June - Baltimore Hebrew Congregation

BULLETIN
BALTIMORE HEBREW CONGREGATION
Rabbi Andrew Busch
Cantor Robbie Solomon
Rabbi Elissa Sachs-Kohen
Cantor Ann G. Sacks
Rabbi Rex D. Perlmeter, Emeritus
Number 10 | June 2016
24 Iyar – 24 Sivan 5776
BALTIMOREHEBREW.ORG
We all scream for ice cream!
BHC’S SHAVUOT SCOOP RETURNS
For details see page 5.
Take a Peek Inside . . .
New and Returning Members . . . . . .
From the Clergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A Message from the President . . . . .
Night of the Stars Thanks You . . . . . .
Upcoming at BHC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcoming Ushers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Meal Makers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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JCC Block Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brotherhood Closing Dinner . . . . . . .
Blood Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Grandparents Retreat . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Program Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chai Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center . .
Youth Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Youth Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Mazel Tov Confirmands . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Simcha Tree of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Todah Rabbah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Hoffberger Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
June Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Service Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
WELCOME NEW AND
RETURNING MEMBERS!
We welcome the following congregants
who have joined BHC since April
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Maureen & Robert Ackerman
Anne B. Adler
Joel Beller
Lisa Berman
Darcy Brodman
Sue & Thomas Brown
Ezra Buchdahl
Sheila & Rabbi Gustav Buchdahl
Cecelia & Richard Butler
Ira Fedder
Jeffrey Dannis & Bradley Fine
Marie & Philip Fink
Susan & David Dubin
Laurie & Daniel Duhan
Anita & Arnold Ehrenreich
Margy & Allan Feigelson
Sheila & Charles Frank
Rita Goldberg
Susan & Philip Golden
Barbara & Bruce Goodman
Sarah Green
Shanna & Benjamin Heilveil
Marcia Schwartz & Doug Helfman
Dana & Matthew Hemelt
Evelyn & John Hillman
Ann-Laurie & Frederick Hyman
Lisa & Arnold Jablon
Lorna & Richard Kane
Paula King
Nina Lively & Michael Kurman
Linda Leffman
Ellen & Saul Lindenbaum
Harold Lipsicas
Staci & Adam Mandelberg
Christine & Gary Manko
Ariel Mond
Sharon & Michael Mond
Barbara Narrow
Judith & Allan Oshry
Linda & Larry Pearl
Diana Peisach
Deborah & Sheldon Pollekoff
Amanda & Ryan Schuman
Jennie & Jonathan Schwartz
Linda & Neil Schwartz
Susan & Mark Seaman
Sharon & Jon Seigel
Jessica Shiller & Colin Starger
Janet & Richard Trosch
Lisa & Robert Wack
Carole Wilder
Elizabeth & James Yarsky
Abbe & Robert Yospa
Joan Zimmerman
FROM THE CLERGY
Summer Camp Opportunities
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh,
Here I am at Camp Grenada
Camp is very entertaining
and they say we’ll have some fun if it stops raining.
Allan Sherman’s iconic song about summer camp doesn’t begin to express the
passion many of us feel about the places we first learned to build a fire, play jacks,
steer a sailboat, make a French braid or make a best friend for life.
In recent years the National Foundation for Jewish Camping (FJC) and
The Associated’s Center for Jewish Camping (CJC) have raised our communal
consciousness about the incredible power Jewish camping has to shape future
Jewish identity. A testimonial on the CJC’s website says, “Camp was where I could do
anything I put my mind to, surrounded by great friends and inspiring mentors. It was
the place where I could climb towers, perform in talent shows, and play the Aleinu
on the harmonica during Shabbat services.” – Dan S.
This summer, our kids will attend or work at BHC’s own week-long day camp and
at Beth T’filoh Day Camp. They will go to Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) Camps —
Harlam, 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy, 6 Points Sports Academy, Olin-Sang-Ruby, Kutz,
Jacobs and Crane Lake. They will attend Camps Louise and Airy, Capital Camps and
Moshava. I’m sure we’ve got kids going to camps that I’ve left off the list as well.
Whether they are returning for their eight summer or nervously setting off on a
first-time adventure, camp presents endless possibilities for exploration, growth and
learning about themselves and their world. They will learn about Jewish life, Jewish
identity and Jewish values. And that’s not to mention all the fun they will have!
I’m thrilled that this year BHC will have the opportunity to live our Jewish values
of tzedakah and Tikun Olam by creating a fantastic camp experience for some kids
from Paul’s Place Outreach. For many years, BHC has partnered with Paul’s Place, a
support agency for the Washington Village/Pigtown neighborhoods. In the past, we
have provided meals for their hot lunch program, caring gifts from our Community
Mitzvah Day Mitzvah Project and from a number of individual Bar/Bat Mitzvah
projects and more. On April 29, we were blessed to host Jayna Powell, Volunteer
Coordinator, who inspired all of us. (You can watch the videostreaming of her
sermon on our website.)
For the first time, BHC joins the list of area churches that will host a week of day
camp (July 25-29) for kids who get support from Paul’s Place. These 1-5th graders will
come to us from their city neighborhoods to have some wonderful camp time. Paul’s
Place envisions the camp program as one, “designed to provide wholesome activities
for children in our community, and to offer experiences that the children would not
have in Pigtown, including stream walking, boating, environmental education, and
field trips.”
As of the beginning of May when I write this column, we still have opportunities
for you to contribute to this incredible opportunity during the week of July 25-29.
If you have a hobby or skill you could share with the kids – building model cars or
doing science experiments; identifying plants in our wooded areas or making papermache art; playing guitar or doing drama improvisation. The beauty of camp is that
you don’t need to be an expert – you just need to know more than the kids do, and
it would only take a couple of hours. Brad Cohen, Director of Education, will gladly
accept your help: bcohen@baltimorehebrew.org.
Whether you’re going to camps creating camp for kids who need it or dreaming
wistfully of your own camp days gone by, I hope your campfires burn bright and the
bugs don’t bite. See you at camp!
– Rabbi Sachs-Kohen
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin • Number 10 • 24 Iyar – 24 Sivan 5776 • June 2016
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT:
STEVEN SHARFSTEIN
My Jewish Self
What a privilege to begin as President of BHC,
following in the footsteps of Martha Weiman,
whose leadership and columns I’ve come greatly
to admire. Thank you, Martha. You inspire me
and BHC.
I thought in this first column that I would tell you a little bit
about my Jewish self. I grew up in New York City as part of a large
secular, business-oriented, first-generation Jewish family. On
my father’s side, my grandfather was Orthodox, but his children
rapidly moved away from Orthodoxy. My great-grandfather on
my mother’s side was part of an emancipated family from Russia,
emigrating to the United States in the early years of the 20th
century. Most of my cousins did not have Bar Mitzvahs, but we
would all get together in my great-grandparents’ large apartment
on the West Side of New York for Friday night dinners (no candles,
no challah). After dinner, the women would play canasta in one
room and the men would depart for the television to watch the
“Friday night fights.” I remember my great-grandfather reading the
Yiddish newspaper, but that was about it for observance.
