Temple Beth Shalom’s A Taste of the Town 17,2010 ZACHARY ARVIN APRIL 10, 2010 LEO STERN APRIL 10,...

VOLUME 37, NUMBER 8 • 670 HIGHLAND AVENUE • NEEDHAM, MA 02494 • APRIL 2010

Looking Inside

Shabbat Services ............. 2 B’nei Mitzvah ................... 2 High Holy Day Tickets ....... 2 Tot Shabbat .................... 2 From Rabbi Perlman ......... 3 TBS Scholar in Residence ..... 3 From Rabbi Markley.......... 4 Aging Initiative ................ 4 President’s Message ......... 5 Gesher L’Noar-TELEM ....... 5 Garden Club ................... 6 Membership Services ........ 6 Shomrei Adamah ............. 6 Religious School ............... 7 PMC Kids Rides ................ 7 Sisterhood ...................... 8 Brotherhood ................... 9 TBS Handyman ................ 9 JCHE Spring Celebration .... 9 Children’s Center ............. 10 Calling All Torah Readers ... 10 Social Action ................... 11 Yahrzeits ....................... 12 Family Table ................... 12 Sharing our Lives ............. 12 Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh ... 13 Sisterhood Movie Night ...... 13 Rummage Sale ................. 13 Golf-Tennis Fundraiser ...... 13 Contributions .................. 14-15 Temple Calendar ............. 20

Please join us at Temple Beth Shalom’s

A Taste of the Town An evening to benefit our

preschoolers, youth and teens.

We will recognize Marcie Berul, Director of

Early Childhood Education, and Allie Klein, Youth Educator, for their dedication to our

children’s Jewish education.

Saturday, May 15, 2010 7:00 pm

Temple Beth Shalom

Savor delicious offerings from local restaurants and caterers.

Auction, Dancing and Open Bar

Shabbat and Holiday Services

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B’nei Mitzvah

Tot Shabbat Friday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m.

in the Community Room We look forward to having you join us for a warm, musical, interactive Shabbat Service

for young families.

FRIDAY, APRIL 2 (19 NISAN 5770) 7:15 p.m. ‐ Simchat Shabbat Evening Service 6th Grade Participants SATURDAY, APRIL 3 (19 NISAN 5770) Torah: Chol ha‐Moed, Ex. 33:12 — 34:26 & Nu. 28:19—28:25 8:30 ‐ 9:00 a.m. ‐ Shabbat Morning Minyan Service 9:00 ‐ 10:00 a.m. ‐ Torah Study MONDAY, APRIL 5 (21 NISAN 5770) 7:00 a.m. ‐ Passover Morning Service ‐ Yizkor will be recited FRIDAY, APRIL 9 (26 NISAN 5770) 7:45 p.m. ‐ Shabbat Evening Service Scholar‐In‐Residence Weekend Gersten‐Hoisington Memorial Lecture Speaker: Rabbi David Saperstein, Executive Director of the Reform Movement’s Religious Action Center SATURDAY, APRIL 10 (26 NISAN 5770) Torah: Shemini, Lev. 9:1— 11:47 8:30 ‐ 9:00 a.m. ‐ Shabbat Morning Minyan Service 9:00 ‐ 10:00 a.m. ‐ Torah Study 11:00 a.m. ‐ Shabbat Service Both Shabbat, Morning Minyan and Torah Study will be held at Newbridge on the Charles, Dedham, MA B’nei Mitzvah: ZACHARY ARVIN and LEO STERN

FRIDAY, APRIL 16 (3 IYAR 5770) 6:30 p.m. ‐ Tot Shabbat

7:45 p.m. ‐ Shabbat Evening Service ‐ Torah Service

SATURDAY, APRIL 17 (3 IYAR 5770) Torah: Tazria/Metzora, Lev. 12:1 — 15:33

8:30 ‐ 9:00 a.m. ‐ Shabbat Morning Minyan Service 9:00 ‐ 10:00 a.m. ‐ Torah Study

11:00 a.m. ‐ Shabbat Service Bat Mitzvah: ANNIE BARRINGER

FRIDAY, APRIL 23 (10 IYAR 5770)

7:45 p.m. ‐ Shabbat Evening Service

SATURDAY, APRIL 24 (10 IYAR 5770) Torah: Achare Mot/Kedoshim, Lev. 16:1—20:27


11:00 a.m. ‐ Shabbat Service Bat Mitzvah: RACHEL GREBBER

FRIDAY, APRIL 30 (17 IYAR 5770)

7:45 p.m. ‐ Shabbat Evening Service

SATURDAY, MAY 1 (17 IYAR 5770) Torah: Emor, Lev. 21:1—24:23


5:00 p.m. ‐ Shabbat Mincha Service B’nei Mitzvah: JUSTIN and JAMIE MILSTEIN

RACHEL GREBBER APRIL 24, 2010

ANNIE BARRINGER APRIL 17, 2010

ZACHARY ARVIN APRIL 10, 2010

LEO STERN APRIL 10, 2010

High Holy Days in the Spring?

Well, not really but this year Rosh Hashanah falls on September 9 & 10.

Erev Rosh Hashanah begins on September 8. With the Holy Days falling so early on the secular

calendar, we want to make sure that all members get tickets for the services they would like to attend.

High Holy Day packets will be mailed in the spring. When you get the packets, Please return the forms

promptly. Do not wait! Seating at some of the services fills up quickly.

The deadline to return the forms will be in late June. Watch your mail in the spring for the High Holy Day packets!

From Rabbi Perlman


I understand the Holocaust differently now that I am a fa‐ther. Over the years, I had certainly listened and learned. I had tried to imagine the unimaginable. Met

survivors. Read books. Said Kaddish. And then my children were born. I be‐gan to live the life of unconditional love that comes with being a parent. I have watched Liana and Jonah grow and know how they look to both Emily and me – their mom and dad – for comfort, reassurance, certainty, and understand‐ing. I have felt the love of family and the infinite urge to protect them and hold them close. A couple of years ago, during a visit to the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York, I realized that the stories and photographs that I was viewing had become more personal. Images of

innocent families being confronted by armed Nazi soldiers caused me to con‐sider what it must have been like. For the parents. For the children. Looking into the eyes of young boys and girls forced to watch their parents being taken away – humiliated ‐ beaten. For the first time I thought about their shat‐tered world through a personal ‘lens’ and felt a depth of sadness that I had never before experienced. In the book, …I Never Saw Another Butterfly…Children’s Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp 1942‐1944, appears a passage written by one fifteen year old boy, Petr Fischl in 1944: “We got used to standing in line at seven o’clock in the morning, at twelve noon, and again at seven o’clock in the evening. We stood in a long queue with a plate in our hand, into which they ladled a little warmed‐up water with a salty or a coffee flavor. Or else they gave us a few potatoes. We got used to sleeping without a bed,

to saluting every uniform, not to walk on the sidewalks and then again to walk on the sidewalks. We got used to unde‐served slaps, blows, and executions. We got accustomed to seeing people die….to seeing piled up coffins…to seeing the sick amid dirt and filth and to seeing helpless doctors. We got used to it that from time to time, one thousand happy souls would come here and that, from time to time, another thousand happy souls would go away…” Peter, we learn, perished in Auschwitz that same year. The Holocaust is not the frame for understanding Jewish life. It is, how‐ever, amongst the darkest examples of what our world can become for a peo‐ple – any people – if our values are not only affirmed, but made real through action in society. The ‘forces’ that cause/inspire/incite people to marginal‐ize, dehumanize, and vilify one another are all‐too‐real and all‐too‐pervasive. Judaism serves as a countervailing call. It is a declaration of the infinite value of life. A reminder of the Godliness that we all share. This, then becomes the purpose of Yom Hashoah. To remind us of what was – to memorialize and re‐member those who are no longer – and to recall our responsibility to look be‐yond ourselves and to do our part to ensure that our world is grounded in honor, integrity, and respect of all. Our annual Needham community Yom HaShoah commemoration will take place on Sunday evening, April 9 at 7:00 p.m. at Temple Aliyah (1664 Cen‐tral Avenue). We will see the film, “Image Before My Eyes,” – a depiction of Jewish life in Poland before the Holo‐caust. Following a brief discussion, we will share in the recitation of prayers and memorial. Zichronam Livrachah…..The memory of the righteous will always be for a blessing.

