April 2021 Bulletin

APRIL 2021 • Vol. 103, No 9 NISAN ~IYAR 5781 WWW.BETHELNR.ORG

THE ROBERT MATTHEW KLEIN FUND FOR INCLUSION AND SPECIAL NEEDS ESTABLISHED With sincere appreciation and gratitude to the Klein Family, Beth El Synagogue Center is pleased to announce the establishment of The Robert Matthew Klein Fund for Inclusion and Special Needs. This Fund was established in loving memory of Robert Matthew Klein z’l, beloved son of Shelley and Alfred Klein.

The Klein Family joined Beth El Synagogue Center in 1982, the year that Robert was born. Notwithstanding his developmental disabilities, Beth El immediately became a welcoming home for him. Robert participated in the first “Mommy and Me” program at the synagogue, and attended its Nursery School and Summer Session. Approximately thirty years ago, Beth El established the Chai/Koach class for students with special needs in the Religious School in order to respond to Robert’s desire to receive a Jewish education like his younger siblings. He was a regular at Junior Congregation, and later at Teen Congregation, where he was proud to lead the beginning of the Torah service and other prayers that he

had learned. At thirteen, Robert became a Bar Mitzvah on the Bima in the Main Sanctuary of the synagogue. It was a day of enormous joy not only for the Klein Family, but for the many members of his extended Beth El family who had helped Robert achieve that self-determined goal. He remained a proud and committed Jew throughout his life, living the values that the Beth El community helped to instill in him.

In establishing the Fund in Robert’s memory, the Klein Family emphasized the value of “inclusion” as it embodied the way in which Robert lived his life. The Fund will support the building of a diverse community at Beth El by supporting initiatives that reach out to marginalized members of our community, whether disabled or not, that will foster a sense of welcome and inclusion within the Beth El community.

Beth El congregants and the public may contribute to this Fund. Please refer to the Beth El website or Bulletin to make a donation. See www.bethelnr.org/donation.

“You shall count off seven weeks, beginning to count when the sickle is first put to the standing grain.”

Deuteronomy 16:9

The counting of the Omer, the period in between Passover and Shavuot has had various meanings throughout the millennia. One that is particularly resonant for our lives today is the idea of spiritual preparation. Passover, which commemorates the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt is followed by Shavuot, the day the Israelites received the gift of Torah, fifty days later. When we carve out time to count these days one by one, we elicit the same anticipation the Israelites felt as they made their way from Egypt to Mt. Sinai.

For a daily reminder email for the Omer, subscribe at www.bethelnr.org/ form/omer. If you signed up last year you are on our list already.

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor Retires.............. page 3 Israeli Culture.................................... page 7 President's Message........................... page 5 Sisterhood......................................... page 9

Youth & Family Engagement..... pages 10, 11 Cheesecake for Shavuot.....................page 13

HAPPENING "AT" BETH EL ONLINE Misheberach List

Beth El Memorial Page

At many of our services, and now at our evening Mishnah study, we say a prayer for healing for those who are ill. Any name added to the Misheberach list will be automatically removed after one month. If a name needs to remain on the list for another month, please reach out again to a member of the clergy.

Our Beth El website has a space to honor members and loved ones lost during these unprecedented times. Some who have experienced a recent loss have posted written reflections and photos of their loved ones for our Beth El community to honor and share in their memory. This website is password protected. Login to your ShulCloud account and visit bethelnr.org/virtualmemorial.

Sermon Sponsorship “Who is honored? One who honors others.” Pirkei Avot 4:1 This teaching reminds us that our tradition has an ethic of honoring our loved ones. One way we do this is through teaching and studying Torah in their honor or in their memory. To celebrate someone marking a simcha or elevate the name and memory of a loved one, consider honoring them with your Beth El community by dedicating the weekly sermon in their name (sent out in our weekly Ride the El emails). The cost is $180. For information, visit bethelnr.org/sponsor.

Mishnah Class Join us for a 10-minute Mishnah study with our rabbis following morning minyan. We will recite the names of our loved ones aloud before and after we learn, and then end each mishnah study with the recitation of a communal prayer together in their memory.

NEW: Please visit www.bethelnr.org/form/covid to complete this form within 12 hours of your visit to our building.

(all ages)

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BELOVED B'NEI MITZVAH TUTOR SHARI CHINITZ TO RETIRE Dear Beth El family, After over 20 years teaching scores of Beth El students of all ages, our beloved teacher and Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutor, Shari Chinitz, has decided to retire from tutoring after her current students celebrate their bnei mitzvah.

In Pirkei Avot, the rabbis share the dictum, “Make for yourself a teacher and find yourself a friend.” For students at the tender age of b’nei mitzvah, Shari has been that rare combination of teacher and friend, coaching her students in trope and tefillah, while compassionately helping them gain confidence and pride in their work. Through this work, she has been a constant support to families as they navigate the exciting, yet frenetic, time of preparing their children for this milestone.

It is remarkable to think about how many people will use the skills that Shari taught them in order to read Torah to congregations around the world.

Shari’s role as an educator also extended to the adults of our community, offering classes designed to encourage adults to cultivate new skills or revive long-forgotten ones. Shari has served as a teacher of teachers, onboarding new tutors and guiding teachers on how to better support their students’ diverse needs and learning styles.

Please join us in expressing our gratitude to Shari for her years of service to our community.

Mark Silver, President Rabbi David Schuck

Attendance at Services for Vaccinated Individuals, including New Travel Updates In March, Governor Cuomo announced that New York will no longer require domestic travelers to quarantine, as long as they are within 90 days of full vaccination. As a result, those fully-vaccinated individuals who travel domestically can attend services at Beth El without the need to quarantine. For the benefit of those who did not see our previous announcements regarding vaccination, our attendance policies for fully-vaccinated individuals, including the new travel rules, are as follows: ● A fully-vaccinated, asymptomatic person may enter Beth El and attend services, even if (s)he has been exposed to a COVIDpositive person; ● An individual who displays COVID symptoms, even if fully vaccinated, is not allowed to enter Beth El for 10 days following symptom onset, unless that person tests negative for COVID and is symptom free for 24 hours; and, A domestic traveler who is fully vaccinated can enter Beth El following her/his return to New York. An international traveler must continue to quarantine for 10 days, regardless of vaccination status, and should comply with this requirement before entering Beth El. This update only applies to fully-vaccinated individuals, and begins two weeks after a person’s final vaccine. Furthermore, everyone entering Beth El must continue to complete the medical questionnaire in order to enter the synagogue, regardless of vaccination status.

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RABBI’S MESSAGE Dear Friends, As I reflect on the last year, I am so deeply proud that we have sustained our in-person daily minyan. Since we were permitted to re-open our building in July, we have been able to make 3 minyanim each day (eventually including Shabbat afternoon Mincha Maariv / Havdalah).

This is a remarkable accomplishment for which we should all be proud. Most Conservative synagogues did not have Rabbi David Schuck three minyanim a day pre-COVID, let alone during this challenging time. Each minyan was Zoomed for those who were uncomfortable attending in person, but our community stepped up to make our daily minyan a priority of the synagogue. This speaks volumes about our values.

