May 2011 - Temple Shir Tikva

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Temple
Shir Tikva
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May 2011
Nisan-Iyar 5771
When G-d called to Abraham, he responded, “Hineni, Here I am.”
Temple Shir Tikva Presents
Inside This Issue…
Shabbat & Holiday Services………………….2
The 18TH Annual
DAVID SNYDER MEMORIAL CONCERT featuring
Report from the Adult Israel Trip……..……...5
Congregational Learning……………………6-7
Religious School……………………………...8
Sunday, May 15, 5 p.m.
Page of Study—Daf Limud…………………..9
Safam, the Boston based six-man band, has dominated Jewish music
in America with their "Jewish-American Sound" since 1974. Often
copied, never duplicated, their songs have become a fabric of our Jewish lives. They use many settings -- whether it is Rock & Roll, Pop,
Folk, Latin, Chassidic or Cantorial -- to create their tapestry of music.
Safam's eclectic approach to its music has enabled it to reach out to
Jews of all ages and denominations. Refreshments will follow.
Robyn Levy’s Israel Experience, Part 2…….10
Tikkun Olam………………………………...11
Gathering…………………………………….11
Youth Community…………………………..12
Shir Tikva Library….………………………..14
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Join us for a music filled afternoon designed for the whole family
$25 for adults, $18 for children ages 13 – 18
TST students under 13 are FREE with a paying adult
Get your tickets NOW at www.shirtikva.org/Safam
Israel Reflections
we did so carefully and thoughtfully. We also
delivered sacks of kvittlach (written prayers) into
ur recent adult trip to Israel (52 eager travelers from
the cracks of the Western Wall on behalf of
Shir Tikva!) was extraordinary, and you can see some
many of the children in our Hebrew School. We
photos in this edition of Hineni. For ten days we explored the
brought items that our Hebrew School students
Land in all of its power, sublimity, and contradictions. It was a
had made to their partners at the Yizraeliya
Rabbi Neal Gold
wonderful time to be there: Jerusalem was still vibrating from
School in Haifa, just a few hours before they
Purim; springtime had arrived in the Golan Heights; and the Gali- reconnected with each other via video conference. It was a spelee was blooming. Our participants challenged and supported
cial honor for me to speak on Shabbat evening from the bimah at
one another in wonderful ways. I, for one, am still sorting
our sister community Or Hadash in Haifa, who really rolled out
through the implications of all we did and accomplished. But I
the red carpet for us. All in all, we represented Shir Tikva well
can tell you this: When we use the watchword “Jewish Sacred
during our travels throughout Israel.
Community” around the shul, I know that I’ve experienced it first During our trip, I found myself thinking of the children of Shir
hand, thanks to this remarkable group of individuals.
Tikva. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it many times in the future:
There was nothing typical or standard about the itinerary we
Every Jewish high school student should spend a summer or
created. Our journey was full of adventures every single day,
more in Israel before they graduate. We simply must be partand much of what we did was challenging and provocative. I
ners in recognizing that an intimacy with the State of Israel is an
want to publicly thank every participant on our trip, each of
essential part of a Jewish education. Our team at Shir Tikva is
whom put their trust in Cantor Schachner and me and allowed us here to help make it happen. For all the wonderful things that
to challenge assumptions and push people beyond their conven- happen on a 10-day or two-week tour of Israel, exponentially
tional comfort zones.
more takes place when you have six weeks to get beneath the
We were also loyal shlichim for the Shir Tikva community.
surface of the Jewish State and understand its character.
Many of you gave us Tzedakah money to distribute in Israel and
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141 Boston Post Road, Wayland, MA 01778
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Hineni
May 2011 Nisan-Iyar 5771
Shabbat and Holiday Services
May 2011
June 2011
Shabbat Emor
Friday, May 6
6:00 pm
Forshpeis (Nosh)
6:15 pm
Simchat Shabbat Service
Shabbat Naso
Friday, June 3
6:00 pm
6:15 pm
Saturday, May 7
8:30 am
Early Shacharit Service followed by Torah Study
9:30 am
Shabbat Yeladim
10:45 am
Late Shacharit Service
Bar Mitzvah
Saturday June 4
8:30 am
9:30 am
Shabbat Yeladim
10:45 am
Bar Mitzvah
Shabbat Behar
Friday, May 13
6:00 pm
Forshpeis (Nosh)
6:15 pm
Tuesday, June 7
7:00 pm
Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Wednesday, June 8
10:00 am
Yom Tov Shacharit Service with Yizkor
Saturday, May 14
8:30 am
B’nai Mitzvah Torah Study
8:30 am
10:45 am
Bat Mitzvah
Bar Mitzvah
Shabbat Beha’alotecha
Friday, June 10
6:00 pm
Forshpeis (Nosh)
6:15 pm
Simchat Shabbat Service and Board of Trustees
Installation
Shabbat Bechukotai
Friday, May 20
6:00 pm
Forshpeis (Nosh)
6:15 pm
Simchat Shabbat Service with HS Graduation
Saturday, June 11
8:30 am
B’nai Mitzvah Torah Study
8:30 am
10:45 am
Bat Mitzvah
Bat Mitzvah
Saturday, May 21
8:30 am
9:00 am
Family Shabbat Service
10:45 am
B’nai Mitzvah
Shabbat Bamidbar
Friday, May 27
6:00 pm
Forshpeis (Nosh)
6:15 pm
Saturday, May 28
8:30 am
10:45 am
Bat Mitzvah
Forshpeis (Nosh)
Simchat Shabbat Service with Confirmation
Shabbat Shelach
Friday, June 17
6:00 pm
Forshpeis (Nosh)
6:15 pm
Saturday, June 18
8:30 am
9:00 am
Family Shabbat Service
10:45 am
Bat Mitzvah
Bat Mitzvah
Shabbat Korach
Friday, June 24
6:00 pm
Forshpeis (Nosh)
6:15 pm
Saturday, June 25
8:30 am
Every Saturday morning:
Early Shacharit Service
followed by Torah Study
8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
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Temple Shir Tikva
Celebrate our
Graduating Seniors of 5771
Simchat Shabbat - Friday, May 20
Hineni
SHIR TIKVA WARMLY INVITES YOU
TO CELEBRATE
The Joyful Holiday of Shavuot
“The Season of the Giving of our Torah”
Hillel says:
• Do not separate yourself from the community.
• Do not be too sure of yourself until the day you die.
• Do not judge your friends until you are in their place.
• Say nothing that cannot be understood {at once},
supposing that in the end it will be understood.
• And do not say, “When I have the time I will study;
you may never have the time. Pirkei Avot 2:4
Chip Clarke
Zoë Corner
Ari Goldberg
Alexander Kaye
Leah Nussbaum
Abigail Titlebaum
Alexis Tonkel
Rebecca Zarkower
Otzar TST’s Judaica and Gift Shop
Tuesday, June 7, 7:00 p.m. to midnight
TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT
Come share in an inspiring night of
Torah learning and discovery
that will nourish
our hearts, minds, and souls
Our festive dessert buffet
will feature cheesecake and more
Wednesday, June 8, 10:00 a.m.
