March-May 2010 - Temple Shalom

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Spring 2010
March-April-May
Adar-Nisan-Iyar-Sivan, 5770
Volume LI, No. 3
March
www.templeshalom.net
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Congregational Shabbat Dinner 6 PM
Erev Shabbat Family Service led by 1st Gr.
with TSY Choir; Scout Shabbat 7 PM
8th & 9th Grade Retreat
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Shabbat Morning Worship & Study 10 AM
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Ki Tisa
Exodus 30:11-34:35
Shabbat Alive
Friday, May 14th
7:30 PM
Soulful Shabbat Ruach Service
with Shir Shalom & Band 8 PM
Shabbat Service: Bar Mitzvah
of Seth Hagler 10 AM
Vayak’heil-P’kudei
Exodus 35:1-40:38
Shabbat
with Rick
Recht
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 PM
Pot Luck Dinner 7 PM
Decade Shabbat: 1969-1978 8 PM
An extraordinary,
inspirational, and
moving service
experience with
one of the most
celebrated artists
in Jewish Music!!
With Shir Shalom,
TSY Youth and
RuachTeen Choir
and Band, and the
Shabbat Ruach
Band.
Shabbat Service: B’not Mitvah of
Jessica Dine & Anna Leggett 10 AM
Vayikra
Leviticus 1.1-5:26
Erev Shabbat Services 8 PM
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Tzav
Leviticus 6:1-8:36
April
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Shabbat Family Services
with TSY Choir 7 PM
Ehol Hamoed Pesach
Exodus 33:12-34:26
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Soulful Shabbat Ruach Erev Services:
Brotherhood-Sisterhood Shabbat 8 PM
Sh’mini
Leviticus 9:1-11:47
Kabbalat Shabbat 6:15 PM
Erev Shabbat Service 8 PM
Tazaria-M’tzora
Leviticus 12:1-15:33
Next Shofar Cut-Off Date
Friday, April 30
April (continued) & May services page 2
Temple Shalom’s Annual
W o m en ’s
Seder
Sunday, March 21
6 PM
More info on Page 17
YOM HA SHOAH
COMMEMORATION
SERVICE
Sunday,April 11
6–8 PM
More info on Page 16
Kabbalat Shabbat Services
at Temple Shalom
Join us for this early and informal Erev
Shabbat service, Congregant-led and family
friendly, on the third (or fourth) Friday nights
of the month.
The service begins at 6:15 PM, (and the congregation’s Yahrtzeit list for the week is read
at this service), followed by a pot-luck
dairy/vegetarian dinner at 7 PM
Kabbalat Shabbat services for the next several
months take place on:
March 19, 2010, April 16, 2010
and May 28, 2010,
beginning at 6:15 PM
Tot Services
at Temple Shalom
Watch for more information on our
upcoming Tot Holiday services:
Tot Seder
Friday night, March 26, 2010
at 6 PM
Led by Rabbi Michael Feshbach and
Lisa Baydush
Tot Shavuot
(come in pajamas; bring your favorite stuffed
animal, hear the story of the giving of the
Torah, and eat ice cream early in the morning!)
Saturday morning, May 22, 2010
at 9:30 AM
continued from page 1
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May
Erev Shabbat Service;
Post Confirmation Graduation 8 PM
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Shabbat Service & B’nai Mitzvah of
Lindsay Weiss & Jared Machlin 10 AM
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Shabbat Service: B’not Mitzvah
Sophia Cordes & Max Clary 10 AM
B’har- B’chukotia
Acharei Mot-K’doshim
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Congregational Shabbat Dinner 6 PM
Erev Shabbat Service led by Gr. 3rd 7 PM
Matan Siddur Erev Shabbat Services
led by Gr. 4th 6:15 PM
Congregational Shabbat Dinner 7:15 PM
Shabbat Service & B’not Mitzvah of
Claire Trilling & Lindsay Bergman 10 AM
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50th Anniversary Soulful Ruach Shabbat
with Rick Recht
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Shabbat Service: Bnai Mitzvah of Gabriel
Schrier & Garrett Kapstein-O’Brien 10 AM
B’midbar
Numbers 1:1-4:20
Emor
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Erev Shabbat Services: 10th Grade
Graduation 8 PM
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Shabbat Service: Bat Mitzvah of
Ruth Jernigan-Goldberg 10 AM
B’haalot’cha
Numbers 8:1-12:16
They’ll be returned!
From the Rabbi
The Story of the Storm
Message from
Rabbi Michael L. Feshbach
I
hope you are all safe and warm, and with adequate electricity and
internet connections, as you sit down to read these words. I am
reminded of the Dr. Seuss characters Thing One and Thing Two, as
I write, now, in between Storm One and Storm Two.
Everyone has their own stories to share, of the Storm of the Century.
We watch with uncertainty and disbelief as another monster weather
event is said to be barreling down upon us; we prepare as best we can,
and wonder what is to come.
In the first storm, not only did the synagogue cancel services – an
action I had never taken before, and which I had my doubts about
doing at first – but many of us faced challenges all our own. Six days
after the storm hit we still had not seen a county plow; the only reason
we were able to get out at all was because a private truck came through;
some of our neighbors on our cul-de-sac knew someone and begged.
Without power for 28 hours, waking up in a home that was somewhere
in the mid-40’s in temperature, having my father “evacuated” to our
home by the Maryland National Guard in a humvee because he had just
had surgery, his roads were impassable, and he did not have power, it
was all a taste and a hint of hardship. Nothing like what real suffering is
like. But a hint, a reminder, of a different kind of life.
There were lessons here, as well. Neighbors helping neighbors,
digging out and pitching in. What one home lacked, another had, and
everyone shared. We learned the benefits of gas: we have a gas range, a
gas grill and a gas-powered hot water heater, so we were fine for coffee
and hot chocolate, showers and stove-top cooking. Winter camping
lessons from years ago come back into play. We were able to charge cell
phones and warm up in a car stuck in the driveway. And we always knew
we were better off than many others.
