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www.bnais.com
Founded 1849
The 8th Annual Wine & Food Festival Is May 3
By Dale Kasler
Napa. Sonoma. Santa Barbara. Galilee. Galilee?
You read correctly – this year the Wine & Food Festival at
Congregation B’nai Israel is taking on an Israeli flavor. The eighth annual
Wine & Food Festival will pay tribute to Israel’s 60th birthday. This year’s
festival is set for Saturday, May 3, from 6 to 9 pm in the B’nai Israel Social
Hall.
What’s better than spending a Saturday night with a couple hundred
of your best friends? The festival is B’nai Israel’s premiere social event –
and our single biggest fundraiser. It’s an unsurpassed evening of food,
wine, live jazz from the Aaron Garner Trio and our famous silent auction
featuring weekend getaways, art, wine baskets, sports tickets and other
goodies (Back by popular demand this year, we’re auctioning off premium
parking spaces for High Holy Days). There’s also a live raffle and, for
the second year in a row, a special pre-festival winetasting party hosted
by Scott Harvey Wines, an award-winning St. Helena vintner featuring
some of the finest varietals from Napa and Amador counties.
In addition to our usual generous wine and food offerings from the
best restaurants and wineries, we’ll be offering Israeli food from Aharona
Catering (our own Arla Hesterman) and a selection of wines from Israel’s
small but growing and much-admired winemaking industry.
We’ll also be featuring food from area restaurants and caterers such
as Aioli Bodega Espanola, Central Valley Coffee, Cheffery’s, Crepe
Escape, Daphne’s Greek Restaurant, Refer-a-Chef and Sterling
Hotel. Among the featured wineries committed so far: Herzog, Curtis,
Firestone, Madrona, Montevina and Sebastiani.
The cost, as usual, is extremely reasonable for an event like this:
$36 per person in advance or $40 at the door. Because alcohol is being
served, this is an adult-only event; no one under 21 is permitted. The
Scott Harvey Winery pre-tasting, which begins at 5 pm, is $75 per person.
Seating is limited so please reserve space now.
Want to help out? Goods and services are still being sought for
the silent auction and raffle, while sponsorships are still available. Please
contact event chair Ross Huggins at (916) 451-3772.
To buy tickets for the event, reserve space at the pre-tasting, or if you
have any questions, please call the B’nai Israel office at (916) 446-4861.
Maternity Leave Sermon Schedule Through May
April 18 – Prof. Miriam Cherry on “Ethical Dilemmas in Business”
April 25 – Haley Panneton on “Living in Israel, an American
Student’s Perspective”
May 16 – Bill Schwartz on “Honoring our Past, the History of
Sacramento Jews”
May 23 – (Lag B’Omer) Jason Lindo, topic TBD
May 30 – Jay Schenirer on “Jewish Values and Our Youth”
The Voice of
Congregation
B’nai Israel
Vol 08, Issue 4
Adar II/Nisan 5768 April 2008
Worship Focus
Worship Calendar
April
Friday, April 4
7:30 pm Sustainable Living Shabbat
Saturday, April 5
9:00 am Torah Study
10:30 am Ruach Ha’Am Service (chapel)
Friday, April 11
2 nd Shabbes
6:00 pm Tot Shabbat
6:30 pm Shabbat Dinner
7:30 pm Shabbat Services
Saturday, April 12
9:00 am Torah Study
10:30 am Shabbat Service
Natalie Korengold
Bat Mitzvah
Friday, April 18
7:30 pm Shabbat Service
Rosh Chodesh Schedule
April 1: “Celebrating Parents and Children.” Join WBI and BISY women
to welcome Rabbi Alfi back to Rosh Chodesh with a baby shower for Avi
Judah! We will do some text study and some prayer writing. If you would
like, please bring a present for a baby one year or older. All gifts will be
donated to The Birthing Project.
May 6: “Celebrate Israel and Israeli Women.” Join WBI and the Young Women
of Hadassah in celebrating Israel’s 60th birthday. Led by Hadassah members,
“Celebration of Israel.”
June 3: “The Book of Ruth: Messianism and Female Lineage”
Dairy potluck dinner begins at 6:15 pm. Service runs from 6:45-8:30.All women
13 and older are invited.To help set up or clean up, please contact Lynn Belzer at
stevenlynnb@sbcglobal.net. Thanks for lending a hand!
Saturday, April 19
9:00 am Torah Study
10:30 am Shabbat Service
Drew Mendelson,
Torah Reader
The Koleinu is
“sponsored” by:
Friday, April 25
The Klinenberg family
Doris Pittell & Bud Morris
Saturday,April 26 Passover Yizkor
9:00 am Torah Study
For a donation of only $100, you,
too, can help sponsor the Koleinu. If
you are interested, please contact our
Administrator, Mandy Greene,
at 446-4861.
10:30 am Shabbat Service with Yizkor
Stacia Levy, Torah Reader
Friday, May 2
Table of Contents
Worship Focus ..............................................2
President’s Column........................................3
Brotherhood...................................................3
WBI (Sisterhood)...........................................4
Religious School........................................ 6, 7
CBI Bulletin Board.........................5, 8, 9, 11
Community Bulletin Board...................... 8, 9
Donations..................................................... 10
Anniversaries & Birthdays......................... 14
April Calendar.............................................. 15
Congregation B’nai Israel
3600 Riverside Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95818
Submission Guide
There is a 350 word limit on articles for the Koleinu. Deadline for all issues is the first day of the month preceding
publication date. Please send your article to koleinu@bnais.
com. If you have any questions, contact Stacia Levy, editor of
the Koleinu or the CBI office.
The opinions expressed in the Koleinu are entirely
those of the contributors and do not reflect official
policy of CBI.
Differing opinions are welcome. Koleinu is published
monthly except during July and January. June/July and
December/January are combined issues.
Timeline:
Articles due: First of the month Final draft due for printing:
Tenth of the month The Koleinu is mailed via bulk mail and
may take two weeks to reach some congregants.
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Chadashot Request
Not receiving Chadashot? New
email address? Please notify the
temple so we can update our records:
mgreene@bnais.com.
President’s Column/Temple Brotherhood
Temple Economics 101
By Jeremy Hollis, Board President
First, a very simplistic description regarding one aspect of our capitalistic system. (Simplistic, of course, because I identify
with the simple son at the Passover table). In the for-profit business sector, whether we are thinking of the grocery store, or
your trusted law firm or Home Depot, those companies that provide goods and services do their best to control expenses
and work very had to generate revenues, all resulting, hopefully, in a profit. They take this profit and invest in inventory, grow
their staff –hoping to grow more revenue, and maybe give some back to their shareholders. Those that are not successful
close their doors and declare failure. Fortunately, we live in a society where there are enough successful businesses so we
have places to buy the goods and services we need or crave.