TBS 2010 SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE April 9‐11 Rabbi David Saperstein, Director and Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

As Director of the Reform Movement’s Religious Action Center (RAC) in Washington, DC, Rabbi David Saperstein represents the Reform Jewish community to Congress and the Obama Administration. Rabbi Saperstein and the RAC work tirelessly in the name of social justice. He is an attorney and a prolific writer and speaker. Rabbi Saperstein’s latest book is entitled, Jewish Dimensions of Social Justice: Tough Moral Choices of Our Time. He has appeared on numerous news and political opinion programs, including: Nightline,

Hardball, Crossfire, The O’Reilly Factor, Lehrer News Hour, ABC Sunday Morning, and Oprah. Rabbi Saperstein was recently honored by “Newsweek” magazine as “the most influential rabbi in America.”

We are honored to have Rabbi Saperstein with us as our 2010 TBS Scholar. Please join us:

Friday, April 9 at 7:45 pm at TBS for Shabbat Services. Rabbi Saperstein will discuss:

“Tough Choices: Jewish Perspectives on America’s Social Justice Challenge”

Saturday, April 10 from 8:30 ‐ 9:00 am Newbridge on the Charles, Dedham, for our weekly lay led Shabbat Morning Worship,

followed by Torah Study led by Rabbi Saperstein and then his presentation: “Israel’s Three Most Vital Challenges: Peace, Equality and Religious Freedom.”

Please RSVP to [email protected] by April 1. Sunday, April 11 at 8:45 am at TBS for a breakfast presentation by Rabbi Saperstein “The Use and Abuse of Religion in American Elections – Is it Good for the Jews?

Lessons from the 2008 Election”

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cern who is in which grade as our stu‐dents extend beyond their typical co‐

horts and friend groups to forge new and deeper relationships with their tem‐ple teen community. Secondly, this weekend was special not only because it completed a three‐year cycle of these retreats but because it was the sixth and final kallah run by our outstanding Youth Educator, Allie Klein. When Allie arrived three years ago, these weekends at camp for our teens were just an idea, and she has nurtured them into the thriving and compelling setting that they now are for our youth. At Shabbat morning services at our spring kallot, just before our Con‐firmation students read from the Torah,

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As I write these words, I have just re‐turned from our Spring Kallah (retreat) with Beth Shalom’s 8th‐10th grade Sha’arim students at the URJ Eisner Camp

in Great Barrington. This was not only the last Sha’arim retreat of this year but it was the final in our three year cycle of these weekend‐long experiential learn‐ing and community‐building opportuni‐ties for our students. Our current 10th graders were in the 8th grade when we first introduced these kallot into our teen programming three years ago, and they are now the first class to have ex‐perienced our full triennial cycle of learn‐ing themes: Tough Teen Choices, Mak‐ing Shabbat Meaningful, Serving as Guardians of our Earth, Our Relationship with Israel, Getting to Know God, and Finding Out What Being a Reform Jew Means to Me. All in all, it has been three years of great experiential Jewish educa‐tion. This past weekend’s event, however, was special for two significant reasons. First, we have reached a real tipping point in teen participation in, and excite‐ment about, these retreats. Some fifty students from across the three grades joined us at camp this time ‐ by far our most sizeable group to date. We almost no longer fit on a single coach bus! Fur‐thermore, the foremost goal of these weekends – creating a strong teen com‐munity at Beth Shalom – is truly being realized. It is now often difficult to dis‐

From Rabbi Markley we pass the sacred scroll around the room, beginning with our 10th graders, who pass it to our 9th graders, who then place Torah in the hands of the 8th grad‐ers, thus ritually cementing the legacy of

one class of TBS students to the next. This weekend, Allie took hold of the To‐rah first, and it was she who passed it to our 10th grade students to begin this chain of tradition and legacy. The mo‐ment was fitting as she has, so thought‐fully and fully throughout her time with us, made Torah accessible, exciting, and impactful for our teens – literally and metaphorically placing it in their hands. For this gift, we are very grateful!

From the Sacred Aging Initiative We know that, right now, many of our congregants are caring for a loved one here or assisting parents who live out of state. Part of our Sacred Aging Initiative is to be a resource to those who are facing some of these issues. If you need assistance in finding services or equipment please contact Ilene Sharp at 508-975-4192 or [email protected]. Did you know? As many of you are aware, The SHINE program (Serving the Health Information Needs of Elders) is available through local councils on aging for those needing help with any as-pect of Medicare. If you are assisting a parent or loved one out of state, you may also visit a SHINE counselor at the Needham Council on Aging for assistance. If necessary, they will direct you to a State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) in another state.

TBS Teens on the Spring Sha'arim Kallah


As we become im‐mersed in our Passover observance, many of us may get kind of moody without having the chance to bite into our hot, doughy morning bagel or always having

to remind ourselves to check for the chametz we are prohibited from ingesting during these days. Could it be possible though, that This observance also causes us to strip away the extras, the conveniences, the fast pace and the luxuries in our lives…leaving us with the ‘basic’ nourishment of our matzo and our own ‘natural resources’? While reading through the haggadah may be engaging, it’s not so simple to then go off and consider our own Egypts or mitz‐rayim, the narrow places we inhabit. While our bodies were slaves in Egypt and today might be as well through illness or falling prisoner to unhealthy routines, we also might experience our souls being en‐trapped through belief systems, lifestyles, struggles to feel valuable and to control our lives. Like the matzo isn’t quite ‘ready’ to eat, we may not be ready to give up some of our ways, but eating it is a reminder or

maybe a first step in being ‘liberated’, and refocusing on choosing the kindness and authenticity with which we want to fill our days. In a way this pause is what we seek each Shabbat when we take a deep breath and separate from the week’s events and rhythm. It’s sometimes difficult to get into that space, but once you’re there, you’re then ready to seek the sacred and a sense of shleimut ‐ of wholeness. These rituals of renewal are reminiscent of a very precious experience I recently had with my daughter Annie. As a part of her preparations for becoming a Bat Mitzvah, she chose to visit Mayyim Hayyim, the “living waters’ at our local mikveh in New‐ton. In anticipating this enormous life cycle event, Annie remembered her first visit here which was part of our celebration of her brother Jake becoming a Bar Mitzvah. She knew that something transformative could happen there. Like the Passover preparations or stripping away the ‘extras’ and refocusing on what is God‐given, the 7 kavanot (preparatory meditations) for ritual immersion focus on recognizing our God‐given unadorned bodies and pure souls. In a little d’var preview, I’ll use her words to describe her mikveh ‘encounter’; “When

