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June 2017/5777 Published Monthly Volume 33 No. 10

Congregation B’nai Shalomבני שלום Bulletin

Launch of The Chai ClubFor all who have been members of

Congregation B’nai Shalom for 18 years or more.Tuesday, July 18, 7– 9:30 pm

Cheese and wine social at the home of Rabbi Gurevitz. See details on page 11.

Join our local Muslim neighbors for

Iftar (nightly break-the-fast during Ramadan) June 3, 7:30 pm

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall 27 Main Street in Southborough

See details on page 11.

Membersh ip:Let’s get together th is summer!Our CBS social clubs are off and running. See page 9 for details on upcoming events and how to sign up. Our next group event:

Walk/Hike Group on June 24Come hike with us on Saturday, June 24 at 2 pm (rain date June 25 at 10 am) in Ashland State Park. The walk is a scenic 4 ½ –5 mile loop around the lake. Details are on page 9.

Congregation B’nai Shalomבני שלום

We are honored that these people are helping ensure the future of Congregation B’nai Shalom and the Jewish Community in Central Massachusetts through their commitment to leaving a legacy gift.

Allison & David OrensteinMike & Kim Manning

Adam & Joy SachsCarole Grayson

Gordon Manning & Karen RothmanRabbi Rachel Gurevitz

Steve & Lori Winerand 3 others who prefer to be Anonymous

LIFE & LEGACY is an innovative program that helps local Jewish organizations build resources through planned after-lifetime giving. You will be hearing more about this program in the weeks and months ahead. We hope you will join us in this legacy by becoming a member of the Congregation B’nai Shalom Legacy Family.

To learn more about the program contact Temple Administrator Steve Winer

at 508-366-7191 or [email protected].

A very special THANK YOU to the first members of our Congregation B’nai Shalom Legacy Family

Congregation B’nai Shalom

MAIN OFFICE508-366-7191 FAX: 855-780-2665http://www.cbnaishalom.orgUsually Mon–Fri 9am – 5pm, but please call first

Rabbi: Rachel GurevitzExt. 201 [email protected]

Rabbi–Educator: Joe EidusonExt. 204 [email protected]

Administrator: Steve WinerExt. 202 [email protected]

Youth Educator: Debbi MorinExt. 209 [email protected]

PALS Director: Amy ScottExt. 206 [email protected]

Cantorial Soloist: Sharon Brown GoldsteinExt. 203 [email protected]

Cantorial Soloist: Lisa Marcus JonesExt. 312 [email protected]

Family Educator Cheryl PouliotExt. 209 [email protected]

Secretary: Lori ZembruskiExt. 200 [email protected]

Bookkeepeer Marsha BealsExt. 208 [email protected]

Friday, June 26:45 pm Shabbat Rishon with Tefilah

Band

Saturday, June 3Nasso .. .. .. .. .. ..Numbers 4:21 - 7:898:00 am Torah and T’filah10:15 am Shabbat Morning Service –

Daphnie Kadish will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah

Friday, June 97:30 pm Simply Shabbat

Saturday, June 10Beha’alotcha .. .. .. .. Numbers 8:1 - 12:168:00 am Torah and T’filah10:15 am Shabbat Morning Service –

Mari Fellenbaum will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah

Friday, June 167:30 pm Torah Shabbat

Saturday, June 17Sh’lach. .. .. .. .. ..Numbers 13:1 - 15:418:00 am Torah and T’filah10:15 am Shabbat Morning Service

– Jacob Ethan Mahr will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah

Friday, June 237:30 pm Ritual Lab Shabbat Saturday, June 24Korach. .. .. .. .. . Numbers 16:1 - 18:328:00 am Torah and T’filah10:15 am Shabbat Morning Service –

Alex Kyle Goldberg will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah

Friday, June 307:30 pm Simply Shabbat

Worship Schedule Rabbis and Staff

President: Allison Orenstein [email protected]

Past President: Kathy Rosenblum [email protected]

VP Finance & Admin: Michael Manning [email protected]

VP Education: Steven Goldstein [email protected]

VP Cong. Affairs: Cheryl Kasof [email protected]

VP Membership: Karen Rothman [email protected]

Treasurer: Carole Grayson [email protected]

Secretary: Heidi Swanick [email protected]

Directors:Robin BaerShari BedarRob BlumbergMark ChapleauSimon DavisAlan EhrlichAndy FeldmanPhil LeavittPam PennaAllen RosenfeldAndy Shaw

Committee Chairs:Finance: Larry SambergInformation Technology: Steven GoldsteinMembership: Karen RothmanRitual: Gordon Manning (acting)

Youth Engagement and Lifelong Learning: Rachel Bernzweig and Michelle Weinstein (School and Youth), Marcia Hoffman (Early Childhood)

Social Action: Amy RosenbergSustaining our Vision Taskforce:

Gordon ManningCBS Cares • Yad b’Yad: Anita Backer

Affiliate Groups:Sisterhood: Nancy BoscoBrotherhood: Jim Wilner & Adam WinterWAFTY: Emma Swanick and

Sarah Swanick

Our Board and Committee Chairs

Torah and T’filah – Books of Prophets • Saturdays, 8-9:30 am, LibraryAll are welcome to our weekly Torah study discussion group. We are on a new cycle of study, reading the weekly haftarot that draw from the books of prophets. All texts are studied in English. This group takes the text as its starting point, but much of our conversation focuses on making connections to experiences and current affairs. We start with the opening blessings of a morning service to help foster an attitude of gratitude, and close with a prayer for healing and mourner’s kaddish.

June 2017

One of the things that makes Congregation B’nai Shalom a very special place to work

is the strength and quality of our professional team/lay leadership partnership. The collaborative, co-operative, and non-hierarchical culture we operate within at this congregation is, if not unique, quite rare and very special.

Congregations are more likely to be successful, thriving, positive and engaging places to be when the vision and priorities of the profes-sional staff are in alignment with the vision and priorities of lay leader-ship. It is what enables us, together, to create a culture for our commu-nity and a shared set of values.

So, at a big picture level, it feels as though we have truly hit our stride this year in the way that we are vision-ing and working together as we go forward in very important ways. In many ways, my work this year has been working alongside lay leaders to provide support and contributions, where appropriate, as we do our work together. Let me highlight a few areas where I’ve been most involved this year in some of that work.