In the world of B’nai Israel, the non-profit sector, and further defined as the world of religious organizations, the dynamics are in
some ways similar but also significantly different. Our “company” that we know as B’nai Israel, is managed by your Board of Trustees. Our
revenue comes from donations, dues, fund-raisers (i.e., think of the upcoming Wine Auction and on-going Spring Spectacular) and, thankfully,
the rental income we can generate in renting out our facility. We take this revenue to meet all of our expenses and provide all of you the
programs and services (pun intended) that we value so much. B’nai Israel has been an asset to the Jewish community in Sacramento for over
150 years, so we have obviously been doing something right. I don’t mean to imply that we are in any kind of financial crisis, for we are not.
The economy is not strong right now and this puts pressure on the revenue side of B’nai Israel’s operations. Your Board continues to work
very diligently at controlling expenses. Our expenses include paying for all our staff. We have a mortgage, we pay utilities to heat and cool the
buildings, we need supplies for the office and school books and all the other odds and ends that are required to provide a quality environment
and operation. Our expenses are required to continue to allow us to provide quality programs and religious services that are at the heart of
what B’nai Israel is all about. We do a good job at this side of the equation. For this, our Board and professional staff, particularly Mandy
Greene, our administrator, deserve a sincere thank you from all of us.
The real purpose of this month’s column is to focus on the revenue side of B’nai Israel. To generate adequate income to meet our
expenses, we cannot increase “sales” as if we are Raley’s or Vic’s Ice Cream. Increasing our membership is one obvious way to generate more
revenue. Our efforts to that end have been significant and successful. Over the past eighteen months we have reversed a disturbing trend
of an annual net loss in members that had been occurring over many years. This positive growth in our membership is a very good thing.
B’nai Israel, to stay healthy, both financially as well as spiritually, needs to gain new blood, new families, new participation from its members.
Our major source of revenue is dues from you, our members. Each year in the summer months, we all are asked to make our annual pledge
for how much we will pay for our dues for the year. We budget based on those pledges. While the bulk of our expenses are essentially
fixed (such as salaries, the mortgage) we do have some flexibility to manage our programs if our income is off from our pledges. We are
experiencing such an issue as we are now in the final quarter of the 07-08 fiscal year. We need all our members to honor their pledges to the
temple. Whether these pledges are made as a dues pledge or at the High Holy Day appeal, or payment for our children to attend religious
school, we need these promises to be met. I ask you as a valued member of our B’nai Israel family to honor your financial commitments so
we can stay a healthy and vibrant part of the Jewish community in Sacramento.
Brotherhood News
By Jeff Rabinovitz, Brotherhood President
Things have been quiet in
the Brotherhood. We had a great
time at Pyramid Ale in February
and our March Boyz Night Out
Dining was just as much fun.
Be looking in your inbaskets for
April’s Boyz Night Out Dining
on April 16.
Those of you with B’nai Mitzvah students,
please consider the Brotherhood for your catering
needs. We have a variety of menus and are reasonably
priced. Also, remember that our profits are all used
for temple projects of one sort or another, from
scholarships to capital campaign contributions. You
will be doing a mitzvah by helping us do a mitzvah
for your B’nai Mitzvah. Contact Dave Lewis at
11650del@frontiernet.net.
Hope to see you at a Brotherhood event soon.
THE BLOODMOBILE IS COMING TO
CONGREGATION B’NAI ISRAEL!
Sunday, May 4
Mitzvah Day
8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Mobile Coach located in the parking lot
For information or an appointment contact TODD MENDELL
Call 684-6734 or email ptmen@alum.rpi.edu
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Women of B’nai Israel
Passover--The Celebration of Freedom From Bondage
By Deni Deutsch Marshall, WBI President
As spring comes, I reflect on Passover and the meaning of freedom. Passover is our celebration of freedom from
bondage in Egypt, yet we don’t just remember this on Passover. We remember it every Friday night during Tefilah when
we pray together and thank God for bringing us out of slavery in Egypt. I rejoice that we, as American Jews, live in a
time and a country that prizes freedom for all of its citizens.
Yet at Passover when we say, “Next year in Jerusalem,” I feel comforted that there is a country that Jews can call
their own. I don’t really expect that next year we will be in Israel (at least not to live), but knowing that we could be if it
were necessary brings a measure of peace to me that I know didn’t exist for my great grandparents, who lived in Europe
in the last century.
Jews growing up in Israel today cannot understand the thrill that many of us in the Diaspora feel when we go to
Israel for the first time. For me it was the little things such as being greeted with “Shalom” in every store, the Shabbat clock on the wall of
Jerusalem that announces exactly what time Shabbat begins that week, or the sea of Semitic faces and dark hair on the beach in Tel Aviv. It
was the uncanny sense of belonging, albeit in a foreign country.
When I sit down at my Passover Seder this April, I will give thanks to be free, to be an American Jew, and free to hold Israel close to
my heart as my second home.
WBI Spring Events
Don’t miss all the exciting WBI events coming this spring!
April 1 - WBI welcomes Rabbi Alfi back to Rosh Chodesh with a baby shower for Avi Judah. All gifts will be donated to The Birthing Project.
April 5 - WBI presents Women’s Afternoon Out with Wine 101, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
in the social hall at B’nai Israel. For more information contact Andrea Rosen at
andrearosen@sbcglobal.net.
April 6 - WBI holds its yearly planning meeting at Andy Press-Dawson’s home,
10:00 am - 2:00 pm. All members are welcome. Potluck lunch included.
April 20 - WBI-sponsored Community Seder – the second night of Passover. (See the enclosed flyer).
May 6 - WBI joins with the Young Women of Hadassah to celebrate Israel’s 60th at Rosh Chodesh.
May 18 - Artist and WBI member, Merle Serlin leads our annual WBI public art tour (men welcome), 1:00 - 3:00 pm.
June 1 - New WBI Board Installation Brunch in the courtyard at B’nai Israel.
WBI Art Tour
May 18, 1:00 pm
May 18 is not a long way off, and we all know
how quickly our calendars fill up! This year’s
WBI Art Tour will focus on the public art of Del
Paso Blvd. We’ll also be visiting the Sacramento
Metropolitan Art Commission’s offices (on Del
Paso) where we’ll learn something about the public
art process. Also planned for the tour-day – we’ll be
seeing the maquettes (small-scale models) and then
the finished full-size artworks and meeting some of
the Del Paso Blvd. artists. So, save the date!
Special Passover Gift Shop Hours
Visit the Jonas Goldman Judaica Shop, and see all the new items that
have arrived in recent weeks –
• Passover matzah and Seder plates, Elijah and Miriam cups,
matzah and afikomen bags, tablecloths with matching napkins,
cards, CDs and tapes, cookbooks and hostess gifts.
• Children’s haggadot, plague kits, books, activity books, puzzles,
and placemats and cards to color.
• Our haggadot include choices of contemporary, traditional,
Sephardic, child-oriented and women’s seders.