Pesach approaches, and with it the three mitzvot (commandments) of
the Spring season. For all the fuss and hubbub of the holiday, it really
comes down to three things we are supposed to do (or not do). The
first mitzvah is to eat matzah, especially on the first night. The second
(perhaps the most complicated in definition and execution of all the
Jewish commandments) is to not eat chametz (leaven). What is the third
mitzvah of the Passover season? We are commanded… to tell the story.
From that commandment comes all the rest, the different haggadot,
the accretions of the centuries, songs and riddles and cooking and
games. For how we tell the tale is a primary reflection on who we are.
How do we tell the story of the 2010 storm? Are we grousers or
givers? Were we happy or hungry, creative and inventive or crazed and
stymied in the face of what insurance companies so unfortunately refer
to as “acts of God?” Or were we, as the days wore on, a combination of
the two: role models for our families and friends – and still frazzled,
frustrated with our limitations, all at the same time. How did we balance
the responsibilities of work and home and the burden of juggling and
rescheduling with the gift of time together? Did you speak of escaping
elsewhere – and forget about the hurricanes and tornadoes, the other
natural events that could reach you, even there? If you were to be
snowed-in again, who would you want to be with you? And what will
we take, from the snow filled days of winter, with us into the rest of our
lives?
Just a few thoughts, while watching, and waiting, and being thankful
for all the things we take for granted… most of the time.
Rabbi Michael Feshbach
From the President
I
’m not really that sorry that this will be my last article in the Shofar
as President of Temple Shalom. Writing is not my strong suit. But
being President has been a challenging and fulfilling responsibility.
I’ve learned a lot about Temple Shalom. When I became President
we were coming out of a particularly dark time. I learned we are resilient
and strong. When the national and global economy sank, Temple
Shalom members showed nothing short of incredible generosity by
donating $60,000 to a High Holy Day Appeal so we could continue day
to day operations while supporting those who needed help. I have no
words that would do justice to the gratitude and awe I feel for your
generosity.
My Presidency began in a time of great turmoil for our congregation.
On Yom Kippur 2008 I said that, “The work of healing our
congregation is not just a task for the leadership and staff, but for all of
the members of Temple Shalom. The work of healing our congregation
is not just lofty ideas, vision and policy making, but also in the day to
day presence of members like you in our building making connections
through community, prayer, and learning.” Because of you, our
community is healing, is growing and I have no doubt that Temple
Shalom will continue to be an extraordinary place of prayer, learning
and community for many years to come.
I thank you for the opportunity to serve you and Temple Shalom,
and I’ll see you around.
L’Shalom,
Betsy Kingery
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Cantor Levine
The Jews of Cuba
Message from
Cantor Lisa L. Levine
A poem written in Cuba the morning of
the March in Havana, by Lisa Levine
I am awakened at 5 this morning
By the sound of shouting voices
A pair of camel buses (gigantic
buses that hold 250 people)
I’ve been playing guitar since I was 8 years
old and it is part of me. Putting on a song is
something that I have always done without
thinking, whether it was in camp, at school or
in the synagogue. I came to take this simple
task for granted. That is, until my first trip to
Cuba in 2005 with a humanitarian mission in
conjunction with B’nai B’rith International.
The people of Cuba, I learned very early
on, are open, generous and extremely
intelligent. They are starved for contact with
the outside world, but especially the Jews. The
first time I pulled out my guitar in Cuba was
the Friday night at the Sephardic Synagogue.
It was an Orthodox style service, where men
and women sat separately and a young shaliach
named Mauricio led the service. I opened the
service with a version of L’cha Dodi that I had
written especially for the occasion. The
reaction that I received from the Cuban Jews
that were present was overwhelming. They
literally stared at me in amazement with huge
smiles across their faces. Later, after the
service, I was asked to lead some z’mirot,
Shabbat songs, which I did. When I played
Yerushalayim Shel Zahav, our host and
president of the Sephardic Center, Dr. Levy,
had tears streaming down his face. It was like
that everywhere we went in Cuba. They cried
and we cried; emotions are not hidden in
Cuba. From the concert I sang for the 150
members of the Jewish Community on
Saturday afternoon, to the small stops we
made at the Jewish communities in Cienfuegos
and Santa Clara, my guitar spoke a language
that everyone in Cuba could understand. It
allowed us to grow close in a very short period
of time. I don’t know if it was the songs I
sang, the fact that I was a ‘she’ Cantor, as they
called me, or my guitar. But it was these
simple songs which allowed me to
communicate with the Jews in Cuba in a way I
had never before experienced in my life. God
had surely put me in this place for a reason.
In Cuba, people have government assigned
houses, or ones they inherited from their
parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents.
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Unload children on the street
They look up and wave to me
As if this is very normal
Busloads of school children
On their mission with their feet
Like a f ire deep inside them
They burn for social justice
They march in the streets of
Havana
Hundreds of thousands strong
They have cars they inherited from generations
ago and keep running somehow. Ration books
give them 6 lbs of rice per person in a family
per month, and 3 lbs of meat per person per
month. Healthcare is free but the hospitals
sometimes don’t have running water.
Education is free through graduate school, but
once you’re done, you take a job that the
government assigns you. Doctors make less
than $35 a month. Basics are provided, but
extras are rare. There is no one starving, but
children beg for soap on the street. The
buildings in old Havana where our hotel was,
are dilapidated and in need of repair. But the
tourist destinations, now the biggest industry
in Cuba, are well maintained. The architecture
is extraordinary. Our tour guide Vivien,
explained a lot about the life in Cuba, and
while the people are seemingly very happy
from the outside, they are very critical of their
own country. Still, Fidel Castro is their hero,
and when he calls, they answer. Everywhere
you go in Cuba, there is music. Dominoes is
the national game. Baseball is their passion.