YOM TOV SHACHARIT SERVICE
WITH YIZKOR
End-of-Year Sale May 22
9 a.m. to noon in the Temple Lobby
Bring the whole family
to hear the Ten Commandments
chanted from the Torah
Handcrafted Judaica
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Gifts for Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Home, Wedding
or for yourself
From Our Rabbis and Cantor
We have a full line of Ketubot and
Judaic greeting cards
We are eager to share in your times of joy and to support
you in times of sadness. Please call us directly, or notify
the Temple office, so we may extend timely friendship
and comfort to you and your family.
•
Open Sunday through Friday
Located in the Temple Lobby
Ask in the Office
Temple Shir Tikva
Rabbi Neal Gold, Rabbi Greg Litcofsky
Cantor Hollis Schachner
Rabbi Herman Blumberg, Emeritus
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Hineni
Board of Trustees Meeting Highlights
by Scott Machanic, Recording Secretary
Rabbi Neal Gold
(continued from page 1)
In an effort to improve communications and to provide congregants with
more information about governance at Temple Shir Tikva, following is a
summary of the April 7 Board of Trustees meeting:
Rabbi’s Report: Rabbi Gold reported on the extraordinary trip to Israel in
which 52 congregants engaged. Israel itself was sublime, fascinating, and
frustrating. The travelers, who had been studying together since last fall,
shared good humor and openness, with a theme of “What Israel means to
me.”. On their second day in Israel, Jerusalem sustained its first terrorist attack in four years. They saw Robyn Levy, our student in residence in Israel,
which reinforced Rabbi Gold’s belief in the value of a long-term educational
experience Israel. Or Hadash, our sister community in Haifa, “rolled out the
red carpet.” Their Rabbi, Edgar Nof, led services at Shir Tikva, on the same
day that Rabbi Gold led services at Or Hadash. Our travelers exchanged presents made by our school students, and delivered prayers from our school
students to the Western Wall. Many thanks to Karen Langweber, Julie Pivor,
Cantor Schachner, and others who helped plan or bring the trip to fruition.
The New England regional AIPAC annual dinner was held last Sunday, April
3, and the honorees were TST congregants Jonathon and Joanna Jacobson.
Finally, we are two weeks away from Pesach, reminding us that once we
were slaves in Egypt, and today we are all free people.
Executive Directors Report: The JCC preschool reports that people have
begun to sign up for the extended program, and we've given the JCC a dollar
figure for the extended hours, and it is likely to be a “go." Calendaring and
budgeting for next year are continuing in earnest.
President’s Remarks: A “yasher koach” to all involved with Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which was terrific. Jewish Explorations
Weekend, with scholar in residence Rabbi Norman Cohen, with great sessions led by an amazing teacher. The Purim celebration was fun for all, including the klezmer band. Brotherhood breakfast on men's health was super.
Financial Report:. There was a discussion about the budget for the current
year. The budget for the current fiscal year, 2010 - 2011, based upon a 2.5%
increase in dues and fees, a projection of five net new families, and a 5%
decrease in abatements. While we met the new family target, the abatements
did not go down. Income from dues and fees are coming in a little below
budget. Fundraising for the current year is well below budget at the present
time. We will be rolling out a spring fundraising drive in April to try to make
up the difference. There was also a preliminary discussion about the proposed budget for next year. The decline in revenues for the current year has
caused concern about projections for revenue for next year. Efforts are being
made now to address those issues. The proposed budget for next year will be
presented to the Board at the May 5 meeting and then presented to the Congregation at the Annual Meeting on June 2.
Cantorial Sabbatical: We are very close to reaching an agreement with the
candidate on who we have focused our attentions.
Tikkun Olam: MICAH has had two training sessions. They have decided
to focus on youth issues. They are engaged in identifying the burning issues
concerning our youth, and in April and May will have “house meetings” to
nail down the specific issues to address. They hope to have one or two key
initiatives in place by next fall. The Committee is hoping to revive Mitzvah
Days next fall. A group of Shir Tikva members will be attending the RAC
celebration in Washington, DC, in May, and on May 13, we will recognize
our receipt of the Fain Award. On Friday, June 10, we will recognize and
appreciate all of our Kesher volunteers.
Announcements: The Shabbat service on June 10 will include installation
of new Board members, and expressions of thanks for those whose service is
ending.
Website: Brian Levey reported that progress continues on the website development including feedback from the community on desires and suggestions.
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Many of our high school students will go to Israel this
summer with their Jewish summer camps, and that’s
great; how wonderful to go with camp friends whom
they’ve known for years. Beyond that, I’m partisan for
NFTY’s summer trips to Israel, because I believe the Reform Jewish movement provides the highest-quality programs that have the proper emphasis on education, religious and Shabbat experiences, and unbridled fun.
For those students and their parents who want or desire
a truly edifying experience for life, you should come and
talk to me about longer-term study-in-Israel programs.
The Reform Movement’s EIE program is a high school
semester in Israel that includes immersion in Jewish history, Israeli culture, and Hebrew, while simultaneously
living on a kibbutz outside of Jerusalem and keeping up
with all your secular studies. It is the definitive Jewish
transformative experience for a high school student (you
really can speak fluent Hebrew before graduation).
Other Shir Tikva students, including our current Shir
Tikva Youth Scholar Robyn Levy, have participated in
gap-year programs in Israel between high school and college, such as the Young Judea Year Course. I know
from experience that these students return to the States
and achieve more success in college because of the depth
and breadth of experiences that Israel has offered them.
If these programs sound exciting to you or to your high
school student, consider this your invitation to come and
meet with me. We have scholarships available and will
do everything we can to get our students to Israel. The
reason we care so much is completely self-serving: We
know that these programs for our students are investments
in our shared Jewish future.
Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class
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t’s never too late! Give yourself a
gift this coming year. Take hold of
what is yours…do something special
for yourself…sign up for the Adult
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class. Join Rabbi
Gold, Rabbi Litcofsky and Cantor
Schachner, as we learn together about
tefila, Shabbat, the holidays, and so much more.
Join us for an informational session on Sunday,
May 8, 9-10 a.m. to find out more about the class
that is forming in the Fall.
Contact Rabbi Greg Litcofsky at rabbilitcofsky@
shirtikva.org or at the temple office, 508-358-9992.
Temple Shir Tikva
Our March 2011 Israel Journey
by Karen Langweber
On March 21, 52 members of the Temple Shir Tikva community, met in the lobby of the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem. This
was the culmination of an amazing journey that began on January 31, 2010 when almost 35 people met in the living room of
Karen & Matt Langweber to discuss a ‘possible’ adult-only trip
to Israel.
