TE Bulletin 2015March April...Adar - Nissan - Iyar 5775 Purim Carnival & Shpiel, Sunday, March 1...
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THE BULLETIN March - April 2015
Adar - Nissan - Iyar 5775
Purim Carnival & Shpiel, Sunday, March 1 9:30 a.m. - Shpiel & Songs (in place of Religious School)
Led by our teachers and madrichim, this fun-telling of the story will help us fulfill the mitzvah of hearing the Megillah, wiping out Haman’s name, and having a great time!
10:30 a.m. BBYO Carnival, Bouncy House, Food & more! Games, prizes, lunch and more! Funds raised support BBYO, our high school teen youth group.
Purim Night, Wednesday, March 4 Come for any part of the evening – everyone is welcome! 5:30 p.m. Dinner (No cost though please RSVP through the temple office, 722.6640;
[email protected]) 6:00 p.m. Sisterhood Hamentaschen Cook-Off 6:30 p.m. Hamentaschen-Latke Debate
featuring Judge Richard Gottlieb and David Freedman, Esq. on the merits and downfalls of these two remarkable delicacies of Hanukkah & Purim.
7:00 p.m. Megillah Madness: Telling the Story of Esther, et. al. as a Collective Charades Experience!
8:00 p.m. Brotherhood Poker Madness @ the home of Richard & Felice Brenner.
Purim Food Drive: benefitting local families through Crisis Control Ministry Non-perishable items needed. Please bring to temple by Sunday, March 1.
Passover, April 3 - 10 15 - 21 of Nissan Passover Community Seder,
Second Night, Saturday, April 4, 5:30 p.m.
We’ll enjoy a traditional seder meal, search for the afikoman and enjoy final blessings. $25 adult members; $10 children 3-12; children under 3 free; $45 adult non-members; college students free.
Contact the office to register, 722-6640/[email protected]. Pre-paid reservations must be received by Friday, March 27. Limited space available.
No Kabbalat Shabbat service on Friday, April 3
First Day Passover/Shabbat Morning Service: Saturday, April 4, 10:00 a.m.
Yizkor Service: Friday, April 10, 9:00 a.m.
Visit our gift shop for the latest seder plates, Kiddush cups and Passover toys for children.
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CONTACT US Temple Emanuel Office: (336) 722-6640 201 Oakwood Drive Winston, Salem, NC 27103 www.templemanuel.com [email protected]
Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn [email protected]
Courtney Anthony, Director of Education [email protected]
Colleen Lerner, Preschool Director [email protected]
Diane Deal, Bookkeeper [email protected]
Audrey Krakovitz, Office Manager [email protected]
OFFICERS
Richard Gottlieb, President
Felice Brenner, Exec VP/Fundraising
Lisa Purcell, VP Ritual/Education
Alan Abrams, VP House
Jeanne Ormsby, VP Finance/Admin
Cynthia Silber, Co-Treasurer - payables
Dawn LaGrone, Co-Treasurer - receivables
Vivian Smith, Secretary
Sid Shapiro, Immediate Past President
GOVERNORS
(2nd year of Term)
Adam Freidman, Rona Klein, Seth
Moskowitz, Nikki Shaffer, Herb Spindel
(New 2-year Term)
Evan Friedel, Jennifer Grosswald, Eileen Schneider, Phyllis Seiler, Scott Sewell
Brotherhood: Dave Rosenblatt and
Mitch Neuhauser
Sisterhood: Vivian Smith and
Nikki Kourpias Shafer
LIAISONS
Bulletin: Audrey Krakovitz
Caring Committee: Colleen Lerner
Docent/Tour Guide: Ted Sulzberg
Education: Lisa Purcell and Adam Friedman
Library: Sharon Marks and Lois Miller
Lifelong Learning: Seth Moskowitz
Membership/Outreach: Regina Lobree
Nominating: Sid Shapiro and Jay Shifrin
Ritual: Jay Shifrin
Senior Programming: Herb Spindel and
Sandy Schneider
Sisterhood Gift Shop: Margo Lobree
Social Action: Norma-May Isakow and
Joyce Shapiro
Erica Wolfe Mitzvah Day 2015 More than 160 Temple Emanuel members participated in over 12 community nonprofit projects. We involved religious school children, BBYO members and offered a bone marrow donor registry as part of Mitzvah Day! It was a wonderful community effort by our Temple, especially the Mitzvah Day committee and all the project captains. Thank you to this leadership group for their time and efforts. We volunteered at the following organizations: ABC of NC, Brotherhood Brunch, Crisis Control Ministry, El Buen Pastor Latino Community, Forsyth Humane Society, H.O.P.E. of WS, Hospice & Palliative Care, Moore Food Pantry, Sunnyside Ministry, Second Harvest Food Bank, Ronald McDonald House, SECU Family House, and The Shalom Project.
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PRESIDENT RICHARD GOTTLIEB
BOARD BRIEFS
The following actions were taken by the Board of Governors during the January and February meetings: New Members: The Board approved a recommendation from the Membership Committee to elect for membership in the Temple and to welcome Ellie and Stuart Fine. Finance: The Board approved the proposal for bank statements that any and all groups that use the Temple’s name and/or the Temple’s federal tax ID number on their bank accounts shall include the Temple’s VP of Finance as a signatory on the account and arrange for a duplicate copy of the bank statement to be sent to the Temple office or be accessible online. Preschool Playground: The Board approved the recommendation of the House Committee to authorize payment to Larmore Landscape Associates for preschool playground renovation to include installing a French drain and resurfacing in preparation for playground equipment installation.
BULLETIN INFORMATION
Thank you to our bulletin editors: Kathie Burton, Bob Conn, Richard Gottlieb, Rochelle Kramer,
Regina Lobree, Lois Miller, Jay Shifrin, Cynthia Silber, and Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn.
Deadline for article/photo submission is April 5 for the May-June issue.
Relational Judaism, Part One
You have heard me, and to a much greater extent, Rabbi Mark, speak about relationships and their importance to the long-term sustainability of the Temple. In his book, Relational Judaism: Using the Power of Relationships to Transform the Jewish Community, Dr. Ron Wolfson makes the point that long-term sustainability is not about Temple programming, but it is rather about relationships. When we care about one another, we become more engaged.