In March, many of my rabbinic colleagues forecasted that it would not be possible to sustain an in-person minyan safely during this year, and based on that assessment, they changed the long-standing definition of minyan from ‘ten people who gather in person’ to ‘ten people who gather from their homes but can see one another on Zoom.’ I did not begrudge them that decision, but I felt that it was important to try to preserve the traditional definition of minyan before taking a position that was such a radical departure from all legal and historical precedents. I was ready to count a minyan through Zoom, but only as a last resort. I am grateful to you that we did not need to do this.

My gratitude is for each and every person who made the commitment to make this happen. Whether you came once a day, once a week, or whenever you could, your devotion to our minyan enabled us to accomplish something truly special. I am also grateful to our Medical Sub-Committee Task Force for ensuring that we could gather in the safest possible way.

We are not out of the woods yet. Not by far!

But things are shifting. As more people get vaccinated, I ask you to consider attending our minyan whenever you are able (don’t forget to sign up first!). Your presence will make a significant difference to us. We spend hours each week emailing and calling people to make sure that we have ten present, morning and night.

It has not been easy.

If you attend minyan a few times a year when you have a yahrzeit, please consider coming a bit more often so that others will also be able to say kaddish when they need a minyan. If you simply feel that it is important for a synagogue to have a daily minyan, your occasional presence will make a big difference. The clergy team is happy to meet with you to ensure your comfort if attending minyan feels intimidating or uncomfortable. Please call us.

To all of the folks who have helped us sustain our minyan thus far: thank you! I hope that you feel proud of our accomplishment.

For those of you who have thirty minutes one day a week or every other week or month to give to our minyan, we will all be grateful.

You can sign up here: bethelnr.org/minyansignup And thank you in advance.

L’Shalom, Rabbi David A. Schuck

TORAH PORTION STUDY: PARASHAT HASHAVUA with Jack Gruenberg

THE HAFTARAH INITIATIVE

Thursdays at 1:30 pm, by Zoom, no R.S.V.P.

We are pleased to announce a new initiative to encourage broader participation in the Haftarah reading during Shabbat services. Steven Cohen has agreed to oversee this effort and will be reaching out to various groups and individuals over the coming weeks and months to solicit volunteers.

We encourage all those interested in reading Haftarah to sign up using the Beth El sign up link at bethelnr.org/ torahsignup and to feel free to reach out to Steven (scohen@ kanekessler.com) or Cantor Schvartz (gschvartz@bethelnr. org) with any questions or requests for assistance.

A special request is being made to those that may have given thought over the years about reading the Haftarah, but have been reluctant because of a weaker knowledge of Hebrew or trope. Please reach out to Steven by email and let him know who you are—without any obligation.

LUNCH AND LEARN April 8th • 1:00 pm Yom HaShoah 4

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear Beth El Family, From my apartment window, if I look at just the right angle, I can see Beth El. In fact, I can see Beth El’s iconic façade in all its glory facing Quaker Ridge Road. Sometimes during the past year, this view of Beth El has been calming and reassuring. Other times, it has been a bit more emotional. But today, the view from the distance of our largely vacant building provoked deeper thought.

Perhaps this was because I was running tight on my deadline for this Bulletin article. But more likely it was because of Rabbi Schuck’s words at our Wonderful Kabbalat Shabbat last Friday. (We really should rebrand it “Wonderful Kabbalat Shabbat” rather than “Virtual Kabbalat Shabbat.”)

Rabbi Schuck was speaking about the connection between the episode of the golden calf and the commandment to construct the Mishkan, the Tabernacle. Rashi’s view was that the the MIshkan was God’s response to B’nei Yisrael constructing the golden calf.

Worshipping such an idol might be seen as reflecting a human need to associate a physical presence with the Divine. So, in contrast, the Mishkan was to be a physical presence, but one where God could dwell among and be worshipped by our people.

For us, 1324 North Avenue is such a physical presence. Indeed, our very name, “Beth El,” means “House of God.” And yet, for the past year, many of us—most of us—have been unable to spend

much time, if any, in our building. On the one hand, this experience demonstrated that, for us, the physical presence of Beth El’s building was not essential as we participated in a year replete with spiritual, educational, musical, cultural, and communal on-line programming.

Some of these programs were emotional, some intellectual, some entertaining, and most a mixture of all three. The Beth El spirit triumphed over the physical constraints to enable us to remain a vibrant Mark Silver community. But, on the other hand, so many of us did miss the building and, most of all, being with each other in person. There is something about being in one another’s physical presence that being online cannot replace.

No doubt, post-pandemic our newfound capacity for delivering high quality and diverse virtual programming will stand us in good stead as we endeavor to continue to enrich our members’ lives. But we all long for the time—hopefully, very soon—when we can return together to the Beth El building as in days of old. Ken yehi ratzon.

May it be the Divine will.

Mark

PASSOVER LATER DAYS

THE B'YACHAD CAMPAIGN

Friday, April 2 5:45 pm Modified Kabbalat Shabbat and Yizkor—festive holiday singing and words of Torah with our clergy. We will conclude with Yizkor.

Saturday, April 3 and Sunday, April 4 9:30 am Yom Tov Services—in the Sanctuary and on Livestream.

9:45 am Tot Services 10:45 am Family Kehillah

Thank You to our Additional B'Yachad Donor CONTRIBUTOR $360 - $539 Barbara and Marc Lazarus

SAVE THE DATE . . .

Thursday, April 15th • 7:00 - 8:00 pm Beth El Synagogue Center Cemetery and Funeral Policies

WESTCHESTER CELEBRATES ISRAEL @73—ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY

Cemetery plots are only for sale to members in good standing.

To purchase cemetery plots, please contact Alise Liquorie in the front office, 914-235-2700, ext. 223, or aliquorie@ bethelnr.org.

Join Westchester Jewish Council virtually for this annual program which will feature a Music Talks concert, “Broadway Corner of Ben Gurion.” This exciting concert will include a celebration of Israel's Independence Day starring singers from Broadway’s “The Band's Visit” and “Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish.” As Broadway theaters have been closed for over a year, this concert will pay tribute to some of the most beloved Broadway tunes sung in Hebrew, which connect to the story of Israel paired with Israel’s most famous musicals such as Kazablan. The evening will also include greetings from synagogues, schools and organizations, as well as the Acting Consul General of Israel.

Funerals right now are graveside. Please contact the rabbi's office for assistance (ext. 228). The following three funeral homes are the only approved funeral homes at Beth El—Plaza Jewish Community Chapel (NYC), Riverside Memorial Chapel (Mt. Vernon), Weinstein Memorial Chapel (Yonkers).

If you have questions about end-of-life planning, our clergy are available to speak with you.

This event is free and open to all.

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KERUV* KORNER Whether you celebrated your seders across a table, a screen, or both, the Keruv Committee hopes that each of you enjoyed a chag Pesach sameach.

