THE NEW LIGHT

February 2018

February 2018 — Sh’vat/Adar 5778

THE NEW LIGHTVolume 20 Issue 1

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Sunday, February 18th

3:00 - 5 :00 p.m.

Community Room

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February 2018

The New Light The Newsletter for Congregation Or Chadash

Flying Chai!

Congregation Or Chadash A warm and welcoming Community where all

can experience God

3939 N. Alvernon Way Tucson, AZ 85718 www.octucson.org

(520) 512-8500

MISSION STATEMENT To instill and foster Jewish identity and community, to perpetuate Judaism by being a community of life-long learners, and to enhance the quality of life through the practice of Torah, Avoda (Worship), Gemilut Chasadim (Acts of Loving Kindness) and Tikkun Olam (Repair of the World)

Thomas A. Louchheim Rabbi Janece E. Cohen Cantor Rina Liebeskind Director of Education Eileen Cook Executive Assistant Jim Liebeskind Events & Facilities Manager Sarah Bollt RS & Clergy Assistant Jim Neal Accounting Manager

Board of Directors Benjamin Vogel President Paul Bartlett First Vice President Elaine Jones Vice President Emily Joseph Secretary Marty Zuckerman Treasurer Steve Schuldenfrei Past President

Sheldon Clare Aaron Fisher Terri Freed

Lynn Greenberg Steve Groff Melissa Hall Jay Sherman

Gerry Tumarkin

AUXILIARY REPRESENTATIVES Dana Adler Sisterhood Richard Marimow Brotherhood

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Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m. Closed from 12:30—1:30 p.m.

Gift Shop Hours:

Monday 11:30 a.m.—12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m.—1:45 p.m. Thursday 4:00 p.m.—6:00 PM Friday 5:30 p.m — 6:15 p.m. Sunday 9:00 AM — 12 p.m.

Get ready to Fly! This spring we are honoring Rina Liebeskind on her 10th anniversary as our Education Director. A spectacular afternoon and evening is in the works for you and your whole family to share. Flying Chai features an Israeli themed dinner, entertainment, a raffle, a fundraiser and more. There will be activities for both kids and adults. It is the definitive event to cap our special Scholar-in-Residence weekend. The Special Events Committee is working diligently to keep the cost of Flying Chai very reasonable, but we will need your help.

• The first thing you can do to join honoring Rina is to put the date on your calendar. Flying Chai will start at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 15th at the JCC.

• Next, we need pictures of Rina with your family (group or individual) for a montage. Old or new, we need them all! Send your pictures to Steve at [email protected]. Physical pictures can be sent to the office with your name and contact information on the back. We will scan and return them. We are aiming for hundreds of pictures, so every photo is important to the effort.

• We are asking every student that Rina has ever helped in her work at Or Chadash, THA, JCC and everywhere else she has served to add their name and a message (140 character maximum) to the Tribute Book. It will be a keepsake that Rina will truly treasure. The cost is $18 per name/message.

• If you have a company or an individual that wishes to have special recognition honoring Rina and help with the fundraising, we're providing a Digital Accolade Projection that will run on the big screen in the JCC's ballroom during Flying Chai. As an additional thank you, the program will be accessible through our website following the event. There will also be opportunities to be a key sponsor. The cost is very reasonable, so please contact Sheila Peress Velez at [email protected] for details.

Flying Chai is our spring event. You may attend Flying Chai without participating in the Scholar-in-Residence program. Please invite your friends and family to attend. Questions should be addressed to: Steve Schuldenfrei [email protected].

Table of Contents Flying Chai ............................................ 2 From the President ................................ 3 Calendar ............................................... 4 Education .............................................. 5 Merkaz .................................................. 6-7 Synagogue Life ...................................... 8-9 Life Cycle ............................................... 10 Donation Acknowledgements ................... 11

February 2018

From Our President

2018 is off to a remarkable start and brings us even MORE GOOD NEWS! Over the last few years, we have been promising that we would contract for a full audit, and I am

very happy to let everyone know that the audit has been completed and, thanks to the extra efforts of Jim Neal and Marty Zuckerman, we have received very positive results. We will have more detailed report for everyone at the annual meeting on May 7th.