I saw this simple, but profound idea play out recently at the funeral for Hannah Brooks, someone that neither I, nor any other Temple member at the funeral had met. How then was this an example of Relational Judaism? It was for at least two reasons. First, Hannah’s history was similar to many of ours, so we related to her. She was born in Brooklyn in 1922, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, to a religious family. Like so many of our parents, she worked hard to make a better life for herself and her children. Eventually her children, like so many of us, moved away to make their own lives.
Although I had never met her, I certainly could relate to her. Second, and most significantly, each of us had responded to a simple request from Rabbi Mark to do a mitzvah and attend the funeral of a Jewish woman we had never met. We attended from our shared sense of history, a shared sense of responsibility, and a shared sense of community. We responded because we knew Temple members would attend and we did not want them or Rabbi Mark to be alone. As I looked around that cold, windy day, as sad as I was for Hannah’s family, I was heartened by our community’s response. We felt connected with one another – a true sense of community as deep as any of us had felt. It is these relationships that will ultimately sustain our Temple and our local Jewish community.
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Relational Judaism, Part Two It was a beautiful day. The weather, the people, the efforts, the spirit, the energy, the food. It was all very beautiful. And it was “one of those moments” which we ought to remember. I am talking about the Erica Wolfe (z”l) Mitzvah Day on February 8. Why did that day “hum” so beautifully? Because we worked together. We brought a myriad of voices and people together. Members from throughout the temple family came together – from all parts of our community. And I am so grateful. I am grateful to all the participants, the Brotherhood (for brunch), the Team Captains, the Committee as a whole and its chair (Wendy Brenner), the sites that allowed us to come and do a touch of mitzvah-work, to Rochelle, Stephen (z”l), and Jennifer Wolfe who help us remember their beloved Erica and do the work of blessing in her memory.
We have those moments, thank God, with some regularity at our temple. And the last couple of weeks, as I write this in mid-February, have brought a few of those ‘moments’. Mitzvah Day, the Rick Recht Havdalah Concert and the Tu BiShvat Seder during Shabbat were all ‘moments’. As I search for a thread of commonality or a theme, I am struck by how these events and moments were all ‘experiential’. We experienced, lived, celebrated Judaism, heritage, community, and compassion. We brought ourselves, as individuals, to make something communal – both internally and externally. This is “relational Judaism.” Hadassah sponsored the Tu BiShvat Seder. Many people brought friends to the Rick Recht Concert. People signed up for Mitzvah Day projects because of personal connections to the organizations or the other individuals going to those sites. We relate to Judaism and to our community because of common connections or the search to create and/or deepen them. The Spring will present many such opportunities – from Purim festivities to a night of learning on Shavuot, from our visiting comedian, Dan Ahdoot, May 2, to the musical ensemble, Nava Tehila, from Jerusalem on Shabbat May 15/16. We celebrate so many ‘moments’ as a community. May we do so with joy and gratitude, embracing the opportunities for learning and soul expansion.
RABBI MARK STRAUSS-COHN
A Priest and a Rabbi Walk into a Bar …
And that’s no joke! It’s Torah and Testament on Tap!
Thursday, March 19 & April 16, 6:00 p.m. at Finnigan's Wake
620 N. Trade Street (between 6th and 7th Street)
Now in our third year! Laughter is a key part of this interfaith event.
The Winston-Salem community is welcome to join in Torah and Testament on Tap: 1 part meaningfulness, 2 parts
spirituality and 1 shot of irreverence. All are welcome.
Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn of Temple Emanuel and Father Steven Rice of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church discuss
matters as mighty as morality and humanity and as important as good food and drink, focusing on shared or parallel
texts.
Join us on the third Thursday of the month at 6:00 p.m. at Finnigan's Wake -
March 19, April 16, May 21
More
Mitzvah
Day
Pictures!
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COURTNEY ANTHONY, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
Earlier this month, I enjoyed celebrating the holiday of Tu B’Shevat (the “new year” or “birthday” of the trees) with our Hebrew School students. I was impressed on two counts: 1. Their enthusiastic consumption of the dried fruit I provided as a snack – hooray for kids eating healthy food! 2. Their reaction to the following story, which was our text study for the day:
One day, Honi the Circle Maker was walking on the road and saw a man planting a carob
tree.
Honi asked the man, “How long will it take for this tree to bear fruit?”
The man replied, “Seventy years.” Honi then asked the man, “And do you think you will live another seventy years and eat the fruit of this
tree?”
The man answered, “Perhaps not. However, when I was born into this world, I found many carob trees
planted by my father and grandfather. Just as they planted trees for me, I am planting trees for my chil-
dren and grandchildren so they will be able to eat the fruit of these trees.”
- Adapted from the Talmud by Peninnah Schram
Inspired by the tale of Honi the Circle Maker, the kids brainstormed a list of everything they would want to leave in the world for future generations, including: healthy trees, clean air and water, farms that treat the earth and animals with respect, enough food for everyone, good schools, no bullying, beautiful parks, and an earth that isn’t completely overtaken by landfills. It struck me that these students in Grades 3-6 have a pretty good idea of what challenges the world is facing thanks to adults who have made a whole lot of messes. I sometimes feel discouraged by the reality that our kids are going to inherit these messes; it is simply too late for us to clean things up before the kids grow into adulthood. The best we can do is to work side by side with them on the huge problems of pollution, hunger, homelessness, cruelty to people and animals, and destruction of natural resources. Fortunately, I have a job that allows me to do this. A few weeks ago, I experienced my very first Mitzvah Day at Temple Emanuel. Many of the Religious School students and BBYO teens volunteered, some of them at my own project site: The Shalom Project clothes closet at Green Street Methodist Church. I hope that when the kids saw their parents and me sorting and hanging donated clothes, they knew that the adults in their lives don’t just want them to study old stories from the Talmud; we want to help them put the lessons of those stories into action. For my part, I learned a lesson from our kids about the joy and rewards of service. As I dug through that seemingly endless bin of donated clothing, I was pleased to be helping out but also tired from a busy week of programming and a little bit frustrated at being in the basement of a church instead of outside enjoying the unseasonably beautiful weather. (I mean seriously, it was 70 degrees and sunny in February!) While I resigned myself to this fate, the second graders at our site begged and pleaded to be allowed to… scrub the floor. I’m not making this up or exaggerating; they wanted to get to work at a real job, and the floor was dirty. This was amazing to me, and I have done a considerable amount of service work in organizations ranging from soup kitchens to animal shelters. When I lived in Washington, D.C. I volunteered at the National Zoo and con-tentedly cleaned farmyards when it was required. I’m ready and willing to take on any job that comes my way, but it would never have occurred to me to take the initiative of asking if I could please wash someone else’s floor. Those second graders raised the bar for me; their enthusiasm and motivation exceeded my own and that of most adults. I hope that our kids are able to hang onto this enthusiasm as they grow up and continue to tackle the problems and challenges in our world. It can be tough to keep working and moving forward when these problems are so big that they sometimes feel insurmountable – but if our kids can manage it, they have a real chance of leaving the world a better, cleaner, kinder place for future generations.