For at least one of us on the Keruv Committee, this year ’s seders led to special thoughts of inclusion regarding the haggadah’s four sons. Some haggadot refer to the four “children,” but regardless of the translation, one of these youngsters is, in no uncertain terms, wicked. And that poor devil is the one who absorbed my attention.

As we retell the Exodus story each year, the haggadah offers what may be the briefest teacher’s manual in existence: how to respond to children’s questions about the Exodus. The “manual” originates in the Torah where, in four separate verses (three from the Book of Exodus1 and one from the Book of Deuteronomy2) the Torah posits questions a child could ask about Passover and advises what a parent’s answers should be.

The Torah does not describe the children—there’s no “wise,” “wicked”, “simple,” or “unable to ask”—no labels at all are used. The descriptions appear later, in midrashic and Talmudic writings

which assign a personality to each child who asks one of the four Torah questions.

The personality types, the questions, and the responses we are commanded to give have, of course, sparked centuries of lively debate and puzzling interpretations. One thing we know for certain, though, is that one of those kids is wicked: the child whose parent “retorts” rather than responds with love (Maxwell House edition haggadah); whose parent is encouraged “to set [the child’s] teeth on edge” (Ktav Publishing House edition by Rabbi Nathan Goldberg); and, in all editions, a child who would have been denied redemption from slavery. I was one of many youngsters at many seder tables who never wanted to read the part of that child.

Slowly, though, as a parent and a teacher, small floodgates of compassion opened with each arriving seder which taught me to see more than the words on the page. The wicked child is labelled “wicked” or “contrary” because the child has withdrawn him or herself from the people of Israel. And yet…here the child is again, year in and year out for over one thousand

*“Keruv” = to bring close, to draw near.

years of haggadah reading, sitting at the seder table. And no one asks him or her to leave. Nor did the sages, or anyone at any seder ever, refuse to answer the child’s disrespectful inquiry.

Once seen, it’s hard to unsee: the wicked child is included at every seder table and, in fact, participates in equal measure with the other children seated there. I’ll go so far as to say that the presence of the wicked child makes an existential point: we are at a seder table in the first place on the merit of our ancestors – had they not included themselves among the great multitude that left Egypt, we would have no story to tell.

And if it is a contrary child who helps remind us that it is as a people that God led us out of slavery, I respectfully prefer the Torah version: no labelling, just recognition that each child is different and should be approached, hopefully with love, in a way that he or she can understand and appreciate. Now that’s inclusion.

Nina Luban Elise Richman Footnotes: 1. Exodus 12:26, 13:8, and 13:14 2. Deuteronomy 6:20

Join Our S.M.A.R.T. Group (Senior Mature Adults Retired Together) The SMART group continues to meet every Monday and Friday from 11:00am -12:00 noon. The group will not meet on Friday, April 2nd. The group will resume our regular schedule on Monday, April 5.

C.A.P. will meet (virtually) on Thursday, April 29th, at 7:30 pm.

Our discussion will be led by Shari Baum, LMSW, coordinator of Partners in Caring at Westchester Jewish Community Services.

Email Erica Epstein at mmleepstein@gmail.com with your interest and email.

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KEEP IN TOUCH! Update Your Information in the Member Directory Did you know that when you log into the Beth El website, you can access a member directory? It is at bethelnr. org/member/directory. Please review your information and click on “edit my account information” to make updates.

It is that simple, and it will help the Beth El community stay connected. Go to bethelnr.org/logininstructions, or email Carrie Fox (csfox99@gmail.com) if you need help logging into the website.

ISRAELI CULTURAL CONNECTIONS Presented by Beth El’s Israel Affairs Committee

Beth El’s Israel Affairs Committee (IAC) is pleased to share cultural items of interest concerning Israel each month. IAC always welcomes new members. For more information about meetings and events, please contact either Tamar Tait at TamarTait@optonline.net, or Bruce Gold at Bruces.gold@gmail.com. This month’s Israeli Cultural Connections column is presented by Beth Grafman.

Measuring Success in Life through Sports This coming August, after a pandemic-induced postponement, many of us will engage in a glorious quadrennial ritual- watching the Summer Olympic Games! We’ll be glued to various events in Tokyo as Olympic Fanfare hums in the background. And chances are, while rooting for Team USA, we’ll also be ever-hopeful to witness the Israeli flag being hoisted and, please G-d, the playing of Hatikvah.

Our heartstrings will be pulled by athlete spotlight stories and we will remember that, as sweet as victory is, (Olympic) success is not just about medals - it’s about effort and heart and overcoming obstacles to reach your goals.

All those measures of success are even more evident after the Olympic flame is extinguished and the flame for the International Paralympic Games is ignited a few days later. And most of the Israeli paralympians we’ll be cheering on were trained at the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled (ISCD) which actually hosted the 1968 Paralympic Games!

Just like Israel herself, the ISCD is small but mighty. Located in Tel Aviv’s suburb Ramat Gan, ISCD is a world pioneer in sport rehabilitation.

Founded in 1960 during Israel’s polio outbreak, ISCD is the home away from home for more than 2,000 athletes and their families newborns to nonagenarians, all with various physical challenges.

Athletes participate in 18 different sports such as basketball, tennis, dance, fencing and table tennis - all without discrimination on the basis of gender, religion, race, sexual preference or ethnicity.

When you visit, (and we look forward to welcoming you as soon as possible) you’ll see quadriplegics, paraplegics, children and adults with cerebral palsy and missing limbs. You’ll also see

lots of smiles! Because in addition to being the largest facility of its kind in the world, ISCD is also a unique community center run by people with disabilities. They return for decades after their own rehabilitation to serve as coaches and rolemodels for the next generation. They relate to the unique challenges of having a physical disability whether it resulted from a congenital condition, progressive disease, accident or- notably in Israel - terrorist act. Most importantly, the ISCD staff sees what their athletes CAN do, rather than what they cannot.

The ISCD was hit hard by the pandemic, having to shutter operations several times and consequently losing more than 40% of its annual programmatic revenue. Only 1% of its budget comes from the Israeli government. Generous donors in Israel and the US provide more than half of ISCD’s operating funds.

Sports are known to build self-confidence, morale and positive self-image particularly for people with physical disabilities. And the sooner children are immersed in a positive milieu, the better they fair. ISCD’s preschool was deemed an essential service during the pandemic by the Israeli government. It also proudly stands as a Covid Safe Zone, having administered two doses of the vaccine to its 1,400 staff, coaches, teachers, therapists, athletes aged 16+ and their relatives in January. Just like Beth El Synagogue, Israel Sport Center for the Disabled is a caring family for all its members.

