Jammin in Jammies January 24, JCC Social Hall

January 2015
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Vol. 85, No. 5
Jammin in Jammies
January 24, JCC Social Hall
Enjoy a fun evening of Havdalah and a concert for preschoolers and siblings, mommies, daddies, bubbies, zadies, papas,
nanas and all other grandparents! This is a community event, so
please invite your friends! Join us for a wonderful evening of great
music by Julie Geller followed by a night time snack. Bring a blanket to cuddle on. The cost is $10 per family to join us. This also
provides a chance to win a giant teddy bear! Additional raffle tickets are available for $1 at the door. Donations can be made on the
Beth Shalom Website or in our school office. This year, our goal is
to raise $10,000 to help expand and enhance the school’s existing
programs. Please donate to support our preschool!
Julie Geller is saving the world one song at a time with
original, uplifting and positive songs in English and
Hebrew. She has been releasing one new music video a
month for a year and-a-half, and her music has been featured in the Jewish Week, J W Magazine, The Intermountain Jewish News, and many other publications. Julie has released five CDs and performs around the
country for both adult and family audiences. She is a graduate of Harvard University and New England
Conservatory of Music and she studied at Bar Ilan University and Midreshet Lindenbaum in Israel.
Beth Shalom Welcomes Visiting Scholar Rabbi Amy Eilberg (For Schedule, see page 2)
Milisa Flekier and Berenice Haberman are co-chairs
The annual Kaplan Scholar-in-Residence weekend in for the weekend. Each year Women’s League for Conconjunction with Sisterhood Shabbat will be held Februservative Judaism marks its anniversary on the Shabbat
ary 6 and 7. Our visiting Scholar is Rabbi Amy Eilberg,
closest to the date in 1918 on which Mathilde Schechter,
the first woman ordained as a Conservative rabbi by the
wife of JTS Chancellor, Solomon Schecter,
Jewish Theological Seminary of America.
She currently teaches at United Theologifounded our organization. The weekend
will include Friday evening services, a Shabcal Seminary of the Twin Cities and directs
interfaith dialogue programs for the Jay
bat dinner prepared by Sisterhood members
and Shabbat morning services in which
Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning in St.
Sisterhood members and young women
Paul, MN. In her new book, From Enemy
will participate. The weekend will conclude
to Friend: Jewish Wisdom and the Pursuit of
Saturday evening with Minchah/Seudah
Peace, published by Orbis Books in March
Sh’lishit/Ma’ariv and Havdalah. The week2014, Rabbi Eilberg
Table of Contents
end activities are subsidized by the Abe and
blends ancient Jewish saRabbi............................... p.2
cred texts on peacebuildCatherine Kaplan Fund and Beth Shalom
Kaplan Schedule............. p.2
Sisterhood. Invitations and details have
ing, real-life descriptions
Sisterhood....................... p.4
of conflict engagement—interpersonal, been mailed. The cost for the Friday night Shabbat dinner
B'nei Mitzvah & Anns..... p.6 interreligious, intra-communal, and
will be $12 per person. Reservations are due January 16th.
Cemetery Information..... p.7 international—and contemporary con- If you would like to help with dinner preparations, please
Calendar........................p.11 flict theory.
contact Milisa at mflekier@gmail.com.
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January 2015
From the Rabbi’s Study
In Praise of Inconvenience
One might think
that we should try to
make Jewish living as
convenient as possible.
After all, so much of
Jewish living bumps up
against many current
trends in popular culture.
Shabbat candle-lighting is fixed
according to sunset, and is rarely convenient. Finding kosher food is a difficulty. Services for some of our most
meaningful and joyful holidays are
often at the most inconvenient times –
weekdays, late nights, early mornings,
etc.
This seems to fly in the face of a
world where Starbucks has a shop on
every corner, and Amazon can deliver
whatever we want in 24 hours and we
We
Need
You
can shop for anything in the world
from our computer.
However, the most convenient
things in life rarely make memories.
Think about how sleep-deprived we
were when the Royals were in the
playoffs from all the late-night games.
Recall adolescent adventures of waiting in line for tickets, or driving hours
for concerts. Try to remember when
you sought out those hard to find
museums or restaurants unique to a
special city.
For things in life that are the
same, convenience and cost are most
important. For the aspects of life
that are filled with meaning, unique,
special – and memory making – the
inconvenience actually adds to the
experience.
This is why I encourage families
to stay up late with their kids for Jewish experiences. When bedtime gets
pushed aside for Purim or a Passover
Seder, when you get to go into school
late because you were at Sukkot
services, when you take time to find
that unique holiday food – you tell
your children that whatever you are
engaged in is REALLY important. So,
instead of avoiding Jewish inconvenience – embrace it. After all, is there
anything meaningful or important in
life that’s easy and convenient?
Rabbi David M. Glickman
dglickman@bethshalomkc.org
Morning Minyan
Jeff Blackman reading mitzvah
613 of Sefer ha-Chinuch at morning
minyan with Hazzan Ben-Yehuda
leading the service on Wednesday, November 26. 19 minyannaires enjoyed a
celebratory seudah after minyan.
Kaplan Weekend Schedule
Friday, February 6
6:00 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
7:00 pm
Shabbat Dinner
8:15 pm
Address by Rabbi Amy Eilberg "From Enemy to Friend: Jewish
Wisdom and the Pursuit of Peace"
Saturday, February 7
9:30 am
Shabbat Services Sermon Rabbi Eilberg "Seek Peace and Pursue it:
Relating to the Enemy and Paths to Healing"
12:00 pm
Kiddush Luncheon
5:30 pm
Minchah/Ma’ariv Services. Seudah Shlishit and Havdalah
"Transforming arguments to be for the sake of heaven - how we talk
to each other as Jews"
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Execut i vel y Speak ing
Why the Minyan Is So Important
Can we imagine our
congregation without daily
minyan? When we read
that question, do we react
with discomfort or apathy?