PARTICIPATE! I have been encouraging you all to get involved in our congregation activities, and we actually have

some exciting ways to do so. First on the calendar is the Casino Night fundraiser on Saturday, February 10th. Whether you like to play cards or

not, this will be a great evening of food, friends, music and fun. Tickets available now. On Sunday, February 18th, we will have our Town Hall meeting on campus at 3:00 pm. This is your chance to not

only hear about the latest OC25 to provide long range strategic planning, but to also share your thoughts on the matter. Anybody interested in getting more involved can contact Jeff Jacobson or Alan Kalmikoff at the OC office during regular business hours.

Don’t forget about our second fundraising event on April 15th, when we will enjoy the Flying Chai event. This will culminate our Festival of Education weekend honoring Rina Liebeskind and the unbelievable work she has done with our religious school, the only accredited reformed Jewish religious school in Arizona.

In addition to these programs and events, there are opportunities get involved with the Sisterhood, Brotherhood, and the Schmooze and Service group. We encourage everyone to be active in our beloved community, and EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THEIR OWN WAY!!

We really do have a warm and welcoming community where all can experience God, and the best way to experience it is to get involved and PARTICIPATE!

Benjamin Vogel, Congregation Or Chadash President

Casino Night registration is in full swing. The event promises to be one of our biggest fundraisers ever and is Saturday, February 10th, at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Sign up today, and bring your friends to a great dinner dance with wonderful food and music, combined with fun for all, while contributing to our congregation! There will be tours of the incredible and historical Scottish Rite Cathedral, a hidden treasure of the Sonoran Desert.

I am very proud to be a part of OC25 which has been developing during the past couple of months. This program seeks your involvement as experienced, knowledgeable and resourceful members of the congregation, who yearn to have a voice in long range goals of Or Chadash. On

Sunday, February 18th at 3:00 p.m. in the community room, current OC25 participants will hold a Town Hall meeting. What does that mean? The expressed objective of OC25 is to create a long range strategic plan that will help guide the future board of directors and the congregation, as a whole. At this particular meeting, we want to hear from you, and we will do the listening!

Each of the OC25 Groups: governance, finance, operations and systems, properties and facilities, marketing and communications, fundraising and legacy and spiritual direction of the synagogue, are organizing to contribute their visions to the strategic plan, which will be a work in progress as we go forward.

[email protected] has been designated as the go to email address to inquire about joining one of the groups, asking questions about the initiative and its goals, and about Or Chadash in general. As staff liaison, I have enjoyed some wonderful discussions (and lunches), meeting and conversing with members of the congregation who are becoming reenergized about the future of Jewish life in Tucson and at Or Chadash.

Don’t sit around waiting for someone to call. Get up and take the initiative to join, as your voice is valued, and you have much to contribute. And please come to the Town Hall on Sunday, February 18th. This is your congregation. Be a part of it.

L’shalom, Alan Kalmikoff, Administrator

From the Corner Office

February 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

February 2018 1 4:30 PM Hebrew School at THA for Tu B'Shevat 5:30 PM Governance Group OC25 7:00 PM Adult Choir

2 6:30 PM Friday Night LIVE! Shabbat Service

3 8:30 AM Torah Study 9:00 AM Haftarah Cantillation Torah Cantillation 10:00 AM Shabbat Service

4 9:30 AM • Parent/Teacher

Conferences • Religious School

and Camp Fair 11:00 AM Adult Hebrew 12:15 PM Introduction to Judaism

5 6 7:00 PM Adult Education Lecture - Ken Iserson

7 6:30 PM Sisterhood Meeting

8 4:30 PM Hebrew School 7:00 PM Adult Choir

9 6:30 PM Shabbat Service

10 Casino Night 8:30 AM Torah Study 9:00 AM • Haftarah

Cantillation Torah Cantillation

• 6th Grade Family Class

10:00 AM Shabbat Service

11 9:30 AM • Religious School • Schmooze and

Service 11:00 AM Adult Hebrew 12:00 PM OCTY678 3:00 PM Sunday at the Movies - Annie Hall

