May 2009 - Congregation Emanu-El

Ruach !
May 2009
Michael A. Davis, Rabbi
Why Is This Coming Year Different
From All Other Years?
Anyone who has ever been a Scout or a camper, or has wanted just to start a barbeque
or a fireplace knows it’s true. You can have all the wood in the world, all the kindling
and tinder you could want; the atmospheric conditions can be just perfect and the hot
dogs ready to go. However, without the spark, there is no fire.
How long have we said, “Wouldn’t it be nice if the two congregations in town could do
more together?” Sure, “East is East and West is West,” but in this case “East” and
“West” are also part of one, small, Jewish community. We know it well and recite it
like a litany but, like the cold, dry wood waiting for a spark to ignite it, we have done
little successfully to make it happen.
Now, the spark has been lit and it is up to our community to blow gently on the
glowing ember. Our joint Religious School, at the initiative of its dynamic director, is
engaging upon a wonderful experiment for the coming year. It is a plan that holds
great promise for our children, their parents, the two congregations and our community
as a whole.
What is this initiative called? It is at present nameless. I’ve been calling it: S.O.S. –
Sleep in On Sunday! The plan is to replace our weekly Sunday classes with a once
monthly “all day” Shabbat celebration of inter-generational learning and devotion.
Details have been discussed with the boards of each congregation and at several
community meetings and will be discussed more in coming months. In general,
though, this is the plan which WJCS (Wichita Jewish Community School) director
Sandy Kramer brought to the WJCS committee and to our Jewish community:
--One Shabbat each month during the school year, everyone in the Wichita Jewish
community will be able to participate in a very full day at one of the two synagogue
buildings.
--The day will consist of food (but of course!), a Shabbat Shacharit service, and
learning.
--The structured learning will take three forms: kids in classrooms, concurrent adult
education and intergenerational learning programs.
--The adult learning can include everything from text study to modern issues to yoga to
entertaining and informative speakers.
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May
Shabbat Services
Friday, May 1
Shabbat Evening Family
Service, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 2
Shabbat Morning Service,
10:00 am
Acharei Mot/Kedoshim-Lev.
16:1-20:27
Zachary Schmaltz Bar Mitzvah
(HC)
Friday, May 8
Shabbat Evening Service,
8:00 pm
Saturday, May 9
Shabbat Morning Service,
10:00 am
Emor-Lev. 21:1-24:23
Friday, May 15
Shabbat Evening Service,
8:00 pm
Saturday, May 16
Shabbat Morning Service,
10:00 am
Behar/Bechukotai-Lev. 25:127:34
Friday, May 22
Shabbat Evening Service,
8:00 pm
Zak Grant Bar Mitzvah
Saturday, May 23
Shabbat Morning Service,
10:00 am
Bamidbar-Num. 1:1-4:20
Zak Grant Bar Mitzvah
Friday, May 29
Shabbat Evening Service,
8:00 pm
Saturday, May 30
Shabbat Morning Service,
10:00 am
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WJCS - Continued from page 1
--In addition to the WJCS students learning on this
once monthly community Shabbat, they will also
attend classes on Wednesday afternoon (as they do
now) and on another, yet to be determined, day as
well.
--The shacharit service will be one which Rabbi
Wernick and I will put together, sensitive to the
needs of both our congregations. It will be the same
service in whichever synagogue it is held. Rabbi
Wernick and I will share the pulpit. Our students will
participate as ability allows. It will be one service for
our whole Jewish community.
Every year, at the beginning of the school year, I tell
parents, teachers and students that a good Jewish
education involves a triangle of cooperation among
the Religious School, the Congregation and the
Jewish Home. What Ms. Kramer has brought to us is
the collapsing of this triangle; bringing all three
together for one, collective Shabbat each month!
But this program is so much more than “S.O.S.”
because it is more than an enhanced education for our
children.
It is an opportunity for our whole
community to engage in a bold initiative of
celebrating what we share in common, what we all
hold dear; of living the values we espouse.
What WJCS is guiding us toward is a…WJC5770!
Well, that’s what I’ve been calling it, anyway:
Wichita Jewish Community (for the year) 5770.
Please join the effort.
Ask questions, offer
suggestions, point out what may have been
overlooked and suggest solutions. This is about
nothing if it is not about all of us in community.
Looking forward to a wonderful tomorrow with our
community.
