BULLETIN - Tikvat Israel Congregation

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MARCH-APRIL 2014
ADAR I -ADAR II - NISAN 5774
Volume 7 Number 4
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Tikvat Israel
BULLETIN
On Tap and Inside …
Tales of the Unleavened. The next cantor’s concert will be unlike any previous.
A half dozen spellbinding storytellers, including network news correspondents John
Donvan and Neda Ulaby plus TI’s homespun favorite Shelly Goldin, and songs for the
season by sisters Robyn and Rochelle Helzner comprise the stellar lineup on March 30
at TI. Read the rundown and how to get your tickets on page 3.
Purim Delights. It’s one of the gayest of spirited holidays, and this year’s Purim
activities include a festive meal, a performing hypnotist, a megillah reading with
shtick and a puppet show intended for all comers. See times and details on pages 7
and 10.
Our Gal in the Foreign Press. A young congregant has been spending recent
months reporting on the scene for The Jerusalem Post, pursuing some fascinating assignments along the way – notably an interview with Cyndi Lauper about her time
in Israel. Read her first-person account on page 9.
Moving Up and Moving On. The congregation swells with pride over the selec-
tion of teen Micah Cowan to serve on an international USY board (page 11), while
congregants bade goodbye to klezmer band leader Dudley “Slide” Schwartz with –
what else? -- a musical send-off (page 5).
WEEKLY RELIGIOUS
SERVICES
Monday 6:45 a.m. 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
7:30 p.m.
Thursday 6:45 a.m. 7:30 p.m.
Friday
8:00 a.m.
Kabbalat
Shabbat
6:30 p.m.
Shabbat 9:30 a.m.
Sunday
9:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m.
Services also held at Shiva houses
as needed. Morning service times
may change for Rosh Hodesh,
minor fasts and national holidays.
Watch e-mail for notifications.
CANDLELIGHTING
TIMES
March 7
5:51 p.m.
March 14
6:58 p.m.
March 21
7:05 p.m.
March 28
7:12 p.m.
April 4
7:18 p.m.
April 11
7:25 p.m.
April 18
April 25
A CONGREGATIONAL BRIEFING
Co-president Rodney Matheson (left) responds to a question about what
may lie ahead for Tikvat Israel during a congregational meeting in January.
The Q&A followed the election of seven members for two-year terms to the
synagogue board. You can learn something new about each of them on
page 8. (Photo by Felicia R. Black)
7:32 p.m.
7:39 p.m.
SHABBAT MINCHA
March 22
6:30 p.m.
April 26
7:00 p.m.
TIKVAT ISRAEL
DIRECTORY
Synagogue Office
Phone 301-762-7338
Fax 301-424-4399
Rabbi
David L. Abramson
dlabramson@comcast.net ext. 115
Cantor
Rochelle Helzner
rhelzner@gmail.com ext. 116
Rabbi Emeritus
Howard D. Gorin
Cantor Emeritus
Mark Levi
Co-Presidents
Rodney Matheson
rodmatheson@hotmail.com
Jonathan Solomon
jsnsssrs@verizon.net
Executive Director
Sam Freedenberg
sam@tikvatisrael.org ext. 111
Office Staff
Anita Greenwald
anita@tikvatisrael.org ext. 110
Debbie Segal
debbie@tikvatisrael.org ext. 126
Early Childhood
Michelle Sobel, Director
michelle@tikvatisrael.org ext. 120
301-251-0455
Youth & Family Programming
Lynn Berk, Director
lberk@comcast.net ext. 118
Bulletin Editor
Jay P. Goldman
jgoldman@aasa.org
Contributing Editors
Felicia R. Black
Betty Fishman
Nancy Matheson
Shul Shorts
Blood Donation Time
TI’s Social Action Committee asks you to save the date of Sunday, April 6, for donating your
blood. The shul’s social hall will be staffed by American Red Cross blood donation personnel
from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Watch B’kesher and the synagogue listserves for signup details.
Return Trip to Israel
Based on the successful 2013 trip to Israel, TI member Barbara Ridberg is planning
a similar congregational trip during fall 2014 (tentative trip dates are Oct. 21-Nov. 5).
For information, contact Ridberg, trip organizer, at barbararidberg@gmail.com.
Israel Slide Show for Hazak
Steve Raucher, treasurer on the synagogue board, will present on “Israel Today” at Hazak’s
monthly get-together on Thurs., March 20. The program commences at noon.
Raucher will treat attendees to a slide show and talk about the October '13 congregational trip to Israel. Some of the trip’s highlights were the interactions between the
participants and various segments of Israeli society.
Contact Tony Altman, Hazak chair, for more details at altman4@aol.com.
Entrance Upgrade
The new front doors to the main entrance of the shul were expected to be delivered
and installed by late February.
The doors were paid for with funds from a grant TI received for enhanced security
measures from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
As part of recent electrical repairs and upgrades throughout the building, notably the
kitchen, social hall and rabbi’s office, the synagogue has installed motion-activated lights
in the old sukkah and in the rear parking lot near the kitchen entrance.
Tax Letters Cometh The synagogue office mailed in late January tax deduction letters to all congregants. If
you have not received yours, please contact the synagogue office.
Recycling Options
Do you have used printer cartridges or old cell phones? You can help Tikvat Israel and
the environment at the same time by bringing these items in to the shul office. TI staff
can turn these items into cash to support our programs.
New Art Gallery Products
New items from the Gary Rosenthal Collection are on the shelves of TI’s lobby gallery. See the new Elijah and Miriam cups, mezuzot, yad, seder plates, candle holders,
tzedakah boxes and more.
Let Anita know in the office if you wish to purchase any item. The synagogue receives
40 percent of sales.
Contact Bobbi Gorban at bprem@aol.com with questions.
Global Disabilities Authority
Addresses Inclusion Shabbat
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Judith Heumann, a globe-trotting authority on disability issues,
will be Tikvat Israel’s guest speaker on Inclusion Shabbat, March 8.
Newsletter Printer
Heumann is the special advisor for international disability
rights at the U.S. Department of State, appointed to the post by
former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She previously ran the
Department on Disability Services for the District of Columbia
and held high-ranking posts with the World Bank and the U.S.
Department of Education.
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TIKVAT ISRAEL MAR-APR 2014
Concert to Mix Songs With ‘Tales of the Unleavened’
Tikvat Israel will stage “Tales of the
Unleavened,” a program of humorous and
touching personal stories told by performers of SpeakeasyDC, including a pair of
national news correspondents, and songs
featuring Cantor Rochelle Helzner, Robyn
Helzner and friends. The show starts at
7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 30.
series on NPR and a longtime ABC
News correspondent, at one time based
in Jerusalem, London, Moscow and Iran.
He is completing a history of autism, to be
published in 2015 by Crown.
Neda Ulaby, an on-air correspondent covering the arts and culture beat
The storytellers include Neda
Ulaby of National Public Radio,
John Donvan of ABC News
and Adam Ruben of the Science
Channel.
Weaving a tuneful tapestry
around the engaging stories, Cantor
Helzner and her sister Robyn, a renowned
Jewish folksinger, will share stirring songs
of joy and freedom, celebrating the themes
of Passover.
for National Public Radio. She lives in
Washington, D.C., with her partner and a
three-legged Rhodesian Ridgeback.
Daren Firestone, a New York actor
turned Washington lawyer. He has
appeared in TV commercials and in Paul
Mazursky’s 1991 film “Scenes From a
Mall” (as Woody Allen and Bette Midler’s
son). He practices law with Stein, Mitchell,
Muse & Cipollone.
Yev Kirpichevsky, a standup comedian and winner of the Story League’s
Story Tournament’s Audience Favorite
Award. He has performed at the Black
Cat, the Arts Club of Washington
and the DC Arts Center.
Shelly Goldin, an ex-banker and now
professional volunteer. She developed her
storytelling skills when she was president
of Tikvat Israel, and she has since shared
her stories in many synagogues throughout
the United States and Canada.
John Donvan, the host and moderator
of the Intelligence Squared U.S. debate
Adam Ruben, a writer, comedian and
molecular biologist. A storytelling teacher
for SpeakeasyDC, Ruben is the author of
Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to
Go to Grad School (Random House, 2010).
He currently co-hosts “Outrageous Acts of
Science” on the Science Channel.
Tickets may be purchased ($25 in
advance, $30 at the door) either online
(www.tikvatisrael.org/concert)
or
from
the synagogue office (301-762-7338).
Teenagers will be admitted at no charge.
John Donvan
Neda Ulaby
Adam Ruben
Daren Firestone
Yev Kirpichevsky
Shelly Goldin
The storytelling lineup consists of the
following:
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PRESIDENTS' REPORT
A Transparent Status Check on Your Congregation
BY JONATHAN SOLOMON AND RODNEY MATHESON, TI CO-PRESIDENTS
We take great pride in being
co-presidents of a synagogue where
people willingly come to a congregational meeting. There was no
big, emotional issue on the agenda
to draw individuals to our recent
meeting. And we didn’t entice
people by promising Larry Gorban’s delectable desserts.
Our members turned out just because they care. They wanted
to hear what is going on and to contribute their opinions. We
thank all who were able to attend the Jan. 19 meeting. For those
who couldn’t, and for those would like a recap, this column will
provide a synopsis.
31 today. At the time of the Bulletin deadline, eight additional
children already are enrolled for next fall.
No decision has yet been reached regarding next year’s religious
education program. A recent meeting with religious school parents
yielded a range of feedback about the current arrangement. All religious school parents will receive a survey soon to solicit their views
on continuing the collaborative arrangement with Har Shalom vs.
returning schooling to TI. As co-presidents, we believe in the power
of mutually beneficial collaborations with other organizations, but
congregant satisfaction remains a critical factor in such equations.
Martie described the various religious services currently available for TI’s children. Cantor Helzner has redesigned the children’s
First, the board and the congregation thanked Sara Harris, services. Maxine Perlmutter leads the new Mishpacha Minyan for
Joshua Pollack and Stuart Turkewitz, outgoing board members, children in kindergarten through 2nd grade. Jason Schwartz is
for their service. The congregation then voted unanimously to fill working with Micah Cowan and Hannah Smith to lead a Camp
Ramah-style Junior Congregation service. And
all seven open director slots. Re-elected were
we hope you didn’t miss the children’s draJay P. Goldman, Melanie Grishman and
matic presentation during a recent Shabbat
Rob Kline while Michele Eisenberg, Kelcey
"Our
members
turned
kiddush. This new program involved the
Klass, Louis Leibowitz and Bob Silverstein
children in an informative, entertaining and
(shul president in 1989-91) are joining the
out
just
because
they
just plain fun interpretation of the Exodus
board. (See page 8 for their brief bios.)
story. (Don’t tell the children how much
care.
They
wanted
to
they learned as a result!)
Steve Raucher brought us good news in
his treasurer’s report. TI’s annual operathear what is going
As for our State of the Synagogue report,
ing budget, now slightly over $1 million,
membership
has remained fairly stable in
is on target. Steve reported our revenues
on
and
to
contribute
the
past
year.
We have 293 member units
currently exceed expenses by $43,000, yet
(individuals
and
families). Although the
we know income slows down during the
their
opinions.
"
synagogue’s
membership
isn’t growing, it
second half of the fiscal year. He projects
also
isn’t
shrinking.
This
is
good news at a
we will end the year about $2,000 in the
time
when
we’ve
heard
about
membership
black. We thank those who are paying their
losses
at
several
local
Conservative
synagogues.
membership dues (religiously) and ask everyone to meet their
financial obligations so we can pay for light and heat in our buildWe are thrilled with the recent relocation of our chapel. The
ing, kiddush wine on Shabbat, our fabulous staff, etc.
new location (in the middle room on the side of the sanctuary)
Our current positive budget status is partly the result of the is more intimate and costs less to heat and cool. The Fair Trade
hard work of our Early Childhood Center Oversight Committee Festival in November made a modest profit, and the organizers
and Michelle Sobel, our (relatively new) ECC director. The Chai are looking toward future events.
Campaign was another financial highlight, thanks to chair Jayme
Regarding our clergy, Cantor Helzner has confirmed her intenSokolow, as we topped the budget goal with your generous contributions. Other helpful financial factors include our new solar tion to serve the congregation in FY 2015, which is the optional
energy system and rental space income (from both the Foundation final year of her current contract. Rabbi Abramson also is eager to
remain with the congregation. Because he was hired on a one-year
for Jewish Studies and Rabbi Gorin’s book storage space).
interim basis, which has already been extended for a second year,
Your board of directors is committed to generating non-dues we need to request Rabbinical Assembly approval to retain him
revenue that will create financial opportunities for our synagogue. for another year.
We still have rental space available. If you know of a business
The TI board is studying how we can best move forward
or non-profit organization seeking space, please inform Executive
beginning in July 2015. A strategic planning task force is collectDirector Sam Freedenberg.
ing and analyzing information. As always, we truly value (and
Martie Adelman, vice president for youth and family, had depend on) congregant input. If you want to share your ideas, let
her own good news to share. On the ECC front, enrollment has us hear from you.
Continued on page 5
grown from 21 children at the beginning of the school year to
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President's Report from page 4
The January meeting concluded with questions from the
congregation. One question related to overspending by the ECC
Summer Camp in 2012. Martie explained the ECC anticipated
a larger summer enrollment and hired too many staff members,
which led to the budget shortfall. As a result, the ECC Financial
Oversight Committee has taken steps to put the ECC on a strong
financial footing. Martie is confident that Michelle Sobel will
continue her sound financial management of the ECC budget
well in the future.
