HaHodesh April 2023

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H desh April-May 2023

Nisan-Iyar-Sivan 5783

From Rabbi Kling Perkins The Lessons of Mimouna Several years back, I attended a cooking demonstration at Beit Avi Chai, an Israeli cultural and educational center, in the month preceding Pesah.. There were some unique aspects to the demonstration. For example, the chef, the head chef at a very fancy restaurant, didn’t blink an eye when a random member of the audience decided, in classic Israeli informal fashion, to get up, go behind the counter, and help him cook. What was really unusual, however, was that at a cooking presentation prior to Pesah., every single item was made entirely out of h.ametz, leavened products! And yet, this presentation was closely tied to the coming holiday. How so? The chef was showing us how to make food for Mimouna, a post-Pesah. festival celebrated by Middle Eastern, and particularly Moroccan Jews. At Mimouna, celebrants feast on pancakes and other leaven-filled treats, savoring the foods that have been forbidden to them for the past seven or eight days. (continued on page 12)

Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration In Honor of Israel’s 75th Birthday Wednesday, April 26 5:45 pm 6:30 pm 6:45 pm 7:45 pm

Israeli Dinner Tekes Candlelighting Ceremony Special Performance with Israeli mother and son singers Bat Ella and Nitzan Birnbaum Birthday Cake for Israel

Bat Ella and her husband Dani Birnbaum were at Emunah in the early 1990’s when Dani served as our High Holiday Chazan.

They sang beautiful duets together.

Nitzan is a student at Berklee School of Music but is already an accomplished artist in his own right.

Emunah Israel Trip: A Wonderful Experience see page 13

Mitzvah Day activities included making crayons for children in need and get well cards for congregants, baking lasagna and dog biscuits, and knotting dog blankets. See more photos on page 9.

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A Newsletter for Temple Emunah members 9 Piper Road, Lexington, MA 02421-8199 www.TempleEmunah.org Main Office: 781-861-0300 Senior Rabbi

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781-861-0300, ext. 22 dlerner@templeemunah.org Associate Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins 781-861-0300, ext. 31 lklingperkins@templeemunah.org Rabbi Emeritus Bernard Eisenman President Linna Ettinger 781-863-8511 president@templeemunah.org Executive Director Raveetal Celine 781-861-0300, ext. 21 rceline@templeemunah.org Director of Me’ir Sherer 781-861-0303, ext. 24 Congregational Learning msherer@templeemunah.org Accounting Manager Alisa Billings 781-861-0300, ext. 23 abillings@templeemunah.org Chief of Cong. Advancement Hannah Arwe 781-861-0300, ext. 30 & Manager of Pastoral Admin. harwe@templeemunah.org Director of Media and Bonnie Gold 781-861-0300, ext. 29 Communications bgold@templeemunah.org Synagogue Educator/Young Tova Weinronk 781-861-0300, ext. 34 Family Engagement Coord. tweinronk@templeemunah.org Synagogue Educator Sydney Bluman 781-861-0300, ext. 32 sbluman@templeemunah.org Office Administrator Marilyn Pappo 781-861-0300, ext. 20 office@templeemunah.org Temple Administrator Mary Melnick 781-861-0300, ext. 26 mmelnick@templeemunah.org Bulletin Editor Linda Silverstein lindags@comcast.net

David G. Lerner

Preschool Team Lucie Chag, Interim Program Director lchag@templeemunah.org Sally DeLucia, Interim Program Director Sdelucia@templeemunah.org Laura Cohen Gordon, Interim Administrative Director lcohengordon@templeemunah.org Chaiya Zalles, Interim Administrative Director czalles@templeemunah.org

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President's Message

Hodesh .

What Mask Do You Wear?

Hebrew College President Sharon Cohen Anisfeld observed (when she was scholar-in-residence for a Glatzer Memorial Weekend at Temple Emunah) that during Purim, when we wear our costumes, many times we represent a pure representation of a personality, without complexity and without nuance. We instantly “know” the persona according to a costume. Sometimes we also can predict the approach the costumed persona will have when approaching challenge and conflict. For example, we know that King Ahasuerus liked to party a lot. When we put on a mask, we take a snapshot of the persona, and their personality is petrified and can never change.

Have you ever thought about which mask we can wear to convey a persistent yearning for self-improvement? Or which mask can we wear to project humility and inclusion of new ideas? Or which mask can we wear to demonstrate our evolving deeds of loving kindness towards one another? Or which mask can we wear to demonstrate our wrestling with how to incorporate ancient Jewish traditions and values into modern day living and sensibilities?

Perhaps you are having trouble narrowing down your suggestion to one particular super hero or heroine. I know that when I see the faces of fellow members of Temple Emunah, these are the values that I think of. Collectively and individually, we work together to think of ways to improve our behavior, our programs, and our processes; we work together in humility to include new ideas and incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion in our congregational ethos; and we are deeply committed to each other and the Jewish tradition and rejoice at the opportunities to validate modern day choices and stances with Jewish values and thought.

Each of us serves as a “mask” representing the values and yearnings of Temple Emunah. We are a wondrous congregation, offering multiple gateways to engagement with each other, the tradition, nature, and the wider community. I wish you all Kol ha Kavod, much respect and honor – and I look forward to our Congregational Meeting on May 16th following evening minyan, where we will vote on the budget for Fiscal Year 24.

With Faith in our Future,

Linna Ettinger, president@templeemunah.org

Security Committee / Friends of Glatzer Featured Committee: Security

Thank You to Our Friends

We are grateful to our Security Committee for implementing security measures, hiring security detail, working with our Executive Director Raveetal Celine, and collaborating with the Facilities/House committee to keep Emunah members safe. Thank you to: Michael Roskind, VP of Security Adam Samansky Ben Bloomenthal, Federal Grant Administration Mark Bobrow Larry Bressler The Security committee is looking for volunteers with the following skills: • Administrator familiar with Excel spreadsheets – can be done from home, remotely.

• Longtime members who know many members by sight, to help identify members of Temple Emunah for security staff – can be seated in a chair or wheelchair in close proximity to security staff outdoors during Shabbat services or programs.

• Security committee members who serve as eyes and ears to stand/sit in strategic locations around the building during services or programs. Must be able to move quickly.

• Security committee leadership team for members with a background in law enforcement or security.

• Empowerment coaches or members with training in self defense who are willing to run training workshops for community members.

Interested in engaging with the Security team? Please email security@templeemunah.org. Thank you!

We gratefully acknowledge our dedicated Friends of Glatzer.

Your generosity makes it possible to honor the memories of Professor Nahum and Anne Glatzer. The Nahum and Anne Glatzer Memorial Fund was established by Norm and Milly Koss (z”l). New supporters are always welcome to join the growing list of Friends of Glatzer.

Glatzer Weekend Scholar-in-Residence Yossi Abramowitz with Rabbi Lerner and Adult Education and Glatzer Co-chairs Terri Swartz Russell and Sandy Goldstein.

FRIENDS OF GLATZER 2023 as of March 1, 2023 BENEFACTOR Ken & Lois Bruss Judi & Mark Canter Mark Druy & Johanna Rothman Gil & Linna Ettinger David Ezekiel & Elise Richman Ezekiel Fred Ezekiel Catharyn & Mike Gildesgame Sandy Goldstein & Michael Buonaiuto Francine Jacobs & Barry Dym Benjamin & Sylvia Perlman Stephen Quatrano & Doreen Karoll Jerome & Sharon Smith David & Carol Srebnick Toni Stechler Judith Wechsler PATRON Sheila Kojm & Louis Stuhl Stuart Lerman & Miriam Sadofsky Rabbi David Lerner & Sharon Levin Ed & Marcy Lidman Barbara Posnick & Carl Mikkelsen Elizabeth & Robert Pressman Sylvia Schatz Marsha Tucker SPONSOR Joel Alpert & Nancy Lefkowitz Lester Blumberg & Robin Hasenfeld Larry & Ann Chait Alison Dick & Ed Willins Leora Fishman Ellen Laderman & Steven Tavan Miriam Librach Helen Marcus Larry & Thelma Marin Wendy & Robert Russman-Halperin Alan & Leslie Sherman Susan & David Shnidman Cantor Louise Treitman Judy Zola

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Adult Education / Minyan Story Brought to You from the Adult Education Desk

My Minyan Story

For many years I rarely went to minyan at Temple Emunah.