-Rabbi Michael Davis
Please join us on Erev Shavuot as we celebrate a
Service of Confirmation for
The Confirmation Class 5769
Macy Amsden
Adam Black
Hannah Cartwright
Ben Davis
Kevin Kramer
Kelly Redler
Misha Yakubovich
Erev Shavuot – Thursday, May 28, 2009
Congregation Emanu-El -- 7:00 p.m.
Reception following ceremony
Shavuot Services
Thursday, May 28:
Erev Shavuot Service and Confirmation – 7:00 p.m.
Friday, May 29:
Shavuot Service – 10:00 a.m.
From the President
As I write this letter it is Erev Pesach. At the Veterans
Hospital I work WITH an Egyptian pain management
doctor. He is a colleague. Had it not been for Moshe
Rabenu, I would be working FOR him at probably a
very different job. We often talk about Kosher food.
What is Kosher to us is Hallal to a Muslim. It is not
vice versa. We talk about what we have in common,
and there is much. During this wonderful festival of
freedom, all of us who are free and all of us who yearn
to be free have that in common. We build on what we
have in common and then venture into what we can do
to have more in common. Although we attend Seder
once or twice a year, every meal can be a celebration
of our freedom. As you read this, soon it will be
Memorial Day. For some it is the start of long
weekend, or the start of summer, or it is wheat harvest
time if Adonai has ‘caused the wind to blow and bring
the rains.’ But Memorial Day is another chance for us
to celebrate our freedom and honor those who gave all
in defense of our freedom. My father–in-law was part
of the greatest generation. He went off to the south
Pacific and came home safely four years later, but
many did not come home. At the VA, the sign says
‘Freedom is not free.’ This month please give thanks
again for your freedom, and thank a veteran.
This past month has been very busy! The house chair,
Peter Berman, lead a crew (recruited by Mark Levy)
of Mark Levy, Peter Grant, Mark Ross, Charlie
Gaynor, Cyndie Ponder and me to empty the basement
of accumulated materials. This is in preparation for
water sealing, etc the basement so it is fit for use and a
safe shelter for the children if needed during a storm
emergency. Thank you to those hardy men who
trudged up and down the steps to fill a 20 yard
dumpster.
Ruach!
Issue 132
Published monthly by
Congregation Emanu-El
Wichita, Kansas
Tel: (316) 684-5148
Fax: (316) 684-5140
President: Don Hirschman
Rabbi: Michael A. Davis
Thank you to Claudia Blackburn and the Ritual
Committee for all you did for our communal Seder.
We had a large, wonderful gathering. I know some of
you celebrated Passover the night before with your
family, and I hope you will also come to our
communal seder with your Temple family. “Next year
we can all be together.” Thanks to the Rabbi who
retold the story of OUR escape from Egypt.
Thanks to Les Padzensky, Scott Redler and all who
helped cook the feast. One of the dangers in naming
names to thank is leaving someone out. I apologize to
you.
The community religious school will be ending its
year later this month. Thank you to all of you who
help make this a fine school for our future!
Neither rain nor snow, nor summer vacation will stop
our Erev Shabbat Services. This July, as always, we
will conduct services. Would you please make an
extra effort to come Friday nights in July? The Ritual
Committee will find the volunteers who will devote
time to prepare a service for you. Please come and
celebrate Shabbat with us!
During May, as I wrote you last month, I will spend a
week at ‘Rabbi Camp.’ Camp Warwick is the camp
our Rabbi attended as a camper. I hope to share with
you about camp in next month’s Ruach. Please read all
about it next month.
Shalom!
Hebrew Short Course:
Long – Aroch
Short– Katzar
Empty– Rek
Full – Maleh
High - Gavoha
Low – Namooch
Easy – Kal
Hard– Kasheh
Inside – Beefnim
Outside – Bachootz
-Don Hirschman
Ruach! Editor:
Judy Eichhorn
Ruach! June-July Issue
Deadline:
May 15, 2009
Please e-mail all information to:
jujug@aol.com or send it to
Congregation Emanu-El.
Sisterhood News
Brotherhood News
May is here and hopefully the cold weather is
gone for awhile. The rains we had helped my
lawn and my garden. The Brotherhood, of
course, is out there doing their work as always,
mostly behind the scenes.