Tot Shabbat Friday evenings at 6:00 p.m.
For our youngest members and their families!
Mark your calendars! March 6, April 10, May 1.
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 10 Adar 5775 Abe Brenner Conference
(off-site)
9:30 am Purim Shpiel &
Songs
10:30 am Purim Carnival
Food Drive collection for Crisis
Control Ministry
2 11 Adar 5775 3 12 Adar 5775 .
4 13 Adar 5775 8:00 am Morning
Meditation and Prayer
4:00 pm Hebrew School
5:30 pm Purim - Dinner,
Hamenstaschen cook-off
Megillah Madness &
Hamentaschen-Latke Debate
5 14 Adar 5775 Purim
5:30 pm Social Action
Committee - Sponsoring
Dinner/ Ardmore UMC Food
Pantry (off-site)
7:00 pm TEEM Environmental Movie / Speaker Night
6 15 Adar 5775 6:00 pm Tot Shabbat
7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat
7 16 Adar 5775
8 17 Adar 5775 9:00 am Religious School
9:00 am Social Action Mtg
11:45 am 10th/11th Grades
2:00 pm 8th/9th Grades
9 18 Adar 5775 7:00 pm FTD Support
Group
10 19 Adar 5775
7:00 pm Board Mtg
11 20 Adar 5775 8:00 am Morning
Meditation and Prayer
4:00 pm Hebrew School
6:00/7:00 pm Adult Hebrew
Class
7:30 pm Sisterhood Book
Club
12 21 Adar 5775 12:00 pm Mavens' Lunch &
Learn
13 22 Adar 5775 10th/11th Grade Trip to
Washington, D.C
7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat
14 23 Adar 5775 10th/11th Grade Trip to
Washington, D.C
9:00 am Prayer Study
10:00 am Shabbat Morning
Minyan
15 24 Adar 5775 10th/11th Grade Trip to
Washington, D.C
9:00 am Religious School
16 25 Adar 5775 7:00 pm Interfaith W-S Mtg
17 26 Adar 5775 7:30 pm Finance Cmte Mtg
18 27 Adar 5775 8:00 am Morning
Meditation and Prayer
4:00 pm Hebrew School
6:00/7:00 pm Adult Hebrew
Class
7:00 pm Adult Choir
Practice
19 28 Adar 5775 6:00 pm A Priest and A
Rabbi (off-site)
20 29 Adar 5775 7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat
w/Adult Choir
21 1 Nisan 5775
4:30 pm B'nei Mitzvah
Limmud Session 3
22 2 Nisan 5775 9:00 am Religious School -
model Seder
11:45 am 10th/11th Grades
2:00 pm 8th/9th Grades
23 3 Nisan 5775 4:30 pm Ronald McDonald
House Meeting
24 4 Nisan 5775
6:00 pm Conversion Class
25 5 Nisan 5775 8:00 am Morning
Meditation and Prayer
4:00 pm Hebrew School
6:00/7:00 pm Adult Hebrew
Class
26 6 Nisan 5775 6:00 pm Bariatric Support
Group
27 7 Nisan 5775 BBYO Spring Council -
Camp Weaver
7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat
28 8 Nisan 5775 Public School - Spring
Vacation begins
9:00 am Prayer Study
10:00 am Shabbat Morning
Minyan
29 9 Nisan 5775 No Religious School
30 10 Nisan 5775 Preschool resumes April 6
31 11 Nisan 5775
March 2015
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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 12 Nisan 5775 No Hebrew School
2 13 Nisan 5775 7:00 pm Executive
Committee Mtg. 7:00 pm TEEM Environmental Movie /
Speaker Night
3 14 Nisan 5775 First Night Seder
Office Closed/No Preschool No Kabbalat Shabbat Service
4 15 Nisan 5775 10 am Shabbat and
First Day of Passover Service 5:30 pm Community Seder
5 16 Nisan 5775 No Religious School
6 17 Nisan 5775 Preschool resumes
7 18 Nisan 5775 7:00 pm Board Mtg.
