tbe tekiah january 2015

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
PAGE 2 Rethinking a Favorite by Ellen Ratner
PAGE 6 New Melton Graduate Class
PAGE 8 Craig Kazin Honored
PAGE 8 Meet the Tenenbaums
PAGE 10 Mishloah Manot
PAGE 15 Hanukkah at TBE!
JAN U ARY / FEBRU ARY 201 5/TE VE T-SHE VAT-ADAR 5775
Cantabile performs
music by the eminent,
late Renaissance
Jewish composer
Salamone Rossi.
Shabbat Shirah to feature Musical Join us for Chinese
Kabbalat Shabbat service, dinner & Food and a Movie!
concert
On Friday, January 30, we will celebrate Shabbat Shirah (Shabbat of
Song) with a Kabbalat Shabbat service, followed by a delicious Shabbat
dinner, and a concert by the vocal group Cantabile performing the beautiful and ethereal
music of Salamone Rossi, beginning at 8:15 pm.
The evening begins at 6:00 pm with a wonderful Kabbalat Shabbat service featuring
musicians accompanying Cantor Barber. Dinner will follow at 7:10 pm, prepared by Catering
by Meital. The menu includes challah, sweet corn salad with onions and mushrooms,
assorted pickle and olive plate, mixed greens with fresh apples, tangerines, pecans, and orange
vinaigrette, sautéed chicken breast with figs, celery and a date glaze, basmati rice with sweet
potatoes, sautéed with onions, French-style green beans with fresh garlic and mushrooms and
homemade apple crisp with raisins and Tofutti.
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Beit Café
Saturday, February 7
Temple Beth El is planning an evening of music on Saturday, February 7
at 7:00 pm, featuring the talents of our members. Please join us to schmooze,
sing, play, and nosh at the home of Stuart & Michelle Anfang, 120 Pinewood
Hills, Longmeadow. If you sing or play an instrument and would like to be
one of the performers, we’d love for you to share your talents. Contact Cantor
Barber at cantorbarber@tbespringfield.org or 733-4149 for more information
or to sign up.
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It’s back! Chinese food and a movie at
TBE! Join us on Saturday evening, January 10
at 6:30 pm to see Keeping Up with the Steins
and enjoy a sumptuous Chinese buffet.
Keeping Up with the Steins is a 2006
comedy film directed by Scott Marshall,
and starring Garry Marshall, Jeremy Piven,
Jami Gertz and Daryl Hannah. The film is
also a commentary on how too many Jewish
families see a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah not
as a coming of age for their son or daughter,
but rather as an excuse to throw outrageously
lavish parties.
The Program Committee will prepare
homemade egg rolls, chicken and broccoli,
vegetable stir fry, noodles, rice, and desserts.
Hire a sitter and make your reservations early
for this adults-only event! The cost is $20
per person, and reservations must be made
by Monday, January 5. R.S.V.P. by sending
in your check or visiting our website, www.
tbespringfield.org, to pay by credit card.
MMTemple Beth El Founded 1913. In 2008 merged with Congregation B’nai Jacob (founded 1891). Devoted to seeking God, doing Mitzvot, studying Torah, and creating Community. 1
Sisterhood Shabbat
Saturday, January 24
Rethinking
a Favorite
Ellen Ratner
A few weeks ago, I
attended a Board Meeting
where an important agenda
item was discussed at length,
that of the sanctuary and the
proposed changes. The details
of the architect’s drawings and ELLEN RATNER
plans were not in discussion, but really that
of the general philosophy of change itself. As
you can all imagine, some of us are in favor
of these changes and others not at all. We
wouldn’t be such a diverse group with strong
opinions if we all agreed, at least right now.
At one point during the discussion, my
husband, David, raised his hand and asked a
simple question, one that we had discussed
often at home and I had thought was a
possible solution to some of the concerns
regarding the sanctuary. He proposed the
possibility of simply enlarging the chapel and
leaving the sanctuary as is. For some reason,
a light went off in my head and, where once I
thought it might work, I realized this did not
address the very important concerns about
our existing space in the sanctuary. This
seemed like a practical solution to David, but
I knew it was coming from someone who is
not a frequent user of either space. I say this
lovingly, but truthfully. To appreciate and
feel fully what it is like to pray in both places
is to understand the need to make changes
in the sanctuary. I say this with fondness
for both places. But I LOVE the sanctuary!
I love the immediate feelings of beauty and
serenity I get as soon as I enter. I love the
colors, the light and all of its glory that was
intended when Percival Goodman designed
it. The associations I have with davening in
the sanctuary are very important to me. So
when presented with changes, I thought, wait
a minute, seems good to me the way it is. But
then something occurred to me. Just as my
most favorite shul suit wasn’t working for me
anymore due to reasons we won’t discuss,
maybe there was a way to fix it. I stepped
out of my slightly rigid idea of fashion, and
that of always matching skirt to jacket, and
tried the jacket with a different skirt, and it
worked. This may seem ridiculous to many of
you, but think of the changes in the sanctuary
as just that.
Rethinking a favorite, comfortable piece
of clothing that made you feel wonderful,
warm and secure and allowing for the
possibility to make changes so it could work
for you now and in the future. Let’s all be
open to it.
Weekday Mornings
New Year’s Day (office closed)
Monday through Friday........ 7:00 am Thursday, January 1
Sunday................................... 8:30 am Asara B’Tevet - Fast Day
Morning Service...........................8:30 am
Weekday Evenings
Friday, January 2 (office closed)
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday & Thursday........5:45 pm Morning Service...........................8:30 am
Shabbat Worship
Erev Shabbat.........................6:00 pm
Shabbat morning.................. 9:30 am
Shabbat afternoon................5:00 pm
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Rosh Hodesh Shevat
Wednesday, January 21 ..........6:45 pm
Presidents Day (office closed)
Monday, February 16
Rosh Hodesh Adar
Thursday, February 19 ............6:45 am
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Friday, February 20 ..................6:45 am
(office closed)
Monday, January 19
Please join us as the women of our
congregation participate in the Shabbat
morning service. All are invited to a festive
Kiddush lunch following services, sponsored
by Temple Beth El’s Sisterhood.
Membership Survey
Please return the survey that you received
in the mail, if you haven’t already done
so, whether there are corrections or
not. Although the deadline to enter the
drawing for prizes has passed, we still
need everyone’s surveys returned so
that we can ensure that the information
in our database is correct, and to help
enhance our sense of community.
For example, we’d like to be able to
wish our members happy birthday or
anniversary. If you have misplaced
the survey, we’d be happy to send you
another copy. Please contact Lisa in the
temple office at 733-4149.
We’re happy to announce the
winners of our raffles prizes: Sue &
Stan Polansky won a gift certificate
for a cake from Sweet Sensations,
Mitzi & Larry Mackler won a Barnes
& Noble gift card, Suzanne & Max
Chorowski won a Starbucks gift card, and
Vickie Donovan won a Big Y gift card.
NEWS & NOTES: Steve Stotsky from CAMERA
discusses media bias against Israel at a packed
house last month at Temple Beth El.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1WBEIT CAFÉ
There is no cost to attend, and all are
welcome to participate as a musician, sing, or
just to enjoy the evening. Space is limited, so
please contact the office (733-4149 or office@
tbespringfield.org) to let us know if you plan
to be there.
Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz
These past few months I have been
doing a lot of reminiscing. I have shared with
all of you just how difficult it has been to say
goodbye to my mother. Besides the physical
work of going through my Mom’s apartment,
I have also begun to ask myself what were the
big lessons my Mom and Dad tried to teach
me. There are the obvious ones: say please
and thank you, family first, and always tell
the truth. These topics were discussed at
dinner, or in a car ride to school — usually
it was my father lecturing us about his
expectations for my siblings and me. Often,
these lessons were explicitly stated in reaction
to mistakes we made.
Another more subtle message that my
parents taught us was about obligation to
those outside our family. I have no memory
of my mother or father lecturing us to be
communally minded. I don’t even remember
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1WSHABBAT SHIRAH
TO FEATURE MUSICAL KABBALAT SHABBAT
SERVICE, DINNER & CONCERT
The cost of the meal is $18 per person.
Guests are encouraged to bring a bottle of
kosher wine to share with their table. There
will be open seating, but tables of 8 can
be reserved (please provide names of all 8
people with your reservation). To register,
mail your check to the temple office or to pay
by credit card, you can call the office or visit
our website www.tbespringfield.org. R.S.V.P.
by January 23. There is no charge to attend
the concert, which will begin at 8:15 pm.
Cantabile performs music by the
eminent, late Renaissance Jewish composer
Salamone Rossi (ca. 1570-1628). Unusual
in being a Jew employed by an Italian
duke to write and perform music for
court entertainment, Rossi was unique for
composing Jewish sacred polyphony (a style
of musical composition with two or more
simultaneous but independent melodic
lines) – in Hebrew. In 1587, he began
his long association with the Gonzagan
Court of Mantua, initially as a singer and
a dinner conversation about volunteerism
or the importance of community. There was
never a reason for my parents to explicitly
explain why devote hours to the PTO, or the
sisterhood or the committee celebrating the
centennial of our synagogue. I think they just
assumed this is how you live your life.