Working with Anita Backer, we launched CBS Cares this year. Instead of a small band of volunteers who were responding time and time again to short-term needs of congre-gants recovering from illness or loss, we wanted to make our whole con-gregation into a caring community. CBS Cares does that by grouping our members geographically, and letting them know the scope of the need, and the street that the member lives on, only providing further details so that help can be provided once you respond to the CBS Cares email to tell us that you can help.

Our Social Action committee took great strides forward this year to find ways to make it easier for more people to contribute and shape our social action agenda. Our agenda around homelessness includes our desire to respond to the needs of ref-ugees, and we have a working group looking at how we can do that. We created family education mornings to bring social justice into the Reli-gious school. A new working group is looking to develop some interfaith partnerships that could lead to some joint programs in the coming year.

In Adult Education, we ran our first joint Intro to Judaism class with Beth Tikvah and Emanuel-Sinai. We successfully applied for a grant to launch Scientists in Synagogues and over a hundred people attended our keynote event with VP at Google, Dr. Jeremy Wertheimer.

Working with our VP Member-ship, Karen Rothman, with admin-istrative support from Steve Winer, we re-formed a diverse membership committee that made, as one of its primary goals, going beyond the activities that we had in place to wel-come and integrate new members. A couple of events earlier this year formed the beginning of some-thing that had a soft launch — CBS Social Clubs — as we look to ways of creating more social and cultural opportunities for connection among our members.

We also launched an Interfaith Family advisory group that met three times during the year to share experiences, do some learning together, and their ideas and input was the impetus for us hosting our first large scale, catered, Congrega-tional Seder, which one hundred and eleven people attended.

This past Janu-ary, a group of our members joined me, along with member of B’nai Torah of Sud-bury, for a Jewish Mission trip to Cuba. We are now planning a 2018 Israel trip, again in partnership with B’nai Torah. We hope to have a full itinerary and pricing ready by end of June and I’d love to hear from any others who are interested in learning more.

I’ve spoken a lot this year of the need to make lovingkindness core to how we live our lives as Jews. During the year I’ve had very posi-tive exchanges with several heads of school and school superintendents as they seek to respond to words or symbols of hate that have invaded their schools. In Westborough, the town has created a Diversity Com-mittee, meeting monthly, which has enabled me to meet leaders from the Muslim, Sikh, Christian, and Hindu communities, along with representa-tives from social services, the police and fire services, as we seek to build strong lines of communication and respond to each other’s needs.

Internally, we have been creating more and more paths for potential connection of our members, and externally we are building relation-ships and establishing ourselves as a venue and as a community that reaches out beyond our own bound-aries to work with others who are also seeking to respond to our world with lovingkindness. There is more work to be done, but we can look back on the past year knowing that, with lay leadership and a professional team working hand-in-hand, we are

From the Rabbi – Year in Review

…continued on page 7


Over the past several years, I have observed our educational and youth programs and watched the relationship steadily grow between formal

and informal education. I hold a strong belief that mid-dle and high school students need diverse tools and mul-tiple points of contact with our synagogue to develop strong Jewish identities and I believe that our program is moving in a direction that gives students options to con-nect to Judaism in ways they find engaging. I believe our continuing task is to create a culture where every aspect of our program reinforces our goals of retaining students beyond their Bar or Bat Mitzvah and developing a rich program of study, social interaction and Jewish culture.

With all this in mind, we will continue to focus our energy on increasing the quality, participation in and breadth of our programming, and the depth of our inter-personal relationships. We will be continuing to offer social opportunities for students in 2/3 WAFTY (grades 2 & 3), WAFTY Lite (grades 4 & 5), WAFTY 678, and Sr. WAFTY (grades 9–12).

Programming will be monthly for the younger WAFTY groups, while Sr. WAFTY will continue its present programming for all Jewish teens in grades 9–12, offering social, educational, Tikkun Olam (repairing the world), and cultural programs. For the first time in many years, we now have a WAFTY representative on the Regional NFTY-NE Board. Our newly elected student board, with input and guidance from our Youth Educator, Debbi Morin, will continue to create a series of exciting events.

Congratulations to the WAFTY Board 2017–2018.• Co-Presidents: Emma Swanick and Sarah Swanick• Co-Membership and Communications Vice

Presidents: Alex Sternberg and Tom Fromer• Co-Programming Vice Presidents: Ari Drotch and

Peter Raider• Religious and Cultural Vice President: Kaila Goldstein• Social Action Vice President: Lexi Girard• Corresponding Secretary: Grete Feldman• Recording Secretary: Jason Weinberg• Treasurer: Max Pfeiffer• NFTY Representative: Anna Edgren• Grade Representatives: Jared Penna, Hayden August,

Liza Armstrong, Kendal August and Sullivan Barthel

You will be hearing more about our youth groups as we get closer to the opening of our new school year on September 10, 2017. Wishing you a pleasant and produc-tive summer!

From Our Rabbi-Educator – Developing Strong Jewish Identities

Rabbi EducatorRabbi Joe Eiduson

[email protected]

Another Successful YearAnother great school year has come to an end. Thank you so much to all our wonderful teachers, madrichim, staff, lay leaders, parents, and, most of all, our students who helped make this year such a success!

YELL SurveysThank you to all those parents, students, and teachers who completed our YELL end-of-year surveys and pro-gram evaluation. We heard some helpful and insightful feedback and we are now in the process of fine-tuning our program to better meet the needs of our families. Watch for updates.

Calendar for Next YearThe calendar for the new school year (5778/2017–2018) is now posted on www.cbnaishalom.org. Click on “Learning” and you will see the link.

Summer Hebrew PracticeParents, please make sure your child spends some time practicing Hebrew prayer reading during the summer. Please go to our website at http://www.cbnaishalom.org/learning/bnei-mitzvah/ for online assistance.

Religious School News

June 2017

Religious School News

OrientationWe will offer three orientation sessions on Sunday mornings in the fall for all interested parents. At that time, we will introduce the curriculum for each division and provide a school overview. We look forward to see-ing you all. If you have individual concerns about your child, please make an appointment to meet with Rabbi Joe Eiduson in August.

End-of-year LettersEnd-of-year letters from all teachers will be sent home via e-mail in mid to late June. All parents please note that our written Hebrew program begins in second grade. Any new students entering school after second grade will need to do some Hebrew work over the summer.

If you have not yet arranged for Hebrew tutoring for your child, please call Rabbi Joe Eiduson immediately so he can provide you with the names of tutors.