8 19 Nisan 5775 8:00 am Morning Meditation
and Prayer 4:00 pm Hebrew School 7:00 pm Adult Choir Practice 6:00/7:00 pm Adult Hebrew Class
9 20 Nisan 5775 12:00 pm Mavens' Lunch &
Learn
10 21 Nisan 5775 Office closed/No Preschool 9:00 am Pesach & Yizkor
Service 6:00 pm Tot Shabbat 7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat
w/ Adult Choir
11 22 Nisan 5775 9:00 am Prayer Study 10:00 am Shabbat Morning
Minyan 4:30 pm B'nei Mitzvah
Limmud Session 4
12 23 Nisan 5775 9:00 am Religious School 9:00 am Social Action Mtg 11:45 am 10th/11th Grades 2:00 pm Interfaith Youth Tour
13 24 Nisan 5775 7:00 pm FTD Support Group
14 25 Nisan 5775 15 26 Nisan 5775 8:00 am Morning Meditation
and Prayer 4:00 pm Hebrew School 7:00 pm Yom HaShoah
Remembrance
16 27 Nisan 5775 6:00 pm A Priest and A
Rabbi (off-site)
17 28 Nisan 5775 7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat
with Allie Klass assisting
18 29 Nisan 5775 10:00 am Shabbat Morning
Service - Bat Mitzvah of Allie Klass
19 30 Nisan 5775 9:00 am Religious School 10:00 am RS 6th Grade
Parent Program 11:45 am 10th/11th Grades 2:00 pm 8th/9th Grades
20 1 Iyar 5775 7:00 pm Interfaith W-S Mtg
21 2 Iyar 5775 7:30 pm Finance Cmte Mtg
22 3 Iyar 5775 8:00 am Morning Meditation
and Prayer 4:00 pm Hebrew School 5:00 pm Havdalah Yom HaZikaron to Yom HaAtzmaut
23 4 Iyar 5775 6:00 pm Bariatric Support
Group 7:30 pm Joint Sisterhood
& Hadassah Book Club Mtg
24 5 Iyar 5775 7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat
with Emma Cronan
assisting
25 6 Iyar 5775 9:00 am Prayer Study 10:00 am Shabbat Morning
Bat Mitzvah of
Emma Cronan
26 7 Iyar 5775 9:00 am Religious School 11:45 am 10th/11th Grades 2:00 pm 8th/9th Grades
27 8 Iyar 5775 28 9 Iyar 5775 29 10 Iyar 5775 8:00 am Morning Meditation
and Prayer 4:00 pm Hebrew School 6:00/7:00 pm Adult Hebrew Class
30 11 Iyar 5775 7:00 pm Executive
Committee Mtg.
April 2015
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THE MAVENS (SENIOR PROGRAMMING)
Join the Mavens "Lunch and Learn" events at noon on the second Thursday of each month for those 55 years or older. The Mavens are excited about the plans for the next few months. March 12 -- Gail Bretan, Director of Jewish Life at Wake Forest University, will be our guest speaker. Her topic is “Biblical Stress Management.” April 9 -- Kathryn Levy, Principal Flutist of the Winston Salem Symphony and an instructor in the music department of Wake Forest University, is collaborating with several of her musician friends to prepare a musical program that all will enjoy. May 14 --We will travel to Greensboro for a tour of The American Hebrew Academy. Ted Sulzberg is coordinating this event. He promises it will be both interesting and enjoyable. June 11 - Our guest will be an Ambassador from the Road Scholar programs who will present and describe the offerings of the many trips they coordinate. July 16 --We will board The Catawba Queen and spend time cruising Lake Norman. Details coming soon.
Our newest offering is chair yoga class which starts at 11 a.m. prior to our monthly lunch and program held at the Temple. Yoga for seniors enables us to pay attention to our breathing and posture while we address our other aches and pains.
For more information contact Herb Spindel [email protected] or Kathie Burton [email protected].
SISTERHOOD GIFT SHOP
Passover Seder Plates,
Kiddush Cups * Candle Holders *
B’nei Mitzvah Gifts
New items arriving weekly!
Support Israel - Support Sisterhood
At our February meeting, we
learned about heart health,
using the debibrillator and
CPR from Susan Butler and
Kathy Nelson. We learned to
use only chest compression and to listen to
the defibrillator for directions .
Gloria Fetsch assisting Kathy
with CPR. Background: Judy
Donaldson & Bob Conn.
PRESCHOOL UPDATES It is always amazing how quickly the
winter and spring holidays come! We celebrated Tu BiShvat, including a
wonderful seder with Rabbi Mark. The
children planted parsley as part of the
celebration, in order to have plants big
enough to send home for Passover!
Now, we are getting ready for
Purim, and after that Passover – it is
our busiest, and most fun time of the
year.
CARING COMMITTEE
The Caring Committee announces Sarre Boglioli as the new coordinator for the Baby Brigade!
If you are interested in helping to provide a meal for a family that has recently had a baby, please email Sarre Boglioli at [email protected] and she will add you to the Baby Brigade's email list.
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SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Social Action Committee (SAC) is engaged in a number of initiatives toward Tikkun Olam, making the world a better place. We work diligently at being inclusive! All Temple members are invited to participate in an area of your interest. SAC is co-chaired by Norma-May Isakow and Joyce Shapiro, bringing their passion and experience as leaders. Please share your ideas about organizations or social action projects with Norma-May Isakow [email protected].
The next Social Action Committee meeting is Sunday, March 8 at 9 a.m. in the Brides Room. The February meeting was not held because of Mitzvah Day.
Purim Food Drive: benefitting local families through Crisis Control Ministry Non-perishable items needed. Please bring to temple by Sunday, March 1
TEEM - ENVIRONMENTAL MOVIE AND SPEAKER NIGHTS Thursday, March 5, 7 p.m. Topic: Removal of Dams to Restore Rivers
Film: “DamNation” (94 minutes) Speakers: Peter Raabe, American Rivers, NC Conservation Director Will Scott, Our Yadkin Riverkeeper.
Thursday, April 2, 7 p.m. Topic: Intentional Communities and Community-Led Food Production
Film: “Voices of Transition” (66 minutes) Speakers: Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn, Temple Emanuel, Martha Hartley and Dr. Michael O. Hartley, Old Salem Department of Archaeology
Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn will present ideas of Transition Towns in Torah and modern Israel. Learn the history of our intentional Moravian communities in historic “Wachovia,” now the core of Forsyth County. Voices of Transition presents innovative, inspirational – and concrete – solutions to the food security challenges we humans are increasingly facing.
Thursday, May 7, 7 p.m. Topic: Environmental Activism Film: “A Fierce Green Fire”
For more information about TEEM (Temple Emanuel Environmental Movement), please contact Gayle Tuch at [email protected]. TEEM is a sub-committee of the Social Action Committee.
There are 400 - 500 homeless people in Winston-Salem. They are our neighbors. Tonight, that means that they are hungry and very, very cold. Temple Emanuel has a long history of hands-on community support. A large network of groups in Winston-Salem has joined together and strengthened efforts in recent years to create a broad and well-managed program to support the local homeless population. Volunteer opportunities are available through March 31 at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church to help our neighbors without homes. Your support makes a difference in our community. Contact Anna Ettin at [email protected] for more information.