Adult Education invites you to participate in our many My excuse in the evening was that I got home from work after 6 ongoing offerings, including: PM, often had meetings, and needed a bit of time to relax. The Musaf Musings: Rabbis Lerner and Kling Perkins lead morning was also a problem. For 13 years, at least a couple of this Saturday afternoon participatory class that delves into times a week, overlapping minyan time, I drove the Schechter the hidden insights behind the liturgy of Musaf, the additional carpool to Newton. The rest of the week, the service was a bit prayer on Shabbat, and the holidays. The class is between late for me to get to work in Boston on time. There were periods Minh.ah and Maariv on Saturday afternoons in the chapel. when I did try to go to evening minyan once a month, but that Check the Emunah website, as times vary each week. schedule eventually petered out.

Spirituality of Shabbat Observance: Join the rabbis on A turning point for me was when Kathy MacDonald initiated Wednesdays after the 7 A M minyan to study from the Shulkhan the “Ten for Ten” minyan program. I felt that I could and should Arukh, a Medieval Code of Jewish law. Reflect on the values go at least ten times a year. After meeting that goal, I decided to behind traditional Jewish practices and explore how these try to reach chai (18) and then double chai, 36 minyanim. Then ideas inform our modern Jewish lives. came the pandemic. Every service switched from in-person to Prepare for Shabbat with the Weekly Parashah class Zoom. There was no excuse for me not to increase the number on Zoom, every Tuesday from 4-5 PM . Connect with other of evening minyanim I attended. I found some comfort in being Emunah members, read the upcoming Shabbat parashah, and with others, even on Zoom. After the death of Rabbi Lerner’s discuss what resonates with you. Rabbi Lerner and Rabbi Kling abba (father), Rabbi Stephen Lerner, z”l, I committed to going Perkins will take turns leading the class. Check the website at least once a week to the afternoon minyan as well. for the Zoom link.

Once we went back to in-person services, I really appreciMeditation is led on Tuesday mornings at 8:30 A M by ated being with others. I had missed our community during Rabbi Lerner (harwe@templeemunah.org) and Barbara the pandemic. I made a decision to daven at least once a week Neustadt (barbneus7@gmail.com), and you can join in person in the evening minyan. Because of other commitments, I can’t or on Zoom. Shabbat meditations with Rabbi Lerner and commit to a particular day of the week, so the day I participate Paul Neustadt (probneus@gmail.com) are offered periodi- varies from week to week. Sometimes there is only one evening cally. Experienced meditators and those brand-new are equally I am able to attend, and, despite bad weather or being tired, I welcome. Musaf Meditation is offered each Shabbat morning almost always just get in my car and go to the minyan. after the sermon led by Barbara Neustadt, Rabbi Lerner, or Evening minyan has given me the opportunity to reguanother member of the community. larly connect with two meaningful prayers. Ahavat Olam and The Bess Ezekiel Rosh Hodesh Group, for all who iden- Hashkivenu are among the most beautiful parts of our siddur. tify as women, holds monthly informal, participant-inspired The first relates to God’s love for Israel and the way it manifests get-togethers. Meetings are led by members of the community itself through Torah, mitzvot, statutes, and laws. It goes on to on a variety of topics of interest to women. Contact Anna recall that when we go to sleep and when we wake up, we not Nerenberg (bernberg@comcast.net) for more information. only think and speak of these, but we rejoice in them. In the Perek Yomi meets monthly on Thursdays to read and second prayer, we invite God to help us “lie down in peace and discuss the Bible. Contact Larry Marin (lbmlbm@aol.com) awaken us to life,” and also to “shelter us in the shadow of Your Ta l mu d S t u d y i s l e d b y D r. I s a a c E l y wings.” The passages describing God’s protection of us are writStillman. Contact Louis Stuhl (lstuhl@verizon.net). ten with beautiful imagery. I find my spirituality and intentions rising with these prayers.

There’s still time to learn to read and speak Hebrew with Ivrit LaKol, Hebrew for all. Classes range from Minyan feels like a warm and cozy coverlet hugging me. Buzz beginners to advanced speakers. Email Nancy Lefkowitz at Hausner is the soul of the minyanim. He is the Gabbai at every IvritlaKolHebrew@gmail.com for information. minyan, morning and evening, and makes everyone, member or stranger, feel welcome. Often non-members in mourning come

Terri Swartz Russell and Sandy Goldstein regularly to say Kaddish. Several have subsequently become

Co-chairs of Adult Education members and minyan leaders. Our welcoming ambiance surely adulted@templeemunah.org. played a role in this. Minyan regulars, as well as more recent participants, inspire me.

Elizabeth Pressman

Join us at minyan – help make sure we have at least ten people to pray. If you have a minyan story, please send it to Dawny@aboutfacepr.com so we can share it here.

Dawny Gershkowitz

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Ladle Fund Ladle Fund Update Following the vision of our benefactor, Fred Ezekiel, the Ladle Fund Committee continues to support and originate programs that bring our community together in social, educational, and spiritual ways.

We had a very successful Jazz Night in January, hosting over 125 people for food, music, and socializing. Linda Skolnik was the creator and leader of this evening, and we thank her very much for her hard work.

Following up on our breakfast for our seniors in January with over 50 people, we had another breakfast for more than 55 people in early March. The morning was purely for social interaction as we all got to see people we do not see as often as we would like. Thank you to Linna Ettinger, Rabbi Lerner and Rabbi Kling Perkins for dropping by to say hello!

In February, we provided an extended Shabbat kiddush experience with singing, ping-pong, games and ice cream and snacks. Thanks to Janet Goldberg for helping to arrange all of the food! About 25 people participated at different times, enjoying a relaxing, community centric Shabbat experience.

We had more themed minyanim coordinated by Joelle Gunther and Bob Russman Halperin. This ongoing series of programs is a jewel of the Ladle Fund’s “repertoire.”

After all of these events, we are listening to the participants and hope to make positive improvements when we do them again next year or in future years!

In May, we hope to have an outdoor event, but details are not yet available… stay tuned for more information!

The Ladle Fund Committee looks hard at how we use our precious resources. We support programs based on grant requests (for example, Rabbi Rachel Bregman’s weekend on Racial Justice), events that are community based planned by the synagogue staff (this year, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Mitzvah day…) and programs we plan and implement ourselves as described above. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, we are committing our largest amount of dollars in support of these three types of programming.

Our ability to provide the community with thousands of dollars, in part, rests on continued community donations to the Ladle Fund. Should you be so inspired by our work, we would be very grateful for any contribution you could consider.

We look forward to seeing you at future events sponsored by the Ladle Fund!

The Ladle Fund, along with the Israel Committee, co-sponsored a fun and festive evening in January that featured lively Israeli music and Jazz standards, appetizers and dessert, and the longawaited opportunity to socialize and connect with each other.

Over 125 attendees took in the incredible sounds of the Jazz band, Keshev, a very talented trio of New England Conservatory students, from Israel, currently studying in Boston.

David Ezekiel and Meli Solomon, Ladle Co-Chairs

What you put in the pot,

comes out in the ladle!

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Preschool Billy Dalwin Preschool (BDPS) Update Winter has been a special time at Billy Dalwin Preschool!

After winter break, we hit the ground running with our event for Lexington’s Day of Service on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Joining forces with both Temple Emunah and Temple Isaiah, we co-sponsored the event that had a puppet show, craft project, and a service opportunity appropriate for young learners.

It is never too early to model the values of Tikkun Olam and Tzedakah for our children!

Our Pilonim and Dubim children have been deeply engaged in our popular Art Unit. Learning about various artists (from Michelangelo to Chihuly), how they approached their art, and having the opportunity to create in that style has the children enthralled and the families ecstatic. The children opened their gallery and invited families to their art show, where they showed their creations with pride. Todah Rabah to Sara, Deb, Audrey, and Amy for guiding the children through this well anticipated exploration.

Our community came together to celebrate Tu B’shevat and Havdalah. Tu B’Shevat lent itself to many activities involving trees, and, once again, we are ever grateful for our nature classroom space at Teva. What a glorious place to explore, learn, and say “Happy Birthday” to the trees! We were so thankful for the parents who came in to help the children bake challah, which was delicious! In addition, the parent support on the evening of our Havdalah event was so appreciated. Our Billy Dalwin kehillah is enriched by the volunteer efforts of so many parents. Kol Ha Kavod one and all! We look forward to celebrating Purim and Pesah. with everyone!