School Enrollment is OnlineSchool Enrollment is online. Go to the site listed below today to enroll K–12 students in religious school. Remember — you must renew your membership to enroll students into any of our programs. Religious School: http://www.cbnaishalom.org/membership/membership-renewal/religious-school-enrollment-form/.New This Year: You must fill out a separate form for each child you are enrolling.

At Congregation B’nai Shalom Religious School we are always seeking new and innovative ways to bring Jewish educational programming to our students. Our education programs, retreats, shul-ins, and seminars allow us to integrate Jewish values into hands-on learning opportunities. We are providing you with the dates for these

experiences now so that you can mark your calendars for these important and exciting programs.

Religious School Open House — Sunday, September 10 — NOTE: 8:30 – 10:30 am only(Westborough 300 Celebration – Streets close at 11am)

Brotherhood Welcome Back BBQ — Sunday September 17 – 11:30 am

Opening Day of Chai School — Tuesday, September 266th Grade Gesher Student Retreat — Friday, October 27 – Saturday, October 28

9th Grade NYC Seminar — Friday, November 10 – Sunday, November 12WAFTY 678 Shul In (Overnight) — Saturday, November 18 – Sunday November 19

Post Confirmation Philly Seminar — Friday, January 26 – Sunday, January 2810th Grade Washington, D.C. L ’taken Seminar — Friday, February 9 – Monday, February 12

All Chai School (Grades 7 – 12) families will receive an email in June with Chai School course registration information.

From Our Family Educator

As I reflect on the school year, I fondly remem-ber experiences with amazing religious school families as part of Family Education events. I

had a blast with our Anaf students at our WAFTY Lite events and our Gezah students with 2/3 WAFTY events. Cooking with Chai school students was wonderful, albeit it quite messy at times! Doesn’t food taste better when it is messy? Mazel Tov to our graduating seniors and our confirmands. I look forward to welcoming new madrichim in the fall, as well as welcoming back so many returning madrichim, each of whom enhances the expe-riences of religious school children and skillfully aids our faculty.

I’d like to take the opportunity to thank our amazing B’nai Shalom teaching faculty and wish them a restful and rejuvenating summer. It has been such an honor to work with each of you and I look forward to the 2017–18 year together.

Have a great summer, everyone.Cheryl [email protected]


From Our Temple Administrator – Circle Game

So as we come to the end of fiscal 2017 here at Congregation B’nai Shalom, there are a couple

of songs that are stuck in my head.First of all is Joni Mitchell’s Circle

Game (which has been known to lead to the need for tissues in the Winer household, but that’s a story for another day). “The seasons, they go round and round….” The life of a synagogue and a congregation is always marked by seasonal change, but those seasons recur year after year: Membership renewal, B’nai Mitzvah season, the start of Reli-gious School, High Holy Days, Cha-nukah and the winter break, B’nai Mitzvah season, Purim to Passover to Shavuot, and we’re back at the beginning again.

By now you should have received

your renewal information. We’re always trying to make the process as simple and seamless as possible, and don’t hesitate to call me or our bookkeeper, Marsha Beals, if you have any questions.

The second song is Summertime (from Porgy and Bess, although I am partial to the Janis Joplin version). They tell us “the livin’ is easy”, but while there’s definitely a slower pace in general, this summer promises to be especially exciting and busy as we prepare for the launch of PALS, the Play and Learn School at CBS. I am just thrilled at the prospect of having this building alive with the happy sounds of preschoolers. While we’re busy doing all the prep work for the High Holy Days, the start of Religious School, and all the

other events on the annual circle of our congre-gation’s life, I do miss the won-derful cacoph-ony of Sunday mornings and Tuesday afternoons and the energy our students bring.

Also, I want to take the opportu-nity to welcome Rayna Meleedy to the temple staff. She’ll be the pleas-ant voice you’ll hear and the pleas-ant face that will greet you mornings in the office. Stop in and say hello when you have a minute.

Enjoy your summer!Steve [email protected]

From Our Youth Educator – Camp

June is here, school is almost over, and summer plans are beginning to take shape. For

those of you who send your children to an overnight Jewish camp, that means it is time to start buying the bug spray and suntan lotion, finding white shirts for Shabbat, and stuffing everything needed for camp into an extra-large duffel bag. And while you will no doubt miss your chil-dren, you know how happy they will be and how much they will grow during their summer away.

Please let me know which camps and on what dates your children are attending so I can send them letters during the summer.

If you do not yet send your chil-dren to an overnight Jewish camp, the summer is a great time to take tours of the various camps to see what each

has to offer. I would be happy to tell you about our URJ camps — Crane Lake, Eisner, and Six Points Sci-tech Academy. We also have students at Young Judea, Avodah, Bauercrest, Modin, Tel Noar, Tevya, Pembroke, etc., and I can arrange a conversation for you if you would like to learn about these camps.

Besides the traditional activities held at summer camps, there are now Jewish camps that specialize in science, drama, sports, and ecology. With so many choices, there is a camp out there that will be right for your children.

While the thought of sending your children away to camp can cause some apprehension, you should know that it has been contin-ually proven that spending summers at Jewish camp creates adults who

are committed to the Jewish community and engaged in Jewish practice. Stu-dents who attend overnight camps have a more successful freshman year in college since they have had practice being independent and experiencing new situations. I would be happy to talk to you about why this experience is so important.

I look forward to hearing from you.

With wishes for a wonderful summer,

Debbi [email protected]

June 2017

From Our President – Report on our Goals this Past Year

Happy new temple year all. Thank you to all of those who attended the Annual

Meeting. I want to share the suc-cesses of our last fiscal year with those who were not present.

This was a busy year for the clergy, the Board, and the lay leaders. As a board we set four primary goals this year — a focus on membership, fundraising, and financial planning; reorganization of our education committees; some behind-the-scenes “organizational work;” and then the addition of evaluating and making a recommendation on starting a preschool at Congregation B’nai Shalom. In the year-end check-boxes, we had a couple of exception-ally meets and two partials.

In terms of membership, huge kudos to Karen Rothman and her committee members. They have developed new ways to connect members to each other — through a very successful revised Kesher pro-gram to welcome in new members, programs for interfaith families, and events to bring members together around common interests. From hiking to making eggrolls, we’re get-ting out of the congregation’s walls and building bonds.