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BROTHERHOOD
Brotherhood members got an early start on Mitzvah Day by preparing brunch for over 160 volunteers. We sliced and diced and mixed and plated enough food to feed our volunteer army, as well as for Hospice. Many thanks go out to all who helped. Kitchen nightmares were kept to a minimum!
We will be hosting a post-Megillah Madness Poker Night at the home of Richard Brenner on Wednesday, March 4, at 8 p.m.. There will be a $10 buy-in for dealer’s choice and possibly Texas Hold ‘em games. Please contact Richard Brenner or Jason Ekstein if you plan to attend. Brotherhood will be hosting the oneg after services on March 20. Please contact Dave Rosenblatt or Mitch Neuhauser if you can help set up, clean up and/or bake. The Brotherhood’s annual Yom Hashoah program will be Wednesday, April 15, 7:00 p.m. The program will include Dr. Zohara Boyd and Dr. Peter Petschauer from Appalachian State University. See below for more details. We will acknowledge and pay tribute to Guy Blynn, who had been instrumental in past Holocaust programming. Brotherhood will again be distributing candles for observing Holocaust Remembrance Day. As always, if you have an idea for a Brotherhood program or get-together, and are willing to “take the reins”, please contact Dave or Mitch so we can help you get on the Brotherhood calendar! Dave Rosenblatt/Mitch Neuhauser, Co-Presidents
Temple Emanuel of Winston-Salem
2014 Tradition of Giving Annual Campaign
Thank you to all of our generous congregants for helping us sustain our Jewish home. Donations listed were received from December 15, 2014 - February 10, 2015.
Sarah
Mark and Jenni Knudson
King David
Arthur and Susan Cohen
Seth Moskowitz and Mary Ann Grozinger Paul Kostuchenko and Gail Cohen
Ted and Edie Sulzberg
Mensch
Art and Mindy Bloom
Stephen and Frann Paige
Double Chai Jay and Faith Shifrin
Gail Citron
Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wednesday, April 15, 7:00 p.m.
at Temple Emanuel
Dr. Zohara Boyd and Dr. Peter Petschauer were both children in Europe during World War II, and their experiences were worlds apart. Now their cooperation and friendship serves as an inspiring example. Petschauer and Boyd met as
academic colleagues at Appalachian State University, where Boyd is co-director of the Center for Judaic, Holo-caust and Peace Studies. They now use their friendship and interaction with peopleto share their experiences of one of history's most devastating storms, telling their stories and the lessons they've learned.
Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Temple Emanuel Brotherhood.
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SISTERHOOD
Sunday, March 1, 10:45 a.m. - Gift Shop Clearance Sale will be during the Purim Carnival. Come check out the beautiful gift shop items for sale.
Wednesday, March 4, 5:30 p.m. - Hamantaschen cook-off!! Fun event to try to win the illustrious Golden Hamentaschen Award. Gather a small team or be your own chef and Bake your most famous Hamantashen Cookies. This event will be dessert for our free Purim dinner.
March 8, 9:15 a.m. - All Sisterhood Member Meeting Bagel Breakfast at the TE Social Hall. Please come and hear the updates for our budget, and our upcoming events and plans for next year.
Wednesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m. Library, Book Club The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabeck. Discussion leader, Margot Lobree.
Wednesday, March 11, 6 p.m. - Cooking Demonstration for Passover with Jeff Bacon, Executive Chef from Triad Community Kitchen & Second Harvest Food Bank. Contact Kim Hobin [email protected] to register.
Tuesday, March 17 & April 21, 7 p.m. - Third Tuesday Social A casual, fun way to bond with Sisterhood members. April 21 Dinner and River Run Movie. Location, TBA.
Saturday, April 14 - Murder Mystery Dinner Event - Details to follow so save the date!
Thursday, April 23, 7:30 p.m., Library - Book Club Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn will present a review of jour-nalist Ari Shavit’s authoritative & deeply personal book: My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Is-rael. A joint program with Hadassah.
Please don't be hesitant to help - volunteers are always wanted to help coordinate our events.
Jewish Summer Camp Scholarships available. Please contact Lori Baydush [email protected] for info.
Sisterhood is proud to announce a donation of over $800 from the silver sale and soup sale to the Jessica Wolfman Social Beautification Fund for purchase of new dishes and flatware.
DIRECTORY UPDATES Additions: Elle Rassette
1324 N Cameron Ave
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
(336) 772-4555
Ted and Deanna Kaplan
11695 Double Spring Rd
Lewisville, NC 27023
(336) 407-3155
If you move, change your phone number or email address, please notify the office, 722-6640
Changes to the directory: Miriam Brenner, 1250 Arbor Road, Rm #310 Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Conrad Emmerich, (336) 391-5020
Barbara Freiberg, [email protected]
Kathy Gross, [email protected]
Les Gura, [email protected]
Larry Kesten, 3812 Forrestgate Dr Apt 113 Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Carol Mansfield, [email protected]
Nikki Kourpias Shafer, cell (336) 701-7071
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
Our next babysitting reciprocation with Highland Presbyterian Church will be on Easter Sunday, April 5, from 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. (2 - 3 people needed) and from 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. (6 people needed). Teenagers are encouraged to volunteer. Please email Regina Lobree [email protected] about babysitting.
MAZEL TOV
Meghan and Jeff Markman on the birth of their daughter, Meredith Angela Markman, on February 11, 2015.