My parents committed themselves
to the community. In particular, the
Jewish community was the focus of my
parents’ lives. They understood that they
had a responsibility to the Jewish people.
I remember my mother always going to
meetings at night. Or my father on the
phone discussing some communal issue
that seemed very important. My mom was
a professional volunteer at our day school,
synagogue, and JCC. She was involved
in Hadassah, ORT and NCJW. My father
supported my mother’s volunteer efforts and
he raised funds for Federation and Israel
Bonds.
violist. He soon became the leader of Duke
Vicenzo I’s court musicians and directed
an instrumental ensemble. In 1623, he
published Songs of Solomon, a collection
of 33 psalms, hymns, and other liturgical
poems set for combinations of 3-8 voices and
intended for use on festive occasions in the
synagogue. This was the first collection ever
of originally composed music for Hebrew
psalms and prayers, and the only music of its
kind to be found until the 19th century. His
most important contribution to the history
of music, however, is the establishment of
the trio sonata texture, which would come
to dominate in the baroque era. During the
concert, vocal works for three, four, and
five voices, both sacred and secular, will be
performed.
The vocal group Cantabile is a selfdirected ensemble based in the Pioneer
Valley that specializes in a cappella
performances of vocal chamber music
from the European Renaissance of the 15th
through 17th centuries. Cantabile members
include Diana Brewer, Kayla Werlin, Dorie
Goldman, Jim Mead, and Peter Shea.
My mom and dad found the balance.
They took nice vacations, and enjoyed time
together. They never neglected their family,
but they also had time for the organized
Jewish community. My parents generation is
dying and I am afraid that my generation has
not learned this important lesson from our
parents.
In our era of the “sovereign- self,”
American Jews have increasingly pulled
away from centralized communally-minded
efforts. Federations, communal agencies and
synagogues across America are suffering
because many of us do not feel obligated to
the very organizations that are positioned to
care for the Jewish community’s concerns and
aspirations. Although the reasons are varied,
and Jewish organizational life is, in many
cases, in desperate need of a revolution, I am
worried that it will be under our watch that
American Jews will lose the ability to focus
on the needs of the community.
I can think of no greater value
to communicate to our children and
grandchildren than our obligation to always
hold the needs of the “whole” above the needs
of the “parts.”
UPCOMING MUSICAL
KABBALAT SHABBAT FRIDAY
NIGHT SERVICES
Our popular series of Friday night
services, featuring Cantor Elise Barber and
guest musicians, continues in 2015. Each
service begins at 6:00 pm and, except when
dinner is served as noted below, is followed
by an appetizer buffet. Please be sure to put
these dates on your calendar and join us
when you can. It’s a lovely way to let your
cares from the week melt away and to begin
the weekend. The dates are as follows:
• Friday, January 9
• Friday, January 30, followed by dinner
• Friday, February 27
• Friday, March 27, followed by dinner
• Friday, April 10
• Friday, May 8
Silence is a fence for wisdom.
– RABBI AKIVA
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FROM THE EDUCATION DIRECTOR
Passover Candy Sale
Our Chesed
projects
Caryn Resnick
To help prepare the curricula
for our school-wide theme of
chesed (acts of loving kindness)
concentrating on food insecurity, I
relied on various resources.
The book that I enjoyed
reading the most was
Judaism and Justice: The
Jewish Passion to Repair the
World, written by Rabbi
CARYN RESNICK
Sidney Schwartz. The book
addressed the relationship between Judaism,
social justice, and Jewish identity. The book
traced how the idea of justice, as developed
in our sacred texts, conditions Jewish
attitudes and behaviors. Now that I feel
better informed, I am faced with the task of
guiding our teachers to effectively help our
students understand these concepts. In the
limited time that we have with our students
at religious school, we will try to help our
children understand the true meaning of
chesed and to grasp that Jews believe the
world stands on three things: Torah, service
to God, and acts of loving kindness.
To that end, our chesed projects at the
religious school will be focused on food
insecurity. Students in all grades (K-12)
will be learning about and participating
in projects for local organizations in
our community. Our B’Yahad students
learned about our local food pantry from a
representative of the Western Massachusetts
Food Bank, and our students in grades
3-7 listened to a presentation by Debbie
Rubenstein from Rachel’s Table. The
statistics we have heard are staggering.
We learned that one out of five children in
the United States suffer from hunger. The
Massachusetts Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education (ESE) estimates
that there are over 37,000 students of all ages
experiencing homelessness who are enrolled
in Massachusetts public schools. In the 20122013 academic year, public schools across
Massachusetts were able to identify and
serve 15,812 students who were experiencing
homelessness.
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THE HAROLD SAWL ANNUAL
STUDENT RETREAT
Kadima members wrap holiday
gifts on Family Mitzvah Day.
Michael and Emily Anfang (2nd from left & standing),
along with other regional USY members, welcome
convention participants to Temple Beth El.
USY News & Updates
Nora Gorenstein Advisor
Debbie Rubenstein, Director of Rachel’s Table,
discusses the impact of food insecurity on
children with students from SKLC.
In the religious school, students in
grades 3-7 were involved in the Backpack
Project in collaboration with Rachel’s Table,
providing local school children with food to
supplement their diet during the weekend.
Currently, over 550 children in Holyoke
go without food over the weekend and
school vacations. This project continues in
January with our B’Yahad students. If you
would like to partner with us to fulfill our
Jewish responsibility to repair the world,
there will be a nonperishable and canned
food collection in the gift shop hallway. We
welcome the congregation’s involvement in
our religious school chesed project!
Our Shalom Learning Family Havurah.
Kadima Youth Group
Rachel Borke Soumakis Advisor
We had a great time
on our November trip to
Newport, Rhode Island! We
visited the Touro Synagogue
and the Jewish cemetery. The
weather was extremely cold
RACHEL BORKE SOUMAKIS
and rainy so we were unable
to enjoy the seaport area, but we had a great
time, despite the weather.
Thank you to the members who came to
help at the tag sale. We raised some money to
support future programs.
The January event will be the retreat at
the Holiday Inn in Enfield. You
won’t want to miss this exciting
Shabbaton!
On February 8, we will go ice
skating. Watch your mail for the
details.
JANUARY 24
SISTERHOOD
SHABBAT
KIDDUSH LUNCH
FOLLOWING SERVICES
As the year continues,
Temple Beth El’s teens in
USY are expanding their
efforts to work on the SKLC’s
initiative to help alleviate food
insecurity in our community. NORA GORENSTEIN
Through fundraising,
campaigning, outside involvement, and
direct volunteer work, our teens are deeply
involved in tikkun olam, repairing the world.
In January, February, and March, teens will
be working together with other groups,
including other local children and teens,
parents, and community members.
USY will play a role in the SKLC Retreat
on January 9-10, and will continue to host
Lounge Nights with projects and “down
time” for our local Jewish teens. In addition,
a Teen Family Shabbat is planned for March–
stay tuned for more details!
If you are interested in membership or
event information, contact Nora Gorenstein
at ngorenstein@tbespringfield.org.
Students in grades 6-12 will enjoy
themselves for a full Shabbat in prayer,
learning, music, games, camaraderie,
community-building and great food and fun.
The retreat will be held at the Holiday Inn in
Enfield, Connecticut, from Friday afternoon,
January 9, until Havdalah on Saturday,
January 10. Our Israeli Emissaries will
accompany us to add to the fun. Don’t miss
out on this special opportunity! If you have
any questions, please contact Caryn Resnick
at 737-0170.
PARENT/TEACHER
CONFERENCES JANUARY 12
Parent/teacher conferences for the SKLC
Religious School will be held on Monday
evening, January 12. This is an ideal time for
our parents and teachers to learn from one
another!
JOINT HAVDALAH
PROGRAM WITH SINAI
TEMPLE RELIGIOUS
SCHOOL STUDENTS
Students in grades 5-8 will meet at Sinai
Temple for some food, fun, and Havdalah
Saturday, January 31, from 5:00 - 6:30
p.m. Watch your mail for details. For more
information, please contact Caryn Resnick.
FIRST GRADE CONSECRATION
Volunteers preparing food for the
hungry on Family Mitzvah Day.
We will honor our first grade students
at a Consecration ceremony on Shabbat
morning, February 7. It’s a time in which we
recognize our children beginning to study
about their Judaism and Torah. The children
being honored are:
Jenna Barr
Etai Dragon
Mackenzie Hartnell
Chloe Raker
Jordy Ratner
Alana Zak
Mathew Zippin
We will be selling Barton’s Kosher for
Passover candy from February 2-25. There is
a wide variety of chocolates, macaroons, and
other gift items available, which are perfect
for your own holiday table or as gifts. Please
stop by the SKLC office or call 737-0170
for an order form. Proceeds will benefit the
SKLC, which provides Jewish education and
programming for children and adults. Thank
you in advance for your support!