When a congregation grows
to a certain size, it prioritizes at least
having its own rabbi, cemetery, and
daily minyan. We’ve recruited our favorite rabbi and extended his contract.
We’re endowing our cemetery. And,
we’re in a challenging period maintaining our daily minyan. But, we are
stepping up to meet this challenge.
There are prayers we can say
alone each morning on arising;
praising God and thanking God for
renewing our life. Why is a minyan
so important every day? We cannot
read the Torah Monday and Thursday mornings without a minyan. Of
course, congregants can hear the Torah
read on Shabbat.
We cannot say the Mourner’s
Kaddish without a minyan. After the
death of a loved one, it is our culture
to observe the period of mourning
through participation in daily minyan. Having experienced this myself, I
came to realize the powerful effect this
had on my period of mourning. I now
understand how Jewish practices assist
in restoring to health deeply mourning family members. Jewish mourning
takes a community, a minyan.
As happens in cycles, several regular members of minyan have recently
finished their period of mourning,
and while they come periodically to
support others, they no longer come
regularly. We have begun to frequently
miss having daily minyan. Mourners
cannot say Kaddish for their loved
ones. If we put ourselves in their
shoes, we can imagine how we would
feel if we were deep in mourning and
could not say Kaddish.
Fortunately and lovingly, four of
our kehillot, our sacred communities,
have been asked to step up to join in
resolving this crisis. Our Sisterhood,
Men’s Club, Library Minyan and
Board of Directors have accepted responsibility for at least two volunteers
one day each week to join the kehilla
of daily morning minyan. To all the
members of these congregational communities, thank you.
Norman Kahn, Jr.
President
nkahnmd@gmail.com
Youth & Informal Education
Stefanie Williams, Director | swilliams@bethshalomkc.org | 913-647-7292
KCUSY at Kinnus
Gabrielle Abrams, Kayla Goldenberg,
Abby Flekier, Julia Paul
USY Winter Shabbaton
The annual winter Shabbaton
will be held January 23 – 25 at our
very own CBS. USYers will be leading services throughout the entire
weekend and will be participating in
the congregational Chinese Shabbat
Dinner.
This year’s theme will be the
Wizard of Emtza. Though details are
still being worked out, preliminary
FR: Josh Hurst, Joe Porter, Elie Simon, Haidee
Clauer. BR: Adena Goldberg, Sydney Cohen, Jacob
Flekier, Moriah Abrams, Leah Sosland, Sophie
Shapiro, Sophie Levine, Josh Eisemann,
Farrah Karty, Jacob Bell.
Elana Goldenberg,
Adena Goldberg
Eli Kahn
the journey than the destination. So
stay tuned for more details as co-chairs
plans revolve around comparison to
Adena Goldberg and Sophie Shapiro,
the Kansas City Royals and the fact
along with their committee, construct
that, though they did not win the final an impactful weekend for the atgame, the way they played as a team
tendees. Since visiting USYers stay in
was admirable and inspiring. They
congregants’ homes, please contact
epitomized the old adage that with so Stef if you would like to host any of
many things in life, it is more about
our guests.
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Sisterhood
Beverly Newman, President | shpres@bethshalomkc.org |
Makeup! Color! Skincare! Glamour!
Makeup, skincare, color, glamour--these are topics we will cover
when you join Sisterhood on January
20 at 11:30 am in Goldsmith Hall.
Dr. David Kaplan, and local cosmetologist David Fisher, will give us the
"scoop".
Goldsmith Hall
Dr. Kaplan is Board Certified in
Dermatology and Internal Medicine.
He will share the latest techniques and without cosmetic surgery. Mr. Fisher,
an expert in the makeup industry, will
trends in enhancing our appearance
teach us some tips on how to more
effectively apply our makeup.
A fun and delicious lunch will
precede the program. Cost is $12
for Sisterhood members and $14 for
guests. Please bring all your unused
makeup samples for the ladies at
Safehome, a residential facility for survivors of Domestic Violence. Invitations
have been mailed, for more information, contact Phyllis Abrams at
epabrams25@gmail.com.
Wounded Warriors and Warm Up America! Join Forces
The Wounded
Warrior project
is a military
veterans’ charity
organization
empowering
injured veterans and their
families. Carol
Yarmo, Community Service Vice-President displays
the Wounded Warrior plaque that was
recently sent to thank the participants
of Warm Up America! project sponsored by our sisterhood. Nine beautiful handmade quilts were presented
as door prizes at the Grand Opening
of the local Wounded Warrior Office
which serves young men and women
(in their 20's and 30's) from the surrounding area who were wounded in
the current wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq. The WUA goal was to show how
much we thank and appreciate what
the warriors and their families have
done for all Americans. Our WUA
project has donated over 75 afghans
to various organizations over a six year
period. We welcome new participants
who wish to join us to knit or crochet
rectangles. We meet the first Wednesday of every month from 10 am to 12
pm at CBS. For more information,
contact Carol at 913-642-1199 or
carolyarmo@kc.rr.com.
SH Book Club Meets Feb. 11
SH Book Club
will meet Wednesday,
February 11, 1:30 pm
at Arlene Shalinsky's
home. The book to be
discussed is The Innocents by Francesca
Segal.
"Adam and Rachel are getting married
at last. Childhood sweethearts whose
lives and families have been intertwined for years; theirs is set to be the
wedding of the year. But then Rachel's
cousin Ellie makes an unexpected
return to the family fold. As the longawaited wedding approaches, Adam
is torn between duty and temptation,
security and freedom, and must make
a choice that will break either one
heart, or many."
For further details about the Sisterhood Book Club or to be added to
the e-mail list, contact Rowena Turk at
913-649-7098 or at turk@kc.rr.com.
SH Executive Calendar Coordinator Needed
Do you want a great volunteer
position? Sisterhood needs an Executive Calendar Coordinator. You need
to be computer literate and able to
oversee the calendar campaign. Interested? Contact Linda Lessner at llessner@kc.rr.com or at 913-897-0122.