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Dr. Edward Abraham and Ms. Norma-May Isakow Mr. and Mrs. Alan Abrams Dr. and Mrs. Michael Adler Mr. and Mrs. Richard Backer Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bartz Dr. and Mrs. Charles Beck Dr. and Mrs. Paul Beerman Ms. Betty Berman Dr. and Mrs. Steven Block Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bloom Dr. Robert Bloomfield and Ms. Carolyn Pedley Ms. Emma Blumstein Mr. Guy M. Blynn (z”l) Mr. and Mrs. Robert Breakstone Mrs. Ann Brenner Ms. Frances Brenner Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brenner Mrs. Miriam Brenner Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brenner Mr. and Mrs. Tim Britton Dr. Richard Brodkin and Ms. Lois Buerkle Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Bronner Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Burton Mr. and Mrs. Lee Chaden Mrs. Gail Citron Mr. and Mrs. Harris Clein Mr. Leonard Clein Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Clein Mr. and Mrs. Len Cohn Mr. Robert Conn Dr. and Mrs. Stewart Cooper Drs. Wesley and Shari Covitz Mr. Alan Davis
Mrs. Jeanette Dillabough Drs. Michael Drucker and Elisabeth Jaschik Mr. and Mrs. Seth Dworkin Mr. and Mrs. Barry Eisenberg Mr. Jason Ekstein and Ms. Vasilia Perimenis Ms. Helene Elbein Mr. Jerome Epstein Drs. Andrew Ettin and Carole Stuart Mr. and Mrs. Robert Etzel Ms. Dorothy Everhart Ms. Gloria Fetsch Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fine Ms. Lucille Fine Dr. and Mrs. Alan Fleischer Dr. and Mrs. Howard Floch Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Frankel Mr. and Mrs. David Freedman Ms. Barbara Freiberg Mr. and Mrs. Evan Friedel Dr. and Mrs. David Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Louis Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Friedman Mrs. Ronald Goldman Dr. and Mrs. Bert Gordon Dr. Lou Gottlieb Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gottlieb Mr. and Mrs. William Gross Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grosswald Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Herbst Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hiersteiner Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hollander Dr. Renata Jackson Drs. Bert and Dot Kalet
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kaplan Mr. Barry Klaus Mr. and Mrs. David Kline Dr. and Mrs. Mark Knudson Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Kosloske Ms. Audrey Krakovitz Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Kramer Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kurtz Mr. and Mrs. Jon Kurtz Mr. Victor Lefkowitz Dr. and Mrs. Barry Leshin Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Levin Dr. and Mrs. David Levy Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey Lobree Ms. Margot Lobree Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Mack Dr. and Mrs. Stan Mandel Mr. Stuart Mandel Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Marks Mr. and Mrs. Shimshon Masingo Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Michael Mrs. June Michalove Mr. Lowell Michalove Dr. and Mrs. Jeffery Miller Mr. and Mrs. Jay Mintz Mr. Seth Moskowitz and Ms. Mary Ann Grozinger Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Neuhauser Ms. Jeanne Ormsby Drs. Kenneth and Maureen O'Rourke Mr. Ken Otterbourg Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Paige Dr. and Mrs. Dave Pandres Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Phillips Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Pranikoff
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Purcell Dr. and Mrs. Burton Reifler Mr. William Reingold Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rosenblatt Dr. and Mrs. Mike Rubin Dr, and Mrs, Malcolm Rubinstein Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Schaefer Dr. and Mrs. Michael Schlesinger Dr. and Mrs. Andy Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Schneider Mr. and Mrs. George Schober Dr. and Mrs. Robert Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Shapiro Mr. Robert Shar Mr. and Mrs. Jay Shifrin Mr. and Mrs. Alan Siegel Dr. and Mrs. Barry Sigal Mr. Robert Simon Mr. and Mrs. Moses Sloan Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Smith Ms. Alice Solomon Mrs. Marge Sosnik Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Spindel Dr. Mitchell Spindel and Ms. Kimberly Hobin Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Stern Mr. Marty Strauss Rabbi and Mrs. Mark Strauss-Cohn Dr. and Mrs. Theodore Sulzberg Mr. and Mrs. Peter Thull Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wanderman Dr. and Mrs. Neil Wolfman Anonymous
BBYO
BBYO returned from Winter Cultural convention with best costume award and as basketball champions! We were grateful to be included in Mitzvah Day - this was a wonderful community service experience for us.
Upcoming: Annual BBYO Purim Carnival on March 1, with the bouncy castle, games, lunch and more!
We will also host a "Welcome Program" for eighth graders, details coming.
BBYO Spring Council will be held at Camp Weaver, Greensboro, with over 200 high school students from the region. Aaron Cooper, our AZA president, is co-coordinator this year.
For more information, please contact Aaron Cooper [email protected] (AZA/Boys) or Sarah Fleischer [email protected] (BBG/Girls). Hoops for Everyone
A group of teen boys from the Temple wanted to play in a basketball league. They found a church league with teams from St. Paul's Episcopal, Calvary Baptist, Knoll-wood Baptist, First Presbyterian, the Greek Orthodox Church and others. Coach Joanne Floch volunteered to lead the team with assistant coach Paul Grosswald. The boys had a great time bonding with each other and their peers on other teams. It was a great experience.
WINSTON-SALEM UNITED JEWISH APPEAL Thanks to you, the Winston-Salem United Jewish Appeal raised over $419,000 during its 2014 Campaign.
The following families and individuals have truly made a difference!
IN THE COMMUNITY:
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Meet the New Face of Hadassah Have you seen our new logo?
Hadassah has rebranded with a new logo and tag line. The new logo combines the image of their American mission and loyalty to Israel. The “H” unifies us. It is both an “H” and
the Hebrew letter” hey”, in the blue of Israel’s flag together with red to evoke the
American flag.
The tagline: HADASSAH the power of women who DO tells of vision and aspiration for a better world. The brand
advocates Hadassah’s connecting and empowering Jewish women to effect change. This is delivered on the
promise it empowers women to advocate, build community in the US and Israel and advance health and well-
being. Give us a new look at www.Hadassah.org.
Joint Hadassah and Sisterhood Book Club meeting
Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Temple Library Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn will present a review of journalist Ari Shavit’s authoritative and deeply personal book, My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel. “Come explore a book that has been labeled any number of things – not the least of which is ‘challenging’. What does Ari Shavit challenge and why? What are some of the issues raised by not only his book but the reality of modern Israel and its many complexities? As we celebrate Israel’s 67th birthday, let us study, engage, and reflect together.”
From the NY Times Book Review: “Not since Thomas L. Friedman’s groundbreaking From Beirut to Jerusalem has a book captured the essence and the beating heart of the Middle East as keenly and dynamically as My Promised Land. Facing unprecedented internal and external pressures, Israel today is at a moment of existential crisis. Ari Shavit draws on interviews, historical documents, private diaries, and letters, as well as his own family’s story, illuminating the pivotal moments of the Zionist century to tell a riveting narrative that is larger than the sum of its parts: both personal and national, both deeply human and of profound historical Dimension.”