you go to the mikveh, you prepare for something special. Before immersing you get clean like you normally would – brush‐ing your teeth, showering – and also take away anything extra, anything ‘unnatural’ – not given to you by God – like make‐up and nail polish. The mikveh gave me a chance to wash away difficult moments, mistakes, or challenges from the past in the moving waters, and to feel a new ‘beginning’. I realized that the special thing I was prepar‐ing for was a chance to talk to God.” One of the greatest challenges before us as we complete rituals – like the Passover observance or the mikveh , is finding ways to remind ourselves that we can continue to focus on the important essence of being unencumbered by our own or our culture’s unrealistic expectations. Instead we should free to live lives of creativity, authenticity and faithfulness. May we all carry this sense of cleansing and renewal, from this Pesach forward. Please join the Pinals Barringer family at our regular TBS congregational Shabbat service

on Saturday morning, April 17 at 11 am, as we celebrate our daughter Annie’s being called to the torah as a Bat Mitzvah. All are welcome at an Oneg following the service.

L’Shalom

Beth

President’s Message

Our Gesher L’Noar (6th & 7th Grade) Students are Positively Impacting The Lives of Others Through TELEM Every other week, thirteen seventh grade students and I board a yellow school bus to travel to Cambridge, MA to First Par‐ish Church. First Parish hosts a weekly soup kitchen called “Tuesday Meals” to feed the hungry in the Cambridge area. We do this as part of the TELEM course offered with the Gesher L’Noar 6th and 7th grade religious school program; TELEM is a service learning program that is a part of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC.) We, as a TELEM partner congregation, offer this course in which students spend alternating weeks learning about issues of hunger and homelessness in our society and then volunteering at First Parish to experience these problems first‐hand. TBS students help prepare and serve meals, count guests and hand out various sundries each week.

When we first prepared to travel to First Parish back in September, there was a lot of apprehension amongst the students. They weren’t sure what to expect, what to do, how to do it or whom to ask for what they might need. As soon as we arrived however, the students got comfortable and that apprehension went away. They were assigned jobs, introduced to Judy, the coordinator of Tuesday Meals, and to Patience who has been volunteering there for years. Within an hour they were so busy they had no time to think about anything except getting food on the tables! After our first few trips to The First Parish, something interesting began to happen. Students began to talk to the guests and getting to know them. Each person had a different story to share and our students learned much about them. At about the same time, people were com‐ing up to me and saying, “Are these your kids?” I explained that I was their teacher. “Well you have some amazing students” they said. “They are polite, kind and good listeners and what they are doing is good”. “We have places to live but not enough money for food and coming here and eating and talking to these kids makes us feel good.” The last time we were there, Joe, a lovely man in a wheelchair came up to me and said “These are some of the greatest kids I’ve ever met. They make me feel good. They are kind, polite and thoughtful and the work they are doing is truly appreciated.” I can’t begin to describe the pride I had in them. Another regular guest has given the students nicknames and says that the only reason she continues to come to First Par‐ish is because of how these kids make her feel. During our last circle time, Judy explained that serving the guests meals is a wonderful thing to do. She also explained to students that there is still a hierarchy if we are serving them. She suggested that over the next few dinners students sit down and have a meal with those that they serve. That suggestion was met with overwhelming excitement from the students. The understanding and compassion that our students have gained through this experience becomes more evident every time we’re there, and this only served to illuminate that for me. The students (and I!) are looking forward to our next visit. They are proof that as a congregation and a community we have much about which to be proud.

Sheira Rosenfield, TELEM Teacher


Essential Dates: Tuesday, April 6 at 7:00 p.m. Program with Suzanne Mahler Simon Hall Think spring! But in this climate, if you can’t see the green buds sprouting on the trees or the crocuses pushing up from the ground, do the next best thing: browse through some gardening cata‐logs, plan your garden, and order some plants. Or buy a green plant to bring

some foliage inside or purchase a bou‐quet of spring‐like flowers to brighten up your surroundings. If that doesn’t work, you are invited to attend our Garden Club program “Spring Designs with a Flair” on April 6 presented

Garden Club

The Membership Services Committee welcomes our newest members to the congregation and provides opportunities for our Temple family to come together to deepen relationships within our com‐munity. Below is a sampling of our efforts: • We contact and provide information to prospective members interested in join‐ing our temple community. • We welcome new members and help them to integrate into our temple family. We support existing members so that they can most easily find the right ways for them to engage with, and participate in, temple life and feel a part of our com‐munity. Events and programs we are responsible for include: • Prospective Member Open Houses and ongoing communication with those in‐terested in joining our community • New Connections Program, new mem‐ber gift bags and personal welcome to all those who join Temple Beth Shalom • Our TBS Chavurah program (bringing together member households in friend‐ship) • Congregational events, such as Shab‐bat dinners, annual Sukkot barbeque celebration and the Purim festivities held for adults • Our TBS Chanukah Shabbat celebration We encourage you to join this fun and active committee. Bring your ideas and suggestions to help us to continue to wel‐come and enrich all in our temple commu‐nity. If you have questions or would like more details, please contact Liv Nash at [email protected] or Ann Shuman at [email protected].

by Suzanne Mahler, a well‐known floral designer and winner of many awards. She will dazzle you with gorgeous flow‐ers to usher in the spring and lift your spirits. The public is welcome to attend and a guest donation is appreciated. Perhaps you would like to be sur‐rounded by beautiful and elegant ar‐rangements at the end of April. Visit the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston for their Art in Bloom event on April 24 ‐ 26. Many

designers from all over Massa‐chusetts are invited to interpret selected artworks within the museum. Beth Shalom Garden Club will be represented by sev‐eral of our own members. Finally, thanks to all of our members and visitors for com‐ing to our Needham’s Art in Bloom on March 5, 6 & 7. It was a huge success and I hope eve‐ryone enjoyed it. Our club would like to give special thanks to Sue Kaplan and Allison

Shapiro for co‐chairing this spectacular event. Spring is around the corner. Until then, see you at Garden Club.

Carol Gershman President

Membership Services Committee

TBS In Motion Have you heard the commotion?

Needham dedicates the month of May as "Needham in Motion" Join the fun as our community skates, bikes, walks and runs.

Think... a healthier you...one small act can result in a greener planet too! May 7‐9 is our own "TBS in motion"

So grab your sneakers, bikes, and sun lotion Here's your chance to Spring into Action You are sure to feel complete satisfaction.

Do you want more information? Contact Beth Shulman ‐ [email protected]

If you are passionate about the environment please join Shomrei Adamah ‐ Guardians of the Earth.

Our next meeting will be Monday, April 12 at 7:45pm at TBS. Contact Nancy Berger ‐ [email protected] for information.

Many kids, many bikes, one mission: cure cancer. Kids of all ages find fun, camaraderie, and inspiration in bringing us closer by the mile to the cure for can-cer with donations to the Jimmy Fund at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Wells Office Park, Newton, MA Sunday, May 23, from 1-4pm

Check-in starts at 12:00pm Toddlers, Kids, and Teens Ride!

Registration fee: $10 Suggested fundraising minimum: $50

Toddler Lot – Fun tot loop and play area for little bikers

Kids Office Park Loop – Ride the 3/4 mile loop as many times as you want in 2 hours.

