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1March 2020 Bulletin

MARCH 2020 / ADAR–NISAN 5780

BULLETIN

3 Preparing For Pesah 5780 5 Celebrate Purim at Beth Am! 10 Addiction & Overdose in the Community

1 Message from the Rabbi9 Open Doors Annual Fund Campaign

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There’s a midrashic teaching (Tanchuma Pekudei 3) that “…every soul, from Adam to the end of the world, was formed during the six days of creation, and that all of them were present in the Garden of Eden and at the time of the giving of the Torah.” Each soul is placed in the womb to be born at a particular time to a particular family. While the fetus is in the womb, the angel Lailah teaches the child everything there is to know about the world, a candle lit above its head, illuminating “one end of the world to the other.”

One version of the story says the child resists entering the world, preferring the womb to the world beyond. For the baby to emerge, the angel strikes him with the candle that was burning at his head. “Upon going out,” says the midrash, “the infant forgot everything

he had witnessed and everything he knew. Why does the child cry out upon leaving his mother’s womb? Because the place wherein he had been at rest and at ease was irretrievable and because of the condition of the world into which he must enter.”

A second version of the story (Bavli Niddah 30b) has Lailah not striking the child with a candle but tapping the baby’s lips with her fingers, “causing him to forget the entire Torah.” This accounts for the indentation under our noses and above our lips. That feature, called the philtrum, is the fingerprint of an angel, a reminder of all that we’ve forgotten and all that we must reclaim from the recesses of our consciousness. Learning, in this paradigm, is reconditioning, recovery not of muscle memory but of the memory muscle.

But here’s where the story gets even a bit more interesting. The philtrum in humans is vestigial; it serves no biological function. In other mammals, though, the philtrum is an essential component of the animal’s sense of smell. In other word this etiological tale, this lovely myth about why we have an indentation under our noses and what Carl Jung called the “collective unconscious,” is actually a story of human evolution. We had, and then indeed lost, the capacity to smell like dogs or other mammals who use their olfactory senses to interface with the world.

Humans, though, are inclined to eyesight over smell. In this way, the two midrashim become one: a candle is extinguished, plunging the child into darkness, compelling it to seek a new light at the end of the birth canal. But there’s also a reminder we are evolving beings, bearers of vestigial features that remind us of all that we’ve lost and must regain.

A STORY OF ANGELS AND HUMAN EVOLUTIONRabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg,Alexander Grass Rabbinic Chair

Passover Schedule of Services and Seder hosting info top of page 6

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RABBI Daniel Cotzin Burg Alexander Grass Rabbinic Chair

OFFICERSPresident Jonathan M. Fishman1st Vice President Adina Amith2nd Vice President Sally ScottSecretary Bonnie GuralnickTreasurer Bob Wittenstein

TRUSTEES THROUGH 2020 James Jacobs Karen G. Sugar Arthur Shulman Brian Whippo TRUSTEES THROUGH 2021Carol Berkower Jodi SegalAdam Kutcher Ariel Winter

TRUSTEES THROUGH 2022Heather Ashbury Anne Moss Steve Koenigsberg Ben Kelley

PAST PRESIDENTS AND LIFE MEMBERSPast President Lisa AkchinPast President Julie Gottlieb Past President Scott ZegerPast President Cy SmithHonorary Life Member Lainy LeBow-Sachs

STANDING COMMITTEESContinuing Ed Chair Aaron Zelinsky Continuing Ed Co-Chair Robert LiebermanFinance Chair Bob WittensteinFinance Co-Chair Phil SymondsKiddush Chair Desireé RobinsonMembership Chair Karen SugarReligious Services Chair Jodi SegalSocial Action Chair Evan SerpickSocial Action Co-Chair Natalie SpicynYouth Education Co-Chairs Brenda Serpick Ariel S. Winter AD HOC COMMITTEESAnnual Fund Chair Becky Eisen Annual Fund Co-Chair Lisa AkchinBalto. Jewish Council Rep. Joanne GoldBuilding Task Force Chair Ed HordBuilding Task Force Co-Chair Jonathan M. FishmanCongregant to Congregant Joyce KeatingDevelopment Chair Lainy LeBow-SachsDevelopment Co-Chair Cy SmithIn, For and Of, Inc. Chair Jackie Oldham Res. Hill Improvement Council Don AkchinUSY Representative Isabel Lunken