Naturally, as a sport center, ISCD loves winning! Over the years, its athletes have won hundreds of Paralympic, European and world championship titles. And while we love medals and trophies, the true measure of success at the Israel Sport Center for the Disabled is when our athletes go on to volunteer in the IDF, attend u n i v e r s i t y, have fulfilling careers, relationships Since the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, Israel’s inventions, and families. artistic contributions, technology, talents, quirks and a healthy dose of In short, when chutzpa have helped the country and its people flourish—distinguishing our athletes them as a creative, dynamic, and memorable powerhouse. In honor of with physical Israel’s 73rd birthday, Beth El’s Israel Affairs Committee would like to challenges lead know what YOU love about Israel—scientific advancements, cultural productive aspects, archaeological/historical connections, art, film, food? Please lives and drop a line to Tamartait@optonline.net or bruces.gold@gmail.com and contribute all their gifts to strengthening Israel’s future, let us know why you love Israel. A word, paragraph or an online link that’s when we play the Hatikvah! that describes what resonates about Israel to you and your family will

Beth El’s Israel Affairs Committee Needs Your Help!

all be great to see. Based on responses, we plan to create a meaningful online Yom HaAtzma'ut tribute. TODAH! 7

Beth Grafman, East Coast Director American Friends of Israel Sport Center for the Disabled Beth.grafman@afiscd.org, www.afiscd.org

NURSERY SCHOOL NEWS This past month was a busy and festive time here at the Nursery School as we prepared for the Passover holiday. As we did at Hanukkah time, we once again approached our “ritual item” making in a new way. We divided our efforts according to grade level. Our two-year-olds focused on matzah, so they created matzah trays and matzah covers. Threes made afikomen

bags, our four-year-olds created seder plates, and our kindergarten children made their own Hagaddah. These activities involved sewing, weaving, beading, tie-dying, rolling, stenciling, pasting, and painting.

The singing of Passover tunes, including the 4 questions, permeated the halls of our school. And, of course, we did a lot of practice runs of hiding and finding the afikomen so that the children would be ready for their seders.

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Sisterhood Scene and meet people face to face once again. Counting as I see it means hope. Hope that things in the future will return to normal, that faces we love will be with us in person, and that the calendar will proceed along its normal path. May hope be your byword this Passover.

Sandy Gruenberg, Sisterhood President

By the time you are reading this article, the Seders will be over and we will be into the counting of the Omer. The Omer is counted from the second night of Passover until the first day of Shavuot—50 days hence. The Omer was a sheaf of the new wheat or barley brought to the Temple along with a sacrifice to signify the start of the period from Peach to Shavuot in the calendar. It also signified the beginning of the new wheat harvest that would end agriculturally around Shavuot, when the first fruits would be harvested.

That got me thinking about counting. Why do we as humans count things? Counting makes things seem more special like when we count our marble collection or our dolls as children to make them seem larger than they might be. Counting is a way of leading up to an important event that helps us pass the time and prepare ourselves for the celebration or important day to come. During the Omer, we are counting from freedom of Passover to the acceptance of the Torah on Shavuot, a very weighty time in our people’s history.

We are also counting the days till spring as the air warms and the flowers begin to bloom. This year in particular we are counting to the end of the Pandemic with the ability to hug our loved ones

What’s Growing in Sisterhood’s Garden This Spring • Bulbs, Bulbs, Bulbs! See the box below about how you can order bulbs directly from the supplier to beautify your gardens and to also help Sisterhood raise funds for the shul.

• April 8th: Join our clergy as Sisterhood sponsors a Yom HaShoah program for the entire congregation on Thursday, April 8th. Our own Sandy Speier Klein will tell her mother’s moving story.

• May 2nd: Come and hear a conversation between Rabbi Sitkin and Rabbi Fisher and the author of a new book, Unstoppable, about how an immigrant from Nazi Europe came to New York and changed his life story completely. Each participant family will receive the book free.

• June: Watch for our installation of officers and a surprise program that is sure to delight all.

UNSTOPPABLE: Legacy for the Post-pandemic World Lessons from the life of Siggi Wilzig Please join the Beth El clergy for a special Zoom program sponsored by Sisterhood

Sunday, May 2nd, at 7:30 pm A conversation between Joshua M. Greene, author of Unstoppable, the unbelievable true story of Siggi Wilzig's journey from Auschwitz to Wall Street, and Rabbi Sitkin, about overcoming trauma and adversity.

A Zoom link will be available on Beth El's Livestream page (www. bethelnr.org/livestream).

All registrants will receive a complimentary copy of the book.

EVENING BOOK CLUB

SISTERHOOD PRESENTS BAGELS & BOOKS

invites you to discuss its next book

Monday, April 26th • 9:30 am

The Jews Should Keep Quiet,

by Rafael Medoff

For those who want to read ahead, our May 24th book is Lioness: Golda Meir, by Francine Klagsbrun

April 21st • 7:30 pm

We will discuss The World We Knew, by Alice Hoffman

Questions? Contact Erica at mmleepstein@gmail.com or Cynthia at cynglickman@gmail.com.

Questions? Call Arlene Salman 914-235-2485, aesalman@aol.com.

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Every Tuesday at 4:00 pm, with Stephanie Lederman Youth and Family Coordinator

bethelnr.org/cookingchugzoom April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27

Shlissel Challah (Key Challah) Blue and White Crinkle Cookies Easy Pizza Dough with Choice Toppings Smores Bars for Lag BaOmer

Beth El teens came together to talk about homelessness during the pandemic and what we can do to help, put together by our very own USY Social Action/Tikkun Olam Vice President Arielle Maliniak

Beth El Celebrates April Birthdays Beth El would like to extend a “Happy Birthday!” to its members with a birthday in the month of April. If you have an April Ilan Felberg Alyx Bernstein Erica FeldmanBeth Breakstone Bases Steven Brick Deborah Feuerstein Michele Brick Paige FioRito Felice Brostoff Geoffrey FioRito Steve Brostoff Michael Fisher Lisa Capelouto Tara Fishler Rachel Casanova Robin Freedman Deborah Chassen Ellen Gelboim Lynn Chinitz Alyssa Ginsburg Julia Cohen Rochelle Goldring Judith Cooper Susan Goldstein Brandon Davis Yvette Gordon Maxine Dreizen Jeffrey Graf Leah Edelson Rabbi Jerome Epstein Dori Graff

birthday, but your name does not appear on the list, we are sorry for the omission and ask that you e-mail the synagogue at info@bethelnr.org so that we can update our Sandra Gruenberg Karine Kleinhaus Helen Gruenfeld Lois Kohn-Claar Sy Gruza Peter Lane Matthew Hanau Jerome Lebowitz Lawrence Hanau Ford Lenchner Vona Herz Mitchell Littman Arthur Holland Jenny Longman Ellen Hollander Irvine Marcus Lisa Jacobs Barbara Margolin Larry Jonas Lisa Medin Kathy Kafer Shannon Norwitz Eunice Kaplan Reuben O’Neill Robert Kattan Claire O’Neill Kenneth Katz Nurit Pacht Howard Katz Stanley Patchen Theodore Keltz Josh Podietz 10

records. Contact us if you do not wish to have your name appear on our birthday list. (The list reflects our adult members and post-bar/ bat mitzvah children up to the age of 21.)