12 12:00 PM Mondays with the Rabbi 1:30 PM Social Action Committee Meeting 5:30 PM Executive Committee 7:00 PM Religious School Committee Meeting

13 7:00 PM Adult Ed. - Merkaz

14 St. Valentine's Day

15 Rosh Chodesh Adar 4:30 PM Hebrew School 7:00 PM Adult Choir

16 5:30 PM 5th Grade Family Dinner 6:30 PM led by 5th Grade with Birthday & Anniversary Blessing

17 8:30 AM Torah Study 9:00 AM Haftarah Cantillation Torah Cantillation 9:00 AM Shabbat Hike - Pima Canyon 10:00 AM Shabbat Service

18 9:30 AM • Brotherhood

Meeting • Religious School 11:00 AM Adult Hebrew 12:15 PM Introduction to Judaism 3:00 PM OC 25 Town Hall Meeting

19 President's Day 12:00 PM Mondays with the Rabbi

20 12:00 PM Book Club7:00 PM Adult Ed. - Merkaz 7:00 PM Adult Ed. - Merkaz

21 5:30 PM Sisterhood Board Meeting

22 No Hebrew School 6:15 PM Men's Night Out 7:00 PM Adult Choir

23 6:30 PM Shabbat Service

24 8:30 AM Torah Study 9:00 AM Haftarah Cantillation Torah Cantillation 10:00 AM Shabbat Service

25 No Religious School

26 12:00 PM Mondays with the Rabbi 5:45 PM Ritual Committee 7:00 PM Board Meeting

27 7:00 PM Adult Ed. - Merkaz

28 February 17th — Pima Canyon Shabbat Hike March 2nd — Purim Shabbat Friday Night Live March 4th — Purim Carnival

February 2018

Encouraging Lifelong Learning

TORAH STUDY Saturdays

8:30 am-10:00am Find out how the Torah provides insights for a healthier outlook.

Using commentary, sharing our own insights, and looking at various transla-tions, we work our way through this amazing and inspirational text.

Taught by Rabbi Thomas Louchheim and Andi Elkins

2018 Mitch Dorson Scholar-in-Residence

Avram Mandell, Executive Director and Founder, Tzedek America

April 13th-15th

Part of our Festival of Education Weekend

Tzedek America is an organization that teaches 18-20 year-olds leadership, communication, and confidence-building skills — lifelong learning tools that will help you build a successful and purposeful life while you work to make a better world. Jewish content is designed to give them the opportunity to explore and redefine your Jewish identity, both as an individual and as an American citizen. Avram brings nearly 20 years of experience developing and leading educational programs for Jewish children, teens, and adults. He aspires to create high-impact, immersive programs that engage groups in Jewish learning in a fun and relevant way, and inspire them to incorporate Jewish values into their everyday lives.

Cantillation Saturdays, 9:00 a.m.

Torah and Haftarah Chanting for Adults

Learn the ancient art of Cantillation – Torah Chanting. Participants will be invited to prepare and chant Torah portions for

Shabbat and Festival services throughout the year. Members: Free Friends: $36

Awesome Mitzvah Fair At the end of December, our 3rd-7th grade students, presented highlights from various Jewish organizations in our community as part of our annual Mitzvah Fair. This presentation gave our students a chance to learn about and support the local Jewish community through Tzedakah- the Jewish value of giving. Proudly, our students collected almost $400 for the following organizations: Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona, Handmaker Home for the Aging, JCC Hillel and the Or Chadash Special Needs Fund.

Mazel Tov to Marcia Abelson

winner of the MacBook Raffle

to Sisterhood for the matching donation of $1,000

towards our Youth Lounge Fundraiser.

PURIM CARNIVAL — MARCH 4TH Our entire Religious School participates in the Purim Carnival that is organized and run by our 6th and 7th Grade students and their families to raise money for our B’nei Mitzvah Youth Philanthropy Program. Watch for more details.

Join us for the festivities and may your joy increase!