In terms of financial planning, we launched the Life and Legacy pro-gram, chaired by Mike Manning, to help CBS begin a conversation with congregants about legacy gifts to help ensure the long-term financial future of the congregation. We hosted a

successful Chocolate Ball gala and we managed a number of additional fundraisers throughout the year, including selling student-designed greeting cards and a Hanukkah book-fair. Next year, we’ll be expanding our efforts to understand our short-to-medium term financial planning opportunities and needs. If that’s your sweetspot and you have some time to offer, please let me know.

In terms of education, this year Lisa Chase brought under one umbrella the Early Childhood, School & Youth, Adult Ed and Library committees. YELL, which stands for Youth, Education, and Lifelong Learning serves to provide an opportunity to coordinate our programming and support a more cohesive set of education deliver-ables. Next year YELL will look to expand its focus on the adult educa-tion side of the spectrum of family and congregational life — please let us know if you can help.

Thank you to Heidi Swanick and Steve Winer who took on the “behind the scenes” work of updat-ing our policies and procedures manuals so that we have a more efficient and up-to-date set of docu-ments that govern items like build-ing rental policies and communica-tions practices. Next year, we tackle building our volunteer reserves.

And at the end of last summer, the board was faced with an opportunity and a big decision — whether CBS should open a Jewish preschool

following the closing of the Boroughs JCC. Steven Goldstein and his commit-tee evaluated the finances, logistics, and congregational receptiveness to launching a preschool. I am pleased that we are working on opening PALS at CBS — the Play and Learn School — with our found-ing director Amy Scott. If you want more information about the school, please visit the website at www.palsatcbs.org.

Many thanks to those stepping off the Board, those continuing, and those joining us next year. I appreci-ate time and expertise you provide. A special thanks to Eileen Samberg who is stepping off the board, but continues to put all of our words onto pages in the monthly Bulletin so that you can stay informed. (Now she has to read that, edit it and make sure it gets into print!) In the day of texts and emails, we know that the temple Bulletin continues to be a good vehicle to inform our congre-gation, so Eileen, I appreciate your support — and deadline reminders.

I am looking forward to kicking off the work with our new Board and am sure that next year we’ll have quite the list of accomplishments to share.

L’Shalom,Allison [email protected]

moving in the right direction. We are grateful to every one of you who sup-port the mission of this community, every one of you who gave of yourself

in some way to help us in the work, and all of you who serve as leaders of this congregation. I am also, as always, so grateful to have such a

dedicated and talented professional staff who partner together in the work that we do.

Rabbi Rachel [email protected]

From the Rabbi – (continued from page 3)


YELL – Youth Engagement & Lifelong LearningEarly Childhood ActivitiesThanks to everyone who attended the Early Childhood Passover Tot Shabbat. Thank you also to Rabbi Rachel and Beth Speigel for leading the event and the songs.

We hope you can join us for our last event of the school year on June 10. We will be meeting at Haskell School Playground in Westborough from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm. The kids can play on the playground while the adults schmooze. We hope to see you there.

If you have any questions or would like to become more involved in Early Childhood, please contact Mar-cia Hoffman at [email protected].

YELL Thank you to the many of you who responded to our survey last month. We heard from more than 60% of families with children in K–6 grade and your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Based on your input we will work to enhance com-munication with families about what your children are learning on Sundays and weekday Hebrew classes. We

will look to create an easy-to-find school page on the temple website with handy tools and resources like curriculum, a handbook, and recorded prayers. We’ll be working with the Board, temple staff, and parents to coordinate grade-level activities either just for parents or with families.

Next year, we will also focus on parent volunteer-ing for school initiatives in “manageable mitzvah” bites — short durations and at a time that works for you.

Lastly, stay tuned for opportunities to provide addi-tional feedback on our monthly family service — Shab-bat Rishon — and accompanying dinner.

Our first quarterly meeting of the 2017–2018 year will be in early September and we hope you’ll join us. This group will continue to evolve next year and all new members are welcome.

For any questions, please contact YELL co-chairs Rachel Bernzweig at [email protected] or Michelle Weinstein at [email protected].

Lisa [email protected].

Member Activities

B’nai Shalom Book Group Thursday, June 15 and Monday, July 24On June 15, please join us to discuss The Two-Family House, a novel by Lynda Cohen Loigman, an engross-ing, multigenerational mystery beginning in a Brooklyn brownstone in 1947, and continuing with the families’ move to Long Island several years later. During a blizzard, a mid-wife delivers two babies at home min-utes apart. The mothers are sisters by marriage. Raising their families side by side, the mothers share a bond forged before and during that night. As the years progress, their once-deep friendship begins to unravel. No one knows why, and it appears that no one can stop it.

Marsha Nourse will join us to help facilitate the discussion and will provide some history of Jewish immigrants in the same decades going from Ellis Island to New York’s Lower East Side to Brooklyn, and then to Long Island.

On July 24, we will discuss Saving Sophie by Ronald Balson, a fast-paced thriller covering the globe from Hebron to Hawaii. The narra-tive’s threads include kidnapping, embezzlement, murder, courtroom scenes, Israeli-American anti-terrorist techniques, and romances. Some of the characters continue from Balson’s earlier novel Once We Were Brothers.

The protagonist is Jack Sommers, a Jewish accountant and widower. His father-in-law, suspected Palestin-ian terrorist Dr. Arif-al-Zahani, fights Jack for custody of his daughter Sophie and eventually kidnaps her. He resides in an impenetrable com-pound in Hebron. Jack and an Israeli operative go there to ransom Sophie, but also to thwart a suspected deadly plot of large proportions.

Both meetings will be held at B’nai Shalom, 7 pm. All B’nai Shalom members are welcome. For more information, please contact Barbara Barry at [email protected].

Follow Rabbi Gurevitz’s blog “Raise it up” at http://shmakoleinu-hearourvoices.blogspot.com/Visit our Facebook page (you don’t need an account) at www.facebook.com/cbnaishalomOur CBS Early Childhood Facebook Group (you must ask to join) at https://www.facebook.com/groups/392004534295513/Our CBS Interfaith Family Group (you must ask to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/192799714446106/Watch our Shabbat and High Holy Days worship live stream www.cbnaishalom.org/live-stream-services/

www.cbnaishalom.org/live-stream-services

June 2017

Member Activities

Stay on top of what’s happening! Get involved!CBS Board of Directors meetings are open to all congregants, and are generally held on the fourth Wednesday of the month. If you’d like to get an advance copy of the agenda, send an email to [email protected] and we’ll add you to the list.