Daniel Cotzin BurgAlexander Grass Rabbinic Chair 410.826.6589 (direct office number) 443.202.0912 (cell, urgent matters only)office ext. 1114 [email protected]

Rabbi Kelley Gludt Director of Congregational Learning 520.248.9541 (cell)office ext. 1115 [email protected]

David I. Rothenberg Executive Director office ext. 1121 [email protected]

Abby Woloff Ba’alat Tefilah (prayer leader)

Becky Roberg Executive Assistant to Rabbi Burg 443.334.8854 [email protected]

OFFICE STAFF EXTENSIONS: Jamie Aaron, Program Coordinator, ext. 1130

Devora Cohen, Administrative Staff, ext. 1111

Dana Livingston Snyder, Marketing Communications Coordinator, ext. 1116

Norm Weinstein, Accounting, ext. 1117

Rachel Weitzner, Annual Fund and Capital Campaign Coordinator, ext. 1120

NEED TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE? Contact Joyce Keating at [email protected] or 410.358.5477

BETH AM OFFICE Office Hours Tuesday – Thursday 9am – 4pm | Friday 9am – 3pm

Ph 410-523-2446 | F 410-624.7124 [email protected] | bethambaltimore.org

BETH AM BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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For detailed information on shopping,food items and kashrut, cooking for theholiday, etc., please visit:https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/Here you will find the RabbinicalAssembly’s comprehensive Pesah Guide which is true to Conservative Jewish practice and current for the year 5780.In addition, we will include this link electronically in our e-newsletter several weeks prior to the festival. Our office staff is happy to supply a hard copy of the RA Guide upon request.

Please note the beautiful introduction from my teacher Rabbi Elliot Dorff who writes:

“Passover is really important - a central feature of what it means to live a Jewish life. Its very meaning, though, is completely undermined if the dietary rules of Passover lead people to treat each other with disrespect….We fervently hope that they will instead function as they are supposed to - namely, to serve as graphic reminders throughout the holiday of the critical lessons of Passover, of the need to free ourselves and the world around us of all the physical, intellectual, emotional,and communal straits that limit us and others in living a life befitting of people created in the image of God.”

It is in this spirit I hope we will engage in the mitzvot of preparing ourselves for this ancient and relevant Jewish festival.Hag kasher v’sameah!

Goals of PreparationAmong other things, keeping kosher for Pesah means that by 10:57 am we have eaten our last hametz and that by 12:03 pm on April 8, we have no hametz in our possession, in any space we control. We do this by:

1. Cleaning our homes of all hametz.

2. Donating, throwing out or burning all hametz which would not keep until after Pesah.

3. Moving all remaining hametz in our homes out of sight until after the holiday.

4. Making the declaration which nullifies any minute amount of hametz which we could not find or extract.

5. Selling hametz which will keep until after Pesah. A form for selling hametz is included in this Bulletin. It must be in the office before Tuesday, April 7.

The ParticularsB’dikat Hametz -The search for hametz. After sunset on Tuesday April 7, after the house has been made kosher for Pesah, one member of the household places an agreed-upon number (usually 10) pieces of bread in various rooms. A candle is lit, the lights are turned off, and the following blessing is made:

Barukh ata Ad-nai Elohaynu, melekhhaolam, asher kidshanu b’mitzvotavv’tzivanu al bi’ur hametzPraised are you, Eternal our God, Ruler of the Universe, who has made us holy through your commandments and commanded us to burn hametz.

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After the blessing, the search is preferably done in silence. The pieces of hametz are pushed onto a paper plate, frequently with a feather and a wooden spoon. After all the pieces are collected, they are put in a paper bag to be burned on Wednesday morning. The following Bitul Hametz declaration is recited:

Said in Aramaic: kol hamira vahamiya d’ika vir’shuti d’la hamitay u’d’la vi’artay u’d’la yadana lay libateil v’lehevay hefkerk’afra d’ara.Or English: May all leaven in my possession of which I am unaware - which should have been burned or removed - be hereby nullified and ownerless as the dust of the earth.