It may be the middle of winter, but it is the time to enroll your child(ren) in our Kaytana Summer Program. This funfilled, outdoor program will take place daily from July 3-August 11, 2023, 8 am-3 pm. Please contact Sally at sdelucia@templeemunah.org for more information and enrollment forms. There will be special visitors that include Tumblebus, Pumpernickel Puppets, Dance with Hannah, Ice Cream with Moe, and lots more! It is also the time to reserve your spot in our preschool for September 2023. Please contact Lucie at lchag@templeemunah.org for enrollment information. We have room in each age group and want to make sure everyone gets their space!

Tell your friends about the wonderful, close-knit kehillah we have at Billy Dalwin.

We want to make sure you get to see all of the fun activities that take place every day at Billy Dalwin. We are growing our social media presence and invite you along on the journey. You can find us on Facebook at Billy Dalwin Preschool of Temple Emunah. On Instagram, we are billydalwinps.

Kadima!

Laura Cohen Gordon Co-Administrative Director lcohengordon@templeemunah.org

Painting in the style of Vincent Van Gogh, making challah for Havdalah, and K’lavim’s Pizza Parlor.

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Library The Children’s Section is the busiest in the Library, with hundreds of copies borrowed each year. In this issue we feature some popular books for kids and teenagers.

2023 Sydney Taylor awardwinning books are starred.

Youth, Teenagers, & Graphic Books

Temple Emunah Library

Books for Children

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen* Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack* Luis de Torres Sails to Freedom by Tami Lehman-Witzig* Shoham’s Bangle by Sarah Sassoon* Sitting Shiva by Erin Silver* I Spy Passover The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel*

Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe* The Book of Elsie by Joanne Levy Honey and Me by Meira Drazin* How Mirka Caught a Fish by Barry Deutsch [Graphic Novel] “Nice” Jewish Girls by Julie Merberg Rabbi Harvey vs. the Wisdom Kid by Steve Sheinkin [Graphic Novel] Salt and Honey: Jewish Teens on Feminism, Creativity, and Tradition ed. by Elizabeth Mandel A Visit to Moscow by Anna Olswanger [Graphic Book] Please return the books that you borrowed during the last three years!!

Toni Stechler and Marci Hopkins

(emunahlibrary@gmail.com)

Printmaking (above) and painting with trees for Tu B’Shevat .

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Religious School / Youth From the Director of Congregational Learning Selling is easy when you believe in your heart that you’re selling a great product. I’m in the business of selling Jewish Education. It’s not always easy honing in on what it is I am selling.

In fact, it’s taken me years you wrap my head around it. I know that I am not selling the Hebrew H.eder of old. I believe what I am selling is an immersive experience in Jewish learning. For lack of a better term, when it comes to the school I am selling, I am selling a Religious School. There is a reason we call it a Religious School and not a Hebrew School. Hebrew is only one part, albeit an important part, of the education we are providing our children.

In regard to Hebrew, synagogues around the country are finding it more and more challenging to teach Hebrew.

Six-hour-a-week Hebrew Schools no longer exist, translating into less time to teach Hebrew. Then there is the question of what type of Hebrew we are teaching: spoken Hebrew, prayer Hebrew, or Torah Hebrew. In addition, there is more and more to teach: Israel, Jewish Peoplehood, Jewish History, Israel, Jewish History.

We are still coming out of COVID. COVID has hastened our students’ acquisition of Hebrew. It has also impacted how our students interact with one another and in the community.

We are spending more and more time teaching our students Social Emotional Learning skills. We also want to provide our students with the tools necessary to fight back against antiSemitism and anti-Israel sentiment. To put it more positively, we want to instill in our children a sense of Jewish Pride.

We’ve had another wonderful year in our Religious School and Youth Program. I believe we are selling something really wonderful. We are introducing our students to Jewish prayer, where they feel a sense of comfort in services, whether because they’ve learned to read prayers, learned them by rote, or learned to lead them, instilling in them a sense of Jewish Pride, teaching them about what it means to be part of the Jewish People and what it means to be a mensch. I hope you will invest and/ or continue investing in our product.

Best wishes for a wonderful summer, Me’ir Sherer Director of Congregational Learning

Religious School Calendar April–May No Religious School

Kitah Gimmel Siyum HaSefer Kitah Hey/Vav Service Zimriyah Spring Youth Day Tekes Hitkadmut

Wed, April 12 Sun, April 16; Tues, April 18 Wed, April 19; Sun, April 23 Fri, May 12 Sat, May 20 Sun, May 21 Sun, May 21 Wed, May 24

SPRING YOUTH DAY AT CANOBIE LAKE PARK Sunday, May 21, 12:00-6:30 PM Children in grades 3-12 are off to Canobie Lake Park on Sunday, May 21 to celebrate the end of a great year. The cost of this program is $40, which includes transportation and park admission. For more information, please contact Me’ir Sherer, DCL at msherer@templeemunah.org

Grade 5-6 Shul-in

msherer@templeemunah.org

Temple Emunah is a dynamic, engaging, and welcoming congregational family. We build Jewish identity through learning and praying together in the spirit of Conservative Judaism, caring for each other and the world, and working to create an enduring Visiting Lands Sake Farm for Tu B’Shevat

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Religious School / Youth Religious School Students Participate in Mitzvah Day Activities

5784 (2023-2024) RELIGIOUS SCHOOL REGISTRATION Registration for Religious School for this fall will open May 1. There will be an early bird discount through the end of May. Registration will require a minimum deposit of $150 on a credit card. You will not be charged a processing fee for the use of this card. For more information, please contact Me’ir Sherer, DCL, msherer@ templeemunah.org.

USY Chaverim Bowling

Winter fun with USY

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Sisterhood Back on Groundhog Day, we were told that Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter! Now we have, basically have gone through the entire winter without snow.

During this last quarter of the temple’s fiscal year (as well as Sisterhood’s fiscal year), we begin to prepare for our 2023/24 budget. As we all know, it’s expensive to run a synagogue! There are so many facets that make up the financial necessities of Temple, from administration expenses, building expenses, programming expenses, religious school expenses, and much more. It is important to note that Temple Emunah’s Sisterhood and Brotherhood play an integral role in the financial wellbeing of our shul.

I’d like to remind you of where Sisterhood money goes.

Sisterhood raises funds through annual membership, fundraising initiatives, and donations. Our fundraisers include weekly sanctuary flower sponsorship, the Rosh Hashanah Honey sales drive, and general donations.

Our proceeds result in financial giving to the community.

Sisterhood’s operating committee and our membership are resilient, creative, and caring about the temple.

Our budget for 2023/2024 includes financial commitments for the upcoming year: $5000 Temple General operating fund $2000 Religious School Music Program $1000 Temple Youth Program $2500 Religious School Special Needs Aides Purchase Siddur’s for third grade students Sisterhood/Brotherhood jointly purchase Etz Hayim for B’nei Mitzvah We also make donations throughout the year as things come up.

Our 2023/24 budget is primarily built off membership dues.

I hope that you will continue to support Sisterhood with your annual dues in 2023/24 and, if you’ve never joined, that you will now consider joining Sisterhood. Annual membership is just $36 and can be paid directly through your Shul Cloud account, by checking off Sisterhood on your dues commitment forms, or by contacting the temple office.

Sisterhood is a social, educational, and philanthropic organization. Our organization at Temple Emunah relies on the support of the community and in seeing that you are “part of the fabric that holds our Sisterhood together.” Each and every one of our members helps to tie things together, whether by participation in our events, our fundraising initiatives or the general well-being of our organization, which has been going strong for 60+ years at Emunah.

On Sunday, March 19, we honored Linda Skolnik as this year’s Light of Torah at our Torah Fund brunch, which was

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fabulous and enjoyed by all. We had a wonderful entertainment program: True Colors by The Braid. 100% of the money raised at our brunch (Sisterhood pays for the expense of the brunch) goes to the Torah Fund at the Jewish Theological Seminary. The Torah Fund Campaign supports and provides scholarships to students at The Jewish Theological Seminary (New York, New York), Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies (Los Angeles, California), and the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies (Jerusalem).

Although I took the chairperson role for this event (this could be you next year), the day’s success was only made possible by the many helpers who each played integral roles in simplifying my position. Many thanks to Barbara Posnick for organizing the RSVPs, my kitchen staff (you all know who you are), Raveetal and the temple office staff for working the logistics, and my wonderful husband, David, who acted as the go-to guy for last minute needs. Once again, congratulations to Linda and to all who helped support this wonderful cause.