2017 B’nei Mitzvah
to be Scheduled
Attention all families with children
who will be turning 13 in 2017. Cantor Elise
Barber will be sending you a letter in January
about selecting a date for your child’s Bar/Bat
Mitzvah. The children whose names we have
are: Briannah Axler, Marissa Burstein, Sarah
Cranna, Zachary Elfman, Hayden Steinberg,
and Caleb Zive. If your child’s name does not
appear on this list, please call Cantor Barber
at 733-4149 so that we can be sure to include
him or her in our planning.
Camp Scholarships
As we do every year, Temple Beth
El is proud to be able to provide
scholarships to our member children to
attend Jewish summer camps (day or
overnight) as well as summer programs
in Israel. Some of the scholarships are
need-based and others are open to
everyone. Last year, we were able to
give applicants scholarships ranging
from $100-$250 each. We are grateful
to donors to the following funds for
making these scholarships possible:
the Bernard and Sarah Altman
Memorial Israel Scholarship Fund, the
Nechamen/Chernick Fund, the Aaron
and Esther B. Posnick Scholarship
Fund, the Rabbi Price Memorial Fund,
and the Fannie & Myron Zimmerman
Camp Ramah Scholarship Fund. The
deadline for applications is Friday,
January 30. Please call the temple
office at 733-4149 or e-mail us at
office@tbespringfield.org to request an
application form.
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Melton Trip to Israel
Planned for the Fall
Book
Discussion
Group News
Sundays at 9:00 am
In Cuppa Joe we are reading the
wonderful essays at the back of the Etz Hayim
Humash. These scholarly essays allow for
thoughtful conversation about Biblical life,
Jewish law, prayer, and much more. You do
not need a strong background to participate
in the class, just a desire to learn. Just Show
Up whenever it is convenient. Minyan is
at 8:30 am, and breakfast and class begins
around 9:00 am.
Coming in
February:
Talmud Tales
Resuming in February, Wednesdays at noon
We will be taking a break in January. In
February, our topic will be Talmud tales. In
this series we will examine stories from the
Talmud and midrash. Rabbinic literature
contains hundreds of stories about rabbinic
sages and other historical figures who lived
during the late Second Temple and rabbinic
periods. The stories were recorded long after
the events they recount, and thus they are
literary rather than historical accounts. In
our discussions, we will look to see how these
stories can make a difference in our lives.
Lunch and Learn meets Wednesday at
noon. Pack a dairy lunch and join us when
you can.
The deadline for the
February-March issue is
Friday, January 16. Please
email all articles or photos
to communications@tbespringfield.org.
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Liz Marinelli Librarian
The book group will
take a break from reading
in January. On Wednesday,
February 11, we will meet
to discuss Walking Israel by
LIZ MARINELLI
Martin Fletcher. Eminent
foreign correspondent Fletcher traces the
history reflected by the 100-mile coastline of
Israel between Lebanon and Gaza, revealing
how its various points expose aspects of the
region not covered by typical news reports.
Historical insights are melded with humor,
true-life tales and great storytelling and the
result is a memorable read. Joining the book
group is a great way
to start the new year-everyone is welcome!
We meet at 10:30 am in
the library.
You will find much
more than books at
the library! Here are
some new music CD
acquisitions:
◾ Yearning For Shabbat: Traditional Breslov Songs For Shabbat Night – Yosef Karduner
◾ Moishe Oysher Sings – Moishe Oysher
◾ Road Marks/The Whole World – Yosef Karduner
◾ Yiddishe Renaissance – Klezmer Conservatory Band
◾ In the Fiddler’s House – Itzhak Perlman
◾ Jews With Horns – The Klezmatics
Stay tuned for news about
another meeting with architect
Scott Cohen about the proposed
sanctuary renovations. Date
to be announced.
Travel to Israel on a Melton seminar this
fall, with some of the finest Jewish educators
in the world, who will help make historic sites
and texts come alive. The dates are October
26 – November 5, 2015. A Melton seminar
is the ideal trip for those who want a deeper
understanding of the history and texts of
our people and their connection to Israel. It’s
perfect for both first-timers as well as repeat
visitors.
This seminar, “Wrestling with the
Angels,” provides an overview of the place of
Israel in the history of the Jewish people and
critical turning points in the land over a 4,000
year period. Travel from the time of Abraham
to contemporary Israeli society. A variety of
texts will provide an opportunity to explore
pivotal moments in Jewish history and in the
land of Israel.
A few summers ago, TBE had a large
group of participants on this seminar, and
Rabbi Katz hopes to have a group join her on
this trip. For more information, contact her at
rabbikatz@tbespringfield.org or 733-4149
New Melton Graduate
Class to be Offered
“Journeys of Redemption: The Books
of Jonah and Ruth”
The texts of Jonah and Ruth both depict
powerful journeys of redemption. While
Ruth coincides with the Book of Judges and
Jonah, the Book of Kings II, they add more
to our understanding of those time periods
through a personal lens and an in-depth
story. Join us for text-based Torah study that
will include many different perspectives
on how to understand the verses, lively
discussions, and perhaps even a redemptive
journey of our own! This 8-week class will
be taught by Dalia Davis, and will begin on
Tuesday, January 13 from 9:30 - 11:00 am at
Heritage Academy. The tuition is $175 plus
a $25 materials fee. Please contact Lisa in
the temple office at 733-4149 or llaudato@
tbespringfield.org to register.
From the President
Paul Farkas
In her welcome letter for
new congregants, Rabbi Katz
writes that she prefers the
term “partner” to “member,”
that “we are your partners on
an important Jewish journey.” DR. PAUL FARKAS
Ralph, a new member-partner, was inspired
by that letter to respond that he wants only
to be a “good partner.” And that inspires
us in turn: how can we be the best possible
partners for him?
As I ask this question, the leaves
outside are turning their magnificent colors
and starting to fall. I imagine how, by the
time you are reading this, we will be in the
midst of winter. Each season at our temple
is unique. Just as looking at the yard when
covered with a nice layer of snow gives
one a false impression of winter, we realize
that although January and February seem
unusually quiet at temple, that can be
misleading.
January is our budget month. We
carefully examine our income and expenses
and try to plan for the year ahead... a truly
challenging event each year, one requiring
much thought and input.
Right after so many gave so generously
to the High Holyday Appeal, I wish I could
tell you that we were balancing our books!
(I know... it is not right to lie, especially at
temple). Instead, we are discussing dues, and
the impossibility of those dues ever covering
expenses. Please, please, if you have the good
fortune to be able to, consider paying your
dues at a higher level, and becoming a Pillar
of our temple.
Thank you so much to all of you who
have already stepped up, have become Pillars,
and who donate generously throughout the
year. You are making our Jewish journeys
possible. You are allowing all of us to be good
partners.
When last I wrote, my Rosh HaShanah
speech was tucked away in my jacket pocket.
Much has happened since then. We have
celebrated good times and shared sadness.
Our celebrations for Sukkot and the dancing
and singing at Simhat Torah were truly good
times. Steve Stotsky came from CAMERA
to discuss media coverage of Israel. Our
Shabbat mornings have been so memorable,
with USYers, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, and many
who chant and speak. It seems as if Musical
Shabbats, with the instruments, the beautiful
tunes, and the singing-along, just get better
and better.
And there were other special moments:
David Kalicka and Steve Weiner became,
once again, Bar Mitzvah boys. (Steve
even threw candy back at us!) And Heidi
Thibodeau led her first evening service in her
clear, sure voice.
Sadly, we did share sorrow. We joined
with Rabbi Katz and her family as she
mourned the passing of her beloved mother,
and later we mourned the passing of Charlie
Nirenberg, a true pillar of our community.
Sharing difficult times, helping each
other through, is perhaps one of the most
important aspects of our partnership…
By the time you read this, we will have had
our Shabbaton, our Hanukkah party/Cabaret
night, and our SKLC Hanukkah show.
Perhaps there will still be time to make
your reservation for our Chinese Food and a
Movie night.
These highlights overlay the daily
vibrations of life at shul. Except for the most
extreme circumstances (which usually do
come in the winter), we are here for each
other every day, for morning services, for
evening services, for Wednesday Lunchand-Learn, for Sunday morning Cuppa Joe,
weekly for Shabbat. Whether study groups or
services or Kiddush lunches, we are learning
and we are stepping away from the too-fast
rush of daily life.
I am hoping that our times together,
both happy and sometimes less so, our
continuing education and growth, our
development as a community, our being
there for each other, all help make us good
partners for Ralph (and for each other).
Cemetery Update
Paul Farkas
When I first became president, I was
aware that Temple Beth El had a cemetery.
Like so many of us, I had been to any number
of funerals there. We have reserved plots for
our family.
It was early in my presidency that I
began to become more acquainted with
the myriad details involved in managing a
large cemetery. Our cemetery is 100 years
old. It has been managed by so many people
who put their “hearts and souls” into their
responsibilities. For the most part, they did
their work as dedicated volunteers.
Recently, Allen Mackler and his
committee have been working with an
architect to re-assess the cemetery. They have
discovered that there are some situations
where a potential grave will just not fit. In
some cases, it was a matter of a row of graves
being one or two inches off. In some cases,
it was a matter that, years ago, walkways or
driveways were planned, and these made use
of certain graves impossible.