Judith Pogostin Rabbi Zachary Wendy Pomerantz Sitkin James Chris Reid Jeffrey Solomon Marlene Rimsky Judy Spiegeland Avrun Rivel Dara Spielvogel Judith Rosenfeld Theodore Rosenzweig Avi Stein Richard Schechtman Phyllis Steinberg Tamar Tait Roni Schiffres Larsen Talmadge Susan Schlecker Eric Turkewitz Steven Schwartz Abraham Walfish Jonah Seidenfeld Sharon Weiner Mark Seidenfeld Rick Weisbrod Ella Shteingart Boris Ziser Jason Silverman Sandy Zisser Elisa Singer

YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMMING FOR APRIL PASSOVER LATER DAYS, APRIL 3rd AND APRIL 4th 9:45 am Tot Shabbat 10:45 am Family Kehillah Sign up at www.bethelnr.org/livestream.

APRIL 11th 10:30 am

BE Mitzvah Experience, at bethelnr.org/bemitzvahzoom

APRIL 18th 2:00 pm Lag BaOmer Fun with Ramah Berkshires, for K -3, at www.bethelnr.org/youthzoom April 29th 5:30 pm Youth and Family Lag BaOmer Celebration, in person at Beth El (see box on previous page) FRIDAY, APRIL 30th - SATURDAY, MAY 1st

Youth and Family Engagement Shabbat!

Join us on Friday for our virtual Kabbalat Shabbat at 6:00 pm. Visit www.bethelnr.org/livestream for the link.

And join us Shabbat morning at Beth El for a celebration of our Youth Community! Email minyan@bethelnr.org to save your spot or sign up for Tot Shabbat and Family Kehillah by visiting www.bethelnr.org/livestream. You can also join the service in the sanctuary via livestream at www.bethelnr.org/shabbatlivestream.

Families love a good Beth El drive by!

Beth El staff ready to celebrate virtual Purim with our youth community!

Kitah Hey spent time online with our virtual Shinshinit all the way from Israel

Passover: Kitah Bet and Gesher getting ready for Passover

Silly faces in Religious School Kehillah

Kitah Dalet loves Religious School!

Kitah Vav created their own Purim Shpiel and shared it with the younger grades

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APRIL 2021 SUNDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY

NISAN ~ IYAR 5781

WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

Minyan times are subject to change. Please refer to Beth El's minyan signup page (bethelnr.org/minyansignup).

You may also find minyan times listed on the Synagogue website's calendar (bethelnr.org/calendar). Thank you.

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Yom Tov ends Shacharit 7:00 am 8:05 pm 9 omer

8 omer Religious School SMART 11:00 am Closed Shabbat Serv. 9:30 am TOT Shabbat 9:45 am Minyan 7:20 pm Kehillah Svc. 10:45 am Minyan 7:20 pm YIZKOR PESACH

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Shacharit 8:15 am 15 omer Rise & Sing 9:00 am Religious Sch. 10:00 am Virtual Daf Shevui 10:30 am BE Mitzvah Experience 10:30 am Minyan 7:30 pm Rosh Hodesh Grp 7:30pm

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Minyan 7:30 pm

Minyan 7:40 pm

RS Cooking Chug 4:00 pm Minyan 7:30 pm OBM 7:30 pm

ROSH HODESH

ROSH HODESH

7 IYAR 20

Shacharit 7:00 am 24 omer

SMART 11:00 am

RS Cooking Chug 4:00 pm Minyan 7:30 pm OBM 7:30 pm Parenting Learning Circle 8:00pm

Minyan 7:30 pm

14 IYAR 27

Shacharit 7:00 am 30 omer

Sis. Bagels & Bks 9:30 am SMART 11:00 am Minyan 7:40 pm

Shacharit 7:00 am 11 omer

Minyan 7:20 pm Officers Mtg.7:30 pm

YOM HAZIKARON

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Shabbat Ends 8:11 pm

Bar Mitzvah Mikey Sulman Shabbat Serv. 9:30 am TOT Shabbat 9:45 am Kehillah Svc. 10:45 am Bat Mitzvah (Maariv) Hannah Goldberg 7:00pm Minyan 7:00 pm SHABBAT MEVARCHIM

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12 IYAR

YOM HA'ATZMAUT

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10 IYAR 23

Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 am 26 omer 25 omer 27 omer Executive Council Mtg. SMART Parasha HaShavua 7:25 pm 6:30 pm 11:00 am 1:30 pm Minyan 7:30 pm Religious Sch. 4:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Bd of Trustees Mtg Teen Learning 6:30 pm 6:00 pm 7:30 pm Minyan 7:30 pm Sis. Evening Book IJS Course Mindfulness Club 7:30 pm Meditation 7:30 pm

16 IYAR

Shacharit 7:00 am 32 omer

RS Cooking Chug 4:00 pm Organ Donation Program 7:30 pm

3 IYAR 16

Shacharit 7:00 am 19 omer

SHEMINI

28 NISAN

Shacharit 7:00 am Shabbat TAZRIA 20 omer ends METZORA 8:19 pm Masorti Parasha HaShavua 7:18 pm 21 omer Shabbat 1:30 pm Masorti Shabbat Religious Sch. 4:00 pm SMART 11:00 am Shabbat Serv. 9:30 am Teen Learning 6:30 pm Minyan 7:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat TOT Shabbat 9:45 am Minyan 7:30 pm Yom Hazikaron/ Yom Kehillah Svc. 10:45 am Ha'Atzmaut program IJS Course Mindfulness 6:00 pm Minyan 7:30 pm Meditation 7:30 pm Time TBD

15 IYAR 28

Shacharit 7:00 am 31 omer

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27 NISAN 10

Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 am 13 omer 12 omer Lunch & Learn 12:00pm SMART 7:10 pm Cnty Yom HaSh 12:00pm 11:30 am Parasha HaShav 1:30pm Religious Sch. 4:00 pm Teen Learning 6:30 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 5:45 pm Minyan 7:20 pm Community Yom HaShoah Com. 7:30 pm YOM HASHOAH

2 IYAR 15

Shacharit 7:00 am 18 omer

8 IYAR 21

Shacharit 7:00 am 23 omer

26 NISAN 9

25 NISAN 8

1 IYAR 14

Shacharit 7:00 am 17 omer

SMART 11:00 am

13 IYAR 26

Shacharit 8:15 am 29 omer Rise & Sing 9:00 am Relig. Sch 10:00am Daf Shevui 10:30 am

30 NISAN 13

Shacharit 7:00 am 16 omer

6 IYAR 19

Shacharit 8:15 am 22 omer Masorti Shabbat Rise & Sing 9:00 am Relig. Sch 10:00am Daf Shevui 10:30 am Youth Program with Ramah Berkshires 2:00 pm Minyan 7:30 pm

RS Cooking Chug 4:00 pm Minyan 7:20 pm OBM 7:30 pm Ritual Committee Meeting 7:30 pm