Preparing for Pesah 5780 | Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg (continued from page 3)

On Wednesday morning, April 8, all hametz is burned. The burning is completed this year by 12:03 pm. The Bitul Hametz declaration is made as follows:

Said in Aramaic: kol hamira vahamiya d’ika vir’shuti dahazitay u’d’la hazitay, dahamitay u’d’la hamitay, d’viartay u’d’la biartay, libateil v’lehevay hefker k’afra d’ara.

Or English: May all leaven in my possession, whether or not I have seen it, removed it, or burned it, be hereby nullified and ownerless as the dust of the earth.

FAST OF THE FIRSTBORNIt is customary for firstborn Jews (usually males but females may take the obligation on as well) to fast on Erev Pesah out of gratitude to God for sparing firstborn Jewish lives and as a gesture of sympathy for the firstborn of Egypt. Since the celebration of a joyous mitzvah takes precedence over a personal fast, it has been the custom to perform a joyous mitzvah which necessitates a feast, such as concluding a text. The siyyum bekhorim will be held after morning Minyan on Wednesday, April 8 and a suitable breakfast will be provided.

SALE OF HAMETZ A donation to the Rabbi’s Discretionary Fund for the sale of hametz is appreciated. This form is due by April 7, 2020 at the latest.

Scan/email to: Devora Cohen, [email protected]

Mail to: Beth Am Interim Office, 2701 N. Charles St, Suite 402, Baltimore, MD 21217

I hereby authorize Rabbi Daniel Burg or his designee to effect the sale of any and all hametz that I may have in my possession, in my home, at my place of business, or any other property that I own or control, as of 12:03 pm on Wednesday, April 8, 2020.

___________________________________ Signature Date

___________________________________ Printed Name

Below is any address, (other than home), which is in my control and contains hametz:

____________________________________

____________________________________

Your hametz is available to you at 9:27 pm on Thursday, April 16, an hour after Pesah concludes.

ENJOY UNLIMITED GAMES, FACE PAINTING, MITZVAHPALOOZA AND MORE!

$5/child (age 2-10)Skip the line and pre-purchase your family’s tickets >>>

https://bethamsynagogue.shulcloud.com/form/PurimIsAwesome(Passover Schedule of Services and Seder hosting info top of page 6)

Donate online: https://bethamsynagogue.shulcloud.com/payment.php

Questions? [email protected]

Purim5780Monday, March 9at Beth Am Come in Costume!

5:30 – Bring your own dairy or fish dinner 6:30 – service w megillah reading Followed by shpiel

Questions? [email protected]? [email protected]

Purim Spiel, Purim Spiel,Who’s gonna sit through the whole ordeal?

Our Purim Players have been practicing tirelessly on our spiel, “THE SPIEL THAT GOES .”

You’ll laugh until your sides ache! (Don’t say we didn’t warn you!)

Special thanks to Carol Berkower for coordinating the spiel!

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Mar. 13 | Apr. 17 May 8 | June 5

GRANDPARENTS, AUNTS, UNCLES, SPECIAL FRIENDS, AND GROWN-UPS WELCOME!

FRIDAY NIGHTS MONTHLY | 5:45 PM

TOT SHABBAT SERVICES FOLLOWED BY DINNER, RSVP REQUIRED: HTTPS://BETHAMSYNAGOGUE.SHULCLOUD.COM/EVENT/SHABBAT-IS-AWESOME3.HTML

Wednesday, April 87:00 am - Siyyum B’chorim(Fast of the Firstborn) minyan followed by seudat mitzvah

Thursday, April 9 - 1st Day Passover9:30 am - Services with Tal *

Friday, April 10 - 2nd Day Passover9:30 am - Services *

Saturday, April 11 - Shabbat Hol HaMoed9:30 am - Services *

Wednesday, April 15 - 7th Day Passover9:30 am - Services *

Thursday, April 16 - 8th Day Passover9:30 am - Services with Yizkor *

We need YOUR participation to make it a success!

following Sanctuary Shabbat Services

It’s that time of year to begin matching people to seders, and

likewise, seders to people! Beth Am member Robin Katcoff continues her tradition of coordinating Passover seders for Beth Amers and their guests.