The highlight of my first trip to Cuba was
when I was given the opportunity to sing
some songs with the Jewish children during
Sunday School at the Patronato, the Jewish
At the call of their hero
All else is forgotten
Like lambs herded by their shepherd
Equality for all.
The gift that we are given
Is the chance to witness history
The reality of Cuba
Is so different than we thought
Like a f ire deep inside them
They burn for social justice
For the sake of their people’s honor
They answer Fidel’s call.
They chant:
Long live Fidel Castro
Utopia for all,
We march for social justice
Cuba triumphara!
Cantor Levine
Community Center. They sat attentively
singing whatever I threw at them with
enthusiasm and fervor. They knew a lot more
Hebrew songs than I imagined, and again,
through music we grew close in a short period
of time. The smiles on their faces will stay with
me for the rest of my life. Since then I have
returned to work with them again. The second
time I performed a concert and handed out
copies of the CD I recorded especially for
them to every family.
My mission to help continued recently when
I traveled to Cuba on my third trip, again
sponsored by B’nai B’rith International during
the days of Chanukah. There were so many
highlights. The Sephardic synagogue hosted me
in concert on the first Shabbat of Chanukah
followed by dinner for the entire community of
about 200 people. It was exhilarating to lead
everyone in Chanukah and familiar Ladino
songs where everyone was clapping and singing.
No microphone and a 95 degree room did not
deter our enthusiasm. Festivities continued on
Sunday morning during the religious school
celebration at the Patronato Jewish Community
Center where the size of the school has almost
quadrupled since I was there two years ago.
After that celebration we moved on to the
Orthodox Synagogue, Adat Israel, where on the
rooftop enclosed air conditioned terrace, this
time with a microphone, I performed my final
concert of the weekend, again to over 200
people. As I sang the children and several adults
got up and started Israeli dancing. I kept the
music going for as long as possible, not wanting
to break the joy and celebration. At the end of
our trip, Steve Yoselevich our B’nai B’rith
leader, presented me with a token of the
Congregation’s esteem for my performance: a
beautiful original oil painting done by a Cuban
artist given to me by the President Jacob
Berezniak. I was deeply moved and honored
and will treasure that gift forever. There were
other highlights in Santa Clara and Cienfuegos,
the outlying regions in which Jews struggle to
keep the flame alive: The new synagogue in
Santa Clara and David Tacher leading a
Holocaust Memorial Service at their cemetery
…Claudia Barliya, a beautiful girl nine years of
age who sang Jerusalem of Gold and played
Hatikva for us on her violin…lighting of
Chanukah candles at the home of Rebeca
Langus Rodrigues, President of the synagogue
in Cienfuegos. All stand out as memorable
events on the trip and important stops as we
distributed gifts from B’nai B’rith International.
Together, because of all of YOUR donations,
we were able to bring more than 800 lbs of
goods to the Jews of Cuba, basics that they
desperately need. It is impossible to take
anything for granted after visiting Cuba.
The Jews still living in Cuba are heroes of
the greatest proportion: they are keeping the
Jewish community alive. It is our sacred task to
continue this partnership by helping them to
improve their lives in any way we can. I could
talk about the people and Jewish community
of Cuba for days, but words are not sufficient
to express my love for this community and the
wonderful people I have established
relationships with over the years. At the end of
the trip I gave the guitar I carried down with
me to Juan David Rodriguez, a Jewish young
man and son of my friend Ana Maria.
I expect that when I return to Cuba the
next time, I will hear that guitar playing the
story of the Jews of Cuba: a story of survival,
of rebirth and reconnection with the Jewish
community of the world. I hope that some of
you will join me!
Yours in song,
Cantor Lisa
Yoga Shalom
A Jewish Worship Experience for
Body, Mind and Spirit
Created by Cantor Lisa Levine with
Yoga Instructor Carol Krucoff
Services are held in the Temple Shalom Chapel
This hour and fifteen minute worship
service combines elements of a classical
Hatha Yoga class with four traditional
parts of the Jewish worship service
including Birchot Hashachar (Introductory
Prayers), Shema uvirchoteha (Shema and
its Blessings) T’filah (Intermediary
Blessings) and Concluding Prayers
(Adoration, Kaddish, Healing).The entire
practice is accompanied by sacred
music—some of which are Cantor Lisa’s
original compositions. Bring your mat or
towel and a bottle of water and join us
for a life changing worship experience.
Saturday
March 27 & May 22
10 -11:15 AM
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Soulful MLK Shabbat Ruach Service • Book Club
Temple Shalom Book Club
2009-2010
The much delayed February 7 book
club meeting has been rescheduled
for
Sunday, March 7
at 9 AM.
We will be discussing
“The Man in the Sharkskin Suit” by
Lucette Lagnado,
a memoir about Jewish family life in
and out of Egypt.
The remaining books and meetings are —
April 11, 9-10:30 AM
A Hatred for Tulips
by Richard Lourie:
The Dutch boy who betrayed Anne Frank tells his
story 60 years later. It raises many questions
including whose suffering is more important and
how much hunger can cancel out human compassion. This astute novel is about moral responsibility and the illusion of truth. Book club members
may also enrich this discussion by reading the
companion novel,The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank
by Ellen Feldman and The Diary of Anne Frank.
May 16, 10-11:30 AM (Note the different time)
The Jew of Home Depot
by Max Apple
A collection of 13 delightful short stories that
often star Jews.The disparate characters celebrate serendipity and the daily collision of cultures that makes up contemporary American life.