Leah and her family at the Sisterhood Donor
th
On April 19 Sisterhood had a successful Donor at the Olive Tree
honoring Leah Barnhard for all the years she has provided
leadership to Congregation Emanu-El and Sisterhood. A lovely
High Tea and Lunch was enjoyed by all. Over 41 families
contributed monies to send six of our Religious School children to
summer camp. Thank you one and all for your contributions to this
major function of Sisterhood!!! These Jewish summer
opportunities for our young people are so meaningful towards
developing their Jewish identities. Next month we’ll provide a list
of everyone who contributed. For our musical entertainment for the
Donor, Laura Black arranged a lovely musical program with
children from our Religious School including: Deena Eichhorn,
Olivier Scholl, Abbie and Ellie Rieber, Ben and Hannah
Cartwright, Lance Ponder and Adam Black. Thank you kids so
very much!! And thank you to their accompanists, Laura Black,
Helen Griffin and Dominique Corbeil!! Thank you to the Donor
committee: Pam Fruhauf, Mallory Medvene, Sunny Levy,
Sandy Diel, Annabelle O’Neil and all the callers, and to Gloria
Durmaskin and Lorraine Foley for all your help. Leah's Mom,
Betty, her sister, Sandy, and kids, Rachel and Adam came in from
out of town to join us in honoring Leah. Leah has been very much
a "go to" person, volunteering endless hours, while her children
were growing up in Wichita, and while teaching economics on the
high school and college level. She even got her Doctorate in
Business Administration while juggling all her Wichita
commitments -- volunteer and professional. What a role model you
have been to us all, Leah!!! Mazel Tov to you and your sweet
family in being our Sisterhood Honoree for 2009!!!
On Friday night, May 8th, Sisterhood plans to have
a Shabbat Service and Installation at the Temple.
A lovely and meaningful Women and Children
Service is being typed as this Ruach is going to
press. We will be calling women to ask if they
and/or their children would like to participate in the service. If you
don't hear from us and would like to participate with
reading/singing in English/Hebrew, please call Doris Weller by
May 2nd, 682-3524. Thank You.
- Doris Weller, Sisterhood Co-President
In April, Peter Berman had a task at hand and it
was the Brotherhood to the rescue, or at least
helping out. The Temple basement needed to be
cleaned out and clean out we did. Those hearty
souls that participated in this endeavor were:
Peter Berman, Mark Levy, Mark Ross,
Charlie Gaynor, Don Hirschman, Cyndie
Ponder and myself.
The Brotherhood has voted to
honor senior members of the
Brotherhood by giving them
honorary
lifetime
memberships. This is in
recognition of their long-time dedication to the
ideals and goals of Brotherhood. The names of
our distinguished Brotherhood members are:
Norman Durmaskin, Bob Friedman, Bob
Gelman, Leonard Goldstein, Joe Klebanoff,
Dan Morgen, and Harry Weinstein.
The Red Cross Blood Drive that was scheduled
on Mitzvah Day had to be cancelled due to
inclement weather.
I am sure it will be
rescheduled sometime in the fall. It is a mitzvah
to give of yourself and giving blood is a life
saving mitzvah so if you were planning on
giving blood on Mitzvah Day, just go to the Red
Cross and give on your own.
The Brotherhood is preparing to offer, once
again, a couple of scholarships to OurTown
(formerly Camp Anytown). This is for high
schoolers and is done through Diversity Kansas
and will take place in June of this year. The
Brotherhood has offered scholarships in the past
and many high school students from the Jewish
community have participated. More information
is available in this issue of the Ruach or you can
contact Mark Ross at 263-3226.
As always, the Brotherhood Board meets on
the 1st Wednesday of the month at 7:30 at the
Temple and any Brotherhood member is
welcome to stop by. See you next month.
Shalom – Peace be with you
- Peter Grant, Brotherhood
On Saturday, May 23rd, 2009,
Zak Grant, the son of Peter
and Carol Grant, will be
called to the Torah as a Bar
Mitzvah at 10:00 a.m. at
Congregation Emanu-El.
Zak is a seventh grader at
Robinson Middle School and he
is in the Pre-IB program. Zak
participates on Robinson’s
National Academic League
team. He also enjoys playing
piano and is looking towards
learning to play the guitar in the
future.
Zak Grant
In Zak’s spare time, he likes to
work in the garden, swim at the Y, play games, instant message with friends from
his computer, play with and teach tricks to his cat, Kharma, and ride his bicycle.
Family and friends will be coming from Nebraska, Oklahoma, Michigan,
Kentucky, Washington and Oregon to celebrate with Zak.
Peter and Carol, along with his brother Max, invite the entire Wichita Jewish
community to help them celebrate this special event with their family.
Sisterhood Gift Shop
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CONTACT JULIE FOR SPECIAL HELP
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- Julie Fruhauf
Sisterhood Women
and Children Shabbat
and Sisterhood
Installation
Friday Night, May 8th
8:00 pm
Contributions
If you wish to make a contribution to one of the Temple funds, please make your check payable to: Congregation
Emanu-El _______ Fund, and mail it to the Temple office. Please mark your envelope in the lower left-hand corner
with the name of the fund to which your donation should be directed.