The journey then took us to study sessions that focused on
the ‘personalities’ old and new who make Israel what it is today. Some of these personalities were familiar to us and some
were not, but all were interesting. We learned about Ahad
Ha’am who wanted a Jewish State not a state of Jews, read and
discussed the book Israel is Real by Rich Cohen, Eliezer ben
Yehuda the founder of modern Hebrew, and the poetry of Yehuda Halevi.
The journey continued as we experienced the trip on two
levels – first on the personal level; individually as tourists,
Jews, lovers of Israel, and discovered what Israel means to us
and what we hope to find out both about Israel and ourselves.
Second on the community level; we learned that TST is an
amazing and sacred community. It was amazing and gratifying
to all of us to realize that, even though we didn’t all know each
other before we left, we bonded, were happy to be together,
cared for each other and took care of each other. Our sense of
community has been strengthened in immeasurable ways.
Our adventure ‘officially’ started at the Montefiore Windmill as we gathered together as a group to say the Shehechiyanu blessing. Robyn Levy, a Shir Tikva member studying for
a year at Hebrew University, joined us for dinner and our first
speaker, sociologist Paul Liptz…and we were off and running!
What people are saying:
Our heads were spinning with the different points of
view — we saw and spoke to residents of Jerusalem, Haifa,
Judea and Samaria, Golan Heights, Eilat, Jordan – Arabs, Muslims, haredi Jews, secular Jews, soldiers and veterans. We had
emotionally charged discussions and were amazed by the zeal
with which each person espoused their philosophy.
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A highlight of the trip was seeing how bright the Israel
economy is. It is so hopeful and juxtaposed by the ancient history – we walked the streets of Jerusalem and touched the Kotel, wondering if our relatives had done so and then the next
day heard about the amazing things that are going on in the
high tech industry in Israel. They are giving Silicon Valley a
run!
I felt such a strong connection to Israel once I was thereespecially when we went to the Wailing Wall. It's hard to sum
this up in a "bullet point" but I feel that... Israel is now "my
country" not just a country that I support so that Jews will always have a place to live.
We had the pleasure of having dinner one evening with several members of the IDF stationed in the Golan Heights. I was
so surprised by the youth of the military – they are so young
and yet so tough at the same time. The responsibility that these
young people have is amazing and the maturity with which
they approach it is fantastic.
This was the one travel experience that will stay with us
forever.
A real highlight was celebrating Havdallah on Mt. Carmel in Haifa, on a promenade overlooking the Mediterranean.
It was beautiful and moving and it felt so right.
For those who extended the trip to Petra, it was a fascinating
experience. We found the ruins at Petra amazing and the Jordanians warm and friendly. However, the feeling when we
crossed the border back into Israel was one of coming
‘home’. I think we were all a bit surprised by that.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, March 29, our group of 52
experienced the May 14, 1948 signing of the declaration that
created the State of Israel. As we sat in Independence Hall we
heard David Ben Gurion’s declaration and joined in as the recording of the spontaneous singing of Hatkivah rang out. This
moment was made especially poignant as this was the moment
that our journey officially ended. Twenty of our group left for
home and 32 of us continued on to Eilat and Petra.
The adventure may be over but the journey continues as the
processing goes on…
Jim Shane, Karen and Matt Langweber and
Julie Pivor were among the 52 members of
our community who traveled together in
Israel in March. See stories in this issue.
Temple Shir Tikva
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Hineni
jepig Congregational Learning
Angels of Austria :
Cemeteries Are for the Living
The Church That Reached Out
To Holocaust Survivors
An educational program at the historic
Framingham/Natick Jewish Cemetery
A Personal Documentary by Judy C. Faust
Sunday, May 15, 9:30 a.m.
May 1, 9 a.m., followed by
Yom HaShoah Remembrance Ceremony at 10:30
All her adult life in America, Trudy, a Jewish refugee from
Austria, blamed herself for failing to rescue her father from the
Nazis. In 1995, she received an invitation from the Ichthys church
in Austria, asking her to return to her hometown to befriend and
perhaps forgive descendants of the Nazi Regime.
But how can Trudy forgive them, when she hasn't even forgiven herself? Is it possible to heal from the Holocaust? Her
daughter, Judy Faust, shares the story and explores the challenging and rewarding journey to forgiveness.
Judy C. Faust is founder of “What's Your Story”—an educational service that connects family stories to history and the arts.
In addition to her documentary, Angels of Austria, she has written
a book on her family story called, Waltzing with Papa: Three
Generations to Healing, and offers several other workshops on
related subjects. She is also a personal historian, helping others to
tell their story in DVD form.
Following Judy’s presentation, we will enter the sanctuary for
Shir Tikva’s Yom HaShoah Memorial observance at 10:30 a.m.
A Taste of Me’ah
With over 25 years experience in caring, restoring and ensuring the continuity of Jewish cemeteries in Massachusetts,
JCAM (Jewish Cemeteries Association of Massachusetts) is
uniquely qualified to bring a new dimension into your Jewish
education.
Learn:
• What makes a cemetery Jewish?
• What do the various headstone iconographies mean?
• What are the origins for leaving visitation stones and other
Jewish cemetery customs?
• How did Jewish cemeteries get their names?
• Why do we bury sacred books and Torah scrolls? And much
more!
Lisa Berenson, Director of Educational Programming &
Development, JCAM Charitable Foundation, is leading our
tour.. We will meet Lisa at 9:30 am at the historic Framingham/Natick Jewish Cemetery. To take advantage of this learning opportunity, a minimum of 10 adults is required. Please
register no later than Wednesday, May 11 by contacting Linda
Goldbaum at lgoldbaum@shirtikva.org.and/or submitting your
check for $25.
Wednesday, May 11, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Torah and the Pleasure Principle
Dr. William Kolbrenner
Wednesday, May 18, 6:30 p.m.
Me’ah is an extraordinary experience for adult Jewish
learners. To find out more about this highly regarded educational program, join us on May 11 for A Taste of Me’ah.
Me’ah is a two-year study program for adults who want to
delve more deeply into Judaism. Me’ah brings alive this history, personalities and values of Jewish people over thousands
of years through intensive study and interaction with four
leading Jewish scholars. In the first year you will cover Bible
and Rabbinics; in year two you will cover medieval and modern Jewish history. All instructors are specialists in their particular topic.
To register for A Taste of Me’ah, contact Linda Goldbaum
at 508-358-9992 or lgoldbaum@shirtkva.org.
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Freud claimed that the pleasure principle was fundamental,
but that the constraining nature of religion made the expression
of such pleasures impossible. Looking at pleasure from various
perspectives (including literary and psychological), this class
will focus us on the topic of Judaism and pleasure. Does a Jewish point of view necessarily mean abandoning creativity and
independence, and pleasure as well? Or, is there a possibility of
integrating the pursuit of pleasure in the framework of a Jewish
way of life? A famous psychologist enjoins, ‘follow your bliss’;
as Jews can we heed this advice? Join us as we learn the answers
to these questions with Dr. Kolbrenner.