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Sisterhood Calendar
Jan. 7
Warm Up America!
Jan. 15, 22, 29
Peltzman Classes
Jan. 20
Lipstick and Lunch
Jan. 21
Ronald McDonald Family Room
Jan. 28
PrayerWorks
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Polsky Religious School (PRS)
Hazzan Tahl Ben-Yehuda, Director of Congregational Learning | hazzantby@bethshalomkc.org
Do A Mitzvah
In the depth of winter,
how do we brighten our
days? When we wake up
in the dark and return
home in the dark, what do we do to
keep our spirits high and our faces
bright? When memories of winter
break fade and spring vacation seems
so far away, what can we do to give
ourselves something to look forward
to?
We can commit ourselves to doing something kind for others! We can
spend half a day in pursuit of mitzvot,
of doing something that not only are
we commanded to do, but something
that will make us feel amazing while
we are doing it because it will help
others.
On Sunday, January 18, you
are invited to spend the morning,
together with our CBS community
of families, making cookies and treats
and decorating bags in which we will
put these treats. We will learn about
the mitzvah of feeding others, and we
will then deliver boxes of these bags
of goodies to the Ronald McDonald
House, food banks and shelters in our
area. The morning will begin with
a community t’fillah (service), and
then we’ll start cooking and baking.
This Mitzvah Day is in honor of the
memory of the Reverend Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., who continues to
inspire us to be aware of the suffering
of others. I hope you will join us!
Parent/Teacher/Student conferences are on Wednesday, January 21
for grades 3-7. Students are invited
and encouraged to attend. There will
be sign-up sheets for specific times
at the synagogue at the school desk.
Please speak to Jill for details.
Mark Your Calendars
Jan. 7
Jan. 18
Jan. 21
Winter break ends & classes resume
No School - Mitzvah day
No School - Parent/Teacher/Student
Conferences
Shabbat Kids' Club and Tot Shabbat Reminder
club
kids
bat
Shab
bat
tot shab
"Friday Night Lights"
Please remember that Shabbat Kids' Club and Tot
Shabbat will be held on January 24. Both Tot Shabbat
and Shabbat Kids' Club will begin at 11 am with a “pre
service nosh”. Tot Shabbat will then meet in the lower
library reading area, and Shabbat Kids Club will meet in
Room 114. The two groups will come together for Ein
Keloheinu and go upstairs to Goldsmith Hall for Adon
Olam. For more information, contact Shira Zigler at shiramichele@yahoo.com for Shabbat Kids' Club or Baree
Nottberg at bnottberg@yahoo.com for Tot Shabbat.
Mira Buchbinder and Vivien Wishna practice making Shabbat!
Join us for our second preschool family Shabbat
program, Friday Night Lights, on January 30. The evening will begin at 6 pm with a family-friendly Shabbat
service led by Rabbi Glickman and Hazzan Ben-Yehuda. A delicious dinner and dessert catered by Cathy
Levin will follow. Parents, siblings, grandparents, and
special people are all invited to join. For more information, contact Mindi Squire at 913-647-7285 or
msquire@bethshalomkc.org.
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C elebrating L ife C ycle E vents
January Anniversaries
January Anniversaries will be honored on January 17. To sponsor a
Kiddush, contact Jill Goldstein, 913-647-7286.
Mirra Tamar Goldenberg
January 10 / 19 Tevet
Mirra's parents are Jeff and Missy
Goldenberg. Her grandparents are Bob
and Barbara Palan, Seymour and Marsha
Krinsky and the late Thomas Goldenberg.
Her sisters are Elana and Kayla Goldenberg. Mirra attends the Hyman Brand
Hebrew Academy and plays basketball
and soccer. She also enjoys cross country,
sewing, and going to JCC Ranch Camp.
For Mirra's Mitzvah Project she is volunteering at
HBHA's Summer Scholars program. Family and friends
are invited to worship with the Goldenbergs and attend the
Kiddush Luncheon following services.
Sara Elisabeth (Elisa) Galapo
January 17 / 26 Tevet
Elisa's parents are Simon & Janet Galapo.
Her grandparents are Lawrence and Margaret Goldstein and the late Maurice and
Sarah Galapo. Her brother is Sammy
Galapo. Elisa attends Leawood Middle
School and enjoys dance and gymnastics.
For Elisa's Mitzvah Project she is volunteering at Harvesters Community Food Network. Relatives
and friends are invited to worship with the family and to
attend the Kiddush following the service.
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Thomas & Natalie Hoskins
Gary & Marcy Rydell
David & Amanda Palan
Miles & Sally Ross
Donald & Sharon Cohen
Jimmy & Sonia Rosenbloom
David & Sylvia Radasky
William & Jodi Rosenthal
Marvin & Evelyn Gibian
Aaron Tarjan & Elizabeth Willen
Andrew & Vicki Widman
Jeffrey & Arlene Misler
Jerry & Helene Ginden
Alec & Emily Weisberg
Robert & Barbara Palan
Michael & Sharon Milens
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Mazal Tov to...
Karen Gerson who has been named Director of Special
Projects at First Call.
Natalie Bell, daughter of Brian and Sheri Bell, who
received a grant from the Durwood Family Foundation
to further her education at the Hyman Brand Hebrew
Academy.
Dr. Barbara Kahn, who was instrumental in helping identify a new class of molecules that open an avenue for the
treatment and prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. Dr Kahn
is the daughter of Sybil Kahn and sister of Dr. Norman
Kahn.
Howard and Dion Lutzk upon the engagement of their
daughter, Brittany to Benjamin Caruba. Brittany is the
granddaughter of Dr. Edward and Rickie Haith.