While we are hoping the numbers will
be very small, we have become aware that
some of us may need to “re-reserve” our plot
locations.
I, personally, am glad that Allen is
working on this now. It is just so much easier
to deal with this before the plots are needed,
when folks can carefully make a decision.
I am, of course, also sad that we have to
do this. We will be in touch with affected
families as soon as all areas of concern are
located. In the meantime, I’m sharing this
with you and asking for your understanding
and patience with this process.
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Nechamen/
Chernick Breakfast
to Honor Craig Kazin
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
The 7th annual
Nechamen/Chernick
Breakfast will be
held on Sunday,
March 8, sponsored
by the Program
Committee. The
breakfast will begin
CRAIG KAZIN
at 9:15 am, following
minyan at 8:30 am.
This event raises funds for the Nechamen/
Chernick Scholarship Fund, which provides
scholarships for member children to attend
Jewish educational and summer programs.
Named in memory of two dedicated
members of Congregation B’nai Jacob, David
Nechamen and Chet Chernick (z”l), the
breakfast honors members of our merged
congregation for their exceptional dedication
to TBE. This year, we are honoring Craig
Kazin.
Craig’s association with Temple Beth
El stretches back to his grandmother Rose
(z’’l), who served on its Board of Trustees
as the decision to build a new sanctuary on
its present site was made in the early 1950s.
Cantor Morton Shames officiated at the
marriage of Craig’s parents, and indeed at
Craig’s brit milah on a snowy day in 1960.
Craig attended the Beth El Religious School
and United Hebrew School, and became Bar
Mitzvah at TBE. Craig and his wife, Norah,
were married in our shul in 1984, and both
daughters were named and became Bat
Mitzvah here.
Craig began his tenure of service to
the congregation in the mid- to late-1990s,
first serving as President of its Men’s Club.
He then became a member of the Ritual
Life Committee, a vice president of the
shul, and eventually served as its President
from 2002-2004. He has led several lay
committees, including those that steered
and informed the B’nei Mitzvah process,
and, most recently, chaired Temple Beth El’s
successful Centennial Celebration during
2013. Craig’s smiling face can most often be
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How you can help
the TBE bottom line
found greeting people in the sanctuary and
ensuring smooth-running services during
the High Holy Days and B’nei Mitzvah, and
other special Shabbatot.
Craig and Norah have two daughters,
Lindsay and Molly, and have resided in
Wilbraham since 1990.
The Program Committee will prepare a
delicious hot breakfast for the nominal cost
of $8 per person in advance ($10 if paid at
the door). Please make your reservations
by calling the temple office at 733-4149
or emailing us at office@tbespringfield.
org. Contributions in Craig’s honor will
be accepted to the Nechamen/Chernick
Fund for camp scholarships. Attendees are
encouraged to stay for the Annual Meeting
which begins at 10:30 am (see next article).
Annual Meeting
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
Temple Beth El’s annual meeting will
be held on Sunday, March 8 at 10:30 am.
Members will have the opportunity to vote
on the slate of Officers and new Trustees.
Our Board is elected to make decisions on
the future direction of our synagogue—this
is your opportunity to have a say in who is
elected to represent our membership. There
will also be reports on the temple’s activities
over the past 12 months, as well as plans
for the upcoming year. The slate of Officers
and Trustees will be disseminated before the
meeting. Please plan to be there.
Volunteers Needed for
Social Action Events
Loaves and Fishes, Christ Church Cathedral,
35 Chestnut Street, Springfield – We serve
lunch on the third Wednesday of the month.
Join us on Wednesday, January 21, and
Wednesday, February 18 at 11:45 am. Please
bring a gallon of whole milk with you.
Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church, 797
State Street, Springfield – We prepare and
serve dinner to approximately 50 hungry
adults on the fourth Sunday of the month.
Please meet us on Sunday, January 25, and
Sunday, February 22 at 4:45 pm. Food can be
cooked at home or purchased.
Meet the
Tenenbaums
Debbie Peskin
Mary and Seth Tenenbaum are new
faces at Temple Beth El. Although they
recently moved to Longmeadow, Seth has a
connection to the area as a cousin to former
members Beth and Bob Kirstein. In fact,
he attended the B’nei Mitzvah of his second
cousins, Michael and Paige at TBE!
Mary is a radiologist at the Radiology
and Imaging group. Seth works from home
for a Midwest-based financial company, and
is planning on starting his own firm in the
near future as he has a strong entrepreneurial
spirit.
Mary and Seth have been married
for three years. For their wedding, they
built their own chuppah. Last January, they
traveled to Israel and had an incredible
experience sightseeing and learning many
new things about the Jewish state.
Mary and Seth enjoy the outdoors. They
love spending a day hiking or bicycling in
the summer and enjoy cross-country skiing
in the winter. They also love classical music.
In fact, they met in a tour of the symphony
hall when they were both living in Rochester,
New York. Mary also enjoys playing the viola.
Seth and Mary live in Longmeadow with
their three cats.
By now, you should have received your
dues bill for 2015. We appreciate those
who have already paid their dues and look
forward to receiving payments from the rest
of our members when they are able to send
them. You will notice that we have held the
line on dues, which were last raised in 2011.
As much as we rely on dues, they barely
cover half of our annual operating budget.
Therefore, we count on the generosity of our
members to make additional donations to
help defray the cost of some of the events we
offer.
Food is always a big part of many events
at TBE. Think about emulating Paul and
Esta Farkas who have provided the popular
refreshment tent on Rosh HaShanah, or
Fred Brownstein who subsidizes the cost of
our congregational Break Fast. Many have
stepped forward to sponsor High Holy Day
bimah flowers which enhance the beauty
of our sanctuary. The cost of speakers and
entertainment are other items which can be
sponsored.
Here are some specific suggestions as to
how you can help for as little as $50 (the cost
of a minyan breakfast). All donations will be
included in the publicity for the event being
sponsored or subsidized.
• Join the Kiddush Club for $136 per
year. This helps us cover the cost of the
unsponsored lunches we serve each
Shabbat.
• Sponsor a Kiddush lunch or consider
joining with others to sponsor a lunch.
• Sponsor the appetizer buffet following our
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat services.
• Subsidize the cost of Shabbat and holiday
dinners. In order to encourage attendance,
we don’t charge the full cost of our dinners.
There are many costs, in addition to
food, which go into our dinners. These
include waitstaff, napkins, tablecloths,
centerpieces, etc. Consider making a
donation to help us break even on these
meals.
• Sponsor a minyan breakfast in honor
of a yahrzeit, birthday or other special
occasion.
• Sponsor or subsidize the Nechamen/
Chernick Breakfast, so that all money
raised can go towards scholarships for our
children.
• Sponsor refreshments for our Beit Café.
• Sponsor a speaker for one for our Adult
Education programs or a Shabbat morning
speaker.
• Sponsor the cost of our Selihot film and/or
refreshments.
• Sponsor or subsidize our Purim
celebration.
• Sponsor refreshments following Sukkot or
Shavuot services.
• Sponsor refreshments for our Erev Shavuot
program.
• Sponsor our musicians on Selihot or
Simhat Torah.
• Subsidize one of our Program Committee’s
social nights, such as dinner and a movie.
Please contact Rhoda Peskin at 733-4149
or rpeskin@tbespringfield.org to discuss
these or other ideas you may have to help us
cover the cost of our events.
Additional High
Holy Day Appeal
Supporters
Responses to the High Holy Day Appeal
continue to come in. Since October 7, the
following generous members have added
their names to our list of donors. We are
grateful to them and to all who gave to the
appeal. Thanks to all of you, we have over
$65,000 in pledges, 25% of which will be
matched by our anonymous donor.
Ellen Alpert
Peter Benjamin &
Liz Bramson
Sheila Blum
Felix & Karina Bogdanis
Isaac & Fayina Bograd
Berry & Judy Brooks
Ruth Burstein
Mallory Caplan
Irving & Doris Chase
Michael & Dana Chiz
Annette Diamond
Mark & Phyllis Dindas
Jan Draymore
Eric & Melinda Elman
Norma Feder
Ina Fine
Robert & Dorothy
Fleischner
Curt Freedman
Harvey & Carol Gloth
Jerome & Myra Gold
Richard & Andrea
Goldstein
Dennis & Miriam Gordan
Arnold Greenhut &
Adele Miller
Jeff & Margie Grodsky
Richard & Susan Halpern
George & Julia Hartnell
Jerry & Sydney Hirsch
Stuart & Joan Hurwitz
Scott & Erica Kaplan
Andrew Labb
Rebecca Lepow
Milton & Marcia Lieber
Laura Posnik
Caryn Resnick
Suzanne Rosenberg
Joan Rubin
Ian & Shari Schein
Kobi & Andrea Shemesh
Robert & Risa Skerker
Grace Sperling
Norma Vinick
Carol Halpern Wernick
If we are not better tomorrow than
we are today, why have a tomorrow?