Teen 17-mile Road Challenge – Fully chaperoned ride on the open road. Ride with classmates, teammates and friends who are

ready to pedal 17-miles for finding a cure!

For information on the ride, please contact our Ride Coordinators: Jordana Alford ([email protected]),

May Chiu ([email protected]), Jill Weiner – NEEDHAM ([email protected]) or Janet Weishaus – BROOKLINE ([email protected])


Religious School efforts so they can both contribute more and learn more about themselves in this task situation. As a result of Jewish experi‐ential learning we hope to provide: Recreation ‐ social comfort and belonging in a Jewish context; Socialization ‐ provide the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be an active member of the Jewish community; and Challenge ‐ to encourage participants to undertake the challenge of stretching themselves and growing toward a more complex participation in one’s Jewish life. To create an experiential Jewish learning environment will take time, study, explora‐tion, participation, commitment, enthusi‐asm for the possibilities and process and communication. It is my hope that many will step forward to make this a wonderful journey and to take part in the discovery of who we can be. Watch the Scroll, TBS web‐site and monthly education updates for information as it becomes available. As always, you can be in touch directly with questions or thoughts at [email protected]. I look forward to sharing this exciting journey with you!

L’shalom, Sandy

Welcome to spring, a season of new begin‐nings! Here at TBS in the education arena there are many exciting happen‐ings as well as new begin‐nings. Students have

been learning blessings and Hebrew read‐ings for Pesach, discovering more ways to demonstrate kavod, honor and respect, exploring the land and people of Israel and finding relevant modern understandings of the Torah. During Yom Chugim, the day of electives for third through fifth grade, stu‐dents explored the lives and traditions of Jews around the world. It was truly amaz‐ing to feel the energy and see the learning happening in every corner of the building! There is another new beginning under‐way for our education program. In mid‐January, Temple Beth Shalom was hon‐ored by being offered a multi‐year grant known as the Partnership in Experiential Learning (PEL). Combined Jewish Philan‐thropies (CJP), Innovation in Jewish Educa‐tion at Brandeis University (IJE) and Tem‐ple Beth Shalom (TBS) are partnering to explore and implement new models of learning, particularly in grades kindergar‐ten through five. Much like our Sha’arim

program for students in grades eight through twelve, the model will be grounded in experiential learning which may look very different than what is cur‐rently happening or in some cases, similar to experiences already in place. So what exactly is experiential learning? Although experiential learning in itself is not new, the broader and more in‐depth understanding of the impact of this par‐ticular style of learning is. Experiential learning is imbedded in authentic, real‐time, meaningful experiences. Joseph Reimer, professor at Brandeis and the Di‐rector of the IJE and David Bryfman, a product of Australia’s Jewish youth move‐ment and doctoral candidate in Jewish Education at NYU, have identified three primary roles in encouraging experiential Jewish learning: 1. To create a group space in which every participant feels safe and comfortable and is not distracted by anxieties about their place in the group; 2. To create a sense of group purpose and a set of norms that guide how every‐one in this group will behave to accomplish this purpose; and 3. To challenge individuals within the group to take the risk of maximizing their

Registration Time is Almost Here! We will be accepting on‐line as well as walk‐in registrations.

The link to register on‐line will be posted on the TBS website.

Walk‐In Hours:

Registration for grades K – 12 will begin Sunday, May 2 ~ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm Monday, May 3 ~ 3:45 – 5:30 pm Tuesday, May 4 ~ 9:30 – 11:30 am

Students registered during Registration Week:

May 2, 9:00 am – May 6th, 6:00 pm are given equal priority in class session assignments.

Students registering after the close of Registration Week will be placed on a first‐come, first‐served basis.

Please be sure your temple finances are current

prior to Registration Week!

Get Ready for the 2010 PMC Kids Rides

Save The Date: Sisterhood’s Annual Donor Dinner - Thursday, May 20 More information will follow!

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pray the morning service and to welcome Rosh Chodesh Adar….The service was beautiful and powerful, with more than 150 women gathering to sing and pray near the rear of the women’s section. As the service progressed, ultra‐orthodox men AND WOMEN began to yell and ver‐bally harass us. The incredible dichotomy of feelings is almost beyond words. On the one hand is the spiritual joy of standing in the Jerusalem sunshine, at the Kotel, with 150 strangers who welcome one another into their midst and become a community in a matter of minutes. On the other hand is the despair in hearing and seeing the vile and nearly violent reaction of OTHER JEWS who object to the heartfelt prayers of fellow Jews in Eretz Yisrael. It is the year 2010 and I stand shoulder to shoulder with other Jewish women praying at the West‐ern Wall and people are yelling and threat‐ening me. Can this be possible?” As we consider our own exodus this season from slavery to freedom, and the words “Next year in Jerusalem” it is my hope that we may all pray equally when we arrive there.

In Sisterhood, Judy Ravech

President

As we begin the Passover holiday, it is natural to consider its primary theme, that of freedom. This month, I’d like to bring your attention to the Women of the Wall (WOW), an organization which was founded in Israel in 1988. The group orchestrates a prayer service at the Kotel (Western Wall) each month on Rosh Cho‐desh. From its earliest days, the group’s at‐tempts to hold Torah services at the Wall have been met with serious and continu‐ous violence. Although the services take place on the “women’s side”, the ultra‐orthodox Haredi men – and women – who oppose the rights of these women to pray with a Torah scroll at the wall rain down physical objects, rocks, trash, and epithets upon them. After a series of legal battles, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled in 2002 that WOW must hold their prayer services at a nearby archeological site instead. How ironic that, while Jew‐ish women – Reform, Conservative and Orthodox ‐ are free to pray from the To‐rah together in places around the world, they are prohibited from doing so in the State of Israel at its most holy site.

I became aware of WOW during my trip to the WRJ Assembly in Toronto, where in a moving ceremony, a Torah was presented to the first woman rabbi ordained in Israel by the Hebrew Union College, Maya Leibovich, who accepted it on behalf of the Women of the Wall. (In an interesting connection, Rabbi Leibo‐vich is a friend of our own Rabbi Jay, and on my first trip to Israel with Temple Beth Shalom in 2007, we attended Shab‐bat services at her congregation, Kehilat Mevasserat Zion.) Almost immediately after the assem‐bly, WOW caught my attention with the news of the unprecedented arrest of Nofrat Frenkel at the Wall because she was carrying a Torah scroll that she was allegedly intending to read from; this was followed in January by the police interro‐gation of Anat Hoffman, chairwoman of WOW and director of the Israel Religious Action Center. The following excerpt, from a letter from WRJ President Lynn Magid Lazar while attending a recent conference in Israel, really says it all: “We walked into the old city to meet Women of the Wall to

TBS Sisterhood is now on Facebook! We invite all current Sisterhood mem-bers to join us online; just search for “Sisterhood of Temple Beth Shalom

Needham” and then request to join; one of our administrators will accept your request as soon as possible. We’ll be posting event notices and photos and using it as a discussion forum for all things Sisterhood related! Please contact Gail Lustig at [email protected] with any questions.

Change of Date! Please join us to volunteer for the

Needham Community Senior Lunch at Temple Beth Shalom on Thursday, May 6.

Sisterhood is seeking volunteers for shifts including set up, serving and clean up from 11:00am - 2:00pm.