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Yahrtzeit Plaques Available for Sale
A perfect way to honor the memory of a departed
loved one is with a yahrtzeit tablet. The person’s name is
cast into the bronze tablet along with the Hebrew date of
death. Each year, on the anniversary of the yahrtzeit, the
rabbi will read your loved one’s name. All yahrtzeit tablets for each week are displayed in Goldsmith Hall. Each
tablet is $360 and forms are available in the office. If you
are interested in purchasing a tablet please contact Elaine
Levine: elevine@bethshalomkc.org or Martha Hoffman:
mhoffman@bethshalomkc.org.
Cemetery Committee Reached Out to
Congregants and Supporters of Mount Carmel.
Keeping up the grounds and maintaining Mount
Carmel for future generations are ongoing issues facing
the Cemetery Committee, chaired by David Sosland.
They meet throughout the year and work with the staff to
improve many aspects of this sacred ground.
There are also volunteer clean-up days chaired by
Bruce Luchen and attended by congregants, non-congregants and members of Boy Scout Troop 61 which have
helped to improve the cemetery.
The committee recently sent out a mailing asking
for monetary assistance. Your support of Mount Carmel
preserves the past of Congregation Beth Shalom and helps
insure its future.
Mount Carmel Cemetery Has New Addition
The staff at Mount Carmel now have a laptop for
their business use. Both Jim Jones and Bob Pratt have
email addresses too. If you have questions for them, you
can email Jim at jjones@bethshalomkc.org or Bob at
bpratt@bethshalomkc.org.
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Baruch Dayan HaEmet
Praised is the True Judge
Of Blessed Memory
We express condolences to our Beth Shalom Members, their Families and Friends.
Cary Kalman Levine, z"l, November 17 - 24 Cheshvan
Max Berenbom, z"l, November 27 - 5 Kislev
Betty Wacknov Price, z"l, November 28 - 6 Kislev
Yahrtzeits
10 Tevet - Jan. 1
Morris Abraham Cohen
Simon Ginsburg
Fannie Goodman
William H. Greenberg
Gazella Gulinson
Eddie Jacobs
Anna Klein
Theodore Mack
Rachel Mehrer Mesuse
Max Pollock
Sam R. Price
Anna Rubin
Ben Stocker
Leah Kantor Weber
11 Tevet - Jan. 2
Meyer Eichenberg
Louis Ellis
Fanny Feingold
Hannah Funk
Louis Horovitz
Jack Erik Jacobsen
Bessie Puritz Kars
Nathan Katz
Samuel Katzman
Pauline B Klein
Celia Lieberman
Sam Nelkin
Ida Statland
Mordecai Taxman
12 Tevet - Jan. 3
Alvin Capito
Etta Kur
Henny Meyerhoff
Rose Ribakoff
Bella A. Sarno
13 Tevet - Jan. 4
Nathan Block
Isaac Chocron
Sidney Feinberg
Lillian Fox
Arthur Funk
Max Gordon
Harry Jacobs
Goldie Koden
Isreal Kosovitz
Dorothy Frances Fogel
Levy
Abe Rogell
Rose Singer
Sally Novorr Stolzoff
Minnie G. Zalusky
14 Tevet - Jan. 5
Louis Barash
William Copaken
Elimelech Gordon
Harry A. Horovitz
Zissel Kamar
Jules E. Kohn
Fanny Krasne
Irving Malashock
Kate Meltzer
Harold Riss
Joseph S. Rittmaster
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Arlene Ginsberg, z"l, November 30 - 8 Kislev
Frances Jean Lerner, z"l, December 8 - 16 Kislev
Eleanor Lutzk , z"l, December 11 - 19 Kislev
Join us for morning or evening minyan to say Kaddish for your loved one. See service schedule, page 11.
Cyd Sandelman
Morris Schnider
Sophia Walter
Isaac Zale
15 Tevet - Jan. 6
Mamie H. Krigel
Bessie Rogozenski
Barney Stone
19 Tevet - Jan. 10
Harry Baier
Frances Berger
Sophia G Adelman
Freda F. Block
Jacob Bernstein
Jacob Cohen
Blanche Bloch
Florence Denebeim
Louis Bronstein
Sidney I. Glaser
Bessie Cohen
Melvin N. Greenberg
Simon Dubinsky
Jeanette Francis Gidinsky Simon Kulvin
Frank Levin
Mary Greenstein
Steve S Pack
Clara Gumowitz
Michael Rosenbloom
Joseph Gutovitz
Lena Sachs Smith
Sam Hipsh
David Spellman
Frank Katz
Max Klein
20 Tevet - Jan. 11
Abraham LaBow
Albert K Ball
Sarah Lesky
Hayman Barewin
Frances Levitch
Sam Baum
Samuel Lichtor
Morris Brown
Sol Morris
Boris Galitzky
Michael Rafiel
Sarah Ginsberg
Bessie Rubenstein
Harry Gitterman
Fannie P Schick
Dorothy Gottlieb
Livie Lee Halperin
16 Tevet - Jan. 7
Marvin Jerome Copeland Seymour Dean Traxler
Morris Wolfson
Herman L. Fabian
Rahle Gelhaar
21 Tevet - Jan. 12
Ike Grossman
Harriet Azorsky
Edward Joseph Kanter
Baila Kamar Baellow
Elsa G Levin
Kelman Louis Bovos
Harry Levin
Arvie Goldstein
Rose Shapiro Levine
Henry Hakan
Minnie Levy
Daniel M Hollub
Jacob Pfeffer
Earl Katz
Israel Schlozman
Isadore Marks
Barney Stevens
Esther Morris
Shirley Moskovitz
17 Tevet - Jan. 8
Benjamin Portman
Charles Berger
Betty Lee Shenker
Lena Bergman
Rhonda DeLong