– RABBI NACHMAN OF BRESLOV
Temple Beth El’s New Young Professionals Initiative
Temple Beth El has recently initiated a new program to identify young
Jewish people in our community in their 20s-30s, and promote their
connection to and involvement in synagogue life. There is a place for
everyone in the Temple Beth El community, and we look forward to further
expanding to meet the needs of young singles, couples, and families,
within the wider local area! We are interested in finding out what young
professionals—whether in graduate school, seeking work, or working—are
seeking, and how we can best meet these needs! If you know of any
young professionals in our area who might be interested in Jewish life—
socially, academically, or religiously—please pass along their names and
contact information to Nora Gorenstein at ngorenstein@tbespringfield.org.
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MISHLOAH MANOT FOR EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST!
Join us again for the festive TBE
Mishloah Manot project—last year over 500
baskets were exchanged! This year’s co-chairs
are Michelle Anfang and Elina DeAngelis.
You will receive a mailing in January with a
list of the members of our synagogue. Please
take a moment to select all the families
to whom you would like to send Purim
greetings and Mishloah Manot. There is a
charge of $5 per recipient selected (or 12 for
$50), and each member selected will receive a
basket of goodies, which include candy, fruit,
nuts, hamentaschen, a holiday card, and
more. Multiple members may send to the
same person. In this case, the recipient will
receive one basket accompanied by a Purim
greeting that will acknowledge each of the
families that sent the basket. Children may
also like to send baskets to their friends, or to
Grandma and Grandpa, or a favorite Beth El
teacher.
If you would like to send Purim baskets,
fill out the order form on the opposite page
(we’ll also mail you one) and submit it with
a check payable to Temple Beth El—Attn:
Purim Baskets. Order forms are due by
February 5. If you need additional forms,
please call the temple office at 733-4149 or
email office@tbespringfield.org.
Recipients will be contacted by phone
and invited to pick up their baskets at the
Megillah reading on Wednesday evening,
March 4, or March 2-6 between 9:00 am –
3:00 pm. Thank you for your support of this
important fundraiser for Temple Beth El.
MISHLOAH MANOT BASKET ORDER FORM
PLEASE PLACE YOUR ORDERS NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 5, 2015
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Fee for Synagogue Recipients ($5 each, 12 baskets for $50) $
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Fee for Out of Town/Other Synagogue ($18 each) $
Total Amount of Check $
If you would like to send one of our Mishloah Manot to a friend at another synagogue or out of town, we would be
happy to send them through the United States Postal Service. This would be an additional fee of $13.00 per basket
(total charge is $18). Please attach names and addresses and include the additional fees in your check.
Name of Sender_______________________________________________________
Phone Number _______________________________________________________
The baskets include candy, fruit & nuts,
Hamentaschen and other goodies!
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Email Address ________________________________________________________
Make check payable to Temple Beth El (please write “Purim Baskets” in lower left corner) and return
your check with this order form to Temple Beth El, 979 Dickinson Street, Springfield, MA 01108.
Purim!
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
Don’t miss this spectacular annual
event at Temple Beth El! This year’s theme
is “Around the World.” Come dressed in
a costume representing the culture of a
country. Be prepared to taste the foods that
represent different countries. The evening
service will begin at 6:00 pm, and the party
will begin following the Megillah reading.
MISHLOAH MANOT FOR
OUR
COLLEGE
STUDENTS
For the last several years we have been
sending Purim baskets to our member
children who are away at college as our gift to
them. We are told that they were thrilled to
receive this reminder of home. If you would
like your child to receive a basket, please
send their snail mail address to office@
tbespringfield.org. Since students move from
year to year, even if you sent us addresses
last year, we ask that you submit them again,
so that we can be sure that we have current
information on file.
Finally,
a
woman!
Cantor Elise Barber
Growing up Lutheran in East Tennessee,
I studied for and became confirmed when I
was 13 years old. That same year I attended
two bat mitzvahs. One of those simhas was
for my best friend, and she and I often joked
that we were now officially women.
The purpose of this article is not to talk
about my conversion to Judaism, but perhaps
I will do so another time. Briefly, I will say
that I became interested in Judaism in my
mid-twenties and officially converted when
I was 30. Converts to Judaism do not need
to have a bar or bat mitzvah, but I longed
for one. I thought that having a bat mitzvah
would be a great learning experience and a
good way for me to feel more comfortable as
a Jew.
To prepare, I met with my cantor weekly
to work on my chanting and service leading.
She kept reminding me over and over that
this was not a bat mitzvah, but rather an
adult bat mitzvah. That distinction was very
important to her. Every Jew is automatically
COMMUNITY EVENT
Bereavement Support Group
Jewish Family Service, in collaboration with Jewish community
leaders, is planning a Bereavement Support Group entitled Living
with Loss. This group will be designed for relatives who have
suffered the loss of a loved one and will be open only to members
of the Jewish faith. The goal of the group is to provide support
around feelings of loneliness, loss and isolation, coping with anger
and other unexpected emotions, learning how to live with the grief
process, and how to move forward. The group will meet for 1 ½
hours each week. Time, date and location to be determined based
on community need. For more information, please call Donna
Gordon, Clinical Director, Jewish Family Service, 455-1936 ext. 103.
a bar or bat mitzvah upon reaching the age
of mitzvoth – 12 for girls or 13 for boys. One
does not need to have a bar or bat mitzvah
ceremony, and in fact, I’m sure many of you
are aware that bat mitzvah ceremonies for
girls are a relatively new practice.
In addition to meeting with the cantor,
I attended Melton and post-Melton classes
outside our synagogue. I also attended
services regularly, and my rabbi worked with
me on my D’var Torah.
My Jewish step-mother and stepgrandmother wanted to throw me a big
party, but I discouraged that. Having good
friends and family at the service (my father
even flew in from TN), and then having a
small dinner with a few family members later
was all I needed. What was powerful for me
was the learning leading up to the service,
the actual experience of being on the bimah
(the rabbi and cantor constantly had to point
to me where to go!), and a greater feeling
of ownership, comfort, and pride in my
Judaism.
Since that day, I have met many people
who have had adult bar and bat mitzvahs—
sometimes on their own, but usually as
part of a class. Many of these people were
women who grew up in communities where
only boys had bar mitzvahs. Some of these
adults were Jews who grew up secular
or unaffiliated, but were now involved in
synagogue. Others chose Judaism as adults.
Here at Temple Beth El, our last adult
bar and bat mitzvah class was in 2008, and
a few people have asked if another class is
in the works. Those I know who studied for
adult bar and bat mitzvahs in a class setting
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LEARN THE SHABBAT
MUSAF
SERVICE
Come learn the modes, melodies, and
words that make up the Shabbat Musaf
service with Cantor Elise Barber. It’s a great
opportunity to strengthen our lay leadership
and become more connected to our liturgy.
The class will be held on Sunday, March 1,
8, 15, and 22, from 4:30 - 5:30 pm. The only
requirements are an ability to learn a melody
and read Hebrew. Email Cantor Barber at
cantorbarber@tbespringfield.org or call her
at the temple at 733-4149 if you’re interested.
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This list includes all donations of at least $10
received through November 14, 2014.
TEMPLE FUND
IN OCTOBER & NOVEMBER
Phyllis Levenson on the birth of a
grandson, Benjamin Hayden. He was
born on October 2, and is the son of
Robin Levenson and Elliot Bernstein
of Cambridge, MA. She joins her older
sister, Sophie, in the household.
Madison Goodman
FEBRUARY 28 (MINHA)
PARASHAT KI TISSA
Madison Tyler Goodman is the
daughter of Tracy and Adam Goodman
and younger sister to Sydney. She
is the granddaughter of Kathy and
Daniel Goodman of East Longmeadow,
Massachusetts and Rochelle and
Kenneth Kolberg of Edison, New Jersey.
“Theatrical” has been the best word
to describe Maddie over the years. Her
passion for performing began to shine
over the years playing such roles as
Annie from “Annie,” Maisy in “Seussical
the Musical,” Flounder in “The Little
Mermaid” and the Tea Cup in “Beauty in
the Beast.”
She works weekly with a voice
coach, takes piano and loves her
summers at Camp Watitoh in Becket, MA.
When she is not holding a microphone,
she can be found dancing, hanging with
friends and learning as much as she can
about puppies.
For her Bat Mitzvah project, Madison
has decided to begin a “spare change”
drive to collect spare change in order
to make a donation to the D’Amour
Cancer Center in Springfield, and
purchase items from the wish list for the
Springfield Children’s Hospital. If you
are interested in donating spare change,
there is a bucket located on Monday and
Wednesday afternoons at the SKLC office.
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Abby Pava Austern on the engagement
of her granddaughter, Cara Austern Sullo
to Jaren Rabin of Florida. Cara is a speech
therapist in the Framingham school
system, and Jared works with computers.
Bev and Allen Nadler on the marriage
of their son, Russell to Christina Nickas.
They were married on November 8 in
Sonoma, CA.
Max Chorowski and Suzanne
Halberstadt, whose daughter, Amanda
Katz, has been accepted to graduate
school at Gratz College. She currently
works as the Assistant Executive Director
of Congregation B’nai Tzedek in
Potomac, MD.