Building Fund
(Send information to the Temple)
Thank you to everyone who generously contributed to the
Temple in honor of our 52nd wedding anniversary!!
A Most Happy Birthday to: Alana Friedman, Leah
Barnhard, Sonya Davis, Arlene Hershorn, Harry
Weinstein.
Mazel Tov on your Special Anniversary: Gloria and
Howard Pitler, Keila and Mark Ross.
Doris and Larry Weller
Caring Committee Fund
(Send information to the Temple)
Cemetery Endowment Fund
(Bob Friedman – 682-7961)
In memory of Ivonne Goldstein.
Betty Benignus
Yahrzeit contribution in memory of Julius Horwitz.
Charlotte and Bob Friedman
Foundation Fund
(David Moses – 634-2551)
Happy Birthday to Alana Friedman, Leah Barnhard, Ted
Leben, Harry Weinstein and Leonard Ropfogel.
Betty Paige
Flower Fund
(Send information to the Temple)
General Fund
In memory of Ivonne Goldstein.
Beth and Steve Brown
In memory of Ivonne Goldstein.
Bev Collin
In memory of Ivonne Goldstein.
Michael and Nancy Jones
In memory of Ivonne Goldstein.
Jolene Sanditen-Stephens
In memory of Ivonne Goldstein.
Gary and Barbara Teller
In memory of Ivonne Goldstein.
Stephen and Tiffany Zacker
In memory of Ivonne Goldstein.
Dallas Wiping Materials
In memory of Ivonne Goldstein.
Ed and Betty Sherman
In honor and remembrance of Ivonne Goldstein.
Jon and Valerie Stendelbach
Library Fund
(Sarah Feiertag – 634-2836)
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
(Send information to the Temple)
In the spirit of Pesach.
Andrew Knight
(Send information to the Temple)
Simcha Fund
In memory of Sara Levich.
Alana Friedman
Youth Fund
Donation.
Sharon and Kent Olmstead
Len Goldstein's
New Address:
7373 E. 29th St. N., #E223
Wichita, KS 67226
(Kim Gollin – 733-5640)
(Send information to the Temple)
The Congregation Emanu-El
community extends our
heartfelt condolences to
Phil Black on the loss of
his mother.
Ritual Committee
Zak Grant will be called to the Torah on May 23rd at 10:00 a.m. Please join the Grant family to celebrate
Zak becoming a bar mitzvah.
The Confirmation Class will lead services on Erev Shavuot, Thursday, May 28th at 7:00 p.m. Please join
them for this special service.
Rabbi Davis did a nice job of leading about 120 of us through the second night Passover Seder on April 9th.
A special thanks to Les Padzensky and Scott Redler for preparing a scrumptious meal and to Leah and
Barney Barnhard for making the delicious soup. Many thanks to the Brotherhood for setting up the tables
and to Cyndie Ponder, Mallory Medvene, Jana Hirschman, Sally Wilson and her daughters, Iris
Davis, Doris Weller and Jene Fisher for cooking, setting up and serving. Thank you all for supporting this
special holiday.
There will be a Sisterhood Service on Friday, May 8.
- Claudia Blackburn, Ritual Committee Chair
Congregation Emanu-El
Committee Chairs - 2009
Family
Committee
Please join the Family
Committee and the
WJCS for Ice Cream on
Sunday, May 17th
at 11:00 a.m.
at the Hebrew Congregation.
All families are welcome!
Ice cream, toppings, and fun
and games will be provided.
- Dana Solomon,
Family Committee Chair
Adult Education:
Ellie Shore
Caring:
Cyndie Ponder
Family:
Dana Solomon,
Membership:
Gloria Durmanskin
Nominating:
Leah Barnhard
Ritual:
Claudia Blackburn
Ways & Means/Finance: Scott Wagner
Caring Committee
We hope everyone had a good Passover. Many people enjoyed
the Second Seder at the Temple, thanks to the leadership of
Claudia Blackburn, her committee and Rabbi Davis. Thank you
to all who helped make the Seder the wonderful success it was!!!
We know during March and April, Congregants have had
surgeries, hospitalizations, been in and out of rehab and have not
been feeling their best, or their lab results have created some
challenges. Please be sure the Rabbi and Caring Committee
members are notified if and when our help is needed. Our
thoughts are with everyone, and their families, older and younger,
who have health concerns.