22 Tevet - Jan. 13
David S. Dolginow
Paul Bayzman
Milton Franks
Max Benjamin
Ely Freed
Gustav Einhorn
Rose Geller
Jacob Grinpas
Ada Gershon
Arthur Harris
Betty Helfand
Sherry Kaplan
Rose Hershon
Isadore David Levine
Emanuel Joffee
Mildred Lipsey
Samuel S. LaPort
Badannah Silverman
Harry Levine
Sidney Simon
Marie Millstein
Sarah Smith
Harold Nicholas
Rita Joyce Tilzer
Selma Reingenheim
Bessie Turock
Harry Yukon
18 Tevet - Jan. 9
Micah Teva Bratt
Harry Byers
Anna Feld
Nathan Haith
Seena Hana Kaufman
Charlotte Kline
January 2015
23 Tevet - Jan. 14
Martin Brenner
Morris H. Dunn
Bertha Dworkowitz
Bessie Ellis
Helen Feingold
Anna Grossman
Thelma House
Rose H. Jacobson
Daniel Markel
Solomon Rubinfire
Rachel Ella Schere
Irving Schoenwald
Rebecca Schreiber
Mollie Schwartz
24 Tevet - Jan. 15
Roy Bisman
Robert Blond
Felicia Sue Kisluk
Ella Cohen Lieberman
Rose Millstein
Leonard Rifas
Fannie Rothschild
Mary Schlafer Taxman
25 Tevet - Jan. 16
Sam Barash
Gustave Eisemann
Gilbert Katz
Manuel Levine
Julia Liebershon
Archie Louis
Reuben Peltzman
Milton Silverman
Phillip Solomon
Fannie Spector
Rose Stolowy
Phillip Wider
26 Tevet - Jan. 17
Gussie Bell Cohen
Yetta Czarlinsky
David Diamant
Sanford Krug
Samene Lesser
Otto Sherry
Stanley M. Siegel
Ben H Simons
Stephen Wayne
Lena Wienshienk
Shlomo Yeshiahu
27 Tevet - Jan. 18
Donald Alpert
Minnie Bayzman
Benjamin Finkle
Thomas Alan
Goldenberg
Jennie Gordon
Herbert Greenberg
Helen Kaufman
Victor Lerner
Louis Yudkofsky
28 Tevet - Jan. 19
Diana Altshuler
Sam Berman
Tavia Blender
Ida Bloom
David Brockman
Karl Eisemann
Jean Burstein Glazer
Abraham Jacob Granoff
David Hadas
Herbert Hakan
Rose Josephson
Daniel Katzman
Clara Kraft
Jacob Rabenowitz
Joseph Ruback
Anna Saver
Mushi Selichonok
Jerry Taube
Samuel Wallman
29 Tevet - Jan. 20
Julius Behrman
Joseph Biederman
Pauline Blonsky
Leo Eveloff
Margaret Goldman
William Goodman
Stephen J Greenstein
Ruth Hyman
Raydelle Josephson
Wolf Kort
Israel Levin
Isaac Lieberman
Sherman Rozenblit
Sarah Smith
Isadore Paul Stolov
Richard Wasserman
Anna Wolberg
1 Shevat - Jan. 21
Joseph Greenblot
Essak Levitch
David Luke
Sophia Matzdorff
Abraham Osep
Abe Oshry
Nat Pfefer
Lee Diment Seelig
Rose Seiffer
Marion Stolov
Henry Walker
2 Shevat - Jan. 22
Herman Asotsky
Bruce Bovos
Della Fox
Paul J. Frischer
Rebecca Katz
Rose Shapiro Kurtz
Helen Lieberman
Norman Yarmo
3 Shevat - Jan. 23
Jennie Abend
Morris Berman
Marvin Brown
Samuel Ray Burnstein
Beila Gitel Dorfman
Gladys Eisman
Barney M. Friedson
Bertha Gershon
Dora Jennie Gerson
Isaac Gilgus
Harry Katz
Ksell Kusnetzky
Edmund Oelsner
Zelda Penner
Morris Rolsky
Anna Rose Rosenblum
Milton Shapiro
Harry Sheskin
Libbie Wallman
Lois Katz Weiner
4 Shevat - Jan. 24
Samuel Blond
Ida Cohen
Martin Finkelstein
Martha Forrest
Lillian Elizabeth Gelb
Nathan Golding
Kalman Grollman
Esther Hoffman
Isaac Maier Isenberg
Rose Kahn
Michael H. Katz
Bertha Kowolsky
Bertha Matters
Philip Phillips
Ida Rebecca Portman
Richard Rapaport
Rubin Shapiro
Max Trossman
Sheindel Yukon
5 Shevat - Jan. 25
Granum Chernoff
Ceril Dallen
Daniel Davis
Helen Eisen
Louis Goldman
Sarah Jacobson
Rose Lefkowitz
Jack Meyers
Nathan Nelkin
Blanche Pelofsky
Norman Weiner
6 Shevat - Jan. 26
Louis Baranov
Eva Cooper
Mary Farber
Ester Goodman
Meyer Grollman
Barney Karbank
Rose Katz
Rose Shapiro Katzeff
William S. Litwin
Milton Searles
Lena Segal
Samuel I. Winer
7 Shevat - Jan. 27
Jake Cohn
Evelyn Coleman
Molly Epstein
Elliot N. Gale
Barnett Gottleib
Leon Joseph
Louis B. Kalinsky
Louis Krashin
Melvin E. Krigel
Tillie Kusnetzky
David Lieber
Minnie Miller
Bertha Pittell
Rebecca Leah Schlaifer
Abe Sosland
Sophia Taxman
8 Shevat - Jan. 28
Simon Cohen
Harry C. Feingold
Leo Kaufman
Dora Kessler
Louis Luzer Lipszyc
William J. Rose
Mollie Spitcaufsky
Lester Tonopolsky
9 Shevat - Jan. 29
Sidney Cohen
Dorothy Cumonow
Frank Joseph
Celia Levin
Betty Nusbaum
William Schlosberg
Molly M. Shalet
David Sporn
Celia Stocker
10 Shevat - Jan. 30
Claire Mirot Bell
Daniel Labe Bortnick
Jacob Cohen
Israel Finkelstein
Sylvia Gershon
Solomon Goldberg
Marvin Max Greenberg
Sheldon Hollub
Harry Isenberg
Gittel Levin
Sarah Levitt
Jack Louis
Abraham Nisenkier
Fannie Ruback
Bee Sherman
Sam Silverman
Fanny Walker
11 Shevat - Jan. 31
Dorothy Chapman
Myrtle Hoffman Cohen
David Gottlieb
Herman Klutz
Sam Laner
Bertha Meyer
Henry Present
Irving Quito
Raymond Rittmaster
Harry Sandler
Emanuel Schupan
Eudice Shlensky
Salman Silberman
Ida Bell Sorkin
Rose Rostov Tibbet
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Todah Rabbah!