Volunteers to make lasagna and salads are also needed!

Please contact Elise Miller - [email protected] or Jen Green - [email protected].

Sponsored by Sisterhood

SAVE THE DATE! We are planning the

13th Annual Sisterhood Spirituality Retreat! This year's program will be inspiring,

thought‐provoking, warm and friendly. Date: November 5 – November 7, 2010

Place: To be determined Theme: Experiencing Shabbat Together Mark your calendars and plan to join us

for what certainly will be a spectacular weekend.

Due to our earlier date next year, sign‐up forms will be available starting with the May Scroll!

If you have any questions or would like to join the Retreat Committee, please contact

Judy Ravech at [email protected].

9 www.tbsneedham.org

Brotherhood Looking back on our annual Brother‐hood Shabbat weekend we’d like to again congratulate, Stephen Staum, this year’s recipient of the Marc Comras Community Service Award. Stephen is frequently seen around the temple with his many hats: ushering, singing, expert lox slicer, avid torah studier, minyan leader, friend, brother and community leader. Thank you Stephen for everything that you do and your always positive attitude. We’d also like to thank everyone who attended our Spring Breakfast and Rabbi Joseph Meszler for his thought provoking discussion on what it means to be a Jewish man in today’s contemporary society. A special note of congratulations goes out to author, fellow brother and TBS Basher,

Jim Hirsch and his fam‐ily, on the release of his latest book, “Willie Mays, The Life, The Leg‐end” which is already on the New York Times' best‐seller list! Looking forward to what looks to be a must summer

read. Jim was kind enough to answer a few questions:

How long did this take you to write? It took me seven years just to meet Willie (the story of how I finally broke through is described in my Author's Note), and then it took about two years to research and write. Why Willie Mays? It starts with my love for baseball, and the name of "Willie Mays" is magic for any base‐ball fan. Beyond that, there was a vacuum. There were no real biographies of Willie, and certainly none in which he cooper‐ated. Though "Willie Mays" is one of the most famous sports names in America, he's guarded his privacy so intensely that very few people know anything about him. He was a worthy subject, of course, because he redefined the game of baseball. Before Willie, there was no such thing as a "five‐tool player" ‐‐ you were, broadly speak‐ing, either a slugger or speedster. Willie, however, would lead the league in home runs and stolen bases and play centerfield unlike anyone before or since. Meanwhile, Willie's career spanned from 1951 to 1973, which meant he was one of the most promi‐nent black people in America during the civil rights era, so his career also offered a glimpse into the changing racial dynamics of the country. What do you find to be Willie’s most en‐dearing quality? Because he doesn't trust people, Willie can be brusque to keep away strangers. The reality is that once you get past that barrier, he's warm and funny and is generous to a

fault with his friends and children. That gen‐erosity, dating back to his earliest years in the big leagues, is documented throughout the book, but I have a personal story as well. Sheryl and I took Amanda and Garrett to San Francisco to watch a Giants game with Willie at his box at AT&T Park. Several months later, I called Willie and asked if he would donate a signed baseball for a fund raiser for the Joslin Diabetes Center, where Garrett receives his care. Willie said to me, "You can't raise enough money with one signed baseball. You need more." So he sent a ball, a bat, and a vintage 1951 New York Giant jersey, with Willie's name and number 24 on the back — all items signed by Willie, a contribution worth thousands of dollars. That's Willie Mays. Can people contact you to get a signed copy of the book? Of course—I'd be glad to sign any copies; my email is [email protected]. Speaking of baseball or in this case soft‐ball, please catch Jim and fellow TBS Bash‐ers I and II teams as we play our home games at Claxton field (across from the dump) on Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m. April thru June. Best of luck to both Bash‐erteams this season. Also, Brotherhood is planning another Father/Son/ Daughter Pawtucket Red Sox game outing this sum‐mer. As soon as we have the date and de‐tails we will send out an email. Best wishes and congratulations to all the graduates and their families this spring. And we look forward to seeing everyone at our annual Brotherhood BBQ in June.

Jim Winterman

The response to the TBS handyman class was so positive, we’ve decided to make it a monthly activity, meeting the 2nd Tuesday of each month. At the last class participants were surprised to learn how much energy they’d been wasting and how easy it was to fix the problem. We also touched on other topics like

repairing a clogged toilet. This led to the topic of next month’s meeting, how to remodel your bathroom.

We’ll discuss how to replace a toilet, a sink, medicine cabinets, repairing/replacing tile and grout among other things including choosing the right brands. At the conclusion you’ll have enough of an understanding to determine if you should tackle these projects yourself or if you’d hire someone, and, how to know

you’re getting what you pay for. If interested email Jim Boesel at [email protected]

to get on the emailing list. Due to space restrictions the class will be limited to 20 people.


Children’s Center Purim, as we all know, is a time of joy, laugh‐ter, frivolity, and as we experienced with the TBS “Back to the 80’s” Purim shpiel, absolute silliness! It is also a time for doing

mitzvot that help others, as our Chil‐

dren’s Center students and staff pre‐pared and gave special sh’lach manot (Purim ‘gift’) baskets to friends, families and those in the community in need of extra joy and laughter brought in their lives. During the days leading up to Purim, the Children’s Center children, parents, siblings, and teachers, created wonder‐ful sh’lach manot baskets and individual gift bags, complete with hamentashen baked by the children, as well as deli‐cious teas, playing cards, sweets, and personal care items that were donated

by the families. During the weekend of Purim, the children and their families personally delivered these baskets to six different locations throughout our area ~ Newbridge on the Charles, Win‐gate, Avery Crossing, Avery Manor, Webster Green, Norum‐bega Point and Cabot Park Vil‐

lage. As part of the visit, our children were greeted by the residents and together, they sang Purim songs, familiar folk songs, and on Fri‐day, with Rabbi Todd at Wingate, sang Shabbat Songs. The children, the parents, teachers and residents alike were all touched by the warmth of sharing not only the baskets, but of the joy

that the children brought to the visit. Young children were thrilled to bring gift bags to individual people, say, “Hello.” and “I’ve got something just

for you!” It was wonderful to witness the joy that the children experienced in giving. We know how much they enjoy

receiving. This was a happiness that was experienced through the doing of a mitzvah. We look forward to coming back to many of these ‘homes‐away‐from home’ again and sharing the light of our children and families again soon!