This program is hosted and sponsored by
the family of Eric Parker.
Temple Shir Tikva
jepig Congregational Learning
The Transforming Fire:
The Rise of the IsraelIsrael-Islamist Conflict
Jonathan Spyer
Sunday, May 22, 9 a.m.
As Yossi Klein Halevi writes, “Jonathan Spyer, one of the
smartest commentators on the Middle East, has written a brilliant, heartbreaking account of life and death in contemporary
Israel. A seamless weave of analysis and memoir, The Transforming Fire, should be on the very short list of indispensable
books about Israel and the Middle East conflict.”
Join us when Spyer provides a vivid account of what can
now be called the Israel-Islamist conflict. Israel faces not one
united Islamist movement, but an array of states and organizations that share a wish to destroy Jewish sovereignty. Spyer
shares first-person accounts of key moments in the conflict to
highlight the human impact of this battle of wills. Jonathan
will offer a new understanding of a particular aspect of the
larger conflict between radical Islam and the West, which
may well become the key foreign policy challenge of the 21st
century.
Jonathan Spyer is a senior research fellow at the Global Research in International Affairs Center in Herzliya, Israel, and a
columnist at the Jerusalem Post newspaper. Spyer holds a PhD in
International Relations from the London School of Economics and a
Masters’ Degree in Middle East Politics from the School of Oriental
and African Studies in London. He served in a frontline unit of the
Israel Defense Forces in 1992-3,and fought in the war in Lebanon
in summer 2006. Between 1996 and 2000, Spyer was an employee of
the Israel Prime Minister’s Office. His articles have also appeared
in the Guardian, Haaretz, London Times, Washington Times, Toronto
Globe and Mail, the Australian, British Journal of Middle East
Studies, Israel Affairs and Middle East Review of International Affairs.
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Hineni
Celebrate with the
Confirmation Class of 5771
,‫ְׁש ֲאנִי ְל ַע ְצמִי‬
ֶ ‫ ּוכ‬.‫ מִי לִי‬,‫ אִם אֵין ֲאנִי לִי‬,‫הּוא ָהיָה אֹומֵר‬
‫ֲׂשה‬
ֵ ‫ ע‬,‫ ַׁשּמַאי אֹומֵר‬:‫ אֵי ָמתָי‬,‫ְׁשיו‬
ָ ‫ וְאִם לֹא ַעכ‬.‫מָה ֲאנִי‬
‫ וֶ ֱהוֵי ְמ ַקּבֵל אֶת ּכָל‬,‫ֲׂשה ַה ְרּבֵה‬
ֵ ‫ אֱמֹור ְמעַט וַע‬.‫תֹו ָר ְת ָך ֶקבַע‬
:‫דָם ְּב ֵסבֶר ָּפנִים יָפֹות‬+ָ‫ה‬
Hillel says, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
But if I am only for myself, what am I?
If not now, when?" Shammai says, “Make Torah study
a habit, say little but do much and greet every person
with a cheerful face.”
Pirke Avot 1:14-15
Celebrate a year of learning and Torah
with the Confirmation class of 5771
on Friday, June 3, 6:15 p.m.
Jesse Bogdan
Jeremy Cohen
Rachel Becker
Sophie Facher-Yarin
Noah Foster
Lily Frank
Samuel Goldberg
Jason Goodman
Alanna Harrison
Abigail Hirsch
Jade Hollenberg
Dana Kimmelstiel
Daniel Nussbaum
Debra Regensburger
Samantha Zarkower
In the Beginning:
Nurturing Jewish Children...
Come and learn with other parents of young children (0 – 5)
how to celebrate the everyday blessings and Awe-some
moments in family life. Create Jewish rituals for your home and
nurture a Jewish identity in your children from an early age.
No cost but pre-registration is requested.
3 SUNDAY AFTERNOONS:
May 1, 15 & June 5, 1:30 – 3 p.m.
With Rabbi Sharon Clevenger
at The Rashi School, Dedham
To register, call Joyce Schwartz at 617-928-0012
or email jschwartz@urj.org
Sponsored by the URJ-Reform Jewish Outreach Boston
Supported in part through the generosity of
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
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Hineni
jepig Religious School
May Religious School and Youth Community
5/1
5/4
5/7
5/8
5/11
5/15
5/18
5/20
5/21
5/22
Religious School
Yom HaShoah
Grade 6 Walk For Hunger – meet at
Riverside at 8:15 AM
Synagogue-wide Yom Hashoah Program
Rosh Hodesh Grade 6 at Mayyim Hayyim
Rosh Hodesh/Grades 7-9 at TST
Rosh Hodesh/Grade 11 location TBD
Religious School & Youth Community
9:00 – 11 AM
Shabbat Yeladim (Tots and Kindergarten)/
Kindergarten Lead
Religious School
Yom HaZikaron
9:30 AM
Religious School
Grade 6 Tzedakah Program/Field Day
9 – 11 AM
11 AM – 12:30 PM
3:45 – 5:45 PM & 6 – 8
Youth Community Graduation during
Simchat Shabbat
Family Shabbat Service/Grades 1 & 6 Lead
6:15 PM
(a subset of Grade 6 students are
working on this project)
10:30 – 11 AM
4 – 6 PM
4 – 6 PM
6 – 8 PM
3:45 – 5:45 PM & 6 – 8
9 – 11 AM
3:45 – 5:45 PM & 6 – 8
9 AM
Last Day of Religious School
Lag B’Omer
Tzedakah Mall
9 – 11 AM
5/25
Youth Community End of Year Picnic –
Grade 6 Students Invited!
5 – 8 PM
6/3
6/5
Confirmation during Simchat Shabbat
Rosh Hodesh/Grades 6-9 at TST
Rosh Hodesh/Grade 11 location TBD
6:15 PM
4 – 6 PM
6 – 8 PM
10:15 – 11 AM
Temple Shir Tikva Religious School
Tzedakah Mall
Sunday, May 22, 10:15 -11 a.m.
Bring your tzedakah dollars and buy tickets to allocate among the
different tzedakah booths staffed by students in Grades K-6.
Each grade has learned about and supported a different tzedakah organization
throughout the year. The school is creating a “mall” so they can educate and advertise organizations they have supported and sell their missions to members of the Shir
Tikva community. You will be able to buy tickets (50 cents) at the mall entrance,
then walk the mall to learn about the good work our school is supporting. You will
deposit your tickets in the Tzedakah drop box located at each booth.
Please come and “Shop ‘til it feels good!”
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Grade 6 Tzedakah Project:
Support Heading Home
We are working on a project to end homelessness in our community by supporting
Heading Home, an organization that provides
homeless people with permanent housing and
essential support services (job training, counseling, etc.) to get them on their feet and
change their future. We are supporting their
“Up and Out” program to help a formerly
homeless family move into housing in May.
