Maccabee Award Gala and Casino Night

Beitenu Welcome to “Our House”

Volume 101 March 2012

Adar/Nisan 5772

Mishloach Manot

Purim Temple Beth Shalom presents our 2nd annual mishloach manot gift box sale. For just $5 per recipient you can send gift boxes to your friends and staff. To order, go to templebethshalom.happypurim.com and enter the code that you received via email from temple. Pick up your box March 7 through March 11 at the temple. Contact the temple office if you have a special delivery request and we will try to accommodate you.

Maccabee Award Gala

Saturday, March 17, from 7pm to 11pm Tickets: $50 per person in advance—$60 at the door

Cocktail attire

Our 2012 Gala will honor Laurie and Lou Berman, the recipients of this year’s Maccabee Award for Leadership in the Jewish Community. Justin Berk, weatherman at WMAR, will emcee the event, which will feature food from The Main Ingredient, an open bar with a variety of martini selections, music by DJ Sean, live and silent auctions, casino games of chance, and even a tournament or two. The Gala raffle features great prizes (iPad 2, Kindle). Sponsorships, including tickets and special recognition in the Gala program, are available. Contact Jessica Opert at [email protected]/410-798-6490 or Lisa Peri at [email protected]/310-968-1468. This is a great event for the entire congregation and all your friends, too. Please plan to attend this fun opportunity to honor the Berman’s community leadership and ensure our temple’s financial stability.

and Casino Night

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Rabbi’s Column by Rabbi Ari Goldstein

Rabbi Ari Goldstein 410-757-0552 or [email protected]

Traveling to Israel as a member of the Rabbinic Cabinet of Israel Bonds was a

unique experience for me. To begin, with one exception, the entire itinerary was new for me.

We visited the Mediterranean Sea desalinization plant in Ashkelon, which is producing the entire water supply for the southern part of Israel and contributing to nearly 30% of the supply for the north.

We visited the company responsible for creating the electric infrastructure necessary to enable purely electric cars. Believe it or not, at this very moment in Israel there are already 200 electric cars on the road and that number will jump to 3000 by the summer when the final details are com-pleted.

We visited a school in the ancient, and at the same time modern, town of Modiin. You might remember that Modiin was the hometown of Juda Mac-

cabee. However, Modiin has not grown exponentially since his time. Few people lived in the modern city of Modiin until twenty years ago when it became a planned city between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Today its population is 80,000 and it is growing by 10% every year. What is remarkable about the school we visited is that it is the only school in the country in which both secular and religious students are mixed together and the educational priorities of both of these two demo-graphics are embraced.

You see, within Jerusalem and other established communi-ties with a significant religious community, tensions are rapidly growing with the secu-lar Israelis. It is becom-ing harder and harder to co-exist. Buses are seg-

regated. Stones are thrown at cars that are driven on Shabbat. Restaurants are pick-eted if they do not have the necessary kosher certification. This is why the school is so significant. It is fighting iner-tia and building bridges between the vari-

ous types of Jews instead of burning bridges.

This leads me to the second unique aspect of my trip. As I mentioned in last month’s newsletter column, I am a vice president of the Rabbinic Cabinet of Is-rael Bonds. My colleagues on the cabinet are Conservative and Orthodox rabbis. In truth I am one of only a few Reform rab-bis.

And though I have never been shy to speak my mind about the ideological dif-ferences I have with my traditional col-leagues, as I traveled with my fellow rab-bis our conversations were based upon our similarities and not our differences. At our core, we shared primary values. We all care deeply about the future of the Jewish community and we are all pas-sionate about the strength of Israel, our ancestral homeland.

Purim Schedule Mishloach Manot—fun temple project Help prepare the boxes on Sunday, March 4, starting at 9:30am. Boxes may be picked up at the temple all day from March 7 through 11. If you have a special delivery request contact the office and we will try to accommodate your delivery.

Megilla reading Wednesday, March 7, at 7pm with our Religious School students. Everyone is invited.

Purim Carnival Sunday, March 11, at 10:30am Carnival games, bounce house, and of course carnival food. Discount tickets will be available during Religious School the week prior.

“Believe it or not, at this very moment in Israel there are already 200 electric cars on the road and that number will jump to 3000 by the summer when the

final details are completed.”