Special Pre-Passover Hours:
Sunday, April 13 Tuesday and Thursday,
April 15 and 17
Wednesday, April 16 Friday, April 18 9:30 am – 2 pm
1 – 6 pm
1 – 5 pm
11 am – 3 pm
First night seder is Saturday night, April 19.
If you have questions, or need an appointment, call Carole Kovnick
974 –0875, or Jane Orkand 283-4325.
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Hillel at Davis and Sacramento
Sunday, May 18, 2008
at
The ARC Ballroom at UC Davis
Please join us as we pay tribute to
Sam and Bobbie Len
and
Larry and Norma Rappaport
Hillel’s “Most Honorable Menschen”
Co-sponsored by
UC Davis Jewish Alumni Association
CBI Bulletin Board
Record Your Personal Story
By JoAnn Solov
An exciting project will offer people in our community a chance
to record their personal stories and become part of American history
through StoryCorps. StoryCorps is creating an oral history of the
United States using stories of everyday people. Capital Public Radio
is bringing this unique opportunity to Sacramento and it is locally
sponsored by the Sacramento Public Library.
StoryCorps’ mobile recording studio, housed in an Airstream
trailer, will be at the Central Library, April 14-May 11. Participants’
stories will be recorded and permanently stored at the Library of
Congress in Washington, D.C., and in our Central Library, and
selected recordings are aired on NPR.
The StoryCorps recording sessions invite people to participate
in pairs, oftentimes friends and family, as one interviews the other.
A trained facilitator guides the participants through the interview.
At the end of the 40-minute session, participants receive a compact
disc of the interview. The collection will eventually grow into an
oral history of America and Sacramento.
To make a StoryCorps recording reservation, please telephone
(800) 850-4406 beginning April 3.
Check It Out!
By Bonnie Penix
We are delighted to see so many congregants in the Sosnick Library on Sunday
mornings! Children are hearing storybooks
read and borrowing books to share at home.
Adults are checking out books, DVDs, working on laptops, and, of course, savoring Café
B’nai’s coffee and pastries. If you haven’t been
in the library recently, now is the time to stop
by. We have much to offer. Please take advantage of this wonderful resource.
Plus, your patronage of Café B’nai helps
keep our library vital. See you at Sosnick!
Rosh Chodesh Cultural
Exchange
By JoAnn Solov
On January 15, over 75 Jewish and Muslim women joined
together for the first Rosh Chodesh Cultural Exchange. It was
a huge success, with a sumptuous vegetarian potluck that defied
description.
Six panelists shared their experiences, focusing on the role of
faith in their lives and women’s rituals in their respective religions.
Sarah Tisdale, a 19-year-old convert to Islam, spoke in depth of her
journey and how the Muslim faith has impacted her life over the
past six years. Dorothy Landsberg shared the Birkat Hamishpacha,
or Family Blessing, that has been an important prayer in her life,
passed through the generations, to her children and grandchildren.
Durriya Syed, a native of Pakistan and currently an intern in the
Senate, spoke of 9/11 and how it changed her world view. “I realized
right then and there that I had to market the Muslim people. We’re
here to stay. Let’s make a good statement...Women carry religion.”
Other panelists included Geilan Toppozada, Claire Conlon and Deni
Deutsch-Marshall. Rabbi Alfi, great with child, presided over the
Rosh Chodesh exchange. She welcomed our guests and expressed
her hope that this would be the beginning of an interfaith dialogue
between Congregation B’nai Israel and SALAM, Sacramento Area
League of Associated Muslims.
Feedback from the evening was wonderful, rippling as far away
as the Mondavi Center. A Jewish friend was ushering at the Itzak
Perlman concert and overheard a conversation about our event. She
spoke with the woman who said with great emotion, “If women all
over the world could share a meal and an evening like that together,
they could solve a lot of the world’s problems.”
Did You Know?
. . . that Jews comprise a mere 1/4 of 1% (13) million of the
world population (6 billion).
. . . that two of the greatest & most influential thinkers dominating the 20th century were Jewish: Einstein and Freud.
Yom HaShoah: Remembering
Sunday, April 27
10:00 - 10:45 am
Congregant, Judie Panneton, will share her personal
story of growing up as a child of a survivor.
Ensemble Katan Youth Choir will perform.
Sponsored by CBI Brotherhood and Religious School
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Education
From the Educator
By Sunny E. Romer, RJE
Passover is about telling stories—specifically our people’s journey—the story of the Exodus. But, for each of us, our
own stories, our own journey, is part of that bigger JOURNEY. Passover is the right time to tell our stories. The Haggadah transforms parents into storytellers. It is your task as parents to bring your children into contact with your family’s
roots. Rabbi David Hartman of the Shalom Hartman Institute has said, “Parents should not determine their children’s
future, but they must open for them their past.” In retelling the Exodus each year, we learn to commemorate our own
personal times of crisis and our own path to a better life. This is our personal family journey and our people’s journey.
A Personal Journey…from Europe to Sacramento
On Sunday, April 27, 10:00 am – 10:45 am, CBI is holding a special memorial service and discussion commemorating Yom HaShoah
(Holocaust Memorial Day). For so many of our students, the Holocaust is simply something that very happened long ago. It is important
that each year we take the time to remember those who we lost so that we can actively fight discrimination and hatred wherever it is in our
world today. As with our retelling of the Exodus journey each year at Passover, so too, must we continue to tell the personal stories of the
Holocaust.
Congregant Judie Panneton will share her family’s story and Ensemble Katan and other congregants will participate in our memorial service and program. This program is for our families with children in 4th grade and above as well as the rest of our congregation. We strongly
encourage parents to stay with their children during this program.
Mitzvah Day
This year the CBI annual Mitzvah Day is on Sunday, May 4. There will be a number of adult mitzvah projects available for parents
and other congregants. Parents— In religious school, each of our classes has already chosen a “class mitzvah project.” From our youngest
students and their parents in Pre-Kindergarten who will be planting flowers to our 7th graders who will be learning how solar cookers can
actually help the environment and then sending some of their fundraising proceeds to purchase solar cooking kits to be sent to the Darfur
region of the Sudan where refugees are in desperate need of a safe method of cooking, our students will be helping to make the world a
better place. Some parent assistance will be needed in several of the classes and teachers will be in touch with parents to let them know. We
will begin with Tefillah at 9:30 am. We’ll learn some mitzvah vocabulary as we work and we’ll be “doing Jewish” by doing mitzvah making.
YACHAD
Special Yachad Information Meeting on Sunday, April 13, for all 7th graders (and older) and their parents. Come to Tefillah at 9:30 am
and stay for the meeting with the Yachad Co-Directors, Amina Harris and Ricki Lobel, at 10:00 am in the Multi-Purpose Room. Students
and parents will learn about the Yachad supplementary community high school program (for incoming 8th – 12th graders). If there are any
other students in grades 8 – 11 considering Yachad for next year, please plan to attend this informative meeting as well.
