging their students in
interesting and fun experiences like the
6th grade garden project that has begun with one raised bed and
will encompass several more. Richard Estelita and his students built
the sustainable garden to experience the responsibility that humans
have been given to care for the earth and serve as God’s stewards.
Through the gardening experience we hope the students will feel a
greater connection to the natural world and bring new meaning to
the brachot that are said over the foods that we eat. Recently, upper
grades teachers, with guidance from Gina Kokes, incorporated
investigations into the families of this Temple through their research
of all of the ritual items given through the years. They connected to
individuals who have contributed time, talent and money as they
uncovered stories related to the contents of the Temple building
and the design. We appreciated the family stories shared by Martha
Alman in her discussion of the portable ark, and Gene P. Levy, the
architect, who designed the current Temple
building. We are also grateful to Beth Levi
who shared her family story related to her
gift of a Megillat Esther to the Temple. Third
graders learned the art of belly dancing in
time for Purim and Seventh graders are
learning about Jewish emigration based on
their and other students’ family stories. They
are learning Jewish history on a personal
level by connecting to their classmates and
their stories.
I am grateful to everyone whose efforts make our program strong
and one of which we can be most proud. Over the summer we will
again explore ways to build onto the ISJL curriculum with interesting
and new experiences. The upcoming 150 year anniversary of
Congregation B’nai Israel will be a major focus. The teachers and I
look forward to exploring the curricular possibilities.
Ellyn Polsky
VOLUME 15 ISSUE 4
MAY 2015
PAGE 10
Adult B'nai Mitzvah Chavurah
Once the adults organized to form a class to become Bar or Bat Mitzvah,
they soon decided to become a Chavurah, a circle of friends. They
decided that the group should be more than individual students who
study together. They wanted to use the Bar/Bat Mitzvah experience
to build their own strong community within which they could study,
celebrate holidays and simchas, and develop deep friendships.
The B'nai Mitzvah services will take place on May 1 and May 2.
Everyone is invited to this milestone celebration. The chavurah
decided that it will not disband when the celebration concludes. In
fact, the chavurah wants to grow stronger. Dale and Jealene Cohen,
Richard Estelita, and Rebecca Glover welcome the 2015-16 Adult
B'nai Mitzvah class to join them, offering themselves as mentors and
guides for the Bar/Bat Mitzvah journey ahead. Kol Hakavod to all! If
you have never become a Bar/Bat Mitzvah or did it a very long time
ago and want to give it another go, give Ellyn a call.
LaFTY NEWS
LaFTY had a busy April! We had a program about
Holocaust Remembrance Day, traveled to Jacobs Camp for
Spring Conclave, hosted Friday Night Services, initiated the
incoming 9th graders into LaFTY, and volunteered at the
Jewish Food Festival!
We also held elections for our 2015-2016 LaFTY board. We
are proud to announce the following positions:
President: Lexi Elenzweig
Programming Vice President: Lucy Goldman
Religious and Cultural Vice President: William Cohen
Social Action Vice President: Sydney Gastman
Membership Vice President: Jason Ronnel
Communications Vice President: Jared Mackey
And we are proud to announce that Emma Figarsky
was elected 2015-2016 NFTY Southern Regional Vice
President during Spring Conclave!
May Schedule
3rd: LaFTY Meeting 1:00-3:00 p.m.
17th: LaFTY Meeting 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Announcements
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MAY 2015
PAGE 11
The Origins of Temple B'nai Israel
This essay is intended to provide a brief historical context for the founding of Temple B'nai Israel in Little Rock in 1866.
The founders had much to be thankful for: First, the recent end of the four
year Civil War which had cost the lives of approximately 750,000 soldiers
(over two percent of the total population of America and several times higher
than the military death rate in all other wars) and an uncounted number of
civilians; Second, the safe return of those founders who had fought for the
Confederacy; and Third, the sparing of Little Rock from the devastation and
starvation suffered in many other parts of the South.