- Doris Weller and Cyndie Ponder, Caring Committee Chairs
Check It Out!
News from the Congregation Emanu-El Library
For Adult Readers: A book to consider:
This year the National Book Critics Circle awarded its prize for autobiography to My
Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, by Arial Sabar.
Sabar’s father was born and raised in Zahko, Iraq, a remote village where Aramaic survived
as the language of daily life. “If [the book] were only about his father's life, it would be a
remarkable enough story about the psychic costs of immigration. . . [but it’s] also a moving
story about the near-death of an ancient language and the tiny flicker of life that remains
in it” (The Washington Post). This book is not in our library, but is available at the Wichita
Public Library.
Books about Anne Frank, for young adults:
Note: As with all Holocaust materials, books about Anne Frank may contain disturbing
material. The age or grade ranges provided refer to reading levels, not to the impact the
content may have.
The following are new to our library, thanks to our friends, Drs. Barbara and Gary Bleeker.
A Friend Called Anne, by Jacqueline Van Maarsen, retold for children by Carol Ann Lee.
Jacqueline van Maarsen, Anne Frank’s closest school friend, tells of their friendship and
life in Amsterdam. Van Maarsen, who survived because her mother convinced the Gestapo
that they were Catholic, only learned of Anne’s fate after the war. “This absorbing book
vividly portrays life in occupied Amsterdam and throws interesting sidelights on Anne
Frank's story” (Booklist). Ages 9-12.
Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust, by Carol Ann Lee. Lee’s book broadens the
story of Anne and her family, and places it in context with those of other Jewish children
suffering under Hitler. Includes photos and a bibliography. Age 6 and up - one reviewer
feels that “readers both older and younger than the target audience will find it valuable as
well” (Booklist).
Anne Frank:
A Hidden Life, by Mirjam Pressler. Pressler, an expert on Anne Frank,
describes the family’s life, and discusses Anne as a developing young woman and a writer.
"While the tragically short life of Anne Frank has elsewhere been carefully documented
and inventively researched, this astonishing biography succeeds in delivering fresh and
provocative insights" (Publishers Weekly). Ages 12 and up.
Searching for Anne Frank: Letters from Amsterdam to Iowa, by Susan Goldman Rubin.
While the title is somewhat misleading - Juanita Wagner of Danville, Iowa exchanged only
two letters with Anne Frank - the author uses their brief connection to compare the two
lives. Alternating chapters, and numerous photographs, tell of the war years in Iowa and
those in Amsterdam. “[A] compelling read that highlights the reality of war at home and
abroad” (School Library Journal). Grades 5 - 8.
-Ellie Shore
ON THE SUNNY SIDE
Pearl and Ron Kopita spent spring break with
their children and grandchildren in Austin, Texas.
They spent most of the week finalizing the
construction plans for their new home, which will
be located near both of their children. Ron and
Pearl are looking forward to beginning their
retirement in their new home in early August. Ron
concludes ten years at WSU as Vice President for
Campus Life and University Relations and 42
years working in higher education.
Aaron Merriman, son of Margot Kelman and
Dick Merriman made it to the final round of the
Kansas Geographic Bee held in Abilene on April
3rd! Aaron, a 6th grader at Andover Central
Middle School, was the winner in his school. He
then took a qualifying test for eligibility for the
state competition. Of the 98 students from Kansas
in the competition, Aaron came in seventh place.
Margot and Dick are very proud of him!!
Ellie Shore had a showing of her work at Frank &
Margaret from March 22 to March 31. Ellie, aka
Venus de Carton, recycles cardboard to make
furniture and decorative objects. She really
appreciated having so many Congregation
Emanu-El friends come to the opening reception.
Ellie said, “No plans yet for another show, but I'm
up to my ears in cardboard and happily working
on new pieces.”
On April 4th, Lance Ponder, son of Cyndie and
Wynn Ponder, received a "1" rating at Wichita's
Regional Music Festival for his solo saxophone
performance of "Saraband and Allegro" by Jean
Marie Leclair. Temple member, Laura Black,
accompanied him on the piano. This qualifies
Lance to compete in the State Festival later this
spring. On April 11, he also played at Mead's
Corner Coffeehouse during a jazz jam hosted by
Friends University student Tat Hidano.
Nancy Jarus spent a great weekend with her
daughter, Karen and her granddaughter, Maya,
recently. (Also with Libby, their dog.) All had a
good time.
Evy Gregg enjoyed a week in mid -March in
Corpus Christi visiting her step-dad, Abe Blum.