You can look at minutes from Board meetings, as well as the Bulletin, present and past, and the Member Directory by clicking Member Resources under the Membership tab on the home page, or by going to http://www.cbnaishalom.org/members-resources-protected/. There is a password needed, but you can call or email the office to get it.

Membership update: Let’s get together this Summer!Our CBS Social Clubs are off and running, but it’s never too late to get involved! We started with dinner at Margaritas in February and a crash course on making eggrolls followed by Chinese take-out in April at the Breeze’s home. Now it’s time to get outside and enjoy the long, warm days ahead.

Here’s what’s coming up this summer:

Walk/Hike June 24 or 25Come hike with us during the weekend of June 24–25 in Ashland State Park. There is no charge for admission or parking. The walk is a scenic 4 ½ – 5-mile loop around the lake. About half way around or at the end those who wish can stop for a BYO picnic meal or snack, and there is also a beach at the end (or beginning, depending on which way we walk) with some picnic tables. We are planning on 2 pm on June 24, but if the weather is just too hot or too wet, we will do a 10 am walk on Sunday. People of any age who can walk (or be carried) the distance are welcome. Please email me at [email protected] so I know you are coming and can let you know about any changes.

Boston Harbor ExcursionCome away with me: CBS does Boston Harbor. We are still in the planning stages for a Boston Harbor cruise. There are a wide variety of cruises available that tour historic sights and islands. Prices and times vary. Be on the lookout for details on the Weekly Connections.

BBQ hosted by the RabbisThe annual barbeque at Rabbis Rachel and Suri’s house is on August 6, 12–4 pm, rain date August 13. This is a great opportunity to reconnect with friends and meet new people while watching Grill Master Rachel presiding over those hotdogs and hamburgers while Pied Piper Suri enchants the children with games and songs. Watch for informa-tion in the Weekly Connections.

We’ll advertise all these events on the Weekly Connections , but the times and dates are determined by those who sign up to receive the emails of a particular social group. If you are part of the email group, you can plan events at times and settings that work best for you.

How do you get on the small group mailing lists? Go to www.cbnaishalom.org/lets-have-fun/ (it’s also on the membership tab), fill out the online form to indicate what you are interested in, and of course add any suggestions for other groups. You’ll only get email from the groups you check. Your email will only be shared with members of that group and only temple mem-bers can join.

You can also join a group by sending email to Karen Rothman at VP [email protected].

Hope to see you on the trail on June 24.

Karen RothmanVP Membership

Current groups:Climb a wallCome away with meLearn or teach me to…Let’s eat at your house or mineLet’s make reservationsParty BridgeSki with meWalk or hike with meWhat’s playing


Member Activities

Sisterhood ActionSisterhood had a wonderful year culminating with the Annual Kallah on May 13. Over thirty women gathered to listen, learn, and discuss with author and keynote speaker, Joan Ditzion, who spoke about aging gracefully, and phys-ical therapist Stacey Berger, who spoke on pelvic health. Thank you to the Kallah committee — Cheryl Kasof, Ruth Lubitz and Nancy Bosco — and everyone who helped make that day special.

We look forward to a new year

of interesting programming includ-ing our Open House in September and Member Appreciation Dinner in November. We will continue playing Mah Jongg every Tuesday at 11:00 am – 1:00 pm through the summer. New players are always wel-come. This year we hope to add new programming including community service, fundraising, education and social.

When you renew your temple membership, be sure to renew your Sisterhood membership also.

Be a part of a group of energetic, friendly, and welcoming women. We plan events to enhance the temple community as well as a number of activities just to have fun among ourselves. As we begin the new year, join us and find out what Sisterhood can offer you and what you have to offer Sisterhood.

Nancy (Leveillee) [email protected]

CBS CaresCBS Cares, formerly known as Yad b’Yad, is our congregation’s way of giving a helping hand to those in need. For example, we may help by providing a few meals, helping to shop for or set up a shiva, or perhaps by helping with a few rides to doctor appointments. Requests for your help will arrive by email and those requests will be sent to all congregants in your general geographic area. So far it has been working nicely. This month we would like to thank Joel and Bobbi Feinblatt for their help. If you are interested in becoming more involved in the work of CBS Cares, please send me an email.

Anita Backer, [email protected]

Northborough Meals – Next Meal June 7Thanks to all our wonderful vol-unteers, our dinner on Wednesday, May 10 was a great success. Our sev-enty-five guests thoroughly enjoyed the meal. The food, as always, was delicious and included a wide variety of dishes. The attendees continue to compliment us on our outstanding menu. Our guest soloist entertained us with beautiful selections.

We acknowledge and thank the following volunteers: Wendy Ascher; Anita and Mike Backer; Barbara Barry; Shari, Jack, Nathan, and Talia Bedar; Stacey Blumberg; Alyssa, Max, and Isabella Cleve-land and Rita Cohen; Judy and

Stu Deane; Parisa Freshman; Fran Habib and Steve Petlock; Sandra Harris; Scott and Cassie Kadish; Cheryl Kasof; Carolyn, Noah, and Bram Lieberman; Risa Lit-man; Chad McGowan and Anya Kipp-McGowan; Debbi Morin; Courtney, Marilyn, Mi, and Mad-ison Nicosia; Joelle Orloff; Judy Palken; Laurie and Dale Rains; Andrea Rosenthal and Scott Gore; Ben Schanzer; Mark Sebell; Lesley Shore; Phyllis and Tony Simas; Carol Weinstock; David Welton; Laura Wilner; and Sherry Zetlan.

Our next scheduled meal is on Wednesday, June 7. We will need main and side dishes, salads, and desserts, as well as help setting up, serving, and cleaning up. Please contact Bobbi and Joel Feinblatt at [email protected] if you wish to take part in this gratifying family mitzvah.

Thank you so much to everyone who participates in the program. We appreciate your generous support.

Bobbi and Joel [email protected]

June 2017

Member Activities

Brotherhood NewsBrotherhood would like to wish all of its members a happy and relaxing summer. We’ll be taking a break for the summer before active programming resumes again in Sep-tember. Our first major event will be the annual Congregational Barbe-que on the first day of Religious School.