As Richmond, Atlanta, Charleston and Columbia still lay in ruins and
Vicksburg showed the effects of its siege, Little Rock bore no visible scars
because it had surrendered to Union forces three years earlier without a shot
having been fired inside the city. The nearest fighting was a skirmish at Bayou
Fourche several miles away. During the Union occupation, everyday life in
Little Rock continued as usual, and many businesses actually prospered even
though a few homes were looted.
And yet the founders had many reasons for deep concern. The assassination
of President Lincoln and the conflict over the terms of Reconstruction
between his successor Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans, who
took control of Congress in the 1866 midterm elections, rendered the future
of Arkansas and the rest of the former Confederacy uncertain. Furthermore,
the creation in the same year in Tennessee of an organization with the odd
name Ku Klux Klan foreshadowed the next century of violence.
In Arkansas, the Conservative party composed of exConfederates
temporarily regained power, but the recent adoption of the Thirteenth
Amendment abolishing slavery everywhere in America and the likelihood of
enactment by Congress of pending legislation imposing military occupation
on the South were sure to have an adverse impact on the plantation based
economy of Arkansas.
The founders were not newcomers to Little Rock. A visitor to the city who
walked down unpaved Main Street, which began at the river and stretched
only four blocks to the south, would have noticed the signs on many
storefronts bearing the names of Jewish owners, names such as Navra, Pfeifer,
Kempner, Ottenheimer, Bott, Rudolph, Pollock and Gans, the ancestors of
many current residents.
Jewish settlers began arriving in Little Rock around 1830 when its total
population numbered only about 450 persons. This was only eleven years
after its designation as the capital of Arkansas Territory and six years before
statehood.
The first Jews to arrive were the Mitchell brothers Hyman, Levi and Jacob
who emigrated from Galicia, then a German province, later part of Poland,
and now within the Ukraine. They became successful merchants selling
crockery. Jacob later purchased an interest in land now part of Hot Springs
National Park, a hotel close by and a stagecoach line running twice a week
between Little Rock and Hot Springs.
All of the Jewish settlers in Arkansas from the 1830s through the 1850s
were Ashkenazim from the German principalities. Some came down the
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers while others made the journey north from
New Orleans. They were seeking trading opportunities along the Southwest
Trail which began in St Louis, crossed the Arkansas River at Little Rock and
terminated in Texas.
During the period of three and a half decades between the arrival of the
Mitchell brothers and the founding of Temple B'nai Israel, the Jewish
population of Little Rock increased to several hundred with a corresponding
growth in its religious and social life. Comparatively, the Jewish population
of Cincinnati was 10,000 in 1859.
The first house of worship was established on Markham Street around 1845.
Jonas Levy, who sold fire and marine insurance, acted as the Rabbi and
performed marriages. He had arrived in Little Rock accompanied by his
mother and two brothers, one of whom died soon thereafter and became
the first Jew to be buried in Pulaski County.
Jonas Levy's other brother, Isaac, operated a successful dry goods business
before the Civil War, served as a Confederate soldier, and continued
his business after the war. He had achieved a reputation for honesty by
returning to the rightful owner a large sum in gold coins that had been
mistakenly hidden in a box of merchandise that he had purchased.
During the 1850s, the Navra brothers, Morris and Abe, moved from
Vicksburg to Little Rock. Morris opened a candy store, Abe a tea and fruit
shop. Another newcomer at that time was Frederick Kramer, who later
served as mayor.
The next decade began auspiciously with the inception of railroad and
telegraph service. In October of 1860, the Arkansas Jewish Burying Society
was organized with Morris Navra as President. It purchased several lots in
Mount Holly Cemetery, but about two weeks later the election of Abraham
Lincoln put America on the road to war.
During the Civil War, an "elite" Jewish social organization called the Little
Rock Club was formed. It later changed its name to the Concordia Club
and hosted former President Grant in 1880 with a ball in his honor.
Jews in Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Helena established Congregations in the
years right after the war. The Pine Bluff group bought a lot in May of 1866
and celebrated the laying of the cornerstone for the Temple with a parade
downtown in October of that year.