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From the Religious School
Lisa Pressman
Director of Education
Jewish Journeys
I have found that you never know when spiritual moments will come
about. Sometimes they are in classroom when a child says something so
profound, like the kindergartener who told me that if we write a letter
to God, it would open with the words, “Baruch Ata Adonai.” It blew
me away. There was the high school student (from another city) who
had gone through a very difficult year and wrote to tell me that she was
going to take advanced classes in Judaism because working with the
children in the school had made her realize how important Judaism was
to her life. And then there was last week, while having my nails done, I
chatted with the woman next to me. When she found out I was in
religious education she told me that she had changed her major in
college from government to religion because she needed to find out
what was really important in life. We are all seekers and travelers
through life, trying to better understand our journey.
As the Director of Education, when asked what is my vision (my
journey outline) for our school, I say, “I want to connect our families to
their Jewish roots and traditions… connecting Jews to Judaism.” Just
look at a sampling of what we have done this year and what we are
hoping to do in the future.
Jewish Ethics and Values
Our adolescent students tell us there is no difference between Jewish
values and American values. Of course American values are from the
Bible and the first group to create a new system of justice and law and
to value the rights of the individual was the Jewish people. We teach
Jewish values and we are taught that one does not only learn, but one
must “do.” So, we created a Beit Din, legal court, run by Scott Kravetz
and our students, to oversee all Tzedakah – righteous giving – programs.
The kids are making decisions and actively getting involved. The
Confirmation class, led by Andy Mark, created a Nothing But Nets all
school program to buy malaria nets that will simply and inexpensively
combat the spread of malaria. Students bring Tzedakah money each
week. All the funds in January and February went to Haiti Relief. Our
second grade visits the elderly in the Hebrew Home to brighten their
day and our third graders study the commandments.
Jewish History and Culture
How do we learn about our roots? Why are we called a “people?” We
must learn about those who come before us. In the early grades, Pre-K
to 2, students explore rituals that are particular to Judaism: Shabbat
rituals and holidays. Our children hear the stories of the Bible and are
introduced to its characters that we call our fathers and mothers. We talk
about how their stories are like our lives today. We explore Israel and
learn about that special “Jewish” place. The conversations are more
sophisticated in grade 4 life cycle and grade 5 Tanach (Bible) and Israel,
and grade 6 Jewish immigration and the American Jewish story, and
grade 7 Holocaust and anti-Semitism. We are constantly re-telling our
stories and passing them along to the next generation — L’dor v’dor —
from generation to generation.
Hebrew
We learn stories from the past 4,000 years and we connect with an
ancient language. We pass on traditions like Bar and Bat Mitzvah and we
hope to enter adulthood with the ability to connect with other Jews
through the language of the liturgical service. What are the songs, what is
the order and meaning of the prayers, how do we participate in the service?
How do we decode the scrawl we call the alef-bet? So much to learn.
Grade 3 Hebrew — New for 2010–2011 — 5771
We want to begin mid-week Hebrew this coming year in grade 3. Our
younger students find it easier to acquire language, and beginning midweek Hebrew study one year earlier will help them be more successful.
We extended our Hebrew studies in grades Pre-K to 2 beginning last
year so children would feel more comfortable with Hebrew. Since MCPS
has moved their entrance to kindergarten date from December to
September, we have younger students becoming Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
Eventually, very few 8th graders will become Bar/Bat Mitzvah but older
6th graders will be celebrating the event. By moving to 3rd grade
Hebrew, we will have four solid years of Hebrew in grades 3-6 and no
Hebrew in grade 7 – or possibly an optional class for those younger
students who want to bridge the gap between their 6th grade class and
the time when they begin study with their Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutor.
Families with students in grades K-3 will be receiving a letter shortly. We
look forward to your feedback. We want to hear your opinion!
Upper Grades
Our upper grades, 8-12, have a unique program. Students in our
CHAI School, grades 8-9, are able to fashion their own Jewish journey
by selecting Jewish educational opportunities from a variety of
organizations. Students can work with children in our religious school,
be in the teen band and choir, attend classes in our building or take part
in programs sponsored by other community organizations. For our
adolescents, who are striving to make meaning in their lives, connecting
with an affinity group is very important. We search for opportunities
that will help them find a meaningful place for Judaism in their lives.
Tenth graders work with Rabbi Feshbach to reach a higher level of
understanding as do our 11th and 12th graders.
I never know when a spiritual moment will happen or when a child or
an adult will find new meaning from one of our programs. As we enter
the last few months of the school year, I hope you and your children will
find something that will enrich your personal Jewish journey.
Lisa Pressman
Director of Education
P.S.Want to know more about what is going on in the Temple
Shalom Religious School? Go to www.templeshalom.net and
click on Religious Education.
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Adult Ed • Mitzvah Day
Life Long Learning at Temple Shalom
Adult Eduction Offerings March 2010
Upcoming Offerings
Wednesday evenings, March 17 & 24,April 7, 14 & 21, 2010;
7:30 – 9 PM
“Israel 101: People and Politics, Land and Culture,”
Rabbi Michael L. Feshbach, Lisa Pressman and others
This course is an introduction to Israel, from ancient origins and Biblical
roots to its modern politics. Topics may include: History and
Historiography (the question of what is the Bible, what is Biblical history, and how we use – and misuse – the Bible and archeology in understanding our own identity); Geography of Israel; Zionism and the roots
of the Modern State; the threat from Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran (security Doctrines in the face of long-range missiles); Parties and Politics
(how the Israeli government works); Unity and Diversity (Israeli culture
as seen through the lens of Ashkenazim and Sephardim, Secular and
Religious, Russians and Ethiopians, Arabs and Religious Minorities);
Israel and the Palestinians; Sights and Sounds (Music and Poetry, Food
and Festivals). This course is important for everyone, but is especially
appropriate for those planning a trip to Israel. $36 for Temple Shalom
members; $45 for all others.
To register, contact Lauren Harrison at 301-587-2273. or
lharrison@templeshalom.net.