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President’s Column Gail Goldstein 410-757-8740

or [email protected]

IN MEMORIAM

Temple Beth Shalom notes with sadness the deaths of:

Marvin Mindell Uncle of Robin Buchanan

December 27, 2011 1 Tevet 5772

Anita Walzer Mother of Clifford Walzer

January 28, 2012 4 Shevat 5772

Richard Golub Father of Mark Golub

January 30, 2012 8 Shevat 5772

Harry Rosenzweig Father of Janis Davisson

February 4, 2012 11 Shevat 5772

Marie Ifrah Grandmother of Ilanit Evers


Mel Weinman Great Uncle of Greg Weinman


Juda Maccabee, the hero of the story of Han-nuka, fought for a meaningful and strong Jewish community, not

just for himself alone, but for future generations as well. Though two mil-lennia have passed since he defeated Antiochus and rededicated the tem-ple, he remains an inspiration for Jews in our community who are pas-sionate about securing the future of Judaism in our area by strengthening the foundations of our synagogue.

The Temple Beth Shalom Macca-bee award is periodically presented to an individual (or individuals) who has played an instrumental part in building our congregation both through energy and resources. The award is symbolic of the strength and inspiration found in the story of the Maccabees and reflects the respect and gratitude of this congregation.

The last recipient of the Temple Beth Shalom Maccabee Award was Howie Weizmann in 1999. Thirteen years later, we are delighted to honor Lou and Laurie Berman as recipients of this award. The award will be pre-sented at the Annual Gala on March 17th.

The Bermans have been part of Temple Beth Shalom for a decade and they have been key in planning and building of both the school build-ing and the new sanctuary. Further, they have both served on the Board of Trustees and Executive Commit-tee.

Through the many relationships that they have fostered, based on the years of connection to the Annapolis community, Lou and Laurie have introduced many families to our con-gregation, especially at times when we needed it most.

The following young people will be called to the Torah as b’nai mitzvah

in the coming weeks.

Alex Duffy Son of Ellen and Paul Duffy

March 3, 2012 9 Adar 5772

Griffin Marks Son of Howard and Kari Marks

March 10, 2012 16 Adar 5772

Jessica Reiner Daughter of Cindy and Gary Reiner

March 24, 2012 1 Nisan 5772

B’nai Mitzvah

Pick up your new directory

at temple!

Mazal Tov to Lou and Laurie Berman and may

Temple Beth Shalom continue to grow and thrive.

Toda Raba to Julie Parks for coordinating the

Mixology event and to Amy Applestein and

Stacy Schwartz for donating the liquor.


Adult Education Sundays, March 4 and 18 Rabbi Ari Goldstein In the Image of our Ancestors: The Joseph Story at 10am

Sunday, March 11 Civil Rights in the Annapolis area. Panel discussion sponsored in conjunction with the In Each Other’s Shoes exhibit. 3:30pm to 5pm at the Asbury United Methodist Church (see page 5)

Sunday, March 25 Student Cantor Andrea Markowicz The Sacred Journey of WOW (Women of the Wall) Especially pertinent right now.

Adult Education

Ongoing Classes

Last Haskalah Speaker of our Series Learn from Temple Beth Shalom members about their career and passion. Enjoy a wine and cheese reception starting at 7pm and stay after for questions and more socializing. Tuesday, March 13, at 7:30pm Mitchell Baker Quantum Mechanics and You PhD in mathematical physics and a researcher and math professor at the U.S. Naval Academy. His research centers on mathematics closely associated with quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. He is currently working on dynamic systems which model cardiac arrhythmias. Enjoy this opportunity to gain an understand-ing of quantum mechanics. No previous knowledge needed.

Rabbi Ari J. Goldstein

Explore the Book of Samuel Mondays, from 9:30am to 10:45am in the library

through Monday, May 21

It’s March and there’s lots to learn and lots of fun!

We need volunteers to help put the mishloach manot boxes together on Sunday, March 4, at 9:30am. The Megillat Esther will be read on Wednesday, March 7, at 7pm and the Purim Carnival, sponsored by our BSTY youth group will be Sunday, March 11, at 10:30am. Okay, these activities are mostly for kids, but also for the young at heart. The Men’s Club will be on hand to help with the food. Everyone is welcome! There will be costumes and games and lots of carnival food. You need to come pick up your mishloach manot box that day anyway.