Early Bird Registration* Registration forms will be mailed home soon. By registering your students early, you are helping us to better plan and prepare for the coming year. Please check your information for accuracy and return to the office with a $150 Registration fee per student. The price for Registration will go up to $200 after May 6th. *Please note that the Early Bird Registration does not include Membership Dues or Tuition for the 2018-2019 school year.

Synagogue Funding Group (SFG) Religious School and Family Education Programming

For the last several years, the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona has been subsidizing our Religious School through their Aaron Alexander Fund at the Jewish Community Foundation. This year through the Planning and Allocations Committee, a new initiative was formed, and the SFG has allocated a sum based on the number of members 18 years old and younger. At Or Chadash, we have directed these funds towards expanding our outreach in the Northwest, strengthening our OCTY youth group and engaging young families. The money that the Federation and the SFG are contributing will help us reach a greater number of people who will benefit from our programming.

Tucson is successfully partnering with the Israeli communities of Kiryat Malachi and Hof Ashkelon, providing the opportunity for our

communities to connect and interpersonal relationships to flourish.

February 2018

THE MERKAZ CONGREGATION OR CHADASH’S NEWEST ADULT EDUCATION INITIATIVE

Tuesday evenings in February

Introducing Congregation Or Chadash’s newest adult education initiative! Be a part of Merkaz – The Center for Learning. At the Merkaz, educators will provide an intensive adult learning experience. Three-part classes will be offered Tuesday evenings (February 13th, 20th, 27th).

Cost for members is $18 for the three-session workshop. Cost for friends of Or Chadash is $30.

We will kick-off Merkaz with a free presentation by our very own Dr. Ken Iserson on February 6th.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Sarah Bollt at 900-7027 or [email protected] or attend Dr. Iserson’s lecture on February 6th and sign up for the class you wish to attend at that time.

Tuesday evenings, February 13th, 20th, and 27th, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Spiritual Awakening through Integral Jewish Meditation

with Reb Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks Spiritual awakening is the realization that you are far more than your thoughts and feelings. Beneath your personality, there’s a radiant field of awareness, free from negativity and connected to the aliveness of the present moment. Integral Jewish Meditation brings to life your potential for awakening in a direct and experiential way, freeing you from stress and opening you to joy, wellness, and peace. It includes chanting (t’filah), focused intention (kavanah) and silent, present moment awareness. Sample Reb Brian Yosef’s meditation online at: www.torahofawakening.com.

Living Wills, Ethical Wills & Our Lived Legacy with Rabbinic Pastor Sandra Wortzel, MA, CAGS

Living Wills - Talking about the hard questions and even harder decisions about life, illness, dying and death; introduction to the Five Wishes document and more. Ethical wills -- Leaving a soulful imprint for the next generations. We will share the essential wisdom, values, philosophy and ethics that we live by and cherish through deep listening, discussion, storytelling and writing.

The Journey of Your Lives, Mussar with Donna Medoff Mussar is a path of contemplative practices and exercises that have evolved over the past thousand years to help an individual soul pinpoint and then break through the barriers that surround and obstruct the flow of inner light in our lives. Mussar is a treasury of techniques and understandings that offers immensely valuable guidance for the journey of our lives.

Introductory Lecture Sponsored by Chad Ash Brotherhood

Tuesday, February 6th, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Don’t Get Sick Here!

Saving lives after disasters and in remote areas of the world with Dr. Kenneth Iserson

We often see news videos and hear reports about doctors and nurses helping disaster victims and providing care throughout the world. What is it really like—especially in tourist sites that have been destroyed and in countries with marginal healthcare systems? Having worked on all seven continents (including a 1 ½ years in Antarctica), Ken Iserson, M.D., will recount his experiences after Hurricanes Katrina (New Orleans), Maria (Puerto Rico), and Ike (Galveston), as well as in the South Pacific, Asia, Africa, and rural Central and South America. Photos, videos and great stories. You’ll never look at the world quite the same way again.

February 2018

Creative Thinking Workshop with Miriam Furst, M.S., M.Ed.