In the meantime, we really want to hear your ideas and suggestions

for new programs, events, activi-ties, speakers, etc. that would be of interest to you. Just as important, we are looking for help from a few more men willing to step forward to help to make CBS Brotherhood an even more active and vibrant organiza-tion. Please reach out to any of the current officers below to share your ideas and/or to express your interest in being part of the Brotherhood

planning and leadership team.For more information and officer

emails, visit www.cbnaishalom.org/community/brotherhood. New mem-bers are always welcome.

Jim [email protected]

En–CHANT–ment CIRCLETuesday, June 27 • 7:30 pm

Hebrew chanting heals the mind, body, and soul. It lights the flame in words of prayer

through beautiful melodies. It creates energy while allowing for inner contemplation. No musical

background needed. Email Eva Friedner for more information: [email protected].

Spiritual Journey Group:The Practice of Kindness

Tuesday, June 13 • 7:30 – 9:30 pm

All are welcome to join us for this last monthly session before the summer break as we conclude a year’s reflection on the practice of Lovingkindness in our daily lives.

Launching The Chai ClubFor all who have been members of Congregation

B’nai Shalom for 18 years or more.Tuesday, July 18, 7 – 9:30 pm

Cheese and wine Social at the home of Rabbi Gurevitz

For all our members who have been part of the Congregation B’nai Shalom community for 18 or more years — thank you! We’d like to invite you to a social evening at Rabbi Gurevitz’ home. An opportunity to refresh old friendships, make new ones, and find new ways of connecting through

your temple community. Please note: Our temple database may not have accurate information on

all of our members, particularly those who joined prior to the database being installed. If you do

not receive a personal invitation to this event in early June and believe you have been a member

for 18 or more years, please let Steve Winer know at [email protected] so that we

can update our information and ensure that you receive your invitation!

Join our local Muslim neighbors forIftar (nightly break-the-fast

during Ramadan) June 3, 7:30 pm

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall 27 Main Street in Southborough

Rabbi Gurevitz will be one of the presenters at this evening to learn with and from our Muslim neighbors. The theme of the presentations will be “Unity between faith traditions.” Please let Rabbi Gurevitz know if you would like to join her at [email protected].

Lunch and Learn at The WillowsJune 15 • 12-1:30 pm

Rabbi Gurevitz presents her last session of the season on a topic of shared interest to

Jews and Christians. Please bring a bag lunch. Drinks will be served. All are welcome.


Mazal Tov to our GraduatesHigh School

Stephen AuslanderHopkinton HighThe Frost School of Music at the

University of Miami

Charlotte CoopermanAlgonquin RegionalYale University

Samuel DanbergAlgonquin RegionalPlymouth State University

Samuel Metzger MitchellNashoba RegionalUniversity of Pennsylvania

Avery ManousosAlgonquin RegionalGeorge Washington University

Noah MulgrewNorthbridge HighUniversity of New HampshireEngineering major

Andrew RosenfeldWestborough HighNortheastern University

Jacob ShoreAssabet Valley RegionalRITMechanical Engineering Technology

Madi SkralyWestborough HighUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstPsychology

Natalie SunrayAlgonquin RegionalUniversity of New HavenMarine Biology

Higher Education

Eve BuchhalterBA in Education in World History

and a minor in MathematicsLesley University

Rosie EidusonBachelor major in Biology, minor in

Medical AnthropologyBoston UniversityEntering Master in Public Health

program at Boston University

Jessica HallBA from the School of Music, Cum

LaudeUniversity of Massachusetts at LowellPlanning a career in singing/

songwriting/music

Ben LeavittMA from the American Band CollegeSam Houston State UniversityBen is a school teacher in Colorado

Lindsay ManningBS Electrical EngineeringUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Eve MorinBA in English and Elementary

Education, Summa Cum LaudeHofstra University Honors CollegeEve will look for a teaching job in

New York City

Daniel MortimerBS in Chemical EngineeringWPI

Kelsey StoneBS in NutritionDidactic Program in Dietetics

Verification Statement University of Massachusetts AmherstEntering the Medical University

of South Carolina’s Dietetic Internship Program in Clinical Medical Nutrition Therapy

Meaghan WinterUniversity of Vermont Business

SchoolMeaghan will be living in Boston and

has a job at WayFair

Member Activities

Todah rabbah to our oneg hosts since the last issue: Cheryl Kasof, Ruth Lubitz, Carolyn and Paul Mitchell, Heather and Adam Morgan, Anna and Andrew Munro, The Nealon Family, The Nassar Family, Becca and Eric Newmark, Amy Rosenberg and Greg Manousos, Jay Macklow, Marsha and Jon Nourse, Gayle and William Ober.

Todah rabbah to the Board mem-bers who ushered and the volunteers who captained the onegs in the same period.

As the first year of the Oneg Captain Program comes to an end, Nancy Bosco, Sisterhood President, and Ruth Lubitz, Oneg Coordinator, would like to say todah rabbah to all of the Sisterhood members who

have done such a fabulous job as Oneg Captains. Their hard work has seamlessly continued the tradition of community following Friday night services.

Please send announcements and news to Eileen Samberg at

[email protected].

June 2017

B’nai Mitzvah

Daphnie Kadish will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on June 3, 2017. Daphnie is the daughter of Scott and Stacey Kadish. She has a sister named Cassie, age 15. She also has a dog named Gilligan. Daphnie lives in Westborough and is in the seventh grade at Gibbons Middle School. Some of the things that Daphnie enjoys are sports, going to the beach, and playing the trombone in the band at school. Daphnie is on an all-girls base-ball team. She enjoyed doing volunteer work with the Northborough Meals program.

Mari Fellenbaum will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on June 10, 2017. Mari is the daughter of Amy Rosenberg and Ed Fellenbaum. She has a sister named Emma, age 16, and three step-sisters, Avery, age 18, Jordan, age 15 and Zoe, age 11. Mari lives in Southbor-ough and is in seventh grade at Trottier Middle School. Mari enjoys theater, singing, and dancing. She has per-formed in several plays and musicals. Mari plays in her school concert band and also in a select jazz band. She loves playing the saxophone and also the piano. Some of the volunteering that Mari has done includes Cradles to Crayons and the Hearth Organization.

Jacob Ethan Mahr will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on June 17, 2017. Jacob is the son of Melissa and Daniel Mahr. He has a sister named Abby, age 11. Jacob lives in Westborough and is in the 7th grade at Ban-croft School. Jacob enjoys many sports including tennis, soccer, basketball, and skiing.