Abe celebrated his 95th birthday in March and
many family members came to help him
celebrate. Evy and Harold traveled to Denver,
Colorado to celebrate second Seder with her
brother and sister-in-law, Stan and Cindy
Rosenberg, and family. Their son, Matt, from
Philadelphia also came for the celebration. It was
a quick few days, but a very special few days of
being together for the holiday.
Jene Fisher skipped town to spend Passover in
Kansas City with her oldest daughter Brandi and
her family. This was Brandi's first time to host a
Seder. Brandi learned a few basics from mom like
making matzah ball soup from scratch (this
included buying her first whole chicken
and asking her butcher to cut and skin it), how to
use her Cuisinart food processor for almost
everything, and stuffing her first turkey. Even
mom learned some new dishes from daughter.
Together they discovered the joys of sharing the
work of preparing for Pesach and the rewards of
plenty of yummy food and leftovers! Before
leaving Kansas City, Jene visited Betty Paige and
had a wonderful time reminiscing with her about
past good times in Wichita with friends and
Temple life.
Sunny Levy spent several days in Corpus Christi
visiting family during spring break. “It was so
nice to be able to spend quality time with my
parents, children, siblings, niece, and nephew.
The weather there was beautiful and all the
flowers were blooming.”
A miracle cannot prove that which is
impossible; it is useful only as a
confirmation of what is possible.
– Maimonides
- Sunny Levy
May Yahrzeits (continued)
TO BE READ ON MAY 29, 2009
Name of Deceased
Family
Ben Lampl
Sarah M. Shlechter
Jacob Strouse
Rose Krenkel
Mildred Staub
Lillian Kamenesky Finkstein
Harland Lewin
Selia Mondshine
Ida Rosenthal
Rose Yabrof
Yahrzeit Dates
May 29
May 29
May 29
May 30
May 30
June 1
June 1
June 1
June 3
June 4
Joyce Freedman, Ted Shlechter
Edith Silberski
Sue Shefman
Dee Abels
Marian Chuzy
Beverly Sullivan
Thank you to Sisterhood April Chairperson,
Karen Padzensky, and the following members for
hosting an April Oneg Shabbat:
April 3
Ipek Snyder & Alana Friedman
April 10
Ellie Shore, Jana Hirschman & Karen
Padzensky
April 17
Lorraine Foley & Marian Klebanoff
April 24
Nancy Jarus & Karen Padzensky
Sally Wilson
1826 Anita
Wichita, KS 67217
(316) 260-9062
Sally has two daughters, Mary and
Mandy Wilson, and has been an
active Sisterhood member for
several years.
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Judy Eichhorn (B)
Norman Durmaskin (B)
Charlotte Friedman (B)
Sylvia and Carl Galler (A)
Lauren and Sam Lentz (A)
Richard and Shirley Smith (A)
Judy and Larry Frank (A)
Mary Kaplan (B)
Pam and Bill Jones (A)
Seth Merrell (B)
Dale Marcus (B)
Joanne and Stan Kaplan (A)
Daniel and Dana Solomon (A)
Susan and Herb Kadison (A)
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Kristin Conrad (B)
Grigory Shatkhan (B)
Warren and Pam Shaffer (A)
Michael Dozier (B)
Jill and Tom Docking (A)
Jeff Greenberg (B)
Dan Schwartz (B)
Becky Fraktman (B)
Aileen Leben (B)
Rebecca Armstrong-Gaynor (B)
Andra Bannister (B)
Mark Luterman (B)
Lou Medvene (B)
Joanna and Grant Weikal (A)
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Matthew Conrad (B)
Sheldon Kamen (B)
Clarisse and George Clark (A)
Sande and Mark Luterman (A)
Martin Perline (B)
Toba Schnyder (B)
Sue Levich (B)
Richard Matassarin (B)
Rita Funschelle (B)
Elly and Sandy Fitzig (A)
Debra and Joel Fromer (A)
Peter Berman (B)
Joanne Kaplan (B)
William LeVine (B)
Your name as you wish it to appear on the Simcha Greeting: ________________
_____________________________Amount enclosed ($1.00 each) ___________
Payable to: Temple Sisterhood
Send to: Kim Gollin, 936 Cedarwood Ct., Andover, KS 67002
Congregation Emanu-El Brotherhood
2009 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION To
Sponsored by
(Formerly National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ))
http://www.diversitykansas.org/youth_hs_ourtown.htm
2009 OurTown Youth Leadership Institute
A youth Leadership and Diversity Institute running June 1-6 at Butler Community College
OurTown Youth Leadership and Diversity Program for Students Currently in High School*
OurTown is an exciting, weeklong, residential summer program that helps young people, just like you, to identify sources
of, and identify solutions to, prejudice and discrimination in our communities. Participating in OurTown instills an
increased sense of self-worth, develops leadership potential, and fosters relationships between diverse students of various
backgrounds from throughout Kansas.