Sue and Stan Polansky on the marriage
of their daughter, Dr. Marni Elizabeth
Polansky, to Adam Michael Fried. The
couple were married by Rabbi Amy Wallk
Katz in New York City on November 16.
They live in NYC where Marni is a clinical
psychologist who works with children
and families, and Adam is a “computer
geek” who works for a new start-up.
Eydie Zive on the birth of her newest
granddaughter, Bridget Patricia. She is
the daughter of Keith and Elaine Zive of
Walpole, MA.
Allen and Wendy Mackler on the
marriage of their daughter, Jill, to Eric
Spunberg. Jill is also the granddaughter
of Eleanor Freedman.
To our Torah Readers: William Hurwitz,
Michael Anfang, Emily Anfang, Gabriel
Katz, Tova Enson-Tilsen, Noa ShapiroFranklin, Zachary Wahrman, Gillian
Weissman, Nina Katz, Glenn Baevsky,
Gabby Zeller, Dr. Mark Sherman
To our Haftarah Readers: Carol Resnick,
David Kalicka, Adele Miller, William
Hurwitz, Steve Weiner, Gillian Weissman,
Dr. Fred Brownstein, Dr. Larry Metz,
Dr. Dennis Gordan, Carol Resnick, Dr.
Max Chorowski, Adele Miller, Dr. Mark
Jackowitz
To our Service Leaders: Harlan
Wahrman, Dr. Dennis Gordan, Dr. Max
Chorowski
BREAKFAST SPONSORS:
In memory of his mother, Freda
Dr. Fred Brownstein
In memory of his wife, Judith
Dr. Ed Gerstein
In memory of his wife, Judy
Eugene Baker
In honor of the morning minyanaires
Dr. Herb Cohen
In honor of his 91st birthday
Joe Lieberman
In memory of his parents
Arthur Nichols
If you would like to sponsor a breakfast,
please contact Reverend Aminia at the
KIDDUSH SPONSORS:
In honor of the aufruf of their daughter,
Jill Mackler, and Eric Spunberg
Allen & Wendy Mackler
In honor of their mother, Carol
Resnick, reading Haftarah
Susan Proctor & Cliff Resnick
In honor of the 50th anniversary
of David’s Bar Mitzvah
David & Jan Kalicka
In honor of William’s Bar Mitzvah
Roberta & Michael Hurwitz
In honor of the USY Regional
Fall Convention held at TBE
Regional USY
In honor of the USY Regional
Fall Convention held at TBE
Drs. Stuart & Michelle Anfang
In honor of Gillian’s Bat Mitzvah
Jocelyn Tobin & Stuart Weissman
We mourn the loss of the following from
October 1 through November 30.
Linda Katz Hammerman
Daughter of Morton Katz
Eileen Grinspoon
Mother of Alissa Korn
Jean Gordon
Ronald Meltzer
Husband of Lynn Meltzer
Charlotte Wallk
Mother of Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz
Tova Jacob
Mother of Bluma Bier
George Nager
Father of Andrea Chasen
Charlie Nirenberg
Husband of Jan Nirenberg
Larry Malitz
Father of Leslie Kaim
Milton Kaplan
Father of Joan Levi
A warm welcome to our new members:
Ralph & Debra Ritchie
If you are interested in sponsoring a
Kiddush lunch to commemorate a special
event, please contact Rhoda Peskin at the
In memory of Charlotte Wallk
Ira & Judy Smolowitz
Stan & Sue Polansky
Judy Kupchan
Ellen Shankman
Bill & Lynn Foggle
Stan Chiz & Vickie Phillips Chiz
Ruth Weiss
Martha Finkel Ceppetelli
& Michael Ceppetelli
Bea Hano
Ann Koenig
Henri Goettel
Rhoda & Judd Peskin
Joan Goodman
Joe & Cynthia Gensheimer
John Freedman
Eric Barker & Sharon Cohen
Susan & David Porter & family
Carl & Amy Wistreich
Ed & Sue Kline
Sheila Blum
Jan & David Kalicka
Sharon & Peter Loftspring
Donna Oberstein & Ace Allen
Michael & Beth Paysnick
Betsy & Joel Bertuzzi
Ellen & Jonathan Chilton
Irene Beron
Bette & Dick Gerstein
Harold & Sally Ann Resnic
Anne & Elliot Bloom
Meryl & Hyman Darling
David & Andrea Brinnel
Linda & George Spitz
Miriam Hirschhaut
Ruth Auerbach
Rochelle E. Pleet
Rhoda Mandell
Susan & Jonathan Goldsmith
Andrea & Jonathan Chasen
Anita & Ed Finkel
Adena Falk
Melvin Lavin
Grace Sperling
Oksana Beauty Salon & Day Spa
Sylvia S. Rosen
Marcy Eisenberg
Shirley & Alan Levitz
Phyllis Levenson
Mark & Lori Barowsky
Samra Gotlib
Joyce Weinbaum
Myra & Jerry Gold
Barbara Binsky
Peggy & Arthur Grodd
Robert Dambrov
Norma Vinick
David & Debbie Peskin
Roberta & Bobby Axler
Iris Linson
Susan Kuzon
Steven Lepow & Shelley Hodes
Barbara Albert
Ellen Alpert
Heidi Thibodeau
Sylvia & George Falk
Rabbi Mark & Marsha Shapiro
Ellen & Mark Gold
Shirley Nichols
Janice & Eugene Cantor
Elizabeth & Philip Irving
Harrisia Lee Rappaport
Christine & Howard Hausman
Bill & Jean Licht
Anne Robinson
Ina & Richard Werman
Seymour Frankel &
Joan Rosenbaum
Martin Baicker & Kelly Larkin
Dorothy Wernick
Joan Rubin
Beth & Gary Danforth
June & Walter Gordenstein
The Hartnell Family
Rabbi Jerome Gurland
Cathy & Jeff Alpert
Janet Draymore
Meyer Ezrin & Elaine Becker Ezrin
David Fine
Ina Fine
Susan & Ron Grodsky
Nancy & Joseph Sklar
Robert Friedlander & Orville Dale
Hannah Harris & Jerry Enslein
Judy & Steve Shelasky
Marcy Eisenberg
Beverly & Allen Nadler
Barbara Ginsberg
Ascher-Zimmerman
Funeral Home, Inc.
Lori, Randy, Audrey &
Sabrina Weiner
In memory of Eileen Grinspoon
Sheila Blum
Stan & Sue Polansky
Debbie & David Peskin
Gloria Ray
Alan & Bette Gerstein
Carl & Amy Wistreich
Deborah Waldman
Elizabeth & Andrew
Paleologopoulos
Mark & Sharon Levy
Paul & Esta Farkas
Jan & David Kalicka
Michelle & Stuart Anfang
Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.
