B'nai Jeshurun Gears Up for 150th Anniversary

PURIM 2015

Adar 5775

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The o"ce sta# is pleased to announce we will be commemorating the

accepting communications via telegram, telegraph and carrier pigeon the

B’nai Jeshurun Gears Up for

150th Anniversary

number of initiatives are in the planning stages:

B’nai Jeshurun Kicks Off

Celebration of Its

149th Anniversary Year: A Prime Number

for a Primo Congregation

Related Items:All B’nai Mitzvah to be changed to 14 years of age

Bread and Torah, the guest lecturer,

a compelling case to change the age for calling young people up to the Torah. To honor the auspicious 149th anniversary of the

1+4+9 and got the total 14. He said this “divinely inspired” number

history. Please call the school o"ce

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Match the clergy member and submit to o!ce by Tisha B’Av to win a free membership and a key to the bride’s room

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b. Is closest to 149 cm in height

d. Has an IQ of 149 e. Has a bowling average of 149

In the event of a tie:, “In the 149

total sang in the High Holy Day

o"ce. There is a bottle of coyote urine (to deter cemetery rodents), ear

available for those who need them.

Anniversary will be an endowment campaign. Funding opportunities

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I want to share with you a moving letter I received from my

from the synagogue of his wife, Rabbi Pauline Bebe. He notes that all the liberal religious school directors and many rabbis

location had been moved. He describes police and riot teams moving

over whether to close Hebrew school, and the community gathering in

underway.

the murders of the French soldiers and Jewish children and teachers in

in which one of our very own members was murdered… and for whom I presided over her funeral. Everyone there felt to the depths of their Jewish

an act of resistance and resilience.”

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President’s MessageAt the beginning of the month, many of us will change our appearance as we dress in costume for the reading of the Megillah

will o"cially arrive as the seasons change and hopefully the weather will begin to improve. At the end of the month, our houses will change as we begin the search for hametz in anticipation of the upcoming Passover holiday.

training games as the sports seasons change and hope once

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change is our new and improved Tidings, and I hope you enjoy

and our congregants. First and foremost, Tidings is now in full color to enable better pictures, graphics and readability. For our advertisers, you will notice the ads are no longer relegated to the last few pages, but instead are interspersed throughout the newsletter. And, unsold advertising space is now used to

The change in vendor also means we are assuming full control of the sale of advertising, which means we can be much

advertise with us at a special rate that covers an entire year

as one month that could be used to advertise an event or

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raised through ad sales all goes to the synagogue to help

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From Our InternPurim: A Celebration Not of God, But of Jewish Faith and Courage

Purim may be the strangest holiday in the Jewish calendar, and not just because of the costumes.

But, despite its later origins, the rabbis elevated the

asserted that hearing the chanting of Megillat Esther, the Scroll of Esther, is a greater obligation than listening

Eicha Tisha B’Av, Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) on Passover,

and Ruth on Shavuot, Megillat Esther has blessings that are recited before and after reading it. Additionally, in

and children are also required to hear the Megillah, which is also not the case for the other scrolls. But perhaps strangest of all, the Purim story in Megillat Esther

So why, then, is Purim di#erent from all other holidays (or in preparation for Passover, why is this night di#erent

Megillah

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Megillah with its blessings and elevated status. As we approach

Hag Purim Sameach!

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Education & YouthAs we enter into the month of Adar, we are

from the plot of Haman to massacre all

The plot does not sound so di#erent from

is a scary time to be alive, to be raising children and to be

Purim, however, reminds us, as one of my children put

summary, yet it says volumes. Jews have always overcome and continued to thrive. Purim is a time to see that people, not just Jews, overcome obstacles, disclose and conceal

Everyone has obstacles they face daily, whether openly


B’nai Mitzvah

theater, music, art and animals. For

(RIAS), Federation programming in Israel for agriculture, community development and the elderly (Yad Lakashish),

it Forward”, a volunteer tree planting event to help

Project, he plays piano for residents of

Abby attends The Agnon School and

and granddaughter

Drop in for our popular “get ready for Shabbat”

Free and open to the community.

spring semester beginning in April. For children 15

and open to the community. Registration and

shalach manot

blessings and fun focusing on Passover. Dairy dinner,

these programs, please contact Risa Roth.


Tree of Life

March 2015 Milestone Birthdays

Dale BassIrving Bell

Alan RobbinsRhoda RosenblattBeverlee RosenbluthDavid RosenthalBarry RosenthalAnna RovnerJudy ShafronBijan SimhaiIleen Tepper

March 2015 Milestone Anniversaries

Maz al Tov to: on the birth of a grandson,

. Rhonda Wachs on the birth of a grandson,

Wyatt Wachs.