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OurTown brings together high school age teens (delegates) from many different ethnic, religious, and cultural
backgrounds from around the state of Kansas. Learn about the effects of prejudice and discrimination on
individuals in our society
OurTown delegates share their many different ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Gain a better
understanding of your culture and that of others. Develop respect and awareness of differences.
OurTown teaches that one should take action against discrimination. Develop skills to interact successfully with
others and resolve conflicts effectively. Learn to accept responsibility for actions, decisions, and make positive
changes in your community.
Express your creativity through conversations, talent, and cultural presentations. Enjoy planned and informal
recreational activities and make new friends.
OurTown is a very important program that every Jewish high school age teen should have the opportunity to
attend.
OurTown is an awesome program and to insure its existence, we need to support it to truly make a better world.
The Brotherhood of Congregation Emanu-El has established a $375 scholarship to provide tuition and application fee
assistance for a Jewish teen from the Jewish community to attend OurTown 2009. To be eligible for this scholarship, you
must:
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Be a recognized and active teenage member of the Wichita Jewish community. An active teenage member is one
who attends and participates in services at their congregation, helps the Jewish community through their
volunteerism in Jewish sponsored service projects, and performs other acts of tikkun olam. (Note: Jewish
applicants living outside the Wichita area who are active within the Wichita Jewish community are also eligible.)
Complete the Scholarship Application Form. (Incomplete applications will not be considered.)
Provide a short two or three paragraph essay on: 1) Why I want to attend OurTown 2009, 2) Why it’s important to
take action against discrimination, and 3) Why it’s important to share my Jewish background with others of
different ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds.
Meet the age and other OurTown 2009 requirements as of the program’s start date. *(You are eligible to attend
OurTown 2009 if you will be entering High School grades 10-12 at the start of the new school year.)
For OurTown registration or OurTown information, contact Linda Linstrot at DIVERSITY KANSAS, 264-0356
(llinstrot@diversitykansas.org). Deadline for submitting your scholarship application to Brotherhood is Monday,
May 10th. If winning applicant has already enrolled, Brotherhood will reimburse the $350 tuition cost and $25
application fee. Decision of Brotherhood is final. All applications and essays remain property of Brotherhood.
Brotherhood reserves the right to publish essay(s).
Congregation Emanu-El Temple Brotherhood
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM
OurTown Kansas 2009 – High School Leadership Institute
(Please Type or Print)
Applicant’s Name (First, Middle Initial, Last): ________________________________________
Parent’s Name(s): _________________________________________________________________
Home Mailing Address (w/ Zip Code): ______________________________________________
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Home Phone Number (w/ Area Code): ______________________________________________
Complete Cell phone number (if available): __________________________________________
Parent’s e-mail address (if available): _______________________________________________
Applicant’s e-mail address (if different from Parent’s): _________________________________
(Please Type or Print Essay and attach here.)
Essay Topic (please include all 3 major points):
1) Why I want to attend OurTown 2009, 2) Why it’s important to take action against discrimination, and 3)
Why it’s important to share my Jewish background with others of different ethnic, religious, and cultural
backgrounds.
RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION AND ESSAY TO:
Congregation Emanu-El
c/o Brotherhood Scholarship Chairman – Mark Ross
7011 E. Central Ave.
Wichita, KS 67206-1920
Or
E-mail your Application and Essay to Mr. Ross at
xwind@sbcglobal.net
In either case, call Mr. Ross at 263-3226 (h) or 214-1464 (cell) to let him know your application and essay
are on their way!
Promptness is important. Deadline for submitting your scholarship application is Sunday, May 10th.
Deadline for OurTown 2009 enrollment applications to DIVERSITY KANSAS is May 15th. OurTown 2009
starts on Monday, June 1st.
Wichita Jewish Community School
It sure is hard to believe that we are coming to the end of the school year. It seems to have
completely flown by! What a great group of children, parents, and teachers I have had the pleasure
of working with this past year. I want to thank the teachers and staff for their hard work and
dedication to the children. Their love of Judaism and the spirit they exude each week is contagious!
I also want to thank the Rabbis and Education Committee for their support and their dedication to
seeing that we continue to strive to provide the best Jewish education for our children.