Yachad, our Sacramento community Jewish high school program is just completing its fourth successful year. It is a powerful experience
to walk the Federation campus on Wednesday nights as over 125 Sacramento area Jewish high school students come together to study and
manage to find moments to socialize. CBI has 45 students attending in grades 8 through 12! The Yachad graduation ceremony takes place
on Wednesday, May 21 here at CBI. We hope that the community will attend and celebrate with our Yachad graduates.
Our students and Special Needs
We want all of our children to have the best Jewish education possible. In whatever way we can, we want to meet the needs of our special
needs students. A number of our special-needs students are mainstreamed and doing quite well in both our Judaica and our Hebrew classes.
A few of our students have teen student assistants who work with them in the classroom; this can be especially helpful in our Hebrew classes.
For some students, we have adapted our Hebrew/Prayer program to better meet their needs. In our Hebrew classes each Hebrew teacher
makes efforts to focus on the learning needs of these students vis-à-vis learning to decode Hebrew and read our prayers.
Our teachers are always willing to meet individually with parents to set up an appropriate learning program. If there are students whose
needs are not being met, please feel free at any time to contact the teacher and me to set up a meeting to work out an individualized education
plan for your child.
Should we have families or know of families in the community who would prefer a separate special needs class for their children, I would
appreciate hearing from them. We have considered separate classes in the past and are certainly willing to for the future. Lastly, if there are
any special needs teachers who might be interested in working with a class or with individual special needs students here at the temple, please
contact me.
Todah Rabbah!
Thank You to Paul Ortega, Ellen Barney, Edye Swidler and Tracy Cady for their help with the Cookie Dough Religious School Scholarship Fundraiser. Everyone will enjoy yummy cookies and know that they have helped replenish our Religious School Scholarship Fund---a
win-win for us all. Donations are always welcome and may be made directly to this fund. Thank you all who participated.
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Education
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Pesach Possibilities
Try something different at your Seder this year---with or without children. Act out the scenes. A few props and items for costuming—
loose togas (a sheet works well), scarves, sandals, etc. Follow the scrip in the haggadah to figure out your scenes (tableaus) and make up your
lines! Mastering the historical facts of the Exodus from Egypt is not the main educational purpose of the Passover Seder. The primary focus
is the emotional identification with the dramatic story of liberation and deliverance from slavery to freedom. Check out the temple gift shop
for wonderful haggadot that are jam-packed with ideas.
Take the Matzah Challenge! Passover lasts 8 days (7 days on the Reform calendar). Make a big deal out of “keeping Pesach” all week.
Make meeting the matzah-only challenge into a major accomplishment. Educator Joel Grishaver reminds us that the great Bet Hillel (House
of Hillel) thought that Jewish ritual and ordinary life are “confluent”—they flow together. Most of the time you can work your Jewish stuff
into your ordinary life. So, pack you and your children’s lunch—with matzah sandwiches. If you manage to get through a whole week and no
bread (hametz) has crossed your lips—you have succeeded with the Matzah Challenge—and proved the House of Hillel right!
April Dates to Remember
Baked By the Sun!
Sunday Religious School - 9:30 am-12:30 pm
April 6, 13, 27,
Tuesday Hebrew - 4:00-6 pm
April 1, 8, 15, 29
K’tonton
Sunday, April 13, 27
10:00 am - 12 noon
By Dave Brubaker
Gee, it’s hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk! Yep,
Sacramento has long, HOT summer days, and sometimes it really
feels like we could fry eggs on the sidewalk. Tell you what, let’s try
to sun-cook eggs at Mitzvah Day, May 4, 2008. I’ll bring my solar
cooker, eggs and other stuff. You bring happiness and helping
hands. Together, we’ll cook the eggs by the sun.
On Mitzvah Day, the Sustainable Living Committee will
demonstrate cooking by the power of the sun for the 7th grade
religious school class and any adults who want to tag along with
them. We’ll cook food using cardboard-and-aluminum-foil solar
cookers. We’ll provide information about solar cookers, recipes for
solar cooking, and plans for making solar cookers. Those who want
can even make a solar cooker that day. CBI will provide materials
for the 7th graders. (For adults who want to make a solar cooker,
please bring the materials listed below.) At the end of the day, we’ll
“auction off ” a solar cooker (and experienced solar cooking help)
to the loudest 7th grade family-and-friends group that agrees to
host a neighborhood solar cooking party this summer.
Folks and families who want to build their own solar cookers
later or try to cook a meal at home using borrowed solar cookers
can sign up with the Sustainable Living Committee on Mitzvah
Day.
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So, come to Mitzvah Day and:
Taste solar-cooked cookies, cheese melts, and other
delectables
Make or help make a solar cooker
Help prepare food for solar cooking
Get copies of solar cooking recipes to try at home
Plan a neighborhood “solar party”
Sign up for an experienced solar cooker chef to help your
family make its own solar cooker or cook its first meal using
their new solar cooker.
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Solar Cooker Materials to Bring:
Piece of cardboard about 3’ by 4’, flat
Oven roasting bag, large turkey size
3 spring-loaded clothes pins
Black metal cooking pot, about half gallon size of any
shape with a flat bottom
Wear old clothes, ‘cause we’ll be using glue and paint
See you on Mitzvah Day.
Education Committee
Thursday, April 17 - 7:00 pm
ECE Songfest
Saturday, April 5 4 - 5:30 pm
5th Grade Family Education Day
Sunday, April 6 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
CBI Mitzvah Day
Sunday, May 4 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
ECE Songfest
Saturday, April 5
4 - 5:30 pm
Hosted by Elizabeth Landsberg, Gordon Dean & family
To RSVP and for information, contact Ellen at
446-4861 or ellen@bnais.com
Staff Needed for CBI’s
Camp Shelanu 2008
The following positions may still be available: Senior Camp Counselors (must be at least 18 with camp experience); Specialists in music,
arts & crafts, drama, or sports & nature; Junior Camp Counselors (must
be entering 11th or 12th grade and have experience working with kids);
Counselors-in-training (must be entering 9th or 10th grade with strong
interest in working with kids). Child Care Worker: Must be at least 16
and available to work from 7:30 am – 9 am and from 4 pm to 6 pm,
M-F; should have experience and ability to lead age-appropriate day care
activities. For more information, contact Sunny Romer, sunnyromer@
bnais.com.
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CBI/Community Bulletin Board
Effective Use of the Census
Jewish Genealogical Society
of Sacramento
It’s a Mitzvah to Shop
Sunday, April 13, 2008, 10 am
By Ted London
Thank you to all of you who have shopped online with Amazon.com,
Barnes and Noble.com, FTD.com and Officemax.com. By visiting the B’nai
Israel website first, and using the links on our Tzedakah page, these merchants
have been paying CBI 4 to 8 percent of what you spend on their website. You
can either go to bnais.com and click on “Tzedakah” or go straight to http://
www.bnais.com/tzedakah.cfm.