Nedra Rotsky on the birth of a grandson,

Rowena Rubingrandchildren, Tamar Chaya Appel and

.

and on the Drew

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on the birth of a grandson

on the birth of a granddaughter, .

on the marriage of their son, David, to Lauren Mills.

Alan Davis on his engagement to Angela

Palombo .

on the engagement of their son, Robert, to Rachel Franklyn.

Correction: February Tidings incorrectly listed Renee

Ferency

Wachs

In Memoriam

Father of Jill Zimon

to all the members of their families.

Turbow

Appel

Yasher Koach is the recipient of the John

highest honor.

Award.

and were chosen

daughter of ; Evan is the son of .

, and Weisberg were selected as youth leaders for

children of , Rabbi

Rubanenko, and , respectively.

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Tu B’Shevat SederForty of us gathered in the winter chill to celebrate the beginning of spring and the rising of the sap in Israel on the 15th of Shevat, Tu

wine representing the four seasons, a delicious platter of fruits connecting us to

responsibility as guardians of

the evening with song and prayer, we enjoyed a special

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Out as they gathered for wine, cheese and

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SisterhoodSisterhood women have been very busy these past two

our Bessie Hershey High School to hear and be inspired

grandchildren, sisters, and friends were delighted at our

fascinated, and delighted, please join us at one or more of our upcoming events. If you have an idea for an interesting program, please share it with us.

March 7 immediately following services

with Sylvia Abrams

Demystifying Te#llin for Women was sponsored by Sisterhood and taught by our

and

celebrate together through music, prayer and dancing, o#ering women the opportunity to infuse the Passover

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Just as importantly, please volunteer to help deliver the

to honor two very special people at a luncheon

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hope will add to your observance of Pesach (Passover), includes the rules and procedures relating to the special food requirements of Pesach observance. They

as an annual reference for you. Any items not covered, and about which you have a question, should be

preparations for Pesach will lead to a joyous holiday for you and your dear ones.

RabbinicalAssembly.org website:

Hard copies are also available at the synagogue, or you may call to have one mailed to you.

Sincerely,

Pesach Services 5775 Search for hametz (evening)

hametz hametz

Siyyum b’Chorim (Fast of the First Born)

9:15 am Festival Service

First days of Yom Tov end at 8:37 pm

Erev 7th Day of Pesach

7th Day of Pesach 9:00 am Festival Service

8th Day of Pesach

If you sold your hametz through the shul, you may eat it right away, as the sale reverts immediately.

SIYYUM B’CHORIMFirstborns, normally required to fast the day before Pesach, are relieved of this requirement by attending a Torah study session (Siyyum) on the morning before

Siyyum will be held on April 3, at the conclusion of the Shaharit service.

willing to open your home to guests, please contact Rabbi

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or more. Or submit your orders to the school o"ce (order forms available through the school or synagogue o"ce).


The transfer of the ownership of HAMETZ during the Pesach holiday will be accomplished by your signing and returning the form below.

Fund project.

(print name)

(street address) (city)

hametzto whomsoever he wishes provided that ownership of the same hametz is restored to its original owner one minute

carry out this sale in his stead. I also empower him to see the hametz located at the following locations under the same terms and conditions as set forth: (please list name and address)

(signed)

Please return by

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DonationsIn Honor of:

Speedy Recovery to Rosenthal

In Honor of:

In Honor of:Morning Minyan by

Malcolm Brahms

Recovery to Leonard Caminer

and Louis Fisher

and by

Tobin…Our Relatives

Arthur FriedmanFriedman…Lester Brodsky

Miriam PaineJudy Schermer.

In Honor of:

Aliyah

Birthday Aliyah Aliyah by

Torah

Aliyah

Our AliyahBeder…Our AliyahHarriet Siebert…Our Aliyah

AliyotMilestone

Birthday

by Regina

In Honor of:Our High Holy Day Aliyah by

In Honor of:

Murray Berkowitz by

Lester Brodsky

Melvyn Leeb and BermanJacobson.

In Honor of:

and by

Birth of

Birth of Rahm Finder

Speedy Recovery to Berkowitz by Ruth Dobres.

and Miriam Paine by

and Michelle Levin

David Dobres

Lorber and Lester Brodsky by Ruth Dobres.