You just have to read this issue of the newsletter to see all the adult education (page 4), fundraising (page 1), and social events going on around the synagogue in March. Don’t be reluctant to come by yourself, even to the gala. You will find quite a few of your friends here and you’ll get to know more. Temple membership is not required to enjoy any of our edu-cational or social events. Contact Karen Brachman at [email protected] or 410-757-0552 or Shelley [email protected].

Single 50+ Group Looking for something to do?


The mitzvah of social action, really making an effort to connect with and improve our local and global commu-nity, is truly rewarding in so many ways. You do not need to be on this committee to take advantage of the programs and the opportunity to help the organizations with which we are partners. We hope you attended Tem-ple Beth Shalom's Social Justice Shabbat service on January 27, honor-ing Martin Luther King. Paul Herman and Lorraine Comb from the Annapo-lis Symphony Orchestra serenaded us with poignant melodies on their violin and viola; nashira, our adult choir, sang a selection of beautiful songs; and the Social Action Committee members participated in the service by sharing special readings and pre-paring an oneg Shabbat to match. In continuation of this social justice and civil rights theme, Temple Beth Shalom has been working with other area synagogues and the Annapolis Banneker-Douglass Museum to offer

additional opportunities to tie our greater communities together as we did with the tour, discussion, and re-ception at the Banneker-Douglass Museum with artist Loring Cornish. His exhibit "In Each Other's Shoes" is a thought-provoking exhibit linking the civil rights struggles of African Americans and Jews. We encourage you and your family to see this ex-hibit on display through March 31. We invite you to take advantage of another incredible gathering on Sun-day, March 11, from 3:30pm to 5pm. A moderated panel discussion will examine the relationship between the African American and Jewish communities in Maryland during the Civil Rights era and will discuss the struggle for equality through the eyes of local African Americans and local Jews. This free event will be held at the Asbury United Methodist Church in downtown Annapolis. The discus-sions will be videotaped to archive this important historic account. If you

or someone you know has relevant stories or memories, please contact either Barbara Pion or Karen Gold-man at 410-703-2153 or [email protected] to add that ac-count to the local Jewish perspective. Another upcoming social action high-light for the year is our temple's an-nual Mitzvah Day on Sunday, April 15. We will offer many opportunities for all ages and abilities to participate in a variety of mitzvot here at the tem-ple. If you have an idea for a project to include on that day, please let us know. We can try to make it a reality. It is amazing and powerful to see that just one person, one act of kindness, can make all the difference in the world. You have that ability!

Social Action Barbara Pion 410-266-0021 or [email protected] Jill Simon 410-224-8203 or [email protected]

Continue the Conversation In Each Other’s Shoes: The Jewish and African American Fight for Civil Rights

Sunday, March 11 3:30pm to 5pm Asbury United Methodist Church 87 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21401 Free. Registration required. Refreshments will be served. Dietary laws observed.

To register or get more information, call 410.216.6181 or email [email protected].

Join in a panel discussion examining the relationship between the African American and Jewish commu-nities in Maryland during the Civil Rights era. The struggle for equality through the eyes of both com-munities will be the focus. Panelists will share their experiences and knowledge while highlighting themes depicted in the exhibition “In Each Others Shoes” currently on display at the Banneker-Douglass Museum.

Co-sponsors: Asbury United Methodist Church, Baltimore Jewish Council, Black/Jewish Forum of Baltimore, Congregation Kneseth Israel, Congregation Kol Shalom, First Baptist Church of Annapolis, and Temple Beth Shalom.


BSTY Kelsey Weinman 410-451-3035 or [email protected] OR

Hannah Polster [email protected]

Men’s Club Ted Herman 301-262-0028 or 301-275-4518

[email protected]

WARNING: This Men’s Club Article May Create a Health Problem Please don’t even worry. Studies have shown that it will only affect that small percentage of the population that is still reading! Well, let’s start with the current political scene. I really compare the Republican Party to a Baskin Robbins flavor of the week. Let’s see. This week’s flavor is Rick Santorum. Next week, we are looking for Ron Paul to make a huge showing in Guam. However, it is now time for the real article to start. It will be incumbent on you to have access to your computer and a good search engine, like Google or Jew or Not Jew. Our focus is the outstanding achievements of our Jew-ish people in the field of music, with a couple of left turns into other areas of accomplishment. I quote from A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, Ameri-can Songs, written by David Lehman.