We are asking you to contribute to this
important project by donating goods to help
furnish the family’s new home.
Though we are young, we feel that it is our
responsibility to help change the world, and
we hope you feel the same way. From a Jewish
and philanthropic perspective, we support
Heading Home because it is an effective organization that does more than its share of
ending homelessness, one family at a time.
From a religious standpoint, we believe it is
each and every one of us that carries the responsibility for repairing the world.
We need the following items to furnish the
apartment for our family:
• Twin bed frame and mattress pad
• Twin bedding: sheet set/pillowcase,
comforter, pillow (new)
• Children’s furnishings: nightstand,
dresser, lamp, curtains/rods, and wastebasket.
• Queen bed frame and mattress pad
• Queen bedding: sheet set/pillow-case,
comforter, pillow (new)
• Adult furnishings: nightstand and
dresser.
• Kitchen: 16-piece dinnerware set, service for 4; glassware set, service for 4;
20-piece silverware set; full set of pots
and pans; metal spatula; can opener;
rubber spatula; wooden spoon; bottle
opener; mixing bowl set; carving
knives; pot holders; dish towels; paper
towel holder; broom/dust pan; mop;
toaster; microwave; iron and board.
• Living room: sofa, chair, coffee table,
end table, and lamp
• Dining room: small dining room table,
and dining chairs
Temple Shir Tikva
Hineni
cenl sc Page of Study
Andrew Freedman teaches: I understand this passage to Eric Falkof teaches: Who would think the words of the
be about uniqueness: Both the uniqueness of G-d, but also
Aleinu would be subversive? The prayer recounts Creation and
that of the Jewish people. And rather than feel self-conscious affirms our faith in G-d. It says “There is no other… [and]
Adonai is the G-d in heaven above and on the earth below; there
of that uniqueness, I believe we are meant to feel proud. In
is no other.” What could be so bad about that?
countless social situations some people seek to avoid being
Taken out of the context of a prayer of devotion, honor, and
different. I consider myself a self-confident individual, and
promise to endeavor to complete G-d’s work, the second parasometimes I have absolutely zero issues standing out from
the group. However, even still there are times when I prefer graph neatly summarizes the Book of Genesis: G-d created the
world and made a home for Himself in the heavens. Arguably,
to just blend in. I can look to this prayer to never mind
one could say that all the
standing out as a Jew in
work of creation was all
a larger non-Jewish
,‫ַּׁש ַמיִם ִמ ַּמעַל‬
ָ ‫ּומֹוׁשב יְקָרֹו ּב‬
ַ ,‫רֶץ‬+9 ‫ ֶׁשהּוא נֹוטֶה ָׁש ַמיִם וְיסֵד‬human history and the
world.
home G-d made in the
heavens, apart from the
corporeal world, is Shabbat. So, what could be subversive about this?
The second sentence of this
two-sentence paragraph (as
For G-d stretched forth the heavens and laid the foundations of provided by our translators,
historians, and cantors of
the earth, made the glorious dwelling place in the highest
yore) is a strong affirmaheavens, and created a mighty presence in the loftiest heights.
tion of the Jewish people:
There is no other; our Sovereign in truth. As it is written in the •There is but one G-d who
Torah: “And you shall know this day, and take it to heart, that created all. This is a distinctive statement from a
Adonai is the G-d in heaven above and on the earth below;
time when many of the
Not only are we meant
there is no other.”
cultures among whom the
to “know” this, but we
From the Aleinu prayer
Jews lived claimed there
are also meant to “feel”
were multiple gods or gods
it. I found it interesting
other than Adonai. Of those
how the passage takes extra time to make this point: “You
‘gods,’ many were idols. The Jews proclaimed that Adonai creshall know, and take to heart.” In other words, it is inadeated the heavens and earth, and idolatry was false. Thus, they
quate to intellectually appreciate G-d’s oneness, but we also
incurred the ire of their neighbors.
need to have a more internal, personal reaction to this. My
•There will come a time, the statement reads, when the Jewish
reaction was pride (I suppose as the opposite of shame?) In
G-d is the one and only G-d, and all people will recognize Him.
today’s PR parlance, when something is on the public record, This is saying the messiah is yet to come, and such a statement
you can either stand apart from the message (and hope it
was contrary to the beliefs of certain non-Jewish majorities of
goes away) or stand with the message (and amplify it).
the lands in which the Jews lived.
Finally, the G-d in heaven above and the earth below was a
Interestingly the passage uses dualities to express this
uniqueness. G-d laid the “foundations” yet also built in the clear statement that the Jewish G-d was omnipresent, and thus
“highest heavens.” You shall “know” and “take it to heart.” the denial of all other gods.
Adonai is the one and only, this paragraph says. Idolatry is
Adonai is the G-d in “heaven above” and on the “earth befalse. Our lesson today is that although new idols of self-interest
low.” This pattern conveys not only the totality of the mesand personal advancement to the detriment of humanity may
sage, but also a reassuring notion that G-d is everywhere.
have replaced idols of stone and clay, following the ways
And assuming the underlying message is about “oneness”,
Adonai prescribed will bring us closer to the day of a singular
using these rhetorical pairs is a thought provoking way to
morality
and ethic.
get this apparently simple message across.
The Aleinu prayer is a supreme proclamation of the one-ness of
Adonai and Jewish belief, but the prayer is steeped in history
and controversy.
There is a bold proclamation that there is “no
other”, so clearly on one
level this is an assertion
of our monotheism.
Today this is not so
unique … nearly all my
friends are monotheists
… but in the day this
was written this was an
act of courage, and bold
differentiation, and we
should not forget that.
Temple Shir Tikva
‫ ֱאמֶת ַמ ְלּכֵנּו‬,‫הּוא אֱלֹּכֵינּו אֵין עֹוד‬,‫ּוׁשכִינַת עֻּזֹו ְּבָג ְבהֵי מְרֹומִים‬
ְ
,‫ֲׁשב ָת אֶל ְל ָב ֶב ָך‬
ֵ ‫ וְיַָד ְע ָּת הַּיֹום וַה‬:‫ ַּכּכָתּוב ּבְתֹורָתֹו‬,‫ֶאפֶס זּולָתֹו‬
‫ אֵין‬,‫רֶץ ִמ ָּתחַת‬+9 ‫ וְעַל ָה‬,‫ַּׁשמַים ִמ ַּמעַל‬
ָ ‫ּכִי ה' הּוא ָהאֱלֹּכֵים ּב‬
.‫עֹוד‬
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skype. I am fortunate enough to experience this
the desert is “if you don’t embrace its’ vast
emptiness, then you’ll lose yourself in the noth- city for myself and explore her unique beauty.
by Robyn Levy,
Within these past few weeks in Jerusalem,
ingness.” It was definitely a magical experience
I’ve learned that this city can only be discovered
to live in the desert.