L’Shalom, Marcie

Calling All Torah and Haftarah Readers! I know we’re not supposed to say that the High Holy Days are early or late in a given year, but they’re coming early this year! Believe it or not, it is that time once again when we begin our plans for the High Holy Days, and I need your help. It has long been the custom at Temple Beth Shalom that members of our congregation read Torah and Haftarah at the High Holy Day services held both in our sanctuary and at our family services at the Masonic Hall. Please take a moment to look at your calendars and consider when you might like to honor us, your temple family, by reading Torah or Haftarah. Rosh Hashanah Saturday, September 9, 2010 Rosh Hashanah (second day) Sunday, September 10, 2010 Yom Kippur Morning Monday, September 18, 2010 Yom Kippur Afternoon Monday, September 18, 2010

I’m also looking for our monthly Friday night Torah readers, so please let me know if you might be interested in that opportunity as well. Please send me an email: [email protected]


Social Action Scholar in Residence Weekend ‐ April 9 ‐ 11 "In the Jewish tradition, the separation between prayer and action is slight. We’re mindful of the admonition in Isaiah where God says, 'I don’t want your fast and your sacrifice. I want you to deal your bread to the hungry, tear apart the chains of the oppressed.' And Leviticus 19 tells us that to be holy in the way God is holy means to set aside a corner of our fields for the poor and homeless, to pay the laborer a timely and fair wage, and to remove stumbling blocks. These are religious activities just as much as prayer is. They are all woven to‐gether. After participating in the civil rights march in Selma, Alabama, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of this century’s great religious figures and a close colleague of Martin Luther King, said, 'It felt like my feet were praying.' Prayer is not just the com‐munication we have with God; it is also the work we do to make God’s values real to the world. I think God listens to both kinds of prayer with equal joy." These are words from Rabbi David Sa‐perstein, our guest and teacher for this year's Scholar in Residence weekend on Friday, April 9 though Sunday, April 11. Rabbi Saperstein is Director and Counsel of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism in Washington DC. RAC not only advocates on a broad range of social jus‐tice issues but provides extensive legisla‐tive and programmatic materials to syna‐gogues nationwide, and coordinates social action education programs that train nearly 3,000 Jewish adults, youth, rabbinic and lay leaders each year. As RAC's Direc‐tor, Rabbi Saperstein represents the na‐tional Reform Jewish Movement to Con‐gress and the Administration. Designated in Newsweek’s 2009 list as the most influ‐ential rabbi in the country and described in a Washington Post profile as "the quintes‐sential religious lobbyist on Capitol Hill," Rabbi Saperstein is a prolific writer and speaker and we are excited to welcome him to Temple Beth Shalom to gain knowl‐edge and inspiration from his teaching and experience in promoting social justice. Join us for insight and inspiration from Rabbi Saperstein at these Scholar in Resi‐dence events: Friday, April 9 at 7:45 p.m. ‐ Shabbat Eve‐ning Worship: "Tough Choices: Jewish Perspectives on America's Social Justice Challenge" featuring Rabbi Saperstein as our Gersten‐Hoisington memorial Lecture Speaker

Saturday, April 10 from 8:30 ‐ 10:00 a.m. at Newbridge on the Charles, Dedham Bagel breakfast, lay lead Shabbat Morning Worship, and Torah Study led by Rabbi Saperstein Saturday, April 10 from 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. at Newbridge on the Charles, Dedham Rabbi Saperstein presents "Israel's Three Most Vital Challenges: Peace, Equality, and Religious Freedom" RSVP for Saturday, April 10 attendance to Patti Grossman at [email protected]. Sunday, April 11 from 8:45 to 10:30 a.m. at Temple Beth Shalom Breakfast presen‐tation by Rabbi Saperstein: "The Use and Abuse of Religion in America's Elections ‐ Is it Good for the Jews? Lessons from the 2008 Election" Sunday, April 11 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Temple Beth Shalom Informal meeting with Rabbi Saperstein and the TBS teen community (Confirmands who participated in the Religious Ac‐tion Center program in February, the BESTY Board, and all 9th through 12th graders) Please join us for any or all of these programs as we welcome Rabbi Saper‐stein as our Scholar in Residence. Tikkun Olam Day ‐ Mischpacha Family Mitzvah Moments

Temple Beth Shalom members worked on "repairing the world" on March 14 as groups sorted and packed food at Greater Boston Food Bank, were trained and certi‐fied in CPR and defibrilator use, enter‐tained and delighted North Hill and Avery Manor residents on the Youth Choir tour, cleaned out the TBS library, did art projects and assembled bookshelves for the literacy program at Mozart Elementary School in Roslindale, and painted the community room at Needham Housing Authority's Chambers Street facility. Those signed up for the cleanup along the Charles River for

the Trustees of Reservations were disap‐pointed that the weather forced a cancella‐tion but stay tuned as the project will be rescheduled and announced. We also hope to establish regular group trips to the Greater Boston Food Bank which depends on volunteers to carry on their awesome work in supplying food to area food pan‐tries, soup kitchens, feeding programs, and shelters. Check out the Tikkun Olam Day photos of Youth Choir on Tour and volun‐teers at the Greater Boston Food Bank. Relay For Life of Needham, Dedham and Wellesley ‐ Celebrate! Remember! Fight Back! Join the Temple Beth Shalom team in this year's Relay for Life as we celebrate the lives of people who have battled can‐cer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. This year's Relay takes place at Newman Elementary School

on Saturday, May 15 through the night to Sunday, May 16. You can support the Relay by participating in several ways: • Join the Temple Beth Shalom team (or any participating Relay for Life team) • Participate as a survivor by joining us for the inspirational Survivors' Lap at the Relay • Honor someone who is battling cancer or remember someone who has lost that battle by purchasing a

luminaria and/or attending the Luminaria Ceremony after sunset on Saturday eve‐ning • Make a general donation to the event • Join us for a Havdallah service at the Re‐lay at the conclusion of Shabbat For information about this year's Relay for Life or to participate, check the event's website at www.RelayNeedham.org or contact Howard Ostroff, Temple Beth Sha‐lom's team captain, at 781‐801‐9696 or [email protected].

Betty Weiner and Howard Ostroff Co‐chairs, Social Action Committee

Sisterhood presents a Movie Night Thursday, April 15 at 7:30pm in the Community Room. The Gefilte Fish Chronicles: A story of Passover – family, fish, food, and plenty of love Join us as we watch the Dubroff family laugh, argue, cry, mince, peel, and reminisce, while preparing for the joyful 100-year-old family celebration. This wonderful, warm, and funny documentary about a family keeping Passover traditions alive will remind you of people you know – or perhaps even your own family.

All are welcome for this free showing. Refreshment are included.


Temple Beth Shalom Sisterhood Sunday, May 23 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Monday, May 24 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. - Bag Sale

Drop Off Date: Sunday, May 23 from 9:00 a.m. - 12 noon

in Simon Hall Sisterhood needs your donations

and assistance. Please call to volunteer!

(Please, no broken or damaged items.) For more information, or to volunteer,

please contact Bonnie Littman 781-449-8793 or [email protected].

Baby and infant accessories are no longer accepted, but baby clothing is welcome.

No undergarments will be accepted. No computers or monitors, unless they are new.

Sisterhood Rosh Chodesh Group Sunday, April 11 from 3:30 ‐ 5:00pm At the home of Lisa Channen, 24 Hollow Ridge Road, Needham RSVP to Trina: 781‐449‐6747, [email protected] Rosh Chodesh: Female‐centered Rosh Chodesh observances vary from group to group, but many are centered around small gatherings of women, called Rosh Chodesh groups. These groups engage in a wide variety of activities that center around issues important to Jewish women, depending on the preference of the group's members. Many Rosh Chodesh groups explore spirituality, religious education, ritual, health is‐sues, music, chanting, art, and/or cooking. Rosh Chodesh is a monthly holiday based on the new month. We will celebrate the beginnings of the month in our own unique way as the new group comes together to form its own traditions. Enjoy a spiritual and social gathering to create connections and relationships among your Sister‐hood friends. Be a part of shaping this group into an exciting new addition to your spiritual life in Sisterhood.

Please RSVP to Trina Novak at [email protected] or 781‐449‐6747 so we know how many people to expect.

Join us for a great way to welcome in the new month!