It is so unbelievable to read through all our peoples’ accomplishments. American music would never have been so dynamic without these people. Here is just a sampling of their hits to conserve space: Irving Berlin: White Christmas George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Rodgers and Hammerstein: Oklahoma Jerome Kern: Ol’ Man River E.Y. (Yip) Harburg: Over the Rain-bow and Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd Harold Prince: produced Fiddler on the Roof Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront and West Side Story Benny Goodman: Sing, Sing, Sing And moving forward in time, we have: Bob Dylan: Blowin in the Wind Gene Simmons: lead singer in Kiss Carly Simon: He’s So Vain Simon and Garfunkel: Mrs. Robinson

Neil Diamond: Cherry Cherry Paula Abdul: American Idol Bette Midler Randy Newman Billy Joel Carole King Arlo Guthrie The Beastie Boys Sammy Davis Jr. (converted over to us) Eddie Vedder: lead singer of Pearl Jam And of course, Newt Gingrich. Sorry, my mistake, he is merely a Flavor of the Week. But, oh, how proud a feeling it is to have such a fine Jewish heritage! Our people have endured through all kinds of challenges and we are the better for it.

High school kids participating in our Youth Group Shul-In


Sisterhood Eve Secunda

410-721-1225 or [email protected]

Ah, spring, that means Purim and Passover are close. We all know the importance of Esther in the story of Purim, but what about the women in the story of the exodus out of Egypt?

Sisterhood is having a Women’s Seder on Sunday, March 25th. Why a women’s seder? To read the biblical story of the Exodus, Passover is, among other things, a celebration of women’s heroism. But in the tradi-tional haggadah, women are missing. If it were simply the need for feminist critique that motivated the emergence and persistence of women’s seders, dayeinu: that would be enough.

But there is more. Each year since 1976, the ”Seder Sisters” have met for their own Women’s Passover observance, which started in Haifa. As my sisters before me, Temple Beth Shalom has had many beautiful women’s seders. We would love to have you and your grandmothers, mothers, daughters and granddaugh-ters join us again this year. I cannot write in words what is different about the women’s seder. You need to at-tend to see the connection, read the special haggadah, and feel the con-nection. I hope you will join us.

Judaica Shop The shop is filled with Purim games, stickers, groggers, cookie cutters, masks, silly glasses, hats, and more. Need a wind-up hamentaschen? 10% off groggers.

We have a new shipment of Pass-over accessories and gifts. The first seder night is Friday, April 6th.

Whether it is an orange holder or a beautiful new seder plate, make sure you have everything you need for the holiday. Faye has a variety of hag-gadahs, but reminds you to call her if you need more for all those out-of-town relatives.

Regular gift shop hours are 9:30am to 11:30am on Sunday morn-ings and 6:30pm to 8:30pm on Wednesday nights.

Book Club Tuesday, March 27, at 7pm in the temple library State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

April Program Choices Help us decide, vote for your choice. We will go with the majority vote. The first program is the Whipping Man, which is playing in both

Theater J in DC, April 18 to May 20, and Center Stage of Baltimore, April 4 to May 13. 1865 Richmond, VA: This is the story of two newly–freed slaves and the son of their former master, a Jewish Confederate soldier after the end of the Civil War. At the celebration of a most unconventional Passover seder, they uncover a snarl of secrets and examine what it really means to be free. The second choice is Ted Merwin, The Jewish Deli, on Sunday, April 29, from 2pm to 4pm.

Sisterhood Brunch & Meeting May 6 at 9:30am in the social hall. At the meeting we will vote on a new slate of officers and make plans for our future.

Ongoing Fundraiser Store and restaurant gift cards for all occasions, give Jessica Opert a call.

Mahjongg Please contact Laurie if you'd like to be on our mahjongg email list. We welcome player at all levels. And we love to teach beginners. Save Sunday June 3 for our next Mahjongg Tour-nament.

Working Together to Strengthen Our Temple and Perpetuate Judaism

Sisterhood members enjoying dinner at Cafe Mezzanotte, prior to seeing Taming of the Shrew.