Hadassah Thanks … Todah Rabah to Rabbi Mark and Vivian Smith, and all the helpful Hadassah facilitators and readers, for the wonderfully successful Tu BiShvat service/seder. Attendees of all ages had the most fun being creative with poetry and prose, and making “SEED BOMBS”, our environmental activity. Throw yours in the back yard & watch the wildflowers grow this spring.
CELEBRATING SHABBAT - CREATING HOLINESS
THE NAVA TEHILA ENSEMBLE
MAY 14 - 16, 2015
Thursday, May 14, 7:30 p.m., Training Our Voices Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m., Kabbalat Shabbat Saturday, May 16, 10:00 a.m., Praying in the Woods Saturday, May 16, 7:30 p.m., Havdalah Concert
Join the musical prayer leaders of Nava Tehila from Jerusalem for a Shabbat of delight as they invite us to travel into the landscape of holiness and joy. Visit www.navatehila.org for more information.
Sponsored by Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn’s Discretionary Fund and the Winston-
Salem United Jewish Appeal.
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YAHRZEITS
February 27 Michael Brian Block Robyn Lisa Block David Breakstone Herbert "Sonny" Brenner Annie Cohen Harris Cohen Selma Seife Cohen Jennie Conn Harris Davis Sandra Deakins Harvey Marvin Dillabough Jacqueline Green Peter Joseph Kaplan Therese Katzin Minna Lauterstein Kurtz Albert Levitt Nathan Lipshitz Oscar Moskowitz Harold Ramis Hazel Franks Salzman Rodele Sosnik Jennie Stein Ilene Kaplan Weinberg
March 6 Joseph Blickman Betsy Curtis George Diamond Eric Frisch Robert Green Ida Greenstein Everett Gross Duke Marchiz Marian Mastronardi Robert Miller Sue Otterbourg Edith Rubin Aaron Seldes Gina Shar David Sharpe Ilene Beth Silverman Meyer Winters
March 13 Meyer M. Baylus Steven Robert Berman Isador Blickman Nathan Conn Shirley Epstein Joel Fleishman George Goldberg Judy Grosswald Shirley Hiersteiner Sadie Kaufmann Evelyn Kraus Sidney Kravitz Ted Levine Tim Lucas Irma Moskowitz
March 13 (continued) Henry Pollock Manuel Albert Romm Mendel Shevel Seymour Irwin Solomon Ernest I. Spindel
March 20 Benjamin I. Dwell Moe Fischer Alfred Freiberg Barbara Garland Fritzi Grassgreen Stanley Gross Lillie Rebecca Kaplan Roslyn Schneider Florence Sokolel Isaac Sosnik Ida Spindel Philip Tulman Norman Waldman Norman Willenzik
March 27 Daniel R. Backer David Brodkin Emil Cohn Hyman Covitz Gertie Mae Dilwith Esther R. Eisenberg Henny Heilbrunn Richard Heilbrunn Lillian Alberts Kaplan Rose Koppelman Raisa Krimer Rae Levin Frank Lovinger Esther Levin Ostrow King Seligson Gloria Steinberger Max Leon Strauss
April 3 Stanley Blau Harris Clein Ella Cohen Hyman Cohn Hannah Daniels William B. Danz Isidore Fisher Minna Freiberg Laurel Gerst Bessie G. Goldberg Gloria Judith Horwitz Florence S. Kowal Kenneth S. Lefkowitz Philip Michalove Robert Natal Benjamin H. Purcell Alec Reuben Rose Likoff Roush
April 3 (continued) Frederic Herman Schafer Abraham Shevick Frederick Wiener
April 10 Rachel Barr Ann Bernstein Stanley T. Bloomfield Stuart Chaden Dora Friedel Morris Friedman Max Kramer Robert Lifman Anita F. O'Rourke William Rosenberg Sarah Silbert Sidney S. Simon Samuel Sosnik Bessie Fivel Tavss Max Taylor Harry Tepper Peg Xenos
April 17 Aaron Adler Bertha I. Derwin Annette Friedman Albert Goldsmith Martin Alan Grassgreen Claire Harnan Magzamen Fruma Scharfman Hedy Warner Leonard Wulach
April 24 Clara Blickman Ray Cleff
Frances Cohen
Lottie Silbert Cohen
Elaine Cohn
Helen Davis
Joel Gellar
Marcia Epstein
Ethel Salit Freeman
Sylvia Cohen Friedman
Sarah Kaplan Gelber Spurgeon D. Griggs Sr.
Mildred Gross
Celia Holbert
Jackie Liner
Blanche Waldman Manton
Hank Owens
April 24 (continued) Morris Rabinowitz
Ravea Schwartz
Samoil Shtridelman
Alta Helene Sutker Max Wainer
Jeanette Wilkins
May 1
Sioma Cukiernik Allen Freiberg Howard Friedensen Hyman W. Gelber Katye Goldman Betsy Jaffe Saul Kapiloff Gerry Lamy Ron Levine Matthew Morris Miller Goldye Hart Pandres Esther K. Robinson Dora C. Romm Henry Rothberger Rachel Gladston Shapiro Lois Shifrin Lilly Silverman Benjamin Sosnik Bess Wainer Donald Paul Weinberg
May 8 Susie Abrams Henrietta Ascher Allan Selig Bloom Nathan Citron Abe Berry Clein David Epstein Sylvia Friedensen Joseph Goldberg Zahava Hirshmann Selma Jaffe Benjamin Kadis Hyman Michael Kadis Beth Fine Kaplan David Lobree Beryl Alaynick Marchiz James H. Moore, Sr Dayna Pandres Ludwig Pollak Joseph G. Stein Jack Tenenbaum Bobby D. Wilkins Ethel Winters
Recent Condolences 2015 Michael Britt, community member, January 14
Hannah Brooks, community member, January 16
Ginette Kravet, mother of Elise Haderer, February 6
Lloyd Masingo, father of Shimshon/Jeff Masingo, February 12
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CONTRIBUTIONS Contributions that are not identified for a specific fund will be credited to the General Fund.
All available funds are listed to encourage your future contributions. If you have any questions about supporting Temple Emanuel,
such as how to donate or what fund to designate, please call Bookkeeper Diane Deal at 722-6640.
Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn Discretionary Fund
● Samson Benen and Rebecca Leshin in appreciation ● Ellen Berlin ● Steve and Sarre Boglioli in honor of Emma Boglioli’s
baby naming ● Frances Brenner in memory of Guy Blynn ● Jeff Feldman ● Lucille Fine in memory of Sanford Fine ● Bunny Fontrier ● Richard and Jennifer Gottlieb in appreciation of
Noah Gottlieb’s bar mitzvah preparation ● Jet and Karen Hollander in memory of Guy Blynn ● Benet Kolman in memory of his father, Harry
Samuel Kolman ● Barry Klaus ● Stephen and Rochelle Kramer ● Stuart Mandel ● Jay and JoAnn Mintz ● Lowell Michalove in memory of Ronnie Michalove ● Jenn Rosen ● Leon and Irene Skolnick ● Donald and Erna Woodward
Robyn and Michael Block Memorial Fund
● Stuart Mandel
Erica Wolfe Memorial Mitzvah Day Fund
● Mike and Wendy Brenner ● Steve and Kathie Burton ● Gail Citron ● Stan and Patti Mandel in memory of Allan Mandel ● Stuart Mandel ● Marcus Schaefer and Claudia Zorn Schaefer in
appreciation of the leadership of Wendy Brenner and Felice Brenner
● Bob Shar ● Bobby and Donna Stern ● Rochelle Wolfe in memory of Cary Prague
Fran Thull Preschool Scholarship Fund
● David and Deb Koerner ● Pete and Fran Thull
Cemetery Fund
● Ann Brenner
General Fund
● In honor of Leonard Clein’s 80th birthday Nathaniel and Peggy Bernstein, Louisa Klein, Arthur and Suzy Kurtz
● Helene Elbein ● Jerry Epstein in memory of Cary Nathan Prague ● Phyllis Seiler in memory of her mother, Ann Geiser ● Arnold and Toby Sidman in memory of Guy Blynn ● George and Phyllis Walker in memory of Guy Blynn ● Lou Gottlieb for the yahrzeit of George Gottllieb
Milton and Vera Goldberg Cantorial Fund
● Mike and Wendy Brenner in honor of Art Bloom
Social Action Fund
● Jeff Feldman ● Stuart Mandel ● Lindsey and Regina Lobree in memory of Regina’s
father, Eric Frisch
Green Fund
● TEEM movie participants
Helen & Joe Davis Education Fund
● Joel and Donna Freedman in honor of Leonard Clein’s 80th birthday
High Holy Day Contributions
● Alan and Cathy Siegel
Library Fund
● Jay and Faith Shifrin in memory of Cary Prague
Moore Elementary School Food Pantry
● Richard and Felice Brenner ● Gail Citron ● Stuart Mandel ● Jay and JoAnn Mintz ● Russell Johnsen and Sharon Schwartz ● Mike Thull and Chris Pearce in honor of
Colleen Lerner, Dora Martin, Susie Michael and Zhanna Shtridelman
Religious School Donations
● Richard and Jennifer Gottlieb in honor of Bobby Stern for Noah Gottlieb’s bar mitzvah preparation
Primary Rabbinic Endowment
● Gail Citron in honor of Leonard Clein’s 80th birthday
Jessica Wolfman Social Beautification Fund
● Sisterhood
Milton and Vera Goldberg Endowment
● Miriam Brenner ● Ron and Robin Clein ● In honor of Leonard Clein’s 80th birthday -
Mike and Wendy Brenner, Jerry Epstein, Stan and Patti Mandel
Special Thanks!
� Phili Miller, Cynthia Silber, Gloria Fetsch for assisting in the office
� Ines Malick for updating our Temple Facebook page and website
� Cappie Lipsack, Serene Mirkis, Shimshon Masingo, Eitan Strauss-Cohn, Dan and Jeffrey Wanderman for assisting with Rick Recht concert
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Save the Date - Temple Emanuel Comedy Dinner Theater
‘Late Night’ Comedy Coming to You!
A Funny Fundraiser for Temple Members 16 Years and Older
Saturday, May 2, 6:30 p.m.
to be held at Summit School
Laughs and entertainment with award-winning comedian,
Dan Ahdoot www.standupdan.com
$75 per person, includes dinner and entertainment
Invitation coming soon. We hope you will join the fun!
Emma Jordyn Cronan will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, April 25, 2015. She is the daughter of Chris and Stephanie Cronan and older sister to Sophie and Tyler. Emma is a seventh grade honor student at Summit School. She began dancing at 4 years old at In Motion Dance Center and currently takes ballet, pointe, jazz, hip hop, modern and pilates. Emma loves to help her school and community by volunteering her time. She has participated in several 5k run/walks including the Hospice Hope Run and the CROP Hunger Walk. During the summer, Emma swims for the Sherwood Sharks and attends Camp Poyntelle Lewis Village in Pennsylvania. In her free time she enjoys art, music and spending time with family and friends.
We are excited to share this special day with all of our family and friends and invite the Temple congregation to celebrate with us.
B’NEI MITZVAH Alina (Allie) Naomi Klass will be called to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah on Saturday, April 18, 2015. She is the daughter of Stephen and Tammy Klass and big sister to Isabelle.
Allie has been a member of Temple Emanuel since her family moved to Winston-Salem in 2004, attending the pre-school and then continuing on to religious school. She is a 7th grader at Meadowlark Middle School.
Her family is incredibly proud of her accomplishments leading up to this day. She is a member of the robotics team at Meadowlark and was a participant in the state competition in January. She is a Crosby Scholar and a Duke TIP. She has been active in Girl Scouts
since kindergarten and has earned her Bronze award and is working towards her Silver award. She has been very active in the Children’s Theatre of Winston-Salem, appearing in the The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and the Jungle Book. In her spare time, she loves to spend time with family and beloved cats. She also enjoys ice-skating, swimming and learning more about game design.
Allie and her family would like to thank Rabbi Mark Strauss-Cohn, Mike Backfield, Courtney Anthony and all of her religious school teachers for helping her prepare for this special day. She is excited to share this day with her friends, family and the Temple Emanuel congregation that have come from far and wide to support her and celebrate her accomplishments. Please join us for this simcha!
COMING IN MAY!