Learning at Leisure World
Adult Eduction Offerings April 2010
Wednesday mornings,April 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2010; 10:30 AM –
12 NOON
“Choices: New Views of God in Modern Jewish Thought From
Mordecai Kaplan to Martin Buber to Abraham Joshua Heschel”
with Rabbi Michael L. Feshbach
We live at a time in which our views about God and religious questions
differ widely from one another, and we may think that our own beliefs
place us outside the bounds, or beyond the pale of Jewish tradition. In
fact, though, Jewish thinkers have expressed a startlingly wide range of
views about God over the past century — ranging from the notion that
god is (just?) an idea, to intensely intimate and personal portraits of the
divine. Using an approach developed by Rabbi Eugene Borrowitz to
place these modern writes on a spectrum from rationalists to non-rational, we will explore the views of thinkers as different as Mordecai Kaplan
and Abraham Joshua Hescehl. With our discussion will come the opportunity to see that in all likelihood, your are not alone in your own views,
whatever they might be.
To register, contact Lucky Malamut at 301-598-2833. or rabbi Michael
Feshbach, at 301-587-2273 or rabbifeshbach@templeshalom.net
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TIKKUN OLam
Temple Shalom's First Ever
GREEN
MITZVAH
DAY
Sunday, April 25, 1:15– 4 PM
Activities will include:
Planting
Recycling
Catalog reduction
Area clean-up
More details coming your way in March
Sponsored by the Tikkun Olam
Committee of Temple Shalom
For more information contact:
Liz Dayan, edayan@comcast.net
Juliet Mellow, julietmellow@netzero.com
or
Pamela Fields, pamela@fieldsrichards.com
Adult Ed
The Foundation for Jewish Studies Distinguished Scholar Series presents:
Are the Jewish Holidays
Late this Year?
Judaism and the Lessons of
Modern Biblical Scholarship
with Professor James Kugel
Thursday evening
March 18, 2010
7:30 PM
at and cosponsored by
Temple Shalom
8401 Grubb Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Free and open to the public;
Light refreshments to follow.
Professor James Kugel is Director of
the Institute
for the History of the Jewish Bible,
Bar Ilan University.
Foundation for Jewish Studies Lunch and Learn Program
Above and
Beyond:
The Origin of Ethics and Piety
Out of the Pages of the Jewish
Legal Tradition
Rabbi Michael Feshbach, Temple Shalom, Chevy Chase, MD
Judaism functions, in the main, as a tradition of law. But from the very
beginning — in our Biblical origins, on the pages of the Talmud, and
in the insights of medieval and early modern writers, there have been
hints of a meta-halakha, something “above and beyond” the law. You
can be a “scoundrel within the lines of the law.” But we are, on the
other hand, sometimes supposed to do something beyond a legal
Some of the most familiar holidays in the Jewish calendar look very
different in the light of Biblical research. What is more, the Dead Sea
Scrolls have revealed that, compared with the “Jewish calendar” we
use today, Jews in late biblical times used an entirely different calendar
— one in which the holidays were never “late this year.” What are
Jews today to make of these findings?
requirement “for the sake of peace.” Bachya ibn Pakuda wrote about
In 2007 James Kugel’s latest book, How to Read the Bible was given
the Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award by the
Jewish Book Council. Rabbi Feshbach describes this work as the single
best introduction to the Hebrew Bible he has seen in many years,
balancing, better than any other such effort, a modern historical,
archeological, literary and textual approach, on the one hand, with a
traditional, spiritually sensitive and religiously meaningful orientation,
on the other.
would consider the hidden heart of Jewish life.
Such a delicate balance is reflected in Dr. Kugel’s own life: a
traditionally observant Jew in his personal life, he teaches the academic
and non-fundamentalist approach of modern Biblical studies in his
professional work. James L. Kugel is chair of the Institute for the
History of the Jewish Bible at Bar Ilan University in Israel and the
Harry M. Starr Professor Emeritus of Classical and Modern Hebrew
Literature at Harvard University. He is the author and editor of 15
books and numerous articles on the Bible and its early commentators,
focusing on the Second Temple period. In 2001, his book, the Bible As
It Was won the Grawemeyer Award in religion. The prize “recognizes
outstanding and creative works that promote understanding of the
relationship between human beings and the divine.”
the “duties of the heart.” And Israel Salanter founded a “musar”
movement based on ethics and the inculcation of certain attitudes,
rather than actions. Come explore the ethics and piety that go
“beyond the bounds” of stricture and statute, a peek at what some
Wednesday afternoons, May 5, 12, 26 and June 2, 2010,
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
At the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington,
6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD, 20852
$35 for members of the FJS; $45 for all others.
To register or for more information please contact
the Foundation for Jewish Studies, at www.foundjs.org or
301-770-4787.