A Send-off for ‘Slide’
Fellow bandmates recently turned out in force to salute
Dudley “Slide” Schwartz, founder and manager of TI’s house
klezmer band, Eine Kleine Tikva. Schwartz, a trombonist, and his
wife Allison are relocating this winter to North Carolina, so band
members past and present played together once more at a potluck
reception in his honor.
EKT has performed dozens of times over the years at the synagogue and community events, including the annual Thanksgiving
Sing at Silver Spring Presbyterian Church. You can watch Dudley
say goodbye to the band on YouTube (http://tinyurl.com/n7oact3).
Another congregant asked about building repairs. Rod
explained the synagogue is evaluating ways to cover the costs of
replacing the kitchen roof. Maintaining the synagogue building is
a priority for the board.
Another congregant asked what we can do to meet the social
and religious needs of aging congregants with dementia issues.
Jonathan explained that the Bikur Holim committee, headed
by Ellen Lederman, helps congregants who need meals, visits or
assistance with errands and transportation.
A congregant suggested the synagogue discuss the recent Pew
report on Jewish demographics. Rod said such an activity would
be a good idea. The board is using these data for its strategic planning, he added.
The final questioner asked where the members who are leaving local Conservative synagogues are going. Rod said many do
not join another synagogue, and some join shuls that are not
Conservative.
That should bring you up to date for now. We will strive to keep
congregants informed and involved as we move forward.
KITCHEN DUTY AT THE HOLIDAYS
Roz Kram was one of several TI members who spent time during the
Christmas season in service to others. She volunteered to prepare
holiday meals at Tifereth Israel for the homeless in the District of
Columbia. (Photo by Jeff Peterman)
Dudley Schwartz performed on his trombone with bandmates at the Silver
Spring Presbyterian Church. (Photo by Jonathan Solomon)
Former and current members of Eine Kleine Tikva honored founder Dudley
Schwartz at a reception Jan. 19. From left, top row: Rochelle Helzner, Steve
Raucher, Joyce Ettingoff, Judy Davis, Manny Helzner, Marcia Bronstein, Sam
Gilston, Chuck Chatlynne; middle row: Josef Manzhukh, Dudley Schwartz,
Roberta Helzner, Sam Elowitch; front row: Elaine Krichevsky, Mike Cohen.
(Photo by Louise Chatlynne)
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FROM THE RABBI
Serious Answers to a Silly Question About Purim
BY RABBI DAVID L. ABRAMSON
Do you think that Esther
and Mordecai ever saw a page of
Talmud? Of course, this is a klutz
kasha, a silly question, which
perhaps because of the silliness
of Purim is an appropriate Purim
question.
First, the factual answer: Did
Esther and Mordecai ever see
a page of Talmud? Of course not! Although historians still have
difficulty precisely locating the events of the Purim story in the
historical timeline, there’s no doubt that the events of the Purim
story took place centuries before the Talmud was completed.
So why do I pose this klutz kasha, if the factual answer is so
clear? The reason is that every time I think about a particular phrase
in the Talmud, I think about Esther and Mordecai -- because I
think they must have read this passage somewhere. The passage
is: “Kol Yisrael areivim zeh ba-zeh [all Jews are responsible for one
another],” and it seems to me Mordecai and Esther must have
heard (or read) this quotation somewhere because they so exemplified the spirit underlying the passage. If Esther and Mordecai,
the heroine and hero of the Purim story, didn’t understand their
responsibility toward their fellow Jews, their Jewish community
and the Jewish future, I don’t know who did!
Purim is a silly, zany holiday, but it has some serious lessons.
One of these lessons is the importance of taking seriously our
responsibilities toward our fellow Jews, our own Jewish community and our own Jewish future.
If Mordecai and Esther are to be real role models for us,
though, we should remind ourselves they didn’t act simply as
noble altruists. They definitely acted out of self-interest. For
example, when Mordecai urged his cousin Esther to reveal her
Jewish identity and Haman’s plot to King Ahashverosh, he
reminded her (Esther 5:13-14): “Don’t think to yourself that
you’ll escape, in the king’s palace, any more than the rest of the
Jews. If you remain silent at this time, then relief and deliverance might come to the Jews at another place, but you and your
father’s house will be destroyed.”
What was it that saved the Jews of ancient Shushan? It was a
cohesive Jewish community, vibrant enough and active enough
to stand up to any threat. Mordecai and Esther may have led
them, but that cohesive Jewish community is our Purim role
model as well.
Today, most Jewish communities are not endangered by an
external threat like Haman. But we are threatened nevertheless;
our Jewish future is not necessarily secure. And Purim can cast
important light on our struggles and provide strategies and hope
for our future.
So what are the real lessons of Purim? They’re the lessons of all
of us learning what Esther and Mordecai knew — even though
they definitely didn’t read it in the Talmud — and that is we Jews
are responsible for one another; that each of us has responsibilities
toward our fellow Jews, our Jewish community and our Jewish
future; that by acting on our responsibilities toward our fellow
Jews we are acting in our own interest; and by seeking a richer,
more vibrant Jewish life for ourselves, we can create a stronger,
more vibrant Jewish community and a glorious Jewish future.
THE RABBI’S IN-SHUL SCHEDULE
Rabbi Abramson will lead
Shabbatot on the following dates
during the next two months: March
7-8, March 14-15, April 11-12 and
April 25-26.
Also, he will be at mincha, se’udah sh’lishit, ma’ariv and
havdalah at 7 p.m. on Sat., April 26, and he will conduct a
study session between se'udah and ma'ariv.
For youth and adult engagement, the rabbi has scheduled
the following:
•
Adult study sessions, Sat., March 8, 1 p.m., and Sat.,
April 11, 1 p.m.
Was Esther the heroine of the Purim story? Of course she was.
But quite simply and significantly, when she acted to save her
people, she saved herself as well.
•
Shabbat Youth Lunch & Learn with Rabbi Abramson,
Sat., March 15, 1 p.m., for grades 9-12, and Sat.,
April 26, 1 p.m., for grades 3-6.
The Jews of ancient Shushan were a Jewish community that
was threatened with annihilation and narrowly escaped destruction. But they weren’t only the passive beneficiaries of Esther’s and
Mordecai’s heroic acts. They saved themselves as well. (You might
want to peruse the latter chapters of the Book of Esther — the
ones we generally don’t emphasize when we tell the Purim story to
our kids — that provide specific details about how the Jews stood
up to their enemies and prevailed.)
•
Books on the Bimah and Ice Cream with Rabbi
Abramson, Sat., March 8, noon.
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Rabbi Abramson maintains weekly office hours at TI.
To schedule an appointment, contact him at dlabramson@
comcast.net or 240-863-8978 or call the synagogue office.
CANTOR’S CORNER
Purim Glee, Festive Meal and More
BY CANTOR ROCHELLE HELZNER
Purim Meal and Hypnotist
Celebrate Purim at Tikvat Israel
with a Purim Seudah (festive meal)
followed by entertainment by hypnotist Johnny Peyton, who performs as
the Hypnodoctor, on Sunday, March
16. Some TI members have experienced
a Hypnodoctor performance, and he is
being brought back by popular demand. Mincha will begin at 4:30 p.m. followed by the seudah. The cost for early
reservations (received by March 3) is $25 for adults, $15 for youth
12-15, $10 for a special kid-friendly meal. Reservations received
on March 4 through March 10 will be $3 more per person. Order
tickets via Paypal at tikvatisrael.org/seudah, mail a check or call the
office to be billed. Assistance in cooking, setting up and cleanup
will be needed. Cantor's Concert
Tikvat Israel presents "Tales of the Unleavened," featuring personal stories told by performers with SpeakeasyDC and of songs
featuring Cantor Rochelle Helzner, Robyn Helzner and friends, at
7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 30.
Yom Ha'Shoah Commemoration
Tikvat Israel members are encouraged to join the Jewish
Community Relations Council of Greater Washington for
a community-wide remembrance of the victims, survivors
and heroes of the Holocaust, including a multi-generational
memorial candle lighting, Kaddish, reflection, music and
poetry on Sunday, April 27. The event runs from 4-7 p.m. at
B'nai Israel Congregation.
Purim Glee
Here’s our Purim schedule of events:
• Saturday, March 15, 8:15 p.m.: Maariv, full megillah reading, singing, shpiel
• Sunday, March 16:, 8:45 a.m.: Shacharit, full megillah
reading in Flax Library; Puppet production and family
celebration, 11 a.m. in sanctuary; Purim carnival, noon2:30 p.m. in social hall; Purim seudah (festive meal) and
hypnotist, 4:30 p.m.; Maariv, 7:30 p.m.
Kabbalat Shabbat With Instruments
The next “KS With I” services will be held on March 7, April 4,
May 16 and June 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Flax Library. The pre-service
reception in March, starting at 5:45 p.m., will be sponsored by the
Chernoff and Kensky families. Sponsors for May are needed.
Boker Ohr Service
This service led by Cantor Helzner with assistance from percussionists Jason Walker and Dan Black will be held on Shabbat
mornings, March 1 and May 3, from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. in the
Flax Library. It is a musical and spirited early morning service. At
the conclusion of Boker Ohr, participants are invited to join the
rest of the congregation in the sanctuary for the Torah service.
Nishmat Kol Chai
Facilitated by Rabbah Arlene Berger with help from congregants, this Shabbat morning service includes traditional and
non-traditional prayers, chanting, percussion, dancing and a
Torah discussion.This service will be held on April 5 from 10 a.m.
to noon in the Flax Library.
Drama on Shabbat by Kids
On Shabbat morning, March 29 and May 31, Tikvat Israel kids
are invited to prepare a presentation to be performed at the kiddush.
The presentation, directed by Jeff Smith and Robin Lempert, will be
rehearsed during services on that Shabbat and will include props and
costumes. Children should meet in the social hall promptly at 10 a.m.
TI BREAKS WITH TRADITION
Passing on the tired custom of Chinese fare, nearly 70 congregants turned
out at Tikvat Israel on Christmas evening for a Mexican dinner, replete with
spinach enchiladas, veggie tacos with all the fixings, quesadillas and
churros for dessert. Then they had a choice of three age-appropriate
films in different corners of the synagogue. The event, organized by
TI’s youth and family programming department, received coverage in
Rockville Patch, an online news publication. (Photo by Felicia R. Black)
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Seven Join TI Governing Body at Critical Stage
Volunteer roles at TI or elsewhere: current member of the TI
board; past member of adult education committee, member of
the bereavement committee; advisory board member, Misler
Adult Day Center.
Members of Tikvat Israel filled seven seats on the synagogue’s
board of directors at a congregational meeting on Jan. 19 in the
sanctuary.
Elected by unanimous voice vote to serve two-year terms
through December 2015 were Michele Eisenberg, Jay P. Goldman,
Melanie Grishman, Kelcey Klass, Louis Leibowitz, Rob Kline and
Bob Silverstein.
Rob Kline
Member of TI since 1995 Native of Kingston, N.Y.
Occupational life: logistician and software designer.
Goldman, Grishman and Kline are returning board members, while
the others are newcomers filling the seats vacated by Sara Harris, Stu
Turkewitz and Joshua Pollock. Steve Raucher’s move into the vacant
treasurer’s position during the fall created the other opening.
The seven will contribute to synagogue governance during a
critical stage in TI’s history that will include decisions about the
state of the rabbinate at the synagogue and future directions.
Volunteer roles at TI or elsewhere: TI
board member since 2005 and Sunday
morning minyan captain since 2004.
Kelcey Klass
Member of TI since 1973 (Temple Israel)
Mini-profiles of the seven elected members, based on information provided by the individuals, follow.
Native of Long Island, N.Y.
Occupational life: substitute teacher
in
Montgomery
County
Public
Schools; previously, 17 years with U.S.
Department of Education as budget
analyst and program and management
analyst; earlier, a teacher and principal.
Michele Eisenberg
Member of TI since 2003
Native of Skokie, Ill., and Chicago
Occupational life: previously a paralegal
and still a notary public.
Volunteer roles at TI or elsewhere: member of Chevra Kadesha, environmental
and adult education committees and serves
on the Yad Squad and Gabbai rotation;
Torah trope teacher; previously edited ECC newsletter; initiated
the last Adult Bat Mitzvah class; directed a Purim shpiel; reading tutor at Olney Elementary School; periodic horse groomer.
Volunteer roles at TI or elsewhere: past member, Montgomery
County Commission on Children and Youth; currently chairing TI membership directory project.
Louis Leibowitz
Native of Wayne, N.J.
Occupational life: attorney with own
firm in Rockville.
Jay P. Goldman
Volunteer roles at TI or elsewhere: member, TI’s Early Childhood Committee
and the ECC advisory subcommittee; treasurer and past cochair, ECC Parent Committee; and board member, Kid Power. Member of TI since 1987
Native of Auburn, N.Y.
Occupational life: editor of monthly
national magazine, School Administrator;
adjunct professor at University of Maryland’s
College of Journalism since 1989.
Volunteer roles at TI or elsewhere: TI board member for
about 15 years; chair, TI’s strategic communications committee; editor of synagogue Bulletin; conducts monthly
Jewish service at Potomac Valley Nursing Home for 25 years.
Melanie Grishman
Member of TI since 1991
Native of Louisiana and Mississippi Occupational life: retired social worker
with the Department of Veterans Affairs
and supervisor; consultant to VA hospitals.
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Member of TI since August 2013.
Bob Silverstein
Member of TI since 1981.