Springtime is a great time to think about flowers. Perhaps you haven’t thought about sponsoring flowers in the sanctuary.

You can do so for a birthday, a special occasion, or even in memory of a loved one. Sponsorship is easy and a wonderful way to support Sisterhood. It’s something that is done every week and on holidays in the sanctuary. Sheila Kojm can explain everything involved in ordering flowers. Please contact her at bimahflowers@gmail.com.

Sisterhood’s leadership for the past six years is the Operating Committee (O.C.), which replaced the standard board positions. We always hope that new people will join us, discuss some of the financial support and ways that we give back to the temple, and consider helping when needed.

During this final fiscal quarter and over the summer, the O.C. will be working on the 2023/24 Sisterhood calendar. The first matter of business with be our Rosh Hashanah Honey sale, organized by Cindy Bobrow. Details of this program will be coming out in early July. Programming events including our Paid-up Membership Supper in the Sukkah, two signature Dinner and a Movie events, a pre-H.anukah Crockpot dinner, and much more are already being discussed along with programming in partnership with other committees at temple. Sisterhood programming support has been opened to all, except when noted as a Sisterhood only event. So many of you have joined us at our programs and I’m sure next year will be the same!

In closing, I continue to hope that others will join Sisterhood on our journey.

L’shalom,

Janet Goldberg, Sisterhood President

janet.goldberg2@verizon.net

Brotherhood / Family Table Shalom Haverim!

Pesah. will soon be upon us, so I wish you a H.ag Sameah.! I want to thank all who purchased their Passover wine through the Brotherhood.

I also want to thank Alan Silver for putting together a great series of speakers. Our next Speaker’s Breakfast will be on April 16, and we will send out complete information on her in the coming weeks.

Brotherhood Shabbat is coming up on May 6 with Parashat Emor (Leviticus 21:1-24:23). We hope you will join us as the Brotherhood leads the services and hosts the kiddush in this annual tradition.

Our Man of the Year is David Goldberg. Join us on Sunday, May 21, at the temple to celebrate David’s contributions to Temple Emunah. Also, you can sample the beer the Brotherhood brewed for this occasion!

If you have not already received it, you will be receiving your Yom HaShoah yellow candles in the mail shortly. This year, they will be packaged in padded envelopes, so be on the lookout. We encourage everyone to light their candle on the evening of April 17 to remember the Six Million.

Softball season is coming. Please get in touch with Ken Zimmerman if you would like to find out about Emunah’s excellent team, Faith.

Finally, if you are looking for a way to get more involved with Temple Emunah, the Brotherhood is a wonderful way to benefit the temple while meeting some great men. Feel free to reach out to me or any other member of the Brotherhood board for more information, or just join us for a board meeting (everyone is invited). Please be sure to check our events calendar at https://www.templeemunah.org/calendar/ to see what’s happening!

I wish everyone a joyous Pesah.!

Scott Damsky, Brotherhood President brotherhood@templeemunah.org

Save the Date: Sunday, May 21 at 5 pm Honoring 2023 Brotherhood Man of the Year DAVID GOLDBERG Please join us

YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO FAMILY TABLE ARE ESSENTIAL

Major Reduction in COVID Food Stamp Subsidies With the changes to the SNAP program (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -Food Stamps) that went into effect on March 2, 2023, households are expected to lose an average of $162 per month as benefits from COVID SNAP end.

We know that food prices have increased, and now that the amount of money received will be decreased, it will be even harder for people to make ends meet. Your financial contributions made directly to Temple Emunah-Family Table are greatly appreciated now more than ever.

Matzah for Passover There was a special food drive to raise 1200 boxes of matzah for Passover this year. Thus far, the amount was nearing 1200 boxes. Temple Emunah’s donations through the Amazon Wish List contributed to this program. We contributed 180 boxes of matzah.

Purim Mishloach Manot A special shoutout to Michelle Abramson for organizing and preparing small bags of treats that were delivered to JF&CS Family Table and distributed to Family Table clients. Surely this made their holiday memorable.

Part of the 70 Family Table has volunteers from 70 synagogues, Jewish Day Schools, JCCs and other centers of Jewish life. We have been serving JF&CS for more than 20 years, and YOU have made a significant and valuable contribution to our community. When you provide food, cash donations, and most of all, your time to pack and deliver food, you are each engaging in a most important mitzvah. Thanks to all of you!!

How to Volunteer Contact Lisa Katz, Volunteer Coordinator, Direct Line: 781-693-1231 lkatz@jfcsboston.org for information on how you and your family members can help out on a Sunday delivery.

You will enjoy the camaraderie of working with others.

Todah Rabbah, Michelle and Mark Abramson, mhabramson@gmail.com, markabramson619@gmail.com, 781-861-7152 Nancy Lefkowitz, nancylef@gmail.com, 781-696-2085 Temple Emunah Coordinators of JF&CS Family Table

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Rabbi Message / Disability & Inclusion From Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins

Disability & Inclusion News

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From April to May, we await spring with its flowers, smells, and colors. Finally, we can be happy to walk outside, assuming all snow and ice have melted away. Spring surprises us with holidays we thought were too far away to think about.

Surprise! Passover starts on the evening of April 5. That may be the start of Pesah., but the cleaning and preparing begin several days, maybe even weeks, prior to the seder.

I must say that once the cleaning, cooking, and organizing begins, I feel immersed in this holiday – both the good parts and the difficult ones. Here in Tel Aviv, last Pesah., we found Oh Mama open for Shabbat and Pesah.. You just walk around the large pans that line about four sides of the store, selecting what you want, picking up the spoons, and placing your desires in plastic containers. It’s not overly expensive and it’s busy, depending on the time you arrive. It’s quite different from the Butcherie!

But buying food is not what makes Pesah. so moving for me. That part has to do with unpacking the Pesah. plates and pans. My father always unpacked the dishes, pots, and pans from the previous Pesah.. You would have thought he’d carefully traveled across the US, ensuring no breakage. Each piece was wrapped carefully in the newspapers saved from the previous newspaper wrappings. The boxes came from one side of the basement to the other, where my mother stood behind our “bar” where she could wash each plate. As a child, I would tell her what each dish was for – gefilte fish, apple sauce, chicken, soup, etc. She was surprised and delighted that I remembered all these plates. Each of them came from her father’s restaurant, and all of them are in my house all these years later!! Sometimes I get to use them, depending on our daughters’ decisions on who is coming and who is cooking. Neither of them wants me to bring some to them so they can enjoy our family history!

Only the cake made it into the most prestigious of the cooking! I remember watching my mother carefully mixing the ingredients together with her electric handheld mixer. The house became extremely quiet as my mother lifted the large pan and poured the dough into the pan, sometimes allowing me to rotate the pan so it spilled evenly into the pan. Finally, the pan was placed into the oven. The most difficult part was getting the cake out of the pan.

I am quite certain that during the quiet process, my mother felt her mother over her shoulder. Now whoever makes the cake feels me over their shoulder just as I still feel my mother.

It’s sad, and it’s wonderful at the same time.

Even those of us who have heard of Mimouna may not be aware of something really important about it. Jewish law forbids cooking with or even owning leavened products on Pesah..

So how could such an elaborate h.ametz-filled feast take place so soon after the holiday? The answer is that in the countries where Mimouna originated, the Arab neighbors of the Jews stepped up and provided the flour for the meal. They played a key role in the preparations and also participated. This partnership allowed Mimouna celebrations to occur as soon as Pesah. had ended, which would otherwise not be possible.

As such, Mimouna was a celebration not just of the end of Pesah., but also of positive, interdependent relationships with non-Jewish neighbors.

How special to have a holiday that celebrates warm relationships! Building connections with others is important in its own right– and can also benefit us in places where relations can be fraught.

After several white supremacist, antisemitic groups declared a “Day of Hate’’ in February, Yehuda Kurtzer, the president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, wrote an opinion piece for JTA about how we as a Jewish community can most effectively respond to antisemitism.

He suggests that the best thing we can do is to form partnerships with those around us – in particular, the American legal and political establishment. The goal, he writes, is to build a society in which prejudice and discrimination are not only the problem of the people being targeted, but something that everyone in that society is responsible to help stop. This is true of antisemitism, and also of all sorts of other types of hatred.