20 NISAN 3

HOL HAMOED PESACH HOL HAMOED PESACH

24 NISAN 7

Shacharit 7:00 am 10 omer

SHABBAT

Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 am Shabbat Ends PASSOVER 6 omer 5 omer 8:34pm Nursery and Religious Nursery School 7:03 pm 7 omer Closed Schools Closed Shabbat Services 9:30 am Parasha HaShavua TOT Shabbat 9:45 am 1:30 pm Kehillah Svc. 10:45 am Modified Kabbalat Shabbat and Virtual Minyan 7:10 pm Minyan 7:10 pm Yizkor 5:45 pm

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18 IYAR

Shacharit 7:00 am Shacharit 7:00 am 34 omer 33 omer Parasha HaSh.1:30 pm Religious Sch. 4:00 pm Youth & Family 7:33 pm Yth/Fam Lag BaOmer Engagement Shabbat Celebration 5:30 pm Teen Learning 6:30 pm SMART 11:00 am RS Educator Mtg Kabbalat Shabbat 6:30 pm 6:00 pm CAP Discussion 7:30 pm IJS Course 7:30 pm Minyan 7:40 pm LAG B'OMER

ACHREI MOT KEDOSHIM

Shabbat ends 8:26 pm

28 omer Bat Mitzv Rachel Cooper Shabbat Service 9:30 am TOT Shabbat 9:45 am Kehillah Svc. 10:45 am Minyan 7:35 pm

NEWSMAKERS

APRIL YAHRZEIT OBSERVANCES

The yahrzeit of the following deceased persons permanently inscribed on our Memorial Walls are observed on these dates: Daniel and Robyn Yairi on the bar mitzvah of their Shava M. Fab 15 Sylvia Gottlieb 1 son Noah Yairi; Barry and Rae Charles on the birth of Marvin Fleishaker 15 Ida Kovent 1 grandson Max Spencer Charles, and to parents Brian and Lindsey Moe B. Safer 15 Alvin H. Nirenberg 1 Charles and big sister Sophie; Talia Swartz and Ofer Nagar on the Dr. Raymond Stillman 15 Ralph Sam Rubin 1 bat mitzvah of their daughter Yael Nagar.

Rose Zarembski 15 Anna Hochberg 2 A Warm Beth El Mazal Tov to One and All!!

T’ai Merion 16 Jacob Sussman 2 Anna Tarloff 16 Eugene Strauss 3 Nathan Flaster 18 Max Weinrib 3 Share your milestone events with us!

Abraham Rubin 18 Isidor Baum 4 If you experience a milestone or a loss in your family, contact Mildred Bialo 19 Harvey M. Harrison 4 Linda at LNewman@bethelnr.org, or 914-235-2700, ext. 246.

Irna Patchen 19 Irving Hochberg 4 Minnie Zucker 19 Jacob Miller 4 Rubin Neiman 20 Clara Singer 4 Bertha Robbins 20 Lena Statsinger 4 We record with sorrow the losses suffered by our members Louis Gordon 21 Herman Hochberg 6 and friends and extend to them our deepest sympathies.

Nathan Lefkowitz 21 Max Milstein 6 Condolences to: Leonard B. Mendelsohn 21 Rose Feldman 7 Elizabeth Legatt on the loss of her father, Stanley Marlin; Alexander Aaron 22 Sylvia Markman 7 Beth Weingast Halperin on the loss of her mother, Beatrice Weingast. David Heimann Anna Cron 22 9 Helen Grad 22 Mamie Lichtenstein 9 Samuel Jonas 22 Yetta Stieglitz 9 Max Gold 23 Nathan Goldman 10 Jack Schwartz 23 Irving Joslevitz 10 Morris Katz 24 Abraham Lampert 10 Zelda Fately 25 Jacob Mirsky 10 The Morris Family Saul Friedler 25 Matilda Fleet 11 Of Scarsdale Abraham Mukamal 26 David J. Lefkowitz 11 Keren and Jared Morris David Satenberg 26 Julius Joseph 12 Evan, 13; Hannah, 8 ¾ Herman Wechsler 26 Betty Axenzow 13 Arthur Fischler 28 Harry Feinberg 13 Eileen Katz 28 Edward Moskowitz 13 Ida Sarah Meyerson 29 Bessie Ginsburg 14 Philip Turner 30 Abraham B. Goldstein 14 Isidore Louis Wolf 30 Rebecca K. Diamond 15 Mazal tov to:

CONDOLENCES

Welcome to the Beth El Community

DONATIONS TO THE ROBERT MATTHEW KLEIN FUND FOR INCLUSION AND SPECIAL NEEDS IN HONOR OF: Sam Keusch and his Vaccine Helper Bar Mitzvah Project, from Patricia Danaher.

IN MEMORY OF Robert Klein, with fond memories of working with Robert in the Chai Koach class at Beth El, from Samantha and Jordan Katzenberg.

Stanley Marlin, beloved father of Elizabeth Legatt, from Phyllis Jay. My beloved brother Cyril Wick, from Loretta Holland.

My beloved father, Oscar Mandel, on his yahrzeit, from Dalia Fenster.

My sister-in-law Betty Katz on her yahrzeit, from Dalia Fenster.

My brother-in-law Hersch Fenster on his yahrzeit, from Dalia Fenster.

A contribution to the recently established Robert Matthew Klein Special Needs Fund, dedicated to Robert, who was an individual whose life demonstrated how the loving support of family and friends who enlisted the nurturing energy of a wider community can enrich and broaden the life of a person with disabilities, from Lee and Sandy Corwin.

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RABBI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND In memory of our mothers, Annette Chabrow and Rosalind Wechsler, from Joyce and Michael Wechsler; in memory of Miriam Rabin and Bernice Ward, from Bernie Katz; Bernie Katz; in memory of Miriam Rabin and Bernice Ward, from Laurie Ben Amo; in loving memory of my grandmother Rebecca Jackson, and my parents Sol Gerstein and Esther Gerstein, on their yahrzeits, from Deborah Gerstein; in honor of Dr. Brian Bosworth on receiving a Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Award, from Allison and Alan Kellman; in honor of Sam Keusch and his Vaccine Helper Bar Mitzvah Project, from Eric Beller; in memory of my parents, Sol and Esther Gerstein, on their yahrzeits, from Claire Gerstein; with gratitude to the clergy and Beth El community for your kindness and support, from Rita Kaufman; in honor of Shari Chinitz for all the students’ lives she has touched in tutoring, from Brian Bosworth and Lauren FreemanBosworth; in honor of Dr. Brian Bosworth on receiving a Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Award, from Marc and Harriet Suvall; a contribution for Ramah camp scholarships for 2021, from the Beth El Sisterhood; in memory of Rabbi Theodore and Maureen Stampfer,

from Morris Stampfer; in memory of Rose Mantel, from Richard Watt; in memory of the yahrzeits of Lesley’s parents, Emily and Bernard Marx, and the yahrzeit of Dick’s stepfather, Sol Rubbins, from Leslie and Dick Ruttenberg; Kenie Mittleman, Glenn Eichen, and Morton Eichen on their yahrzeits, from Jeff and Susan Mittleman; in memory of Bernice Ward, from Noel and Leah Edelson; in memory of Beatrice Weingast, mother of Beth Weingast Halperin, from Margo Lampert; Shari Chinitz for all the students’ lives she has touched in tutoring, from Noel and Leah Edelson; in honor of Judi Schmeidler, Torah Fund honoree, from Noel and Leah Edelson; in memory of Bernice Ward from Matthew Slater; in memory of my father, Rudolf F. Graf, on his yahrzeit, from Jeffrey Graf; in memory of my mother on her yahrzeit, from David Haft; in honor of Shari Chinitz’s retirement from B’nei Mitzvah tutoring, from Mark and Marjorie Seidenfeld; in memory of my beloved father, Harry Chaefsky, on his yahrzeit, from Lealie Schuck Jaffe; in memory of Lori’s father, Morris Ordover, on his yahrzeit, from Lori and Steve Schwartz; in memory of my beloved sister, Susan Morris, from Andrea Spitz.