We moved to Great Neck, New York, when I was eight years
old, and my parents joined a Reform congregation, Temple Beth
El, more as a way of being in a certain social set than any wish
to connect to Judaism. We had a Christmas tree in our home
until I turned Bar Mitzvah age, and with my Jewish consciousness
at age 13, I banished the tree and any observance of Christmas
(much to my younger brother’s great chagrin). I continued not
only to Confirmation after Bar Mitzvah but to begin a journey
in Reform youth group activities through NFTY. At Dartmouth
as an undergraduate, I had the experience of being in a distinct
minority (there were 8% of us in the class of 1964) and then went to
medical school (the first one in my family to go to medical school)
at Albert Einstein in New York, which, at that time, was part of
Yeshiva University. It was at that time that I had more exposure
to Orthodox classmates and had the great fortune of being paired
in alphabetical order (Sharfstein-Shiling) to Margaret – we were
cadaver partners.
Margaret’s family, born in Baltimore, were longstanding members
of BHC. In June of 1965, at the end of our first year of Medical School,
we were married at BHC with Rabbi Lieberman, Cantor Rosenfeld,
and my rabbi from Great Neck, Rabbi Jerry Davidson. We actually
joined BHC some years later after we moved to Baltimore in 1991,
having lived for the prior 18 years in Washington, DC, and being
active members in the Washington Hebrew Congregation.
As a psychiatrist at Sheppard Pratt, where I have been CEO for
25 years, and in practice, my Jewish education and Jewish values
have permeated my work. My brother, after having objected to
my removal of the Christmas tree from our home, became quite
an active member of his congregation in New York City, having
served as President of Central Synagogue several years ago. What
I love about Reform Judaism are our liberal values, activist social
concerns and the effort to build a community within the larger
American society. I look forward to working with you over the next
two years and getting to meet and know many of you.
bhc’s youth thanks you!
BHC thanks all who made our sixth annual Night
of the Stars a rousing success! The Dalsheimer
Theater was filled with laughter. We couldn’t
have done it without you. Your generosity will
have a significant impact in our efforts to provide
the best in Jewish educational opportunities to
our youth so they will continue to grow up with a
strong Jewish identity.
HONOREES
Susan W. &
Edward L. Perl
EVENT CHAIRS
Marjorie Goodman
Richard Peterson
COMMITTEE
MEMBERS
David Berenhaus
Carol J. Caplan
Madeline Lettré
Comoglio
Steven Cornblatt
Erin Gleeson
Beverly Goldstein
Harvey Goldstock
Leslie Hantman
Roberta Herbst
Paula K. Himeles
Barbi Hyman
Joy Katzenberg
Charles Klein
Marcy K. Kolodny
Marc Lederman
Ava Lenet
Marc Lenet
Lynn Lettré
Linda Litofsky
Cindy Miller
Roberta Perlman
Merle Porter
Jeanne Robin
Marcia Rosenblatt
Jeffrey Rubin
Rheta Schloss
Amy Seldowitz
Debbie Shpritz
Linda G. Speert
Don Wehner
Darlene Wolff
Duke Zimmerman
Phyllis Zimmerman
NIGHT OF THE
STARS SPONSORS:
DIAMOND
Hilda Perl Goodwin
Susan W. &
Edward L. Perl
GOLD
Margaret & Steve
Sharfstein
SILVER
Anonymous
The Classic Catering
People
The Frankel
Automotive Group
Barbi & Lou Hyman
Harriet & Jay Kramer
The Mt. Washington
Tavern
Radcliffe Jewelers
Sol Levinson & Bros.
Inc.
BRONZE
Anonymous (2)
Artisan Renovations,
Inc.
The Associated:
Jewish Community
Federation of
Baltimore
BHC Executive
Committee
Benjamin F. Edwards
& Co.
Bunny & Alan
Bernstein, Jr.
Amy Deutschendorf &
Dr. Ira Fine
Ellin & Tucker,
Chartered
Ronnie Footlick
Fram Monument Co.,
Inc.
Patricia & Harvey L.
Goldstock
Cathy Neuman &
Richard Gross
Paula & Martin S.
Himeles, Jr.
Louise & Richard
Kemper
Kitchen Saver
Laura Black & Charles
Klein
Klein’s ShopRite
Law Office of Carl S.
Silverman, LLC
Harriet & Jeffrey
Legum
Len Stoler Auto Group
Susan & Norman Lorch
Mayer & Steinberg, Inc.
Mount Royal Printing
& Communications
Terry & Kevin Nolan
Roberta & Aron
Perlman
Rainbow Adult Day
Health Care Center
The Dorothy L.
& Henry A.
Rosenberg, Jr.
Foundation
Deborah & Louis
Shpritz
Susan & Perry Snyder
SOS Technology Group
Stevenson Village
Veterinary Hospital
Janice & Marc Strauss
W.S. Tegeler
Monument Co.
Village of Cross Keys
Thommie & Ted
Williams
MEDIA
AHA Business Radio
Baltimore Jewish Times
Baltimore Sun Media
Group
The City Paper
WCBM & WQLL
Radio
WYPR 88.1 FM
IN-KIND
Robert Brodsky – Zoom
Direct Americas
Madeline Lettré
Comoglio – MLC
Designs
Marc Lederman –
Badges, Buttons…
Plus!! Specialties
Greg Mace –
Monumental
Moments Photo
Booth
Carl S. Silverman –
BHC Counsel
Duke Zimmerman –
Photography
We thank all who helped
support Night of the
Stars and hope we did not
inadvertently omit any of
our sponsors.
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UPC
Upcoming at BHC
For more information on any of the programs below, contact Andy Wayne,
Director of Communications and Engagement, awayne@baltimorehebrew.org or ext. 246.
E.B. HIRSH EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER CLOSING CEREMONY
Friday, June 3, 10 am
See the E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center column on page 6
for details.
SHAVUOT
Saturday, June 11, 7 & 8:30 pm
Sunday, June 12, 8 am and 6 pm
See page 5 for details.
PJ SHABBAT
Friday, June 3, 6:30 pm
Bring your toddlers and young children for BHC’s pajama-clad
service the first Friday of every month.
CONVERSION STUDENTS DINNER
Tuesday, June 14, 6 pm
See the Program Highlights column on page 6 for details.
CHAI LIFE SHABBAT AT BHC
Friday, June 3, 6:15 pm
We will attend the Shabbat Service together at 6:15 pm and have
our own dinner in the courtyard following. INFO & RSVP: Amy
Goldberg, amyleighgoldberg12@gmail.com.