**There is no charge for this event. If you would like to join Sisterhood to be a part of this wonderful group, please contact Sharon Manchel at

[email protected] or 781‐455‐6347.

Temple Beth Shalom Golf and Tennis Fundraiser

September 14, 2010 Blue Hill Country Club, Canton Save the date for our Temple’s first

Golf and Tennis Fundraiser! Private club, good friends, prizes and competition – all to raise money for TBS.

More information to follow.

SAVE THE DATE!

Yahrzeits


Rose M. Cherenson Susan Lipsett deVies

Irma Feldman Bessie Fisher

Alan H. Freedman Norman Greenfield Ruth A. Halpert

Lawrence W. Keepnews Miriam Landy William Ledner Morton S. Miller Estelle Nash Meyer Price Dora Radler Emil Sadler

Nancy Alperin Samores Alex Schumacher Harry Sherman Rose Spellman Beatrice Taitz

Mitchell Wasserman

APRIL 30 Morris Epstein Philip Faneuil

Barbara Franceschini Zoltan Fried

Rose Friedman Kate Gabrilove

Cele Glou Morris Goldberg Laura Goldner Richard Gordon Irene Grebber Ann Greenberg Lillian Jacobs Lowell Keller

Ellen Hyman Langer Eva Narcus

Moshe Menachem HaLevi Nir Nancie Ostroff

Samuel Pressman Donald E. Robinson

Esther “Bobbi” Sadow Hyman Schapiro William Schultz Sylvia Silberman Harry Slawsby Edward Smith Joseph Solinsky

Yetta Taitz Albert Timmerman Benjamin Wiener Charles Sol Wynn H. Henry Young

APRIL 2 Freda Barsky Barbara Behar

Florence Breitstein Bella Bloom Joseph Blum

Jennie Burtman Ira Chaffin

Henry Cutler Joseph Dephoure Theodore Epstein

Ada Fanger Abraham Gershman

Gisele Setton Goldstein Lewis Grebber Dorothy Helfer Ginda Ilyutovich Sylvia Kowal

Eleanor S. Levy Judith Alperin Levy A. Solomon Menter

Esther Needle Sadie Niss

Louis Samuel Pearlstein Benjamin Richmond

Arnold Rose Frank R. Sherman Beatrice Siegal

John Francis Simons Harry Singer Barnet Sobell Max Stavisky

Benjamin Stocklan Gloria Turley Judith Wein

Charles Wilson

APRIL 9 Rose Becker Louis Bloom

Melvin Breitstein Selma Brick David Fisher Ethan Gilbert Nancy R. Goff

Michael Goldberg Dinah Goldsheid Ida F. Gordon Henry Green

Morris Hurwitz Arlene R. Kahn Allan Kameras Doris Kameros Betty A. Katz

Louis Klebanow Pauline Landy

Need a Hug? Do you know a member in our Temple Beth Shalom family

who is experiencing an illness, recuperating from an accident or major surgery, rehabilitating in a nursing home or

recuperative center? The Knitting Mavens would like to give

them a “hug” with a hand-made “healing wrap” and personalized note.

Please call Margie Glou at 781-444-0943 or Kim Silverman at 781-444-1191.

We extend our sympathy to Sharing Our Lives

We extend Mazal Tov to

Mimi and Jim Winterman, Jacob and Joshua on the passing of their mother and grandmother, Siu Kuen Chan

Steven and Betty Weiner on the birth of their first grandchild, Lillian Brooke. Proud mother is daughter Alyssa.

Nancy and Gerry Koss and parents Rachel and Matthew Block on the birth of twins Evan Maxwell and Dylan Henry Block.

Esther Lefkovich Abraham G. Luskin Theodore D. Mann

Edith Matloff Rose Newman Florence Price Helen Scheib Sol Schultz Ann Simon

Ruth L. Smith Harold J. Stieber Robert Tishman John Torrisi

Izadore Weener

APRIL 16 Jack Adler Harry Canal

Steven Chesin Cohen Bernard Danzig

Adele Bulian Davis Alex Deutsch

William “Bill” Freid Samuel Gass Frank Ginn

Shirley Goldman George Herzog

William Hootstein Monroe Inker

Arlene Lieberman Mary Lipschutz Jane L. Munick Joseph Newman Jacob Raphael Louis Reiss

Margaret Rodman Edna Rosin

Phyllis Rotman Robert Schneider David Sherman Philip Simon Harold Sloane Sadie Smith Eva Stocklan

Richard Todd White Marjorie Whitecross

Harold Young Benjamin Zakon Benjamin Zeitler

APRIL 23

Sue‐Sara Akell Sylvia Aptheker Florence Basner Laurel Fay Brandt

Lillian Carp

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Education Fund Donor In appreciation of Aimee, Gregg, Henry & Sophie Bierman Rabbi Lenke’s support, inspiration & guidance during Aimee’s conversion preparation & her assistance with Aimee, Henry & Sophie’s immersions Monica & Robert Markstein Rabbi Lenke for Annie’s Bat Mitzvah preparation Monica & Robert Markstein Sheira Rosenfield for Annie’s Bat Mitzvah preparation Sisterhood of Temple Beth Shalom Sandy Whitecross at the Spirituality Retreat Judy Ravech Emily Perlman at the 2010 Spirituality Retreat Judy Ravech Rabbi Michele Lenke at the 2010 Spirituality Retreat Donor In honor of Jane Spigle Rabbi Michele Lenke & Emily Perlman Sisterhood of Temple Beth Shalom Allie Klein’s acceptance to HUC‐JIR Donor In memory of The Kaplan Family Irving Kaplan Anita Glickman Pearl Stone Anita Glickman Emma Novick Stone Jeffrey Lepes Morris Lepes Bobbie & Edward Friedman Janet Weiss Nancy & Jeremy Serwer Florence Cipriano The Weinberg Family Edith Eckstein Ruth & Shelly Bramson Max H. Bohrer

General Fund Donor In memory of Nancy Ravech Sara Bello Leslie Kalish Lucille Kline Kalish Mildred Weisberg Henry Weisberg Liz Berkman Richard Saletan Amy Krushell Matthew Cline Joseph Davis Arnold Goldstein

Richard Todd Sacks Jewish Life Education Fund Donor In honor of Ina & Ron Glasberg The birth of Betty & Steven Weiner’s granddaughter

Library Fund Donor In memory of Marilyn Brooks Harry Goodman Richard Chaffin Miriam Chaffin Joanne & David Kahalas Jack Epstein

Music Fund Donor In appreciation of Robert & Monica Markstein Lisa Marcus Jones’ beautiful voice at Annie’s Bat Mitzvah Donor In memory of Arlene Katzman Godfrey Cohen Dianne & Fred Waldman Catherine Miller Dianne & Fred Waldman Edward Miller Dianne & Fred Waldman Gertrude Waldman Dianne & Fred Waldman Margy Peyser’s father Michael Cohen & Cheryl Louis L. Cohen Weisman‐Cohen

Kivi Grebber Memorial Fund Donor In memory of Jean & Joe Sands Gertrude Landy

Amy Sanker Kappel Memorial Fund Donor In memory of Sydney Aliber & Family Lenore Drabkin

Ned Saltzberg Memorial Fund Donor In honor of Brenda & Ira Nagel Julia Silverman’s Bat Mitzvah Donor In memory of The Taich Family Nancy Eiseman

Prayerbook Fund (The minimum donation for a bookplate is $54.00)

Donor In memory of Roberta Gerson Rose Katkis Monty & Nancy Krieger I. Jay Krieger

Contributions The minimum donation for recognition in The Scroll is $10.00.