Keep your mind agile, strong, and flexible. These interactive sessions are filled with unique, fun, thinking activities designed to shake up those neurons and enhance your innately creative mind. Apply these skills to to a wide range of issues in your life. Please come accompanied by your Inner Child. These sessions will be taking place in Ms. Furst’s Creativity Workshop located in the Swan/Camp Lowell area. Those who reserve space for these sessions will be given the address.

Our Yiddish Heritage with Sheldon Clare

לערנען וועגן ייִדיש. גרעעטינגס. לאָמיר (Greetings. Let us learn about Yiddish.)

For many of us, it comes from our heritage. My parents came from eastern Europe, and in our New York City neighborhood, most of us learned and spoke the "shprakh" (language) growing up. In this class, you will learn about the history of Yiddish, the alphabet, stories, songs, expressions, etc.

Biographies Kenneth V. Iserson, M.D., MBA, FACEP, FAAEM Fellow, International Federation for Emergency Med Professor Emeritus, Emergency Medicine at University of Arizona, Tucson Sandra Wortzel, MA, CAGS, REAT, RP Rabbinic Pastor, Expressive Arts Therapist, Hospice Chaplain, Life Cycle Officiant, Spiritual Director, Assistant Director of Aleph Rabbinic Pastor Ordination Program. Reb Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks Jewish spiritual teacher and musician, Minister of Sacred Music, certified Teacher of Jewish Meditation, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music. Donna Medoff practiced and guided others in Mussar for many years while living in Scottsdale, and is a trained facilitator through The Mussar Institute. She is grateful to be given the opportunity to share this soulful practice with our community.

Miriam Furst, M.S., M.Ed. Teacher (elementary through college), consultant, author and presenter at State and National conferences, amateur magician. Sheldon Clare Yiddish Instructor at the Tucson Jewish Community Center and Handmaker Jewish Home for the Aging.

February 2018

Synagogue Life

Twenty of our sisters planned, bought, prepared, and served dinner and provided gifts on Christmas eve, and again on Christmas day, to

women who experience homelessness at the Sister Jose Women’s Center. On Sunday, December 24th, we met at 1:30 p.m. at the Center and rolled up our sleeves and began prepping the necessary ingredients, cooking and baking for both evenings. We served roast turkey, candied sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, cranberry sauce, homemade cornbread, and pies, pies, and more pies on Christmas Eve. Cantor Janece Cohen carved the four turkeys expertly, and then picked up her guitar and led the ladies in Christmas carols. They loved it! The next day, we served baked spiral hams (yes, none of us had ever done that before!) potatoes au gratin, broccoli, rolls, and tapioca pudding, and more pies. Gift bags with cosmetics were at each lady’s place. What a mitzvah! And very much appreciated. But most enjoyable was experiencing our Sisterhood’s outpouring generosity in time and donations – working together, laughing together, and really getting to know each other, all while bringing almost 50 smiles and thank yous from courageous, homeless women. A special thank you to Harriet Kronman for her commitment to Sisterhood, Sister Jose’s, and Social Action for organizing this huge undertaking, and to Jim Liebeskind for delivering everything to the Center.

WHAT’S NEXT?

• On Wednesday, February 7th from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Or Chadash, we are encouraging all women, members or not, to join us for an open discussion, a brainstorming program designed to develop Sisterhood programs and activities for the coming year. What have we accomplished? Where can we improve? What would YOU like to do? WHO would you like to hear from? HOW can you be involved? All of these questions and topics will be addressed, so please join us. This is YOUR Sisterhood and your voice counts! RSVP [email protected] or 520-241-4381.

• SAVE THE DATE…Wednesday, March 7th from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. will be the next Lilith Salon at the home of Dana Adler. Please note the time change, as requested from some of the participants. More information will be provided later.

Movies Series at Or Chadash Sundays in the Community Room

at 3:00 p.m. $3.00 donation at the door

Come enjoy a movie and popcorn

February 11th Annie Hall

Voted the funniest screenplay of all time, director and star Woody Allen portrays neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer who falls in love with the ditzy Annie Hall (Diane Keaton).

March 4th Denial

Acclaimed writer and historian Deborah E. Lipstadt must battle for historical truth to prove the Holocaust actually occurred when David Irving, a renowned denier, sues her for libel.