Arlene & Gerald Elza Hermanson
Ginsberg Youth Marian Hermanson
Memorial Fund Birdie Intrater
Bill & Lynn Intrater
Deborah Jacobson
Walter & Helaine
Reed
Nathan Jagoda
Steven Jagoda
Benjamin
Louis Kahn
Ryweck Torah Lee Ann Saltzman
Fund
Harry Kanter
In Honor of
Frieda & Warren Soble
Beryl Silberg's 80th
Gene Kopitnik
BD
Shirley Malashock
Joan March
Eleanor Lutzk
In Memory of
Stuart Bodker & Tensy
Rabbi Kalman Levine Marcos-Bodker
Randy Rashkovsky
Natalie Kahn Neck
Shirley Gottstein
Lee Ann Saltzman
Janet Ryweck
Joseph Noah
Joan March
Susan & Glenn
Kornreich
Beth Shalom
General Fund Helene Present
Manuel Present
In Memory of
Larry & Nancy Present
Paul Alperson
David & Carol Porter Michael S. Rhodes
Mike & Gabrielle
Dorothy Baraban
Handler
Diane More
Leah Seiffer
Rose Bayzman
Hyman Seiffer
Rebecca Schorr
Steve & Marcia Schorr Barbara Shapiro
Judith Shapiro
Max Berenbom
Stuart & Tensy Bodker Leonard Shopmaker
Nancy Morais
Jonathan & Ellen
Margaret Smith
Chilton
Rita Myer
Steven & Janet
Louis Studna
Gershon
Susan & Glen
Elizabeth & Mark
Kornreich
Hennick
Yankel Umanskey
Joel Bock
David & Lynne Bock Yakov & Betya Altman
Fred Waldner
Isadore Bressel
Robert Waldner
Jerold Bressel
Judy Wasserman
Max Dubin
Florence Pack
Sol Dubin
Lee & Esther
Doris Edelman
Pearlmutter
Mark Edelman
Leebert Glass
Beth Shalom
Paul & Janet Leeds
Lechem Fund
Anna Gondos
In Memory of
Dave & Judy Jacobs
Barbara Bresel
Jake Greenberg
Harvey Hyken
Noreen Greenberg
Judy Wasserman
Steven Hammer
Herb & Barbara
Robert & Phyliss
Simon
Bernstein
Ben Lerner
Melvin & Sibby
Alan & Tina Chapman
Cosner
Beverly &
Hanan & Natalie
Harvey Bodker
Hammer
Endowment
Shirley Passman
Fund
Leonard & Nedra
In
Memory
of
Rosen
Beverly Bodker
Todd & Shirley
Fred & Cindy Bodker
Stettner
In Memory of
Arlene Ginsberg
Mary Ingram
Harriet Siess
Ann Smith
Harvey Bodker
Sadie Klein
Fred & Cindy Bodker
Rabbi Morris
Margolies
Harvey Bodker
Rose Szneler
Betsy Bodker
Cemetery
Maintenance
Fund
In Honor of
Bernard Birnbaum's
90th BD
Allen Levine
David Sosland
Carl Puritz
In Memory of
Walter Eichenwald
Howard Eichenwald
Jennie Fleschman
Paul Shapiro
Sheldon & Jackie
Fleschman
Lillian Gilgus
Mason & Marianne
Kessler
Albert & Shirley
Goller
Roberta Pollack &
Sam Goller
Nathan & Ida
Gumowitz
Larry & Ronna
Nussbaum
Joseph & Bertha
Gutovitz
Allen & Gail Gutovitz
Stan Kalender
Robert & Lillian
Kalender
Freida & Max
Mendell
Joyce Kalender
Walter March
Joan March
Mendle & Cecille
Silverman
Lena Silverman
Marilyn Margolis
Fred & Toby Waldner
Bill Waldner
Clara Small
Floral Fund
Contributions through
December 12, 2014 are listed below.
Thank you for thinking of us.