Mail in registration should be sent to:
The Foundation for Jewish Studies
6101 Montrose Rd., Suite 206, Rockville, MD 20852
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March 2010
2
3
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
4:30 PM Hebrew School
7 AM Wednesday Morning Minyan Service
9
10
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
4
12 NOON Reading The Writings:
The Book of Proverbs
5
FRIDAY
6
SUNDAY
7:30 PM Board of Trustees Meeting
7:30 PM Shir Shalom Choir Rehearsal
5 PM NFTY MAR The Vent
10 AM Shabbat Morning Worship & Study
10 AM Shabbat Service: Bar Mitzvah
of Seth Hagler
7
7:30 PM Adult Ed: Israel 101:
People and Politics, Land and Culture
13
SATURDAY
6 PM 8th & 9th Grade Retreat
12 NOON NO Reading The Writings
18
THURSDAY
8 PM Soulful Shabbat Ruach Service
with Shir Shalom & Band
6 PM Congregational Shabbat Dinner
SATURDAY
12
6 PM 8th & 9th Grade Retreat
11
FRIDAY
7 PM Erev Shabbat Family Services led by
Grade 1st With TSY Choir; Scout Shabbat
17
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
9 AM Renaissance Program Terra Cotta
Warriors – National Geographic Society
6:30 PM Brotherhood Meeting
TUESDAY
THURSDAY
16
12 NOON Reading the Writings:
The Book of Proverbs
7:30 PM FJS Distinguished Scholar Series:
Professor James Kugel
19
FRIDAY
6:15 PM Kabbalat Shabbat Services
7 PM Pot Luck Dinner
8 PM Erev Shabbat Services; Decade
Shabbat 1969-1978
14
8:45 AM Religious School Early Session
8:45 AM Brotherhood Passover Wine Sale
Starts
9:30 AM Brotherhood Brunch & Wine Sale
10 AM Brotherhood Brunch with Melanie
Struder – “Volunteers for Israel”
8:45 AM Grade 1st Family Education
10 AM Grade 2nd Hebrew Home
10 AM Shabbat Service and B’not Mitzvah
of Jessica Dine and Anna Leggett
10:45 AM TSY Youth Choir
10:45 AM Beit Din
4 PM Youth Group Chocolate Seder
11:15 AM Religious School Late Session
4:30 PM Post Confirmation Class
12:30 PM Chai School Ruach Teen Choir
11:15 AM Grade 1st – Family Education
1 PM Chai School Ruach Teen Band
1:15 PM K – 6th Graders – Shalom Science
Program
6 PM Chai School
6 PM Confirmation Class
8:45 AM Grade 4 – Family Education
6 PM Religious School Evening Session
NO Classes Grade 7-8-9
6:30 PM Brotherhood:
Preparing Kids For College
10:45 AM Beit Din
SUNDAY
20
SATURDAY
21
SUNDAY
8:45 AM Brotherhood Passover Wine Sale Ends
Temple Shalom
Photo Album
Confirmation
Reunion
Page 10
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Friday, March 19
“Decade Shabbat” honoring
those who joined 1969–1978
Saturday,April 17
Gala Anniversary Celebration
Friday, June 11
“Decade Shabbat” honoring
those who joined 1959–1968;
Soulful Shabbat Ruach
with Rick Recht
27
SATURDAY
6 PM Chai School
10 AM Shabbat Service
23
24
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
29
30
Brotherhood
Capital Projects
Herb Jacobowitz
Bob Krauss
Mark Ross
Cemetery
Marta Tanenhaus
College Outreach
Barbara Shulman
Communications
Finance Committee
TBD
Marc Feinberg
Kenneth Kramer
Ed Beeman
Historian/Parliamentarian
Sandy Kamisar
House & Grounds
Mike Gurevich
Joan Kalin
Leadership
Anne Feinberg
6 PM NO Chai School
Legal Counsel
Marc Feinberg
Membership
Allison Druin
Wilma Braun
Beryl Tretter
First Seder
Mitzvah Corps
TUESDAY
First Day of Passover –
OFFICE CLOSED
Music
9 AM Clergy Cook Off – Breakfast
10 AM Passover Festival Morning Service
Lori Weinstein
Nominating
Andrea Mark
Religious Education
Jeffrey Steger
4:30 PM NO Hebrew School
25
12 NOON Reading the Writings: The
Book of Proverbs
7:30 PM Executive Committee Meeting
26
FRIDAY
Rita Klein
MONDAY
7:30 PM Adult Ed: Israel 101: People and
Politics, Land and Culture
THURSDAY
B’nai Mitzvah Coordinator
8:45 PM NO Religious School
Joan Kalin
JCC Delegate
28
SUNDAY
ARZA
Founders
10 AM Yoga Shalom
Barbara Saragovitz
Steve Hirschfeld
6 PM Confirmation
6 PM Women’s Seder
Adult Education
6 PM Tot Seder
Renaissance Committee
31
WEDNESDAY
4:30 PM NO Hebrew School –
Spring Break
Sisterhood
Francine Simons
Special Funds
Lisa Rozman
Karen Safer
Harvey Berger
Tikkun Olam
Larry Katzman
Worship
Marty Shargel
8 PM Erev Shabbat Services led by Gr. 10
Youth Committee
Seth Maiman
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April 2010
2
3
4
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
7 PM Shabbat Family Services with TSY Choirs
13
14
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
4:30 PM Religious School
6 PM NO Chai School or Evening Classes
7:30 PM Israel 101: People and Politics,
Land and Culture
10:30 AM Festival Morning Service at
Temple Sinai
OFFICE CLOSED FOR PASSOVER
6
7
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
NO Hebrew School
7:30 PM Shir Shalom Choir
NO Hebrew School
7:30 PM Adult Ed. Israel 101: People and
Politics, Land and Culture
SUNDAY
Reading the Writings:The Book of
Proverbs
SUNDAY
9:30 AM Grade 4 – Cemetery Trip
8 PM Erev Shabbat Services
10:45 AM Beit Din