TST’s Study in Israel Scholar for 5771
if you dig deep within its roots. Meeting up with
I left the desert, excited to be moving on
“Three thousand years with no place to be, to the more hectic world of Jerusalem. Mov- members of our Temple, I got to travel through
and they want me to give up my milk and
ing my life again, for the third time, was simple. the Old City tunnels and step through history
honey. Don’t you see? It’s not about the land Packing up took no time, and saying goodbye
with congregation members, Rabbi Gold and
or the sea, not the country but the dwelling of was just another part of my adventurous day.
Cantor Schachner. We got to see the streets of
his majesty.” ~Matisyahu
We headed back through the valleys of sand and markets and the foundations of bridges that the
Levi Priests used crossing into the Temple.
gravel, and ended up, in what I could only
Shalom L’culam. Since I last wrote, I
Getting to share that experience with members
imagine, a different country. But no, we had
moved from the hustle and bustle of Tel Aviv to
of my synagogue is something that will stick
arrived in Jerusalem. My ears popped as we
the stillness of the desert. Arad, a small town
with me forever.
drove up and over the green, luscious Judean
located about 45 minutes outside a major city,
Hills.
I’m still getting to know this city every
Beer Sheba, consists of Israelis, Russians,
I was so excited to be starting another chap- day, trying to live just like every other Israeli
Ethiopians, Haredim, soldiers, and Year Courster of my time here in Israel. Throughout this
while maintaining my Jewish-American ideners. It is an extremely colorful city located in a
tity. When my group heard about the bombing
entire year, I’ve heard that Jerusalem was the
very limited color scheme.
at the Central bus station, it shocked and
Every morning, I would walk into
scared us all. Within minutes we were
our frigid kitchen, look out the window
calling family and friends that live in the
and see an Aladdin-like mirage of
area and in the states. As Americans,
desert for miles and miles. It was inexperiencing your first bombing is
credible. Coming from the northeast, I
extremely petrifying. Two of my close
was used to seeing luscious greenery
friends were going to the suk to pick up
everywhere, so seeing the tans and
some food for lunch and they took bus
browns that the desert had to offer left
74 towards the Central bus station.
me having to adjust - not to mention
When we heard that it was bus 74 that
the several sand storms that we had to
was bombed, it was crucial for me to get
endure during our time there. I would
in contact with them. The problem is,
call my parents and ask how they were
because so many people were trying to
doing and they would complain about
call each other to see if they were safe,
another snowstorm. I would reply
the lines were busy. It took me 10 minwith, “Try having 4-5 inches of sand in
utes to get in contact with my two best
your apartment.” It was quite an odd
friends that were just miles away.
phenomenon.
Thank G-d, everyone on my program
Robyn
Levy
(far
right)
with
Shir
Tikva
members
in
Israel
during
My time in Arad was spent volwas okay. Our prayers do go out to the
the
recent
adult
trip.
unteering at a high school and also a
60-year-old woman who passed away
nursery or, as the Israelis like to call it, a “Gan.”
during the incident. It took a drastic event for
The high school is for kids who have been
best and most active place we would be in. I
me to realize that I was in a country that was at
kicked out of their schools or are too troubled to couldn’t wait to get started volunteering, start
war. Until then, I had never felt unsafe, or surgo to a public school. They are very difficult to taking ulpan (Hebrew) again, and live in a city
rounded by enemies. Since then, it has become
work with and require a lot of patience and
with so much history and spiritual connectivity.
extremely apparent that this country is at
courage.
Of course I understand what Jerusalem is, and
war, and I have to do everything I can to help
The nursery also required a lot of patience
how important it was to my ancestors and will
educate others about the Palestinian/Israeli conand I had to keep a close watch on the babies.
be to my children, but I want to find that thing
flict in order to bring more attention to the
Working with newborns was an amazing learn- that really connects me to the heart of Israel.
cause, and hopefully an end to this extremely
ing experience. My Hebrew improved tremenI am lucky to come to Jerusalem during
confusing and never-ending war.
dously because the women I worked with spoke the month of Adar, spending the late winter
Just the other night, my roommates and I
very little English. I started to form relationand spring here. Jerusalem is one of the most
were sitting in our apartment eating dinner,
ships with the babies, but more importantly the beautifully complicated and conflicting places I
planning to go see the “nightlife” of Jerusalem,
workers.
have ever seen. You can go up a hill, look out
when we heard a man on a loud speaker outside
I was volunteering to help the kids, but
onto the old city and see churches, mosques,
in his car. We are accustomed to hearing these
realized that these kids weren’t going to remem- and synagogues, while also seeing computer
messages about bringing down clothing or furber me in a few years. The women I worked
stores, cafes and dance clubs. This city has emniture that owners didn’t want, or political statewith truly benefited having the extra hand. I was braced the new, but also celebrates its history.
ments about the Knesset or even the Jewish
extremely upset when my time in Arad ended,
Going up to Mount Scopus and having the
people. This time, we heard nothing but “Bank
leaving these women who took me in and
Dome of the Rock catch my eye, with all the
Ha Poalim,” the bank right across the street
treated me like a worker.
golden Jerusalem stone glistening in the sun is
from my apartment. My roommates and I didn’t
Besides my volunteering, I spent a lot of
something no one can ever capture through a
think anything of it. We even mocked the man
time in the desert reflecting about my past
lens. Walking down through the Mount of Olon the loudspeaker.
few months and thinking about what the
ives, through years of stories, memories and
future would look like. What I learned about
tradition is not explainable through telephone or
My Israel Experience
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Temple Shir Tikva
dlidw Gathering
Two Brotherhood Game Nights
Remaining This Year
Thursdays, May 12 & June 9, 7 p.m.
Please join us for a great opportunity to spend time with other men from the
temple in a very relaxed atmosphere.
We will be playing an exciting and fun Texas Hold'em Poker tournament, although other game suggestions are welcome or just come to hang out. You will
definitely have a good time and could even win Red Sox tickets or movie passes.
All are welcome - novices and experts. Refreshments will be served.
The cost is $20 ($25 for non-members) to be all-in for the poker tournament to
cover prizes and refreshments. If you are not playing poker then it is $5 ($10 for
non members) to cover refreshments.
Sisterhood Events...
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mler oewiz Tikkun Olam
Celebrate our
Fain Award for TEKIAH
Friday, May 13
We will celebrate Temple Shir Tikva receiving
the Fain Award for our
TEKIAH organizing
work with the congregation during Shabbat Services on May 13.
This award will be received by a congregational delegation who will be attending
the Religious Action Center’s Consultation on Conscience held in Washington,
D.C., May 1-3.
Book/Brunch Sunday
Sunday, May 22, 11:15 a.m.
Please join us for a discussion of the book, The Glass
Room by Simon Mawer. The story takes place in Czechoslovakia and focuses on very modern, glass house that was built
in the early 1930’s for Jewish newlyweds. As world events
occur, the house passes out of the hands of this family and is
a main character of the story. The Glass Room has won many
awards including a New York Times Editor’s Choice award.