Our last day of Religious School is Sunday, May 17. We will be having an end of the year assembly to which
parents are invited. The students are excited to present what they have been working on this year. After, we will
enjoy some fun and games together before we break for the summer. The whole school will meet that day at
Hebrew Congregation.
Look for more details in the newsletter next month regarding our new programming plans for the 2009-10 school
year. I am excited to share this with all of you. It’s fresh, innovative, and will appeal to members of the community
at large. I really see this as the “community” part of the Wichita Jewish Community School.
As always, I welcome your input and would love to hear from any of you. Feel free to call either congregation to
leave me a message or email me at sandy.wjcs@gmail.com
May dates to remember:
May 13- Last day of Wednesday Hebrew School
May 17- Last day of Religious School
- Sandy Kramer, WJCS Director
Hadassah
As my first year as President of the Wichita Chapter of Hadassah comes to an end, I want to thank the
wonderful women in this community for their service, donations and dedication to the work of
Hadassah. This is truly a group effort and the teamwork has been fantastic. Not to leave out the men in
our mission, I want to thank our associate members for their help with Hadassah programs this past
year: Jerry Marcus and Dr. Brian Michael, and our new associate, Rabbi Wernick.
We have finished our “100 Days, 100,000 Donors” fundraising campaign, and I thank all of you who made donations.
If you would still like to make a contribution, please let me know and I will let you know how to do it by check, credit
card or online at our Haddasah.org website. It’s been a tough year, the cut-backs have been severe, but Hadassah has
maintained the highest rating possible from Charity Navigator, who rates charities on their fundraising efforts. Ninetytwo cents of every dollar goes directly to programs here in the U.S. and Israel.
Our book club has one more book on the agenda for this year: Coming Together, Coming
Apart. The meeting will be at the home of Ellie Shore on June 15th at 7:30. Please call Kelly
Fein if you would like to participate. We thank Kelly for all her hard work managing the book
club (and being our Treasurer!) this past year.
We are looking forward to a June installation of our new board for the 2009-2010 year. If you would like to
participate in planning any of our programs, please call Judy Frank and let her know what you would like to do. All
help is greatly appreciated! I am very excited that we will be presenting our Leadership Award at our installation, to
recognize an outstanding volunteer in our Chapter from this past year. It will be a surprise, so watch your mailbox for
information about the installation – you won’t want to miss it!
Don’t forget, you can make your mother, daughter, sister or friend a member of Hadassah for Mother’s Day. And
Father’s Day is on the horizon, so make that man in your life an Associate of Hadassah. Call Royce Wolff or Doris
Weller for more information on membership. Thank you all for your continued support.
- Tiffany Zacker, Hadassah President
May 2009
Iyar/Sivan 5769
Sunday
Monday
3
4
11:00 am Hadassah/HC
Film Class – Reel Jewish
Learning: Viewing Jewish
Experience Through Film –
“Left Luggage” (HC)
2:00 pm Youth Group
meeting
Office Closed
10
11
Tuesday
5
12
Office Closed
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
7:30 pm Shabbat
Evening Family
Service
9:00 am Zachary Schmaltz
Bar Mitzvah (HC)
10:00 am Shabbat
Morning Service
6
7
8
9
12:00 CE Bible Study
7:30 pm CE
Brotherhood
7:00 pm MKJF Board
Meeting (CE)
8:00 pm Shabbat
Evening Service and
CE Sisterhood
Installation
10:00 am Shabbat
Morning Service
13
14
15
16
8:00 pm Shabbat
Evening Service
10:00 am Shabbat
Morning Service
22
23
8:00 pm Shabbat
Evening Service
Zak Grant Bar Mitzvah
10:00 am Shabbat
Morning Service
Zak Grant Bar Mitzvah
12:00 CE Bible Study
Last Day Wednesday
Hebrew School
Mother’s Day
17
18
Last Day WJCS and
Family Committee Ice
Cream party at 11:00 am
at HC
Office Closed
24
25
Office Closed
Memorial Day
31
6:30 pm MKJF Yachad
dinner (Thai Tradition)
19
20
21
12:00 CE Bible Study
6:30 pm CE Ritual
Committee
7:30 pm CE Board
26
27
28
29
30
12:00 CE Bible Study
7:30 pm WJCS
Committee Meeting
(CE)
7:00 pm Erev
Shavuot Service and
CE Confirmation
Office closed
10:00 am Morning
Shavuot Service
8:00 pm Shabbat
Evening Service
10:00 am Shabbat
Morning Service
Erev Shavuot
Shavuot