Please fill out this simple survey to assess your Passover seder needs by April 3, the Friday before Passover.

Click link for survey:https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8MKBJRC

PASSOVER SCHEDULE

* Dairy Kiddush each day is Kosher for Pesah. Please do not bring food into our facility!

PASSOVER RESOURCESDetailed information on shopping, food items and kashrut, cooking for the holiday, etc. can be found here:

https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/

Whatever your practice might be at home, we would love for you to share your culinary creativity!• Each main dish should serve about 20 people (12 x 18 pan or larger)• The items must be brought to the synagogue in new, disposable, foil pans• All ingredients must be dairy or parve (containing no animal meat products)• NO peanut or peanut related ingredients; pine nuts and walnuts are OK• Served room temperature preferred; if your dish needs to be heated, please

bring to Beth Am by 10:30 am

CLICK TO SIGN-UP https://tinyurl.com/MarchPotluck2020


Purim’s Call: Step Up, Stand Up

In the month of Adar we celebrate Purim and extol Queen Esther, commending her virtues, recreating her in art, and paying homage in costume. But looking closely at the Purim story it becomes clear: as a hero, Esther is at best hesitant. Unlike other Biblical champions who naturally rise to the occasion when needed, Esther must be cajoled and pressed.

To some, watching Esther avoid a clear call to action to protect her people is frustrating, but to others, who also take their time to be spurred to action, she is wholly sympathetic, and all the more remarkable for overcoming her hesitation.

Not all of us are out-in-front, jump-right-in people, but that does nothing to lessen our contribution to the cause. Big or small, early or late, quiet or loud, all in or hanging back—it’s the stepping up that matters.

When you step up as a contributor to the Open Doors Annual Fund at any level, you stand up for Beth Am’s values of keeping the synagogue’s doors open to all regardless of means and welcoming use of Beth Am facilities by neighborhood partners.

This year’s goal for the Open Doors Annual Fund is $375,000, and we are just over the halfway mark. Our thanks to all who have contributed so far! We encourage those of you still considering to please join the majority of congregants who support the annual fund campaign.

Becky Eisen & Lisa Akchin, Open Doors Annual Fund Co-Chairs

Donate online: https://bethamsynagogue.shulcloud.com/payment.php

Amount Pledged

to Date:

$212,504

Become a Member of the Deborah & Efrem Potts Legacy Society

Include Beth Am in your estate planning, by making a bequest or other planned gift. You can combine your financial planning with philanthropy and

make a lasting investment in the future of our congregation.

Bequests in a will or trustBeneficiary designations in a retirement fund [e.g., IRA, 401(k), 403(b)]

Beneficiary designation in a life insurance policy or outright gift of life insurance

WAYS TO GIVE

I HEREBY EXPRESS MY INTENTION TO INCLUDE BETH AM IN MY ESTATE PLANS:

[ ] I have, or intend, to include a bequest for Beth Am in my estate plans. [ ] My intention is to leave Beth Am $______ (optional)

[ ] I have made other plans for a legacy gift–different than, or in addition to, what is in my will.

PLEASE PRINT:

NAME

EMAIL PHONE

ADDRESS

CITY, STATE, ZIP

SIGNATURE

SCAN AND SEND COMPLETED FORM TO [email protected] OR MAIL FORM TO POTTS LEGACY SOCIETY, BETH AM SYNAGOGUE,

INTERIM OFFICE, 2701 N. CHARLES ST., SUITE 402, BALTIMORE, MD 21218

QUESTIONS: CONTACT JIM JACOBS AT 410.727.4433 OR [email protected] OR DAVID SCHER AT 443.257.9104 OR [email protected]


Contact: [email protected]://tinyurl.com/March22WomensSeder

Beth Am member Ambassador Alfred H. Moses

will talk about his book, “Bucharest Diary”,

and his time serving as US Ambassador to Romania

SUNDAY, MARCH 15 | 10AMat Beth Am

Contact: [email protected]

The Strategic Planning process at Beth Am took another major step forward on Thursday, January 16, 2020. The six Task Forces gathered for the kick-off orientation meeting and breakout sessions where they began connecting and discussing key areas of focus for the coming months. The topics and themes were reflective of the concerns Beth Am congregants identified through the survey, the annual meeting feedback sessions and through interviews with major interest groups including the Board of Trustees.