Anne & Elliot Bloom
Miriam Hirschhaut
Barbara Ginsberg
In memory of Bernard Vinick
Paul & Esta Farkas
Adele Barden
Thomas & Joan Gallini
Madeline Midghall
Sidney & Evelyn Baron
Charlotte Bergman
In memory of Sy Levander
Iris & Marc Linson
Joy & Michael Leavitt
In memory of Scott Dalitzky
Larry & Myrna Metz
Tema Smeyne & Ed Gerstein
Muriel Dane
In memory of Herbert Smithline
Dorita & Michael Henderson
In memory of Helen Ball
In memory of Lawrence
Zimmerman
Muriel Dane
In memory of Jean Gordon
Gloria Ray
In memory of Charlie Nirenberg
Stan & Sue Polansky
In memory of Ronald Meltzer
Phyllis Levenson
In memory of Tova Jacob
Heidi Thibodeau
In honor of David Kalicka’s 50th
anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah
Allen & Beverly Nadler
Karen & Stan Winer
Abbie & Meyer Weiss
In honor of the marriage of
Allen & Wendy Mackler’s
daughter, Jill, to Eric Spunberg
In honor of Rachel Aminia’s
marriage to Sanjay Solomon
In honor of marriage of Elaine
Geha & Dr. Fred Brownstein
In honor of Carol Resnick’s
first Haftarah on Shabbat
Chol Hamoed Sukkot
Stanley Light
In honor of Rev. David Aminia for
all his hard work this summer
In appreciation to Rev. Aminia
for all his support in Benjamin
Posnik’s Bar Mitzvah
Laura Posnik
Wishing Barry Rosen good luck
and health in his retirement
Carole Magidson
In honor of Zachary
Steinberg’s Bar Mitzvah
Esta & Paul Farkas
Yahrzeit of Min Diamond,
beloved mother
Bette & Alan Gerstein
In memory of Leona Fieldman
Harrisia Lee Rappaport
Mazel tov to Kobi & Andy
Shemesh on the engagement
of Amos to Becca
Chris & Howard Hausman
KIDDUSH FUND
In honor of Ruth Poppel’s
first great-grandchild
Rabbi Jerome Gurland
In honor of the marriage of Charri
& Joshua Goldman’s daughter,
Merrisa, to Matt Spector
Florence Gurwitz
In honor of Helen Cohen’s
94th birthday
Miriam Hirschhaut
Carol Resnick
Mazel tov to Joan Rubin on
being a “great” grandmother
Miriam Hirschhaut
In honor of Carol Resnick
reading the Haftarah
Mitzi & Larry Mackler
Happy and Healthy New Year
to Susan & Bill Firestone
Miriam Lieff & Albert Goldberg
In honor of Max Chorowski’s
special birthday
Marcel & Lucille Halberstadt
MINYAN FUND
Mazel tov to Kobi & Andy
Shemesh on the engagement
of Amos to Becca
Debbie & Josh Lieberman
Bill Caplin & Mary Jenewin-Caplin
In honor of Carol Resnick’s
Haftarah on her 83rd birthday
Mazel tov on the marriage of Tara
& Steve Wolman’s daughter, Laini
Karen & Stan Winer
Carol Resnick
Susan Burk
SANDI KUPPERMAN LEARNING
CENTER FUND
In appreciation of Rev. Aminia
for helping us prepare for
Zachary’s Bar Mitzvah
Allison & Adam Steinberg
In honor of the marriage of Anne
& Elliot Bloom’s son Matthew
Roberta & Ellis Goldberg
Mazel tov on the birth of Caryn
Resnick’s new grandson
Rhoda & Judd Peskin
Ellen Shankman
Mazel tov to Ben Posnik on
becoming a Bar Mitzvah
Caryn Resnick
In honor of Craig Kazin
Caryn Resnick
Charlotte Meyer
Mazel tov to Will Hurwitz on
becoming a Bar Mitzvah
Caryn Resnick
Mazel tov to Zachary Steinberg
on becoming a Bar Mitzvah
Caryn Resnick
In honor of Morah Helene Shapiro
George, Julia & Mackenzie Hartnell
In memory of Charlie Nirenberg
Lisa Goldberg
Bill & Lynn Foggle
Dorothy Wernick
Suzanne & Max Chorowski
Carlin & Howard Trietsch
Rhoda Mandell
Ruth Weiss
Charlotte Meyer
YAHRZEIT FUND
Morris Leitzen, beloved father
Dolores Leitzen Hutner
Rakhil Chernobrova,
beloved mother
Marina Pen
Lucille Mackler Gonet,
beloved sister
Larry Mackler
Jeannette P. Skvirsky, beloved
mother & grandmother
Paul Skvirsky & family
David Gurwitz, beloved
father-in-law
Florence Gurwitz
Dora Goldberg, beloved mother
Shirley Levitz
Ida Caplan, beloved aunt
Barbara Schultz
Paul Levenson, beloved
father-in-law
Phyllis Levenson
Herman Kinsler, beloved father
Claire Kinsler Rubin
Hy Gloth, beloved father,
grandfather & great-grandfather
Children, grandchildren, and
great-grandchildren
Adolph Katten, beloved father
Myra Gold
Merrill Robbins, beloved husband
Myrna Robbins
Rebecca Milstein Goldstein,
beloved mother
Bernie & Selma Milstein
Rosalyn Plotkin, beloved sister
Selma & Bernie Milstein
Solomon Bean, beloved father
Nathan Solomon, beloved father
Mickey & David Shrair
Judge Lawrence B. Wernick,
beloved husband
Helen Robinson, beloved mother
Jan Draymore
Harry Jackowitz, beloved father
Herbert Jackowitz
Morris Chain, beloved father
Shirley Shepro
Dorothy B. Katz, beloved wife
Morton Katz
Joseph S. Lavin, beloved husband
Florence Lavin
Esther Silverman, beloved mother
Laurie Seigel
Philip Weiner, beloved father
Nancy Sklar
Phyllis Slone, beloved sister
June Gordenstein
Milton Rosenberg, beloved father
Glenn Rosenberg
Bernard (Buddy) Blum,
beloved husband
Sheila Blum
Jacob Steinberg, beloved
grandfather
Steven Lepow
Etta Bacon, beloved mother
Shirley Uman
Sarah Nathanson Gotlib,
beloved mother
Estelle Shammash
David Irving Katz, beloved brother
Morton Katz
Robert B. Resnick,
beloved husband
Carol Resnick
Harold Fine, beloved father
David Fine
Harold Fine, beloved husband
Ina Fine
Felsie Jessop, beloved mother
Karen Jessop Winer
Mendel Hurwitz, beloved
grandfather
Joan & Stu Hurwitz
Fannie Cohen, beloved mother
Shirley Shapiro
Freda Brownstein, beloved mother
Fredric Brownstein
Sidney Throne, beloved
father & husband
Janice Throne, Sara Throne,
Anne Margolis & Bruce Throne
13
Norman Gurwitz, beloved husband
Florence Gurwitz
Seymour William Mally,
beloved father
Jane Rome
Anne S. Vinick, beloved mother
James E. Vinick
Leonard Vinick, beloved father
James E. Vinick
Ruth Hirsch, beloved mother
Sydney & Jerry Hirsch
Jack B. Cohen, beloved father
Paul Cohen
Alexander Goldberg,
beloved father
Samuel M. Goldberg
Dora Goldberg, beloved mother
Samuel M. Goldberg
Beatrice Henderson,
beloved mother
Michael Henderson
Dr. Edward Levitz, beloved father
Alan Levitz
Rebecca Lavin, beloved
mother-in-law
Florence Lavin
Joseph G. Allen, beloved father
Carole & Harvey Gloth
Grace Fingeroth, beloved mother
Rick & Harriet Fingeroth
Rhoda Rosenberg, beloved mother
Glenn Rosenberg
Joel Greenfeld, beloved brother
Suzanne Rosenberg
Abraham Firestone,
beloved father
Maxine Goldberg
Carole Katz Sirkin, beloved sister
Alan N. Katz
Eli Rubin, beloved father
Roberta Goldberg
Goldie Haase, beloved
mother-in-law
Carol Haase
Tessie Goldberg, beloved mother
Jack Goldberg
William Silverman, beloved father
Laurie Seigel
Henry Sadow, beloved husband
Gladys Sadow
Harry Levine, beloved father
Phyllis Levenson
Max Leiter, beloved husband
Roslyn Leiter
Sam Pincus, beloved father
Susan Burk
Joseph Ginsberg, beloved father
Ruth Auerbach
Helen Ginsberg, beloved mother
Ruth Auerbach
Morris Lewis, beloved brother
Florence Barowsky
Rose Metter, beloved mother
Freda Posnick
Dorothy Shelasky, beloved mother
Stephen Shelasky
Evelyn Siegel, beloved mother
Aileen Kramer
Dr. Oscar Resnick, beloved
brother-in-law
Carol Resnick
Florence Salvage, beloved mother
Paul Salvage
Max Epstein, beloved
father-in-law
Milton F. Schwartz
14
Leonard & Jeanette Skvirsky,
beloved parents
Gail Skvirsky Bohn
William L. Levine, beloved father
I. Murray Levine
Irving Sher, beloved father
Arthur Sher
Leala Okun, beloved wife
Harold Okun
Jonas Beck Heit, beloved father
Betsy Heit Gaberman
Nathan & Bessie Winer,
beloved parents
Earl Winer
Joseph Ezrin, beloved father
Myer Ezrin
Jacob Frager, beloved
father-in-law
Myer Ezrin
Harry Jackowitz, beloved
grandfather
Mark Jackowitz
Herman (Hy) Polansky,
beloved father
Stan Polansky
Anna Binsky, beloved mother
Barbara Binsky
Besse Posnick, beloved
mother-in-law
Freda Posnick
Herbert M. Halpern,
beloved father
Richard M. Halpern
Ida Ezrin, beloved mother
Myer Ezrin
Herman Bacon, beloved
father & grandfather
Shirley, Larry & Howard Uman
John Lloyd Ramsey,
beloved father
Heidi Thibodeau
Mildred Cantor, beloved mother
Gene Cantor
Eleanor Cowen, beloved mother
Janice Cantor
David Cowen, beloved father
Janice Cantor
Manya Ruvinskaya,
beloved daughter
Sofya Beylin
Avron Elfman, beloved uncle
Joseph Lieberman
Sheri Mandra, beloved sister