JCC BLOCK PARTY
Sunday, June 5, 10 am-3 pm
See page 5 for details.
BROTHERHOOD CLOSING DINNER
Sunday, June 5, 6 pm
See page 5 for details.
CAMP BHC
Monday, June 6 through Friday, June 10
See page 5 for details.
CONFIRMATION DINNER
Saturday, June 11, 6 pm
Confirmands and their families will celebrate with a dinner
followed by Confirmation during the Shavuot Evening Service.
ANNUAL REPORT
On Friday, May 6, we had our Annual Meeting and Dinner.
Congratulations to the new officers, board members and
Brotherhood President who were installed. Thank you to everyone
for your hard work. If you did not receive a copy of our annual
report, you can view it online, baltimorehebrew.org/annualreport.
KOL RINNAH
Do you like to sing? Our Congregational choir is always open
for new voices. We rehearse on most Monday nights at 7:30
pm and perform at Shabbat services about once every month.
The atmosphere is welcoming, and you don’t have to read
Hebrew to succeed. Try it, you’ll like it! INFO: Becky Gutin,
bgutin@baltimorehebrew.org or 410-764-1587, ext. 250.
SHOFAR BLOWERS
We are looking for experienced shofar players or horn players
willing to learn the calls of the shofar, for this High Holy Day
season. INFO: Cantor Solomon, rsolomon@baltimorehebrew.org or
410-764-1587.
VIDEOSTREAMING VOLUNTEERS
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We are looking for volunteers to assist with videostreaming
for Shabbat and holiday services­
—perfect for a high schooler
needing community service hours. INFO: Call the Temple Office,
410-764-1587.
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BHC PRIDE DINNER
Friday, June 17, 7:30 pm
Join us for dinner at Arlon’s, 706 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville.
BROTHERHOOD ORIOLES GAME
Saturday, June 18, 4:05 pm
BHC and Temple Emanuel Brotherhoods are going to the game
to watch the Orioles take on the Blue Jays. All are welcome.
INFO & RSVP: Harold, hlips@comcast.net.
FATHER’S DAY MEMORIAL SERVICE
Sunday, June 19, 10 am
Join us for a Father’s Day Memorial Service at BHC’s Berrymans
Lane Cemetery, 318 Berrymans Lane, Reisterstown. The service
is open to all.
AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE
Monday, June 20, 2 pm
See page 5 for details.
CAREGIVERS SUPPORT MEETING
Tuesday, June 21, 7 pm
BHC Cares invites you to join this group, led by congregant Benjy
Dubin, regardless of whom you care for or where. INFO: Benjy
Dubin, 410-486-3385.
ADULT BEGINNER HEBREW CLASS
Can’t read Hebrew? Cantor Sacks is teaching BHC congregants in
an Adult Beginner Hebrew class on Sunday mornings, beginning
in the fall. This class is for adults with little or no Hebrew reading
ability and will fulfill the beginner Hebrew requirement for the
Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah program. INFO: Becky Gutin, bgutin@
baltimorehebrew.org or 410-764-1587, ext. 250.
PRAYERBOOK HEBREW THE EASY WAY
Did you ever wonder what all those Hebrew words recited in
Shabbat Services mean? Now is your chance to find out! Beginning
in September, Cantor Sacks will be offering a Sunday morning
course that will introduce basic prayerbook Hebrew vocabulary and
grammar. The class will continue through the spring and coincide
with the Religious School calendar. Basic decoding skills are required
for this class. INFO: Becky Gutin, bgutin@baltimorehebrew.org
or 410-764-1587, ext. 250.
WELCOMING USHERS
Looking ahead to the fall holidays, BHC invites you to volunteer
as an usher. Ushers play a crucial role in welcoming members
and guests, in handing out books, and in setting the general tone
of our worship. We have wonderful ushers, led by Brotherhood’s
Ushering Chair Harvey Schevitz. We need new ushers to join our
continuing ushers as the holidays approach. INFO: Iris Powell,
ipowell@baltimorehebrew.org.
MEAL MAKERS
With the passing of the pan,
Sharon Edlow (left) will take over
the leadership of BHC Meal Makers
from Maria Kannen (right). The BHC
Cares Meal Makers program began
in 2010 as a way for people to reach
out with the offering of food to
their fellow congregants in times of need. Over the years, many
wonderful volunteer chefs have prepared meals for people during
times of illness, surgery, bereavement and after the birth of a
child. BHC Cares would like to encourage congregants to join this
lovely program as volunteer chefs! A simple, healthy hot meal can
make a world of difference for someone and their family during a
challenging time. INFO: Sharon Edlow, sharonke123@gmail.com.
JCC BLOCK PARTY
BHC is excited to again be a partner for the 2016 Community
Block Party at the fields at the Owings Mills JCC on Sunday, June
5, 10 am-3 pm. With over 5,000 people in attendance, last year’s
event was an amazing showcase of the various aspects of the
Jewish community, along with unique vendors and loads of kids’
activities. INFO: Andy Wayne, Director of Communications and
Engagement, awayne@baltimorehebrew.org, 410-764-1587 ext. 246.
BROTHERHOOD CLOSING DINNER:
AN ENCHANTED EVENING OF MUSIC
Join Brotherhood for their closing dinner, “An Enchanted Evening
of Music,” on Sunday, June 5, 6 pm. Enjoy beautiful melodies
from Broadway, musical theatre and popular songs from the past
100 years. The cocktail reception will begin at 6 pm with dinner
following at 7 pm. The evening will feature performers James Harp,
Jason Buckwalter and Kimberly Christie.
All are welcome—free to BHC Brotherhood members and only
$15 for guests and non-members. Brotherhood is once again
collecting for Sharp Dressed Man, so bring ties, belts and shoes to
donate upon arrival. RSVP: baltimorehebrew.org/bhclosingdinner.
INFO: Sid Bravmann, 410-952-6352.
CAMP BHC
Camp BHC is an exciting one-week,
Monday-Friday, June 6-10, opportunity to
explore Judaism in a safe, fun and spirited
(ruach) atmosphere. Campers will experience an
out-of-this-world adventure, living Jewish values
(middot), and experience the joy of community (kehillah). Sports,
art, drama, social action projects, water play, computers, and
interactive camp challenges such as capture-the-flag and obstacle
courses are just a few of our activities. Camp is open to students
entering K-8th grade. INFO: Brad Cohen, Director of Education,
bcohen@baltimorehebrew.org.