Alex Kyle Goldberg will be called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah on June 24, 2017. Alex is the son of Sharon and Ted Goldberg, who are extremely proud of his accomplishments. Alex’s other family members include his younger brother, Justin, age ten, and his dog, Scout, whom he adores. Alex, a seventh grader at Gibbons Middle School in Westborough, loves sailing, skiing, and Harry Potter. He was a finalist in a Scholastic Essay Con-test on Harry Potter, as well as a finalist in the Gibbons National Geography Bee. His other interests consist of piano and geocaching. In his free time, Alex participates in Best Buddies, a program that connects students with disabilities to others. He also has been a part of other clubs, such as Video Club and Student Council. At Gib-bons Middle School, Alex is on high honor roll and has been selected as a Gibbons Ambassador for a program that welcomes new students to Westborough. In prepa-ration for his role as a Jewish adult, Alex participated in Northborough Meals at Trinity Church.

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June Birthdays


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1) Jewish Central Mass Goes to Jewish Heritage Night at Fenway in Boston on Tuesday, June 13, 7:10 pm. Bleacher seats $34.00/person. Purchase your tickets at www.jewishcentralmass.org/redsox for your custom Red Sox Jewish Heritage baseball cap by Tuesday, June 6. Please make your own transportation arrangements. Tickets will be emailed to you. We have a block of seats together, first come, first serve.

2) Jewish Federation of Central MA “Family Night” at the Bravehearts Sunday, June 18 at 4:05 pm (gates open at 3 pm) at Fitton Field, 1 College Square, Worcester. We will all be seated together to watch the Bravehearts as they pursue a league championship. After the game, families are invited to play a game of catch on our field. Make sure to bring your glove to the game with you. Cost $8.00/person. Buy your

tickets at www.jewishcentralmass.org/bravehearts by June 9. Tickets will be held at “Will Call” booth at stadium.

If you have questions on any of these events, contact Mindy Hall, JFCM Director of Outreach at [email protected].

Our Sponsors

Shir Joy Spring ConcertSongs of Joy and Praise

Congregation B’nai ShalomJune 11, 7 pm

Tickets: $15Please join us for an evening of fun and beautiful songs from around the globe in English, Hebrew, Yiddish and African languages! Under the direction of Nan Gibbons, Shir Joy is sponsored by Jewish Federation, Westborough Cultural Council, Worcester Council for the Arts and gener-ous sponsors like you. For more informa-tion contact us: [email protected] or www.shirjoychorus.com.

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Parashat Nasso800a Torah and T'filah1015a Shabbat MornService (Kadish)730p Iftar

500p NorthboroughCommunity Meals

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Parashat Beha'alotcha800a Torah and T'filah1015a Shabbat MornService (Fellenbaum)400p EC Shbt Meet Up

730p Spiritual JourneyGroup

1200n Lunch andLearn700p CBS Book Group

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730p Executive Cmte 730p Shabbat EveningService

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25 26 27 28 29 30730p En-CHANT-ment 730p Board Mtg 730p Shabbat Evening

Service

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Calendar


General Fund LynneandDavidAuslanderinmemoryofGeraldKersteinCarolynPhillipsinmemoryofSamandRuthFoxEileenandLarrySamberginmemoryofNorbertKaufmanEugeneandSueh-FangNgaiDavidandJeanGumpertinhonoroftheBarMitzvahofAviSeriLandscape Improvement Fund DanielandMelissaMahrinhonoroftheBarMitzvahofJacobEthanMahr

SharonGoldberginhonorofAlexGoldbergbeingcalledtotheTorahasaBarMitzvah

AmyRosenberginhonorofMariSarahFellenbaumbeingcalledtotheTorahasaBatMitzvah

Lisa Elaine Feingold Memorial Fund MarkandSusanGordeninmemoryofJEdwardKracoffMusic Fund AnonymousinhonorofthebirthofAidenManningStaceyandElliotBergertoKarenRothmanandGordonManningonthebirthoftheirgrandsonAiden

Prayer Book and Ritual Fund DanielandMelissaMahrinhonoroftheBarMitzvahofJacobEthanMahr

AmyRosenberginhonorofMariSarahFellenbaumbeingcalledtothetorahasaBatMitzvah

Rabbi Debra R Hachen Caring Fund PhillipLeavittinmemoryofJosephLeavittRabbi Educator Discretionary Fund LizBakerwishingmazeltovtoRabbiJoeforreceivingDoctorofDivinitydegree–25years–RabbinicalAlumni

MarkandSusanGordenthankingRabbiJoeforthewonderfulbabynamingserviceforAveryRoseMarchione

Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund LaurieShapiroinappreciationoftheRabbi’svisitstoMartinandJudyShapiro

BarbaraAdamsinmemoryofAnnaGoldsteinGlennandJeanKesslerinmemoryofEstherKesslerandSaraShack

BenjaminandTaraJosephthankingRabbiGurevitzforLevi’sbabynaming

LorraineandMortonBrondinmemoryofAnnetteFisherJoelandBobbiFeinblattinhonorofLenTillman’sspecialbirthday

MichaelandLoisWollininmemoryofSeymourWeberCBS Cares – Yad b’Yad Fund LaurieShapiroinappreciationofthecaringshowntoMartinandJudyShapirofromYadb’Yad

PhyllisandTonySimasMazelTovonthebirthdayofyourbeautifuldaughter,SydneyDaniellaSimas

AmyandPaulDrotchinmemoryofAmyDrotch’sgrandparentsHerbertandMarthaKirschner

Pleasesenddonationsto: Attn: DonationsCongregation B’nai ShalomPO Box 1019, Westborough, MA 01581-6019In order for an acknowledgement to be sent, the donation must

be at least $10, and must include the name of the fund, the name and address of the person(s) to whom the acknowledge-ment is to be sent, and your name and address.

You can also donate at www.cbnaishalom.org/donate/.

Abby Brown EducationUsed for special school projects and materials such as films and records, speakers and field trips.

Adult EducationUsed for Adult Education Programs and Leadership Training Programs.

ArtUsed to purchase and display artwork to beautify the synagogue.

Building Improvement Fund Used for special projects on the interior of the Congregation B’nai Shalom building including maintenance, repairs, security, and furniture.

Early ChildhoodUsed for Early Childhood programming.

GeneralUsed to support the congregation’s current budget.

High Holy DayUsed to arrange our High Holy Day Services.

Jennifer Lee Levine Youth Supports cultural and educational programs to benefit out preteen and teen members.

Joel I. SilversteinUsed to refurbish the temple kitchen.