Native of Elizabeth, N.J. Occupational life: senior-level sales and
marketing management positions with
associations and commercial publishing
companies; adjunct professor teaching
marketing at University of Maryland.
Volunteer roles at TI or elsewhere:
past president, Beth Tikva; communications section chair of
American Society of Association Executives and publishing
track chair of Council of Engineering and Scientific Society
Executives.
My Reporting Stint for the Jerusalem Post
Editor’s note: The Bulletin invited Allie Freedman, daughter of congregants Jamie and Tony Freedman, to write about her
reporting internship with the Jerusalem Post, which concluded in February.
BY ALLIE FREEDMAN
In five months, I went from unemployed college graduate to reporting for
the Jerusalem Post, the largest-circulation
English daily newspaper published in Israel.
Clutching my newly minted college
diploma in hand last summer, I knew I
wanted to travel and to write. As a passionate Zionist, the idea of living in Israel was
enticing, so I enrolled in the World Union
of Jewish Students program to live and
work in Tel Aviv.
My relationship with WUJS actually
started even before I was born. In 1983,
my American mother and British father
first met on a WUJS program in Arad, a
small city on the border of the Negev and
Judean deserts. Now, it was my turn to
experience Israel.
On Sept. 8, I kissed my parents and
brother goodbye and headed off to Tel
Aviv. Landing with a half-year of luggage, I
took the No. 25 bus to Florentine, Israel’s
version of Brooklyn, a vibrant community
filled with aspiring artists, trendy bars and
graffiti-stained walls. I made it to apartment 45 and twisted open the door.
I would be contributing. These magazines
are designed to teach Israelis how to read
and speak English. The first three publications all were aimed at teenage audiences in
school, while JPost Lite was geared toward
adults. Working on these publications,
I quickly discovered the art of writing in
simple, clear English.
For the first two weeks, I focused on
the English improvement magazines. All
the while, though, I really wanted to break
into the actual Jerusalem Post. Finally, my
big break came. I was assigned to interview
an Israeli jazz musician, Assaf Shatil, who
was launching his debut album. From there,
the assignments poured in. From profiling
a Hungarian-German girl who discovered
her Jewish identity later in life to covering
soccer games between Jewish and Arab children, my story portfolio began to thicken.
Before long, my bylined articles were
headlining the front page of the newspaper’s
website and appearing on the back cover of
the newspaper’s print edition.
“Welcome to the Florentine
Mansion!” declared Shani, my madricha
(counselor). I found myself in a two-story
Israeli-styled sorority house, where I
would be living with seven other young
WUJS women. One upside: Our multiple
balconies overlooked the Tel Aviv skyline.
Since my parents’ time in the program,
the World Union of Jewish Students has
experienced a major facelift. Rather than
focusing on exploration of the Negev,
WUJS today offers internship programs
based in Tel Aviv. As a fledgling journalist, I leaped at the chance to intern for the
Jerusalem Post, one of the world’s bestknown daily newspapers with a significant
following in the West.
On my internship’s first day, I arrived
at a gated building with a small Jerusalem
Post sticker on the door. Immediately, one
of my Israeli bosses, Sivan, greeted me with
a huge hug and kiss. After settling in, Sivan
pulled out four magazines, titled Click,
Zone, Street and JPost Lite, to which he said
Allie Freedman (front) with several editors and
a fellow intern inside the newsroom at the
Jerusalem Post. (Photo by Tony Freedman)
The highlight, so far, of my budding
journalism career happened on a typical
Thursday afternoon. I was in the newsroom,
packing up to get ready for my weekend
when the editor-in-chief rushed in.
“Allie, are you free tomorrow afternoon?”
With weekends in Israel starting on
Friday, I had been planning on sleeping in
and then shopping at the shuk (market) for
Shabbat dinner.
“How would you feel about interviewing Cyndi Lauper?” he asked.
My jaw dropped. I have never met a
celebrity before, let alone interviewed one. I
soon realized something: I was no longer an
intern. I was a real Jerusalem Post reporter.
From that point on, I began to pitch
stories to the editors myself. My name was
passed around the Israeli media world.
Public relations coordinators would send
me story ideas. However, it was not always
easy to work in journalism as a diaspora
Jew. I struggled with the language barrier.
On a few reporting assignments, I needed
a translator to complete my interviews. Yet
if Hebrew represented my biggest nemesis,
I barely had a complaint.
In a predominantly female newspaper
office, I had a slew of Jewish mothers eager to take care of me. From
treating me to lunch to surprising
me with small presents, they made
me feel at home. The Jerusalem Post
allowed me not only to grow as a
reporter but also as a person. At age
22, I was on the top of Israel’s media
world. From interviewing the “Big
Bang Theory’s” Mayim Bialik on
her recent trip to Israel to writing
about Orthodox musicians creating
mainstream music, I put my heart
and soul into every piece. I was not
just writing for myself anymore. I
was writing for the people I love. For
five months of my life, the Jerusalem
Post became my Israeli family.
Now, I find that I cannot leave Israel.
Even though my internship is over, I feel
like I still have unfinished business. For the
next two months, I am staying in Israel as
a freelance journalist. With a laundry list
of sites to see, I look forward to the final
chapter of my Israel adventure. Once I
return to the states, I hope to continue
both my journalism career and my connection to Israel.
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YOUTH CORNER
Purim and Passover Activities for All Ages
BY LYNN BERK, DIRECTOR, YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMMING
The cold winter
weather is finally
leaving and spring is
on its way. Purim is
always the beginning
of the spring season
for me.
We will be holding our annual Hamantashen Bake-In on
Sun., March 2. Join us to bake your favorite
flavors of hamantashen. We have prepared
dough for you to roll out, cut and fill.
We will bake them and send them home
with you. The cost is $8 per dozen baked.
Please email Lynn at lberk@comcast.net to
reserve your space.
Our USYers will again sell boxes of
macaroni and cheese to shake as groggers for Purim. They will sell for $1 per
box, and the money will provide subsidies for our USYers to attend chapter,
regional and national programs. After
the Megillah readings,
the USYers will collect
the boxes of macaroni
and donate them to the
Manna Food Bank. This
is a win/win program.
Our youngsters don’t
cut their fingers on the
sharp metal groggers,
our USYers earn money,
and we supply food for the needy.
The annual TI Purim Carnival will take
place on Sun., March 16. We will begin the
morning with the reading of the Megillah,
followed by Cantor Helzner’s Purim Puppet
Show for our youngsters. The carnival
immediately follows the show.
This year, we will be having “Play All
Day” arm bands, which will sell for $24,
to eliminate the need for the constant
purchasing of tickets. The bracelets will be
good for all games and crafts (but not for
food). Individual tickets for games may still
be purchased for 50 cents each. The carnival
will feature a special “Guaranteed Win” section of games for pre-school children. Our
booths will again feature Purim questions at
the various games. If you correctly answer
the questions, you earn extra prize tickets.
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Lunch offerings include hot dogs,
mini-knishes, baby carrots, drinks and
either brownies or hamantashen. A vegetarian alternative will be available. The
Purim Carnival will be followed by a
Purim Seudah featuring Persian foods and
entertainment by a professional hypnotist.
(See page 7 for more details.)
We will usher in Passover with our
biennial Chocolate Seder for children 4
through 18. The seder will take place on
Sun., March 30, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in
the education wing lobby. The seder will
be led by our USY chapter and will feature
chocolate seder plates, chocolate milk,
chocolate eggs, green M&M’s, bitter sweet
chocolate and more. There also will be a
crafts project.
We are joining with the Jewish
Federation and the TI Social Action
Committee to sponsor Tikvat Israel’s Good
Deeds Day on Sun., April 6, from 9:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Our theme is “Charity
Begins at Home,” and all of our projects
will benefit the Tikvat Israel community.
During the day, we will host our annual
Red Cross blood drive, do an Adopt-aRoad Baltimore Road cleanup, kasher our
TI kitchen for Passover usage, polish the
TI Torah silver, polish the wood on our
sanctuary pews, power wash ECC furniture and toys, repair wooden trim on the
outside of our building, paint and repair
a bathroom and possibly plant a vegetable
garden -- whatever our congregants sign up
to do!
You can register to participate in one
or more project at the Sign-Up Genius
Good Deeds Day link (http://tinyurl.com/
kx34584). Volunteer for the projects that
interest you, your family and your children. This event is open to the entire TI
community, our ECC families, our youth
department, our singles, our seniors. If you
have an idea for a good deed not on our list,
call Lynn and we will consider adding it.
Let’s all work together to make Good
Deeds Day a huge success.
YOUTH AND FAMILY
PROGRAM CALENDAR
March
Sunday, March 2
Family Hamantashen Bake-In
(all groups)
Saturday night, March 8 USY Spoker
Sundays, March 2,9,16,23,30
Kadima & USY Basketball League
Saturday night, March 15
USY Mac & Cheese Grogger Sale
Sunday, March 16
Purim Carnival (all groups)
Saturday, March 22
USY Regional Spring Fling &
Overnight
Sunday, March 30
Chocolate Seder (all groups)
April
Sunday, April 6
Family Good Deeds Day (all groups)
Sunday, April 27
Kadima & USY Regional King’s
Dominion Day
Attending the recent USY Seaboard Region’s
formal dance at B’nai Shalom of Olney were,
front row from left, Jamie Sultan and Elon
Kline, and back row from left, Hannah Smith,
Ben Kaminow, Elan Rubin, Marty Lempert,
Matthew Kaminow and Sarah Meiselman.
TI Teen Selected for USY’s
International Board
Micah Cowan was selected by United Synagogue Youth’s
International Executive Board to serve a one-year term on the
international board as a member of the Religion/Education
Committee.
In this capacity, Cowan will provide oversight to religious
education programming and initiate projects in various USY
chapters. He is the first Tikvat Israel teen to serve on the USY
International Board.
Cowan also serves as religion/education vice president on the
executive board of Seaboard Region USY.
True Stories Draws Rapt Crowd
About 175 individuals attended True Stories, an evening of storytelling, in mid-January in the Tikvat Israel social hall, including many
individuals who had never been to a TI event before.
Ten individuals shared personal stories. The True Stories program was a fundraiser sponsored by TI
with additional support from the Silver Spring Medical Center and
Hopeful Communicators Toastmaster Chapter. The event raised
more than $2,000 for the synagogue. “Many of the attendees encouraged us to hold another storytelling event,” said Jeff Smith, an event
co-organizer with John Melmed.
He said his goal is to bring the ruach of Camp Ramah and the
leadership skills he learned there over past summers to tefillot and
all USY programs. He believes the enthusiasm of song and prayer
sessions will infuse Jewish teens with pride in their religion and a
conviction to keep Conservative Judaism thriving.
A junior at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Cowan said
his plans for the upcoming summer include applying for a Szarvas
Fellowship to attend an international Jewish camp in Szarvas,
Hungary, sponsored by the American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee and the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation.
He is the son of Bonnie and Elliot Cowan of Rockville.
Micah Cowan with
a fellow member of
USY’s international
board.
BIKUR HOLIM AIMS TO AID TI’S INFIRM
The Bikur Holim Committee is developing a process to
better serve our congregation, but your help is necessary.
If you know a Tikvat Israel member who is sick, hospitalized
or in need of a friendly visit, please let the committee know via
e-mail or phone. The best starting point is Bikur Holim chair
Ellen Lederman at ellensue77@comcast.net or 301-598-1132.
To avoid anyone feeling overwhelmed, the committee needs
more volunteers, particularly men. If you are available, even
once a month for an hour or more, you can do a mitzvah -- by
making a friendly visit, taking someone to the doctor, sending
a prepared meal, etc. To the person on the receiving end, this
means a great deal and you will have the satisfaction of knowing
you did make a difference.
Anne Thomas told a
story about her animal
encounters in the jungle
in a story titled “Gorilla
Love.” (Photo by Hannah
Smith)
TI member
John Melmed
introduced
each of the
storytellers.
(Photo by
Hannah Smith)
FACILITATING A
HOLIDAY
Tu B’Shevat was celebrated
at the Aspenwood Senior
Living Center in Rockville
in mid-January, thanks
to TI’s Social Action
Committee. Roma Sohn,
committee member,
provided a holiday plant
for the Jewish residents
as well as a poster letting
the residents know that TI
remembers them on the
holidays.
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TI Supplies Helping Hands to MLK Service Day
BY AMY MATATHIAS
Twenty Tikvat Israel staff, youth and family members combined forces with the Montgomery County Volunteer Center for
the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and Volunteer
Fair. The event took place at the North Bethesda Marriott.
TI members volunteer annually to do service projects on MLK
Day. This, however, was the second year that Tikvat Israel joined
forces with the Montgomery County Volunteer Center.
The TI contingent participated for two hours in creating fleece
scarves and blankets for Montgomery Hospice, rubber band balls,
fortune tellers, foam fingers, and loom bracelets for the Children’s
Inn at the National Institutes of Health. Bags were decorated and
food boxes prepared for Meals on Wheels, personal care kits were
assembled for a shelter, and American flag pins assembled for our
veterans.
The TI volunteers were Lynn Berk, Becca Matathias, Ellen
Kaminow, Ben Kaminow, Amy Matathias, Arielle Flax, Jonathan
Zuckerman (Kadima adviser), Dan Matathias, Jeff Smith, Jonathan
Solomon, Matthew Kaminow, Austin Kaminow, Hannah Smith,
Maya Smith, Ellen Smith and Melanie Willins (USY adviser),
Dalit Baranoff, Aviva Pollack, Joseph Gelula, and Henry Presman.