BHC
SHARE IN SHAVUOT TREATS WITH BHC
Three Free Opportunities to Learn and Connect Beyond Our
6:15 pm Shavuot Evening Service
Join Rabbis Busch and Sachs-Kohen and Director of Education,
Brad Cohen, for a special nighttime study to celebrate Shavuot,
Saturday, June 11, 8:30 pm. This year’s topic will be “Seeking the
Holy: Location and Revelation.” Our Torah and our rabbis have
said many different things about how humans find holiness and
where. Mount Sinai is not in the Land of Israel; however, Israel
has a special connection to it as well. Some stay up all night on
Shavuot evening to be spiritually prepared to celebrate the Giving
of the Torah come morning. We only study for an hour or two, but
please join us, whether or not you attended the earlier Shavuot
Confirmation Service. Come share in our study of texts, ideas, and
opinions. As is traditional on Shavuot, cheesecake will be served.
At BHC, our Shavuot morning “Sunrise” service, Sunday, June 12,
8 am, is great way to celebrate the festival through worship outside
in the Fink Assembly courtyard, hear the Ten Commandments
chanted and celebrate as a community. Many attend to participate
in the tradition of Yizkor, though our Yizkor service is brief.
Celebrate Shavuot and stay to enjoy a light breakfast afterwards.
Shavuot Scoop returns on Sunday June 12, 6-7 pm right outside
BHC’s main entrance. Our free ice cream gathering is a newer
tradition, now in its seventh year. We welcome back local favorite
Ms. Twist to serve up some soft-serve as we enjoy the ritual of
eating dairy on this holiday. We are also looking forward to a very
special moment when, at 5:30 pm, Temple Emanuel’s Torahs will
be walked to BHC’s ark. Additionally, enjoy inflatable fun for kids
in our grassy space, meet our ice cream mascots and play BHC’s
“Scoop Bingo.” Shavuot Scoop is open to all, so bring your friends!
BLOOD DRIVE
Put Monday, June 20, 2-7:30 pm on your calendar and join us
for our annual blood drive at BHC! It’s a mitzvah to give and to
ensure that the Red Cross always has the safest possible blood
supply to meet ongoing hospital and patient needs. To schedule an
appointment, visit baltimorehebrew.org/blooddrive to connect to
the Red Cross to sign up. INFO: Betty Fink, 410-484-4594 or Phyllis
Zimmerman, 410-484-1797. Looking forward to seeing you there!
SUMMER NIGHTS
July 2016 marks the fifth year of our casual current events discussion
in BHC’s courtyard led by BHC’s rabbis, cantors and Director of
Education. These free evenings are scheduled every Tuesday in July,
6:30-8 pm with cocktails and snacks. No RSVP needed.
GRANDPARENTS RETREAT
Calling all grandparents and grandkids! Join BHC for our first
Grandparent & Grandchild Retreat at Pearlstone Retreat Center,
Friday-Sunday, August 19-21. Enjoy Shabbat, explore the outdoors,
participate in art projects and get some quality time with your
grandparents or grandchildren. INFO: Brad Cohen, Director of
Education, bcohen@baltimorehebrew.org.
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Program Highlights
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E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center
EBHECC
On Tuesday, June 14, we celebrate congregants
and others who have chosen to convert to
Judaism with the help of BHC clergy. It is a
gathering that I look forward to every year,
though I almost always have no role in the
actual conversions. I look forward to our “Conversion Dinner”
because it is thrilling to see smiling faces of people who can share
their journeys to Judaism and the passion for their new religion. To
me, they have made a meaningful and powerful choice to embrace
Judaism, and it’s so wonderful to be there with our clergy as we
celebrate together. We’ve sent invites to BHC conversion students
for this dinner. If you have not received yours, please let us know.
Andy Wayne
Director of Communications and Engagement
On Friday, June 3 we celebrate our Closing
Ceremony for our four-year-old children. This
is always an exciting and poignant day for
children and their families. These precious boys
and girls have spent several years with us, and
we have established loving, secure and trusting
relationships with them. Our goodbyes are always bittersweet. We
wish them well on their journey!
The Closing Ceremony this year will be very special. Our
four year old class includes three children who began attending
E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center as babies. They were the first
children in our Infant Program! From cradle to kindergarten they
have been ours to love, and as with all of our children, we look
forward to hearing about their successes and their progress. We
hope that all of our Fours Program children will stop by for visits,
and we hope that they will still let us hug them!
CONVERSION CELEBRATION
Chai Life: 20s & 30s Community
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SPECIAL GOODBYES
SUMMER FUN IS HERE
With our Spring calendar over, Chai Life looks
forward to many successful and fun summer
events. The summer will kick off with our
annual Chai Life Shabbat at BHC on Friday, June
3. Then, feel free to stop by BHC on Sunday,
June 12 for Shavuot Scoop for free ice cream in this holiday with
the community. To finish off the month, on Sunday, June 26, we
will be hosting the one and only Chai Society of the summer. The
first 20 people to sign up will enjoy brunch at Little Havana with
an optional tour to follow at the Baltimore Museum of Industry...
and that’s just June, folks.
On behalf of BHC and the Chai Life family, the Chai Life
committee would like to welcome David Castine as our new cochair, beginning in July. With huge hugs and much gratitude we
say goodbye to Amy Goldberg. Over the years Amy has volunteered
countless hours of her time to make all of our events successful, on
top of the additional time that she gave to being Co-Chair of the
Chai Life Committee. From everyone, thank you.
As always, if you have any questions or would like to see certain
events planned, don’t hesitate to email your Chai Life Co-Chairs
Amy Goldberg, amyleighgoldberg12@gmail.com and Steve DeBois,
sjdebois@gmail.com.
Amy Goldberg and Steve DeBois
Chai Life Co-Chairs
• DISCLAIMERS •
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1. All prices, events and times published in the Bulletin are
current at the time of publication, but are subject to change.
2.Publication of an advertisement in the Bulletin is neither
an endorsement nor recommendation of any advertisers’
products or services by BHC.
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Bulletin • Number 10 • 24 Iyar – 24 Sivan 5776 • June 2016
This is my last bulletin article. My
retirement is imminent, and while I look
forward to new chapters, I want to thank BHC, E.B. Hirsh Early
Childhood Center, our wonderful teachers and all of the families
and children who have been an integral part of my life. Thank
you for the journey that we have taken together. Thank you for
the joy I have had. Thank you for the privilege of working and
learning together.
Renée Stadd
Director, E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center
Youth Group
YG
THANKING OUR LEADERS
BHeCTY has had a wonderful year together!
I would like to thank the following board
members for taking the time to help plan
awesome events and for being such great leaders
for our teens: Aaron Seldowitz, President;
Sivanne Bachrach, SAVP; Jason Lynn-Framm,
MCVP; Amanda Bingaman, 12th Grade Rep; Linda Hill, 11th Grade
Rep, and Rachel Katzenberg, 8th Grade Rep.
A special congratulations to Jason for being elected to NFTYMAR’s Regional Board as Northern Membership Vice President.