It is amazing what our members have bought just from Amazon: books,
CDs, DVDs, kitchen appliances, clothes, sneakers, electronics (iPod, camera,
MP3 Player), even dog treats. With so much available for purchase online,
supporting B’nai Israel has never been easier.
Again, thank you to everyone who has participated. Let’s continue to
particpate. If you have questions about the program, please email ted.london@
cgi.com. Sacramento Mission to New Orleans
Glenda Lloyd, a Sacramento genealogist, will present
tips on using census data to help research your family
tree. The “backbone of American genealogy,” census
information puts your family in a specific location every
10 years from 1790 to 1930. State and local censuses can
lead you to land, immigration and naturalization records.
Glenda is a fourth generation Californian who served as
the first president of Root Cellar/Sacramento Genealogical
Society. She teaches genealogy through adult education
classes in the San Juan School District and has also presented
programs for many local genealogy societies as well as for
Family History Day at the State Archives.
All are welcome to attend the Sunday, April 13, 10
am meeting at the Albert Einstein Residence Center, 1935
Wright St., Sacramento. It’s also an opportunity to make
use of the group’s extensive genealogy library. For more
information about the Jewish Genealogical Society of
Sacramento, visit www.jgss.org, e-mail the JGSS at jgs_
sacramento@yahoo.com or leave a message at 916-486-0906
ext. 361.
Shalom School Gala
“Seeing is Believing”
Sunday, April 13
5:00 pm
We are Going!!!
The Sacramento Jewish Federation’s mission to
New Orleans
On April 28 thru May 1
is a GO!!!
In celebration of Shalom School’s first year at its
new campus, the Gala, which will be held at the Shalom
School campus, will honor Dr. Joan Gusinow and Jerry
Pollack for their tireless commitment to the school’s
students, families and staff.
There will be Kosher cuisine from all over the world,
theme bars with signature drinks, live and silent auctions.
Ticket price is $150. For information, call Lynette Otis
at Shalom School, 485-4151.
Seder Reading (COEJL)
Call the Federation office to RSVP
as space is limited
486-0906
rsvp@jewishsac.org
www.jewishsac.org
FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN “REPAIR THE WORLD”
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By Elizabeth Landsberg
This is the Lechem Oni, Simple Bread that our ancestors ate
when they were slaves in Mitzrayim. Let all who are hungry
come and eat. Let all who are in need celebrate Pesach with
us. This year, we are still alienated from the land and its
living communities. Next year may we be more connected
to our people’s homeland, Israel, and to the natural world
that is homeland to us all. This year, we are still slaves, tied
to materialistic and destructive consumption patterns. Next
year, may we and all the peoples of the earth be redeemed
by having enough to satisfy our needs without consuming
beyond what the earth can sustain.
CBI/Community Bulletin Board
Yom HaShoah 2008
Reform Family Experience: An
Adventure Beyond the Air Conditioned Bus
August 13-23, 2008
With Israel’s 60th anniversary around the corner, ARZA is providing a wonderful new way to see Israel. The Reform Family Experience
offers a unique, subsidized Israel experience for return visitors and new
travelers. Co-sponsored by ARZA, the Israeli Reform Movement and the
Jewish Agency for Israel, the program is designed for individuals, couples
or families and provides a taste of Reform Jewish life and an insider’s view
of Israel.
Stay in kibbutz housing, get an insight into Ulpan and other aspects of
kibbutz:
• Hiking, kayaking, and wine-tasting in the Golan with Israeli families
• Take part in Tikun Olam in Tel Aviv-Yafo
• Explore the new in Old Jerusalem, with the Anita Saltz Center.
• Be a part of the solution: Eco-Zionism at Reform Kibbutz Lotan
• Dialogue with Jews and Arabs at the Leo Baeck Center in Haifa
• Enjoy Bedouin hospitality and hear about their challenges
• Celebrate Shabbat with Israeli Reform congregations
Cost is $920 and includes apartment-style living, half board, buses,
entrance and activity fees. Airfare not included. A group flight will be arranged. For more details contact Liran Gazit, Aliyah Shlicha, at lgazit@
arza.org 212-339-6069. Visit the ARZA website www.arza.org to download
application forms and get more information.
By Susan Hayward
This year’s observance is Wednesday, April 30, 7:00-8:30 pm,
at Mosaic Law Congregation, 2300 Sierra Blvd., Sacramento.
The host congregation is Bet Haverim. The event is free.
Refreshments, under Kashrut supervision, will be served following
the program.
Alexander Groth is one of the youngest survivors to be able
to give testimony about the Holocaust and will be the featured
speaker at Yom HaShoah 2008. Groth is now Professor Emeritus
of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. For his
book, Holocaust Voices, published in 2003, he interviewed 250
Holocaust survivors.
Yom HaShoah will begin with a candlelighting ceremony
in which all Sacramento area survivors, Holocaust era refugees,
children, and grandchildren of survivors are invited to participate.
If you’d like to take part, please contact Ralph Propper at
916-454-0362.
Once again, Yom HaShoah includes all area rabbis and
cantors, as well as a performance by Ben Glovinsky. Glovinsky,
a member of the music faculty at CSUS, is the principal oboist
for the Camellia Symphony. He and his accompanist will play a
movement from Czech composer Pavel Haas’ “Suite for Oboe
and Piano.”
Under the direction of Dolores Allen, the combined
choirs from Congregations B’nai Israel and Beth Shalom will
sing “Arvoles Llorax” and “Zog Nit Keynmol” (“Song of the
Partisans”). In addition, Bernard A. Goldberg will read some of
his poems.
The community-wide Yom HaShoah commemoration is
sponsored by JCRC and the Jewish Federation with the support
of the Sacramento Association of Rabbis. For more information,
contact Muriel Brounstein at 916-351-1736.
A Sustainable Seder
Camp Shelanu Is Coming...
By Elizabeth Landsberg
Every year at Passover we tell the story of the Israelites’
liberation from slavery. We tell it not in the synagogue as a
service but at the dinner table with our family and friends or
in the social hall with our congregational family. There are
prescribed rituals of what we eat and when, with each food
symbolizing something about the story of Exodus. This
wonderful Jewish holiday where we use food as an integral
part of the seder helps us focus on the importance of and
meaning of food. Passover is sometimes called the “Festival
of Matzah” and matzah which is often called the bread of
affliction more literally means the “poor person’s bread.”
The Coalition on Judaism and the Environment (COEJL)
Passover materials points out that we have transformed
matzah from the bread of affliction to the bread of liberation and asks how can simple food transform us.
One way is to eat organic, locally grown food – farmers’ markets are a great source. This brings us closer to the
food we eat and to the farmers who grow it. Local food
which hasn’t traveled thousands of miles to get to our table
has lower energy costs. When we eat organic food grown
with sustainable agricultural practices, we reduce the use of
fertilizers and pesticides.