JEREMY SCHEINFELD MEMORIAL FUND IN HONOR OF: Drs. Harvey and Barbara Katzeff on the birth of their grandson James Cranford Katzeff, and mazal tov parents Eli and Lauren Katzeff, from Robin Kaphan.

IN MEMORY OF: Norma Steinberg, beloved sister of Arlene Kamer, from Arlene Reifer.

Mitch Kaphan, beloved husband of Robin Kaphan, on his second yahrzeit, from Jodi and Rob Scheinfeld.

Beatrice Weingast, mother of Beth Weingast Halperin, from Robin Kaphan.

David Langsam, husband of Sandra Langsam, from Jack Renick and Barbara Finder.

TEEN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES SCHOLARSHIPFUND IN HONOR OF Sam Keusch and his Vaccine Helper Bar Mitzvah Project, and with thanks to Stephanie Lederman, from Brad Scher.

SISTERHOOD MITZVAH FUND IN HONOR OF:

your daughter Becky from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Bobby “Crocker” Schepp, from Joyce Goldklang Faye and Jack Gingold on the marriage of their and Jay Diamond. son Julian to Danielle, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Sisterhood Shiva Fund, from Pearl Sullivan.

Linda and Michael Goldstein on the marriage of Sharon and George Rozansky on the engagement daughter Melissa to Tuvia Chaim Peretz, from of your daughter Joanna to Phillip Klein, mazal Nora Klion-Wolloch. tov, from Sheila Cohen, and Nora Klion-Wolloch. Barbara and Harold Shulman on your special Irwin S. Davison on receiving a Distinguished anniversary, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Service Award from Westchester Jewish Council, Ellen and Bill Weininger on Danny’s marriage to from Ellen and Jack Hollander.

Shani, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Brian Bosworth on receiving a Distinguished Robert Kattan on the birth of granddaughter Lia, Service Award from Westchester Jewish Council, from Nora Klion-Wolloch. from Ellen and Jack Hollander.

Bernie Katz on your multiple s’machot, from Nora Margie Reisfeld, wishing you mazal tov on your Klion-Wolloch. birthday, from Ellen and Jack Hollander.

Judy Schmeidler, mazal tov on being honored by Naomi Kellman on your most impressive and Torah Fund, from Arlene Reifer, and Geralynn proficient Torah Reading, mazal tov, from Carole and David Reifer. and Jeff Graham.

Abe Walfish, mazal tov on your 100th birthday, Rita Kaufman, with best wishes for your from Joyce and Michael Wechsler, and George continued recovery, from Carole and Jeff Graham. and Gaby Newfield.

Eunice Kaplan on being inducted into the IN MEMORY OF: Westchester County Senior Hall of Fame, from Miriam Rabin, beloved mother of Michael Rabin Nora Klion-Wolloch. and family, from Marjorie Schlosberg, Phyllis Lynn Chinitz and Steve Gruenstein on the birth and Harvey Jay, Louise and Jason Silverman, of a grandson, and to parents Diana and Rafael, Bob and Elise Schepp, Marianne and Bob from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Sussman, Ellen and Jack Hollander, Carole Dr. Rochelle Chaiken on the marriage of her and Jeff Graham, Judy Schmeidler, Leslie and daughter Emily Scharfman to John Schochet, from Richard Ruttenberg, George and Gaby Newfield, and Erica and Larry Epstein.

Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Goldenberg, from Janet and Isaiah Seligman, and Ellen and Jack Hollander.

Bernice Ward, beloved mother of Sondra Costin and family, from Louise and Jason Silverman, Bob and Elise Schepp, Marianne and Bob Sussman, Ellen and Jack Hollander, Carole and Jeff Graham, Judy Schmeidler, George and Gaby Newfield, and Erica and Larry Epstein.

David Langsam, beloved husband of Sandy and beloved father of Melissa and Nina, from Ellen and Jack Hollander, and Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Betty Levin, beloved mother of Frank Levin, from Ellen and Jack Hollander.

Sheila Bartell, beloved mother of Abe Bartell, from Ellen and Jack Hollander, and Nora KlionWolloch.

Norma Steinberg, beloved sister of Arlene Kamer, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Loretta Goldstein, beloved mother of Michael Goldstein, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Moshe Avital, beloved husband of Anita Avital, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Lillian Shapiro, beloved mother of Gail Goldman, from Nora Klion-Wolloch.

Blanche Fried, beloved mother of Judy Conrad, from Susan and Daniel Groner.

Beatrice Weingast, beloved mother of Beth Weingast Halperin, from Judy Schmeidler.

Stanley Marlin, beloved father of Elizabeth Legatt, from Judy Schmeidler, Joyce and Michael Steve and Debbie Young on the engagement of Carl Goldenberg, beloved husband of Sondra Wechsler, and Rita and David Kaufman.

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GENERAL FUND In celebration of joining Beth El, from Melissa and Zev Haber; for the recovery of Teddi Jacobs, from Perry and Lisa Jacobs; Douglas Lutz; Keren and Jared Morris; Cheri Friedman; Ellen Landau.

IN HONOR OF: Dr. Brian Bosworth, recipient of a Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Award, from Shireen and Matthew Lewis.

Sam Keusch and his Vaccine Helper Bar Mitzvah Project, from Pamela Furtsch, Jennifer Roberts, Dikla Strohl, Barbara, Charlie and Jill Abrams, Margot Milberg, Dawn Young, Nancy Rieger, Marc Lubart, Elyse and Lee Alper, Stuart Alper, Kara Woldar, Erica Donner, Janet Matarasso, Steve Reich, Jeanne Markel, David Basner, Eric and Elizabeth Alderman, Tracy Katechis, Marcy Wagman, David Milberg, Joanna Erber Gross, Paul Pagano, Marion Pearlman, Lara Sass, Greg Rosenthal, Paul Newman, Shauna Hausman, Stephanie Abada, Gail Tuthill, Joanne Storch, Robin Schweitzer; Philip Russell, Josh Zucker.

IN MEMORY OF: Carl Goldenberg, beloved husband of Sondra Goldenberg, from Harvey and Rosalee Wolfe, Marianne and Bob Sussman, William and Linda Grabel, and Sandy and Burt Polishook.