Enjoy a movie, meet, socialize and connect with

members of your Or Chadash community. Contact Mike Tauber, [email protected],

for additional information

SISTERHOOD AT ITS BEST

Tuesday, February 20th at 12:00 noon The Two Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Brooklyn, 1947: In the midst of a blizzard, in a two-family brownstone, two babies are born, minutes apart. The mothers are sisters by marriage: dutiful, quiet Rose, who wants nothing more than to please her difficult husband; and warm, generous Helen, the exhausted mother of four rambunctious boys who seem to need her less and less each day. Raising their families side by side, supporting one another, Rose and Helen share an impenetrable bond forged before and during that dramatic winter night.

Thirty congregants attended Shabbat services on January 20th, followed by a delicious brunch to honor and recognize the support that our many Solo Seniors have made to our Or Chadash family. We socialized and enjoyed music from Klezmerkaba, Tucson’s premier Klezmer ensemble.

Solo Seniors

February 2018

The Social Action Committee’s Mission is to support the Jewish tenets of Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World) and Gimilut Chasidim (Acts of Loving Kindness). Our members participate individually and in group activities. We usually meet the second Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Check the Congregational calendar. Not a meeting person? That’s okay. You are still welcome to join us at any of the events below. At Wright Elementary, our members help students with reading and math in the classroom and in the remedial after-school program. We are planning a book drive for the end of the school year. We work together with PCICEO (Pima County Interfaith Civic Education Organization) to bring current issues of social justice to the Congregation. Recently, we held a forum on the issue of DACA (Deferred

Action for Childhood Arrivals) to make our congregants and the community aware of the situation, and to take action to contact our Congressmen and Congresswomen. We need to keep the pressure on.

Our sandwich team prepares a lunch for the men at Primavera Men’s Shelter once a month, and our Sisterhood coordinates volunteers at Sister Jose Women’s Center.

We expect to participate in Poz Café with TIHAN (Tucson Interfaith HIV/Aids Network) this spring.

We work with Habitat for Humanity twice a year, sometimes with other congregations. All skill levels are welcome. April 5th with be the next Habitat project.

You are more than welcome to join us for any of these projects. Please contact me with your interest and ideas.

Marc Sbar ([email protected]) Chair, Social Action Committee

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HANDICAR IS FREE TO YOU BY FOLLOWING THIS EASY REGISTERING PROCEDURE

First contact Beverly Sandock - (520) 577-9393

She will ask you a few qualifying questions to initiate your request. It’s quick to get approval. Then you can begin to request rides by personal-ly calling:

HANDICAR FREE RESERVATION (520) 881-3391

This service is provided by Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona

Tucson’s only Jewish thrift store

helps others AND it helps our synagogue!

When a member of Or Chadash volunteers at the store or donates household items, a percentage is given back to the congregation. Put a chip in our jar!

If you’d like to help or for more information, please call 327-5252 or email [email protected]

5851 E. Speedway

Join us every month from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Enjoy noshes, conversation and help the synagogue.

February 11th March 25th April 29th

Watch the e-nnouncements for details. Questions?

Contact: Emily Joseph at [email protected]

February 2018

Life Cycle

FEEL THE CONNECTION (L'DOR V'DOR)

Yahrzeit/Memorial Plaques

"Feel" your loved one’s presence each time you come to synagogue.

It is a widely observed Jewish tradition to commemorate those who have departed on a dedicated memorial wall. At Congregation Or Chadash, such a wall graces our Community Room. Plaques are inscribed with the English and Hebrew names of the departed along with the date of passing. Beside each plaque is a memorial light, which is lit on the Yahrzeit and for Yizkor services. All this is available for a donation of $400. For additional information, please contact the office at 512-8500.