Donald & Harriet
Sebert
Dr. David Ellis
Memorial
Breakfast Club
Fund
In Memory of
Dr. David Ellis
Rita Goldman
Eisemann
Family Fund
In Memory of
Judy Wasserman
Gus & Elinor
Eisemann
Harry Puritz
Scholarship
Fund
In Memory of
Harry Puritz
Carl Puritz & Cynthia
Ellis
Milton Swartz
Hazzan BenYehuda's
Discretionary
Fund
Eugene &
Shirley Novorr
Tots for Torah
In Appreciation of
Fund
In Memory of
David Ginsberg
Shirley Novorr
Sylvia Levinson
Mort & Shirley Hurst
Gale & Maxine
Grossman
Religious
School
In Memory of
Dr. Max Berenbom
Louis Grossman
Maxine Grossman
Harriet Mann
Morton Mann
George &
Esther Nowick
Scholarship
Fund
In Memory of
Steven Jay Hammer
Shelly & Stevie Pessin
Hazzan Ben-Yehuda
Randy & Elyse Block
Shelley Fishbach &
Sharon Goldstein
In Memory of
Dora Deutch
Mike Katzman
In Memory of
Jackie Adelman
Friedman
Fred Polsky
Rabbi Gershon
Hadas
Hedva Glickenhaus
Hanan Wedlan
Louis & Anna
Romotsky,
Grossman
Price, Cortés
Nursery School Genetic Testing
Fund
In Memory of
Louis Grossman
Norman & Charlene
Meltzer
Mallin
Childhood
Enrichment
Fund
In Memory of
Lillian Gilgus
Larry & Beverly
Mallin
Marcia Eveloff
Lechem Fund
In Honor of
David Feingold's BD
Kurt & Stephanie
Kavanaugh
In Memory of
Marcia Eveloff
Sherri & Steve
Boresow
Fannie Mendell
Alan & Tina Chapman
Helen Rae
& Sydney
Marcus Brand
Cerier Teacher
Scholarship
Development
Fund
Fund
In Memory of
In Memory of
Harold Hecht
Helen Rae Cerier
Sarah Ozar
Milton & Marilyn
Ozar
In Honor of
Gary Cortés' BD
Harold & Janet Price
In Memory of
Carlos F. Cortés
Florence Cortés
Sylvia Romotsky
Gary & Debby Cortés
Rose Family
Early Childhood
Education
Center
In Memory of
Max Berenbom
Joseph & Cynthia
Gensheimer
Rose S Levine
& Doris L
Flam Arts &
Education Fund
In Memory of
Noah Adler
Mickey & Marjorie
Adler
Max Berenbom
May Shapiro
Tibor & Carla
Klausner
Ruby Fleider
Choir & Music
Fund
Karbank Family Meyer J Pachter
Fund
Video Library In Memory of
In Memory of
Charlotte Wallk
Judy Wasserman
Joseph Smuckler &
Marcia Karbank
Gershon Hadas Kiddush Fund
In Honor of
Scholarship
Betty Brand's Speedy
Fund
In Honor of
Family Fund
Maynard Small's 80th
In Memory of
BD
Nancy Abrams
Charles Berlau
D.D. Abrams
Dave & Jean
Jerome Abrams
Brockman
Eleanor Abrams
Scholarship
Natalie Hamburg
Fund
Reva Kaufman
Sam Wedlan
In Memory of
D.D. Wedlan
Goldie Siegelbaum
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Hanan Wedlan
Mitch & Lisa
Hamburg
Elizabeth Wedlan
Susan Wedlan
D.D. Wedlan
Recovery
Howard & Dion
Lutzk 30th Wedding
ANN
Marvin & Carol
Goldstein
In Memory of
Louis E. Goldstein
Morris Porin
Marvin & Carol
Goldstein
Rose Silverberg
Brett Weiner
Harold Kaseff & Rhea
Salasche
Al Singer
Neal & Elaine Singer
Dave Fleider
Lawrence Fleider
In Memory of
Sara Kahn
Regina Pachter &
Family
Rabbi
Glickman's
Discretionary
Fund
In Appreciation of
Rabbi David
Glickman
Randy & Elyse Block
In Honor of
Gavi Glickman's Bar
Mitzvah
David Slusky
In Memory of
Sam Ginsberg
Brenda Sherman
Ruth Litvien
Max Mendell
Larry & Phyllis
Kalender
Rose Szneler
Arthur & Diane
Federman
Sanford
Dunn Merit
Scholarship
Fund For Study
In Memory of
Rabbi Kalman Levine
Daniel & Susie Dunn
Patsy Shanberg
Walter &
Anita Loeb
Scholarship
Fund
In Memory of
Walter M. Loeb
Anita Loeb
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Steppin' Out on February 15
Sunday, February 15, is the next Steppin' Out program
for CBS and all Sisterhood members, singles and couples. (As
always, your friends are welcome to attend.) The evening begins
at 6 pm with dinner in Goldsmith Hall followed by entertainment from the antique pop duo, Victor & Penny. "With a fiery
ukulele, a red-hot jazz guitar and tight vocal harmonies, Victor
& Penny put the swing, the jump, the stomp and the roll in
prohibition-era jazz and clever original tunes." In addition to
appearing in numerous venues in the metro area, during the
last two years, the duo has traveled more than 80,000 miles
throughout 28 states appearing in festivals, clubs, and private
engagements.
Deadline for reservations is February 6. Your check
made payable to Steppin' Out is your reservation. Please mail
your check for $12 per person, along with your contact information, to CBS, Attn.: Steppin' Out, 14200 Lamar, Overland Park, KS 66223. For further information, contact Linda Lessner, llessner@kc.rr.com or 913-897-0122.
Pop Overs (Serves 4)
Ingredients:
4 eggs
2 cups of milk
2 cups of flour
1 tsp salt
Directions:
1. Beat eggs slightly, add milk, flour and salt.
2. Beat the batter until smooth, but do not over beat.
3. Grease muffin tins and fill 1/2 to 3/4 full.
4. Bake at 450 degrees for 25 minutes.
Watch them pop!!! Serve with butter or margarine and jelly.
Lechem Committee
The Lechem Committee serves a hot lunch monthly
to the hungry at Wilhelmina Gill Multi-Service Center,
645 Nebraska Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. Volunteers are
needed to help cook turkey or ground beef in their homes
before each serving date as well as volunteers to help serve
lunch. 2015 serving dates are:
Thursday, January 29
Tuesday, March 31
Sunday, May 31
Friday, July 31
Monday, August 31
Thursday, December 31
For more information or to volunteer, contact Cindy
Daniels at 913-451-5852.
Editorial Comments
The month of January begins with the secular New Year. We jokingly make resolutions
such as: we are going to lose 20 pounds, we are
going to work out every day or we are going to
eat a more healthy diet. But on a serious note,
do we make any resolutions concerning our
observance of Judaism? Have we come to weekday minyan
lately? Do we come to Friday evening Kabbalat Shabbat
services? What about Shabbat morning services? Have
we made plans to attend the Sisterhood Shabbat/Kaplan
weekend, February 6 & 7 where we will be treated to the
wisdom of Rabbi Amy Eilberg? Do we take advantage of all
our synagogue has to offer? Maybe we need to rethink this
resolution business and give it some serious consideration.