Miriam Rabin, from Jeffrey Fenster, and Annette and Mitchell Fogelman.

Bobbie Zuckerman, beloved sister of Lois Morgenstern, from Annette and Mitchell Fogelman.

My husband, Michael Bernet, from Sheila Tanenbaum.

In loving memory of our mothers, Julia Lefkowitz and Gail Goldstein-Kenvin, upon their yahrzeits, from Helene and Howard Goldstein.

In loving memory of our Dad and Saba, Bobby Schmeidler—you live in our hearts, from Henri and Teisha, Karen and David, Daniel and Rachel, Carly, Celia, Sam, Yoni and Meryl.

Rosa Orlando and Armida LaMedica, from Monica Calabritto.

THE ELEANOR G. BAUMWALD PRAYERBOOK FUND

SERMON SPONSORSHIPS

IN HONOR OF:

In commemoration of the second yahrzeit of my father, Charles Koty, from Jane Berkowitz and family.

Shari Chinitz on her retirement, with much gratitude and appreciation for her teachings, kindness, and support, from the Tait family.

IN MEMORY OF:

IN MEMORY OF:

Our dear father, Mosher ben David Tuvia z”l, from Sol Haber and Brenda Lavi.

Carl Goldenberg, beloved husband of Sondra Goldenberg, from Jason and Louise Silverman.

Mindy’s brother, Louie Palgon upon the first yahrzeit of his passing, from Mindy and Stanley Patchen.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND

The upcoming yahrzeit of Dr. Allen Howard Simon, from David Simon and the extended Simon Families.

IN MEMORY OF: Sheila Bartell, beloved mother of Abe Bartell, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

Bernice Ward, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

Miriam Rabin, from Shari and Marvin Chinitz.

YOUTH ACTIVITIES FUND IN HONOR OF: Sam Keusch and his Vaccine Helper Bar Mitzvah Project, from Annie Adedokun.

IN MEMORY OF: Sheila Bartell, beloved mother of Abe Bartell, from Allison and Alan Kellman.

DAY CAMP FUND IN MEMORY OF Carl Goldenberg, husband of Sondra Goldenberg, from David Harris.

BATKIN RELIGIOUS SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN MEMORY OF: Pessel Kafer and her two daughters Bela and Lea, who died in the Kracow Ghetto (1942); Gittle Kafer who died in Auschwitz, November 15, 1943; Scheindel Kafer who died in a labor camp (1942); and their father and mother Tobiasz and Sara Ittel (Verderber) Kafer, great-grandparents of Kathy Kafer, from Jeff Swarz and Kathy Kafer.

DOROTHY FLEISHAKER RELIGIOUS SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN HONOR OF:

IN MEMORY OF:

Sam Keusch and his Vaccine Helper Bar Mitzvah Project, from Gideon Trokan, Jonalie Korengold, Katherine Kaplan, Steven and Dena Cohen, and David and Susan Cohen.

Elise’s father, Harold Keltz, from Elise and Barry Richman.

The 100th birthday of Abe Walfish, from Marc and Anita Zoldessy.

OBM SPONSORSHIP

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SYLVIA AND ROBERT SCHER CHESED COMMUNITY FUND The Sylvia and and Robert Sher Chesed Community Fund gratefully acknowledges donations received for the Special Needs Seder from Barbara and David Horowitz; Geralynn and David Reifer; and Mark and Marjorie Seidenfeld.

BETH EL MENS CLUB IN MEMORY OF: Walter Klee, from Marc and Barbara Klee.

YAHRZEIT DONATIONS The Berlin and Posner Families; Marian Berkowitz; Jerome Brown; Jody and Dan Burton; Rachel and Barry Charles; Saralea and Robert Chaza; Ilene and Irwin S. Davison, Avi Einzig and Jacqueline Stern-Einzig; Joan Faier; Vicki and Nate Fisher; Beatrice Freedman; Annette and Mitchell Fogelman; Bari Goldstein; Susan Goldstein and family; Malcolm Graff; Sandy and Jack Gruenberg; Helen Gruenfeld; David Haft; Robin and Jeffery Hessel; Ruth and David Hirsh; David Klingsberg; Shayna Klopott; Donald Kotler; Carol Ann Leibner; Phyllis and Melvin Leitner; Anita and Stanley Liebowitz; Emma Lewis; Michael Malina; Lisa and Mark Medin; Elise and Bob Schepp; Lloyd Sherma; Harold Shulman; Joyce Silver; Barbara Simon and family; the Simon Family; Ruth and Mark Sininsky; Jay Sommer; Shirin and Steven Stein; Rachelle and Steven Stern; Tova Fiedler Usdan; Abe Walfish; Ana and Bruce Wenig; William Winters.

PTA ISRAEL TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP FUND IN HONOR OF: Dr. Brian Bosworth, a recipient of the Julian Y. Bernstein Distinguished Service Award, from Erica and Larry Epstein.

IN MEMORY OF: Carl Goldenberg, beloved husband of Sondra Goldenberg, from Maryann and Robert Sacks.

ANDREW SHAPIRO MEMORIAL FUND IN HONOR OF: Judi Schmeidler, Torah Fund honoree, from Judy Shapiro.

IN MEMORY OF: Andrew Shapiro, from Elizabeth Murphy.

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Bonnie Meadows Light-Filled Split Level | Scarsdale PO $699,000 | 4 BR, 2.1 BA | Over 2,000sf | Web# H6091465

Stonecrest Coop, Doorman Building | Larchmont $279,000 | 1 BR, 1 BA | Terrace | Web# H6056214

Palmer Coop Renovated Studio | New Rochelle $89,000 | Dogs Allowed | Pool & Parking | Web# H6100390

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BETH EL SYNAGOGUE CENTER 1324 NORTH AVENUE NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10804-2190

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SHERY ROSENSTEIN Licensed Real Estate Sales Person

Helping the Beth El community with their home buying and selling needs for over 10 years.

914.420.8556 s.rosenstein@yahoo.com

Wishing that your home is filled with blessings, light, happiness and joy.

‫מאחלת לכם‬ ‫שביתכם יהיה מל‬ ,‫ באור‬,‫בברכה‬ ‫ ובשמחה‬,‫באושר‬ JOCELYN BURTON

Real Estate Salesperson

M 917.693.3557 JBurton@houlihanlawrence.com Proud Beth El member

Ranked in the Top 1% of All Agents in Westchester MLS # #

1 Agent in the 1 Brokerage in New Rochelle

NEW ROC HELLE BROK ERAGE | 15 QUAKE R RIDGE ROAD Source: OKMLS, 2020, total dollar volume of single family homes sold by Houlihan Lawrence agent, New Rochelle school district. One Key MLS, 2020, properties listed by agent that sold in 2020 in the City of New Rochelle compared to all properties sold in City of New Rochelle. Jocelyn ranks in the Top 1% in Westchester County by single family homes sold, total dollar volume, 2020.