February Wedding Anniversaries 15 James Head & Molly Lapides Head 17 Joseph & Michelle Millstone 18 Stephen & Clydean Troner 21 Moshe & Julie Ben Yeoshua Audrey & Allen Kulwin

February Birthdays 1 Richard Puczko Stephen Rodgveller Jennifer Shevin 2 Jeff Katz Pam Opper 3 Joann Weinstein 4 Kenneth Belkoff Paula Riback Bennett Silvyn Aaron Winter 5 Michael Burns Michael Kedansky 6 Jerome Buren Janie Winkler 7 Harriet Kronman Graesyn Parrish Ethan Silvyn Riley Silvyn John Williams 8 Deborah McCann 9 Alice Blistein Zachary Grossman Thomas Louchheim 10 Julie Konigsberg William Page Mia Silverman 11 Edith Flyer Marissa Ruddell 12 Rhiannon Ruben 13 Geneva Briggs Linda Harris Sherry Lijek Mark Ross Carol Sumner Arabella Wiseman

14 Liz Groskind 15 Arnold Adler Collin Finkelstein Kim Gould Lara Gould Samuel Jacobson 16 Paul Rosenblatt Janice Wilson 17 Janet Belkin Marlene Brumbaugh Marsha Silverman 18 Tamar Bergantino Gail Parrish 19 Onnie Ash Isaac Bishow Scott Goorman 20 Janie Cohen Max Schoenberger 22 Charlotte Hegwer Patricia Klein Andrew Lappitt Harriet Meador Michael Wexler 23 Ken Goldhoff Pearl Joseph Sam Prouty Sabrina Wexler 24 Jeremy Levine Kenneth Light 27 Emily Danies Nancy Finkelstein Steve Landau Dinah Taub

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February 2018

Acknowledging donations made since our last publication And the work of tzedakah shall bring peace. – Isaiah 32:17 No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. Aesop

Please consider making a donation to honor friends or family members celebrating a simcha or in memory of a loved one.

Make an online donation by going to our website, www.octucson.org

and click the “Donate” button at the top.

GENERAL FUND Provides general financial support of Congregation Or Chadash

In loving memory of: Fred Havas, by Mark & Bari Ross My husband, Abraham Peress by Florence Peress My mother, Minerva Rein by Jeffrey

Rein My uncle, Robert Flyer by Dave Flyer My aunt, Ida Flyer by Dave Flyer My brother, Jerry Gold by Ron & Philis

Gold My husband, Alan Trattner by Sally

Trattner My mother, Nechama Devore by

Karen & Joel Heller My father, Abraham Clare by Sheldon

Clare My husband, Fred Roth by Rochelle

Roth

In appreciation: Attending your Shabbat Services by

Allan & Marilyn Sternstein Debbie Baker

RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

For charitable and education purposes, and for synagogue programming

In loving memory of: My mother, Elaine Wahl by Richard &

Linda Wahl My mother, Elsie Kotler by Adele

Buren My mother, Ida Kasselman by Linda &

Gerry Tumarkin My father, Abraham Kenner by Celia

Slatzer My brother, Allen Colton by Lanny

Colton My mother, Roslyn Sirota by Zandra

Lindblad My mother, Nechama Devore by

Karen & Joel Heller My wife, Joan Diamond by Donald

Diamond My father-in-law, Morris Mindes

by Rhoda Mindes My father, Zach Buchalter by Laurie

Buchalter & Larry Kohn

In appreciation: All your support by Steven Morgen Marc Sbar, Neil Sbar, and Reese Beggs Officiating at our wedding by Michael

Steinberg & Alan Taylor Irene Watkins In honor of: Rabbi Louchheim, by Matt Hotez

NEW SANCTUARY FUND A restricted fund that will help finance our new

sanctuary

In appreciation: Neil & Nancy Norton

CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND

Provides music, material, equipment & special musical programming

In loving memory of: Lewis Bialick by Bob & Myra Lipson My brother-in-law, Liza Mindes

by Rhoda Mindes My father, Theodore Bersin by

Marlene Brumbaugh My father, Al Paley by Howard &

Bobbi Paley My father, Joseph Powell by Jean

Powell

In appreciation: Unveiling by Sylvia Paley

In honor of: Cantor Cohen by Marlene Brumbaugh Cantor Cohen by Matt Hotez ONEG FUND $150 acknowledges you as the oneg sponsor at a Shabbat Service; to reserve

your oneg, call Eileen, 512-8500

In loving memory of: Our parents, Max & Cilly Moser,

Harry Yampol & Rose Kulakow by Hans & Donna Moser

My mother, Eileen Teufel by Joy Miller-Frilot

BIMAH FLOWER FUND To enhance the beauty of our Bimah on

Shabbat and holidays

In loving memory of: Our parents, Max & Cilly Moser,


CARING CHAVARUH FUND Supports programs of our Caring Committee

In loving memory of: My mother, Bertha Alderman by Mary

Alderman My mother, Nechama Devore by Karen & Joel Heller My husband, Al Paley by Sylvia Paley