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Congregational-Wide Events - See each department for their activities
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
New Year's Day
1
ycaqTcy
Friday
Saturday
2
3
Offices Closed
5:50
4:50
4
RFECEC
School Resumes
5
6
PRS Classes
Resume
Troop 61 Eagle
Court of Honor
13 Tevet
11
14 Tevet
12
7
Warm Up
America!
15 Tevet
13
16 Tevet
Learning In
Leawood
Downtown
Talmud Jam
14
10 Tevet
Sarah Peltzman
Adult Ed. Class
Hebrew High
Resumes
17 Tevet
SH Board Mtg.
20 Tevet
18
21 Tevet
Martin Luther
King Day
Kehillah
Mitzvah Day
No Preschool,
Offices Closed
No PRS
27 Tevet
KCUSY Winter
Shabbaton
25
19
28 Tevet
26
22 Tevet
11:30 am to 2:00 pm
29 Tevet
No PRS 6 Shevat
7 Shevat
21
27
Mitzvah of
9 Bat
Mirra Goldenberg10
Birthday
Shabbat
18 Tevet
Sarah Peltzman
Adult Ed. Class
School
Committee
Mtg. 2 Shevat
1 Shevat
PrayerWorks
28
10 am to 12 pm
RFECEC - The Experts
Speak: Your Child's
Transition to Kdgt.
From 7-8 pm at the JCC
22
19 Tevet
Shabbat
Shalom
Parashat
Hashavua
Class
23
Congregational
Chinese Shabbat
Dinner
5:12
29
Sarah Peltzman
Adult Ed. Class
Learning In
8 Shevat Leawood 9 Shevat
25 Tevet
KCUSY Winter
Shabbaton
3 Shevat
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
Mitzvah of
16 Bat
17
Sara Galapo
5:04
24 Tevet
5:57
4:57
Shabbat
Shalom
Sarah Peltzman
Adult Ed. Class
No PRS,
Parent/Teacher/Student
Conferences
SH Lipstick &
Lunch
PRS Classes
Resume
5 Shevat
20
23 Tevet
Learning In
Leawood
15
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
12 Tevet
Confirmation Pictures
in Goldsmith Hall
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm
9:45 am to 12:00 pm
Learning In
Leawood
8
11 Tevet
Shabbat
Shalom
Shabbat
Shalom
30
Anniversary
Shabbat
26 Tevet
KCUSY Winter
Shabbaton
6:04
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
24
Jammin in Jammies
Shabbat Kids'
Club & Tot
Shabbat
6:12
4 Shevat
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
11 Shevat
Havdalah
Shavuah
Tov!
31
Friday Night Lights
6:20
5:20
10 Shevat
Shabbat
Shalom
Candle Lighting Blessing
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Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu melekh ha'olam, asher kiddeshanu b'mitzvotav vetzivanu lehadlik ner shel Shabbat.
January Service Schedule
Weekdays
Minchah:
Sunday-Thursday
6 pm
Shacharit:
Monday-Friday
7 am
Please Note: Services
on 1/1 & 1/19 will
be at 8 am at Village
Shalom.
Shabbat CBS
Kabbalat Shabbat: Friday
Main Service: Saturday
Library Minyan: Saturday
Minchah: Jan. 3
Minchah:
Jan. 10
Minchah:
Jan. 17
Minchah:
Jan. 24
Minchah:
Jan. 31
Shacharit: Sunday
6 pm
9:30 am
9:30 am
4:50 pm
4:57 pm
5:04 pm
5:12 pm
5:20 pm
8:00 am
Shabbat Services and Sunday morning Shacharit will
be held at CBS, 14200 Lamar. Weekday Minyan will be
held at Appleman Synagogue, Villiage Shalom, 5500
W. 123rd St.
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Congregation Beth Shalom
14200 Lamar • Overland Park, KS 66223
www.bethshalomkc.org
Office: 913-647-7279 • Fax: 913-647-7277
David M. Glickman, Senior Rabbi
Hazzan Tahl Ben-Yehuda,
Director of Congregational Learning
Elaine Levine, Executive Director
Alan L. Cohen, Rabbi Emeritus
Judy Jacks Berman, Director, RFEC
Norman Kahn, Jr. MD President
Bev Newman, Scroll Editor
Dahlia Berger, Scroll Design
Congregation Beth Shalom, an egalitarian Conservative synagogue,
is a welcoming community of individuals from diverse backgrounds,
strengthening connections with God, Torah and the Jewish people
through communal commitment to prayer, study and acts of loving kindness.
Mt. Carmel
Cemetery Hours:
Looking Ahead:
Scroll Deadline:
January 5 for February
Gift Shop Hours:
Kehilath K-12 Grade Tu B'Shevat Seder
February 1
Sisterhood
Sisterhood Shabbat/Kaplan Weekend
February 6 & 7
Monday - Thursday
8:30 am-5 pm
Friday
8:30 am-3 pm
Closed on Federal Holidays
Monday, Wednesday 8 am-4 pm
Tuesday,Thursday
Closed
Saturday
Closed
Friday & Sunday
8 am-4 pm
National Holidays 9 am-4 pm
Exceptions: Thanksgiving,
New Year’s Day & Christmas Day
Jewish Holidays
Closed
Phone: 816-361-4495
Sunday: 9:30 am - Noon (PRS Days)
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday:
10 am - 2 pm
Wednesday: 10 am - 2 pm,
4:30 -6 pm (PRS Days)
Friday: 10 am - noon
913-647-7298
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2015 Board Nominations
Beth Shalom’s nominating
committee will soon meet to select
a slate of officers for 2015-16, eight
board members to serve three year
terms, 2015-18 and to fill any board
vacancies that may exist. In accordance with the Beth Shalom Bylaws,
the Nominating Committee is being
Office
Hours:
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Recommendations for officer
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