Women’s Seder Women’s Seder Women’s Seder March 25March 25March 25ththth at 6pmat 6pmat 6pm

We look forward to spending this traditional evening with women from our matriarchs to our granddaughters. See the flyer for details. Deadline for reservations: Monday, March 19

$20 for Sisterhood members $25 for non-members*

*Join Sisterhood now and save Sisterhood membership $36

Can you help set up or clean up?


Ma Nishma… Director of Education

Ellyn Kaufman 410-757-0552 or [email protected]

Recently, in one of Rabbi Goldstein’s sermons, he referred to a series of Jewish connections: how each gen-eration interprets the Torah and the commandments we were given. The

students in our 3rd grade class have been studying about the 10 commandments. Here is the dialogue that the 3rd graders had about interpreting the individual commandments during the February 10 Shabbat service. Leah & Gabby: 1st commandment is I am the Lord your God who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.

Paul: 1st commandment means the Lord is important; do not forget Him/Her.

Anna & Henry: 2nd commandment is You shall have no other gods but me.

Ava: 2nd commandment means you shall not pray down to false idols.

Alexis: 3rd commandment is You shall not misuse the name of your Lord.

Nava: 3rd commandment means don’t use God’s name in vain.

Jonah & Lindsey: 4th commandment is You shall remember and keep the Sabbath day holy.

Jake & Max: 4th commandment means take time to relax and enjoy your family and friends.

Mori: 5th commandment is Honor thy father and thy mother. Stevie: 5th commandment means be grateful and listen to your Mom and Dad.

Parker & Zoe: 6th commandment is Thou shalt not kill. Alex: 6th commandment means you should not kill or hurt people.

Jacob & Madeline: 7th commandment is Thou shalt not com-mit adultery. Noah: 7th commandment means do not date people if you are married.

Eli & Olivia: 8th commandment is Thou shall not steal. Michaela: 8th commandment means do not take something that’s not yours.

Carina: 9th commandment is Thou shalt not bear false wit-ness. Brenna: 9th commandment means you should not lie.

Rebecca: 10th commandment is Thou shall not covet. Abby: 10th commandment means you should not be jealous of what other people have.

And if God were to come to us today and ask our opinion about an additional commandment that would help us today, we would say the 11th commandment should be: You shall respect all of God’s creatures. Thank you to our 3rd grade stu-dents and to their teachers Howard Marks and Mindy Elfersy! This past month, we also studied quite a bit about the holiday Tu BiShvat, what some refer to as Jewish Arbor Day or the birthday of the trees. Our students shared with us why trees are so important that they are worthy of their own holiday. Students in grade 1 tell us these reasons:

They give us oxygen which helps us breathe… Alivia

We build houses made from the wood that trees give us…Evan

Trees provide homes for animals…Ben

Paper comes from trees…Rebekah

We get fruit to eat from trees…Miranda

The roots of the trees soak up water so we don’t have floods…Sarina

We can make furniture from trees…Lainey

Maple syrup comes from the sap in trees…Matthew

They give us shade…Karli

Decorations for lawns…Sam

We can rest on the stumps…Tori

We can make a sukkah from a tree…Hannah

Newspapers come from the paper that trees give us…Alex From February 24 until March 23, we are in the Hebrew month of Adar when we are to rejoice because that is when Purim occurs. We will be celebrating with our annual Purim carnival on March 11, so make your hamantaschen, shake your groggers, and send your friends mishloach manot. Happy Purim to you and your family.


Adrienne Roth 410-757-0552 or [email protected]

March 9, 2012 Tot Shabbat 6pm, Congregational Dinner 6:30pm, Shabbat Family Service 7:30pm

Future Tot Shabbat dates: April 20 and May 11

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PTO Parent & Child Luau Pictures courtesy of Bridgette Michaels (bridgettemichaels.com) and Blue Eyed Girl Photography (blueeyedgirlphotography.com)

Our littlest ones celebrate birthdays!

A Tu BiShvat tasting, yummy!


GESHER L’ATID—GATEWAY TO THE FUTURE GIFT CERTIFICATE

Temple Beth Shalom 1461 Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. Arnold, MD 21012 410-757-0552

Gift Certificate This certificate entitles

Membership expires June 30, 2012

Authorized by

a new family to FREE membership at Temple Beth Shalom from January 1 through June 30, 2012 (only for families unaffiliated with TBS) Please return this certificate to the temple office for redemption New Family Name: __________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________ Telephone Number: _________________________________________ Email Address: ______________________________________________ Temple Beth Shalom member offering coupon: ___________________

* This coupon entitles the bearer to insurmountable fun, enrichment, and enjoyment beyond belief between the months of January and June 2012.