6 PM GALA 50th Anniversary Celebration
2 PM Tikkun Olam – Green Mitzvah Day
2:30 PM Brotherhood: Natural History
Museum – IMAX Theatre
6 PM Chai School
6 PM Grade 10 Retreat
6 PM Confirmation
10
11
SUNDAY
27
28
TUESDAY
6 PM Chai School
SATURDAY
2:30 PM Debbie Levy Book Signing Event
10:45 AM Beit Din
2 PM Pre-Confirmation Meeting Grade 9
8 PM Soulful Shabbat Ruach Erev Shabbat
Services; Brotherhood-Sisterhood Shabbat
WEDNESDAY
6 PM Post Confirmation Class
20
21
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
9 AM Renaissance Program: Woodlawn
Plantation – Alexandria, VA
9
25
NOON
FRIDAY
NOON Reading the Writings: The Book of
Proverbs
10:45 AM Youth Choir
8
8 PM Chavurah Shabbat; Post Confirmation
Graduation
24
SATURDAY
18
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
17
SATURDAY
6:30 PM Confirmation
23
10 AM Shabbat Service: B’nai Mitzvah of
Lindsay Weiss and Jared Machlin
16
FRIDAY
10:30 AM Choices: New Views of God In
Modern Jewish Thought (at Leisure World)
15
THURSDAY
NOON Reading the Writings: The Book of
Proverbs
5 PM NFTY MAR Spring Kallah
8:45 AM NO Religious School
Passover – Seventh Day
THURSDAY
10:30 AM Choices: New Views of God in
5
MONDAY
22
29
THURSDAY
9 AM Adult Ed: Book Club Meeting
NOON Reading The Writings: The Book of
Proverbs
9 AM Youth Committee Meeting
10:45 AM Beit Din
7:30 PM Israel 101: People and Politics,
Land and Culture
6 PM Erev Yom HaShoah Service &
Program
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30
FRIDAY
6:15 PM Matan Siddur Erev Shabbat
Services, led by Grade 4
May 2010
Next Shofar
Cut-Off Date
Friday, April 30
9
SUNDAY
18
TUESDAY
8:45 AM Tzedakah Fair
8:30 PM Shavuot Dairy Dessert Reception
9 AM Youth Committee Meeting
9 PM Tikkun Leil Shavuot
10:45 AM Beit Din
19
WEDNESDAY
1
6 PM Chai School
10 AM Shabbat Service: B’not Mitzvah of
Claire Trilling & Lindsay Bergman
2
SUNDAY
11
TUESDAY
8:45 AM Grade 3 – Family Ed. Early Session
10 AM Pre-Mother’s Day Brotherhood
Jazz Brunch
12
WEDNESDAY
6 PM Confirmation
8 PM Erev Shabbat Services: 10th Grade
Graduation
22
SATURDAY
23
SUNDAY
12 NOON Reading the Writings: The Book
of Proverbs
26
27
28
WEDNESDAY
14
FRIDAY
THURSDAY
8 PM 50th Anniversary Soulful Ruach
Shabbat with Rick Recht
15
SATURDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
7
FRIDAY
10 AM Shabbat Service and B’nai Mitzvah
Gabriel Schrier and Garrett KapsteinO’Brien
8 PM Erev Shabbat Services
8:45 AM Last day of Sunday school and
picnic
10 AM Adult Ed. Book Club Meeting
29
7 PM Erev Shabbat Service led by Grade 3
10:45 AM Beit Din
10 AM Shabbat Service: Bat Mitzvah of
Ruth Jernigan-Goldberg
31
MONDAY
10 AM Unisession & Picnic – Last Day
Memorial Day OFFICE CLOSED
1:30 PM Confirmation Rehearsal
8
SATURDAY
16
SUNDAY
10 AM Confirmation
SATURDAY
12 NOON Reading The Writings: The
Book of Proverbs
9:30 AM Tot Shavuot Service
10 AM Yoga Shalom
6:30 PM Confirmation
6
6:30 PM Confirmation Dinner
12:30 PM Reception
FRIDAY
13
THURSDAY
12:30 PM Foundation for Jewish Studies –
Lunch & Learn taught by Rabbi Feshbach
21
6:30 PM Confirmation Class
6 PM Chai School
9 AM Renaissance Program – Baltimore
Pops – Strathmore Hall
4:30 PM Religious School LAST DAY
WEDNESDAY
12:30 PM Foundation for Jewish Studies,
Lunch & Learn Taught by Rabbi Feshbach
11:15 AM Grade 3 – Family Ed. Late Session
4
5
4:30 PM Religious School LAST DAY
6 PM Teacher Appreciation Dinner
10:45 AM Beit Din
TUESDAY
20
THURSDAY
Shavuot [OFFICE CLOSED]
10:30 AM Shavuot Morning Community
Services (at Temple Emanuel)
SATURDAY
7:30 PM Erev Shavuot Service
6 PM Chai School
10 AM Shabbat Service: B’nai Mitzvah of
Sophia Cordes & Max Clary
Page 13
Pesach (Passover) and
Shavuot Upcoming Festival
Services
Our tradition of joint Festival morning services with other area Reform congregations
continues this spring, as we celebrate Passover and Shavuot with Temple Sinai and
Temple Emanuel.
Upcoming services for the holidays, both combined with the other synagogues and on
our own, include:
The First Morning of Passover
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
at Temple Shalom
Clergy Cook Off:
Matza-Brei,
Have It Your Way, 9 AM
Our now famous enterprise of clergy cooking in the kitchen with a wide variety of different
matza-brie recipes, followed by the
Festival Service for the First Morning of Pesach, 10:30 AM
Seventh Day of Pesach
Monday, April 5, 2010
at Temple Sinai, 3100 Military Rd, NW
Pesach Concluding Festival Morning and Yizkor Memorial Service, 10:30 AM
“Last Matza” (for Reform Jews) Luncheon following the service at around 12 NOON
The Evening of Shavuot
Yom HaShoah
v’haG’vurah
(Holocaust
Martyrs’ and
Heroes
Remembrance
Day)
Sunday night
April 11, 2010
beginning at 6 PM
We come together for a service with
participation from our Seventh and
Tenth Grade classes, including the
annual recitation of the names of loved
ones lost during the Shoah by members
of our congregation.