Congratulations to all Seniors. We wish you luck on your future
adventures as Jewish adults in the community. Mazel Tov!
Look for information for our end of the year lunch for our
graduating Seniors.
Leah Bloom
Youth Engagement Associate
YE
MAZEL TOV
BHC CONFIRMANDS
AND THEIR FAMILIES!
Youth Education
WELCOME LAUREN OFFERMAN
We are thrilled to announce that Lauren Offermann is joining the BHC
team as our full time Youth Engagement Associate. Lauren will be
in charge of informal youth programming, and she will assist in our
Youth Education program with curriculum development and various
administrative responsibilities.
Born and raised in Pikesville, Lauren is a lifelong BHC congregant and
past BHeCTY (Senior Youth Group) President. She is incredibly excited
to move back to the area and begin working with the BHC community.
Her favorite thing about BHC is all the memories she has made here in
her youth. She looks forward to making many more memories in the
years to come.
Lauren is a 2016 graduate of Brandeis University with a major in
Education Studies and a dual minor in Near Eastern Judaic Studies and
French. Over the past three years at Brandeis, Lauren has worked as the Student Office
Assistant for Hillel, where she focused on managing room reservations for events and
programs of all 25 Hillel member groups. This past year, Lauren served as a Roosevelt
Fellow, a peer academic mentor, where she oversaw nearly 80 first year students in a
range of collegiate needs from course selection to University resources. She also spent a
year working for The Gateways Program, a B’nai Mitzvah program that prepares students
with special needs for their Bar/Bat Mitzvah with a combination of individual tutoring,
classroom activities and a weekly prayer service.
We look forward to having Lauren on our Youth Education team.
L’Shalom (For Peace),
Brad Cohen
Director of Education
TODAH RABBAH
The Congregational Kiddush on May 14 was
sponsored by Wendie & Nick Beser in honor
of the marriage of their daughter Rachel to
Steven Brookes.
BHC
Offerings
IN MEMORIAM
We record with sorrow the passing of
Arnold David Cohen
Eleanore “Elly” Gann
Zachary Margulis
Jack Matisoff
Ira S. Meyers
Howard Mora
Alice Rosenbush
Eileen Sakin
Robert Shear
Sidney Tremoulet
Mildred Waxman
Allen Weiss
May their memories be for a blessing
The Oneg Shabbat on May 20 was sponsored
by Yousuf & Jennifer Kohan-Gaffar in honor
of their son Asher becoming a Bar Mitzvah.
June 3-4
Julia Alexander
Bessie Angster
Harry Aronson
Louis H. Baumohl
Louis Berkowich
Robert Berney
Esther S. Bernstein
Ferdinand S.
Breslau
Irving Brower
Bernard Burt
Leon M. Chor
Alan Louis Cohen
Sadie Cohn
Rube S. Crohn
Sylvia K. Crone
Isabel Fisher
Morris Flocks
Edward Leon Frank
Henrietta S. Frank
Victor Frenkil
Hattie K. Friedman
Sivanne Bachrach
Christine & Yoav Bachrach
Pierce Brodsky
Laura & Robert Brodsky
Jake Hermann
Cory & Barak Hermann
Teddy Plisko
Joan & Marc Plisko
Cameron Messick
Marci & Steven Messick
SIMCHA
TREE OF LIFE
Thank you for purchasing leaves on
the Simcha Tree of Life since the
publication of our May Bulletin:
Amy & Steven Seldowitz
The Congregational Kiddush on May 21 was
sponsored by Joyce & Barry Kohan in honor
of their grandson Asher Gaffar becoming a
Bar Mitzvah.
PERPETUAL MEMORIALS
Anna Libby
Goldstein
Irvin M. Greenbaum
Susan Beth
Greenberg
Samuel Hamburger
Emanuel H. Jacobi
Rebecca Kahn
Morris Katz
Dr. Bennett Ira
Kemper
Edith B. Klaw
Samuel Kolker
Bessie Leon
Alfred Levy
Dorothy Lippman
Dr. Eli Lippman
Julia Rosen Marks
Pearl Nathanson
Wilma “Mickey”
Neuman
Leon L.
Oppenheimer
Albert Paltell
Rose Y. Pickus
Pres. Ronald Wilson
Reagan
Bernie Rosenstein
Edna D. Rosenthal
Nathan A. Sauber
Anne Vera Schunick
Manuel Shapiro
Sidney Shulman
Samuel W. Siegel
Maurice A. Silver
Clara Simon
Celia R. Speert
William Statter
Lillian Stichman
Arthur Strasburger
Ernestine Eiseman
Strauss
Eve Goldstein
Stredler
Albert Strull
Abraham Weiss
Gussie Weiss
Ray Weiss
Earle Maurice
Wilder
Fela Windman
June 10-11
Abraham
Alexander
George B. Avis
Gertrude Behrend*
Emma Berman
Charlotte Bernstein
Isidore Blondheim
Charles A.
Blumberg
Erwin M. Brown
Bianca Brunn*
Sophie Caplan
Miriam Weinberg
Cohen
Bertha Dalsheimer
Dr. Robert M.
Dobres
Bertha Dreyfuss
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Eichengreen*
Robert Wayne
Ericson
Lillie J. Feinblatt
Dr. Jack G. Feman
Arthur E. Frank
Jacob Frank
Augusta Ginsberg*
Edna Carp
Glickman
Audrey N.
Goldstein*
Jacob Goodman
Isaac Greenbaum
Carol Hendricks
Benjamin Hoffman
Rebecca B. Hurwitz
Florence Jacobson
Mary Kitt
Audrey Krieger
Charles S. Kuhns*
Rabbi Morris S.
Lazaron
Dr. Edward I.
Lederman
Bernard I. (Bobby)
Levinson
David Lewenberg*
Fannie Losin
Zerlina Mendels
Isaac Metzger
Morris Miller
Sidney H. Mondell
Dr. Edward
Neulander
Carey T. Nugent
Estella Oettinger*
Meyer T.
Oppenheim
Alan Theodore
Ossermann, Jr.
Beulah Dreyfuss
Ossermann
Dr. Jerome Pleet
Lenora A.
Rosenthal
Nathan Rosenthal
Frieda Rosner
Hulda H. Rothschild
Annette Rutkovitz
Anna Sakin
Hymen Sandler*
Ellis Schaeffer
Alfred Seider
Nathan Shackman*
Mary Shulman
Dr. Benjamin I.
Siegel
Sedonia Sneider*
Hennie Spandauer
Victor A.
Strasburger*
Solomon D. Vogel
Franklyn J.