TI participants in service activities on MLK Day were, seated from left, Lynn
Berk, Becca Matathias, Ellen Kaminow, Ben Kaminow; standing from left, Amy
Matathias, Arielle Flax, Jonathan Zuckerman (Kadima adviser), Dan Matathias,
Jeff Smith, Jonathan Solomon, Matthew Kaminow, Austin Kaminow, Hannah
Smith, Maya Smith, Ellen Smith, Melanie Willins (USY adviser). Not shown:
Dalit Baranoff, Joseph Gelula, Aviva Pollack and Henry Presman.
In addition to the 20 TI volunteers, thousands were on hand
to lend a hand. As the TI members worked, they were greeted by
many, including Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and
his camera crew.
Austin Kaminow
(left) and Jonathan
Solomon create
American flag
pins for military
veterans during
the Day of Service
at the Marriott in
Bethesda.
TI members will have an additional opportunity to volunteer
on April 6, when TI participates in the Jewish Federation’s Good
Deeds Day.
Adult Handiwork Leads to Innovative Youth Services
BY MARTIE ADELMAN, TI VICE PRESIDENT FOR FAMILY AND YOUTH
You may have heard that it takes a village (or a shtetl as we
refer to it at our house) to enable a child to become an educated,
respectful, observant Jew. At Tikvat Israel, we are blessed to have
a community of talented and energetic congregants to assist in
attaining this goal.
The Early Childhood Committee includes Helen Raucher,
Kelcey Klass, Louis Leibowitz, Sarah Hardy, Linda Silverstein,
Rachel Weiss and Rabbi Alana Suskin. This group provides
guidance for the Early Childhood Center and educational opportunities for our youngest members.
Our youth services on Shabbat are led by Janaki Kuruppu,
Matthew Kaminow, Maxine Perlmutter, Hannah Smith and
Micah Cowan. Elliot Cowan has headed the Torah Club for
many years and taught scores of our children to read trope. Kate
Jennes-Kahn and Hannah Smith tutor bar and bat mitzvah
students. Most recently, Robin Lempert, Jeff Smith and Jason
Schwartz contributed their talents to innovative youth services.
We need assistance, however, from stakeholders within the
congregation to make our synagogue even more responsive to
the needs of our youth. Many of our most active volunteers now
have grown children. As a result, it is often difficult to identify
and meet the needs of children in the congregation. We therefore
strongly encourage and seek the participation of members with
children under age 18.
The Youth Commission, chaired by Amy Matathias and Ellen
Kaminow, plans fun-filled youth group and family activities and
opportunities for tikkun olam. The Mexican dinner and movies
on Dec. 25, February Youth Shabbat and Martin Luther King
Day of Service are examples of their handiwork.
I believe you will find that participating in one or both of our
youth committees will benefit both you and your children. The
Youth Commission meets at 10:30 a.m.. on the fourth Sunday of
the month. The Early Childhood Committee meetings also are held
on the fourth Sunday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Please join us.
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SISTERHOOD
Women’s Network Signals
Spring With Baseball Outing
BY REBECCA SALON,
TI WOMEN’S NETWORK COORDINATOR
The Women’s Network at Tikvat Israel
has exciting plans for spring and early
summer – including a sure sign that better
weather is just around the corner, a baseball
game outing.
On April 23, the book group will discuss
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway in
the Flax Library following minyan. We hope
you’ll join us.
On May 17, the women of TI will lead Shabbat services for
this year’s Women’s Network Shabbat. Look for an opportunity to
sign up to play a role in this service. (Membership in the Women’s
Network is not required.) If you attended or participated last year,
you know how inspiring it was.
Finally, on June 22, we will sponsor a family outing to see the
Washington Nationals take on the Atlanta Braves for a 1:35 p.m.
game. Join us to root for this year’s home team, and bring family
and friends. Watch B’kesher, the weekly electronic newsletter, and
the synagogue listserve for ticket sales information.
It’s never too late to join TI’s Women’s Network/Sisterhood,
with dues still only $36. We hope you’ll join us and that you will
participate in some of the activities mentioned above. If you
need a membership application or more information about our
women’s network, visit the TI website or contact me at rsalon@
verizon.net.
The Women's Network holds book discussions every other month.
(Photo by Rebecca Salon)
Israeli Films Draw About 200 to TI
BY SALLY KRAM, CHAIR, TI ADULT EDUCATION COMMITTEE
A record turnout of congregants and local residents — nearly 200
people across both nights — attended this year’s Tikvat Israel Israeli
Film Festival, featuring two films by noted Israeli director Reshef Levy.
The Adult Education Committee sponsored the Rockville
debut of both films starting with “Hunting Elephants” (2013)
on Jan. 25 and “Lost islands” (2008) on Feb. 1. Despite their
record-selling ticket sales in Israel upon release, neither film is yet
available in the United States, although “Lost Islands” is scheduled
for an April release by Netflix.
This year’s festival marked the continued partnership of TI
with the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and a new
relationship with the Embassy of Israel. Sarit Arbell, director of
culture for the Embassy, served as the facilitator for the post-film
discussion for “Hunting Elephants,” while Pnina Agenyahu, shlichah for the federation, led the discussion after “Lost Islands.”
Both discussions were dynamic and varied, demonstrating the
continued interest of the TI community in Israeli films.
Audience reaction to both films was positive. “Wonderful
films” was the general sentiment of many audience members.
As usual, volunteers and the TI kitchen staff supported a
delicious dessert reception after both films. Adult Education
Committee members Susan Apter, Betsy Miller, Damon Ehrlich,
Carol Chelemer and Michelle Eisenberg led the volunteer effort,
which was supported by congregants Debby Berlyne, Danny
Bachman, Alan Apter, Tony and Jamie Freedman and Helene,
Roz, Neil and Aviva Kram. Marsha Lyons and Ben Hirsh served as
mashgichim for both evenings. Technical assistance was provided
by Sam Freedenberg. Finally, Jay Goldman, Nancy Matheson and
Amy Matathias led the publicity campaign, which, many congregants noted, “was everywhere.”
Both the Israeli Embassy and the Jewish Federation were
pleased with the partnership, offering to team up on future events.
Arbell and Agenyahu expressed gratitude for their warm welcome
and surprise at the large attendance. The embassy offered to use
its 15,000-person listserve to promote any future TI event that
featured an Israeli connection.
Despite higher screening costs this year due to the films’ popularity, the festival was able to earn a small profit for the Adult Education
Committee, which it will use to support additional activities. If you
are interested in assisting in next year’s festival (our 10th anniversary) or
any other Adult Education Committee activities, please contact me at
kram@consortium.org or 301-424-6345.
KOSHER CHALLAH ORDERS
Order challah and baked goods to support Tikvat Israel’s
Early Childhood Center one week at a time or one month at
a time. Products baked by Rosendorff’s are delivered to TI on
Thursdays.
For an order form, contact Michelle Sobel at
michelle@tikvatisrael.org.
On the opening night of
the Israeli Film Festival,
Sarit Arbell, director of
culture for the Israeli
Embassy, facilitated a
brief discussion.
(Photo by Felicia R. Black)
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FAMILY FAVORITES:
Edna’s Matzah Apple Charlotte
Editor’s note:
The Tikvat Israel Bulletin features a favorite family recipe shared by a different congregant for each issue. This month’s selection was submitted by Ellen Eisner.
Recipe: Matzah Apple Charlotte with Orange Sauce
Bat Mitzvah Set for
April 26
Tikvat Israel will hold one
Bat Mitzvah in the MarchApril period.
Cheryl Goodman will be
called to the Torah on April
26. She is the daughter of
Michele Kaplan.
Sibling: Sister Kayla Goodman, 16
Background:
“This recipe has been a perennial favorite at our seder table for some 40 years.
It’s special to me not just because of its taste (totally yum!) but because it came
from someone dear to me, my mother-in-law. Edna Eisner, z”l, was the first person
I remember who truly 'lived Jewishly' in how she spoke, how she acted and how she
thought. I couldn’t help but be drawn to the natural and beautiful way in which
Judaism guided her life.”
School and grade level: Robert Frost
Middle School, 7th grade
Mitzvah project: Collecting needed items for
the animal shelter
Personal interests: Softball, singing, dancing,
acting, cooking
Steps:
For Charlotte:
Mix together in a large bowl:
3 soaked matzah squares, with excess water squeezed out
3 large cooking apples – pared, cored and cut in thin slices
⅔ cup currants (or quartered prunes)
½ cup raisins
¾ teaspoon cinnamon
4 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
Grated rind of 1 lemon
6 beaten eggs
Pour into a greased 9”x 9”x 2” baking pan.
Bake in a preheated 350˚oven for 35-45 minutes or until apples are softened.
Serve warm as a side dish or dessert. (Makes 8 servings)
For Orange Sauce:
Mix together:
⅓ cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
¼ teaspoon salt
Add:
⅓ cup light corn syrup
1 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons grated orange peel
Cook over low heat until thick and clear, stirring occasionally.
Blend in:
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Makes 1¼ cups sauce; may be used on the Charlotte or anything else.
For Help:
Contact Ellen Eisner at eeisner@comcast.net or 301-598-0635.
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Mazal Tov …
to Shelly and Bruce Goldin upon the
birth of a granddaughter, Daphne Pearl
Friedman, to daughter Sarah and her
husband Adam Friedman
to Celia and Len Schuchman upon
the birth of a grandson, Isaac Carl
Schuchman, to son David Schuchman
and his wife Ariel
to Tami and Sam Gilston upon the Bar
Mitzvah of grandson Evan Goldsmith at
TI on Dec. 23
to Betsy and Jeff Miller upon the
engagement of daughter Michal to Ezra
Geggel
to Robin and Stuart Lempert upon
graduation in February of son Marty
Lempert from Charles E. Smith Jewish
Day School
to Shira and Michael Kabik upon
graduation in February of son Gefen
Kabik from Charles E. Smith Jewish Day
School
TI Mailbox
Tikvat Israel Policy
for Playground
The synagogue is asking parents to
abide by these rules when their children
or grandchildren use the playground at
the rear of the social hall.
1. Children must be supervised by an
adult (age 18 or older) at all times.
2. Children under age 5 have priority
in using the play equipment.
3. Children must wear shoes on the
playground.
4. Slide feet first down the slides; do
not climb up.
5. Do not climb on top of the
tunnels or bars.
6. Take turns on the equipment.
Only one child on slide or
climbing bars at a time.
7. No throwing or picking up
dirt, sand, woodchips, rocks or
sticks.
8. No climbing on or over the
fence.
9. No eating or drinking on playground.
10. No play fighting, wrestling
or dodge ball.
11. Be courteous and be a good
sport.
12. Clean up all litter.
13. Pick up personal possessions
and take them with you
when leaving.
14. Return toys in the same
condition to the same place
you found them.
15. Have fun!
Community Limelight
The TI board already has thanked Sally
Kram for her hard work leading to the success of the Israeli Film Fest, but I wanted
our congregation to know that the word is
out in the community too!
A few days after the first film showing,
I was on the phone with one of our biggest
supporters of the Jewish Coalition Against
Domestic Abuse when the conversation
turned to what congregation our family
belonged to. When I told her, she stopped
the conversation and just gushed about the
program that she had attended the previous weekend. Thank you to Sally for helping represent TI in the community as the amazingly
warm, heymish and supportive community we are. Elissa Schwartz
The New-Look Bulletin
I just read the latest edition of the Tikvat
Israel Bulletin. You really went “above and
beyond” on this one. It looks so clean and
crisp, with lots of varied stories, pictures,
information, etc.
Sincere thanks to Rabbi Abramson,
Cantor Helzner and Sam Freedenberg for
all of the arrangements related to holding
the funeral service at Tikvat Israel, the
site of many other events in the life of my
family. And finally, the most heartfelt of
thanks to our Bereavement Committee
and members of the congregation for their
affection and support. I am so grateful to be a part of this
community,
Carol Chelemer
Gift Card Donations
Dear Tikvat Israel Congregation,
On behalf of Linkages to Learning
at Harmony Hills Elementary School, I
would like to thank you for your generous
monetary and gift card contributions to
our 2013 giving project for our Harmony
Hills ES students and families.
It is because of you and other donors'
contributions that this year we were able
I think it’s an excellent reflection of our to provide free meals to over 80 families
synagogue. You bring out the best of Tikvat from our school for the holiday season. We
Israel. Thank you for all of your hard work. would like you to know that your thoughtRobbi Cohen fulness is truly making a difference in the
lives of so many families in our school
community; we could not do what we do
The latest issue of the Tikvat Israel without donors such as you.
Bulletin is great. I really like the new layout and the many pictures.
We look forward to working with you
Jayme A. Sokolow in the future. We deeply appreciate your
generosity.
Support and Comfort
Dear TI Congregation,
On behalf of my family, I extend deep
thanks to our wonderful community for its
support and comfort in the days following
the death of my mother, Goldie Chelemer.
I especially appreciated the service rendered
to my mom by our taharah group as well
as the meal of consolation provided to my
family upon our return from the cemetery. Please note: Your donation is tax deductible. Our tax ID number is 53-1265325.
Karla Fuentes
Site Coordinator
Linkages to Learning
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A Minyan with Military at
Arlington National Cemetery
BY IRV COHEN
It’s unusual for a Tikvat Israel member to have a funeral at Arlington National
Cemetery, so I found it fascinating to be part of the Kott/Levy funeral there on Jan. 10.