(If you are new to the congregation
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
or you have not given our office the
including the reading of the Ten Commandments
contact Lauren Harrison at lharri-
(Temple Shalom only)
Erev Shavuot Service, 7:30 PM
Dairy Dessert Reception (Blintzes and Cheesecake), 8:30 PM
Tikkun Leil Shavuot Study Sessions,
9 – 11 PM (details to follow)
The Morning of Shavuot
names of family members who perished during the Holocaust, please
son@templeshalom.net as soon as
possible, and we will include your
family members in our congregational family list)
This service includes lighting our con-
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
gregation’s specially designed Holocaust
Shavuot Morning and Yizkor Memorial Service, 10:30 AM
And watch for details of the rest of the
at Temple Emanuel, 10101 Connecticut Avenue
Kiddush Luncheon to follow the service at around 12 NOON
Page 14
Join us for Temple
Shalom’s
annual observance of
Menorah.
“program” for that night in the days to
come.
Brotherhood Calendar • Women’s Seder • Renaissance Group
RENAISSANCE GROUP
Temple Shalom Brotherhood
Event Calendar 2010
Brunch with Melanie Strudler –
Volunteers for Israel
March 7, 2010 at 10 AM
Reservations: Brotherhood@TempleShalom.net
Passover Wine –
March 14 and 21 during Sunday School
Choosing a College for Your Child –
Shirley Levin
March 14, 2010 at 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Sisterhood/Brotherhood Shabbat and Dinner
April 9, 2010, Everyone is welcome, details to follow
The Temple Shalom Renaissance Group began the 2009-10 season in
September, with a visit to Tudor Place, a beautiful historic home in
Georgetown. We were fortunate to have our own Alice Goodman, a
docent at the home, as our tour guide. In October, we held our traditional dessert social an annual meeting at the Temple. Eric Cline, noted
archaeologist and Temple member, was our speaker. He updated us on
his most recent findings in Israel and shared plans for future explorations. In December we joined forces with the Temple Brotherhood
and Sisterhood to show the film, Yentl. The group enjoyed a Chinese
dinner before the movie screening.
Plans for early 2010 include dining out at Baci, an Italian restaurant and
wine bar in Rockville and the upcoming performance of Gilbert &
Sullivan’s The Grand Duke, at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre in
Rockville on Sunday, February 28 2 PM .
I hope you will be able to join us for these upcoming events. For further
information, call Francine Simons, at 301-838-9530, or e-mail:
francine1938@verizon.net.
Spring Events
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Pre-Mother’s Day JAZZ Brunch
May 2, 2010 at 10 AM
Reservations: Brotherhood@TempleShalom.net
See the famous Terra Cotta Warriors at the National Geographic Society
in Washington, DC. We will meet at the museum at 10:30. Further
details appear in a flyer elsewhere in the Shofar and in the Temple flyer
mailing.
Sunday,April 25, 2010
Visit the Woodlawn Plantation and Pope-Leighey House in Alexandria,
VA. Complete details regarding time and cost will be available soon.
Temple Shalom’s Annual….
Women’s Seder
Sunday, March 21, 6 PM
Join us for cocktails at 5:30 PM
Come experience an interactive Haggadah
led by Cantor Lisa and Lisa Pressman
Traditional seder plate foods and blessings
Mediterranean Style Dinner
All Welcome! Bring a sister, cousin, aunt, mother,
grandmother or neighbor
(Sisterhood membership not required)
$25 per person (payable to Temple Shalom Sisterhood)
Mail to: Linda Gurevich, 506 Copley Lane,
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Linda.Gurevich@gmail.com or 301 236-9410
Sponsored by the WRJ Sisterhood of Temple Shalom
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Join us for a tribute to Irving Berlin, a Baltimore Pops concert at
Strathmore Hall. The concert begins at 8 PM. Tickets will be $35 per
person.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
A gala cocktail buffet in the party room at the Overlook, Leisure World,
at 5 PM
Please Join Us For
A Gala Celebration
In Honor of the 50th
Anniversary
Of Temple Shalom
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Invitations to Follow
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Brotherhood Brunches
Sunday, March 7, 2010
“Volunteers for Israel”
with Melanie Strudler, Volunteers for Israel
On Sunday mornings throughout the year, the Temple Shalom
Brotherhood continues its tradition of old-style cooking and cutting-edge conversation. The brunches are open to all; 10 AM –
12 NOON, only $5 person.
More
inside
Photo Album
More photos on
pages 10 and 11
Temple Shalom
www.templeshalom.net
Phone: 301–587–2273 • Fax: 301–588–9368
8401 Grubb Road • Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Temple Shalom
Trustees
Marc Blumenstein, Jordin Cohen, Allison Druin,
Marc Feinberg, Steve Hirschfeld, Royal
Hutchinson, Linda Kushner, Susan Medick,
Barbara Miller, Earl Simons, Richard Udell,
Stefanie Weldon, Linda Gurevich, Rita Klein,
Richard Weitzner
Voting Auxiliary Members
Andrea Mark, Immediate Past President;
Herb Jatobowitz, Bob Krauss,
Brotherhood; Erica Horne, Sara Kushner, TaSTY
Co-Presidents, Lisa Rozman & Karen Safer,
Sisterhood
Auxiliary Members
Ex Officio (Non-Voting)
Rabbi Michael Feshbach
Cantor Lisa Levine
Susan Goutos Zemsky, Executive Director
Sandy Kamisar, URJ Executive Board Member
Stephen Sacks, URJ Counsel
Ed Beeman, Founder’s Representative
Marc Feinberg, Temple Counsel
Board of Trustees Executive
Committee
Betsy Kingery, President
Myles Levin, Executive Vice President
Scott Schreiber, Vice President
Caryn Anthony, Vice President
Margo Gottesman, Secretary
Mark Ross, Treasurer
Bob Krauss, Financial Secretary
Andrea Mark, Immediate Past President
Clergy & Staff
Senior Rabbi Michael L. Feshbach
Cantor Lisa L. Levine
Rabbi Emeritus Bruce E. Kahn
Cantor Emeritus Saul Rogolsky
Susan Goutos Zemsky, Executive Director
Lisa Pressman, Director of Education

March-May 2010 - Temple Shalom

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