By Sunny Romer
The kids are asking “When can I come back to Camp Shelanu?” The
answer is…”Soon!” At Camp Shelanu, your child will make chaverim (friends),
will have kef (fun), and will become part of the ruach of camp. Don’t delay, sign
up your child now!
Old and new Camp Shelanu campers will find the typical fun camp
activities: daily morning ruach song session, swimming, arts & crafts, friendship
circles, big kids overnights, drama activities, nature games, and Friday Shabbat
celebrations. But, this summer, we have even more special activities planned.
During our Teva (Nature) session, we’ll be taking hikes with our Sierra Club
specialist, Tony Laughton, and we’ll be cooking our lunches on the solar cookers
that our older campers will construct! Our CBI grounds will become a major
archeological site during “We Dig Israel”—who knows what treasures will be
uncovered! The Tzofim Israeli Caravan will share fabulous fun Israeli music
and dance with our campers during Tarbut, Art & Culture week. I spoke with
Nadav Yogev, our very own Israeli Summer Shaliach (Guide) who promised to
teach Krav Maga to our campers and will make sure that each child is a winner
at our Maccabiah (Olympic-style fun and games). Could there be more? Come
check it out!
Now, you have a taste of what’s happening at Camp Shelanu this summer.
All that is missing is you! Sign up now at www.bnais.com. Spaces available in our
k’farim (camper villages) for those entering Kindergarten through 8th grade. If
you are entering 9th or 10th grade, sign up to be a Counselor-in-Training. We
look forward to greeting you at camp!
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We Gratefully Acknowledge Our Contributors...
Rabbi Alfi’s Discretionary Fund
In honor of the birth of Avi Hammel
Jeff, Michael and Michelle Aran
Barbara and Bruce Berg
Ralph Greene
Bobbie and Sam Len
Deborah Ramirez
Mary Slavit
Ralph Greene and Deborah Ramirez
In appreciation of the kindness of
Lilli and Millard Tonkin
Karun and Judah Grossman
In honor of the naming of their daughter, Lilah
Joyce Berger Miller
In memory of David Tochterman
Cantor’s Discretionary Fund
Jacquie and Bob Harris
Bonnie Kaplan
In memory of Bernice McFarland
Agatha Singer
In memory of Murray Miller
Capital Campaign Fund
Radine Harrison
In honor of the birth of her granddaughter,
Chloé Oberst
Linda and Ron Tochterman
Caring Community Fund
Pat and Maury Macht
In memory of Naomi Macht
Flower Fund
Ann and Rudy Michaels
In honor of Darrell Steinberg being chosen as the
President Pro Tem of the California Senate
Israel Youth Fund
Muriel and Sandy Simon
Jewish Film Festival Fund
Women Feed the Hungry Fund
Music Fund
Anne Finder Levine
Beloved mother of Jeff, Beth and
Richard Finder
Beloved grandmother and great grandmother
Agatha Singer
In memory of Murray Miller
Opper Courtyard Fund
Sharon and Sam Anapolsky
Speedy recovery to Doris Blum
Phyllis Goldstein and Chuck Lyons
In memory of Sy Opper and Caroline Smith
Corrine and Jon Merksamer
In memory of Caroline Smith and Sy Opper
General Fund
Varda and Irving Rabin
In memory of Caroline Smith and Sy Opper
Louise and Michael Caplan
Cissie Goldstein
Gayle and Jerry Merksamer
Jeff, Mark and Scott Setzer
Judy Emick-Leatherwood and
Blair Leatherwood
In honor of Poshi Mikalson’s contributions to the
Sosnick Library and the expansion of the vido library
Sandra Bear
Maxine Boshes
Lisa Brodkey and Rob Wiener
Sharon Cohen
Susan and Bob Dresser
Davina and Barbara Dubnick
Paula Dunning
Anne and Hal Eisenberg
Connie Georgiu
Molly and Bernard Goldberg
Sybil and Fredi Jakob
Ann Kanter
Farla Kaufman and Neil Dubrovsky
Sandra Lee
Bonnie Penix
Melissa McElheney
Sondra and Ronald Meyer
Carol and John Noon
Sunny Romer
Renee and Michael Schaffer
Sandra and Lloyd Shaffer
Sharon Sugerman
Gay and Paul Tanner
Marian Thacher
Janet Ulmer
Raquel and Irving Perluss
Susan and Bill Appelbaum
Sosnick Library Fund
Oscar Bloom Fund
Susanne Sommer
Price Campership Fund
Rona and Frank Harper
Rosh Chodesh Fund
Beryl Michaels and John Bach
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Betty and Jack Reuben
In memory of Anne Levine
Yahrzeit Fund
Vida and Gordon Adelman
In memory of Kim Adelman
Illene Carroll
The yahrzeits of Mildred Lippman, Mary Mason,
Nellie Samoville
The Bridge Group #2
The Saturday Night Bridge Group
Bevery and Art Zimmerman
Youth Scholarship Fund
Chazzan Carl K. Naluai, Jr.
In memory of Carl K. Naluai, Sr. and
Margaret Naluai
Sue and Harvey Weinstein
We Mourn Our Losses
David Tochterman
Beloved husband of Lois Anapolsky
Beloved father of
Bruce and Keith Tochterman
Beloved stepfather of
Missy, Lou, Marlene, Mark and Sue Anapolsky
Beloved father-in-law of
Loril Tochterman
Beloved grandfather of
Rachel, Ari, Spencer and Tyler Tochterman
Beloved stepgrandfather of
Adam, Amber, Jason, Joshua and
Matthew Anapolsky
Price Campership Fund &
Women Feed the Hungry
Donations to Price Campership
Fund and Women Feed the Hungry
(formerly Committee of the Concerned) should be made out to WBI
and sent to:
Dana Hirschel (Treasurer)
9041 Paso Robles Way
Elk Grove, CA 95758
CBI Bulletin Board
Spring Spectacular
It was previously known as March Madness, but this year, we’ve changed the name to “Spring Spectacular” to more closely reflect the range
of times when events occur. Events will be scheduled from mid-March through June, 2008. We will have a variety of events, all of which will
support B’nai Israel. If you are interested in hosting a fundraising event for Spring Spectacular, please contact Julie Steinberg at julieja_us@
yahoo.com. Dates are going quickly, so let her know right away.
March 29, 7--10 pm, Bowling and Dessert Party
This event is hosted by Tom & Melissa McElheney, to be held at Land Park Lanes, beginning at 7 pm. For only $36 ($70 per couple), you will
get to wear a bowling shirt provided by Tom, get professional tips from Tom and you will meet and bowl with friendly Temple members, try to
win prizes and eat some great desserts provided by Melissa. There will be prizes for last place, most strikes, most creative bowling, best dressed,
most gutter balls, and most improved. For reservations, call Melissa, 737-0317.