“At birthdays, anniversaries, yahrzeits, etc., support your Temple Fund.”

Rabbi Perlman’s Discretionary Fund Donor In appreciation of Lynn Shapiro Rabbi Perlman’s kindness Dorothy & Arnold Cohen The beautiful funeral service for Jean Nider Aimee, Gregg, Henry & Sophie Bierman Rabbi Perlman’s assistance with Aimee’s conversion to Judaism and Aimee, Henry & Sophie’s immersions The Markstein Family Rabbi Jay’s encouragement & support during Annie’s Bat Mitzvah Ellie Nash Rabbi Jay for his participation & assistance with my naming Ellie Nash & Family Ellie’s special naming ceremony Donor In honor of Jane & Ken Spigle Aimee Bierman’s conversion Boris Guralnik Rabbi Jay teaching the Pirke Avot class Donor In memory of Ralph & Ina Melen Alfred Kruger The Casper Family Jerome Casper The Potter & Zaff Families John Potter Heide Davis & Family Bessie Davis Carol & Arnold Farber Marilyn Yogel Mort & Jan Parker Eva Perlmutter Charlotte & Richard Chaffin Nathan Roberts Bill & Gena Borson Frances Borson Judith & Arnold Brier Paula Cohen Susan & Charles Carp Philip Kowal Marc & Judi Kahn Seymour Kahn Ralph Levine Molly Newfield Ralph Geffen James Geffen Ralph Geffen Samuel P. Geffen

Rabbi Markley’s Discretionary Fund Donor In appreciation of The Markstein Family Rabbi Todd’s guidance in preparation of Annie becoming a Bat Mitzvah Aimee, Gregg, Henry & Sophie Bierman Rabbi Markley’s assistance with Aimee’s conversion to Judaism and Aimee, Henry & Sophie’s immersions Jay Sherwin & Rachel Lefkowitz Rabbi Markley Donor In honor of Jerry Sherman Rabbi Lenke Donor Speedy recovery Jerry Sherman Jessica Snyder Donor In memory of Robert Saltzman Elaine Bernstein Saltzman Suzy Tobin Lawrence Laskey Marcie, Jeffrey, Victoria, Saul & Isaac Jonas Victor H. Liebnick Gerri Shubow Marjorie Feuer Mark Maremont Jill Fischer Maremont

The Chesed Fund Donor In appreciation of Diane Sparr All my angels Donor In honor of Linda & Allan Gersten Melanie Joseph’s Bat Mitzvah Donor In memory of Rosalyn & Jason Levy Gertrude Waldman Jon & Lori Shaer George Dickstein The Segaloff Family Peter Segaloff The Segaloff Family Frances Segaloff Joan & Sheldon Bycoff Louis Sagansky The Glou Family Eleanor Glou

Children’s Center Fund Donor In memory of Terri Loewenthal Sydney Loewenthal Sandra, Steve & Jennie Shusterman Shirley Fine The Unicorn Class, Children’s Center Simon Alfasi Claire Blum Smadar Stearn’s father Renee Wynn Gussie Wynn Marcie & Charlie Berul Edward Felber Marcie & Charlie Berul Selma Barondess


Sanctuary Flower Fund Donor In honor of The Silverman Family Julia Silverman becoming a Bat Mitzvah Emily & David Geller Hannah Geller becoming a Bat Mitzvah Jena & Joe Sands Ariane’s engagement Donor In memory of Judy and Nate Levine Robert Epstein

Sisterhood Oneg Fund Donor In appreciation of Judith Ravech Barbara Pack & Emily Aransky, Co‐chairs & the 2009‐2010 Spirituality Retreat Committee Donor In honor of The Silverman Family Julia Silverman becoming a Bat Mitzvah Emily & David Geller Hannah Geller becoming a Bat Mitzvah Jane Spigle Barbara Pack Jane Spigle Emily Aransky Barbara Pack The Birth of Betty & Steven Weiner’s granddaughter

Social Action Fund Donor In memory of Lora & Nelson Hammer Louis Krafchik Nancy & Monty Krieger Theodore Robbins

Torah and Sanctuary Fund Donor In honor of Anonymous TBS C.A.R.E.S.

Youth Fund Donor In memory of Marvin Rumpler Joseph Cotton Marvin Rumpler Cynthia Rumpler Judy & Fred Shapiro Sheila Fish The Bookman Family Kay Bookman The Bookman Family Ida Smith Vera Alperin Jacob Shulman

Saturday, May 1 10:00 a.m. ‐ 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 2 12:00 ‐ 4:00 p.m. Over 50 local artists

open their homes and studios to the public in 20 locations, showing you their paintings, pottery, printmaking, jewelry, leatherwork,

photography, wearable arts and more. www.needhamopenstudios.com

The Zamir Chorale of Boston presents JaZZamir: An Evening of Jewish and Israeli Jazz, honoring Alan Teperow & Suzanne Hanser and Peter & Nancy Finn, Sunday, June 6, 2010, 8:00 p.m., Sanders Theatre, Cambridge. With Joshua Jacobson, Artistic Director; Hankus Netsky, band director; Gabrielle Orcha, choreography; and guest artists: Daniel Stepner, Amir Milstein, Eli Newberger. Cosponsored by Berklee College of Music, the Consulate General of Israel to New England, and Hebrew College.

For ticket and tribute book information, visit www.zamir.org or contact 617-244-6333.

Temple Beth Shalom and Temple Aliyah Annual Holocaust Memorial Program Sunday evening, April 11 at 7:00 p.m.

Temple Aliyah 1664 Central Avenue, Needham

featuring a screening of the movie

This movie is a moving and loving portrait of Jewish life in Poland before World War II, with home movie footage taken by Jews who had moved to America and had returned to Poland to visit relatives in the 1930s.

This is an interesting, moving and informative program meant for both adults and older children wishing to reflect upon and to remember those whose lives were taken by hatred during

the Shoah. Following the film, Rabbi Perkins and Rabbi Perlman will moderate a brief discussion of the film and we will

recite prayers in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. Please plan to join us.

Light refreshments will be served.


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It’s been a while since our new Memorial Boards

have been placed in the Sanctuary. As we prepare to order new plaques

for loved ones, we would like to remind you that there is space available to add additional names. Inclusion in the

Memorial Boards is a wonderful way to memorialize those

who have passed away. If you would like to have the name(s)

of your loved one(s) included, please contact Tiziana Getz

at the Temple Office. Each plaque cost $360.00.

Joan Bycoff, Memorial Board Representative

Jewish Family Service of Metrowest will hold its 20th Annual Gala, Seas the Dream 2010: Building Community, Sunday, April 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel in Framingham. This year, the honorees are Kathryn Anbinder, Lou Kates, and Cynthia B. Shulman.

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Temple Beth Shalom 670 Highland Avenue Needham, MA 02494

781‐444‐0077 ‐ Temple Office 781‐449‐3274 ‐ Fax Number

781‐444‐0388 ‐ Religious School Office 781‐449‐3016 ‐ Children’s Center

e‐mail:[email protected] www.tbsneedham.org

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of Massachusetts

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Temple Calendar ‐ April 2010

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