Not just Mimouna, but Pesah. itself teaches us to welcome others, regardless of religion or nationality. Despite the fact that Pesah. is about the liberation of the Jewish people in particular, we declare at our seders, “Let all who are hungry come and eat,” and many people regularly make a habit of inviting new people to their seders, Jewish or not, to experience the holiday together and to celebrate together the blessing of freedom. On Pesah., we remember that we Jews were slaves, and we direct that memory toward making sure that nobody else experiences discrimination and oppression as we once did.

Not just Jews, but everyone benefits when we all recognize that hatred against any group on the basis of their identity is a threat to all of us. This Pesah., let us all take that message to heart. Whether we intend to celebrate Mimouna or not, let us maintain and develop deep relationships across differences – relationships of learning, appreciation, and caring, during Pesah. and beyond. H.ag Sameah.!

Rabbi Leora Kling Perkins

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Sandy Miller-Jacobs

Chair, Inclusion Committee, sandymj@gmail.com

Temple Emunah Israel Trip After four years of planning and several COVID-related delays, our 2023 Temple Emunah Multi-generational Israel adventure was a wild success. Fifty-two participants journeyed to Tel Aviv, Haifa, Tiberias, and Jerusalem. We enjoyed excursions throughout Galilee, Masada, and the Dead Sea. Director of Education Me'ir Sherer organized a wonderful visit to our sister school, and others learned more about the Boston-Haifa Partnership by visiting Parents in the Center.

We explored the food and culture of Tel Aviv through walking tours, touring the market, and biking. We explored the history of Israel on an archeological dig of Tel Maresha and a visit to Tzippori, walking in the Western Wall Tunnels, and a visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. We learned about the geo-political realities and complexities while standing a few feet from the border with Lebanon. In the Parents Circle, we met with Israelis and Palestinians who lost loved ones; they discussed the pain of the conflict and felt glimmers of hope. For the first time, we offered the option to join one of the rallies against the government, which we did in Haifa.

Spiritual moments were created by Rabbi David Lerner and Director of Congregational Learning Me'ir Sherer: we learned on Shabbat afternoon, davened in a 1600-year-old synagogue in the Galilee, held a spiritual Shaharit and a havdalah over-

looking Haifa and davened an egalitarian Kabbalat Shabbat over the Kotel. A wonderful highlight was a B'nei Mitzvah Shaharit service next to the Southern Wall of Temple Mount.

The food was outrageous, the hotels beautiful, and the group formed a wonderful community – as first-timers and returnees – adults, teens, and children – chose their own adventures and came together for many meaningful moments.

Fun was a constant theme, from spontaneous dancing in the streets of Tel Aviv to dancing on a sunset boat cruise on the Sea of Galilee. Our Israeli guides and staff ensured that we appreciated Israel from many perspectives and cared for every detail so we could all fully enjoy the experience. One participant reflected on the experience: "I'm already signed up for the next trip!" Twelve participants went on to the UAE to explore another country that is open to Jews and Judaism in a way that is new to the recent history of the Middle East.

Our next Emunah excursion will be an adult trip to Jewish Spain and Morocco in October/November 2025. More trips to Israel to follow! Contact Rabbi Lerner for details. Rabbi Lerner's sermons about the trip can be found on his Times of Israel blog, our website, or our Youtube channel. See you next time in Jerusalem.

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Yahrzeits The following loved ones will be remembered at our worship services in the coming months: Apr 1 / 10 Nisan Edith Cherun Mother of Carol Bromberg Nathan Epstein Father of Howard Epstein Miriam Jacobs Mother of Francine Jacobs Rubin Jacobs Father of Hal Miller-Jacobs Rose Kaplan Mother of Maxine Wasserman Gerald Karen Father of Jeffrey Karen Bert Marcus Uncle of Joel Marcus Louisa Menzel Grandmother of Asaf Gaon Harold Yablin Grandfather of Seth Maislin Apr 2 / 11 Nisan Clairette Freedman Sister of Fred Ezekiel Aunt of David Ezekiel Louis Handler Uncle of Risa Bressler Frances Schwimmer Aunt of Joel Shwimer Apr 3 / 12 Nisan Bella Alpert Mother of Irwin Alpert Florence Goldberg Wife of Harold Goldberg Cynthia Lerman Mother of Scott Lerman Charles Minkin Father of Paul Minkin Sidney Mizner Father of Gail Spatz Goldie Moskow Mother of Richard Moskow Harold Sadofsky Father of Miriam Sadofsky Anthony Salvucci Grandfather of Denise Forbes Max Schoenberg Father of Peggy Menzin Joseph Sidman Father-in-law of Miriam Sidman Mollie Sidman Mother-in-law of Miriam Sidman Apr 4 / 13 Nisan Rose Chasanoff Grandmother of Thelma Marin Richard Cohen Husband of Vivian Cohen Father of Marcy Lidman Ronald Hausman Father of Kenneth Hausman

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Michelle Karmazin Friend of Susan Stering Abraham Russman Grandfather of Wendy Russman-Halperin Jerry Wasserman Husband of Maxine Wasserman Stanley Wein Father of Warren Wein Alvin Wolfe Husband of Susan Wolfe Aaron Zohn Husband of Rochelle Zohn

Apr 9 / 18 Nisan Irwin Fiarman Father of Gale Fiarman Sadie Green Aunt of Marcia Kaunfer, Anne Lerner and Beth Levine Great-aunt of Rabbi David Lerner Rachel Izbicki Mother of Howard Izbicki Jordan Liebhaber Friend of Ken and Lois Bruss Rebecca Silverstein Mother of Phyllis Rubinovitz

Apr 5 / 14 Nisan Gloria Hoffman Mother of Beth Fentin Eleanor Kojm Mother of Sheila Kojm Al Lipson Father of Steven Lipson Marjorie Woods Mother of Larry Woods

Apr 10 / 19 Nisan Annette Natkin Mother of Lissa Natkin Rabbi Irving Perlman Father of Benjamin Perlman Melvin Tracey Husband of Marilyn Tracey Father of Michael Tracey

Apr 6 / 15 Nisan Tomas Hirschfeld Father of Dina Savitz Samuel Wollins Grandfather of Jill Wollins Apr 7 / 16 Nisan Rhoda Biletch Mother of Leslie Biletch Lois Boreen Mother of Susan Hailman Fred Bornstein Brother-in-law of Eileen Feldman Irving Kaplan Father of Doris Morgenstern Leon Weiner Father of Ellyn Michelson Apr 8 / 17 Nisan Burton Black Brother-in-law of Larry Liederman Asher Finkel Father of Rose Myers Albert Kushner Father of Ann Kushner Jeanne Merkin Mother of Carol Greenberg Joseph Nathanson Grandfather of Neil Weiser Hilda Reibstein Mother of Lois Bruss James Rubenstein Brother of Sidney Rubenstein

Apr 11 / 20 Nisan Uri Ben-Meir Grandfather of Jonathan Ring Lowell Bensky Friend of Leonard Katz Richard Berk Father of Sheryl Wein Morton Camac Husband of Marcia Camac Father of Ann Ben-Horin Barbara Holstein Daughter of Phyllis Blumberg Sister of Lester Blumberg Anna Delfiner Koltai Mother-in-law of Barbara Delfiner Aron Lipszyc Grandfather of Doronit Shlank-Bloomenthal Libby Soffar Mother of Cindy Jacobs Eva Urmer Grandmother of Doreen Karoll Apr 12 / 21 Nisan Ida Gottlieb Mother of Betty Pious Heindel Bessie Thrope Grandmother of Martin Thrope Apr 13 / 22 Nisan Stowe Hausner Mother of Buzz Hausner Eric Moskow Son of Shirley and Richard Moskow Irving Nelson Father-in-law of Joyce Nelson

Morris Weiner Father of Ann Chait Grandfather of David Chait Apr 14 / 23 Nisan Stella Sadofsky Mother of Miriam Sadofsky Sam Silverman Partner of Rachel Rosenblum Bernice Singer Mother of Jeremy Singer Apr 15 / 24 Nisan Diane Finkelstein Mother of Alan Fields Leonard Nacht Father of Kathy Macdonald Isay Zeylikman Father-in-law of Irina Zeylikman Apr 16 / 25 Nisan Sidney Chernick Father of Paul Chernick Sarah Fox Mother of Joseph Fox Leon Gildesgame Father of Mike Gildesgame Pearl Goldberg Mother of David Goldberg Leonard Lovitz Father of Susan Goldman Apr 17 / 26 Nisan Robert Gherry Bernstein Father of Laura Pierce Janet David Wife of John Stayn Sidonia Handler Miller Aunt of Risa Bressler Marjorie Reder Mother of Richard Reder Apr 18 / 27 Nisan Samuel Lerman Grandfather of Scott Lerman David Schechner Father of David Schechner Martin Sprince Grandfather of Scott Lerman Harriet Willins Mother of Edward Willins Apr 19 / 28 Nisan Annie Harris Frankel Mother of Reva Levitt Carl Hollander Father of Charles Hollander Apr 20 / 29 Nisan Anny Graf Mother of Eva Glaser Mother-in-law of Stephen Tauber