April 5, 7--10 pm, Movie Night
This Spring Spectacular event (formerly March Madness), is hosted by Brenda and Bill Schwartz at their home, beginning at 7 pm. The cost is
only $25 per person. Additional details will be forthcoming. For information or reservations, call Brenda, 682-2146.
April 6, 3--5 pm, Mother-Daughter High Tea
This Spring Spectacular event is a traditional English High Tea, hosted by Elise Rose and Eileen Jacobowitz, at the home of Elise Rose in
the Pocket Area. There will be a number of teas for sampling and a variety of tasty treats, both sweet and savory. Fine hats and other teaappropriate attire is encouraged, though not required. Bring your favorite tea cup, your fine manners, and an appetite for good drink, food and
conversation. Suggested ages - 6 to 106. Space is limited so reserve your spot soon! To RSVP, contact Elise at 428-0499, roserimmer@aol.com
or Eileen Jacobowitz, 444-1907, ejacobowitz@comcast.net.
April 12, 6--9 pm, Jewish “Apples to Apples” and Dinner
This Spring Spectacular event is at the home of Twila Morris and Dale Kasler. If you’ve played “Apples to Apples,” you know how players
have to find similarities between unlike words. Imagine how much fun it will be with the hot-off-the-press Jewish version. Never played? Don’t
worry; it’s easy and fun. We’ll serve dinner at 6 pm and start the game at around 7 pm. There’s a limit of 12 adults (age 13 and over), although
you can also bring your kids - we’ll have DVD’s and Twister for the youngsters. For reservations, call Dale or Twila: 492-2815.
April 13, 1--3 pm, Tie Dye Event
Bring your own 100% cotton items to tie dye (max 2 per person). We’ll provide snacks. This will be held at the temple, right after the Pizza Sale.
For reservations, contact Terri, 295-9593 or Bina, 452-7164.
April 27, Fine Dining at the Sterling Hotel
Spend a spectacular event at the Sterling Hotel. Chef Jim Turknett will prepare a superb dinner menu. Watch for additional details.
May 1, 1--3 pm, Book Reading with Brian Landsberg
This spring spectacular event will be at the home of Brian and Dorothy Landsberg, and will include beer, wine and a buffet dinner. Door prize
of autographed copy of book: Free at Last to Vote: The Alabama Origins of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. This insightful insider’s account of
three voting-rights suits - and portraits of the judges, plaintiffs, defendants and lawyers in them - includes telling details that only a participant
could provide. For reservations, call Dorothy Landsberg, 457-6961.
May 4, 1--3 pm, Make Your Own Havdallah Set
Susan Aguilar and Julie Steinberg are hosting this event, where you can make your very own Havdallah set. This event will be held in the temple
social hall from 1 to 3 pm. More information TBD.
May 10, 6--9 pm, Charaders of the Lost Ark II
The event is back by popular demand, and will be held at the Land Park home of the Jacobowitz/Wiesenthal family. It will include a Cinco de
Mayo-theme dinner and charades. There will be Wii for the kids. For reservations, call Eileen, 444-1907 or Lisa at 451-6430.
May 17, 7--10 pm, Eat, Drink & Be Merry
Enjoy an elegant and fun progressive dinner in the Land Park area. After cocktails and hors d’oeurvres at one home, we’ll move to a second
house for dinner, and then to a third for dessert. Great company and great food! For reservations and information, contact Jennifer, 442-1240,
or tjdkaufman@aol.com.
June 14 Spring Spectacular - Sephardic Dinner
Watch Chadashot and our website, www.bnais.com for more information.
June 21, Chocolate Havdallah
Hosted by Rabbi Mona Alfi & Dr. Glenn Hammel. Watch for the Chadashot and our website, www.bnais.com for more information.
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Healing List Notification
Family Shalom
In order to manage the Healing (Mi Shebeirach) list
more effectively, you may include a name on the Mi
Shebeirach list. Simply call Sandora Di Fiore at the
temple office to have a name included. Temple’s
lay leadership, in consultation with our clergy, have
decided that names will remain on the list for four
weeks unless you notify us otherwise.
NCJW domestic
abuse support line:
916-204-8777 JFS Ride
Paratransit Service for elderly and disabled:
484-4400, ext. 421.
Memorial Plaques
Our Hineini Committee is offering to
assist people with rides to CBI. If you
need a ride to Shabbat services or other
programs, please contact the temple office
at 446-4861, or Jackie Fields at 285-0857
or jackietoby@hotmail.com.
Memorial plaques for the lobby are a nice
way to memorialize your loved ones, and to
support the temple at the same time. Cost is
only $475. For information, please call our
administrator, Mandy Greene, at 446-4861.
Life-Cycle Emergency?
When you are in crisis, our goal is to get you the support
you need, when you need it. If you have a life-cycle emergency to report during business hours, it is best to contact
Sandora Di Fiore at the temple office, 916-446-4861.
If you need to reach our clergy for an emergency after
normal business hours, you should call our administrator,
Mandy Greene, on his cell phone, 916-752-7787.
What’s New on the Website?
Whether you are planning a visit to B’nai Israel, if you’re studying
for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah, or if you just want to hear the melodies we
use when chanting the prayers, you will find our website helpful.Go to
bnais.com/worship-resources.cfm to hear the designated prayer.
Also, the Koleinu is now online. Go to bnais.com, then scroll down
and follow the link.
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Please support our advertisers!
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Milestones, etc.