Alan Seigel
Michael Grodsky, beloved brother
Ronald & Susan Grodsky
Michael Feinstein, beloved father
Toby & Abe Feinstein
Ethel Freed, beloved mother
Sheila Blum
Reva Broder, beloved mother
Martin Broder
Yizkor for Iris & Edmund Macaris
Frances Ginsberg
PHILIP & MIRIAM ZELLER
CHILDREN’S EDUCATIONAL FUND
Alan & Charlotte Zeller
Alan & Charlotte Zeller
ALAN GOLDBERG YOUTH FUND
Sora Torff & Jack Goldberg
In memory of Jean Gordon
Marge & Sid Chase
In memory of Pearl Nuger
Rochelle Hodes
In memory of Leona Fieldman
Archie & Sally Shapiro
Archie & Sally Shapiro
Congratulations to Kobi & Andy
Shemesh on Amos’s engagement
Mazel tov to Zachary Steinberg
on becoming a Bar Mitzvah
Mazel tov on Matthew
Bloom’s marriage
Carol Haase & Mace Shapiro
A special thank you to
Rev. David Aminia
Rochelle Hodes
In gratitude for the recovery
of Chris Hausman
MAHZOR LEV SHALEM FUND
Phyllis & Irving Feldman & family
BERNARD S. ALTMAN & SARAH
ALTMAN MEMORIAL ISRAEL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
In memory of Helen Bass
Elliot & Phyllis Altman
SHIRLEY & GUSTAVE NUGER
REMEMBRANCE FUND
In memory of Shirley Nuger
Bernice Kalicka
In honor of David Kalicka’s 50th
anniversary of his Bar Mitzvah
Judy & Ted Ingis
Bernice Kalicka
ESTHER & MORRIS OKUN MUSIC
FUND
In memory of Scott David Dalitzky
Phyllis & Irving Feldman
HESED FUND
In honor of Suzanne Chorowski
David Porter
Mazel tov to Cissie and Gabe
Kitchener on the birth of
their new great-grandson,
Jaxon Gabriel Weiss
Phyllis & Irving Feldman
The Munic Family - Jerry,
Ari, Nathaniel and Sara
Levenberg Munic
CANTOR MORTON SHAMES
CULTURAL ARTS FUND
Mazel tov to Cantor
Shames on his honor
Bea Hano
In memory of Scott Dalitzky
Rhoda Mandell
In honor of Cantor Morton Shames
Susan Kanowith-Klein
THE KATZ FAMILY LIBRARY FUND
Wishing Connie Golber
a speedy recovery
Gayle Bronstein
In memory of Bernard Vinick
Mimi, Flora, & Mel Weinberg
RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
In appreciation to Rabbi Katz
Dieter Lutz
Albie Goldberg & Miriam Lieff
In appreciation to Rabbi
Katz for the meaningful
naming ceremony for Max
Susan & David Porter
In appreciation to Rabbi Katz
for Zachary’s Bar Mitzvah
Gerry Berg & Leslie Zide
Fred Brownstein & Elaine Geha
Rae & Howie Davis
Dr. Malcolm & Betsey Freedman
Ed Gerstein
Amanda & Isadore Jermyn
Susie & Steven Kessler & Family
Judith & Allen Kronick
Zelma Lavin
Joe Lieberman
Carole Magidson
Susanne & Robert Osofsky
Freda Posnick
Judi Rome
The Falk Family
In honor of Cantor Morton Shames
CANTOR’S DISCRETIONARY FUND
In appreciation of Cantor
Barber helping to prepare
Zachary for his Bar Mitzvah
In appreciation of Cantor Barber
Heidi Thibodeau
In honor of Cantor Elise
Barber for her help with
Sandy Krasner’s unveiling
The Krasner, Zelazny,
& Levin Families
NETTIE & MORRIS GOLDSTEIN FUND
Phyllis & Elliot Altman
Jason Altman & Danielle Grillo
SKLC Calendar
Correction
In the 2014-2015
SKLC calendar,
there are a couple
of typos in the ad
for Counseling
& Gynecology
Group. The practice
specializes in
Bio-identical &
Traditional HRT, and
the correct phone
number is (413)
567-9355. Our
sincere apologies
for the errors!
TREE OF LIFE
Leaves purchased for the Tree of Life
may be purchased for $250 to honor
a friend or family member. Please
contact Rhoda Peskin at 733-4149 if
you would like to order a leaf.
Adult Hanukkah Party
YAHRZEIT PLAQUES
Yahrzeit plaques were recently
purchased In memory of:
Fay Weiner
Frank David Weiner
Shirley Sweet
Seymour S. Levander
Yahrzeit plaques are a fitting way to
remember a loved one’s yahrzeit in
perpetuity. They are displayed in the
temple lobby each year during the
week of the yahrzeit. The cost is $375.
If you would like to purchase a plaque,
please contact Reverend David Aminia
at 733-4149.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10
FINALLY, A WOMAN!
have had an incredible
experience bonding
with others. A bar or
bat mitzvah at any age
is supposed to lead to a
greater commitment to
community and in a class
setting, this is definitely
the case as you get to
know others and create
support networks which
can endure years after the
ceremony is over.
So I officially became
a woman at 32. You can
too! OK. Not really. That
is not the point of an
adult bar or bat mitzvah.
But if you did not have
a bar or bat mitzvah
when you were younger
and you are interested
in learning new skills,
becoming aware of new
possibilities in yourself,
taking greater ownership
of your Judaism, and
getting to know others, an
adult bar or bat mitzvah
might be for you. Email
me if you are interested in
the class, cantorbarber@
tbespringfield.org. (Dates
to be determined.)
SKLC Hanukkah Program
15
Temple Beth El
979 Dickinson Street
Springfield, MA 01108
Office Hours Monday - Thursday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Friday: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
OFFICERS
STAFF
Dr. Paul Farkas, President
Maxine Bernstein, Vice President
Susan Firestone, Vice President
Dan Plotkin, Vice President
David Ratner, Vice President
Rick Ratner, Treasurer
Jeremy Powers, Financial Secretary
Rhonda Goldberg, Recording Secretary
Stuart Anfang, Immediate Past President
Rhoda Peskin, Executive Director
rpeskin@tbespringfield.org
Caryn Resnick, Educational Director
cresnick@tbespringfield.org
Lisa Laudato, Administrative Assistant
llaudato@tbespringfield.org
Alexandra Espinal, Comptroller
comptroller@tbespringfield.org
Marie Sampson, Administrative Assistant
sklc@tbespringfield.org
Debbie Peskin, Communications Coordinator
communications@tbespringfield.org
Nora Gorenstein, USY Advisor
ngorenstein@tbespringfield.org
Liz Marinelli, Librarian
katzlibrary@tbespringfield.org
CLERGY
Amy Wallk Katz, PhD, Rabbi
rabbikatz@tbespringfield.org
Elise Barber, Cantor
cantorbarber@tbespringfield.org
Reverend David Aminia, Ritual Director
daminia@tbespringfield.org
Herbert Schwartz, Rabbi Emeritus
Morton Shames, Cantor Emeritus
Piano40@aol.com
MAJOR EVENT – BLUE
BAR/BAT MITZVAH –GREEN
JANUARY 2015
1 New Year’s Day - Office Closed
2 Office Closed
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm
Candle Lighting 4:12 pm
3 Shabbat Va-y’hi
Family Shabbat
Havdalah 5:12 pm
4 Cuppa Joe 9:00 am
5 SKLC Classes 3:00 pm
8B’Yahad 6:30 pm
9 Musical Kabbalat
Shabbat 6:00 pm
6th – 12th Grade SKLC
Shabbat Retreat (1/9 & 10)
10 Shabbat Sh’mot
Family Shabbat
Havdalah 5:19 pm
Chinese Food and a
Movie 6:30 pm
11 Cuppa Joe 9:00 am
Parent/Teacher
Conferences 6:00 pm
16
NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
US POSTAGE
PAID
SPRINGFIELD, MA
PERMIT NO. 327
(413) 733-4149 • (413) 739-3415 Fax • office@tbespringfield.org • TBESpringfield.org
15B’Yahad 6:30 pm
16 Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm
17 Shabbat Va-era
Havdalah 5:27 pm
19 Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day - Office Closed
Board of Trustees
Meeting 7:00 pm
22B’Yahad 6:30 pm
24 Shabbat Bo
Sisterhood Shabbat 9:30 am
Havdalah Program
with Sinai Temple
Havdalah 5:36 pm
29B’Yahad 6:30 pm
30 Musical Kabbalat
Shabbat 6:00 pm
Shabbat Dinner 7:00 pm
Shabbat Shirah
Concert 8:15 pm
31 Shabbat B’Shallah
Havdalah 5:44 pm
Volunteers preparing food for the
hungry on Family Mitzvah Day.
FEBRUARY 2015
1 Cuppa Joe 9:00 am
4 Lunch & Learn 12:00 pm
SKLC Classes 3:00 pm
5B’Yahad 6:30 pm
7 Shabbat Yitro
1st Grade Consecration 9:30 am
Family Shabbat
Beit Café
Havdalah 5:53 pm
8 Cuppa Joe 9:00 am
11 Lunch & Learn 12:00 pm
12B’Yahad 6:30 pm
14
15
16
20
21
22
23
25
Shabbat Mishpatim
Havdalah 6:02 pm
Cuppa Joe 9:00 am
President’s Day - Office Closed
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm
Shabbat T’rumah
Havdalah 6:11 pm
Cuppa Joe 9:00 am SKLC Classes 3:00 pm
Lunch & Learn 12:00 pm
Board of Trustees
Meeting 7:00 pm
26B’Yahad 6:30 pm
27 Musical Kabbalat
Shabbat 6:00 pm
28 Shabbat T’tzavveh
Bat Mitzvah Madison
Goodman 6:00 pm
Havdalah 6:20 pm

tbe tekiah january 2015

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