Stella Kantor Mother of Natalie Warshawer Anna Shapiro Mencow Mother of Barbara Neustadt Celia Cumens Perlmutter Mother of Burt Perlmutter Regina Pesin Wife of Stuart Pesin April 21 / 30 Nisan Marian Cain Aunt of Ed Lidman Stuart Goff Father of Philip Goff Victor Levitt Uncle of Alisa Billings Yehudith Shtill Mother of Michal Fuller Helen Towers Mother of David Towers Nathan Weiser Grandfather of Neil Weiser Eleanor Wollins Mother of Jill Wollins Apr 22 / 1 Iyar Isaac Tarmy Father of Arnold Tarmy Jacob Weinronk Father of Stan Weinronk Apr 23 / 2 Iyar Josephine Abelman Mother of David Abelman Hyman Doodlesack Father of Phyllis Fish Abraham Kaminsky Uncle of Ann Chait Ida Levine Grandmother of Harvey Lowell William Miller Father of Rebecca Karen Rose Rifken Pearlman Mother of Valerie Seidman Hyman Smith Grandfather of Jerome Smith Jiing-Liang Wu Father of Ailsa Hermann-Wu Apr 24 / 3 Iyar Anna Antonoff Mother of Marvin Antonoff Sonia Baker Mother of Linda Chessman Margaret “Peggy” Goldberg Mother of Nancy Goldberg Apr 25 / 4 Iyar Murray Feinzig Grandfather of Ben Bloomenthal (continued on page 14)

Yahrzeits Selma Solinger Greenberg Grandmother of Sharon Smith Gilbert Nerenberg Father of Anna Nerenberg Pauline Rubinovitz Mother-in-law of Phyllis Rubinovitz Celia Sadow Grandmother of Carolyn Leshin

Apr 29 / 8 Iyar Leon Katz Father of Paul Katz Albert Kerstein Father of Larry Kerstein Harry Konterwitz Father of Elaine Shwimer Eleanor Rothfeld Aunt of Marsha Tucker

Apr 26 / 5 Iyar Elizabeth Bruss Sister-in-law of Ken Bruss Harold Michelson Father-in-law of Barbara Michelson Ann Rantz Mother-in-law of Stan Pomeranz Helene Rock Mother of Mia Lieberman Sylvia Ann Teitelbaum Mother of Ken Teitelbaum Albert Towers Father of David Towers

Apr 30 / 9 Iyar Irving Goldstein Father of Mark Goldstein Anna Shanes Grandmother of Cindy Bobrow Howard Stecker Father of Elissa Stecker

Apr 27 / 6 Iyar Herbert Katz Brother of Leonard Katz Shirley Reubenstein Mother of Howard Reubenstein Lila Ruiz Tarkoff Daughter of Vanessa Ruiz and Anna Ruiz Tarkoff Yitzhak Shtill Father of Michal Fuller Oscar Sumner Father of Howard Sumner Noah Hudson Tsymbal Son of Jessica and Ilya Tsymbal Apr 28 / 7 Iyar Louis Aronson Father of Richard Aronson Zelda Paley Mother of Marcia Camac Edith Russman Mother of Wendy Russman-Halperin Charles Shapiro Father of Linda Tarmy Baba Shirazi Grandfather of Pejman Pourmousa, Babak Shirazi, Farshad Pourmousa and Eleanor Perlmutter Julia Peitzer Shwimer Mother of Joel Shwimer Beatrice Tucker Mother-in-law of Marsha Tucker Miriam Wein Grandmother of Alisa Billings

May 1 / 10 Iyar Louis Cohen Father of Judith Wisnia Bennie Frankel Father of Reva Levitt Isadore Marcus Father-in-law of Judith Marcus Grandfather of Joel Marcus Dorothy Woolf Miller Mother of Arnie Miller Ida Pekin Mother of Bobby Galani and Ellen Gordon Joseph Tauber Father of Stephen Tauber Morris Testa Father of Susan Cook May 2 / 11 Iyar Winnie Buonaiuto Mother of Michael Buonaiuto Robert Goldstone Father of Rabbi Matthew Goldstone Minnie Klein Grandmother of Dorothy Seltzer Martin Laderman Father of Ellen Laderman Gertrude Levine Mother of Ralph Levine Sarah Tuzman Mother of Judith Kliger May 3 / 12 Iyar Ethel Goldman Mother of Phyllis Herda Aunt of Leonard Katz, Susan Shnidman and Arnold Tarmy Thelma Greenberg Mother of Mark Greenberg Esta Mae Katz Mother of Amy Goldminz Shirley Koren Mother of Annette Koren Samuel Lidman Grandfather of Ed Lidman

Kurt Schloesser Father of Ruth Berg May 4 / 13 Iyar David Cherny Brother of Miriam Boucher Lea Markuse Mother of Jack Markuse May 5 / 14 Iyar Miriam Allen Mother of Amy Zaslow Norman Thrope Father of Marty Thrope May 6 / 15 Iyar Peter Scott Bain Brother of Susan Wilner Fannie Gordon Mother of Martin Gordon Anne Mills Mother of Roberta Jaffer Fannie Porton Grandmother of Martin Thrope Fritzie Schloesser Mother of Ruth Berg Harry Tucker Father-in-law of Marsha Tucker May 7 / 16 Iyar Analee Bang Sister of Charlotte Kupiec Ruth Chessman Mother of Daniel Chessman Josephine Freifelder Aunt of Marsha Tucker Tanna Goott Niece of Carole Feifke Phyllis Gorenstein Mother of Jonina Schonfeld Stuart Owades Brother of Gordon Owades Harry Schultz Father of Brian Schultz D. William Unterberg Father of Thelma Marin May 8 / 17 Iyar Barbara Abramson Mother of Mark Abramson Melvin Botbol Father of Donna Jauvtis Donald Freedman Father of Lisa Barinotto Louis Frolich Father of Rochelle Zohn Aya Spektor Mother of Elena Gorlovsky Ruth Zelermyer Mother of Mark Zelermyer May 9 / 18 Iyar Dorothy Joseph

Mother of Caron Bleich Grandmother of Lauren Bleich Emanuel Wolf Father of Stanley Wolf Barbara Zimmerman Mother of Ken Zimmerman May 10 / 19 Iyar Sylvia Handler Mother of Risa Bressler Alfred Kojm Father of Sheila Kojm Pauline Liederman Mother of Larry Liederman Helen Liskov Mother of Judith Zabin May 11 / 20 Iyar Deborah Buckler Mother of Aaron Buckler Lauri Chait Sister of Larry Chait Dorothy Lezberg Aunt of Alisa Billings Beatrice Samuels Mother of Harold Samuels Rosalie Spatz Mother of Harry Spatz May 12 / 21 Iyar Sydney Cantor Stepfather of Barbara Palant Uncle of Bonnie Levy Libby Gordon Mother of Robert Gordon Zelda Govenar Mother of Helen Zelinsky Yossef Ifrah Brother of Miriam Sidman Lester Izbicki Father of Howard Izbicki Ira Katzman Uncle of Barbara Palant Vital Kliger Mother-in-law of Judy Kliger Esther Rubinovitz Sister-in-law of Phyllis Rubinovitz May 13 / 22 Iyar Carol Getman Wife of Marvin Getman Frances Gluck Sister of Barbara Michelson Dalia Sheff Mother of Daphne Harris May 14 / 23 Iyar Liza Cohn Sister of Miriam Blechter Irving Gluck Grandfather of Ed Lidman Paul Kantner Brother of Ronni Skerker Caroline Klein Mother of Max Klein