Aimée Close of United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, and Paula Singer led the orientation. Steve Koenigsberg gave an overview of the data sets and how they can be best utilized by the

task forces. The Task Force Guide Templates were reviewed. They included a Situation

Analysis (background information), Vision, Strategic Objectives and the expected work products for each group.

There are 57 congregants and four Beth Am staff leaders involved in these task forces and each group is comprised of a wide range of members from new and veteran members to people in their 20’s through their 80’s. The groups were asked to be bold and focus on strategy rather than tactics. Over the next three months the groups will meet multiple times and put together a report to be presented to the full group, as well as the Strategic Planning Committee, the Executive Committee and the Board.

Neighborhood Engagement & Social Justice Task Force

Y O U R V O I C E M A T T E R S !The Beth Am Strategic Planning Committee’s data shows that Neighborhood Engagement/Social Justice is a top priority for Beth Am’ers.We need your voice to help the Beth Am Strategic Planning Committee develop a long-range vision, goals, and actions for the congregation’s activities in this important area.

1) What are you currently doing (volunteer or professional) in the areas of Neighborhood Engagement and/or Social Justice?2) Where is your work taking place?

Click to complete online: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J5799JV

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Havdallah Sleepover10:00 am Purim Carnival11:00 am 7th & 8th grade Advocacy Club12:15 pm Purim Spiel rehearsal1:30 pm Beth Am Teen Connection, 8th-12th grades (location tbd)

9:30 am Lab

10:00 am BBM

10:00 am Book Talk with Ambassador Moses

4:15 pm Lab

4:15 pm Lab:

4:15 pm Lab

Havdallah SleepoverAbby leads davening8:45 am Torah Study 9:30 am Sanctuary Services11:00 am Youth Services11:30 am Teen Torah Talks12:30 pm Potluck Kiddush

Abby leads davening8:45 am Torah Study 9:30 am Kesher Shabbat 11:00 am Youth Services

8:45 am Torah Study 9:30 am Kesher Shabbat11:00 am Youth Services

12:00 pm Lunch & Learn at 2501 Eutaw Place

5:45 pm Shabbat is Awesome! followed by dinner, (RSVP required for dinner, see page 7)

6:00 pm Klei Kodesh followed by dinner, (RSVP required for dinner, see page 7)

Abby leads davening8:45 am Torah Study 9:30 am Kesher Shabbat 11:00 am Youth Services

9:30 am Lab10:00 am BBM10:30 am IFO Book Club12:15 pm Purim Spiel rehearsal2:00 pm Knitting Group

9:30 am Lab10:00 am BBM10:30 am IFO Book Club5:00 pm Second Annual Women’s Seder

9:30 am Lab

10:00 am BBM7:00 pm BBM Meeting

Erev Purim Purim

5:30 pm BYO dairy dinner 6:30 pm Megillah reading followed by Purim Spiel

7:00 pm Social Action Program: “Addiction & Overdose” at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church

10:00 am SAC Book Give away at Dorothy I Height Elementary


MARCH 2020 ADAR–NISAN 5780

ON THE HORIZON: APRIL 2020

4/3: Shabbat is Awesome!

4/4: Sanctuary Service & Potluck Kiddush

4/8–16: Pesah

4/17: Klei Kodesh

4/21: Yom HaShoah


One of the most important keys to accessing Jewish liturgy and feeling like a full-fledged participant in our community is feeling comfortable with Hebrew.

If you have the skills to help an adult learner master the alef-bet, improve Hebrew decoding, or appreciate the layers in the siddur, your fellow congregants need your help!

We would like to institute a peer-to-peer mentoring program for Hebrew. You will work with one person at a time, and set your own schedule.

Interested? Please contact Rabbi Kelley at [email protected]

Info/questions: Contact Jamie [email protected]

FOR BETH AM’ERS IN GRADES 6 –12 MAR 7 APR 4 MAY 2

Join Molly Kaye for a “teens only” discussion in the Gallery at 11am.