Before you start reading this book, check out this link: www.greatbuildings.
com/buildings/Tugendhat_House. html. to see actual pictures of this house.
Sisterhood Spring Dinner
with guest speaker Laureen Rikleen
Thursday, May 26, 6:30 - 9 p.m.
Welcome the spring with a Spring feast then after dinner we have the pleasure
of hearing our own Lauren Rikleen speaking on women's issues including leadership, work, and family and putting that all together.
Lauren is the President of the Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership. She is
also the Executive-in-Residence at Boston College Center for Work and Family
and a member of the Board of Governors for the American Bar Association. She
is the past Executive Director of the Bowditch Institute for Women's Success and
a partner of Bowditch and Dewey. We are very excited that she will be with us
this year!
RSVP at www.shirtikva.org/springdinner or at the Temple office. The cost is
$36. If you have any questions or ideas, contact either Cathy Regensberger at
cathyjr@comcast.net or Jill Abend at jillcarole@aol.com.
Temple Shir Tikva
KESHER Provides
Spiritual, Emotional Support
To Congregants
Temple Shir Tikva Kesher Program’s
mission is to provide both spiritual and
emotional support, solace and hope to congregants and their families during times of
illness, suffering, loss and grief and to recognize celebrations of simchas. Each
month, a volunteer coordinates community
support services.
The committee welcomes new members
to support the greater Shir Tikva community. If you are interested in volunteering,
please contact Phyllis Kramer at kramsud@aol.com or 978-443-8712 or Jayne
Lampert at jlampert8@comcast.net or 978440-8361. The involvement might be delivering a refuah bag, bereavement bag, or
new baby bag. It could also be offering a
ride to a congregant’s family or providing a
meal. We are also looking for coordinators
for each month’s activity.
For May, the coordinator is Joyce
Gordon, who may be reached by email at
joycepgordon@gmail.com or by phone at
508-358-7837
If you are aware of a congregant in need
of Kesher services, contact the Temple office, the Rabbis or Cantor, or the monthly
coordinator.
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jepig Youth Community
By Samantha Nidenberg, Youth Educator
Our Jump-On-In event was a huge success, we had a great turnout. It was
a night full of high flying adventure in a building full of trampolines covering the floors and the walls. We had a roaring game of trampoline dodge
ball and the teenagers slaughtered the chaperones. (photos right)
Our senior youth group had their first Interfaith Service
project with teens from the Islamic center across the street.
We baked, cookies, banana bread, blueberry muffins, and
made a delicious fruit salad for a family shelter located in
Framingham. While our snacks were baking, we were able
to enjoy each others company outside in the beautiful spring
weather. (photos below)
Upcoming events:
Attention Seniors:
We are very proud of our Graduating Students and we will
celebrate them at Simchat Shabbat, May 20, 6:15 p.m.
Chip Clarke, Zoë Corner, Ari Goldberg, Alexander Kaye,
Leah Nussbaum, Abigail Titlebaum, Alexis Tonkel and Rebecca Zarkower.
We honor these young men and women for their dedication to their studies,
their music and the Youth Community’s Madrichim program. Following
services, a dinner reception will be held at 7:30. Celebrate your Shir Tikva
years with friends and family. A delicious kosher dinner will be served with
tons of surprises, gifts, and memories.
End-of-Year Picnic, Wednesday, May 25, 5p.m.—8p.m. We will hold
our END-OF-THE-YEAR PICNIC BBQ during Youth Community. Come
hang out with your friends and celebrate at Temple Shir Tikva with good
food, games, “moon bounce” and more.
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Grade 6 Tzedakah Project: Heading Home
• Bathroom: shower curtain, liner (new), hand towels, bath towels,
bath rug, toilet brush (new) and wastebasket.
Please let our teacher Cheryl Weiner know if you can help. She can
be reached at: cheryl_weiner @yahoo.com. Thank you for your support.
Laura Kaye, Tommy Kaye, Jared Buchman, Larsen Henken,
Danny Hoenig, Jared Groff, Josh Kateman,
Zak Kaye, Ben Reichelt and Ellie Solomon
Another Way to Support Heading Home
Members of the sixth grade class will host Yom Sport – a
Sports Day on Sunday, May 15, 11a.m. – 12:30 p.m. to raise
money to support Heading Home, an organization that provides
homeless people with permanent housing and essential support
services.
People of all ages are encouraged to attend. There will be
games, face painting, lunch (and dessert!) and a raffle too. Children 5-and-under are free.
Prices are as follows:
• $5 admission for games only
• $5 lunch only
• $8 lunch and games
• Raffle tickets $2 each
There will be a $20 cap per family.
Your support will help us buy greatly needed items for families who are moving into permanent housing for the first time.
We hope that you will join us for this terrific event. Registration information will be distributed shortly. For more information about this event please contact Cheryl Weiner at cheryl_
weiner@yahoo. com.
Gr. 4 students participated in the “Cemeteries Are For the Living”
program through Jewish Cemeteries Assn of Mass. (JCAM)
Temple Shir Tikva
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Rashi School Curious Minds Program
May 5, 1:30 - 3 p.m.
Join us at the Rashi School for our Curious Minds Preschool Program. Children ages two to five and their parents/
caregivers are invited to celebrate Israel’s birthday on Thursday, May 5 from 1:30-3 p.m.
There will be singing and dancing with Max Chaiken,
Rashi’s song leader, a craft activity and a healthy snack. Curious Minds programs are free, but preregistration is required.
Contact Anne Puchkoff at 617-969-4444 or email admissions @rashi.org. Rashi’s new campus is located at 8000
Great Meadow Road, Dedham, MA. (Please use 45 West
Street for your GPS.)
My Israel Experience
by Robyn Levy
About five minutes later we heard a huge boom. We all just
stared at each other. After a moment, we realized that we needed to
see what was going on. One of us called our counselor while the
others went next door to see if they had heard it as well. We went
outside on our balcony and saw that the police had blocked off the
street and held back traffic. We learned that the police were called
because of a “suspicious object.” They came immediately and were
going to blow it up on their own terms. That was what the announcement was.
Luckily everyone
was safe, and in the
end there wasn’t
much to worry
about. In about five
minutes, the traffic
pattern was back to
normal, and I saw
bus 74 zoom by
packed with tons of people headed toward the Central bus station.
It’s incredible just how fast life can take you, and how adjusted
these people are to war. I know that if a bomb was detonated across
the street from TD Bank North in South Wayland, people would be
talking about it for weeks but both the bus bombing and the bomb
scare were old news in a matter of minutes. It still amazes me how
strong this country has proven to be.