Burials for observant Jews are relatively rare at Arlington because of the often long
wait and the need for cremation. Space is at such a premium that there are stringent rules
for who may be buried (dictated by high rank, death in battle, honors received and war
time service).
As mourners, we first gathered inside the cemetery’s Administration Building to be
briefed about the details of the funeral for Lewis Levy, father of congregant Hope Levy
Kott and a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. A full military
funeral with honor guard, a lone trumpeter playing taps and a three-volley honor from
a rifle team were the order of the day. The weather was miserably cold with freezing rain. Because the entire funeral was taking place within the cemetery, all traffic control
was quite easy and there were none of the traffic difficulties that are common at civilian
funerals in the outside world. The military honors portion of the funeral ended under
cover with a moving presentation of the Stars and Stripes to the family, in honor of the
deceased’s service to our country.
Now out in the elements, at the final resting place, in a moderate freezing downpour
with aircraft from Reagan National flying low overhead, Rabbi Morris Faierstein, a
member of Tikvat Israel and one of two Army chaplains who preside at Jewish funerals
at Arlington National Cemetery, read psalms and Cantor Rochelle Helzner, in fine form
despite the blustery weather, chanted El Moley Rachimin. Besides the family and friends,
several members of our congregation were present to ensure a minyan.
The ceremony and the military’s respect for the deceased and his family were quite
moving. The cemetery personnel who organized and directed the funeral did so with
great respect and caring for the family and all participants. Everything was well-executed
in a tradition where the watchword is respect for the needs of the family. Even under these difficult weather conditions, it was indeed an honor to be present.
We have much to be proud of in the way our military honors a deceased serviceman.
Lecture at TI on
Spinoza Set for
March 10
Tikvat Israel
is pleased to cohost, with our
new tenant the
Foundation for
Jewish Studies, a
lecture by Daniel
B. Schwartz, associate professor of
history at George
Wa s h i n g t o n
University, titled “Spinoza’s Jewish
‘Children’: Profiles of Jewish Secularism in
the Modern Era” on Mon., March 10, at
7:30 p.m. (Note: Minyan will be moved
to 7 p.m.)
The lecture is free, and light refreshments
will be served. Registrations are encouraged. RSVP at http://bit.ly/1bkNMFH and
indicate you are a member of Tikvat Israel.
The 17th-century heretic and philosopher Baruch Spinoza is often held up as the
first modern Jew. Yet his legacy for modern
Judaism has been understood in strikingly
different ways.
Schwartz, who specializes in modern
Jewish and European intellectual and
cultural history at GWU, will provide an
introduction to a few diverse thinkers from
the 19th century to the present who have
constituted a sense of their own identity
as modern, secular Jewish intellectuals by
claiming Spinoza as their spiritual progenitor. In the process, his lecture will shed a
light on some of the religious motives
and motifs that have accompanied the
construction of Jewish secularism in the
modern era.
A SHUL SING-ALONG
Fifty-six people attended a spirited, 90-minute Jewish sing-along at Tikvat Israel on Feb. 9 titled
“Seeds of Song: An Area-Wide Erev Shira.” This is a bi-monthly program hosted by different
congregations in the Washington area. Most were Israeli folk songs, with the words in Hebrew and
transliteration projected on a screen. Cantor Helzner joined the four performers on stage for several
of the numbers. Shown are song leaders Liz Kruger (left) and Jill Moskowitz. (Photo by Felicia R. Black)
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This FJS Distinguished Scholars presentation is the annual Abraham S. Kay
lecture, made possible by the generosity of
Barbara and Jack Kay, z”l.
The Importance of Teamwork at Tikvat Israel ECC
BY MICHELLE SOBEL, DIRECTOR, TIKVAT ISRAEL ECC
We are very fortunate to have
a wonderful group of people dedicated to nurturing and teaching
children at our Tikvat Israel ECC.
I believe it is essential to the
overall vision of the ECC that we
treat our ECC teachers as the professionals they are. Part of creating
this culture of professionalism are the words that we use to define
ourselves individually and as a group. I refer to our teachers as
“educators,” and I prefer to use the word “team” rather than staff.
tinue to learn and grow along with the children.
The Tikvat Israel community is fortunate to have such a dedicated and wonderful team of ECC educators. Next time you are
in the ECC hallway at TI, check out our updated bulletin board
display featuring interesting information about the background,
experience and interests of our team of ECC educators. You will
see each person is special and brings different strengths, which
makes for a stronger team overall. Go Team ECC!
At the start of this school year, we began to grow together as
the ECC team of educators, and we committed to a yearly intention of teamwork, flexibility and positivity.
ECC Shabbat sing in the
sanctuary
Over the course of this school year, and due to the positive
trajectory of the ECC, we have had the opportunity to add
more educators to our ECC team! It is wonderful to experience
the enthusiasm, creativity, caring and collaboration among our
longtime and newer members of the ECC team. We are there to
support each other as we work together to meet the needs of our
ECC children and families.
Recently, one of our ECC educators shared her feelings about
joining the Tikvat Israel ECC team: “My teaching level has gone
through the roof with the resources and professional development
opportunities I have experienced in just one month,” Lori Alperin
said. “Everything is done with a purpose, and the planning to address
all developmental areas is incredible. Teachers work together to provide the best for each child. I love what I am learning and doing since
joining the ECC team.”
Alperin, an ECC educator with a master’s degree in education
and eight years of experience as a preschool teacher, added: “The
other teachers are an inspiration to me and I am so excited and
lucky to be at Tikvat Israel. I am treated as a professional and I am
appreciated and that makes a huge difference.”
I believe these words speak volumes about how important it is
that we foster a culture of collaboration and professional growth
so that our educators feel supported and appreciated. As our ECC
educators demonstrate teamwork, flexibility and positivity, they
not only model important life skills for the children, they con-
ECC Pajama
Havdalah
ECC teachers and students practice
a tree pose
Painless Fundraising at ECC
Tikvat Israel’s Early Childhood Center is holding a series
of easy-effort fundraising activities with an important payoff.
¾¾
Link your Safeway card to Tikvat Israel ECC.
You can go online to escrip.com or contact tikvatisraelecc@gmail.com with your name, Safeway
card number, e-mail address and zip code, and the
ECC director will take care of the rest. (If you use
your phone number at checkout and do not know
your Safeway card number, call 877-SAFEWAY to
obtain it.)
¾¾
Recycle ink cartridges, cell phones and other small electronic items. Deposit these items plus GPS devices, iphones, itouch
devices, mp3 players and digital cameras from home
and work at TI. Collection boxes are located in the
main office and the ECC office. ¾¾
Collect Box Tops for Education.
Cut these from breakfast cereals, Ziploc bags, granola
bar boxes and other products and drop a bunch at a
time at the ECC office.
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Tikvat Sports Ticker
A ROUNDUP FROM THE WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS AT TIKVAT ISRAEL.
Men’s Basketball
The basketball season opened without much early luck for
the TI men’s team. Competing in the Montgomery County
Synagogue League, the TI team (which includes a few players who
belong to Temple Emanuel) dropped its first five games.
The TI scorer in the early season was Leor Newman, one of the
team’s bigger players. The team briefly benefitted from the play at
point guard of Brandon Ehrlich during his winter college break.
The season runs until mid-March, and TI’s court foes in the
nine-team circuit include B’nai Shalom of Olney, Beth El, Beth
Shalom, Shaare Tefila, Oseh Shalom and Temple Isaiah.
Youth Basketball
Tikvat Israel is fielding two teams in synagogue youth leagues
this winter.
A Kadima team of 6th-8th graders is coached by Neil Kram,
while a USY team (high schoolers) is handled by Stuart Lempert.
The two teams play weekly games on Sundays from mid-January
through the end of March at Richard Montgomery HS.
The coed Kadima team, with a few middle schoolers from B’nai
Tzedak in Potomac, includes TI’s Sophia Kram, Matthew Mintz
and Austin Kaminow. A team photo appears on the Seaboard
Region’s website:
http://seaboardusy.org/calendar/usy-kadima-basketball-league/.
The roster of the USY squad includes teens from Shaare Torah
in Gaithersburg.
Spring Softball
TI’s men’s softball team is in need of additional players. Last
spring, due to limited numbers, TI had to combine with members
of Temple Emanuel to field a team in the Montgomery County
Synagogue League, and it’s not clear the league will allow combined teams this year.
Teams play doubleheaders on Sunday mornings from early April
until middle of June against other shuls in suburban Maryland.
Members of the team (including several from Temple Emanuel) are, back
row from left, Ken Turner, Mark Bargeski, Mike Micek, Leor Newman, Damon
Ehrlich, Neil Kram and Brandon Ehrlich, and front row from left, Warren
Berger, Jeff Kahn, Aaron Zajic and Michael Newman.
“We would really like to be able to field a team of our own
this year,” says Coach Marc Schneider. “Offspring of members are
welcome but must be at least 18.”
Contact the coach at mwarrenschneider@gmail.com.
WANNA STAY IN THE KNOW AT TI?
If your objective is to stay fully informed about all things
Tikvat Israel, you’ll want to take advantage of the various
information sources that staff and volunteers produce for
members of the congregation.
In addition to the bi-monthly Tikvat Israel Bulletin, which
remains the most comprehensive source of news and human
interest stories about congregants and synagogue life overall,
you’ll want to consider:
•
Reading the weekly electronic newsletter, B’kesher, produced
by synagogue office staff members Anita Greenwald and
Sam Freedenberg. B’kesher keeps you posted about religious
service schedules, new programs and scheduling changes.
•
Subscribing to one or both of the synagogue listserves, TI
News and TI News and Schmooze.
•
Reviewing the Shabbat sheet for brief reminders about upcoming activities along with contact names and phone numbers.
•
Checking out the home page of www.tikvatisrael.org.
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Passover Hospitality at TI: Pairing Seder Hosts With Guests
“All who are hungry, let them come and eat” is not just something we read in the Haggadah once a year. It is said
Abraham and Sarah placed such great importance on welcoming others that they kept the walls of their tents open so
they could see potential guests from a long way off and ran to prepare for them.
It is a mitzvah to be either a host or a guest, so if you do not have a Passover seder to attend or if you have room at
your seder for others, please fill out the form by April 7 and return it to the office. You can contact Hope Levy Kott,
program organizer, at 301-921-8268 or hkott@aol.com.
Name____________________________________________________
Phone number/e-mail_______________________________________
❒ Yes! We would like to host up to ______ people for the ❒ first seder, Monday, April 15
❒ Yes! We would like to host up to ______ people for the ❒ second seder, Tuesday, April 16
❒ Yes! We would like to attend a seder on the ❒ first and/or ❒ second night.
Please indicate the names (and ages of children) of all who will be attending:________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Please indicate as well if your family:
❒ does
❒ does not observe the Sephardic custom of eating kitniyot or legumes on Passover.
❒ does ❒ does not keep Kosher.
❒ does ❒ does not eat exclusively vegetarian meals.
❒ does ❒ does not observe traditional Yom Tov restrictions.
Tell us anything else your host would need to know (allergies, etc.):_______________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
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Tikvat Israel Remembers With Respect Those Whose Yahrzeits
Occur From 29 Adar I to 29 Adar II - March 2014
29 Adar I
5 Adar II
19 Adar II
25 Adar II
12 Adar II
March 1
March 7
March 21
March 27
March 14
Louis Auerbach
Robert Bredt
Herman Hamburg
Irving Ashery
Sara Lebowitz
Mary Berkowitz
George Goldstein
Maurice Krause
Pearl Gottesman
Meyer Kushner
Alan Grossmann
Gloria Levinrad
David Lefkowitz
14 Adar II
Louis Newman
Helen Lantz
Sarah Robinson
March 16
Henry Oppenheim
Norman Yudkoff
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A
dar
II
Burton Boroff
Sylvia Panitz
26 Adar II
March 22
Solomon Gorschman
Freda Shevitz
8 Adar II
Marguerite Eldredge
March 28
Abraham Isaac Levy
March 10
Mark Kabik
16 Adar II
30 Adar I
Marlene Shulman
Dorothy Ashery
Donald Linden
March 18
Rabbi Jerome Weistrop
Adelle Lapin
March 2
Sam Jorban
Leonard E. Cohen
27 Adar II
Milton Kensky
9 Adar II
21 Adar II
March 29
Joseph Podgor
2 Adar II
March 11
March 23
Albert Bressler
Lily Sims
Pauline Oppenheimer
Bernard Levine
March 4
Emil Lentchner
Irving Reich
Hilda Frank
17 Adar II
Emma Tiller
Norman H. Levy
22 Adar II
28 Adar II
March 19
March 24
March 30
Harry Balin
3 Adar II
10 Adar II
Edna Eisner
Irving Garfinkle
Harry Weinstein
March 5
March 12
Thomas Gorban
Sadie Eckstein
Avrom Armoza
Marion Laken
18 Adar II
23 Adar II
Jack Stern
Bernard Cohen
March 20
March 25
Marge K. Martin
29 Adar II
Frances First
Linda Beaumont
Milton Mulitz
4 Adar II
March 31
Rebecca Kauffman
Isadore Chait
March 6
Bernard N. Flax
Morris Polansky
Charlotte Zeidman
11 Adar II
David Scucimarra
Edward Krick
Fannie Salzer
David Siskind
March 13
Sidney Migdal
Rose Walder
Arthur Musher
Aaron Pressman
Yahrzeit Board Map
Every plot has a story.
For future generations,
that is very telling.