Gordon McCauslin Brother of Scott McCauslin Ruth Stein Mother of Judi Canter May 15 / 24 Iyar Louis Antonoff Father of Marvin Antonoff Sylvia Druy Mother of Mark Druy Roslynne Greenberg Mother of Julie Greenberg Jonah Jacobson Father of Stuart Jacobson Julius Rubinovitz Brother-in-law of Phyllis Rubinovitz Murray Schweitzer Father of Randi Silverman May 16 / 25 Iyar Samuel Blotner Brother of Barbara Michelson Irene Lefkowitz Mother of Nancy Lefkowitz Jessie Michelson Mother-in-law of Barbara Michelson Avraham Sussman Father of Susan Lutwak Sarah Weinronk Mother of Stan Weinronk May 17 / 26 Iyar Fred Bernstein Father of Marc Bernstein Messouda Dray Mother of Isaac Dray Jacob Keller Grandfather of Carolyn Keller Esther Mizrahi Sister of Miriam Sidman Celia Nissenbaum Mother of Joseph Nissenbaum Ezra Shapiro Grandfather of Catharyn Gildesgame May 18 / 27 Iyar Roselyn Bernstein Mother of Marc Bernstein Mary Burack Aunt of Katharine Hermann-Wu Frieda Eisenberg Mother of Gloria Fox Martin Livingston Brother of Marjorie Becker Uncle of Robert Becker Ralph Livingston Father of Marjorie Becker Grandfather of Robert Becker Benjamin Wollins Father of Jill Wollins (continued on page 16)

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Yahrzeits Victor Yeheskal Father of Tamar Krant May 19 / 28 Iyar Joyce Altman Mother of Stephen Altman Bernard Canter Father of Mark Canter Michael Chasanoff Grandfather of Thelma Marin Madeline G. Haft Mother of Rachel Brown Irwin Heim Grandfather of Melissa Warneck Leo Marin Father of Lawrence Marin Samuel Noveck Grandfather of Risa Bressler Isabelle Rapin Mother of Anne Oaklander Ida Rosen Mother of David Rosen Elinor Yarkoni Mother of Sharon Kalus May 20 / 29 Iyar Robert Danon Father of Monique Brykman Peter E. Glaser Husband of Eva Glaser Irving Kardon Father of Len Kardon Joel Moses Husband of Peggy Moses Father of Jesse Moses

Bessie Katz Spero Grandmother of Sharon Smith May 21 / 1 Sivan Sarah Cook Mother of Stewart Cook Rachel Epstein Mother of Judith Marcus Grandmother of Joel Marcus Lois Flamm Sister of Mark Canter Mark R. Gornstein Father of Eric Gornstein Isadore Lidman Uncle of Ed Lidman May 22 / 2 Sivan Barry Aronson Brother of Richard Aronson Thomas Hill Father of James Hill Haim Ifrah Brother of Miriam Sidman May 23 / 3 Sivan Allan Berkowitz Stepfather of Marc Landman Karin Brorsdotter Sister of Margaretha Jacobson Elizabeth Dernier Mother of Amanda Schwoerke Arthur Lefkowitz Father of Nancy Lefkowitz Ethel Purnell Mother of Laura Krich

May 24 / 4 Sivan Sidney Abramson Father of Mark Abramson David Blotner Brother of Barbara Michelson Lawrence Egbert Father of Louise Treitman Bob Galvin Companion of Judith Himber Meir Hott Brother of Estha Blachman Rhoda Rosenfield Grandmother of Joshua Namias Saul Silverstein Father of Phyllis Rubinovitz May 26 / 5 Sivan Anna L. Aaron Mother of Steven Aaron Joel Bornstein Uncle of Joseph Nissenbaum Wilma Brown Mother of Elizabeth Sumner Gilbert Garber Uncle of Barbara Palant Julius Gershkowitz Father of Donna Gershkowitz Wendy Lack Sister of Heidi Lack Abraham Menzin Father of Marvin Menzin Zelda Sherman Aunt of Leonard Katz

Purim Fun for all Ages at Temple Emunah

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Raymond Weyl Father of Guy Weyl June 5 / 6 Sivan Ruth Finkel Fox Mother of Arthur Fox Michael Leipner Father of Carol Srebnick May 27 / 7 Sivan Max Eisenberg Father of Gloria Fox Louis Fzikla Cousin of Ervin Dan Maynard London Father of Susan London Marian O’Connell Aunt of Larry Kerstein May 28 / 8 Sivan Harry Bassin Father of Elise Bassin Kenneth Greenberg Brother of Julie Greenberg Peggy L. Osher Mother of Judith Osher Sandra Sandler Mother of David Sandler Morris Solomon Grandfather of Carolyn Leshin Julius Wiland Father of Paulette Binder

May 29 / 9 Sivan Renee Berkowitz Mother of Marc Landman Joseph Gaies Father of Ellen Gaies David Edward Haft Father of Rachel Brown Bertha Hertz Mother of Diane Eisner Jennie Migdal Grandmother of Steve Tavan Leopold Neumann Husband of Margolia Gilson Morris Nissenbaum Uncle of Joseph Nissenbaum Burton Price Father of Steven Price Augusta Solomon Grandmother of Méli Solomon May 30 / 10 Sivan Nathaniel Mencow Father of Barbara Neustadt Amy Wells Mother of Barbara Wells May 31 / 11 Sivan Harry Foster Father-in-law of Gloria Foster Rose Jacobson Grandmother of Stuart Jacobson Jack Zimmerman Father of Roberta Perlmutter

Donations The congregation gratefully acknowledges the following contributions: Beautification

In memory of Frances Diamant, mother of Lisa Diamant and grandmother to Sam and Julia Diamant Cheryl & Shelly Lowenthal

Bereavement Fund

Yahrzeit of Gordon Case, beloved brother Miriam Librach

Emunah Scholarship Fund

in memory of Harold Heskel Mukamal, beloved father of Ken Mukamal Gary & Sharon Curhan

General

Gerald Olderman In honor of: Phyllis Blumberg’s special birthday Vivian Cohen & Marcy & Ed Lidman Sharon & Jerome Smith’s 60th anniversary The Speicher Family In memory of: Carol Thrope, beloved wife of Marty Thrope Michael & Kathleen Casey Sarah Davis, beloved sister of Mark Lichtenstein Marilyn Porter & Jerry Friedler Frances Mahler Diamant, beloved mother of Lisa Diamant Dean & Toby Rodman Penina Lieber Yahrzeit of: Mark Reder, beloved brother Rick Reder Solomon Gordon, beloved father and grandfather Isaac Kaplan, beloved father and grandfather Alice & Marty Gordon

Edward Cohen, beloved brother Margolia Gilson Joseph Winiker, beloved father Micki Shpilner

Holy Book Fund

In honor of Joseph Rubenstein, mazel tov on his 100th birthday!

The Moses Family Yahrzeit of Margaret Garvey, beloved mother of Peggy Moses, and grandmother to David & Jesse David, Jesse & Peggy Moses

Israel Committee

In memory of Esther Sherer, beloved mother of Me’ir Sherer Garry & Eileen Feldman

Ladle Fund

In memory of Frances Lehrman, beloved mother of Nancy Bloom. May her memory be for a blessing.

Arleen Chase

Landscape

In celebration of Jerome & Sharon Smith’s 60th wedding anniversary Marsha Tucker In memory of Esther Sherer, beloved mother of Me’ir Sherer Yahrzeit of Fanny Abramsky, beloved grandmother Jerome & Sharon Smith

Mo Diamant Holocaust Fund

in memory of Frances Diamant, beloved mother of Lisa Diamant Alison Dick & Ed Willins

Rabbi Kling Perkins Discretionary Fund

In honor of Naomi Sacks and to joyfully note the honor that my friend brought to the Torah in her reading. May she go on from strength to strength.

Bruce Bell Yahrzeit of Lillian Seligman, beloved mother Judith Neiterman

Rabbi Lerner’s Discretionary Fund

In honor of Ken Teitelbaum’s retirement Rosalind & Harvey Segaloff In appreciation of Rabbi Lerner Doreen Grossman Paul & Doris Morgenstern In memory of: Vicki Morgenstern, beloved daughter Paul & Doris Morgenstern Marjorie Kraft, beloved mother of Bruce Kraft Joel Marcus Yahrzeit of: Mendel Feldman, beloved son, father, grandfather, and Holocaust survivor.