Landscape ImprovementLibraryUsed to purchase books for children and adults for our circulating library.

Lisa Elaine Feingold MemorialUsed for the annual children’s Chanukah celebration and for media or cultural projects to benefit our Pre-K to Grade 1 students.

MusicUsed to augment the congregation’s musical programs.

Donations

B’nai Shalom Oneg Sponsors

Celebrate s’machot and remembrances with your temple family by sponsoring an oneg. Please contact Ruth Lubitz at [email protected].

June 2Stacey and Scott Kadish in honor of Daphnie

being called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah

June 9Amy Rosenberg and Ed Fellenbaum in honor of Mari

being called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah

June 16Melissa and Daniel Mahr in honor of Jacob being called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah

June 23Sharon and Theodore Goldberg in honor of Alex

being called to the Torah as a Bar Mitzvah

June 2017

Prayer Book and RitualUsed to purchase items needed in the sanctuary, religious observerance, and copies of our High Holiday prayerbook and our regular prayerbook, Mishkan T’filah. A donation of $36 for Mishkah T’filah is acknowledged with a bookplate on the inside cover of the prayerbook.

Rabbi Debra R. Hachen CaringUsed to offer emergency assistance to congregants in times of need.

Rabbi’s DiscretionaryUsed by the rabbi for Tzedakah (charity) and special projects.

Rabbi-Educator’s DiscretionaryUsed by the rabbi-educator for Tzedakah and special projects.

Social ActionUsed for social action and mitzvah programs, including “Mitzvah Day”, educational activities and speakers, and to assist worthy non-profit causes selected by the Social Action Committee.

Steve Meltzer Memorial Summer Camp ScholarshipUsed to help defray some of the costs of attending several Reform Movement’s summer camp programs.

CBS Cares • Yad b’YadUsed by the CBS Cares committee to prepare and deliver meals to congregants who are ill or caring for a family member; making friendly visits to congregants with various needs; sending cards etc.

YouthUsed to further the work of all of our youth groups, and provide subsidies for retreats, conclaves, and conferences.

June 2, 2017 9 Sivan, 5777LeonBlumBarbaraFinn*AnnetteFisherBettyGainesAdeleGamzon*JosephLeavitt

LenaRobinsonGertrudeSilverstein*JaneStoneSeymourWeber*JoeYessik*

June 9 16 SivanCaroleG.Burnham*GeorgeCherry*RobertCovin*SamuelDouglasSarahGoldbergCharlotteGordonRabbiDavidHachenHenryHammerRichardHeatonNaomiHirschfield*BenjaminKreindelJacobLabovitz*BernardLevineRoseLeviton

RonaldLieberDorisLitmanHenryOvrutEdythPhillips*GracePresserHEdwardRubinCharlotteSackrinLeonardSadowSaulSamberg*BurtonSiegalAndySilvermanSidneyVolinRobertWeinerRichardZimmerman*

June 16 23 SivanMiriamBloomRichardBlumberg*WilliamBresnickMoshebenDovidv’SarahMorrisFinemanAnnaGanzerBenGilfix

BeatriceGovendoLesleyKaufman*HannahLopatinMorrisOstroff*ZiporahRivkind

June 16 cont’dSylviaRodskySaraRogovinEthelRosenPearlSchneider

ThelmaSterlingMitchellSzymanskiHanaWehleBarnardWelton

June 23 30 SivanFrancesBarryElisabethCohnMyronCottonMorrisFeigin*DavidGould*SydneyGovendoSarabethHarris*BerthaIngermanLillianIsaacmanAliceTobKosto*

MelissaLebowIrvingLopatinGertrudePortnoy*RussellPowell*MorrisRosenFrancesRothman*BarryRuthfieldRosalieSachsMildredAtkinWeiss*CharlesYorks

June 30 7 TammuzDianneLuboffBesonHarveyBordenEvelynCohen*MaxCohen*ThelmaDiamondElizabethRuthDunnLouisEidusonLeonFinkeDanielFoxDorothyHodosBernieKingLorraineKrasnerAnneLemoff*

AlexMoskowitzBlancheMoskowitzRonaldPowellLawrencePrinceRalphRaphael*SadieRosenSolomonRosenMarianRossAlbertJosephSegel*JuliaSmithFriedaJ.Wyner*

Yahrzeits and Condolences

* Yahrzeit Plaque

The congregation extends its condolences to the following families on the deaths of their loved ones.

Lee Kaufman and family on the death of his father, Norbert KaufmanMartin Shapiro and his family on the death of his wife, Judith Shapiro

Barry Luftig and his family on the death of his life partner, Barbara FerrellDavid Volin and his family on the death of David’s mother, Arline Volin

Bill Bloom and his family on the death of Bill’s father, Hal Bloom

Zichronam Livracha, may their memories be a blessing.

זכרונם לברכה

Features

Walk/Hike Group on June 24 ....................................................... 1Launch of The Chai Club ............................................................... 1Iftar (nightly break-the-fast during Ramadan) .......................... 1YELL – Youth Engagement & Lifelong Learning ..................... 8B’nai Shalom Book Group ............................................................. 8Membership update: Let’s get together this Summer!............. 9Sisterhood Action .......................................................................... 10Northborough Meals – Next Meal June 7 ................................ 10CBS Cares ....................................................................................... 10Brotherhood News ........................................................................ 11Launching The Chai Club ............................................................ 11En–CHANT–ment CIRCLE ...................................................... 11Iftar (nightly break-the-fast during Ramadan) Details ........... 11Lunch and Learn at The Willows ............................................... 11Spiritual Journey Group ............................................................... 11Shir Joy Concert on June 11 ........................................................ 14Jewish Federation Family Events ................................................ 14

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Worship Schedule ............................................................................ 2From the Rabbi – Year in Review ................................................. 3From Our Rabbi-Educator ........................................................... 4Religious School News ................................................................4-5Religious School News ................................................................... 5From Our Family Educator .......................................................... 5From Our Temple Administrator – Circle Game ..................... 6From Our Youth Educator – Camp ............................................. 6From Our President – Report on our Goals this Past Year ..... 7Member Activities ..................................................................... 8-12B’nai Mitzvah .................................................................................. 13Community .................................................................................... 14Our Sponsors ............................................................................ 14-17Calendar .......................................................................................... 17Donations ........................................................................................ 18Yahrzeits and Condolences.......................................................... 19

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