Weinberg
Leonard
Wertheimer
Sadie B. Winternitz
William J. Wolff
Harry Frank
Wolfram
June 17-18
Sylvia L. Adalman
Shirley Gorenstein
Alper
Max Appelbaum
Rebecca Friedgut
Bachrach
Ella J. Beckman
Jacob Beser
Marshall A. Binder
Sol G. Block
Paul F. Blumenfeld
Helen S. Buxbaum
Bertha Cohen
Rebecca Margosin
Cohen*
Michael Robert
Dragon*
Robert Jay Footlick
Henry S. Frank
Rebecca Frank*
Ruth R.G. Frank
Hilda Goldberg
Rena L. Goldfinger
David Goldstein
Abraham
Goldwasser
Rose Zelda
Gorman
Ernst Guggenheim
Florence Gutman
Adolph J.
Hamburger
Ida Hamburger
Carrie Hament*
Sophia Hoffman
Sadie Gertrude
Cohen Horwitz*
Jennie Y. Hyman
Benjamin Katz
Marjorie
Katzenberg
Bennett G.
Kaufman
Elsie Klotsch
Anita Yaffe Leavitt
Sylvan Levin
Robert I. Levy
Harold D. Mondell
David Morganstein
Leonard J. Muskin
George J.
Nathanson*
Steven Howard
Oken
Harry Peck*
Morris Quartner
Meyer Rechtman
Samuel H.
Ritterman
Milton Rodberg
J. Harold
Rosenblatt II
Ruth A. Rosenthal*
Joseph Rottenberg
Maurice Rudo
Marye R. Sagner
Louis Saks*
Albert A. Sapero*
Abraham Schaen
Jack Schein
Elyse Dorothia
Scherr
Hailey Kyra
Seldowitz
Jacob M. Shoben*
Jane K. Solmson
Helene Solomon
Ida Brown Strauss*
Mary Surasky
Lillian Taylor
Lena Tockman
Samuel Weinberg
Judith Shoben
Winship
June 24-25
Dr. Michael Albert
Abrams
Eli Edward
Adalman
Jerome Apple
Ruth Guyes
Berman
Hannah Wise
Blumberg
Lillian Branoff
Millard S. Braun
Irmgard Brooksaler
Jennie C. Cahn
Howard M. Caplan
Beck Cohen
Louis Cohen
Helen Cohn
Philip Katz Crone
Marilyn Rosenbaum
Earhart
Robert Engel
Harold I. Fink
Carrie Finkelstein
Morris Finkelstein
Harold M. Fish
Ida Samuels Fox
Ferdinand Nathan
Frank
Philip M. Fried
Samuel Ginsberg
Lillian F. Goldberg
Anna Goldman
Jeannette S.
Goodman
Lynn Schunick
Gordon
Selma Greenbaum
Charlotte L. Greene
Alfred L. Hurwitz
Madelyn M. Iglo
Clara Kahn
Fred Kaliner
Adele Long
Katzenberg
David Morton
Katzenberg
Louis Kirsch
Eva Klompus
T. Dan Kolker
Esther Shure
Kramer
Paul Kramer
Nancy F. Kranzberg
Hazel Goldman
Kumin
Rose Lemler
Belle Levi
Minnie H. Levi
Sylvan Levin
Irving Lichter
Saul Linas
Dora Mollie
Lipowitz
Reta Lorch
Bessie Jacobs
Mannes
Jack Mannes
Elizabeth Fink
Middleman
Solomon Myerberg
Marion Fleischer
Oken
Margaret
Palmbaum
Orman
Bertha Rice
Harry Robbins
Jeanette Rogers
Carolyn K.
Rosenstein
Nathan Rosenstein
Rachel Rosenstein
Carl Rottenberg
Albert A. Saks
Naomi Schloss
Louis Seidenman
Dr. Herbert A.
Siegel
Sylvia S. Silver
Joseph Abraham
Silverman
Yetta Idov
Silverman
Dr. S. Sidney
Snyder
Dr. Samuel S.
Snyder
Sophie Marx Spear
Mary Jacobs Stern
Sarah Stromberg
Bernadine Ruth
Sussman
Josephine S.
Sutland
Frank Tenney
Rose Turner
Milton M. Weiler
Morris J. Weinstein
Theresa Winn
*Shavuot
From Generation to Generation
L’DOR
V’DOR
Special Birthdays
Jeanne Macks, Carol Ronis, Alison
Fruman, Eileen Cohen, Carol Noel,
Peter Brinch, Ariel Walsh, Mark
Sugarman, Jamie Gansell, Kathleen
Gross, Barbara Sindler, Natalie Hankin,
Roberta Siskind, Jamie FontaineGansell, Joseph Auslander, Jack
Richard, Kenneth Hassan, Annette
Romanoff, Evelyn Gross, Eric Jackson,
Geraldine Aronin, Byrl Hendler,
Kimberly Letke, Sandra Pollinger,
Lawrence Fogelson, Dena Smith, Carl
Silverman, Deborah Lieberman
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Special Anniversary
60th Shirley and Irving Simon
55th Judy and Earl Leitess
Jean and Alan Platt
50th Avery and Stephen Chandler
Barbara and Arnold Sindler
Ruth and Michael Ashman
Harriet and I. Howard Diener
45th Bess and Steven Shuster
Leslie and Ira Hantman
Sandra and Marc Appel
Deborah and David Bacharach
35th Lisa Kovens-Harris and Bruce Harris
Donna Howard and Howard Goldman
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25th Linda Nathan and Elliot Rosen
Carol and Andrew Rudo
20th Tobi Karchmer and John Coffey
Michelle and Elliot Alter
15th Ayme and Andrew Lederman
Laura and Jimmy Rosenfield
10th Claire and Bradley Cohen
Sara and Brett Levinson
5th Sabrina and Benjamin Cohen
Leisha Bell and Jackie Greenberg
Hayley Porter and Daniel Mayer
Stacey and Jeffrey Kahn
B’nai Mitzvah
April 8
Daniel Harrison Schwartz, grandson of
Linda Schwartz
June 11
Ryan Coffey, son of Tobi Karchmer and
John Coffey
Engagement
Justin Brower, son of Theresa and Roy
Brower, to Kelsey Gerber
David Carlton, son of Lauren Schnaper
and James Carlton, to Lauren Chell
Sarah Beth Saxon, daughter of Annette
and Michael Saxon, granddaughter of
Freddie Saxon, to Randall Rentfro
Marriage
Leonida Pap to Steven J. Sless
Births
Zev Thomas Epstein, son of Shara Epstein
and Amelia Ruggieri
Lincoln David Ezaoui, son of Michele
Reichlin and Itmar Ezaoui
Ezekiel Levi Lowy, son of Deborah and
Eric Lowy, grandson of Ellen and Alvin
J. Levi
Alivia Gray Pitlyuk, daughter of Allison
and David Pitlyuk, granddaughter of
Alan Kleiman
We gratefully acknowledge the
following offerings:
For the speedy recovery of