Topics range from what makes Star Trek Jewish,

to Parshat Hashavua (weekly Torah portion)

Any and all perspectives are invited and encouraged to join the conversation, including those who disagree with the author! We like to keep things lively!About: The IFO Book Club is a forum for Beth Am members who are interested in learning more about the realities of racism, and challenging themselves through personal examination (t’shuva). Please contact [email protected] with any questions.

B O O K C L U BOur winter read is Robin DiAngelo’s bestseller, “White Fragility”. 10:30 am to 12:30 pm, Sundays bi-monthly at Beth Am, and discuss one chapter at a time.March 1 – Chapter 5: “The Good/Bad Binary”March 22 – Chapter 6: “Anti-Blackness”

Contact: [email protected]

Are you hungry for knowledge?

This year’s topic is Great Jewish Stories!

Tuesday, March 17 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

at Beth Am Synagogue 2501 Eutaw Place

Bring a dairy or parve lunch

Rabbis Daniel and Kelley will alternate as facilitators

The custom of sponsoring a Kiddush is a wonderful way to share your joy and at the same time support Beth Am.

You can honor a person, remember a loved one, or celebrate a simcha. Your sponsorship will appear in the Shabbat Program that week and in the following month’s Bulletin.

As a community we delight in each other’s simchas, and would be honored if you share yours with us.

For more info, Please contact David Rothenberg, 410-523-2446 x1121 or [email protected]

Thank You to our recent sponsors:

Rachel & Jonathan Micah-Jones, in honor of their son, Leo Micah-Jones, becoming a Bar Mitzvah


[email protected]

BETH AM MOURNS

70+ BIRTHDAYS

50+ ANNIVERSARIES

MARCH 2020

29 - JoAnn Fruchtman & Jack Fruchtman, Jr.MARCH 2020

Stanley Greenspoon, father of David Greenspoon, on January 24, 2020Fred Barron, husband of Mabel Barron, on February 6, 2020Alvin Daniel Fisher, father of Marilyn Fisher, on February 6, 2020 Marcia Grossfeld Abrams, mother of Sheila LeMel, on February 9, 2020Michael Pearlman, husband of Paula Singer, on February 18, 2020Abraham Yaker, father of Martin Yaker, on February 24, 2020

BETH AM CELEBRATES

9 - Franklin Rodbell9 - David Fishman9 - Michael Weiss10 - Jeffrey Lauren11 - Richard Bloom 12 - Lois Macht 13 - Suzanne Lapides14 - Rodney Klein 14 - Lynda Mermell 16 - Avraham Amith

17 - Cynthia Brower17 - Norman Weinstein 20 - Henry Beller 21 - Bobbi Antonazzi22 - Stuart Fine 22 - Harold Dwin23 - Robert Hillman23 - Stanley Rodbell 24 - David Goldstein 24 - David Shulman

24 - John Singer 24 - Stuart Schoenfeld 26 - Joan Laurie Glassner 27 - Nancy Kohn Rabin 27 - Mara Dwin 29 - Liliane Katz 29 - Alain Joffe 29 - Ronald Shapiro 30 - Kalman Hettleman31 - Gladys Arak Freedman

Beth Am has made special arrangements with two area synagogues for our members for plots in their cemeteries.

Oheb Shalom- Berryman’s Lane Plots are available at ground level. Jewish and non-Jewish individuals (spouses or relatives of a member) can be buried in this cemetery.

CONTACT: Debra Mogul at 410.358.0105

PRE-PLANNING

Arlington Cemetery of Chizuk Amuno We have a limited number of available graves in the Beth Am section at Arlington Cemetery. Should you wish to purchase these graves, you will be charged the Chizuk Amuno member price.

CONTACT: Marsha Yoffe, Cemetery DirectorChizuk Amuno Congregation410.486.6400 Ext. [email protected]

There is a significant shortage of poll workers for the primary election on April 28, as well as the general election, November 3, 2020. Anyone interested in volunteering should call the Board of Elections at 410-396-5580. Calling is better than going on-line at this point. There is one (1) two hour training at UB which is given regularly. Board of Elections

will provide all the details.

Be a Dorothy I Height Elementary School

BOOKWORM!

Wednesday, March 25Join our loyal group of Beth Am’er BOOKWORMS and volunteer to read to Dorothy I Height kindergartners once a month. We meet at 9:45 am and read from 10:00 am to approx. 11:00 am.