Gesher L’atid – Gateway to the Future An Exciting New Membership Opportunity

Temple Beth Shalom continues to have an amazing year of growth not only in membership numbers but also in the size of our religious school and our early childhood program and the number of adult education programs. In order to continue growing and introduce many of the Jewish families in the Anne Arundel County area who are not affiliated with a syna-gogue, we are very excited to announce that the “Gesher L’atid – Gateway to the Future” program is being reintroduced. This very successful program was first introduced in 2008. Through this program we are asking each and every member to perform a mitzvah by reaching out to the unaffiliated and personally inviting a friend, family member, neighbor, or co-worker to join our temple community. Please fill out the attached coupon that entitles a new unaffiliated family free mem-bership at Temple Beth Shalom now through June 2012. Invite this family to come to Shabbat services, adult education programs, or any of the other events mentioned through our calendar to help introduce them to our Jewish community. This is a win-win program for your Gesher L’atid family and Temple Beth Shalom. If you have any questions about this program please call or e-mail me at 410.268.8087 or [email protected].

June 2012 Birthright Israel NEXT DC Alumni Leadership Mission (June 18-25, 2012) A unique opportunity for Birthright Israel alumni to travel to Israel once again, but focus this time on leadership development and training. Participants will spend a week in Israel and have the opportunity to learn and experi-ence how young people are re-shaping Israel’s business and technological climate, make global connections, and experience firsthand how The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington supports communities abroad. Learn more at www.shalomdc.org/alumnimission . FREE 10-day Taglit-Birthright Israel: DC Community Trip this SUMMER! Are you a Jewish young professional or graduate student, ages 22 to 26, living in the Greater Washington area who has never been to Israel on an organized trip before? This trip is for you! With trip provider Shorashim, you will travel for 10 days this summer with Israelis who will share the beauty, excitement, and complexities of their country with you. Experience the history and challenges of modern Israel while building a community of fellow Washingtonians. Returning applicants are able to apply on February 14th at noon and new applicants on Febru-ary 15th at 10am. For more information, please visit www.israelwithisraelis.com and select the “DC Community Trip”. The trip fills up fast, so get on the bus and join us on an amazing 10-day adventure! Please contact Sarah Arenstein at [email protected] or (301) 230-7277 with questions.

Tear off or cut here.


Administrator Karen Brachman 410-757-0552 or [email protected]

Welcome a Stranger The next time you see someone at Temple Beth Shalom you don't know, introduce yourself. It could be the start of a beautiful friendship.

Do you have students in college? Would they like to receive a package from Temple Beth Shalom? Please email their names and college mailing addresses to Heidi Handelsman at [email protected] as soon as possible. She plans to send the packages for either Purim or Passover, depending on the timeliness of your responses. Contact the temple office for more details.

It’s March and to us that means Pu-rim. We won’t have trouble celebrat-ing Purim here at Temple Beth Sha-lom. The mitzvah of this holiday is listening to a story, giving sweets and food to friends, giving tzedakah for the needy and eating special foods, all while being happy and having fun. The story we must hear is about a king, a very wicked man, and a Jewish queen with a pushy relative. It is a well known saga of the Jewish people being saved from danger and destruc-tion by the courage and initiative of the Jewish community. To celebrate this victory, we wear disguises and hiss and boo the bad man. We eat deli-cious cookies in funny shapes and share the fun with friends at carnivals. Sounds like business as usual at our temple! Just so you won’t think that we only have fun in March, I want to tell you about one week last month. In only 7 days during a normally quiet month with no b’nai mitzvah scheduled and

no visits from our student cantor, there were a wedding and a funeral, there were exciting adult education classes, the 7th graders made 100 lunches for the Light House Shelter, the Sister-hood played mahjongg, both choirs practiced, and at least two committees met to plan activities. We hosted the NFTY MAR Northern region for a shabbaton and 40 teenagers came for Shabbat dinner, services, and all night activities. The next day the preschool luau saw 30 child/parent couples en-joying dinner and dancing and an or-ganization rented the space for more than 60 participants. Did you notice that I didn’t even mention the usual synagogue activities like religious school or the preschool or the office hubbub or even services on Friday night? Seven days and the building never rested! Temple Beth Shalom is so much more than a place to come for Shabbat. Our congregation is growing and changing, but the community we are building has a place for each of you. We not only encourage, but we re-quest, that you participate in some of the activities and then that you give us feedback and ideas. You let us know