T
hey say cemeteries are for the living. We know this well
at the Garden of Remembrance. That’s why we encourage
you to consider purchasing a family plot. You may not
think being together for eternity matters, but consider your
grandchildren and the generations ahead. When they start
wondering about their heritage, it will be easier for them to
discover your stories and their history.
To learn more, call Sam Freedenberg at 301.762.7338, or visit
www.gardenofremembrance.org for more information.
11 Years of Caring Service, Eternal Peace and Beauty
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Tikvat Israel now has a “map” of its 10 Yahrzeit
memorial boards, making it possible now to
find the precise location of an individual’s
memorial plaque.
Located in the rear of the sanctuary, these
boards carry the names of more than 1,500
deceased congregants and members of their
families. The shul’s database includes the
English and Hebrew dates of death.
Ask the synagogue office for a copy of the
memorial board map.
Kitchen Signup System
Hot off the synagogue kitchen griddle: You can
now sign up online to help with the kiddush setup
and cleanup on Shabbat and other occasions. Here’s the URL for the Sign Up Genius site:
http://tinyurl.com/n6vlpao.
Tikvat Israel Remembers With Respect Those Whose Yahrzeits
Occur From 1 Nissan to 30 Nissan - April 2014
20 Nissan
27 Nissan
2 Nissan
7 Nissan
13 Nissan
pril
20
A
pril 27
A
April 2
April 7
April 13
Alfred Cowan
Ellis Goldman
Lea Chernoff
Hannah Barrack
Rachel Brown
Ray Kramer Gesumaria
Julius Lifshutz
Samuel Holland
Ruby Dick
Saul Ehrlich
Dianna Hamburg
Meyer Puner
Simon Katz
Ann Engel
Matthew Kessler
Leonard
Kopp
Stuart Schaffman
Lena
Levine
Morris Pike
Anna Rom
Jeanne
Krause
Cora Weil
Mortimer
Ratnoff
Sam
Prince
Bertha
Seiler
Jacob (Jack) Matathias
Oscar Zaccagni
Edna Simai
Samuel Solsky
Reuven Shacham
Fannie Saltzman
Harriette Solowey
Helen Shulman
Sol
Schwartz
Ethel
Toney
28 Nissan
Samuel Wagman
14 Nissan
Helen
Sharlot
Ida
Weisbord
pril 28
A
April 14
Albert
Stutz
Sarah
Cowan
8
N
issan
Henry Goldberg
3
N
issan
Tillie
Grand
Jacob
Goldstein
pril
8
A
21 Nissan
Evelyn Spector
April 3
Dora Kishner
Daisy C. Jones
pril 21
A
Marcelle Tangy
Maurice Gabes
Morris Lane
Harriet Cohen
Benjamin
Bogage
Anna Teitelbaum
Ruth
Gilston
Bea Malter
Sylvia Copaken
Stanley
Leithold
Gertrude S. Van Aalten
Lottie
Greenwood
Akhtar
Saadian
Elizabeth
Grishman
Aaron
Polansky
Ernest
Gruenfeld
Michael
C.
Shapiro
Martin
Kronenberg
Emma
Klein
29
Nissan
Carolyn
Wermiel
Mark Morrison
22 Nissan
Sophie Zaccagni
April 29
15 Nissan
Leroy Moses
April 22
Esther Duker Pollack
April 15
Rose
Silverman
Lorraine
Cohen
Sidney Polster
9
N
issan
Edward Lankin
Jenny
Fierman
Tillie
Pressman
pril
9
A
4
N
issan
Susana
Nardea
Gorelick
30 Nissan
Harry
Shooman
Ann
Eisler
Charles Haberman
pril 4
A
Kalman
Sokolow
Samuel
Frank
pril 30
A
Helen Haberman
Tillie Grossman
Sol Wachovsky
Salome Gardsbane
Evelyn B. Kaplan
Samuel Taylor
Eugene Katz
Louis Goldstein
Ethel Melmed
Edward
J.
Raine
Nathan
Markovitz
Paul Waltzer
16
N
issan
Minnie Sakoff
23
N
issan
Isaac
Silverman
Harry Yudkoff
pril
16
A
Esther Salit
pril 23
A
Stanley
Berger
Nathan Bloom
10 Nissan
Harry G. Blackstone
5 Nissan
Norman Goldman
Joseph Burdoo
April 10
Isaac Kaplan
April 5
Samuel Grossman
Deena Bodner
Nadia Schuchman
Lillian Brecker
Irving Kaplan
Feliciano Cruz
Jackie Tievy
Pearl Bredt
Ida Licht
Gerhard Gruenfeld
Ronna Esther Butterworth
Irwin Lowenfeld
Anne R. Kaiser
Leah Feinsilber
24 Nissan
Herman Markovitz
David Krauss
April 24
17 Nissan
Edward Rabin
Samuel Appel
11 Nissan
April 17
Harry Silverman
Diane Finkelstein
Dayna Leslie Dubin
April 11
Beatrice “Binnie” West
Helen Frank
Benjamin Fleitell
Max Exler
Solomon D. Levin
Joseph Gordon
Lina Hoffman
6 Nissan
Ruthanne Osheroff
Harriet Raine
Beatrice Klein
April 6
Rose Stahler
Jacob Levi
Sara Berman
25 Nissan
Molly Oppenheim
Hyman Grand
April 25
18 Nissan
Alice Katz
Lenore Kline Bain
12 Nissan
April 18
Jean Lewis
Maurice Levy
Edith Adler
April 12
Abraham Moskowitz
Rose Brown
Ida Baroff
Isadore Romm
26 Nissan
Irving Curchack
Louis Bernstein
Herman Schrier
Jennie Kornhauser
Mary Ann Cahn
April 26
Pauline Seiler
Leonard Mitchel
Gerald Lempert
Dorothy Daffe
Rhoda Zuskin
Sandra Tolpin
Joseph Glucksman
David Leise
Sonia Trachtenberg
19 Nissan
Faye Raff
April 19
Nettie Waltzer
Joseph Apatoff
Joseph Zalen
Aaron Feinmark
Samuel Nathan Leavitt
Hyman Schreiber
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TIKVAT ISRAEL’S SOCIAL ACTION & YOUTH &
FAMILY PROGRAMMING COMMITTEES PRESENT
SUNDAY, APRIL 6
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
AT
TIKVAT ISRAEL CONGREGATION
Sign up for one or more projects and
join in the fun.
•
•
•
•
•
Red Cross Blood Drive
Baltimore Rd. Clean Up
Planting a Garden
Painting a Bathroom
Kashering TI Kitchen for
Passover
• Polishing Torah Silver
• Polishing Wood on Sanctuary
Pews
• Power Washing Nursery School
Furniture & Toys
• Repairing Wood Trim on Building
SIGN UP using Sign – Up Genius or by contacting Lynn Berk
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044BAFA72FA13-good
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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, QUESTIONS OR PROJECT
IDEAS – CONTACT LYNN AT lberk@comcast.net
Donations
The congregation gratefully acknowledges the following donations to the various funds of Tikvat Israel. The donor lists that follow reflect
gifts received at the synagogue in December and January. If your donation during this time does not appear in the list, please contact
the synagogue office at 301-762-7338.
YAHRZEIT DONATIONS
Helen Gross by Marilyn and Leonard
William W. Radin by Marian and Jesse Kaiser
In memory of:
Teitelbaum
Fannie Raine by David and Deborah Raine
Lillie Becker by Samuel and Ellen Rosenthal
Irene Berger by Suzanne and Jerome Boden
Asher Berkowitz by Barbara Brown
Lena Berlin by Sandra Levine
Esther Bloom by Edith Stein
Fay Blum by Herbert and Elaine Blum
Max Blum by Herbert and Elaine Blum
Sigmund Brown by Celia and Leonard Schuchman
Moishe Chaim Chait by Moira and Leon Green
Edith Chefer by Aaron and Leslie Fineman
Rabbi Robert Chernoff by Howard and Rosie
Chernoff
Fannie Rose Cohen by Charlotte Podgor
Frieda Cohen by Barbara and David Thaler
Helen Cohen by Henrietta Asen
Manuel Cohen by Charlotte Podgor
Morris Cohen by Adele Cohen and Family
Rachel Cohen by Zivan Cohen
Samuel Cohen by Zivan Cohen
Sarah Cohen by Helen and Joshua Bass
Elaine Danovitz by Norma Dancis
Sylvia Eiserike by Steven and Margie Eiserike
Raymond Eldredge by Joel and Annie Kahn &
Daughters
Judith Flax Elustondo by Melanie Grishman
Benjamin Feinman by Harold Feinman
Rose Feinman by Harold Feinman
Mary Fine by Ruth Fine
Lena Fineman by Aaron and Leslie Fineman
Marsha Fleisher by Cynthia and David Soffrin
Ruth Fogel by Naomi and Harvey Kaplan
Morris Freedman by Sandra and Eugene
Sheskin
Ida Friedman by Sally Friedman
Benjamin Futrovsky by Hilda Springer
Hyman Gardsbane by Diane Gardsbane and
Paul Sully
Tillie Gaspin by Rochelle Wolf
Naomi Gershowitz by Albert Gershowitz
Nathan Gershowitz by Albert Gershowitz
Heinz Eric Gerstle by Debra and Jason Levine
Margaret Gerstle by Debra and Jason Levine
David Glass by Barbara and Irving Cohen
Barbara Goldberg by Ann Sterling
Louis Goldberg by Ann Sterling
Sylvia Goldin by Shelly and Bruce Goldin
Goldie Goldman by Ruth Simball
Mary Goldstein by Bernice Grossman
Michael Goldstein by Bernice Grossman
Hyman Goodman by Meryl Thomas
Libby Gordon by Susan and Jay Plafker
Jacob Greenbaum by Anna Robbins
David Greenberg by Leslie Greenberg and
Eileen Greenberg
Moody Grishman by Melanie Grishman
Bernard Gross by Marilyn and Leonard
Teitelbaum
Robert Grossman by Bernice Grossman
Howard Gudelsky by the Mulitz-Gudelsky
Family
Celia Hecht by Joan and Donald Margolies
Louis Hecht by Joan and Donald Margolies
Samuel Helfant by Joan Weiss
Max Hershbaum by Moira and Leon Green
Michael Hesh by Joel and Evelyn Hersh
Ruth Hochberg by Adele Cohen and Family
Anna Hoffman by Sharon Spanier
Eve Hoffman by Kay Gold
Daniel Jeremias by Judy and Robert Katz
Daniel Kaiser by Marian and Jesse Kaiser
Jair Kaplan by Muriel Kaplan
Rose Kaplan by Mimi and Allan Meltzer
Max Katzen by Shirley and Jules Bowen
Eliezer Kishner by Micah and Elaine Krichevsky
Joseph Kolirin by Tova and Steve Irving
Shoshana Kolirin by Tova and Steve Irving
Jalle Koricki by Maida and Edward Nussbaum
Alex M. Kravitz by Debbie Yanoff and Family
Sarah G. Kravitz by Debbie Yanoff and Family
Anne Kristal by the Kristal and Shore Families
David Kushner by Blanche Kushner
Cheryl Lang by Moira and Leon Green
Edith Lazarus by Francine and Richard Cohen
Benjamin Lederman by Adair Lederman
Benjamin Lederman by Richard and Ellen Lederman
Joshua M. Leise by Phyllis Leise
Harry Levinstein by Stephen and Helen Raucher
Ida Levitan by Phyllis Ermann
Rose Ludwin by Stephen and Helen Raucher
Zev Aria Ludwinowitz by Stephen and Helen Raucher
Sarah Margolies by Joan and Donald Margolies
Issy Matheson by Rodney, Nancy and Ilana Matheson
William Mazaroff by Ruth Fine
Max Mendelson by Lillian Tauber
Max Mendelson by Ruth Kleinman
Vera Meyerson by Neal and Mary Meyerson
Ada Milder by Francine and Richard Cohen
Hans Moses by Ed and Karen Moses
Mae Mukasey by Rhoda and Norbert Eckstein
William Myers by Sheila Myers, Stephen &
Cynthia Myers and Heather Stone
Florence Nachamkin by Cynthia and David Soffrin
Gerald Raine by David and Deborah Raine
Laura Raucher by Stephen and Helen Raucher
William Raucher by Stephen and Helen Raucher
Irving Reiner by Barbara Reiner
Maxwell Rosenlicht by Estelle Stolovy
Morton Salit by Ben and Minna Williamowsky
Marion Salon by Rebecca Salon and Jay Goldman
Ida M. Schiffman by Barbara Reiner
Mollie Radin Schrager by Marian and Jesse Kaiser
Beina Schwartz by Frederick Schwartz, Carina
Nichols, William Nichols and Donna Nichols
Joyce Schwartz by Arnold Schwartz
Mildred Schwartz by Arnold Schwartz
Rose Schwartz by Arnold Schwartz
Rose Schwartz by Mark and Beverly Schwartz
Ruth Anne Sheskin by Sandra and Eugene Sheskin
Esther Simon by Joan Weiss
Celia Sobovinsky by Jules Bowen
Frank Sobovinsky by Shirley and Jules Bowen
Sara Sokolow by Jayme Sokolow
Joseph Steinberg by Sophie Steinberg
Irwin Jan Stolovy by Estelle Stolovy
Joseph Sully by Diane Gardsbane and Paul Sully