ABT SCHOLARSHIP FUND Provides religious school scholarships for our

children, K-8

In loving memory of: My sister, Ruth Weill by Fay Roos My mother, Nechama Devore by Karen & Joel Heller My mother, Libby Vernick by Rhoda

Mindes Our parents, Max & Cilly Moser,


My mother, Francine Coate by Brenda Landau

In honor of: Rina Liebeskind & Elaine Jones by Pam

Drell & Alan Kalmikoff Model Wedding by: Sisterhood Geren Thurston Harry McGregor Dave & Edie Flyer Marty & Arlene Zuckerman Karen & Joel Heller Laure Jacobs Trudy Haggard Andi & Chuck Elkins Larry Kaye Aaron Fisher Beverly & Ken Sandock Marla Handler

BUILDING MAINTENANCE FUND

Helps maintain our Congregation’s home

In loving memory of: My brother, Lewis Alderman by Mary

Alderman My husband, Ralph Reynolds by Barbara Reynolds

SOCIAL ACTION FUND Promotes social action on behalf of Or Chadash

in the general community In loving memory of: My grandparents, Jerome & Pearl Resnick by Lee Olitzky Our son, Michael Kay by Sherrie &

Gary Kay My grandmother, Rose Bober by Andi

Elkins My aunt, Rose Rubinstein by Ellie

Nadler

In appreciation: Neil & Nancy Norton

MITCH DORSON SCHOLAR- IN-RESIDENCE FUND

Created in memory of Mitch Dorson, the fund supports our Scholar-in-Residence program.

In loving memory of: My father, James Brook by Ana &

Robert Brook HHD APPEAL Mark & Susan Gilbert Judy Norris Emily Joseph Jeffrey Seligman GIVING TUESDAY DONATIONS Su Benaron Emily Joseph Benjamin & Rosi Vogel Harriet & Len Kronman Nancy & Stuart Mellan Jacob Louchheim Barry & Janie Winkler Jeff Joseph Terri & Scott Krasner Ken Joseph Lenore Ballen & Howard Brown Andrew Pawlicki-Sinclair Emily Danies Alan Pullman Sarah Bollt Beverly & Ken Sandock Kathlynn Saboda Pearl Joseph Charlotte & Hal Hegwer Karen & Joel Heller Mark & Bari Ross Amelia Cramer Lauren Lennon Trudy Haggard Susan & Bert Winkler Annette Hillman David Joseph These funds are also available for donations DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION’S DISCRETIONARY FUND Provides material, equipment, and special programming for synagogue students

JESSICA ISSAHAROV FUND Provides teacher and classroom enrichment ENDOWMENT FUND Provides a base for the continued financial

stability of the synagogue SPECIAL NEEDS INCLUSION FUND Allows for congregants with special needs to

fully participate in the congregation

February 2018

Congregation Or Chadash

3939 N. Alvernon Way

Tucson, AZ 85718

Family Shabbat logo

Congregational Hike in Pima Canyon Saturday, February 17th

Meet at the parking lot at 9:00 a.m.

Pima Canyon Trail in the Coronado National Forest is one of the most popular and scenic in southern Arizona.

Along the way, celebrate Shabbat with Rabbi Thomas Louchheim. Bring a sack lunch, water and sunscreen.

To RSVP and for carpool arrangements, contact Sarah by Wednesday, February 14th, at 900-7027 or [email protected]

Non-Profit Org.U.S. Postage

PAIDTucson, AZ

Permit No. 534

THE NEW LIGHT

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