what you want to study and where you want to go. We need each of you to be a part of our growth and community. Help us build the temple you want to attend. Speaking of growth and members and community, an up-to-date member-ship directory will be ready very soon. Doreen has worked diligently to make sure that the information is accurate and current. We have listed the neighborhoods per your request and added email addresses. If you spot something that needs changing, please let us know and we can make the change for the next directory.

So it’s Adar, chag Purim! Let’s be happy. I hope to see you around the building.


News from Aleph Bet by Nan Jarashow

Nan Jarashow 410-263-9044 or [email protected]

March & April Oneg Shabbat Sponsors We count on you and thank you for this social reception! Please confirm your participation in this mitzvah by contacting Doreen Noel at 410-757-0552 or [email protected].

March 2 Lorrie & Michael Dameron April 6 Passover seder

Joseph & Beth Devlin April 13 Roger & Cindy Feldman

Ellen & Paul Duffy Steven & Rebecca Forman

March 9 Parents of grade 2 Adam & Marcie Fort

March 16 David & Sarah Durkin April 20 Religious School committee

Paul & Linda Gottlieb and room parents

Ken & Alexis Evans April 27 Laura & Ed McDaniel

March 23 Jerri & Andrew Falk John & Madelaine Galarza

Richard & Carole Falk David & Erica Garren

Eric & Jessica Farrar

February was a month for travel for our children. On a chilly Wednes-day, kinder-gartners and first graders

marveled at the diversity of the under-water life in the Baltimore Aquarium. Meanwhile, fifth graders spent a few hours at the Jewish Museum of Mary-land, learning about Jewish immigra-tion to Baltimore. A week later, the second and third graders brought their Native American unit to a close with a visit to the Smithsonian National Mu-seum of the American Indian. The Metro delivered them almost to the door of the museum, where they saw artifacts and exhibits that enhanced the research students had completed on regional Indian groups.

During February, parent volun-teers served hot lunch every Thursday. The first week’s menu featured pan-cakes and fresh fruit as pajama-clad

children enjoyed “Breakfast for Lunch.” On subsequent Thursdays, kids were treated to burgers hot off the grill, spaghetti, and the perennial fa-vorite – pizza. We’re so lucky to have devoted and talented kitchen volun-teers to perk up the winter doldrums for our students, and for their lunch-packing parents!

Our annual Book Week landed in February this year. Reading buddies, a character costume parade, and a bundle-up-and-read afternoon high-lighted the week. A Jewish Book Fair provided dozens of books with Judaic content, a rare treat here in Annapolis.

An NSA emissary came twice during the month to present engaging math lessons to our younger students. The Agency’s outreach program is designed to spark interest in and ex-citement about mathematics in chil-dren, and the lively lessons certainly fulfilled that intent.

Although almond trees had a bet-ter-than-usual chance of blooming in February in Maryland, we still used

the holiday of Tu BiShvat to anticipate and celebrate the beauty and bounty of trees. Third graders wrote books in Hebrew about various species of trees, we reviewed customs of the holiday with a rousing game of Jewpardy, and students created beautiful pink blos-soms to hang on a tree in the hallway, offering a promise of spring.

We hope that many congregants and members of the community will join us for an evening of food and fun on Saturday, March 10. At our annual dinner/auction Gala, we will honor the Katcef family. It’s not too late to plan to attend; just call the School to RSVP.