Caren Thaler by David and Barbara Thaler
Eugene Thompson by the Turkewitz Family
Norman Tubiash by Pearl Tubiash
Charlotte Turkanis by Marvin Turkanis
Lillian Walder by Ruth Yudkoff Love
Philip Weinstein by David Weinstein
Rose Weinstein by Larry Levine
Dora Witt by David and Deborah Raine
Harry Witt by David and Deborah Raine
Isaac Zipin by Pearl Tubiash
BEREAVEMENT COMMITTEE
In honor of Louise Chatlynne’s birthday by
Alice and David Gantz
In memory of Goldie Chelemer by Susan and
Alan Apter
In memory of Goldie Chelemer by Carol Chelemer
In memory of Lewis Levy by Susan and Alan Apter
In memory of Seymour Engel by Marilyn and
Michael Greenwood
CANTOR’S PROGRAM FUND
Nathan Nachamkin by Cynthia and David Soffrin
Samuel Nadel by Cliff and Betty Fishman
Elsa Neuwirth by Hazel Shapiro
K. Gordon Oppenheimer by Janet, Steve and
Larry Oppenheimer
Morris Oppenheimer by Janet G. Oppenheimer
In honor of Dorothy Engel’s 101st birthday by
Marilyn and Michael Greenwood
In honor of Marcelle and Robert Copaken’s
daughter Nina Ben-Ami being named Israeli
ambassador to Uruguay by Celia and Lenny
Schuchman
In honor of Ted and Roz Kram on the occasion
of Sophia’s bat mitzvah by Roma and Marvin
Sohn
Nathan Osofsky by Gloria Silverstein
Leo Pachenker by Sylvia Pachenker
Minnie Parzow by Theodore Cohen
Ben Perlmutter by Maxine and Jim Perlmutter
Celia Bress Radin by Marian and Jesse Kaiser
In honor of the marriage of Jessica Agus and
Ben Bregman by Barbara and Gene Ridberg
In memory of Alvin Reiner by Mae Bernstein
In memory of Alvin Reiner by Roma and
Marvin Sohn
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Donations, continued
In memory of Bernice Schwartz by Allison and
Dudley Schwartz
In memory of Ernest Rosenwald by Leonard Schreiber
In memory of Henry Schwartz by Allison and
Dudley Schwartz
In memory of Irma Pazo by Janice and Bob Balin
In memory of Milton Thaler by Barbara and
David Thaler
In memory of Ruth Katz by Allison and Dudley
Schwartz
In memory of Sam Katz by Allison and Dudley
Schwartz
CHARLOTTE LOWENFELD USY FUND
In memory of Solomon Battino by Elisabeth
Battino
In memory of Leroy Lowenfeld by the
Adelman/Schneider Family
In memory of Leroy Lowenfeld by Lil Feingold
In memory of Leroy Lowenfeld by Rhoda and
Norbert Eckstein
COLLEGE OUTREACH
In memory of Esther Blake Wilchins by Sue and
Howard Wilchins
EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
by Carol Chelemer
In memory of Nathan Adelman by Dorothy Adelman
GENERAL FUND
by Betty and Cliff Fishman
by the Silver Spring Medical Center
In honor of Evan Goldsmith’s bar mitzvah by
Betty and Cliff Fishman
In honor of Jacob Schwartz’s bar mitzvah and
his exceptional d’var Torah by Betty and Cliff
Fishman
In honor of Sophia Kram’s bat mitzvah by Sara
and David Harris
In honor of James Perlmutter and in support of
the outstanding work of the ECC by Kelcey
and Jack Klass
In honor of Julius Oppenheim’s support of youth
travel to Israel by the Oppenheim Family
Betty and Cliff Fishman
Jeannette and Ronald Eisler
Judith and Robert Katz
In honor of Marian and Jesse Kaiser by Laura Savely
In honor of Phyllis Leise’s special birthday by
Joan and Donald Margolies
In honor of Rabbi David Abramson, Cantor
Rochelle Helzner and Sam Freedenberg by
Nadgy and Stephen Roey
In honor of Sam Freedenberg by Francine Weistrop
In honor of Sam Freedenberg by Phyllis Leise
In honor of the birth of Asher Harrison Cahn
by Amy and Daniel Matathias
In honor of the birth of Sandy and Larry Levine’s
grandson by Nancy and Jonathan Solomon
In memory of Alvin Reiner by Adele Cohen
In memory of Alvin Reiner by Barbara and
Leon Lock
In memory of Alvin Reiner by Betty and Cliff Fishman
In memory of Alvin Reiner by Joan and Donald
Margolies
In memory of Alvin Reiner by Marilyn and
Leonard Teitelbaum
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In memory of Alvin Reiner by Penina and Sam
Freedenberg
In memory of Alvin Reiner by Sara and David Harris
In memory of Alvin Reiner by Wendy Bauman
In memory of Bella Dantsker by Phyllis and
Fred Zusman
In memory of Carl Solomon by Harriet and
Abraham Schwartz
Wishing refuah shlema to Maxine Perlmutter by
the Adelman/Schneider Family
Hilda Springer
Moira and Leon Green
Nancy and Jonathan Solomon
In memory of Evelyn Berlin by Diane
Gardsbane and Paul Sully
In memory of Evelyn Berlin by Roz and Ted Kram
In memory of Goldie Chelemer by the
Adelman/Schneider Family
In memory of Goldie Chelemer by Betty and
Cliff Fishman
In memory of Goldie Chelemer by Hilda Springer
Sue and Jerry Boden
Susan and Alan Apter
Wishing yasher koach to Harold Diamond by
Hilda Springer
In memory of Goldie Chelemer by Nancy and
Jonathan Solomon
In memory of Goldie Chelemer by Roz and Ted Kram
In memory of Goldie Chelemer by Sandra and
Gene Sheskin
In memory of Goldie Chelemer by Shelly and
Bruce Goldin
In memory of Irma Pazo by Annette Heyman
In memory of Irma Pazo by Diana and Allen Yun
In memory of Irma Pazo by Moira and Leon Green
In memory of Irma Pazo by Roz and Ted Kram
In memory of Isaac Eiserike by Roz and Jerry Eisner
In memory of Leroy Lowenfeld by Nancy and
Jonathan Solomon
In memory of Leroy Lowenfeld by Roz and Ted Kram
In memory of Lewis Levy by Betty and Cliff
Fishman
In memory of Lewis Levy by Carol Chelemer
In memory of Lewis Levy by Debby Berlyne
and Danny Bachman
In memory of Lewis Levy by Hilda Springer
In memory of Lewis Levy by Roz and Ted Kram
In memory of Lewis Levy by Shelly and Bruce
Goldin
In memory of Lillian Gorinson by Betty and
Cliff Fishman
In memory of Lillian Gorinson by Hilda Springer
In memory of Lillian Gorinson by Lisa and
Bruce Supovitz
In memory of Lillian Gorinson by Phyllis Leise
In memory of Lois Nisenson by the Adelman/
Schneider Family
In memory of Lois Nisenson by Betty and Cliff
Fishman
In memory of Lois Nisenson by Carol Chelemer
In memory of Lois Nisenson by Diane
Gardsbane and Paul Sully
In memory of Lois Nisenson by Debby Berlyne
and Danny Bachman
In memory of Lois Nisenson by Roz and Ted Kram
In memory of Lois Nisenson by Sue and Jerry Boden
In memory of Martin Hershenhorn by Hilda Springer
In memory of Martin Hershenhorn by Sondra Herson
In memory of Milton Thaler by Betty and Cliff
Fishman
In memory of Milton Thaler by Shelly and
Bruce Goldin
In memory of Sophie Berger and in honor of
the birth of her granddaughter by Naomi and
Harvey Kaplan
KIDDUSH FUND
In honor of our anniversary by Daniel and
Felicia Black
In honor of our anniversary by Ken and Phyllis
Schwartz
In honor of our anniversary by Robbi and Larry
Cohen
In honor of our anniversary by Roz and Ted
Kram
In celebration of my birthday by Carol
Chelemer
In celebration of my birthday by Melanie
Grishman
In honor of Danny Bachman’s birthday by
Debby Berlyne
In honor of Felicia’s birthday by Felicia and
Daniel Black
In honor of Linda Schwartz’s birthday by Phyllis
and Ken Schwartz
In honor of Louise’s 70th birthday by Chuck
and Louise Chatlynne
In honor of Miriam’s birthday by Arlene
Gardsbane
In honor of Roz’s birthday by Roz and Ted
Kram
In honor of Susan Cohen’s birthday by Avy
Ashery
In honor of the birthdays of Rebecca, Rachel
and Benjamin Loving by Rachel and
Benjamin Loving
In honor of Henry Presman’s bar mitzvah by
Julie and Dylan Presman
In honor of Sophia Kram’s bat mitzvah by Rhea
Weinbrom, Ruth Weinbrom Brewer, Debra
Berkowitz
In honor of Ted’s reading of Haftarah by Roz
and Ted Kram
In honor of Jeff Smith and Bonnie Cowan by
Arlene and Warren Berger
In honor of Barbara Ridberg by Sandra and
Gene Sheskin
In honor of the Israel travelers by Barbara and
Gene Ridberg
In honor of the Israel trip participants by Susan
and Alan Apter
In honor of the Rabbi’s Lunch-and-Learn
sessions by Amy and Daniel Matathias
In memory of Carl Lerman by Elisabeth Battino
In memory of Doris Pallia by Elisabeth Battino
In memory of Goldie Chelemer by Barbara and
Irv Cohen
In memory of Goldie Chelemer by Carol Chelemer
In memory of Lewis Levy by Amy and Daniel
Matathias
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In memory of Lillian Gorinson by Elisabeth
Battino
In memory of Lois Nisenson by Amy and
Daniel Matathias
In memory of Solomon Battino by Elisabeth
Battino
PRAYER BOOK FUND
In honor of Martha Strauss’ 100th birthday by
Judy Davis
Open 7 days a week from 11:15am to 10:00pm
www.vegetablegardensilverspring.com
RABBI’S FUND
In memory of Milton Thaler by Amy and
Daniel Matathias
TORAH FUND
In memory of Arthur Peisner by the HorowitHendler Family
In memory of Evelyn Berlin by the HorowitHendler Family
In memory of Lois Nisenson by the HorowitHendler Family
In memory of Lois Tucker by the HorowitHendler Family
In memory of Stanley Berger by the HorowitHendler Family
In memory of Sylvia Eiserike by the HorowitHendler Family
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In honor of the birth of Shelly and Bruce
Goldin’s granddaughter by Robbi and Larry
Cohen
YOUTH COMMISSION
USY Tikun Olam by Nancy and Rodney
Matheson
USY Tikun Olam by Getrude Krick
USY Tikun Olam by Sue and David Meiselman
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Sunday
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Monday
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
1
Thursday
Thursday
Friday
Friday
Saturday
Saturday
1 Shevat
29 Tevet 2
Rosh Chodesh
7:30pMinyan
6:30a Minyan
7:30pMinyan
3
2 Shevat 4
3 Shevat
1
29 Adar I
9:15a Boker Ohr
Boker Ohr
8:00a Minyan
9:15a
Service
Service
4:42pCandle-lighting
9:30a Shabbat
6:30pKabbalat Shabbat 9:30a Shabbat
Services
Services
Parashat
Pekudei
Parashat Bo
10:30a Junior
Junior
10:30a
Congregation
Congregation
12:00p Simcha Kiddush
1:00pShabbat
1:00p Study w/ Rabbi
Games Day
Suskin and
Rabbi Faierstein
1:00pStudy w/ Rabbi
Suskin and
2 Adar II 5
3 Adar II 6
2
30 Adar I 3
4 Adar II 7
1 Adar II 4
5 Adar II 8
6 Adar II
Rabbi Faierstein
Rosh Chodesh
Rosh Chodesh
6:00a Adult Hebrew
7:30p Minyan
9:00a Minyan
6:45a Minyan
6:30a Minyan (Rosh
8:00a Minyan
9:30a Shabbat
8:00pKadima Sat.
Language
Chodesh)
Services
12:30p Hamantashen
4:30p Yoga With Sarah 5:45p Pre-Shabbat
Night Live (at
Institute
Parashat Vayikra
Brandriss
Bake-In
Fishman
3:30p Adult Hebrew
Reception
Beth El)
5
7:30p Minyan
Language
(Intermed. Heb.)
Institute (Adv.
4 Shevat 6
5 Shevat
Beginners Heb. I)
6:30p Adult Hebrew
6:45a Minyan
9:00a Minyan
Language
3:30pHebrew: Level I
7:30pMinyan
Institute (Adv.
Beginners Heb.