Jan Brinch, by Elly, Jeff, Jonathan, Andrew
& Jeff Bookstein
Suzanne Crone, by the Sisterhood Board
of Directors
David Fischel, by Carole Seidman
Irina & Mikhail Kogan on the birth of
their granddaughter Serena Alexa
Waller, by Ilene & John Brooks • Becky
& Larry Gutin • Betty Meyers • James &
Alice Dolle Trosch
Ellen & Alvin J. Levi on the birth of their
grandson Ezekiel Levi Lowy, by Rabbis
Rachel Hertzman & Rex D. Perlmeter
Jordan Loran for his help with the
Sisterhood Shred Event, by Suzanne
Strutt
Susan & Edward Perl for their
contributions and being honored at
Night of the Stars, by Linda & Howard
Miller • Sherri & Sanford Minkin
Annette & Michael Saxon on the
engagement of their daughter, Sarah
to Randall Rentfro, by Linda & Berryl
Speert • Renée Stadd
Friends, family & fellow Congregants for
a joyful & happy Passover, by Amy
Shackman
Ruth & Charles Spivak welcoming us to
their Seder table, by Minna & Louis
Katz
Heber Watts, Jr., by Harriet Meier
Martha Weiman for her wonderful service
to BHC, Benjy Dubin & Rachel Dubin
In memory of
Joan Bellhouse, by Marie Schwartz
Nicholas Beser, by Sylvia Beser
Andy Billig, by Adrianne & Robert
Weinblatt
Myer Mike Bloom, by Ava & Marc Lenet
In honor of
Ruth Bloom, by Ava & Marc Lenet
The special birthday of Philip Abraham,
Alvin H. Blum, by James Blum
by Barbara Waldorf Abraham • Carol
Morris Bricken, by Nancy & Barry Bricken
Comras
The special birthday of Ethel Braverman, Jerome Carp, by Judy& Stanley Rudo
Arnold David Cohen, by Betty, Jonathan
by Jane & Benson Fine
& Saul Fink • Edith Roth & George
Lauren Schnaper & James Carlton on
Stephano • Martin Shayt • Iris Warren
the engagement of their son, David
• Lynda S. & Jerry Weinstein
Carlton to Lauren Chell, by Elly,
David
Cohen, by Mary Cohen
Jonathan & Andrew Bookstein
Sarah & Joseph Feivish and Melvin
Pauline Z. Chapin on the marriage of
Wasserman on the occasion of
her grandson, Jonathan Udoff to Max
their great-grandson Elliot Daniels
Kramer, by James & Alice Dolle Trosch
becoming a Bar Mitzvah, by Donna &
Steve N. Cornblatt on receiving the Carol
Mark Wasserman
J. Caplan Service & Commitment
Raymond
Dinkin, by Garry Dinkin
Award, by Betty, Jonathan & Saul Fink
Dr. Rubin H. Flocks, by Diane Bloodhart
Betty Fink on receiving the Carol J.
Caplan Service & Commitment Award, Eleanore “Elly” Gann, by Nancy & Curt
Civin • Paula & Martin Himeles, Jr. •
by Sonia Blumberg • Sylvan, Janet,
Louise & Richard F. Kemper • Harriet
Mitchell, Jessica, Steven, Lauren, Marc,
& Jay Kramer • Harriet & Jeffrey Legum
Jamie, Leah, Tyler, Ben, Tilly & Jack
• Linda Nathan & Elliot Rosen • Lois
Cornblatt
Rosenfield
Julie & Robert Fishel on the birth of
Julian
Gillis, by Judith & Alan Gillis
their daughter Sloane Fishel, by her
Miriam Daniel Goldsmith, by Marcia &
grandparents, Nancy & Lawrence
Ries Daniel
Fishel • Becky, Larry & Louis Gutin
The 40th wedding anniversary of Debbie Sophie Wice Gordon, by Linda & Berryl
Speert
& Norman Goldschmitt, by Pauline Z.
Ray Harris, by Joyce & Murray Hankin
Chapin
Eleanor E. B. Hirsh, by Emily & Spence
Zoe Goldszmidt, by Harry Goldszmidt
Levitas • Helene & Jeffrey Waranch,
The special birthday of Marjoie
children & grandchildren
Goodman, by Minna & Louis Katz
Morris Katz, by Minna & Louis Katz
Nicole & Michael Green on the birth
Adele L. Katzenberg, by Loraine Lobe
of their daughter Charlotte, by Betty
David Morton Katzenberg, by Loraine
Feinberg
Lobe
The 70th wedding anniversary of Marcia
Marjorie Katzenberg, by Loraine Lobe
& S. Elliot “Skeets” Harris, by Alma
Eleanor Kilberg, by Ellen Bookstein
Bergman
Norman Klein, by Betty Meyers
Sylvia Koch, by Florence Paul
Joseph Lepski, by Ilene & John Brooks •
The E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood Center
Staff • Renée Stadd • Becky & Larry
Gutin
Ruth K. Lewis, by her children, Judith
& Alan Gillis; grandchildren & greatgranddaughters
Solomon Macks, by Jeanne & Harry Macks
Vicki Margolis, by Ava & Marc Lenet
Zachary Margulis, by Becky & Larry Gutin
Jack Matisoff, by Patricia & Harvey
Goldstock
Ira S. Meyers, by Becky & Larry Gutin •
Renée Stadd • Dr. David I. Tossman
Emanuel “Manny” Paige, by Marilyn
Savage
Larry Pozanek, by Beth Pozanek
Alice Rosenbush, by Barbara Mandel &
Allan T. Hirsh, Jr.
Bessy Rudnick, by Ava & Marc Lenet
Anne-Marie Rudo, by Shirley Rudo
Eileen Sakin, by Sonia Blumberg & Family
• Linda Nathan & Elliot Rosen
Albert Alan Saks, by Stephen Saks
Betty Ruth Saks, by Stephen Saks
Mondel Saslaw, by Marlyn & Boris
O’Mansky
Irene Schunick, by Nathalie & Arnold
Schunick
Annette Shawe, by Barbara Hament
Genya Shteyman on the occasion of
Mother’s Day, by Leonid Shteyman
Moonya Shteyman on the occastion of
Father’s Day, by Leonid Shteyman
Sora Shteyman, by Leonid Shteyman
Mary Shulman, by Jeanne & Harry Macks
Sidney Shulman, by Jeanne & Harry
Macks
Joseph Abraham Silverman, by Carol J.