Interested? Please contact Joyce Keating, 410-358-5477 or [email protected]

Apr 22 | May 27

in partnership with JVC

For Beth Am members who require assistance:

• Rides to shul and events• Rides to doctor’s appointments• One-dish meals for the ill• Occasional errands

Please contact Joyce Keating [email protected]

410-358-5477


SOCIAL ACTION FUNDLisa & Don Akchin In Memory Of Christine Fletcher, sister of Patricia Berman

Lisa & Don Akchin In Memory Of, Bettina Jenney, mother of Sally Scott

Alsop Family Foundation In Honor Of Rheda Becker

Jane Brand In Memory Of Dick Neustadt

Betty & Daniel Chemers In Memory Of Hildreth Miller

Jacqueline & Mark Donowitz In Memory Of Ruth & Walter Marx

Ricky & Eric Fine In Memory Of Eugene Scherl

Gail & Jonathan Fishman In Memory Of, Bettina Jenney, mother of Sally Scott

Harriet & Herbert Goldman In Memory Of Lena Cohen Goldman

Roslyn & Nelson Hyman In Memory Of Phyllis Wohlmuth

Roslyn & Nelson Hyman In Honor Of Lubow’s Birth of Grandson

ACCESSIBILITY FUND

Winifred & Neal Borden In Memory Of Abe Silberg

Edward Strauss In Honor Of Bonnie Stainman and family

ADULT EDUCATION FUND

Betty & Daniel Chemers In Memory Of Martin K. Miller

ANNUAL FUNDMelissa Gerr In Memory Of David Gerr

Jane & Evan Lincove In Memory Of Arnold Lincove

BUILDING/RITUAL ENHANCE FUNDMichelle & Jerry Levine In Memory Of Albert Levine

Judith Hozore In Memory Of Ethel Schupper

Jerome Paulson In Honor Of David R. Paulson

CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUNDCarol & Jerry Doctrow In appreciation of Cantor Ira Greenstein on the occasion of his retirement

FLORAL FUNDJoan Laurie & Arnold Glassner In Memory Of Louis Jacobson

Jill & Aaron Levin In Memory Of Bette Levin

J. Wynn Rousuck & Alan Fink In Memory Of Irene W. Rousuck

GARDEN FUNDJacqueline & Andrew Kreinik In Memory Of Christine Fletcher

Jo-Ann Orlinsky In Memory Of Celia Mayer

GENERAL FUNDLynn Sassin & Nathan Braverman In Memory Of Benjamin Sassin

Melissa & Jonathan Cordish In Memory Of Phyllis Wohlmuth

Laurie & Larry Weiss In Memory Of Christine Fletcher

KIDDUSH FUNDRicky & Eric Fine In Memory Of David Fine

Jacquelyn & Ivan Fried In Memory Of Howard Mandel, father of Bruce Mandel

Jacquelyn & Ivan Fried In Memory Of, Jackie Glassgold, mother of Jill Levin

Robin & Jason Katcoff In Memory Of The Yahrzeit of Walter and Joyce Blumberg, Edith Plesset, and Debbie Katcoff

LOUIS & ETTA KAPLAN EDUC. FUNDKarin Batterton In Memory Of, Bettina Jenney, Sally Scott’s mother PRAYER BOOK FUNDDiana & Benjamin Rosenberg In Memory Of Albert J. Rosenberg

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUNDJill & Aaron Levin In appreciation of Rabbi Burg’s kindness during shiva for Jill’s mother, Jackie Glassgold

Cindy Paradies & Larry Moscow In Memory Of, Donald Brown

Eleanor & David Goldstein In Memory Of Allan B. Shenker Fran Kanterman In Memory Of Donald Brown

(continued)

SOCIAL ACTION FUND (continued)

Roslyn & Nelson Hyman In Honor Of, Brian & Sue Sullam Family

Hillary & Jim Jacobs In Memory Of Bettina Jenney

Robin & Jason Katcoff In Memory Of Stanley Greenspoon

Edward & Cheri Levin In Memory Of Bettina Jenney, mother of Sally Scott

Jo-Ann Orlinsky In Memory Of Henry Mayer

Jo-Ann Orlinsky In Memory Of Shari Mayer

Joyce Shemer Keating In Memory Of Christine Fletcher

Joan & Edward Sills In Memory Of Max Harry Sills

Joan & Edward Sills In Memory Of Lilian Green

Miriam Tillman In Memory Of Bettina Jenney, mother of Sally Scott, mother-in-law of Jimmy Potash, and grandmother of Josh and Jacob Potash

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!Make checks payable to:

BETH AM P.O. BOX 418

MONTVALE, NJ 07645Please indicate on the memo line of your check to what your payment or

contribution should be applied or include a note.