On September 2 of the same year, a group of men met in Little Rock to
form a "temporary Jewish organization for the purpose of worshipping
during the coming holy days." Some of its founders were among the 3,000
Jews who had served in the Confederate military: Morris Navra (elected as
the first President), Isaac Levy, Samuel Lyons, Phillip Pfeifer (wounded in
battle), Abraham Ottenheimer, Phillip Ottenheimer, Isaac Bott, Herman
Ehrenberg, Abraham Kempner, Simon Gans, Abraham Pollock, and
Louis Vollmer. They referred to their house of worship as "the Hebrew
Congregation of Little Rock."
In March of the next year, the Hebrew Congregation of Little Rock
was incorporated by Act 165 of the 1867 Arkansas Legislature as the
"Congregation of the Children of Israel." Four months later the Hebrew
equivalent "Congregation B'nai Israel" was adopted. Not until several years
later did the current name of Temple B'nai Israel come into use.
Ironically, the Pine Bluff Congregation was incorporated by the Legislature
five days before the incorporation of Temple B'nai Israel.
In conclusion, I would like to acknowledge that this essay is based
almost entirely on information contained in the comprehensive history
of Arkansas Jewry, "A Corner of the Tapestry," by the late Carolyn Gray
LeMaster and in the Centennial booklet published in 1966 by Temple B'nai
Israel, not on my own archival research. However, Jim Pfeifer did research
the Temple archives regarding the evolution of the name of the Temple and
kindly provided me with that information. Any error in the interpretation
of the information is mine alone. Marianne Tettlebaum read a prior draft
and made several helpful suggestions.
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J. Casciano A'74
Jerry Bryant
Devon Webb
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Larry Alman
Doug Moses
Jade Pfeifer
30
Larry Bentley A'02
Curt Foxx A'79
Mark Levin A'07
Jeff Lux A'06
23
A. Anderson A'01
Heather Gerson
16
Shelly Casciano
Lewis Krain
Lee Ronnel
Karah Bogoslavsky
Sadie Elson
Arleen Marshall
Michael Simon
Chester Storthz
Mollie Rosenthal
Wm. Eiseman A.62
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TUESDAY
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Ed Back A'91
Paul Yoder A'85
Elizabeth Aronson
Spencer Storthz
24
Suzanne Klimberg
Mark Schneider
17
Ed Back
Matt Johnson
Thomas Kaiser
Susanne Roberts
Leonardo Moya A'08
Dave Grundfest,III A'90
10
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Shep Lesser A'00
Richard Lewis A'74
Bonnie Jacobson
Jim Pfeifer
Mozell Zimmerman
Josh Bernstein
Emerson Reiss
25
Mattie Bogoslavsky
18
Tom Sharp
11
Byron Kantrow
Eugene Krupitsky
Josh McClintock
THURSDAY
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Amanda Ferguson
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David Townley A'99
Susan Axelroth
19
Mark Strauss A'93
Evelyn Harberg
12
Circy Gastman
Scott Korenblat
FRIDAY
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Harvey Miller A'54
27
Jay Fullerton A'92
Rabbi Barry Block
Elaine Luber
Marilyn Ronnel
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Sadie Townley
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Michael Schmitz
Judy Tenenbaum
Lilah Goldman
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Raida Snyderman
Grant Rosenthal
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Don Evans A'67
David Bauman
Sammy Lang
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Charley Anderson
Evalyn Berleant
Susan Clark
Jared Matson
Aaron Towbin-Hickling
15
Eugene Levy A'69
Marc Williams A'96
Ron Bara
Sallye Mann
Tim McGrath
Carol Storthz
14
Hackler/Strook A'03
8
Robert Vogel A'74
Brian Mulkey
Lou Samuel
Richard Lewis
Charles Alman A'80
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Melanie Berman
Sarah Johnson
Rebecca Lackie
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May 2015 - Congregation B`nai Israel

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