Caplan & Family
Yetta Idov Silverman, by Carol J. Caplan &
Family
Joan P. Slotnick, by Carol & David Slotnick
Frank Tenney, by Carol J. Caplan & Family
Jason D. Tralins, by David Tralins
Anne J. Wasserman on the occasion of
Mother’s Day, by Sharon Wasserman
Jack G. Wasserman on the occasion of
Father’s Day, by Sharon Wasserman
Melvin Wasserman, by Donna & Mark
Wasserman
Mildred Waxman, by Barbara Mandel &
Allan T. Hirsh, Jr. • Sheila H. & Simon
Kalderon • Judy Goldstein Macks •
Carolyn Polowy & Carl Silverman
Aaron Young, by Helaine & Marc Witman
Sidney Zulver, by Elly, Jeff, Jonathan,
Andrew & Jess Bookstein
Acknowledgments
Appreciation is expressed for
messages of good wishes and
Books of Uniongrams received by
Ruth Bakal on her special birthday
Sally Palmbaum on her special birthday
Elaine Salganik on her special birthday
In commemoration of the birthday
anniversary of
Boris Kogan, by Irina & Mikhail Kogan
Benjamin Massing, by Marcia & Ries
Daniel
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Hoffberger Gallery
HG
“TOURIST AND INTIMIST “
Work by Matt Klos
May/June Exhibit
This show will highlight a
collection of the best of Matt
Klos’ landscape paintings from
the various places he’s traveled
with the interior paintings for
which he is better known. Klos
has traveled extensively as an
artist-in-residence and with family
in the last seven years, going to places as far as France, and Moshi,
Tanzania, and closer to home in Phoenix, AZ. Sometimes these
trips are painting excursions where Klos brings along his easel
and paints, and other times these trips are intended for research,
relaxation and inspiration. The experiences that Klos has in his
travels inform the studio interiors that he continues to make. The
dichotomy of the external experience, the glimmer and sheen of
something new, colliding with that which is familiar, time-worn
and intimately known allows for the artist to continue to grow.
June 2016
EVENTS
Friday, June 3
10 am E.B. Hirsh Early Childhood
Center Closing Ceremony
6:15 pm Shabbat Service,
Oneg Shabbat following
6:30 pm PJ Shabbat
7:30 pm Chai Life Member Shabbat
Saturday, June 4
9 am Torah Talk
10 am Shabbat Shelanu
Sunday, June 5
10 am JCC Block Party
6 pm Brotherhood Closing Dinner
Monday, June 6
6 pm Confirmation Rehearsal at BHC
7:30 pm BHC Board of Electors Meeting
Tuesday, June 7
7 pm Food Addicts in Recovery
7:30 pm Alcoholics Anonymous &
Al-Anon
7:30 pm Overeaters Anonymous
7:30 pm Grey Sheet Anonymous
Thursday, June 9
9 am Sisterhood Federation
Presidents’ Lunch
Friday, June 10
7 pm Shabbat 2.0,
Oneg Shabbat following
Saturday, June 11
9 am Torah Talk
10 am Shabbat Shelanu
10:30 am Shabbat Service with Bar
Mitzvah
6 pm Confirmation Dinner
7 pm Shavuot Evening Service,
Oneg following
8:30 pm Shavuot Study Session
Sunday, June 12
8 am Shavuot Sunrise Service,
Shavuot Breakfast following
6 pm Shavuot Scoop
Tuesday, June 14
6 pm Conversion Students Dinner
6 pm Sisterhood Board Meeting and
Potluck Dinner
7 pm Food Addicts in Recovery
7:30 pm Alcoholics Anonymous &
Al-Anon
7:30 pm Overeaters Anonymous
7:30 pm Grey Sheet Anonymous
Friday, June 17
6:15 pm Shabbat Service,
Oneg Shabbat following
7:30 pm BHC Pride Dinner
Saturday, June 18
9 am Torah Talk
10 am Shabbat Shelanu
4:05 pm Brotherhood Orioles Game
Sunday, June 19
10 am Father’s Day Memorial Service
at Berrymans Lane Cemetery
Monday, June 20
2 pm American Red Cross
Blood Drive
Tuesday, June 21
7 pm Caregivers Support Group
7 pm Food Addicts in Recovery
7:30 pm Alcoholics Anonymous &
Al-Anon
7:30 pm Overeaters Anonymous
7:30 pm Grey Sheet Anonymous
Friday, June 24
6:15 pm Shabbat Service,
Oneg Shabbat following
Saturday, June 25
9 am Torah Talk
10 am Shabbat Shelanu
Tuesday, June 28
7 pm Food Addicts in Recovery
7:30 pm Alcoholics Anonymous &
Al-Anon
7:30 pm Overeaters Anonymous
7:30 pm Grey Sheet Anonymous
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PERIODICALS
Postage paid at Baltimore, Maryland
OFFICERS
Steven Sharfstein
President
Richard D. Gross
1st Vice President
Roberta “Bobbi”
Perlman
Vice President
Marc Plisko
Vice President
Linda R. Nathan
Treasurer
Benjamin Dubin
Assistant Treasurer
Amy Sponseller
Secretary
Martha Weiman
Immediate
Past President
COUNSEL
Carl S. Silverman
STAFF
Jo Ann Windman
Executive Director
Brad Cohen
Director of Education
Renée Stadd
Director, E. B. Hirsh
Early Childhood
Center
Annette Saxon
Director of
Development
David K. Weis
Controller
Andy Wayne
Director of
Communications
and Engagement
Jimmy Galdieri
Music Director
Tracy Ringel
Assistant Director of
Communications and
Design
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SERVICES
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
SATURDAY, JUNE 11
Rabbi Busch will speak
9 am • Torah Talk
6:15 pm • Shabbat Service
Kol Rinnah will sing
6:30 pm • PJ Shabbat
with Brad Cohen
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
Bechukkotai, Leviticus 26:3-27:34
9 am • Torah Talk
10 am • Shabbat Shelanu
FRIDAY, JUNE 10
7 pm • Shabbat 2.0
Rabbi Busch will speak
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Bemidbar, Numbers 1:1-4:20
SATURDAY, JUNE 18
Naso, Numbers 4:21-7:89
9 am • Torah Talk
10 am • Shabbat Shelanu
10 am • Shabbat Shelanu
Bar Mitzvah of Ryan Coffey,
SUNDAY, JUNE 19
10:30 am • Shabbat Service
son of Tobi Karchmer & John Coffey
7 pm • Shavuot Evening Service
with Confirmation
SUNDAY, JUNE 12
8 am • Shavuot Sunrise Service
FRIDAY, JUNE 17
6:15 pm • Shabbat Service
Rabbi Busch will speak
Videostreaming for Shabbat and High Holy Day services is available by visiting
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10 am • Father’s Day Memorial Service
at Berrymans Lane Cemetery
Rabbi Sachs-Kohen will speak
FRIDAY, JUNE 24
6:15 pm • Shabbat Service
Rabbi Busch will speak
SATURDAY, JUNE 25
Beha’alot’cha, Numbers 8:1-12:16
9 am • Torah Talk
10 am • Shabbat Shelanu