Margaret Bohnen and David Bohnen

In Honor of:

by

Lester Brodsky by Arlene

Luria and Cantor Aaron

Birthday of

by Richard

and Pickell

Belle

Rehm and Frank Rehm by David

Rowena Sanders…Florence

by

Frederick Freedman and by Jacqueline Freedman…

and Ida

Davis…Ida Newmyer by Irv Berman

Issadore Teitelman and

Teitelman…

and Lillian Rubin by Eileen

Lottie Lomberg Marvin

Magar and Abraham Marcus

by

by Florence

and

Paul Lipman and

by Art Shedro#…

Leo

Weissman and Davis

and by Philip Urman…Alan

and Morris Limovitz by Harley

Bobbie Brown

by Lester

Brodsky

Marvin Friedman

Miriam PainePhyllis

Ross and

by Jonathan

Brahms. In Honor of:

by

Birthday of Malcolm Brahms

Irv Berman by Helen Berman…

by Edith David Dobres

and by

In Honor of: and

our Aliyah; Mara Cohen leading Saturday morning early service; Russell Cohen

David Dobres

by

David Dobres

Lester Brodsky

In Honor of:Speedy Recovery to Baron

In Honor of: by Benjamin

Berman…

In Honor of:

Shari Rood.

Berkman

and Norman

Douglass

by

In Honor of:

Todd B. Bashan

and by

Mary Wolf

by

In Honor of:Risa Roth

Michael Lewin’s father by

In Honor of: by

In Honor of:Andrew Margolis’ Onward

Margolis’ Birthright trip by

by Robyn

Margolis’ birthday by

and Mitchell

Alana Perlman and

Lester Brodsky

I. Adelstein by Ruth, Ron

In Honor of:

weddingBennett.

In Honor of: by

Raichilson, Anita Rosenbaum and Benjamin Rosenbaum

Mindy Levine

Aliyah by

by

Rabbi by Irv

Anniversary of Rabbi

Bertha Donsky by Toby

by

Morris Wakser by David

and by Frani

Shagrin…Nathan Wecksler and by

Ruth by Irving

David Weisman and by Fred

Dora Mandel

Leonard Fenton and MagarFenton…

and Julie Abrams…Margit

and by

In Honor of:

Murray

home; Birth of Botkin; Birth of Nathaniel

Shapiro.

by Rabbi

Roth… David

Norman Douglass and

Janet Shapiro.

In Honor of:

Murray Berkowitz;

Bernice Wakser

In Honor of:Our

by

by Avery

In Honor of: by

In Honor of:Aliyah

and

In Memory of David Dobres

Adler.

Shulamith Erenberg, Barry Feldman, Betty Fishman,

Please note: Donations may be made by mailing or bringing in a note to the synagogue o"ce detailing the name of the

For Sisterhood Enrichment Fund, please mail your donations

The bima $owers were sponsored

The bima $owers were sponsored

of her milestone birthday.

The bima $owers were sponsored by the Boro and Zelwin Families in

appreciation of the congregation and in honor of her birthday.


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literally might not have gotten this issue out the door. I

change very much for the better.

Hag Purim Sameach!B’shalom,

From the President continued from page 5

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to be present and available when someone wishes to let us

challenge is to open our eyes and see the beauty around

courage and strength to do those things.

The world is volatile; we need to combat the evil and we

who cannot) against those who try to change and destroy

overcome (the Jews fought against Haman); and of course eat (celebrate). Purim allows us a chance to see the good in people even when surrounded by hate and violence.

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and their followers become the “youth from the suburbs.” Intellects tried to pin the blame on others. In their eyes racism can only come from the far right. Another game is to blame the victim. They are somehow responsible because they support Israel, or they are rich or they are

intimidation is real and its reach is widespread… that Islamist jihadist terrorists pose a serious threat to values our democracies cherish and hold dear: liberty, equality and fraternity.”

not going to solve the problem, only perhaps compound

freely and safely everywhere where we might live.”

Beineinu continued from page 4

cover their security costs and their bridge building to additional support to the synagogue. For further

lunchtime relief to answer phones and assist visitors.

Please contact

March 2015SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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Tuesdays at 10:30 am

Thursdays at 12:10 pm

Fridays at 10:15 am

9:30 am

delivery to

9:45 am

Sisterhood

Daylight Savings

Time (Spring

Forward)

Drive

Retreat

10:00 am

Sisterhood Board

8:30 am

9:00 am

7:30 pm

Board of Trustees

Sisterhood

Fast of Esther

9:45 am Someone

11:00 am

delivery to

7:00 pm

9:45 am

Someone

9:45 am

Someone

9:45 am

Someone

Purim

7:00 am

5:30 pm

Shushan Purim

7:00 pm

Service; Birthday

Shabbat; Zamir

Retreat

5:30 pm

Shabbat Dinner

Service

7:00 pm

Atid Dinner

First Day

of Spring

5:45 pm

Anniversary

Shabbat

Service

9:00 am

Service

9:45 am

Sisterhood

Retreat

9:00 am Service

10:30 am

Shabbat Shelanu

10:30 am

Rosh

9:00 am Service

9:00 am

Service; Adam

4:30 pm


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