GENERAL FUND Speedy recovery of: Sallie Abeles by: Cindy and David Fox Elizabeth Gordon Bluntschli and Ralph Bluntschli Avis Halberstadt by: Cindy and David Fox Elizabeth Gordon Bluntschli and Ralph Bluntschli Joseph Taler by Cindy and David Fox In loving memory of: Julius Abeles by Herb Abeles Robert Agranov by Cindy Landis Henry Altschuler by Jonathan Altschuler Ruth Beck by Cindy Fox Milton Belkin by Sheilah Beier Belkin Charlotte Berkovits by Robert Berkovits Stanley Berman by Louis Berman Sam’l Borloff by Sandra Reiss Marie Brandstetter by Rachelle Doll Albert Burke by Anita Weissburg David Cohen by Beverly and Bob Handwerger Robert Coven by Edythe Coven Ida Leah Davis by Bob and Cookie Pollock Levin Eisenstein by Anna E. Greenberg Samuel Eisenstein by Anna E. Greenberg Hyman Fox by David Fox Ruchel Fox by David Fox Kathleen Handelsman by Jodi and Bruce Goldman Mitchel Lance Handin by Jodi Handin Goldman Albert Hoffman by Laurie Berman Richard David Kreger by Albert Kreger Evelyn Kreimer by Lesley and Stephen Kreimer Abraham Krugman by Cindy Fox

In loving memory of: Idka Krugman by Cindy Fox Steven Landis by Brian Landis Eugene Levy by Andrew Levy Hannah Lightman by: Jodi and Bruce Goldman Linda and Andy Levy Rachelle Millison Jill and Joe Simon Harry Lindauer by Thea Lindauer Hannah Joan Mild by Lawrence Mild Hilda E. Gluck Mild by Lawrence Mild Laurence Millison by Rachelle Millison Paul Mintz by John Mintz Abraham Nezin by Eve Plotkin Selma Schwartz by Bruce Katz Zofia Taler by Joseph and Bronka Taler Philip Tice by Jane Weizmann Anita and Mortimer Walzer by: Jodi and Bruce Goldman Leslie and Mitchell Schwartz Cliff Walzer and Heleen Ellmore-Walzer Lester Weisenberg by Lesley and Stephen Kreimer Steven G. West by Mary West RABBI DIRSCRETIONARY FUND In honor of Rabbi Goldstein by: Andrew and Jerri Falk ONEG SHABBAT FUND By Robert Berkovits

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SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 March/Adar 7 2 March/Adar 8 Shabbat service 8pm

3 March/Adar 9 Shabbat service 10am Alex Duffy bar mitzvah

4 March/Adar 10 Adult Education Rabbi Goldstein The Joseph Story 10am Mishloach Manot box assembly 9:30am

5 March/Adar 11 Book of Samuel study 9:30am Social Action Committee meeting 7pm Nashira practice 6pm

6 March/Adar 12 Board of Trustees meeting 7:30pm

7 March/Adar 13 Light House Shelter lunches by Noar Megilla reading 7pm

8 March/Adar 14 Purim

9 March/Adar 15 Tot Shabbat 6pm Family dinner 6:30pm Shabbat service 7:30pm with 2nd grade makhela sings

10 March/Adar 16 Shabbat service 10am Griffin Marks bar mitzvah

11 March/Adar 17 Purim carnival 10:30am Civil Rights panel discussion 3pm (see page 5)

12 March/Adar 18 Book of Samuel study 9:30am No ECP classes (Teacher-in-service) Nashira practice 6pm

13 March/Adar 19 Haskalah Speaker Series wine & cheese 7pm Quantum Mechanics and You with Mitchell Baker 7:30pm

14 March/Adar 20 Hineni Committee meeting 7pm

15 March/Adar 21

16 March/Adar 22 Shabbat service 8pm

17 March/Adar 23 Maccabee Award Gala and Casino Night 7pm

18 March/Adar 24 Adult Education Rabbi Goldstein The Joseph Story 10am

19 March/Adar 25 Book of Samuel study 9:30am Nashira practice 6pm

20 March/Adar 26

21 March/Adar 27 Grade 5 Mishpacha program 6:30pm

22 March/Adar 28 Rosh Chodesh program 7pm

23 March/Adar 29 Shabbat service 8pm nashira sings

24 March/Nisan 1 Shabbat service 10am Jessica Reiner bat mitzvah

25 March/Nisan 2 Adult Education Liberal Judaism in Israel 10am with Student Cantor Andrea Markowicz Grade 3 Mishpacha program Sisterhood Women’s Seder 6pm

26 March/Nisan 3 Book of Samuel study 9:30am Nashira practice 6pm

27 March/Nisan 4 5th grade Mishpacha program Sisterhood Book Club 7pm

28 March/Nisan 5

29 March/Nisan 6 30 March/Nisan 7 Shabbat service 8pm

31 March/Nisan 8

Maccabee Award Gala and Casino Night

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