May his memory be for a blessing Fred Feldman Celia Goldberg, beloved grandmother of Richard Goldberg & Elise Goldberg Elise Goldberg Diane Lindner Goldberg, beloved stepmother David Goldberg

Religious School

David & Becky Landis In honor of Rebecca & Samantha Chait Peggy Moses In memory of: Esther Sherer, beloved mother of Me’ir Sherer Liz & Joey Baker Ann & Larry Chait Ya’akov Mizrahi, beloved father of Kfir Mizrahi Liz & Joey Baker

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Social Justice Committee

In celebration of hosting Rabbi Rachel Bregman Tracey Wright

Special Needs

Yahrzeit of: Al Binik, beloved father-in-law Ron Rosenbaum Debby Rosenbaum, beloved daughter and sister Ron and Alicia Rosenbaum

Thrope Memorial Fund

In memory of Carol Thrope, beloved wife of Marty Thrope Janet & David Thrope* *This donation was listed incorrectly in the last issue. We apologize for the error.

Youth Fund

In memory of Esther Sherer, beloved mother of Me’ir Sherer Robin Wolk & David Klein

Emunah Rapid Response Team Since 2019, Emunah Rapid Response Team volunteers, in partnership with Ascentria Care Alliance (formerly Lutheran Family Services of New England), have joined Ascentria’s Unaccompanied Refugee Minors program to support children and young adults who come alone to seek a new life in America.

They are assigned housing where they have access to a variety of services, and they are offered social programs to help them feel supported. The Emunah Rapid Response Team mobilizes when services are not sufficient to meet all the needs of these children.

We have supported a summer program to develop English Language skills by providing much needed materials to facilitate instruction. We purchased looms for a quilting class

so teens could gather to learn a new skill and develop new friendships. The needs are great. The resources are limited.

Emunah Response has helped over 50 Unaccompanied Refugee Minors from all over the world. The generosity of our participants has made a real and specific difference in the lives of these children. And they have experienced a unique sense of fulfillment in the mitzvah of Tikkun Olam, repairing the world.

On Pesah., we are reminded to take to heart the moral implications of having been, ourselves, “a stranger in a strange land.” The Emunah Rapid Response Team is one small way that we can act upon this charge. If you are interested in participating, please contact Susan Cook, Coordinator, Emunah Rapid Response, at emunahrapidresponse@gmail.com

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Shabbat Service 9:30 AM Ali Tilem Bat Mitzvah Minyan L’Noar 11 AM Tot Shabbat 11 AM Minhah/Musaf Musings/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 6:45 PM

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11 Nisan 3

12 Nisan 4

Shaharit 9 AM Shaharit 7 AM Passover Simhat Tot 9 AM Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Artist in Residence art/ learning activity 10 AM Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

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18 Nisan 10

Passover 47h day Shaharit 9 AM Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

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19 Nisan 11

Passover 57h day Shaharit 6:45 AM Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

25 Nisan 17

Shaharit 9 AM No Religious School Brotherhood speaker 10 AM Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

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21 Nisan 13

Passover 77h day Pesah Shaharit 9:15 AM Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

15 Nisan

Passover 1st day Second Seder Shaharit 9:15 AM No evening minyan

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Passover 8th day Pesah Shaharit 9:15 AM Minhah/Learning/Ma’ariv/ mini-Havdalah 7:15 PM Resume eating hametz 9 PM

Shaharit 7 AM Shabbat Service 9:30 AM Minhah/Musaf Musings/ Niggun Saloon 1 PM Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 PM Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7 PM

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4 Iyar 26

5 Iyar 27

6 Iyar 28

Shaharit 7 AM Yom Hazikaron Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Shaharit 6:45 AM Parashat Hash. 4 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Yom Hazikaron program 9 Iyar 8 PM

Shaharit 7 AM Spirituality of Shabbat Observance 7:30 AM No Religious School Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Yom Ha’atzmaut Shaharit 6:45 AM Yom Ha’atzmaut Celebration PM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Shaharit 7 AM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Shaharit 7 AM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Shaharit 9 AM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

16 Nisan

Passover 2nd day Passover 3rd day Shaharit 9:15 AM Shabbat Service 9:15 AM Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 PM Minhah/Musaf Musings/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7 PM

27 Nisan 19

Yom Hashoah Shaharit 7 AM No Religious School Parashat Hash. 4 PM Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

3 Iyar 25

14 Nisan 6

Erev Pesah/First Seder Shaharit, Siyyum Bekhorim, Break-the-fast & Hametz burning 7 AM No Religious School No evening minyan

20 Nisan 12

Passover 67h day Shaharit 6:45 AM Ma’ariv 6:00 PM Pesah Community Dinner 6:30 PM

26 Nisan 18

Shaharit 7 AM Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Yom Hashoah program 8 PM

Shaharit 9 AM No Religious School Wisdom Project 12 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

13 Nisan 5

Shaharit 7 AM Parashat Hash. 4 PM Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Rosh Hodesh Iyar Shaharit 6:45 AM Niggun Saloon 1 PM Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 PM

Rosh Hodesh Iyar Shabbat Service 9:15 AM Minhah/Musaf Musings/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7:15 PM

7 Iyar 29 8 Iyar

Shaharit 7 AM Shabbat Service 9:30 AM Niggun Saloon 1 PM Amory Kahan Bar Mitzvah Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 PM Minhah/Musaf Musings/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7:15 PM Celebrating the Many Faces of Israel 8:30 PM

Mazel Tov to Our April B’nei Mitzvah

IMPORTANT PASSOVER DATES Friday, March 31 Tuesday, April 4 Wednesday, April 5 Wednesday, April 5

Deadline to submit h.ametz forms Bedikat H.ametz Bitul H.ametz Siyyum B’khorim

Check the Temple Emunah website for details.

Ali Tilem, child of Jill & Matthew Tilem (Apr. 1)

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Amory Kahan, child of David & Lori Kahan (Apr. 29)

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Shaharit 9 AM Shaharit 7 AM Wisdom Project 12 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Ladle Fund event 1 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Shaharit 7 AM Shaharit 7 AM Spirituality of Shabbat Parashat Hash. 4 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Observance 7:30 AM Lunch & Learn 12 PM Dessert & Discussion Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM 8 PM

Lag B’Omer Shaharit 7 AM Shaharit 7 AM Spirituality of Shabbat Parashat Hash. 4 PM Observance 7:30 AM Lag B’Omer celebration Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM 6 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

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Shaharit 7 AM Niggun Saloon 1 PM Gimmel Service & Shabbat Dinner 5:00 PM Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 PM

Brotherhood Shabbat Shabbat Service 9:30 AM Minhah/Musaf Musings/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7:30 PM

Shabbat Service 9:30 AM Darren Zeff Bar Mitzvah Minyan L’Noar 11 AM Tot Shabbat 11 AM Minhah/Musaf Musings/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7:30 PM

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Shaharit 6:45 AM Shaharit 9 AM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Rosh Hodesh Sivan Shaharit 7 AM Shaharit 9 AM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM BH Bd mtg/brunch 9:45 AM Zimrayah 10 AM Spring Youth Day 12:30 PM Rosh Hodesh group Challah Baking 1 PM BH Man of the Year 5 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Shaharit 9 AM Shaharit 9 AM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Shaharit 7 AM Shaharit 7 AM Parashat Hash. 4 PM Spirituality of Shabbat Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Observance 7:30 AM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Shaharit 7 AM Shaharit 7 AM Spirituality of Shabbat Parashat Hash. 4 PM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Observance 7:30 AM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Shaharit 7 AM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Erev Shavuot Shaharit 6:45 AM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Yom Yerushalayim Shaharit 7 AM Niggun Saloon 1 PM Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 PM

Shavuot Shavuot Service 9:15 AM Tot Shavuot Service 11 AM Niggun Saloon 1 PM Kabbalat Shabbat 5:30 PM Shavuot Dinner 6:45 PM Tikkun Leyl Shavuot 7:30 PM - 5 AM

Shabbat Service 9:30 AM Kitah Hey/Vav Learning Service Minhah/Musaf Musings/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7:45 PM

Shavuot Shavuot Service 9:15 AM Minhah/Musaf Musings/ Ma’ariv/Havdalah 7:45 PM

11 Sivan

Shaharit 7 AM Shaharit 7 AM Parashat Hash. 4 PM Spirituality of Shabbat Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM Observance 7:30 AM Minhah/Ma’ariv 7:30 PM

Mazel Tov to Our May Bar Mitzvah

Darren Zeff, child of Joe & Deb Zeff (May 13)

Natanya Parmer was welcomed to her first minyan on her 12th Hebrew birthday!

Save the Date: Tuesday, May 9 at 6:00 PM LAG BA’OMER CELEBRATION Details to come 19

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Temple Emunah Israel/UAE Journey (more photos on page 13)