I am looking forward to every day here in Jerusalem. Whether
it’s pushing my way through the shuk or learning children’s songs
in Hebrew class while staring out the window at the old city’s
walls, this city never seems to fail me. I am sad to say that my time
here is coming to an end soon and I am trying to savor every moment. I have been cooking new things every night, hanging out in
different spots, searching for “Israeli” bars instead of American
hangouts while learning as much as I can about Israel and its accomplishments and problems. There is nowhere else in the world I
would rather be right now, than in the chaos of this country. I cannot thank the synagogue enough for being supportive of me being
here all year long.
For information about Temple Shir Tikva’s
Study in Israel Scholarship, please contact Rabbi Gold.
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Temple Shir Tikva Library
National Jewish Book Award Winners
Given annually since 1948, the Jewish Book Awards recognize
outstanding books on Jewish topics each year in sixteen different categories, including debut fiction, scholarship, biography
and Holocaust.
Below we list descriptions of award winners that are in
the Temple Shir Tikva Library.
Adult
Anthologies and Collections
Promised Lands : New Jewish American Fiction on Longing and Belonging / Rubin, Derek (EDT)
This vibrant anthology showcases new,
unpublished short stories by a rapidly
growing crop of highly talented young
Jewish American fiction writers. Cohering around the core Jewish theme of the
Promised Land, all the stories were written especially for this volume. With the
kind of depth and imagination that only
fiction allows, they offer striking variations on the multivalent theme of the Promised
Land and how it continues to shape the collective
consciousness of contemporary American Jews.
History
Early Modern Jewry : A New Cultural History /
Ruderman, David B.
Early Modern Jewry boldly offers
a new history of the early modern Jewish experience. From Krakow and Venice to Amsterdam
and Smyrna, David Ruderman
examines the historical and cultural factors unique to Jewish
communities throughout Europe,
and how these distinctions
played out amidst the rest of society. Looking at
how Jewish settlements in the early modern period were linked to one another in fascinating
ways, he shows how Jews were communicating
with each other and were more aware of their
economic, social, and religious connections than
ever before.
Juvenile
Children’s and Young Adult Literature
The Orphan Rescue / Anne Dublin
Set during the spring of 1937 in
the small city of Sosnowiec, PoContemporary Jewish Life and Practice
land, this is the story of twelveSacred Strategies : Transforming Synagogues from
year-old Miriam and her
Functional to Visionary / Aron, Isa; Cohen
younger brother, David. They
Sacred Strategies is about eight synalive with their grandparents,
gogues that reached out and helped peohaving lost their own parents to
ple connect to Jewish life in a new way-illness and poverty. The family
congregations that had gone from comdoes not have much – they live
monplace to extraordinary. Over a petogether in one room behind the grandfather’s
riod of two years, researchers Aron,
shop and often there isn’t enough food for the
Cohen, Hoffman, and Kelman interfour of them – but they have each other. Miriam is
viewed 175 synagogue leaders and a sedevastated when her grandparents tell her that
lection of congregants (ranging from inthey can no longer survive as a family, and that
tensely committed to largely inactive). They found
the only solution is for David to go to an orphanthese congregations shared six traits: sacred purage. But Miriam is determined to rescue her
pose, holistic ethos, participatory culture, meanbrother and bring him home.
ingful engagement, innovation disposition, and
reflective leadership and governance.
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Temple
Shir Tikva
508-358-9992
Affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism and the Synagogue Council of Massachusetts
Phil Benjamin, President
president@shirtikva.org
Neal D. Gold, Rabbi
rabbigold@shirtikva.org
Greg Litcofsky, Associate Rabbi
rabbilitcofsky@shirtikva.org
Herman J. Blumberg, Rabbi Emeritus
hermanblumberg@gmail.com
Hollis Schachner, Cantor
cantor@shirtikva.org
David Passer,
Executive Director
Deena Bloomstone,
Director of Congregational Learning
Rachel Kest,
Director of Elementary & Family Education
Samantha Nidenberg
Youth Educator
Karen Edwards,
Assistant to the Rabbis and Cantor
Linda Goldbaum,
Office Administrator
Toni Spitzer
Office Administrator
Lucy Dube, Bookkeeper
execdir@shirtikva.org
ext. 214
eddirector@shirtikva.org
ext. 201
familyed@shirtikva.org
ext. 203
snidenberg@shirtikva.org
ext. 202
kedwards@shirtikva.org
ext. 210
lgoldbaum@shirtikva.org
ext. 211
tspitzer@shirtikva.org
ext. 200
bookkeeper@shirtikva.org
ext. 215
Peggi Cohen, Hineni Editor
hinenied@shirtikva.org
JCC Early Learning Center of Wayland ·
Phone: 508-358-5331
508-879-5064
NEW MEMBERS
Donnie Askin & Connie Saienga
19 Charena Road
Wayland, MA 01778
Noah, Ricki, Olivia
OUR CONDOLENCES...
Michael Gottlieb on the loss of his
mother, Grace Gottlieb
508-358-6272
Fax: 508-358-5332
Office Hours
School Office
IN OUR CONGREGATION
Temple Office
Monday…………………...9 a.m. - 5 p.m.…………….9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Tuesday…………………...9 a.m. - 5 p.m.…………….9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wednesday………………..9 a.m. - 8 p.m.…………….9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday………………….9 a.m. - 5 p.m.…………….9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday……………………..9 a.m. - 2 p.m.…………….9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Steven Hotchkiss on the loss of his
grandmother, Grace Gottlieb
Elizabeth Gerson on the loss of her
grandmother, Grace Gottlieb
Randy Gredinger on the loss of her
father, Paul Kamen
Donate a Copy of
Etz Chaim Torah
The Ritual Committee reminds
congregants that we are in need of additional
copies of the Etz Chaim Torah used in our
Sanctuary and for our weekly Torah study.
If you want to commemorate an event, or
honor a family member or friend, please
consider making a donation of $72 to Shir
Tikva’s Ritual Fund for this purpose. Each
donated Torah will have an appropriate
bookplate on its inside cover . Contact Karen
Edwards in the Temple office for more details.
Office Closings:
Monday, May 31, Memorial Day
Upcoming Events
Thursday, May 12, 7 p.m. ………………………..Brotherhood Game Night
Sunday, May 15, 5 p.m…David Snyder Memorial Concert featuring Safam
Sunday, May 22, 9 a.m………………..Temple Gift Shop End-of-Year-Sale
Sunday, May 22, 10:15 a.m……………….Religious School Tzedakah Mall
Sunday, May 22, 11:15 a.m………………………..Sisterhood Book/Brunch
Thursday, May 26, 6:30 p.m…….…Sisterhood Dinner with Lauren Rikleen
Temple Shir Tikva
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June Hineni Deadline
Wednesday, May 5
Articles and photos may be sent by
email to hinenied@shirtikva.org or
mailed to the Temple office. Please
email or call Peggi Cohen, Hineni
editor, at 508-358-6272 with questions
or comments.
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May 2011 - Temple Shir Tikva

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