Advanced
II)
Beginners
7:30p Minyan
6:30pHebrew: Level
II Advanced
Beginners
7 Adar II 10
7:30pMinyan 8 Adar II
77:30p Minyan 6 Shevat
6:30pHebrew:
Intermediate
7:30pMinyan
7:30pMinyan
Intermediate
7:30pMinyan
9
12
11 Shevat
2:00a Daylight Saving
Time begins
9:00a
Minyan
9:00a
Minyan
7:30p Minyan
13
6:45a Minyan12 Shevat
3:30p AHLI
6:30p Minyan
AHLI
6:45a
7:00p Minyan
3:30pHebrew: Level I
7:30p "Spinoza's Jewish
Advanced
'Children'" (Joint
Beginners
TI-FJS Lecture,
6:30pHebrew: Level
w/ Prof. Daniel
II Advanced
Schwartz)
Beginners
7:30pMinyan
8:00p Karate
7:30p Minyan
5:51p Candle-lighting
8
7 Shevat 9
8 Shevat
7:00pBridge & Mah
6:45a Minyan
Jongg
7:30pMinyan
7:30pMinyan
8:00pToastmasters
8:00pStudy w/ Rabbi
Brandriss
8:00pKarate
10
9 Shevat
6:30p Kabbalat Shabbat
with Instruments
8:00a Minyan
6:30pKabbalat Shabbat
7:30pTu Bishvat Seder
and Dinner (after
service)
13
11 Adar II
Fast of Esther
166:45a Minyan
15 Shevat
7:30p Minyan
Tu B'Shevat
8:00p
Toastmasters
6:45a
Minyan
14
12 Adar II
17
8:00a Minyan16 Shevat
6:58p Minyan
Candle-lighting
8:00a
11
9 Adar II 12
10 Adar II
14 6:00p AHLI
13 Shevat 15
14 Shevat
7:00p Bridge & Mah
Jongg
7:30p Minyan
7:30p
Minyan
6:30pHebrew:
7:30pMinyan
8:00p Karate
8:00pKarate
7:30pMinyan
15
13 Adar II
18
17 Shevat
9:30a Shabbat Services
Parashat Tzav
1:00p
9:30aYouth Lunch &
Shabbat
Learn w/ Rabbi
Services
Abramson (gr. 9-
Parashat Yitro
12)
6:30pKabbalat Shabbat
11:00a
Tot Shabbat
Suskin and Rabbi
1:00pStudy w/ Rabbi
Faierstein
Suskin and
8:15p Maariv, Megillah,
Rabbi Faierstein
Singing & Shtick
16
14 Adar II
19
18 Shevat
Purim
8:45a Shacharit & Full
Megillah Reading
9:00a Minyan
11:00a
Family Purim
Celebration:
4:30pTrue Stories:
Puppet Show
Story Tellers
12:00pand Comics
Purim Carnival
4:30p Purim Mincha,
7:30pMinyan
Seudah &
Hypnotist
7:30p Minyan
17
15 Adar II 18
20
19 Shevat 21
Sushan Purim
6:45a Minyan
3:30p AHLI
12:00a
Martin Luther
6:30p AHLI
King, Jr. Day
7:30p
Minyan
20
18 Adar II
23
22 Shevat
6:45a Minyan
12:00p Hazak Lunch
6:45a Minyan
and Program
("Israel Today" -
12:00pHazak Lunch
Steve Raucher)
and Program
7:30p Minyan
21
19 Adar II
24
23 Shevat
8:00a Minyan
6:30p Kehillat
8:00a Minyan
Shabbat
Service &
Dinner
5:45pPre-Kabbalat-
26
25 Shevat
30
28 Adar II
9:00a Minyan
Minyan
9:00a
12:30pMachar Lego
12:30p
Chocolate Seder
(ages 4-18)
Robotics
6:30p
Minyan
7:30pMinyan
27
26 Shevat 28
27 Shevat 29
28 Shevat 30
29 Shevat
29 Adar II
31
6:45a6:45a
Minyan
7:30pMinyan
7:30pMinyan
6:45a Minyan
Minyan
7:30pMinyan
8:00pKarate
7:30pMinyan
7:30p Minyan
8:00pBoard of Directors
Meeting
31
30 Shevat
Rosh Chodesh
7:45a Minyan
6:30pKehillat
Shabbat
Service &
Dinner
6:45a Minyan
12:30pMLK Mitzvah
Day
7:30pMinyan
16 Adar II 19
17 Adar II
20 Shevat 22
21 Shevat
6:00p AHLI
7:30p Minyan
7:30p Minyan
7:30pMinyan
7:30pMinyan
Brandriss
8:00pStudy w/ Rabbi
8:00p Karate
Brandriss
8:00pKarate
7:30pMinyan
8:00pToastmasters
9:30a Inclusion
Shabbat
11
10 Shevat
11:00a Tot Shabbat/
Mishpacha
9:30a Shabbat
Minyan
Services
11:15a Torah Club
Parashat
12:00p Kids Ice Cream
Beshalach
Kiddush w/
Rabbi
11:15a Torah Club
1:00p Adult Study w/
12:15pSimcha Kiddush
Rabbi Abramson
After Services
3:00pMincha
22
20 Adar II
25
24 Shevat
9:30a Shabbat
Services
9:30a Shabbat
Parashat Shmini
11:15a Services
Torah Club
6:30p Parashat
Mincha, Seudah,
Maariv,
Mishpatim
Havdalah
Shabbat
11:15a Torah Club
Reception
6:30pKabbalat Shabbat 12:15pKiddush w/
Dramatic
with Instruments
Presentation by
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TI Children
7:45p10th Annual
9:30a Shabbat
9:00a Minyan
6:45a Minyan
6:00p AHLI
7:30p Minyan
6:45a Minyan
8:00a Minyan
Israeli Film
Services
10:00a Rabbi Gorin's
3:30p AHLI
7:30p Minyan
8:00p Karate
7:30p Minyan
Parashat Tazria
Book Sale
Festival -
6:30p AHLI
8:00p Toastmasters
12:15p "Hunting
Kiddush w/
7:30p Minyan
7:30p Minyan
Presentation by
Elephants"
8:00p Board of Directors
7:30p Cantor's
Concert
Meeting
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Sunday
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday
Friday
Friday
Saturday
Saturday
1
1 Adar I
5
5 Nissan
Rosh Chodesh
9:30a Shabbat
9:30a Services
Shabbat
Services
Parashat
Parashat
Terumah
Metzora
10:00a Nishmat Kol
10:00a Chai
Nishmat Kol
Chai
10:30a Junior
10:30a Congregation
Junior
Congregation
1:00p Shabbat
1:00p Games Day
Study w/ Rabbi
Suskin and
Suskin and
Rabbi Faierstein
Rabbi Faierstein
10 Nissan 11
6
6 Nissan 7
11 Nissan 127:45p 10th Annual
7 Nissan 8
12 Nissan
8 Nissan 9
9 Nissan 10
Israeli Film
Festival -
6:45a Minyan
9:00a Minyan
8:00a Minyan
6:45a Minyan
9:30a Shabbat
6:00p Adult Hebrew
7:00p Bridge & Mah
"Lost Islands"
Services
Language
Jongg
7:30p Minyan
9:30a Good Deeds Day 3:30p Adult Hebrew
1
1 Nissan 2
2 Nissan 3
Rosh Chodesh
7:30p Minyan
7:30p Minyan
Brandriss
8:00p Karate
3 Nissan 4
4 Nissan
6:45a Minyan
8:00a Minyan
7:30p Minyan
5:45p Pre-Shabbat
Reception
with Instruments
Parashat Achrei
8
8 Adar I
Mot (Sh.
HaGadol)
Youth/JDS Grad
11:00a
Tot Shabbat/
Shabbat
9:30a Mishpacha
Shabbat
Minyan
Services
(Combined
Parashat
through June)
Tetzaveh
11:00a Torah Club
Tot Shabbat
11:15a
4:45p Adult Study
Mincha, Seudah,
1:00p
Study w/Rabbi
Session With
Abramson,
Rabbi Abramson
Maariv,
15 Nissan 16
16 Nissan 17
17 Nissan 18
18 Nissan 19
19 Nissan
13
13 Nissan 14
14 Nissan 15
Havdalah
Pesach I
Pesach II
Hol Hamoed Pesach
Hol Hamoed Pesach
Hol Hamoed Pesach
Erev Pesach
7:45p 10th Annual
(Omer 2)
(Omer 3)
(Omer 4)
Fast of First Born
Israeli Film
9:30a Pesach I Holiday (Omer 1)
9:00a Minyan
Festival
Services
9:30a Pesach II Holiday
7:30p Minyan
6:30p Kabbalat Shabbat 9:30a Shabbat Services
6:45a Minyan
7:30p Minyan
(Snow Date)
Services
Sh. Chol Hamoed
7:30p NO Minyan (2nd
7:30p NO Minyan (1st
2
Institute 4 Adar I
(TI Social Action
Language3 Adar I 4
2 Adar I 3
(Intermed. Heb.)
& Jewish
Institute (Adv.
Federation)
Beginners Heb. I)
7:30p
Minyan
9:00a Minyan
6:45a Minyan
7:30p
Minyan
10:00a
Red Cross Blood
6:30p7:30p
Adult Hebrew
7:30p
Minyan
Minyan
Drive at TI
Language
Institute (Adv.
7:30p Minyan
Beginners Heb.
II)
7:30p Minyan
6 Adar I
57:30p Minyan 5 Adar I 6 8:00p Toastmasters
8:00p Karate
6:45a Minyan
7:30p Minyan
7:30p Minyan
Brandriss
8:00p Karate
Seder) 10 Adar I 11 Seder) 11 Adar I
9
9 Adar I 10
7:30p Minyan
9:00a Minyan
6:45a Minyan
Pesach 15 Adar I
7:30p Minyan 12 Adar I 13
12
13 Adar I 14
14 Adar I 15
Purim Katan
Purim Katan
7:00p Bridge & Mah
6:45a Minyan
Winter Kadima Kallah
9:30aSuskin and Rabbi
Shabbat
8:00p Hallel and its
Jongg
7:30p Minyan
7:30p Seeds of Song: A
7:30p Minyan
7:30p Minyan23 Nissan 24
8:00p Toastmasters
21 Nissan 22 Role in Jewish
22 Nissan 23
24 Nissan
20 Community
20 Nissan 21
Prayer (w/
Evening of Song Yom Tov Pesach
8:00p Karate
Hol Hamoed Pesach
Yom Tov Pesach
(Omer 8)
(Omer 9)
Rabbah Arlene
7:30p Minyan
(Omer 5)
(Omer 6)
(Omer 7)
7:30p Minyan
6:45a Minyan
Berger)
9:00a Minyan
6:30p Mincha & Yom
Tov Maariv
23
23 Adar I
279:00a Minyan
27 Nissan
Yom HaShoah
12:00p Hazak Lunch
(Omer 12)
and Program
9:00a
Minyan
4:00p
Purim Puppet
Show Rehearsal
7:30p
Minyan
7:30p Minyan
6:45a Minyan
7:30p Minyan
24
24 Adar I
28
6:45a Minyan28 Nissan
(Omer 13)
7:30p Minyan
6:45a
Minyan
8:00p
Board of Directors
Meeting
3:30p
AHLI
6:30p AHLI
7:30p Minyan
9:30a Pesach VIII
Holiday Services
8:20p Maariv (end of
Pesach)
Faierstein
(at Capital Camps thru
Services
2/16)
Parashat Ki Tisa
25
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26 Nissan
12:15p Simcha Kiddush
8:00a Minyan
(Omer 10)
(Omer 11)
Following
4:30p
8:00a USY Shabbaton
Minyan
9:30a Shabbat
Services
@ Smith Center
Services
Parashat
Suskin and
Kedoshim
Rabbi Faierstein
8:00p Women's
7:30p Minyan
Network Book
8:00p Toastmasters
Club - "The Cellist
of Sarajevo")
20 Adar I 21
16
16 Adar I 17
21 Adar I
17 Adar I 18
18 Adar I 19
19 Adar I 20
Brandriss
6:45a Minyan
9:00a Minyan
8:00a Minyan
12:00a Presidents Day 7:30p Minyan
7:30p Minyan
8:00p Karate
1:30p Adult Fitness
Day
7:30p Minyan
9:30a Pesach VII
Holiday Services
6:30p Mincha, Yizkor,
Maariv
7 Adar I
8:00a Minyan
8:00p Hallel and its Role 8:00p Study w/ Rabbi
in Jewish Prayer
Brandriss
(w/ Rabbah
8:00p Karate
Arlene Berger)
8:00p Sisterhood Book
Group ("Passing
the Borders of
Time")
25
25 Adar I
29
7:30p Minyan29 Nissan
(Omer 14)
8:00p Hallel and its Role
6:00p
AHLI
in Jewish Prayer
(w/ Rabbah
7:30p
Minyan
Arlene Berger)
7:30p Minyan
26
26 Adar I 27
27 Adar I
30 7:30p Minyan
30 Nissan 6:45a Minyan
Rosh Chodesh
8:00p Karate
7:30p Minyan
(Omer 15)
8:00p Toastmasters
7:30p Minyan
8:00p Karate
March, 2014
January, 2014
May, 2014
March, 2014
Bat Mitzvah
22
22 Adar I
Cheryl Goodman
11:15a Torah Club
9:30a Shabbat Services
12:30p
Lunch & Learn
Parashat
With Rabbi
Vayakhel
Abramson (gr.
with Instruments 8:30p Adult Game
3-6)
Night
28
28 Adar I
8:00a Minyan
5:30p Shabbat is
Special
followed by
Tator Tot
Shabbat Dinner
7:00p Mincha, Seudah,
Study w/Rabbi
Abramson,
Maariv,
Havdalah
27
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
PERMIT NO. 147
ROCKVILLE, MD
Tikvat Israel Congregation
2200 Baltimore Road
Rockville, MD 20851
DATED MATERIALS . . . . PLEASE DELIVER PROMPTLY
TI YOUTH & FAMILY PROGRAMMING DEPARTMENT
INVITE YOU TO OUR
PURIM CARNIVAL
Sunday, March 16th
Tikvat Israel Congregation
Noon – 2:30 p.m.
Games • Crafts • Lunch
Hot Dogs, Knishes & Hamantashen for sale
Vegetarian option available
“Guaranteed Win” Section for Pre-school Children
NEW “PLAY ALL DAY BRACELET” - $24
Individual tickets – 50 cents each
Volunteers needed to run booths & work in kitchen
To volunteer, call Lynn, 301-762-7338

BULLETIN - Tikvat Israel Congregation

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