Birthdays
Anniversaries
1 Roberta Fassler-Katz, Corey Goodstein, Anne Jacobson,
Steven Tincher
2 Alysha Crawford, Ema Gluckmann, Evalyn Horowitz
3 Steve Block, Max Cady, Matthew Cohan, Melanie Marshall
4 Loril Tochterman
5 Norman Davis, Ross Kaplan, Lindsay Nathanson,
Marcia Steinberg
7 Jonathan Cristy, Hannahle Spitze, Julia Stewart
8 Robert Cauvy, Mitzi Davis, Katie Kronick, Erika Sommer,
Mia Whitfield
9Alisa Chatham Sakowitz, Marlene Chernev, Mark Elinghouse,
Linda Henderson
10 Sandi Schoenman, Stuart Steinberg, Dani Wiesenthal
11 Zoe Grossman, Dorothy S. Landsberg, Mark Levy,
Jason Pemstein, Marshall Serlin
12 Henry Cauvy
13 Carol Abelson, Jacob Markarczyk, Kent Newton,
Abbey Smith, Sarah Smith
14 Janet Goldsmith, Zachary Jacobs, Michelle Kaplan,
Emily Lane, Ron Ulmer, Sasha Wallin
15 David Mizzi, Arline Sanders, William Small, Elsa Solis,
Victor Zweig
16 Susan Bales, Katherine Jacobs, Dr. Stanley Leff,
17 Leon Greenberg
18 Judie Fertig-Panneton, Mary Gevercer, Peter Michaels,
Philip Swedlow, Shelley Troshinsky
20 Jonah Gevercer, Joan Goldberg Madeline Halseth, Paul Silber,
Macy Sondheim, Michele Waldinger, Kent Wong
21 Paula Dunning, Erin Taylor
22 Aubree Josephs, Katia Kasower, Greg Roth, Sandy Simons,
Nathaniel Spitze
24 Melissa McElheney, Terry Allen, Nita Davidson, Ellie Pylman
25 Jack Dapkewicz,Jacob Frankel, Isabel Jacobson, Betty Levy
26 Katherine Huggins, Jessica Lewis, Caryn Mizzi,
Claire Stoecklein
27 Lea Bargad, Ginger Bichs, Shelley Buckholtz, Jo Kasler,
Doris Pittell, Lynne Terleski-Katz, Ron Tochterman
28 Neil Dubrovsky, Kara Linton, Ronni Riemer,
Pearl Rosenthal
29 Dick Bernheimer, Barbara Klusky, Jeff Leibenhaut,
Mary Ann Misenhimer, Twila Morris, Alan Steinberg
30 Gabriella Hertz Laxer, Jean Ismail, Carlos Miranda
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Dave Felderstein and Daniel Hoody
Marla Haskell Newton and Dale Newton
Ema Gluckmann and Edward Chancellor
Susan and Joel Harris
Linda and Ray Santistevan
Laurie and Robert Wood
Cheryl and Fran Bremson
Marcia and Mandy Greene, Miriam and Philip Stillman
Rona and Frank Harper
Carol and David Abelson
Karun and Judah Grossman
Ann and Rudy Michaels, Jennie and Matt Silver
Karen and Chris Churchill
Mitzi and Norman Davis
Dorit Hertz and Teven Laxer
Eileen and Howard Sarasohn
Twila Morris and Dale Kasler
Ann and Michael Rothschild
Mary Ann Misenhimer and Alex Kelter
Laura and Louis Koretsky
Rabbi Mona Alfi and Glenn Hammel
Pat and Maury Macht
. . . to Alisa and Robert Sakowitz on the birth of
Leo Barrett on February 8.
. . . to Sharon Gerber, featured on the Personal Style
page of the March issue of “Sacramento Magazine.” Her
work helping to raise funds for area nonprofits is most
commendable.
. . .Also, in that issue of the Sacramento Magazine in the
Snapshots section, see Adam and Warren Anapolsky as
they helped to raise funds for the Shriners Hospitals for
Children.
. . . Terra Mikalson (Sosnick Library assistant) has been
awarded a merit-based, full-tuition, 4-year Trustee Scholarship to Mills College in Oakland. Just 10 of these awards
are given per year.
. . . to Blair Leatherwood, one of “A Few Good Men,”
seen recently on stage at Sacramento City College.
Send your Mazel Tov information to us for publication in
the Koleinu so we can share your news.
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4:30 BISY Sephardic Seder
9:30 Religious School
10:00 K’tonton
10:00 Yom HaShoah program
11:00 RNJ Committee
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6:00 Congregational Seder
NO RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
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10:00 Chometz Drive and
Mini-Mitzvah Day
10:00 K’tonton
10:00 Grade 6 BM Parents
Workshop #2
2nd Seder
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MONDAY
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10:00 Family Ed., Grade 5
10:15 Seder Cheder
10:00 WBI Planning Meeting
SUNDAY
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7:00 Israeli Dancing
4:00 Hebrew School
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6:45 Yachad
7:00 Yom HaShoah
Community Program
(off-site)
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6:30 Confirmation Class
6:45 Yachad
7:15 Choir rehearsal
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6:45 Yachad
7:00 Dinner w/The Boyz
(off-site)
6:45 Yachad
6:45 Yachad
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Yom HaShoah
May 2
7:30 Shabbat Service
6:00 Tot Shabbat
6:30 Shabbat dinner
7:30 Shabbat Services
2nd Shabbes
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7:30 Sustainable Living
Shabbat
FRIDAY
6:15 Board of Trustees
7:00 Mental Health Family
Support Group
May 1
Erev Yom HaShoah
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6:15 Executive Committee
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7:00 Bereavement Support
Group
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7:00 Mental Health Group
6:15 Board of Trustees
THURSDAY
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6:00 Wine & Food Festival
9:00 Torah Study
10:30 Ruach Ha’Am
Maxine Boshes
Torah Reader
May 3
9:00 Torah Study
with Yizkor
Stacia Levy
Torah Reader
Passover Yizkor
9:00 Torah Study
Drew Mendelson
Torah Reader
1st Seder
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7:00 Satureday Night at
the Movies
Natalie Korengold
Bat Mitzvah
9:00 Torah Study
4:00 ECE Songfest
4:00 WBI Afternoon Out
9:00 Torah Study
10:30 Ruach Ha’Am
Michael Hersher
Torah Reader
SATURDAY
Adar II/Nisan 5768 April 2008
WEDNESDAY
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NO HEBREW SCHOOL
4:00 Hebrew School
7:00 RS Committee
4:00 Hebrew School
4:00 Hebrew School
6:15 Rosh Chodesh
off-site
TUESDAY
CBI Calendar of Events
2nd Shabbes
Friday, April 11
6:00 pm Tot Shabbat
6:30 pm Shabbat Dinner
Catering by
Aharona Catering
The delicious menu is:
Romaine salad with mozzarella, pear tomatoes and fresh basil; eggplant parmesan; curly
noodles with Alfredo sauce; sautéd zucchini
with corn and peppers; and garlic bread.
Adults $12, if reserved by Wednesday,
April 9. After Wednesday, meals are
$2 extra. Complimentary kids meals
for children 12 and under. Your payment is
your reservation. Please mail your payment to:
3600 Riverside Blvd., Sacramento CA 95818.
“Koleinu” Our Voice
Phone.......916.446.4861
Fax.........916.446.2875
www.bnais.com
Rabbi Mona Alfi, RabbiAlfi@bnais.com
Rabbi Emeritus Lester A. Frazin
Chazzan Carl K. Naluai, Jr., cantor@bnais.com
Sunny Romer, Director of Education, sunnyromer@bnais.com
Mandy Greene, Administrator, mgreene@bnais.com
Poshi Mikalson, Librarian, library@bnais.com
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VP Administration, Jay Schenirer, jayschenirer@sbcglobal.net
VP Education, Farla Kaufman, farla@neil.name
VP Facilities, Dick Nathanson, rnathanson@starstream.net
VP Finance, Steve Goldberg, sgoldberg@downeybrand.com
VP Membership, Steven Tincher, Stincher@beta-techconsulting.com
CFO, Barbara Ullman, ullman@pacbell.net
Secretary, Barbara Brecher, terrybarb1@sbcglobal.net
Past-President, Dale Kasler, dalekasler1@comcast.net
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