If your contact info has changed (address, email or phone number) please let us know so we can update our records.

Questions? Contact the Front Office at 410-523-2446 or [email protected]


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City/State/Zip __________________________________________________________

Date _________________________ Donation $ ____________________________

($18 minimum requested; please make checks payable to Beth Am)

In honor/memory/appreciation of ___________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

Fund _____________________ _____________________________________________

Send Acknowledgment Card To

Name __________________________________________________________________

Address ________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

Please contact David Rothenberg with any questions 410-523-2446 x1121 or [email protected]

• ACCESSIBILITY FUND Used to make the facility accessible to those with impaired physical abilities

• ADULT EDUCATION FUND Supports educational programs for all adults

• BUILDING PRESERVATION AND RITUAL ENHANCEMENT FUND Supports the preservation and renovation of the building and the ritual items

• CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Allows the Cantor to support special programs and individuals in need

• EDUCATOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Allows the Educator to support special programs and individuals in need

• ETTA & LOUIS L. KAPLAN EDUCATION FUND Supports the purchase of furniture, equipment and capital improvements for the Jewish Discovery Lab

• FLORAL FUND Beautifies the bima on Shabbat

• GARDEN FUND Beautifies grounds

• GENERAL FUND Applied to the operating budget of the congregation

• I. WILLIAM SCHIMMEL STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND Assists students in their educational pursuits

• KIDDUSH FUND Used for luncheons following Shabbat and holiday services

• PRAYER BOOK FUND Supports the purchase of prayer books

• RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Allows the Rabbi to do good works in and for the community

• SOCIAL ACTION FUND Supports social action activities in the Reservoir Hill area and the general community

• YOUTH & TEEN EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND Supports educational programs for all of Beth Am’s youth

Donation Form on following page, or donate online at bethamsynagogue.shulcloud.com/payment.php

Donation Form on following page, or donate online at bethamsynagogue.shulcloud.com/payment.php


You may dedicate a siddur in honor or memory of a loved one, dedication includes a bookplate in the siddur.

As long as we have undedicated siddurim, they will be available at the following prices:

• Standard Lev Shalem $48 • Large print Lev Shalem $85

Which book(s) you wish to dedicate _____________________________________________

Quantity ____________ Phone _________________________________________________

Email ______________________________________________________________________

Name(s) of those you wish to honor/memorialize/appreciate

_________________________________ in H/M/A _________________________________

in H/M/A ___________________________________________________________ in H/M/A

_________________________________ in H/M/A _________________________________

Send Acknowledgment to

___________________________________________________________________________ Name

___________________________________________________________________________Street Address

___________________________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip

Note(s)

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Memorial Plaques are added to the Beth Am Memorial Tablets in the Sanctuary lobby. Please complete this form to place your order.

Allow at least eight weeks for fabrication of plaque.

COST PER PLAQUE: $595

I would like to order _________ plaques $595 each (total) ____________

Option 1 Order plaque(s)

_______________________________________________________________________________Your Name

___________________________________________________________________________Address (line 1)

___________________________________________________________________________Address (line 2)

___________________________________________________________________________Phone

___________________________________________________________________________English Name of the Deceased

___________________________________________________________________________Their relationship to you

____________________________________ ____________________________________ English Date of Death (month, day, year) Hebrew Date of Death (month, day, year)

Please indicate the time of death: ________ AM ________ PM

Option 2 Reserve plaque(s)

_______ I would like to pre-order a “Reserved” plaque(s). Quantity _______

__________________________________________________________________________________________Your Name

__________________________________________________________________________________________Address

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